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And on the sky screen, the announcer's voice sounded.

[The Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in my country and the second largest mobile desert in the world.]

[As a mobile desert, its biggest feature is that its edge is not fixed and will continue to move with changes in climate and time. ]

[This poses a huge threat to the desert interior and the oases, factories, cities and towns on the edge.]

[Because no one can predict whether the factories and settlements that are still thriving now will be swallowed up by the flowing desert in a few years? ]

【Preventing and controlling the Taklimakan Desert has always been a major project in my country’s environmental governance.】

[Here, the battle between man and sand has been going on for decades or even centuries.]

【And the key to managing this mobile desert. 】

【It is about how to lock up the desert. 】

Following the narration of the sky curtain, some bulldozers working in the desert appeared on the screen.

These huge machines emitting black smoke pushed huge piles of sand.

Draw smooth lines in the desert.

[The 1.1-mu sand control area in front of us is exactly the blank area of ​​the Taklimakan Desert edge blocking battle in Luopu County. ]

[Dozens of large-scale engineering machines started working at the same time to flatten the sand dunes.]

[But it is not easy to flatten the sand dunes here. ]

[Even if dozens of machines were working nonstop at the same time, it would still take several months to flatten this vast area of ​​sand dunes.]

[And the environment is extremely harsh.]

[Whenever the sandstorm hits, the entire construction site becomes dark and visibility is extremely low.]

[It is very difficult to work.]

【But even so, it's all worth it. 】

[Because when these moving and undulating sand dunes are flattened by engineering machinery into flat sand. ]

[After that, plants have the possibility to take root and sprout on it. ]

[This leveled sandy land will be distributed to local farmers.]

【And this piece of sand will also be stained with the life colors of plants. 】

The camera switched to another place.

Here, there are no longer the undulating sand dunes, but a large, very flat desert plain.

These desert plains are divided into many densely packed grids by lines.

It is the same as the previous desert well-field system.

You can tell at first glance that the land has been leveled.

[The sandy land with many smooth lines in front of you is the 4000-acre Haloxylon ammodendron autumn planting area.]

[Here, water is delivered precisely to the root of each plant through pipes.]

[The hundreds of villagers in the sand are all from nearby villages.]

【They are wasting no time in planting Haloxylon ammodendron trees here.】

[By next spring, this batch of Haloxylon ammodendron will weave a 4000-acre green carpet in the desert.]

The camera gradually zooms out, giving a panoramic view of the flat land.

When I saw this.

The ancients were already quite shocked.

Because the desert in front of us was actually flattened!

Not only was it flattened, but it was also built on the barren land of the desert.

I actually grew a lot of plants!
The desert has turned into cultivated land!

Han Dynasty.

Liu Che was quite interested in this kind of desert reclamation project.

Because Liu Che knew that he wanted to completely quell the empire's border threats.

And in order to transform the pure burning of money into a certain profit, the lands snatched from the Huns must be developed.

Not only the plains and grasslands with lush grass and water, but even the desert and Gobi should be utilized.

Even if it is not fully developed, it must at least be transformed into a place where troops can be stationed, where farming can be carried out, and where it can become an ordinary border town.

Only in this way.

Only in this way can we rule the desert and Gobi areas in the long term and at a lower cost.

And now the desert transformation project given on the sky screen,

It seems to be able to cope with the ideas of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che.

“It does look like a great project, but it may only take a while to plant a large number of plants in a desert area.”

“But what will be the final outcome?”

“Is it really possible to grow a large area of ​​land full of plants?”

Liu Che continued to watch the sky attentively.

A piece of land with red and yellow colors appeared on the sky.

[This is the red date drying field in Cele covering an area of ​​10,000 mu.]

[The strong sunlight, drastic temperature difference and alkaline sandy soil make the famous jujube grow in this sandy land. ]

[At this time, more than 400 date farmers are busy in the drying yard, enjoying the joy of the harvest.]

【Today, Cele has become a nationally renowned base for high-quality red dates. 】

【However, few people know that Cele was once a small town on the edge of the desert where the wind blew away the city. 】【It was not until 2018 that the area of ​​Cele Oasis surrounded by the yellow wind reached 30%. 】

【Nowadays, a large number of artificially planted shelterbelts and jujube trees have built a strong vegetation barrier for this oasis town. 】

【The desert has been fixed.】

【Protecting the safety of local people. 】

The camera zooms out.

You can see yellow sand on one side.

Behind the yellow sand are a large number of protective forests and jujube forests.

Then look at the city landscape in the distance.

The city's tall buildings are protected by the woods and no longer face the threat of the desert as before.

At this time, the background music suddenly became stronger and more majestic.

Several small towns on the edge of the desert were built in succession. They leveled the sand dunes, fixed the sand and planted plants on the edge.

Finally, a complete schematic diagram is given.

[On November 2024, 11, about 28 square meters of sand on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in Yutian County were planted with red willow and other plants. ]

[This is the last empty sandy land on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert.]

【So far, the edge of the Taklimakan Desert has been "locked and closed". 】

[After more than 40 years of hard work, a -kilometer sand barrier has been built on the edge of the largest mobile desert in my country and the second largest in the world by laying grass grids to restore vegetation! ]

This can be seen from the schematic diagram.

This huge desert ranks 10th in the world.

It has been surrounded by plants planted by people that are suitable for living in sandy land.

Netizens’ comments have been flooding the screen with comments crazy about this human miracle!
"Surrender the desert, there are only Chinese outside!"

Long Live the People!

"Suddenly I feel that building an elevator for Mount Everest is not impossible."

"When a sage appears, the Yellow River becomes clear, but when has it ever been clear?" Now the Yellow River is clear.

"Huangfengling, 800 miles long, encloses the desert and turns it into forest."

《I saw a comment on the Internet, and there were many people in Chinese cursing him. I translated it and it turned out to be "So, what is the price?"》

《The life of the desert is also life! 》

"I have seen comments saying that sand control is destroying the desert environment and climate."

"The Taklimakan Desert moves three to five meters every year. The purpose of desert control is to prevent it from moving around, not to make it disappear. These knowledge points can be easily searched."

"16 billion is still too easy to earn."

"The desert is less sandy but more abundant."

Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, couldn't help but marvel when he saw this.

“I didn’t expect it to be such a huge project!”

"Using artificially planted vegetation to fix the edge of the desert and prevent the mobile desert from continuing to move, this way, there will be a stable environment at the edge of the desert."

"Small cities that were once threatened by the desert can now be inhabited sustainably and stably."

"If my Han Dynasty can also build a stable city in the Gobi Desert."

“It can lead to sustainable immigration!”

"Not only can it reduce the pressure of domestic land annexation, but it can also greatly reduce the cost of defending the empire's borders."

Liu Che was extremely envious.

Because Liu Che knew.

As long as I have the ability to control the desert,

Then he could truly transform the borders of the empire into the empire's homeland.

Fighting a war will no longer be a losing business.

And the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin saw the desert towns protected by trees on the sky.

I was reminded of the ancient kingdom of Loulan in history.

"If the desert border-locking project had been carried out in advance, ancient desert kingdoms like Loulan would probably have survived until today, right?"

"And the cost of our Tang Dynasty stationing in the Western Regions will also be reduced by an unknown amount."

"Unfortunately……"

Li Shimin knew that even if the Tang Dynasty had the ability to block the desert border, it would cost a huge amount of national resources.

There will be no visible benefits for decades, but the investment will be no less than that of a long-term war.

It is truly a sin in the present, but a benefit for future generations.

I really want to do this.

That would mean he would really become the second Yang Guang.

So Li Shimin could only think about it with regret.

"Desert border blocking, what a great project of the century!"

"Only the Chinese of later generations have the courage and ability to complete such a century-long project." (End of this chapter)