I can find treasures in my dreams.

Chapter 341 King's Farm
Glorious City.

It's nine o'clock sharp in the morning.

Qin Deguang led a dozen Eastern White People with gloomy faces and appeared in front of a building in the northern suburbs.

Just now, this group of people learned the news that "the Bering Intercontinental Railway restoration project was suspended three days after it started", and they were in a terrible mood, so they are still in a bad mood now.

Only little Ivan was in a very good mood.

Just now on the bus, he revealed the secret of the peace bomb and quietly reached an agreement with Qin Deguang.

He knew that with the support of the superpower Daxia, the success rate of the Eastern Bering region gaining independence would be greatly improved.

at this time.

Little Ivan looked at the building dozens of meters away and said in surprise: "Mr. Qin, is this the indoor farm we are going to visit today?"

Qin Deguang nodded and smiled, "That's right! When the farm was built half a month ago, King Shapdian specially participated in the launching ceremony. In order to thank His Majesty the King, we named the farm the King's Farm."

Just because of this name, the Shapdian royal family generously donated a huge sum of 500 million Xia yuan.

A simple little trick brought rich rewards.

Little Ivan was full of admiration: "How beautiful!"

The building is over 100 meters wide and over 50 meters high, and has an eggshell-shaped exterior.

There is not a single window on the building, and the facade is covered with a layer of white material with cloud-like patterns carved on the surface.

At first glance, it looks like a fine work of art.

Such a beautiful shape is also an important reason why the Shapdian royal family is willing to donate generously.

Alexi and others nearby were surprised when they saw the indoor farm with their own eyes.

No one expected that the people of Daxia would build an indoor farm into a work of art.

Anna began to play the role of a commentator: “Everyone, the indoor farm you are seeing now is the third generation farm designed and built by Daxia.

"Compared to traditional boxy farms, this farm has a unique shape and a lower surface area to volume ratio, so it is more energy efficient."

Little Ivan couldn't help but ask, "Miss Anna, since this is a third-generation farm, there should be first-generation and second-generation farms, right? What's the difference between them?"

Anna smiled and said, "This is a very good question."

She roughly organized her thoughts and spoke nonstop, "In order to cope with the food crisis, Daxia began to build indoor farms on a large scale across the country.

“The way they are built is very simple, just by renovating office buildings, factories or shopping malls.

"First, we laid an insulation layer on the exterior walls, installed an air conditioning system inside, set up enough light sources, and then transplanted the soil.

“Usually, an indoor farm can be completed in about half a month, and then crops such as rice, wheat or vegetables can be grown.

“This is the first generation farm defined by Daxia!”

The dozen or so Eastern White Guards were terrified when they heard this.

The construction period for an indoor farm in the Bering Kingdom can be as short as three months or as long as half a year or even longer.

This is the result of working at full speed.

But it only took the Daxia people half a month, which was too fast!
Anna talked about the shortcomings: "Due to inherent defects such as building structure, the first generation of farms generally have poor thermal insulation, low energy efficiency, and low degree of automation.

“In order to improve productivity and increase energy efficiency, Daxia started building the second generation farm last year.

“Some of the second-generation farms are remodeled from the first-generation farms, while others are newly built.

“The second-generation farm’s exterior walls use new insulation materials, which further improves its insulation capacity.

“The degree of automation is also very high, with key parameters such as temperature, humidity, and light intensity all automatically controlled by computers.

“A first-generation farm of one hectare requires fifty staff to manage, while a second-generation farm of the same size requires a maximum of fifteen people.”

Several Eastern White Riders showed envy.

Little Ivan was filled with emotion.

Because according to the standards of the Daxia people, the farm level of the Bering Kingdom is still at the first generation of farms.

To them, the Daxia people's second-generation farms were already very advanced.

But in Daxia, it is already backward technology.

Lev the Bearded Man suddenly made a profound statement: "Daxia has a population of 1.8 billion. You have sufficient personnel. I don't think automation is very meaningful. Arranging more personnel on each farm can also increase the employment rate."

Anna's mouth twitched slightly, but her pretty face still maintained a smile: "If indoor farms have fewer people, then the labor cost will be lower, and the farm's operating costs will be lower, so we can supply food to the public at a lower price."

Lev was a little disapproving, but didn't say anything else.

Little Ivan glanced at Lev and said to himself, "Idiot!"

How could you ask such a stupid question? What is the difference between you and the workers who destroyed machines during the First Industrial Revolution?
The Daxia people continued to develop agricultural technology, apparently planning for the future.

Because the era of food shortage will end sooner or later.

By then, they will have more advanced agricultural technology, which means lower prices for their agricultural products, and naturally stronger competitiveness in the international market, and they may even be able to control the global food market.

This is truly a long-term approach.

Besides, the higher the agricultural production efficiency, the more food can be produced, the more people Daxia can feed, and the more supernatural people will be born.

Let’s take a more extreme example.

If the original monsters invaded Canglan Star, the whole world would be in danger. Daxia could recruit more manpower and form more armies to defend the country.

In short, there are many benefits.

Alexey changed the subject: "Ms. Anna, is the only difference between the third-generation farm and the second-generation farm the intelligent AI technology?"

Anna shook her head and said, "Of course not. In addition to AI, the third-generation farm also uses many new technologies."

Qin Deguang pointed to the white material on the surface of the building and introduced: "This is a special thermal insulation material specially used for the third-generation farm. One of the raw materials for synthesizing it comes from the original world."

The group of Eastern White People were all startled, and the way they looked at the farm suddenly changed.

Qin Deguang smiled again and said, “Under normal circumstances, no matter how good the insulation is, the heat will always be lost slowly, because the heat source will radiate heat to the outside, which is thermal radiation.

"Indoor farms are so large and the temperature inside is so high that a lot of heat is radiated every day.

"But this special thermal insulation material can reduce heat radiation by 90%, thereby greatly reducing heat radiation loss and greatly improving thermal insulation performance."

Anna took over the conversation smoothly: "Daxia has done an experiment. They put a cup of 90-degree hot water in a container made of super-insulating material and then placed the container outdoors. After three days, the water temperature was still 85 degrees."

Qin Deguang then explained the significance of super insulation materials: "The third-generation farm uses super insulation materials, plus several other energy-saving technologies, and its energy consumption is reduced by almost 40% compared to the second-generation farm."

Little Ivan couldn't help but say, "That's amazing!"

He is not a fool like Lev, so he naturally knows that the biggest operating cost of an indoor farm is energy consumption.

Reducing energy consumption so much in one go is definitely a disruptive new technology.

No wonder the people of Daxia call it the third generation farm!
When little Ivan thought of the farm built by the Bering Kingdom, he felt more and more that the kingdom’s technology was too backward.

Qin Deguang said at the right time: "Everyone, let's go to the inside of the farm for a tour."

He took the lead and walked forward.

The others soon followed.

Qin Deguang strode to the entrance gate, raised his right hand and waved it lightly.

"drop!"

The watch beeped.

"drop!"

The door lock made a sound and then opened with a click.

An electronic voice came out: "Mr. Qin, welcome to King Farm."

Qin Deguang said, "Prince, I brought a dozen guests to visit."

An electronic voice immediately sounded: "Understood, temporary visitor permissions have been granted."

Including little Ivan, this group of Eastern White People all developed a feeling called "inferiority complex".

Why does it feel like a science fiction movie has come into reality? Isn’t this farm so advanced?
Daxia's technology really shocked them.

Qin Deguang turned to look at the guests and explained, "The intelligent AI of the King's Farm is called Prince. If you have any needs, you can directly ask Prince for them."

As he walked into the door, he narrated: "Although the total planting area of ​​King Farm exceeds 5 hectares, there are only 20 employees, an average of 4 employees per hectare, which is almost a quarter of the second-generation farm.

“Because most of the facilities in this farm are completely controlled by the prince, he usually collects various information, then makes reasonable suggestions, and finally the staff makes the decision.

"The staff's job is very easy. They hardly need to do any work. Most of the time they just need to watch the surveillance."

Qin Deguang paused for a moment and then said, "We don't need to be accompanied by staff when we visit the farm."

Lev, who just kept saying "automation is unnecessary", now kept his mouth shut. Whether something is good or not, and whether it is worth doing, can actually be known just by looking at it.

Although Lev remained silent, judging from the bearded man's expression, he definitely hoped that the Bering Kingdom also had a king farm.

soon.

The group passed through three isolation doors in succession.

The purpose of having so many doors is undoubtedly to reduce heat loss.

Then a hall of more than 30 square meters appeared in front of everyone.

The prince's electronic eyes immediately sounded: "Welcome again to the King's Farm. This farm serves a wide variety of drinks.

"There are ice water, not-so-ice water, cold water, warm water, hot water, and even the summer cola that even the famous Mr. Ghost praised. You can choose any of them."

Qin Deguang's mouth twitched, and he explained awkwardly: "Intelligent AI is trained using large models, and the prince's training model makes it like to joke."

The prince disagreed: "This is not a joke, but humor. I must point out the difference between the two. A joke is a form of entertainment, while humor is an art."

Qin Deguang didn't want to argue with AI, so he said decisively: "Give me a Coke!"

The prince immediately responded to the request: "Received!"

It then expressed its opinion: "I think a prosperous summer is coming, and it is very appropriate to have a cup of summer cola at this time."

Anna also said, "I'll have a cup too."

The prince responded quickly: "Yes, beautiful lady."

This group of Eastern White People were stunned again.

The powerful intelligence displayed by the prince in just a few sentences of dialogue made them all feel like a country bumpkin entering the city.

A second passed.

A food delivery robot glided over lightly, with Double Coke on its tray.

The prince asked again, "Gentlemen who have come from afar, don't you want to try Daxia's cola?"

Little Ivan was the first to react: "Give me a drink."

The rest of the Eastern White People all made the same choice.

After all, the AI ​​said that this is the Coke that all the ghosts in Daxia like, so who wouldn’t be curious?

The robot appeared for the second time and brought the Coke.

Little Ivan picked up a cup and took a sip, feeling the bubbles bursting on the tip of his tongue, and commented: "Very good!"

Some of the Eastern White People also nodded in agreement.

Lev thought it was very ordinary, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

He prefers the two major colas that were popular around the world in the past, namely the Western Hemisphere brands of coke.

He knew what he was thinking. The more good things he saw in Glory City, the less he wanted to see Da Xia rise.

Qin Deguang shouted: "Prince, take us to visit the planting area."

"Ok!"

The voice just fell.

A palm-sized drone took off from a table.

An electronic voice came from the loudspeaker: "Everyone please follow me."

After passing through a long corridor and an automatic door, the view ahead suddenly opens up.

All that was seen was a space at least the size of half a football field, over four meters high, which immediately caught everyone's attention.

Planting boxes, five meters long and two meters wide, are neatly placed on the ground.

Every planting box is neatly planted with lush green vegetables.

Judging from the color, the vegetables are growing quite well.

Little Ivan looked around and didn't find anything related to intelligent AI.

He glanced at the drone and wanted to ask something, but he was not used to talking to drones.

Lev asked directly: "Prince, it seems to me that this place is no different from the first generation farm?"

The drone turned and pointed the camera at Lev: "Mr. Lev, I can show you some AI planting."

next moment.

Dozens of drones flew down from the ceiling, spread out, and quickly flew over the rows of planter boxes.

Everyone looked a little confused.

What are you doing?
The prince immediately revealed the answer: "Please look at the wall."

The drone projected a beam of light, which landed on the wall next to it.

Hundreds of pictures of green vegetables are displayed on the wall, and each picture is surrounded by dense parameters.

Little Ivan had some understanding of things like big data, and he instantly understood the meaning of these pictures.

The prince explained: “To be honest, the growing environment of every vegetable is definitely not exactly the same, they all have slight differences.

"This subtle difference will inevitably lead to differences in the growth of green vegetables, and green vegetables with different growth conditions will have different requirements for nutritional elements.

"We used drones and a series of observation instruments to record the growth of each vegetable from germination to the present, as well as various parameters every day.

"Through intelligent AI analysis, we can know what kind of growing environment each vegetable needs and how many nutrients it needs. We will make corresponding adjustments to ensure that the vegetables always have the most suitable growing conditions."

The prince paused and said, “This is something that neither the first nor the second generation farms could do.

"Because the workload is so huge, it is difficult to rely solely on manpower, but intelligent AI makes all this possible."

It then gave the data: "We have done a lot of comparative experiments. The yield of the third-generation lettuce planted in one harvest season is 32% higher than that of the second-generation farm, and the growth rate is 12% faster.

“Second-generation farms still occasionally have diseases in their crops, but third-generation farms never have that.

"Because if there is any change in the growth of crops, we will find the root cause in time and nip the disease in the bud."

The prince didn't finish his words yet: "Since the intelligent AI will closely monitor every vegetable, if any vegetable shows a tendency to mutate, we will notice it immediately and there will be almost no omissions.

“So the third-generation farms can more efficiently cultivate crops with variant characteristics, which is something that the first- and second-generation farms cannot do.”

Qin Deguang interjected, “Just a few days ago, the king discovered a vegetable with mutant properties.

“After analysis, we concluded that it showed a preference for low temperatures, and subsequent test results confirmed this.

“If it was a first- and second-generation farm, we might have missed it.”

These Eastern White People were almost dumbfounded by what they heard.

Even the most ignorant people, after hearing the prince’s explanation, knew that the third generation of farms must be the future development direction.

Lev even felt a little embarrassed and regretted saying the stupid statement "automation is unnecessary".

Alexei couldn't help but ask: "Can Daxia help Dongfang Bering build a third-generation farm?"

The prince immediately responded: "Sorry! I'm just the farm steward. This is not something I can handle."

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became a little silent.

A second passed.

Qin Deguang replied awkwardly: "Mr. Alexei, this matter involves too many things. I'm afraid it will take a discussion among the top leaders of Daxia before a decision can be made."

Alexei sighed in disappointment: "We came here with sincerity, but your country doesn't have much sincerity?"

Little Ivan glanced at Alexei secretly and almost laughed out loud.

I feel like this nominal leader hasn't figured out the situation yet.

The behavior of the Daxia people has been demonstrated very clearly.

Shapudian surrendered to Daxia in all aspects, and even the capital was controlled by the Daxia people, so Shapudian got everything.

Dongfang Bailing wants to maintain an equal relationship with Daxia, but also wants this and that. Is this a daydream?

Is this what you call "sincerity"?
Stupid!

Little Ivan sincerely felt that if an idiot like Alexei was allowed to lead Eastern Bering, no one would be able to survive.

Kill him!
He must be killed!
Little Ivan quietly clenched his right fist, then immediately released it.

Qin Deguang changed the subject: "There are still many good things in the King's Farm. Let's continue to visit."

The prince immediately said, "Everyone, please follow me!"

(End of this chapter)