My buildings have attributes

No wonder she can be a leader's secretary; she handles things flawlessly.

Actually, Chen Ling was overthinking it. He wouldn't normally act like that towards someone like the Grand Elder who was a guest.

They're offering you Sprite? I'd be lucky if they poured you a cup of tea.

After Xiao Guo left, the elder's expression turned serious.

"Little Chen, you know why I called you here today, right?" the elder said.

"Well, it's just an engineering project. Don't worry, Elder. Even if the construction of the coastal embankment project is difficult, as long as the money is in place, everything will be fine," Chen Ling said.

"...The coastal seawall project? Who told you that?"

The Grand Elder was a little confused. What kind of project was this? Had he approved it?

"Ah...isn't this because the sea level has risen by 23 meters? The pot rack is supposed to block the seawater, so if we don't build a dike, what are we going to build?" Chen Ling was also stunned. Wasn't this the thing?

Even the Grand Elder's serious expression began to falter.

"Ahem... Young Chen, your idea is good, but blocking the seawater is not the most important task at present," the elder said, shaking his head.

"Um... so what should we do now?" Chen Ling was a little stunned.

"Although the Ice Age is not a catastrophe that can directly lead to the end of the world with current technology, we are not afraid of low temperatures. We have houses and ways to keep warm."

"But the effects of low temperatures could very well destroy human society, and the most critical factor is food," the elder explained.

After listening, Chen Ling immediately understood.

That's right, how do we get food?

Don't even mention having greenhouses for growing crops. Greenhouses are fine for growing vegetables, but for growing grains, they're only enough to feed a few people.

China now imports grain every year. If an ice age were to break out, what would 15 billion people eat?

There's not even enough tree bark to chew on.

Where will we import food then? There won't be enough food in the whole world to feed us.

Thinking of this, Chen Ling's expression turned serious.

It's okay to lack other things, but food is the one thing that cannot be lacked. Once food is lacking, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Elder, what should we do now?" Chen Ling asked seriously.

"Isn't this what we asked you to solve?" the elder said with a smile.

"I'll handle it?"

Chen Ling was truly dumbfounded this time.

He has no problem building houses, but he knows absolutely nothing about agriculture.

"That's right, you need to build the greenhouse for the pot rack. It needs to be able to withstand natural disasters, withstand being covered by tens of meters of ice and snow without collapsing, and have magical effects. Only you can complete this task. The future of how people across the country eat will all depend on you to solve," the elder said earnestly.

Suck……

Chen Ling gasped.

"Boss, this is a lot of pressure. The whole country depends on me for their livelihood. What if I can't handle this?" Chen Ling said with a grin.

“Then at least half the population in the country will starve to death, and in severe cases, two-thirds may even die,” the Grand Elder said, staring at Chen Ling.

“…Um…I need some peace and quiet.”

After listening to what the Grand Elder said, Chen Ling closed his eyes.

Having said all that, Chen Ling had no choice; he couldn't just watch half the nation starve to death.

Chen Ling opened the system and began to examine the buildings related to grain cultivation.

Believe it or not, these buildings really exist.

Science fiction includes perfect agricultural greenhouses and epic-level enclosed biospheres.

Agricultural greenhouses are just like greenhouses nowadays; they can be built as long as there is land, so there's not much to say about them.

As for the epic-level enclosed biosphere, that's awesome. It can be built anywhere—in water, underground, in the sky, or even inside a room.

Besides science fiction architecture, fantasy architecture can also achieve this effect.

For example, the epic building, the Temple of the Goddess of Harvest.

According to the system's introduction, once the Temple of the Goddess of Harvest is built, the growth cycle of any grain crop will be shortened within the area covered by the temple's aura. It will also have reduced requirements for the external environment, be free from pests, and double the harvest.

After seeing the information provided by the system, Chen Ling felt relieved.

If he just lets go of the construction of greenhouses and then builds a temple to the goddess of harvest among countless greenhouses, then he'll be all set.

What's a yield of 1,000 jin per mu of rice? Chen Ling's goal is 10,000 jin per mu.

Chapter 102 Stirring Up an Earthquake

The next day, Chen Ling left the north.

He didn't return alone when he left the North; he brought three other people with him.

Um... three girls.

These three girls were Guo Jia's secretary, assistant, and private physician.

According to the elder's secretary, he is now also a high-ranking member of the government, a member of the Century Disaster Relief Preparation Leading Group, and is in charge of the Food Security Group, where he is the leader.

Don't underestimate him just because he's only a minor leader now. Apart from him, any other minor leader in the Century Disaster Relief Preparatory Leading Group is a formal-level leader.

As for the real leader, it is the Grand Elder.

It can be said that this newly established group, with the highest level of secrecy, is absolutely the most top-level special department.

Like Chen Ling, although he is not a Guan Yuan (a high-ranking official), the title of a minor leader he holds allows him to freely command and upgrade various units below him.

Therefore, it's perfectly reasonable to assign Guo Jia to an entourage.

As for why he was accompanied by three young, beautiful, and well-built women, you'll have to figure out the deeper meaning behind that for yourself.

Having traveled by plane from the north, Chen Ling arrived directly at the provincial capital.

Is your boss in?

After Chen Ling arrived at the provincial capital, he found the staff on duty and asked them a question.

"May I ask which unit you are from?" the staff member on duty asked.

Chen Ling turned his head and gave a wink to the girl with long, straight black hair, who was also his secretary, Song Ling.

Without saying a word, Song Ling immediately took out her identification.

"The boss is in his office. Please come with me, all three of you."

After checking their credentials, the staff on duty immediately led Chen Ling and his group to the boss's office.

Upon arriving at the boss's office, Chen Ling immediately took out a document and handed it to the other party.

Boss Zhou, looking completely bewildered, began to look through the documents. It was a transfer order directly signed by Zhongyang, requiring the receiving agency to cooperate unconditionally. Below the order were the seals of Huali Xiadu and the Grand Elder's office, as well as a row of codes.

"Please wait a moment, everyone. I need to confirm something." After reading it, Boss Zhou immediately turned around to make a phone call to confirm.

Soon, after confirming the situation, Boss Zhou looked at Chen Ling and the others with a completely bewildered expression.

After all, the contents of this document were too frightening; it was the first time he had ever seen an order for unconditional cooperation.

"I wonder if there's anything you gentlemen need the Chili Province's cooperation with?" Boss Zhou asked, puzzled.

Song Ling took out another map, which had a circle on it.

"All personnel within a 150-kilometer radius of the Xiqinling Mountains will be relocated. You will be responsible for the areas within Chili Province," Chen Ling said, pointing to the map.

goooo...

Mr. Zhou looked at the circle on the map and swallowed hard.

This is not just about relocating one or two people. Within the province, at least two counties and more than forty townships need to be relocated, affecting nearly 30 people. This is an absolutely enormous project.

"Is there any compensation for the pot rack?" Boss Zhou asked.

"No, regarding the issue of population relocation, everything is handled by Chili Province," Chen Ling said, shaking his head.

Just kidding, the pot racks need funding now, they need funding too!

If relocating this small number of people requires government funding, then who will fund the relocation of hundreds of millions of people from coastal areas two years later, when sea levels rise?

Now that these people are being relocated, the province of Chili is even offering compensation.

When the entire coastal area is relocated, there will be no compensation whatsoever.

It's either leave or stay and wait to die; the government is only responsible for arranging transportation for the relocated population.

So these people are already very lucky.

"Um...can I know the reason behind this?" Boss Zhou asked helplessly.

"The pot rack is confidential." Chen Ling shrugged helplessly.

"Okay, I understand. Chili Province will cooperate unconditionally with the arrangements for the pot rack."

Upon hearing the words "pot rack secret," Boss Zhou stopped asking questions and simply nodded in agreement.

"Very good, but you only have one month. The sooner you finish, the more benefits you will receive in the future. I can tell you something: whichever of your three provinces, including Chili Province, Liver Province, and Qing Province, completes the population migration first, will receive preferential treatment in resources."

"Don't ask what kind of resources they are, but these resources will be very important in the future. That's all I have to say. Farewell." After saying this, Chen Ling got up and left.

"Wait a moment, sir. It's almost evening. Have some food before you go," Boss Zhou quickly stopped Chen Ling.

"No need, I have other things to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

After leaving the provincial capital, Chen Ling went directly to the special area and took the Junyong back to the Mo Family Mechanical City.

"Boss, did Guojia make that promise?" Song Ling asked doubtfully after boarding the plane.

"I don't have a pot stand, but I made a promise. Do you think my word doesn't count?" Chen Ling rolled his eyes and said.

"It works, but leader, the grain resources will have to be allocated nationwide, and there might not even be enough for the whole country. It's impossible to give more resources to one more province." Song Ling said, a little confused.

"Who told you it's not enough? As long as you give me enough space to build greenhouses, I can feed not just 15 billion people, but even 50 billion people," Chen Ling said arrogantly.

Song Ling was speechless. Chen Ling had already said that, so what could she say?