Chapter 1027: Yang Fan, Yang Qihang, Finding Something to Do

Suddenly idle, Yang Fan felt uncomfortable all over.

He felt a bit lost.

He had been busy since childhood, continuing to the present, and was not used to a leisurely life.

The sudden leisure made him feel very empty.

Seeing his somewhat empty and forlorn expression, Yang Qihang roughly guessed what it was.

All of this he had experienced himself, so he was a bit better off than Yang Fan.

After letting go, he went out and wandered around a great deal.

But Yang Fan did not have such an opportunity.

Holding a tablet, he walked over and then joked.

"Brother, how do you feel now? The days of retirement are something many people can only dream of."

Yang Fan gave him a sideways glance, knowing he was teasing him.

He glanced at Yang Qing, then spoke softly.

"The key is we're only sixty."

"Just waste away like this?"

"I don't think you're very comfortable either."

Yang Qihang put on a tough front.

"What's uncomfortable? Watch short videos, tend flowers, pull weeds, fish, then play with your wife…"

Yang Fan snorted.

"Who used to often sit in the courtyard spacing out?"

Yang Qihang slumped onto the lounge chair.

"Isn't that what retirement life is like?"

"Spacing out, raising birds, basking in the sun, sleeping, wife brings water during mahjong, wife wipes mouth and hands a tissue!"

Yang Fan rolled his eyes.

"Look at your lack of ambition!"

Yang Qihang didn't care.

"Who's retirement isn't like this? You're impressive; let me see what tricks you can come up with."

Yang Fan leaned in and spoke softly.

"Want to team up again?"

Seeing his mysterious tone, Yang Qihang also became interested.

"What do we do?"

"Research space mining equipment."

Yang Qihang directly rolled his eyes.

"This sort of thing should be left to the youngsters; I'm not interested."

Yang Fan felt a bit disappointed and a bit annoyed as he spoke.

"I said it, but you won't do it; if you're capable, bring out a plan."

Yang Qihang, he actually does.

Bored out of his mind, he hadn't spent little time strolling around the farms in Qiongzhou.

"What do you think about farming in the desert?"

Yang Fan looked at Yang Qihang as if he were an idiot and retorted.

"How do you feel?"

"Are you brain‑dead? Our own desert is inland, with no sea nearby, so we can't desalinate seawater."

"You can't just go dig wells in the desert to farm, can you?"

"Do you think anyone would support that?"

"Besides, what would you grow? Vegetables? The place is vast and sparsely populated; you can't ship it east to sell."

"Who could afford those vegetables?"

"Or fruit? Do you think that would work?"

"Or maybe goji berries and red dates?"

"Someone's already doing that; we don't need to."

Yang Qihang sat up and replied.

"You know what? You deal with machines all day; do you even understand agriculture?"

"According to my research, the Earth's climate has been changing these past years."

"The precipitation line is shifting north."

"You surely don't forget that the deserts once hosted many ancient kingdoms with abundant water and grass."

"As the precipitation line moves north, rainfall in the northwest will gradually increase."

"Without human intervention, of course it's hard to see major change in a short time."

"But we are Daxia."

"These years, the government has been sparing no effort in sand control."

"Now the Desert Border Lock Project is also advancing rapidly."

"The government also has ideas."

"I think this will be an opportunity."

Being able to accomplish something, and also giving us an opportunity to pass the time.

Moreover, in the past they would just give away several dozen mu of land; we want to develop on a large scale, and the land is as cheap as if it were free.

The agricultural support policies there are also very high.

Not only are there various subsidies, but the output is also purchased at high prices by the government.

Going into agriculture also counts as supporting the government.

If we succeed, we gain both fame and profit; if we fail, it doesn't matter anyway, since the most we'd invest is only several billion.

Within this, there is a big trend. I feel we can give it a try.

Yang Fan had never thought that he would one day go farm, so even if Yang Qihang spoke extravagantly, he felt nothing.

Although he felt nothing, he felt nothing, but Yang Qihang had obviously done research, and it wasn't just a day or two.

So this guy had long been plotting.

This kid even teased him.

Watch me tease you.

He was leisurely, seeming a bit hesitant.

What you say makes some sense, but I have no experience in agriculture, and I'm not interested either.

If you really want to make a contribution, you'd better invest some money in professionals; others would definitely do better than us.

I think this is unnecessary, just messing around.

Yang Qihang clearly saw his hesitation, so how could he let go?

What I just said is the practical foundation.

I want to tell you, my plan is very reliable.

What I'm going to say next is why we should do such a thing.

Just now I said desert, but have you ever thought that the desert environment actually has much in common with Mars—sandstorms, desert, aridity.

And Heavenly Vessel wants to immigrate to Mars; how can basic living conditions be met?

Is it necessary to develop agriculture on Mars?

On the surface it looks like we're doing desert agriculture, but actually we're conducting preliminary technological exploration.

When we develop agriculture in the desert Gebi, it indicates that on Mars we also have the foundation for developing agriculture.

When on Yueqiu we have the capability of Taiyangxi space launch...

Can these technologies be quickly converted into Mars agricultural technology?

Going to the desert to do agriculture, we have fame, we have profit, we also have the trend, and we also have technological exploration.

Isn't this a good project?

Yang Fan furrowed his brows this time.

Because what Yang Qihang said made a lot of sense.

The future is the great space age; these technological explorations are indeed valuable.

Seeing Yang Fan furrow his brows, Yang Qihang felt relieved.

Afterwards he handed the tablet to Yang Fan.

Inside were Yang Qihang's investigated data over these years, as well as the government's strategy and possible future support strength.

Finally, there was Yang Qihang's simple agricultural plan.

Because of Yang Qihang's groundwork, Yang Fan looked at it very carefully.

The more he looked, the more Yang Fan felt that Yang Qihang's speculation was correct.

Will the desert really become moist gradually as you speculated?

He still felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

You should know this desert has existed for hundreds of thousands of years; can humans change it? Can it change in a short time?

Isn't this nonsense?

Yang Qihang said seriously.

Sunlight is also a resource; abundant sunlight is very important for agriculture.

At the same time, sunlight can also serve as energy, providing basic energy needs for modernized agriculture.

Developing sunlight will inevitably cause a reduction in local moisture evaporation.

Reduced moisture evaporation will naturally make it moist.

Moisture is beneficial for plant growth.

This is a virtuous cycle.