Chapter 1030: Admonishing Yang Fan and Yang Qihang

Yang Qing obviously supports Yang Fan and them.

He just changed direction.

Yang Fan talked about space migration, while Yang Qing talked about humanity's future eating habits.

Compared to Yang Fan and Yang Qihang, what Yang Qing said is more convincing.

However, there is still a problem here.

"Grandfather, technological progress is always gradual."

"Preparation is fine, but how much to invest and when to increase investment is also a matter of study."

"How do we judge that now is the right time?"

"I think doing some research and exploration is fine, and accumulating technology is essential, but we shouldn't invest blindly."

"My great-uncle told me about the climate change issue and also about the Mars Farm."

"I feel they want to pull off a big move; I feel the risk is high, and desert development is also a sensitive matter that needs caution."

"If mishandled, it could cause a stir."

"Otherwise, you tell me about them, and we'll be cautious?"

He acted cautiously.

Only then did Yang Qing understand what he meant by coming over to say these things.

It was because he was afraid his great-uncle would go too crazy.

After all, the desert is a bottomless pit and a high-risk investment.

The key is, you can't still use groundwater on a large scale, or who knows how much criticism you'll attract.

Yang Fan and Yang Qihang, if they mishandle things, could easily turn a good thing into a bad one.

The Yang Family could also be greatly affected.

Understanding his concern, Yang Qing became even more pleased with this grandson.

This concern is completely unfounded.

The root of the problem is still water; using groundwater recklessly is destroying water resources.

Without enough water, it's hard to carry out commercial development.

Being by the sea, you can still develop agriculture through seawater desalination.

If you go to the Northwest, there's basically nowhere to find water; small-scale investment isn't scary, but large-scale investment would just be pure loss, wouldn't it?

You can't really believe nonsense like the rain belt moving north, can you?

Yang Qing pursed his lips and smiled.

But in his heart he thought Yang Fan might actually be hoping for the rain belt to shift north.

As for whether it's reliable, he doesn't know either.

However, in recent years precipitation in the Northwest has clearly increased.

Moreover, the trend of global warming won't change in the short term, meaning the trend of rising sea levels won't change either.

The risk of coastal areas being inundated is also great.

After all, ice is water; it might just be a matter of one degree.

Once the temperature reaches a critical point, the two-tier glaciers could melt not slowly but all at once overnight.

Sea level would rise rapidly.

This possibility may be small, but it's not impossible.

Really, ice and water differ by only zero degrees, with no transition in between.

Based on this threat prediction, the government is likely also consciously shifting agriculture westward.

And the Three-Dimensional Farm will be an important preparation for solving this crisis.

As for water?

With the development of Daxia's new energy, such as solar, wind, and other unstable energies increasing.

The use of these energies will also be a major problem.

Using surplus electricity for seawater desalination is a pretty good method.

Then using pipelines to transport water to the west.

If cheaper fusion technology achieves a breakthrough, the scale of seawater desalination could become even larger.

Of course, we could also directly replace water resources with new-energy products and neighboring countries.

No matter which method, there is still possibility for western agricultural planning.

"Then let's make an assessment linking cost and water usage."

"If we over-rely on groundwater, we should cut back investment."

"The more we over-rely on groundwater, the smaller the investment scale should be."

"Of course, cost is also an important condition."

"It's fine if we don't make money; losing a little is okay, but we can't keep pouring money in when we clearly can't fill the gap."

"We need to be more rational and practical, not too blind."

"What do you think?"

Yang Qingfeng chuckled.

"Then I'll trouble Grandfather and the two great-uncles to say it."

"I think it would be best to have Qingyun Consulting Company involved as well."

"Grandfather, what do you say?"

Yang Qing laughed and scolded.

This is considered a public welfare project; what is Azure Cloud participating in?

They specialize in commercial development, not public welfare.

However, doing a bit of research is fine; just give them a reference and don't let them participate.

This is already good enough.

That works too.

Well, this matter needs Grandpa to preside over it.

Yang Qing snapped, calling him a little brat.

Then he got up to go find Yang Fan and the other two.

Yang Fan and the others still didn't know that Yang Qingfeng had betrayed them; the two were in the study, making plans.

Yang Qing suddenly opened the door and came in, leaving them a bit dazed.

"Dad, why did you come?"

The two said in unison.

Yang Qing didn't give them a pleasant look.

"Heh, if I didn't come, I'm afraid you'd abandon your wives and children again."

The two gave an embarrassed laugh, realizing their plan had been exposed.

In an instant, they thought of Yang Qingfeng.

Yang Fan chuckled along.

"Isn't it just idling either way?"

"Besides, Dad, you didn't hold back back then."

"We didn't say a word, and we fully supported it."

"Now, Dad, you can't trip us up."

"Otherwise, we'll have a good talk with you."

"Over these years, you haven't held back on spending."

"Your money plus the company's is at least over ten trillion, right?"

"We won't go overboard; using a hundred billion is fine, right?"

Yang Qing's teeth ached, his hands itched, and he wanted to grab a stick.

"Get out of my way."

He cursed, pushing Yang Fan, who was sitting in the main seat, to the side, then he himself sat down imposingly.

"I won't make things difficult for you."

"But you also can't act blindly; you need to reach an agreement with Qingfeng and them."

Yang Qihang immediately spoke up.

"We've already come to an agreement with Qingfeng."

Yang Qing glanced at him and rolled his eyes.

"The precipitation line shifting north?"

"A Mars farm?"

"You're going to spend a hundred billion on this as justification?"

"Back in my day, I did a lot of things and never spent that much."

"You think putting up a big shed in the desert would cost that much?"

"Don't bully little Qingfeng."

"This is too unreliable; I disagree."

Yang Fan got anxious.

"Dad, you're being unreasonable."

"How can the present compare to the past?"

"Back then, a set of apartments cost only a few hundred thousand; now a set costs several hundred thousand to several million."

"Moreover, running the farm requires a lot of solar power."

"Plus various research equipment."

"We also need to build a laboratory and staff dormitories."

"All of that costs money."

"Before, a researcher earned a few thousand per month; now it's tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands."

"Moreover, we're doing fully automated research."

"So we also need to build a Computing Power Center, database, intelligent deployment, etc."

"Also, conducting Mars and Yueqiu environment simulation, and researching Mars farm technology."

"Without money, it really won't work."