Chapter 1033: Going to the Cabinet to Bluff and Gain Influence

Shut up.

What sense of achievement? If you want a sense of achievement, go farm—no other assistance, I'll give you two hundred jin of grain; you won't starve to death each day, but you won't be full either, working from sunrise to sunset.

When harvest time comes, you'll have a sense of achievement.

With such a huge investment, is it just for you to play?

If you're going to do it, do it with all your might, use all resources, don't waste.

Even so, you may not necessarily succeed.

When doing things, talent is important, luck is also important.

First, you lack the talent for farming, so you're already thirty percent behind; even if you could hire someone very talented, you wouldn't know whether their direction is right, because you lack the talent to judge accurately.

You should know that in this world, talent is not lacking; what's lacking is talent that's on the right path—ninety percent of talent is wasted.

Secondly, it seems the government intends to develop the desert and is even taking action.

But how long will that take? You should know the desert has been managed for decades, and now it's barely under control at the edges.

If you want to catch this wave, you don't even know when it'll happen—year of the monkey, month of the horse—and your farm might not last a few years.

That's just bad luck.

Moreover, the precipitation line is indeed trending northward, but we can't control how it will develop; combined with bad luck, the success rate drops another thirty percent.

Speaking of geography, this place is indeed a land transportation hub.

But Yingjiang clearly harbors ill intentions.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be wars big and small.

Also, the western exit routes pass through many complicated places, with all sorts of ulterior motives.

It's hard to resolve in a short time.

So geographically, it looks advantageous, but the role it can play is limited.

Finally, the state is vigorously developing new manufacturing, with resources tilted toward manufacturing.

Regardless of heavenly timing, earthly advantage, and human harmony, you have none of them—what success rate is left?

Are you saying you're just messing around?

Yang Qing poked their foreheads, retorting unhappily.

Yang Qihang was doubtful.

Dad, you just mentioned the underground water network, politics, military……

Yang Qing glared.

Isn't this to increase your chances of success?

If you want the government to speed up the desert strategy, others need to see the benefits, right?

Our Yang Family, this pioneering bird, is the best pathfinder.

They won't pour resources into the desert just because of your one round of persuasion.

But the treatment and support you deserve will be given, and they'll fully back your preliminary experiments.

As long as you can produce some results, the underground reservoir and water network I mentioned earlier could become real.

Adding your Mars Farm plan and the Mars Exploration plan pushed to develop the Mars Farm, the government actually should have had such a plan all along; you're just hitching a ride, giving the project some extra funding and speeding it up a bit.

This will also make the government pleased to see it succeed.

Furthermore, if you combine the Mars Farm, Mars Base, and Yueqiu Base project,

you might even get more support.

As far as I know, the environment of Black Solo Mountain is very like Yueqiu; once technology reaches a certain level, we can conduct field experiments there.

You should also explain this plan to increase the credibility of your proposal.

Having said that, Yang Qing's brain was exhausted; he really couldn't think of anything else.

Alright, that's it; the rest is up to you.

Without another word, Yang Qing got up and left.

Yang Fan and Yang Qihang were left there, looking at each other.

Just playing around, and you end up with a dad.

Doing this thing, stirring up so many people and matters, can it be easy?

But they still have to do it.

Yang Fan and Yang Qihang both felt a bit regretful.

Wouldn't a nice retirement be better? What's all this fuss for?

How good would it be to support the elderly?

If all else fails, practice calligraphy, practice painting, raise fish, raise flowers, bring along grandchildren, bring along dogs, coax your wife—what a wonderful life.

How can you be so unsatisfied?

Although they complained, they still strove to push this matter forward.

Soon they arrived at the cabinet,

The Yang Family still had this bit of face.

At that moment, Yang Fan didn't interject, while Yang Qihang summed up Yang Qing's persuasion and added his own more precise, data-backed support.

They left everyone in the cabinet stunned.

Develop the desert?

Underground water network?

Flood season water resource allocation?

Mars Farm?

Black Lone Mountain Yueqiu base testing site?

Hundred‑million mu of fertile fields?

Ten‑trillion rations?

Five hundred million people?

Crazy……

Someone raised a fatal question.

"You say five hundred million people?"

"The desert is so water‑scarce; where does domestic water come from?"

Yang Qihang was not panicked at all.

"Technology is advancing, and our water‑diversion project is continuously progressing."

"The desert region isn't far from the glaciers; we have many things we can do."

"When the desert develops enough greenery, the local temperature drop will greatly increase rainfall."

"Most importantly, if nuclear fusion truly succeeds."

"The cost of seawater desalination will also drop dramatically."

"Building a water‑conveying pipeline that spans east to west isn't impossible either."

"Finally, I'd say that with the push of the new manufacturing sector, we need more projects to accommodate employment."

"Desert Farm is also a way out, after all."

"What do you all think?"

A few days later, Yang Fan and Yang Qihang returned.

Such matters can't be decided in just a day or two.

The cabinet also needs to redraw the plan.

However, the two, Yang Fan and Yang Qihang, came back smiling.

The results proved to be good.

Soon after, news that the Yang Family was vigorously developing desert agriculture emerged.

The direction is very clear.

Yang Fan took a map and ran to Yang Qing's study.

"Dad, we can act now."

He pointed at the marked spot on the map.

"Here, here, here will serve as the pilot zone."

"Our hundred‑thousand mu have also been incorporated."

"The underground reservoir plan has also received preliminary support."

"And it granted us a certain amount of underground water development rights."

"Additionally, for the underground reservoir, they will assist with surveying and construction."

"There's also a ten‑year tax exemption, and they'll purchase our output at twice the market price."

"However, we have the Qiongzhou market; these outputs should be absorbable."

"Finally there's the Mars Farm; the space agency will co‑research with us."

"The Three‑Dimensional Farm will also receive their full support."

"We can now go full‑steam ahead."

Yang Qing looked at the marked places on the map.

These locations aren't the driest, and they lie outside the Border Lock.

Water resources are relatively abundant.

Moreover, they're all on the fringe.