Chapter 1043: Dialogue, Imagining the Future

"Fundamentally change the way of life?"

Catherine was a bit confused; she could only imagine a little of the future.

But in the end, she couldn't understand that lifestyle.

She was curious and confused, and at the same time felt a sense of fear.

She knows something about some dark plans in the world.

Including the human eradication plan that was just carried out in Yingjiang.

Yingjiang used several years to eliminate several million people.

Directly causing its employment rate to repeatedly hit new highs.

Everyone says politics is dirty, but behind politics, those who control the world are even dirtier and darker.

The shepherd theory penetrates the hearts of these people; they have never regarded ordinary people as human.

Apart from Daxia being an oddity, the whole world is pretty much like this.

Naturally, sheep that are worthless and still consume resources are the sheep they dislike most, and also the sheep they want to get rid of as soon as possible.

This is the origin of the human eradication plan.

So with the arrival of the mechanical age, a large amount of work is replaced, and ordinary people without work and unstable will naturally become a thorn in their flesh, a sore point in their eyes.

So, what does Yang Qihang mean?

Is he saying that all this can be achieved with machinery, or does he have other ideas?

Her eyes flickered, her lips trembled.

"Yang Zong, what kind of lifestyle is that?"

Yang Qihang smiled lightly.

"What else could the lifestyle be?"

"In the past, when we went out, we relied on horse carriages and our two legs; now we go out relying on cars, airplanes, and high-speed rail."

"In the past, we had to rely on manual labor to farm; now most farming work relies on machines."

"In the past we had to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate; now we still have to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate, only it's different."

"In the past we passed time with storytelling, acrobatics, reading books, etc.; now we watch movies, short videos, and animations."

"In the past, farming for a year only barely provided enough to live on; now working just one month can buy enough food for a year's living needs."

"The trend of future material abundance will not change."

"Our income will be higher, but we still need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, sleep, and we still need entertainment."

"We will still pursue a better life."

"It's just that we have shifted from being the main labor force ourselves to directing or operating machines to bear the labor; in the future we may perhaps create labor by controlling machinery."

"Naturally, the lifestyle will also change."

"We will have more free time, because possibly we can earn enough food for a year's living needs by working just one day."

"The reason for our work may shift from being for material needs to becoming both material and spiritual needs."

"For example, greening deserts, transforming the world, and the service industry."

"Perhaps in the future, one person can green tens of thousands of mu of desert."

"One person can manage tens of thousands of mu of farmland."

"Let the farm's cost be greatly reduced."

"It will also spawn industries supporting the farm, such as the sale and processing of agricultural products."

"After the desert is transformed, it will also bring many industries, such as tourism."

"By then, the government will become the main investor."

"Life at that time might be like this."

"One person works one week a month, then can go to the highlands for vacation, experience the latest technology in the city, play at amusement parks worldwide, experience the desert's seas, camels, oases, and desert farms."

"Each year regularly participate in desert transformation activities, just like tree planting and afforestation."

"One can also come to the desert farm to visit and play."

Catherine doubted.

"Is this possible?"

Yang Qihang was very certain.

"The current high-speed rail speed can already reach 500 kilometers."

"In the future, our transportation tools could even reach 2000 kilometers per hour."

"That is to say, traveling from the east to the west of Daxia would only take a few hours."

"You say, with this speed, would you still be willing to stay in one place?"

"Especially when we have plenty of time, today in Jingcheng, tomorrow I want to go to the seaside, the day after tomorrow I want to go to the desert."

"The more unique the climate environment, the more it can attract people."

"The desert is one of them."

Catherine still didn't believe.

"What kind of wage would be needed to sustain such purchasing power?"

"Is this a problem? No, it's not a problem at all."

"Didn't we just say that? One person can build a ten-thousand-mu farm, and one person can operate a ten-thousand-mu farm."

"One mu of land earns five thousand per year; ten thousand mu is fifty million."

"Let's give a wage of one million per year; that's not much, and one million can fully support such a lifestyle."

Catherine.

The farm's construction costs, operating costs—don't they require money?

Yang Qihang

Most of it is machine-made; how much money would be needed?

Catherine,

Don't machines need money?

Yang Qihang

Machines are made by machines; what money would they need?

Catherine

Material costs, patent fees—these all require money.

Yang Qihang

Materials are extracted by machines; what money is needed?

And what money is needed for patent fees?

Catherine

Machines, too, need money.

Yang Qihang laughed.

When machines can manufacture themselves, how much money would be needed?

This is like a Red Alert Base Vehicle, whose everything is self-created; how much cost would it need?

Cost is the product of trade.

When he can manufacture everything himself, cost will become negligible.

The arrival of the machine age will naturally make many things cheap.

Daxia's current new business model already foreshadows the collapse of the old business logic.

Moreover, the speed of the industrial revolution is also accelerating.

Perhaps in twenty or thirty years, the result of the new industrial revolution will be………

For the government, machines are its own, resources are its own, so costs can be greatly reduced.

Because machines don't need wages.

This is too idealistic.

Catherine felt Yang Qihang was coaxing her.

"Then how do you make money?"

"To recoup costs on this farm, at least ten years would be needed."

Yang Qihang shook his head.

"Maybe five or six years."

Catherine.

"You said the government would take over in the future, right? Why are you doing this? It's obviously making someone else's wedding dress."

Yang Qihang.

"Who told you we're here to contract the desert?"

"We just want to do some forward-looking research in this area."

"Making money is secondary."

"Moreover, the land here has a seventy-year usage limit; that is to say, even if we break even in ten years, we would still have sixty years of profit, which is worthwhile for us."

"Come on, Miss Mai'er, I'll take you to see our Mars farm project."

"Perhaps after you see it with your own eyes, you'll understand why we're doing this."

Catherine knew the conversation was over.

Today's pace was bad; many things weren't made clear.