Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 298 Envy, Jealousy, Hate

South Asian subcontinent.

The Sriharikota launch site of Tianzhu Space System is the most important space launch center in Tianzhu.

It is located on the Sri Harikota Island on the east coast of the South Asian subcontinent, 100 kilometers north of Madras, with geographical coordinates of 13 degrees north latitude and 80 degrees east longitude.

The climate here is affected by the southwest monsoon and northeast monsoon, and October and November are heavy rain seasons, but most months of the year are sunny and clear, allowing outdoor static test runs and launch tests.

The launch site has facilities for testing, assembling and launching large multi-stage rockets and satellite launch vehicles, as well as a tracking, telemetry and communication station for Tianzhu satellites.

Tianzhu Space Research Center also expanded the solid booster factory here, which can produce large-scale propellant grains for multi-stage rocket engines.

Although stimulated by Dongtang Aerospace, their funds have increased greatly, but the person in charge of the space base, Sinbad, is not too happy.

He stood in front of the office window frowning, looking at the farmlands in the distance, filled with dead yellow.

May is the beginning of the rainy season in the South Asian subcontinent, and the rainy season in the South Asian subcontinent is from May to November every year, but the main rainfall is concentrated in October and November.

However, the rainfall in May this year is very small, only about one-tenth of previous years.

Sinbad picked up the report on the table. It was a satellite cloud image taken by a meteorological satellite. Judging from the satellite cloud image, the rainfall in the next week or two may still be similar to May.

Perhaps in the impression of many people, Tianzhu's climate and arable land conditions are very superior.

The tropical monsoon climate plus rain and heat at the same time, and it is ripe three times a year, looks pretty good, but this is just data on paper.

The actual precipitation in Tianzhu is not as much as imagined. Generally, the annual precipitation is between 500 and 800 mm, and it is very characteristic of Tianzhu. It rains for a year in three months.

In fact, if you look at the map of the world's natural zones, you can see the real natural conditions of Tianzhu. Most of them are tropical grasslands, only part of the windward slope area is monsoon forest, and there are a small number of tropical deserts.

Strictly speaking, most of Tianzhu should have a savannah climate. Because of its particularly obvious monsoon, it is classified as a tropical monsoon climate.

In areas such as the Deccan Plateau, due to the dry climate, crops such as cotton and wheat are generally planted instead of the rice we usually imagine, and because of the lack of water, in fact, there is usually only one crop a year.

In addition, the precipitation in Tianzhu is good from the book, even in places with relatively little water, there are about 500-800 mm.

But don't forget that the main body of the South Asian subcontinent is located in the tropics, and the evaporation is very large.

For example, in the humid area of ​​Mongolia, Manzhouli only receives more than 300 millimeters of precipitation. Since Manzhouli is located at about 50° north latitude, the winter is long and the summer is short, and evaporation is weak, so it is still a humid area.

The precipitation in the east of Qiongzhou Island is about 800-1000 mm, but due to the low latitude, high temperature and large evaporation, it is still a semi-arid area.

Most of the grain-rich areas on the Tianzhu Peninsula are located in three areas, one is Punjab, the other is the Ganges Plain, and the third is Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is a delta area of ​​rivers, so the soil is relatively fertile, coupled with a lot of precipitation
The water in the Ganges Plain is relatively sufficient, and the soil on both sides of the river is also relatively fertile (in fact, it is only slightly better than most areas in Tianzhu), so the agricultural conditions are relatively good.

Punjab has little precipitation and is located on the edge of a tropical monsoon (grassland) climate and a tropical desert climate.

Specifically, you can brainstorm the Sahel region near the Sahara Desert, which may have less precipitation than it.

However, Punjab has the addition of Tianzhu River, and there is no shortage of irrigation water.Coupled with the high temperature and large temperature difference between day and night, the yield per unit area is the highest in Tianzhu.

Just like the place with the highest yield per unit area in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, it is actually in the Hetao Plain in Mongolia and Ningxia, which is close to the south of the Yangtze River, where rice can even be grown.

Moreover, the watermelon, red dates, wolfberry and other crops in the Hetao Plain are of good quality.

On the whole, the agricultural environment in Tianzhu is very poor. It is flooded and dead. Most of the rainy places are located in mountainous areas, and the plains are prone to flood disasters.

Most of the arid areas are located on the flat Deccan Plateau, so this vast land is basically useless.

Due to the low rainfall and severe drought in most areas of Tianzhu, it is generally only possible to achieve one crop a year, which is not as good as the North China Plain (three crops in two years, and two crops a year in some areas).

It is not as good as the Chengdu Plain, Jianghan Plain, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, where the water and heat coordination is perfect.

In addition, Tianzhu is located in the tropics, the soil fertility is low, and the evaporation in the tropics is large. The natural agricultural conditions of Tianzhu are not as good as those in China.

Its advantage is nothing more than more light and heat, which is no longer enough, but surplus, which is fatal, which leads to severe droughts in Tianzhu every year.

As for the agricultural technology, it is basically the icing on the cake, let me explain.

Don’t you see that the agricultural technology of Sun Country, John’s House, and Judah Country is already at the advanced level in the world, but they still import food and other crops.

Sinbad put down the satellite cloud image of the South Asian subcontinent, and picked up another photo taken by the satellite.

This is Tianzhu's neighbor minibus.

Although the minibus is also suffering from severe drought this year, since the seawater desalination plant has been put into use, they can now use the fresh water from the seawater desalination plant to fight against the drought.

Of course, there was another satellite monitoring report on Sinbad's desk, and that report was from Dongtang.

But after he saw it once, he didn't want to watch it.

It's so shocking, what a luxury it is to create a lake in the middle of the desert!
The so-called man-made lakes photographed by the Tianzhu Satellite are actually reservoirs on the northern line of the Mongolian District. Due to the huge output of the desalination plant, in line with the principle of not wasting, Dongyin Water Group has cooperated with cities along the route to build a lot of reservoirs.

These reservoirs are an insurance, in case there is a problem with the pipeline, the local area can quickly transfer the water from the reservoir for emergency.

Of course, these reservoirs can also effectively regulate the local climate and make the local climate more humid.

Regarding Dongtang's behavior, the expressions of Tianzhu and Tu'ao, which have suffered severe drought this year, are full of envy and hatred.

I'm almost dried out, you actually used fresh water to make a lake!Seeing Tianzhu and Tuao beating their chests and feet, why didn't they invent seawater desalination technology by themselves.

Tianzhu is hesitant about whether to introduce a seawater desalination plant. Everyone knows that Dongtang's seawater desalination plant seems to be unconditional, but it is actually a conspiracy.

Buying a seawater desalination plant is equivalent to giving the handle to Dongtang himself. Tianzhu can't bear to be controlled by others.

As for the capricious Tuao, they are really hungry and thirsty now.

Tuao, Canberra.

"Mr. Raff, our drought this year is already very serious." Castro, the head of the Turkish-Australian Meteorological Department, said helplessly.

Raff is the director of the water conservancy department in Tuao: "Of course I know that the drought is very serious. Please tell me how to solve this problem."

Regarding this ball, all high-level officials in the water conservancy department looked at each other.

How to solve it? Solve the fart!We are not gods who can conjure water out of thin air.A group of high-level executives secretly complained.

(End of this chapter)