Interstellar Farmer

China possesses a large number of unique technologies, which are not only unique in planetary transformation and environmental improvement, but also the use of plants to purify minerals, which is also extremely popular. Because of this unprecedented operation method, it has created a new type of industry.

Previously, Du Guosheng was still having a headache as to which industry this new industry should be planned into: belong to agriculture, but what this plant produces is minerals, and there are still higher-grade minerals that have been initially purified; belong to industry, these gains The minerals have to be further processed and cannot be regarded as a complete chain; the mining industry is also very reliable. In any case, they are all the same as the excavated minerals, but there are no specific machines or specific mining areas. The entire planting method is Treating the planet as a super mining area has exceeded the original definition of the mining industry;...

Han Zhen solved this problem for Du Guosheng before leaving. Referring to the method of defining planetary transformation and environmental improvement as two independent military control forces, he named this new industry plant mining industry, and then recruited specialized manpower to establish a new industry. The military control department is responsible for this, and its name is the special mining force.

The investment is small, the returns are large, and the minerals covered are very wide. By the time Han Zhen went to Silver Moon, he had the ability to mine more than 2,000 common minerals, 732 conventional minerals, 125 precious minerals and 47 rare minerals. All the mineral planting methods, all added up, means that more than 3,000 kinds of minerals can be obtained through mineral planting. These three thousand types are still far behind the more than 10,000 known types of minerals in the universe today, but this is always an improvement. At least so far, only China has mastered this unique technology and applied it.

The improved plant closely related to the plant industry, the star tree, already has a total of more than 6,000 species - more than 6,000 species is not many at all. Because of the different environments of the universe, different types of minerals will appear when extracting minerals. Star tree plant. In fact, every star tree now has the function of extracting at least ten kinds of minerals. However, because the space environment is too complicated, and the number of new star trees is still growing slowly but extremely strongly, how many will there be in the end? Even Han Yu cannot estimate accurately. These star trees will also be selected from more than 6,000 species after the most detailed environmental inspection of the sub-stars that will become mining areas, and the results will be harvested in the long term according to the maturity cycle of the star trees. .

After a period of time, the results were very obvious, so obvious that people who knew the inside story and were mentally prepared were surprised: after the connection of the wild waterway was completed and the trading materials were transported on time, the minerals obtained from the mining were from At the beginning, it occupied less than 1%. As it doubled every year, it now accounts for 27% of the same increased volume of trading materials! It is completely foreseeable that this ratio still has huge room for improvement. If it develops in more time, it is very possible to let Zhi Mining be fully responsible for all transaction volume supply!

The requirements for the work sites and personnel rationing of the mining troops who carry out the mining industry are not large. If compared with the total amount of minerals produced, it can only be said to be very small: the activities of the mining troops The areas are all within the Taici Territory. After all, this kind of business that absolutely requires confidentiality must not be allowed to go out! Judging from the fact that it can only be found in Taici, we can know that the mining army cannot be compared with the mining industry throughout China; in terms of individual objects of mining, the stars involved so far The number is only about 6,000, of which there are only about 100 natural administrative stars, and the others are secondary stars or highly productive meteorite stars. Compared with the ubiquitous mining areas, it is not even a fraction; in terms of personnel, As long as the star trees are selected in advance and the manpower responsible for the specific planting of the plants, thousands of people on a battleship are already a lot. After planting, there is no need for people to manage them at all times. The place where manpower is needed later is during harvesting. Some people are needed to collect the fruits or roots planted everywhere. Considering that one location is equivalent to the size of the planet, the manpower cannot be too few, but it is only more than a million Well, after using a specially equipped collector, this work can be done easily... Including the scientific researchers who initially tested the planet's environment and the breeders who cultivated the planet's trees, the number of manpower required on a planet would not exceed five million.

This is a very small number. As long as it is a slightly larger mining area, the number of people will not be less than five million. And a star is the size of a planet. If a mining area is established, as long as the minerals are rich, Dozens or even hundreds are normal. It requires a very small amount of labor to work, but the output is extremely high. After all, the star trees, the carriers of mining industry, are spread throughout the planet. As long as they enter the mature stage, as long as the minerals contained in them will be harvested bit by bit. Absorbing all of them, even in terms of efficiency, it is faster and more productive than opening hundreds of mining areas on the planet!

Planting mining also has a distinct advantage, that is, no matter how much ore is on the planet, as long as the conditions for star tree planting and production are met, it can be mined smoothly after it grows. You must know that many kinds of minerals are very scattered in distribution. Conventional mining methods are not only extremely labor-intensive, take a long time, and cause great damage to the environment. Planting star trees in the mining industry is different. These It can solve all problems perfectly.

If we want to talk about disadvantages, Xingshu also has them, and that is that the depth of control cannot keep up with traditional mineral mining methods. After all, the star tree is a plant. Currently, the star tree with the deepest roots does not exceed 10,000 meters. Minerals below 10,000 meters can only be looked at. Targeted research on this issue has already begun at the Star Tree R\u0026D Institute, and I believe the date for its solution will not be too far away.

Brother Luo, have you finished broadcasting your film? A voice came from the contactor of a multi-functional mining machine produced by China's Ninth Machinery Manufacturing Factory. After the burly Luo Hu got through, a holographic image of his colleague, or comrade-in-arms Li Xiao, with a playful smile and a lieutenant's epaulettes popped out.

It's almost there, only the last small piece is left. What about you? Luo Hu replied, without stopping. After the mining machine arrived at the predetermined position, he placed the corresponding seeds with the cultivated ones in order. The young plants were then placed one by one in the soil holes dug at the same time. As the mining machine moves forward, the coverter at the rear also efficiently and accurately buries the soil holes with seeds and cultivates the soil holes with plants.

Brother Luo, you are too slow this time! I finished it a long time ago and am returning now. Li Xiao laughed even more when he heard that Luo Hu hadn't finished yet, I'm willing to admit defeat, right? In the evening Hey, brother Luo, do you know? After hearing this, everyone will understand that the two of them are betting on the speed of the work, and it is obvious that Li Xiao won.

I got it, brat, please! Go to the bar and wait for me first! Oh, don't forget to call those three guys too! Luo Hu, who was laughing and scolding, closed the door after hearing Li Xiao's loud reply. liaison. With a pull of the control in his hand, the mining machine left the ground and floated into the sky. After spinning around, it started the same operation again, ten times in a row. After the entire surface and a hill several hundred meters high were covered with seeds and plants, the mining machine flew into the air. After reaching an altitude of a thousand meters, it accelerated flexibly and flew quickly to reach the camp.

The mining machine is a new type of tool. It is very large, about 120 meters long, about 50 meters wide, and 40 to 50 meters high. Overall, it looks like a regular long steamed bun. . Despite its inconspicuous appearance, its functions are extraordinary. It can not only sow seeds, but also use various equipment on the smooth side of the bottom to complete all the sowing processes while driving close to the ground. It can also be used for picking. The same is at the bottom. After inputting the sample data to be picked, you can easily cut the fruits and rhizomes on the ground while flying above the plants or putting them into the storage bin inside the mining machine. The reserve compartment is very large, and its powerful power ensures that the heaviest cargo can be placed in the reserve compartment, which occupies at least 70% of the internal space, and the speed is reduced to at most half of the usual speed. The operation of the mining machine is also very simple. As long as one person is proficient in the operating procedures, one person can start it!

After Luo Hu returned to the camp and relaxed for a night with his colleagues, the task he received the next day changed. It was to clean up the designated area 42.

The star where Luo Hu is located is an early secondary star developed by the mining force. The first development work was completed half a year ago. It was an overall development of the entire star, after ingesting dozens of customized heavy minerals. After that, we entered the current second development. Because the second development was different from the first time, the resource requirements were more targeted, so the star was artificially divided into more than 200 areas, and related star trees were cultivated according to the resource content in the area. Because the types of star trees in the two times are completely different, the mineral types harvested are also different.

After the first all-star seeding, some problems were left, mainly the trunk left by the death of the star tree after the time was up. These trunks are all composed of the basic minerals of the secondary star itself. In addition to leaving some for the second star tree to propagate, a team of ore planting machines will be dispatched to transport them. After they are gathered in one place, a transport team will be dispatched to transport them. Arrive at the nearby sub-star warehouse for storage.