Chapter 47 Action
After the chatter died down, the chief officer of the Qinghe Alliance, Su Cheng, spoke up, "I got some news, Qiu Man, tell us about it!"
Qiu Man nodded and slowly told what he knew, "We got some news. It is said that our planet will experience some disasters starting from the global rain on March 9, 2258, and will last for at least three years."
As soon as he finished saying this, people started whispering to each other, and everyone was a little bit unbelieving.
Qiu Man waited until the scene was quiet again and continued, "We are currently experiencing a global rain, which is said to last for about half a year. Due to the rain, most fields cannot be cultivated, and this year's summer grain harvest is almost zero.
After half a year, the global rain will slowly end, and then a new round of disasters will begin, severe drought!
The drought will last for half a year, the fields will once again be barren, and countless people will die of dehydration.
However, drought is not the end, after drought there will be another experience..."
When Qiu Man finished speaking, most people looked pale, obviously frightened by the scene of miserable life that Qiu Man described.
This news is so shocking that some people are struggling to ask: "Are you sure this news is true? Could it be..."
Qiu Man looked at the other person's horrified eyes and pursed his lips. "The news we received is that on April 25, the Milis volcano in Lan Country erupted, and on May 1, the Keyarden Chemical Plant in Hill Country exploded."
After hearing this, General Alliance Officer Li said: "Then let's wait and see if the news is accurate, but everyone should also be mentally prepared, after all, Qiu Man has verified it once before.
We will hold another meeting after May 1 is confirmed. During this period, please keep it confidential."
The atmosphere in the entire conference hall was depressing and everyone was silent.
It wasn't until May 1st that news of the explosion at the Hill Country Chemical Plant came in. It was as if the final shoe had dropped, and everyone's breath of relief was finally let out.
Chief Alliance Officer Li immediately arranged a meeting with the same participants as before.
Logically speaking, Qiu Man was not qualified to attend, but Qiu Man was the one who brought back the news, so he could make suggestions by attending the meeting, and if there was anything he forgot to say, he could also add it in time.
"Now that it has been confirmed, we must make some preparations in advance and do our utmost to protect our people!" said Chief Alliance Officer Li in a serious tone.
"From what Qiu Man said, it seems that the biggest threat in the future will be food. However, given the current situation, we have no way to deal with it. Fortunately, Qinghua has always had spare food, so we can at least hold on for another year or two."
"We can't rely entirely on reserve food, which is used to save lives. And it's not just food that will be in short supply. Many things will be in short supply in the future. Even if there is no shortage, we have to save. After all, none of us knows how long the disaster will last."
"It's raining all over the world now. Many people, both at home and abroad, have noticed the importance of food. We should not take too many actions in this regard."
"However, we can take advantage of the fact that other countries are still confused about the situation and import some supplies from abroad."
"Yes, especially in terms of energy. Coal and oil are always important, as well as some chemical raw materials."
"As for clothes and shoes, in the future everyone's attention may be on how to fill their stomachs, and then all aspects of society will be affected.
For example, people who used to grow cotton may switch to growing wheat in order to have enough food, but in the end they don’t harvest much wheat, and they also have no cotton. Without cotton, they have no cotton cloth, cotton clothes, etc., and then in extremely cold weather, some people may freeze to death.”
"Fortunately, our Qinghua country has developed well in recent years, and everyone has enough food and clothing. The main problem now is food. If everyone saves a little, there won't be too many problems in the first few years."
Chief Alliance Officer Li listened to everyone's comments, thought for a moment and said: "The difficulties in the future will not only affect ordinary people, but also those of us in the upper echelons.
There are fifteen people present here now. Except Qiu Man, everyone has a family behind them, and each of them has considerable power.
For the sake of Qinghua Country, I ask you to mobilize your family forces and go abroad to import all the materials that can be imported under your private name. The country will provide all conveniences for your family.
Of the imported materials, 5% can be kept for family development, and the rest will be collected into the national treasury and left to the people.
Everyone has selfish desires, but the future is not something we can just ignore. We have taken this position, so we must devote ourselves to the Qinghua Nation."
After Chief Alliance Officer Li finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Do you think this is feasible?"
Everyone nodded, "We can mobilize more people..."
"Too many people would not only make it easy for foreign forces to detect us, but also could lead to domestic leaks. Besides, we can't be too drastic."
Seeing that everyone had almost finished their discussion, Qiu Man raised his hand weakly, "Well, I remembered something..."
"explain!"
"After the global rain stopped, all the plants that survived grew very well, and the yields of fruit trees and other things were twice as much as in previous years. This is very strange."
Chief Alliance Officer Li frowned, "How is that possible?"
A senior official who knew more about agriculture thought about it and asked, "Could it be that because it has been raining all the time, the fields cannot be cultivated, or the rain will wash away the seeds after cultivation, so the grain is not harvested, while the fruit trees have taken root for many years and have increased their yields in this global rain?"
"No, aren't there already a lot of vegetables rotting in the fields?"
Qiu Man thought for a moment and said, "The information I got is that many plants will be drowned in the early stage of the global rain, but later on there will be no more. Maybe they have adapted to the environment."
"Does that mean that if we can grow food, the food production will double?"
"But the problem now is that we can't plant the seeds at all."
"It's raining too hard outside to plant, can't we just dig some soil and plant it indoors?"
"How much manpower and material resources will be invested? Who knows if the yield can be doubled by growing indoors? Don't let it turn out that nothing is grown."
"Damn it, it's already too late to weigh the pros and cons. We have to try as long as it's possible. Having a stutterer is more important than anything else right now."
At this time, General Alliance Officer Li interrupted their conversation and said, "The most important thing now is to find out what caused the fruit tree yield to double, whether it was the rain, the soil, or something else.
The research institute needs to pay more attention and give a result as soon as possible."
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