Chapter 541 Rapid Development

It doesn't cost much to buy a desert, but it costs a lot to manage it.

Li Zetian had too much money on hand, so although managing the desert was very expensive, when he thought of the ultimate benefits, he resolutely decided to develop the desert and turn waste into treasure.

There are many ways to control deserts, such as setting up grass grid sand barriers. The so-called grass grid sand barrier, as the name suggests, is to use wheat straw, straw, reeds and other materials to spread on the sand in a grid shape, and then roll it into the sand with a shovel, leaving 1/3 or half of it to stand naturally on the sand. on the four sides, and then move the sand in the center of the square to the roots of the surrounding wheat straw, so that the wheat straw stands firmly on the sand, forming a wind-proof wall to weaken the erosion of wind, and at the same time, it has the effect of intercepting rainfall, which can increase the content of the sand layer. The amount of water is conducive to the growth of sand plants.

On the north bank of the Yellow River in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China, there is a place that was once unknown, but later became a sensation in the world. This is Shapotou. A miracle in the history of human desert control was born here, ending the long-standing dilemma of "sand forces people to retreat". The creation of this miracle comes from an incredibly simple thing - a wheat straw square. This simple grass square is so famous all over the world that it can’t help but be called the “Chinese Rubik’s Cube” abroad!

Li Zetian feels that this simple and effective grass grid deserves to be vigorously promoted. In the past, the Chinese built grass grids by hand, but he can use machinery to quickly lay grass grids over a large area, and the effect must be amazing! ! !

Of course, there are many conventional methods, so I won’t go into detail here one by one.

In addition to these means, Li Zetian's main plan is to transfer seawater to the desert regardless of cost and build a seawater desalination plant. Firstly, he can obtain a large amount of fresh water, and secondly, he can also produce salt.

Of course, it is not necessary to desalinize all seawater; seawater agriculture can also be developed in deserts.

Seawater is inexhaustible and irrigating crops with seawater is a dream of mankind. As we enter the 21st century, through the efforts of countless scientists, this dream is expected to come true. With the continuous development of agricultural science and technology, a new agricultural model has been born to effectively solve the problems of fresh water crisis, food crisis, reduction of cultivated land and environmental degradation. At this very moment, seawater-irrigated agriculture is emerging around the world!

In short, without water, desert control is just talk!

The desert environment is very harsh and unbearable for humans. Therefore, Li Zetian also plans to use a large number of robots and large machinery. In addition, gene technology companies are also actively developing biotechnology to develop genetically modified plants that are drought tolerant.

At the beginning of the new year of 2014, the plan to transform the desert began. The project was huge and shocking. Because they want to start construction in Africa, they naturally cannot afford to hire local workers, which solves the employment problem of a large number of local people and promotes local economic development. Especially those countries that sold deserts to Li Zetian benefited a lot.

Africa is a potentially huge market, but unfortunately it is too poor. If Li Zetian wants to dump products, they have to be able to afford them...

Helping poor African countries develop will actually be beneficial to Li Zetian, the United States and even countries around the world.

Therefore, from the moment Li Zetian decided to transform the desert, he planned to assist Africa to develop rapidly. Li Zetian plans to invest a huge amount of US$500 billion in setting up industry, developing education, and building railways. Li Zetian believes that with him taking the lead, other investors will soon turn their attention to Africa.

In fact, many investors are now paying attention to the economic development of African countries. In addition, they are very interested in the contracting desert project proposed by Li Zetian.

Li Zetian's movement and determination to transform the desert are so great that people can't help but be full of illusions about the future of the desert!

In the past few decades, Li Zetian has created countless myths. In the eyes of everyone, Li Zetian is synonymous with success. His influence and appeal are unparalleled!

Beginning in January 2014, along with the vigorous desert transformation plan, more and more people began to participate in contracting desert projects.

The area of ​​700,000 square kilometers is astonishingly large. However, by March, nearly half of the desert had been contracted out. If Li Zetian hadn't kept the remaining half for his own use, I'm afraid someone would still be willing to rush to contract it.

Since then, Li Zetian has not only paid back the US$500 million he spent to purchase the desert, but also made a profit of US$450 million. In other words, once these deserts changed hands, Li Zetian not only got 350,000 square kilometers of desert for nothing, but also earned US$450 million.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Others are so envious!

This is nothing, what's even more amazing is that in the future, Li Zetian will be able to share 10% to 30% of the income from contractors here.

There is a saying that "when everyone adds firewood, the flames will rise". With so many people joining in, the speed of desert transformation will become very fast!

The desert transformation plan and the African aid plan are in full swing, and Li Zetian has not forgotten ocean development.

As we all know, the earth's surface area is about 510 million square kilometers, of which 29% is land and 71% is ocean.

It can be seen that marine resources are much more than those on the mainland!

Compared with land economic activities, marine development is an emerging field. In addition to the traditional marine fisheries, marine transportation and sea salt industries, due to the development of modern science and technology, human beings' ability to understand and develop the ocean has been continuously improved, the scope of ocean development has expanded, new resources have been discovered, and new areas of economic activities have been developed. A series of emerging marine industries have been formed, such as seawater aquaculture, offshore oil and gas extraction industry, marine entertainment and tourism, etc. There are also some marine economic development activities that are in the process of industrialization, such as seawater desalination and comprehensive utilization of seawater, marine energy utilization, marine drug development, new utilization of marine space, deep-sea mining, etc.

Since the beginning of the year, Li Zetian has invested US$500 billion to establish Chronos Marine Group, and then frantically acquired companies related to marine development, and then formed eight major subsidiaries: marine transportation, marine mining, marine fisheries, and marine salt. industry, offshore oil and gas industry, marine energy, marine pharmaceutical industry, and marine entertainment.

People can't help but sigh that Li Zezhen is so awesome. Kronos Marine Group has become the world's largest marine company from the beginning.

Some people are happy and some are worried. Japan is the world's largest aquatic empire. Japan alone holds four of the world's nine largest fishery giants. Is it awesome or not? South Korea also occupies one.

Li Zetian vigorously developed the marine industry, and the fisheries of Japan and South Korea were greatly impacted. As for the other four major fishing companies, almost all have become subsidiaries of the Marine Fisheries Company under Chronos Marine Group:

One is Thailand's Thai Wansheng, which was founded in 1977 by Chinese-American Chen Hanshi. It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of shelf-stable tuna products;

One is Nutreco from the Netherlands.

One is Marine Harvest in Norway.

One is Cargill Fisheries of the United States.

Japanese fishing giants are backed by Japanese consortiums, and Japanese companies like to form groups. Therefore, Japan's fishing industry is far more developed than other countries.

However, Japan has four major fishing giants, and Li Zetian now also has four major fishing giants. Come on, who is afraid of whom? ! !