Chapter 860 Change the world

For hundreds and thousands of years.

It can even be said that since the emergence of large-scale civilization.

Humankind is facing the threat of soil desertification.

Especially in recent decades, the speed of land degradation has reached an alarming level.

Although this process has not been completely reversed, it usually only happens over long wheelbases measured in centuries.

And now, an opportunity, an opportunity to change China, and even change the earth, or at least the possibility, has been placed in front of everyone in the conference room.

In comparison, the exploration conditions in the last two areas seem less important.

Of course, the meeting will definitely be completed as usual.

However, the enthusiasm of the crowd for the discussion has cooled down a lot compared to before.

Chang Haonan could naturally notice the change in the atmosphere.

So, after the last group of people introduced their work during this period, he directly concluded:

"How about this, Researcher Zhai, you guys summarize the three sets of analysis and test results just now, including the original data, and give me and Chief Engineer Li a copy respectively. We will do parameter fitting when we go back."

Zhai Mingguo naturally responded to Chang Haonan's request without hesitation:

"We have prepared these before today's meeting. The information clerk will deliver them when you two leave."

Then, he changed the subject:

"Also, Professor Chang, I see there are many other abnormal points on the satellite image you sent me. Do we need to organize a second round of exploration immediately?"

Zhai Mingguo was a serious researcher after all. Although his thoughts had flown to the Mongolian Province thousands of kilometers away and he wished he could fly there with him, he would not abandon the work at hand.

What's more, he knew in his heart that if the desertification project could really be successful, at least half of the credit would come from the remote sensing satellite and the high-dimensional data processing algorithm developed by Chang Haonan.

So even from his own perspective, he should help sharpen the "knife" faster before chopping wood.

However, Chang Haonan waved his hand:

"Being not."

"Once we finish fitting, we should be able to upgrade the algorithm and reprocess the satellite images using the 2.0 version of the algorithm. By then, there may be newer images sent back... In short, it would be more appropriate to decide on the specific tasks for the second round of exploration after some time."

Having said this, he turned to look at Xiao Wenchang on his right:

"Besides, I see that Team Leader Xiao and his team have been working non-stop for a long time. They probably need to rest for a while, at least to have a complete Spring Festival..."

The latter suddenly heard his name and was stunned for a moment before expressing his opinion:

"Well...our team members are used to it..."

That being said, when they heard Chang Haonan say there would be some rest time, several members from the exploration unit showed a relaxed expression.

If possible, who wouldn’t want to stay at home longer?

After arranging the tasks that were directly related to him, Chang Haonan added to Zhai Mingguo:

"Also, send a copy of today's investigation report on the permafrost conditions in the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains to the comrades in the railway engineering department. The last time I worked with the Institute of Computing Technology, I heard from them that in addition to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the country also has plans to build railways in the Tianshan Mountains."

"If there are any remote sensing and geographical exploration results related to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the future, we can also cooperate with them. At most, the railway system can spend some money from the infrastructure funds..."

After some arrangements, today's long meeting finally came to an end, and everyone left their seats and prepared to leave.

However, Chang Haonan specifically called Zhai Mingguo to stop him:

"If we really want to implement this desert soilification idea, then we can't stay in Beijing forever. Moreover, it involves land management and agronomy, and we are not experts in this area, so we still have to cooperate with some colleges and universities in the central and western regions that are closer to the desert terrain. Do you have any ideas in this regard?"

Although geotechnical science and soil science sound similar, the former is earth science and the latter is agronomy. They are even different in major categories and belong to fields that Chang Haonan has hardly any contact with.

Moreover, as time entered the second half of 2000, the cumulative safety testing hours of WS-10 continued to break new records.

If nothing goes wrong, the WS-2 will enter the design finalization process in 3-10 months.

It is estimated that Chang Haonan will focus his main energy on this matter throughout the fourth quarter.

After that, the equipment imported from Europe should arrive, and we will start researching the topic of pulse laser processing.

Therefore, Chang Haonan can only provide some theoretical and engineering guidance at most, and it is impossible for him to stay in Meng Province permanently.

Zhai Mingguo's situation is similar.

So, they need help.

"I know a professor at the Mongolian Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College... er, it should be the Agricultural University now. His name is He Guangyou. He specializes in soil erosion research. We met before when we were exploring in the field."

Zhai Mingguo immediately replied:

“Although he has not produced many results because of the poor platform and his research team is average, his research is still quite rigorous.”

"It doesn't matter if your strength is average."

Chang Haonan doesn't care much about this:

"The main thing is to complete the task in accordance with our requirements with guaranteed quality and quantity."

Zhai Mingguo nodded:

"Then I'll contact him and see when he's free recently so we can have a chat?"

"can."

……

Zhai Mingguo's efficiency is even faster than Chang Haonan expected.

Less than a week later, he contacted the latter and was informed that Professor He Guangyou had arrived in Beijing.

Considering that this project would definitely be led by Chang Haonan, the three of them chose to meet in a small conference room at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics this time.

After a brief greeting, Chang Haonan went straight to the point and stated his idea of ​​"turning sand into soil", and introduced in more detail the theoretical basis that he had previously explained to Zhai Mingguo and others.

After listening, He Guangyou pondered for a long time.

To be honest, he was not proficient in these theoretical knowledge, and even though he had just listened to it once, he still felt a little confused.

But no matter what, He Guangyou still believed in the names of Chang Haonan and Zhai Mingguo.

So the focus is actually on operation——

The desert area in the central and western parts of Mongolia is a terrain he is very familiar with.

In fact, He Guangyou’s hometown is in Bayannur City, near Alxa.

However, Chang Haonan is not familiar with agronomy after all, and his ideas are almost entirely based on physics, so he needs some time to think about how to implement the project in detail.

"Teacher Chang, there are two things I need to say first."

After a few minutes, He Guangyou looked at Chang Haonan again.

The latter nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

"First of all, your idea is to improve the binding force of the sand body and transform the dispersed sand into a rheological state. However, in actual production, the problem faced by soil is often that the agglomeration is too serious. So if you just increase the binding force, it may be okay at the beginning, but in a few years it is likely to cause the soil condition to deteriorate to another extreme."

He Guangyou said:

"In addition, these soils are transformed from sand, so at least in the past few years, it is difficult to grow food... In fact, considering the problem of salinity, it may be difficult to grow anything, so my suggestion is that it is best to find a crop that is relatively tolerant to salt and alkali but has relatively low requirements for soil fertility..."

"for example?"

Although Chang Haonan was not completely ignorant of the different types of crops, he had never farmed before and had no idea about such things.

"for example……"

He Guangyou hesitated for a long time:

"Natural crops may not have such good properties, so we may need a breeder to cultivate some alfalfa or bean crops specifically in this direction..."