Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Therefore, this farmer needs to plant rice for three seasons every year, because this is a regulation of the Yunlan City government. Once a contract is signed, whatever is planted must be planted. If it is necessary to change the type of grain planted, prior approval is required.

Of course, other individuals only have a few acres of land, and they don't need to worry about what they plant.

Zhou Da'an longed to be a farmer like that; that would be so comfortable.

In the Yunlan City government compound, His Highness Prince Nasser of Saudi Arabia is negotiating with Lü Yangui.

"Mr. Lü, our Saudi Empire is very keen to sign a second 10,000 square kilometer afforestation project with you. Money is truly not an issue."

The Saudi Empire is very large, covering an area of ​​2.25 million square kilometers.

Such a vast area, but more than 90% of it is desert, makes life unbearable.

Nasser and other Saudi officials most wanted to acquire Yunlan City's landscaping technology, but after so many years, they still hadn't figured it out.

Previously, Zhao Mancang had arranged a desert greening project covering an area of ​​500 square kilometers for the Saudi Empire.

All these years, this land has remained in good condition and is still a normal oasis.

However, because there is so much desert around it, this oasis suffers when sandstorms strike.

So Nasser and his men were in a hurry and had to think of ways to quickly enclose the surrounding deserts and turn them all into oases.

At this moment, Lü Yangui said:

"Nasser, it's not that we're unwilling to sign a contract with you, but you need to understand that Yunlan City is short-staffed."

The excuse of insufficient personnel was false; the real reason Zhao Mancang didn't want to complete the landscaping for the other party so quickly was...

If Yunlan City can earn 3.2 billion US dollars from a greening project covering 500 square kilometers of desert, it could earn 40 billion US dollars from 5,000 square kilometers.

The area of ​​10,000 square kilometers increased exponentially, directly becoming 100 billion US dollars.

Even a hundred billion US dollars would be well worth it for the Saudi Empire.

For the Saudi Empire, a piece of land of 10,000 square kilometers is a great opportunity; they can learn from Yunlan City's development model and manage it accordingly.

As for the claim that the Saudi Empire has no funds, that's absolutely false. After all, they can earn a considerable amount of money by selling oil and even gold.

It's impossible to do without money, and the Saudi empire is not only able to make money, but also to develop other things.

Of course, Nasser and his group might try to learn from Yunlan City's development model, but they could only manage to copy the appearance; they would never grasp the essence of Yunlan City.

Yunlan City didn't really develop through tourism; it developed through technology.

On the other hand, the reason why Zhao Mancang was not so willing to carry out more greening projects for the Saudi Empire was that each such project required a large amount of freshwater resources.

Perhaps next time, Zhao Mancang should go to Antarctica to look for glaciers.

Thinking of this, Zhao Mancang suddenly stopped paying attention to the tests conducted by Zhou Xiaoqing and the other farmers, and instead piloted his plane straight to Antarctica.

Upon arriving in Antarctica, even with his physical prowess, he was shivering from the cold.

Antarctica is such a cold place.

After I got dressed, I felt a little better.

So Zhao Mancang began searching for the broken ice pieces.

Ok?
Soon, he found a small ice block floating on the sea surface, which looked like an irregularly shaped ice floe about thirty meters in diameter.

But just as Zhao Mancang touched the ice block, he put it into his system space.

Then he was quickly stunned.

Because the exposed part of this Iceland is indeed very small, but it is more than 1,300 meters deep underwater, and in many places its diameter exceeds 100 meters, not just 30 meters on the ground.

So this Icelandic rock really caught Zhao Mancang off guard; it was really, really big.

With such a piece of Iceland, it should actually be enough for the Saudi Empire's greening project this time.

However, Zhao Mancang was not satisfied and continued to collect information about these Antarctic glaciers.

Others may not be able to use these Antarctic glaciers, but he can definitely utilize them for his own purposes.

Not much is needed, just a little bit is enough; for Antarctica, that's a drop in the ocean.

Of course, the best way is to go to places with abundant freshwater resources, such as Lake Baikal. Otherwise, it would be bad to damage the environment of the Antarctic glaciers.

"Huh? Something huge?"

Just as Zhao Mancang was busy collecting glaciers, he suddenly discovered a giant object on the seabed.

When he looked closely, he was shocked to find that it wasn't a giant creature at all, but rather a group of shrimp.

Antarctic krill are an extremely large population, and they reproduce faster than humans can catch them.

Since we've come across this, let's catch some to take home and try.

More than an hour later, Zhao Mancang had almost finished his mission and was about to go back when a huge roar came from afar.

That was the sound of a glacier cracking.

This, in turn, attracted Zhao Mancang's attention.

He steered the boat, quickly approaching.

To be honest, his icebreaker wasn't very big, especially in Antarctica, where it was easy for it to be capsized by the waves if he wasn't careful.

However, Zhao Mancang was able to drive it very steadily without any mishaps.

After all, the waters around here are calm and the area is covered with glaciers, so there are hardly any waves.

Upon arriving at the glacier fracture, Zhao Mancang saw a huge, floating ice block.

This piece of ice was much larger than any of the glaciers he had just salvaged, and the part of the ice that protruded above the sea was a deep blue-black, making it look extraordinary.

Zhao Mancang stored it in his system space, planning to study it more thoroughly when he got back.

There are many beautiful landscapes in Antarctica, so I could bring Lin Wan and the others to see them.

For Zhao Mancang's family nowadays, life is comfortable and there is nothing to worry about. They can travel around the world to see the scenery, which is really great.

After finalizing the plan, Zhao Mancang prepared to leave.

On the way back, Zhao Mancang hadn't even reached mid-air when he spotted Kimura's whale-catching fleet.

"Hey, since you guys are up to no good, I'll give you something to do."

Seeing this, Zhao Mancang had no choice but to intervene.

It's not that he's bored and has nothing better to do than meddle in other people's business.

But the people in Kimura's area really need to be taught a lesson.

Although Zhao Mancang is not a pure environmentalist, he at least does not hunt marine life or endangered species indiscriminately.

It's worth noting that the Steller's sea cows, which lived near the Comandol Islands in the Bering Sea, were extinct, and Kimura was one of them.

Zhao Mancang had never tasted the flavor of a Steller's sea cow, but that didn't matter; he could deal with Kimura's people, which would be considered revenge. After finding a secluded spot to park, Zhao Mancang began his disguise.

Having infiltrated the location of Kimura's large fishing fleet, Zhao Mancang directly stored it in his system space.

Living things cannot enter the system space; once they do, they will surely die.

Zhao Mancang did this so that everyone on the fishing boat would go to meet their Amaterasu Omikami.

Yes, that's pretty good.

After killing these people, Zhao Mancang simply threw them all out, leaving them to sink to the bottom of the sea.

This area of ​​the sea near Antarctica is their burial ground.

However, there are quite a few marine predators here, so they probably won't stay for long.

After dealing with the group, Zhao Mancang clapped his hands and flew away in his plane.

This time, nothing unexpected happened.

Of course, he didn't find anything unexpected, but the people on Kimura's side were terrified.

Their fishing fleet suddenly lost contact; no radio signals could reach the large fishing fleet anymore.

What kind of trouble did they encounter, and why did they lose contact in an instant?
The fear of the unknown made Kimura's fishing fleet look extremely grim.

This has deterred them from causing trouble in Antarctica for the next year or two.

In Yunlan City, after working for half a month, Zhou Xiaoqing looked at the garden full of roses in full bloom and couldn't help but admire herself from the bottom of her heart.

"The test is over, let's score it!"

The staff appeared, and Zhou Xiaoqing immediately asked nervously:

"Hello, how many points can I give?"

"I can't tell you that right now. Go back and wait for our notification."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoqing was immediately disappointed, but he still left.

When he returned to Niudongping Village, his parents and others were already waiting for him.

His wife, Zhu Qinmei, was also waiting.

However, Zhou Xiaoqing didn't know how many points he had scored or whether he would be selected.

Meanwhile, in the Yunlan City Government office hall, the selection process was almost complete.

While it appears that the scoring is done by staff, in reality, there is also artificial intelligence from the surveillance footage doing the scoring.

It should be noted that Yunlan City has already developed the world's most advanced supercomputer and gathered a large number of programming engineers to develop a software program.

Therefore, even very, very basic and simple artificial intelligence can perform simple data analysis and classification, which is sufficient.

Tens of thousands of people signed up for this greening project selection, which is indeed an extraordinary selection process for Yunlan City.

In his past life, Zhao Mancang remembered that once, a state-owned enterprise conducted a campus recruitment drive for graduates, and they received 1.29 million resumes.

Behind so many resumes are at least 420,000 undergraduate graduates seeking employment.

It's easy to imagine how exaggerated the situation was at the time.

While Yunlan City isn't quite that extreme yet, considering its population of nearly five million and three million permanent residents who aren't locals, the fact that tens of thousands of people are applying for a thousand jobs is honestly quite exaggerated.

There are roughly dozens of people competing for one position.

Moreover, this position doesn't require much technical skill; it's just a regular job that requires planting techniques.

Any farmer could actually do it.

But it is clear that Yunlan City needs people who are experienced, skilled, and have a certain level of education.

Young people like Zhou Xiaoqing would be very suitable.

So after the artificial intelligence performed the first round of simple screening, the staff screened it again to check for omissions and fill in any gaps.

Soon, the final list was released.

After the final list was finalized, staff began to communicate with the recipients.

After receiving the results, Hou Xiaoqiang immediately drove to Niudongping Village and then informed everyone through the loudspeaker.

Zhou Xiaoqing, Zhou Da'an, Zhou Datong, and several others were all hired.

"Really? My name is really on the list? I got the job?"

When he heard his name called, confirming that he had been hired, Zhou Xiaoqing couldn't help but jump for joy and then hugged his wife, Zhu Qinmei, tightly.

"Honey, I really got the job! Haha, we'll never be short of money again!"

Once selected, the minimum annual salary of $100,000 per person would be a huge sum for Zhou Xiaoqing.

After all, Hou Xiaoqiang's monthly salary is $2,500, which is only $30,000 a year.

But Zhou Xiaoqing got the job, with a minimum annual salary of $100,000, plus bonuses and such, so she might earn over $100,000 a year.

To be honest, $100,000 a year, and there are only 1,000 people in total, which is $100 million.

However, this greening project covering 10,000 square kilometers actually costs 100 billion US dollars.

Of course, the actual cost cannot be calculated like that. It can only be said that the labor cost is indeed around one or two hundred million US dollars, which is not much.

However, Zhao Mancang handled most of the work, such as transplanting large trees and, most importantly, dealing with the underground water source issue.

Without abundant underground water, the plants in the Saudi desert wouldn't be able to survive for very long.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Zhu Qinmei was overjoyed to hear this.

Although she had previously applied to become a supermodel, the prize for winning first place was tens of millions of US dollars.

But she wasn't pretty enough; she couldn't even make the shortlist, so naturally she didn't even get a consolation prize.

Yunlan City is truly a place full of opportunities.

Even a farmer can easily get a job with an annual salary of $100,000. Although the competition is getting fiercer, there are still opportunities.

It's important to know that the Saudi Empire on the other side has over two million square kilometers of land.

Forget everything else, Yunlan City could make a fortune simply by greening half of its land.

With so much money, then everything is absolutely worthwhile.

According to news reports, the Saudi Arabian Empire paid Yunlan City 100 billion US dollars for the 10,000 square kilometer desert greening project it signed with the Saudi Arabian Empire.

This is a considerable sum of money. (End of Chapter)