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Chapter 1121 Strategic Materials

Chapter 1121 - Strategic Materials

The last stop in Asia is the first sovereignty.

The withdrawal and relocation of the local joint venture factory did not encounter any obstacles. When Chen Fei arrived, all personnel had already evacuated the factory area, and all buildings had been cut and could be directly collected. The whole process was extremely smooth, and nothing as dirty as the Bodian factory happened.

If other sovereigns were to do this, they would probably still encounter various difficulties.

During his contact with local factories, Chen Fei unexpectedly received a message from the local municipal government that due to the joint pressure from many sovereigns, the material support from the first sovereign will be greatly reduced, especially the strategic raw materials, and even some projects will be cut off.

Chen Fei sighed. Good things don’t come in pairs, but misfortunes never come alone. When the first bad news comes out, more bad news will soon follow.

The more you worry about something, the more it will come. This is very Murphy's law.

The greatest lesson of mankind is that we never learn!

Along with this bad news came a box full of plant seeds.

It is not a rare treasure, but it is a very important strategic crop, short-staple cotton.

This special cotton specializes in producing Class II short lint with a length of 3 to 12 mm. It is the main raw material for nitrocellulose and rocket solid fuel. It can also be used in textile, chemical fiber, papermaking, light industry and chemical industry. It is an important strategic specialty of the first sovereign. Other sovereignties are completely dependent on imports from the first sovereign, especially the Federation, which has increased its import quota after falling into civil strife.

Although there are a few substitutes for short-staple cotton, they are far superior to short-staple cotton in terms of both output and cost, so it is difficult to completely replace them.

Chen Fei understood what this box of strategic-level seeds, which could trigger a war if released outside, meant.

Self-reliance and hard work are exactly what he wants.

When you can't rely on others, you have to find a way yourself. This box of seeds was a great help.

Entering the life space, Chen Fei came to the crown of the "Tree of Life" and took out a wooden box full of short-staple cotton seeds.

A vine as thick as an adult's wrist hung down from the tree crown. The top quickly expanded to the size of a basketball, and then split into twelve petals like a flower bud, swallowing the wooden box in one gulp. It then closed up, shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then plunged into the ground. The vine became thicker and thicker, and the tender green surface turned dark brown and began to become woody, just like the banyan tree, becoming one of the aerial roots.

There are many ways for the "Tree of Life" to obtain genetic information, and Chen Fei just chose the one that was most convenient at the moment.

After closing his eyes for a while, Chen Fei found a way to mass-produce this type of short lint.

A fruit that is almost the same size and even appearance as a real rugby ball. It is filled with short-staple cotton wool inside, and the length of the cotton fibers meets the second-class standard. The tough peel is also rich in fiber and has many uses. If you don't mind, you can use it directly as a rugby ball. Its lifespan is not as long as that of a rugby made of natural leather or artificial leather, but it will last for more than a dozen games without any problem.

Each short-staple cotton fruit contains about one kilogram of lint. It is a seedless fruit and does not need to be deseeded. It can be used directly as raw material for lint cotton. Naturally, it cannot be used for reproduction, but it can bear fruit through special hybrid perennial trees. The yield per mu in a single season is at least ten times that of a cotton field, and it can produce three crops a year, with a total of at least thirty times. It can also bear fruit directly from the "Tree of Life". The huge crown of the tree falls non-stop like rain, and the yield is only limited by the consumed material. You can get as much as you want, regardless of the growing season. The crystallization of the civilization of "Sagari" is so domineering.

This short-staple cotton has no meaning to the "Sagari" civilization and is of no use at all. It is no exaggeration to call it a junk gene. However, for Chen Fei, who relies heavily on firearms, it can be regarded as one of the important factors that determine combat effectiveness.

After processing the important cotton seeds, Chen Fei returned to the upper floors of the central building in the core area of ​​"Atlanta" with several tons of short-staple cotton fruits temporarily produced by the "Tree of Life".

Louis Langdon, a tycoon who has transferred most of his assets into this city, is taking time out of his busy schedule to follow recent news.

Although "Atlan" is isolated from the world in the physical sense, with the help of a micro star gate communication device, it can still maintain smooth communications and cloud technology can be used as usual.

"Have you completed the migration? Thank you for your hard work!"

Hearing footsteps, Louis Langdon looked in the direction of the sound and saw Chen Fei walking into his new office.

Who would have thought that the initial investment would have such a huge return today.

If Chen Fei hadn't helped in this disaster, Louis Industrial Company would have been seriously damaged even if it hadn't been devoured alive.

Once such a huge empire is caught up in internal and external troubles, it will inevitably fall apart overnight.

"Some personnel have not yet arrived at Socotra Island. The next step is to relocate to the factory. Recently, we received a big gift, a large box of short-staple cotton seeds."

Chen Fei's work list includes many projects, all of which need to be completed by him personally.

The relocation of Louis Industries is just one of them, although not the most important, it is the most urgent.

"Short-linter cottonseed?"

Louis Langdon was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

The special power he had in his previous life was "super memory". The content he remembered was not limited by time, quantity, or form. Even a bunch of binary codes that seemed to have no meaning could be remembered easily. Therefore, he was regarded as the spark of human civilization and continued to protect the Blue Star civilization until the end.

Although he did not awaken this special ability again in this life, he still remembered clearly what he had written down last time. Relying on these memories, Louis Langdon successfully established the powerful and large-scale Louis Industries.

The boss asked doubtfully, "Do you have a place to grow it?"

Short-staple cotton is one of the most important strategic materials for the First Sovereign. Other sovereigns don't even want to think about things like cotton seeds. Even if they get them, they will be restricted by various conditions. In some places, there is not enough land, and it is too stressful to grow grains to satisfy the stomach needs. Or the soil, light and climate are not right. It is too dry, too cold, the light is too short, and there are pests and diseases, which are not conducive to the growth of cotton. Even if the above conditions are met, the local area is in chaos, and it is difficult to grow cotton, let alone grains and other food crops.

Therefore, if we move to another place, the quality and yield of cotton will be difficult to guarantee.

There is enough planting area in the Federation, but are the black uncles still willing to pick cotton? Free watermelon and fried chicken.

I don’t want to!

Most of the black men suddenly wanted to kill someone on the spot.

The three-piece set of cotton, watermelon and fried chicken is the black history of black uncles. They would never do it even if they were beaten to death. Black people will never be slaves, even if they are provided with food and shelter. This shows how deep the resentment in this regard is.

"To be precise, there should be a place for mass production!"

Chen Fei took out a "football", or to be more precise, a football-shaped short-staple cotton fruit, with an exact weight of 1.13 kilograms. The finished fruit after natural drying was full of short-staple cotton wool.

This fruit is just one of the samples in this batch.

“Shouldn’t the short-linter cotton boll of the First Sovereign look like this?”

Louis Langdon fell into Chen Fei's hands. This football looked like it only needed a trademark to be sold in a sporting goods store.

The short-staple cotton bolls of the First Sovereign are at most the size of a baby's fist. If the annual output is not enough, the leftover long-staple cotton scraps have to be collected to make up the number.

Chen Fei said casually: "After modifying the gene, we will mass-produce this kind of fruit in the future to obtain short-staple cotton. We need to customize a batch of equipment to directly process this kind of fruit on the assembly line."

Press the fruit with both hands and peel it hard. The tough skin will split open, revealing the fluffy white cotton inside, which is the best strategic raw material.

The ability of the "Tree of Life" to easily manipulate genetic information made the biologists who immigrated to "Atlan" with their families jump up and down. This thing is simply a cheat. It is much more convenient than using instruments and equipment to carefully perform gene editing. The difficulty is no different from playing with building blocks.

Different fields have different meanings. The difficulty of using biotechnology to engage in industry and using industrial technology to engage in biology can be imagined.

"This is easy. This is what Louis Industries is best at. Do you have a lot of samples? Keep a batch for testing the equipment."

For Louis Langdon, processing short-linter cotton fruits was a piece of cake. Experienced mechanical engineers could complete it in two days at most, and even preliminary assembly line products could be produced in a week.

"Lots of them!"

Chen Fei waved his hand, and several tons of short-staple cotton balls rolled all over the floor of the office.

Louis Langdon said nonchalantly, "I have contacted some old friends, and they will help purchase the raw materials. I will need to trouble you when the time comes."

The entire floor is the president's office, and a few tons of "footballs" won't take up much space at all. We can just find someone to clean it up later.

"Deliver it to Socotra Island, or pick it up at your door. Send me a text message in advance and I'll ask Adam to remind you."

Chen Fei waved his hand and started walking towards the elevator, preparing to find a place to house the factory buildings and production lines that had been stored in the "Space Imprint". There were also a large number of pipelines that needed to be connected.

Although the closed space ensures the safety of "Atlan" and avoids being disturbed by the outside world, the exchange of materials with the outside world is very inconvenient, especially the entry and exit of bulk materials, which must rely on Chen Fei's own operation. Although special entrances and exits can be established through the "Star Gate", the current only coordinate positioning is limited to the camp on Socotra Island, and there is no way to drive to any place on the Blue Star at will.

The United States sanctioned XJ cotton, but accidentally cut off its own military industrial artery, and it was left with no ammunition to support Ermao.