Homo sapiens.

Chapter 540

America.

Bismarck city.

The Council of the City on a Hill, which rarely meets once, was held at a feast of feasting and feasting in a secret manor on the outskirts of the city.

Thomas Morgan shook the red wine glass gently. The bright red wine was like blood, but he was not interested in the expensive top wine in front of him.

"Thomas, what do you think of the Europa Federation's distress call?" Thomson Mellon asked in a low voice.

After taking a sip of the wine, he was a little bored by the pressure, and he put down the red wine glass: "Tom, what do you think?"

However, Thomson Mellon did not answer the question: "Lucia has made it clear that they have no surplus food, and at most they can only supply more natural gas at a low price."

But Thomas Morgan understood what the other party meant, that was his opinion, which was consistent with Lucia.

Dupont interjected with a smile: "The corn may be used as an aid."

Thomson Mellon also nodded: "That's not a problem."

Of course, there is no problem. As long as the genetically modified corn is not used as human feed, there will be no big problem. Anyway, pigs, cattle and sheep can't talk.

After talking with several other directors, James Rockefeller also came here. After listening to the ideas of Thomas Morgan and others, he did not object.

He asked Thomas Morgan, "Thomas, how much corn do Cargill have left?"

"There are still 6750 million tons in the local area, and 3660 million tons in the entire free association. However, some of them have to be squeezed out to the kangaroos, and their feed costs have increased a lot."

James Rockefeller thought for a while, and then made a decision: "Then aid Europa with 6000 million tons of corn. This is our limit."

"6000 million? Alright! I hope they can solve the internal problems as soon as possible! Otherwise..." Thomas Morgan said later, with worry in his words.

All the directors present have seen the recent situation of the Europa Federation.

That undercurrent of depression makes the whole of Europa seem to be sitting on a powder keg, which may be detonated by a spark at any time.

Although the Council of the City on a Hill wanted to help, the resources he could squeeze out were very limited.

You can't make your own internal prices soar in order to save the Europa Commonwealth?

The heaven-sent land of North America has become more and more vulnerable under the sudden change of climate. If the unsheltered central Great Plains were not supported by modern industry, many places would not be suitable for the development of agriculture at all.

In order to ensure food security, the City on the Hill Council is currently adjusting the structure of the local agricultural industry.

For example, move the wheat planting belt to the south, and reduce the planting area of ​​some commercial crops to free up as much arable land as possible for food production.

In addition, a strategic reserve warehouse must be established. The grain reserves in the strategic reserve warehouse must be no less than 2.4 million tons.

Obviously, the City on the Hill Council is not too optimistic about the future climate, but is planning for the worst.

At the same time, they have also restarted the major infrastructure construction, plan to renovate the North American railway network, and arrange greenhouse agricultural areas in the Maple Leaf Country and the northern states.

Driven by these projects, the factories in North America got enough orders, and they also shared a little soup for a few younger brothers.

For example, the introduction of Japan's high-speed rail technology is used to upgrade and transform the railways in North America.

As for where the money comes from, it is very simple, just print it directly.

The City on a Hill Council also borrowed part of Homo sapiens' practice, directly engaged in internal circulation, artificially created demand, and then distributed money in disguise through high wages.

As for the property shrinkage caused by currency depreciation, as well as inflation, there is no big problem either, and the small rich and middle class can't make trouble at all.

At most, the family business with a group of directors earns less.

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Lucia.

Only in September, the temperature in the Xianbelia area dropped a lot.

Ob River, the city of Salekhard at the mouth of the river.

This place is just in the Arctic Circle, and there are already snowflakes in the area at this time.

In the weather station in charge of local climate observation, Minsk drank a cup of hot coffee and looked out the window at the vast expanse of ice and snow, his face very serious.

Open the notebook and record today's weather data.

It hasn't snowed here in previous years, but this year it began to snow heavily at the end of August.

He opened the wooden door on the side, took the binoculars to the balcony, and looked at the entire Ob Gulf, which had been frozen.

Suddenly, a hovercraft came from the frozen bay towards the weather station.

After a while, the hovercraft arrived at the entrance of the weather station, and three figures wrapped in heavy leather clothes came down from above, and several people entered the weather station.

There was a sound of footsteps coming from the stairs.

The visitor poured himself hot coffee and said, "Minsk, there is a severe flood upstream."

"As expected." Minsk walked in from the side and closed the door casually.

The Ob River, the Yenisei River, and the Lena River are flood-prone areas, especially when winter has just entered and thawed. This is a Lingxun-type flood.

Now the lower reaches of the Ob River have been completely frozen, while the upper reaches are in a lower latitude area, where it has not yet been frozen. The lower reaches are blocked by ice, and the river will rapidly swell, causing floods.

The man took a sip of hot coffee and exhaled, "We need to make plans early!"

Minsk put the telescope back into the locker, and looked at the topographic map of the entire Western Xianberia Plain on the wall. He knew that if the world continued to change, the Western Xianberia Plain would soon become a restricted area for humans.

Because judging from the terrain of the entire Western Xianbelia, we know that under the global cooling environment, the northern part will be covered by the Arctic ice sheet, and the southern part will become a freshwater swamp and lake.

The reason he was so sure was the terrain.

The altitude of the Western Xianberia Great Plain is too low, with the Ural Mountains on the west, the Central Xianberia Plateau on the east, the Altai Mountains in the southeast, and the Central Asian steppe with a relatively high altitude in the southwest.

This terrain is a typical basin terrain, and the surrounding water will naturally converge in the Western Xianbelia Plain.

It used to be a large area of ​​lakes and swamps, but later the climate warmed up, coupled with the large-scale reclamation of Lucia, a seasonal agricultural area was formed in the southern part of the Western Xianbelia Great Plains.

Once the Arctic ice cap spreads to the Ob Bay and forms a long-term frozen state, it means that the water resources that flow into the Western Xianberia Great Plains will not be able to flow into the Arctic Ocean. These waters will accumulate over time and form a larger area. lakes and swamps.

However, Minsk discovered that this year the Ob Bay was frozen more than a month earlier.

The frost-free period in the local area was only about four months, but now it has been cut in half, leaving only about two months.

That's why colleagues in Minsk are worried, thinking that this small city has lost its meaning of existence.

After all, there is only a two-month frost-free period, and there is no way to grow potatoes.

Global cooling has dealt a severe blow to high-latitude regions. This year, the suitable living zone for human beings has been squeezed down by about 5 latitudes.

Facing this horrible natural disaster, Caesar also felt the insignificance and powerlessness of human beings. Now he can only organize archaeological personnel to see if there is any ancient technology that can be used at home, and at the same time introduce his uncle's technology and investment.

All in all, among the four major powers, the Europa Consortium and Lucia are both in crisis, and America can barely be self-sufficient.

The last one, on the contrary, became the best-maintained one of the four major powers because of the terrain, previous reserves, and a relatively complete industrial chain.

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