The design of the submarine farm was not particularly complicated. With the industrial level of Xin, coupled with the two industrial-grade 3D printers that were moved to the modern world, production could be completed in the industrial park on Ange Island.
Although the design plan provided by the Beluga Station was a small submarine farm, the design principle was actually the same. Through the deduction of a quantum computer, it was not difficult to modify it into a large submarine farm.
After Jiang Chen passed the data to the researchers at Fallout Shelter 027, they sent back the design plan of a large submarine farm in less than two days.
The entire design plan was divided into two parts, above and underwater.
The above water part was a platform for divers to live, docked submersibles, and unloaded cargo from transport ships. There was no special technical content.
The core of the entire design plan was the underwater part!
The external structure was made entirely of graphene material, surrounded by a circular wall made of hardened graphene partitions, and at the top was a graphene airbag filled with gas. From a distance, it looked like a flat and wide "Mongolian".
This "Mongolian" -like building was the planting unit of the submarine farm with a radius of about 45 meters and an area of about 10 acres. The walls were equipped with connecting pipes that allowed the planting units to be connected to each other.
In addition to the connecting pipes, the walls were also equipped with molecular exchange membranes that could separate dissolved carbon dioxide from seawater and discharge oxygen generated by plant metabolism.
All the plants were planted in this' Mongolian yurt '. These planting units were like biospheres with sensors installed inside, which could provide real-time data such as temperature, pH value, air temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and so on to the monitoring terminal on the offshore platform.
As for the light needed for plant growth, it was provided by LED light sources. Because the wavelength of the LED light source could be effectively controlled, the lettuce produced by the submarine farm could be crispier and softer according to the needs. It could even be more delicious than crops grown on land!
With the information organized by Fallout Shelter 027, Jiang Chen returned to the modern world and immediately sent the information to Future Group's database. He then found Xia Shiyu and told her about his plan to build a submarine farm.
After Xia Shiyu listened to Jiang Chen's plan, she was dumbfounded and repeated the sentence.
"Submarine farm?"
It was like a few days ago, the two of them were still discussing the acquisition of Australian farms. After not seeing each other for two days, the president opened the door and told her that they would not acquire Australian farms and that they would cultivate their own land.
Where would they cultivate?
Under the sea!
What was going on?
"Wait, let me tidy up first." Xia Shiyu rubbed her eyebrows and processed what Jiang Chen just said in her head. Then she asked, "Did Future Group's laboratory develop something new? Submarine farms? How do you farm under the sea? Do you grow kelp? "
When he heard her question, Jiang Chen facepalmed.
This time, he slowed down his speech and brought up the holographic concept map from the database, explaining it to Xia Shiyu again.
Listening to Jiang Chen's explanation, Xia Shiyu finally understood, and her eyes gradually lit up.
Although she didn't know much about agriculture, as the CEO of a multinational corporation, she was quite sensitive to the market! She immediately figured out the market value of this submarine farm!
Just like that, Future Group's plan to enter the food market was finalized.
The registered subsidiary was called Xin Marine Agriculture Co., Ltd., or "Xin Ocean Agriculture" for short, wholly owned by Future Group.
After the establishment of Xin Ocean Agriculture, the Xin Presidential Palace immediately approved the document to designate 400,000 acres of sea north of Ange Island as a submarine farming area and contracted Xin Ocean Agriculture at the price of 100 US Dollar per mu. Due to Xin's tax exemption policy for agriculture, Future Group didn't need to pay tax on the 400,000 acres of sea area. They only needed to pay a one-time payment of 40 million US Dollar for permanent use.
The depth of the contracted sea area was between 100 and 120 meters. The seabed terrain was relatively flat, the submarine volcanic activity and ocean current movement were relatively stable, and there was no large fish activity. It was simply a treasure land tailor-made for Jiang Chen!
And according to the conclusion of Future Mining's seabed geological survey, the sediment in this sea area contained a high abundance of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which was eutrophic sediment. After simple treatment, it could be used as fertilizer for farm crops.
After the establishment of Xin Marine Agriculture, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people at home and abroad. Some people were surprised, some people were skeptical, some people were in disbelief, but more people were curious! Especially those maritime countries with smaller territories and extremely dependent on imports of food, they were even more interested in the concept of submarine farming proposed by Xin Ocean Agriculture!
After all, these countries often had territorial sea areas. If this vast territorial sea could be turned into arable land, then these island people who ate high-priced imported food would simply wake up laughing in their dreams!
Of course, given that Xin Ocean Agriculture had no plans to build farms abroad for the time being, even if they woke up laughing in their dreams, submarine farms had nothing to do with them.
In fact, undersea planting was not a flashy gimmick. As early as 2015, Italy's Oceanic Coral Reef Group had proposed the concept of undersea planting and named the project "Nemo's Garden". They carried out planting operations on the seabed through balloons.
The constant temperature maintained underwater was very conducive to the growth of plants, which was a huge advantage that most land farms did not have. Although crops would be impacted by huge currents underwater, it was better than being bitten by insects on the ground, and there were also a lot of bad weather on land.
The other was carbon dioxide.
Someone had confirmed through ocean cycles and systematic simulations of carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater that about 40% of carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuels would be absorbed by the ocean, so the ocean could be regarded as the largest carbon dioxide pool on Earth. Therefore, the high concentration of carbon dioxide under the sea was like a steroid for plants, causing them to grow rapidly.
It was no exaggeration to say that the maturity cycle of crops in this kind of submarine farm was at most 50% shorter than traditional methods!
However, until now, the "Nemo Garden" project was still in the experimental stage. Xin Ocean Agriculture suddenly jumped out at this time and said that it had mastered the technology of large-scale planting of land crops on the seabed. In the eyes of others, it was undoubtedly a bit incredible.
Even after many media learned of this news, they hesitated for a while and actually placed the report on the entertainment panel.
However, it was no wonder. After all, the concept proposed by Xin Ocean Agriculture was too advanced, and the public's attention to agriculture was not comparable to other fields. Although these newspaper media also believed in the technological strength of Future Group, they still couldn't help but ridicule.
After all, you haven't produced a finished product yet.
Jiang Chen didn't care about these reports at all.
Anyway, I will slap you in the face when the time comes. Why should I care about what you are saying now?
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