Chapter 540: Everyone Cleans Their Own Door
America.
Bismarck City.
The Hilltop City Council, which rarely gathers, is holding a banquet in a secret manor , filled with lights and feasting.
Thomas Morgan gently shook the red wine glass. The bright red wine looked like blood, but he had no interest in the expensive top-grade wine in front of him.
"Thomas, what do you think about the European Union's call for help?" Thomson Mellon asked in a low voice.
After taking a sip of wine, he felt somewhat dulled by the pressure and put down the wine glass: "Tom, what do you think?"
However, Thomson Mellon gave a nonsensical answer: "Lucia has made it clear that they have no extra food and the best they can do is supply more natural gas at a low price."
But Thomas Morgan understood the other party's implication, which was that his opinion was consistent with Lucia's.
Dupont smiled and interjected: "Perhaps that corn can be used as aid."
Thomson Mellon also nodded: "That's no problem."
Of course there is no problem with this. As long as genetically modified corn is not used as human feed, there won't be any big problems. After all, pigs, cows, and sheep can't talk.
After talking with several other directors, James Rockefeller also came over. After listening to the ideas of Thomas Morgan and others, he did not object.
He asked Thomas Morgan, "Thomas, how much corn do they have left in Cargill?"
"There are still 67.5 million tonnes in the country and 36.6 million tonnes in the free association, but if we squeeze out some of it for the kangaroos, their feed costs will increase a lot."
James Rockefeller thought for a while and made a decision: "Then we will provide 60 million tons of corn to Europe. This is our limit."
"60 million? Okay! I hope they can solve their internal problems as soon as possible! Otherwise..." Thomas Morgan said with worry in his voice.
All the directors present have seen the recent developments in the European Union.
The undercurrent of depression makes the whole of Europe seem to be sitting on a powder keg, which may be detonated by a spark at any time.
Although the Hilltop City Council wanted to help, the resources they could muster were very limited.
You can't cause prices to soar in your own country just to save the Europa League, can you?
North America, this piece of heavenly land, has become increasingly vulnerable due to climate change. Many places in the uncovered central Great Plains are simply not suitable for agricultural development if it were not for the support of modern industry.
In order to ensure food security, the City on the Hill Council is currently adjusting the local agricultural industry structure.
For example, move the wheat-growing belt southward, reduce the planting area of some cash crops, and free up as much arable land as possible for food production.
In addition, strategic reserve warehouses must be established, and the reserve grain in the strategic reserve warehouses must be no less than 240 million tons.
Obviously, the Hilltop City Council is not too optimistic about the future climate, but is preparing for the worst.
At the same time, they have restarted major infrastructure projects, planning to renovate the North American railway network and set up greenhouse agricultural areas in the Maple Leaf Country and northern states.
Driven by these projects, the North American factories received sufficient orders and also got some profits from some of their smaller factories.
For example, introducing high-speed rail technology from Japan and using it to upgrade railways in North America.
As for where the money comes from, it’s very simple, just print it.
The City on the Hill Council also borrowed some of the practices of the Sapiens Company, directly engaging in internal circulation, artificially creating demand, and then distributing money in disguised form through high salaries.
As for the shrinkage of property caused by currency depreciation and inflation, they are also not big problems. The small rich and the middle class can't make trouble at all.
At most, the family businesses of the directors will earn a little less.
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Lucia.
It was only September, but the temperature in the Xianbeilia region had dropped a lot.
Ob River, the city of Salekhard at its mouth.
This place is right in the Arctic Circle, and it is already snowing there.
Inside the meteorological station responsible for local climate observation, Minsk drank a cup of hot coffee and looked at the white snow outside the window. His face looked very solemn.
I opened my notebook and recorded today's weather data.
It didn't snow here in previous years, but this year it started snowing heavily at the end of August.
He opened the wooden door on the side, went to the balcony with a telescope, and looked out at the entire Ob Bay, which was already frozen.
Suddenly, a hovercraft came towards the weather station from the frozen bay.
After a while, the hovercraft arrived at the entrance of the weather station. Three figures wrapped in heavy leather jackets came down from it and entered the weather station.
There was a sound of footsteps coming from the stairs.
The visitor poured himself some hot coffee and said, "Minsk, there has been a serious flood upstream."
"As expected." Minsk walked in from the side and closed the door casually.
The Ob River, Yenisei River and Lena River are areas where floods frequently occur, especially at the beginning of winter and when the ice thaws, which are sudden floods.
Now the lower reaches of the Ob River have been completely frozen, while the upper reaches are in an area with relatively low latitudes and have not yet frozen. The lower reaches of the river are blocked by ice, and the river water will rise rapidly, causing floods.
The man took a sip of hot coffee and exhaled: "We should make plans early!"
Minsk put the telescope back into the locker and looked at the topographic map of the entire Western Xianbei Plain on the wall. He knew that if the world continued to change, the Western Xianbei Plain would soon become a restricted area for humans.
Because from the topography of the entire Western Siberia, we know that under the general environment of global cooling, its northern part will be covered by the Arctic ice cap, and its southern part will become a freshwater swamp and lake.
The reason why he was so sure was because of the terrain.
The altitude of the Western Siberian Plain is too low. To the west is the Ural Mountains, to the east is the Central Siberian Plateau, to the southeast is the Altai Mountains, and to the southwest is the Central Asian steppe with a relatively high altitude.
This terrain is a typical basin terrain, and the surrounding flowing water will naturally converge into the Western Xianbeilian Plain.
In the past, there were large areas , but later the climate warmed, and Russia was reclaimed on a large scale, forming a seasonal agricultural area in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain.
Once the Arctic ice sheet spreads to the Ob Bay and forms a long-term frozen state, it means that the water resources flowing into the Western Siberian Plain will not be able to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Over time, these waters will form larger lakes and swamps.
Minsk discovered that the Ob Bay froze more than a month earlier this year.
The local frost-free period originally lasted 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 are only two months of frost-free period, so there is no way to grow potatoes.
Global cooling has hit high-latitude regions too hard. This year, the suitable living area for humans has been squeezed down by about 5 degrees of latitude.
Faced with this horrific natural disaster, Caesar also felt the insignificance and powerlessness of mankind. Now he could only organize people to conduct archaeological excavations to see if there was any ancient technology that could be used at home, while also introducing his uncle's technology and investment.
In short, among the four major forces, the Europa Union and Lucia are in crisis, and America can barely be self-sufficient.
The last one, on the contrary, became the best maintained one among the four forces because of its terrain, previous reserves, and relatively complete industrial chain.
