Chapter 555: Bloodletting
Before we knew it, it is March again with warm spring and blooming flowers.
However, this year there is no sign of spring flowers blooming in the subtropical and temperate southern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
The situation in the subtropics is still slightly better, with signs of melting ice and snow already showing, but the temperate regions are generally still frozen solid.
This situation has a huge impact on grain production. Areas that could grow winter wheat in previous years are no longer able to grow it, and can only grow spring wheat with a short growing period.
Total food production in the free world is falling again.
Many places have activated retail quotas to restrict individuals and businesses from purchasing large amounts of grain and food.
On the other hand, the sea level is still slowly falling and the permanent ice sheet is continuing to develop.
In the Maple Leaf Country and the Nordic region, the ice sheet has already covered their northern regions and is not expected to recede easily.
Of course, global cooling will also create some favorable conditions for some regions, such as the Three Seas Plain which is gradually emerging from the sea.
In order to cope with the increasingly cold winter, the major forces in the free world are also showing their skills.
Siam.
Ubon Ratchathani in the east .
The local branch of the Sapiens Company was facing a small trouble at this time.
Song Ge, the head of the branch's personnel department, looked at the data on migrant workers last month with a look of confusion on his face.
Because the number of migrant workers in February reached a record high of 2.75 million.
You know, this is a recruitment by one of the sub-branches of the Siam branch.
There are four such sub-branches within the Siam Branch, namely Chiang Mai Branch, Ubon Branch, Buriram Branch and Kra Branch.
Except for the Kara branch, which has no channels to connect with migrant workers, the other three sub-branches have land or sea channels. The monthly influx of migrant workers in the three regions used to be around 200,000 to 300,000.
However, in February, it skyrocketed tenfold, which shocked Brother Song. He quickly called the field business department to inquire about the situation.
After more than ten minutes of communication, Brother Song finally figured out the whole story.
It turned out that Annan, Lan Xang and Cambodia had opened up tourist visas, allowing "tourists" from other regions to enter freely, and the inspections near Siam were almost non-existent.
Many people took advantage of this opportunity and quickly came to the Siam branch to apply for jobs.
Chen Jianxiong, who was in Southeast Asia at the time, actually knew about this matter a long time ago.
Inside the underground base of Star Island.
Yang Mengjiao, who was recently transferred to be in charge of business intelligence work in the entire Southeast Asia region, was discussing this matter with him.
"According to the data from the Siam branch and the Hongsavadi branch, the number of migrant workers in February reached 21.37 million, a new high!"
Chen Jianxiong put down the tablet in his hand, smiled and shook his head: "They obviously can't hold on any longer."
Although she had just taken over the business intelligence work here , Yang Mengjiao knew all about Asia:
"Yes! Although they still have 160 million tons of grain reserves, the problem is that the production capacity of open-air agriculture is shrinking. They only produced 370 million tons of grain last year. If you add the production capacity of Central Asia and Annan, it's only 480 million tons."
"Central Asia can only be barely self-sufficient in the future. On the contrary, Annan, Lancang and Cambodia have agricultural potential that can be tapped. After all, they are all tropical regions."
Yang Mengjiao looked at the holographic projection calmly: "I estimate that if another 300 to 400 million people leave, that will be the limit."
"It doesn't matter. Everyone has their own aspirations. If someone doesn't want to join the company, we won't force them." Chen Jianxiong spread his hands, and then he mentioned another thing:
"Rusia's Ural Nuclear Fusion Power Station has passed the acceptance inspection. Seris plans to build 15 nuclear fusion power stations in the next five years. Here are the specific locations and information. Please pay attention to them."
Yang Mengjiao took a look and nodded: "No problem."
Then she asked hesitantly, "They are rapidly advancing automated industry, nuclear fusion power, indoor agriculture, and synthetic starch technology. Do we need to do something about it?"
"There's no need for that. You should be aware of the company's technological development speed." Chen Jianxiong didn't care too much.
His ideas were deeply influenced by Li Qingye. He believed in technology and believed that technology could solve all problems. If it couldn't solve the problem, it meant that the technology was not good enough.
Under the current circumstances, the technological advantage of Sapiens is like a snowball, becoming increasingly huge over time.
The other party is developing automated industry to reduce the demand for human resources in the industrial chain; it is developing nuclear fusion power generation to obtain sufficient energy; it is developing indoor agriculture and starch synthesis to get rid of the impact of production reduction caused by natural disasters.
The reason why the free travel visas for Annan, Lancang and Cambodia were quickly implemented this time is very simple: it is to relieve pressure.
The production capacity of 480 million tons of grain can only guarantee the high-quality food needs of 600 million people.
In order to cope with future extreme weather, it is necessary to reserve 200 to 300 million tons of food. As a result, the overall agricultural production capacity will be obviously insufficient.
There is insufficient production capacity, and there is no way to increase it on a large scale in a short period of time, while the huge population is hungry for food, which creates a contradiction.
In ancient times, this situation often had only one result, which was cannibalism, thus quickly reducing the population.
For example, during the Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than 80% of the population was wiped out, and the remaining population had insufficient food to survive.
Now, there is no way to resort to cannibalism, and we can only think of other ways to solve this problem.
There happened to be a flood discharge area nearby, and they had no choice but to discharge the flood water .
Water resources are good things, and they are reluctant to release them like this. However, there is too much water resources, and the dams can no longer hold it. If they don't release the water now, when the dams burst, all their vast farmland, luxury cars, wives and concubines will be gone.
An unrestricted free travel visa means opening a hole in the dam facing the flood discharge area to release excess water.
With fewer people, the available resources per capita increase.
Although this is bloodletting to heal the wound, it will damage the root, but if I don't bleed now, I may have a cerebral hemorrhage.
Is it better to choose to suffer serious damage to your vitality?
Or choose death from cerebral hemorrhage?
They had no choice. If it weren't for the relentless pressure from the Homo Sapiens company, perhaps they could slowly recover their bodies, but time waits for no one.
After this massive bloodletting, they will be able to hold on a little longer.
Chen Jianxiong received a lot of inside information. For example, in order to retain talents in science and engineering, they offered free garages and garages, special food supplies, free education for children, and job arrangements.
Now they only want elites and talents, and there is no need to win over other ordinary people.
After all, resources are limited. It would be too difficult to achieve the same level of welfare as that of the Sapiens Company.
It is actually easier to provide high welfare to a small number of elites and talents.
For this big bloodletting, Zhiren Company will not recruit unconditionally. Those talents with problems will definitely be screened out.
As long as ordinary people have no criminal record and no special purpose, the Zhiren Company will directly accept them, and then through rapid regular training, they can be transformed into temporary employees in three months.
