846 On the Ocean (2/2)

This kind of technology should remain in his own country. Although Country F became the de facto vassal of Celestial Trade, it was ultimately still an outsider. After the Cold War, the relationship between Nippon and the UA was strong, but Nippon-based companies still sold top machine beds to the Russians.

In order to ensure these oil crops could be produced at a low cost, all oil palms must be grown in the country, and plant cultivation techniques and DNA codes must be kept strictly confidential! Jiang Chen awarded these researchers high bonuses, especially Bill Sullivan, to keep their mouth shut.

However, 100,000 acres wasn't a small area. The entire area of Coro Island was only just above 100,000 acres, not to mention the millions of acres of oil palms needed to become an oil exporting country.

Submarine farms were good at farming crops, but it wouldn't be feasible to grow palm trees several meters tall.

For the first time, Jiang Chen was troubled about the size of his territory.

But in the end, he still came up with a solution.

Next to Penglai City, a plantation with an area approximately the size of Penglai was built.

These plantations wouldn't need to be built in accordance with the standards of the island. They only needed to build offshore platforms with a length of approximately 250 meters and a width of 250 meters, fill it with soil, and connect platforms with graphene cables to form a chessboard-like sea plantation.

Of course, he still needed to consult the experts about the feasibility of this idea.

However, Jiang Chen predicted it wouldn't be challenging. With the strength of graphene, it shouldn't be too difficult to withstand the force exerted by tides. This kind of floating farmland should have a much lower one-time investment than submarine farms.

As for how to deal with storms or other bad weather, this task was given to the scientists at Future Heavy Industrial. During Penglai's construction, they had accumulated a wealth of experience in offshore construction. This small issue shouldn't be challenging for them.

September soon passed and October came quietly.

Compared to the turbulence of the previous period, September could be described as stable and free of trouble. The government forces had the upper advantage in the Turkish Civil War with peace negotiations on the horizon.

In addition to the civil war in Madagascar that was ongoing, the Eastern European issue escalated because of pressure from Russia. The global situation seemed to be approaching winter in the northern hemisphere, however, they just welcomed a relatively calm period of time.

Of course, that was only relatively speaking.

The international crude oil market was still filled with the invisible smoke of chaos. An invisible hand was stirring up the market and casting a gloom over the global economy.

Future Group's business was also affected, but compared to other international companies, it still performed much better. Under the monopoly model, Future Group was producing industrial raw materials while producing products. Although the price of oil had driven up the price of resources such as ores and agricultural products, the influence on Future Group only came from the crude market.

These days, Jiang Chen's life followed a routine. During the daytime from Monday to Friday, he basically spent all his time at the office. On Saturdays, he took off half a day to teach those lovely students at Coro University.

He didn't expect them to learn anything substantial. After all, people who came to open elective classes didn't expect to learn anything. Jiang Chen only hoped that he could subtly change their perspectives with this method.

For the remainder of his time, he remained in the apocalypse.

He was the general after all. Maintaining his ”attendance” was necessary to stabilize the military. Even if he wasn't required to control the overall situation, showing his face was still required.

In addition, he also wanted to spend time with his ”family” there.

Since the crisis in Wanghai had been resolved, after the pace of expansion in the modern world accelerated, he had rarely focused on the apocalypse. Even if it was just a form of compensation, he wanted to spend more time with Sun Jia, Yao Yao and the rest of them.

They were very important in his life.