Lop Nur, the lowest point in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, is the easternmost edge of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China, and one of the famous drought centers in the world.

Lop Nur has a long history and was formed as early as 1800 million years ago. Due to the particularity of the geological structure, under the influence of crustal movement, it rose from south to north, forming a large depression of about 2 square kilometers.

Since then, with the supply of melted mountain snow and rainy season precipitation, a huge inland lake has gradually formed.

Lop Nur was once the second largest inland lake in China, and its area was once as large as Qinghai Lake, the largest inland lake in my country.

Earlier, the area of ​​Lop Nur reached 5350 square kilometers, which is nearly 1 square kilometers larger than today's Qinghai Lake.

The ancient Loulan Kingdom, named after ancient and modern times, was built next to Lop Nur. At that time, it was an oasis with lush vegetation and diverse species.

As the amount of water in the Tarim River decreases, the water source of the lake cannot be effectively replenished, and Lop Nur becomes a pool of stagnant water. In addition, the annual evaporation is much greater than the recharge, which eventually leads to drought.

Moreover, during the evaporation process, the salt substances in the lake water accumulated, forming large areas of salt layers, causing the surrounding land to become salinized, plants to die, and the area around Lop Nur turned into a desert.

The harsh environment caused the animals that originally lived there to relocate, and Lop Nur became very deserted.

This famous desert once had nicknames such as swamp, salt marsh, and dry sea. It is not difficult to imagine that this dry land was once wet, and even a lot of water gathered here.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Before the 20s, this area was the second largest saltwater lake in China.

In the understanding of the ancient Loulan people, all rivers will eventually flow into the mysterious Lop Nur ancient lake. It supports thousands of residents on this land, so it is also the foundation for the Loulan people to build their country.

It was also used by the people in the northwest region of my country as one of the most important water sources. It was also a very important stop on the ancient Silk Road and was a source of sweet rain on this desolate desert road.

However, due to the changes in the sea, Lop Nur, once an important water source, gradually disappeared.

In the mid-to-late 20th century, due to some natural causes and environmental damage, the flow of the Tarim River decreased, the surrounding land became severely desertified, and Lop Nur gradually dried up.By the end of the 20s, the river finally dried up completely. Subsequently, the Taklimakan Desert quickly swallowed up the lake, integrating it with the nearby yellow sand and the ancient Loulan Kingdom that relied on it to build the country. Become a place that has existed in history.

Whether it is natural evolution or man-made destruction, it is a fact that the Lop Nur lake will disappear.

What is certain is that the environment in the Taklimakan Desert has become even worse.

Jiao Guoyun has no idea what to do about the Taklimakan Desert. This desert is so big that there is no other water supply except melting snow from the mountains.

Due to the geographical location, there is no monsoon passing through there, and even the air is dry, so his Desert Light can only struggle to survive.

Alas, his desert light is suitable for deserts with more water vapor.

"Boss, just do it slowly in the Taklimakan Desert. There is no need to rush this."

Jiang Fan nodded. If the conditions are right, he will definitely do something vigorously. If the conditions are too bad, he will not invest without limit.

"In addition, I do not plan to invest heavily in the Badain Jaran Desert and the Kumtag Desert."

"The main body of the Kumtag Desert is in XJ, with 47% of the area distributed in GS. Three national reserves have been established in this desert area. They are the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve and the Annan Dam Wild Camel National Nature Reserve. National Nature Reserve and Dunhuang West Lake National Nature Reserve.”

"Natural reserves have been set up, so we can't interfere."

"There is nothing I can do about the Badain Jaran Desert. The geographical location of this desert is too harsh."

"In the east of the Badain Jaran Desert, it has been connected to the Tengger Desert; to the west is Lop Nur. The current state of Lop Nur has been mentioned before. Lop Nur is dry now, and maybe Lop Nur will be integrated into it after a while. Taklimakan Desert.”

"So I don't plan to invest heavily in the Badain Jaran Desert and only do minimal management."

The geographical location of the Badain Jaran Desert is not very good. Forget about Lop Nur, they still have a quick way to connect the Badain Jaran Desert to the Tengger Desert.

This was a mistake they made. This mistake was the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir, a desert-type reservoir.

Although China has vast land resources, desertification is eroding the land bit by bit. Today, 70 kilometers of our land are covered by desert.

Not only that, people's deforestation behavior is uncontrolled, which makes China's originally low forest coverage area even worse.

In the context of the increasingly deteriorating environment, our country has put environmental restoration on the agenda.

Obviously, the decisive factor in the desert environment is water source. If people want to solve the problems in the desert, they must ensure sufficient water sources.

In order to solve the problem of desertification in the northwest region, our country presided over the construction of a desert-type reservoir. The reservoir is located in the Hexi Corridor and is surrounded by the Tengger Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert.

This reservoir is the Hongyashan Reservoir, the largest desert-type reservoir in Asia.

Because the natural environment in desert areas is very fragile, people always dare not draw conclusions easily when facing large-scale engineering construction.

When the proposal for the construction of Hongyashan Reservoir was put forward, different people had different opinions.

People who hold the same view believe that the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir has brought sufficient water sources to the desert area, and countless plants have sprung up from the ground. It is obvious that the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir has a positive effect on the restoration of the ecological environment.

However, some people are worried about the construction of Hongyashan Reservoir. The ecosystem in desert areas has poor self-repair ability. Once destroyed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Despite this, those who agreed resisted all opinions, and the Hongyashan Reservoir was finally presented to people.

In the early days of the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir, everyone thought it was the right decision.

Because it is surrounded by desert, Hongyashan Reservoir is also called a desert reservoir. The reservoir's sufficient water source and humid climate are incompatible with the surrounding drought. Hongyashan Reservoir has actually formed its own independent ecosystem.

There are many vegetation around the Hongyashan Reservoir, and there are many birds playing on the water from time to time. The water quality of the Hongyashan Reservoir is clear, and there are swarms of fish and shrimp in the water.Looking around, the blue color appearing in a desert seems a bit out of place, but it makes people sigh as if they have entered a fairyland.

Seeing the peaceful environment around the Hongyashan Reservoir, netizens lamented that this large desert reservoir, which took 40 years to build and cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, lived up to people's expectations.

It completed its mission and returned peace to the desert area.

People are gradually immersed in the tremendous changes brought about by the Hongyashan Reservoir, but little do they know that a huge change is coming quietly... During the construction process of the Hongyashan Reservoir, engineers changed the course of the river in order to maximize the amount of water.However, human interference caused the river's water volume to drop rapidly, and eventually the upper reaches of the Shiyang River in the desert area stopped flowing.

In less than a year, Qingtu Lake dried up, causing huge losses in desert areas that originally lacked water sources.

The construction of Hongyashan Reservoir inevitably destroyed the local ecological environment. Because the self-repair ability of desert areas is poor, the destroyed vegetation cannot be repaired, and the destroyed soil layer has been in a state of drought, exacerbating the land's degradation. desertification.

People always focus on the huge benefits brought by the Hongyashan Reservoir. However, the destruction of the ecological environment has also brought huge economic losses to the desert areas, and this economic loss is also irreparable.

Changes in the natural environment of desert areas have had a very negative impact on local agricultural development. At the same time, people's lives have also been greatly affected.

Seeing the consequences of the Hongyashan Reservoir, many people regretted it.

The largest reservoir in Asia, which the Chinese were originally proud of, and the eagle in the desert, eventually led to countless negative consequences and became a nightmare for many people.

People have begun to re-examine the benefits and drawbacks brought by the Hongyashan Reservoir. This is a project that cares about one thing and loses the other. The Hongyashan Reservoir brings vitality to the desert area, but at the same time it brings irreversible bolts from the blue, which makes people entangled and even more sad. .

Many netizens have expressed their regrets. The original Hongyashan Reservoir should not have been built, and a series of subsequent negative consequences would not have occurred.

The ecological damage caused by the Hongyashan Reservoir is irreversible. The top priority is how to reduce the damage caused by the Hongyashan Reservoir to desert areas.

In response to the damage caused by the Hongyashan Reservoir, some experts believe that the restoration of the ecological environment around the Hongyashan Reservoir can be modeled on the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project and implement measures to intercept and divert the water.

Water from the same water source can flow in different directions, so that the water in the river will not dry up and the water in the reservoir can also be stored. This is a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

If the water in the reservoir reaches saturation, people can shut down the water supply to the reservoir, and then implement a diversion method to guide the excess water to other areas to maximize the utilization of water resources in desert areas and truly realize it. the value of.

Although the idea is good, the reality is not optimistic, because the downstream end of the reservoir has dried up, the ecological environment has been damaged, and the Badain Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert have been connected downstream.

Once the deserts are connected, it will take thousands or tens of thousands of times to separate them, not to mention the time required.

As soon as Jiang Fan said that, Jiao Guoyun thought of the Hongyashan Reservoir and the destruction he caused.

His face was full of bitterness, but it was hard to say anything. Everyone would make mistakes, but the consequences of this mistake were too great and irreversible. This was the most heartbreaking thing.

"Boss, we should still try our best to separate the connected places again."

Jiang Fan thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will have people plant a large number of Desert Lights in connected places."

"A large number of Desert Lights will also be planted in Lop Nur. However, Lop Nur is too dangerous, so we can only plant from the periphery. The central location of Lop Nur needs to wait for the opportunity."

In fact, compared with other deserts, Lop Nur is much easier to manage. The rivers in the Tarim Pan area all converge in Lop Nur. Although the water flow is getting less and less, they continue all year round.

The evaporation in the Tarim Basin is more than 3000 mm, in the north and west of the Tarim Basin.There are mountains in three directions in the south. This huge water vapor can only flow out from above Lop Nur. This water vapor can be intercepted by the desert light.

"Thank you, boss." Jiao Guoyun said sincerely.

Controlling the desert has always been done slowly, and few people like Jiang Fan make such a big show of it.

Although this is because Desert Light draws moisture from the air and does not consume a large amount of groundwater in the desert.

But if he promotes Desert Light to other companies, will other companies be willing to use it to control deserts?

Even if they are willing to manage the desert, do they have the strength of Pangu Xinhuo Company?
You must know that Nongxing Company, a subsidiary of Pangu Xinhuo Company, has an annual profit of 6 trillion yuan. Which company can compare with this?
At this point, Jiao Guoyun must coax Jiang Fan.

It is also Jiang Fan's wish to make China full of greenery. Even without Jiao Guoyun, he will do it when he is free in the future.

But he won't do it all.

"As for the Hunshandake Sandy Land, Hulunbuir Sandy Land, and Horqin Sandy Land, I don't care about these."

It can be seen from the name "sand land" that these places are not real deserts.

These three places are all in the Northeast. With the environment and financial resources in the Northeast, it can be easily solved as long as someone takes action.

In particular, the Horqin Sandy Land was surrounded by the Northeast, and he would not interfere in such a place.

Desertification can occur in such places, and the water is too deep, so he doesn't want to go.

Jiao Guoyun hesitated for a moment, but in the end did not say anything to persuade. These places were called sandy land, which already showed that governance was not difficult, as long as someone was careful.

Jiang Fan even chose to take action in the Taklimakan Desert, the most difficult area. He couldn't ask for too much.

"Boss, can our Desert Light be broadcast externally?"

It stands to reason that this is the biotechnology of Pangu Xinhuo. Although it is a tree species used to control deserts, the purpose of Desert Light is not only for desert control.

It can also be used for island transformation, and the benefits of island transformation are huge.

Therefore, such new tree species should apply for patents, take confidentiality measures, and then sell them to make money.

It was not advisable to spread the technology or tree species to others, but Desert Light was a plant that benefited the country and the people, so he wanted the technology to be spread overseas.

Jiang Fan refused without thinking: "Impossible, the technology belongs to Pangu Xinhuo, and Pangu Xinhuo's technology cannot be passed on at will."

If this technology is in his own hands, the selling price of his Desert Light tree species can be kept to the lowest level. If the technology is spread to other countries, with a deliberate move, the price of Desert Light tree species will skyrocket.

Will the price of the tree species cultivated by the company increase or not? (End of chapter)

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