Homo sapiens

America.

Bismarck city.

The Council of the City on the Hill met once in a while, at a feasting banquet in a secret manor on the outskirts of the city.

Thomas Morgan shook the red wine glass gently. The bright red wine was like blood. However, he was not interested in the precious top wine in front of him.

"Thomas, what do you think of the Europa Consortium's request for help?" Thomson Mellon asked in a low voice.

After taking a sip of wine, he felt a little dull due to the pressure. He put down the red wine glass: "Tom, what do you think?"

However, Thomson Mellon did not answer the question: "Lucia has made it clear that they have no excess food, and the most they can do is supply more natural gas at a low price."

But Thomas Morgan understood the implication of the other party's words, that is, his opinion was consistent with Lucia's.

Dupont added with a smile: "Maybe those corns 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 a big problem. Pigs, cattle and sheep can't talk anyway.

After talking to several other directors, James Rockefeller also came here. After listening to the ideas of Thomas Morgan and others, he had no objection.

He asked Thomas Morgan: "Thomas, how much corn do Cargill still have in stock?"

"There are still 67.5 million tons locally, and there are still 36.6 million tons within the entire free association, but if some of them have to be squeezed out for the kangaroos, their feed costs will increase a lot."

James Rockefeller thought for a while and then made a decision: "Then aid Europa with 60 million tons of corn. This is our limit."

"60 million? Okay! I hope they can solve the internal problems as soon as possible! Otherwise..." Thomas Morgan said the last part, with worry in his words.

All the directors present have seen the recent situation of the Europa Consortium.

That kind of undercurrent of depression makes the entire Europa seem to be sitting on a powder keg, which may be detonated by a spark at any time.

Although the Council of the City on the Hill is willing to help, the resources it can squeeze out are very limited.

You can't make your own internal prices skyrocket in order to save the Europa Commonwealth, right?

The God-given land of North America has become increasingly fragile due to sudden changes in climate. The unobstructed central Great Plains, if not for the support of modern industry, many places would not be suitable for the development of agriculture at all.

In order to ensure food security, the City on the Hill Council is currently adjusting the local agricultural industry structure.

For example, moving the wheat planting belt southward, reducing the planting area of ​​some cash crops, and freeing up as much farmland as possible for food production.

In addition, a strategic reserve warehouse must be established. The grain reserves in the strategic reserve warehouse must be at least 240 million tons.

Obviously, the Council of the City on the Hill is not too optimistic about the future climate, but is preparing for the worst.

At the same time, they have also restarted major infrastructure construction, planning to renovate the North American railway network, and deploy greenhouse agricultural areas in the Maple Leaf Country and northern states.

Driven by these projects, local factories in North America have received enough orders, and they have also distributed some soup to several younger brothers.

For example, Japan’s high-speed rail technology can be introduced for upgrading and upgrading railways in North America.

As for where the money comes from, it’s very simple, just print it.

The Council of City on the Hill also borrowed part of the practices of Homo sapiens Corporation, directly engaging in internal circulation, artificially creating demand, and then distributing money in disguised form through high wages.

As for the shrinkage of property and inflation caused by currency depreciation, there are also no big problems. The small rich and the middle class cannot cause trouble at all.

At most, the family business of a group of directors will make less money.

…

Lucia.

It’s only September, and the temperature in the Xianbelia region has dropped a lot.

The city of Salekhard at the mouth of the Ob River.

This place happens to be in the Arctic Circle, and snowflakes are already falling in the area.

Inside the weather station responsible for local climate observation work, Minsk drank a cup of hot coffee and looked out the window at the vast expanse of ice and snow, with a very solemn expression on his face.

Open the notebook and record today's weather data.

In previous years, there was no snow here, but this year, it started to snow heavily at the end of August.

He opened the wooden door on the side, took the telescope to the balcony, and looked at the entire Ob Bay, which was frozen.

Suddenly a hovercraft came from the frozen bay towards the weather station.

After a while, the hovercraft arrived at the door of the weather station. Three figures wrapped in thick leather jackets got down from it, and several people entered the weather station.

A sound of footsteps came from the stairs.

The visitor poured himself hot coffee and said, "Minsk, there is a serious flood in the upper reaches."

"As expected." Minsk walked in from the side and closed the door.

The Ob River, Yenisei River, and Lena River are areas prone to floods, especially when winter has just entered and thawed, which are storm-type floods.

Now the lower reaches of the Ob River have been completely frozen, but the upper reaches are in relatively low latitude areas, which have not yet frozen. The lower reaches are blocked by ice, and the river water will surge rapidly, causing floods.

The man took a sip of hot coffee and exhaled a white breath: "We need to make plans early!"

Minsk put the telescope back in the locker, and then looked at the topographic map of the entire West Xianbelia Plain on the wall. He knew that if the world continued to change, the West Xianbelia Plain would soon become a human forbidden zone.

Because judging from the entire terrain of Western Xianbelia, we know that under the global cooling environment, the northern part will be covered by the Arctic ice cap, and the southern part will become a freshwater swamp and lake.

The reason he was so sure was the terrain.

The altitude of the West Xianbelia Plain is too low. To the west is the Ural Mountains, to the east is the Central Xianbelia Plateau, to the southeast is the Altai Mountains, and to the southwest is the relatively high-altitude Central Asian steppe.

This kind of terrain is a typical basin terrain, and the surrounding water will naturally gather in the West Xianbelia Plain.

It used to be a large area of ​​lakes and swamps, but later the climate warmed and large-scale reclamation in Lucia formed a seasonal agricultural area in the southern part of the West Xianbelia Plain.

Once the Arctic ice cap spreads to the Ob Gulf and forms a long-term frozen state, it means that the water resources flowing into the West Xianbelia Plain will not be able to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Over time, this water will form a larger area. of lakes and marshes.

Minsk discovered that the Ob Bay would freeze more than a month earlier this year.

The local frost-free period originally only had about four months, but now it has been cut in half, leaving only about two months.

That’s why colleagues in Minsk are worried, believing that this small city has lost its meaning of existence.

After all, there is only two months of frost-free period, so there is no way to grow potatoes.

Global cooling has had a huge impact on high latitude areas. This year, the suitable living zone for humans has been squeezed down by about 5 latitudes.

Facing this horrific natural disaster, Caesar also felt the insignificance and powerlessness of human beings. Now he can only organize archaeological personnel to see if there is any ancient technology that can be used at home, while introducing his uncle's technology and investment.

All in all, among the four major powers, the Europa Consortium and Lucia are now in crisis, and America is barely self-sufficient.

The last one has become the best-maintained one among the four major forces because of its terrain, previous reserves, and relatively complete industrial chain.

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