Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1743: Grain Harvest in the North!

north.

It was windy and snowy.

Outside the wall, the snow covered the ground like a thick quilt.

Snowflakes dance freely in the cold wind, as if they are the only dancers between heaven and earth.

Wuwuwu——

The cold wind was like a knife, blowing on the faces of the guards on the wall. Even though they wore masks, the cold still penetrated the masks.

Their eyebrows and knitted masks were all ice and snow.

But inside the wall, it was a different scene.

The greenhouse was slightly bent under the heavy snow, as if it was welcoming this test from nature.

Inside the warm greenhouse, people in thin short-sleeved shirts were wielding hoes to dig the soil. Sweat condensed on their foreheads, forming a sharp contrast with the cold outside.

On top of the greenhouse.

Several men were shoveling snow from the roof of the greenhouse.

This greenhouse is made of PVC solar panels, which, unlike plastic films, are more sturdy and can even accommodate people standing on them.

In addition, the main frame of the greenhouse is made of high-quality steel, which is extremely stable and has strong pressure-bearing capacity.

If it were an ordinary greenhouse covered with plastic film like the one before the apocalypse, it would have collapsed long ago.

The snow is too heavy.

If it is just light or intermittent snow, there is no need for anyone to clear the snow on the roof of the greenhouse.

The snow on the greenhouse can be melted by the greenhouse's own heating system.

But now it has been snowing heavily. If the snow is not cleared for several days in a row, the greenhouse will easily be crushed and deformed. Even the strongest keel frame has its limitations.

Shan Zheng tried his best to keep himself steady and used a shovel to push away the snow and push it to the side.

slam-la-

The snow was pushed to the edge of the greenhouse, which was sloped, and slid down.

"Damn it, it's only been two days since I cleared the snow, and the snow is already almost half a meter thick. When I built this greenhouse, it should have been designed to be triangular, so that there would be no need to shovel snow." Shan Zheng cursed and complained while working.

After hearing Shan Zheng's words, Sun Shou, who was in front, explained:

"Brother, the triangular greenhouse will form a sharp angle at the top, which will greatly reduce the space utilization. In contrast, the arched or flat greenhouse can provide a more uniform space distribution, so that the crops can receive light and water more evenly, thereby increasing the yield."

"Chi Chi Wai Wai Wai."

Shan Zheng was in a bad mood, "How do you know all this?"

Sun Shou smiled and said:

"Didn't Teacher Qin and the others teach us this knowledge in the previous training class?"

"Oh." Shan Zheng rolled his eyes.

In the middle of winter, when it is snowing so heavily, they still have to stand on such a high greenhouse to clear the snow. It is really uncomfortable.

There are few people in the North, with less than 3000 people including the planting workers and combat personnel.

But the planting area in the north is vast, and these growers not only have to maintain normal planting in the greenhouses, but also have to clear the snow.

Some people even have to take turns guarding the walls.

There's no way, the number of people on their side is less than one-third of the headquarters base.

When faced with such extreme natural disasters, they are much busier than before.

As the snow was pushed down from the roof of the greenhouse, the people below quickly shoveled the snow on both sides of the greenhouse to the side with a forklift.

tired.

The rapid breathing and the cold air they inhaled made their throats extremely uncomfortable.

Some people even had their throats cracked and bleeding because they were too dry, and the saliva they spat out was tinged with blood.

Hula hula~
Inside the outer city of the Northern Territory, the flag of the large camphor tree base standing on the pole fluttered in the wind.

A car drove out of the inner city.

crunch~
The SUV stopped and Li Haoran got out wearing a thick military coat.

Stepping on the snow, half of his boots sank into it.

Ten centimeters of snow.

"Who is responsible for clearing snow on the roads in the outer city today?" Li Haoran asked Zhu Xiao who was behind him.

Zhu Xiao thought for a moment and replied:
"It should be the Eagles."

"Call the eagle over, why is the snow still so thick?" Li Haoran frowned.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiao quickly explained:

"Manager Li, I'm not speaking for them, but they just don't have enough manpower. The outer city of the North covers tens of thousands of acres. With such a large area, they have to be busy clearing the snow and planting. They really can't handle it."

After hearing this, Li Haoran thought for a moment and said:
"Get in the car and take a look around to get an idea of ​​the situation."

They got on the off-road vehicle. The chassis of the off-road vehicle was half a meter above the ground, which was considered a relatively high chassis vehicle.

In heavy snow, cars with low chassis cannot be driven at all.

The off-road vehicle was driving in the snow. After driving for a while, they found that the snow thickness on the main road ahead was much lower.

Just in front of them, there were four snowplows clearing snow side by side.

On the way, they saw people busy shoveling snow in the greenhouse, and there was also a shovel shoveling snow in the middle of the greenhouse.

Along the way, there were people shoveling snow everywhere.

After seeing this scene, Li Haoran finally understood that the Eagles were not being lazy, but they just couldn't handle the task.

There are about one thousand people in the inner city, but the area is only a few thousand acres. There are about two thousand people in the outer city, but the area is tens of thousands of acres, and most of them are planted with crops.

It takes at least a thousand people just to manage these greenhouses every day.

There are hundreds of people guarding the wall, so by this calculation, there are probably only three or four hundred people clearing the snow.

Combined with rotation and rest, the staff shortage becomes even greater.

Li Haoran saw that the door of a greenhouse was open and hot air was rising out from inside.

He quickly asked Zhu Xiao to stop the car and walked over.

Before he reached the door of the greenhouse, he saw a small truck driving out.

The truck bed was covered with a layer of waterproof cloth, and judging by the bulging cargo, it must be the grain that had just been harvested.

Due to space constraints in the greenhouse, medium and large trucks cannot enter the greenhouse, so food transportation can only be done by small trucks or pickup trucks.

Li Haoran walked into the greenhouse.

A greenhouse covers an area of ​​three acres, nearly two thousand square meters, and all greenhouses are of uniform specifications.

In the greenhouse, there is a corn harvester that is constantly harvesting corn, and a small truck is driving side by side.

This harvester can peel off the outer layer of leaves on the corn cob, revealing the corn kernels inside, and then transport them to the truck next to it via a conveyor belt.

In addition, the remaining corn silk and corn leaves were sprayed to the sides.

Corn silk is dried and made into tobacco.

As for corn leaves and corn stalks, they are used as feed to feed livestock in the north.

There are also farms in the north, but they are not as large as the headquarters base.

The pigs, cattle and sheep raised here, in addition to being supplied to the people in the north, are mostly transported to the Oil City.

This is why Oil City has always been able to provide a stable supply of meat products. Relying solely on the survivors hunting and capturing wild animals outside is not enough to meet the market demand of the trading market.

Click, click, click——

Behind the corn harvester, a dozen people plucked the corn silk and threw it into a basket, and then threw the entire corn stalks and corn leaves into the crusher behind.

The crusher breaks up corn stalks and leaves to serve as feed.

Looking at the grain harvest scene in front of him, Li Haoran's mood improved a lot.

Not far from Li Haoran, there was a man squatting on the ground, picking up the soil to examine it.

He murmured:
"The soil fertility is a bit insufficient, so I'm afraid I'll have to return the straw to the fields next season."

In addition to being used as feed, these corn stalks and corn leaves can actually be used as organic fertilizer and mulch. Spreading the stalks directly on the land can gradually decompose and provide nutrients, helping the soil maintain moisture, reduce weeds and fertilize plants. If the stalks are taken away every time and no fertilizer is added to the soil, the soil will become increasingly barren over time, and the crop yield will become lower and lower.

With so many crops now grown in the North, fertilizers are mainly made up of three parts.

1. Fertilizers transported from the headquarters base.

2. Human and livestock excrement in the North is composted to form organic fertilizer.

3. Crush the stalks and leaves of these grains and return them to the fields as compost.

"Teacher Qin, Manager Li is here." Someone came over to Qin Luoshu and reminded him in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Qin Luoshu quickly looked back and saw Li Haoran in the crowd.

Li Haoran's identity is not low. As far as he knows, he is the son of the chairman of the management committee of the large camphor tree base. Before the freezing disaster came, the chairman sent his son to this place in the northern border.

I guess it's gilded.

Li Haoran's position in the North is the Director of Internal Affairs. With this position, he can manage all affairs in the North except military affairs, including agriculture.

High position and authority.

Qin Luoshu is a student of Professor Zhang Qiwu, who was a leading figure in the field of agronomy before the end of the world.

He is a disciple of a noble family and is now in charge of agricultural planting in the north.

He has two leaders above him, one is Xie Weishan, and the higher leader is Li Haoran.

Xie Weishan's planting skills were not as high as his, but he had more experience than him and had joined the large camphor tree base for a long time, so he served as the chief and Qin Luoshu as the deputy.

But Xie Weishan had other things to take care of and was very busy.

Therefore, basically all the planting and management work in the northern border is under the charge of Qin Luoshu.

Qin Luoshu stood up, clapped his hands, and walked towards Li Haoran.

"Manager Li, you are here."

"How many greenhouses are being harvested recently?" Li Haoran nodded and asked after seeing Qin Luoshu.

Qin Luoshu opened his mouth and replied:

"There are 5 in the inner city and 55 in the outer city, a total of 60 greenhouses, and a total of 180 acres of crops need to be harvested in the next week!"

"Ah."

Li Haoran nodded and asked, "I saw you squatting on the ground just now, what were you doing?"

Qin Luoshu replied:

"I was just checking the soil fertility. The soil fertility in this greenhouse is a little insufficient. I think after the next harvest, I will not use the straw as feed, but return it to the fields."

"Why?" Li Haoran asked. He didn't quite understand the meaning of the words "return the land".

Qin Luoshu thought about it and did not answer in very professional terms. Instead, he changed the question and said in the simplest language:

"The soil also needs nutrients. Without nutrients, the crops grown will not yield well. The source of nutrients can be chemical fertilizers or organic fertilizers. For example, straw can be turned into organic fertilizer after fermentation."

"We don't know how long the ice disaster will last. The fertilizers sent by the headquarters base are getting less and less, and they will definitely not be enough in the future. So I thought of crushing the platycodon and spreading it back into the soil. This is called returning the soil to the field."

Li Haoran understood what he heard, and he said with emotion:

"Okay, I don't know anything about agriculture, so I'll rely on you. Anyway, I'll give you the greatest authority. You must guarantee one thing, that is, don't stop planting even during the freezing disaster!"

"I understand!" Qin Luoshu breathed a sigh of relief.

He is not afraid of having a leader give orders, but he is afraid of a leader who knows nothing and gives orders without any reason.

A leader who knows how to delegate power is invaluable.

Currently, Xie Weishan basically doesn't care much about agricultural planting in the North. Now that Li Haoran has given him authority, he won't feel constrained when doing things.

Li Haoran stayed in the greenhouse for a while. Mainly because he didn't know much about agricultural matters, he left after a short while.

Afterwards, Zhu Xiao got in the car and took him on a patrol around the city outside the Northern Territory.

The Northern Territory is very large, with tens of thousands of acres in the outer city, and it would take some time to travel around even if you drive.

What's more, it's snowing heavily now.

They followed the snowplow, driving slowly.

Li Haoran looked at the situation in the outer city through the car window.

This off-road vehicle was considered a high-end brand before the end of the world, and it had a defogger function, so even though there was a large temperature difference between inside and outside, he could still see the situation outside clearly.

Inside the car, the heater was turned on.

Li Haoran looked outside. The car was very quiet with only the sound of the engine.

half an hour.

Li Haoran looked at the tall and strong Zhu Xiao and asked curiously:
"Zhu Xiao, how many years have you been in the base?"

Zhu Xiao scratched his head and controlled the steering wheel with one hand.

"It should be five or six years. I can't tell exactly. Anyway, Guo Peng and I came in together. He probably knows the exact time."

“Haha, that’s good.”

Li Haoran smiled, but didn't know what to say next.

He is in the North, in charge of the internal affairs of the North, and holds a high position of power.

It is definitely necessary to win over some trustworthy people and deploy your own confidants.

Otherwise, if you listen to everything from your subordinates, you will easily be deceived.

But he didn't quite know how to win people's hearts, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The person next to him, Zhu Xiao, was the one that impressed him the best after all the contact and observation he had during this period of time.

He is bold, straightforward, outspoken, and loyal to the base.

He is one of the people he wants to win over the most.

The reason why he wanted to deploy some people he could trust was because the Northern Territory was quite special.

It is located in the north, far away from the big camphor tree base, and there is no member of the Li family.

The former Old Xie was transferred back to the headquarters base, and Xiao Jun was newly stationed there.

Naturally, he now believes in Xiao Jun.

However, Xiao Jun controls such a large territory and holds such great power that he might rebel after a long time.

Power is the easiest thing to corrupt people's hearts.

Therefore, he came here to check and balance Xiao Jun and prevent bad things from happening.

"Ahem, are you having any troubles in life?" Li Haoran asked with gritted teeth.

Zhu Xiao was confused by the question, "No, I just feel that it's a bit boring. I heard from Xiao Hu that there are a lot of new things in Oil City, and there is also a ring competition there. I feel it's good."

"Forehead"

Li Haoran didn't know how to answer.

The positioning of Oil City is different from that of the North.

Externally.

The North Border is fully enclosed, the Dazhangshu Base Headquarters is semi-enclosed, and the Oil City is open.

It's totally different.

However, this competition can be held.

There are few entertainment activities right now, so it’s nice for everyone to have some fun by fighting in the greenhouse during the winter.

Li Haoran nodded and said:
"Okay, then I'll leave this Northern Territory internal competition to you. I'll review the prizes and give you the green light."

"Ah?" Zhu Xiao was confused.

"I'm just saying."

"You're right. Let's do it this way. I'll leave this matter to you." Li Haoran said.

Zhu Xiao wanted to slap himself twice, okay!
Here comes another thing, which I found myself.

I thought to myself, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have been so rude! Damn it!"

(Ask for monthly ticket)