Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1844 We have no advantage, but we have more people
The thing that the trading market has the most is manpower, as the total population adds up to more than 200,000.

Once Plan B was launched, the 80,000 workers who were originally building the wall were directly transformed into porters and welders building the dam.

At this moment, the oil city seems to have transformed into an enormous construction machine, and each individual is a screw on this machine.

Let's work together to resist the impact of the flood.

Huge projects bring huge opportunities.

Workers who performed well in the early construction of the wall were instantly promoted to junior supervisors, responsible for supervising and coordinating other workers.

After all, too many people were mobilized to build the wall during these days.

With so many people building together, it will be a mess without scientific management.

Most of the supervisors are level 4 personnel because they have relatively rich construction experience.

People like Xu Qingwen, Sui Dahua, He Liangwei, Gong Huo, Sha Xin, Liu Dongdou, Xie Zihao, Wang Qiyuan, Wang Ou, Chen Chen and others were promoted to the positions of junior supervisors this time.

Zhang Shi and others, who were originally junior and middle-level supervisors, were promoted to senior supervisor positions and upgraded to level three personnel, and their corresponding welfare benefits have been qualitatively improved.

Each junior supervisor manages a team of 30 people. The supervisor of each team is similar to a contractor and is responsible for a small section of the embankment construction work.

A mid-level supervisor manages a team. A team consists of 5 groups, each group has 30 people, for a total of 150 people.

A senior supervisor manages a brigade, which has five squads and a total of 5 people under his command.

Above the senior supervisors are professional engineers. One professional engineer manages five teams and has a total of 5 people under him.

Going up further up are the engineering managers, such as Ding Wu, Fang Jingxin, and Liu Yu, who are all generals under Xie Changshan.

There are dozens of professional engineers on the entire construction site.

Buffer city wall.

They quickly filled and piled up the ground under the wall.

It is not enough to raise the wall with just earth and stone bags, because there is no support at the back, so it is necessary to raise the wall from behind with earth and stone bags as well.

This will also make it easier for workers to carry the bags of earth and rocks up.

It's like building a staircase that goes up, the higher the end of the staircase, the more steps there are.

The buffer city wall is the end of the stairs.

The walls of the enclosure were full of water, refracting the sunlight and reflecting a golden glow, and the swarm of zombies rose and fell on the water's surface.

"What are you doing!"

"stop!"

Xu Qingwen saw two people fighting at the construction site he was in charge of. The fight blocked the workers who were moving things behind them, seriously hindering the normal progress of the project.

The workers at the back were also happy to watch the show. It was a good opportunity for them to stop and rest, so they gathered at the back and watched the two people fighting.

When Xu Qingwen walked over, the two men had already stopped and each picked up a bag of earth and rocks and carried them upstairs.

"Damn it! If I see you guys doing something next time, I'll deduct your points. Let's forget about this time."

After becoming a supervisor, although I don’t have to carry things myself, I feel much more relaxed.

But he has to coordinate all kinds of troubles that happen: for example, if someone stacks things improperly, or the steel plates are not welded firmly enough, or if someone is being lazy, etc., he has to take care of all of them.

These workers were smart people. They knew that they would be punished for quarreling or conflicting, so as soon as they saw the supervisor discovering them, they immediately ceased fighting and continued working.

So it’s not easy to catch.

"None of you give me peace of mind!" Xu Qingwen pointed at the group of people and cursed.

The workers around did not dare to answer and each continued to do his own work.

"Old Xu." Sui Dahua, the junior supervisor next door, suddenly shouted.

Xu Qingwen walked over, and the two of them stood near the inside of the wall and started chatting.

"What happened just now?" Sui Dahua asked.

The two of them got up early and joined the trading market. They used to work together on the construction site and live in the same dormitory at night. They are very familiar with each other.

Xu Qingwen cursed and said, "Two people are fighting there. I guess they have some conflicts. There are so many troubles. It's not worrying at all."

"Just deduct points directly." Sui Dahua said indifferently.

Xu Qingwen was silent for a few seconds, then said, "It's not easy to earn some points. When we were workers before, we were afraid of having our points deducted. Well, I'll give them two chances anyway. If they are found to be lazy or violate the regulations twice, I will deduct points."

"You're a very nice person." Sui Dahua glanced at Xu Qingwen.

"I'm not as kind-hearted as you. I'll deduct points if I find you slacking off. I don't care about anything else."

"Yeah." Xu Qingwen nodded and did not continue the conversation on this topic.

Since being upgraded from workers to supervisors, the points they earn every day have also increased by 0.8%, and they can get points a day.

This score is similar to the score obtained by professional technicians in special occupations.

In just one morning, the water level rose from 19 meters to 21 meters, but thanks to the efforts of 24 people, the embankment made of earth, stones and sandbags also rose from 29 meters to meters.

It has to be said that there is strength in numbers.

In just one morning, the speed of increasing by five meters is extremely exaggerated.

The Buffer City greenhouse is still under construction.

Greenhouse No. 789.

Anya came over to inspect and saw the growers in the greenhouse operating the equipment to carry out integrated operations of turning the soil, sowing seeds and applying fertilizers.

This is a seeding machine they developed from the large camphor tree base. It has a simple structure and small size, but it is very practical.

Zheng Hanbing, who was originally in charge of this greenhouse, saw Anya and hurried over.

"Hello, Minister An."

Anya looked at the middle-aged man in front of her and nodded: "What's the matter?"

The Zheng Hanbing in front of him is a planting expert recruited from Oil City.

Before the apocalypse, he had opened a green greenhouse farm which was quite large. Even Anya had heard of his name before the apocalypse.

So after the greenhouse in the buffer city was opened, he was pulled into the core team.

In addition to him, there are Chu Juan and others from the Plant Rhythm team.

These are all planting experts recruited by Oil City in recent years.

Zheng Hanbing pointed to the land behind him and suggested:
"Minister An, I think our current technology is very mature and we can definitely develop vertical planting and add aquaponics."

"There are many benefits to doing this. First, fish excrement is decomposed into plant nutrients by microorganisms, and the water is recycled and purified before flowing back into the fish pond, forming a zero-pollution closed loop."

"Secondly, by using multi-layer planting racks, combined with LED lighting and soilless cultivation technology, the yield per unit area can be increased by 5-10 times."

"Before the end of the world, there was a company called Spread, whose vertical farm produces 1200 million vegetables a year, using only 1% of the water used in traditional farming."

"It's the end of the world now, and we have the technology, so we can do this. We can produce more crops per unit area."

Hearing this, Anya smiled and nodded and asked, "How many acres does Spread's vertical farm have?"

"Forehead"

Zheng Hanbing was silent for a while, then replied, "It doesn't seem to be very big. I'm not sure about the details."

Anya glanced at him and said softly:

"6.6 acres." "They are high-quality, ultra-fine plantings. This planting method has many advantages, but also has disadvantages. In summary, there are three highs and one limit."

“High energy consumption (dependence on electricity), high technical threshold (complex management), high cost (investment and operation and maintenance); limited crop types (only suitable for a few varieties).”

"The headquarters team proposed this plan many years ago, but it is not suitable for our situation. We don't have a few acres of land, but tens of thousands of acres of planting area."

"Their spread company has a very high degree of automation, using robotic arms, LED lights, and automated irrigation and harvesting systems. Although our current technology can achieve this, it cannot be scaled up and can only be used as an experiment."

Anya looked at Zheng Hanbing who fell into silence and sighed.

She also had trouble adapting when she first started planting at the headquarters base many years ago.

Planting in the apocalypse is different from planting before the apocalypse. Before the apocalypse, you come up with a new plan and technology can attract investment.
But planting after the end of the world is simple, quick and easy. They only consider the real problem of survival: how to produce the most food in a short period of time and feed more people. This is the first factor they consider.

Anya continued to explain:
"Vertical farming can be experimented with in a few greenhouses, and the same goes for aquaponics."

"However, that model consumes a lot of energy and has high requirements for equipment. In addition, there are not enough technicians and equipment maintenance personnel. This takes time."

"Can you understand?"

Zheng Hanbing nodded and said:

“I understand that, in simple terms, for the same planting, if we do vertical planting, we don’t have enough staff and it’s complicated.
But the current planting method is very fast. When planting corn, a machine is pushed across the soil to complete the tillage, fertilization and planting. Harvesting on the ground is also very efficient."

"Yes, that's what I mean." Anya nodded.

Anya looked at him as if she was looking at her former self.

After years of hard work at the large camphor tree base, she has grown into a true apocalyptic planting expert. In addition, her management level has also reached a relatively high level.

After seven years of hard work, she is only 32 years old, but she is not inferior to the pre-apocalyptic agricultural tycoon like Zhang Qiwu, or the botany professor like Chu Juan.

"I understand. Thank you Minister An. I'll get busy now." Zheng Hanbing said.

Anya watched him leave with a smile.

"Dad, what did Minister An say?" asked Zheng Hanbing's son Zheng Zheng.

"It was rejected." Zheng Hanbing said helplessly.

Zheng Zheng said with an unhappy face: "What kind of insights can a woman in her early thirties have? Dad, you used to be an expert in greenhouse planting. She is blind and has no foresight at all."

"Shut up!"

Zheng Hanbing raised his head and said angrily:

"You know nothing. Minister An considered things more comprehensively. I just took it for granted. I am stupid for not even thinking through such a simple thing."

"Ah???" Zheng Zheng looked confused.

"What did Minister An say?"

Zheng Hanbing raised her head and said quietly, "Anyway, Minister An is able to reach the position of Minister of Agriculture, so she must be capable. She is not as simple as you think!"

"But how old is she?"

"So the Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead. Look at you, you are nothing."

"I"

"Shut up and go check on the fertilization in greenhouse No. 790."

"Oh."

Anya inspects the planting conditions in various greenhouses, staying in the greenhouses for a while from time to time.

Originally, there were more than twenty planting workers sent from the headquarters base in Oil City.

Among them were Zhang Qiwu’s favorite students Hu Zhen and Bai Yuzhi, who were previously responsible for all planting work in the Oil City.

Later, as the population of the trading market increased, they built ten greenhouses in the trading market and recruited some planting talents from outside.

Before the greenhouse was built, the planting team had exceeded 200 people.

This time, Anya brought a team of 30 planting personnel from the headquarters base to guide the planting work in the buffer city.

The greenhouse was built too quickly, so in order to speed up the planting process, they recruited some people with planting experience in the trading market.

Currently, the number of greenhouse planting workers has exceeded 5000. These people are uniformly trained by experts sent from the headquarters base, and are quickly able to replicate the same planting methods to improve planting efficiency.

Since the planting method is relatively simple, you can learn it with just a little training.

Among them, people like Zheng Hanbing, who already had extremely rich planting experience, were promoted to management positions.

Oil City.

Cao Qiaomu from the Electricity Department hurriedly found Lao Luo.

Although Lao Luo's position in the Dazhangshu system is only the captain of the combat brigade.

But he has a high status in Oil City.

Before Uncle San came, he was the top leader.

After his third uncle came and took over Oil City, he became the second in command.

However, there are people to take care of the internal affairs of the Oil City and the trading market, and in the military department, Ju Tianrui is in charge of the Civilian Armed Forces Department. His main job in the Oil City is overall coordination.

"What's the matter, Lao Cao?" Lao Luo asked puzzledly as he watched Cao Qiaomu run into the meeting room.

Cao Qiaomu walked up to Lao Luo and saw a cup of tea placed in front of him.

He drank it all in one gulp.

"Damn it, just soak it yourself!"

"I'm a germaphobe, okay."

After Cao Qiaomu calmed down his breathing, he said to Lao Luo:

"Captain Luo, the number of greenhouses is increasing day by day, and the power consumption is rising rapidly every day. If this continues, there will not be enough power!"

"What's the matter?"

Lao Luo stood up and said, "Don't we have fuel generators and boilers to generate electricity?"

"Yes."

Cao Qiaomu continued:
"But boilers consume coal for power generation, and there is not much coal left. And with the construction of greenhouses, the subsequent electricity consumption will be even more terrifying!"

Lao Luo thought for a moment and asked, "If all greenhouses are built and planted, can the current power generation be sustained?"

"Yes, but it can only last for a maximum of one and a half months. After one and a half months, the coal will be consumed and we can only rely on fuel oil for power generation. By that time, the power generation will definitely not be enough!" Cao Qiaomu replied.

"Then why are you so anxious!"

When Lao Luo heard that he could still hold on for more than a month, he glared at him.

"I thought the battery was running low."

Cao Qiaomu said aggrievedly:

"I'm telling you the situation in advance. I've always suggested learning from the headquarters base and expanding the scale of the zombie generator."

"Otherwise, when we encounter a situation where there is not enough coal reserves and we cannot go out to mine coal, it will be very difficult to deal with."

Lao Luo hesitated for a moment and said:
"There's a reason why we didn't get the zombie generator at the trade fair before. Come with me, and let's talk to the minister about this."

"The electricity problem will have to be solved sooner or later, and now is the opportunity."

(Ask for monthly ticket)