On the tenth year of the natural disaster, I went to farm with me

Chapter 860 Alliance Research Institute
At 3:30 in the morning, the remaining ice on the ground melted, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the temperature rose rapidly. The stars in the sky seemed like grains that had not yet been harvested but were smashed by the wind and hail, hanging in the sky where the lords could not reach.

In the territories of Districts One and Three in the north, some people were crying, some were cursing, some were wailing for help, some were rescuing the wounded, some were collecting food, and many more were standing in the thick, suffocating night, as if they were dead, without moving a muscle.

"what----"

The stunned man suddenly roared, waving the farm tools in his hands, wantonly venting the despair and anger that had accumulated over the past eleven years.

Liangzi, the auditory evolver who was rushing to harvest wheat in Territory No. 3, straightened up and looked to the east. "Someone in Territory No. 4 has lost control."

Losing control means that the level of harmful elements in the body exceeds the standard, and the brain is corroded by harmful elements, causing irreversible damage. Even if the person is rescued, there will be sequelae. Therefore, losing control means death for most people.

"It's much better to vent before dying of losing control than to die in frustration." Er Yong muttered and continued to use a sickle to cut the ears of wheat on the top of the wheat plants that had fallen to the ground.

Many ears of wheat were smashed by the hail. Eryong felt uncomfortable watching it and wanted to roar a few times.

Xia Qing's tinnitus symptoms were much milder, so she clearly heard the desperate roar coming from Territory No. 4, but she didn't even raise her head, because the people roaring were not Zhao's mother and Zhao Ze.

Under the light of the overhead lamp, Xia Qing quickly harvested the wheat ears.

If the wheat is harvested one minute earlier, it will be one minute less affected by rain and the quality will be higher.

"Captain Tan, someone is out of control in Territory No. 4 and has been brought under control. Requesting support." Zhao Ze reported the dangerous situation in a hoarse voice.

"We'll be there in ten minutes." Tan Junjie's still calm and serious voice cheered up the lords who had been fighting the natural disaster for five and a half hours.

The X-2 in the fields had been harvested, and without X-nutrient solution to replenish their energy, the lords were already exhausted.

It’s easy to work when there are many people.

It took the eleven people in Territory No. 3 less than half an hour to harvest the one acre of yellow light wheat that was hit by hail.

After seeing off Hu Zifeng's team and Huo Zhun who came to help, Xia Qing used a micro-tiller to pull a cart full of wheat ears back home, then threw the bundles of wheat ears onto the roof of the building and covered them with a drying net.

The yard was full of weeds and there was no place to dry the wheat ears.

Then, Xia Qing went downstairs, pulled open the wooden board blocking the window, and opened the window for ventilation.

After this sudden natural disaster, the lords complained in the channel about the loss of farmland, but no one mentioned houses, because the houses in the various territories had basically not suffered serious damage, except for those that were unlucky enough to be hit by trees.

Living in the years of natural disasters, everyone has long been accustomed to being prepared for extreme weather at any time. Outside the windows of the houses where we live, there are baffles made of wood or iron sheets. When extreme weather comes, the baffles can be quickly put up to keep the strong wind and hail out of the window.

Of course, Xia Qing's house also had baffles, but the disaster happened suddenly and she was busy rescuing the greenhouse and failed to block the windows in time, so the house was blown into a mess by the strong wind, and two windows were deformed and the glass was shattered.

But this is not a big deal. There were no casualties among people or animals in Territory No. 3, which made Xia Qing very satisfied.

During this natural disaster, Xia Qing deeply realized the shortcoming of his territory - lack of manpower.

But the actual situation of Territory No. 3 is here. It is impossible to increase the permanent population. Therefore, Xia Qing has only two options:

The first is to build standardized greenhouses, and the second is to improve the way of retracting and deploying rainproof cloths in existing greenhouses and make them as automated as possible.

The construction and material costs of a standardized greenhouse with an internal volume of 1.5 acres are more than 35 yuan. After it is built, to points are required each month to maintain the normal operation of the greenhouse. The high construction and operating costs have made the base planting center only dare to build a few standardized greenhouses for crop seedling cultivation, not to mention the territory.

In addition to the high cost, building a standardized greenhouse in the territory was too eye-catching and did not meet Xia Qing's pursuit of a low-key and happy life. So, she chose the second one.

Xia Qing pressed the intercom button, breaking the alliance members' depressed state, "Uncle Huo, are you there?"

"Here." Horley came online immediately, and the alliance members also stopped what they were doing and stood in the dark, listening carefully.

After the natural disaster rescue, Xia Qing's prestige in the alliance has been raised again. The alliance members know that Xia Qing never talks nonsense, and when she comes online, she must have something important to do.

"Uncle Huo, is there any way to make the rainproof cloth of the greenhouse like the thermal insulation curtain of the greenhouse, so that it can be mechanically retracted and extended?"

If this problem can be solved, Xia Qing will not be in a panic when dealing with extreme natural disasters such as sudden strong winds and hail, even if there is only one person in the territory.

Huo Lei is not only good at forging iron, he can also develop and manufacture various protective gear. Protective gear for the human body is much more complicated than the equipment for pulling up and down the rainproof cloth of the greenhouse.

When the lords who were immersed in pain just now heard Xia Qing and Huo Lei talking about this matter, they immediately perked up.

"I was just thinking about this," Horley replied in a muffled voice. "The rainproof cloth is not as heavy as the greenhouse insulation curtain. It has to be held down by a film pressing wire. It is difficult to realize automatic retraction and deployment. But if it is only necessary to realize rapid lowering, the design is not difficult. The main problem is the material and cost."

Shi Zhong, who was also short of labor in the territory, also pressed the button, "Brother Huo, can you use the pulley?"

Horley replied, "Pulleys are one way to do it."

Jiang Ying, who was following Tan Qi, also joined the discussion. "I think we can use local materials, such as animal bones, wood and stones with high hardness, to replace steel. This way, the cost can be reduced a lot."

Tang Huai reminded, "It is best not to use animal bones, as they can easily lead to the revenge of wild animals."

Everyone started a heated discussion, and after more than ten minutes, a research team consisting of Huo Lei, Shi Zhong, and Jiang Ying was formed. The three were very confident that they would create a device that could automatically and quickly lower the rainproof cloth before the third heavy rain.

Therefore, Xia Qing, the leader of the Territory Alliance, issued a notice in the alliance group: first allocate 1500 points of research funds to the research team, and increase it if it is not enough. After the research is successful, the team will be rewarded with 500-1500 points according to their contribution.

Everyone quickly responded in the group, agreeing that the rapid deployment and retraction of the rainproof cloth was a problem that needed to be solved in every territory. The costs would be shared equally by all territories.

The research team established in the early morning after suffering a devastating natural disaster was the prototype of the Hui Three Territories Alliance Research Institute, which was later famous throughout Hui City.

After solving the major problem, the lords shook off their bad mood and worked hard to clean up the greenhouses and crops damaged by hail.

After briefly cleaning the house, Xia Qing entered the No. 1 shed on Gaopo, opened the protective film and picked spinach seeds.

The strong wind just now hit the protective film of the Gaoyi Element Green Light Spinach in Shed No. 1 several times before Xia Qing had time to put down the greenhouse rainproof cloth, causing the spinach that was already in the mature stage to explode.

Spinach seeds are fine, but the stems and leaves that have been sieved need to be packed up as soon as possible, otherwise they will quickly deteriorate when the temperature rises.

Because every time you pick up a spinach seed that is prickly and sharp, it means you earn at least 100 points; every time you harvest a pound of spinach stems and leaves, it means you earn 280 points. This job is so exciting!
While Xia Qing was happily harvesting spinach, the freeloader red squirrel and its two children were shuttling between the tree hole and Shed No. 12, picking up wheat seeds that had been knocked to the ground by the hail.

There were no humans to stop it, no rats to compete with it, and no natural enemies discovered this place. This freeloader was so excited that sparks were coming out of its eyes.

Come on, kids! Take every seed that falls from the plant and put it back into the hole in the tree!

The eldest sheep, who was lying beside Xia Qing and chewing the cud, heard the noise and moved his ears.

The second wolfhound who was patrolling the territory came to the side of shed No. 12 and showed his sharp white fangs to the red squirrel whose cheeks were stuffed with wheat seeds.