Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 236 Hot Work Plantation

Being nervous, the three people who went out to scout came back.

"How about it?"

"It seems to be a guard." Liu Zheng said, "We'll leave right away, it's densely populated here."

Ye Mengyan was obviously unwilling to go back so quietly. According to the practice of the special investigation team every time he dispatched, he was unwilling to go back without getting something: "Why don't you just take a prisoner and go back for interrogation?"

"Forget it, our mission is exploration, not combat. How can we go with a prisoner? Besides, the purpose of this time is to explore resources, and the second is to train the team. Didn't you see that everyone got down?"

"Cut!!" Zhao Xue gave Liu Zheng a white look.

"How many days will it take to return to the base?" Bai Guoshi was more concerned about Zhao Xue's injury.Just now he took the opportunity to give Zhao Xue a preliminary treatment.

"About three or four days. I can only walk slowly today. Try to camp a little farther away from the city, so that you can sleep soundly at night. Rest well and catch up early tomorrow, and try to get home early."

"Wait a minute, please help, collect more ore samples here, I can find something good."

A group of people had no choice but to help him collect all kinds of stones on the ground, and when they set off, each of them carried seven or eight catties of ore on their backs for no reason.

It was safe to walk all the way back. No. 11 days after departure, the team was close to Bairen City.

"Password!!!" A yell from the bushes beside the road startled Liu Zheng, who was serving as a vanguard, jumping up, "Loli! Respond!"

"Sister Yu!" A sentry jumped out from the side of the road with fishing nets all over his body and branches and leaves hanging from it.Probably because of the lurking sentry, what he was holding was a steel crossbow.A pistol holster was strapped to his thigh.

"Why don't I seem to have seen you, which department?" The sentinel's eyes went straight to Zhao Xue who was limping - modern women in the camp are too rare.

"Department 7911." Liu Zheng reported.Departments with code names are all classified as confidential units, and they are all referred to by their name on the outside.

The sentinel immediately said in awe: "It turns out that it is a confidential unit. It seems that it has gone far away. The task was completed well, right?" The sentinel probably wanted to get some inside information, so he got close.

"It's okay, how are you doing here?"

"A few days ago, I heard that a beautiful female pirate came to Bopu." The sentinel looked longingly, "I heard that she lives in the shop and treats her with delicious food and drink."

"Female pirate?" Everyone became interested.

"Pervert." Zhao Xue curled her lips contemptuously when she saw the men salivating.

"It is said that there is a unique name, called Li Huamei!" The sentinel beamed with joy, completely forgetting about his duties here.

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The team changed their outfits at the outskirts of the base, and replaced the full set of field equipment with the training uniforms worn before departure-this is not noticeable.Liu Zheng disbanded the team and went back to the headquarters by himself first. He still had a lot of administrative affairs to do: writing the exploration report and filling out the reimbursement form for various consumables consumed during the mission.As for other people, they also have their own affairs, writing reports, organizing specimens... Of course, taking a bath, eating a hot meal, and getting a good night's sleep are also indispensable.

Bai Guoshi sent the plant specimens one by one to the Ministry of Agriculture. Strictly speaking, agriculture and biology are two different professions, but in the eyes of the executive committee, they are similar.So the farm is now an important base of biology in the 17th century. Needless to say, the only college student majoring in molecular biology in this time and space is here to farm and cook with Wu Nanhai.

As for other people, it’s great, let’s talk about Huang Dashan, who grows mushrooms and fungus full-time on the farm, but his best is actually the cultivation of bacteria/viruses in live animals. In other words, as long as the executive committee is willing, 731 can do it. Live, everyone looked at his thick glasses like the bottom of a beer bottle, and felt panicked.No one knows what is in the test tubes and culture medium containers that he was fiddling with in his small room alone, and no one wants to know——who has walked through that place since he knew his unique skills? The houses are far away.

"Is this a puzzle?" Fa Shilu looked at the specimens he had collected in his laboratory, showing delighted eyes, "very useful medicinal materials."

"The Ministry of Health asked for it by name." Bai Guoshi sat down and looked around. The conditions of the biology laboratory are now much better than in the past.The operation of the glass factory has greatly expanded the equipment here-although the newly made glass instruments may feel silly, they are finally enough.

"The collection of seedlings and seeds has been done well recently, and the breeding work in the hot plantation garden is progressing smoothly." Fa Shilu said, "The conditions for hot planting in Hainan are quite good, and Lingao is a little worse, but it can still be overcome. .”

"What does Minister Wu think of Rejoice?"

"He's an amateur at this." A smile appeared on Fa Shilu's black and fat face. When it comes to professional standards, Fa Shilu is an agronomist. When he signed up, he brought a truckload of seeds and a micro-germplasm Resource library - the latter is a scientific research resource that is difficult to obtain.His current title is "Chief Agronomist of Demonstration Farm".

Fa Shilu went on to say: "I don't know much about hot work, but I do know a little bit. However, there are materials from another time and space, and I probably know what Lingao can and cannot grow. This saves a lot of effort."

"Can you grow pepper?" Bai Guoshi read a lot of half-baked history books, and he had a deep memory of the huge profits of the spice trade.

"Yes, pepper is very suitable in Lingao. But spice crops are mainly produced in Southeast Asia and India, and we have no advantage in competition."

"Oh." Bai Guoshi was slightly disappointed.

"Go and see the hot garden on the farm."

The area of ​​the farm has expanded a lot.The newly developed land has been developed into paddy fields.The land has been carefully leveled and equipped with permanent farmland hydraulic engineering according to the standards of the test field.There are even bamboo fences around each field, and some wind-powered bird repellents are scattered across the fields.There are signs on the fields, with the number, type and person in charge.Bai Guoshi knew that all the good seeds brought from another time and space were planted in this field - no wonder they were so careful.

Tropical crop gardens are likewise heavily guarded by deep ditches and barbed wire, as well as watchtowers.Except for members of the Agricultural Committee and a few indigenous workers in the farm who can enter the garden with certificates, no one else is allowed to enter the garden without permission.The crops here are the only ones in East Asia. If they are ruined, you will have to detour halfway around the world if you want to find them.

The seedlings of coconut, rubber, coffee, cocoa, coca, quinine, poppy, and various fruits planted in the garden a few months ago are growing well, and some easy-living varieties have already pulled out dense branches. Swaying in the middle, it looks very pleasant.

"No wonder people say that the farm is a paradise, it's so beautiful." Bai Guoshi came here for the first time, although there are many varieties in this plantation that he personally collected samples and seeds.

"The jackfruit you picked is also growing well."

"It's a pity that it's still a young tree, and it will take another four or five years to bear fruit."

"If you just want to eat a few jackfruits, Xuwen on the other side of the strait is one of the largest producing areas in China. It is not uncommon at all." Fa Shilu is ambitious, "Since we have advanced technology, we should breed more good varieties."

The 50 coconut saplings are growing very well. Bai Guoshi knows that coconuts have many uses, and the executive committee also pays special attention to them.Coconut is a treasure all over the body, and it is also a relatively stable source of oil in the recent stage.

"The executive committee said that coconut trees will be used for greening in the future, which are beautiful and easy to use. It's just that they have to wait for several years for these coconuts to bear fruit—"

Bai Guoshi's heart moved, and he thought of jackfruit again-not to mention that these resources are everywhere, and they are also indispensable on Hainan Island. They can be collected on a large scale while relying on their own efforts.During his exploration, he has seen stretches of wild cash crops more than once, completely neglected and left to fend for themselves.

If you have enough manpower and equipment, you can set up a "resource collection team". Not to mention anything else, just enriching the lives of the people who travel through is very beneficial.But this matter needs to be coordinated by the Executive Committee--I will mention it when I go to report at night.

Fashilu has been in charge of tropical crops recently. In addition to the hot crop seedlings planted shortly after landing, the Council of Agriculture also has quite a lot of other hot crop seeds in its hands.The water and heat conditions in Lingao are not the best, and now it is the Little Ice Age, so he dare not act rashly to sow all kinds of seeds in the seed bank. He checked a lot of information, and in another time and space, Lingao The hot crops that have been successfully planted on a high scale are: rubber, pepper, citronella, sisal, coffee, clove basil, and vetiver. Although several hot crops did not last, it was mainly because of market factors. No problem.The real planting failures are oil palm and cashew nuts.Fashilu regrets the failure of oil palm. After all, the oil yield of this product is the highest in the world, and it can meet most of the oil demand of the crossing industry after it is scaled up.

"But there are so many things to plant. The seed bank has almost everything. I'm afraid that if the seeds go bad," he sighed, "the loss will be huge."

"We should grow some sisal and jute. I think the industrial sector will have a great demand for hemp." Bai Guoshi expressed his opinion.

Fa Shilu nodded: "It makes sense. But the industry department itself didn't bring it up."

"That's because they can import jute, so there is no sense of urgency. I would say that planting sisal is better and has a high utilization rate. Even the waste residue and juice are useful."

The long fibers in sisal are the raw materials for manufacturing cables in industrial mining and shipping, and the processed dregs can be used as raw materials for papermaking, alcohol, vinegar, etc.The short fibers produced in the production process can be used to make common ropes, insoles, reins and other daily necessities, and can also be used as fillers for furniture.Leaf juice can produce biogas through fermentation, and can also extract sugar and dry yeast for feed. A large amount of processed leaf residue is good feed, and hemp residue is high-quality organic fertilizer.

(End of this chapter)