Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 91 Transfer Completed
Inside the West Lake Shelter, in Mayor Qian’s small building, two elderly people were sitting face to face on the sofa, chatting calmly.

"Old Wang, what do you think of the effect of this red flame fruit?"

Mayor Qian silently felt the warmth in his body and couldn't help but ask General Wang opposite him.

“It tastes great, keeps you warm for a long enough time.”

General Wang briefly described the three characteristics of the Red Flame Fruit.

"In seventeen days, the temperature will officially drop to minus 120 degrees. The Red Flame Fruit is very important to us. In this case, we should give Wanling City the professionals they want."

Mayor Qian sighed with some relief. Li Mu always took out some plants that he couldn't refuse in exchange for what he wanted.

……

When transporting the survivors for the third time, Yao Chengcheng specially prepared one hundred Red Flame Fruits for Fu Zikui, hoping that he could pass this gift to Tang Anguo and explain the magical effects of the Red Flame Fruit in detail.

At the same time, he once again expressed Wanling City’s desire for professional talents.

Just as Yao Chengcheng expected, Tang Anguo reported all the Red Flame Fruits and Wanling City's needs to Mayor Qian.

After hearing about the effects of the Red Flame Fruit, Mayor Qian was skeptical at first. He didn't believe that this small fruit could provide calories for up to an hour.

However, thinking of the exotic plants such as the Everbright Tree and Blood Wheat that Li Mu had given him before, he decided to let the guards around him try one first. He could wait for an hour.

After the guards confirmed that the effect of the Red Flame Fruit was indeed as Wanling City said, Mayor Qian fell into deep thought.

After some thought, he sought out General Wang to discuss the matter, and that led to the story that followed.

After confirming the strategic value of the Red Flame Fruit, the two finally agreed to Wanling City's request for professional talents and decided to arrange these people in the last transfer team.

……

In the blink of an eye, two days passed quickly.

The transfer work has been successfully completed, and the professional talents that Wanling City has been looking forward to have finally been settled.

The last batch of transferred personnel was large in size, reaching 450 people, including 30 talented elites from various walks of life.

These talents are employed in many industries including construction, finance, and agriculture.

Among the more than 2,000 transferees, ordinary people were uniformly arranged in the dormitories on the second floor of the underground city, while these talents were treated with great courtesy and settled in the tree house recently built by Li Mu.

After all, no matter when and where, people with professional skills will always get special care and enjoy preferential treatment.

The addition of these talents has fully supplemented the management of Wanling City, and it can now be regarded as a medium-sized shelter.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, on the top floor of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Mu and two others were holding an emergency meeting.

Li Mu, who was sitting in the first seat, said solemnly,
"There are nearly 3,000 people in the city now. It's time to mobilize all of them and put the development plan on the right track!"

After a pause, he looked at Yu Shuaikang and asked, "I asked you to calculate the yield of giant potatoes per mu before. Have you forgotten?"

Yu Shuaikang chuckled, "Of course I didn't forget, I was just too busy some time ago and didn't have time to tell you."

“The yield of giant potatoes per acre is about 20,000 kilograms, and 1,000 kilograms have been consumed so far.

If we assume there are 2,000 people in the underground city and each person eats one pound of food a day, then the remaining food will be enough to last for 19 days."

Li Mu nodded slightly, looked at Yao Chengcheng, and said meaningfully: "The food of Wanling City cannot rely solely on my ability to produce it. Now that the population is increasing, we should expand farmland outside the city and be self-sufficient." Yao Chengcheng agreed with this idea and responded:

"It's time to redistribute the population so that everyone can do their job. Those who should farm can farm, and those who should hunt can hunt."

Li Mu couldn't help but become interested after hearing this, "Tell me more."

Yao Chengcheng's expression remained unchanged and he continued,

“The three of us are in charge of administration, hunting, and research respectively, however, this division of labor is not detailed enough.

For example, your responsibilities are relatively limited to research, and it is not enough to be limited to research. You should be fully responsible for all production matters, including agricultural planting and the promotion of new plants. "

Li Mu felt a little headache after hearing this. He really didn't want to manage these trivial matters.

"You two know me. I have no interest in managing these things. I just want to concentrate on studying plants."

Yao Chengcheng explained helplessly, "I know you are not interested in dealing with trivial matters, but your ability is there, and agricultural production can only rely on you.

And I don't mean to let you work alone. Now that so many people have come, it's natural to assign you some suitable personnel to take over from us."

After hearing this, Li Mu roughly understood what Cheng Cheng meant. He knew that he would still be responsible for researching plants in the future, but how to put these plants into practical use would depend on his subordinates.

You can't just explain every time you research a new plant, or just leave it alone.

Thinking of this, Li Mu laughed, "You are right, I do need some help, otherwise I will have to come to you in person every time I want to pass on a message."

At this time, Yu Shuaikang interrupted and said, "How do we recruit people? How many people do we need to recruit?"

Yao Chengcheng thought for a few seconds and said, "Although there are more than 3,000 people in the city, there are only a little over 2,000 who can be considered strong laborers. Of course, we cannot recruit all of them into our department.

Everyone has their own preferences and ideas, just like the three of us, Lao Li, you like to study plants, Asao, you like art, and I am keen on handling government affairs.

Therefore, our recruitment method is based on the voluntary principle. We each post a notice, write down our requirements, and let them choose freely. Then, we will conduct corresponding assessments.

It is worth noting that those recruited into our department will directly take up management positions, which is equivalent to obtaining a full-time position in the civil service examination, so I suggest that the number of recruits should not be too large.

So, let's tentatively recruit 50 people for each of us, how about that?"

Li Mu and Yu Shuaikang did not answer immediately after hearing this, but silently calculated in their hearts whether fifty people would be enough.

After a while, Li Mu spoke.

"There is nothing wrong with the way we recruit people. We should let everyone do what they like and are good at, so that they can be more motivated to work."

“However, the number does not have to be 50 people, and the workloads carried by various departments vary.

For example, as an administrative director, you will obviously have more complex matters to deal with than me, the director of the agricultural department."

Hearing this, Yao Chengcheng said hurriedly, "But the number of people is not evenly distributed, so..."

Before he could finish, Li Mu interrupted him and said, "I know what you are worried about. You are just worried that there will be a gap in strength between the two sides due to the number of subordinates each of you has in the future."

Yao Chengcheng restrained his expression and nodded gently. What he was worried about was the imbalance of power in the future.

(End of this chapter)