silent farm

Chapter 140 Black Land and Arowana
While the climate of the Amazon allows for three crops per year, Silent Farm plans to grow only two crops per year.

One crop is planted with relatively drought-loving crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. in the dry season, and one crop of rice is planted in the rainy season.

Li Sheng felt that it was time to start preparing for the busy farming, so he went to Zhang Feng to see if there was anything he needed.

Zhang Feng was not in the office that day, and Li Sheng called to find out that he had gone to Tiantou.

In the rainforest, it is hot and rainy, and the loss of humus is relatively fast. Before each crop of grain is planted on the farm, it is necessary to fertilize the land.Zhang Feng was going to see the application of green manure.

He also wanted to see the condition of the farmland, so he rushed over.He rushed to the field, and there was a lot of green manure piled up on the edge of the field, and he could smell the green manure from a long distance away.It's not very smelly, but it certainly doesn't smell like fresh air.

He found Zhang Feng who was checking the soil condition of the land in the field.

Zhang Feng patted the mud powder off his hand and said to him: "Boss, you came just in time. The soil fertility in this field is still very good. This time, maybe half of the green manure used last time will be enough.

Li Sheng also saw that the color of the cultivated soil had changed from the previous red to off-white, which should be regarded as cultivated land.However, there is still a certain gap between this and what he needs.He said: "Let's do it according to the previous amount. This is not a chemical fertilizer, so it doesn't matter if you add more."

Zhang Feng just wanted to reduce the consumption of working hours, and now that he said so, he just gave up.He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let them do it."

Li Sheng thought for a while, and then explained: "I heard that black soil is the most fertile. Let me see if we can turn these cultivated land into black soil."

When Zhang Feng thought about it, he felt that it was not impossible.Green manure has only been applied to this cultivated land twice, and the soil color has changed.It shows that the ability of green manure to transform soil quality is still very strong.In two full years, it might really turn into a black land.It just takes a little effort to keep it going.After all, the climate is here, and if there is not enough humus replenishment, the land here will soon become barren again.

"I see," he said with a smile.

"When is the next crop of rice planned to be planted?"

"Wait about a month for the rainy season to start. If it is too early, the rain will affect the yield when the rice blooms. If it is too late, it will affect the next crop."

Li Sheng asked again: "Is there anything that needs to be improved this year?"

"There is no need for special improvements in the field. The number of farm machinery is sufficient, and Anthony has ordered some trucks. If the grain is needed, it is more rice milling machines."

Hearing his words, Li Sheng heard that he had unfinished intentions: "What about other aspects?"

"There are not enough workers. Now the number of cattle has increased by more than 20 compared with before, but the grazing workers are still those people. It may be able to survive now. You plan to increase to 60 head next year, and the workers will definitely not be busy. In addition , Cheng Dong told me that the production of mushrooms and honey needs more manpower, and Lao Ding also said that snail farming needs more manpower. I am working with them to figure out how many more manpower will be added.”

Li Sheng also knows that Silent Farm has too many industrial projects, and it is better than grazing and farming.But snail farming and mushroom farming are labor-intensive projects, as are bees and snails.There are indeed more people.

In particular, snail and bee farming will continue to expand in the future, and there will definitely be a market for honey.The snails are being marketed by Fernando and Chen Bo. He believes that the snails raised on the farm will not fail to sell.When the market opens, the number of manpower needed for these projects will continue to increase, and now we invite more people to gradually cultivate their experience.

"That's fine, but how many people will be recruited and what kind of people will be recruited. What do you think?"

"The total number of new workers they need is more than 200, but I think they can recruit some first. They will be recruited when they are really urgently needed. But I haven't thought about what kind of people to recruit."

Li Sheng glanced at it and knew that it wasn't that he hadn't thought about it, but that he just didn't want to say it.He whispered: "More than half of the recruits are from China. Some of them are recruited in Brazil, not necessarily Brazilians. As long as they have a work visa in Brazil. Except for herding workers, they mainly recruit women, and unmarried young women are the best."

Zhang Feng looked at him in astonishment, thought for a while and said, "Boss, do you want to pull the red rope for those unmarried young men?"

Li Sheng chuckled and said, "Always give them a chance."

Zhang Feng also nodded with a smile.Many of the Chinese laborers on the farm now have married families, but there are also many unmarried.

For those who are not yet married, they may not come back after they get married.In particular, Li Sheng's salary is very high. Some people feel that they earn enough to return to China to start a small business.But if both couples are farm workers, the chances of that happening are much lower.

Of course, if someone left, it would not be difficult to recruit people with the treatment of Silent Farm, but it was not easy to find experienced and trustworthy people.

However, Zhang Feng also has his opinion: "Boss, I think it's better to consider recruiting some people with relatively high professional skills. For example, recruiting some agricultural graduates from universities. For example, hiring a veterinarian. Although I can't get a license in Brazil Permitted, but it can be verified by someone.” He felt that the beef on the farm was rather special, and he felt that his own people were more trustworthy.So he suggested that Li Sheng go to China to find someone instead of looking for a licensed veterinarian in Brazil.

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll go back to China." If he wanted to recruit professional people, he was worried about letting others do the job.And he hasn't been back home for a long time.

As he was talking, he suddenly thought of a question: "By the way, how much grain did the farm deliver to Chen Bo this year?"

Zhang Feng shook his head and said, "I only count the total grain sales here, not the customers. There are also quite a few in Europe. I can't count the ones that go to China."

Li Sheng knew that he had asked the wrong person, so he nodded and said, "I forgot, I will ask Anthony later."

Anthony is responsible for the external sales and transportation of farm products, and only he has the sales statistics of each customer.

They were talking when Zhang Feng's phone rang.He glanced at Li Sheng.

Li Sheng motioned for him to answer the phone, and said, "Listen to the phone first."

Zhang Feng answered the phone, listened for a while, and asked, "Strange fish? Are there still few strange fish in the Amazon?"

The call Zhang Feng received made him a little baffled.There are many animals in the Amazon River. It is estimated that there are at least 3000 species of fish, but only [-] species have been discovered now.There is nothing strange about some strange looking fish.

But then he was also a little surprised: "A two-foot-long black arowana?"

Arowana is found in many places in the tropics, including Africa, Australia, Asia and South America.There are only three kinds in South America, one is silver dragon, which is silvery white in color; one is black dragon, but it is only black in juvenile stage, and it is similar to silver dragon when it grows up, but the scales are darker; the last one is giant dragon. Dragon, that is, arapaima.

But the black arowana has never been seen before.

Li Sheng was also a little curious when he heard what he said. Could it be that the silver dragon fish has mutated?
After Zhang Feng said a few more words, he hung up the phone.He said to Li Sheng: "The workers who harvested the giant algae caught a pure black arowana. They said it looked like a silver dragon, but the body was black."

Li Sheng said, "I'll go and see! In which lake?"

"Lake No. 33, let me go and have a look." Zhang Feng saw that there was nothing to worry about here, but he was worried about the algae harvesting side.Strange things always make him feel a little uneasy.

Li Sheng didn't know that he was suspicious.This is the first time something strange has appeared on the farm, and it is likely to be a mutation.He wanted to know if it was a natural mutation, or if it was because of coming to the lake.

The lake water in those lakes is connected from the big lake in the space, if those lake water will cause the creatures to mutate.Then he needs attention.

However, the cattle drank the water every day and ate the pasture cultivated by the water, and no mutation was found in them.He felt that the arowana was a natural mutation.

Because of the relatively long distance, they drove to the airport first, and then flew to Lake No. 33 by plane.

Lakes 33 and 34 are dedicated to growing kelp.Li Sheng didn't put any fish in it.But the third is that Lake No. [-] is located in the southwest corner of the ranch and is the lake closest to the Nyamunda River.Here's a waterway to that oxbow lake.

Each of the other 35 lakes has a channel to discharge water. In the driest time, each lake should have 33 to [-] cubic meter of water flowing out, and these channels connect each lake, and finally flow through Lake No. [-] Access to oxbow lake.In the end, the amount of water flowing out was at least fifteen cubic meters per second.

Now it seems that Lake No. 33 should have fish from the Amazon Basin entering along the water flow.Fortunately, in order to protect the fish that Li Sheng stocked, a small dam was set up in the waterway before entering Lake No. 34. It was originally to prevent crocodiles from entering the small lake upstream along the water flow, and also to prevent the beluga sturgeon from escaping.From this point of view, the dam is still right.

However, this also reminds Li Sheng that crocodiles should be avoided entering lakes 33 and 34.Those two lakes were so full of giant algae that the surface of the water could not be seen clearly, and the crocodiles hid in them, so it was not safe to work in them.

Perhaps the Black Face could be kept at the oxbow lake.But it is a crocodile, so it may not be able to defend it.

Li Sheng misses the wife of the black-faced god a little bit now, and it might be a lot better if they were there.

Soon, the plane landed on Lake 33 where the kelp had accumulated.He and Zhang Feng had just jumped off the plane when a worker ran over: "Boss, you're here too? Manager Zhang!"

Li Sheng nodded to him, and asked, "Where is the fish? Take us to see it."

"Nei is raised by the lake." The worker pointed in the direction of the lake and said while walking quickly. "This fish was brought up by giant algae, and it was still very vigorous when it arrived on the shore. We dug a small pit to raise it."

After a while, the three of them came to the small puddle about one meter in size, the water in the puddle had settled very clear, and a black arowana gleaming with metallic luster lay quietly in the water.

Li Sheng could tell that it was a silver dragon.Because it has beards.

South American arowanas are different from continental varieties.The caudal fin of the dragon fish in South America is connected to the middle of the abdomen, without anal fin and second dorsal fin, and the caudal fin is Mao-shaped.Africa is about the same.But the Asian and Australian ones are indeed scalloped and have anal and second dorsal fins.

When Zhang Feng saw this fish, he didn't worry about it before.This fish actually looks very beautiful, not a strange fish with strange shapes like what he was worried about: "Is this fish mutated?"

Li Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it should be."

　Today is scheduled!I'm not at home, I went to spend my birthday with my mother.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)