silent farm

Chapter 240 Bad Things (Bao Yi)

It's just that this day, not only the good news brought by Feng Xiaoting, although these news still make Li Sheng a little bit troubled, they are always worth looking forward to.

And before he could figure out how to get two kinds of raw materials for the artificial production of Cordyceps, Babur also brought him a piece of bad news: the water level of the Mapuela River was declining at an accelerated rate.

Hearing about this, Li Sheng couldn't help being anxious.

He and Babur rushed to the edge of the pier.In today's wharf, the bow of an empty ship with a displacement of [-] tons is more than one meter lower than the wharf.He saw that the water level of the river had dropped to more than four meters above the ground, while last month the drop was only about two meters.

That shows that the groundwater source that the forest preserves has been exhausted.Maybe the water level will drop even faster in the future.

Although he predicted that the Amazon River Basin would suffer severe drought this year, he did not expect it to be so severe.According to this speed, maybe in another month, this pier can only berth a ship of [-] tons at most.

He hopes to solve this problem, but for nature, human beings are irresistible.Unless he docks the Space Lake with the Mapuela River.Otherwise, he would have no way to keep the river navigable.

He and Babur looked at the clear river with serious expressions on their faces.According to the rate at which the water level drops, the water depth in the center of the Mapuela River channel may still be acceptable by then, but the water level near the pier will become very shallow and ships will have no way to dock.The farm's pier may not be able to load and unload goods for one to two months.

This is also a natural law. In the southern hemisphere, the water flow will erode to the right bank in the direction of the river, and the left bank will silt up.The Silent Farm Wharf, located in the southern hemisphere, is just on the left bank of the Mapuela River.It is destined that the water depth of the pier is relatively shallow, and the width of the shallow water area is relatively large.

Li Sheng thought for a while and said to Babur: "Recently, the workers have been asked to work overtime, three shifts, and try to transport as much hay as possible."

Babur nodded and said, "I will arrange it. However, there is also a lot of pressure on food transportation."

In the first half of the year, the world's grain production dropped sharply. Although Silent Farm had planted a crop of wheat, the planting area was not large, and they were all original species, and they did not plan to sell them.However, hundreds of thousands of tons of rice are purchased by Huaxia and Jipan in East Asia, which must be shipped abroad.

Li Sheng couldn't think of any good solution, so he asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Babur looked at the river and said, "Actually, before the pier was expanded, we didn't have to use the pier for loading and unloading a lot of the time. The soil on our river bank is hard. Maybe we can add berths for loading and unloading at both ends of the pier."

Upon hearing this, Li Sheng felt that it might not be a solution.He said: "Let's go and see." He lifted his feet as if walking upstream.

They left the pier and came to the upstream less than 100 meters away.Li Sheng saw that it was no different from a pier except that there was no cement pier.

Pointing to the river, Babur said: "Before, our docks could not dock large ships. Larger ships would anchor at a suitable place near the river bank, and then use the conveyor belt to transport the goods to the ship."

An image appeared in Li Sheng's mind.The boat is moored on the water more than ten meters away from the river bank, and a long conveyor belt stretches out from the river bank to deliver the goods to the boat.

He felt that this approach may not be a long-term solution.But it can send a lot of goods in a short time.

So he said to Babur, "How long will it take to buy a conveyor belt long enough?"

"How long will it take?"

Li Sheng thought for a while, and then opened his mind, and said, "What do you think if we build a floating transmission system?"

He substantiated the idea in his mind and said: "The flow of the river is very slow now. If we use buoys to extend the conveyor belt all the way to the main channel. Maybe our foreign transportation will not be interrupted."

Babur immediately understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "This is indeed a good way." As long as the conveyor belt is fixed, the loading speed is slower, but as long as a few more are installed, the efficiency can still be guaranteed.

If it is the rainy season, the floating conveyor belt can also be recycled to the shore without affecting the waterway.Moreover, there are almost no other large ships sailing on this river except Silent Farm. Because the flow rate is too slow in the dry season, even if there are illegal logging upstream, they will not release rafts at this time, and there is no need to worry about such a transmission system. Affect navigation.

Perhaps the main channel will also be inaccessible to large ships due to water level problems, but smaller ships are still possible, at least to ensure that the bulk commodities of Silent Farm cannot be transported out.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I also think of the food delivery system in Santarém."

Babur also smiled and said: "Then I will contact the supplier immediately, hoping to get this system fixed as soon as possible."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Then you go. Besides, Huaxia's construction company is still on the farm now. I'll let them arrange some welders to make support frames."

Their ideas are good, but they really want to achieve the effect they want, and there are many problems that need to be solved.First of all, the balance problem needs to be solved.Although the water flow is slow, there is still water flow.In order to keep the floating conveyor belt stable, not only the buoy of the conveyor belt must be fixed, but also the impact of the water level drop must be considered.

So it will take a certain amount of time to get this loading and unloading system right.But even if it is not needed this year, he still intends to increase some loading and unloading capacity, otherwise the port will be open to navigation all year round in the coming year, and it may not be able to meet the needs of the farm.

Li Sheng asked Babur to be responsible for this matter, and believed that Babur would find professional people to solve those problems if he didn't understand.

Thinking of a solution that sounded more feasible and seemed to be able to solve the transportation problem in the dry season, Li Sheng was still in a good mood.That night, he specially cooked two dishes to reward himself.

After the meal, he also began to really focus on the drought in the Amazon.He did find a lot of reports about the drought in the Amazon Basin this year on the Internet.The drought is worst in the southern part of the state of Pará, where the forest has been deforested.Some of the rivers there are said to be running dry.

Some broad riverbeds are covered with cracked silt, which encases some dead fish.Originally a 200-meter-wide river, now there is only one less than two or three meters wide, which can only be rowed by children with small sampans.

Not surprisingly, this is another severe drought that has been dubbed once in a century.And it is the driest year of this century.

Originally, he wanted to call Fernando and tell him about the situation at the farm dock.But after thinking about it, although Portugal is only past eleven o'clock now.But Fernando is married after all, so he might be doing his homework at this time.He just thought about making this call tomorrow.

But he didn't call, but someone called him.

He saw that it was Raimondo's number and answered it.He communicated much more with Raimondo than with Fernando, except for an occasional phone call.

At this time, he didn't know whether the other party called him to contact him or something else.

"Lee, I didn't bother you." Raimondo said with a smile on the phone.

"Of course not. I was just reading about the drought in the Amazon."

"It's really bad. I heard that the drought in the Amazon is much worse than the previous two."

Li Sheng responded with a smile: "Many people said that it was caused by deforestation. Fortunately, Silent Farm was not named and criticized."

The two talked about some innocuous things, and finally Raimondo turned to the main topic: "Li, Kailin's company plans to hold a fashion show in Milan. She plans to invite Yali Redondo as one of the main shows. But I can't find out. Her number, and I heard that she has become a full-time model for Silent Farm."

Li Sheng didn't expect that he was calling because of Ya Li.He smiled and said: "Yali has indeed become the full-time spokesperson for Silent Farm. But I have no intention of restricting her further development. If Kailin wants to invite her, I will notify her and ask her to call Kailin. "

Although Yali is still a model now, she has actually left the modeling industry outside.In addition to taking a few promotional photos for the farm and making a TV commercial, she also occasionally acts as a forest tour guide to take tourists to the forest on weekdays.

"Then I'll send you Kailin's phone number."

After talking for a while, the two ended the call.Li Sheng called Yali again, but he waited for a while before getting connected: "Li, are you looking for me?"

Hearing Yali's slight panting on the phone, Li Sheng felt extremely embarrassed.I thought it was still early, but I didn't expect that kid Bai Qin to do his homework so early.

He conveyed Raimondo's words in a few sentences, and then sent Kailin's number.

Li Sheng's guess was correct, Bai Qin and Ya Li were indeed on the bed, and they overlapped each other.As for their clothes, they were all on the ground.

"Should I go?"

"What?" Bai Qin was disturbed, feeling very irritable.

Yali pushed him off and said, "I want to go. Maybe this is the only chance I'll ever get to head a big catwalk in my modeling career. I don't want to have any regrets."

Bai Qin smiled and said, "I support your decision. But don't you think we have more important things to do?"

Yali pretended not to understand and said, "The most important thing is that I need to find another agent."

"Honey, can we talk about it after we're done?" Bai Qin wanted to get tired of it again.

But Ya Li quickly got off the bed and gave him a coquettish look: "I'll make a call first." She decided to be her own manager this time.Because signing a brokerage contract has a number of years.She is not sure whether she will develop outside the farm in the future, and signing such a contract is very detrimental to her.

And such a one-time contract, she has no problem negotiating it herself.

Although Li Sheng was a little embarrassed, he was an adult, so he didn't need to take such things to heart.When it was nine o'clock, he called Chen Bo.At this time, Chen Bo should have woken up.

He also made this call to inform him that the output of farm products may be affected before the end of this dry season.

"The output of grain and other goods may be affected in the future, and you can decide for yourself." He said this because he hoped that Chen Bo would consider this factor when acting as an agent for farm products.In order to avoid breach of contract due to traffic problems that the farm has goods for the things you want there.

When Chen Bo heard about this situation, he could only say: "Don't worry, I will consult you first about any future developments." He paused and asked again. "By the way, didn't you order a few hovercraft? Are you ready?"

"It should be on a test flight."

(End of this chapter)