silent farm

Chapter 247 Another Drought Once in a Hundred Years (Baoyi)

The speaker may be unintentional, but the listener is interested.

After being told by Luo Zheng, Li Sheng suddenly felt that Silent Farm did not have the conditions to form a settlement.

After returning home from Tianjing Culture, Li Sheng has been thinking about whether it is really possible to form a settlement in Silent Farm.

There are pros and cons to doing that.The advantage is that it will help some of his plans.With settlements, education and medical care can be raised to a higher level.And it can also unite the hearts of the Indians around.In addition, his poor star training plan also has a lot of help.Finally, farms can also try to develop industries and the like.

Not to mention anything else, just as Luo Zheng said, if there is a settlement where workers and their families can live, it will be easier for him to hire temporary workers in the future.

The disadvantage is that such settlements may get out of control, just like those big cities, when a large number of poor people pour in and cannot be controlled.Order at Silent Farm could spiral out of control.In addition, only locals are willing to settle in such a climate.At that time, the population of the settlement will be dominated by Indians.

According to his plan, after two to three years, the number of workers on the farm will reach more than 2000.It is certainly impossible for these workers to find enough Chinese people to work as easily as before, so he can only hire local people as much as possible.The first inhabitants of the settlement were, of course, farm workers.It is conservatively estimated that there will be close to [-] regular employees on the farm in the future, just for them and their families. He estimates that there will be a population of about [-].

With a population of 1 in Huaxia, it is a larger village.But a community of 1 people is already a very complicated system.He can't guarantee that he can always control it.In particular, most of those people will be Indians, and it is foreseeable that their customs will conflict with his ideas.And Indian descendants have their code of conduct.These differences in consciousness can easily lead to conflicts if they are not handled properly.Until then, good things can turn into bad things.The proportion of the population should also be controlled.No one side can be allowed to dominate.

Also, if a settlement is formed, who will manage that place is also a problem.Once it becomes a small town or a city, the Brazilian government will definitely infiltrate it.Does he give up that place or fight the government for control?At that time, no matter how he chooses, it may not be easy.

He also knew that this matter would not be clear for a while.And he didn't mention this idea to others before leaving Huaxia.

After returning to the farm, he began to consult the laws in this area.But the law is not something that ordinary people can study thoroughly.And he is not idle.

Entering the end of October, many things on the farm have caused a lot of trouble due to the drought.The water surface opposite the pier has receded to more than 20 meters, and the riverbed is exposed under the pier.The hoisting equipment at the pier has completely lost its function.

Although Babur got some floating conveyor belts back.But the loading and unloading ability is very weak after all, it can only be said to be slightly better than nothing.Fernando was quite anxious about the situation.Now the marketing of forage grass is getting bigger and bigger, and Fernando and his forage sales are far faster than the speed of farm transportation.

On the other hand, the grass harvested from the farm was piling up because it couldn't be transported outside, but Li Sheng couldn't stop it.It also requires workers to speed up pasture harvesting.

Because once the rainy season starts, the farm will not be able to harvest for at least a period of time, and no one can say how long it will be.Now it can only rely on storing as much as possible before the end of the dry season.

If it is not because it is too dry to be transported outside, the farm will not need to store too much pasture.After all, transportation during the rainy season is always inconvenient for goods such as dry pasture.Before the rainy season comes, it is best to transport the pasture to the warehouse outside the farm as much as possible.

Li Sheng had to pay serious attention to Babur's work progress.At this moment, Babur is leading the workers to install the new traditional system.

These conveying systems are all installed on empty gasoline drums, and the total length is more than 30 meters, extending from the river bank to the river where ships can berth.

The largest boat that can enter this river is a flat-bottomed boat with a displacement of [-] tons.The volume of goods transported each time is far less than the previous [-]-ton freighter. Of course, the loading and unloading capacity of the farm is far less than before.

The installation of the new conveying system was troublesome due to the wide banks on the river bank.Because those buoys are actually very heavy.All of these require manual installation.Without the buoyancy of water, it is quite difficult to adjust the installed steel pipe frame.Where there is water, it is necessary to nail some stakes underwater to bind the buoys to prevent the conveyor belt from being washed away by the water, or even twisted.

There are such conveyor belts installed at the pier and upstream and downstream.Li Sheng saw that the scene was very busy, but felt that the progress was still not satisfactory.

"How long does it take to install a set of conveyor belts?" Li Sheng was asking Babur.

Babur has been staring at this matter, and he doesn't need to ask anyone else about this question: "It will take about five days. The buoy needs to be fixed with a steel frame, the conveyor belt needs to be supported with a steel frame, and it needs to be installed on the river. The time is not too long. But we are installing six units at the same time. So far, 48 units have been installed, which can load and unload eight ships at the same time."

Those that have been installed, Li Sheng did see it.

Generally speaking, there are about six to seven conveyor belts in a group. The longer ones on the ship deck can all be used; the shorter ones may only use five to six.That would also cause some waste.But that is also impossible.Who let a long part of the conveyor belt only be fixed on the river bed.It is very difficult to move.

"It's the end of October, and usually the rainy season comes in November."

"Maybe the next dry season is when they will really come into play," Babur said grimly.

He was right, this dry season can only be like this.However, he had to prevent the rainy season from coming as late as last year.Last year's rainy season didn't start until mid-December.Don't know what will happen this year.If the rainy season is still delayed, there may be more than 30 sets of conveyor belts installed.

Li Sheng was also quite helpless about this, took a deep breath and said, "Add some more workers. Transport as much pasture as possible before the rainy season begins."

Now it takes more than ten hours to load a ship.We can only transport more than 2000 tons of forage grass a day, which is not enough to supplement sales, let alone increase external reserves.

Babur thought for a while and said, "Maybe we can use a barge. Such a ship has a large deck area and is usually used to transport containers. But this kind of ship has a shallow draft, and one ship should be able to carry more."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "I will mention it to Fernando and Mosu." Babur's suggestion made him think of another way.Maybe with a tug.

A large number of unpowered ships are dragged behind a ship. Although the sailing speed will be slower in that way, the cargo to be dragged at one time is also relatively large.Calculate the efficiency of loading and unloading will be faster.

He added: "I will send some more workers to the dock to load the cargo. You will arrange it here."

Babur nodded and said, "I will arrange it." The increase in the number of workers will indeed increase the efficiency. For example, if five bundles of dry pasture can be delivered in one minute before, it may be increased to seven bundles after the increase in manpower.Of course, this requires adding people both on shore and on board.

But Li Sheng can only use the stupid method of "many people are powerful".

After Li Sheng explained the matter, he didn't stay by the river any longer.He returned to the helicopter, took out his mobile phone and dialed Fernando's number, asking the other party to prepare accordingly.

"Are you sure you can't transport enough pasture?" Fernando was quite disappointed.This great situation was actually spoiled by the drought.

Li Sheng replied: "From the current point of view, the output of pasture is not enough to fill the sales volume. If you are unlucky, after the rainy season comes, the farm will have no way to export pasture."

Fernando also knows that the weather is an insurmountable obstacle to the transportation of pasture.Because after the dry pasture is drenched by rain, unless it can be dried in time, it will soon be retting in hot and humid weather.Not to mention that no farm would want such pasture, even if someone wanted it, they would not dare to sell it.Such grass will inevitably become moldy.If an accident happens after the cattle are eaten, they will not only have to pay compensation, but more importantly, the blow to the pasture reputation is immeasurable.

Li Sheng had a lot of fun, and said with a smile: "Maybe I can pack the pasture in waterproof bags. Then it can be transported outside even in rainy days."

Fernando thinks this is a good idea: "The dry pasture in your place has no hard stems. It may be a good idea to pack it in PC film bags."

But Li Sheng didn't think it was a good idea. The current forage baler can directly pack the forage with packing tape.But no ability to bag pasture.If he really did what Fernando said, he would need to hire more people to complete this process.

However, when he thought about it carefully, he found that it seemed to be the only way to solve the problem.Otherwise, it would be impossible to transport pasture grass out in rainy days, and those who transported it would have to worry about being caught in the rain on the road, and the sales of pasture grass would be greatly reduced.And it may be necessary to do so in the future.Even in a year with normal rainfall, he can't guarantee that the farm's output during the dry season can meet Fernando's sales.

"let me think again."

"You decide as soon as possible. The rainy season is almost here." Fernando is absolutely unwilling to shrink the already opened market during the rainy season. "During the rainy season, even if you don't need to pack bags there, I have to pack them here."

The rainy season lasts for half a year, so it is impossible to have no cattle to fatten.During the delivery, it is also necessary to prevent the pasture from being wet by rain.

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "I will find out where there is a suitable packaging bag."

If you want to pack pasture, you can only use PC material bags that will not be punctured during transportation, and it needs to be customized.Li Sheng felt that if the quantity was large enough, the price might not exceed half a real.The increased cost in the future is mainly the salary of the workers.

As for the workers, in fact, he can change his mind.During the rainy season, the workers who are harvesting pasture must not be able to work. He could treat them as temporary workers before, but now he has to add a process during the rainy season, and maybe some temporary workers can be left to do this.By the way, let these workers become regular workers.

Fernando is more concerned about this matter than he is. Hearing what he said, he immediately interjected: "If you agree to do that, I can help find a manufacturer."

Li Sheng thinks that the cost will increase, but he can guarantee that it can also be transported outside during the rainy season.That shouldn't count as a bad investment.As for those conveyor belts, they will still be useful when the output of pasture is large enough in the future.

(End of this chapter)