"Mr. Wang, should we go to Jiefang City to see if we can still find something?" Brother Zhong came to ask Mr. Wang early in the morning.
Before that, he had discussed this matter with Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang poured a glass of water and drank it slowly.
After pondering for a while, he said: "There are three reasons why things like this happened in Jiefang City: First, the most fundamental reason is insufficient food and too many people to support so many people.
The second reason is due to problems with the management mechanism. It is indeed a good thing to search for materials and give certain dividends, so that everyone has greater motivation, but at the same time, corruption is inevitable. They did not pay enough attention to the phenomenon of corruption in the early stage.
It finally broke out.
The third reason is that the personnel composition is too complicated, so many people who are not of the same mind will definitely cause big problems."
Brother Zhong nodded in approval. He felt the same way. At first, he thought that the more people in their team, the better, because more people represented greater strength.
His realization was especially obvious when facing the zombie wave.
However, during this drought crisis, especially when it came to food issues, he suddenly realized that having more people was not necessarily a good thing.
In this turbulent environment, with unpredictable weather, there are too many people, and it is really difficult to feed so many people.
Moreover, in these last days, it is difficult to control people's hearts.
When there are many people, without absolute strength to control them, people can easily change.
After all, without legal and moral norms, what you do will not be punished by law, and the cost of crime is extremely low.
Management is a big problem when there are too many people.
"Okay, you guys go and take a look first. Take seven or eight people over to take a look first. Things in Jiefang City have been happening for so long, and there is probably nothing there. However, you can still go over and take a look.
Be careful with everything." Mr. Wang simply warned.
Zhong Ge nodded and said: "So this time, is it mainly to spy on their situation? Is there any other purpose?"
Mr. Wang said speechlessly: "What do we lack most now?"
"Materials? Food." Brother Zhong replied.
Mr. Wang said: "Yes, the main reason you went there was to see if there are any supplies that you can bring back. But there is not much hope. Oh, forget it, you should go and see what's going on."
"Pay attention to safety in everything." Mr. Wang finally said.
Brother Zhong nodded, called a few people, drove two trucks and set off.
They filled up the tank with gasoline and drove towards Jiefang City.
But what they didn't know was that Jiefang City was in ruins at this time, and everyone inside had already left.
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Not to mention the situation in Jiefang City or Heyuan,
It was mid-August.
Xincheng is carrying out a series of work around the rice fields in full swing.
In mid-August, special attention should be paid to preventing the occurrence of insect pests.
In the high temperature and high humidity environment in August, pests and diseases are likely to breed, so preventive work needs to be done in advance to prevent the emergence of pests and diseases from affecting rice yields.
In addition, weeds must be cleared out as early as possible, and some weeds remaining in the field should be manually weeded 1 to 2 times after the rice is ready. This is conducive to ventilation and light transmission in the field, and is also conducive to the growth of rice.
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Therefore, during this period, grandpa led some people in the base to weed in the rice fields to prevent weeds from invading and remove some insect eggs that appeared in the rice.
Although they still have some pesticides, they will be used up.
They currently have enough manpower to watch, and there is nothing particularly urgent to do, so it will consume more manpower to do this.
Pesticides had already been sprayed once in early August, so there were relatively few bugs at this time.
Most of these things are done by the adults in the base, but the minors began to learn planting techniques early on.
In their classes, they often emphasize learning and combining it with practical applications. Their teacher in this class (this chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 228: Planting
The teacher is a grandfather who has been farming for decades, and Lai Xiyue summarized it and told it to the children.
Grandpa rolled up his trouser legs in the rice field, then pointed at the rice and said: "You see, now is the time to pull out the weeds. Look, these are the tares that need to be pulled out, and these are the rice. Don't be confused. Pay attention to this place...
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Grandpa pointed out some detailed things one by one and showed them to the children.
Back in class, Lai Xiyue also integrated the knowledge her grandfather said and summarized it to the children: "
The steps of rice planting are actually divided into the following:
1.Soil preparation
Before planting rice, land preparation is a necessary step. In the past, animal power and plows, mainly buffaloes, were used to prepare the land, but nowadays machines are mostly used to prepare the land.
2. Breeding seedlings
Seedling raising is the key to the early growth of rice. Nowadays, specialized seedling centers use seedling boxes to grow rice seedlings. Good rice seedlings are the key to successful rice farming.
When the seedlings are about eight centimeters tall, they can be transplanted. There are two main methods of transplanting: machine and manual. You can choose according to the scale and the shape of the land.
3. Weeding and insecticide
During the growth of seedlings, weeding and insect control are necessary.
When weeds appear in the fields, they must be cleaned up immediately.
4. Fertilize
When the seedlings grow taller and grow the first section of the rice stem, it is called the tillering stage. Fertilization is often required during this period to allow the rice seedlings to grow robustly and to promote the fullness and quantity of rice in the future.
5. Irrigation and drainage
Irrigation and drainage are a relatively dependent part of rice. For upland rice, it is a dry field, and the process of irrigation and drainage is different. However, it is generally necessary to strengthen water irrigation after transplanting, when the young ears are formed, and during the heading and flowering period.
6. Drying and screening
The harvested rice needs to be dried. In the past, it was usually dried in the front yard of the Sanheyuan, and it needed to be turned over from time to time to dry the rice.
Screening involves removing impurities such as shriveled rice, using an electric splitter, windmill or manual shaking to separate the rice, and using wind power to automatically screen out the full and heavy rice."
After saying this, Lai Xiyue continued: "
What conditions are needed to grow rice?
1. Rice is suitable for growing in places with higher temperatures. The higher the temperature, the faster the growth and the higher the yield.
The ambient temperature for rice growth must be higher than 13°C. When the temperature is lower than 13°C, rice will stop growing. All green plants undergo growth and nutritional processes under light conditions, and rice is no exception.
Under light conditions, rice grows normally. When the natural light is 50%, the rice grows slowly. When the light intensity drops to 5% of the natural light intensity, the rice will stop growing or even die.
2. The growth of rice requires sufficient water. When the water supply is insufficient, the physiological functions of the plant will be reduced.
The tillering stage of rice is the peak period of rice water demand, and water shortage is absolutely not allowed.
Rice also needs sufficient nutrients during its growth. Under the premise of conventional rhizosphere fertilization, urea, ammonium sulfate or green manure can be applied for leaf fertilization to help rice grow and resist the adverse effects of the external environment.
Of course, when these chemical fertilizers are not available, we can actually use other fertilizers, such as cow and sheep manure, which can also play a certain role in fertilizing."
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Lai Xiyue was telling everyone about rice planting in class.
In this country, agriculture is the foundation of everything.
In this apocalyptic world, food is the ultimate support for survival.
Therefore, knowing how to farm and being able to farm is the most important hard power in the last days.
