If you want to breed, what kind of aquatic products are more suitable for breeding? What do they eat? How to provide them?

This problem continued to trouble Zero, but as his thoughts expanded, memories of the past gradually came to mind.

Finally, He came up with the answer. He remembered the earthworms that ant colonies once cultivated on a large scale, and the cultivable organisms in the sea that may feed on earthworms.

Regarding the creatures that can be farmed, Ling thought of the small yellow croaker that was struggling to survive on the beach two days ago, and thought it might be a good choice.

As for earthworms, with the rapid development of the ant colony, this creature has actually been gradually marginalized by the ant tribe because it provides too little nutrition and is troublesome to feed. In the end, the ant tribe has no worries about food and clothing.

By that time, Zero had basically stopped paying attention to them.

However, after being hit by earthquakes and tsunamis, Zero still had to pick up this business again. With the idea of ​​​​playing two shots every time and being prepared, he let the ant colonies under the humus-rich soil on the beach.

I caught some earthworms and started breeding them again, hoping that they could shine again and make some contribution to the ant colony getting through the most difficult period.

However, it has to be said that it is not without reason that earthworms were eventually eliminated by the ant colony. Their reproduction cycle is too long, and there are only about a hundred or so of them until now, which is not enough to solve the urgent needs of the ant colony. And if they wait until their numbers increase

After that, Zero must have once again solved the ant colony's food problem.

However, using them to farm fish may be a good choice.

So, this third question can be considered answered.

Then there is only the last question left, which is also the most serious question. If the breeding is successful, how to complete fishing in the water?

This problem cannot be solved by relying on ants themselves. The ant colony has undergone several evolutions and its various abilities have been greatly enhanced.

However, so far, Zero has not obtained any ant species that can move in the water, let alone move in the water. It is good to be able to fall into the water without being drowned. This is why Zero has temporarily given up on

The biggest reason why the idea of ​​​​exploring the ocean turned to the whimsical study of fish farming.

Therefore, this is actually the biggest problem.

In the absence of ant species in the water, Zero must think of a clever way to solve this problem indirectly, otherwise it would not be called breeding, but being a nanny for aquatic creatures.

As long as this problem is solved, everything else is easy to say. You only need to dig a channel to introduce seawater into the built breeding pond, and then try your luck to catch a few small yellow croakers on the beach, throw them in and wait and see what happens. If it doesn't work, change it.

It’s okay to try one again.

At this point, the problems faced by aquaculture have been listed one by one. The more difficult one to solve is how to capture the aquaculture products. Another thing that needs to be solved is the resistance of treated clay-bonded pebbles to seawater erosion.

Experiment.

As long as these two problems are solved, the construction can basically start. The remaining problems that may arise can be solved one by one after the completion of the project.

Regarding the experiment of air-drying clay and bonding pebbles to cope with seawater erosion, Zero is actually not optimistic. Although the clay treated by excavators is indeed very sticky, there is a large amount of electrolytes in seawater, and this electrochemical erosion is

Clay is difficult to resist.

Even so, Zero decided to start the experiment first. After all, although he had this idea, there were still several months until the harvest season of the ant colony. Instead of waiting for the sweet potatoes to mature, it was better to make good use of this time to complete this experiment.

It’s a result for myself.

Of course, even if this kind of clay bonding is indeed unable to resist the erosion of sea water, Zero does not intend to give up.

As the saying goes, as long as your thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

If the clay bonding cannot achieve the desired effect, Zero is ready to abandon the original bonding plan and directly use the stupid method of multi-layer accumulation to complete the project. It is nothing more than spending more effort, but it is absolutely effective.

In the following days, Zero began to carry out this experiment.

He first asked a few diggers to produce a batch of processed clay, and then asked builders and transporters to move dozens of egg-sized pebbles from the cliff. This was considered to have completed the preparation of raw materials. Then it was time to move the pebbles.

, use clay to bond them to each other near the coast, and then wait for them to gradually dry.

After that, the grass stems that were completely withered but still had a certain degree of toughness were used as ropes. A group of strong defenders bitten two sections respectively, and then tied the whole stone block that had completely dried, and then more builders

I helped pull it and exhausted all means, and finally placed it on the rocks on the shore where the tide could wash it.

At this point, Zero ignored it and just sent explorers over regularly to take a look.

While Zero completed this experiment, time also passed quickly due to the ebb and flow of the sea water.

In the blink of an eye, the autumn wind blows again.

Zero watched with expectation as the sweet potato leaves on the ground changed from emerald green to dark green, and then gradually turned yellow. He knew that the harvest season he had been waiting for for so long had arrived!

Ling happily ordered the builders and excavators to go underground, completely dig out the mature sweet potato roots one by one, and then asked the guards to cut the branches and leaves above, and then brought them in with great success.

In the underground granary that has long been excavated.

At the same time, Zero did not ignore the remaining above-ground parts of the sweet potato. After properly collecting the seeds produced by the sweet potato, he asked the builders to bury these branches and leaves in the excavated soil and let them decay naturally, creating

Providing enough nutrients for the sweet potatoes to grow again next year.

Because the number of ant colonies was not large, this harvest lasted for more than 20 years before it came to an end.

A large amount of sweet potatoes filled all the granaries that Ling led the builders to build in the summer, and there was even a surplus. In the end, even in the cave, there were neat stacks of sweet potatoes.

Zero looked at the large number of well-preserved fresh sweet potatoes in front of him, and the joy in his heart was simply uncontrollable.

He has led the ant colony through many crop harvests, and more than once he has faced so much food that there is nowhere to stack it, but none of them have made him feel so excited and satisfied.

Perhaps, only when it is lost and recovered can we realize how precious the things that were originally easily available are...

However, this is still just the beginning. With these food reserves, Zero has too many ideas to implement.

With food in his hands and no panic in his heart, and no worries about survival, he could let go and make some new attempts without any worries.
Chapter completed!