After that, he poured the remaining half bottle of Coke into the leather water bag he carried with him, and threw the plastic bottle to Xu Da, "I can give this to you, so you can smell it."
Xu Da was stunned, Wang, please don't bully others too much!
Seeing that her father, mother, brother and sister would fight if they disagreed, for the sake of family harmony, Xu Yue hurriedly asked:
"There are still a lot of energy fruits, what do you want to exchange for?"
"Of course, planes and cannons are impossible, so there's no need to think about it."
Xu Yue's words successfully interrupted the four people who were about to fight. The family of five looked at each other and each thought about the supplies they needed now.
Of course, what Xu Yue wants most is various high-yield plant seeds, but now that cotton and hybrid rice are available, food and clothing are basically guaranteed, and the other seeds don't seem to be so impatient.
In addition, exchanging such seeds requires too much energy fruit, so Xu Yue is reluctant to part with it for the time being.
Therefore, she might as well see what her family members think.
Xu Erniang said: "I think the water magic arrays in various factories are not enough now. We can only build factories near water sources, which is a bit limiting."
"Now that we have a large territory, we need to produce more materials, and water sources are not so easy to find."
"If I must change something, try to see if I can change some alchemy materials. I want to rebuild some power machines and use them for production in areas without water sources."
Xu Yue has never exchanged materials beyond her knowledge before, and she doesn't know whether the technology tree can be exchanged for alchemy materials.
Nodding, I asked my sister to write down the materials, and decided to give it a try first, not sure whether it would be successful.
Wang Pingping thought for a while, and then took out a pen and paper to make a list, "We will leave Yuyang County soon and continue to send troops to the north. The climate conditions and geographical environment there are different from here. The further north you go, the colder the climate will be.
What is in short supply now are military supplies.”
"Such as portable tents, sleeping bags, moisture-proof mats, tinfoil, first-aid medicines, military backpacks, portable tools, etc. We can make these with our current production level, but they cannot be mass-produced and applied, which is a waste of time.
and financial resources.”
"Also, we will definitely go south in the future. After leaving the flat and open road, our army will have to face a completely different combat environment. We can also exchange some anti-mosquito sprays in advance."
Speaking of this, Xu Yue was afraid that Xu Yue's energy fruit would not be enough, so he reminded:
"Tents and medicines are the top priority. Substitutes can be found for everything else, so focus on these two first."
Portable folding tents require steel brackets, which master craftsmen such as Wang Dayou at the arsenal cannot make, let alone the rainproof cloth used in the tent.
Such fabrics are simply not possible now because there is no waterproof coating.
If you use local oilcloth, it will be scrapped after less than two uses, which is purely a waste of money.
Xu Yue took the two lists listed by her mother-in-law and her sister, entered meditation on the spot, and entered the research room.
The technology tree is still the same size as before and has not grown gradually with the increase of time.
However, because the tree is producing more and more energy fruits, it has now turned into a red technology tree.
Xu Yue has experience now. She will not make a wish directly. Instead, she will first ask the technology tree what she can exchange for it and what the approximate price will be.
The science and technology tree flashed green light to express dissatisfaction for a moment, and then discussed it with Xu Yue using the 'flash code' that only Xu Yue could understand.
Alchemy materials can be exchanged, but they are very expensive.
But machine power is the cornerstone of development. If the steam engine cannot be exchanged, we can only make do with alchemical products first.
Even if it was expensive, Xu Yue had to change it.
Two hundred energy fruits were exchanged for twenty alchemy materials. If Xu Erniang had no scrap rate, she could make twenty power machines.
There were still 350 energy fruits left on the technology tree. Xu Yue exchanged 200 for a thousand sets of military-grade tents including sleeping bags and moisture-proof mats, and exchanged 100 for basic medicines to fill the empty space in the research room. medicine cabinet.
All of a sudden, only fifty energy fruits were used. While Xu Yue's body ached, her fighting spirit was also ignited.
As soon as she thought that a thousand people could be exchanged for one energy fruit, her heart was filled with excitement and she couldn't wait to expand her territory.
Assuming there are 100,000 people in a county, then as long as she captures one county, she will have 100 energy fruits.
Ten counties is one thousand, one hundred counties is ten thousand, one thousand counties is one hundred thousand!
...
In the blink of an eye, March is here.
There hasn't been much rain in Yuyang County this year, and the farmers waiting for spring plowing have sadness in their eyes, and a hint of fear.
It's the fear of drought.
"It's already the end of March. Although rice has been planted, there is still very little rainfall. If there is no rain again, this year's harvest will be greatly affected."
Zhou Rong from the College of Agriculture stood in front of Xu Yue with the February and March precipitation reports reported from various places, and said worriedly:
"Yuyang and Pinggu counties are okay. They are located at the intersection of rivers. The harvest can be maintained by carrying water for irrigation. However, the rivers in the remaining counties are too small. If river water is used for irrigation, it may not be enough."
"Of course, if there is a heavy rainstorm next, then all these worries will be unnecessary." Zhou Rong sighed.
Spring plowing was a top priority. All five members of Xu Yue's family were present. After listening to Zhou Rong's report, they all frowned.
"Has the news about asking the villagers to dig ponds to store water have been fully conveyed?" Xu Yue asked.
Zhou Rong nodded, "I have already informed you that the villagers are digging water ponds now. The old farmers have seen the severity of the drought. With them taking the lead, the villagers are very active in digging water storage ponds."
Xu Da asked: "We started digging the diversion canal last year. If it can be dug this year, will it be able to cope with the autumn harvest?"
Zhou Rong looked at his companion Fubao beside him. She was doing the specific data calculations and she had to answer this question.
The girl looked serious, flipping through the notepad in her hand, and replied after a moment:
"If we calculate it based on the water consumption for the entire cycle of one acre of rice field, the water storage capacity in the natural reservoir outside Pinggu City cannot support the autumn harvest at all."
"But if the water storage capacity increases fifteen times, then even if there is very little precipitation this year, our county can still complete the irrigation task with reservoir water."
Fifteen times?
Zhao Bei and Sima Yi looked at each other and shook their heads. This was an impossible task.
It is easy to dredge the water, but it is difficult to store it. The entire reservoir in Daqing is built on the basis of natural reservoirs. Due to limited technical materials, the water storage is not deep.
In a drought year, the role such a reservoir can play is limited.
As for the Xu family, although they are already building a dam, which looks promising, it is obviously not going to be used this year.
