Anya, Minister of Agriculture, Zhang Qiwu, Vice Minister, and Ye Shi, who is in charge of greenhouse cultivation,
The Fourth Uncle in charge of aquaculture, Crop Technician Yaoji, Li Peizhen, Liu Mingsheng and others were all present.
They held the meeting in the No. 2 greenhouse and fruit garden in the inner city.
Most of the fruit trees planted in Greenhouse No. 2 are controlled within eight meters in height and cannot exceed the height of the greenhouse.
In the middle of the fruit trees, there is a cement clearing with a small reservoir next to it.
They moved small stools and sat in the open space, listening to Anya's instructions about this headquarters water meeting.
Anya stood in front of everyone and said to them:
"The city owner asked me to go over and have a meeting an hour ago. Regarding water issues, everyone knows that it hasn't rained for three months. Now the water levels in Shantang Reservoir and Buffer City Reservoir have dropped by half."
"Our agricultural water consumption is huge, so the city owner asked us to reduce some agricultural water use. I think in the future we will reduce the planting of crops with high water demand and increase the planting of crops with low water demand and high yield."
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"To sum up, reduce the planting of rice and increase the planting of crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and wheat that require water."
After she finished speaking, she folded the notebook in her hand.
He asked Ye Shi: "The greenhouses No. 1 to 10 in the Third Outer City are about to mature, right?"
Ye Shi quickly stood up and replied: "Yes, we are preparing to harvest now."
"Well, when the harvest is completed, all the rice will be reduced and replaced with sweet potatoes."
"Okay, received."
Anya looked at Zhang Qiwu and said:
"Mr. Zhang, what's going on over there in the north?"
Zhang Qiwu returned to the headquarters base after laying the foundation in the north.
But the planting in the north has always been left to him.
Basically every day, I have to contact Xie Weishan over there through the radio station to communicate about the progress of planting in the north.
Zhang Qiwu is not only responsible for planting in the north, he also serves as the chief technical director of the Ministry of Agriculture.
In the entire Da Zhangshu Base, he is the most authoritative about agricultural planting technology.
Even Anya is not as good as him.
After being named by Anya, Zhang Qiwu also stood up and replied:
"On the northern border, because there is a river running through the northern border, the current runoff of the river has been reduced to only one-third. However, there is a smaller population and fewer industrial factories, and most of the crops grown there require water.
There are few crops such as sweet potatoes.”
"So far, the water shortage problem is not serious."
"Well, that's good." Anya nodded.
As for the planting in the Oil City, it only lasts for a few dozen acres, and is done in a small way. It is completely left to the students Hu Zhen and Bai Yuzhi who were sent to Zhang Qiwu to take charge of it.
Anya looked at everyone and finally said:
"I don't know when it will rain. The headquarters base is currently preparing to build a water plant, but it is estimated that it will take two months to build it."
"Just follow what I just said, let's adjust the planting plan in the future."
"Okay." Everyone replied in unison.
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It hasn't rained for three months, which is already dry weather for the south.
Most of the places where survivors in the wild obtain water sources are inhabited by zombies.
This kind of water soaked by zombies must be boiled or filtered before you can drink it. Otherwise, drinking raw water directly will cause a high fever and the fever will not be reduced for a long time.
Therefore, many people like to drink mountain spring water, which is cleaner.
South of Oil City, thirty kilometers away.
Zhonghuashan Forest Park.
With an altitude of nearly 900 meters, it is the highest mountain nearby.
The surrounding terrain is steep, somewhat similar to that of Zhangjiajie.
There is a road halfway up the mountain, but if you want to continue going up, you can only reach the top via the cliff plank road.
On the top of the mountain, several houses stand.
Various crops are planted around the house, mainly corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.
There are also some vegetables, but these vegetables are a little wilted and the soil is dry. You can tell at a glance that these vegetables are lacking water.
In the courtyard, a group of people gathered here.
"Oh...who knew it wouldn't rain for three whole months!" Zheng Hanbing sighed.
After speaking, he looked at Lin Muguang and said:
"Team Lin, why don't we take all these vegetables to the market and sell them, so that we can relax. Carrying water every day is really tiring."
A man holding a plane suddenly said:
"What a pity, some vegetables are not fully ripe yet."
"We can dig that well deeper so we don't have to carry water up and down the mountain."
Generally speaking, water in mountains is found in valleys or at the foot of mountains, or halfway up the mountains.
When I first chose this place, I considered it to be safe on the top of the mountain, where zombies would not be able to get up.
And on the plank road halfway up the mountain, there is mountain spring water flowing down.
Moreover, a well more than ten meters deep was dug in the yard on the mountain. The water from the well can also support their daily water supply.
There is water, land, and safety. This place is very suitable for survival.
However, it has not rained for three consecutive months. The water on the mountainside has stopped flowing, and the water in the well has dried up. Now they can only go to the small lake at the foot of the mountain to fetch water for daily use.
Around the small lake, they used wood to stick around to prevent zombies from walking into the lake.
Now they carry water up and down the mountain every day, which is useless and makes them exhausted.
They have been carrying water for a week since the water stopped halfway up the mountain and the wells dried up.
Everyone was so tired that they fell asleep at night.
Lin Muguang frowned and said:
"It's so dry now, and we are on the top of a mountain. We have to dig very deep to get water. Once we dig to a certain depth and the well water comes out, the crops will wither."
"What's more, we don't know how deep we have to dig to get out the water. It's full of uncertainty."
"Old Zheng's idea is okay. Although some vegetables will be lost, at least there will be a harvest."
Zhao Dongmei looked at the vegetables outside the yard with some reluctance.
"Team Lin, have all these vegetables been sold? Why don't we keep some for ourselves?"
Lin Muguang thought for a while and then said:
"It's okay, leave a third of it and dry it in the sun to make dried vegetables. It can also be stored for a longer time."
He saw that Xie Minghong's expression was not very happy, and he obviously wanted to continue digging the well.
Lin Muguang sighed and said:
"Lao Xie, let's do this. We have limited manpower. There are only about twenty people in total. Can I dig a well for you three people?"
Hearing this, Xie Minghong's face lit up and she said, "Okay, I have no problem. Captain Lin, think about it. If we can dig out the well water, we won't have to go down the mountain. It will be more convenient."
"Um."
Lin Muguang nodded, and then began to assign tasks to everyone.
"Old Zheng, you will start harvesting vegetables early tomorrow morning, sell them at the trading market to exchange for points, and buy some daily necessities. It will take three or four trips to sell out those vegetables. There may be robbers outside the trading market. I will give them to you.
There are 10 of you, please be safe."
"Okay, last time the trading market told us to join them and help them plant..." Zheng Hanbing asked after thinking about it.
Lin Muguang thought for a while, "We can confirm the conditions with them again. When we go to help them plant, we must ensure our basic life. You can talk to them again and ask them where to plant and what to plant."
"good."
Lin Muguang looked at his son Lin Lu again, "Xiaolu, you still carry water up and down the mountain and irrigate the crops as before. I'll give you 8 people. Hold on for a few more days. When the vegetables are sold, the pressure on you will be much less.
"
Lin Lu was a little embarrassed when he heard that his father only gave him eight people.
You know, it takes an hour just to go down the mountain, and it takes two hours to go back and forth.
There are seven or eight acres of crop land and four or five acres of vegetables, and we go up and down four times a day.
Even if all crops are watered once, it can only be done once every three or four days.
"Okay." Lin Lu nodded with difficulty and agreed.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Muguang said to everyone:
"That's it, the meeting is over!"
Due to water shortage and drought, it is even more difficult for them to grow crops.
In the apocalypse, it has always been difficult to plant crops. In addition to frequent natural disasters, you also have to face the threat of zombies, so many survivors choose not to plant crops.
Don't waste a lot of hard work and energy, and end up with nothing.
In the end, I could only cry without tears.
If you have this time, it's better to find another way out.
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Night falls.
Jiayu City.
Yuquan Town.
In the north, ten kilometers away from the northwest base camp, in an abandoned factory.
In the darkness, a faint voice came.
"No, you peed on my feet." Zheng Shiwu looked at the iron fence in the distance with his night vision goggles, and suddenly felt a heat on his feet.
Black Hand replied awkwardly: "Sorry, ahem, I can't turn on the light, so I didn't see it."
"I'm done." Zheng Shiwu shook his legs and shook off the urine stains on his shoes.
The glass in the factory building was broken, there was no basement, and there were no windows or doors.
The cold wind howled.
In October in the northwest, the nights are only a few degrees Celsius, and with strong winds, the temperature will feel even lower.
Zheng Shiwu was wearing warm clothes inside, a windbreaker on the outside, and a layer of protective clothing to prevent zombie bites. The outer layer was a camouflage suit specially prepared for them by Oil City.
This camouflage suit is earthy yellow, which is close to the color of the soil here, and is easier to hide.
The vegetation in the northwest is sparse, with some green only in spring and summer. In autumn and winter, all you can see are leafless dead trees and grass.
When the wind blows, sand is everywhere.
The two arrived in Jiayu City in the northwest this afternoon and parked their car at a residence ten kilometers to the north.
That car is too big and easily exposed.
What's more, they came here this time to monitor the situation of the northwest forces.
Zheng Shiwu saw the sentry tower on the iron net in the distance. The red dots were flashing. It was obvious that someone was there.
He muttered to the black hand:
"According to the information provided to us by the Oil City, the area near the Northwest Big Boss is surrounded by barbed wire. We can't see their walls from here. We will change places tomorrow."
"Okay, but the zombies here in the northwest are really Shaoha." Black Hand nodded.
"Put on the night vision goggles and let's go to the cellar of the house next door and stay overnight. Although there are relatively few zombies here, what if we both fall asleep and a wall-climbing zombie comes in the middle of the night?"
"Crash it!"
"As soon as the gunfire rings out, our mission will fail this time, and we won't be able to leave by then."
"Uh... let's go, let's go."
There is a row of houses thirty meters away from this factory. Most people in the northwest houses have cellars.
This is similar to that in the Northeast.
As soon as late autumn arrives, every household begins to stock up on vegetables such as Chinese cabbage. These vegetables are large in quantity and specially used for winter.
And that cellar was the place they had found in advance in the evening.
The two of them put on night vision goggles and could see clearly in the dark.
"You don't need the night vision goggles. If you pee on my feet, it's really yours."
"Isn't it uncomfortable to wear?"
As the two of them went downstairs, in the darkness, it seemed as if they were the only two people in the world.
There were no insects chirping around, only the cold wind blowing.
Ding-dang-dang——
The iron pieces on the ground rub against the ground and make a sound.
The two people came down from the 6th floor of the factory building. The steps were empty and there was nothing in the corridor.
Some of the machinery and equipment in the factory must have been taken away by those people from the northwest, leaving only garbage on the ground.
The two of them walked all the way down from the sixth floor to the first floor.
I pushed open the decaying iron door of the factory building, making a creaking sound in the dark night.
Zheng Shiwu opened the door very slowly. Although there are few zombies here, it does not mean that there are none.
call--
"come out."
Zheng Shiwu said to the black hand behind him.
Blackhand Ma slipped out, and at this moment, Blackhand's pupils shrank slightly.
Several black things appeared behind Zheng Shiwu.
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"Old Zheng, there is something behind you!"
Zheng Shiwu quickly turned around and quickly pulled out the Nepalese military knife from his thigh.
The picture displayed by the night vision device was green, and the objects were about thirty meters away from them, just outside the door of the house they were going to.
The street is about 7 meters wide, so the distance is a bit far.
These things don't look like humans, nor do they look like zombies, but they look a bit like dogs.
Rub rub rub!
Those things discovered them and rushed towards them instantly.
As these things rushed over, with sharp fangs and long tails,
Let Zheng Shiwu see clearly what this thing is.
Wolf!
Zombie wolf!!
There were originally more wolves in the northwest. Before the end of the world, there was a kind of wolf called the northwest wolf. They were adapted to long-distance migration and hunting and liked to come out at night, so they were also called night moon wolves.
The Yeyue Wolf is scary, but it becomes even more ferocious when it turns into a zombie wolf!
thump!
Zheng Shiwu dropped the package on his back directly.
Holding the dagger in his right hand, he squinted at the zombie wolves.
They have to go to that cellar. If they don't kill these zombie wolves now, they will never be able to enter the cellar.
Upon seeing this, Black Hand understood that Zheng Shiwu obviously did not want to escape, but chose to fight hard.
The tacit understanding cultivated during this period allowed him to quickly understand Zheng Shiwu's thoughts.
He also dropped his backpack on the ground,
Boom!
He pulled his right hand from behind, and a butterfly knife appeared in his hand.
With a wave of his left hand, a sharp iron stick appeared.
His sharp eyes and cold expression were completely different from his unreliable appearance just now.
two people,
Stay prepared and don't panic at all.
It's just a zombie wolf, just kill it!
"One person has two ends. I am responsible for the two ends on the right and you are on the left."
"become."
The two of them didn't waste any time and rushed towards the zombie wolf.