Two months after the No. 2 planting base was put into operation, the green storage corn first ushered in the harvest time. The tall and straight corns were directly crushed by the harvester, and then transported by crawlers to the livestock and aquaculture area, and entered
Arriving at the temporary warehouse.
Xiaoxi will process them here to make them easier for livestock to absorb and use. Moreover, it will automatically allocate these reserves and provide these feeds to the right livestock at the right time.
Long before the green storage corn was harvested, Zhao Changxing led dozens of adults under him and worked hard for a month to complete the remaining 70% of the livestock and aquaculture area facilities that had not been completed for a long time.
After the construction was completed, piglets, calves, lambs, and a sufficient number of chickens, ducks, geese, fish, etc. were put in and handed over to Xiao Xi for management.
Now, the arrival of the first batch of green storage corn provides a solid guarantee for livestock, poultry and fish.
Of course, among these animals, there are some that do not eat corn, such as fish. But obviously, with corn fed to livestock, other types of feed can be saved, such as alfalfa, rice bran, etc., these things can be fed
To the fish and poultry.
It is not an exaggeration to say that these silage corns bring welfare to all animals.
The harvest of silage corn has not brought much fluctuation to people, but the harvest of rice and wheat is different. Everyone knows that rice means fragrant rice, rice husk, rice porridge, rice flour, and wheat means fragrant rice.
It means steamed buns, bread, biscuits, noodles and other delicacies. This is a major event that affects everyone.
So, on this day, 39 adults, including Zhao Changxing, and two adults on duty in the Fire spacecraft, watched this scene together either on site or through live video. Even 60 minors
, the children who could not leave the Spark spacecraft also watched the whole process with great interest.
When you see the golden rice and wheat rushing towards the harvester like waves, the fruits are separated by the harvester, and then ground into flour and white rice by electric grinding, and then put into the warehouse.
The adults and children cheered together at the saved picture.
Although under Zhao Changxing's care, none of them had ever experienced the feeling of hunger, through Xiao Xi's narration, video footage, etc., the principle "food means life" was firmly rooted in everyone's minds.
The root was taken. Now seeing that such a large amount of food was properly kept and could be eaten at any time, everyone felt at ease from the bottom of their hearts.
At this moment, after a large amount of food was actually received and all construction tasks at the current stage were completed, Zhao Changxing summoned all the adults and once again began to discuss the development plan for the next period of time.
The second generation of young people who have just grown up have no right to speak, only the right to participate. Only Zhao Changxing and the ten first-generation humans can truly decide the future development path.
Now, they are all in their 30s. Zhao Changxing is already in his 60s. However, because of the change for which the reasons are not yet clear, Zhao Changxing still looks like a young man at this moment.
Now, Zhao Changxing himself has even begun to believe that maybe, maybe, or... he really will not grow old. He has some subconscious fear of this unknown change. After all, fear in the face of the unknown is human instinct. But thinking
After thinking about it, he couldn't think of the disadvantages of this change.
I will never turn into a monster again and eat everyone, right? This is too ridiculous.
It's not that people haven't made speculations about this. Some people think that it may be that during the long period of hibernation, some genes in Zhao Changxing's body were damaged, or some unexpected changes occurred, which led to his inability to
The thing about growing old.
The occurrence of this kind of thing is uncontrollable and completely random, and the results may be good or bad. Just like the other astronauts who set off from the earth with Zhao Changxing, they are very likely to be affected by this, but they are not lucky enough.
Well, the result of the mutation was bad, so they died in the end. Zhao Changxing was lucky and inexplicably gained the ability to never age.
This conjecture has some truth, but with people's current technical strength, it is impossible to verify it, and it is impossible to find the reason. Otherwise, this may be of great help to people looking for a way to "immortality".
In short, I can't change it, I can't resist it, and I can't think of any disadvantages. So at this stage, I can only accept it with peace of mind.
During the discussion, Zhao Ye, the eldest brother of the second generation of humans, believed that the construction of the No. 3 planting base should be started immediately to once again expand the sources and types of food. Moreover, the No. 3 planting base should be a place with the functions of living and food production.
Integrated. In this way, the problem of insufficient living space can be solved. After all, at this moment, the house is no longer enough, and Zhao Changxing even has to live in the leisure and entertainment area. At this moment, the 60 people in the Fire spacecraft
The children will reach adulthood in a few years, and they will also move to the surface of the planet to live there.
Wang Feng, who is still unmarried at this moment, has a different opinion. He believes that there has been no pressure on grain production in the past two or three decades, and it is a waste to continue to expand the planting area. He believes that the No. 2 base should be built directly - just like the No. 1 base at the moment.
comprehensive base.
Base No. 2 should be mainly residential, and the primary goal should be to improve living conditions, improve living standards, and prepare for the arrival of the fourth generation of humans.
Speaking of the fourth generation of humans, people also discussed the issue of population reproduction.
At the current stage, it is indeed time to continue to reproduce humans and expand the population. Everyone has reached a consensus on this issue. As for the specific number, it was determined at 100 people after discussion.
There are only 100 incubators in the Spark spacecraft, and the capacity of the Spark spacecraft is also limited. 100 babies is the largest number in a batch.
Others believe that a new chemical industry zone, steel plant, metal processing plant, light industrial zone and other buildings should be built first, independent of the No. 1 Base. The positioning of the No. 1 Base Industrial Zone should be laboratories and research laboratories, rather than large-scale
The assembly line. Besides, the chemical industry zone at the moment is built directly within the No. 1 Base. Facing these various chemicals that may cause great harm, people always feel uneasy and fear that one day everyone will
None of them could wake up.
Without the supplements here at the base, none of the children in the Spark spacecraft would survive, and human civilization would perish. And it is really funny that a civilization would perish because of a chemical accident.
Ten first-generation humans had a heated discussion about this. After each explained their reasons, everyone's eyes focused on Zhao Changxing.
Only Zhao Changxing has the authority to make the final ruling.
Zhao Changxing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The No. 3 planting base is not urgent. Let's rule this out first."
Zhao Ye was a little disappointed, but still expressed his determination to obey Zhao Changxing's arrangements.
"The children of the third generation are now 12 years old, and they will move to the planet in another six years. The reproduction of the fourth generation of humans will also be put on the agenda. Regarding the issue of habitation, we must solve it in advance. And, with our
With today’s engineering capabilities, it is completely achievable to build a new comprehensive base within six years.”
Hearing Zhao Changxing's support for his opinion, Wang Feng's face showed excitement.
But Zhao Changxing changed the subject and continued: "But, should we still use the method of building the No. 2 planting base? Should we continue to use the 'semi-manual and semi-industrial' method to produce the required building materials? This is too inefficient.
"
"Let's look at this matter comprehensively." Zhao Changxing said, "The long-term goal for six years must be to build the No. 2 comprehensive base. But I think some adjustments can be made in the means. We can definitely think about it first
We can build factories with larger scale and higher degree of automation. Once these factories are completed, it will be much simpler and more convenient to build the No. 2 Comprehensive Base."
"But, is there enough time?"
Qian Yue was a little worried about this.
Six years to build several factories and set aside time to build the No. 2 Comprehensive Base is a bit tight no matter how you calculate it.
"We can do the math."
With the help of Xiao Xi, people started calculations and finally came to the conclusion that if the single factory that needs to be built is not too big - calculated from 1000 square meters to 2000 square meters, extending some working hours and putting in more effort,
There is still hope that it can be built.
The most critical factor is that the factory built in advance will also have a speed bonus for subsequent construction tasks. For example, with the current engineering strength, whether it is building a steel plant or a chemical plant, it will take at least more than a year.
Time. But if it takes more than a year to build the steel plant first, then with the large quantities of steel produced by the steel plant, the construction time of the chemical plant can be shortened to one year. And vice versa.
"Then it's settled."
Zhao Changxing made the final decision: "If you work harder in the past few years and build these factories, no matter what we do in the future, it will be much easier."
At this moment, a second-generation girl sitting in the auditorium finally couldn't help shouting: "Dad, but, when will the cotton spinning mill and clothing factory be built? When will the cotton be grown? I have all my clothes.
There is a patch."
The eleven adults participating in the meeting looked at each other. Zhao Changxing rubbed his temples with a headache, thought for a moment, and said helplessly: "Don't worry. After we build the No. 2 comprehensive base, we will build the No. 3 planting base to plant large quantities of
Cotton. When cotton is planted, we will build cotton spinning mills and light industrial plants. By then, everyone will have new clothes to wear."