Big camphor tree base.

Inner city.

The Ministry of Agriculture held a small meeting.

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.
To be continued...