Zhao Xian: "A lot of grass?"
Qiao Xuejun nodded. "Yes. I brought back some seeds from the seed bank earlier. They've basically covered the entire area from the south slope of Hongmei Mountain to the east slope. They'll start to sprout in the spring."
Zhao Xian asked, "Will spring come?"
"Yes, the system mentioned before that after the extreme cold, there will be a short period of spring and summer."
Zhao Xian: "What temperature can it reach?"
Qiao Xuejun thought for a moment and said, "Not very high. It's still below zero in the spring. There are two months in the summer where the temperature is above zero, but never exceeds 15 degrees Celsius. After the summer, it goes back down to below zero. This kind of weather lasts for at least three years."
The average annual temperature is minus 25 degrees Celsius, and there are only two months of summer throughout the year.
Zhao Xian: "I understand. We'll have the Ministry of Construction speed up the expansion of the ranch."
He smiled and said, "I'll just rely on Teacher Qiao's big farm."
The two were on their way to the engineering department when they suddenly heard an urgent message coming from Zhao Xian's intercom: "The sea fortress has been attacked by a sea monster, and the attack is fierce! The hull is likely severely damaged! We are currently doing our utmost to suppress the sea monster's approach and preserve the hull!"
Zhao Xian paused and pulled out a walkie-talkie from his waist bag. "Depending on the situation, we can abandon the protection of the Sea Fortress. We just need to ensure that the sea monster cannot board the ship and prioritize the protection of the personnel."
"yes!"
Qiao Xuejun was also a little nervous: "Has the sea fort been attacked again?"
The sun should have just set now.
Sea forts are the primary target of sea monsters. They seem to know that sea forts are a weak spot for the human camp, so they will attack them from time to time.
Zhao Xian said, "Their attack is more urgent than originally expected. But the military strength over there is sufficient to protect the sea fort. We need to let some water out and let the sea monster destroy the sea fort's ships."
Qiao Xuejun: “…” From what he said, it seemed like he was just acting.
After entering the engineering department, the two went straight to find Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun was drawing a blueprint. When he saw Zhao Xian come in, he put down his ruler and pen and said, "Brother, take a look at this design and see if it works."
Qiao Xuejun was next to Zhao Xian and could just see it.
Those are the design drawings of the Squib Hill base.
It seems that we have to wait until the extreme cold ends before we can start work.
Zhao Yun: "The structure over there is already there. It's actually very convenient. We just need to expand it."
Zhao Xian looked at the blueprints, and Zhao Yun greeted Qiao Xuejun: "Teacher Qiao, the cottonseed delinting problem has been solved."
Qiao Xuejun: "Amazing, so fast?"
Zhao Yun chuckled, showing his big white teeth: "A piece of cake!"
Qiao Xuejun: "That's perfect. We have two important projects that require your design drawings."
Zhao Yun was slightly surprised: "Important project?"
Apart from building a base for Yapao Mountain, how come he didn't know that there were suddenly some other big projects?
Qiao Xuejun: "I plan to expand the farm. I'm going to build a chicken farm and a rabbit farm between the stables and the experimental fields."
Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, then he was delighted: "Are we going to have meat to eat?"
The main meat now is mutant fish.
It's hard to chew, tough, and indigestible. It takes a lot of effort in the kitchen to make it edible. But it takes a lot of effort and resources, and only a few fish are edible.
Not to mention the taste.
It was also thanks to Uncle Zhang's talent that he was able to make the fish meat edible after repeated research. Otherwise, they would still be eating dry fish powder.
Of course it would be much better if there was rabbit and chicken!
Zhao Yun was pleasantly surprised, but also looked conflicted. "But this consumes too much oil. Chicken and rabbit aren't suited to low temperatures... Actually, fish isn't a problem."
In general, it is a protein supplement.
Qiao Xuejun smiled and said, "It won't cost much blue oil. This is related to the second important project."
Zhao Yun was skeptical: "Ah? What project? Can it solve the blue oil problem?"
It is definitely not possible to raise chickens and rabbits without providing a heat source. They will definitely die in this weather.
Qiao Xuejun: "The lord and I discovered a new wet steam field on the northwest slope. It's geothermal energy. I need you to come up with a design for a geothermal well."
"Huh?" Zhao Yun opened his mouth wide, suspecting he had misheard. "...Geothermal energy?"
He had an expression of disbelief: "Is this true? Teacher Qiao, please stop teasing me for no reason."
Qiao Xuejun: "Your brother saw it too. If you don't believe me, ask him."
Zhao Xian nodded: "The temperature will be slightly higher at noon tomorrow, so take some people to investigate."
Zhao Yun: "Brother, are you cooperating with sister-in-law to deceive me?"
Qiao Xuejun: “…” Why did you call your sister-in-law?
Qiao Xuejun: "I didn't lie to you."
Zhao Xian raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "I will follow your orders."
Zhao Yun immediately became honest: "Really?"
He frowned again, "But I've surveyed this terrain before, and there's no geothermal energy at all. This is simply a fantasy."
Qiao Xuejun: "Why don't you go and see it tomorrow?"
Zhao Yun couldn't wait any longer: "I'll go check it out right now! Bro, I'm applying for a mechanical cryogenic suit!"
It's a mechanical exoskeleton.
Zhao Xian: "Ask the patrol on duty to take you out. Bring a gun."
Mutants will appear at night.
After getting permission, Zhao Yun couldn't wait to go out.
Qiao Xuejun stopped him, "Don't go yet. Where did you put the cotton seeds? I'll get some to make oil for Uncle Zhang."
Zhao Yun said without turning his head: "Teacher Qiao, I'll ask my assistant to give it to you." He raised his voice, "Old Liu, find the threshed cotton seeds for Teacher Qiao!"
He left. Soon Qiao Xuejun received the cleaned cotton seeds from his assistant.
Zhao Xian also finished looking at the blueprint and put it down. He looked at the bag of cotton seeds in Qiao Xuejun's hand and reached out to take it. "For Uncle Zhang?"
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