Fang Xun leaned back in shock after hearing this: "Live-in son-in-law...?"
Si Lan: "Is there a problem?"
Fang Xun felt sorry for Pei Wen and laughed dryly, "No, that's really your style..."
Si Lan glanced at him in confusion. "What's up? You're suddenly so gossipy. Are you also a part-time matchmaker?"
Fang Xun quickly clarified himself: "No, no, I'm just curious. If you're fine, I'll get busy." Then he ran away.
There was another big question mark over Si Lan's head.
Seeing Fang Xun running faster than the wind, she couldn't help but doubt his motives.
Pei Wen happened to pass by at this time. Seeing her standing there in a daze, he asked, "What's wrong? What did you talk about with Officer Fang?"
Si Lan looked over and originally wanted to talk about you, but then she thought there was no point and changed the subject.
That evening, Si Lan and Fang Xun called together all the people from the new and old camps for a meeting.
The topic of the meeting was basically the same as what the two of them discussed today. At the same time, Si Lan asked the new residents if they brought any seeds or seedlings that could be planted.
This problem was initially incomprehensible to the new residents.
Si Lan: "We must begin a nationwide farming campaign, striving to achieve the grand goal of sufficient food by autumn. Before then, other tasks and construction projects are unimportant."
"Before winter arrives, we must also prepare enough food to last us through the winter. Otherwise, after half a year of consumption, resources will be severely scarce. If we encounter one or two more cold snaps in winter, we'll have nothing left."
After hearing her considerations, everyone finally understood.
Someone raised their hand and said, "I didn't bring any seeds or anything like that. I didn't think much about it when I came here, but I did bring a lot of fruit. I think the remaining cores can be used to grow a lot of fruit trees."
Si Lan nodded: "Okay. I'll set up a seed collection box and teach everyone how to store it. Just put the seeds in it."
A few people also asked, "Rice and wheat fields today are all natural, and the yields aren't very high. Why don't we learn from the country and cultivate hybrid rice and wheat?"
Si Lan: "The theory is correct, but cultivating hybrid plants requires considerable skill, especially hybrid plants that reach national standards."
"We are currently planning to recruit relevant talents from the entire region, or are there any knowledgeable friends here who can try first?"
This question made everyone look at each other, and no one stood up to respond for a long time.
Si Lan thought that no one else would come and was about to move on to the next topic when suddenly, two people slowly raised their hands.
"That..." The two were a couple who were playing games with their child. As a result, they were involved and the child was missing.
After finally building a communication station, they immediately checked with the infrastructure team to verify the child's safety. Only after confirming that the child was fine and not involved in the game did they feel relieved.
They looked at Si Lan and said tentatively, "We're not experts, but we've run farms before and learned some hybridization techniques."
"If the girl doesn't mind, we can give it a try, but during this process, I wonder if we can ask the infrastructure team to guide and supervise?"
There was absolutely no problem asking the infrastructure team for guidance. Si Lan asked again, just to be on the safe side, "Have you ever done any practical work?"
The couple: “We’ve done it before.”
"Our farm uses hybrid breeding technology. We haven't tried it on rice or wheat, but some of the principles are universal. With the right operation methods, we shouldn't have any problems."
So Si Lan simply nodded: "Okay, then I will communicate with the infrastructure team later. If you learn this technology, are you willing to teach others and practice it with you?"
Both of them: "Of course, of course."
"Honestly, if we were to say who's most eager to get out of this game, it would definitely be us two. We came in with the child, but the child wasn't trapped, only the two of us were. Even if the child was placed with relatives by the Infrastructure Corps alone in the outside world, we'd still be worried. So, as long as there's a way to speed up our departure, we'll fully cooperate!"
Si Lan nodded again and responded, "Okay. As long as you're willing. Thank you both for your cooperation."
"Don't worry too much about the progress of the game, both of you. We will all do our best to complete it. If we unite, nothing will be difficult."
The old residents immediately agreed and expressed their determination to do their best.
The new residents were comforted and encouraged by this. Afterwards, many people who were willing to learn planting or those who already often fiddled with flowers and plants expressed that they could learn from the couple. Si Lan asked everyone to wait for a reply from the infrastructure team and then officially moved on to the next topic.
Therefore, all the key points were discussed in the conference, and the plan for universal farming was basically formed.
Afterwards, Si Lan communicated with the infrastructure team and expressed the camp's desire to temporarily raise the entry threshold. The infrastructure team quickly expressed understanding and cooperation. Afterwards, Si Lan brought up the matter of guiding hybrid rice and wheat.
It will take some time for the Infrastructure Team to give her a reply on this matter.
The observer responsible for communicating with them reported the relevant requirements to Xiaowu, who then reported them to Wang Teng.
When Wang Teng learned that they were going to produce hybrid grains, he thought for a while and went to ask a professional team in China.
The latter was very willing to come and help, so Wang Teng asked Xiaowu to give an answer.
After receiving the response, the A-1 camp began to reclaim a large area of land the next day.
With the presence of a team of experts, everyone found the most suitable areas for planting from all the available land around them, and worked together to reclaim the land that day.
Nearly a hundred residents put aside all their work for the day, carrying hoes, buckets and diluted livestock excrement fertilizer, and weeded, turned the soil, watered and fertilized the land in a fixed area to "nourish the land."
Some of the new fields were far away from the camp, so everyone simply brought food and simple straw huts and camped there. It took them three days to finish tilling the huge fields.
It takes a certain amount of time to fertilize and cultivate the land. During this period, some people will be assigned to cultivate other wild lands. They will also mark out areas on the wild lands waiting for expansion and construction, and place traps to prevent thieves and wild animals.
Another group of people set out to find more wild rice and wild wheat, carefully migrated back to the camp, and then adapted to the new soil according to the advice of the expert group.
The people reclaimed the land and harvested ten large tracts of vacant fields and two plantations.
At this time, everyone followed the guidance of the expert group and carried out spatial isolation and barrier isolation on the farmland reserved for cultivating hybrid rice and wheat. The parent areas were also clearly divided, becoming the experimental field for the first generation of hybrid varieties.
After that, the wild rice and wild wheat brought back had to be distinguished according to their fertility types, which required some technological products. After Si Lan learned about this, she asked the computer team to suspend their work and followed the infrastructure to make a simplified set of tools. Then, with the joint research of the hybridization expert group, clear methods of use and distinction were given, and then the Wan couple took the lead in practice.
After careful study, the Wan couple carefully distinguished the wild rice and wheat they had brought back before having them properly planted in the new fields.
Just at this time, the rice fields planted by the former residents of Camp A1 also entered the final stage of cultivation.
A patch of late-blooming wild rice bloomed, and the Wans continued to differentiate it and perform artificial assisted pollination.
This process takes a very long time. After the two people became familiar with the technique, they led more people to join the team. While pollinating, they also had to reasonably divide the nearby rice fields to ensure that the cultivated parts could grow healthily.
When all the work was completed, the newly brought back rice and wheat ears with a later maturity period also bloomed one after another. Everyone continued to cultivate them. When everything was ready, all that was left was to wait for them to mature.
This was the first time to cultivate the plants, and since they were all wild plants cobbled together, the success rate was bound to be low, and no one had any hope.
But as long as there is some success, even just a little bit, the next batch of training will gradually get on the right track.
The yield of the successfully cultivated rice and wheat would also increase accordingly. Combined with the fruits and vegetables grown by the indigenous residents over time, as well as the fruits from the subsequent plantations, as long as everyone ensured their successful maturity, a stable food supply should be guaranteed for the residents of both the old and new camps within six months.
When everyone finished planting and returned to the camp, they couldn't believe that they had completed such a difficult task in such a short time.
When we saw the fields and forests in the distance, we deeply felt the power of unity for the first time.
After finishing all these tasks, Fan Wenqing was so tired that she couldn't walk.
But looking at the success of her labor ahead, she felt that it was all worth it. Even though the camp had suspended a lot of work for these things, she felt a great sense of satisfaction when she saw that a large amount of food was already on the road to harvest.
After everyone finished work and resumed operations, Si Lan saw that everyone was tired from working for a long time and suggested that they take a whole day off.
Although everyone is on holiday, it still slows down their own progress, but for some reason, when they hear that it is a holiday, modern workers are all overjoyed, laughing and running around, having fun as much as they can.
Si Lan looked at their backs, arm in arm, happily together. No matter how cold she was, she couldn't help but smile. Her eyes and eyebrows suddenly became countless times gentler and brighter.
Pei Wen approached from behind. Seeing that she was in a good mood, he took the opportunity to ask her, "Where are you going on vacation? How about a horseback ride?"
Unexpectedly, Si Lan immediately looked away and gave him a strange look: "Others are having a holiday, so should we have one too?"
Pei Wen: ???
"Don't we deserve a holiday?"
Si Lan: "Has our team's biggest task been completed? What's the progress percentage? Is the computer case finished? Are all the hardware ready to be put into place?"
"Have you made any progress on your generator? When will the large-scale power generation equipment be operational? We have farmland and food here, and we have almost all the basic equipment. But what about the rest? We're overstaffed, and the technology isn't up to par. Sooner or later, Boss Pei will run out of money."
Pei Wen said in pain: "Can't you just not mention these things for one day and let me forget it for once?!"
Si Lan: "I hate to mention it, but we're so far behind schedule. Look at this camp and these people. If we don't get some automation, the hardworking people will die of exhaustion here."
Pei Wen rolled his eyes, really impressed by her hardworking character.
Seeing her serious face, he had to give up the idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to slack off and pulled her sleeve: "Then come here and see my new achievement."
Si Lan looked up at him and said, "What results? You're hiding your new research?!"
Pei Wen: "Then I just want to be lazy, right? Even though you guys do the hands and I do the brains, it's still tiring, okay?"
Si Lan lifted her leg and followed him: "What is that? Is it useful? Can it free my hands? Can I do the work of ten people by myself?"
Pei Wen took her to his "laboratory", opened the locked storage room inside, and revealed a floor full of new tools.
"Hey, for the generator you requested, I used a lot of basic accessories to replace parts that aren't currently available. So it's a bit bulky and its power isn't very high, but it should be able to meet your daily needs. Leader, would you like to review it?"
"There are also electric saws and electric drills. I used the ore that Wang Hongsheng sent people back to move. The quality of their ore is better than ours, and the quantity is also larger. I tried to make some steel to make them. It's okay for sawing wood and drilling holes. As long as you don't use it against hard objects all day, it will last a long time."
The author has something to say:
I looked up a lot of information for this chapter. The real hybridization process is too complicated and difficult to write clearly, so I simplified and modified it according to the needs of this article. Please do not compare it with reality. Mua (づ￣ 3￣)づ
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