Chapter 44: Martian Pioneers of Agriculture
People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic.
Survival on Mars is worse than hunger, and since you can't eat one meal, don't think about having a second meal.
Therefore, there is no more important thing to grow now than all kinds of staple foods, that is, cereals, legumes, tubers, these crops are rich in starch, protein and minerals.
As for potatoes, Chen Mulin doesn't want to plant them anymore, there are enough of them, and if he plants them again, he really needs to eat potatoes for dinner.
The rest is rice, wheat and corn.
As for corn, Chen Mulin has always seen it as a snack, and it is okay to plant a little, but it is impossible to eat it as a staple food.
As a southern native, I am used to eating rice, but of course I can't switch to pasta.
Therefore, Chen Mulin decided to plant rice to meet his own needs first, and then to satisfy his appetite.
After making a decision, Chen Mulin did not slack off and began to prepare.
First, the default program of the farm system was modified through the tablet, and the first layer of dirt was flooded.
The sailors didn't react for a while.
[Barrage: This is preparing to raise fish?]
[Barrage: It's so shallow, I think it's preparing to raise loaches.] 】
[Barrage: It's hard to say, it may also be used to raise yellow eels!]
……
Chen Mulin was speechless, he hadn't even started planting plants, he was thinking about raising animals, and he didn't know what their brains were thinking.
Judging from the current situation, since the seed bank has been opened, it is natural that animal gene banks may be opened in the future, such as test-tube embryos and the like.
But that's all for the future, so let's divide the fields now!
Chen Mulin smiled and began to explain.
"This is not raising loaches, nor is it raising yellow eels, you think too much!"
"As a pioneer in the development of agriculture on Mars, the anchor is ready to grow rice here, and food is indispensable if he wants to survive here. ”
Chen Mulin said that he was full of spirit.
Who says it's not, on this huge Mars, he is the only earthling living here, and that is the only one.
While others were still thinking about how to land on Mars and how to land on Mars, he had already taken action on Mars and planted the first batch of Martian potatoes.
And now, he is ready to grow rice on Mars, and the name of the pioneer of Martian agriculture is definitely not boasting.
[Barrage: Isn't there a potato?]
[Barrage: Potatoes are also one of the staple foods.] 】
[Barrage: Potatoes carry the memories of a generation of sailors, and you can't abandon potatoes as an anchor. 】
[Barrage: Do you forget your old love when you have a new love?]
……
"Do you need that?"
"Do you want me to eat potatoes until I vomit?"
Chen Mulin said with a serious expression: "Brothers, although this is an entertainment live broadcast, it's not a joke that can be made on Mars, it's a matter of life!"
[Barrage: Potatoes can also continue their lives. 】
[Barrage: Potatoes can also continue their lives. 】
[Barrage: Potatoes can also continue their lives. 】
……
All right!
Chen Mulin was speechless for a moment.
It's not that he's not serious enough, it's that the sailors aren't rigorous enough.
Maybe time can really dilute everything, and there was a more serious barrage in the first few days of exposure, and then it floated again.
Shaking his head, Chen Mulin decided not to delve into this topic anymore, but to show his thoughts at the moment with actions.
He walked out of the farm and returned to the base, without taking off his spacesuit, and went straight to the seed store.
Rice cultivation is divided into three parts.
The first part, which is the part that Chen Mulin just irrigated, can also be called extensive tillage, and it is enough to soak the soil into mud.
As for how to stir the soil into mud, there is no need to worry about this, Chen Mulin has already converted the lander of the rice country into several automated farming tools.
Now what Chen Mulin has to do is the second part, seedling cultivation.