Chapter Seventy-Three: Very Happy
By the time this batch of trees had been completely planted, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and the workers had already run out after finishing their work, but Lin Quan himself could not leave. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Planting the tree is only the first step, and the most critical place is to rely on his jade.
The mysterious ancient jade can greatly speed up the growth rate of the saplings, and he can't rest this night, he wants to use the ancient jade to irradiate the five thousand saplings, so that they can all grow their roots, so that at least the root system is stable, can absorb water from the surroundings, tomorrow even if the sun is in the sky, they will not scorch them, as long as they are not dehydrated, they can basically survive, this Lin Quan has a spectrum in his heart.
It can be said that the most critical time is actually the first two days, and the second time is not very critical, just need to maintain, clean up the dead saplings, replant new saplings, and throughout the five months of the rainy season, these are the things they have to do.
Whether a sapling can survive depends on the first two days, and if the first two days are good, it can live, and if the first two days are not smooth, there is no way.
Busy until more than five o'clock in the morning, Lin Quan only then shone every sapling back and forth, and when he returned home, he was so sleepy that he simply washed his face and fell asleep.
The workers didn't have much to do in the morning, they just needed to pour another round of water, so they didn't have much to do.
Such days have lasted for more than ten days, and time flies by unconsciously every day, during which there are two rains, although these two rains are not very heavy, but for the desert areas where water is scarce, rain is very precious.
And the timing of the rain is also very appropriate, Lin Quan has just planted about sixty or seventy thousand trees, almost eighty percent of the task, they will eventually plant eighty thousand trees, if the management is good, the survival rate is about fifty percent, but because of these two timely rains, so Lin Quan's confidence is bursting, with these two rains, the survival rate of these seedlings can basically be increased by two percent, at least seventy percent of the seedlings can survive, and as long as there is no serious drought during this period, these seedlings can survive。
In this way, he will have almost $200,000 at the end of the year, which is several times higher than he had previously estimated.
He didn't want to get as many trees before, but after seeing the efficiency of fifty workers, he decided to expand the planting area, and asked Steiger to dig another 200 wells, this time in the direction of Highway 11, which is closer to Agadez, the water is more abundant, and the soil is better than to the west.
Although the rainy season is called the rainy season, it does not mean that it rains every day during the rainy season, but that the weather during this period of time is rainy, and the rainfall accounts for more than 70% of the annual rainfall, which is called the rainy season.
Niger's annual rainfall is actually not very much, and from south to north, the rainfall gradually decreases, the southern capital Niamey annual rainfall can reach 350-700 mm, but Agadez's rainfall is only between 100-300 mm, this figure is less than half of Niamey, 70% of the rainfall, in fact, is only more than 100 mm, not a lot.
However, even if it is drizzle, at least there are clouds, which can shade the sun and avoid the sun's exposure and scorching, which is already very satisfactory for Lin Quan.
Wearing a raincoat and holding an umbrella, walking on the forest path, after more than ten days, the saplings that were planted at the beginning have basically survived at this time, of course, there are some that have not survived, but they have basically been removed and new saplings have been planted, so it looks a little uneven, high and low.
But looking at these saplings that are sprouting in the rain, everyone will have a smile on their faces, it is very important for a person to do a job and earn money, but it is very important to be able to achieve results, to be able to achieve visible results, which can prove the value of their labor and prove that their work is not in vain.
Lin Quan looked at these surviving saplings and was very happy and proud, and the workers were even more happy to see these saplings, the northern desert area is barren and desolate, they don't have much arable land, and if all the deserts can be governed like this, then even if their own generation does not have enough land, their own generation can own land, which means that their current work is for the future of their children and grandchildren.
Foreigners do not have this point of view in their hearts, they are either mainly for their own lives, and generally do not think about their own offspring, in their opinion, it is something that their next generation needs to think about themselves, and it is not their business.
The way of thinking is still very different from that of the Chinese, but Lin Quan reasoned with them.
"The land under your feet has been passed down from generation to generation by your ancestors, and your ancestors have grown here for generations, precisely because they all think like you, don't think too much, only care about living better, cutting more trees, raising more cattle and sheep, and as a result, the land here is destroyed!"
"The land under your feet was not like this in the beginning, it used to be fertile land, it was a flat and fertile prairie, it was suitable for farming, it was suitable for grazing, it was suitable for grazing, it was able to feed a lot of people, there was plenty of food and clothing, and there was no need to worry about livelihood at all. But because they are all the way you think today, that will cause this land to become what it is today! If we continue to do this today, ignoring this deteriorating land, then you will be left to your children and grandchildren in the future a more barren and lifeless land, and when the time comes, they will have no place to live, they will have no place to farm, no place to graze, no water source to survive themselves, do you want them to face such a desperate situation in the future? ”
Lin Quan's eyes swept among the workers, and the workers fell into deep thought, they may not know what they were doing before, but they can't never know what they are doing, Lin Quan should let them know the meaning of their work, let them know that their work is to create a better tomorrow for their children and grandchildren, so that they can get rid of the motivation that can only be driven by money.
"Don't you want to? Then take action, start from yourself, start from a small thing, plant every tree seriously, use your own efforts to transform this desert, and create a place where your children and grandchildren can live in peace!
The workers were very excited and shouted together: "Okay!"
"Boss, we'll work hard!"
"Boss, we don't want bonuses, we want to work longer hours, plant more trees, and plant good trees!"
"Yes, we don't work for money!"
Lin Quan snickered for a while, hum, your Taoism is still a little lower, after all, you haven't experienced this kind of ideological work before, right?
I've saved a bonus, so I'm happy!