Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Lin Quan was pleasantly surprised to find that the first batch of vegetables he planted had reached the season of harvest at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He planted a lot of things, including peas, potatoes, pumpkins, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on, because this is the unique terrain of the desert, so he chose to cast a wide net to see which plants could not survive and which plants could be planted.

Generally speaking, on this side of the desert, plants with relatively high water content are not suitable for planting, such as the Chinese cabbage he planted before, the water content of this vegetable is too high, so it also needs a lot of water when growing, the desert lacks water, obviously it can not provide so much water to grow this vegetable, and the Chinese cabbage is not easy to preserve, the temperature requirements are not low, the temperature difference in the desert area is too large, the temperature during the day is as high as thirty or forty degrees, the ground temperature will even exceed seventy degrees, even the sand is hot, and at night the temperature is too low, even below zero degrees Celsius, the cabbage will die of heat when heated, and it will freeze to death when cold, or too delicate。

Most of the plants Lin Quan chose survived, and to his great delight, these surviving vegetables not only survived, but also had surprisingly high yields, and under the effect of his ancient jade, the growth cycle was greatly reduced, which made Lin Quan really see the business opportunities.

He knew that the origin of this ancient jade on his body was mysterious, and he also knew that this thing had special effects, but he still underestimated the role of this thing, and watched the growth of the plants planted accelerate every day, but he didn't expect that the growth cycle of these plants could be shortened so much.

Among them, tomatoes and pumpkins are taken as examples, the growth cycle of tomatoes is about 110-170 days, but on his side, less than thirty days, these tomatoes began to bear fruit, and he has tasted these tomatoes, because the moisture is better, and the care time is very long, so the sugar content in these tomatoes is undoubtedly much higher than those tomatoes in China, and the taste is also very good. No chemical fertilizer and no indoleacetic acid ripening, the taste is very pure.

The situation of pumpkin is similar, the growth cycle of pumpkin is about 110-120 days, pumpkin varieties vary around the world, and there are several kinds of pumpkin in Africa, but the growth cycle is about the same, it takes three or four months.

This plant is drought tolerant and heat tolerant, and it does not need much water, so it is also cultivated on the edge of the North African desert, but because of the long cycle and low yield, the economic value of this plant is not as good as that of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

But on Lin Quan's side, the growth cycle of pumpkins also only takes one month, which is equivalent to saving seventy percent of the time, what does this mean? Lin Quan felt a little excited when he thought about it.

However, after all, planting crops requires a lot of water, although this pool of spring water is enough for him to plant this small vegetable garden in front of him, and even expand, and really contract the vegetable supply of French mercenaries, but then it will not be expanded, the water resources are not enough, there is only this open water in his entire farm, and the Tailu River in the north has completely turned into a canal of white sand at the whole time, and the river water has disappeared, and it is about to be April, and April and May are the worst drought period of the year, with the high temperature in the desert, the pool water will evaporate quickly, let alone pour the pool water on the ground, which will only expand the evaporation area, and the gains outweigh the losses.

And it's quite tedious, the physical labor is relatively large, he is only one person, and if there is too much work, it will be a little stretched.

So Lin Quan set his eyes on the withered woods.

The afforestation cooperation between the United Nations Development Programme and the Nigerien government was originally a good thing, but there was no follow-up, so the trees planted were basically dead, but there was no absolute, in Lin Quan's farm, because of his deliberate care, around his house, there were about more than 100 trees still alive, the closer to his house those saplings, the more gratifying the growth, at this time these trees that were planted only half a person high at this time have been one person high, you must know that it has only been a month, and it is still in the desert, this speed is already very fast。

Lin Quan didn't pay much attention to these trees, but he wasn't completely careless.

He would use ancient jade to irradiate these woods every night, and then he would take advantage of the temperature dropping at night when the water was not easy to evaporate. The saplings that are more short of water are watered, these saplings are in a critical period at this time, they did not die immediately in the early stage, and stopped, but as the drought continues, it is difficult to say whether they will survive next, so Lin Quan's watering can be described as timely rain, they have been moistened by water, and finally they have eased up, and the tenacious vitality makes them desperately take root in the depths of the desert, and finally through the layers of desert, they have found the groundwater under the desert, and this group of saplings should be able to live.

However, because of their poor foundations, they do not grow as well as those near the water source.

Lin Quan roughly counted 119 trees around his house, these trees are all relatively tenacious strange willows, but the economic benefits of this plant are not very strong, Lin Quan does not expect these trees to make him money.

But in the desert, there is a plant called fragrant willow vitality is also very tenacious, and this plant is also a relatively tall plant, their height can reach 5-10 meters, more importantly, this is also an economic plant, this plant also has another name - sand date!

The main distribution location of S. salvois is on the Mediterranean coast, which belongs to the junction of the tropics and subtropics, and the geographical location is similar to that of southern China, such as Lin Quan's current location, which is similar to Wenchang on Hn Island in terms of dimension, and may be a little norther.

Therefore, it is completely feasible to plant sand dates in his place, the economic benefits of desert plants are often poor, they grow crooked, and they can not be cut to make furniture, nor can they be sold as wood, the main role is to block the trend of desertification, fix the land, and then slowly transform, after the desert is transformed into normal land, this can be planted other plants, such as some crops and forests with relatively high economic benefits.

And if Lin Quan can introduce sand dates, then he can obtain economic benefits in the first step.

But before that, he needs to get the support of the local government, Lin Quan is very confident in this, thinking that the rainy season is coming soon, after the rainy season comes, the drought in the desert will also be alleviated, and then the government will definitely launch a second wave of afforestation activities, he has revitalized 119 trees in the most difficult drought period, and the government will not turn a blind eye, so his chances will definitely be not small.