listened to what Zhang Feng said. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info Li Sheng also had some worries in his heart.

As Zhang Feng said, this year's dry season cannot be considered serious, if there is a severe drought, the farm will not have land transportation, once the wharf is unusable, the export of farm goods will be paralyzed.

Li Sheng thought about it, but felt that the taste here was not very good, so he said, "Let's get out of here first." ”

They drive to places where they can't smell. Li Shengcai said: "What you said is indeed a hidden danger. The farm is located more than ten kilometers from the Amazon River. In the kind of situation you said, transportation is really problematic. ”

Zhang Feng didn't speak, he was also frightened by himself. If it really happens that the dock cannot dock the ship, then the goods on the farm cannot be transported out is still a trivial matter, if because of this breach of contract, Li Sheng does not know whether there is enough money to compensate.

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "I will find a way to solve this matter." ”

Although the kind of drought that Zhang Feng said may only occur once in many years. But once in all, it can make people's scalps blow up. Zhang Feng also said that in the past few years, there have been two severe droughts in the Amazon basin. He can't help but be vigilant and take precautions in advance.

Back in the office, he couldn't think of any way to fight against nature, and in his upset, he posted a mood in the circle of friends: "The Amazon rainforest will also be drought, what should I do if there is no water on the dock?"

The circle of friends was brought in by Chen Bo. It's all the people who came to the farm in the first place.

He didn't expect that someone would be there, it was Luo Zheng: "The hovercraft, running with and without water, running quite fast." You deserve it!"

Li Sheng looked at the time, it was only half past four in the afternoon. It should be half past three in the evening. He got a message: "You haven't slept yet?"

"You're not the same, didn't sleep?" Luo Zheng replied with a disdain.

Li Sheng didn't bother to bother with him, and said, "Then you continue to play." ”

After a while, the chime sounded several times in a row. Li Sheng looked at it, "Don't." "Brother Sheng, it's rare to have someone to talk to me. "Brother Sheng, the drought in your place is too exaggerated. Isn't the Amazon the river with the largest amount of water?"

Li Sheng saw that he had sent several of them, and he was a little depressed, so he replied: "The Amazon has a half-year dry season, if the dry season is extended, the drought will come." Some rivers even break down. Don't I have a dock? If there's not enough water, the boat can't get in. ”

"Oh!" Luo Zheng replied with a gloating. But soon he had several replies. "Actually, you can open your brain a little bigger. ”

"As I said hovercraft, a must. The goods are sent from your terminal to the Amazon River. ”

"Get a barge cargo by the river. ”

"It's less efficient, but it's better than nothing. ”

Li Sheng thought about it in his heart and felt that his brain hole was actually very good. Just, do hovercraft have to sell?

"Aren't hovercraft generally military stuff?"

"Hehe, what is civilian now can't be used for military purposes? What can't be used for military use? Hovercraft is a civilian version as long as the artillery is dismantled. ”

Li Sheng thought that the hovercraft might be the only way for the farm to solve the possible drought. He sent one: "Do you have a way?"

"Yes. How much do you want? I'll help me ask. ”

"How many tons can a ship hold?"

"I'll have to ask. Back to you tomorrow. ”

Li Sheng had no choice but to give up. He didn't expect to post a mood casually, and the problem that had plagued him for a long time would be solved. Grain and other things were delivered by hovercraft, and the cattle had to work hard to drive to the banks of the Amazon River.

This seems like a good solution. If there is such a time, it will be solved anyway. The herd can walk, but the grain and the like can not walk on their own. Motor vehicle handling, there is no road at all. Of course, maybe the farm's helicopter fleet could be used. There are a total of 13 helicopters, and they can transport dozens of tons at a time, but how many times can they be transported? Otherwise, it will be carried by manpower.

Thomas found his office. Li Sheng saw that he had locked the office door behind his back and asked, "Thomas, what's going on?"

Thomas sat down at his desk and said, "Lee, we might be in trouble." ”

Trouble again?

What Li Sheng hates most is trouble, but he always feels that trouble always likes to find him. He said a little depressedly, "Who is it this time?" He thought it was the same competitors from the previous people who seemed to want to reorganize the farm, such as Cargill.

But he noticed that Thomas's brow was furrowed even deeper. Just hear Thomas say, "Not anyone, but a giant snake." ”

Li Sheng looked at him suddenly. Thinking back to the way he locked the door, he stood up and asked, "Someone has been attacked?"

Seeing Thomas shake his head, he relaxed a little, sat down again, and asked, "Then what happened?"

Thomas frowned and said, "Two days a calf went missing. In the morning, near the edge of the forest to the south, I spotted a meadow that had been weighed down by heavy objects for a long time. ”

"So what?"

Thomas explains: "The grass there hasn't fully straightened, which means that it hasn't been long since the weight of the grass has left. And around that place, I found some marks, as if it were a road pressed by a heavy object, although it was shallow. But I think it was a very heavy snake that could squeeze that mark on the grass floor. ”

Li Sheng finally understood what he meant, and asked, "You mean, those pastures were overwhelmed by the giant snake that ate the calf." ”

"Yes, I think the snake stayed there for quite some time, at least for a day. ”

"Did the security team ask for it?"

"Searching, no more discoveries at the moment. However, we found that the snake was moving in the direction of the southern fork of the river. Perhaps it intends to return to the opposite island to digest. ”

Li Sheng's brows also furrowed, and he asked, "How big is that cow?"

"At least one hundred and eighty pounds. Moreover, the cattle did not come near the forest. I suspect that the pony that was lost before was a good thing done by this snake. ”

Li Sheng took a deep breath and said, "Then we have to find out about it." ”

"That's right. We can't take any chances. Once the herd senses danger, it is likely to move north. Herders, on the other hand, have to rest in pastoral areas closer to the forest. In that case, those workers are dangerous. ”

Li Sheng was also worried about the safety of the herdsmen. Losing a cow or two, he didn't feel distressed. But if something happens to a worker while working for him, it's definitely not what he wants to see.

If you are in the forest, the weather is cooler at night, and the snakes may not be able to move, but in the grassland, even at night, the temperature can reach about 30 degrees Celsius. The blood in the snake's body does not become cold because of this, and there is no difference in mobility and normality.

Thomas even said: "Normally, Amazon pythons usually hide during the dry season because the temperature is too high for them to stand it. But the python that attacked the calf clearly violated this principle, perhaps because these rivers are forested and have a large amount of water, and it returns to the forest to escape the heat after hunting at night, and only returns to its nest to digest after its body has used its prey. ”

The Amazon is inherently a dangerous place. Li Sheng knows that it is normal to lose some money by farming in the forest. He had heard that in Peru, chickens in some villages were even eaten by a tarantula the size of a palm.

That's normal, but he can tolerate the presence of dangerous animals, as long as they don't pose a threat to the lives of farm workers. For example, the black-faced god.

And now the python that Thomas suspects has threatened the safety of the herdsman. He had to think about finding it and killing it.

Snakes, like crocodiles, are reptiles, but Li Sheng has experimented before, and it is much more difficult to make the forest snake obedient than the black-faced god. At first, he wanted to control a forest snake and let go of a monkey he controlled, but although the forest snake finally let go of the monkey, it took many orders to make it obey, and he never felt the same connection as the black-faced god.

He felt that there was no way to make the snake as obedient as the black-faced god.

The island on the opposite side was a large swamp that was flooded almost every rainy season, and it was not land that belonged to Silent Farm, so even if Li Sheng sensed the presence of the snake, he didn't kill it. But Li Sheng still felt that he would find it out first.

He thought for a moment and asked Thomas, "Who else knows about this?"

"The security team should know, but I'm worried that it will cause panic among the other workers, so I asked them to keep it a secret first. ”

Li Sheng hesitated for a while, feeling that secrecy was not necessarily a good thing. Panic does cause some unnecessary trouble, but it still helps workers to protect themselves.

Thomas had warned the workers before, but they did not confirm that it was a python, nor did they mention that the python would go deep into the farm. The houses in the pastoral stronghold are all wooden houses, and there is a half-meter snake prevention gap underneath, and that gap can provide a cool environment for pythons. If a python does hide under those houses, the workers may be attacked if they are not careful.

So he thought about it for a moment and said, "Inform all the workers about this and let them take precautions." He paused and said, "Let the security team patrol the south side at night in a helicopter using a thermal imager." ”

It may not be very useful, but at least it can be reassuring.

Thomas said, "If it's just a snake, last time it hunted a pony and it took more than ten days to digest, this time the calf is bigger, I think it may take longer to digest." I think it's not too late to start patrolling in ten days. ”

Li Sheng felt that what he said made sense, and it was easy for people to slack off if they have been doing one thing but have no gain. If the security team flies for several nights without finding out, maybe they will be lazy.

He thought for a moment and said, "Forget it." Nor can they fly in the sky twenty-four hours a day. ”

With that, he stood up, paced back and forth in his office, and finally said, "Sulfur is said to repel snakes, shall we get some sulfur back?"

Thomas shook his head and said, "Sulfur doesn't repel snakes, it's just that the smell of sulfur can make snakes' snake letters ineffective and make snakes unconsciously avoid them." And we can't sprinkle the whole pasture with sulfur. ”

Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Take it and put some sulfur under the wooden house." At least it keeps the snake from staying under the cabin. ”

Thomas nodded and said, "That's a good idea." "It's just that it doesn't completely prevent the python from attacking the workers who don't know how big.