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As soon as Luo Zheng said that, Li Sheng suddenly felt that the Silent Farm was not completely devoid of the conditions for forming a settlement.

After returning home from Tianjing Culture, Li Sheng has been thinking about whether it is really possible to form a settlement in Silent Farm.

There are pros and cons to that. The advantage is that it has helped him with some of his plans. With the establishment of settlements, education and health care can be upgraded to a higher level. It can also unite the hearts of the surrounding Indians. In addition, his poor star development program also has a lot of help. Finally, farms can also try to develop industry and the like.

Not to mention anything else, as Luo Zheng said, if there is a residential area that can be used for workers and their families to live in, it will be more convenient for him to hire temporary workers in the future.

The downside is that such settlements can get out of control, as in the big cities, when there is an influx of poor people who cannot be controlled. Order in the Silent Farm can spiral out of control. In addition, the only people who are willing to settle in such a climate are the locals. At that time, the population of the settlements will be predominantly Indians.

According to his plan, in two to three years, the number of workers on the farm will reach more than 2,000. These workers could no longer find enough Chinese people to work as easily as before, so he had to hire as many locals as he could. The first inhabitants of the settlements were, of course, farm workers. A conservative estimate is that in the future there will be nearly 2,000 regular workers on the farm, just for them and their families, and he estimates that there will be a population of about 10,000.

With a population of 10,000 in China, it is a larger village. But a community of 10,000 people is already a very complex system. He didn't dare to guarantee that he would always be in control. In particular, most of those people would be Indians, and it was predictable that their customs would clash with their ideas. And the descendants of the Indians have their code of conduct. These differences in consciousness can easily form conflicts if they are not handled properly. At that point, good things can turn into bad things. The proportion of this population must also be controlled. No one party should be allowed to dominate.

Also, if a settlement is formed, it is also a question of who is in charge of that place. Once it becomes a small town or a city, the Brazilian government level will definitely infiltrate. Will he give up that place or will he fight with the government for control? Whatever he chooses, it won't be easy.

He also knew that this matter would not be able to be thought through for a while. And he didn't mention this idea to others before he left Huaxia.

When he returned to the farm, he began to consult the law in this area. However, the law is not something that ordinary people can study thoroughly. And he's not idle.

At the end of October, many things on the farm were in trouble due to drought. The water opposite the pier has receded more than twenty meters away, and the riverbed is exposed under the pier. The lifting equipment at the dock has completely lost its effectiveness.

Although Babur got some floating conveyor belts back. But in the end, the loading and unloading capacity is very weak, and it can only be said that it is slightly better than nothing. Fernando was quite anxious about the situation. Nowadays, the market for forage is getting bigger and bigger, and Fernando sells his forage far faster than it can be shipped out of farms.

On the other hand, the grass harvested from the farm was piled up because it could not be transported, but Li Sheng couldn't stop it. Workers are also required to speed up the harvesting of pasture.

Once the rainy season begins, there is at least a period of time when the farm cannot be harvested, and no one can say how long this time is. Now the only way to do this is to stock up as much as you can before the dry season is over.

If it weren't for the fact that it was too dry to be shipped out, the farm wouldn't have much pasture to stockpile. After all, transporting goods such as hay during the rainy season is always inconvenient. It's best to transport the grass to a warehouse off the farm as much as possible before the rainy season.

Li Sheng had to pay serious attention to the progress of Babur's work. As a result, Babur is leading the workers to install the new legacy system.

These conveyor systems are installed on empty gasoline drums, with a total length of more than 30 meters stretching from the river bank to the surface of the river where ships can moor.

The largest vessel that can enter this river is a flat-bottomed boat with a displacement of 500 tons. The volume of cargo transported each time is far less than that of the previous 3,000-ton freighter, and of course, the loading and unloading capacity of the farm is still far less than before.

Because of the wide beach on the riverbank, it was cumbersome to install a new conveyor system. Because those pontoons are actually very heavy, too. All of this requires manual installation. Without the buoyancy of water, it is quite difficult to adjust the installed steel pipe shelf. And where there is water, it is necessary to nail some stakes under the water to bind the pontoons to prevent the conveyor belt from being washed away by the current, or even twisted.

Such conveyor belts are installed at the dock and upstream and downstream. Li Sheng saw that the scene was in full swing, but he felt that the progress was still not ideal.

"How long does it take for a set of conveyor belts to be installed?" Li Sheng asked, Babur.

Babur had been keeping an eye on it, and he didn't need to ask anyone else about it: "It's going to take about five days." The pontoons need to be fixed with steel frames, the conveyor belts need to be supported by steel pipe frames, and they also need to be installed on the river, which is not a long time. But we installed six at the same time. So far, forty-eight have been installed, which can load and unload eight ships at the same time. ”

Those that have been installed, Li Sheng did see it.

Generally speaking, there are about six or seven conveyor belts in a group, and the longer ones on the deck of the ship can be used for all of them, and the shorter ones may only be used for five or six. That would also create some waste. But there's no way around that. Who made a very long part of the conveyor belt can only be fixed on the riverbed. It's very difficult to move.

"It's the end of October and usually the rainy season arrives in November. ”

"Maybe the next dry season is when they really come into play," Babur grimaced. ”

He's right, that's all this dry season can be. However, he also had to prevent the rainy season from coming late, as it was last year. Last year's rainy season didn't start until mid-December. I don't know what will happen this year. If the rainy season is still delayed, more than 30 sets of conveyor belts can be installed.

Li Sheng was also quite helpless about this, took a deep breath and said, "Add some more workers." Transport as much forage out as possible between the start of the rainy season. ”

Now it takes more than ten hours to load a ship. Only more than 2,000 tons of pasture can be transported out of the country a day, which is not enough to supplement sales, let alone increase the reserves outside.

Babur thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we can use barges." Such a vessel has a large deck area and usually transports containers. But this kind of ship has a shallow draft, and one ship should be able to carry more. ”

Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I will mention it to Fernando and Mosu." Babur's suggestion led him to think of another way. Maybe a tugboat can be used.

A large number of unpowered boats are towed behind a ship, and although the sailing speed will be slower, the cargo towed at one time is also larger. The efficiency of loading and unloading will also be faster.

He added: "I will send more workers to the dock to load the goods." It's arranged on your side. ”

Babur nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." "The increase in the number of workers does increase the efficiency, for example, if you can deliver five bales of dry grass in one minute, you may increase it to seven bales with more manpower. Of course, this requires the addition of people both on shore and on board.

But Li Sheng can only use the stupid method of "more people have more power".

After Li Sheng explained this, he did not continue to stay by the river. He returned to the helicopter, took out his mobile phone and dialed Fernando's number, so that the other party could prepare accordingly.

"Are you sure you can't transport enough forage?" said Fernando, rather disappointed. This good situation was unexpectedly disrupted by drought.

Li Sheng replied: "From the current point of view, the output of forage is not enough to fill the sales volume. If you're unlucky, the farm won't be able to transport grass when the rainy season comes. ”

Fernando also knew that the weather was an insurmountable obstacle for the transport of forage. Because after the dry grass is exposed to the rain, unless it can be dried in time, it will quickly rot in hot and humid weather. Not to mention that there will be no farm to ask for that kind of pasture, and even if someone wants it, they will not dare to sell it. That kind of grass will inevitably become moldy. If an accident happens to the cattle after eating them, they not only have to compensate, but more importantly, the reputation of the pasture has been hit immeasurably.

Li Sheng was bitterly happy and said with a smile: "Maybe I can use a waterproof bag to pack the pasture." In that case, it can be transported to the outside world even on rainy days. ”

Fernando, however, thought it was a good idea: "Your dry grass there doesn't have hard stems, and if it is packaged in a PC film bag, it might be a good idea." ”

Li Sheng doesn't think it's a good idea, and the current forage baler can directly use the packaging belt to pack the forage. But they don't have the ability to put grass in bags. If he really did what Fernando said, he would need to hire more people to complete the process.

However, when he thought about it, it seemed like the only solution to the problem. Otherwise, the grass will not be able to be transported out on rainy days, and those who transport it will have to worry about being caught in the rain on the road, and the sales of the grass will be greatly reduced. And it may need to be done in the future. Even in a normal rainfall year, he can't guarantee that the farm's output during the dry season will be enough to meet Fernando's sales.

"I'll think again. ”

"You decide as soon as possible. The rainy season is almost coming. "Fernando is absolutely unwilling to shrink the market that has been opened during the rainy season. "In the rainy season, even if you don't need a bag there, I have to pack it here. ”

The rainy season lasts for half a year, and it is impossible to leave cattle without fattening. On the way to the delivery, it is also necessary to prevent the grass from being wet by the rain.

Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I will find out where to find the right packaging bag." ”

If you want to pack the grass, you can only use a PC material bag that will not be punctured during transportation, so you need to customize it. Li Sheng felt that if the quantity was large enough, maybe the price would not exceed half a reais. The cost that increases later is mainly the worker's salary.

As for the worker, in fact, he could have thought differently. In the rainy season, the current harvesting workers will certainly not be able to work, before he could be a temporary worker, now to add a process in the rainy season, maybe some temporary workers can be left to do this. By the way, let these workers become regular workers.

Fernando was a little more concerned about this matter than him, and when he heard him say this, he immediately said: "If you agree to do that, I can help find a manufacturer." ”

Li Sheng feels that the cost has increased a little, but it can ensure that it can also be transported to the outside world in the rainy season. That shouldn't be considered an ineffective investment. As for those conveyor belts, they will still be useful when the output of forage is large enough in the future. (To be continued.) )