Barley is very suitable for growing in the barren Deccan Plateau because of its early maturity, cold tolerance, salt tolerance, low temperature and cold resistance, and barren tolerance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Thanks to the use of excellent radiation mutation seeds, the barley of the aerial farm can ripen three times in a year, harvesting about 200 kilograms of barley per acre of land and 600 kilograms of wheat grains a year.

Li Mu walked up to the wheat field on the third floor, because the ceiling of the upper floors had been completely removed, and the overhead was very open, and the sun could shine on the wheat field without hindrance. There is also an LED lighting system that simulates sunlight above the wheat field, which can provide light to the wheat seedlings in rainy and other poor light weather.

The barley field must not be furrowed, and the ground must be level, so the ground of the wheat field is level. At this time, the barley is only a wheat seedling, and has not yet set ears of wheat, but it is a tender green color full of vitality, and water can be pinched out when pinched.

Li Mu stroked the barley with his hands, it is these plants that feed thousands of people, they are the cornerstone of human civilization.

Only with the use of chemical fertilizers can we grow more food with less manpower and liberate manpower from the land. World War II was able to wage such a large-scale war, and the liberation of farmers from the land by fertilizers and farm machinery was also a big factor.

As he walked through the wheat fields, he found that the automation rate of this aerial farm was not low, with pipes laid on the ground, and the control chip would automatically control the sprinkler irrigation system after a while, spraying water mist to irrigate the barley.

"How many people do you need to take care of such a piece of land?"

After estimating, the area of farmland is about 3,000 square meters, about 4.5 acres, he thought about it, turned his head, and asked Wang Xi, the person in charge who was standing behind him.

"There are a little more people at the bottom who need it, fifteen people, and only eight or nine people at the top level."

has already surrendered, Wang Xi naturally knows everything.

"Why do you need more people at the bottom?"

Li Mu asked with some confusion.

"Because the wind often blows the seeds of weeds into the field, these weeds grow very fast due to radiation mutation, and they compete with barley for nutrients in the soil, so they need to be removed in time. If no one clears it for three days, the wheat field will be overgrown with weeds. ”

Wang Xi said, squatting on the ground and pulling out a weed seedling that was taller than the soles of his feet from the soil.

"It's a bulb sedge, the roots will release toxins to kill other nearby plants, if you don't pull it out today, it will grow to half a human height tomorrow, and the nearby barley will be poisoned by it, and even the soil needs to be steamed before it can be replanted."

"As for some pests, they also need to be caught manually, and when the barley grows ears, a lot of birds come back to peck at it, which requires a lot of labor. Moreover, these slaves were very lazy, and they had to point guns at hand to work hard. ”

"If they don't have enough to eat the food they grow, of course they will be lazy."

Li Mu said, squatted on the ground, pulled out a weed, held it in the palm of his hand and crumpled it.

Wang Xi coughed.

"When manual harvesting is most needed. Barley flag leaves begin to turn yellow, and when the other leaves begin to dry up, it enters the wax maturity period, which is only 3-7 days, and must be cut and dried urgently. Because the moisture content of freshly harvested barley exceeds 30%, it is very easy to germinate, mold and rot, so it needs to be dried in time to reduce the moisture to 14%. Because of the urgency of time and the lack of manpower, sometimes slaves had to be transferred from Larkin Bede to collect them. ”

Li Mu nodded.

"Where does the farm's water come from?"

"We drilled an underground well with a drill pipe, and the groundwater radiation pumped out of the well was still tolerable enough to irrigate the farmland."

"What about electricity?"

"There's a turbine generator here, and we usually use barley straw to generate electricity, and the electricity is stored in high-energy batteries, which can last for a long time."

Li Mu's eyes lit up, the turbine generator is a very miscellaneous generator, any combustible material can be used to drive, and even the dried corpse of the ghoul can be stuffed into the boiler, the difference is only the efficiency of power generation. I didn't expect the Corpse Gang to be willing to equip the farm with one.

After walking around, he became more interested in the area where vegetables were cultivated without soil, which provided vegetables to the middle and upper classes of Larkin Beed, and believed that the Corpse Gang would be more willing to throw money into it.

The cultivation area of soilless vegetables is on the twenty-fifth floor, and very few insects can fly so high that the seeds of weeds cannot reach here.

The façade of the twenty-fifth floor has not been knocked down and remains intact. Li Mu pushed open the door and found that in the empty room, rows of thirty-five rows and twelve layers of vegetable planting racks were neatly installed, and the translucent glass troughs were covered with cabbage, daylily, hemp and okra.

Each layer of the culture rack has its own LED lighting system to simulate sunlight to provide light for the vegetables. There are even small silent fans installed in the planting troughs to provide sufficient oxygen and carbon dioxide for the vegetables.

"This set of advanced soilless cultivation racks is mainly for those who have money to grow non-radiation and pollution-free vegetables. Almost every industrialist with assets in New Linfen has it. After the leader of the Yin Corpse Gang found out, he also imported a batch of vegetables from Zhongzhou to mass-produce vegetables. Nearly two-thirds of every slave from the Turbogenerator entered here. Slaves were required to wear latex gloves, hoods, and full-wrapping coats to prevent the plants from being contaminated by germs. There are also 360° cameras that monitor the work of these slaves and prevent them from picking and eating vegetables. ”

Wang Xi said with some pride.

"It's perfectly capable of supplying vegetables to the upper echelons of the Brotherhood of Freedom."

Li Mu looked at the cultivation tank, the vegetable cultivation inside was extremely dense, and it was impossible for ordinary vegetable fields to reach this density. He reached into the tank and pulled a carrot out of it. After wiping the culture liquid on his clothes, he put it in his mouth and took a bite.

It's crispy, it's watery, and it has a sweet taste when you bite into it, and it's even much better than the carrots he had eaten in his previous life, and it can be used as a fruit.

He finished the carrot in his hand in a few bites and wiped his hands.

"The Brotherhood of Liberty has no upper class, the area of the farm is expanding, and the nearby land has to be bulldozed and planted with food. The power consumption and cost of these soilless vegetables are too high, so they should be turned off and a piece of land should be directly divided to grow vegetables. To make every Larkin Bede eat vegetables, these culture tanks will not work. (To be continued.) )