Mission 1 has the same status as it reads, "Escort Dr. Rogrid safely", and what progress bar shows that there are only two outcomes: completed or not completed. The reward was a villa on the southern coast of Feisuo Harbor, and Hua Zhenxing couldn't figure out how this villa would be rewarded to him.

Hua Zhenxing is not greedy for money, if there is no system in this system, he will still save Dr. Luo, and with this system, he will not reject these rewards. Of course, everything is good, it depends on how it comes to it and how it is used. He was more interested in another question, which was how the rewards would appear after completing the task.

The next day, the two packed up and set off. Hua Zhenxing judged that they should be basically safe, so he did not let Rogrid continue to walk in front, and led the way by himself. Walking through the black wilderness prairie under the rising sun, the cool wind blew away a little tiredness, and there were groups of springboks drinking water in the distance, but Hua Zhenxing deliberately avoided places with water sources.

In the early morning, many animals go to drink water, and in the dry season, the competition for water sources is fierce, and it is dangerous to drink water, and the hunting scene is staged at any time, and the spirit of the animals is also highly stressed. Hua Zhenxing didn't want to frighten these wild animals, although he was not afraid, he didn't want to invite an attack for no reason.

There are two rainy seasons a year in this grassland, the heavy rainy season in late spring and the light rainy season in late autumn, and now the season is the driest time of the year before the heavy rainy season arrives. Only low-lying areas of the grasslands remain waterlogged, and many rivers have turned into intermittent puddles, pools and narrow lakes, and the wildlife that depends on water is crowded.

Why hasn't such a vast expanse of wilderness been cultivated since ancient times? Uncle Mo has talked about this problem, there are two factors, climate and people, and the most important thing is the lack of accumulation of agricultural civilization. Precipitation is concentrated, there are few water conservancy projects on farmland, there is a lack of mature irrigation systems, and the wasteland is not fertile soil that has been intensively cultivated for many years.

People who don't know how to farm really can't farm, and they need to be taught from a young age, or they need to learn by themselves after others, and it will take at least a generation to cultivate. Land that is not suitable for cultivation is really not suitable for farming, and it takes several generations of intensive cultivation to become a mature field.

As for the irrigation system and farming technology, it is not a simple matter in human history, and it takes thousands of years of exploration to form a scale and tradition.

Before the arrival of overseas settlers, the area maintained a primitive tribal society, where people lived by gathering and hunting. The colonists directly established cities and introduced the civilization system of modern industrialized society, but they did not and did not intend to carry out large-scale construction and transformation of farmland water conservancy systems and infrastructure.

There are industrial and service facilities in the city and its surroundings, and there are plantations and farmland in the suburbs, but they are all carried out in local areas where conditions permit.

This reminds Hua Zhenxing of the Da Shang Sea of the old society of the Eastern Kingdom, which is not prosperous, but when you walk a few steps to the vast countryside and towns in Jiangbei, you will find a huge contrast.

In fact, the port of Afro-Soso, which was once prosperous, was later destroyed by social tears caused by various reasons, and is now slowly rebuilding. But even if you go back to the beginning, it seems that nothing has changed, and today's Dongguo is completely different.

How could Hua Zhenxing have such an association, because the overseas country he is most interested in is Dongguo, and he has studied the history of Dongguo attentively, and has also seen a lot of graphic materials.

Many people living in the countryside also farm the land, but the way they farm will make an easterner stunned, that is, they scatter the seeds in the wilderness when the rainy season comes, and harvest them when they are ripe. No ploughing, no irrigation, no hoeing, wild planting and harvesting all depend on God's face, its yield can be imagined, and many crops can not be planted in this way.

One of the most common crops in the region is cassava, which is dried in water and then steamed to be used as a ration. Wild crops are harvested, and wild animals such as warthogs are also loved to eat.

In addition, the products in the wasteland cannot be said to be abundant, such as the fruit of the baobab tree, which can also satisfy hunger, and there are many things to eat...... But that's it, it's impossible to expect them to be very skilled in agriculture and food processing, let alone in the art of gastronomy.

Uncle Mo once walked the vast wasteland in the north of the country for several miles, and he believed that this place could be completely developed and transformed, and even pointed out how to build water conservancy projects and irrigation systems, and in which areas to develop, without affecting the overall ecology, but also to develop modern agriculture and processing industry, and ultimately to improve the environment and climate of the entire region.

Although Mo Shangtong has such an investigation conclusion, it is impossible to realize such a blueprint, this wasteland is not his, nor is it a straw shoe upper, even with today's straw shoe upper, it is impossible to complete such a task. Hua Zhenxing once asked Uncle Mo how to do it, and Ke Fuzi next to him interjected a sentence: "If the materials and appliances are sufficient, 100,000 Chinese people in the Eastern Kingdom are enough." ”

This may not be a boast, but there are now Dongguo's aid projects in the port of Africa, and their work efficiency and construction ability are beyond the reach of the locals. If the same project is done by the locals themselves, I am afraid that it will not be able to be completed for decades, and it will take a year and a half to reach the hands of the Dongguo Construction Engineering Group.

The workload of these Dongguo workers is already very large in the eyes of the locals, but they still have time to farm, and they have opened up many vegetable fields in and around the station, and all kinds of vegetables are available, and they are growing so well. Old man Yang is a greedy guy, and all kinds of fresh vegetables that can't be eaten locally, he asks Hua Zhenxing to go to the Dongguo Workers' Station to buy them.

How much can Xiao Hua and Old Man Yang usually eat, Lao Lei, the person in charge of the construction site, and the workers are familiar with Hua Zhenxing, and they are basically given to him for nothing. Old man Yang didn't ask for it in vain, and asked Hua Zhenxing to bring some domestic cigarettes and alcohol over every time.

Many of the workers there had never planted land when they were in Dongguo, so why did they come here to reclaim the fields and grow vegetables so well? I also raised chickens to lay eggs every day! Once after making a plate of fried red peppers with local eggs, Hua Zhenxing asked Old Man Yang.

Old man Yang told him that this is the difference in basic qualities and growth environment, in short, people are different. Where people come from, like those vegetables, they are all grown from the field of society.

Those construction workers not only received legal compulsory education in Dongguo, but also at least had a high school education, and the basic education in Dongguo was very solid. They have learned collective management and labor cooperation, and they know very well that no matter what they get, they need diligence and wisdom, and they have grown up in such a cultural environment, neither lazy nor stupid.

The so-called stupidity is not necessarily an innate IQ, but more importantly, a way of thinking that has been passed down from generation to generation; The so-called lazy or not, the most important thing is the corresponding way of behavior. Although they have never grown vegetables before, as long as someone teaches them or finds teaching materials, they can start growing them, and they can grow better and better.

Seeing that Hua Zhenxing was still blinking at that time, Old Man Yang suddenly asked, "Have you ever seen people here digging wells?" ”

Hua Zhenxing knew what a well was, but he had never seen a real thing, and he was very puzzled after learning this Dongguo character, and asked Old Man Yang for a long time, trying to figure out what it was. Later, he learned to surf the Internet on his own, and checked a lot of pictures and video materials, which can be regarded as a bit of an insight.

Of course, the port was built where there was a water source, otherwise it would not have been able to develop such a large city. But the lack of clean drinking water is a problem for the majority of the population in the country, at least in every relevant United Nations report.

In fact, the average annual rainfall in the country is not very low, but the problem is that the rainy season is relatively concentrated, the drought period is very long, and there is an extreme lack of water conservancy projects here.

The central area of Port Fesom has running water, and the water supply system has been damaged and then rebuilt. But as the city has expanded, many neighborhoods now have no running water, and they are accustomed to using jars or buckets to fetch water at a fixed location every day, and many people carry various utensils on their heads.

People living in the countryside basically go to the river to fetch water on weekdays, and if the flow is cut off in the dry season, they take water from low-lying pools and use it for drinking. This is actually very unhygienic, and various charity and rescue organizations often distribute water purification tablets to local people. But there were no wells in the area, and in the eastern part of the country, almost every village used to have more than one well.

Hearing this question, Hua Zhenxing was stunned for a moment before replying: "I really haven't seen it, they won't dig wells at all." ”

Old man Yang took a bite of the dish, put down his chopsticks and said, "That's right, no one is born to dig wells!" It is very troublesome to dig a well, it requires many people to work together for a long time, it is very dirty and tiring, and it is dangerous and does not necessarily produce water. If you have this time, you can go to the river and fetch water, and then you can have some fun, right? ”

Hua Zhenxing was amused, and nodded again and again: "Mr. Yang said it too vividly, the locals are indeed like this, they really think so." ”

Old man Yang: "The enlightenment of civilization is, first of all, a leap in thought. People have a conscious awareness and are able to overcome their instincts and make the right choices. Many of the right things are against human instinct, such as sowing seeds in spring, which cannot be satisfied immediately, and it is a rational choice to wait until autumn to harvest.

There is an idiom in the Eastern Kingdom called foresight, digging wells and growing vegetables is the same, not out of the desire and impulse of the time. Dongguo crossed this stage thousands of years ago, completing the civilization enlightenment and ideological leap, and then continuing to pass it on to this day.

But here, from the suburbs to the city, the primitive tribes directly encountered modern industry and colonial capital, and it was too late to perfect the process, either drinking tap water directly, or going to the river to fetch water, no one knew how to dig wells, and they didn't want to learn to dig wells...... Now you get the idea, right? ”

Hua Zhenxing: "It seems to be a little understood." ”

Old man Yang: "You are still young, one day you will understand completely." ”

Hua Zhenxing was indeed a little ignorant, and later he listened to Chief Engineer Lei tell more stories about a variety of dishes. Chief Engineer Lei has been to more than one country in the Black Wilderness Continent, and of course he has assisted in the construction of more than one project. The last project was not in Afso-Por, they worked on it for almost two years, and they also built a lot of vegetable plots in the station, which made the locals feel amazing.

When the project was completed, the workers were evacuated, and the locals took over the gardens as if they were treasures...... A few months ago, there was some maintenance work, and Chief Engineer Lei went back to the previous construction site to take a look, and the vegetable garden had become a wasteland again.

Although the Dongguo construction workers are very good at growing vegetables, they are only opening a small-scale vegetable garden near the station, and they are far from solving the problem of this wasteland. When Hua Zhenxing saw the prairie in the dry season, he inexplicably remembered how the locals farmed, and remembered the conclusion of Uncle Mo's investigation that year, and also thought of the story of planting vegetables and digging wells...... Thoughts are very open.

He suddenly had another thought, would the "Huanxiangguo System" that suddenly appeared in the future give him a task, that is, to transform this wasteland like the blueprint drawn by Uncle Mo? If there is really such a task, according to Kefuzi, there must be 100,000 Chinese in the Eastern Kingdom, and there must be sufficient equipment and materials, how can this be accomplished?

Since the emergence of the inexplicable "system", Hua Zhenxing's ideas have become very lively. At this moment, Rogrid behind him shouted: "Hua, let's take a rest, I'm really tired of walking." It was hot, and the water was drunk. ”