Chapter 94—A New Source of Food (Part II)
Finally changed from a boy to a man, Wang Lei wanted to accompany Su Xueer more at home, but he didn't sleep long before he was woken up by Xu Dayong's knock on the door. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I looked at my watch, it was only three o'clock in the morning, and although it had never been dark this day, most people's biological clocks were still asleep at this point in time.
"What's so urgent?" asked Wang Lei while putting on his equipment.
Now is an extraordinary time, and everyone can't be sloppy at the slightest blow.
"Uh..... I can't say a word or two about this, so you should come with me to my yard to have a look. Xu Dayong pulled Wang Lei towards his yard.
In the courtyard of Xu Dayong's house, there were many people around at this time, pointing at an orange tree more than two meters high in the courtyard.
The orange tree is vigorous, verdant and leafy, and most importantly, it has bloomed.......
What does it mean when the trees stop growing? Once they bloom, it means that they are likely to bear fruit, and if the fruit can ripen, doesn't it mean that the ecosystem is back to normal again?
"What's going on, Lao Xu? I remember that the orange tree in your yard was originally less than half a meter tall, why did it suddenly grow so tall and bloom?" Wang Lei said curiously.
Xu Dayong's villa is not far from Su Xueer's house, and because it is the office location of the gathering area, Wang Lei often comes to visit the house, so he naturally understands the layout of his home.
"I don't know, the flowers and plants in the yard, I have always been handed over to Pan Huilan to take care of, yesterday was fine, if it wasn't for the guard guarding the gate today who found out about the situation and woke me up, I wouldn't have gotten up so early. Xu Dayong whispered.
These flowers and trees are all handed over to his secretary to take care of, and the others are nothing unusual, but only this orange tree is in trouble, and Xu Dayong also feels strange.
"Go and call Pan Huilan and ask her what she has made for this orange tree. Wang Lei thought for a while and said.
This orange tree can continue to grow and bloom, which is a good sign, if this method can be used for other crops, then the gathering area will be self-sufficient in the future, with mushroom plantations and mutant animal meat, they will not need to worry about food in the future.
It didn't take long for Pan Huilan to be called over by someone sent by Xu Dayong.
Looking at the orange tree more than two meters high in front of her, Pan Huilan was also surprised.
"I went back yesterday after fertilizing it, and nothing happened when I left! Could it be that someone deliberately played a prank and replanted an orange tree from the outside?" Pan Huilan guessed.
Such an unreasonable speculation is that only these women who have nothing to do and like gossip can come up with it, not to mention whether anyone is bored enough to do such a prank, even if there is, and can buy the guard at the door, but where did you get this vigorous orange tree that is still blooming?
"You said you left after applying fertilizer yesterday, I want to know, what kind of fertilizer did you apply?" Wang Lei asked.
"What else can there be, as usual, it's all fertilizer from the giant tortoise, because I found that using the giant tortoise's feces as fertilizer, the flowers and plants look more energetic, so I have been using it like this, and yesterday's fertilization was not only for this orange tree, but also for other flowers and plants, and I haven't seen them grow!" explained Pan Huilan.
"It's strange, since it's all the same fertilization, why did this orange tree grow so much at once. Wang Lei said to himself.
"No! I remember, yesterday when I was fertilizing, I used the fertilizer that I had stored for these flowers and plants, and then when I was fertilizing the orange trees, the fertilizer ran out, so I went to the place where the giant tortoise rested and collected new fertilizer again. There are few people in the villa area who have the leisure to take care of the flowers and plants, so the fertilizer is not used much, and the fertilizer stored before is still left when the giant tortoise did not evolve, and the original inventory was not used up until yesterday. Pan Huilan remembered one thing.
She also knew that the giant tortoise had evolved, but she didn't think about it for a while.
"You mean, the fertilizer for the orange tree is the feces produced by the giant tortoise after its second evolution?" asked Wang Lei.
"Well, if there is any difference in fertilizer, that may be the only difference. Pan Huilan affirmed.
"Xu Dayong, why are you still stunned, why don't you get the fertilizer over, and use these flowers and plants!" Wang Lei said to Xu Dayong, who was standing on the side in a daze.
As a senior manager of the gathering area, the future head of a county, now in full view of everyone, he even has to personally pick up manure and fertilize, Xu Dayong is aggrieved in his heart, but unfortunately the person who ordered him is Wang Lei, if you don't want to do it, you can't do it, this kind of thing not only has to be done, but also has to do a good job.
However, Xu Dayong, who has never done farm work, where would he do such a thing, I saw that he poured fertilizer directly from the top of these flowers and plants, and because he was worried about splashing on his body, he actually lifted the water scoop of fertilization high, which is tragic, the fertilizer rushed to these flowers and plants from a high place, and once bent these flowers and plants, and the toughness of the flowers and plants was very strong, so there was a rebound, mixed with the fertilizer of giant turtle feces, splashing Xu Dayong all over his body.
"I said you will not fertilize? sprinkle everywhere, if this fertilizer is really useful, do you know how valuable it is? Forget it, I think the fertilization matter is better left to Pan Huilan, I am afraid that if you pour it on your body, it will be like this orange tree to grow four or five meters crazy, then it will be troublesome." Wang Lei couldn't hold back a smile and said seriously.
After listening to Wang Lei's words, the surrounding crowd couldn't help laughing, which made Xu Dayong, who failed in fertilization, look embarrassed.
"Lao Xu, as a manager, as long as you grasp the general direction, know how to make good use of it, many things do not need to be done by yourself, otherwise it is very likely to make jokes, no one is perfect, sometimes admitting your own shortcomings, is not a shameful thing. And you have to have your own opinions, you can't say whatever I want, and then you will lose the original intention of handing over the gathering area to you. Wang Lei was determined to beat Xu Dayong well.
Of course Wang Lei knows Xu Dayong's thoughts, which is also one of the reasons why he is reluctant to attack the county seat, and Xu Dayong in order to please Wang Lei, no matter whether Wang Lei's order is correct or not, he will not hesitate to carry it out, which makes Wang Lei very distressed, what he needs is a manager who can be assertive, not a puppet, and he doesn't want to engage in any authoritarian system in the villa area, and Xu Dayong's current performance makes him very disappointed, so that he is not at ease to hand over the entire gathering area to the other party.
"I understand, I'm too anxious, captain, don't worry, I will never do such a stupid thing in the future. Xu Dayong's heart suddenly brightened, and then patted his chest and promised.
He is the manager of the gathering area, theoretically on an equal footing with Wang Lei, if he behaves submissively in front of Wang Lei, what does this make the survivors of the gathering area think, as the top administrative director of the gathering area, there is no prestige, how to manage the people below in the future.
Pan Huilan took the tools from Xu Dayong's hand and began to fertilize the surrounding flowers and plants, and even fertilized the orange trees again at Wang Lei's request.
After Pan Huilan had fertilized all the flowers and plants, everyone stopped laughing and held their breath, staring carefully at these fertilized flowers and plants, hoping to see a hint of clues.
"Ha! I'm sleepy, it's been an hour, why haven't we moved, is it because our thinking is wrong?" Xu Dayong said with a yawn.
He hadn't slept well in the first place, but now he was engrossed in staring at some flowers and plants, and he was staring at them for more than an hour, so he was naturally exhausted.
"Don't make noise, there's movement. Wang Lei whispered.
As a second-level evolutionary, Wang Lei not only has sharp eyes, but also has a keen sense of hearing, and when he concentrates all his attention, he can sense the slightest movement around him in time.
However, as soon as Wang Lei's words fell, not only him, but even the ordinary survivors next to him also discovered the abnormality, because these fertilized flowers and plants were growing rapidly at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.
The whole process lasted about half an hour, and the growth process of these flowers and plants seemed to be like a documentary about the growth of trees that had been accelerated by thousands of times.
Even the slow-growing peony flower has grown from a low plant height of less than 0.5 meters to a height of more than one meter in just half an hour, and it also blooms bright flowers.
And a three-meter-tall podocarpus in the courtyard suddenly grew to more than ten meters, and the main pole needed three people to hold hands to fully hold.
The orange tree, which was originally more than two meters tall, also grew like crazy again, almost doubling to nearly four meters high, but unfortunately it still bloomed with small white flowers and did not bear fruit.
At this time, Xu Dayong's villa seems to be a Jurassic Park, with more than one person-tall weeds verdant and verdant, and all kinds of flowers and plants seem to have experienced decades of growth.
"I'll go....... What's going on here? Could it be that the trees are starting to mutate too?" the glasses had just arrived, and when they saw the scene in the yard, they couldn't help but complain.
At this time, it was already more than five o'clock in the morning, and the glasses had already gotten up, and they were about to take the troops out for training, but they found that there were a lot of people gathered here.
"Mutation? It's indeed mutation, I didn't expect that mutant beasts are all treasures, crystal nuclei can make people evolvers, meat can also become our food, and even the pulled out can make plants grow again, and even produce mutations. Xu Dayong sighed.
These flowers and plants have indeed mutated, and the growth rate in just half an hour exceeds the growth cycle of normal plants for several years, but the light grows, although it also blooms, but it does not bear fruit.
The appearance of the orange tree, at first glance, is a guy who has grown for many years, and it has bloomed before fertilization, but after the second growth, those flowers have all withered and have not borne fruit, and the snow-white flowers all over the ground are very worrying to look at, I don't know if the mutated plants can still grow fruits.
"Glasses, you can lead your company, whether it is to the county seat or to the countryside, in short, no matter what, you must get me all kinds of grain and vegetable seeds. Wang Lei found out about the arrival of the glasses and hurriedly arranged a task for him.
"Xu Dayong, don't you have a researcher named Zhao Bingchang under your command at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, and when the glasses get the seeds back, hand them over to this Zhao Bingchang and let him be responsible for cultivating these seeds. Wang Lei turned to Xu Dayong and said.
"This ...... Zhao Bingchang is a researcher who cultivates mushrooms, so I'm afraid he can't do farming. Xu Dayong reminded.
"Then tell me, who in this gathering area knows how to farm?" Wang Lei asked rhetorically.
These people all live in the county, although it is only less than a dozen kilometers away from the countryside, but there is really no one who knows how to farm, Wang Lei has to choose a general among the dwarfs, and find a full number of agricultural science institutes, at least people know theoretical knowledge.
"I think we're going to attack the towns anyway, and most of the survivors there should be farming. Xu Dayong suggested.
Now Zhao Bingchang is concentrating on cultivating mushrooms, Xu Dayong doesn't want him to be distracted by other things, and the food problem is not a big problem now, so he can put it first, and wait until professional farmers from the countryside are brought in, and it is not too late to start this plan.
"Let Zhao Bingchang get some vegetable seeds to plant first, anyway, there is not a lot of fertilizer, and our team members have not finished training yet, and when we attack the township, we will find a survivor who can work as a farmer, and replace him. As you can see today, although fertilizer is useful, it does not bear fruit when it blooms, and professionals are still needed to solve these problems. Wang Lei explained.
Wang Lei has always been very concerned about the food problem, and now that he has a little eyebrows, he naturally wants to strike while the iron is hot.
Since Zhao Bingchang cultivated mushrooms, he is now a national treasure in the gathering area, and he always follows four bodyguards with guns when he goes out, but this person is also sincere, always looking like a good person, without a trace of temper.
But he didn't dare to have a temper, now the world is different, the boss is the one who has a gun and a team, although the management of the gathering area is polite to himself, and he is equipped with bodyguards when he goes out, but that's just that these people value their own skills, once they are arrogant, they are likely to cause death.
In today's world, killing a person is like pinching an ant to death, and a person's life and death depend on the words of the bigwigs in the gathering area.
So when he learned that Wang Lei let him cultivate vegetables and find out the reason why he only bloomed and did not bear fruit, Zhao Bingchang agreed without saying a word.
The things explained above, whether to do it or not is an attitude, whether it can be done well or not, is a kind of ability, no matter whether you have the ability to do it or not, at least you have to have a correct attitude, anyway, people have also said that the only thing in the gathering area that has anything to do with agriculture is yourself, if you are hypocritical, then wouldn't it give face to the bigwigs.