"Okay, let's calculate our family fortune first. [Read the latest chapter]." Wu Nanhai suggested at the first plenary meeting of the Committee of Agriculture.
The Agricultural Committee originally had an account book, but in the more than fifty days since it came ashore, there have been some changes in the numbers and categories, and some revisions have to be made.
In terms of seeds, they have 100 kilograms of hybrid rice seeds. This time-travel killer is actually not as magical as the legend says. It is essentially a "mule" of the plant world. It has many advantages, but cannot be reproduced. Wu Nanhai's purpose in bringing these seeds was to achieve a bumper harvest in the first year and stabilize the food reserves. With food, everything is possible.
Other rice seeds cost 50 kilograms each, totaling 1,000 kilograms, including Guangguichao, Shuanggui and other high-yielding and lodging-resistant rice seeds that are adapted to local soil and water and were widely planted in Lingao in the 1960s and 1970s.
As a high-yield sweet potato that will be promoted in the future, 1oo kilograms. Sweet potatoes should have been planted in Hainan in 1628. These were high-quality seed potatoes. I also brought 100 kilograms of potatoes. The water and soil conditions in Lingao are not suitable for growing potatoes. However, this crop can be used as a vegetable as well as food and feed. It has great potential to be promoted to the mainland in the future. There are also 20 kilograms of kudzu and 20 kilograms of high-quality alfalfa seeds.
100 kilograms each of corn, wheat, and barley seeds, and 100 kilograms each of various beans: soybeans, mung beans, adzuki beans, black beans, etc.
Vegetable seeds: green peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, green vegetables, carrots, pumpkins, cucumbers, onions, various onions, garlic, etc., 1 kg each.
Spices were easily available in Southeast Asia through maritime trade at that time, so I only brought red pepper and Zanthoxylum bungeanum seeds, 10 varieties, 10 kilograms in total.
Before boarding the ship, he also bought several large 1kg packages of seeds suitable for fruits grown in Hainan locally.
Finally, he has not forgotten his little hobby of tobacco. 10 kilograms of tobacco seeds will give him a monopoly in the tobacco growing industry in the future. Wu Nanhai has already planned to produce his own cigarettes once tobacco is grown.
All seeds are officially packaged and should have a shelf life of 2 years. Some varieties are not suitable for local planting and are prepared for areas further north, so I purchased vacuum packaging that can be stored for 7-8 years.
"These are the seeds." Ye Yuming introduced, "There are also some seedlings that need to be transplanted to the nursery as soon as possible."
There are also many seedlings brought: 50 coconut saplings, 50 rubber saplings, 20 coffee saplings, 20 cocoa plants, 20 coca plants, 50 quinine plants, 5 poppy plants, as well as some timber and raw trees. And fruit tree saplings, sugar cane, banana cultured stems. These plants are useful to them, but they are difficult to manage and grow. Wu Nanhai remembered that the teacher majoring in hot work said in class that quinine seedlings were specially cultivated in educated youth farms in Yunnan. The germination rate was as low as less than 5%, and quinine seeds were said to be gold-priced. Quinine is a specific medicine for malaria. Without it, the travelers' colonial plans to go north to Taiwan and south to Southeast Asia would be in vain. Therefore, in addition to seedlings, I also brought some seeds as backup.
In terms of livestock and poultry, there are currently 6 pigs, including two pairs of Landrace pigs and a pair of Northeastern pigs. Landrace pigs are lean pigs introduced from Denmark and are used as the male parent of crosses; Northeastern pigs are a local breed in the Northeast region. They are resistant to rough feeding and have many litters and are used as the female parent of crosses. Moreover, this kind of pig has a particularly high fat deposition rate, making it easy to obtain animal fat. Now they have four more local piglets.
On the horse draft list of the Agricultural Committee, only a pair of Tieling draft horses were brought, which were relatively rare draft horses in ancient China. The two racehorses Nick brought were not under their management originally, but after "Blue Lightning" died, the sad Nick placed "Alan Chi" under the Agriculture Committee. At first, Wu Nanhai was unhappy because the various care requirements put forward by Nick annoyed him: Why should he be fed five times a day and given warm water to drink...until Yang Baoguo said that this old racehorse was still Of some value - a mare.
"If it were a stallion, it would have been castrated when we started training for racing at the age of two or three, and it would be a waste now." Yang Guogui is quite satisfied with this horse.
"How big is it?"
"About thirteen or fourteen years old," Yang Guogui flipped through his notebook, "I haven't checked their teeth yet. Horses can live to be thirty years old. This horse is no longer good as a racehorse, but it can be used as a broodmare. one time."
The three captured local horses were identified by Yang Guigui as all Yunnan horses. They were about seven or eight years old, and two of them were geldings. These three horses can be used for direct driving.
"It's best to get some more horses." Wu Nanhai looked at the various small agricultural machinery unloaded in the yard that had not been sorted out. They had small walking tractors, as well as large and medium-sized tractors currently occupied by the engineering department, but for a long time It seems that we still need some draft animals that can be used for pulling. We must enter the era of mules and horses as soon as possible before the various resources of mechanization are exhausted, not only to meet our own needs, but also to meet the needs of farmers who adopt new farming methods.
"There are too many places where horses are needed, but Hainan is not a suitable place to raise horses." Yang Guogui shook his head, "The climate is a bit hot, and the rainy season is too humid. Horses are extremely delicate."
"How about some mules?" Ye Yuming suggested, "Don't we have a pair of donkeys?"
"Please, I'm not going to help the donkey right now..."
"Helping the donkey a**?" Ye Yuming looked confused, and even Wu Nanhai, a standard good man who was usually very serious, laughed lustfully:
"That's right, there's also butt pushing!" Wu Nanhai recalled that when he was in the animal husbandry class, the teacher taught horses to match their breeds. This class would make even girls born after 80 blush with embarrassment.
"What? Have you played before?" Yang Baobao asked Wu Nanhai with a smile.
"No, I have just taken this class and watched pornographic videos for horses several times."
"Let's put the matter of mating mules on hold for now. The breeding period of horses doesn't start until March. Moreover, these animals are very nervous. They have been tortured too much recently. Let them rest and recuperate first and adapt. Let’s talk about the environment.”
In addition to these big guys, there are also inconspicuous but very useful small animals: 2 pairs of rabbits (one pair each for wool and meat), 4 roosters of different varieties (half and half broiler and egg hens, and 2o hens) , 2 pairs of ducks, 2 pairs of turkeys, and 10 homing pigeons - also Nick's personal property. Finally, there is a tabby cat brought by an unknown girl. It seems to have been forgotten now, and it still wears a beautiful bow around its neck.
In addition to these living creatures, there are also animals in some cellular states: a liquid nitrogen storage tank containing goats, sheep, well-bred beef cattle, and dairy cows. The jar is currently stored in the ship's cold storage. However, they do not have the technology to produce liquid nitrogen and must find a suitable local mother plant as soon as possible.
After taking inventory of their property, the new farmers in the 21st century leveled the land and built simple poultry sheds. They used bamboo to form dense fences around the sand-padded free-range farms, and planted luffa, lentils and gourds to feed chickens and ducks. It provides shade and can harvest vegetables, killing two birds with one stone.
However, these chickens, ducks and poultry looked obviously dull and had low appetite after traveling a long distance. There is something wrong with disturbing these animals all the time. I hope the vast space and fresh air here can help them recover as soon as possible. Brothers are still waiting to eat eggs.
Wu Nanhai set up a grape trellis in the corridor of the yard, planted fruit trees in the open space on both sides, and planted several ridges of orchards under the trees, where various herbs and medicinal materials were planted.
"You are going to turn over the whole yard!" Huang Dashan pushed his two-wheeled cart over. He had just been transferred to the Agriculture Committee through the manpower group. On the trolley was his luggage.
"Haha, in a while, the flowers and fruits will be fragrant here." Wu Nanhai looked proudly at the messy shelves tied up with bamboo poles and ropes. He glanced at the newcomer wearing thick glasses:
"Who are you?"
"I am Huang Dashan, and this is my transfer order." Huang Dashan took out a small piece of paper from his pocket.
"Welcome, welcome!" Wu Nanhai remembered that this person had applied to come to the Agricultural Committee several times. The reason for applying was that he was good at cultivating edible fungi and had brought many strains and culture media. "Are you engaged in fungi cultivation? "
"No," Huang Dashan smiled harmlessly, "I am an experimenter in a biochemical laboratory. My specialty is the culture of animal bacteria/viruses. However, cultivating mushroom strains is purely a side job to subsidize income."
"Then let's treat the side job as a main job." Wu Nanhai was very satisfied with the newcomer's strength. "Do you think where is the right place to set up your mushroom shed?"
"It's been cultivated under the fruit trees. Under the grape trellis is the most suitable place." Huang Dashan looked around, "First plant the easy-to-live mushrooms. This is a good species and has a large yield. No need to build a shed. There will be more in the future. If the conditions are met, we can build a few more dedicated cultivation sheds. I have brought a lot of bacterial strains. But I have to have a room for a laboratory, and I have brought some common equipment for biochemical laboratories." He then added, "It's best to have a relatively independent house, far away from other creatures..."
"Huh?" Wu Nanhai didn't understand what he meant, but nodded anyway.
Yang Guogui was assigned a room as a veterinary room and a bedroom. He had worked tirelessly to hide it in his tent and carry it in a simple room. The large and small boxes he had worked so hard to carry along the way finally had a safe place. Inside were a complete set of animal medical equipment and information books. Wu Nanhai plans to set aside a house specifically to store the agricultural books, planting manuals and various teaching video CDs he brought as a specialized agricultural technology library.
