The next day, Zhao Changxing still got up on time, ate yesterday's leftovers, and came to Sedna to start working.
The days ahead are still busy and full of hope. During this period, he replanted rice, millet and beans, slaughtered and stored all the broiler chickens and fed new chicks, completed the installation and debugging of the communication network and hardware equipment, and transferred a considerable number of chickens to the market. The labor was handed over to Xiao Xi, who also completed the construction and commissioning of the second soilless cultivation workshop.
Also, the piglets were finally born from the artificial womb and were raised in a specially opened pig pen in the livestock breeding workshop. The fish pond was also built and fish fry were put in.
The second soilless cultivation workshop is still 100 square meters in area. Zhao Changxing plans to make some adjustments to the crops to be planted in this workshop.
The first is the increase in corn planting. Corn is not only edible by humans, it is also a high-quality feed that can be eaten by broilers, laying hens, pigs, rabbits, and fish. It is very useful.
The corn planting area is still nine meters long and four meters wide, with two rows of 1.8-meter-wide shelves placed in it. Because the corn is too tall, this shelf has only one layer. The total planting area is 32.4 square meters, and about 48 kilograms of corn can be harvested each season.
However, this is only the yield of corn seeds. In addition to corn seeds, corn cobs, corn plants, etc. can also be ground and used as feed or added to nutrient solutions, and will not be wasted.
Secondly, the soybean planting area will also expand. Zhao Changxing also expanded it to a width of four meters, and also placed two rows of 1.8-meter-wide shelves divided into two layers. The total planting area reached 64.8 square meters, and about 55 kilograms can be harvested each season. Plus No. 1 soilless A total of about 70 kilograms of beans can be harvested in the cultivation workshop each season.
Soybean oil freedom is not far away.
Zhao Changxing originally planned to plant some wheat in the No. 2 soilless cultivation workshop with a total area of 18 square meters, but the area was too small to be worthwhile, so he simply adjusted it into a vegetable planting area and planted some peppers and radishes. , cabbage, cucumber, and I plan to grow some mushrooms.
Because each type of vegetable has different environmental needs, he had to leave a narrow passage of 0.4 meters in the remaining two meters, leaving an area of 1.6 meters wide and 9 meters long. It is divided into five small cubicles with a width of 1.6 meters and a length of only 1.8 meters. A vegetable is grown in each small cubicle.
The area is smaller, but there are more varieties, and the overall output is still not low.
At this moment, in the artificial womb, the children have been gestating for almost eight months and are about to be born. After calculating the time and finding that these vegetables could catch up with the birth of the children, Zhao Changxing felt even happier.
As of now, the construction tasks of the first phase have been completed. There are five buildings in total, which can fully support yourself and your children.
Looking back on the nine months since arriving on Sedna, Zhao Changxing felt a little emotional.
At first, I couldn't even afford starch porridge. Until now, I have basically stopped eating the starch produced by the two reactors. Instead, I use it as feed, including oil, meat, and rice. With vegetables, life feels like a world away.
"The days to come will get better and better."
He thought to himself.
After the first phase of temporary buildings is completely completed, the second phase of permanent buildings will begin.
In the planning, the second phase of the permanent building, also known as the official Humanity Base No. 1, is roughly 100 meters wide and 120 meters long, with six to ten separate buildings extending around it, with a total area of Up to more than 13,000 square meters.
This is undoubtedly a very large building, and Zhao Changxing expects it to take several years to complete. This is under the premise that all the required building materials have been produced in modular formats, and all he needs to do is assemble them.
There is no way, there is really a shortage of manpower, almost everything needs to be done by myself, Xiao Xi's role in this process is limited.
When this building is completed, the building materials brought from the earth will basically be used up. If you want to build it in the future, you will have to promote the industrialization process and produce building materials yourself.
If nothing unexpected happens, as the first generation of humans, I will spend the rest of my time in this building. Of course, at that time, besides himself, there should have been more than a thousand other humans in this base.
Obviously, one human base cannot accommodate so many people. According to Zhao Changxing's plan, when the population reaches about 300, he should lead them and try to carry out small operations with the help of equipment brought from the earth. Large-scale, customized industrial production to continue to expand the scale of the base.
To build a formal Humanity Base No. 1, the first thing to do is to level the site. So Zhao Changxing first drove the "Red Flag" space vehicle and installed electric heating equipment. He first removed all torins, water ice, dry ice and other solids in this area, and then brought the steel shovel and bucket from the Huozhong spacecraft. Next, it took more than a month to transform the space vehicle into a forklift or an excavator according to the needs, and finally completed the foundation work.
After that, he was not in a hurry to take the next step, but hurriedly harvested some crops - these crops, plus the previous reserves, were enough for him to eat for at least half a month, and immediately returned to the Spark spacecraft.
The children will be born soon, and he may not have time to land on the surface in the next period of time.
Depending on individual physiques, different babies are born at different times, but they will probably all be born within the next ten days. If there are no accidents, the first baby will be born tonight. He will become the eldest brother among these ten people.
Yes, he is a baby boy.
After a quick meal, Zhao Changxing took a shower, carefully disinfected, put on isolation clothes, and went to the delivery room to wait.
Xiao Xi projected the data of Artificial Uterus No. 1 onto the screen in front of Zhao Changxing in real time, while he observed carefully and cooperated with Xiao Xi's analysis to determine the best time to deliver the baby.
When a certain data grew to the expected range, he made up his mind.
"Xiao Xi, artificial womb No. 1, has started giving birth."
"Okay Captain."
Artificial womb No. 1 was transported to Zhao Changxing. Observing the baby inside who was constantly stretching his body through the instrument, Zhao Changxing said to himself: "Little one, welcome to this world."
Every astronaut has received relevant training on how to operate an artificial womb to deliver a baby, and naturally so has Zhao Changxing. And frankly speaking, this kind of thing is not difficult, especially with Xiaoxi's cooperation.
But Zhao Changxing was still a little nervous at the moment.
It is a life after all. Probably the second human being besides himself in the entire universe.
Those are his compatriots, the ones whose genes are the most similar to his own among all species, who will speak the same language, eat the same food, and breathe the same air as him in the future... people.
Although he has no blood relationship with him, he is still his child.
Recalling the knowledge learned during the training, Zhao Changxing concentrated on operating until the little thing in his hand, which was only a little over three kilograms, with wrinkled and red skin, like a little old man, and an indescribably ugly little thing, let out a loud cry. until.
Beads of sweat broke out on Zhao Changxing's forehead.
After wrapping it and placing it in an insulated box, Zhao Changxing had time to wipe off his sweat.
Looking at the ugly baby who cried for a while and fell asleep again, Zhao Changxing finally smiled on his face.
"Hello, little guy. What should I name you? Hmm... King Zhao Qiansun, Li Zhou, Wu Zheng, you are the eldest brother, so just let your surname be Zhao. Let's call you Zhao... Zhao Ye. I hope that our human civilization will have a better future. It can also bloom and regain its former glory..."
He has decided that the surnames of the next nine babies to be born will be arranged according to the surnames of hundreds of families.
After delivering the baby, Zhao Changxing was finally willing to open the warehouse where the baby products were stored, took out the remaining precious milk powder, and boiled hot water to brew it.
There is not much milk powder left, so he has decided that only babies under one month old can eat milk powder. After confinement, they will eat other foods to grow up, leaving the milk powder for the next batch of babies born.
After recalling the five temporary buildings built in the first phase of the construction project, Zhao Changxing was still confident about feeding these children.
Newborn babies have very little food intake and need to eat small meals frequently and need to be fed every once in a while. Of course, artificial intelligence Xiaoxi can also complete this task - in fact, this is one of its main tasks. Its purpose is to liberate human productivity as much as possible, so that they can devote their limited energy to other things Go up.
Back on Earth, computer experts combined with maternal and infant experts to develop the most perfect program and execution hardware at the time. Xiaoxi can not only complete the task of feeding the baby, but also change the baby's diaper, wipe the baby's butt, and even play with the baby. But even so, Zhao Changxing still couldn't let go. He couldn't help but come to check on the baby's condition and feed him himself.
In the incubator, the baby named Zhao Ye was crying. Zhao Changxing carefully put the bottle into his mouth, and then he stopped crying, sucked and drank. Zhao Changxing didn't leave until he fell asleep again.
That night, Zhao Changxing woke up five times. In the past, he had always slept until dawn. Every time I wake up, I can't help but go to the nursery cabin to check and make sure the baby is okay before leaving.
By the next day, the second baby's indicators had also reached the time of birth. This is a baby girl. After delivering her baby, Zhao Changxing named her Qian Yue. Then that night, Zhao Changxing was woken up by Xiao Xi and delivered the third baby, then the fourth, the fifth...
Until all ten babies were delivered safely.
At this moment, it was like a symphony was playing in the nursery cabin, with babies crying everywhere.
