vrcanaries Chapter 403 Once a large-scale drought occurs, a food crisis will break out, and this cannot be chan
Chapter 403 Once a large-scale drought occurs, a food crisis will break out, and this cannot be chan
Lin Zhenhua really didn't want to bring up this matter at this time, but as the topic came to a head, he felt that this matter had to be brought to light. Not only did he have to deal with the Japanese's spring raid, but he also had to deal with natural disasters that might break out in the future.
Zhao Gang was confused by Lin Zhenhua's sudden turn of words. It was obvious that grain production would increase after using fertilizers on the land, but why did he suddenly change the subject and bring up disaster prevention? Zhao Gang was really a little overwhelmed.
"College student, I can understand what you said before. After all, with the promotion of food and high-yield seeds, the food production in our base area will definitely increase significantly. But then you said we need to prepare for disasters. Are we going to have a large-scale drought like the Central Plains?"
It's no wonder Zhao Gang thought too much. This is what Lin Zhenhua meant. This is not a trivial matter. It concerns the survival of nearly one million people. There is no room for carelessness. If this person has no water to drink and no food to eat, then he really has only one way to go, which is to flee. There is no other way.
Li Yunlong interrupted anxiously, "College student, how many things do you want to hide from us? At this time, you are still hiding things. What's the point? If there is a drought next year, we have to start preparing now. We can't wait until the signs appear before solving the problem. By then, it will be too late!"
Ding Wei also asked anxiously, "College student, you suddenly have to produce so many transport planes. Did you find out something in advance? I hope you won't hide anything. Tell us everything about this matter so that we can know what's going on in advance and take countermeasures."
Ding Wei's speech became a little unclear. It was not that Ding Wei had become dumb, but Ding Wei knew what terrible consequences would be if a large-scale drought occurred. This made Ding Wei so anxious that he spoke incoherently and lost his composure. Fortunately, Kong Jie pulled him in time and he gradually calmed down. However, the worry on his face did not dissipate, but became more intense.
Kong Jie did not continue to ask questions. He also looked at Lin Zhenhua with a sharp gaze, wanting him to tell the secret. Facing the gazes of the crowd, Lin Zhenhua knew that the matter could no longer be hidden. Now it was 1942. According to his increasingly vague historical memory, the large-scale natural disasters that swept across the four provinces would come one after another this year.
Lin Zhenhua first picked up the tea bowl on the table, drank the tea in the bowl, wiped the slightly wet corners of his mouth, and said with fear: "According to my investigations in recent days, plus the forecast results of the weather forecast bottle, there will be no significant effective precipitation in the next three or four months, which will seriously affect our spring farming."
"The reason why I didn't bring this up is mainly because we built ditches on a large scale before. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so eager to open up the roads in the base. After all, that would be very beneficial to the enemy's attack. I thought there would be more snowfall this winter, but who would have thought that it has only snowed three times since the beginning of winter. The amount of snowfall is half less than in previous years. It didn't attract my attention at first. After all, it was a blizzard when it snowed the first time, and the amount of snowfall was still relatively large."
"But the second and third snowfalls were significantly less, and the gap with previous years was getting bigger and bigger, which aroused my vigilance. I immediately found an elderly farmer and asked him about the snowfall in previous years. I found that since the beginning of autumn, the rainfall has been significantly less than in previous years."
"Therefore, I boldly speculate that there is a high probability of a large-scale drought in the second half of this year. This is why I want to restart the air transport line and even forget the real reason for punishing Chen Minggeng. Once a large-scale drought occurs and a serious food crisis breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous."
"For the time being, we should not think about expanding our base. The most important thing now is to find a way to store more food, exchange all the money we have for food, and restart trade with Chen Minggeng. I sent two transport planes to the transfer station last night. We should be able to connect with Chen Minggeng this morning. I estimate that we will receive the telegram from Zhao Tianming in the evening."
The four people, including Li Yunlong, did not know that Lin Zhenhua had already started preparations in secret, which made them less worried. However, after hearing that there would be a large-scale drought, the expressions on their faces did not change from gloomy to sunny, but became even more gloomy.
Li Yunlong slammed the table heavily and angrily cursed: "College student, you son of a bitch, why didn't you tell us earlier after you found out about this situation? If you had told us a few days earlier, I would have tried every means to buy more food from Chu Yunfei. Fortunately, it's not too late for you to tell us now. If you wait a month, I won't be able to get more food even if I have great ability."
Zhao Gang quickly stepped forward to persuade him, "Old Li, this is just a college student's speculation after all. No one can be sure whether it will come true! Food is indeed hard currency now, but it is also very troublesome to store. Starting tomorrow, I will arrange for people to restart the two compressed biscuit production lines and use our stored grain to produce compressed biscuits for storage."
"Compressed biscuits are easier to preserve than grains, can be stored for a longer time, and take up much less space. They are indeed a very suitable way of storing food for us. Although the taste is not very good, as long as people can survive, there is no need to pay attention to the so-called taste at this time!"
"College student, you know more than the rest of us. Now that this matter has been brought up, let's just solve it. Tell us your ideas first. If there is anything you need to add, we will add it. Let's work together to nip the food crisis in the bud!"
Lin Zhenhua took out the small notebook in his arms and said in a low voice: "Since Lao Zhao asked me to speak, I will take out some measures I have thought of and talk about them! Drought in the future is already a high-probability event. Whether it happens or not, we must prepare for it as soon as it happens!"
"The first thing to do is to plant trees. Each person in the base must plant 20 trees. Trees can effectively prevent soil erosion. I can't guarantee that it will have a very big effect, but what I can guarantee is that there will definitely be some improvement. I can't give you an accurate answer to what extent, but anyway, we need to plant more trees."
"The second point is to build more irrigation facilities and use the cement produced by our cement factory to build rivers. If we have the ability, we can build a reservoir. The reservoir can not only be used for irrigation of fields, but also for daily life of the people. We can also raise fish in it to enrich our meat source. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
"My suggestion is to mobilize the people in the base to build a medium-sized reservoir and three small reservoirs. In order to speed up the construction, we can use the construction site as a shooting range for our artillery. We can also use explosives for blasting to speed up the construction of the reservoirs."
"The third point is to open up more channels for purchasing food. We can use the money and medicine we need to exchange for food. One hundred thousand or one million catties is not too much, and one or two hundred catties is not too little. In short, the more the better."
"In addition to preventing future food crises, we also have to be careful of plagues and ensure that the people have hot water for every meal. This is indeed a very difficult task, but fortunately we have captured a lot of puppet soldiers before, and we can let them go up the mountain to dig coal and undergo labor reform to make up for the shortage of our coal production."
"Starting from the day after tomorrow, each person will be supplied with 30 kilograms of coal per month. We will be responsible for the supply and will not charge the people a single penny. We have only one request for the people: that they drink hot water at every meal and never drink cold water again."
"In order to improve the medical conditions of the people in the base area, we need to break up our field hospitals into smaller units and station them in various villages. We must ensure that there is a health worker in each village. If this is not possible for the time being, we will urgently train a group of people. I will personally take charge of this matter. We will set up a crash course and train a group of people every ten days. We don't need them to cure all diseases, as long as they can treat headaches and fevers."
"We don't train health workers to become miracle doctors. Of course, they can't become miracle doctors in ten days. As long as they can meet the basic medical needs of the villagers, those with complicated diseases can go to the field hospital for treatment. We need to carry out medical triage."
Zhao Gang clapped his hands excitedly. No one had ever thought of training health workers before. It was very difficult for ordinary people to see a doctor on weekdays, and they basically had to endure hardships. Now with Lin Zhenhua's move, it can effectively prevent the plague and unite the military and the people. It is indeed a very good and major move.
"College student, you are very thoughtful. I will give you the full responsibility of opening up the air transport line. I will go and check the accounts in a moment and sell everything we can. I will give you the money to buy food."
"Lao Li, Lao Ding, Lao Kong, the three of you should not be idle. Hurry up and lead the people in the base to plant trees, repair rivers and build reservoirs. Lao Xing will continue to be in charge of the training of the troops. Starting tomorrow, our base will have to start moving again. Even though the New Year is coming soon, we can't just sit there and sleep. We have to start preparing!"
"According to the Gregorian calendar, it is already 1942, and we don't have much time to prepare. We must not have any fluke at this time, and we must think of the difficulties as big as possible. Only in this way, when the disaster really comes, we will not be in a panic!"