Chapter 1752: The Quality Seeds in Xia Qing's Hands

Qi Fu had gone to the hidden valley at Mountain Fifty to tend the rice seedlings and hadn't returned yet. Yuan Yan came online to answer Zhao Ze's question. "We're planning to plant five mu of green-light alfalfa, four mu of green-light perilla, one mu of green-light horse-ear vegetable, one mu of yellow-light horse-ear vegetable, and one mu of yellow-light sedge. What about everyone else?"

In the first half of this year, regardless of how many mu of grain-substitute vegetables were planted within the territory, the base would subsidize them at a rate of 250 points per mu.

Besides, the problems caused by the evolution of soil anaerobic bacteria had not been completely resolved. Planting grain-substitute vegetables with short growth periods was more reliable than planting grain crops with long growth cycles.

Under the influence of these two factors, everyone planned to plant a few more mu. So, hearing that Territory Five was planting twelve mu, Zhao Ze wasn't surprised. "I'm also planning to plant five mu of green-light alfalfa. Thanks to Sister Yan and Brother Qi, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have saved up enough alfalfa seed for five mu."

After the soil anaerobic bacteria disaster broke out in late autumn last year, Fu Alliance Leader Qi Fu proposed at the territory alliance meeting that everyone plant a few more greenhouses of green-light vegetables in winter. Besides the income from selling the leaves, they could also stockpile more quality vegetable seeds, and plant a few more greenhouses of green-light vegetables after the first blight rain in spring.

Apart from Xia Qing, everyone adopted Qi Fu's suggestion and increased the planting area of leaf-eating vegetables.

Xia Qing didn't not want to plant more vegetables—she simply had nowhere to plant them.

Of the two earthen-wall greenhouses inside Territory Three, one was used by her for beekeeping, and half of the other greenhouse was used to raise chickens, fish, and insects, while the other half was used to grow vegetables and grass.

This half-greenhouse of plants wasn't even enough for her and her animal companions, the chickens, and the mealworms to eat, so these plants never got the chance to grow to the seeding stage before being eaten clean.

Picking up stones in the field, Xia Qing listened to her allies all planning to plant over a dozen mu of grain-substitute vegetables, and silently decided to build another earthen-wall greenhouse this autumn.

Farming was hard work. The income from planting over a dozen mu and being busy for half a year wasn't as much as Xia Qing earned from a single mission as a top-tier sniper. But as a lord, Xia Qing preferred farming.

However, the main purpose of the new greenhouse wasn't to grow vegetables, but to plant quality forage grass.

Under the careful tending of Xia Qing, Wolf Lao Er, and Sheep Boss, the little yellow cow in Territory Three had grown fat and sturdy, and could be bred by next winter. Pregnant and lactating cows needed to be fed high-nutrition forage grass.

Once the little yellow cow started producing milk, the surplus that Xia Qing and Lao Er couldn't finish could be sold to Third Brother, Broken-Waist Wolf, or Fourth.

Xia Qing was mulling over the pricing of fresh milk when she heard her colleague Kuang Qingwei come online.

"Anyone want to plant yellow-light ryegrass? I got my hands on the latest ryegrass seeds bred by the Red One Base Breeding Center—the blight element content is 8-10.5‰. After planting, you can cut two crops in three months. Given our soil conditions and climate here, as long as no extreme natural disasters hit, one mu can yield two to three thousand jin per crop. The current market price is 0.3 points per jin. One mu needs eight jin of seed, and each jin of seed is 70 points. Anyone who wants some, leave your number."

Tan Qi was the first to sign up. "Uncle Qing, I want sixteen jin."

"You got it." Kuang Qingwei cheerfully agreed and noted it down.

Tang Huai immediately came online to praise him. "Worthy of being class monitor—Tan Qi's calculation speed is really fast. Brother Qing, I want a hundred jin."

Inside Territory Ten, Shi Du, who was squatting at the edge of the field using a twig to write out equations and calculate how many points one mu could earn, took a ten-thousand-point critical hit.

Huo Zhun? He had already flown out of Northern Zone One and couldn't hear Tang Huai's gut-punching remark.

Shi Du pressed the walkie-talkie button. "Old Kuang, I want six jin."

"You got it."

Wen Nengjie also came online. "Brother Huai, don't locusts love eating ryegrass?"

Tang Huai answered, "Obviously. If they didn't love it, why would I buy so much grass seed? Brother Qing really has connections—this grass seed is a hot commodity."

Kuang Qingwei said modestly, "I also had to ask around a lot of people, and I got a boost from our alliance's organic fertilizer plant. I took the chance when they came to ask me about organic fertilizer to get my hands on it. The total quantity is only 1,500 jin. If everyone has ordered and there's some left over, I'll ask the other allies."

Wen Nengjie immediately came online. "I must have accumulated virtue in my past life to be able to become allies with everyone and farm together in this life. Brother Qing, I want sixteen jin."

"You got it." Kuang Qingwei agreed.

The fields in the safe zone needed improvement, and the livestock at the breeding center needed quality forage grass. Yuan Yan figured the price of ryegrass shouldn't drop when it matured, and also planned to try planting one mu. "Brother Qing, I want eight jin."

Xia Qing also pressed the button. "Brother Qing, I want ten jin."

Hearing Xia Qing come online, everyone got excited at once. After Kuang Qingwei replied, Tang Huai jumped in first. "Sister Qing, is one mu enough for your sheep and cow to eat?"

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button and answered briefly, "I've also stockpiled some quality grass seeds."

Hearing that Xia Qing had quality grass seeds, Kuang Qingwei immediately asked what grade they were.

The territory alliance was originally a farming mutual-aid alliance, and Xia Qing didn't hide her quality seeds. "Besides the crested wheatgrass, barley grass, and chicory seeds I planted last year, I got my hands on Red One's ryegrass with a blight element content of 3-4.3‰, but the quantity is a bit small—only about 2,700 seeds. I also got a packet of evolved chicory seeds with a blight element content of 2.5-4‰, enough to plant two mu. Once they produce grass seed, I can trade some with everyone."

The former had been brought back from Red One by Zhang Song for her, and the latter had been brought from Blue One by Boss Wu for her. These were all quality green-light seeds that couldn't be bought on the market.

Xia Qing had originally planned this year to plant a portion of each type of grass outdoors, letting Sheep Boss and the little yellow cow graze freely. The yellow-light ryegrass Kuang Qingwei had gotten was also hard to come by, but for Xia Qing it wasn't exactly precious, so after trading for it, she planted it all outdoors.

Tang Huai, who raised insects, immediately jumped in. "Thanks, Sister Qing. I'll line up first—I need both the green-light ryegrass and the chicory seeds."

Tang Huai's apprentice Wen Nengjie followed right behind. "Sister Qing, I'll also line up. Like Brother Huai, I want to trade for green-light ryegrass and chicory seeds. Thanks, Sister Qing."

Kuang Qingwei followed up. "Sister Qing, I'll also line up."

Although Xia Qing didn't say where her evolved chicory came from, Kuang Qingwei guessed it was most likely Lanmu-13, the latest forage grass that Lancheng Base was building hype to promote.

Because the big shot Wu Chengyu from Lancheng, before using a giant helicopter to move his home into Territory Eleven, had visited Territory Three to call on Xia Qing. Boss Wu certainly wouldn't go empty-handed; to cater to her tastes, what he most likely gave Xia Qing was seeds of the quality forage grass Lanmu-13.

A big shot is a big shot—such precious seeds, and he gave enough to plant two mu in one go!

Kuang Qingwei was very self-aware. This level of big shot was beyond his reach; what he could do was maintain a good ally relationship with Xia Qing. Through Xia Qing, get connected to Boss Wu's line.

Kuang Qingwei dreamed of having that fortress the big shot had transported by helicopter. Even just a two-square-meter piece would do—in the future, when extreme natural or man-made disasters struck, it could let him and his wife take their most precious supplies and hide inside, as long as they survived.

"Xia Qing."

Just as everyone was enthusiastically discussing grass seeds, Zhang San came online. "I'll also line up."

Everyone!!!

Xia Qing...