Chapter 754: The Ninth Planting Center

"Has everyone seen the news? Last night, the White III Base was hit by a super typhoon, and crops over a large area were affected."

In the Territory Lord channel, Qi Fu's uneasy voice came through. "The news online says the wind speed at the center of the typhoon reached level 16; the casualties are still unclear."

Xia Qing, who was catching insects, pressed the intercom button. "Brother Qi, White III is currently in the critical period for rice seedling cultivation, right?"

"Right. It's colder there than here; they can only grow one crop of rice a year, and they are currently cultivating seedlings. Sigh..." After finishing, Qi Fu sighed heavily.

Morning was a good time for work, and the territory lords were basically all online. Mother Shi also spoke up, "With a super typhoon passing through, the sheds and greenhouses must have been blown down, and the rice seedlings won't be saved either."

Zhao Ze asked, "Is it still in time for them to clean up the farmland and re-cultivate seedlings now?"

Yu Shou replied, "My hometown is in that corner of Baicheng; it's still in time to re-cultivate seedlings."

No one asked why Yu Shou didn't go back after retiring from the army, but instead stayed in this territory. Because there was no need to ask; him not going back meant there were no relatives left in his family worth going back for.

Among the humans who survived the eleven years of natural disasters, many were lonely individuals.

Huo Lei also came online. "Qing, can I go over and take a look at your sheds? The sheds here aren't built sturdily; they creak and groan as soon as the wind blows. I want to follow your style and reinforce my sheds before the Qi rain."

Huo Lei was an expert at blacksmithing, but a layman at building sheds.

Xia Qing pressed the button. "Sure."

Wen Nengjie immediately came online. "Sister Qing, can I go with Uncle Huo? My sheds also have some problems, and I don't know how to reinforce them."

Learning how to reinforce sheds was one thing; Wen Nengjie mainly wanted to get close to Xia Qing. Territory No. 3 hadn't hired anyone to weed or work for a while, and Wen Nengjie couldn't find a chance to show his presence in front of Xia Qing.

One person or two people made no difference. Xia Qing pressed the button. "Sure."

After hearing the news that the White III Base had been hit by a typhoon and the sheds had all been blown down, the territory lords didn't feel at ease. So, upon hearing that Wen Nengjie was also allowed to enter Territory No. 3, the allies of the Territory Alliance also successively made requests to visit the sheds of Territory No. 3.

Although Xia Qing's fields weren't the best planted, she had been a construction team leader and had led teams to build sheds for the planting center in the safe zone, so her shed-building technique was the most outstanding in this territory; even Qi Fu's technique wasn't as good as hers.

Consequently, after breakfast, a large wave of people entered the south gate of Territory No. 3.

Besides the allies and Wen Nengjie, Jiang Ying, who was farming in Territory No. 15, also followed Yu Shou over.

Although Jiang Ying had only entered the territory for over a month, she was very diligent; she had already opened up more than two *mu* of wasteland and was preparing materials, planning to build sheds in the next few days and start farming after the second Qi rain.

So, hearing that Yu Shou was coming to learn, she obtained Xia Qing's consent and came along. Jiang Ying, entering Territory No. 3 for the first time, followed cautiously beside Zhu Li, not daring to look around.

Tan Qi? That little girl had bumped into a sharp-edged stone during yesterday's special training and had to lie in bed for a few days.

Walking to the ten sheds neatly arranged on both sides of the road, Jiang Ying saw at a glance that Xia Qing's sheds were built better than those in Territory No. 15, and she wished she could take out her phone to measure the dimensions of the shed frames.

Wen Nengjie immediately started praising, "It has to be Sister Qing; even the doors of the sheds are made so well. My doors have long since deformed."

Xia Qing explained, "Mine have also deformed and been adjusted."

Wen Nengjie continued praising, "Sister Qing is truly diligent, farming so much land alone and still having the energy to fix doors."

Tang Huai rolled his eyes, looking around for Sheep Boss.

After entering the shed, Huo Zhun saw at a glance the hardness-evolved bamboo strips Xia Qing had replaced, and asked Xia Qing, "Qing, is there any trick to installing these bamboo strips here?"

Xia Qing explained in detail without reservation, "When it's windy, I found that the wind force at this position is greater than in other places, so the shed frame here is easily damaged. I added extra support poles here, and the fixing ropes on the outside have also been replaced with iron wire..."

Everyone listened earnestly and scrambled to ask questions; everyone gained quite a bit.

Because the size and structure of each shed were the same, after touring two sheds, the group didn't continue north and said their goodbyes to return to their own territories to get busy. Only Tang Huai stayed behind to gossip with Xia Qing.

"Have you heard? The case of Territory No. 9 has been concluded. Shan Ying is innocent; Zhang Qikun took on most of the blame, and Li Si took on a part. She voluntarily gave up Territory No. 9 and used her thirty-plus patented technologies to exchange for a chance to enter the Red XI Planting Center. Assistant Xiao Liu of Territory No. 9 and several researchers taken there all followed Li Si into the Red XI Planting Center, and none of them are coming back."

Xia Qing nodded; she had received the news sent by Yang Jin yesterday.

This chance to turn over a new leaf was something Li Si had exchanged with Zhang San using the antidote for the poison gas bombs. The Red XI Base was the place Zhang San had chosen for Li Si to settle down. Having finally escaped the control of the Liehuo, they naturally wouldn't come back. "Have you found out how Territory No. 9 is being arranged?"

"I found out." Tang Huai sighed exaggeratedly.

"Because the soil quality and water source here are good, and there is protection from the Wolf God and the perimeter wall, and the strength of the territory lords is also very powerful, the base management decided to build Territory No. 9 into the Ninth Planting Center of Hui III, not letting territory lords apply for it. Originally, a good buddy of mine wanted to apply for this piece of land and come be my neighbor."

Xia Qing really didn't know about this. "Is it already confirmed?"

Tang Huai nodded. "Eight or nine out of ten. My dad said the base high-level management has already started looking for the person in charge of the Ninth Planting Center. After they come, they will definitely make a lot of noise."

Too much noise affected catching insects, so Tang Huai was naturally unhappy.

Xia Qing also didn't want Territory No. 9 to be changed into a planting center.

Because a planting center would very likely come to nearby territories from time to time to conduct research, comparing the crop growth situation of each territory, and deeply analyzing why the seedlings in this territory grew well and the seedlings in that territory grew poorly.

If other territories allowed them to enter and take samples at will, and only Xia Qing's territory didn't, it would arouse suspicion and increase the risk of the pollution-free spring water in Territory No. 3 being exposed.

Rather than dealing with it passively when the time came, it was better not to let the Ninth Planting Center be built in the first place.

After exchanging another set of dog protective gear with Tang Huai and sending him away, Xia Qing immediately contacted her idol by phone and ran over to discuss with him what to do.

Zhang San yawned. "Since it's already decided, then let it be built. I'll be the person in charge of the Ninth Planting Center."

Xia Qing's eyes lit up instantly.

Idol!

Worthy of being her idol standing at the top of the Blue Star pyramid!

The problem that seemed very thorny to her was solved by her idol in one sentence.

Zhang San's qualifications as a big shot were right there; as long as he proposed to be the person in charge of this newly built area, the Hui III Base Chief would definitely agree with both hands and feet.

Even if someone wanted to compete with Zhang San for this position, they had to see if they were qualified enough! As far as Xia Qing knew, there was no one in the Hui III Base who could compete with Zhang San.

Since it was a matter that could be solved in one sentence, and her idol still let her run this trip, there must be something he wanted her to do. Xia Qing suppressed her overflowing admiration and asked her idol what he wanted her to do.

Zhang San was very satisfied with Xia Qing's "tactfulness." "The Northern Three District territories are almost built. The two people living in the ruins near the Third District need to be transferred and settled. Can the valley on Mountain No. 50 hold two more people?" ===== CHAPTER 755 =====