Chapter 373 : The Cruel Northwest Desert
Although Jiang Fan could see that these Populus euphratica saplings had survived, they didn't know much about the villagers!
By the time I finished everything I was busy with, it was already approaching noon, and the sun in the northwest desert had become even more fierce, giving people a painful feeling when it shined on them!
Some villagers couldn't bear the scorching sun!
At this time, Jiang Fan walked up to Liu Gensheng and said!
"Director Liu, the Populus euphratica saplings have been planted, they should survive without any problem!"
Liu Gensheng frowned and looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and then at the newly planted Populus euphratica saplings. He wiped the sweat with his hand and said!
"Professor Jiang Fan, are you sure these Populus euphratica saplings can survive?"
"Um!"
Jiang Fan nodded and said!
Liu Gensheng felt uncomfortable seeing everyone being so hot, so he didn't say anything else to Jiang Fan!
Then, he walked up to the village chief!
"Village Chief Ma, in such a hot weather, please let the villagers go back."
Village Chief Ma was wiping the sweat on his forehead with a white towel hanging around his neck. To be honest, he was sweating all over because of the heat!
"But... Director Lao Gen, the saplings planted by this little kid..."
Liu Gensheng took a look at the poplar sapling with some curled leaves, and then said slowly!
"As for whether we can survive, we will know tomorrow morning. It is not an option for everyone to wait here for now!"
Village Chief Ma glanced at the saplings and agreed: "Okay!"
Then he shouted to all the villagers!
"Everyone, please stop waiting here and go back. If you continue watching, you will suffer from heat stroke!"
A villager who refused to give up said!
"Village chief, why are you so anxious? I think in half an hour these poplar saplings will be sunburned to death!"
"Half an hour? I think the saplings haven't been burned to death. You will be dried into meat first!"
Village Chief Ma joked!
The other villagers also laughed loudly!
Under the persuasion of the village chief and Liu Gensheng, the villagers returned obediently!
When they went back, many people looked back from time to time. They were all very curious, what would be the final result of the new variety cultivated in an hour?
On the way back, many villagers started talking!
"What do you think will happen to the saplings cultivated by the little expert?"
"What else can I do? With such harsh sunlight, the temperature of the sand at this time must be at least over 50 degrees. The roots of those saplings will definitely be scalded to death!"
"Well, you are right. I have lived on the edge of the northwest desert for more than fifty years, and this is the first time I have seen saplings planted in the middle of the day. Isn't this looking for death?"
"Director Lao Gen also said that we will see the results tomorrow. In my opinion, those saplings will not survive for another half hour!"
"..."
All the villagers are convinced that the Populus euphratica trees planted by Jiang Fan will definitely die!
Because they live here all year round, they know very well how terrifying the temperature is from 2 to 4 pm in the northwest desert!
The air temperature is over 40 degrees, and the temperature on the desert surface is as high as about 70 degrees!
During this period, animals living in the desert must find a shelter from the sun, otherwise their only fate is to be burned to death by the scorching sun!
Therefore, in their opinion, even if the saplings cultivated by Jiang Fan are very sun-resistant, they will never be able to withstand the death period of the desert!
The villagers quickly returned to their homes. The first thing many villagers did when they returned home was to take a cold shower to cool down!
The weather is so hot!
Jiang Fan also followed Director Liu Gensheng back to the Northwest Desert Management Bureau!
Because the country’s leaders told Director Liu Gensheng that they must fully cooperate with Jiang Fan!
Therefore, after Liu Gensheng returned to the Northwest Desert Management Bureau, he had a casual meal with Jiang Fan.
Afterwards, he took Jiang Fan to visit their sapling cultivation base!
The entire cultivation base is very large. Through Liu Gensheng’s introduction, we learned that there are almost 10 Populus euphratica saplings here!
Jiang Fan looked at the leafy saplings and said!
"Director Liu, these saplings you cultivated are quite good!"
"Hey! I'm not afraid of your jokes. When the saplings we cultivate are planted in spring, the survival rate of 100,000 Populus euphratica saplings will be less than 1%!"
After Liu Gensheng finished speaking, he looked ashamed!
Jiang Fan couldn't believe that out of 100,000 poplar saplings with lush branches, less than 1,000 survived. This mortality rate was too high!
But it also reflects the harsh environment of the northwest desert!
However, Jiang Fan was secretly glad that he now had the super Populus euphratica sapling technology rewarded by the system.
If all these Populus euphratica saplings are cultivated again, he can guarantee that the survival rate will be at least 95%!
However, Jiang Fan did not express his thoughts to Liu Gensheng at this time!
Because the other party has no trust in me now!
Just wait until tomorrow. Director Liu Gensheng saw that the 18 Populus euphratica saplings he planted today are still alive!
When the time comes, he will put forward his own ideas, and I believe Director Liu Gensheng will fully support him!
The time soon arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, it was officially the death point in the desert as the villagers of the Ma family called it!
On the edge of the northwest desert, a nearly 6-year-old poplar tree has some withered yellow leaves hanging on it. The bark also has cracks, revealing some blackened wood inside!
It stands to reason that a 6-year-old Populus euphratica tree is in its prime and should not be in its current situation!
Just because of the high temperature in the past few days, the originally lush poplar trees have been sunk into this!
The heat evaporates from the desert on the ground, and the smoked leaves keep falling down!
However, the venomous sunshine is already scorching the earth, and there is no mercy at all!
Time passed like this minute by minute, and finally this poplar tree that should have been young and strong, with the last leaf falling off, its life also came to an end!
In fact, in the northwest desert, this happens every day!
As these poplar trees fall, the desert will soon engulf them, and then erode towards the land bit by bit!
It wasn’t until the sun set that the temperature slowly dropped!
Some animals living in the desert have also begun to crawl out of their caves to look for food!
At this time, the northwest desert shows its tender side!
This is probably the charm of nature. When it is scary, it will scare you and scare you away. When it is kind, it is as gentle as water and breeds many lives!
Speechless all night!
Early the next morning!
The curious villagers, led by Village Chief Ma, went to see the poplar trees planted by Jiang Fan yesterday!
When they came to the 18 Populus euphratica saplings planted yesterday!
Chapter completed!