HPDBC Chapter 17 System Upgrade, Planting New Varieties!
Chapter 17 System Upgrade, Planting New Varieties!
Xu Ran contacted the merchants and began the construction of the new greenhouse in a large-scale manner.
We're going to build two this time.
Investing in one greenhouse costs 10 yuan, and two greenhouses would cost 20 yuan.
This money was actually spent.
Now, you can get bank loans to start an agricultural business, and there are policy supports. However, Xu Ran's funds are just enough, so she chooses to invest with her own capital.
No loan is needed at present.
"I suddenly became poor and didn't have much savings left."
"We have to rely on tomatoes to make money."
Xu Ran thought to herself.
The farm currently has three greenhouses, two of which are planted with autumn-delayed watermelons. The seedlings are raised in June and planted in July, so they should be ready for harvest around National Day.
One of the greenhouses grows top-quality tomatoes.
There were about twenty pigs and a hundred chickens left.
But now pork prices are very low, almost at their lowest point, so selling them won't make any money.
Thinking about it that way, he felt a bit of pressure.
Xu Ran brought up the system and viewed the distribution map of rare plants.
The map can display rare plants within a one-kilometer radius of him.
"Why don't you go hiking in the mountains? You can make money in the mountains. With this map, you can easily earn a few hundred or a thousand a day."
"Let's go take a look tomorrow."
Xu Ran made a decision in her heart.
Starting a business is tough!
There were news reports during the economic downturn that bosses went out to work to pay their employees' wages.
These are all perfectly normal.
In entrepreneurship, success makes you a big shot, failure means losing money—that's always been the case.
However, Xu Ran has a cheat code; it's just that things will be slower at first, but life will get better soon.
New greenhouses are being built, and workers are busy on the farm every day installing them.
With some new faces appearing, the three Border Collies curiously watched the spectacle from the surrounding area.
Dogs, just like people, enjoy watching exciting things.
Owls hide in their nests and rarely show themselves.
After finishing their work, Li Wu and Zhang Wen returned to the new greenhouse and watched the workers construct it.
Many men enjoy watching construction sites; it's a simple activity that can relax the body, which is quite amazing.
Before building the greenhouses, the workers would remove weeds and cultivate the land, which saved the farm some trouble.
During this process, Xu Ran successfully completed her task.
[The task of reclaiming wasteland has been completed.]
[Reward: 2 Smart Agricultural Drones]
[Quest experience 10/10, level up.]
[Current: Quest function level LV2, quest reward quality improved. Shop function level LV2, new items added.]
The next upgrade requires 30 experience points.
A prompt appears on the system panel.
Xu Ran immediately opened the store to check.
The store has new items, including some tools and medicines for treating diseases.
There are also items such as radiation protection work clothes, nuclear wastewater purifiers, and soil purification devices.
However, these items are very expensive, mostly costing over 100,000 system coins.
"It seems the apocalypse the system was talking about is a radiation background; I reckon the animals might have mutated."
"It's alright, as long as it's not a weird background."
"Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
Xu Ran thought to himself.
Sometimes he was quite curious about the apocalypse mentioned by the system and wanted to know what the end times were like.
Now we can roughly guess some of it.
In addition, the store has added a "Daily Picks" section.
This section is updated daily and contains three items.
The crops updated today are:
[Premium sunflower seeds, 100 system coins * 1 bag (10 seeds), high oil content, plump seeds, excellent taste, can be redeemed infinitely.]
[Anti-radiation diving suit, 5 system coins, maximum 1 suit can be redeemed]
[Special Growth Potion, 3000 System Coins, increases crop growth rate by 10%, maximum effective area 10 acres, maximum of 2 bottles can be redeemed.]
Xu Ran looked at the three options.
"Sunflowers? The best time to plant sunflowers is March or April. It's June now, so it's not too late to plant them."
"Let me check the market first."
Xu Ran first exchanged for the growth potion with special effects.
He checked the instructions and found that this bottle of medicine could be mixed with water or pesticide and sprayed on, making it very convenient to use.
This is truly a wonderful product.
Next, Xu Ran began to learn about the sunflower market. People in the industry generally refer to it as "growing sunflowers" or "growing edible sunflowers."
As an agricultural worker, Xu Ran is well aware that farming is somewhat of a gamble.
Choosing what to plant is very important.
There are cases online where someone invested 50 yuan to grow sunflowers and earned 200 million yuan a year. That's because they caught a good market and were lucky.
Compared to betting correctly.
If you invest in other types of stocks, the losses could be halved.
Xu Ran returned to her room, searched for information online, and watched many related videos.
"Sunflowers are really easy to grow, and the prospects are quite good. Even with ordinary sunflowers, it's easy to earn 2000 yuan per mu. If the yield is higher and the variety is better, it's possible to earn 1 yuan per mu."
Xu Ran immediately became interested.
He has no shortage of system coins now.
Watermelons were classified as a "rare" crop, and after selling them, he earned a whopping 26 system coins!
In the apocalypse, earning system coins is extremely difficult, since crops grow slowly and the soil is poor.
But now it is the modern 21st century. Xu Ran's farm has fertile soil and sells a lot of agricultural products every year. Take greenhouse watermelons, for example, they can be sold three times a year.
They sell once in the fall, once during the Lunar New Year, and once at the beginning of summer.
Therefore, earning system coins was too easy for him.
Definitely a nouveau riche.
"They've changed! They're not planting autumn green beans anymore. Green beans are only worth a few dollars, and they're planted everywhere."
"Let's plant sunflowers!"
Xu Ran decided to exchange for the seeds.
1亩地能种1000颗向日葵，20亩地就是2万颗，兑换需要20万系统币。
Spend directly.
They're not short of money at all.
As for the origin of the seeds, Xu Ran plans to drive his small truck out and say he's hauling goods, then bring the seeds back.
Xu Ran chose to redeem, and the system notified her.
[Premium crop seeds only work on the farm bound to the host, and the same applies to seeds produced by crop growth.]
[When grown elsewhere, it becomes a premium crop.]
Upon seeing the prompt, Xu Ran nodded slightly.
This restriction is reasonable, and it's excellent. In the future, if the farm produces top-quality crops, other places will be unable to imitate it.
Once the brand effect is established, the farm's reputation will be absolutely renowned.
Just do it.
The next morning, Xu Ran told his employees that he was going out to pick up seeds and drove away from the farm.
I said I was going to pick up seeds, but actually I drove to the city, ate a bowl of Lanzhou noodles, went to a bathhouse for a bath, a back scrub, and a foot massage, and bought a few dog toys at a pet supply store.
Teething sticks, toys, and the like.
One of the dolls is an owl doll, which is prepared for the owls on the farm.
After finishing all that, he drove back to the farm.
When we returned, the back of the truck was already loaded with a full bag of seeds.
Li Wu and Zhang Wen helped unload the goods.
"Boss, why are you buying so many sunflower seeds?"
"Do you want our farm to roast or pickle sunflower seeds?"
Li Wu noticed that the bag was full of plump raw sunflower seeds and asked curiously.
After all, agricultural products include roasted sunflower seeds, and some farmers' roasted sunflower seeds taste much better than those bought in stores.
"Plant sunflowers."
"Once the melon vines are cleared and the soil is fertilized, we'll plant sunflowers on our 20 mu of land outside this year."
Xu Ran explained.
"Planting only sunflowers?"
Li Wu and Zhang Wen looked at each other in bewilderment.
This is a new attempt.
It's worth noting that the farm previously focused on growing watermelons and autumn vegetables.
Watermelons are grown in greenhouses, three times a year.
On the 20 mu of land, watermelons are planted in the spring, and after the watermelon harvest in the summer, autumn beans, zucchini, and spinach are planted.
I've never grown sunflowers before.
This is a new attempt.
The two carefully collected the seeds and stored them in a well-ventilated, dry, and shady warehouse.
The boss says to plant whatever you want, and the two of you just need to do your job well.
Xu Ran looked forward to the next few months with increasing anticipation.
I hope the tomatoes and sunflowers I planted will ripen soon.
I can't wait to harvest the crops!