My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 55

Time has entered July, no matter domestic or foreign, the drought that has lasted for half a year still shows no signs of easing.

At this time, many people have vaguely sensed the seriousness of the matter. This is definitely not a simple natural disaster, but a big problem with Blue Star.

Starting from July 7, the world's major grain-producing countries, including Daxia, have successively announced grain export bans.

Affected by this news, the international grain price has risen hundreds of times, but the grain is no longer available in the market, and there is no market for it at all.

The severe drought has made the economies of various countries worse.

According to the International Monetary Fund, the global economy is expected to shrink by 64.9% and the global unemployment rate will hit a record 68.5%.

Daxia has not released the economic data for the first half of the year, but it is definitely not much better. People's livelihood is withering, and all industries are depressed, which is not optimistic.

One bad news after another, but there is also good news.

On July 7, the flower house project that the old Xu family had dragged on and off finally took shape. Under the introduction of Wang Xiujuan, the construction party finally gathered a sufficient number of hollow tempered glass.

This kind of glass adopts a two-layer tempered glass structure, which has good heat insulation, heat preservation and windproof properties, and is very energy-saving and environmentally friendly.

Taking advantage of the weekend to rest, Xu Dong invited the designer of the construction party to his home.

The greenhouse is not a simple vegetable greenhouse. It needs an irrigation system, a ventilation system, a constant temperature system, and a thermal insulation system. It can be said that the sparrow is small and complete.

"Mr. Xu, in order to match the automatic irrigation system, I suggest that you better build a small water tower here. After all, the water supply is tight right now, and maybe the water will suddenly be cut off one day." Designer Sun said.

"Can't we water it with our own hands?" Yang Lina interjected.

"Of course it can, but there is a full set of intelligent control systems installed in the flower room. The manual labor is definitely not as accurate as the sensor, and it wastes more water."

Xu Dong didn't want his wife to work too hard, so he persuaded:

"Everyone has a whole system, and it doesn't work without a single link. Don't make up your mind, just listen to Xiao Sun!"

Yang Lina rolled her eyes and didn't insist any longer.

"Xiao Sun, we have a large water tank in our house. Can you take water directly from the water tank?"

After Xu Dong finished speaking, he took Designer Sun to the concierge to look at the water tank.

After seeing it, designer Sun shook his head and said, "No, our irrigation system adopts an integrated design of water and fertilizer. For the sake of safety, it is better to separate it from drinking water."

"Okay, then build another water tower." Xu Dong said simply.

Then there's the heating issue.

"Mr. Xu, you can only use the air conditioner for heating, but you must have a backup power supply in case of a power outage in the future..."

Xu Dong waved his hand to interrupt the other party, "Don't worry about this, our house has a backup power supply, and it will not be cut off."

Designer Sun nodded disappointedly. He did not sell the generator, and the profit from this order was much less.

"Alright then, Mr. Xu, I'll give you the renderings right away. Can you take a look at what needs to be modified?"

"OK!"

Half an hour later, the renderings came out. The whole flower house is made of light steel skeleton.

In the afternoon, the construction team began to enter the site for construction. A total of eight workers came. Xu Ma specially boiled a large pot of mung bean soup to relieve everyone from the heat.

In the evening, the main frame of the flower house was basically formed, and the equipment was installed.

The next day, the construction progress was significantly accelerated. By four o'clock in the afternoon, the entire project was completely completed, and the workers left soon, leaving only the technicians still debugging the equipment.

Xu Dong and his wife followed behind the technician, and while holding hands, they were also familiar with how to manage the flower house.

"This computer is equivalent to the brain of the entire greenhouse. You see, this is the control page, which can monitor the temperature, humidity and soil moisture in the greenhouse 24 hours a day.

When the external environment changes, the system will immediately make the optimal choice.

For example, when the temperature drops at night, the thermostat system will automatically activate to ensure that the greenhouse is always at the right temperature. "

Xu Dong kept nodding. This highly intelligent planting model is very similar to the future planting factory. To sum up, the computer is responsible for farming, and the human is in charge of the computer.

It can't be said that it is in control, it can also be said that people cooperate with the computer, and the "farmers" do some auxiliary work. As for how to plant, it is entirely up to the computer and the "people" to decide.

"So, we don't need to go to the ground in the future, and we can grow vegetables while lying at home?" Yang Lina was not happy, and there was no fun in growing vegetables like this.

"It's about the same, but things like planting, turning the soil and harvesting, still require manual labor."

"It's not too bad." Yang Lina then worried: "Master Liu, if the computer crashes, what should I do?"

"Just restart it. The data in the flower room is not large, and basically there are very few crashes." Master Liu comforted.

"Your system is specially used to grow flowers. You have also seen it on my side. It is a vegetable garden, will it be affected?" Xu Dong suddenly grasped the core of the problem.

"Please rest assured, our company is constantly updating the database of vegetables. As long as you download it online in time, no matter what vegetables you grow in the future, there will be no problem at all."

Under the drought, the demand for greenhouse glass houses in the society is getting stronger and stronger. Of course, the flower house construction company will not turn a blind eye, and has already carried out relevant pre-research.

With the detailed explanation of the technician, Xu Dong and his wife gradually mastered the operation mode of the flower house.

It is very simple to say, as long as you understand the relevant data, the rest is handed over to the computer, and you will learn it.

After the commissioning was completed, Xu Dong personally sent the technician out of the door. The flower house cost a total of more than 80 yuan, which was seven or eight times more expensive than the usual price.

But the value of the money, at least the old Xu family will not be short of vegetables in the future, and the dehydrated vegetables that Xu Dong hoarded have become redundant.

"Wife, this time I will order a variety of other vegetables, and plant a little of each." Xu Dong said with a smile.

"Understood, do you want to plant more watermelons? It's too hot today, but they like watermelons the most."

Mother Xu came over and interjected: "It's good to plant watermelons, it doesn't take up much space anyway."

"By the way, when will Aunt Wang's strawberries be planted?" Yang Lina asked.

"I heard from Lao Wang that the strawberry seedlings have not been bred yet, and it will take about a week." Xu Ma replied.

"Thanks to Aunt Wang this time!" Yang Lina said with emotion.

Xu's mother took the opportunity to educate Xu Dong: "Child, you have to live up to your expectations. Let's see what others have done. We can solve our family's big problem in one sentence."

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