Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

Chapter 328 Incident at the Nursery

"This is Huang Ziming, the deputy director of the forest farm!"

"This is Li Zhong, the deputy technical director of the forest farm!"

"This is Zhang Yu, the head of the General Affairs Department!"

"..."

Yu Zheng then introduced the other leaders of the forest farm to Qu He.

Qu He also greeted them one by one.

The meeting soon came to a close.

Qu He also officially joined the Saihanba Forest Farm family, taking up the new post of deputy director of the first branch of the forest farm.

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Summer and Qu returned to the technical department office together.

Since the branch is not yet large-scale, it does not have an independent office location.

Fortunately, Xia Tian also served as the head of the technical department of the general farm.

Therefore, the Technical Section Office is also the office of the First Division.

"Engineer Xia, I'm here..."

Xia Tian and Qu He had just returned to the office when Zhao Tianshan pushed the door open and entered.

"Director Qu, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Tianshan was a little puzzled when he saw Qu He there.

"Uncle Qu is no longer the director; he's now the deputy director of our branch farm!"

Xia Tian explained something to Zhao Tianshan.

Zhao Tianshan nodded after hearing Xia Tian's explanation.

"Comrade Tianshan, it's been a long time!"

Qu He looked at Zhao Tianshan and greeted him.

"Director Qu, oh no, Director Qu, hello!"

"By the way, Lao Zhao, what did you want to see me about?"

After the two greeted each other, Xia Tian looked at Zhao Tianshan and asked a question.

"Feng Cheng said there seems to be a problem with the seedlings in Nursery No. 1. Could you go and take a look?"

Upon hearing that there was a problem with the nursery, Xia Tian immediately stood up.

"Uncle Qu, I'm afraid I won't have time to take you on the inspection this afternoon. I need to go to the nursery to check on the situation!"

Qu He naturally heard Zhao Tianshan's words and understood the importance and urgency of the matter.

The nursery is of paramount importance in the afforestation of the forest farm!

If problems arise in the nursery, it could very likely affect next year's afforestation plan.

After Xia Tian finished speaking, she quickly walked out of the office.

Arriving at the stables, I mounted a fast horse and headed straight for Nursery No. 1.

"Feng Cheng, how's the situation?"

Upon arriving at Nursery No. 1, Xia Tian immediately spotted Feng Cheng squatting at the edge of the nursery.

"Engineer Xia, the situation is not optimistic!"

Upon hearing Xia Tian's voice, Feng Cheng stood up and said with a solemn expression.

Xia Tian quickly walked to Feng Cheng's side, squatted down to check on the seedlings.

How long has this situation been going on?

The more Xia Tian examined the seedlings, the uglier his expression became.

"I only discovered this this morning."

I went to your office this morning, but you weren't there!

“I’ve checked, and most of the seedlings in Nursery No. 1 have this problem.”

Feng Cheng answered Xia Tian's question.

"Go to the farm headquarters now and call Sui Zhichao over!"

"I now suspect it's a pest or disease!"

"Call him over, let's confirm this, and then we'll discuss a solution!"

"it is good!"

Feng Cheng responded, mounted his horse, and galloped off towards the headquarters.

After Feng Cheng left, Xia Tian carefully checked the condition of each seedling.

As the largest nursery in the forest farm, any problems with Nursery No. 1 will inevitably affect afforestation next spring.

Soon, Feng Cheng returned.

Sui Zhichao and Shen Mengyin also came along.

"Xia Gong!"

The three of them approached Xia Tian.

"You've arrived. I just checked on the seedlings!"

"Besides the leaves of these seedlings turning yellow, there were also some problems with the trunks!"

In the summer, he casually plucked a seedling and handed it to Sui Zhichao to check.

Sui Zhichao took the sapling Xia Tian handed him and began to examine it.

It was fine if he hadn't looked, but what he did look gave Sui Zhichao a real fright.

The trunk and leaves of the seedlings were covered with tiny aphids.

As a college graduate specializing in pest and disease control, Sui Zhichao naturally knew how damaging aphids could be to plants.

"Xia Gong, are these aphids?"

"Yes, it's aphids. I just checked."

"Almost half of the seedlings were covered with aphids."

"Moreover, according to Feng Cheng, more than half of the seedlings in Nursery No. 1 have developed problems!"

Sui Zhichao was startled by Xia Tian's words.

"We called you over here to discuss how to deal with this pest infestation."

Upon hearing Xia Tian's words, the people present all nodded solemnly.

Soon, the group arrived at the dugout next to the No. 1 nursery.

"Feng Cheng, you still need to go back and bring Comrade Xuemei and Comrade Mengyue with you!"

"As experts in seedling cultivation, what other ideas might they have?"

Xia Tian sat in the dugout, thought for a moment, and said something to Feng Cheng.

Feng Cheng then hurried back to the farm headquarters.

After Feng Cheng left, Xia Tian looked at Sui Zhichao and Shen Mengyin.

"Comrade Zhichao, Comrade Mengyin, you two are both studying pests and diseases."

What are your thoughts on this pest infestation?

"Xia Gong, I think we should first find all the healthy seedlings and transplant them to other nurseries."

Sui Zhichao thought for a moment and spoke first.

"No, we can't do that!"

Before Xia Tian could express her opinion after hearing Sui Zhichao's words, Shen Mengyin spoke up.

“The number of seedlings in Nursery No. 1 is enormous, and the identification work is a huge undertaking.”

"If we really want to do a detailed identification, it would definitely take at least ten days to half a month to complete."

"If we wait ten days or half a month, I'm afraid all the seedlings will be overrun by aphids."

"And even if we can quickly identify healthy seedlings."

"What if there is a plant that we think is healthy, but actually still has aphid larvae on it?"

“Once transplanted to another nursery, that nursery may also be attacked by pests.”

Shen Mengyin spoke frankly and directly about the matter at hand.

Summer listened and kept nodding in agreement.

"Therefore, our top priority right now should be pest control!"

"Whether the seedlings are healthy or unhealthy, we should carry out pest control on all the seedlings in Nursery No. 1."

"In addition, we also need to check whether the No. 2 and No. 3 nurseries have also been affected by pests and diseases."

"Mengyin, you're right!"

Listening to Shen Mengyin's analysis, Sui Zhichao smiled broadly and spoke.

"I also think Comrade Mengyin makes a good point!"

"Immediately establish a pest and disease control working group, with Comrade Shen Mengyin as the group leader and Comrade Sui Zhichao as the deputy group leader."

"I will communicate with Director Yu about the forest farm immediately."

"Just go ahead and do it. If you have any needs or problems, just come to me!"

Xia Tian made a decisive move and immediately arranged for the two of them to be placed in positions.

"You two go and inspect the nursery first, and come up with a feasible solution."

After Xia Tian finished speaking, there was no time to wait for Qin Xuemei and Meng Yue to arrive.

He mounted his fast horse and returned to the headquarters.

"Uncle Yu, something's happened at the nursery!"

As soon as Xia Tian returned to the headquarters, he immediately sought out Yu Zheng.

Upon hearing Xia Tian's words, Yu Zhenglai immediately stood up.

What happened to the nursery?

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