Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

I feel a little helpless about the unclear tasks issued by the system, but the plan still needs to be implemented step by step.

The food problem has been temporarily solved now, but food, clothing, housing and transportation are all very important.

The first problem was housing. Because the seeds the system had given her before were all cold-resistant seeds, she figured that the system would not do useless things and inexplicably emphasize the cold-resistance.

Therefore, the next natural disaster is likely to be related to the cold.

Lingnan has always been a place with relatively high temperatures, and most of the villagers in Guangming Village live in wooden houses. Such houses are fine under normal circumstances, but it would be a bit difficult to cope with cold waves.

It just so happened that the system gave her brick-making technology and brick kilns, and she was also planning to gather villagers to burn bricks and build houses.

She had asked the village chief in advance about the clay needed to make bricks. The village chief knew where to find clay near Guangming Village. After all, they had houses built with adobe bricks before, but the maintenance cost of adobe houses in a humid climate like Lingnan was too high, so they rarely built them later.

As for blue bricks and red bricks, Shi Anan actually prefers blue bricks, which are more durable and moisture-proof than red bricks, but the process of blue brick firing is more complicated and the cost is relatively higher than that of red bricks. If you need to build a house on a large scale, it is more cost-effective to fire red bricks.

No matter what kind of bricks you want to make, the clay still needs to be dug up quickly. The system only rewards one brick kiln, and it is not easy to supply bricks for building houses in the whole village.

Regarding the issue of adhesive for building houses, Shi Anan thought that it would be better if cement could be made, but if not, then they could only use the adhesive they already had.

After making a plan, Shi Anan went to find the village chief and asked him to arrange manpower.

Not only are bricks being fired, but cotton is also being planted. They came here in April, and now it is early July. Although the best time for planting cotton has passed, the climate in Lingnan is relatively hot, and the seeds are cold-resistant, so they can still be planted.

The reason why Shi Anan was so anxious to plant cotton was that she was worried that if the subsequent disaster was really a cold wave, according to the living habits of Guangming Village, they would not have prepared much supplies for the winter.

Shi Anan handed over the matters of brick making and planting to the village chief. With the method in hand, it was not difficult for them to learn by following the method. The only difficulty was that there were too few literate people in Guangming Village, and there was only the village chief. Therefore, the village chief had to learn it first and then teach everyone else.

Shi Anan installed the irrigation system and placed the greenhouse in a suitable location, and then prepared to set out to look for minerals!

Of course, before she went out, she also arranged a lot of work for the people in the team.

As the chief engineer of scientific research, Xiao Yi is of course the busiest. Not only does he have to research and produce the three-piece set of sowing and harvesting equipment before next spring, he also has to find time to study the designs of the Jenny spinning machine and the Zhuge Crossbow. Fearing that he would be too busy, Shi Anan borrowed the old man from the Hao family, who used to be a carpenter, to accompany him in the research.

As for Ruan, Liu, and Ruyi, they were responsible for making soap. Occasionally, they would go to the greenhouse to help Shi Anan plant some out-of-season vegetables. These vegetable seeds were stored by Shi Anan when she was collecting supplies. Unlike the seeds rewarded by the system, they were not cold-resistant. After the season was over, they could only be planted in a greenhouse with automatic temperature control. In this way, they would not lack vegetables even in winter.

Mu Shan and Fu Xin originally wanted to go out with Shi Anan to look for minerals, mainly because everyone was worried about her going out alone. But Mu Shan had experience in raising horses, although he didn’t have any horses to raise now...it would be the same if they raised pigs, right?

There was no way. The 10 pregnant sows were about to give birth, which was related to their future source of meat and was very important.

10 sows may not seem like a lot, but after they give birth, the piglets will burst the warehouse.

There are only so many people in Guangming Village. Some villagers are busy making bricks, some are busy planting crops, and occasionally when they have some free time they can help to cut grass for the pigs, but this pig farm still needs an experienced manager, so Mu Shan, who has experience in pig farming, successfully took the position.

As for Fu Xin, she went to help him. Perhaps because of the feeling of a hero saving a beautiful girl, Fu Xin herself didn't realize that she was particularly concerned about Mu Shan. Although Shi Anan saw it, she didn't mention it. It's better to let the young couple decide for themselves. Anyway, she is happy to see it happen.

In the end, at the strong request of everyone, Shi Anan took Wu Yang and Wu Hui out together.

"Sister An, please be careful when you go out!" On the day Shi Anan left, Liu grabbed her hand and said worriedly.

They had all walked together along the way. Although they knew that Shi Anan had her own ideas and was blessed by the gods, she was only a girl of almost 15 years old after all, and Liu was really worried about her going out alone.

"Miss, why don't I go out with you." Fu Xin was reluctant this time. She had never been away from a young lady for so long.

Xiao Yi was even more concise: "I'll go with you."

Shi Anan covered his forehead and said in pain, what's wrong with these people? Didn't we agree on this before we left?

"Mom, just follow Aunt Ruan and make soap at home. Don't worry about me. Don't you know my abilities?"

"Little lucky star, Mu Shan is alone, and he has to raise pigs and cattle. If you don't go to help, will he be exhausted to death? Besides, what's the point of you going out with me? If we really encounter danger, who knows who will protect whom!"

"And you, my pretty girl, you are the most important person to me... Cai, what you need to do now is to make all those drawings I gave you, so that our lives can be further improved, understand!"

Xiao Yi stared at her for a while, then looked away and said "hmm" softly.

"Okay, everyone. Don't worry, Wu Yang and Wu Hui are following me. We can communicate with each other in the team. If there is anything, just send me a message. I will come back when I find the minerals. I won't go too far!"

Shi Anan waved to everyone and took Wu Yang and Wu Hui to look for minerals.

At this time, a hidden disaster began to brew.

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"Huh" Shi Anan put her hands on her hips and took a deep breath. The sun above her head was extremely strong. Under the scorching sun of July, Shi Anan, Wu Hui and the other two were sweating profusely.

This was their second day out, and because the mountain road was difficult to travel on, they had just left Guangming Village.

"Drink some water and take a rest first." Shi Anan took out three bamboo tubes filled with water from her backpack and handed two to Wu Yang and Wu Hui.

The two of them responded, took the water and drank it down with big gulps.

Wu Yang wiped the sweat from his head and asked, "Miss, how far is the iron mine marked on the map from here?"

"It shows that it is three hills away from Guangming Village. The exact location will be known only after we get there." The maps given by the game system never have accurate coordinates, only an approximate range, just like when she was looking for the secret passage before.

"Look at this direction, it seems to be going towards Changle Village." Wu Hui carefully identified the direction of Shi Anan's finger.

"Yes, it should be near Changle Village, but I asked Mrs. Li, and they didn't find any iron mines in their village. It is probably hidden in a secluded place." Mrs. Li is Hao Niubi's mother, and she was born in Changle Village.

"That may not be easy to find. The mountain road is difficult to walk on and we are not familiar with the place." Wu Yang was a little worried.

"It's okay, let's go over and take a look first. If it doesn't work, we can go to Changle Village and ask a guide who is familiar with the mountain roads. We will always find it." Shi Anan said.

To the left of Guangming Village is the direction towards Changle Village. The mountains are overlapping and steep, and you have to take this road if you want to go to the town. So there is a reason why Guangming Village is located in a remote area. It is the village farthest from the town. If it were not for the rising water level, Shi Anan and others would not have been able to get here if they had gone directly ashore into the mountains after getting off the boat.

The foggy forest they passed by at that time was between Changle Village and Guangming Village, and of course it was closer to Guangming Village. However, she had asked Li in advance, and they had another safer way to go in the direction of Changle Village, so this time they didn't have to go through the forest where it was easy to get lost.

There is only a low hillside blocking the right side of Guangming Village, and outside is a flat terrain. However, since few people go to that area, it seems more primitive. There are no other villages or towns nearby, and Shi Anan has not explored it.

The iron mine shown on the map this time is not there, so let’s put off exploring it later.

"Let's keep going!" After resting for a while, Shi Anan and the other two recovered some strength and started to continue their journey along the rugged mountain road.