Go back to the past to plant trees

When Qin Xuemei and the others first started speaking, their voices were a little soft, but as they got into the mood, their voices inevitably grew louder. Feng Cheng and Xing Zhen, who were not far away, also heard their conversation.

After listening for a while, Xing Zhen laughed and said, "It seems that you don't have a very good relationship with these college students."

Feng Cheng glanced over there and said, "Even married couples have their ups and downs, let alone colleagues. As long as it doesn't affect work, some of their emotions are understandable."

"You're quite open-minded!"

"There's nothing I can do if I can't let it go. These are some of my top leaders who are watching them closely. I have to be careful with my tone of voice, for fear of saying something too harsh and driving them away."

"If someone can say they're leaving, it means their heart isn't here. If their heart isn't here, they'll leave whether you tell them or not."

Li Zhong was carefully examining the saplings, while Feng Cheng and Xing Zhen chatted casually.

Feng Cheng didn't know why Xing Zhen wanted to chat with him so much. He couldn't possibly try to trick him into revealing information like he did last time.

Last time it was in the car, there was nowhere to hide, so Feng Cheng had no choice. But now it's different. There are a bunch of people around, so it's easy for Feng Cheng to find an excuse.

The number of saplings was large, and Li Zhong was examining them very carefully, so it took a long time. It was fine at first, but as time went on, everyone became a little impatient.

Yu Zheng checked the time and felt it had been a while, so he went upstairs.

"Engineer Li, can you hurry up? If we delay any longer, it might be too late to get back."

Upon hearing Yu Zheng's words, Li Zhong slowly stood up, rubbed his stiff back, and said, "Actually, it's about time."

Yu Zheng asked with delight, "What's the survival rate?"

"Over 85%! Although I haven't finished reading them all, based on my spot checks just now, it's basically over 90%. However, considering that some parts weren't read very carefully and some were just glanced at, I'll lower it a bit to 85%. Generally speaking, there are no major errors."

Yu Zhenglai was overjoyed: "85% survival rate? Engineer Li, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

Li Zhong nodded. "There won't be any mistakes. You saw the trees planted last autumn, and they all survived. It's no surprise that this year's trees have such a high survival rate."

"Good good..."

Yu Zhenglai was extremely excited. The Weichang Forestry Bureau had worked hard in Saihanba for seven or eight years, investing countless manpower and resources, and now they were finally seeing results. The survival rate was at least 85%, which meant that there was no problem at all in carrying out large-scale afforestation in Saihanba. It was foreseeable that in the near future, Saihanba would definitely be able to restore itself to the royal hunting ground with thousands of miles of pine forests it was a hundred years ago.

"Feng Cheng, Lao Qu, the Criminal Investigation Department, the results are in: at least an 85% survival rate."

After his initial elation, Yu Zheng immediately ran over to share the good news with Feng Cheng and the others.

"85%?"

"Old Yu, is it true..." Qu He was also very excited when he heard this.

"It's true, Engineer Li said that this is a small estimate. If we were to count them one by one, the number would probably be even higher."

"That's really good, that's really good."

"An 85% survival rate, it seems you've really found a way to grow trees that survive in Saihanba," Xing Zhen said. Although he was happy, he hadn't invested as much in Saihanba as Yu Zhenglai and Qu He, so he could still control his emotions.

"congratulations."

Feng Cheng smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

This result was within Feng Cheng's expectations. In the drama, the survival rate of the first batch of seedlings grown under full light was 95%, but that was the result of the entire forest farm's hard work and meticulous care. Although Feng Cheng also put his heart into this batch of seedlings, he was only one person, and the nursery took up a lot of his energy. So even if he paid close attention, the time and energy he could devote to this area was limited. Huang Qiang and Zheng Erqiang were the ones who were busy more. The survival rate was actually the result of their careful care. Otherwise, the survival rate might have been even lower. After all, although seedlings are important, if you don't take good care of them, they will die.

"More than 85%?"

If Qu He and Feng Cheng were happy, then Qin Xuemei and Meng Yue's group were shocked.

The survival rate of the saplings they planted themselves was only 5% at most, while the survival rate of the saplings planted by Feng Cheng was as low as 85%. The difference was like heaven and earth. If they didn't understand what the survival rate meant when they first came to the dam, now, after experiencing a failure, they have understood the significance of the survival rate.

It's no exaggeration to say that if their tree-planting methods were used to plant trees on a large scale in Saihanba, the Saihanba Mechanized Forest Farm wouldn't last more than a few years. After all, with a 7% survival rate, almost every tree planted would die. A massive amount of seedlings, manpower, capital, and materials would be invested, but only a small amount would be harvested. Such a project cannot be sustained.

With Feng Cheng's method of achieving a tree survival rate of over 85%, at least the future of the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm is promising, and it won't have to be abandoned due to lack of sustainability.

Everyone was surprised and amazed, and some were happy, but Wu Yansheng couldn't be happy at all. Feng Cheng's success only made his failure seem even more insignificant, which he found particularly unacceptable.

The high spirits and carefree attitude before going up the dam all became a joke in an instant. In order to plant trees, we made all sorts of promises to the leaders, signed pledges, and tried to win over college students. The more I think about it now, the more ridiculous it seems.

The laughter of Zhao Jinquan, Zhao Tianshan, and Feng Cheng rang in his ears, and he found it particularly grating and unpleasant.

At this moment, Wu Yansheng felt even more eager to leave Saihanba. He felt that he couldn't stay here for even a minute longer. He could imagine that after today, everyone would look at him with contempt and disdain, and no one would listen to him anymore.

Like an outsider, Wu Yansheng kept imagining his future days in Saihanba, and the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to escape from there.

Feng Cheng couldn't guess Wu Yansheng's thoughts, but even if he did, he wouldn't care. This guy posed no threat to him whatsoever, not in the past, and even less so now.

"Director Yu, Director Qu, does this 85% survival rate mean that the tree planting is a success?"

After his initial joy, Zhao Tianshan immediately asked the question.

Yu Zhenglai grinned and said, "Yes, it has been declared a success. We didn't plant many last autumn, so it wasn't certain at the time, but the survival rate of these more than 6,000 saplings this year means we can declare the success of the full-light seedling cultivation method. We can now carry out large-scale afforestation."

"Director Yu, we've done our part, so could the bureau give us a reward? We don't need much, just some supplies so we can have a few good meals. It would be a way to reward us for our hard work these past few days. We've been planting trees and taking care of the saplings, and it's worn us out."