Go back to the past to plant trees

"This place is nice, it's acceptable."

The day after Zhao Tianshan went down to the dam, Yu Zheng came, and Qu He went up to the dam. As soon as they arrived, the two of them went to see the places that Feng Cheng had found.

"So, Chief, we've decided on this place?"

Yu Zhenglai said, "Let's go with this place!"

Feng Cheng nodded, "Okay."

"By the way, Director, I forgot to ask last time, what should the office area and the living area look like? Do we need to find someone to draw up the planning and construction drawings?"

Although in this era, building a toilet didn't require blueprints like in later generations, it was still necessary to have a plan when building an office and living area for a unit from scratch, otherwise future expansion would be troublesome.

"Oh dear, I haven't really considered that."

Yu Zhenglai frowned and then began to think.

"Old Qu, after we go down there, we'll find the design institute and have them send someone over to take a look and produce some drawings. They don't need to be too detailed, just something that's close enough. We'll divide the area into sections."

Qu He replied, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements when I get back."

Feng Cheng then discussed the construction team issue with Yu Zheng and Qu He. Since the building was a reinforced concrete house, it would definitely require a professional construction team. Feng Cheng didn't know anyone like that, so he needed Yu Zheng and the others to coordinate and arrange it.

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was getting dark, everyone headed back to the campsite.

“The construction of this new forest farm is a complex undertaking, and there are many aspects that we haven’t paid attention to. If you find anything that needs to be improved or can be improved, you can report it to us. As long as it’s a good suggestion, we will adopt it.”

Back at the camp, Yu Zhenglai spoke with the people there about the establishment of the mechanized forest farm. He also formally appointed Feng Cheng to lead the preparation and construction of the forest farm's office area, giving him the position of head of the preparatory team and full authority over the construction work.

After Yu Zhenglai and Qu He finished discussing this matter, they went down to the dam. After they went down to the dam, Feng Cheng held a small meeting for everyone.

"From now on, Captain Zhao and I will be working at the forest farm office area, so we won't be able to take care of things here at the camp. Therefore, Captain Zhao and I discussed it and decided that the work here at the camp will be arranged by Qin Xuemei. If you need anything, just contact her. If she can't decide, you can also come to us. We don't live far away."

"Besides me and Lao Zhao, Da Kui, Sui Zhichao, Huang Qiang, and Zheng Erqiang will also be going there with us."

Wei Fugui asked, "Section Chief Feng, should I go over there? They need to cook, right?"

Feng Cheng said, "You don't need to. You can stay at the camp. A construction team will come over later. The construction team has a chef, and we can eat with them."

"Oh."

Feng Cheng continued, "The rest of you who stay at the camp, besides looking after the nursery, also need to cultivate a new nursery. It's three mu now, and we need to expand it to twelve mu. Jin Quan, you have to find a way to accomplish this."

Feng Cheng originally planned to let everyone rest for a while and start cultivating the nursery in August. With a dozen or so people, it would take about ten to fifteen days to complete the task. Once it was finished, it would be just in time for autumn afforestation. However, now the camp's manpower has been divided in two, and the boys have all gone to build the new forest farm, leaving only a few girls in the camp. Therefore, the cultivation of the new nursery has to be brought forward.

"I understand, I'll start this job tomorrow."

Wei Fugui also said, "I'll go help out when I have time!"

Feng Cheng glanced at Yan Xiangli, who had remained silent. He hadn't made any arrangements for this person. If he remembered correctly, this guy wouldn't be staying here for long. Feng Cheng was too lazy to bother making arrangements for someone like him.

Zhao Tianshan never intended to assign him any work, because this guy was really incompetent. It didn't matter whether he was there or not; in fact, his presence would only make things more unpleasant.

For the next two days, Feng Cheng remained at the camp, but he didn't go to the nursery much, which had been handed over to Qin Xuemei and Zhao Jinquan. Feng Cheng spent his time in the dugout calculating the things that needed to be considered in the construction of the new forest farm.

Because it was his first time doing this job, Feng Cheng was unfamiliar with many things. He could only make plans based on the original owner's experiences and some things he had seen in his later life.

Two days later, Feng Cheng took Zhao Tianshan and the others to the new forest farm to begin leveling the ground, cutting down weeds and shrubs, and cleaning it up.

After several days of busy work, Qu He arrived with two other people.

"Feng Cheng, these two are teachers from the design institute. They've come here to help set up the forest farm blueprints."

Feng Cheng quickly extended his hand: "Hello, both teachers."

Both of them were quite young, looking to be around thirty years old, and wearing glasses.

"Hello, Section Chief Feng."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two began drawing, measuring, and recording data, with Feng Cheng and the others following behind to help.

It took most of the day to collect all the data.

“The general area can be divided up now,” the teacher from the design institute said, pointing to the sketches and explaining to Feng Cheng and the others. “This is the office area, with two office buildings. But you should build one first. The location is roughly here. The space behind is for your future expansion. Next to it are the canteen, dormitory, clinic, warehouse, garage, and stables, etc.”

"This is the residential area. The houses are roughly arranged like this. The school and supply and marketing stores are all here. Since you are going to build the office building first, we have only laid out a general layout for the residential area. We will make a detailed data map for you when we get back."

Qu He said with satisfaction, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, teachers."

"No need, it's all for the country. Compared to you working in such harsh conditions, we are already much better off."

After collecting the data and making a rough draft, the two left. It wouldn't take long to produce the drawings because office buildings in this era were all the same. They could simply copy the drawings from other places, modify the data, and that would be about it, or even not modify the data at all.

As they were leaving, Qu He said to Feng Cheng, "The construction team will be coming up in the next couple of days. They will go directly to the camp. You can bring them with you. We are also purchasing building materials, but because of the large quantity, we will need to make sure you have enough for your needs."

Feng Cheng nodded: "I understand."

"Director Qu, winter is just two months away. I estimate that we can only finish building the office building at most. There won't be enough time to build other places. The living quarters may have to be postponed until next year. Here's what I'm thinking: let's organize people to dig about ten dugouts first, so that when the forest farm is established next year, the staff will have a place to stay when they go up to the dam."

"Sure, you can find someone to do it yourself. Just let me know how much it costs and I'll approve it."

"Ok."