Chapter 879 Silkworm Farming in Greenhouses

"Eldest sister, don't say that, the money of the rope is the money of the rope, and the money of the silkworm eggs is the money of the silkworm eggs, these are two different things. Zhao Zhongyao said again.

"Okay, big brother, I'll help you find silkworm eggs, but it may take half a day, you don't have to wait here, tomorrow morning, you can come again. ”

It is not easy to find silkworm eggs. This eldest sister didn't want Zhao Zhongyao to wait here all the time, so she asked him to come back the next day.

Zhao Zhongyao listened to the eldest sister's words, and said again: "Okay then! I'll come back tomorrow." Zhao Zhongyao also felt that he was busy with work and couldn't wait here all the time, and he couldn't delay long if he drove over tomorrow.

In this way, after Zhao Zhongyao discussed with the eldest sister, he returned to the base.

The next morning, Zhao Zhongyao drove to the eldest sister's house by himself.

After seeing this eldest sister, Zhao Zhongyao looked at her and asked, "Eldest sister, have you found wild silkworm eggs?" The eldest sister looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said with a smile: "Fortunately, after looking for a long time, I finally found some, I'll show you." ”

When the eldest sister had finished speaking, she went back to the house and took out a small twig from a rag. Then came to Zhao Zhongyao.

"Look at it! These are the eggs of wild silkworms. The eldest sister, as she spoke, put this small branch in front of Zhao Zhongyao.

Zhao Zhongyao took the branch and looked at it, but at first he didn't see anything. It felt like there was nothing on the branch.

"Sister, what's on this branch? Zhao Zhongyao looked at the branch in his hand and felt that there was nothing.

"Big brother, you have to look carefully, these silkworm eggs are very small. If you don't look closely, you won't see it at all. This eldest sister, seeing that Zhao Zhongyao couldn't see the silkworm eggs on the branch, she walked up to Zhao Zhongyao again and pointed it out to him.

After the guidance of the eldest sister, Zhao Zhongyao saw something small like the tip of a needle on one side of this small branch. These things are so small that if you don't look closely, it's really hard to find.

"Big sister, it's these little things. Although Zhao Zhongyao is not a biologist, he has also seen some silkworm eggs, and he feels that they are not like these silkworm eggs in front of him, which are small and cannot be seen.

"Yes, these are silkworm eggs. The eldest sister looked at Zhao Zhongyao again and said.

Zhao Zhongyao looked at the eldest sister again at this time and said, "Eldest sister, how can this wild silkworm egg not be the same as the silkworm egg! I have also seen some domestic silkworm eggs before, but they are not so small." It's not huge, but it's easy to see. ”

After listening to Zhao Zhongyao's words, the eldest sister smiled again and said, "Of course, wild silkworms and domestic silkworms are different. Silkworms are bred from wild silkworms. In order to increase the production of silkworms, silkworms must make them larger. And the wild silkworm is half smaller than the domestic silkworm! You say that the larva of the wild silkworm is half smaller than the larva of the domestic silkworm, so how big will the silkworm eggs be? ”

The eldest sister looked at Zhao Zhongyao and didn't understand why the eggs of these wild silkworms were so small, so she explained it again.

After Zhao Zhongyao listened, he understood what all this was about. But he still doesn't understand why the silk of wild silkworms is so much stronger than that of domestic silkworms.

So, Zhao Zhongyao looked at the eldest sister again and said, "Why is the silk of the wild silkworm stronger than the silk of the domestic silkworm!"

The eldest sister listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words, and said again: "I don't know this question very well. I think it may be that the silkworms spit out a lot of silk. If the quantity is too much, the quality will naturally decrease. And the wild silkworm spits less silk. The quantity is small, the quality is high. Also, wild silkworms survive in the wild, and they must make their cocoons very strong. Otherwise, if other animals are just allowed to eat it, then how can they breed their own offspring? ”

After listening to the words of this eldest sister, Zhao Zhongyao seemed to understand something. He looked at the eldest sister again and said, "Okay, what the eldest sister said is very reasonable, maybe that's the reason." Okay, you take the hundred dollars, and I'll take the silkworm eggs. ”

Zhao Zhongyao said, took out a hundred yuan from the pocket of his body and handed it to the eldest sister.

When the eldest sister saw that Zhao Zhongyao wanted to give her money again, she was a little embarrassed. immediately looked at Zhao Zhongyao generously and said, "Big brother, no need, you have already given me two hundred yuan, you can take the money yourself!"

"Eldest sister, don't say that, these silkworm eggs are so small, you must have spent a lot of effort when you were looking for them, how could I let you work hard in vain!"

Zhao Zhongyao thought that the silkworm eggs found by this eldest sister were so small. When you get it to people, it's hard for ordinary people to find out. In this case, it is conceivable that this eldest sister must have worked a lot of hard work to find these things in the mountains.

"Big brother, what is the hard work! We often work in the mountains, and we are used to it. It's hard work, it's nothing at all. ”

What the eldest sister said is also true, how can women in the countryside not contribute as much as women in the city. Rural women, like their men, often have to work in the mountains and fields.

"Eldest sister, no matter what, this is your labor reward, you can take it! Your mountain village is really a little poor! If you have the opportunity, I will help you get rid of poverty and become rich." ”

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao suddenly had a strange idea, he was thinking, if they succeeded in their research this time, then if they wanted to develop some new types of body armor, it would definitely be a large number of 'biosteel'.

Rather, it is necessary to produce a large amount of 'biosteel'. This requires a large number of wild mountain silkworms. But if you want to breed a large number of wild mountain silkworms, you need the help of the local people. If they can help together, it will give them a chance to work. This way, they don't have to travel far to earn money.

Hearing Zhao Zhongyao say this, of course the eldest sister was also very happy. But she didn't take Zhao Zhongyao's words seriously, feeling that he might have said a kind word. I don't really want to help them get rid of poverty and become rich!

"Yes, thank you so much, big brother. Oh, I forgot, I heard that you are the director of the Jianghai Machinery Factory! In this way, you can really help us get rid of poverty and become rich. Here, on behalf of our whole village, I would like to express my gratitude to you. ”

Listening to what Zhao Zhongyao said, the eldest sister didn't care at first, and thought that Zhao Zhongyao might just be a kind word when he said this. But thinking about it again, Zhao Zhongyao's identity is the director of the Jianghai Machinery Factory not far from their village, and she feels that it is not impossible for Zhao Zhongyao to say such things.

"Sister, don't worry! Our Jianghai Machinery Factory will continue to expand its scale and grow stronger. When the time comes, if there are some workers, we will let the young people of your village go to work as well. When the time comes, you will be able to have a regular job like the people of the city. ”

Zhao Zhongyao knew that what he had to do was to speed up the country's economic construction. Improving the people's livelihood and raising the people's living standards is the goal of doing a good job in the construction of a country.

The purpose of all our work is not to want the people to live happily. And how to live a happy life, the first thing is to give the people a job that can earn money to support their families, so that they can earn money by working to support their families with peace of mind.

This eldest sister, seeing that Zhao Zhongyao said it very seriously, of course she was also very moved. She looked at Zhao Zhongyao again and said, "Thank you so much, with your words, the time for our whole village to live a good life is approaching." ”

"Eldest sister, you don't have to be so polite, this is what we should do. Zhao Zhongyao also said politely.

After that, Zhao Zhongyao said some kind words to the eldest sister, and then drove the car again, taking this small branch, back to the 308 base.

After Zhao Zhongyao returned to the base, he showed this small branch to Liu Feng.

When Liu Feng first saw this small branch, his expression was the same as Zhao Zhongyao's. Because, too, he is planted on this little root, and he can't see anything. I don't know, what is the use of Zhao Zhongyao giving him a small branch.

"Liu Feng, look at what's on this branch. Zhao Zhongyao looked at Liu Feng and said.

Liu Feng took the small branch given to him by Zhao Zhongyao, he looked at it, but he couldn't understand it, there seemed to be nothing on this small branch. That's something. He couldn't see it at all.

"There are some small wild silkworm eggs on it, you can take a good look at it yourself, just on the side of this little branch. Zhao Zhongyao saw that Liu Feng couldn't see these little silkworm eggs, so he also gave him some pointers.

Liu Feng listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words, and then he also looked at this small branch carefully. On the side of this small branch, he finally found some fine particles. These tiny particles are as small as the tip of a needle, and if you don't look closely, you can't see them at all.

"Is it just these little things!" Liu Feng looked at the tiny particles on this small branch, and he was also very surprised. "That's right, it's these little particles, they're the eggs of wild silkworms. Zhao Zhongyao looked at Liu Feng again and said.

Although Liu Feng specializes in biology, he has always been a domestic silkworm in the study of silkworms, and he really has no research experience in this wild silkworm.

"Then do we want to hatch these wild silkworm eggs now, and then raise them and let them spin silk. Liu Feng felt that what Zhao Zhongyao wanted to do now was that.

"No, we also have to transplant the spider's genes into the body of this wild silkworm, so that the silk they spit out has the strength of spider silk. Although the silk spit out by these wild silkworms is already very strong, it has not yet reached the strength of the 'bio-steel' that we require to be able to make body armor. ”

Zhao Zhongyao knew that the silk of this wild silkworm was very strong, but it had not yet reached the strength of the 'bio-steel' that Zhao Zhongyao wanted to study. If you want to make the silk of this wild silkworm, as he said, the strength of 'biological steel', you must carry out the technology of transgenic this wild silkworm, so that this wild silkworm, the silk spit out, has the characteristics of spider silk.

"Okay, what Director Zhao said makes sense, then we will do this next, and we will definitely research the 'bio-steel' we want." After listening to Zhao Zhongyao's words, Liu Feng felt very reasonable. Now that they have these wild silkworms, it seems that the time is not far from the research of 'biosteel'.

In this way, during this period of time, Zhao Zhongyao and Liu Feng worked together to transplant these silkworm eggs into transgenic eggs, and transplanted the spider's genes into the silkworm eggs of this wild silkworm. Then, the eggs of this wild silkworm hatch into baby wild silkworms.

Of course, all this is done in a greenhouse. It's only March, and it's still cold. After Zhao Zhongyao hatched these wild silkworm eggs, he got them some fresh mulberry leaves.

Since Ganghai City, this place is very close to the sea. Although this is the southern region. However, the climate here is affected by the ocean, but it is still relatively cold. In the winter, the mulberry trees on the mountains also lose their leaves.

In order to get some fresh mulberry leaves, Zhao Zhongyao actually took a plane and flew farther south than Jianghai City to find some fresh mulberry leaves. Fortunately, these wild silkworms are very small and don't eat much. One mulberry leaf is enough for it to eat for a few days.

Zhao Zhongyao only picked a dozen catties of fresh mulberry leaves, which was enough for these silkworm babies to eat until they grew up.

These wild silkworms, in the greenhouse, live very comfortably, eat fast, and grow fast. In almost a month, these silkworm babies have grown into half the length of silkworms. Such a size, for a wild silkworm, is already considered to have grown up.

Soon, the bodies of these wild silkworms slowly changed color. It was cyan at first. Slowly it turned white, and eventually, the silkworms all turned yellow.

When the bodies of these wild silkworms change, they no longer eat mulberry leaves. At first, Liu Feng didn't understand what was going on. Although he had previously studied silkworms. But he didn't know much about wild silkworms.

Liu Feng knew that when the silkworm was about to spin silk, it was no longer eating mulberry leaves. But the color of its body hasn't changed much, it's usually a little whiter.

But now these wild silkworms they raise, after growing up, they have all turned golden, which is a little strange. For a while, Liu Feng didn't understand whether this change was good or bad.

"Director Zhao, our wild silkworms have changed color. Liu Feng was the first to see such a situation. Because, he often takes care of these wild silkworms. Since Zhao Zhongyao has other jobs, he will only come over to see these little wild silkworms in his spare time. Under normal circumstances, Liu Feng takes care of it.