Ding Zheng's water nature is indeed very good, he took off his coat and pants, exposed his strong tendon meat, put a soft ladder, and slipped into the rippling sea water like a big fish.

The Danube planting base is located at the southern tip of Nanhai Province, with a typical tropical climate, and even if other cities have entered the cold winter at this time, it is still warm here.

After entering the water, the water temperature was just right, and Ding Zheng swung his arm and went straight to the rice field, which looked a little sparse up close.

In ordinary terrestrial paddy fields, there are usually two or three plants for one mound, and twenty-five pods per square meter are planted, and about seventy-five to one hundred rice plants can be planted per square meter.

However, when Zhou Mingjiao planted seawater rice, he did not plant it too intensively, and it was planted in a single plant, so the gap between each rice plant was very wide.

When Ding Zheng entered the water, he had a bundle of nylon rope hanging from his waist. He directly found two golden seawater rice plants with heavy ears of grain, grabbed the middle part of the rice, and brought the two rice plants together.

According to this method, Ding Zheng tied dozens of rice plants into a bundle, tied them up, and let Zhou Mingjiao drag them onto the boat.

After five trips like this, Ding Zheng finally harvested all the ripe seawater rice in this small patch.

After harvesting the seawater rice, Ding Zheng also swam to the area where the seawater potato is planted to check its growth.

Ding Zheng was curious about what kind of plant this was.

The oval-shaped symmetrical green leaves, under the washing of the sea water from moment to moment, look extraordinarily smooth and oily, and the blue-purple flower shape is not beautiful, but Ding Zheng feels a little familiar.

He plunged headlong into the water and opened his eyes at the bottom to observe the roots of this marine plant.

The well-developed root system floats in the seawater, and on the clean roots, there are lumpy objects hanging one by one.

Ding Zheng did not bring diving equipment, held his breath to the limit, and rushed upstream out of the sea. He floated on the surface of the sea, wiped the water on his face, and muttered with his teeth: "This is awesome, not only can you grow rice, but also potatoes!"

Satisfying his curiosity, he waved his arms, swam to the soft ladder, and climbed onto the fishing boat.

As soon as he poked his head out, he saw Zhou Mingjiao holding a pair of kitchen scissors, carefully processing these seawater rice plants one by one.

Seeing Ding Zheng getting on the boat, Zhou Mingjiao pointed to the side and said, "There is clear water and towels there." ”

Ding Zheng picked up the bucket and rinsed the seawater on his body at will, and then ran to Zhou Mingjiao's side without putting on his coat and helped him process the seawater rice together.

Their main job now is to separate the ears of seawater rice and then slightly clean the stalks and leaves of the seawater rice.

The plants soaked in the seawater are not as clean as expected, and there are many slippery aquatic algae on the rice stalks.

"Eh, you said Lao Zhou, this rice is wet and gets up, if it is not dried in time, will it germinate?" Ding Zheng followed Zhou Mingjiao's example of handling the ears of grain, and kept asking.

"No, there is a thick layer of rice oil on the husk and germ of this kind of rice, which will not affect the quality of the rice in a humid environment. Zhou Mingjiao read the information sent to him by Lin Zeng in detail, and he knew the details of the growth of seawater rice.

"Oh, Lao Zhou, I think it's much better to plant this kind of seawater rice than to plant that weird pitcher plant, and that pitcher plant doesn't know what it's for, but how did this seawater rice grow such a small piece? Ding Zheng estimated that these rice harvests at most six or seven catties of rice, which is too little.

"The pitcher plant boss must have a use, we have to take care of it carefully, the seeds that the boss got are, first plant one piece experimentally, make sure that the growth is good, and the next batch will plant more. Zhou Mingjiao replied.

It's just that there is another reason he doesn't know, the seed refining of seawater rice requires seawater rice branch and leaf materials, and it is necessary to collect branch and leaf materials through planting one at a time in order to expand the number of seawater rice seeds.

"Later, we will go to the sea, collect the branches and leaves of the sea potatoes, and then we will dry these a little, and you will drive directly to the town, I remember that there is a small rice mill in the town, and we will grind the rice and send it to the boss. Zhou Mingjiao threw an ear of plump seawater rice into a plastic bag and commanded.

Zhou Mingjiao was born in the countryside and used to play in the rice fields, so he can see that there is a clear difference between seawater rice and ordinary rice.

The paddy of seawater rice looks larger, with a waxy substance on the skin, and with a slight shake, the moisture on the grains is shaken dry.

If you pinch the seawater rice, you will find that the skin of the rice is very thick, and the rice inside is not pure white, but has a hint of crystal blue silk, which looks beautiful.

According to the information given by the boss, this kind of rice has a high nutritional content, whether it is boiled rice porridge or steamed dry rice, the taste is super first-class.

As for this thick rice husk, it is not waste, because the oil content is high, and the seawater rice husk can squeeze high-quality rice oil.

Zhou Mingjiao specially checked that the price of rice oil is much more expensive than ordinary peanut oil.

According to the boss, if the Danube Mountain Plantation Base intends to grow this seawater rice on a large scale, at least a rice processing factory, a rice oil processing plant, and different types of boats will be needed to supply the fishermen at sea to grow rice.

It is said that there are also special sea dwellings that provide the cultivation needs of marine farmers.

As long as he thought of this, Zhou Mingjiao suddenly felt that his heart was full of fighting spirit.

The vast sea, turned into golden rice fields and rice grain warehouses, will bring a lot of grain output to China.

Not only will there never be a famine, but it can also be exported abroad.

However, Zhou Mingjiao could not have imagined at this time that the emergence of marine rice could only meet the needs of the Chinese people's appetite, and as for the foreign market, it could not be supplied for the time being.

Zhou Mingjiao and Ding Zheng did things quickly, and after a while, they cleaned up the seawater rice.

According to the grain ears, rice stalks, rice leaves are sorted and placed, and they are dried on the deck.

The second time he went to the sea to collect seawater potato branches and leaves, Zhou Mingjiao completed it.

He properly combed and cut off the old leaves of the seawater potatoes to expose the sea, and stuffed them into the pockets hanging from his waist.

When this work was completed, the two of them returned to the base.

The express delivery from Nanhai Province to Haixi Province took about two days to transport. Because Lin once instructed, don't be stingy with money, the express delivery selection is the fastest and the service is the best. It is also preserved chilled, so when the courier delivers these plant materials to Jianghua Farm, they are still very fresh.

Lin Zeng signed for the courier, thanked the young man who often sent him the courier, and directly dismantled the three boxes of plant raw materials sent by the Danube Mountain planting base.

The rice stalks and rice leaves are put into the secret realm 2 space, and all that is left is the rice that has been shelled.

"Well, let's try the seawater rice at noon today!" Lin Zeng brought the rice and walked towards the kitchen.