Chapter 60: Hybrid Seeds

The loud bang in the outer city of Baoying City not only blew up Li Quan's soul and scattered, but also exploded in Lin'an, thousands of miles away, and the letter from Andingguo quickly arrived in the two mansions, and at the same time placed on the desk of Zhao Yun's imperial study. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

But for the song Shu said that the national teacher has dedicated the formula of this thing to the imperial court, Zhao Yun felt incredible, just based on a few descriptions of the country, Zhao Yun could feel how powerful the new gunpowder was, and the two mansions were blind? Such a Zhenguo artifact is also regarded as nothing? What's more, it is dedicated by the national teacher, is there still anyone who dares to underestimate the national teacher?

Zhao Yun immediately summoned Shi Miyuan into the palace and asked about it.

"Official, this thing is made in a glass workshop, the national teacher only said that it was a transformation of gunpowder that day, and after the supervisor recorded it, it was only an ordinary thing, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and Weichen had already punished him and fined him three catties of copper."

Zhao Yun frowned slightly after hearing this, the punishment of three catties of copper is too light, and the methods offered by the national teacher are not even taken seriously, it can be seen that this person does not put his mind on errands on weekdays, but Shi Miyuan's face is not easy to refute: "Such dereliction of duty, the fine of three catties of copper is too light, and the fine of two catties will be added." ”

Zhao Yun said softly, but Ma Defang on the side had a premonition that this new era had really begun, the emperor had never refuted Shi Miyuan's request for a resolution after ascending the throne, although today's copper penalty was just a trivial matter, but there were two of them, I was afraid that there would be one more voice above the court in the future, and Shi Miyuan could no longer cover the sky with one hand.

Shi Miyuan also knew that this was Zhao Yun's unintentional move, and he did not target him, in fact, he was still deliberately taking care of his emotions, and only made a fuss about the number of punishments, but power is like drugs, once it is stained, it can't be quit.

"Official, the supervisor of the glass workshop is loyal to his duties on weekdays, and he is honest and honest, but he is negligent for a while, so the punishment may be a bit heavy." Shi Miyuan, the official sent to the glass workshop, couldn't even remember his name, and the reason why he pleaded for him like this was because this matter was related to the struggle between the imperial power and the relative power, and Shi Miyuan didn't want to back down a single step.

"So...... will only be fined three catties of copper! ”

Ma Defang saw that Zhao Yun's face was a little unhappy, and thought to himself why this Shi Xianggong was so stupid today, what if this little thing fulfilled the will of the Son of Heaven, why bother to force each other step by step.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has another thing to report, Zhao Guangle of Panyu Zhixian County came to report today, the crops planted in Guangzhou, in addition to the stable yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes per mu, the rest of the mu yields have declined seriously, wheat and rice and other agricultural products have been tested in Guangdong for one season, confirmed that it is correct, the growth of wheat and rice is not only different in height, but even the maturity time is not the same, the yield per mu is less than 100 catties, far inferior to Zhancheng rice."

Champa rice was introduced to China from South Asia during the Song Dynasty and has been widely cultivated in the southern part of the Yangtze River. Zhao Zheng from the modern era are all hybrid seeds, by artificial pollination so that different genotypes of plant genes recombined into new individuals, so the new hybrid crop genes are very unstable, often planted after the second generation of genetic basis is not the best match, but both good and bad will appear yield decline, height is different, maturity time is different, in the saying is their ancestry.

However, sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes are propagated by roots, that is, at a certain temperature and humidity, sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes sprout on their own, not hybrid crops, and are genetically stable, as long as the climate and fertility can keep up, there will be no large-scale yield reduction.

After listening to Shi Miyuan's participation, Zhao Yun secretly thought, could it be that rice and wheat are the national teacher's tricks, and he can't keep seeds, it seems that his Taoism is still not very profound: "The national teacher will arrive in Lin'an in a few days, you have to inform him about this matter, and see what good plan he has to solve this matter." ”

Shi Miyuan sighed: "I'm afraid that the national teacher is young and the Taoism is not refined, so it is difficult to take on this heavy responsibility, but the potatoes brought by Huang Zhenren and the yield of sweet potatoes are stable, or it can be asked to him." ”

Is this Shi Xianggong going to do something to the national teacher? Ma Defang was shocked, these two great gods started a war, and I don't know how many people will suffer from the pond fish.

Zhao Yun waved his hand and replied: "This matter is not okay, Huang Zhenren leaked the heavenly secret, there is already a catastrophe waiting for him, acting recklessly, it will be a big deal." After Huang Zhenren entered Beijing, it was not that no one wanted to obtain the immortal law through him, but Huang Zhenren kept silent every time. Only through the secret method with the national teacher can you communicate with the heavenly machine. ”

Shi Miyuan said with a straight face: "The national teacher is a state affair in one, Weichen can't bear to bear this burden at a young age, Huang Zhenren still has two disciples under his knees, and he may not be able to teach Huang Zhenren the right time." Moreover, after the national teacher has taken on the heavy burden, he can also take more time to accompany the official family to participate in the enlightenment of the avenue! ”

In the first half of Shi Miyuan, Zhao Yun didn't listen to a word, but the words behind him made his eyes light up, if the national teacher didn't have so many things, wouldn't he spend more time on making glass, and he didn't want to wait for a moment to see the goggles in the Moon Palace: "You can give it a try, the national teacher also happens to have the energy to use the glasses." ”

Zhao Yun said that he suddenly stopped here, thinking that I didn't leak anything, right? After a little recollection, I was relieved, but it's okay! OK!

"This matter should be informed to the national teacher, so as not to make the national teacher feel a gap."

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When Zhao Zheng returned to Lin'an, he took a trip to Yuhang to check the construction of Baiyun Palace.

You Xiong has been in charge of the construction of the Taoist temple in Yuhang, covering a total area of more than 10,000 acres, Yuhang is located in the south of the Yangtze River and is Qi County, which belongs to the prosperous area, but the land near the beach is basically uncultivated because the alkali content of the land is too high, and it is mostly wasteland, so the price of this land is also cheap, and it only cost less than 200,000 yuan in total.

The main hall of the Taoist temple has not yet seen a shadow, Zhao Zheng decided to use a new style of cement and a new way of building to build the Baiyun Taoist Temple, the raw materials of cement are also simple, mainly limestone and clay, plus a small amount of iron powder and gypsum can be reacted.

Zhao Zheng has the drawings of cement production and manufacturing, the iron powder is provided by the steel boiler of the glass workshop, and the gypsum is purchased from Wang Fucai for processing in the whole country.

With the top craftsmen of the Ordnance Department and the experience of building glass workshops, this cement factory has basically been formed, with cement, making cement bricks is a breeze, as long as you build a model can be manufactured, cement bricks are economical and strong, will set off a revolution in the construction of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zheng has been staying in Yuhang to supervise the manufacturing for five days, and Lin'an sent a letter, asking Zhao Zheng to go back quickly, and there is something important to discuss, I heard that something happened in Guangzhou.

Zhao Zheng returned to Lin'an non-stop, and before he had time to return to Baiyun Taoist Temple, he was recruited into the palace by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Zheng was also surprised to hear that there was a problem with wheat and rice in Guangzhou, because in his impression, it was natural to use seeds made from the fruits of crops after harvesting, how could there be a sharp reduction in yield. Although Zhao Zheng and his uncle grew up in the countryside, they lived in school in junior high school, and rarely went home, but when they were busy with farming, they helped weed the fields and helped harvest when they were ripe, completely ignoring the fact that his uncle had to buy new seeds every year.

"Your Majesty, I already know about this matter, and I will reply when I go back and think about it carefully, you can rest assured, I will not let the people of the world starve in one day."

Zhao Yun was worried about another thing at this time: "The national teacher doesn't have to overwork, there are sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes enough to fill the rations of the world." You also have to pay more attention to the glass, which is related to a country's financial plan! ”

Not to mention the 2 million guan that the glass workshop has to hand over to the state treasury every year, even the tax alone can bring more than 200,000 guan of financial revenue to the Great Song Dynasty every month.

The glass workshop not only produced a series of glass products, but also produced soap, and planned to produce perfume again in the spring to increase the purchase, in addition to the steel produced by the steel boiler was sold to the Ordnance Supervisor to make weapons.

But the meaning of Zhao Yun's words was not like this, Zhao Zheng knew that Zhao Yun was in a hurry, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. But at present, the problems of crops such as wheat and rice have drawn most of his energy, and he has no time to pay attention to Zhao Yun's request, so he has to say a few perfunctory words.

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When he returned to the Taoist temple at night, Zhao Zheng announced that he was in retreat, and no one was allowed to approach, so he found the memory card that burned agricultural books, inserted it into his mobile phone, and looked at it all night before he understood the problem.

It turns out that most of the seeds he brought from modern times are hybrid, but Zhao Zheng doesn't have to worry, he also has hybrid technology in his mobile phone, that is, Yuan Longping's latest paper before he crossed over, he also has it on his mobile phone, hybrid technology is not difficult, but it is a headache to want other farmers to explain what DNA is.

It is estimated that at least ten years the people of the world will wait to buy seeds from the Baiyun Taoist Temple, and the title of Shennong in the world will not be able to escape.

After sorting out the clues, Zhao Zheng issued a separate list to teach the world the method of increasing grain production.

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