A winter rain moistened the somewhat arid land, which only made the people of North China breathe a sigh of relief, at least this rain made them see the hope of a bumper harvest, and no longer worry about the next year's harvest at the end of the year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hundreds of meters west of Baoding Railway Station, in the towering courtyard wall, compared with the people outside the courtyard wall who rely on the sky to eat, the machine well drilled by the latest steam-driven rotary drilling rig can provide enough irrigation water for thousands of acres of cultivated land in the courtyard, and because of this, the growth of crops in the field is far better than the field outside the courtyard wall. However, unlike the fields outside the yard, which are full of sweet potatoes, this yard is planted with wheat, which is not much grown in northern China nowadays.

In fact, the locals of Baoding always have a trace of curiosity about this large courtyard with high walls, which is more because they do not act according to "customs", they do not plant sorghum when they should plant sorghum, and they do not plant sweet potatoes when they should plant sweet potatoes.

Corn, wheat, in the past year, this has been enclosed in the big yard, that is, planting, according to the Baoding people's class, this person's head shell must have been kicked by a donkey, otherwise how can it be so generous that such a large yard is encircled to plant the land?

No matter how the outside world looks at it, the "agricultural experimental field" in Baoding, and the agricultural experimental fields in Jinan, Kaifeng, Jiangning, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other places, are all invested and founded by the "East Asian Agricultural Promotion Foundation", which aims to promote the "Western agriculture" originated from the advanced countries of the West in China to transform China's traditional agriculture, and the core of the localization of "Western agriculture" is the localization of talents, which naturally produces an agricultural school aimed at cultivating agricultural talents.

Without exception, the agricultural schools are all set up in the "agricultural experimental field", which is limited by various factors. The scale of these agricultural schools is not large. As a matter of fact. Even the agricultural department of Northeastern University only enrolled 165 students this year, and as for these agricultural schools, there are only a dozen or so students, and more than 20 people at most.

But how many people are willing to die in the fields for all those who read? This naturally leads to many people having no intention of attending an agricultural school. However, despite this, all those who are willing to apply for agricultural schools under such circumstances are all aspiring young people who are interested in devoting themselves to "modern agriculture".

Although it is raining, it can be in the Baoding Agricultural Experimental Field. Several young men in rubberized raincoats and rain boots are patrolling the fields to check the growth of the wheat seedlings, which are growing vigorously.

“……”

As a student of Baoding Agricultural School, he is full of expectations for the wheat called "China No. 1" wheat, almost every day, as long as there is time. They will come here to check the growth of wheat seedlings, and they can't wait to do it overnight. These 32 acres of breeding fields can breed good seeds, and then immediately promote to the whole Zhili.

"What, Zijing, are you still thinking about when, why not take this wheat seed home and plant it?"

Li Linyuan, who was on the side, looked at the appearance of his classmates, and smiled softly, but these words were not his expectations, as a child of a peasant family, he clearly knew what high-yield and high-quality seeds meant to the people, which meant that the people no longer had to starve.

"It's not that you don't know, the information says that the yield of "Zhonghua No. 1" wheat in the northeast and south breeding bases is about 500 catties, but how much does an acre of high-quality sorghum land produce? Up to 120 pounds! ”

Straightening up his waist, Zhang Jing stared at the wheat seedlings in the field and said with a sigh.

"If it weren't for the high yield of corn per mu this year, which averaged 607 catties per mu, who would have believed that one mu of wheat could harvest 500 catties ......"

The corn in Zhang Jing's mouth refers to the dozens of acres of corn planted in the test site this year, with an average yield of an astonishing 607 catties, which really shocked everyone, even Professor Yamaguchi at the test site was stunned. However, because of the restrictions of the school, they did not publicize this yield to the public, of course, more importantly, these seeds are now being domesticated locally, and only when the domestication is mature and adapts to the local climate can the goal of stable and high yield be achieved.

"This is only the yield of the experimental field, and if it is planted in the field, the yield is estimated to drop by two or three percent......"

What every agricultural technician wants to do most is to turn the yield of the experimental field into the yield of the field, but this is almost nothing, after all, it is impossible to cultivate every acre of land intensively, and more importantly, the supply of fertilizer and irrigation in the field will limit its yield.

"Two or three?"

Shaking his head, Zhang Jing asked rhetorically.

"Don't forget the sorghum planted in the experimental field, the yield is more than 200 catties, in addition to the application of phosphate fertilizer in the field, hundreds of catties of compost will be used, and the water can also be supplied, this kind of experimental field environment is by no means comparable to ordinary farmers, I estimate that the same seeds, put in the field, can keep the yield of 300 catties is good......

Mentioning the decline in production, Zhang Jing's brows suddenly wrinkled.

"In addition, the people are accustomed to keeping their own seeds, and the water and fertilizer cannot keep up, which naturally leads to a reduction in their yields and leads to seed degradation.

In fact, in the countryside, although the rich peasants have surplus land to rent to others, almost every rich peasant has one thing in common, that is, he is proficient in farming, and Zhang Jing's father is naturally no exception, and even this is the reason why he applied for the agricultural school.

"Farming, planting and planting, is nothing more than so many tricks, just like the reason why our fields are better than others, one is intensive farming, and the other is to use fertilizer......

When mentioning the use of fertilizer, Zhang Jing turned the conversation around, that is the Zhang family's farming trick, it is by relying on that trick that the Zhang family's land can be more than others to produce more grain, it is by relying on this "accumulation of a lot" with two generations of time to buy dozens of acres of land, even in school, he has never mentioned that the fertilizer at home is different from others, that is the Zhang family's "law not to pass on".

"When I was a child, the sorghum of Uncle Sun's house in the neighboring county was more than ten catties higher than that of the other people, so my father went to his house to change the seeds, and as expected, it was twenty pounds smaller than in previous years, when I planted that year, my father stayed in the sorghum field all day long, picked the best sorghum, made a mark, and then selected the best seeds from the seeds of the sorghum knots, and specially made a few of the best fields, using picks to carry water, and the best fertilizer, a few years ago, Uncle Sun was going to our house to change the seeds......"

In the past, Zhang Jing may not have known the meaning of doing this, but he has been studying in the agricultural school for seven months, and he knows that this is actually a kind of primitive breeding, and now, if he is asked to do it, he may be able to do better, and his father's success is the experience of several generations of the Zhang family, that is, with that little experience, the Zhang family is what it is today.

"So, the key is breeding!"

Turning his face and smiling, Zhang Jing said such a sentence, which is simple, but it is also the most basic truth.

"If you don't breed good seeds, no matter how good the seeds are, it's useless."

The key to increasing crop yield lies in breeding, which is the least common sense, Zhang Jing's words made Li Linyuan stunned at first, and then said.

"And you want to?"

Out of his understanding of his good friend, Li Linyuan naturally knew that Zhang Jing must have something in mind, if it weren't for that, he would definitely not say such a sentence.

"What do you think? You say, just like our family, every year people come to our house with silver and sorghum to change their species, what is the picture? It is one hundred and sixty catties of sorghum per acre, even if it is more than ten catties of sorghum for one catty, they are also willing, after all, that acre of land can produce an extra thirty or forty catties of sorghum......"

Because my father would set aside one acre of land every year for breeding, the sorghum varieties of the Zhang family have been quite popular in the vicinity for many years, and even Li Linyuan, who is separated by a few counties, knows the sorghum varieties of the Zhang family in Dingxian County. After studying in the agricultural school, Zhang Jing realized that the Zhang family had been doing the most primitive breeding for many years, although primitive but very effective.

"Do you remember the breeding science mentioned in the book, and those breeding companies, if there were no good varieties bred by Western breeding companies, how could there be the prosperity of Western agriculture today? If you think about it, our family's sorghum can be exchanged for 16 catties for 16 catties, and the income of this mu of land is equal to 16 acres, if we turn dozens of acres into farming......"

After a slight pause, Zhang Jing folded his fingers again.

"In recent years, our family's seeds have been exchanged for familiar ones, if the ground is full of good seeds, not to mention how much income can be increased at home, that is, how much can neighboring villagers benefit from using new seeds?"

After expressing his thoughts, Zhang Jing looked at Li Yuanlin, and his eyes were full of inexplicable fanaticism.

"You mean you want to build a breeding company?"

Nodding vigorously, Zhang Jing said in an affirmative tone.

"That's right, who of us doesn't know that the seeds of the Zhang family are good, so I thought, maybe I can use the reputation accumulated by the family over the years to build a breeding company, use the family's land first, and then rent someone else's ......land if it is good."

Studying in an agricultural school has greatly broadened Zhang Jing's horizons, not to mention, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

"In the past, the family only raised one acre of land because the fertilizer was not enough, but now we know that in addition to manure and soybean fertilizer, there are fertilizers like phosphate fertilizer and nitrate fertilizer that can be used, as long as the fertilizer and water can keep up, this kind of breeding will definitely be no problem, Yulin, what do you think of my idea?"

"The idea is good, but ......"

After a slight pause, Li Yuanlin had to admit that his friend's idea was indeed good, but there was still a problem.

"But you know, the seeds of the school have not yet been domesticated, and the people of Zhili have not yet grown wheat, will it be ...... for you to do this?"

"Who said that wheat should be planted, this wheat seed will definitely not be put into use without four or five years of domestication, I plan to get sorghum first, and first put it according to the way in the school, and change it to sorghum. Yulin, what do you think? How about we do it together? (To be continued.) )