44 The treasure of Wu Nanhai
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When the news came, the traversers had just finished spring ploughing. Their recent focus has been on agriculture. March 20 of the solar calendar, the seventh day of the second lunar month is the spring equinox, and the arrival of spring means that the work of the agricultural group will become the focus of the future.
Regarding the use of the farm, Wu Nanhai has made a lot of plans. His own professional research direction was originally hybrid rice, and at the time of this accident, he had just returned from a graduation expedition from the famous Sanya South Breeding Base, and carried a large number of precious crop seed specimens with him. Many of them were not available on Qiongzhou Island at this time, but they could be grown and produced locally.
For example, pepper, a spice crop that was regarded as a gold equivalent by Westerners in this era, was not introduced from Singapore until 1947 by overseas Chinese Wang Yuwen, but now Wu Nanhai already has a small bag of pepper seeds on hand. There are also medicinal aloe vera from Africa and Arabia, lemongrass from Java, Indonesia, cashew nuts from Brazil, and tobacco and cocoa beans from the Americas...... and so on, all of which are cash crops that are very suitable for local cultivation.
And this is only a small part of the "treasures of Wu Nanhai", in addition to these crops suitable for local growth, he also has many excellent seeds collected from all over the country - you must know that modern China may be weaker in other aspects, but the comprehensive technical level of agriculture is definitely the best in the world. The southern breeding base in Sanya is known as "China's seed Silicon Valley"!
From September to May of the following year, agricultural workers from all over the country gather here to take advantage of Hainan's typical tropical climate conditions to carry out scientific research and production activities such as crop seed propagation, seed production, addition and identification. The reason why Wu Nanhai put the graduation inspection report here is because this base has brought together the top technology and personnel in agricultural science and technology in the country, and there are several academicians alone.
-- Academician Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice", Academician Wu Mingzhu, "Melon King", Academician Zhang Qiqi, an expert in rice molecular breeding, Professor Li Chenghai, the "Corn King", and cotton experts Guo Sandui, Chen Zhenghua, and Zhao Guozhong...... What kind of Yuan-style hybrid rice, Yedan series of high-yield and high-quality corn, bivalent insect-resistant cotton, and "emerald" melons that these people left in the base ...... And so on, all of which are the top varieties that are also vigorously promoted in modern China.
Because he is an industry insider and his mentor is also quite famous in the circle, Wu Nanhai is fortunate to get a lot of seed specimens of high-quality varieties to enrich the content of his graduation report. When he got on the ship, his carry-on luggage was a handbag, but he checked in two super large specimen boxes, and later when he counted his luggage, some people were interested in his large box, but when he opened it, he saw that it was full of all kinds of grains, and no one paid attention to it immediately.
It was only at this time, when Wu Nanhai introduced his two super large specimen boxes to everyone one by one, Pang Yu and the others looked at each other, and then realized how big a mistake they had made before-they patronized the industrial equipment on the ship, but no one found that the contents of these two boxes were priceless.
"Hey, Nanhai, why didn't you say it earlier. How did you let these treasures casually leave them outside the city for so long...... Fortunately, it was not damaged, otherwise the loss would have been terrible. ”
Looking at the thin bamboo fence around the farm, Xie Xi and the others were very afraid. The agricultural team has been stationed alone for a long time, and it can be said that there are basically no protective measures. Wu Nanhai's two big boxes were casually placed at the head of the bed of the thatched hut where he slept, and a small lock could be smashed open with a stone, who would have thought that this would condense the essence of modern Chinese agriculture?!
"I said that, but none of you care."
The man with glasses felt very aggrieved - in such a group, who doesn't want to be respected and valued by the collective. And it's all about individual ability. Wang Ruobin is a typical example in this regard: a prisoner in custody is valued by everyone, isn't it because he has the technical expertise to make his own firearms?
Wu Nanhai also tried to introduce his professional expertise and the two boxes of treasures to others, but unfortunately his major was too out of the way, and it didn't have an immediate effect. Most people often run away as long as they hear professional words such as "offspring" and "haploid triploid", and the man with glasses is not a person who is good at selling himself.
But fortunately, there is such a rule in this crossing group - because everyone has their own specialties in each specialty, they will "teach each other" when needed. For example, when building a hydropower station, Lin Hanlong, an engineering expert, was responsible for teaching all construction personnel; Teach the knowledge of dam building and motor installation, and when building a house, Pang Yu and Chen Jun want to introduce the common sense of construction to the members of the engineering team; Now that it's time for spring sowing, everyone has to get together and listen to Wu Nanhai, Zhang Maohua and others train them in agricultural knowledge -- no matter how bored and sleepy they are, they can't leave when they yawn and pick their nostrils, just like taking classes in school.
And Pang Yu and the others finally knew that there was such a big treasure hidden in their agricultural group.
When they first heard that they had such a huge amount of agricultural resources in their hands, everyone couldn't help but cheer. But after listening carefully to Wu Nanhai's introduction to the characteristics of those precious seeds, most people's faces slowly collapsed again.
Everything is good, but as the saying goes, "ten years of trees", these seeds don't really grow overnight. In order to meet the level of large-scale agricultural production in terms of quantity, it is necessary to have long-term stable breeding work. Take the hybrid rice that the glasses man is best at: first, we must build a breeding field and cultivate at least two or more lines of breeding rice plants, and then use different lines of breeding rice to crossbreed to produce rice seeds for planting......
"How long does the whole process take?"
Lao Xie and the others still didn't have the patience to listen to Wu Nanhai's class after all, they only cared about this, and the man with glasses replied very happily after a little consideration:
"It takes at least five to six generations to get a homozygous of stable dìng, and Hainan can be three crops a year, so ......"
"Two years? Will we have to get hybrid rice seeds in two years? ”
Although Pang Yu is a layman, he still knows arithmetic, and he can't help but be disappointed when he hears it. But Wu Nanhai was full of lightheartedness:
"yes, at least two years, that's pretty fast. You must know that it took nearly ten years for Yuan Lao and them to cultivate the first three lines of rice seeds. And I have the rice seeds of the light and temperature sensitive sterile line directly on hand, and the climate here on Hainan Island is also suitable, so I can directly use the two-line hybrid method, which saves a lot of time......
So the man with glasses is not good at communicating - as long as it comes to the professional field, it is a series of professional terms, and others can't even understand it, let alone ask questions, so he has to say what he says.
After two years, high-yielding hybrid rice can be obtained, so let's make do with local rice seeds within these two years. Fortunately, the climate on Hainan Island is good, and there are three crops a year, even if it is an ordinary rice seed, if you use scientific methods to manage and fertilize, I believe you can also achieve a good harvest.
Considering the factors of soil fertility and continuous planting, Wu Nanhai finally decided to plant only two rounds of rice per year in their fields, and one round of sweet potatoes in between, so as to protect the cultivated land and avoid excessive soil fertility loss. However, due to the large number of crops that need to be bred, only about half of the entire farm area can be used as a ration field, and the rest has to be used for breeding.
"There are fewer ration fields, and I am afraid that the harvest will not be enough in the future......"
As soon as the man with glasses said this, Comrade Lao Xie's heavy palm slapped directly on his shoulder.
"You don't have to worry about this, let's go back and negotiate with Lao Cheng and them, and the land around the farm will be directly circled and robbed for you!"
"Isn't it safe to have a breeding base here? Can you consider moving to the industrial zone? It's more convenient to defend nearby, and we can help pull a power grid or something. ”
Pang Yu was very worried about the thin fence around the farm, not to mention that someone deliberately tried to destroy it, even cattle and sheep and other livestock might be able to sneak in and eat a few bites. Every bite is a lifeline!
But Wu Nanhai refused without hesitation - just kidding, the place in the industrial zone is already polluted, so go over there to breed? Waiting for mutations. Pang Yu thought about it and made sense, so he had to give up this idea. I plan to go back and discuss with Lin Hanlong and the others to see how many wires are left, and how far can they be pulled......
By mid-April, the first grain and cash crops had been planted, and the ordinary rice crops were just the ones they had hoped for. However, at this time, they got the news that the Ming army of Qiongzhou was about to attack.
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