67 Wheat hybridization
Luo Xiaoqiao looked at his eagerness, as well as Luo Dashan's obviously relaxed expressions, and laughed twice and said:
"Uncle, I'm really not in a hurry, I'll collect it all year round, you can take a look at it later, my workshop is big, save it, if you want, let's make an agreement, and I want the cotton on your side in the future."
Luo Xiting was really relieved now, and thanked him sincerely.
"But, uncle", Luo Xiaoqiao still felt that it was better to talk about things ahead.
"We have to make it clear, after the agreement is signed, you can only provide for my family, and you can't give it to another family because they give more money in the future."
"Don't worry, don't say that there is a friendship with the mountains, even our Zhuang people, without ingratitude, you solved our crisis today, not to mention that it was collected at the market price, that is, let us suffer a little loss in the future, we are all willing"
Luo Xiting said gratefully, the burly man finally lifted the burden from his shoulders.
Aunt Dashan actually didn't know that he was not only his family's business, but also the head of a village in southern Liaoning.
I wanted to take everyone to get rich together, but who would have thought that cotton would be planted in the first year, and this was actually the result.
If because of his mistakes, the villagers lost all their money, he really didn't know how to face the disappointed eyes of the neighbors.
Several people asked Luo Jinrong to come over as a witness, and asked the teacher of the Luo family to draft the document, sign and press the handprint, and the negotiation was completed.
Luo Xiaoqiao knew their eagerness, so he didn't stay long, said a few words to Aunt Dashan, and went back.
This is really sleepy, someone sent a pillow, she is worried about where the raw materials of the fabric come from, there is a way, sure enough, in this life, God still favors her.
Luo Xiaoqiao didn't expect that there were really a lot of guests today, and after she went home, there were still people waiting for her.
The person who came was You Shen under King Jing, who was ordered to follow Luo Xiaoqiao to plant a greenhouse, and he didn't have time to catch up with the thin melons in autumn.
"Little Qiao girl", You Shen immediately got up from her chair when she saw her go back.
"Uncle You, sit down", Luo Xiaoqiao didn't dare to let him be so polite, although he was a subordinate, he was also a subordinate of King Jing, and it was definitely not her Luo family.
"Little Miss Qiao, the greenhouse has been set up as you said, just west of your village, next to your piece of land." You Shen said.
Luo Xiaoqiao nodded, she had already seen that she had a three-acre greenhouse on her side, and three acres on that side, which probably accounted for a large part of this year's glass production.
In order to show his importance to agriculture, King Jing also sent a team of soldiers to be stationed around Luojia Village to guard this greenhouse day and night.
Wealth touches people's hearts. Not to mention anything else, this large amount of glass alone is enough to make people red, and his approach is not unreasonable.
But in this way, even the security in the surrounding areas has been much better, and the idlers with bad intentions in the surrounding villages have been reined in a lot.
This is not the Sun Jiatun of the year, he was arrested and beaten and released, if he was caught by King Jing's people, even if he was not killed on the spot and sent to fill the city wall, he would have a life of no return.
"Girl, what next?" Yu Shen asked.
Luo Jinrong and Mr. Teaching didn't go back after witnessing her signing a contract with Luo Xiting, and they also came over to talk about something, and happened to hear them talking.
Luo Jinrong couldn't help but interject and said, "Xiao Qiao, it's not that grandpa is too talkative, your thin melon is growing well, but it's autumn, and it's not cold yet." If you're going to plant winter wheat, you'll have to think about it. It's winter, and the ground is full of frozen soil, and it's cold, and nothing grows."
Mr. Teaching was also afraid that she was too young, and threw so much silver into it, and Huo Huo was gone for a winter, and he was afraid that she would not be able to stand the blow, so he also said:
"Yes, Xiao Qiao, no one in our northland has been able to grow food in winter, especially if you still have so much, you can think about it again"
Grandpa Luo and Grandma Luo listened on the sidelines and didn't speak, and Luo Xiaoni didn't speak.
Luo Xiaoqiao smiled and said, "Village chief grandpa, don't worry, I have a number."
Then she turned her head to look at You Shen and said, "Uncle You, after the winter wheat is planted, we have to wait for the prince to provide a pipeline made of iron, and we will burn the stove to keep it warm." In addition, I am going to plant two acres of wheat and one acre of vegetables, do you see if you are planting vegetables over there? ”
"No, we grow all wheat", You Shen is very simple, winter vegetables are indeed valuable, but they are not food after all. Although three acres of wheat grain is a drop in the bucket, it is better than nothing.
"Okay", Luo Xiaoqiao said that he understood, "Winter wheat is planted now, and if it is normal, it can be harvested around May next year, and after the harvest, beans can be planted and harvested for another season."
You Shen was a little excited, if they could really harvest two crops a year, maybe they wouldn't have to have to go through it so hard.
"Uncle You", Luo Xiaoqiao thought about it for a while, and decided to use the power of King Jing.
"You say", You Shen's black face was full of smiles, looking at Luo Xiaoqiao, and asked kindly.
Luo Xiaoqiao said: "Look at our wheat, there are only a dozen seeds on one ear of wheat, even if the fertilizer is sufficient, it is impossible to get a harvest against the sky, right?" ”
You Shen nodded: "That's so"
Luo Xiaoqiao said: "Uncle You, I have heard of a home remedy, just like horses and donkeys can give birth to mules, mules will grow stronger. So if the wheat is crossed with goat grass, in fact, it may be possible to get more varieties of wheat grains, if it really works, then we don't have to work so hard in the future. ”
"What do you say?" You Shen's face turned red with excitement, and his eyes looked at Luo Xiaoqiao with a smile: "What you said is true?" ”
Luo Xiaoqiao said: "I think it makes sense in terms of reason, but it is difficult to do. Because a wheat tree can grow seeds as long as it blooms on its own, it is difficult for it to cross with goat grass."
Grandma Luo heard Luo Xiaoqiao say "hybridization" next to her, and she still said it in front of a few big men, she couldn't help but blush, but she couldn't bear to interrupt them.
In fact, she also wanted Luo Xiaoqiao to be right.
"What do you want to do?" You Shen excitedly pressed Luo Xiaoqiao's shoulder, this little girl can always walk out of the impossible out of a possible way, maybe, this miracle can really happen.
"I thought, there are always exceptions in the world, do you see when you plant winter wheat, can you find out if there is any abnormal wheat, that is, wheat that cannot grow on its own? If you find it, there is a way," Luo Xiaoqiao explained in plain language as much as possible.
Wheat, like rice, is dioecious, and to breed a hybrid dominant variety, the first thing to do is to make the female parent no longer self-pollinate and bear fruit. This requires finding a male sterile line so that the plant only has "female" sexual characteristics.
At that time, Mr. Yuan, the father of hybrid rice, found the wild barnyard of rice like looking for a needle in a haystack, and selected and bred the sterile line of hybrid rice.
Now, what they have to do is to find the male sterile line of wheat like looking for a needle in a haystack again, which is the "wild barnyard of wheat".
If they could change an ear of wheat from a dozen grains to a modern forty-five grains, it would be enough for even one crop of grain a year in the Northland.
Therefore, the beginning of everything has to rely on heaven and them to discover it themselves. Fortunately, it is already known that sterile lines are sensitive to temperature, and the low temperature in the north is a good condition for the production of temperature-sensitive sterile lines.