"The combined nutrient solution configured according to this ratio can solve the current problems of your first generation of seawater rice."

Chen Cheng told Zeng Yinghua on the phone (this name will be called from now on, otherwise he will not be able to pass the trial).

"Really? Xiao Chen, your innovation is very good! Zeng Yinghua praised.

He added, "Judging by my experience, this method is possible. But after all, this is an experiment, and we also need experimental data as a support for choosing this technical solution. ”

Chen Cheng said: "This is the effect I used to simulate with a computer, I used your seawater rice research data, programmed a set of simulation programs, this conclusion is run out of the program, there is no real experimental data." ”

Zeng Yinghua on the other end of the phone thought for a while and said, "Okay, I believe in your technical ability." I plan to divide part of the experimental field of seawater rice and implement your technical method, just to do a comparative experiment with others. ”

"Good. Thank you for your trust. ”

"But I'm going to have to trouble you to send us a little mineral. Cytokinin, we have it. ”

"That's fine, I'll be able to leave early tomorrow morning."

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Zeng Yinghua said three "yes" in a row, and he could hear that he was very excited.

With Zeng Lao's consent, Chen Cheng hurriedly spent 100,000 reputation points to start the experiment, extracting pure mineral operants from the last wild tangerine auxin.

A sufficient amount of mineral operans was then reproduced on the biological replicator.

Early the next morning, Chen Cheng boarded a plane to Hannan Province. This is his third flight, and he is already familiar with the road.

The driver who picked him up from the research institute directly pulled Chen Cheng outside the experimental field, and Zeng Yinghua and the experimenters were already waiting here.

"Xiao Chen, it's really hard for you!"

As he spoke, Zeng Lao took Chen Cheng's hand again and led him to the experimental field.

When they arrived at the experimental field, Zeng Lao arranged for Deng Xing and Chen Cheng to prepare a combined nutrient solution together.

One acre of experimental field is divided into two halves by a mobile partition, that is, half an acre of combined nutrient solution is required.

After the accounting, Deng Xing weighed the cytokinin and the mineral operanin separately and added them to the purified water that had been prepared.

On the other side, six or seven experimenters have completed the bagging of half an acre of seawater rice ears with paper bags.

Rice has many leaves, and there are barbs, which cannot be smeared, but can only be sprayed. The ears are bagged to prevent them from being contaminated with the combination solution.

The experimenters of Zeng Lao's research team have been engaged in hybrid rice research for many years, and they are very professional, and the work of spraying the combined nutrient solution naturally does not require Chen Cheng to do it himself.

In about 20 minutes, the spraying of the combined nutrient solution was completed.

It was close to noon, and Zeng Lao took everyone to the canteen to eat together.

About 40 people had lunch at the institute, and they were divided into four large round tables, and everyone ate around the round table.

Watching the food on the table, everyone gobbled it up, and Chen Cheng, who was sitting next to Zeng Lao, was a little restrained.

"Xiao Chen, eat quickly, you're welcome!"

Zeng Lao put a chopstick dish in the bowl for him, and continued: "Don't look at our institute are all intellectuals who have read books, everyone is not ambiguous when eating, you have to be more restrained, you will be hungry later." ”

Deng Xing, who was sitting on the other side of Chen Cheng, also said: "Chen Cheng, don't see outside, the people in our institute work hard every day, so they are also very active in eating. ”

Hearing his words, Chen Cheng was relieved, and he lowered his head and picked up the meal.

After eating, there is a one-hour lunch break for the institute as usual. But Zeng Lao led Chen Cheng and a few of them to inspect the rice in the experimental field.

It has only been less than an hour since the nutrient solution was applied, and the effect is naturally not visible to the naked eye. However, for Yuan Lao, he has to have a score in his heart at a glance.

Chen Cheng approached a rice plant a little, and the system immediately gave the inspection results.

[The combined nutrient solution is applied normally, and the rice absorption is normal]

Hearing the feedback from the system, he was also relieved.

"Zeng Lao, how strong is our generation of seawater rice?" Chen Cheng asked.

"The experimental conditions of this generation of seawater rice are set to an experimental environment with a pH value of 8.0 to 9.0 and a salinity content of 5‰ to 6‰, and their growth is normal so far."

"How much area of saline-alkali land can be used in my country with this degree of saline-alkali resistance?"

"Almost 100 million acres." Zeng Lao summed up slightly.

"Is the condition of the remaining 200 million acres of saline-alkali land even worse?"

Zeng Yinghua didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Of the 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land, saline-alkali land accounts for nearly one-sixth.

This is a terrible statistic.

From the perspective of the population ratio of Huaxia, the safety of arable land and food security have always been the alarm bells hanging over the heads of agricultural workers.

It's just that ordinary people don't understand it.

The two chatted as they walked to the tree-lined path outside the institute, where dappled sunlight danced on the ground with the breeze.

"Who knows that Chinese food is hard work!" Zeng Lao suddenly sighed.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "I prefer the sentence you sent me, 'I like to see the thousands of waves of rice and grass, and heroes everywhere smoke at sunset'." There is a heroic ambition, which is just right to describe our agricultural researchers. ”

"Haha, we are all mud legs engaged in agricultural research, where can we be called heroes!"

"Heroes have come out of the mud legs since ancient times!" Chen Cheng said proudly.

Zeng Yinghua put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Okay, you kid can have this state of mind, and he is a good seedling for agriculture." ”

Chen Cheng also smiled: "So I have to learn more from you Zeng Lao and ask for more advice." ”

Zeng Lao waved his hand: "Eh, this time this solution is still you came up with, I'm not as good as you!" ”

Chen Cheng hurriedly said: "This is just my random guessing method, and I dare to call you after using computer simulation to verify it." ”

"You young people, you have a lot of ideas, and you can use computers, and you will have to take the lead in the future agricultural technology research, and in a few years, our old men will be honorably laid off!"

"We can see farther because we stand on the shoulders of your giants."

Zeng Lao laughed and said: "Stand up, as long as you can make the country's agricultural technology famous, you can stand on the old man's shoulder!" ”

An old man and a young man walked slowly out of the shade of the trees and stood on the side of the road and looked into the distance.

The institute is located on a small hill with a large field of farmland below. Some have already been harvested, leaving only a stomping of straw, some of the rice has only turned yellow, and there are people with straw hats harvesting inside.

Zeng Lao pointed to the distance and said: "These are our experimental fields, each of which is planted with different varieties of hybrid rice, and the scientific researchers of the institute have to be responsible." ”

Chen Cheng remembered everyone's gluttony at noon, and now he understood everything.

People who are engaged in agricultural research spend most of their time in the fields, standing in the fields, whether they are students or researchers at the research institutes of these countries.

Only by taking root in the land can we produce fruitful research.