"Lifu, how are you preparing the materials we sent to Tianjin to fight the flood?"

When he came to the temporary warehouse, Cheng Nuo patted the stacks of grain casually, looked at these bulging bags, and was very concerned.

"At present, there are many compatriots affected by the disaster, we will distribute food first to eat enough, and the rest will be talked about later, of course, this does not mean that the quality of our food is reduced, especially the kind of grain mixed with bran, shoddy practices I will never allow."

"Dean, don't worry, these grains are coordinated with the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and I have personally verified each bag to ensure that there is not even a stone." Jiang Jiang Zuo took out the grain spy he was carrying, took it and plunged it into the sack, and then a tube of yellow and clear corn kernels was brought out: "All the seeds are full, it is not an exaggeration to say that they can be retained." ”

Cheng Nuo didn't rush to talk, took the grain spies over, and personally checked a few grain bags, and after seeing that there was no deception, he put down his heart peacefully: "The more difficult it is, the more people rush to make a fortune in the country, although they can't control others, but as long as it is on our territory, we must have a clear conscience." ”

Picking up a corn kernel from the palm of his hand, Cheng Nuo took a closer look, then stuffed it directly into his mouth and chewed it, and said: "But it can be seen that you have put a lot of thought into this area recently, and it is really hard for you." But then again, how much corn are we buying now, is that enough? ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo put back all the grain that had been inspected and tied the bag again: "At present, 300,000 catties of corn have been purchased, but now the warehouse we are staying in is too small to hold so much, and some of it is hoarded in the Watson Electric Appliance Manufacturing Factory." ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and swallowed the bit of corn in his mouth: "What about the price, is it still within our affordability?" ”

Jiang Jiangzuo is not so worried about this problem: "With the help of the flour trade union and the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce, the food problem is still relatively easy to solve, and we mainly purchase corn, and some mountainous areas with less arable land in the south also grow these, so although there are market fluctuations, the overall impact is not great." ”

"It's also said that although the yield is low, everyone grows it." Looking at these grains of corn, Cheng Nuo pondered: "But there are still too many of our compatriots affected by the disaster, although 300,000 catties of corn can fill our warehouse, but in front of five million people, it is still not enough." ”

"In this way, I will go back to the Shanghai Flour Union to help see if I can grind all the grain into flour, and when the time comes, whether it is cooking porridge or mixing wild vegetables to make cakes, I will consume a little less." Without waiting for Jiang Jiangzuo to reply, Cheng Nuo asked and answered himself, and gave his opinions on how to deal with the grain later.

Jiang Zuowenzhi took out a paper and pen from his arms, and recorded everything he said on the spot: "Dean, you are still busy with other things here, or let me come, I just happened to stay in France for work-study, and there are still some things that I have not finished talking about with President Li, and I will deal with him next time I see him." ”

Looking at the other party picking up a small notebook and recording it carefully, Cheng Nuo couldn't help laughing: "Lifu, if I'm not mistaken, you studied mathematics at Harvard, not administration, shouldn't you change to a pair of gold wire glasses in the next step?" ”

After writing the last word on his hand, Jiang Jiang Zuo was a little helpless: "The ancestors have said, 'A good memory is better than a bad pen', I'm not afraid of forgetting, one hasn't been finished yet, and the other is rushing down, and it's easy to lose it if you don't write it down by hand." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Jiangzuo turned over the notebook and turned it page by page in front of Cheng Nuo: "The day before yesterday, you said that the quota of the work-study society in France should be opened, and female students should be recruited at the same time, regardless of major, and not special gender;

In the afternoon of the same day, you said that Watson Electric Appliance Manufacturing Factory could open a branch factory in Changxindian, Beijing, to expand profits at the same time, but also to allow work-study students to learn manufacturing technology, and when they set up factories in Europe in the future, the factory has skilled workers, and students also have a stable source of economic income;

In the middle of the night last night, you didn't sleep, and suddenly woke me up from the bed, saying that you need to buy some steel-making equipment from Europe and the United States, and you need this good steel "to heaven", I wonder if you have already gone to heaven in your dreams;

And now there is the corn that is going to be ground into flour today......"

Looking at Jiang Jiang Zuo's slightly aggrieved look, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself for being the shopkeeper.

But after being ashamed, he should still continue to be the shopkeeper, who makes the stall of the Academy of Sciences bigger and bigger, and education or industry alone can't save the country at all, just thinking that the stall is not big enough, what can be done now is to find a few more business talents to help Jiang Jiang Zuo share the pressure.

But then again, the Academy of Sciences has been established for half a year, and now there is no nominal administration, and it has to be said that it is also the negligence of him as the president.

After listening to the "grievances" so patiently, Cheng Nuo wanted to stretch out his hand and pat Jiang Jiangzuo's shoulder to show comfort, but he couldn't bump into the other party's daughter-in-law's general gaze, which made him feel a little weak, but at this time, his hand was embarrassed to take it back, so he had to draw a semicircle in the air and scratch it on his head.

"Lifu, you've worked hard."

"What's so hard or not, everyone is the same, aren't you running outside every day." Jiang Jiangzuo shook his head, closed the notebook and prepared to put it back in his pocket: "I'm not afraid of being busy, I'm afraid of being busy, but now with my comrades, it's more fulfilling." ”

"Hey, hey, don't close the book first, do you want to be a little fuller?" Cheng Nuo himself felt ashamed when he said this, but he was in Shanghai, and there was only one person available in front of him, so he could only continue to grieve him for the time being: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and disaster relief food can only manage their temporary fullness, not their lifetime." ”

Seeing that there was something to order, Jiang Jiangzuo immediately spread the notebook in the palm of his hand again, and said with a serious face: "I understand this truth, in addition to food, we have also purchased some agricultural tools and agricultural materials, and we will distribute them by household to ensure that they are distributed to those who need them." ”

"It's good to think about that, but it's not enough." Cheng Nuo patted the grain bag beside him again and explained: "It is not easy to do charity, we can distribute small items for free, but when it comes to livestock and seeds of relatively high value, we need to think more." ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo frowned: "In other words, expensive things can't be distributed for free, but conditionally?" ”

Cheng Nuo nodded: "Things that are obtained for free are often not cherished, so livestock are borrowed instead of given for free, and the same is true for seeds, but the latter can give them another choice." ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo was puzzled: "Another choice? Could it be that we contract the land and let them be tenant farmers? ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "If Lifu wants to be the master, I can consider this suggestion." ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo waved his hand again and again: "Don't don't, I'll just say that, I still have to listen to you what you do." ”

"That's what you said, after this village, there won't be this shop." Cheng Nuo pretended to be very regretful, with a pity on his face: "At present, the College of Agriculture under our Academy of Sciences has begun the selection and breeding of wheat in the north and south, and this year's localization is very successful. ”

"It's better for people to live for a lifetime, or to do something meaningful, and how can a village store or something be a 'big city'." After Jiang Jiang Zuo finished stating his thoughts, after hearing the second half of the sentence, he fell into thinking again: "It means that our localized seeds should also be mixed with ordinary seeds and jointly lent to the disaster victims?" ”

Cheng Nuo waved his hand and explained seriously: "Although we are localized seeds, we are better in yield, resistance to pests and diseases, and lodging resistance, but after all, we have no experience in large-scale promotion.

Our Academy of Sciences is to serve the people of this country, and we must shoulder this responsibility. ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo didn't understand the weight of this sentence for the time being: "Dean, let me think more." ”

Cheng Nuo patted the other party's shoulder and said earnestly: "An excellent intellectual should have a sense of historical mission, and it is our mission to let the broadest masses of the people live a good life.

Considering the risk of promotion, you will distribute our experimental seeds later, all for free, and do not charge a penny from the masses. ”

After pacing back and forth in place for a few steps, Cheng Nuo suddenly turned his head and said firmly: "In this way, after investigating the local yield per mu in previous years, we will set a minimum yield, if it is because we experiment with seeds, the yield of the plot will drop sharply, and we will make up for the missing part!" ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo was suddenly taken aback: "Dean, in this way, all the risks have been passed on to us, I can't help it!" ”

Cheng Nuo's eyes were like torches: "Lifu, do you know how much effort these people spend on seed selection every year, behind the land is often a fragile family, so under the ravages of the flood, it will be broken at the touch of a moment." Even if we promote it for free, how many people would dare to take this risk?

The land is their roots, the crops are their lives, don't let the people who believe in us chill! ”

Even so, Jiang Jiangzuo was still a little hesitant: "But ......"

Cheng Nuo immediately stopped the words: "But don't you believe our comrades from the Agricultural College?" In order to make experimental results as soon as possible, Comrade Guo Shouchun directly built a shed in the field one summer, and had to hold the wheat at night to fall asleep. ”

After hearing this, Jiang Jiangzuo lowered his head: "I think, I understand." ”

Treating his comrades, of course, Cheng Nuo would not blindly criticize, and stretched out his hand to pat the other party's shoulder again: "Lifu, I understand your thoughts, this human nature is the most untestable, let alone in this regard." In this way, before signing the guarantee agreement, we also have to sign an exclusive purchase agreement, which requires the cooperative farmers to sell to us at the same price after the harvest. ”

Seeing that the leader took the initiative to take a step back, Jiang Jiangzuo felt much better, and at the same time he was a little puzzled: "Why do we still want to buy?" ”

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "Then you have to ask Comrade Guo Shouchun, the seeds trained by him are not only a little bit as I just said, but also whiter than the local wheat, and the quality is also better. ”

The words have already been said and Jiang Jiangzuo did not hesitate any longer: "Okay, I will do this matter as soon as I go back, and it will be the top priority." ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Don't worry, the sowing of winter wheat will not be between September and October, and we still have time now." But then again, work is not all about brute force, you also have to learn to use force to fight, I might as well test you, who needs high-quality wheat the most at the moment? ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo held his chin, thought for a while and hesitated: "Disaster victims? ”

"Industry." Cheng Nuo shook his head.

"Industry? Industry ......" At this moment, Jiang Jiangzuo's eyes suddenly glanced at the grain bag in front of him, and said in surprise: "It's the Shanghai Flour Union!?" ”

Cheng Nuo was pleased: "Yes, it is them, they are now in a difficult fight with the Japanese flour industry, it is a time of life and death, and it is also one of the reasons why they dared to make the Japanese ugly in front of everyone last time.

If done right, the risks behind the seeds will also be borne with us. ”

"Dean, the old traitor ......" Jiang Zuo listened, the unhappiness in his heart completely disappeared, and the words of "praise" blurted out.

"Huh?" Cheng Nuo's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I'm talking about resourcefulness, Jiang is still old and spicy, dean, don't get me wrong." Jiang Jiang Zuo hurriedly changed his words and said with a sneer.

After the joke, Cheng Nuo said seriously: "The funds for the experimental field were originally supported by the Shanghai Flour Trade Union, and now the results are fed back to others, which is also reasonable, and this model of production, education and research will continue to be promoted by our Academy of Sciences, and strive to let more people enjoy the fruits of development." ”

Coming to Jiang Jiang Zuo's side, Cheng Nuo personally straightened out the other party's collar and said with a smile: "If you can persist in completing this flood fighting process, maybe you will tell others what you said above." ”

Feeling the warmth, Jiang Jiangzuo lowered his head again: "Dean, I will do it well." ”

Cheng Nuo diverted the topic at the right time: "Let's go, the warehouse is so big, take me around again." Having said that, don't look at the good quality of corn here, but you can't keep the seeds directly, and you will face problems such as degradation later, such as ...... Forget it, when you meet Comrade Guo Shouchun in this regard, he will give you a detailed ......"

No, Cheng Nuo really can't really be the shopkeeper, and it is better for him to come forward in some aspects.

Especially with so many disaster relief materials, how to smoothly transport them to Tianjin is a big problem.

Thanks to the superior position of the Yangtze River to the sea, east of the East China Sea, south of Hangzhou Bay, Shanghai wins the river and sea, the benefit of the mainland's Guangzhou, shipping has unique natural geographical conditions, it is a port city since ancient times, and it is also a typical city in China that is prosperous by business and established by business.

In particular, the name "Shanghai" originally came from a Pu name called "Shanghai Pu", which began to set up a port in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has basically established the status of the national shipping center before Shanghai was forced to open the port, and is known as "the Tongjin of the rivers and seas, the capital of the southeast." ”

However, even with such a long history, in modern times, foreign shipping companies relied on their privileges to usurp China's navigation rights, forcibly divided the berthing area of foreign ships, and quickly opened shipping enterprises in Shanghai, built steamship docks, and built shipyards.

This means that if Cheng Nuo wants to transport grain to Tianjin by sea, he will most likely have to rely on the power of foreigners.

At that time, people don't care whether you are a disaster relief or not, you will have to kill it fiercely.

"I count, among the foreign steamship companies that have been opened in Shanghai, there are 17 in the United Kingdom, 8 in the United States, 7 in Japan, 5 in Germany, 2 in France, in addition to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and other messy countries, why is there not a decent one in China."

Cheng Nuo squatted on the beach, looking at the busy port in the distance, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but envy: "Carefully calculated, almost every year, one or two foreign shipyards open, is it really so profitable?" ”

At this time, an old man who was fishing next to him suddenly said: "Young man, you don't know this, when the Manchu Tartars were still jumping a few decades ago, there was a foreign steamship company called Qichang, with a net profit of 700,000 taels a year, and they had to buy new ships every year. ”

The other party obviously knew something, Cheng Nuo hurriedly went over and squatted in front of the uncle: "Uncle, what if his family makes money, everything else is just to make a shout, isn't it impossible?" ”

The uncle held the fishing rod in his hand steadily, glanced back at Cheng Nuo, then put his eyes back on his fish float, and pouted: "Young man, do you know what I regret the most in my life?" ”

As a qualified praiser, Cheng Nuo hurriedly asked: "What do you regret most in your life?" ”

Facing the sea breeze, the uncle straightened the already thinning hair on his head: "Let me tell you the truth, the stock of Jardine Matheson Foreign Steamship Company, five pounds in the fourth year of the Republic of China, has risen to thirty or forty pounds now, look at this, it's scary enough!" ”

In just two years, this stock has jumped up directly, which is enough to prove the huge profits of this industry, Cheng Nuo was shocked: "This is too exaggerated, uncle, is it too late to buy his shares now?" ”

In the depths of love, the original uncle's hand that held the fishing rod steadily also swayed: "All the money has been earned by foreigners, and the way for our people to live is getting less and less."

It's not that I regret not buying their shares, but I regret that I started the steamship company late.

These foreigners are sucking our blood! ”

Cheng Nuo stood up suddenly, and the person in front of him was probably not just as simple as knowing some inside information, maybe he was one of the big guys.

Tentatively asked, "Uncle, I don't know your name?" ”

At this time, the fishing line suddenly tightened, and the fish float suddenly sank.

"Don't talk about this yet, I'm hooked!"