"Hey, a mere bag of chemical fertilizer can be so deeply involved?"

Living on campus, after a long time away from the field, Cai Yuanpei couldn't help but have some doubts.

After hesitating, Cheng Nuo still introduced Cai Yuanpei into the office behind him and handed over the information related to the agricultural chemical industry that he had collected and sorted out recently to Cai Yuanpei

"There is a saying in the Book of Rites that says, 'If everything is prepared, it will be established, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted.'" The pre-word rule is not to be stumped, the pre-word rule is not sleepy, the pre-action rule is not guilty, and the pre-road rule is not poor'. Before choosing chemical fertilizers, I have done some research on agriculture, if you are interested, you can take a look. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look." Cai Yunpei nodded, took the information and looked at it seriously.

Taking advantage of Cai Yuanpei's efforts to read the information, Cheng Nuo added coal and boiled a pot of water again.

At present, the temperature in Beijing is getting lower and lower, even if you sit in the house and don't stomp your feet, your feet will be numb after a while.

If I wanted to write something at this time, I felt that the hand was not my own, and it was as stiff as five wooden sticks.

Now a stove can not only boil water to keep warm, but also make the whole house warmer.

"In layman's terms, because we can't produce chemical fertilizers independently in China, we have to import a large number of foreign fertilizers every year, and the amount is rising year by year.

Not only do I think so, but also the Association for the Maintenance of Domestic Products, local chambers of commerce, radical patriots, and some people in the agricultural circles believe that the import of large quantities of chemical fertilizers will lead to the overflow of money, which is a huge loss to the Chinese economy, and in a sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is economic aggression. ”

Looking at the shocking data on the data, Rao is Cai Yuanpei was not interested in agriculture, and his face gradually became solemn at this time.

"Is the data real?"

Cheng Nuo, who was poking coal ash, clapped his hands and replied: "At present, the tax authorities are basically controlled by foreigners, and it is difficult for outsiders to know the specific figures, but these things are all calculated by me through some friends in the business community and the chambers of commerce in various places, there is an error, but it will not be too big." ”

Cai Yuanpei's face was worried: "According to this trend, in less than ten years, foreign goods will take the seat of China's original fertilizer total value, or far more, if the entire fertilizer market is monopolized by Western chemical fertilizers, then China will not only have an unimaginable spillover of money, so that China's agricultural rights have unconsciously fallen into the hands of outsiders." ”

Cheng Nuo stretched out his palm and warmed up on the furnace wall: "So when we have a certain chemical foundation, we are impatient to develop chemical fertilizers, in addition to the needs of domestic agricultural development, at this moment the Western countries are busy with the European war and have no time to take care of the Far East, which is a golden window of time for us."

If we miss it, the Western powers urgently need to restore their national strength after the war, and we in China will definitely become a fish on the board in their eyes, and when we make a comeback, we will not be able to move an inch if we want to develop chemical fertilizers. ”

Cai Yuanpei put away the information and said solemnly: "Do you urgently need this information now?" ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head, pointed to his head and smiled: "Things are not on paper, they are all in my head, numbers are dead, and people are alive." ”

There was already a somewhat dignified atmosphere, but when Cheng Nuo said this, the air suddenly evacuated a lot.

"Okay, that's a very good idea." Cai Yuanpei said three good things in a row, and then said kindly: "The five grains are the life of all the people, and the treasure of the country." The stakes are high in agriculture, and I'm going to go back and study it and see if I can do anything for our children and grandchildren. ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Then thank you Cai Gong, if you can, please also draft an article on chemical fertilizers a little bit and promote it for us?" ”

Cai Yuanpei hesitated: "Cai is still a layman after all, will it be a little abrupt to speak in the newspaper like this?" ”

Cheng Nuo smiled and shook his head, and after seeing that the water in the pot was boiling, he carried it and poured a cup of hot tea for Cai Yuanpei: "What's the matter, the readers of our newspaper are not professional agronomists, but some squire class, these are the people who can best contact farmers and land." ”

Looking at the steam rising from the birds in the cup, Cai Yuanpei couldn't help but smile and said: "Also, farming is hard work, and we people in the city put on long robes, and it's not easy to take them off again." Okay, after I finish researching the information, I will draft an article as soon as possible, and I will bring it to you for review before publishing it in the newspaper. ”

"The word review is too heavy, Cai Gong will send it directly after writing it when the time comes, don't worry about me." Cheng Nuo, who had just picked up the cup and was about to take two sips of tea around the rim of the cup, quickly put the cup down after hearing Cai Yuanpei's words, and said politely: "It's all up to Cai Gong, you to decide." ”

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"Okay, let's do it first." Cai Yuanpei properly handled the information, got up and put on his hat: "It's not early, I'll go back first." ”

Cheng Nuo hurriedly left the guest: "It's still early, don't be in a hurry to leave, Cai Gong, I just brought some seafood back from Tanggu, fresh, I will personally cook for you to show your hands." ”

Cai Yuanpei waved his hand: "I'm afraid it won't work today, let's change the day." I still have an old friend over there to meet, and I have already set a time in advance, and now I have to get there as soon as possible. ”

Cheng Nuo was a little regretful: "That's okay, I'll take time to set up a family banquet for Cai Gong another day." ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled and said, "Then it's a word." ”

Walking to the door, Cai Yuanpei suddenly turned around and said with interest: "By the way, the final exam of Peking University will be held in a few days, and you can't push it anymore as a professor." ”

Cheng Nuo's face froze: "Don't worry, Gong Cai, I won't miss the appointment again this time." ”

"That's good." Cai Yunpei nodded and got up to leave.

Looking at Cai Yunpei's distant back, Jiang Jiangzuo came out of nowhere, looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, thoughtful:

"Zhiyuan, do you say that it is really useful for us to study technology like this, or can we really get out of the laboratory and really set foot in the field?"

"It's man-made." Cheng Nuo said firmly: "China is a big agricultural country, agriculture is the foundation of the national economy, its essence is to accelerate the growth of agricultural output and productivity, and to achieve the growth of agricultural productivity, promote agricultural development, and fundamentally realize the transfer of agriculture from tradition to modernity, science and technology are still needed."

However, agriculture is a big proposition, our chemical fertilizers are only one aspect, and we will continue to develop pesticides in the future, and the journey is a sea of stars. ”

Jiang Jiangzuo hesitated for a moment and asked, "But now that the country is in turmoil, there is no pure land for us to study, is it true that the whole family wants to move to Sichuan?" ”

"Then why not?" Cheng Nuo was a little surprised and explained: "The speed of high-tech development in a country or region is not determined by how much money the government gives, how many people are transferred, and how much technology is developed.

Rather, it depends on whether there is a set of institutional arrangements, social environment and cultural atmosphere conducive to the development of innovative activities and the full development of human potential.

Isn't it good that we are drawing from a blank sheet of paper in the past, and that all the scientific processes of the future will be decided by us? ”

When Jiang Jiangzuo heard it, it was the same thing: "If you lose the east, you will harvest the mulberry elm, anyway, if you say a good direction, we will just follow it." I heard that the girls in Sichuan are more gentle, and it just so happens that our Academy of Sciences is full of old bachelors, and you will come forward to help everyone match. ”

Cheng Nuo couldn't help but smile when he heard it: "That's a good daring, it's not me who will regret it when the time comes." ”

Jiang Jiangzuo was stunned and puzzled: "Is there anything else to say?" ”

However, no matter how Jiang Jiangzuo asked, Cheng Nuo refused to say any more, leaving a trace of surprise, waiting for the first batch of comrades who were about to go to Sichuan to reveal it.

No matter how he asked, Cheng Nuo refused to say, so Jiang Jiangzuo had no choice but to give up and lead the question to Cai Yuanpei.

"Zhiyuan, in other words, our manufacturing of chemical fertilizers is our academy's own business, why did you suddenly contact Cai Gong, as far as I know, the other party has always been indifferent to agriculture."

Seeing that Cai Yuanpei could no longer be seen at the end of the road, Cheng Nuo raised his hand towards the gate of the courtyard: "Go back and talk, there are many people outside." ”

Closing the door, Cheng Nuo explained: "Because the promotion of agricultural fertilizer technology is not an easy task, such as variety improvement, application of chemical fertilizer, machine farming, machine processing, the development of agricultural education, the establishment of peasant associations and other ideas, as early as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there are people with lofty ideals to promote, but why is it still not effective?" ”

"Why isn't it working?"

"Because the changes in agriculture are only partial, on the whole, there has been no substantial change, China's agriculture has not changed its old appearance, China's modern agriculture is still a feudal individual agriculture, and the role of agricultural science and technology is limited."

Jiang Jiangzuo agreed: "Also, top-down propaganda makes it difficult for new things to sink. ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head: "The situation is very complicated, far from being clear in one or two sentences, the closed environment and backward education have created the conservative nature of farmers who are content with the status quo and do not seek change.

Of course, if we only promote our chemical fertilizers with the attitude of the superiors, it is difficult to make great changes, the key is that the farming methods and simple farming tools handed down by our ancestors do not consume very limited resources, and they are easy to implement and sure, and lack the motivation to change. ”

Jiang Jiangzuo interjected: "If the new technology can't be promoted, will it have something to do with the lack of funds?" ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and said: "What you said is exactly what I mean in the second half of the sentence, in actual life, the peasants are extremely poor and unable to accept it, especially under the predatory exploitation of the trinity of taxes, land rent, and usury, they are like cattle carrying heavy weights, and they are in a state of severe extreme poverty.

It can be said that new agricultural technologies are out of reach for farmers.

You say that under such circumstances, when a farmer is not able to sustain himself and his family for the whole year than the freight of a steam plow from a foreign country, what good effect will be done to praise him for the merits of the steam plow. ”

Jiang Jiangzuo somewhat understood what was going on: "So you asked Cai Gong to publish propaganda articles, not for the peasants, but for those squires and landlords?" ”

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "By the way, these people can afford to consume refined salt, refined alkali, and chemical fertilizers that can increase grain production.

At that time, with the high-yield demonstration of the landlords and gentry, it will naturally be much easier to popularize new industrial technologies on a large scale. ”

Jiang Jiangzuo suddenly realized: "I said, no wonder you suddenly pulled up Cai Gong, it turned out that you thought so." ”

Cheng Nuo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The butt decides the head, and we can't expect the people in the Tianxia Teahouse to help us think about how to increase production and income."

If the study of economic issues cannot be raised to the level of theoretical analysis, it will be impossible for them to play their role in guiding practice in turn, and it will be impossible to make convincing conclusions in the analysis of specific problems if they are not based on certain theories.

Even they themselves did not attach much importance to agriculture, and in the whole of their ideas they emphasized politics over economics, and in economic thought they emphasized commerce over agriculture, and agricultural ideas were only scattered in their writings.

There is no large-scale propaganda, and the idea of agricultural science and technology is not the main thing in their thinking, but only an accessory. ”

The bourgeoisie is the bourgeoisie after all, and of course it will not do anything to dig its own grave, and if you want to change the day and let the country change to the real master, you still have to wait for a while.

What Cheng Nuo can do now is to develop industry and improve agricultural strength.

Of course, in addition to what he said, the promotion of chemical fertilizers must also have the support of the current government.

A more mature economic theory is not limited to the analysis of reality and its significance, but to a certain extent, it must include a profound epistemic value, even if this epistemic value is utopian.

However, the advanced consciousness has a dual nature, which embodies the advanced nature in theory, but in practice, it is difficult for the general public to accept, especially the current regime cannot tolerate.

Even if Cheng Nuo has a plug-in, with the cooperation of everyone, and various advanced industrial technologies have been introduced, but in the face of this great era, it is only the behavior of a very small number of people or the behavior of individual people.

Without the support of the government, even if Cheng Nuo has some ability to defy the sky, he must be struggling.

"So I contacted Cai Gong and handed over the information that we all worked hard to sort out, just to let him publicize it, so that the public can understand that what we are doing is also good for them, increase taxes, and their own pockets can bulge.

Tell the squire landlord that chemical fertilizers can increase a large amount of agricultural production with limited funds, and they will be able to earn more money in the future when they will be rich in food.

Finally, they borrowed the mouths of both of them and told the farmers that if they wanted to eat enough, they had to use chemical fertilizers. ”

"Sometimes we don't just have to do it, we have to say it!"