Chapter 145: Hybrid Rice
Xu Mochen came in, looked at Shen Zhining, and stopped.
This time, Shen Zhining is different, the whole person looks very petite, revealing a Luoli style.
In addition, there is also the unevenness of the chest, how to level the world.
Combined with the appearance, there is actually a sense of taboo.
Xu Mochen is an upright man, he has no special habits, and the sudden aesthetic change made him stunned for a long time.
"Concubines greet Your Majesty." The voice is also very tender.
"Concubine Ai got a new makeup today?" Xu Mochen continued to walk, "The style has changed a lot."
I couldn't help but look up and down again.
"Your Majesty said with a smile," Shen Zhining covered half of her face with a fan, "The concubines have nothing to do in the palace, so they like to think about some makeup techniques to pass the time."
It's not makeup, it's a deformation meter.
Xu Mochen smiled: "Recently, I have been worried about state affairs and neglected my concubine."
Shen Zhining pulled him to sit down: "Your Majesty is a person who does great things, and the concubines are only a concubine, and the thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen."
Understand, understand, understand.
The two sat down, and Cuizhu came up with wine and food.
After all, they share hardships and know each other's secrets, so they have been honest with each other for a long time, and now they have all let go of their hands and feet.
"This wine is from the palace," Shen Zhining filled it for him, "The dishes are also carefully made in the imperial dining room, and there is nothing else."
Xu Mochen trusted her, took it up and drank it, and now that he was used to eating the things of immortal cultivators, he felt that there were still many deficiencies in mortal technology brewing.
"Your Majesty, Sister Gu is getting better?" Shen Zhining asked.
"No, it's getting weaker and weaker," Xu Mochen shook his head, "Her injury needs a strange flower called a regeneration flower, and I just learned that this kind of flower is only available in Danzhou in the south."
Shen Zhining nodded: "It's always a good thing to have a goal, so Your Majesty is preparing to leave the palace for a long journey."
"I'm afraid I'll have to work hard for Concubine Ai," Xu Mochen also filled Shen Zhi with a glass of wine, "I have discussed with the household department and are ready to expand agricultural technology."
"Agricultural technology," Shen Zhining paused slightly, "This is a good thing, agriculture is up, and all walks of life can develop steadily."
"That's right," Xu Mochen felt like a bosom friend, "So I plan to try hybrid rice, but I don't know if it can be realized in this world."
Shen Zhining understood: "Your Majesty wants to take your concubines to Danzhou in the south."
Xu Mochen had expectation in his eyes.
"The concubine is willing to share the worries of His Majesty," Shen Zhining happily agreed, she has been doing rice worms in the harem for a long time, and she also needs to breathe, "The concubine will sort out the information of hybrid rice in the next few days, and give it to Your Majesty when the time comes."
Xu Mochen pinched his wine glass: "In this era, although agriculture ranks second, there are almost no officials in the court who can understand farming.
The Immortal Cultivation Realm also doesn't pay much attention to this piece, if I hadn't picked this head, I'm afraid they wouldn't have squeaked at all."
Shen Zhining sighed: "Your Majesty's meaning, this time you can only rely on your own people."
Xu Mochen's index finger stroked the mouth of the wine glass: "Concubine Ai is indispensable, I can meet you, it is really my blessing, the bodhisattva of the people."
Although she is an immortal cultivator in the Netherworld.
But Xu Mochen is not duplicitous, whether it is the research of drugs, or the generator, rubber, and the hybrid rice that is about to start, without the information provided by Shen Zhining, he Xu Mochen can't do it.
Although relying on the Terrans to cooperate with the techniques of immortal cultivators can be explored step by step, it will also take a long time.
The concubine is worthy of being a high talent.
Shen Zhining was very modest: "The concubine can be used by His Majesty, and she is satisfied."
You see, this little mouth can really swallow.
Hybrid rice, by Xu Mochen's time, was already very mature, but he only knew this word, and he didn't even understand the principle.
Speaking of this, Shen Zhining smiled: "Actually, there is nothing difficult about it, Concubine Rong said carefully."
This involves biological knowledge, and Xu Mochen listened carefully to the lecture.
Between species, apart from reproductive isolation, there is something called hybrid dominance in the same type.
To put it simply, the offspring produced by the cross have the advantages of both male and female.
For example, some rice produces large rice grains, and some rice rice stalks are stiff, so the rice they cross has the common advantage of hard rice stalks and large rice grains.
Speaking of this, Xu Mochen couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhining.
The latter smiled at him: "Your Majesty, between this Terran and the Immortal Cultivator, except for the Emperor, although there is no absolute reproductive isolation, but the average Immortal Cultivator will not conceive offspring with the Terran.
Only a few of them have joined the WTO more deeply, such as some ministers in the court, who occasionally leave descendants.
The relationship between the two cannot be described as hybridization.
However, His Majesty is the first emperor who can cultivate immortals since ancient times, and it may be different from the descendants of the human race or immortal cultivators.
Your Majesty has time, and when the time comes, you can have an in-depth exchange with your concubines."
I see.
Xu Mochen said that Mr. Shen's explanation was in place.
Don't think crookedly, or take the class seriously.
This is the basic principle, Xu Mochen understood.
However, in the case of rice, it is a bisexual flower, and there are both stamens and pistils in one flower.
In its natural state, rice is self-pollinating.
To achieve hybridization, cross-pollination is required.
This requires emasculating some rice flowers and pollinating them with other flowers.
The problem is that there are hundreds of small flowers on each ear of rice, and each flower has six stamens, and it is almost impossible to pick these stamens cleanly.
Even if he is an immortal cultivator, at the end of a busy day, it is estimated that he can only deal with a palm-sized field.
In addition, the first generation of hybrid rice can only be used, and the seeds cannot be left to breed the second generation.
"In other words, the cultivation of hybrid rice seeds requires a separate method," Xu Mochen took a sip of wine, "Immortal magic can be used?"
"Just remove the stamens," Shen Zhining said, of course, "The problem is that once the immortal magic intervenes, there will be an immortal cultivator's magic seal in this rice.
Even if His Majesty does it himself, this seal cannot be erased."
This is the rule of heaven, which is equivalent to the shackles tied to the human race.
"So, if you can't use immortal arts, how can you do it?" Xu Mochen asked.
"The easiest way is to find out the natural male sterile strain," Shen Zhining concluded, "This is a 1 in 10,000 probability in the nature of Blue Star.
And in this world, how much is not clear."
"If you use immortal magic to find it, there's no problem, right?" Xu Mochen frowned.
"Divine Consciousness can be scanned, but strictly speaking, a bunch of straw requires a considerable amount of Divine Sense," Shen Zhining sighed, "Your Majesty and your concubines may have gained something if they don't eat or drink for a few years."
This took too much time, Xu Mochen was silent.
"There is also the use of the power of the elven realm," Shen Zhining proposed another way, "The concubine and Your Majesty said that immortal cultivators in the same realm have some special abilities, and they may be able to find the natural male sterile strains they need faster and more accurately.
As for the candidates......
Shen Zhining didn't say it, but Xu Mochen knew that Gu Jinge was the key.