Chapter 49 Popular Science

Li Feng leisurely came out of the shipbuilding base and went to the next target.

At this time, Cui Shi, who was deeply immersed in the whirlpool of hybrid cultivation, did not know that Li Feng, an idle lord with nothing to do, was preparing to inspect his research results.

After being ordered by Li Feng, Cui Shi began to collect a large number of materials as soon as he came back.

At present, the main food crops grown in the territory are rice and wheat, which are flooded and drought.

Among them, the planting area of wheat is more extensive, because the cultivated area of Fenglin Village is much larger than the area of paddy fields, which is determined by objective factors.

It's just that Li Feng decided to open up more paddy fields and grow rice, just because he is a southerner and is more accustomed to rice as a staple food.

The impact of this has greatly increased the tasks of Cui Shi and the agricultural craftsmen.

While collecting materials and researching hybrid cultivation, Cui Shi also led a group of agricultural craftsmen to conduct field investigations around the territory to find plots suitable for transformation into farmland.

In order to convert arable land into paddy fields, two conditions must be met: the soil must be moist enough and rich in substances that can support the growth of rice.

These two points are easy to say, but in fact, it is quite difficult to satisfy them at the same time.

Of course, it is not impossible to directly and forcibly transform paddy fields, but such a crude approach is easy to destroy the geology, not to mention that a lot of resources will be invested in vain for transformation and consumption.

So unless it's a last resort, it's better to honestly look for available arable land.

Over the years, Cui Shi and his group have also found a lot of plots, most of which are concentrated in Tianquan Village and the surrounding areas near the wild forest.

This is not surprising, Tianquan Village itself is a paddy field of excess cultivated land, after integrating into the world of Wandao, it is closer to the sea, but it is less affected by the seawater, and has not turned into saline-alkali land, it is still mainly fresh water, it is definitely the best place for paddy fields.

In the vicinity of the wild forest, with the water storage capacity of the forest, as long as the nutrient conditions are met, a little operation can be transformed into a qualified paddy field.

After finding a place, Cui Shi asked the agricultural craftsmen led by Tian Hua to design pumping and irrigation facilities, in fact, the main thing is to build canals, fill the dug paddy fields with water, and then fill them with water after it gradually dries out.

After all this is done, the basic planting is certainly enough, but another problem arises that gradually follows.

That's the problem of planting.

There are many people in Fenglin Village, but due to the "superior" geographical location, there are also many plots suitable for planting, which creates a problem of over-happiness, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources to cultivate.

Although there is no shortage of people in Fenglin Village for the time being, this does not mean that there will be no shortage of people in the future, and it is impossible to invest too much manpower and material resources to develop and plant.

So after Cui Shi and Tian Hua and others had a violent collision of ideas, an extremely advanced idea suddenly came up, that is, can the cultivated land and sowing be realized by some kind of machine?

When it comes time to harvest, a machine can also be designed to be specifically responsible for harvesting.

The idea is wonderful, but the reality is cruel.

Tian Hua and a group of agricultural craftsmen scratched their heads and still hadn't come up with a specific design plan, just like an illusory apple (idea) hanging above their heads, but they couldn't grasp it (they couldn't design it).

It's incredibly uncomfortable.

As soon as this idea collided, Cui Shi threw this hot potato to Tian Hua and they solved it themselves.

He hasn't taken care of his own work yet, so he has no time to help them study machinery.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to find a suitable plot to transform the paddy field, Cui Shi collected a large number of materials in the process and began to continuously carry out cross-breeding.

However, due to the fact that the process was all guesswork and the results were all in the dark, the first batch of experiments was almost wiped out.

Cui Shi was not disappointed, just like when he first came into contact with agriculture, the initial stage was always accompanied by numerous failures.

But as long as there is a success, Cui Shi believes that with his own ability, he will be able to produce high-yield and high-quality grain plants.

When Li Feng arrived, he had already inspected the experience, and immediately told the others not to alarm Cui Shi first.

Otherwise, like a shipbuilding base, he hadn't even seen it, and Liu Zong would have come.

In order not to make them too nervous and worried, Li Feng could only quickly explain the matter, and leave in a hurry after some encouragement.

Now that I'm at the planting base here, of course I can't continue like this, otherwise what's the fun of secretly inspecting?

Everyone who received Li Feng's advice was dripping with cold sweat, thinking about the recent planting base where there should be no mistakes, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Li Feng asked people to take themselves to Cui Shi's hybrid cultivation experimental site, and it can only be said that the scene was extremely tragic.

A large number of plant remains lay down in the ground, and none of them survived.

Li Feng observed carefully for a while, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"It's a bit wrong in this direction, I remember saying it when I said it was similar to him, right? As a result, his focus was on high yields, high quality and grain. ”

"Crossing a variety of high-yielding wild food crops with planted crops, unless the lucky ones happen to be the same grain, otherwise you won't get any results even if you cross for a hundred years."

In terms of cross-breeding, if Li Feng only has a junior high school level, then Cui Shi is a complete layman, although he is talented, but without guidance, he must accumulate a lot of failures in order to find out experience and laws from it.

However, Li Feng obviously didn't have the patience to wait for Cui Shi to figure it out slowly.

For this kind of talented player, with a little guidance, he will quickly move forward on the right path.

Li Feng has little interest in being a good teacher, but the food security of the territory needs an excellent agronomist, so he plans to take advantage of this inspection to guide the future grain masters of the territory.

Li Feng said to the person who brought him here, "Let's go, take me to Zizhen." ”

The person who led the way wiped a handful of sweat from his head and was in a worried mood.

"It doesn't seem to be a good mood to see the lord, shouldn't this be to ask Master Cui for guilt? Then will I be hated by Master Cui for bringing the lord over and harming the pond fish? ”

"Yes, probably not, right? Master Cui seems to be quite generous, and maybe the lord is not asking for guilt. ”

The guide took Li Feng all the way to the place where Cui Shi was.

I saw Cui Shi grabbing a handful of materials in his material room, just looking at it so hard, I don't know if I can see anything.

The corners of Li Feng's mouth twitched, and he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Zizhen!" ”

"Ahh

Cui Shi trembled and almost jumped up in fright.

When he looked back and saw that it was Li Feng, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "Lord, people are scary and scared to death." ”

Li Feng smiled faintly: "Then I have to pay more attention in the future, otherwise I will really be scared to death of the humerus talents in several territories, and I will not regret dying." ”

Hearing the meaning of Li Feng's words, Cui Shi pursed his lips and smiled: "The lord came to me, is there something to explain?" ”

Li Feng said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I plan to popularize science with you, as for what results can be popularized by science, I don't know what results can be popularized, so you should chat with me." ”