On the sea.

Li Duoyu and Chen Dongqing drove a sampan boat and shuttled in the kelp seedling breeding base.

For coastal farmers, this small sampan is like a land bike, which is convenient for thieves.

Even in 2020, marine farmers on Dandan Island are still accustomed to using this small sampan for marine aquaculture operations.

However, there are also many shortcomings, most of the sampans are not roofed for the convenience of operation.

When the sun is exposed to the sun, and when there is a sudden rainstorm, it can be very uncomfortable for farmers, but as a native of the island, these are not a problem.

The small sampan was open along the kelp rope, and Li Duoyu leaned down from time to time to pull the kelp seedlings up from the sea and look around.

At this time, the varieties cultivated by the Fisheries Research Institute were not particularly good, and the kelp seedlings looked thin and long, with some curls on the sides.

There is no way to compare with the high-quality varieties such as Gold No. 1 and Gold No. 2 in later generations, but considering the reality of the situation, Li Duoyu is already very satisfied.

After all, this is the 80s.

In the planned economy, the state planted kelp for the purpose of curing diseases, and it didn't care about your yield varieties, as long as they could be grown.

At that time, the diet in some parts of our country was chronically deficient in iodine, which led to many people suffering from Great Neck Disease, a disease that causes goiter due to iodine deficiency.

In addition to big neck disease, iodine deficiency can also cause various physical problems, iodine deficiency in children has a probability of leading to mental retardation, and pregnant women with iodine deficiency also have the risk of miscarriage.

Of course, in addition to the lack of iodine in the people's body, the development of science and technology also needs a large amount of iodine, such as the catalyst of rockets and artillery shells, and the medical field also needs a large amount of iodine.

At that time, due to special circumstances, many countries were reluctant to export iodine to us.

In order to lift the iodine blockade and grasp the initiative of iodine production, kelp just happened to contain a lot of iodine, and the state had to study how to extract iodine from kelp.

This led to a frenzy of kelp farming in the north for a long time under the planned economy.

But it didn't go so well in the south.

Kelp is cold and not heat-tolerant, and it is not easy to raise it well in the south.

The summer seedlings studied by the Fisheries Research Institute are aimed at the climatic characteristics of the south.

Although these kelp seedlings are not very good now, they are already very good under the current science and technology.

Chen Dongqing, who was on the side, looked at Li Duoyu curiously, he looked at Miao very carefully and carefully, and the two of them stood here, as if he was a scientific researcher.

"Do you still know how to read seedlings?"

"This look at kelp seedlings, isn't it the same as looking at little piglets, of course, the bigger the fatter, you can grab milk, and you can look the best."

At this time, Li Duoyu had not yet been exposed to kelp farming, and he didn't want to be too prominent and scare his uncle.

Chen Dongqing was slightly stunned, although Li Duoyu's words were rough, he was not rough, and he really said it to him, good kelp seedlings are like this.

In the past two days, his nephew has frightened him too much, so that now he is somewhat immune.

Even if Li Duoyu said that he jumped out of the stone, Chen Dongqing might have to hesitate.

Looking at the kelp seedlings in front of him, Chen Dongqing continued:

"The best time to go to sea is November, and there is only a little more than a month left, are you in time?"

Li Duoyu frowned slightly:

"It shouldn't be a problem."

When he said this, Li Duoyu was really completely out of order in his heart, because until now, he seemed to have only solved the problem of kelp seedlings.

And if you want to cultivate kelp, it is not a simple thing, you don't just throw kelp in the sea and you can grow it freely.

He needed some breeding equipment, such as a brown rope for hanging kelp, and a float to float the brown rope, all of which he didn't have.

In addition to the breeding equipment, the cultivation of kelp generally uses a breeding raft, which needs to be laid under the seabed, that is, piled, to fix the kelp breeding raft.

In this era, it was not a simple matter to descend from the seabed, unlike the piling ship in later generations.

A few knocks, knocks, and you're done.

Now if you want to drive dozens of piles in the sea, you can't do it in ten days and half a month.

Even if you get the breeding raft ready, you have to have fishermen to help with the seedlings, train them in advance in seedling clamping techniques, and finally have to make two small sampans for the daily maintenance of kelp.

In short, there are a lot of things to do, if it weren't for the previous experience in breeding, in the face of so many problems, Li Duoyu would definitely be rotten on the spot.

But in this era, in addition to taking shortcuts, it is really not easy to make money, even if you go out to sea to fish, you have to take a lot of risks, and seafood is cheap.

Otherwise, Li Duoyu really didn't want to engage in farming, but there was no turning back when he opened the bow.

Li Duoyu glanced at his uncle and asked:

"Is there a way to get me some benefits and let the institute sponsor me with some kelp ropes and floats."

Chen Dongqing frowned instantly:

"According to the current policy, during the trial, we will provide free kelp seedlings to farmers, which is already the biggest benefit."

"Can't you really be accommodating, report to the leader, and ask for instructions?"

"If we can be accommodating, there are so many people in our office, and many of our relatives are also fishermen, and they have already gone to do it, how can it be your turn."

"That's right, why don't you fight for it again?"

"Li Duoyu, why did this person become so abrasive, he said it was impossible, and kept asking."

Li Duoyu muttered in a low voice:

"If I don't grind, I can chase Xiaoying."

"You're a man...... It's really ......."

Seeing that he could not get more benefits from the Fisheries Research Institute, Li Duoyu finally said:

"Since there are no other benefits, then set up a sign for me, it's always okay."

Chen Dongqing's face was very dark, but he couldn't do anything about his nephew, he was depressed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and said slowly:

"What a sign."

"It's the brand of the kelp breeding base, otherwise I'll really get it, the people in the village may get pink eye, and there will definitely be no fewer people who come to me for trouble, I have to have a backer."

Chen Dongqing took a puff of cigarette:

"You haven't started raising it yet, you know that you can do it, in Dandan Island, it's good if you don't make trouble with others, how dare others trouble you."

"I got good and broke up with those friends who drank and meat."

Chen Dongqing was stunned for a moment and said:

"It's a simple matter to set up a sign, I'll tell the leaders of the institute, there must be no problem, I'll do it for you when I go back."

"Comrade Holly, then I'll work hard for you, I'll invite you to dinner when I go back."

"Call me uncle."

"I'm not used to it, don't think about it."

After the two of them saw the kelp seedlings, they drove a small sampan back to the shore, and Li Duoyu planned to go to Shangfeng Town before returning to Dandan Island.

The breeding base is just a few miles away from Shangfeng Station, and Chen Dongqing directly asked the tractor master to bring it to him.

On the way to Shangfeng Town, I saw a spectacular scene, the small dirt road was crowded with Jiefang and Dongfeng trucks.

Their walk-behind tractors have been honking their horns by the trucks behind them because they are driving too slowly, and there are many truck drivers with better quality.

directly manipulated the quintessence of the country.