Siheyuan: Don't mess with me, I just want to be a free fish

"Do you want to breed new varieties that can increase production at once?"

Bowing his head in the greenhouse, Professor Zhao Liguo scraped away the soil and observed the growth of sweet potatoes. It has been almost two months since they were planted. The sweet potatoes began to stretch in the soil, and the size was about the size of a finger.

In the first month, the sweet potato takes root and grows vines. In the second month, it absorbs nutrients and the sweet potato tubers begin to expand.

Then after about two months, the sweet potatoes gradually grew up.

The whole process took about 100 days.

This is still due to the greenhouse, which speeds up the process. If it is only sweet potatoes planted in spring, the growth cycle will be longer due to the temperature difference between day and night.

After observing the growth of the sweet potatoes, Zhao Liguo nodded in satisfaction. It was much better than he expected.

But as long as he thinks about what Li Weidong discussed with him just now, he gets a little dizzy.

If it were really so easy to cultivate improved sweet potatoes, then he would not have been improving and planting them for several years, but so far, he has not achieved any results.

At most, the ability to resist drought is stronger than before, which is also a direction he deliberately chose.

Although he is confident that in a few years, new sweet potato varieties may be able to be bred, but it is only based on his many years of experimentation that it will bear fruit.

But what about Li Weidong?
It's been less than half a year since the greenhouse was built, and you just planted it for the first time, and you want to breed new varieties?
If it weren't for his gentle personality, Zhao Liguo would have wanted to beat Li Weidong's head hard to see if he could wake him up.

"Yes, Professor Zhao, I think that since greenhouses can provide sweet potatoes with a good growth environment, can we try to change this environment, so as to make sweet potatoes change or even mutate?"

Li Weidong expressed his thoughts.

It's just that Zhao Liguo shook his head directly, if it was really that easy, then that would be great.

Although the environment can prompt plants to change their growth habits, it takes a long time. Compared with continuously selecting seeds from good ones and continuing to cultivate them, relying solely on changes in the natural environment is too slow.

The key is that this kind of environmental change is more to adapt to the harsh environment, to keep plants alive, not to increase production, which is completely putting the cart before the horse.

Like Li Weidong's opinion at the moment, it's a bit like relying on God to eat, it's all about luck.

In Zhao Liguo's eyes, this is no different from being ignorant.

Whenever the technician under him said such a thing, he would definitely ask the other party to write a thousand-word self-criticism first.

As a technician, you should rely on your own knowledge and hard work to breed new varieties, not luck or the like.

"Your idea... is a bit eager for quick success."

In the end, Zhao Liguo still didn't say anything ugly.

After all, Li Weidong is not his technician, and he has heard people say that Li Weidong is not what he used to be, and has become the deputy captain.

Under such circumstances, Li Weidong actually invited him to discuss the planting of sweet potatoes. He was actually quite surprised.

Because Li Weidong already has a bright future.

In the past, Zhao Liguo thought that Li Weidong was smart and willing to learn. The key was to learn everything quickly. He also wondered if he could get Li Weidong over and focus on being a technician in the future.

Now with Li Weidong's promotion, this kind of thinking has long since disappeared.

"Professor Zhao, what if?"

It's not that Li Weidong doesn't know that his opinion is a bit too ridiculous.

He even knew that the mainstream method of breeding sweet potatoes in later generations was hybrid breeding.

But he didn't specialize in this research in his previous life, so he had no way of doing any cross-breeding.

And, that also takes a lot of time.

He can't do it himself.

If someone else is doing all this, even if a new variety is bred in the future, it can still be called Weidong No. [-]?
I'm afraid his name can be counted as a side.

So this path is definitely not an option for Li Weidong.

What he wants is to cultivate new sweet potato varieties by himself.

In fact, there are already sweet potatoes growing in his game farm at this time, no matter in terms of the thickness of the vines or the growth of tubers, they are far more than those in the greenhouse.

He believes that if the sweet potatoes from the game farm are taken out and germinated again, the characteristics of the game farm will be preserved to a large extent. Even if the growth environment cannot be compared with the game farm, after the improvement of the game farm, it will definitely be much better than the sweet potatoes grown on the market today.

As for whether it will slowly degenerate, it will be at least a few generations later.

At that time, based on the sweet potatoes he optimized, I am afraid that new ones will be improved.

Therefore, according to his plan, it is completely feasible.

"Not in case."

Zhao Liguo said without hesitation.

He knew that Li Weidongzhi was not here, so he never forced it.

But right now, in his opinion, Li Weidong was obviously impatient and wanted to do a "death fight", and he was delighted to succeed, but it didn't matter if he failed. He patted his ass and left to concentrate on being his deputy captain.

"I want to try."

Li Weidong said stubbornly.

It's not that he is willful, but that he knows very well that there is not much time left for him.

It's already been six or three years now, even if it succeeds this year, if you want to truly succeed, you have to wait until next year.

It is impossible to say that he has succeeded here and will promote it nationwide next year.

That's the joke of the world.

If something goes wrong, who can afford it?
It is related to the food issue of countless ordinary people and countless people, and it is impossible to be too cautious.

Even if Weidong No. [-] shines brightly in the future, it is impossible to replant Weidong No. [-]. At most, some provinces will be planted, and the rest will continue to plant others, just in case.

Moreover, spring is when a hundred flowers bloom.

What Li Weidong needs is to ignite a bunch of flames, let Weidong No. [-] appear in the sight of everyone, and then as time goes by, it is enough for the spark to start a prairie fire.

It never occurred to me that when Weidong No. [-] was born, such an unrealistic thing would be promoted on a large scale immediately.

But as long as Weidong No. [-] comes out, that's enough.

For the rest, it depends on time to develop.

"you……"

Seeing that Li Weidong refused to listen to his advice, Zhao Liguo was also a little angry, but most of them were still angry.

"Professor Zhao, as far as I know, the current direction of your research is the clone bud variant, right? To tell you the truth, I have carefully studied the X hybrid varieties. In comparison, your improvement method is safe, but the time is too long, and it is only directional optimization. It is based on the original varieties and makes good changes.

But this approach, no matter how it is changed, has its limitations.

And there are X hybrid varieties, which are based on the combination of different varieties to breed new varieties. For example, we are now planting white-fleshed sweet potatoes. Although they have a high starch content and can satisfy hunger, they are not as good as those sweet potatoes in terms of taste and sweetness.

However, this kind of sweet potato has not been promoted because of its low starch content and low yield.

But can it be denied that this red-soiled sweet potato also represents a future?

If the hybrid varieties continue to be good, I believe that one day, this kind of sweet potato will become the mainstream. "

Li Weidong slowly expressed his opinion.

He stayed in the greenhouse for such a long time, not only with his eyes, but also studied systematically, but it was limited to that.

If he is really asked to engage in cross-breeding, he will not even be able to start.

"I know the kind of sweet potato you mentioned. What's the use of having a good taste? What the common people need now is to fill their stomachs. What we need is high starch content, whether it's sweet or not, whether it's delicious, what's the use?"

Zhao Liguo asked a very realistic question.

He didn't come from later generations, so he doesn't know the future situation, but now, whether it's a country or a farmer, what they need is just to fill their stomachs, what they need is yield, and what they need is sweet potatoes that are easier to grow.

"I know it's useless now, but this is a future trend after all, isn't it? And cross-breeding also has great advantages. In addition to sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes can also be cross-breeded in this way to cross-breed sweet potatoes with high starch content and cold-resistant sweet potatoes. At least the time is short and the results are quick. I even firmly believe that cross-breeding will be the mainstream in the future."

Li Weidong had to tell a somewhat cruel fact to Zhao Liguo.

As a sweet potato planting expert, it is impossible for the other party to be unaware of the benefits of cross-breeding, but he still chose the direction of clonal bud variants for a reason.

Because, although his method is slow to take effect, as long as it is cultivated, even ordinary people can save their own seeds every year for seedling cultivation.

As for hybrid breeding, based on the current technology, the first generation may be very good, but the second generation may have no yield, and there are too many uncertainties.

Of course, there may be changes in the future, but Zhao Liguo is looking at the present.

You can't just rely on buying seeds every year for a hundred years, right?

In case something happens, what should we do?
This is why he insisted on his philosophy.

I just don't want the common people to be controlled by others.

Li Weidong is very aware of Zhao Liguo's thinking. According to the experience of later generations, corn is basically monopolized by seed companies, and ordinary people can only rely on buying seeds from seed companies to plant.

Just because those seeds belonged to cross-breeding, there was no way for me to keep them.

From a general perspective, it is definitely better to hybridize, because the yield is high and the disease is less, and this alone is enough.

As for what role the seed company plays in it, it is completely negligible compared to the increase in grain production.

However, it is impossible for Li Weidong to use the experience of later generations to convince Zhao Liguo at this time.

But he can create a sense of crisis for the opponent.

"It's just that the road is different. As long as I can increase the production of sweet potatoes and keep the people from starving, I won't have any complaints even if I do nothing and am eventually replaced."

Zhao Liguo shook his head.

It is impossible for him to understand some truths, but he has his own persistence.

"Professor Zhao, I know what you think, food security is more important than everything else, and all eggs cannot be put in one basket, but it is precisely because of this that we should change and try more methods.

Although the suggestion I just made is a bit unreliable, but many research inventions are discovered by accident, how do you know if you don’t try it? "

Li Weidong persuaded earnestly.

His plan would not work without Zhao Liguo alone.

It is best to convince the other party, and then let him win over a few more experts. It doesn't matter whether the other party believes it or not, what Li Weidong needs is the witness of the other party.

At that time, with so many experts witnessing, who can deny him?
Even if he is lucky, it is also cultivated by him, this is an indisputable fact.

Even if it is named Weidong No. [-], that is still his freedom.

"You are."

Zhao Liguo saw Li Weidong's unchanging appearance, knowing that it would be useless to persuade him, so he shook his head again.

"This greenhouse was built by you, and you have the right to do what you want, and I have no control over it."

"Thank you Professor Zhao."

Li Weidong was overjoyed when he heard the words.

He could sense the other party's emotions, so he naturally knew that the other party reluctantly agreed.

Whether it was playing around with him, or something else, he was very grateful.

And his original plan can be slightly changed.

For the next few days, Li Weidong stayed in the greenhouse, and even Zhao Liguo stayed. Although Li Weidong wanted to mess around, he couldn't let it go, and he still wanted to preserve the sweet potatoes in the greenhouse to the maximum.

After all, the sweet potatoes here are all his painstaking efforts, which were cultivated several times by his Agricultural Science Institute.

Even if it has not yet reached the level of variety optimization, it is still much better than the sweet potato variety chosen at the beginning.

On this day, Li Weidong found a sweet potato plant that looked a little different in a corner of the greenhouse, and directly inserted a sign next to it to mark it out.

A few days later, Li Weidong inserted a few more signs.

With the adjustment of the temperature of the greenhouse, as well as changes in ventilation, watering, fertilization, etc., the sweet potatoes in the greenhouse began to show different states.

Some grow gratifyingly, and some begin to wither.

There is no longer the almost identical situation at the beginning.

And these were all recorded by Li Weidong.

Today's Li Weidong has completely become a Li technician. Every day when he arrives at the farm, he goes into the greenhouse. Occasionally, when people on the farm see him, they are covered in mud.

After Zhao Haifeng and Zhou Ji came a few times, they just let it go.

Mainly, they couldn't control Li Weidong.

The title of Technician Li once again resounded throughout the farm and even the prison.

In this way, almost half a month later, there are already more than a dozen sweet potatoes with brands inserted in the greenhouse.

And these are all taken care of.

Even Zhao Liguo slowly began to pay attention, because he found that the sweet potatoes marked by Li Weidong seemed a little different.

Could it be that this guy's blind cat met a dead mouse?

Or is it because I am old and blindly follow the rules, so I have never achieved results?
One day, Li Weidong was arguing with Zhao Liguo in the greenhouse about the reason for the change of a certain sweet potato, when suddenly a prison guard came and said that someone was looking for him.

For some reason, Li Weidong had an inexplicable feeling.

My life, which has been "calm" for more than half a month, seems to be starting to make waves again.

He wholeheartedly wanted to be a farmer and get out Weidong No. [-] as soon as possible, but it seemed that some people didn't want to see him not doing his job every day.

Fortunately, after more than half a month of 'research', the seeds of Weidong No. [-] have been planted.

Just wait for the sweet potatoes to start harvesting, and everything will be revealed.

"Professor Zhao, I think we'll be here today."

Li Weidong got up and patted the dirt on his hands.

"Alright, I know you have a lot of things to do, go get busy, I'll take care of you here, and I won't let down your hard work."

Zhao Liguo said casually.

"it is good."

Li Weidong nodded, and then followed the prison guard out of the greenhouse.

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