How to open a branch, find a venue, license approval, etc., Lin Sanqi gave full authority to Lin Tianhua, the general manager of Lingnan Tang Company, and Lin Hai, the branch manager.
Lin Sanqi didn't want to know what was wrong with those licenses. He was a deputy section cadre and member of D. He was full of a sense of justice and hated these dirty deals.
He personally went to the Northeast this time for two main purposes. One was to establish a Northeast branch to solve the problem of ginseng sources. The second is to purchase high-yield grain seeds and transport them to 1960.
Although Dongguang Province is located in a temperate zone, its weather is very suitable for agricultural production. Even rice can be grown three seasons a year.
However, as the economy of Dongguang Province develops, the proportion of primary industries such as agriculture is getting smaller and smaller, and there are fewer and fewer fields planted. Therefore, there are no strong seed companies in Dongguang Province.
Even if there is such a company, it mainly focuses on hybrid rice.
But with the climate and soil conditions like the Ming Tombs in 1960, it is definitely impossible to grow rice. The only way to grow corn, wheat, sweet potatoes and other high-yielding, drought-tolerant grain varieties, the first choice must be Beidacang, known as Beidacang. Northeastern.
Harvest Seed Company Sales Department.
This is the most powerful seed company in the Northeast. Its main varieties are corn and wheat, and it is very famous in the country.
Lin Sanqi and Yin Lianyi walked around the seed company's sales department as if they were visiting a museum. For city children, they were full of curiosity about agricultural production.
Yin Lianyi was still a little confused and asked strangely:
"Hey, Lin Sanqi, aren't we in the medicinal materials business? Even if you want to investigate, you should also investigate the medicinal materials market, right? Why are you suddenly interested in agriculture? Is Lingnan Hall ready to transform?"
Lin Sanqi did not answer, but looked at the many varieties of grain seeds in front of him and sighed sincerely:
"Oh, the yield per mu is 70 kilograms. Ripple, can you imagine how desperate it is for farmers to serve their crops like children. After working hard for half a year, they can only harvest 70 kilograms of corn from the last acre of land."
In the business hall, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and guiding the work was stunned when he heard Lin Sanqi's emotion, and asked casually:
"Boss, are you saying that you can only harvest 70 kilograms of corn from one acre of land? How is this possible? How can the yield be so low? Even if you just scatter a handful of seeds, the harvest will be more than 70 kilograms."
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Lin Sanqi smiled bitterly and said: "It's 70 pounds. I saw it with my own eyes, so it's really difficult for farmers."
The middle-aged man with eyes was a little surprised:
"I have only heard of such low yields in the three years of natural disasters in history. Now I have never heard of such low yields anywhere, even in Wuwei, the most water-scarce area in Gansu. The corn there The average yield per mu exceeds 500 kilograms.”
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, I am talking about the three-year natural disaster period.
Suddenly, Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up and she asked anxiously:
“Excuse me, you just said that the most water-scarce place in Gansu Province has a corn yield of at least 500 kilograms per mu?”
Lin Sanqi of Gan Province knows that this place is famous for its lack of water. Even the mountains around the provincial capital Lanzhou are bare with little vegetation.
Lin Sanqi had also watched the movie "Into the Smoke" that made people shed countless tears. The farmers there had a miserable life due to too little rainfall.
For example, in Wuwei area, it is definitely not a legend to only take a few baths in a lifetime. The residents here use water repeatedly for daily use.
There is also a joke on the Internet about a father in rural Gansu who went to visit his son who was working in Zhejiang Province, but he couldn't find the old man in the middle of the night.
At dawn the next day, the son found his father by the river.
At that time, my father pointed to the river in front of him and said distressedly: "It's such a pity that so much water is flowing away in vain."
It can be seen that water has become an obsession in the hearts of the people of Gansu. The food grown in such a place must be drought-resistant varieties.
Lin Sanqi thought to herself that she was looking for someone this time. In 1960, there was no snow or rain in the north. Large areas and long periods of drought made it difficult for crops to survive.
"Excuse me, are you..."
The middle-aged man smiled: "I am Ye Guoyong, the vice president of Harvest Seed Company."
"Hello Mr. Ye, my name is Lin Sanqi. I came here just to buy some drought-tolerant seeds. You are an expert at first sight. Do you have anything to recommend? To be honest, I don't buy seeds for my own use. , but was entrusted by others to find a way out for the farmers.”
Only then did Ye Guoyong become serious.
He believed Lin Sanqi's words, because Lin Sanqi's words and deeds, as well as the beauty of the female secretary beside him, showed that the young man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary farmer or a village cadre.
If such a young man comes to buy grain seeds, it is obviously impossible for him to take them back to cultivate the land himself, so he is most likely to help others.
Scientific researchers engaged in agricultural work can best understand the hardships of farmers. Ye Guoyong immediately resonated with Lin Sanqi and respected Lin Sanqi. "Boss Lin, right? It's not a big problem to recommend seeds, but you have to tell me which area you want to plant in, because the soil quality, climate temperature, water source water quality, etc. in each area will affect the final yield, so it has to be based on Different regions choose different seeds.”
Lin Sanqi thought that planting a field requires so much attention. Why not just throw the seeds into the soil? It seems that every row is like a mountain.
But he didn’t explicitly say that he wanted to travel back to 1960, so it seemed like he could only make fun of it.
"Mr. Ye, the area I plan to take is exactly the same as our capital Changping. You can help select a seed according to Changping's environment. The requirements are drought resistance and a very dry place. In addition, it is best to have a higher yield. The better.”
"Changping?"
Ye Guoyong thought for a moment,
"In terms of yield, corn is definitely higher than wheat. For example, Longgao L2 is a corn variety cultivated by the High Yield Breeding Room of the Corn Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This variety has high yield, is not prone to lodging, and has good drought resistance. < br>
But if we really want to talk about drought resistance, wheat is definitely more drought-resistant than corn. For example, this Zhengmai 119 has a breeding period of about 200 days, rectangular ears, long awns and white shells, good plumpness, and low black embryo rate. Resistant to late high temperatures.
So whether you want corn with higher yields or wheat with better drought tolerance, you have to make a choice. ”
Lin Sanqi asked: "How big is the yield difference between the two varieties?"
Ye Guoyong did some mental calculation again and replied:
"Generally speaking, with the same Changping land and the same drought, the yield per mu of Longgao L2 corn is about 800 to 1,000 kilograms. If it is the Huanghuai area, the yield per mu can reach more than 1,300 kilograms. And the yield per mu of Zhengmai 119 is about Between 300~500 kg”
In terms of taste, wheat flour is definitely more delicious, but if people are going to starve to death, they must choose the one with higher yield. This multiple-choice question is not difficult to answer.
Lin Sanqi then asked a rather layman’s but very important question:
"Mr. Ye, can you save seeds for your Longgao L2 corn?"
What Lin Sanqi thinks is that if the yield of Longgao L2 corn is really that high, then it is entirely possible that the corn grown on the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital will be promoted as seeds.
If Longgao L2 corn was promoted nationwide in 1960, wouldn't the national grain output be doubled? How many fewer people could starve to death?
Lin Sanqi's idea is good, but the reality is ugly.
Ye Guoyong laughed after hearing this:
"It seems that Boss Lin doesn't usually care about agriculture. Generally speaking, the grain seeds produced by our seed company, whether it is corn, wheat, or rice, are almost all hybrid technology, and some are genetically modified.
In this way, our research and development will have a patent in it, so we are not allowed to save seeds. If we insist on saving seeds, the grain grown in the second year will not reach the yield of the first year at all, maybe not even one-third. ”
Yin Lianyi heard something strange from the side and blurted out:
"Why? In ancient breeding, wasn't it just about selecting from the grain harvested in the first year? This has been true for generations, why can't it be done now?"
Ye Guoyong was very patient in answering the beauty’s curiosity:
"You are talking about ordinary seeds, which can be cultivated from generation to generation, but hybrid varieties are different. These seeds have been sterilized from the beginning, so they cannot be used for growing food. If they could be used for growing food, then our seed company would have long ago What a loss.”
Lin Sanqi was greatly disappointed when he heard this.
From a business perspective, this is understandable.
Seed research and development is costly. Companies invest huge amounts of money, and of course they want to maximize profits. Therefore, by sterilizing seeds and forcing farmers to buy seeds every year, they can make money year after year.
But from Lin Sanqi's point of view, there is no way to promote this to the whole country, and there is no way to alleviate famine. At most, it can only solve the food crisis on the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
Ye Guoyong didn't know what Lin Sanqi was thinking, so he continued to introduce:
"This Longgao L2 corn seed is already our third-generation technology. We have invested hundreds of millions of yuan in scientific research funds for this product alone. We cannot make money, otherwise we will not be able to carry out future projects... …”
Suddenly, Lin Sanqi heard a "ding" in his head and found inspiration.
"Mr. Ye, you are saying that this Longgao L2 corn is a third-generation product. Can I understand that you still have the technical reserves of the first and second generations?"
Ye Guoyong didn't know what Lin Sanqi was thinking, so he nodded casually and said:
"Yes, technology is constantly advancing, and we have to adapt to the market and launch new products generation after generation."
Lin Sanqi suppressed the joy in her heart and continued to talk:
"Then your first-generation technology must be very backward, right? How many kilograms per mu can the yield be?"
Ye Guoyong blurted out: "The first generation product is a technology from 20 years ago, and the yield per mu is about 500 kilograms."
Lin Sanqi suddenly asked eagerly: "Mr. Ye, do you sell this first-generation corn seed technology?" (End of Chapter)