Chapter 418 Heavenly Realm Qilian
Guo Yang met Lian Cun again in Zhangye.
It was freezing cold, and the street trees in the airport were covered with layers of frost. Lian Cunyi, who was only in his twenties, looked as if he had aged a few years when he smiled, with his skin dark and chapped.
Seed hunters are really not that easy to do.
“Boss.”
Guo Yang stepped forward and patted Lian Cun on the shoulder, "Have you eaten?"
"I ate on the plane." Lian Cun thought for a while and then said: "The fruit after the meal is from Guizhou Province It smells like roses and honey!”
Guo Yang was surprised for a moment, but he was relieved when he thought that this time he had arranged a first-class cabin for Lian Cun.
“It’s okay!”
“Very good, the passengers on the plane were full of praises.”
"That's good." Guo Yang nodded and said, "Can we go to the Bayi Glacier soon?"
Lian Cun smiled and said: "Yes, but we have to check the weather forecast and wait a while. For other team members, it’s safer if there are more people.”
“Okay. "Guo Yang said: "We will take a walk around Qilian in the past two days to see the situation of fir and stipa. "
These two species were targeted by Guo Yang in the alpine areas last year. The purpose of cultivating plants is to be planted on the edge of glaciers.
The large-scale plant community can significantly increase air humidity, form a local water cycle, and increase humidity and precipitation in alpine areas.
This will help protect glaciers and may even increase the thickness and area of glaciers, thus ensuring water sources for downstream rivers.
But now both plants are still in the cultivation stage.
Start from Zhangye and drive along National Highway 227 towards Qilian County in the Qilian Mountains, from north to south and then west.
Along the way, Guo Yang released a drone to record the scenery along the way.
Lian Cun looked at all this with wonder. He had been climbing in the mountains and the land for a long time, but he did not expect that today's drone technology has developed to this point.
"Try it." Guo Yang handed the controller in his hand to Lian Cun.
Lian Cun scratched his head and wanted to reach out to take it but finally retracted it, "Forget it, I don't know how to do this thing. It won't be beautiful if it breaks."
"What are you afraid of? , if it’s broken, it’s broken.” Guo Yang didn’t wait for Lian Cun to refuse. , and said: "In the future, we will allocate a few units to the seed collection team. When you have time, take more videos of the great rivers and mountains and send them to Huinong.com."
"This..." Lian Cun deliberately refused, but which one How can a man refuse a drone?
“Take it.” Luo Xiu, who was driving, smiled at this time: “The boss wants to cultivate more high-quality content for Huinong.com, and your labor force is free!
Thinking about you going up plateaus, going down canyons, crossing dangerous shoals, wading through mud, and going into deserts... When you rarely want to take a break, you still have to edit videos. I feel tired for you. "
"How could it be? Sometimes we take a month off and we are worried about having nothing to do. ”
Lian Cun finally took over the drone, and Guo Yang guided it for a while before he could operate it skillfully.
From Zhangye to Qilian is part of the Qinggan-Gansu Ring Road , even in the coldest month of winter, the scenery along the way is very beautiful.
The three of them did not rush along, but stopped and had fun along the way.
After passing Minle, we entered the boundary of Shandan Military Horse Farm. Guo Yang has been thinking about this place for many years.
Jiahe and Junmachang have already established cooperation, and they are also part of the alfalfa and alfalfa industry cluster.
Degraded grassland management, alfalfa and silage corn, spring rapeseed, barley, agricultural machinery... The cooperation between the two parties has been in-depth in all aspects.
Guo Yang has passed by here many times, but never stopped once. Now he finally fulfilled his wish.
Shandan Military Horse Farm was founded by Huo Qubing, a hussar general of the Western Han Dynasty. It is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, at the Damaying Grassland at the northern foot of Lenglong Mountain in the Qilian Mountains. It spans Gansu and Qinghai provinces, with a total area of 3.2954 million acres. The oldest royal racecourse in the world.
After the collapse of the Don River Racecourse in the Soviet Union, it became the largest racecourse in the world.
The drone flew over the grassland, and the horses foraging in the snow did not notice this uninvited guest at all.
A few people leaned in front of the car and watched this scene with relish.
Lian Cun said with a smile: "Actually, the scenery in August and September is the most beautiful. The cattle and sheep are squirming, the horses are galloping, the water and grass are luxuriant, the grass is green, and rapeseed flowers and wild flowers are blooming everywhere. "
"Winter is also a unique sight," Guo Yang commented: "There are thousands of miles of snow and a bright moon."
Luo Xiu said: "This horse is not bad. It is thick, strong, and strong. It looks like a good horse at first glance."
After staying at the military horse farm for a while, a few people continued to move forward.
Qilian, the heavenly realm, has magnificent sacred mountains, canyons and glaciers.
Wetland sand dunes, river valleys and gorges, forests and grasslands, glacial lakes... thousands of forms of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass, sand and ice merge together to nourish all living things here.
Qilian is the name of the mountain and the name of the small county.
Babao Town is the seat of the county seat.
The beautiful Babao River passes through the town, and the two sacred mountains, Zhuoer Mountain and Niuxin Mountain, stand around the town.
The snow-capped mountains and beautiful natural scenery here are by far the most complete area of preserved original ecology in the world.
As beautiful pictures appeared in front of the camera, Guo Yang had an idea that became stronger and stronger.
“How about making a documentary about Qilian!?”
Lian Cun looked at him in surprise, "Documentary?"
"Yes, a documentary about aerial photography." The more Guo Yang thought about it, the more feasible it became. "Everyone has seen it, right? It was in the Shandan Army." A movie shot at a racecourse!"
Luo Xiu shook his head, " I haven't seen it."
Lian Cun said: "The one about Xu Lingjun?"
"Yes." Guo Yang smiled and said imitating, "Lao Xu, do you want a wife? As long as you open Chrysostom, I will send it to you later.”
"Oh, it turns out it's this one!" Luo Xiu said with a smile: "I have actually seen this, but I didn't expect it was taken at the Shandan Army Horse Farm."
Lian Cun also said: "I am also the first I knew it for the first time, so I should be able to shoot this documentary, but I don’t know how to do it. !”
Guo Yang laughed and said: “I won’t let you shoot it. I will definitely hire a special director team to shoot it. Well, it’s best to communicate with the local cultural tourism.”
Guo Yang thought about it, and Lian Cun and Luo Xiu also helped come up with ideas.
Alpine meadows, snow-capped mountains and glaciers, rivers and streams, grassland pastoral songs... Shandan Military Horse Farm, Heihe Grand Canyon, Qilian Deer Farm, Yiniu Valley, Bayi Glacier, Tianjing Holy Lake, each point was mentioned out.
Guo Yang also made up his mind to make a film "Qilian in Heaven".
Not only must the beauty of the Qilian Mountains be photographed, but also its fragility must be photographed... Healing the Qilian Mountains is an insurmountable hurdle in the Qilian realm.
The Qilian Mountains are the ecological barrier that protects the Chinese Water Tower and conserves the Hexi Corridor.
At the same time, it is also rich in mineral resources.
But it is also the over-exploitation of mineral resources that has brought serious ecological disasters here: vegetation destruction, frozen soil fragmentation, wild animals declining sharply, and good pastures turning into black soil beaches...
From time to time, Guo Yang also used a drone to capture scenes of illegal activities.
Damaged mountain slopes and randomly dumped slag and gravel muddy the river water and tear apart the grassland.
In unknown corners, the earth is already covered with shocking pieces of fresh cowhide.
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After a few days of traveling, Guo Yang and the others came to a valley called Baoping Village in the northwest of the county. This river is the Black River.
The main crops in Qilian are highland barley, wheat and potatoes, and the rest are mostly contiguous pastures.
In the river valley, Guo Yang saw Tianhe’s alpine plant nursery.
The nursery is quite large, covering an area of several hundred acres. It also has several greenhouses for raising seedlings and a simple management room. The managers hired are also local villagers.
Guo Yang went straight to the fir nursery.
The one-year-old seedlings have been transplanted to the open-air nursery. They are about fifty centimeters tall and are growing very fast.
In Lian Cun's puzzled eyes, Guo Yang walked back and forth inside and outside the nursery, squatting down from time to time to look at the trees carefully and messing with the soil.
This behavior seemed a bit weird to him.
He admitted that this fir species was somewhat unique in being able to withstand high and cold climates.
But this is a river valley, the natural conditions are relatively good, and people take good care of them, fertilize and water them, so even if the temperature is low, the fir trees look in good condition.
But you don’t have to stay there for two hours. Are there so many other varieties that you don’t need to see?
After walking around again, Lian Cun asked: "Boss, what are you looking at? How can I help?"
Guo Yang stopped, his whole body covered with thick I was still walking around in my down jacket and hat, so I didn’t feel too cold.
"Have you ever felt any difference between the inside and outside of the nursery?"
Hearing this, Lian Cun and Luo Xiu frowned and thought for a while, then shook their heads in unison.
Guo Yang gave some tips, "Pay attention to the soil and the contrast between the plants."
So the two of them followed and walked around again.
Luo Xiu still shook his head, and Lian Cun was thoughtful. After walking around again, Lian Cun also found a wooden stick and pried up the soil in the ground.
He noted down the appearance of the soil here, and then went to the nursery and started to pry away the soil. However, the soil here was frozen hard, and he spent a lot of effort to pry it open. When he saw the soil At that moment Lian Cun was stunned.
After comparing a few more times, Lian Cun said in surprise: "I know."
"What do you know?" Luo Xiu asked curiously, Guo Yang also looked at Come over.
Lian Cun met Guo Yang's gaze, "The soil moisture is different!"
As a seed hunter, he should have noticed the difference long ago.
The soil on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a significant change trend in time, with summer being the wettest and winter being the driest season.
But there are obvious differences inside and outside the nursery.
Yes, increased vegetation coverage will help conserve water sources and increase soil moisture.
But it’s too obvious!
And the farmland where the soil was pried just outside the nursery was also covered with some straw. However, the humidity was still very different.
At this time, he slowly knelt down and looked at the firs in the nursery, which also took a long time.
Even after the snow, the Qilian Mountains will turn into a white world, but in a few days, the places with Qinghai spruce will still be full of green.
So at first, he subconsciously ignored the differences in the firs in the nursery.
But at this moment, under the filtered angle, he was deeply attracted. The fir's small body seemed to possess great magic power.
Seeing all this, Guo Yang smiled, and then continued to admire this masterpiece.
Only Luo Xiu was confused and confused, but he couldn't continue to ask questions, so he started to think about it in the nursery.
Humidity?
Soil?
fir?
One word after another popped up in Luo Xiu's mind, and under careful observation, he gradually felt the difference.
It seems that staying in the nursery will make your body more comfortable?
Can altitude sickness be suppressed?
Or is the air cleaner?
The three of them stayed in the nursery until the temperature began to cool down, and then returned to Babao Town. Lian Cun took the two of them to a restaurant.
“This restaurant’s yak bone soup and deboned meat are the best. A portion of deboned meat paired with a bowl of hot soup is a perfect combination at high altitudes. The kang pot mutton is also good with local potatoes. ”
Lian Cun is quite familiar with Babao Town. It is a stronghold of Tianhe and is surrounded by the birthplace of many rivers in the Hexi Corridor.
If Jiahe wants to protect the water sources in the Hexi Corridor, Babao Town in Qilian is an unavoidable point, and the Qilian Mountains have always been a key work area for the seed collection team.
After ordering, Luo Xiu, who still had many doubts about Fir Shan, asked directly.
"I feel that the fir tree can cure diseases, and the high altitude in the nursery is much lighter."
Guo Yang and Lian Cun looked at each other and laughed in unison. Guo Yang said: "That's Fir trees release more oxygen, so they feel more comfortable."
Luo Xiu was surprised, "There are such trees?"
"Green plants can release it. Oxygen is just more or less." Lian Cun smiled and said: "Generally speaking, large trees such as camphor trees and pine trees have high photosynthesis efficiency due to their lush branches and vigorous metabolic activities, so they release oxygen. There is also more oxygen.
I just didn’t expect that this little fir tree also has such abilities. Maybe it’s because of its strong vitality!”
As a seed hunter, Lian Cun had seen all kinds of magic in nature. Although fir trees were beyond his knowledge, he quickly accepted them. "The more oxygen released, the air humidity will naturally be higher. This is a tree species that is extremely suitable for the local climate!" Lian Cun said with emotion.
He thought of the cultivated land on the slopes of Niuxin Mountain. Loess flew up in spring, soil and water eroded in summer, and there was even bare land everywhere around the county in autumn and winter.
At the highest point on the northern slope of Niuxin Mountain, there are a large number of alpine flowstone beaches. Below the flowstone beach are alpine grasslands, and in the vast area below are the native plants of the plateau that love shade and are drought-tolerant - Qinghai spruce and The distribution area of Qilian juniper.
After learning that Jiahe was interested in investing in Qilian, the local people in Qilian originally suggested using Qinghai spruce and Qilian juniper as the main tree species.
But Dean Bi of the Tianhe Seed Industry Academy insisted on using Tianhe’s fir tree species as the main tree species.
Now it seems that Dean Bi has his own reasons.
Firs have become forests and Stipa has become plains. These two alpine varieties are the mainstay, and other alpine varieties of Tianhe are assisting. Tianjing Qilian will return to its most beautiful state.
Thinking of this, Lian Cun felt indescribably happy.
Isn’t it that they are looking for seeds everywhere to cultivate better varieties?
Obviously, Tianhe did it.
Then their efforts are valuable.
Guo Yang can naturally understand Lian Cun's mood. This is also the purpose of bringing Lian Cun with him on this trip. They will need to make great efforts to collect germplasm resources in the future.
As for the characteristics of fir trees, Lian Cun was only somewhat right.
As the serious species that currently consumes the most natural energy, it is better for Tianhe’s technicians to discover the characteristics of fir species themselves.
Luo Xiu also understood at this time and said: "No wonder you feel less uncomfortable with altitude sickness. Hey, company captain, how did you deal with altitude sickness in the past?"
"In addition to taking medicine, just take medicine. You can only resist and get used to it after a while," Lian Cun said, "But you can't stay on the plateau for long. Even employees of national mining companies and energy companies should take a month's rest and recuperation every three months of continuous work. , even so, life will be shortened It’s inevitable.”
“Longevity?”
“I’m not going to lie to you, people who work at high altitudes for a long time will basically suffer from chronic altitude sickness,” Lian Cun asked with a smile. : "I wonder if you and the boss have ever drank Quan Wang's turnip and sea buckthorn drink. That stuff is very effective in alleviating altitude sickness."
"Ah, did you bring it with you? I've been feeling a little out of sorts these past two days."
Lian Cun shook his head, "I didn't bring any. Only the people from the seed department and Jiahe Ecology have them on hand."
"There are no drinks, but there should be turnips here in Babao Town." Guo Yang squinted and smiled. : "It will be much better if I buy something to get high later. "
"There are turnips in this store!" Lian Cun shouted inside, "Boss, give us some turnips."
Guo Yang added, " It’s going to happen.”
Lian Cun was stunned for a moment.
Luo Xiu was surprised, "Can it be eaten raw?"
Guo Yang said matter-of-factly: "To cure high fever, it is naturally best to eat it raw. After cooking, the effect will not be so good."
Luo Xiu looked at Lian Cun, " Is that so?”
“That’s the truth.”
At this time, the boss came over with a purple turnip like a radish, and ordered them along with it. Yak bone soup and deboned meat.
Suddenly the table was filled with steam and the aroma was fragrant.
Luo Xiu also got a clean and peeled turnip. He felt that it was no different from a turnip, so he took a bite.
Then, I suddenly felt a spicy and pungent smell rushing straight to Tianling Gai.
“Damn, this thing is so spicy, I’ve been fooled.”
Guo Yang laughed and said, “Hey, hey, don’t vomit, it’s such a waste.”
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However, Luo Xiu refused to eat anything, and instead ate meat and drank soup.
Guo Yang's eyes stayed on the turnip for a moment longer. The turnip and sea buckthorn drink studied by Lin Keqing was indeed good.
It not only brings out the best effects of turnip, but also uses sea buckthorn to neutralize the spicy taste, providing an extra layer of protection for Jiahe’s plateau staff.
But it’s not enough.
Guo Yang plans to do more work on turnips. This is also one of the purposes of his trip, to find the best sources of turnips and cultivate turnip varieties.
In this way, the breakthrough of the plateau dilemma will be one step closer, and the obstacles on the road to the construction of the Hongqi River concept will be alleviated.
After a busy day, the three of them were indeed hungry, so they didn't say anything, but ate meat and drank soup.
These two are really delicious.
However, the mutton on the plateau is slightly more fibrous than the mutton in Long Province, but it does not prevent it from being still delicious.
The three of them had a great time.
The next day, the three of them still went back and forth to the nursery. In addition to fir, Guo Yang also knew a lot about other tree species, which are also beneficial to the construction of ecosystems in alpine areas.
As for pasture, most of the seedlings have turned yellow and only the rhizomes can be grown.
In the afternoon, Guo Yang, with the help of Lian Cun, collected some turnip seeds from the local Tianhe seed warehouse.
That night, he went into the seed store to conduct research. At the same time, there were other varieties...
Two days later, three more members of the seed collection team arrived. They are Dai Feng, Du Xiao and Chen Mingjie.
The three people also brought a large amount of supplies, including the turnip and sea buckthorn drink developed by Lin Keqing.
After everyone gathered, a group of six people in two vehicles set off for the Bayi Glacier with enough supplies and a drone hovering above.
Walking upstream along the Black River.
When the Qilian Mountains no longer block the road ahead and gradually extend into a relatively open valley surrounded by mountains, we arrive at Yiniu Valley.
This is also one of the birthplaces of the Black River.
The reason why Yiniugou is called Yiniugou is because it is a paradise for wild animals, and most of them are wild yaks, so it is called Yiniugou.
In Guo Yang's imagination, this place should be a beautiful scene of snowy mountains, sky, black river water, grassland, and wild animals intertwined.
However, reality gave him a blow.
The further we walked, the more shocking it became. Large tracts of grassland turned into black soil beaches, with almost no grass growing, dense rat holes, and rampant rats.
The wild animals that originally lived here have disappeared, and no scenes of herdsmen grazing can be seen.
No matter how you look at it, this is a black soil beach with serious soil erosion.
How to shoot "Qilian in Heaven" with such scenery?
I’m afraid that once the scene in front of you appears, the filter of Tianjing Qilian in most eyes will be completely shattered!
On the side, Lian Cun motioned to the three team members to say something. Finally, Du Xiao, who had been active in Yiniugou for a while, stood up.
“Actually, this place has improved a lot in the past two years. It turns out that there is almost no grass growing here.”
Du Xiao recalled the past memories and spoke slowly.
“I talked with the village party secretary of Dalang Village here. He said that before the governance, black sandstorms would blow up in Salon Beach every spring, which would hit the face and hurt.
Before 2000, the source of the Heihe River was cut off for 40 days, with a cutoff length of nearly 50 kilometers. The Tengger Desert downstream also expanded eastward, westward, and southward. , threatening the Loess Plateau and the Hexi Corridor
In the 1990s, the province sent a scientific research team to carry out scientific and technological research on the management of black soil shoals. After more than ten years of hard work, the cause was discovered and a method suitable for the local area was developed. Excellent pasture that grows
The alpine pasture seeds we originally collected came from the expert team here.”
Guo Yang recalled it for a moment, then squatted down and looked at the few pastures here.
"Qinghai grassland bluegrass?"
"There are also grasses such as Elymus edulis and Qinghai fescue."
Guo Yang suddenly realized that he cultivated grasses When selecting varieties, genes from these varieties are also used.
“Is it just the province that is responsible for governance?”
"Yes, the country has not participated yet, so they lack funds, equipment, and materials... We also hope that Jiahe's power will be invested early."
Everyone looked at Guo Yang, and Guo Yang also looked at the Heiheyuan Wetland in silence. Silent.
The main force of Jiahe Ecology is in the Shule River Basin, and Niuhu Forest is also facing great pressure.
There are already rumors in the outside media that there was a lot of movement when the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland project was established. However, for such a long time, there was no movement at all in the project area.
In fact, Jiahe Ecology has always existed. Jiahe knows it and the local government also knows it, but the focus is on the management of the Shule River.
If the Shule River is alive, the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland will naturally be alive too.
In fact, Jiahe Ecology in the wetland has been insisting on using drones to sow grass and tree species, but they have just left it to fate to survive.
The West Lake Wetland has also been undergoing subtle changes.
But ordinary people don’t understand this, and even local villagers don’t understand it. It was agreed to invest 30 billion in the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland, but where is the money?
If money doesn’t come, how can some people make money?
Therefore, it is inevitable that some people will fan the flames.
Guo Yang stood there and thought for a while. The people in Niuhulin could not move, but Alfalfa only carried out rocky desertification control in Guizhou, so some people should be able to come.
Recruit some local people and teams, ask the instructor to help, and Donghe Agricultural Machinery will get some machinery to assist. This should be done first.
Writing this down in his heart, Guo Yang said to everyone: "Let's go."
The real source of the Heihe River Basin is the Bayi Glacier in the core area of the Qilian Mountains, and it is also the most important in the Hexi Corridor of water sources.
Approaching there, you will see a huge ice body like a city wall separating the sky and the earth, and the glaciers hang down from the mountains like waterfalls.
Guo Yang stood in front of the glacier, and the shock in his heart was hard to describe in words.
But he knew that there were not only glaciers here, but also rich wildlife resources, and it was known as the 'Natural Ecological Museum'.
Although he has suffered a disaster now, he came here just to use plants to save the melting glaciers.
So, after flying around with a drone, Guo Yang led the team towards a flowstone beach that seemed barren of grass.
Alpine flowstone beach is a landform that only appears in the alpine ice edge zone on land.
The periglacial zone is the highest distributed natural vegetation zone on land. It is located above dense contiguous meadows and shrubs, and below the alpine snow line. It is a nearly deserted area filled with rocks. Blocks and gravel.
Liu Shi Beach is very common in the Qilian Mountains.
After walking for nearly an hour, Guo Yang and others arrived at the flowstone beach at the foot of the snow mountain on the other side of the Bayi Glacier.
The next step is to go upstream and climb to the foot of the mountain wall.
The environment in the periglacial zone is harsh, with severe cold at night, strong radiation during the day, large temperature differences between day and night, and year-round strong winds, making it impossible for most organisms to survive, so vegetation is sparse.
Only a few animals and plants with special abilities can adapt to the harsh environment here and settle down here.
Everyone rested for a while at the foot of the mountain, ate something to replenish their strength, and each drank turnip and sea buckthorn to relieve the discomfort caused by altitude sickness.
Not to mention, the effect of turnip and sea buckthorn is very obvious. After drinking it for a while, the body feels better.
Lian Cun advised: "Boss, why don't you leave it to a few of us next, you and Luo Xiu rest here for a while."
Guo Yang looked up at the large rocky beach that stretched almost to the sky. To be honest, he felt a little frightened, but everyone in the seed collection team looked normal.
Climbing this kind of mountain is unusual for them.
For some time in the past, Guo Yang had simulated cultivating plants in a seed store, and he had achieved a lot of results.
He doesn’t have to climb this mountain.
However, looking at the chapped skin of Lian Cun, Dai Fei, Du Xiao and Chen Mingjie beside him, Guo Yang had no reason to be timid.
The wonders and magnificence of the world often lie in the dangers and distances, and they are rarely accessible to people, so only those who are determined cannot reach them.
If you want to find more, more beautiful and rare alpine vegetation, how can you not climb the peak?
"Let's go, I have no problem."
The flowstone beach is as its name suggests. Except for a few large stones, most of the gravel will flow down like water.
My feet started to slip before my feet were steady. Before my back feet could catch up, my front feet started to slide down. It was still sliding down a high slope, which was frightening.
However, from time to time, large and small plants such as alpine tangerine, fritillary fritillary, and violacea emerged from the cracks in the rocks, showing him their tenacious vitality.
(End of this chapter)