Chapter 609 The possibility of controlling cancer progression
“Wild rice”
In the ward.
I heard this question raised by Yang Kaiqu.
Li Jue, who had just pulled up a chair and sat down, turned to look at his assistant Zhou Cai and gestured to Zhou Cai:
"Xiao Zhou, please show Academician Yang the document sent by the superior before. Academician Yang is qualified to have access to this kind of document."
Zhou Cai nodded to Li Jue, put the briefcase in his hand on the table, opened the buckle and rummaged around a few times.
After a while.
Zhou Cai took out a very thin document, about half a centimeter, wrapped in a piece of brown paper to prevent damage.
After Zhou Cai briefly flipped through it to make sure there was nothing else mixed in, he respectfully handed it to Yang Kaiqu.
When Yang Kaiqu saw this, he put on his reading glasses, shook the document in a graceful manner, and read it carefully.
at the same time.
Considering that Yang Kaiqu may not be able to fully concentrate due to the pain and suffering, Li Jue made an introduction while Yang Kaiqu was reading the information:
"Comrade Kaiqu, after comprehensively referring to the materials reported by consultant Han Li, the organization attaches great importance to the wild rice you accidentally discovered."
"About three days ago, the capital has sent a team to the Sandieling Waterfall in Baise to sample and seal all the wild rice beside the waterfall."
"At the same time, the capital has also begun to formally discuss the feasibility of rice hybridization, and has notified Academician Hou Guangjiong that they will start writing relevant written texts."
Students with good memory should remember it.
At that time, Wang Ensheng, the head of the Jingxi County People's Armed Forces Department, and Chen Shutong from the Institute of Entomology were ordered to lead a team to collect black soldier flies at Sandieling Falls.
At that time, Chen Shuyuan accidentally discovered a wild rice community near the waterfall, with as many as seven or eight plants.
It's just that at that time, Chen Shutong didn't know the value of these male sterile strains because he didn't have the right expertise, so he just picked one as a sample, thinking of going back to exchange for some money.
But now that the organization knows about this, it is naturally impossible for the remaining wild rice to escape.
According to what Li Jue learned.
The second batch of task force collected a total of nineteen wild male sterile strains of the so-called [Yanlebaji].
That's right.
Nineteen plants.
Except for the gathering point of seven or eight male sterile strains discovered by Chen Shutong.
The collection team also discovered two other small communities consisting of four and seven male sterile strains, dozens of meters away from this gathering point.
According to the later analysis of another well-known soil scientist, Xiong Yi, there should be one first-generation plant above these three male-sterile strains.
This first-generation plant dropped a lot of seeds when it was alive, and these seeds were carried to the surrounding woods by local herbivores in the waterfall, and finally these three communities were formed.
Of course.
That first-generation copy must have withered to the point where there is no ashes left, but the second-generation copies it left behind are still extremely valuable.
Then Li Jue paused and continued:
"Comrade Kaiqu, according to the information I have learned, if nothing unexpected happens, the capital may choose a place in the south to cultivate rice."
"There are currently three areas that have been initially determined, namely Qionghai, Xiangchu, and the Rongcheng Plain area."
"Comrade Kaiqu, do you have any opinions on the location of this area?"
Da da——
When Yang Kaiqu heard this, he tapped his index finger on the chair a few times and muttered:
"Qionghai, Xiangchu, Rongcheng Plain? These are all good places."
"But if I had to choose, my suggestion would be to go to Qionghai."
"Qionghai?"
Li Jue raised his eyebrows. He thought Yang Kaiqu would recommend Rongcheng Plain where he worked:
"Why?"
I don’t know if it’s because I have been teaching and educating people for a long time.
After hearing the reason, Yang Kaiqu suddenly became more interested, endured the pain, sat up a little straighter, and explained:
"Director Li, you are engaged in industry and may not know much about rice."
"Rice is a plant that is extremely picky about the environment, and seedlings in particular are less likely to survive. According to our experience, the minimum temperature for its growth is generally 12°C, and the optimal temperature is around 32°C."
"If the temperature is lower than 12°C, the roots and buds will stop growing, or the entire plant will die."
“In addition, rice breeding for the next generation has stricter temperature requirements. The optimal temperature during flowering, pollination and other processes is 25-30°C. Below this temperature, a large number of empty grains may appear, resulting in a large reduction in yield. ”
"In addition to temperature, rice also has strict requirements for sunshine. Looking at the Chinese territory, Sanya, Ledong and other places in Qionghai should be the most suitable areas for rice experimental fields."
Hearing Yang Kaiqu's words, Xu Yun's eyes suddenly showed a hint of admiration.
Domestic hybrid rice research is still in its infancy these days. Most people think that the best place for rice planting should be in the south of the Yangtze River or the Yangtze River Basin.
There were some farms in Qionghai, but they mainly cultivated corn seeds and sorghum, which was the prototype of Nanfan Farm.
But actually.
The most suitable place for rice hybridization is actually Qionghai. The reason is the temperature and sunshine mentioned by Yang Kaiqu - sunshine is a big hidden pit.
in the original history.
Before Yuan Guoliang discovered wild sterile strains, no one had been able to technically breed hybrid rice. Therefore, many people believed that the sunshine of hybrid rice was similar to that of most native rice.
But it was not until the hybrid rice project started that everyone discovered that the second to fifth generations of hybrid rice have extremely precise sunlight requirements.
After searching all over China, only Qionghai was the most suitable location, so Yuan Guoliang moved the team to Nanjiang Farm in Qionghai.
The above sentence may seem light, but Yuan Guoliang's team paid a high price for four years.
Therefore, Yang Kaiqu's ability to speak clearly at this time is enough to show his ability and experience.
But if you think about it carefully, it's normal.
After all, Yang Kaiqu's experience is extraordinary, and he may even be the only one in China.
In 1936, Yang Kaiqu wrote an article called "The Last Base for National Rejuvenation: The Current Plan for Increasing Rice Income in Sichuan Province" with more than 20,000 words. At the same time, he had been planting regenerated rice in the rear during the Anti-Japanese War.
Judging from the situation in later generations.
Academician Yang Kaiqu's vision is no longer limited to the agricultural field.
In a sense, it can even be said to be a strategic level judgment.
Now on the issue of site selection for hybrid rice, Yang Kaiqu once again demonstrated this ability.
Opposite him, after hearing Yang Kaiqu's introduction, Li Jue nodded subconsciously.
Then he silently remembered Yang Kaiqu's words in his heart and prepared to write a report when he returned.
After a while.
Yang Kaiqu asked another question:
"Director Li, I wonder how long it will take for the organization to approve this project?"
This time.
There was a little hesitation on Li Jue's face. This question was a bit out of line for him:
"Comrade Kaiqu, to tell you the truth, I really don't know much about this. At least so far, I have not received any notification in this regard."
"However, according to Comrade Hou Guangjiong's progress and my understanding of rice, the project should probably be approved before spring next year."
Li Jue's tone was not particularly firm, but he was not particularly unsure either.
After all, although he didn't know his organizational thoughts, he remembered one thing:
Although the planning of the hybrid rice project was written by Hou Guangjiong, the preliminary report was made by the consultant Xu Yun.
The respect and trust that the superiors have for Xu Yun has reached a level that is difficult for Li Jue to understand.
Xu Yun's every proposal will almost always receive a response from the capital.
Although the people who actually respond are not very high-level, and even Liu Bosheng rarely appears on the scene recently, the will behind these people is obviously of the highest level.
In addition, rice is a crop that needs to be sown in spring, so Li Jue had a hunch:
If nothing else happens, the organization will start the project next spring.
"Next spring?"
Yang Kaiqu murmured the time and repeated it, then raised his head and looked at Li Jue:
"Director Li, can I still live until then?"
Li Jue was stunned for a moment and subconsciously said "ah" several times.
Although the reaction was not panicked, it could be seen that Yang Kaiqu's words were indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.
Looking at Li Jue with a somewhat stiff expression, Yang Kaiqu smiled calmly:
"Director Li, I'm not a fool. Dr. Lin Yu just checked the bed for less than half an hour, and he took you there and back again. It's obviously for other reasons."
"You and Comrade You Lai are both very busy people. When you came here, you brought a bag of apples with some fake smiles on your faces."
"Add the feedback from my own body. If I still can't guess something, then my life will be in vain."
"Tell me, how long can I live with my physical condition? Three months?"
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Li Jue was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then exhaled a deep breath:
"About eight months."
".Eight months."
Yang Kaiqu glanced at the report in his hand, then suddenly took off his reading glasses and gently rubbed his nose.
After about half a minute, he spoke again:
"To tell you the truth, Director Li, I am actually not very afraid of death."
"After I had physical problems at the beginning of this year, I began to prepare for my posthumous affairs. Now I have almost done everything that needs to be handed over. Even if the research team is gone, I can still operate as usual."
"If I really want to say who I owe to, then only my lover is left, but my relationship with her has been together since the Anti-Japanese War. It has long transcended life and death. I feel guilty but have no regrets."
"But now I'm a little reluctant to die."
I saw Yang Kaiqu's palm gently picking up the teacup with the words "221 Factory" engraved on the table, putting it in front of him and looking at it for a while:
"First I saw the wild male sterile strain that I dreamed of, and hybrid rice suddenly became promising."
"Then at Base 221, I learned that we were actually working on the atomic bomb!"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that now I can neither see the birth of hybrid rice nor hear the sound of atomic bomb explosions"
When saying these words.
Yang Kaiqu, who had been extremely calm before, sounded unusually frustrated.
As an agriculturist who has personally experienced the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Kaiqu knows one thing very well:
If a country wants to become a great power, food and weapons are two issues that must be solved.
If you have food but no force, then you can only be reduced to a broiler and a warehouse, and others can take as much of your resources as they want.
If there is force but no food, there will be a lack of popular support and cohesion, and the so-called force will eventually fall into the hands of others.
Yang Kaiqu has been fighting for grain breeding all his life. Even if he is asked to evaluate his life, he dares to describe himself as magnanimous.
Even though he was initially diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in May, he could still face death calmly.
But what Yang Kaiqu didn't expect was.
Fate played such an outrageous joke on him at the end of his life.
The discovery of wild male sterile strains brought hybrid rice from a state of fantasy to reality, and the dawn of the country's escape from hunger appeared in front of him.
When he arrived at Base 221, he came into contact with China's top secret, the nuclear weapons development plan code-named Project 596.
If a country is a person.
So hybrid rice is undoubtedly a pair of Anta that can make people run wildly.
The atomic bomb is the backbone of the human body.
These two things are both the goals that Yang Kaiqu has been longing for all his life. Even before he came to the base, he had already written a suicide note such as "When the atomic bomb explodes, you should go to the grave and say something to me", [After the hybrid rice is successful, go and spread some rice on the grave] and so on.
The result?
Fate placed these two treasures in front of him, but cruelly cut off his hands.
So, two treasures were in front of him, but they were out of reach.
Face this situation.
Even an extremely open-minded person like Yang Kaiqu felt a little crazy inside.
Now that he has spoken out, Yang Kaiqu no longer hides it, and asks frankly:
"Dr. Lin, is there no cure for my disease?"
Lin Yu was silent for a moment and glanced at Li Jue standing aside.
Li Jue sighed slightly, moved his chin slightly, and made a gesture towards Lin Yu to tell the truth.
Lin Yu had no choice but to take a deep breath and said frankly:
"Academician Yang, at present, advanced cancer is a standard terminal disease. I'm afraid there is really nothing we can do."
Yang Kaiqu was not surprised by Lin Yu's answer. After all, he had been diagnosed with lung cancer for some time, but he was only officially diagnosed in the advanced stage today:
"What about extending the time? For example, letting me live for an extra year or two?"
What Yang Kaiqu said was not that he was afraid of death, but that he wanted to live a little longer to see if he could see the birth of nuclear weapons or hybrid rice before he died.
Since arriving at the base, he has somewhat understood the current project progress of the entire base - as a member of the academic department, Yang Kaiqu's status is the same as that of MiG-15bis pilot Chen Pingsheng.
That is to say, it is a typical situation where they have no access to R&D projects because of different fields, but once they overlap for various reasons, the entire project will not have too many secrets in front of them.
According to the information Yang Kaiqu learned.
The original goal of the base was to successfully test an atomic bomb in four to five years, but due to the emergence of a certain accident, this time has been shortened rapidly.
Yesterday, Yang Kaiqu also talked about this matter with Lu Guangda, who came to visit him. Lu Guangda told him that even at the current progress, the project team is confident of successfully testing an atomic bomb or even a hydrogen bomb within two years.
If someone continues to make some big news, this time may be shortened.
But on the other hand.
No matter how fast this progress is accelerated, it is basically impossible to shorten it to less than one year. After all, many processes are in situations where even if you know the answer, it will take a lot of time to complete - especially in this era when the domestic industrial level is still developing. In the early days, the yield was quite low.
If Yang Kaiqu could only live for eight months, it would obviously be impossible for him to see the atomic bomb test successfully.
The same goes for hybrid rice.
Rice will be sown in the spring next year and harvested in the autumn. Even if it is the second generation, it will take at least eleven months.
But if he could live for two more years, he might have a chance to see the two. At least one of the two would come out.
But what makes Yang Kaiqu somewhat regretful is that.
Upon hearing his second question, Lin Yu still shook his head silently.
Yang Kaiqu's eyes suddenly dimmed.
Is it really just a fantasy?
While Yang Kaiqu was talking to Lin Yu, Lao Guo suddenly noticed the hesitant expression on Xu Yun's side.
Upon seeing this, he immediately shrank his pupils and asked subconsciously:
"Xiao Han, do you have any ideas?"
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A clear "tsk" came out of Xu Yun's mouth, and it was obvious that he was a little tangled in his heart.
Then he looked up at Lao Guo Lijue, then turned to Yang Kaiqu, and said hesitantly:
"Director, Guo Gong, to be honest, I'm afraid I can't do anything to treat late-stage lung cancer."
"But if you want to extend your life by a few years, well, within three years, I think it is still feasible."
"It's just that I'm a little unsure about this plan. It may or may not be possible with our current technological level."
Xu Yun's eyebrows knitted tightly when he said this. This time he was not trying to make progress but retreating, but he was really undecided.
Of course.
This is different from the hesitation he had when trading in-line accelerators before. Xu Yun was hesitant about the accelerator transaction because he didn't know whether the final result would be what he wanted. What he was unsure about this time was whether the technology of the times could keep up with his ideas.
After all, he had never thought about this before. He just came up with the idea after listening to Yang Kaiqu's chat without careful argumentation.
However, Li Jue and Lao Guo did not know this. After hearing this, Lao Guo immediately sat up straight and asked:
"What plan? Xiao Han, please tell me first?"
"We will discuss whether it is feasible or not at that time. If we don't talk about it, we won't even have the chance to discuss it."
Xu Yun thought for a while, and it seemed to be the same.
After all, even if that technology cannot be implemented now, once the relevant concepts are in place, the rabbits should be able to come up with it in advance after some time.
And judging from the current situation, it is still possible to realize the beggar version of this technology.
Think of this.
Xu Yun sat up a little straighter and slowly looked around the scene:
"Guo Gong, have you heard of it"
"Targeted drugs?" Note:
After a year and seven months, when I woke up today, I once again put facial cleanser into my mouth, mistaking it for toothpaste
(End of chapter)