Chapter 1 Seed Store
May 2002, Lan City, Long Province, Dormitory 506, Agricultural University.
Guo Yang was born in 1977 in a remote rural village in Minqin County, Long Province.
There are seven brothers and sisters in the family, and he is the seventh.
It is suffering from the erosion of desertification, harsh climate, and meager crop harvests. The family is short of food and rice all year round, and lives in poverty.
At the same time, there were many brothers and sisters in the family, and the output from the fields was small, so he often went hungry when he was a child.
So he had a ‘food dream’ since he was a child.
I hope that more grain can be harvested from the fields, and that grain can be harvested well, so that wheat and corn can fill the granaries of my family and my neighbors;
I hope that I can have enough to eat every day, preferably every three days. Cha Wu can eat meat.
Even though the conditions at home gradually improved, the seeds of the dream were already buried deep in my heart.
Therefore, after Guo Yang was admitted to university, he chose to major in genetics and breeding, hoping to cultivate higher-yielding and better grain seeds.
When he was in graduate school, he chose the field of grass studies, determined to cultivate high-quality forage varieties.
During his graduate studies, Guo Yang was busy in the fields and laboratories every day like a real farmer.
In the past year, I have put in countless efforts and sweat in order to obtain a place for publicly funded study abroad.
For this reason, even if I feel unwell, I insist on organizing materials and writing articles in the dormitory.
But due to malnutrition, he fainted in the dormitory... and was occupied by Guo Yangjiu from 2023.
"Huh..." Guo Yang woke up from his sleep, and the previous life experiences of the original owner kept reappearing in his mind.
“Alas, I didn’t want to either. I went from being born in the 1990s to being born in the 1970s, and I can’t find a place to reason.”
“Rest in peace, brother, your food dream 'I will help you achieve it."
"As for studying abroad, I may not be able to help you achieve it. In my previous life, I was just an undergraduate agricultural student."
Guo Yang could feel the obsession remaining in his soul.
Also, no one would be willing to accept his death at this time after working hard for this for so long.
Guo Yang comes from 2023 and is a post-90s generation.
Cotton, sunflower, cumin, watermelon and other crops are grown on transferred land in Northwest Xinjiang Province all year round.
It was okay in the past few years. Although it was hard, I was able to make three melons and two sons in one year.
But this year, Guo Yang chose to grow cotton, but the price of seed cotton has been sluggish this year.
The land rent of up to 1,400 yuan and other cost investments of at least 2,000 yuan per mu have put him in a loss-making situation this year.
“The market situation this year is better only for cultivating cumin and potatoes. The market conditions for cotton, corn and pepper are not very good, but the worst is for the melon farmers.”
“Who knows? I just went to pick up a seed, but I fell down, and the fall happened back in 2002. It was really outrageous.”
Seed?
At this time, Guo Yang suddenly felt something strange in his chest.
Little bits of starlight emerged, and a tiny seed appeared in front of his eyes.
"Huh?" Guo Yang was a little confused. Isn't this the seed he was going to pick up?
Is this all caused by this seed?
Guo Yang reached out and carefully touched the glowing seeds.
"Ding, the seed store is successfully bound."
"The host can consume it in this store by collecting natural energy."
"The experience gift package has been opened and has been automatically selected according to the host's wishes. The following rewards:
1 high-quality alfalfa seed,
1 high-quality dairy cow genetic germplasm,
Variety customization experience service once,
after-sales service experience once. ”
Guo Yang was in a trance at first, and then became excited.
Here he comes!
The system dad is here!
But what the hell is automatic selection based on the host's wishes?
Do I have a choice?
Is it a remnant of the thoughts of the predecessor?
Okay then!
Brother, you can rest in peace now. Your dream has come true, and I will treat your family well.
It was also at this time that Guo Yang felt as if something in his brain had dissipated, and he felt much more relaxed.
“Damn, it’s really hidden in a nook and cranny?”
While complaining, Guo Yang quickly clicked on the seed store.
Discover Seed Store has three functions: seed sales, variety customization and after-sales service.
"Seed sales are easy to understand. What is the variety customization and after-sales service?" Guo Yang pondered.
"Ding, variety customization means that the store can cultivate seeds in a targeted manner based on the original materials provided by the host and the set geographical conditions and other information. Cultivation requires natural energy and there is a possibility of failure."
"Oh, then after-sales service What about services? "
"Ding, after-sales service is mainly for the seeds purchased by the host, including exclusive agricultural supplies, agricultural machinery services, agricultural machinery modification, etc."
"Also requires natural energy. ?"
"Yes."
Guo Yang was speechless and choked. The feeling of being manipulated by capital came back.
In my previous life, farming did not escape the squeeze and control of agricultural input dealers and various capitals. I didn’t expect that it would still be the same after time travel. Guo Yang had no choice but to look at the seeds for sale in detail:
There are 6 categories in total: food crops, cash crops, forage and lawns, flowers, fruit trees, and livestock and poultry.
The seeds are divided into five colors from low to high: white, blue, purple, red, and orange.
White seeds have 1-20 points of natural energy. There are no seeds for sale at the moment and can be cultivated in a targeted manner;
Blue seeds have 20-100 points of natural energy. There are no seeds for sale at the moment and can be cultivated in a targeted manner;
Purple Seeds have 100-500 points of natural energy. There are currently no seeds for sale and can be cultivated in targeted ways;
Red seeds have 500-1000 points of natural energy. You need to spend 5000 points to unlock purchase qualifications;
Orange seeds For natural energy of more than 1,000 points, you need to spend 10,000 points to unlock the purchase qualification.
Guo Yang learned about the store bit by bit.
“I didn’t expect that there are even livestock and poultry sources!” Out of curiosity, Guo Yang clicked on the livestock and poultry column.
How detailed!
I saw that livestock and poultry varieties are divided into dozens of categories in detail.
17 kinds of traditional livestock such as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese
There are 16 other species of special livestock and poultry such as sika deer and red deer.
There are many types that Guo Yang has never heard of before.
Guo Yang tried to order one of the big beef that he had never heard of.
[Breed]: Large Beef
[Grade]: White
[Characteristics]: Distributed in northwest China's Yunnan Province and southeastern Tibet Province, endangered species...The meat is very tender, with high protein content and little odor...
[Price]: 18 natural energy points.
Guo Yang tried to order.
“Ding, the natural energy balance is insufficient, the current balance is 0, please recharge in time!”
Recharge, you big-headed ghost, do you think you are Xiao Ma?
But how to obtain this natural energy point?
“Natural energy is mainly supplemented from the restoration of soil, air, water and other ecological environments.” A piece of information suddenly appeared in his brain.
Soil, air and water? Ecological environment restoration?
Guo Yang frowned and thought.
The meaning is easy to understand, whether it is deserts, oceans, rivers, lakes, etc., they can all involve ecological restoration.
But where to start?
That’s right! Experience the gift package!
Guo Yang hurriedly searched in the store, and then found the high-quality alfalfa sent by the store in a backpack section.
[Variety]: Alfalfa (original species)
[Grade]: Red
[Quantity]: 100 pounds
[Characteristics]: Alfalfa is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Leguminosae family, suitable for planting in warm irrigated areas...It can be cut 4-6 times a year, with high yield...Crude protein, High vitamin content... It is resistant to drought, cold, and salt-alkali resistance. It can effectively improve soil fertility and has extremely high feeding value and ecological value.
[Price]: 569 points.
[Note]: You can automatically obtain the variety approval certificate after receiving it.
After reading the introduction of alfalfa, Guo Yang’s eyes lit up.
Alfalfa is known as the king of pasture.
The alfalfa industry is known as the 'first workshop of milk production'. Each acre of high-quality and high-yield alfalfa can provide protein equivalent to 2 acres of soybeans.
The alfalfa seeds sent out by seed stores are definitely more unusual, and the fact that they automatically obtain a variety approval certificate after receiving them can save a lot of trouble.
Guo Yang studied the entry of alfalfa, which is extremely excellent in terms of yield, quality and resistance.
But want to get natural energy quickly...
His attention finally rested on the ‘extremely strong resistance to salt and alkali and can effectively improve soil fertility’.
Maybe you can get natural energy by planting alfalfa to improve saline-alkali land!
Yes, that’s it! Guo Yang became more and more enlightened.
The land price in saline-alkali land is cheap. In some areas, you can even rent it for free as long as you are willing to improve it.
Use the characteristics of alfalfa to improve saline-alkali soil and obtain natural energy. The forage produced at the same time can also be sold to forage processing plants and breeding farms.
You can even do your own farming and use the produced forage yourself, thus forming a closed loop.
But now there are only 100 kilograms of original seeds. If we want to improve the saline-alkali land on a large scale, these seeds can only be multiplied first.
And it is still unclear how much land must be improved to obtain some natural energy, so the more land contracted, the safer it is.
Although saline-alkali land is cheap, when the quantity increases, contracting fees and basic land preparation costs will cost a lot of money.
In addition, the expansion of seeds and the establishment of breeding farms also require money.
Moreover, this is a continuous investment. Domestic pasture was not valuable at the beginning of the century. If we want to make a profit, I am afraid we will have to wait until after the melamine incident.
Agriculture is inherently an industry with high investment, high risks, low returns, and long recovery time.
Guo Yang began to rummage through his original clothes and books for his savings.
“It kind of feels like finding money in clothes you haven’t worn for a long time.”
“It’s just that the clothes are too worn out, not a single piece of clothes is in good condition, and the crotch looks like There was also a big opening, which was patched up with a piece of cloth.”
One after another, I took out a lot of savings.
After counting, there was a total of 156 yuan.
“Holy shit, is it the end of the month yet? This little money is not even enough to wash my feet.”
“How to make money?”
In 2002, what was there? Something big happened?
(End of this chapter)