Chapter 88 New Year (transitional chapter, you don’t need to subscribe!)
February 10th, the first working day of the Lunar New Year.
Jiuquan City is shrouded in heavy fog. The fog is as white as cotton, as light as wadding, and as moving as smoke. The traffic and crowds are looming in the fog.
When we arrived in the countryside, it was still deserted, and the snow disappeared as soon as it fell to the ground.
In the greenhouse in Hekou Village, in the neatly arranged seedling trays, the seeds of Tianjiao No. 1 screw pepper have germinated, with green shoots, thick roots and extremely strong vitality.
The germination rate was infinitely close to 100%, which surprised the technicians.
The membrane at one end of the greenhouse was open, and the cold wind blew through, but the greenhouse was still warm.
The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes distributed the germinated and whitened seeds to the workers. The handmade cotton shoes on his feet were already covered with soil.
“I am still planting regular bell pepper seeds at once, and this red No. 1 is really rare.”
Another man checked the flatness and tightness of the seedbed, and chuckled.
"Are you not suspicious this time? When Tianjiao No. 1 was sown and raised, you dared to make a decision with Mr. Yan."
"The germination rate and growth of Tianjiao No. 1 almost made me blush. It’s swollen. If you don’t believe me, just touch it.”
The man with thick eyebrows put his oily head close to his, his hands were hanging in the air, and water mixed with boric acid was lowered from his fingers.
The man waved his hands repeatedly, "Go, go, go! When you feel like spring, let your aunts introduce you to a wife."
The workers who were working also laughed.
“But to be honest, I’m not used to not having to separate male and female parents.”
“Nowadays, hybrid seed production is basically used. This kind of conventional seed is indeed rare, and many companies are still waiting. It’s a joke on us. It will be difficult if the fruit rate is not high.”
“It’s hard to say. The company has invested so much money. What about preventing theft and preserving seeds? ”
Guo Yang inspected the spicy and sweet pepper seed production base like a horse, patrolling the territory conscientiously like a lion.
Passing by outside the shed, the two technicians were not disturbed.
Tianhe’s conventional seed production method has caused much discussion both inside and outside the company.
Most of them are not optimistic and do not understand.
Shazhou Seed Industry and other seed production companies are watching here eagerly, ready to pry the seed production base if there is any trouble.
Technical experts from the city’s seed management station also came many times and suspected that Tianhe’s seeds were fake.
Fortunately, the seed certification information is complete.
But word has spread, and vegetable seed production companies and technicians in the city have heard about it, and the rumors are increasing.
Conventional breeding, fake seeds, low seed setting rate, what should farmers do if they save seeds...
Many people are waiting to see the joke
Guo Yang shook his body , the temperature outside is still below zero, and the white air exhaled is floating lightly.
at the same time.
The seedling breeding base in Lanshi has also started raising seedlings; the good breeding base in Jiuquan is actively preparing for cultivation; the 30,000-acre spicy and sweet pepper demonstration base is also signing order agreements with the government and farmers.
The agricultural machinery service team has also added various new machines such as rotary tillers, seeding bases, and film mulching machines. Zhang Wei is busy looking for orders everywhere.
In the saline-alkali land, the covering snow has melted. Due to the lack of snowfall, many places are firing rocket launchers to artificially add snow this year.
On the compacted tractor road, a pickup truck drove by, raising dust all over the sky.
Xiang Tianshan put his hands in his military coat, and sparse alfalfa seedlings passed by layer by layer, some with high-spirited postures, and some with bald patches, exposing the hardened land.
“We were too hasty when we changed the soil. The soil fertility was uneven, and the seedling growth gap immediately appeared. It is expected that most of them can only cut one crop this year.”
“Originally I don’t plan to harvest. I’ll make a profit no matter how much I harvest.” “If the soil below 30cm is not improved, the salt content will rise this year, and it will be more difficult later.”
Guo Yang is thinking about rising. After gaining two points of natural energy, he laughed angrily.
"Lao Xiang, Lao Xiang, just after the New Year, you said some depressing words, and the red envelope I gave you is in vain? Just return it to me if you don't want it!"
Xiang Tianshan raised his eyebrows, "It has been used up. "
"Look at your stingy look."
After a pause, "When the alfalfa that is not growing well can be returned to the field in early May or June, it can be sown again. ”
Xiang Tianshan thought of the Alfalfa No. 1. The cold wind was biting, but the Alfalfa No. 1 was dancing in the wind, making waves like the ocean, which made him wonder if spring had arrived.
But none of the cows in the cowshed are in heat yet!
“The alfalfa No. 1 seed field cannot produce so many seeds.”
“Grow as many as you can, and the rest will continue to be planted with ordinary alfalfa.”
“Still looking for glory. Buy seeds?”
The corner of Guo Yang’s mouth raised, “By the time the seeds are harvested in July, the glory may have changed hands.”
After visiting the Alfalfa No. 1 seed field and feeding the cattle, Guo Yang returned to Minqin without stopping.
……
Enter Minqin from Wuwei, there are large areas of cultivated land along the road, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables will be planted in spring.
Hongyashan Reservoir has transferred water from the Yellow River, and the sewage has been diluted.
The ecological management project of the reservoir has been taken over by Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. In the beginning of spring, wheat straw will be used to fix the sand in the desert around the reservoir area, and Haloxylon ammodendron, red poplar, and Elaeagnus will be planted.
When we reached the lower reaches of the Shiyang River, the dust suddenly increased.
We also discovered several tree planting and desertification control projects, both from the government and from private public welfare organizations.
Looking from a distance, the connected squares look like a giant net, locking the desert. If you look carefully, you will see that there are plants such as caragana, flower sticks, and Haloxylon ammodendron planted in the grass square.
Near Qingtu Lake at the end of the river, a large area of saline-alkali land is exposed, covered with white flowers that look like snow.
Guo Yang thought, "When the water comes, Alfalfa No. 1 can also be planted near Qingtu Lake in the future."
Tengger Desert, Zhazigou area.
Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry has won the 70-year contract right to the Gobi and desert on the edge of this oasis, covering an area of about 63,000 acres.
Wearing a baseball cap and desert boots, Guo Yang slowly climbed up the sand dune, followed by Lu Hanbin and a dark and thin man.
The desert is so soft that when you step on it, you will sink three to five centimeters.
Guo Yang pointed to the shallow sandy land at the edge of the oasis in the distance, with some vegetation on the surface.
It is planned to build a solar greenhouse here to utilize the abundant light and heat resources to develop the fruit and vegetable industry.
"Gong Pan, how long will it take to bulldoze this sand dune?"
Pan Zhangcheng, 33 years old, graduated from a technical school with a driving major. He was originally a desert bulldozer driver for a state-owned enterprise.
Working at the forefront of desert oil field development all year round, he has driven various desert machines. In the Taklimakan Desert, known as the "Sea of Death," this is the most arduous and testing profession.
In order to poach this man, Guo Yang first paid a high salary, then specially imported a desert bulldozer worth more than 3 million yuan from the United States, and spent 1 point of natural energy to modify it.
Pan Zhangcheng thought for a moment.
“If you have ten bulldozers, you will have to work for at least one month.”
(End of this chapter)