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Chapter 697 Project code name

 “Appointment?”

I don’t know if it’s because I wasted some brain cells when considering targeted drugs.

Xu Yun did not realize what Yuan Guoliang meant when he heard this word for the first time.

 But quickly.

With his feet off the ground long ago, he regained the high ground with his IQ. His eyes suddenly widened and he asked Yuan Guoliang in surprise:

“Teacher Yuan, are you talking about the appointment of the hybrid rice project?”

 “That’s right.”

Yuan Guoliang nodded with a smile, then glanced at Yang Kaiqu on the bed, and found that he was not very sleepy before explaining in detail:

“About three days ago, Comrade Lu Cheng from the Ministry of Agriculture had a conversation with me and Lao Zhou on the phone.”

“Then yesterday afternoon, an appointment letter from home was sent to the base, assigning tasks to me and Lao Zhou.”

Comrade Lucheng among Yuan Guoliangkou was the second-in-command of the Ministry of Agriculture and a well-known agricultural leader in later generations. He made great contributions to our country's agricultural undertakings.

 At the time when golden **** was used in various places and the yield per mu was 18,800, Lucheng was one of the few leaders who insisted on not putting up satellites.

 Later, Lu Cheng also became the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, which shows that the organization has great trust in him.

 Say it.

Yuan Guoliang took out a letter from his body and handed it to Xu Yun.

 Xu Yun took it with both hands.

There was no glue on the tongue of the letter, and it obviously acted as a protective shell. So Xu Yun opened the letter directly and took out a neatly stacked piece of white paper.

 After spreading out the white paper.

 A line of red font appeared in front of Xu Yun:

"Guiding Opinions and Project Proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture on the Establishment of a Special Hybrid Rice Breeding Group":

[As we all know, rice is one of the most important crops in our country, and hybrid rice is a very promising comprehensive category, its potential even exceeds that of hybrid corn]

  【.In order to further improve the quality and yield of rice seed production and promote the sustained, stable and healthy development of the national rice seed production industry, it is hereby decided to establish a special hybrid rice breeding group led by Comrade Lucheng】

  【.The list of leaders of the group is now announced as follows:】

  【Project leader: Lucheng】

 【Special Advisor: Hou Guangjiong】

 【Team Leader: Yuan Guoliang, Zhou Kaida】

　　【Team members: so-and-so.】

 After a while.

Xu Yun raised his head with some emotion.

This configuration can truly be called a heavenly group.

  Lucheng in the group list is mainly responsible for the co-ordination of the project. This type of big boss will basically not participate in or intervene in specific projects. The purpose of their name is to better implement the project.

 The higher the configuration, the more emphasis the organization attaches to the project.

As for the special consultant Hou Guangjiong, he is one of the earliest academic members in China and a top-level agricultural and soil scientist.

At the same time, he is also Yuan Guoliang's teacher off the court, and he is suitable to serve as a consultant and guidance both emotionally and rationally.

Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure.

 Although Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida later achieved monumental achievements, they are still young people in their early thirties and they definitely need someone to guide them.

 In fact.

If it weren’t for Yang Kaiqu’s terminal illness, this big boss would still be on the list of consultants.

  In other words.

 The actual executors of the entire project are Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida. There is no outsider intervention, no related households, and maximum leadership power.

be honest.

This is already an extremely comfortable project configuration within the system, and many people who are embarrassed by the team members want to say "V, you 50, let me play" when they see it.

Xu Yun then glanced at Yuan Guoliang and asked curiously:

“Teacher Yuan, why did the organization approve the project so quickly? Is there any special situation?”

Xu Yun is indeed a little confused.

To know.

The opportunity for the development of the whole thing was the previous project of capturing black soldier flies. At that time, Wang Ensheng and others from Jingxi County, Baise Prefecture were ordered to lead a team to find the gathering place of black soldier flies, preparing to capture them and provide them to the 221 base as protein. source of intake.

As a result, while discovering the gathering place of black soldier flies, Wang Ensheng and the others discovered a special rice plant.

So Chen Shutong, deputy director of the Bagui Institute of Entomology, who was accompanying him, brought the rice back to the institute. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida who were participating in teacher training.

Yuan Guoliang, who then recognized that this was a natural male sterile rice plant, quickly contacted Yang Kaiqu and Hou Guangjiong. The two pairs of masters and apprentices were organized to be "transported" to Base 221 overnight to find Xu Yun to appraise the treasure. Only then did many follow-up matters come about.

At this time, more than two months had passed since Yuan Guoliang and the others arrived at the base. Unexpectedly, the organization decided to establish a rice breeding group so quickly.

Hearing this, Yuan Guoliang looked at Zhou Kaida beside him and glanced at him:

 “Lao Zhou, please tell me about this.”

Zhou Kaida nodded and said to Xu Yun:

“Consultant Xu, this is actually a coincidence—didn’t we reach an agreement with Mao Xiong to exchange cola for winter wheat?”

“Then the organizational leaders recently discovered that this kind of trade would affect the exchange rate of the Chinese currency, and the international situation changes at a moment’s notice, so they accelerated the project establishment.”

“After all, the amount of food consumed by our populous country is too huge. Food is our lifeblood. If we can achieve food freedom one month earlier, we can get one more month of dividends.”

Xu Yun touched his chin when he heard this and said softly.

 This is what co-authorship is about.

 He ​​did not ask Zhou Kaida and Yuan Guoliang how they knew the leader's thoughts. After all, Yuan Guoliang's teacher Hou Guangjiong was an expert on soil and food in China. It was impossible to avoid Hou Guangjiong when discussing these matters in the organization.

This is also the reason why Yuan Guoliang gave the opportunity of introduction to Zhou Kaida. It was not appropriate to tell him what his teacher asked about.

 Xu Yun then paused and continued to ask:

“Teacher Zhou, does the organization have a planned experimental location?”

 Say it.

Xu Yun stared at Zhou Kaida closely, his expression a little solemn.

Zhou Kaida nodded, pointed to the south of everyone and happened to be the window, and said:

“Yes, the organization gave us four place choices, namely southern Sichuan, Qionghai, Jiangnan and Jingchu.”

“After final discussion, the organization decided to trust Xiao Xu’s proposal and choose the breeding base in Qionghai Province—however, this decision was opposed by many experts.”

 Xu Yun's chest suddenly relaxed.

 As long as it’s Qionghai.

 Mentioned earlier.

 Hybrid rice research in China 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.

 Because no one could technically breed hybrid rice before Yuan Guoliang discovered wild sterile strains, many people think that the sunshine of hybrid rice is similar to that of most native rice.

But in fact.

 The second to fifth generations of hybrid rice have extremely precise sunshine requirements, and Qionghai is the most suitable location.     In the original history.

Rabbits. In other words, Yuan Guoliang’s team wasted six years before they discovered their mistake.

Although they eventually corrected themselves and achieved great success, the time wasted could not be recovered.

 So at the very beginning, Xu Yun reported this matter to Li Jue.

Now it seems that the organization really trusts itself very much. Even though many experts objected, they still placed the location in Qionghai.

Of course.

Xu Yun will definitely not hold grudges against those experts who objected. They are also considering national resources.

After all, before Yuan Guoliang discovered the natural male sterile strain, no one knew the characteristics of hybrid rice, let alone how much sunlight would affect them.

It is actually a very low behavior to use the perspective of the future to despise and blame this era for being pedantic and lagging.

 After determining the location of the project execution, Xu Yun asked again:

“Teacher Zhou, what about the scale and investment of the farm? How big is it?”

Zhou Kaida has become as proficient in memorizing relevant data as his own name these days, so he quickly said:

“The experimental farms are mainly Qionghai Nanjiang Farm, which is a state-owned farm with a good geographical location in Daoya County, Qionghai.”

“Nanjiang Farm can conduct three-crop rice trials. The entire farm’s planting area is 1,000 acres, but our experimental fields are probably only a few dozen acres, or maybe even less.”

“According to Lao Yuan and I’s expectations, as long as 20,000 complete ears can be produced for screening in one season, our expectations for the season will be fulfilled.”

 Hear this.

Yuan Guoliang on the side also nodded, indicating that he agreed with Zhou Kaida's idea.

As a county-level state-owned farm, Nanjiang Farm is not the largest among the many farms in Qionghai Province.

 Even if you really want to sort, it will be ranked lower.

 However, its sunshine, temperature and other geographical conditions are extremely high-quality, which is very suitable for the cultivation of hybrid rice.

 During the time when Xu Yun went to Lop Nur.

Hou Guangjiong took Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida to Nanjiang Farm. After inspecting the farm environment, the three of them agreed that this was the best hybrid rice breeding area.

However, when discussing the scale of planting, the three people had some differences of opinion:

Hou Guangjiong believes that we can grow more rice, for example, 200 to 300 acres. After all, the current domestic shortage is food rather than arable land.

 In addition, the organizational support is very strong, so you can do it freely.

 However, two young men, Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida, showed a calmness that was completely different from their age. They believed that the early cultivation of hybrid rice was about precision rather than quantity:

According to Xu Yun’s original idea, Yuan Guoliang and others planned to introduce pollen lethal genes and fertility restoration genes during the breeding process.

  That is, the pollen lethal gene F and the fertility restorer gene R closely linked to F are introduced into the male sterile line rr.

 In this way.

 You can screen to obtain a new fertile maintainer line, that is, F-R or F-r.

 At the same time.

The F-R type pollen cannot survive because it contains pollen lethal genes, so this maintainer line will only produce r-type pollen.

 The maintainer line F-R/r is then selfed to produce offspring of two different genotypes:

F-R/r type maintainer line and rr type sterile line.

 This is a very perfect technology, and the rice pollen lethal gene only requires the determination of 11 bases of the lactose repressor binding site.

The current PCR technology at the base is fully capable of this positioning possibility.

 So in the view of Yuan Guoliang and Zhou Kaida.

 As long as they ensure that there are between 20,000 and 30,000 rice heads each season, they can ensure the long-term sustainability of the project.

There is no need for the project team to make a big effort - a test field of two to three hundred acres may seem very powerful, but in fact it is meaningless and may waste a lot of labor costs.

 Instead of spending manpower on this kind of thing, it would be better for everyone to dig a canal or plant other crops.

Hou Guangjiong is one of the few members of the academic department in China after all, and he himself has no academic attributes, so after hearing the ideas of his students and Yuan Guoliang, he finally agreed to the plan.

“As for the other team members of our project, there are about 30 people.”

 Then Yuan Guoliang introduced some other information to Xu Yun:

“In addition, there will be a company of guards stationed and patrolling around the farm for a long time to prevent enemy agents from damaging our experimental fields.”

“The superiors have also given a lot of support in terms of funding. The budget for each season is about more than 1,000 yuan. At the same time, all employees are guaranteed to have one meal of meat a week.”

“As for PCR technology, we have to wait and see how it will progress. After all, there is still a certain amount of time before the project is launched—winter is not a suitable season for planting.”

Hearing the time mentioned by Yuan Guoliang, Xu Yun subconsciously answered:

“Teacher Yuan, when will you leave?”

 “After the new year.”

Yuan Guoliang smiled, with a hint of expectation for future projects on his face:

“The first season of three-crop rice is usually planted in late February of the lunar calendar, transplanted in late March, and harvested in early June. It’s only ten days and a half earlier in Qionghai.”

“So if nothing else happens, Lao Zhou and I will spend the Spring Festival at the base, and after the festival we will probably go to Qionghai to make detailed preparations.”

 Xu Yun nodded.

If the project is indeed configured as Yuan Guoliang said, then this is indeed very powerful.

 The monthly income of employees in this period is around 25. According to the average salary of factory workers in later generations, it is probably around 6,000.

One thousand yuan is almost equivalent to 240,000 yuan in later generations, which is about 700,000 yuan in three seasons a year.

This kind of funding can be considered very abundant for hybrid rice, which is mainly planted.

As for the so-called PCR progress, it is not difficult to understand. There are still two months until the Spring Festival, and no one can tell how far Liu Youcheng and the others can advance by then.

"correct."

Just when Xu Yun was distracted, Yuan Guoliang seemed to think of something again and added:

“Xiao Xu, I don’t know if it’s because of your influence, but the organization also gave our project a strange name this time.”

 Xu Yun was suddenly startled:

"ah?"

But he realized in the next second that Yuan Guoliang was talking about his previous names such as Zhuxian Sword, Thirty Thousand Daily Updates, and Sanqing.

 So he looked at Yuan Guoliang with some curiosity and asked:

 “What’s the name of the project?”

Yuan Guoliang was silent for a few seconds and then uttered two words:

 “Shennong.”

 (End of this chapter)