food crisis [end times]

Zhu Yan made no secret of his ambition.But first delivered a pig to them, which in itself already expressed his highest sincerity.

"Then you have to say what you want." Dean Lu narrowed his eyes slightly.

This time it was Zhu Yan's turn to speak in a hurry.The two looked at each other for a while, Zhu Yan said slowly:

"I want to solve the feed problem."

Dean Lu frowned, knowingly asked: "Your financial resources are not short of fodder."

"I want to be able to produce feed independently and take the initiative from the source. For example, to be able to grow food or pasture in the land," Zhu Yan raised the corners of his lips, "No matter what you feed the livestock now, what you eat is before the end of the world. Those grains that have been saved. These are unstable. And we need to be controlled by others when we buy them. What we need is to be able to grow our own grains to feed our livestock. To reduce costs, we don’t have to be controlled by others .”

Dean Lu shook his head directly: "You should have found out after you came to Beijing. Even the research institutes in the capital haven't developed crops that are not affected by super fungi. If there were, we would have popularized them long ago. The boss is anxious and barren One piece, the higher-ups are more anxious than you."

This is indeed true of the rumors circulating in the capital.

It was just that Xiang Luo's dream about spaceflight seeds gave Zhu Yan confidence.

From the time point of view, the Martian seed mission has already ended its travels and returned.The seeds have at least the results of preliminary research.

Therefore, Zhu Yan will take out the pig, which is almost an trump card.

Zhu Yan is now betting on whether the value of these two pigs can be exchanged for a few mutant seeds that have succeeded in the experiment.

In fact, Zhu Yan's heart is not very confident.After all, there is no shortage of pigs in the government.In such a world, it is not difficult to use genetic engineering to change the growth rate of pigs.But for the officials, the naturally formed mutated pigs are equally important.

So the bet is the size of this importance.

In fact, Zhu Yan really doesn't like fighting uncertain battles.Before doing anything, he is used to thinking and preparing for every step of the matter, and then deal with every change in an orderly manner.

Only by making complete preparations can we truly stay in the rear without changing face.

But this time the situation is different.

Zhu Yan only said: "It's just that apart from this, there is nothing that can arouse our interest."

Zhu Yan leaned back and said arrogantly: "To tell you the truth, our basic necessities are not bad, and our life is even more comfortable than before the end of the world. We don't need the rest of the livestock. We are now The energy is almost saturated. I don’t like to chew more than I can chew. We are more inclined to cooperate with others to win and get what we need. Only in terms of feed, this is a matter of life and death, we must not neglect it.”

This is the truth.

It's hard to tell the truth.

The dean thought for a while in silence, and then said: "I can assure you that no matter how large your breeding area is in the future, we will try our best to meet all your needs. This is an official guarantee to you, not a guarantee. You go and do business with other merchants. The price is always the best."

This seems to be bargaining, but Zhu Yan understands that this is testing his bottom line.

This is a good sign.

Zhu Yan refused quite straightforwardly: "This has no impact on our current situation. If we just want to do this, we don't have to send two pigs here at all. It can be given to our local government. And we are familiar with each other, so we can bargain. It is also more convenient. When you come to the capital, you hope that the capital can give us conditions that cannot be given to us there. I have already said this, and I think you know exactly what I want. We are all smart people, aren't we? "

Having said that, no amount of bargaining is meaningful.

The dean only picked up the phone at hand and said, "I need to call and discuss with the higher-ups."

Zhu Yan stood up, and Zhu Yan followed closely behind: "Then let's avoid it for a while."

Even the dean, some decisions cannot be made easily.

This matter itself is a transaction that affects the whole body.

The two avoided going out and stood in the corridor to peer at each other.

No one asked if it would work.But Xiang Luo said: "It's been a month since we came out. This is the first time I've been away from home for such a long time."

"Homesick?" Zhu Yan asked.

"A little bit." Doomsday accompanied them through the most unstable time, giving them the most sense of security.Even if the outside world is flooded, as long as the two of them are still in their own nest, they will be fearless.

Although the current world is not as cruel as the early days of the last days.But there is always a feeling of homesickness when you are away from home.

This is probably the homesickness of wanderers.

What's more, it was the first time for Xiang Luo to leave his house so far away.

"Soon." Zhu Yan said, "Our two pigs are quite valuable."

The two looked at each other, and both caught cunning in each other's eyes.

When they raised ducks before, the ducklings were sold out.Both of them knew very well that the ducks grew very fast after eating the feed bought from the system, almost double that of other ducks.

When the villagers raise ducks, they basically buy feed from Xiang Luo and mix it with something from their own home to feed them.Although it is not as fast as that of Xiang Luo's family, it is not too slow.

It's just that when I went to the rich merchant's place, I learned about the situation of the ducks sold to the rich merchant, and they grew very fast.At least it surpassed the growth rate of standardized breeding in duck farms before the end of the world.But Zhang Fu's commercial feed is completely their own.

This also inspired Zhu Yan's inspiration.So he has tried to raise a few ducks without using any feed in the space. From breaking their shells to laying eggs for breeding, the growth rate of these ducks is still very gratifying.

And the wealthy businessman got a few quails from Zhu's family. Zhu Yan asked about the data of these quails, which were no different from those before the end of the world.

This also gave Zhu Yan a bold guess, that is, the genes of livestock that have eaten the feed in the system will also change, so even if the offspring no longer eat the feed in the system, the growth rate will be far faster than other ordinary breeds, and all the way Coming here from his hometown, he came into contact with the livestock raised by other people intentionally or unintentionally, which also confirmed Zhu Yan's conjecture.

So, when he came here and started preparing for the space seeds, Zhu Yan set his sights on the two pigs.

The two pigs were originally intended to be taken back to the village as a cover.But the two can also buy two ends from the space.At most, the price is higher.But the two local tyrants can afford the price.

But the preciousness of this channel to obtain mutated seeds openly and aboveboard is absolute, and the two of them must not give up.

After waiting for a while, Dean Lu opened the door and called the two in.

Dean Lu put away the smile just now, and his face was serious with solemnity.

"I think that since you have already raised this condition, you should know what it means. Your request is not a small matter. And if you make any operational mistakes, which will cause the seeds to flow out, or even flow into foreign countries, you will all have the consequences. You should know. This is something you and even I can’t afford.”

The subtext of this sentence is that the above has already let go of this matter.

Zhu Yan hurriedly said: "We will only try planting in our own yard. And our village is a closed village, and the entry and exit are all inspected by the official People's Liberation Army to bring in and out. And we will monitor its growth throughout the whole process without dead ends. Before the official announcement of large-scale planting, we will never let anything in our hands flow out. We will also be responsible for our every move to the end."

This is Zhu Yan's guarantee.

It also means that if the seeds are really lost from the hands of the two, the two will also bear legal responsibility.

The things behind this incident are too important.Therefore, once the consequences are out of control, I'm afraid it will be the price of blood.

The two are ready for this.

With these words, Dean Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Then I won't be negotiating with you for the next deal. You need to change places."

Then the two went downstairs and got in the car again, and went to the next stop, which was the official Biotechnology Research Institute.

This side is obviously bigger than the animal husbandry side.However, the aspect of research here is to include all living things, and there are more researchers in it, and the larger the space needed.Another point is that this side has not moved, but the animal husbandry side has moved.

It was also the office where the boss was assigned. This time, Xiang Luo and the two of them had no strangers at all. After being polite to each other, the two of them sat on the chair with their trousers up, quite calm.

But this time I talked to them with the surname Kong.He is the director of the institute.

Dean Kong directly took out a small bottle, which was only as thick as a thumb, and there was a soybean lying in it.

Combining everything he knew in his dream, Xiang Luo brought this soybean in, and he guessed that this was the breakthrough brought about by the aerospace seed.

But as an "ordinary person", how could you know this?

Zhu Yan reacted faster than Xiang Luo: "Is it genetically modified?"

Dean Kong said: "It can be understood in this way. You can't understand the technology inside. You just need to know that such a small one can grow and germinate in the ground regardless of the super fungus. It's just..."

"Seeding is a problem?" Zhu Yan raised his eyebrows.

Dean Kong praised his cleverness, and said again: "You have to understand. Every research related to biology requires several years of repeated trials, comparisons, and adjustments to succeed. The same is true for plants. This soybean is only technically There has been a breakthrough. It’s just that their yield is a big problem now, and the germination rate after inoculation as seeds is relatively low. Because of this, this research breakthrough has not been announced to the public. But this is the only The seeds that can meet your needs."

In fact, it was precisely because of this instability that the officials agreed to use this as a transaction in exchange for the two relatively stable mutant pigs.

This is a win-win result.

Xiang Luo and Zhu Yan looked at each other, their eyes lit up.

The additional conditions mentioned by Dean Kong are actually nothing to the two of them.As long as you take out a little something from the space and use it, you can greatly improve the genes of this soybean.

The grain yield of this soybean is not important, and even the germination rate of the inoculation is not important.

The most important thing is that such seeds can germinate and grow in the environment of super fungus without any sterile operation.Without sterile containers, large-scale planting and mass production can be achieved.

This is what the two need most, and it is also the primary purpose of this visit!

Zhu Yan reached for the carefully packaged soybean, but Director Kong held the soybean in his hand.

Both of them knew that the next step was the time to trade.