Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The growth period of each type of rice is different. Xiao Yu knows the growth period of most of the rice in later generations, but this does not apply to these original rice varieties, so he can only plant a batch first to find out the growth period of these rice varieties. habit.

He didn't even imagine that these types of rice could flower at the same time, and if they couldn't flower at the same time, it meant that they couldn't carry out hybrid experiments.

But luckily, the flowering period of Yazhou rice and Champa rice is about the same, only a day or two before and after.This time difference does not affect Xiao Yu's hybridization experiment for rice whose entire flowering period is about one week.

In this short period of four or five days, Xiao Yu didn't want to waste a single day, so he canceled his plan to return to the village for the New Year.Although this will definitely disappoint everyone, for the sake of hybrid rice, I don't care so much.

If he doesn't go back for the New Year, Pei Linzhi will naturally not leave either.

The children hesitated again and again, and went back to the village under Xiao Yu's persuasion. Xiao Yu knew that they had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Ju Yan was taken back by Ju Mo, Sairen didn't celebrate New Year's Day, they had their own New Year's Day, but Ju Yan managed to take a few days off, how could he not go back.

If Xiao Yu didn't leave, Lai Feng and the others naturally wouldn't leave either.But Xiang Yang was an exception, the Art Troupe was going to hold its first performance in Baisha Village, how could Xiang Yang, the person in charge, not show up.

Xiao Yu was a little regretful that he couldn't watch this performance, he still wanted to see the effect and response of the performance.

But in any case, nothing is more important than hybrid rice.

Rice grows in a warm environment, especially during the flowering period, which requires relatively high temperatures. These days the weather happens to be relatively warm.Xiao Yu reckoned that it should be February in the Gregorian calendar, and the highest daytime temperature in Yazhou should be about [-] degrees, which is the most suitable temperature for rice flowering.

Xiao Yu wandered around the fields every day. The Yazhou rice flowered a day or two earlier than the Champa rice, and he was anxiously waiting for the Champa rice to bloom.

Pei Linzhi finally rested for the past two days, and he has been training day and night for the past three months.Because he knew the combat level of Yazhou soldiers too well, he was worried that Xiao Yi would suddenly find out that the situation in Yazhou was not right, and suddenly send troops to Yazhou.

After returning home, Pei Linzhi discovered that Xiao Yu had been in a daze for the past two days, and the first thing he did every day when he got up was to go to the rice fields to look at the rice.

Apart from eating and going to the toilet, I put aside all other things, and didn't let A Ping follow, let Lai Feng take him to play elsewhere.

When the village sent things, he asked others to collect them.Even when Yao Tao came to visit, he met at the edge of the field.

It was three poles high in the sun and the weather began to heat up. Xiao Yu put on a bamboo hat, tied the hem of his clothes to his waist, rolled up his trousers and went down to the paddy field.Moreover, he stood in the field for a long time, did not move his nest for a long time, lowered his head and didn't know what he was doing, and those who didn't know thought it was a scarecrow.

Pei Linzhi came over: "Lang Jun, why did you go to the field, the sun is too strong, hurry up."

Xiao Yu didn't raise his head: "It's okay, I'm busy with business, so don't worry about me."

He took a pair of sharpened scissors in his hand, and cut off the upper part of the glumes on the rice ears of the female parent that was going to bloom that day, and removed the original male flower anthers of the female parent.

Because rice is self-pollinating, if the male flowers are not cut off, it will complete self-pollination, and there will be no hybrid value.

After the female parent is emasculated, it is covered with a paper shell to prevent it from being pollinated by the surrounding male flowers.

The male parent also chooses the one that will bloom on the same day. Before flowering, the whole ear of rice is cut off, and then the glume is cut off. However, the anthers of the male flower cannot be cut off, and the pollen is only exposed. It will disperse, and when it is noon, it is the time when loose pollen is the most vigorous. Then pick up the male parent and pollen the pollen to the emasculated female parent to realize artificial pollination.

After the pollination is complete, they are still covered with bags, and the paper sleeves can only be taken off after they are completely pollinated.This is to prevent the female parent from being mixed with the pollen of male flowers of the same kind and to ensure the purity of the hybridization.

These experiences are good experiences summed up by generations of people. Looking at the current era, it is completely a fantasy.

So Pei Linzhi saw Xiao Yu sitting on the ridge of the field, holding a freshly plucked ear of rice in his hand, carefully cutting off the glumes one by one, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing, sir? Good rice How did Sui cut it off?"

Xiao Yu kept moving his hands: "I'm making hybrid rice."

Pei Linzhi couldn't understand: "Hybrid rice? What is that?"

"It is to cross-pollinate different rice and see what kind of rice can be grown." Xiao Yu said.

Seeing Xiao Yu like this, Pei Linzhi felt very strange: "How did Mr. Lang know this?"

Xiao Yu stopped the movement of his hand for a moment, turned to look at Pei Linzhi, and said, "I don't know, I was enlightened by God while dreaming. So I want to try."

Naturally, Pei Linzhi didn't quite believe what he said, because His Highness didn't fear God, especially Bodhisattva Buddha. He didn't believe that he was willing to believe in divine revelation all of a sudden.

Pei Linzhi said, "Why did you cut these off?"

Xiao Yu knows that some things cannot be fooled, especially the matter of hybrid rice, because it is too professional and meticulous, if there is another way to pretend that it is from the book, but this is absolutely impossible in contemporary books.

Xiao Yu said: "Cut off the glumes to expose the pollen of the male flowers, and it will be easy to pollinate in a while."

Pei Linzhi was confused: "I know the glumes, but what are male flowers? And what is pollination? I can't understand more and more what His Highness said."

Xiao Yu took a deep breath and said, "Rinzhi, if you trust me, don't ask me any more."

Pei Linzhi pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu's heart beat a little fast, the scissors in his hand were a little unsteady, and he even cut off two chamfers, he stopped and sighed, there are some things that he should finally talk about.

He licked his lips, looked up at the position of the sun above his head, and said, "There are some things I can't explain for a while, and I'll tell you when I'm done."

He lowered his head again, and quickly cut the chaff without any other distractions. His movements were so skillful that he couldn't achieve it in a day or two.

Pei Linzhi's hands were clenched into fists, seeing Xiao Yu not speaking, the uneasiness in his heart was like a drop of ink on Sujuan's face, slowly smearing and getting bigger and bigger.

For a long time, he felt that His Highness had changed a lot, because the change was in a good direction, so he didn't bother too much.Today, he realized that he was about to open an unknown box, and he was panicked, not knowing whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Xiao Yu cut off the glumes of a Champa rice plant and inserted it in the water beside the field, waiting for it to disperse its powder.Then cut another plant that is about to bloom, and continue to cut the chaff.

Pei Linzhi watched him doing such things in a smooth manner, even though his temples were already wet with sweat, and there were dense beads of sweat on the tip of his nose and lips, he didn't realize it.

Such a highness made him feel extremely strange.But he had to admit that His Highness exuded an eye-catching self-confidence and calmness, that kind of ecstasy, as if he was doing the most sacred and greatest thing.

Pei Linzhi didn't want to disturb Xiao Yu, so he sat quietly by his side and watched him doing extremely meticulous work.

After a while, Pei Linzhi got up, brought a pair of scissors, and asked, "Mr., do you need me to help you?"

Xiao Yu came back to his senses: "Okay. You try to do it, cut off the shell, don't cut off the anther inside, it will be useless if you cut it off." Give it to Pei Linzhi.

Pei Linzhi tried several times before finally finding the trick. This kind of thing looks simple, but it is not easy to do, not to mention who would think of using this method to pollinate rice, which is simply unheard of.What kind of secret is hidden in his Highness?

Pei Linzhi's heart was a little flustered. Although His Highness was sitting next to him within reach, it made him feel that he was very, very far away from him for no reason.

Xiao Yu finally finished cutting another ear of rice, stretched his neck to look at the condition of the father's loose powder stuck in the water, then raised his head and squinted to look at the sun above his head, stood up, and said, "Go ahead and cut it for me, let's start!" If you have flowers, you don’t want them, or if you don’t have flowers.”

He picked up the ears of rice inserted in the water, and applied pollen to the female plants that had been cut off the glumes.

Busy until noon, Xiao Yu wiped his sweat and said, "Okay, those flowers have basically bloomed, and artificial pollination can no longer be done. Let's do it tomorrow."

Today he uses Zhancheng rice as the male parent and Yazhou rice as the female parent, and tomorrow he will switch the two to see which hybridization method is the best.

It takes at least seven or eight generations to cultivate a stable hybrid rice variety. Even in a place like Yazhou where three crops are harvested a year, it takes three years to produce hybrid rice.

It will take at least five to ten years to popularize hybrid rice.It's a long time, but compared with the long history of human development, it's just a blink of an eye. Xiao Yu thinks it's worth doing.One day, people will fill their stomachs and stop worrying about eating.

I hope that Tianzhu rice and Siam rice can also bloom at the same time, so that I can save a lot of time.

This season is the first attempt, and the actual hybridization test will have to wait until the next season for planting, and he will control the sowing time.

Pei Rinzhi followed behind Xiao Yu, saw him stepping on the muddy ground with bare feet, and his shapely slender legs were still stained with mud, he said, "Your Majesty, wash your feet."

Xiao Yu took a look and said, "Okay."

They walked to the well, Pei Linzhi fetched a bucket of water from the well, squatted down to wash Xiao Yu's feet.

Xiao Yu hurriedly said, "I will do it myself."

Pei Linzhi ignored him, and continued to splash water to wash off the mud on Xiao Yu's legs and feet: "Okay, sir."

Xiao Yu said, "Thank you."

Pei Linzhi washed the rest of the water indiscriminately, straightened up: "Do you have something to tell me, sir?"

At this moment, Ah Ping yelled loudly: "Lang Jun, Lang Jun! Seven meals a day."

When Xiao Yu turned his head, he saw A Ping running towards him with short legs, and Lai Feng followed unhurriedly: "Run slowly."

Xiao Yu laughed: "Come on, come on, let's go, go eat, and I'll talk to you later." He caught A Ping who ran up to him, picked him up, threw him into the air, and caught him again. It made Aping giggle.

Pei Linzhi sighed slightly, unable to tell whether he was disappointed or relieved.