Chapter 62 Purchasing Oil and Researching the Food Chain
naval command,
Zhou Wenhua arrived here quickly by car,
And the communication with Chief Yang was completed very quickly, and both parties got what they wanted.
Commander Yang received financial donations to purchase two submarines from foreigners, and was able to sign a contract with the foreigners on the same day and set a date for manufacturing and delivery.
Moreover, this time, Chief Yang also persuaded the foreigners to be willing to carry out the manufacturing of submarines at their Jiangnan Shipyard.
It is also because of this that Zhou Wenhua's desire to visit the entire process of submarine manufacturing by foreigners can be achieved naturally.
In addition, Commander Yang also promised to give Zhou Wenhua the military training experience to participate in the formation of submarine force members and let him learn from it.
Therefore, after the two parties reached a cooperation,
Zhou Wenhua also declined the other party's invitation to dine and left in a hurry.
For him, as the first battle of Songhu is getting closer and closer, he still has many things to deal with.
Once back at home,
He immediately called the housekeeper Liu Xing in to give instructions.
"You can invite me later to Gottlieb Daimler, the founder of Daimler-Benz, and Edsel, the only son of Henry, the founder of Ford Motor Company. I need to buy oil from them, and
Lots of gasoline!”
"In addition, I also need to build our cotton factory and plantations in the rear area. I want to enter the field of clothes and cotton. In doing so, I hope to produce more warm clothes so that the poor can wear clothes in winter.
Wear some clothes to keep warm!”
"Then, the last thing is that I want to enter the food industry chain. Now many people in the country are starving, especially during natural and man-made disasters. Thousands of people starve to death.
countless!"
"So I hope to do something for this country!"
"High-yield rice, wheat, and potatoes are all plants I need to deal with next!"
"But our food base must be deployed in the rear!"
"Although some can be deployed in some forward areas, most of them must be deployed in the rear, because I am worried that if a war breaks out one day, then we must ensure that these food industry bases that we have worked so hard to establish can obtain security guarantees.
, only in this way can we ensure an endless supply of food for more hungry people!"
"Otherwise, once all our food bases fall into the hands of the enemy, everything will be in vain and we will endanger the enemy!"
"None of this is what I want!"
"Okay, now you go and deal with the first thing for me right away. First invite those foreigners I just mentioned. In addition to them, also show me the channels through which foreigners can sell oil and gasoline!"
"I need a lot of oil and gasoline to be there!"
When housekeeper Liu Xingyi arrived,
Zhou Wenhua also immediately and simply explained several very important things he wanted to do next.
He also ordered him to immediately invite foreigners who could provide him with oil and gasoline.
When the housekeeper Liu Xing acted according to the order,
Zhou Wenhua is also very worried about how to find "natural male sterile strains" and other strains to complete the research and development of large-scale planting of hybrid rice.
This is not something you can buy if you have money.
"Are we going to search the entire country?"
"But I don't have that much time!"
After pondering for a long time,
Zhou Wenhua also sighed deeply and muttered.
But it was also at this time that he suddenly remembered the father of hybrid rice whom he respected most in later generations. It seemed that after traveling all over the country tirelessly, he came to Anjiang Agricultural School and nearby farmland during the rice flowering season.
Searching for male sterile rice in the rice sea.
Finally, the first male-sterile strain was discovered from the "Dongting Early Indica" variety! This was a crucial first step in overcoming the problem of hybrid rice breeding.
""Dongting Early Indica"?"
"Yes! It may be necessary to form a professional rice planting team to search for "natural male sterile strains" and other rice varieties such as 'Dongting Early Indica, Shengli Indica, and Dajiaonan'
of!"
"As long as it is confirmed that the anthers are not dehiscent, they can be regarded as male sterile plants and can be marked."
"Then we use pots to raise seedlings, and transplant individual plants into separate lines. Plant each line in a small area, and then plant a normal plant of the same variety next to them to try it out. We use the pollen dyeing method and the interweaving method.
Let’s use the bag self-crossing method to see if we can initially establish artificial hybrid fruiting!”
"Yes! Let's see if this method has any effect first!"
"But we still need to find ways to find more "natural male sterile strains" first before we can carry out research on hybrid rice!"
"Before the hybrid technology is conquered, I still need to plant a large number of high-yielding, satiating plants such as potatoes to maintain food and clothing!"
"Of course rice and wheat also need to be planted!"
"Because these plants can use chemical fertilizers and planting techniques to increase their yields!"
"It would be great if I could read "Male Sterility of Rice" again now, but unfortunately there is no such good thing in this era that I can read!"
When Zhou Wenhua thought of "natural male sterile strains", he walked around in his room and thought endlessly.
You must know that the father of hybridization in the future used artificial methods to walk in the vast sea of rice with the blazing sun on his head. He searched for hundreds of thousands of rice plants, and even more rice plants, and finally found three male and female rice plants.
Yushu, you can foresee how difficult this project is, and it also requires a certain amount of luck, professional skills, and professional knowledge to complete!
Therefore, Zhou Wenhua cannot just rely on such a difficult job search to solve the current food problem, so he feels that he should start from the most practical way, which is to plant a large number of potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. to temporarily fill his stomach!
Of course, rice and wheat also need to be planted.
After thinking about this,
Zhou Wenhua once again had the ambition to improve the food industry chain.
He hopes to make a small contribution to those who are hungry.
It is really shocking to know that countless people died of starvation in the early days of the war, during the war, and even in the latter stages of the war.
The issue of food and clothing is a big problem.
Therefore, building a 10,000-acre high-quality green production base, building a 10,000-acre planting base for rice and potatoes in the rear, and even establishing an Academy of Agricultural Sciences are all things that Zhou Wenhua must complete as soon as possible.