Looking at the plastic bag in Chen Shutong's hand in front of him.
Wang Ensheng's expression was a bit...
Confused.
Although his current position is the head of the People's Armed Forces Department of Jingxi County, he is considered a standard "big boss" by everyone.
But no matter how rough it is, he still knows rice.
Don't say anything else.
Let’s talk about the annual autumn harvest in Jingxi County.
As soon as the autumn harvest comes, the officers, soldiers and militiamen of the People's Armed Forces Ministry will temporarily take off their military uniforms and go to various communes below to help collect grain.
Bagui, where Jingxi is located, is in the south of China. The type of cultivated land is paddy fields, and the main food crop is rice.
Therefore, whether it is rice cultivated by farmers or wild rice, Wang Ensheng is no stranger to their appearance:
The inflorescence is about 30 centimeters long, with rough edges and corners, and curves downward when mature.
The two sides of the flower spike are very flat, usually oblong or oval.
But the flower spike of the rice plant in Chen Shutong's hands was somewhat different from what Wang Ensheng knew.
It is a little smaller than ordinary rice, and the flower spikes are slightly cracked, as if they are dry and cracked due to lack of water.
how to say.....
Looks a little wilted?
Seeing Wang Ensheng's expression of surprise, Chen Shutong shook the rice plant in his hand again and asked:
"Captain Wang, do you also feel that this rice plant is a little strange?"
Wang Ensheng came back to his senses and nodded slightly:
"It looks a little weird, as if it's malnourished... Professor Chen, how did you find this thing?"
Chen Shutong pointed to a thick patch of grass in the distance and explained:
"Well, didn't I collect soil samples there before? When I was digging the soil, I saw a small patch of wild rice."
"There were about seven or eight wild rice plants, and they all looked wilted and wilted. They didn't look like malnourished single plants, so I took a sample."
"When I get back, I'm going to ask the comrades from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences to take a look - they are collecting crop samples recently, and if a special sample is adopted, you can get 10 cents."
Wang Ensheng nodded clearly:
"I see......"
Wild rice is very common in this era, after all, it is a standard crop at low altitudes.
Wild rice can basically be found in ditches and swamps below 600 meters above sea level, with sufficient sunshine and suitable humidity.
Not far from where Chen Shutong discovered the wild rice was a waterfall, needless to say the source of the moist water.
At the same time, black soldier flies decompose their feces here, and the soil is extremely suitable for the growth of various plants.
In addition, the terrain and sunshine meet the relevant requirements, so it is completely reasonable for wild rice to appear here.
As for the rewards Chen Shutong mentioned...
This is considered an official bounty at this time, and it belongs to some kind of "expanded" species counting method.
When you encounter special plants or crops, you can collect them and send them to the local crop experts for identification. If they are adopted, you will usually be given some rewards.
Many samples of special plants and even birds in China were discovered in this way, but during this period there were also cases where people with ulterior motives forged samples to defraud money.
Later, as domestic sampling capabilities became stronger and stronger, this kind of reward was gradually cancelled, which can be regarded as a product of the times.
Of course.
This weird rice plant is just a sideshow for Wang Ensheng and Chen Shutong, not the main course.
So it's very fast.
They turned their attention back to the black soldier fly and began to collect the larvae of this insect.
.............
Two days later.
221 base.
The recovery room of the staff hospital.
At this moment.
Lin Yu, the chief physician of the hospital, was holding a small iron stick and gently poking at the dark sole of his foot:
"Close your eyes and feel it carefully... Comrade Han Li, do you feel it?"
After Lin Yu finished speaking.
Xu Yun, who had his eyes closed, thought carefully for a while, then slowly opened his eyes and shook his head gently:
"no feeling."
Hear this.
Lin Yu's brows suddenly frowned slightly.
Xu Yun keenly noticed Lin Yu's little move and couldn't help but ask:
"Dr. Lin, is my condition very bad?"
"...."
Lin Yu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slightly and admitted:
"It's really not optimistic. After all, Comrade Han Li, it has been almost two months since you woke up."
"It is obviously impossible to recover at this time, and it is also unrealistic to get out of bed and walk around normally - you are not a sports student."
"But theoretically speaking, no matter what, the feeling of the limbs should be restored."
"At least...the sole of the foot shouldn't be punctured with four holes and still feel nothing."
Xu Yun:
"....?"
Is there something strange about this sentence?
"Of course."
Then Lin Yu smiled and waved his hand, comforting:
"People and their physiques cannot be generalized. For example, I know a volunteer soldier who once used cover when he was extremely angry and stoned three Japanese soldiers across the sea who surrounded him with automatic rifles in their hands."
"Therefore, Comrade Han Li, perhaps your body functions are somewhat different from those of ordinary people, so your recovery is relatively slow."
"Anyway, don't put too much psychological burden on yourself. It will always get better if you take care of yourself slowly."
Xu Yun also nodded.
Actually.
His mentality was much better than Lin Yu imagined, and it could even be said that there was no fluctuation.
after all......
This body is not his real body.
Although it would definitely be better to be able to move around again than to be in a wheelchair, it wouldn't make him despair at all if he were to become paralyzed.
At worst, I can return to Hawking in the dungeon.
After all, this is his home, and no one will force him to go to Loli Island to prove the black hole hairless theorem.
"Xiao Han!"
Just when Xu Yun was thinking.
Lao Guo's figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the recovery room:
"Xiao Han, good news, the larvae of the black soldier fly have been found! The first batch of samples just arrived at the base half a day ago!"
When Xu Yun heard this, his body suddenly trembled, and he suddenly turned to look at Lao Guo:
"Guo Gong, did you find the gathering point of the black soldier fly so quickly?"
To know.
Previously, in order to prevent his words and deeds from being too abnormal, Xu Yun gave Li Jue and the others several locations to choose from - some of which spanned provinces.
Except Jingxi.
It also includes Sichuan Province and Fujian Province, basically wherever there are more mountains.
The result was unexpected...
The efficiency above was actually so high. It only took three days to find and deliver the black soldier fly larvae to the base?
See this situation.
Xu Yun didn't care about today's rehabilitation arrangements and immediately said to Lao Guo:
"Guo Gong, where are the larvae now?"
"At Professor Zheng's place."
Lao Guo mentioned a name that Xu Yun was not familiar with, but it sounded like someone in charge of animal breeding.
Then he looked at Lin Yu again and asked tentatively:
"Dr. Lin, look..."
Lin Yu heard the hidden meaning of Lao Guo's words and could only helplessly spread his hands:
"Okay, today's rehabilitation is cancelled. Come back tomorrow."
"Xiao Qiao, please do your best and accompany Comrade Han Li there."
Xiao Qiao smiled and saluted Lin Yu:
"Got the order!"
Then under the guidance of Lao Guo.
Several people quickly took the special seats of the employee train and arrived at the 15th branch located in the southwest of the 221 base.
The 15th factory area is the base’s water plant, used to supply the base’s daily water supply.
But apart from the water supply function.
There are also several laboratories used for various purposes around the 15th factory area.
There are no major chemical pollution or safety hazards in these laboratories, such as the production and processing of some small precision instruments, and...
Microbiological testing laboratory.
When Xu Yun, Qiao Caihong and Lao Guo arrived at the scene.
Qian Bingqiong and factory director Li Jue had already arrived at the laboratory first.
After entering the house.
"Lao Qian, Lao Li."
Lao Guo first said hello to Qian Bingqiong and Li Jue, and then looked at another bald middle-aged man at the scene:
"Professor Zheng, how is the analysis going?"
This bald middle-aged man is named Zheng Yi, and he is now one of the persons in charge of biomedicine at the base.
But it’s different from Lin Yu’s clinical medicine.
Zheng Yi is mainly responsible for the prevention and treatment of various viruses and pathogenic bacteria. He prefers the former between biology and medicine, which is somewhat similar to Xu Yun's real-life situation.
I heard Lao Guo’s question.
Zheng Yi pointed to a small box not far away from him and said:
"Here, the first batch of black soldier fly larvae are here, a total of ten boxes of 1X1X0.2 size."
"The specific number of larvae has not yet been calculated, but based on sampling analysis, there are approximately 30,000 to 40,000 larvae in ten boxes - together with unhatched eggs."
Upon seeing this, Lao Guo led Xu Yun to a box and took a few glances.
As Zheng Yi introduced.
The dimensions of the box are approximately 1X1X0.2, without a lid.
However, the upper part of the box wall has been coated with a thick liquid similar to anti-escape fluid to prevent the bugs inside from escaping.
I only see this moment.
The sand in the box has been sifted out, and the box is filled with thick, pale yellow larvae that are constantly squirming and making rustling sounds.
Then Zheng Yi followed Lao Guo, pointed to a few grasses on another table and explained:
"Director Guo, these are some kinds of forage we collected from the Jinyintan grassland."
"This is alfalfa..."
“This is ryegrass….
"This is Bai Sanye..."
"This is red clover..."
"Based on our preliminary observations, these larvae show a high preference for several types of grasses."
Finished.
Zheng Yi took a few clover sticks from the table, folded them into several pieces and threw them into the box.
swish swish——
These few stalks of alfalfa were like fat meat thrown into a hot oil pan, instantly causing the 'pot' to boil.
Less than a few seconds.
These larvae quickly gathered together densely on the alfalfa base, forming several "long dragons" like ears of wheat.
This is a somewhat shabby plot, it looks like Cthulhu...
I don't know if it's an illusion.
Lao Guo seemed to hear the chewing sound of Kazikazi...
After a while.
Lao Guo just came back to his senses, glanced at Xu Yun subconsciously, and asked Zheng Yi:
"Professor Zheng, I wonder if the components of these black soldier fly larvae have been tested?"
Zheng Yi nodded and led everyone to another experimental table.
There are several glassware placed on the experimental table, and some 'meat paste' can be vaguely seen in them.
Then Zheng Yi picked up a pair of small tweezers, tapped the petri dish a few times with the tip, and explained:
"Director Guo, according to our preliminary testing, the protein content of these larvae is indeed very high."
"Some are as high as 45%, some are as little as 35%, and the average is about 40%."
"A larger larvae can basically produce one gram of protein stably."
When Lao Guo heard this, his whole body suddenly stopped breathing.
After regaining consciousness.
He quickly asked:
"Professor Zheng, what about its pathogenic bacteria?"
"Pathogenic bacteria..."
Speaking of pathogenic bacteria, Zheng Yi couldn't help but sigh:
"According to our preliminary testing, there are basically no pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, and Staphylococcus aureus in these larvae."
"On the other hand, Escherichia and Citrobacter are partially imaged, but the proportion is not high. Long-term use will not cause obvious harm to the human body - let's put it this way, the proportion of Escherichia is only five times that of locusts.
one."
"And this is the proportion of bacterial colonies in the first generation of larvae in the wild. If they are bred for many generations in artificial breeding, the proportion of these bacterial colonies will be even lower."
As we all know.
PCR technology was proposed in 1985 and is a core technology for modern microbial detection.
But just like IPHONE4 is an epoch-making model, it is not the first smartphone.
Long before the advent of PCR technology, there were some microbial detection methods in the biological world.
Actually.
The standard node for the emergence of automated microbial detection technology was a year ago, but there is still no way to master it in China.
In this period.
The main method of domestic microbial testing is to make a 1:10 suspension of the substance to be tested, and then conduct a bacterial susceptibility test.
This method is very simple and fast, and results can be obtained within three hours.
Of course.
Corresponding to this time, the data accuracy is naturally limited—normally, it is difficult to produce results within ten hours of Petri dishes.
But no matter how limited the accuracy is, it is still quite easy to determine ‘yes’ and ‘no’.
In other words.
Now it is basically certain that the black soldier fly larvae mentioned by Xu Yun...
It does have high nutritional value!
Dash, non-toxic nutritional value!
As for its taste...
joke.
I’ve been drinking elm soup these days, why do I still care about the taste?
Think of this.
Lao Guo quickly turned his head and looked at Qian Bingqiong and Li Jue.
Then Li Jue took a deep breath and looked at Zheng Yi solemnly:
"Old Zheng, I'm afraid I'm going to have to work hard for you next time."
"You have to develop a feasible black soldier fly larvae breeding plan within three days... no, five days, five days."
"Within about a week, we will have a large number of black soldier fly larvae delivered - the number starts at a few hundred thousand."
"There are also the breeding temperatures of adult black soldier flies, suitable conditions, etc... Lao Zheng, your task is very difficult."
According to what Xu Yun said.
The male and female adults of the black soldier fly basically live for less than ten days, and the development period of the eggs is only one month.
It is foreseeable.
Once the base begins to breed black soldier flies, their reproduction rate is likely to reach an extremely terrifying figure...
At the same time, how to prevent adults from escaping from the breeding site and what the specific temperature conditions of the breeding are are also matters that require a complete plan.
Therefore, what Li Jue explained is very important, and can even be said to be related to the lifeblood of the base.
If the current batch of black soldier flies are really being raised to death, the rabbits may not be able to find another black soldier fly gathering point of this size for a while.
But when Zheng Yi heard this, his face looked a little excited.
after all......
Due to the limitations of technological level these days, non-application biologists like him are actually quite boring.
In a sense.
Their laboratory is one of the few 'mascots' in the entire base, and they eat dry food and have little to do.
For example, this time recently.
The laboratory is already free enough to help cut donkey hair...
From the completion of the base to the present.
This is the first time that the entire laboratory has received such an important task.
Therefore, while feeling the pressure, Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel quite excited.
I saw him push out his chest hard and say loudly:
"Director, don't worry, I promise to complete the task on time!"
Li Jue's eyes stayed on Zheng Yi's bald head for a while, and he nodded with relief.
People with this kind of strong hair style are usually quite reliable in ability - except for a certain logistics leader.
"Oh, right."
Then Li Jue thought of something else and asked Zheng Yi:
"Old Zheng, I heard how many comrades arrived at the base with these insects?"
"Comrade Bingqiong and I didn't have a meeting this morning, so I haven't seen them yet."
Zheng Yi nodded and pointed to the side:
"That's right, some comrades are right next door. Please come with me."
Then Zheng Yi led several people out of the laboratory and went straight to another room - protective clothing for microbiology laboratories will not be popularized in China until twelve years later, and now only hoods and masks are worn.
The area of this room is not large, only about thirty square meters.
There is also a somewhat worn ping-pong table in the middle, which looks like a lounge where some entertainment activities are usually carried out.
When everyone arrived at the house.
There are five men sitting in this room, one of whom is in a wheelchair.
Then Zheng Yi took the initiative to walk among a few people and took the initiative to introduce:
"Factory Director, Comrade Bingqiong, Director Guo, and Comrade Han Li, let me introduce to you."
"These are experts who participated in the domestic crop seminar in Baise. They discovered something while attending the seminar, so they were specially arranged by the capital to go to the base."
"The person sitting in the wheelchair is Professor Yang Kaiqu, and these four are Professor Hou Guangjiong, Professor Guan Xianghuan, and..."
"Comrade Zhou Kaida, a student of Professor Yang Kaiqu, and Comrade Yuan Guoliang, a student of Professor Guan Xianghuan and a teacher at Anjiang Agricultural School."
...........
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