The Ninth Princess was also attracted by the conversation between Jin Feng and Wei Wuya.
“There’s no secret, it’s just hard work.”
Wei Wuya said: "My wife and I only manage two acres of crops. Naturally, we will plow and fertilize carefully, remove insects and weeds, and of course the yield will be higher."
"How can ordinary people have such skills?" Jin Feng said helplessly.
In fact, Dakang has a large amount of cultivated land per capita, but due to the lack of young people and basic agricultural tools, it is impossible to cultivate deeply and carefully.
In some places, there are also heavy corvee labor.
The so-called corvee means working for the government and big landowners. Not only do they not get paid, but they also have to bring their own dry food.
"These are long-standing shortcomings that cannot be solved in a day or two. Does the old gentleman teach you better farming methods?" Ninth Princess asked.
"Sir, he did talk about a method of selecting good ones, crossing and grafting." Jin Feng replied.
"What are selection, hybridization and grafting?" Wei Wuya asked.
"The teacher said that crop harvests and seeds are inseparable. The correct way of farming is to use good land for breeding and select large and full seeds for sowing."
Jin Feng said: "But when we farmers in Dakang sow, they always use last year's old grain as seed, and some of it is grain. How can the grain grown like this grow well?"
"Sir, actually the farmers understand what you are saying, but there is nothing they can do. They only have old grain."
Wei Wuya sighed.
"So this requires the government's efforts," Jin Feng looked at the Ninth Princess: "If possible, I hope that Your Highness can report to His Majesty to establish an institution specializing in grain breeding to cultivate improved seeds."
"I will tell my father about this matter." Ninth Princess asked: "Then what is hybridization and grafting?"
"Since Mr. Wei likes farming, he should know that some rice and wheat seedlings grow very tall, but they don't produce much grain, and they are prone to lodging, right?"
"Yes," Wei Wuya nodded quickly: "Sometimes, the seedlings grow well, but the grain yield is not high and they fall over when the wind blows."
"The old man said that you can breed various kinds of rice and wheat, and then observe which varieties are resistant to lodging and which ones have high yields, and then artificially intervene and cross them during their pollination period, and then use the grain they produce to grow crops the next year.
Seeds are used to find varieties that are both high-yielding and resistant to lodging and disease, and then are cultivated in large quantities. This is hybrid technology."
Jin Feng briefly talked about hybridization technology.
"This method is good, but it takes a lot of time." Wei Wuya sighed.
"Yes, this matter may take more than ten years, decades, or even a lifetime to do."
Jin Feng said: "But once it is done, it will be a great merit that will benefit all people for generations to come!"
There were very few people who admired Jin Feng in his previous life, and Grandpa Yuan ranked first.
The old man devoted his whole life to agriculture. When he was young, he was misunderstood and hated, and his experimental fields were destroyed one after another. Most people have given up long ago.
But the old man persisted and finally solved the problem of feeding billions of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a great merit that benefits all people.
"Sir, since you know this technique, Wen'er would like to ask you to lead the hybrid technique!"
The Ninth Princess bowed deeply to Jin Feng: "How much money is needed, Sir, just tell me, Wen'er will ask Father for funds!"
"It's not necessary to allocate funds. I can still use the money to plant a few pieces of land."
Jin Feng said: "This is a delicate job, and I don't know much about farming, so I'm afraid I won't do it well."
"Sir, how about I recommend someone to you?" Wei Wuya said.
"who?"
"Mr. Tan!"
"Which Mr. Tan?" Jin Feng was stunned.
"That's Mr. Tan from the medical room!" Wei Wuya said: "He is better at handling crops and medicinal materials than I am, and he is very careful. He grows all the medicinal materials in the yard. You can see how good they grow."
"Oh, it turns out to be Lao Tan!" Jin Feng suddenly realized.
Lao Tan has been making a living by collecting herbs from the mountains, and occasionally helps villagers see doctors. Jin Feng didn't know that he could farm.
"Then I'll talk to Lao Tan later." Jin Feng said with a smile.
"Don't worry, sir, if Lao Tan is too busy, I will help him," Wei Wuya said.
"The medical room will have to rely on Mr. and Lao Tan for help in the future. Can it be busy?" Jin Feng asked.
"Practicing medicine to save people can only save hundreds or thousands of people, but if we can cultivate the superior seeds that Mr. said, it will save thousands of people. It will be worth it even if we die of exhaustion!"
Wei Wuya patted his chest and said.
The so-called benevolence of doctors, Wei Wuya's medical skills may not be the best in Dakang, but his medical ethics are definitely noble, otherwise he would not raise his own money, and then risk infection to go deep into malaria areas to provide free help
People are getting medical treatment.
Everyone has selfish motives. Wei Wuya may not care about money and power, but once the hybrid technology is completed, it will not only benefit all people, but also be famous for generations to come.
For Wei Wuya, this was a huge attraction.
"Okay, I'll trouble you sir later."
Jin Feng said: "I will go back to the village chief to contract dozens of acres of fertile land by the river!"
"Okay!" Wei Wuya continued to ask: "Mr. Selection and Hybridization have already talked about it, so what is grafting?"
"Hybridization is for rice and wheat, grafting is for fruits."
Jin Feng explained: "Some fruit trees bear large and abundant fruits, but are prone to disease, while some fruit trees bear small and few fruits, but have good disease resistance. Grafting is a branch or bud of a plant.
By inserting it into another plant, it will be possible to grow large, abundant and disease-resistant fruits."
"Isn't this the same as hybridization?" Wei Wuya said.
"That's not impossible." Jin Feng nodded.
Later, several people called Lao Tan into the house.
Lao Tan is a simple mountain man. Hearing that Jin Feng would contract dozens of acres of the best farmland by the river for him to plant, and would also help him buy two cattle for farming, he immediately agreed and could not wait to go to the fields to cultivate right now.
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"Gentlemen, I will thank you for your hard work from now on!"
The Ninth Princess looked at Jin Feng, Wei Wuya and Lao Tan with expectation.
"Your Highness, this may not be possible. Even if it is done, it will take many years."
Jin Feng said: "Actually, the old gentleman told me a better solution."
"What can I do?" Ninth Princess asked.
"The old gentleman said that one hundred thousand miles east from the East China Sea, there is a continent called America."
Jin Feng said: "It was a fertile and fertile place. Its territory was several times larger than that of Dakang. Not only did it have medicinal herbs that could treat malaria, but there were also several food crops that were very high-yielding. Even in a barren land, the yield per mu