area51novel #429 - Hybridization technology
#429 - Hybridization technology
With Dongda's unexpected and rapid rise, the landscape and balance of power in the Bright Sword world have undergone profound restructuring, with Dongda's elevated status becoming the most watched focal point. This change not only signifies the effective expulsion of Little Devil's forces, but also promotes the establishment of a delicate and complex cooperative relationship between Dongda and the Great Bear. Although not formally allied, it has achieved a certain degree of mutual dependence and checks and balances.
It is precisely by virtue of the successful mastery of the "peace bomb," the deep-sea breakthrough of the Great Black Fish submarine, and the pioneering launch of rocket technology that Dongda's position on the international stage has undergone earth-shattering changes, which is very different from the historical trajectory in the main world. The rapid acquisition of these cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements has not only built a solid defensive barrier for Dongda, but also allowed it to occupy an unprecedented height in international discourse power. Therefore, those forces that once attempted to openly bully Dongda now have to think twice before acting, and instead choose to respect its borders and maintain a delicate state of peaceful coexistence.
With the continuous progress and popularization of science and technology, the whole world seems to have been pressed the fast-forward button, moving towards a prosperous stage at an unimaginable speed. In this process, cooperation and exchanges between countries are becoming more frequent, and the sharing and application of scientific and technological achievements have greatly promoted the development of social productivity and improved the quality of people's lives.
Compared with the historical time and space of the main world, the current Bright Sword world undoubtedly shows a more vigorous development trend and a broader future prospect. Everyone seems to have opened the world and has their own things to be busy with, and they deeply feel that they are not enough and cannot cover the sky with one hand.
In Dongda's industrial going abroad, light industrial products have gone out, electronic products have gone out, and now the automobile industry has also begun to go out, and the situation can be described as very good.
However, what is even better is that after more than ten years of unremitting efforts by the scientific research team, Dongda has successfully developed several new varieties of hybrid grain, basically mastered the complete set of hybrid grain production technology, and after large-scale promotion in China, it has continued to achieve self-sufficiency in grain supply in China for many years, allowing Ren Zhong's hanging heart to begin to let go.
After all, the problem of eating is too important. No one is afraid of an unstable rice bowl. Hybrid technology is the key technology to increase the yield per mu of grain. Now that it has been broken through, Dongda's shortcoming in this area has been filled.
Although the per capita arable land area is much smaller than other countries, the per capita grain index has now reached a safe level of more than 800 jin after relying on the increase in yield per mu.
Although it is said that there is still a certain distance from grain abundance, it is already much better than before, and it is still maintaining an annual growth trend. In addition, the arable land area is also constantly expanding, reaching an unprecedented 167.745 million mu. After the comprehensive promotion of hybrid planting technology, it is expected that the per capita grain will break through 1,000 jin in a short time.
"Old Brother Ren, thanks to your initial proposal and continuous support for the research of hybrid technology, we have finally basically solved the problem of eating. Now many countries and regions have come to ask for this technology, which makes us very confused. Should we give this technology or not?" Counselor Ye came to the door and threw another problem to Ren Zhong.
"Give it away for nothing? They have to be able to catch it. We can train them how to carry out the hybrid variety process and principles, but the real core parent seed resources, they can't even think about it." Ren Zhong shook his head. Such a freebie thing, in another time and space, maybe someone would give it away with a feverish head.
But what kind of person is Ren Zhong? He is not a saint, and freebies are impossible.
Hybrid technology is simple and simple. It is to continuously hybridize similar but different types of crops to obtain new varieties. If the new varieties show stronger environmental adaptability and yield advantages, then this is basically a very important link on the road to success, and then repeatedly test to obtain the best generation.
The two varieties that get the first generation of excellent varieties are the "parents" of hybrid crops, which are the seeds used for the first generation of hybrid experiments. Their seed retention will not produce segregation of traits that affect yield. The heredity of parent seeds is more stable in the manifestation of hybrid offspring, has consistency, and can produce hybrid varieties with hybrid advantages that can adapt to different ecological and cultivation environments.
Therefore, the first generation of parent seeds of high-quality hybrid varieties are important germplasm resources and the core secret of hybrid technology.
If the hybrid technology is to be handed over, then these parent seeds must also be given out. How is this possible?
"But now these are also our friendly countries, our partners in international cooperation. It's not good to directly reject them." Counselor Ye said with a bitter face, "This grain problem is different from others. If you are not careful, you will be labeled with a hat. Although we can take care of ourselves, we have to take into account our own image internationally. It's not a good thing to keep it completely."
As soon as Ren Zhong heard it, he understood that this is the traditional skill of some shameless people in the main world - moral kidnapping?
According to this statement, why don't the industrial technologies of the great powers give to backward countries for free, and the electromechanical products produced can also be sold at low prices. They don't do these things. Now they are using people's livelihood to get our hybrid technology for free. This calculation is really a bit loud.
"Counselor Ye, I'm afraid that behind this, it's not just the meaning of these poor brothers in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but also the sinister intentions of some well-meaning grain tycoons, because we have solved our own grain problem, which has affected the grain pricing of the whole world. For the farm owners in the North American producing areas, this is not good news. Now, with the help of these poor brothers, they want to put us on the army.
If we give it out, we will suffer pure losses; if we don't give it, we will be morally criticized. This trick of the Holy Mother's attack is used very well."
Ren Zhong slowly sorted out his thoughts, "More importantly, if they get the parent seeds, they can deeply study their genetic characteristics. If they have ulterior motives and dig up how to destroy the excellent properties of these parent seeds, and even develop new biological pests and diseases to destroy our seed sources for this purpose, it's frightening to think about!"
"So this technology must never be given out like this."
Ren Zhong directly gave the conclusion.
"However, we may not be able to use this opportunity to let our hybrid technology go out and expand our influence. On the contrary, we will strive for the initiative." Speaking of this, Ren Zhong thought that the rogue eagle in the main world has not used grain to stir up trouble less, and has harmed many countries, and even superpowers like the Great Bear have suffered a lot, not to mention Latin American countries and African countries.
Even Dongda has been calculated by them a lot and has suffered a lot in soybeans.
Once, when a certain South American country encountered a food shortage, the Rogue Eagle hypocritically offered aid according to its laws. However, their assistance was not charity. The Rogue Eagle's staple grains dumped there were sold to the locals at market prices. Twenty-five percent of the revenue went to transportation costs, and the remaining seventy-five percent went to the local government. It sounded good, but the local government had to get the Rogue Eagle's approval to use this money and could not use it to build its own food security system. In this way, under the impact of the Rogue Eagle's low-priced food aid, local grain merchants quickly went bankrupt, becoming deeply dependent on the Rogue Eagle's grain, and had to eat the Rogue Eagle's high-priced grain for a long time.
Don't underestimate this simple trick of the Rogue Eagle; relying on their strength, they have repeatedly succeeded in many countries around the world.
Frankly speaking, Ren Chong was not interested in making money from grain because it was almost the only livelihood for many local farmers. Destroying the local agricultural system was as devastating to the locals as a bomb.
Thinking of this, Ren Chong suddenly had a flash of inspiration and seized on an idea.
"Wait, Counselor Ye, let me sort this out carefully. I'll talk to you after I come up with a plan," Ren Chong said.
"Brother Ren, this matter is indeed a dilemma for us. We are very passive now, so we can only trouble you again," Counselor Ye said somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I'll take action!" Ren Chong said霸气.
He turned around and entered the main world, throwing the problem to his agricultural expert advisory panel. Of course, the topic was not so obvious.
Instead, it was divided into several related sub-topics, specifically studying the macro-level issues of how Dongda's hybrid technology could be applied to the world.
A few days later, based on the suggestions he received and his own research and thinking, Ren Chong gave a preliminary plan based on historical experiences and lessons.
The first was the "Thousands of Villages, Tens of Thousands of Households" demonstration fields. No matter what new thing it is, there must be real things for everyone to see to be convincing.
This is especially true for farmers. It is best to have living examples around them to become role models for everyone to learn from.
The higher-ups have absolute confidence in this demonstration.
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In terms of specific operations, the local government purchases hybrid rice seeds and distributes them to villagers for free cultivation. The seed money is recovered from the increased tax revenue from land production, and the money to buy seeds comes from interest-free loans provided by the Dongda International Development Professional Fund.
It is equivalent to using Dongda's funds and technology to leverage a substantial increase in local rice production, and then realize the return of Dongda's funds from the enlarged pie. The International Development Fund is like a cultivator.
After the demonstration is over, the local government sees the huge benefits of hybrid rice and then reverts to the normal model of farmers buying hybrid rice seeds for planting.
Compared with unconditional assistance, this model pays more attention to practical results. By helping the local area to grow bigger and stronger through new technologies and external resources, a new virtuous commercial cycle is formed. The International Development Fund is like a cultivator.
This demonstration and promotion is roughly the same for mature farming areas.
However, for immature farming areas, we must start from scratch with farms.
This model is much more complicated. First of all, what we receive is not even arable land, but wasteland, which must be reclaimed before it can be cultivated.
However, this model also has advantages, that is, it is easy to form a large-scale farm model, which is more conducive to the development of our mechanized farming.
Through negotiations with the local government, we obtain suitable arable land or wasteland, at least 100,000 acres of contiguous estates. These estates are built according to a mechanized model. The investment is entirely provided by Dongda, and even most of the farm personnel are sent by Dongda. Then, a group of people are recruited locally for hands-on teaching, turning the farm into a learning place for agricultural production technology for the team.
After teaching the locals how to plant, we slowly withdraw and slowly hand over these farms to the locals. We sell seeds. Since the seeds are charged, we don't need to invest unilaterally in this area at all. We can rely on the seed charges to achieve a perfect cycle. Although we don't make much money, we can guide them to truly promote the hybrid varieties. The future seed charges will be a very stable long-term income. We will not lose at all.
From the other party's point of view, exchanging a flat-priced seed to increase the cost a little bit, coupled with Dongda's complete set of planting technology, can increase the yield by more than one time. The benefits far outweigh the investment. This business is naturally very cost-effective. More importantly, the grain planted is still in their own hands.
In this deal, after the cycle starts, neither party loses, and a win-win situation is truly achieved.
Of course, the Black African region may be more troublesome. Considering the local situation, they cannot use this planting technology by themselves now. Therefore, in this regard, a batch of demonstration farms needs to be built to provide them with technical guidance. Relatively speaking, the time to cultivate this market will be longer, but it doesn't matter. Dongda is not in a hurry. We can just take advantage of this plan to promote the sales scale of agricultural machinery products.
At the same time, food is the most important livelihood project. We do not intend to profit from this thing, but simply want to reduce the cost of food, do some public welfare, and help the locals solve the problem of eating. Not to mention anything else, just making the locals full is a remarkable achievement.
This is much better than giving them a sum of money for assistance, and ultimately not knowing who the money will fall into.
Moreover, we are not giving money for nothing, but recovering all the investment costs through a large cycle.
Counselor Ye read and pondered, and found that this matter really has something to offer. It is righteous and beneficial. If it is successful, people in these places will probably remember that Dongda helped them achieve food freedom when they pick up their bowls to eat. This is much more useful than any advertising.
"Finished reading?" Ren Chong saw Counselor Ye's face constantly changing with the chapters of the proposal, and knew that he had roughly understood what he wanted to express. Although he might not have thought of some things, it didn't matter. The current plan was enough to impress the higher-ups to promote this matter.