Chapter 102 Building a Chain
Chapter 102 Building a Chain (Additional chapter for Alliance Leader Nuan Yang 1314)
The weather has just improved a little. Although there are no strong winds, the drizzle is still there and the concrete road is wet.
After receiving the notice, Jiang Miao went to the town government in person to sign a series of contracts, including purchasing the Dongtian plot in Xinxiang for real estate development; and preparing to purchase the Xiaonanshan plot in Xinxiang as the company's headquarters.
The town government promised to complete the expropriation of the Xiaonanshan land within two months.
In fact, these days, Jiang Miao's father Jiang Dahai has come forward to talk to the villagers. Except for two families who asked for exorbitant prices, all other negotiations have been completed.
Therefore, when he came to the town government this time, he reconfirmed the area and demarcation area of the Xiaonanshan plot with the land department.
After reconfirmation, the Xiaonanshan plot within the land acquisition scope has an area of 163 acres, all of which are forest land and orchards.
The price is in accordance with the previously agreed terms.
After discussing the matter, Jiang Miao did not stay in the town government for too long.
Because several scientific research projects he is working on have entered a critical stage, unless it is something like signing an important contract, he leaves other matters to company executives to handle.
He dealt with two things in the past few days.
The first step is to sign the relevant contract for land development.
The second was to take time out to interview 89 applicants and recruit 39 people in total.
Among these newly recruited people, 15 are planned to be sent to southern Jiangxi to set up a southern Jiangxi branch. The manager of this branch is Sun Keji, a manager poached from an oil tea planting enterprise in southern Fujian.
Another 10 people were sent to the Gongping Town Durian Farm to develop and manage this large farm. The farm manager is Zhu Guobin, who was poached from a durian planting company in Qiongzhou.
4 people joined the Supervisory Office, managed by Li Haoran.
The remaining 10 people joined Hailufeng Real Estate Company, Yandunshan Feed Factory No. , Nanhu Farm and other departments.
When it comes to personnel work, Jiang Miao has always done it himself. This kind of thing cannot be delegated to other senior executives at will, otherwise it will easily lead to factionalism.
After dealing with these two issues, Jiang Miao returned to his daily scientific research work.
8 month 15 day.
In the laboratory, he confirmed the three tea oil varieties that would eventually be promoted, because after they germinated and grew, their characteristics were consistent with the genetic expressions in their previous seed state.
They are Oil King No. 7, Oil King No. 13 and Oil King No. 15 respectively.
The genetic data that can be observed for these three varieties when they are in the seedling stage are all very impressive.
Oil King No. 7, under ideal conditions, can achieve a maximum yield of 230 kilograms of tea seed oil per mu. Its other properties are excellent, but its disadvantage is that it cannot be grown north of the Yangtze River, and the oil quality is average.
Oil King No. 13, under ideal conditions, can achieve an upper limit yield of 200 kilograms of tea seed oil per mu. It is cold-resistant and drought-resistant, and its oil quality is top-notch.
Oil King No. 15, under ideal conditions, can produce up to 270 kg of tea seed oil per mu. The oil quality is average, but its disadvantage is that it is not drought-resistant or cold-resistant. It can only be planted in the south of the Yangtze River, and is best planted in Lingnan, Guangxi and Fujian provinces.
After determining these three tea oil varieties.
Jiang Miao gave them a formal product name, namely Oil King No. 7 - Fengcha, Oil King No. 13 - Hanxiang, and Oil King No. 15 - Nanwang.
He called Zhang Chengdong, who was also in charge of the tissue culture seedling laboratory.
"Chengdong, please arrange the tissue culture of these three tea oil seedlings. Before next year, we need to grow enough tea oil seedlings to graft tens of thousands of acres of tea oil."
"Tens of thousands of acres?" Zhang Chengdong was very shocked. "Boss, if we need to culture so many seedlings, I'm worried that the nursery in the laboratory won't be enough."
Jiang Miao had anticipated this situation: "I know. Yesterday I instructed the Agricultural Planting Division to rent 300 acres of hillside near the reservoir in Nanhu Village as a nursery for growing seedlings. You can just grow the seedlings."
“I see. Then I have no problem.” Zhang Chengdong was not too curious about why the boss wanted to produce tea oil seedlings on a large scale.
After giving this instruction, Jiang Miao returned to his own laboratory.
Looking at the display shelves, the rows of genetically modified silk cotton seedlings have been grafted with many old durian branches.
Through the identification panel, one can clearly see the grafting conditions of these genetically modified kapok trees and old durian branches.
[…The rejection degree is 37.66%…There is a conflict between the kapok gene fragment 3624 and the durian gene fragment 557, which will cause the efficiency of durian obtaining the trace element magnesium from the kapok to decrease by 86.74%…]
[…Rejection rate 7.68%…There is a conflict between the kapok gene fragment 1208 and the durian gene fragment 441, which will cause durian to secrete a large amount of bitter chemical components, thus affecting the taste of durian flesh…]
[…Rejection reaction 0.82%…There is a conflict between the kapok gene fragment 1141 and the durian gene fragment 3409, which will cause the kapok iron element to be plundered by durian…]
After more than 60 types of genetically modified silk cotton trees were grafted onto old durian branches, various situations occurred.
After repeated iterative adjustments, the genes of these genetically modified kapok seedlings have become increasingly harmonious with the durian genes.
Currently, the rejection rate of the genetically modified kapok plant with the lowest rejection reaction is usually between 0.75% and 0.94% after it is grafted onto old durian branches.
The grafting rejection rate between this genetically modified silk cotton tree, which has the smallest rejection reaction with durian, and the normal beautiful silk cotton tree is between 0.012 and 0.037%.
According to what Jiang Miao has seen so far, this genetically modified silk cotton tree can already be put into use.
Because he found that no matter how he adjusted the genes, the rejection reaction between the genetically modified kapok and durian could not be completely eliminated. Unless he was willing to sacrifice some of the functions of the genetically modified kapok, the rejection reaction could not be completely eliminated.
Sacrificing some of the functions of the genetically modified silk cotton plant is obviously contrary to Jiang Miao's purpose of studying the genetically modified silk cotton plant.
What's more, this part of the rejection reaction is not unsolvable.
Just like the genetically modified kapok tree in his hand, the consequence of the rejection reaction between the two will cause the photosynthesis at the point where the genetically modified kapok cells and the durian tree cells come into contact, to decrease by about 32%.
The problem is that the cells at the grafting site rarely participate in photosynthesis, which means there are no side effects.
He named this genetically modified kapok "Sea King", which means accepting everyone, full of energy, and able to play both sides.
Jiang Miao has endowed the gene sequence of the genetically modified silk cotton tree with various functions.
These functions can be summarized into four systems:
Immunograft system.
Efficient accumulation system.
Self-sterilization system.
Ingredient filtration system.
The core function of the immune grafting system is to reduce the rejection reaction after grafting and improve the success rate of grafting.
The gene fragments of the efficient accumulation series are focused on improving the photosynthesis efficiency of leaves, increasing energy and nutrient reserves, reducing water evaporation from leaves, maintaining evergreen state in winter, efficiently recycling nutrients from fallen leaves, and forming special bulges on the trunks to store nutrients.
Jiang Miao calculated the energy and nutrient accumulation efficiency of "Sea King" and compared it with conventional durian trees, which is about twice that of conventional durian trees.
This means that the old durian branches using "Neptune" as the rootstock will bear fruit in the next year, and the fruit yield will be greatly increased. Although it cannot reach 2 times, 1.5 to 1.7 times is achievable.
The self-sterilization gene is designed to prevent the leakage of seedlings and also to control durian growers.
Jiang Miao redesigned the genes of the self-sterilization line, making the genetically modified kapok unable to bear fruit and entering a period of suspended death for one month every year. This part of the genes came from the "Nine Lives Resurrection Grass" and was edited a second time.
If no special medicine is applied during the period of suspended death, the genetically modified kapok will turn from suspended death to real death.
In this way, the genetically modified kapok can be kept under control.
Jiang Miao also had a trick up his sleeve. The maximum life cycle of the genetically modified kapok is only about 10 years. Once the time is up, they will die automatically and new genetically modified kapok rootstocks must be replaced.
The final ingredient filtering system, the genetic fragments of this system, is designed to prevent the special ingredients produced by genetically modified silk cotton and beautiful silk cotton from "contaminating" durian.
Therefore, we designed a component filtering system to absorb those special components that may affect the quality of durian through genetically modified silk cotton. These are the four gene systems that make up the genetically modified silk cotton of "Neptune".
As Jiang Miao completed the final observation, he knew that the genetically modified silk cotton tree of Neptune could begin large-scale tissue culture.
Since the genetically modified silk cotton tree has a fast-growing gene, it only needs to be cultured from young shoots, and each generation of seedlings only takes about one month.
The genetically modified silk cotton tree seedlings, under good growing conditions, can grow about two centimeters a day and can grow to about 1.8 meters in three months.
When the Neptune genetically modified silk cotton tree reaches 1.8 meters, it can undergo the first grafting, where its trunk is grafted onto the beautiful silk cotton rootstock. It only takes about a month for the wound to heal and the two will merge into one.
It will only take another three months for the Neptune genetically modified silk cotton tree to grow to about 4 meters, then stop growing upwards and start growing horizontally. At this time, you can start using the genetically modified silk cotton tree as a rootstock and grafting it onto old durian branches.
The whole cycle is two months of seedling cultivation, one month of healing, three months of growth, another month of healing, and it will bloom and bear fruit after six months.
It takes a total of 13 months, which is the time for initial preparation. After that, it blooms in January every year, and the fruits are ripe in July, August and September and can be harvested.
While instructing Zhang Chengdong to take people to culture the genetically modified kapok seedlings of Neptune, Jiang Miao also brought Ke Yong and Li Zixuan to the back of the Yandunshan Feed Factory.
Behind the Yandunshan Feed Factory.
It is a series of barren hills contracted by Hailufeng Company.
Several excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks are working halfway up the hill. The felled trees are piled at the foot of the mountain, and the stones are piled up to form an earth dam, forming four levels of terraces similar to terraced fields.
At the foot of the mountain is an 8-meter-wide gravel road.
A row of iron towers were cast with concrete and steel bars on the top of the mountain. This is the cable car system used to pull things up and down.
Jiang Miao stood on the mountain. At his feet, more than 100 acres of mountain terraces had been transformed. The humus, shrubs and weeds dug down from the surface of the mountain were crushed again and spread on the terraces to increase soil nutrients.
In addition, these soils are added with some specific soils and minerals, with the aim of turning the soils of these terraces into the most suitable environment for the growth of the beautiful silk cotton tree.
A dozen middle-aged migrant workers are planting the beautiful silk cotton tree.
Planting is based on 15 trees per acre.
The wholesale price of these beautiful kapok trees, which are about 3 meters tall, is quite high, costing 300 yuan each, and the cost of seedlings per acre is 4500 yuan.
In addition to the transformation of terraces, improvement of soil and construction of supporting facilities, the investment cost per acre is over 10,000 yuan.
However, this investment also has huge benefits.
For Magong Town, the large-scale construction and renovation carried out by Hailufeng Company in the local area has created hundreds of jobs at once. After these people receive salary income, they will further boost local consumption.
After all, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these migrant workers must be solved in the vicinity of Magong Town in the near future.
No wonder all places like to build infrastructure.
Magong Town has prospered visibly this year.
After standing at the top of the mountain for a while, two contractors wearing safety helmets ran up with smiles on their faces.
"Mr. Jiang, welcome to give us your guidance on our work." The contractor who spoke was Lin Taihao, who was in charge of the renovation of the terraced fields. As you can tell from his name, he is from Yancheng Village.
"I am very confident in Boss Lin's work." Jiang Miao did not lie, because he had just looked through the appraisal panel and carefully observed the more than 100 acres of renovated terraced fields. They were all qualified overall and there were no quality issues.
"I feel relieved as long as President Jiang is satisfied." Lin Taihao smiled.
Jiang Miao took a sip of mineral water and said, "Boss Lin, how many acres of terraced fields can be transformed every day?"
Lin Taihao explained: "We have three teams working together. If the terrain is not too steep or there are not many rocks underneath, we can work more than ten acres a day."
"The speed is good."
Although only four to five hundred acres of terraced fields can be renovated in one month, there is more than one engineering team.
For example, the Yandunshan area was subcontracted to two engineering teams. One was Lin Taihao, who was responsible for the western section near Yancheng Village, and the other was Jiang Dahu, who was responsible for the eastern section near Xinxiang.
This kind of project usually involves hiring local people, which can save a lot of trouble.
However, Jiang Miao found a more professional company to contract the construction of supporting facilities. After all, these facilities have certain requirements, and the local small engineering team's skills are not very good.
The other person standing not far from Lin Taihao, who had not spoken just now, was Chen Dongxin, the project manager of Jianhua Engineering Company, which was responsible for the supporting facilities.
Jiang Miao turned around and asked, "Engineer Chen, have you tested your cable system?"
"We have tested it. We have tested the angle, speed, tension, stopping, passing and other conditions several times. We have also taken into account the situation where the fruit trees will be four or five meters high in the future. Mr. Jiang can rest assured that our company is professional." Chen Dongxin replied quickly.
The person in front of him is not only the God of Wealth of Magong Town, but also a rising star in Shanmei. Chen Dongxin dare not fool him.
The cable system is mainly for the convenience of going up and down the terraces. However, these terrace cable systems are prohibited from carrying passengers and are only used for freight.
This regulation is mainly to prevent some employees from taking the cable system up and down directly for convenience. If it is not prohibited in advance, many migrant workers will not care about any safety hazards and just want to be convenient and quick.
"What about the water pipeline?"
"We have also tested some of them. We have also built many reservoirs on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain."
After looking for a while, Jiang Miao felt that there was no big problem, so he led everyone down the mountain.
Halfway through the walk, I saw Lu Weibin and others checking the planting situation not far away.
Lu Weibin came over quickly: "Boss."
Jiang Miao took a look at the bare terraced fields and thought that this was not good, so he gave some instructions: "Old Lu, although it has not rained in the past few days, there is still a risk of landslides and soil erosion in these terraces. You should arrange for employees to buy a batch of Oxalis seeds and alfalfa seeds as soon as possible, and fill these empty spaces to avoid soil erosion in the terraces."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Lu Weibin also felt that Jiang Miao was right. The surface of these terraces was bare, which was indeed not very good and was prone to dust.
Suddenly Jiang Miao stopped talking. He remembered that there were several alfalfa varieties cultivated in the Nanhu Experimental Greenhouse, so he added: "Especially alfalfa. I have several new varieties of alfalfa in my laboratory. Let's just ask the tissue culture laboratory to cultivate a batch and plant them on the mountain here."
When he heard that it was a new variety, Lu Weibin became cautious: "A new variety? Boss, do we need to send someone to take care of it?"
"Well, two people will take care of it and record its specific growth conditions."
The alfalfa varieties that Jiang Miao thought of were all high-yield, high-protein types that he specifically selected.
In the Lingnan region, where water and heat conditions are extremely good, even in mountain terraces, these new varieties of alfalfa can produce up to 5000 kilograms of fresh grass per mu, and can be harvested 3 to 4 times a year.
As a legume forage, alfalfa has many advantages, such as preventing soil erosion, increasing the organic nitrogen content of the soil, and extremely high plant protein.
The open space under the forest where durian is grown can be used to grow alfalfa, which can make full use of land resources, increase soil fertility, and conserve water and soil.
Moreover, durian plantations have a fixed harvesting season every year, which makes it impossible to fix the size of the durian plantation’s workforce and wastes some human resources.
If the open space under the forest of more than 50 mu of durian plantations can be utilized, about 13 mu of alfalfa can be planted. Considering that it is an under-forest environment and can be harvested twice a year, tons of fresh alfalfa can be harvested and made into alfalfa hay, which can reach about tons.
Imported alfalfa hay costs about 2300 yuan per ton.
High-protein alfalfa can be used directly as feed for pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and fish. Dairy cows in particular need high-quality alfalfa.
Whether Hailufeng Company uses it in its own farms or sells it directly, this will be a considerable amount of income.
However, the most urgent task is to register the genetic patents of these new varieties of alfalfa as soon as possible to avoid being preempted by other agricultural breeding companies.
(End of this chapter)