Chapter 130 Orientation

Chapter 130 Orientation

Chapter 130 Orientation (Medium Cup)
After seeing off Yang Hejun and his entourage.

Jiang Miao returned to his normal daily life.

I run with Shuya at 7am, eat at 8am, and do research in the lab from 8:30am to 11:30am.
Between 11:30 and 2:30 p.m., I eat lunch and meet with company executives to discuss company work;
From 2:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon, I continue to do experiments in the laboratory.

From 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening, I have dinner, take a walk with my parents, Shuya and others, and then take a bath.

From 7:30 to 8:30 in the evening, in my own private computer room, I browse the latest news from all over the world, collect useful information, or content that is closely related to me.

From 8:30 to 11:30 in the evening, I learn various knowledge and recharge myself.

Wash up between 11:30pm and 12:00pm; sleep and rest between midnight and 7:00am.

This is Jiang Miao’s ordinary daily life, which takes up almost all of his time.

After developing new varieties of strawberries, ginseng fruit, tomatoes, oil tea, bananas, soybeans, and alfalfa, Jiang Miao did not stop.

Starting from November, the crops he studied were expanded from soybeans to two new crops, which are also common crops in the Lingnan region.

The previous soybeans are still under research.

New crops added are cassava and sugar cane.

In the breeding research on cassava, Jiang Miao's breeding direction is not yield. The main reason is that the current cassava breeding at home and abroad has done a good job in the research on yield.

The yield of ordinary varieties of cassava is between 2000 and 3000 kilograms per mu. Through good management, the yield can be increased to about 5000 kilograms per mu.

By observing the relevant gene sequences of cassava and based on the genetic laws of plant growth, Jiang Miao knew that the maximum yield per mu of cassava is approximately 9300 to 9500 kilograms.

The maximum yield per mu cannot be achieved in an open-air environment no matter how the crops are bred. It can only be achieved by using smart greenhouses and specific nutrient soil and nutrient solution.

In an open-air environment, 6000 kilograms is the limit for cassava.

Therefore, in terms of breeding for production capacity, cassava's potential has reached its limit.

Jiang Miao's breeding direction is non-toxic and starch type.

The non-toxic direction is actually a common topic in the field of cassava breeding. Cassava varieties under the current traditional breeding technology can generally achieve low toxicity or slight toxicity, but poisonous and highly toxic varieties still have a certain planting area. Mainly due to the differences in yield and application areas, many poisonous and highly toxic varieties have survived.

Jiang Miao’s idea is to cultivate a completely non-toxic variety, which requires not only the cassava roots and stems to be non-toxic, but also the branches and leaves.

The purpose of research in this direction is to reduce the processing cost of cassava and cassava branches and leaves, and to reduce the trouble of ordinary people in cooking cassava.

Of course, this alone is not enough.

At this time, we need to study another direction to enhance the overall value of cassava, that is, to study the type ratio and particle size of cassava starch.

The ratio of amylose to amylopectin in cassava starch is, generally speaking, amylose accounts for about 17% to 20%, amylopectin accounts for about 80% to 83%, and it is a large-grained type of starch.

In fact, the three giants of root starch, cassava, sweet potato and potato, each have their own disadvantages and advantages.

Cassava starch, low linearity, high branching, small particles;
Sweet potato starch, low linear chain, high branched chain, large particles;
Potato starch, medium straight chain, higher branched chain, large and irregular particles;

Compared with the common medium-chain, high-branch, and small-particle starches of cereal starches, rhizome starches have both advantages and disadvantages.

Especially tapioca starch, when used alone, can only be used to make pearls in pearl milk tea, or added to other starches to make vermicelli. There are very few direct complete products on its own.

This leads to a relatively narrow application area of ​​cassava starch, and coupled with the huge global cassava starch production capacity, the market price of cassava starch is generally lower than that of other starches.

The average price of sweet potato flour in China is around 5500 yuan per ton, while cassava flour is only around 4000 yuan per ton, although it is more valuable than wheat flour which costs around 3000 yuan per ton.

The problem is that the residue left after cassava starch production lacks a corresponding industry to absorb it, so it can only be used as feed or fertilizer.

In the past few years, the production capacity of cassava starch in China has been lower year by year because the comprehensive benefits of cassava are too low. Both growers and manufacturers lack enthusiasm for the cassava industry.

The breeding direction that Jiang Miao is thinking about is to use cassava as feed.

Whether it is the non-toxic direction, or changing the proportion of starch types, or increasing the protein content, or changing the type of amino acids in its protein, these are all for the purpose of allowing cassava to be used as a feed.

Currently two generations of tissue culture are used to induce seedlings.

In addition, Jiang Miao is trying to use specific gene target inhibitors based on genetic rules to turn some dominant genes into recessive genes.

The principle of this technology is to utilize the evolutionary characteristic of "use it or lose it". As long as the functions of certain gene fragments can be inhibited in a targeted manner, after generations of cultivation, the suppressed part of the gene will naturally become a recessive gene.

This technology, in turn, can continuously activate a portion of the gene fragment, thereby turning this part of the gene into a dominant gene.

Through this technology, combined with continuous induction of gene mutations, he obtained 76 completely non-toxic cassava varieties in just two generations.

Next, Jiang Miao will use these 76 second-generation cassava varieties to inhibit and activate gene targets, combined with various artificially induced gene mutations, to cultivate the third-generation tissue culture seedlings.

The direction of the third-generation cassava is high protein. Jiang Miao’s goal is 15% protein content in roots and stems and 10% protein content in branches and leaves, and the amino acid types are required to be relatively comprehensive.

Fourth generation cassava is also high in protein.

The fifth generation of cassava tends to focus on starch type and starch content, with the goal of increasing its starch content to around 35% and the proportion of amylose to 25%.

The sixth generation of cassava is also starch-oriented.

The seventh generation of cassava tends to strengthen branches and leaves.

On average, one month per generation.

If the whole cassava plant can be used directly as feed, coupled with the advantage of being high in protein, it will be much better than soybeans.

After all, the current high-yield soybeans are only over 400 kilograms per acre.

The starting yield of cassava is 2,000 kilograms per acre. If branches and leaves are included, the starting yield is 4,000 kilograms.

The difference between the two is nearly ten times.

In addition, cassava is resistant to barrenness, drought, floods, typhoons, diseases and pests. Even if it is not managed after planting, the yield per mu is over a thousand kilograms. Together with the branches and leaves, it is about three thousand kilograms.

Otherwise cassava would not be called the bread of Africa.

Africans' agricultural production technology is too poor, and most locals do not have the money to buy seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. Those African countries with explosive populations are now supported by cassava.

Jiang Miao plans to promote cassava and soybeans in the Lingnan region through intercropping. After planting cassava, soybeans will be planted next.

As a legume, soybean nodules are rich in nitrogen, which can reduce the use of nitrogen fertilizers in the process of cassava cultivation while maintaining the fertility of the soil.

The cassava he cultivated has a growth cycle of 8 months, plus the soybeans have a growth cycle of just over 3 months, which makes it exactly one year.

The reason for intercropping cassava and soybeans for feed in Lingnan is mainly to reduce the feed costs of the breeding industry.

As long as you know the transportation cost, you will understand why Jiang Miao did this.

Take the domestic situation as an example.

The cheapest price for road transport is 0.3 yuan per ton per kilometer.

The cheapest price for rail transportation is 0.15 yuan per ton per kilometer.

The cheapest water transportation cost is 0.015 yuan per ton per kilometer.

If Hailufeng Company invested in a large area of ​​soybeans in Monan, how much would the transportation cost be if it wanted to transport them from Monan to Lingnan?

Just pick up a pen and do the math to find out.

The railway distance from Mo'nan to Qindao Port is 600 kilometers, and the lowest price is 90 yuan per ton.

The sea distance from Qindao Port to Yangcheng Port is 2200 kilometers, and the lowest price is 33 yuan per ton.

This increases the landed price by nearly RMB 100, and it is certainly impossible for the farms to be concentrated in the Pearl River Delta region. In other inland areas, additional road transportation costs will have to be added.

The road transportation cost in Lingnan region is relatively high in the whole country, about 0.6 yuan per ton per kilometer. If it is transported to another city 100 kilometers away, it will cost 60 yuan, and 500 yuan for 300 kilometers.

One of the important factors that affects feed costs is transportation costs.

Why do many farms prefer to purchase feed and fodder locally, rather than transporting fodder and fodder from other places? Sometimes, after adding up the transportation costs, it becomes uneconomical. At the same time, we can also see the huge advantages of water transportation.

Why are many feeds and grains shipped across oceans still cheaper than in China? It is not only because the other party’s production costs are low, but also because the shipping costs are low.

Anyway, many of the feed raw materials in the southern coastal areas are imported. Jiang Miao's independent substitution will not affect the domestic industrial layout, but will enhance domestic food and feed security.

His research on sugarcane was based on similar purposes.

At present, the planting cycle of domestic sugarcane varieties generally exceeds 8 to 10 months, and even takes 12 months in the northern region. This is not conducive to land utilization, and the per-mu yield is low, which will affect farmers' enthusiasm for planting.

After all, if you work hard for a year by planting an acre of sugarcane, you can only earn a little over a thousand yuan, so there is really no motivation.

If the growth cycle can be compressed to about 7 months, the remaining 5 months can be used to plow the soil and plant a crop of soybeans.

Soybeans can replenish the nitrogen element in the soil. With the new soybean varieties launched by Jiang Miao and the climatic conditions in the Lingnan region, it is easy to achieve a yield of 300 kilograms per mu.

Even if the purchase price of soybeans is not high in the future, it will not be lower than 3 yuan per kilogram, which means 300 kilograms is about 900 yuan.

After deducting the costs, you can probably make three to four hundred yuan.

Just when Jiang Miao was busy cultivating new varieties of crops.

Time slips away silently without us noticing.

The winter solstice is on December 12nd.

Jiang Miao, who was eating lunch, saw Shuya and He Youwei walking towards him together.

As soon as she sat down, He Youwei couldn't wait to speak: "Teacher Jiang, I have something to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Miao put down his chopsticks.

"Let me speak!" Shuya took over the conversation: "Youwei has been studying her own genes these days. Through experimental cells cultivated from somatic cells, she has initially achieved intervention on six gene targets related to the immune system. I am not as familiar with gene therapy technology as you are, so I hope you can help fill in the gaps."

Jiang Miao glanced at He Youwei, whose face was a little pale. He guessed that she had been working day and night on research these days. He sighed:

"Hey... you're too impatient. Take a rest for a week and adjust your condition. I will find time to help you improve the treatment plan. The formal treatment will begin on January 1 next year."

"Thank you, teacher!" A sickly blush appeared on He Youwei's face.

Jiang Miao reminded him again: "After these days of study, you should be clear about the value and danger of the 11 genetic laws, right?"

He Youwei was still in surprise and was stunned for a moment, but soon came to her senses. Her expression became serious: "Teacher, I know, I will keep this secret and never reveal these things to anyone else."

Although she has a simple mind, she is not a fool. From childhood to adulthood, she has been influenced by her family and understands that many times, good skills do not necessarily lead to good results.

If Jiang Miao's 11 genetic laws are substituted into an AI model of the biological type, a lot of things can be discovered as long as the genes of an organism are detected.

It can not only be used in medicine and agriculture, but can even be used in the design of genetic weapons.

This thing is terrible.

If things go wrong, humanity will go extinct.

He Youwei was very excited at the beginning, but later she felt scared. Now she dare not store these 11 genetic rules on her mobile phone or computer, and she doesn't even dare to record them in paper documents. She relies on rote memorization and then becomes proficient in them bit by bit.

If she had to calculate and deduce on paper draft paper, she also learned Shuya's cipher and set up a set of ciphers for her own use.

She had previously seen several laboratories with special small incinerators, and she felt very strange about this, but now she has figured it out.

This is set up to burn paper documents.

As to why not use a shredder.

When He Youwei was at home, her father told her many stories about regular printer failures, recycling ink cartridges, paper shredders, and cell phones being brought into the lab.

At present, Hailufeng Company is not very famous.

After all, white truffles and eels cannot change the world order.

However, starting with the large-scale breeding of Egyptian catfish, to the large-scale planting of soybeans next year, and the large-scale grafting of tea oil trees, He Youwei can foresee that the attention of various forces on Hailufeng Company and Jiang Miao will increase sharply, and they may even have murderous intentions.

After all, feed and oil have always been the shortcomings of East Asia.

Once this shortcoming is made up.

Other forces will fall into a more passive situation.

In particular, the ABCD and American capital forces, the agricultural hegemony they have worked hard to maintain will face the situation of disintegration.

At this time, Jiang Miao will definitely become a thorn in the eyes of these forces, and his every move will be watched closely.

If those 11 genetic rules were leaked, the whole world would probably be unable to sleep.

He Youwei, who had originally planned to publish a related paper, also planned to discuss with Jiang Miao and Lin Shuya whether it was possible to make major revisions to the paper and delete all content that might involve genetic laws.

As for not publishing papers, that is impossible.

It’s not that He Youwei values ​​reputation, but the research and development of drugs requires patent registration. The materials for the approval of new drug marketing must also include the research and development process of relevant pharmacological effects, and relevant papers are even better.

I can't say I dreamed about it while I was sleeping, right?
This explanation will give people the feeling that there is something fishy going on here.

Therefore, they have to make up a set of rhetoric to rationalize the entire research and development process. They would rather show that they are geniuses or just lucky than say that it was deduced through genetic laws.

He Youwei took a bite of rice and suggested, "Teacher, I think the company's laboratory safety needs attention. I'm afraid those few security guards alone are not enough."

"Do you have any suggestions?" Jiang Miao didn't be polite to her.

"My grandfather has an old subordinate who specializes in high-level confidentiality contracting. He has decades of experience in protecting important people, key laboratories, and confidential areas. I can ask him to help the company develop a high-level security plan. It would be best if your family members could be included in the security plan as well."

"Oh? Thank you for your help then."

"You're welcome, but you have to give me money, teacher. I can't afford tens of millions." He Youwei joked.

"It's just tens of millions. Safety is the most important thing." Jiang Miao didn't care about those tens of millions.

Although he would take time out every day to investigate various things through the Internet, he was only one person after all and could not keep an eye on everyone 24 hours a day.

You should know that some killer organizations do not use network systems, or use very hidden ciphertexts to communicate.

The security department that he had asked Ke Yong to set up previously has currently recruited a total of 15 professional bodyguards, and their families have also moved to Magong Town.

At the same time, there are surveillance cameras throughout Nanhu Village. On the road near Magong Town in Nanhu Village, there are secret sentry posts set up on the roadside to observe whether there are strangers entering or sneaking around.

Jiang Miao's family seldom goes out of Magong Town, which reduces a lot of security difficulties.

When the laboratory was established, in addition to building an underground parking lot, a civil defense project was dug towards the Dumagong Mountain behind it to be prepared for any eventuality.

Now that He Youwei recommended someone more professional, Jiang Miao naturally would not refuse. He attached great importance to the safety of himself and his family.

While eating lunch, He Youwei talked about making major revisions to her thesis.

Jiang Miao also agreed with this.

Instead of trying to cover it up, it is better to falsify the data directly. With his ability, he can reverse the process of technological development through the results and reasonably eliminate the role of genetic laws.

Just after finishing lunch, Jiang Miao saw Jiang Haibo and Ye Meijing standing near the stairs of the second-floor restaurant, holding documents and looking around.

When they saw him, they stood up and walked quickly towards him.

Jiang Miao stopped and said, "Haibo, Meijing, what's the matter?"

Jiang Haibo handed him the document and explained, "Boss, this is what you asked me, the Finance Department, and the Attendance Department to do..."

(End of this chapter)