Chapter 186 Radu
In the video, Radu holds up the gas he got from the apple:
"I pass these gases into bags containing Dun Dun peaches, and the Dun Dun peaches ripen quickly. The Dun Dun peaches ripened in this way are sweeter than those ripened naturally..."
Hearing this, a word came to mind of all the businessmen, a word that is currently being talked about in the Church of God, in Xumi City, and even in the entire rainforest area - Dun Dun Peach Sugar Candy.
"...Then I read a lot of ancient books and found that a hundred years ago, some plantation owners discovered that if apples and unripe Dun Dun peaches were placed together, the Dun Dun peaches would mature quickly.
Some scholars have also recorded this phenomenon, but they did not try to extract this gas from apples because they did not find a suitable container or a method to extract pure gas.
Nor did they discover the subtle differences between naturally ripened fruits and fruits ripened by "Jia Rang's Heart".
My research is to find a way to artificially create the 'Heart of Jia Rang' and apply it to agriculture, 'agriculture'."
In the video, Radu repeated the word "agriculture" for emphasis, then took out two seeds, one in each hand, and held them horizontally in front of his eyes to show them to the audience in front of the screen.
"These two are seeds of the spice fruit. After discovering that the 'Heart of Jiarang' can ripen certain fruits, I had this question:
"Jia Rang's Heart" can make fruits mature quickly, so can it speed up the growth of some plants?"
At this point in the video, the whispers from the audience suddenly increased. The businessman who was just wondering why the gas used to ripen fruits was called "Jia Rang's Heart" now had the answer in his mind.
His eyes lit up and he sat up straight, starting to re-evaluate the commercial value of this project in his mind.
The boy in the video asked the question and then paused for a moment before immediately giving his conclusion. When he started to speak again, the whispers around him stopped immediately.
"My conclusion is 'yes'. I have done many experiments.
I tried to immerse the plants in the 'Heart of Jiarang' at different stages of their growth, compared them with plants that grew normally, and recorded tens of thousands of photos and several experimental notebooks.
However, due to limited time, I cannot present them all to you. Here, I can only briefly talk about the part that is most likely to be applied in practice and is most beneficial to those engaged in planting-related professions..."
"These are the seeds of the spice fruit, which are very common. The quality is not high because I didn't carefully select them beforehand. I only used a sieve to remove some of the shriveled seeds."
As the boy spoke, he shook the two seeds and then dropped them into the two piles of spice fruit on the table. He then scooped up a handful of seeds in each hand, clenched his fists, and slowly lowered his hands, letting the seeds slip through his fingers like fine sand.
This shot is very expressive. At this moment, everyone's eyes are fixed on the screen.
The silver-haired boy on the screen continued calmly, "First, we prepare two groups of seeds, forty seeds in each group.
Then, place one set of seeds in darkness, briefly expose them to the Heart of Jiarang, and then plant the other two sets of seeds separately, waiting for them to sprout. "
At this time, the camera showed two groups of seeds. The group that was introduced into the "Heart of Jiarang" during the seed period was planted in a square pot, and the group as a control was planted in a round pot.
Then the camera repeatedly jumps to give a series of comparison photos instead of a smooth video. This content has obviously been edited.
Under the current level of technology, video producers have to put a lot of effort into adding each set of photos.
Radu's efforts were not in vain. Everyone present experienced the charm of "Jia Rang's Heart" through the germination and growth process of these seeds.
They all found it unbelievable. They couldn't believe that just briefly introducing gas into the plant's seed stage could have a better effect than repeated fertilization. What was the principle behind this?
The camera in the video zoomed out, and the silver-haired Radu appeared in front of two stands with forty pots of spice fruit on each. He picked up the square potted plant closest to him and said:
"The results are obvious. The plants grown from the seeds of 'Jia Rang's Heart' are much larger. Not only are the leaves bigger, but we can take a look at the situation inside the pot—"
Radu said as he dug out the plants in the square pots and the plants in the round pots and put them together for comparison.
"We can see that plants grown from 'Jia Rang' seeds have longer, more developed root systems, and they will grow at a faster rate throughout their life cycle.
Not only that, they also have stronger tolerance to salt stress, high temperature, and low oxygen...
After this experiment, I conducted the same experiment on tomato, wheat, cabbage and other plant seeds, and found that 'Jia Rang Heart' can indeed promote the growth of different plants...
Due to limited time, I cannot present all the experimental results to you one by one, but I have brought dated photos and experimental records, and you can take a look at them if you are interested.
Thank you. "
The sound of the phonograph stopped abruptly and the video ended here, until the rows of lights on the ceiling lit up and the audience woke up from their dream.
Radu stood up straight nervously. There was no reaction from the audience. He couldn't help but roll up the film to ease the embarrassment.
Two seconds later, the audience burst into applause. Radu finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his ten years of hard work had not been in vain.
Ever since he entered the Church of the Immaculate Conception and discovered that the gas produced by apples can ripen other fruits, he has been obsessed with this research, to the point that his progress in studying the required courses at the Church of the Immaculate Conception was slower than that of his peers.
However, his teachers and classmates were not optimistic about this research which had long been recorded in ancient books. The Council of Churches also refused to fund his research on the grounds that "Sumeru does not need fruit ripening agents."
It was not until he found that the gas he discovered could make Dun Dun peaches sweeter that his interim paper was barely rated as average based on the research on "Dundun peach sugar making".
The only moderate reason is that this gas is extremely difficult to obtain, preserve and transport. It cannot achieve the effect of 1+1>2 with the "Dundun Peach Sugar Making" project and cannot be used to improve people's livelihood at all.
But now it’s different. I added my latest research results to the promotional video, and everyone seems to be very interested in it.
I might be able to get a sponsorship here to continue my research. I need funds! I still have many conjectures that have not been verified, and I still have many hypotheses that I want to try...
Radu thought excitedly.