Chapter 196 Go with the flow

Chapter 196 Go with the flow

Chapter 196 Go with the flow
11 month 2 day.

The third day since Jiang Miao returned to Shanmei.

At around seven in the morning, he and Shuya took a walk at Yandunshan Farm.

On the mountain terrace divided into four levels, the first batch of grafted old-branch golden pillow durian has bloomed. Although the branches of the golden pillow durian have lost their leaves, the crown of the genetically modified silk cotton tree in the middle is still lush and green.

Even though the cold air in the north came earlier this year, the weather in the south, especially in Lingnan, is still very warm and humid.

The genetically modified silk cotton trees themselves do not shed their leaves. They are desperately accumulating nutrients in preparation for the fruiting of the golden pillow durian next year.

From the perspective of biological classification, the genetically modified silk cotton tree is a parasite, while the golden pillow durian is a parasite.

Shuya observed the durian flowers carefully: "Durian flowers are very similar to kapok flowers, but they are smaller and light yellow; kapok flowers are larger and fiery red."

The eight side branches extending from the main trunk of the genetically modified silk cotton tree were all grafted with golden pillow durian. With sufficient nutrient supply, these old branches of golden pillow durian grew from two fingers thick to three fingers thick.

In order to reduce nutrient consumption, farm workers have been thinning the flowers manually. Since this is the first year of flowering, only one durian will be retained on each branch. Therefore, this time the flower thinning will remove all other flower clusters and only retain one cluster.

The remaining cluster of durian flowers has about 8 to 15 flowers. After they are pollinated and turn into small fruits, they will be thinned out. In the end, only one relatively good fruit will be retained on each branch.

At this time, not all the durian flowers have opened at once. Some of the durian buds that have not yet opened look like green peaches.

And on the stamens of the blooming durian flowers, there are already many little bees busy working diligently.

Durian is a hermaphrodite that has both pistils and stamens on the same flower. However, in order to avoid self-pollination, the pistils and stamens of the same flower will not bloom at the same time. Therefore, the flowering period of durian is relatively long, which can reach one or two months.

In fact, in some regions or varieties of durian, there are two flowering periods a year, namely the summer flowering period from June to August, and the autumn and winter flowering period from August to December.

Originally, durian was only suitable for blooming once a year in China. However, because the genetically modified silk cotton tree provides sufficient nutrients to the old branches of durian, these grafted durian can also bloom twice a year.

However, considering the problem of nutrient accumulation and the subtropical monsoon climate, the water and heat conditions are ultimately not as good as those in the tropics. Therefore, Jiang Miao did not allow these grafted durians to bear two crops a year.

Because if the water and heat conditions are not sufficient, forcing durian to bear two crops a year will reduce the amount of fruit each time and also reduce the quality of the fruit.

The characteristic of flowering twice a year can actually be achieved through the stimulation of growth hormones and specific nutrients, so as to achieve regular flowering throughout the year. This is conducive to flowering and fruiting all year round and realize the year-round supply of durian.

However, the first generation of genetically modified silk cotton has poor controllable characteristics and is basically unable to bloom from February to April each year, which results in a small gap period.

Fortunately, the grafted durian at the Qiongzhou branch currently uses the second-generation genetically modified silk cotton tree as the rootstock, which has better controllable characteristics. In addition, the heat in Qiongzhou is higher than that in Shanmei, so it can basically achieve flowering in all twelve months of the year.

After walking for half an hour, they passed through a valley in the middle of Yandun Mountain and returned to the Nanhu Village Reservoir.

Not far from the Nanhu Reservoir is the experimental planting base on the eastern foot of Magong Mountain managed by the Scientific Research Division.

As the sun rises over the mountains and sea, the morning dew evaporates.

Jiang Miao changed into a set of work clothes, said goodbye to Shu Ya, and came to the experimental planting area.

A large field of Senzu soybeans is planted in the experimental farmland that simulates the sandy environment.

Jiang Miao has been researching new varieties of rubber grass and genetically modified rootstocks in recent months.

After just looking at a dozen experimental new varieties of rubber grass seedlings planted under the Senzu soybeans, he began to record some situations in his notebook.

There are three directions for the cultivation of new varieties of rubber grass.

One is high productivity.

One is fast-growing.

One is the ingredients.

There is nothing much to say about high yield and fast growth. What we just want is to make the root tubers of rubber grass bigger and bigger, contain more rubber, and at the same time, make the growth cycle shorter and shorter.

Through gene screening and induced mutation, more than a dozen high-yield and fast-growing varieties have been obtained.

The rubber grass planted below the soybeans is part of the experimental planting of more than a dozen varieties.

The yields of these new varieties are good. The root tubers can reach 2 to 3 kilograms each, the gum content is between 10 and 20%, and the yield per mu can reach about 4 tons.

In addition to these high-yield and fast-growing varieties.

Jiang Miao came to another experimental farmland, where more than a dozen rubber grass varieties were planted. However, the characteristics of these varieties are not high yield and fast growth, but disease resistance, drought resistance, cold resistance, and auxiliary ingredient content.

The reason for cultivating two new variety populations is for hybrid breeding.

The reason why many breeding companies like hybrid breeding is that the seeds of hybrid breeding crops cannot be saved. If the seeds are saved, the offspring will have separated traits and gradually lose the hybrid advantage.

Including Senzu soybeans, Jiang Miao is already conducting hybrid breeding and plans to improve more suitable second-generation hybrid Senzu beans in order to further control the outflow of seedlings.

As long as the second-generation hybrid Senzu beans experiment is successful, he will release those special root rot fungi and exterminate all the first-generation Senzu beans outside the laboratory.

Genetically modified soybeans with changed protein types are also being developed, and soybeans in this direction will also undergo secondary hybrid breeding.

Now these new varieties of rubber grass are divided into two populations in advance to facilitate subsequent hybrid breeding.

Among these new varieties of rubber grass that are being cultivated, one of the characteristics that Jiang Miao cares more about is actually the content of auxiliary ingredients.

The main component of the rubber produced by natural rubber grass is cis-polyisoprene, which has the same structure as the main component of natural rubber produced by Hevea brasiliensis. However, there are fewer non-rubber components in rubber grass, and the tensile crystallization properties of raw rubber and vulcanized rubber are poor, and the performance is similar to that of synthetic rubber.

The composition and properties of guinea pig rubber are similar to those of rubber grass.

Eucommia rubber is different from rubber grass, silver chrysanthemum and Hevea brasiliensis. Its component is trans-polyisoprene, and its overall processing characteristics are similar to those of Hevea brasiliensis. However, the yield of Eucommia rubber is too low, and it is a large tree. This is also the first variety abandoned by Jiang Miao.

Instead of cultivating Eucommia ulmoides, it is better to cultivate Hevea brasiliensis.

Jiang Miao not only wants to increase the yield of rubber grass, but also wants to make the non-rubber auxiliary components of rubber grass roots similar to the rubber of Hevea brasiliensis, so that rubber grass can replace Hevea brasiliensis.

The reason why the natural rubber of Hevea brasiliensis has not been replaced by synthetic rubber is because the non-rubber components it contains make its properties better than synthetic rubber.

In fact, polyisoprene can be synthesized artificially on a large scale through chemical technology. However, the non-rubber proteins and fatty acids in natural rubber are more troublesome.

Even if specific proteins and fatty acids are added to artificially synthesized cis-polyisoprene, there is no way to make these ingredients evenly distributed in the molecular chain of cis-polyisoprene.

The traditional homogenization technology is too difficult to reprocess gelatinous materials, because gelatin is very viscous and it is difficult to homogenize it in all directions and in depth.

The proteins and fatty acids in natural rubber are evenly distributed at the nanometer level, which ensures its excellent properties.

Without changing this, synthetic rubber, grass rubber and guayule rubber will not be able to replace hevea rubber.

If it is impossible to replace hevea brasiliensis, then the highest yield of rubber grass will be of no use, after all, the properties of the processed grass rubber are similar to those of synthetic rubber.

If that is the case, then why would people buy grass glue?

Currently, synthetic rubber generally costs around 1.5 yuan per ton, while natural hevea rubber costs around 1.6 yuan per ton.

Generally speaking, the price of natural rubber is slightly higher than that of synthetic rubber, about 1000 yuan higher per ton.

The market position of grass gum and allium gum is very awkward.

In terms of performance and yield, it cannot beat Hevea.

In terms of cost performance, it loses to synthetic rubber.

The only highlight is that it is environmentally friendly and renewable.

This is the stumbling block on the road to the development of the rubber grass industry.

At present, the global natural rubber production capacity is relatively abundant. In recent years, the global production capacity has been between 1100 and 1500 million tons, and the domestic annual production capacity has been between 80 and 90 tons.

However, due to some characteristics of the Hevea brasiliensis tree, namely its long cycle and the age of the tree affecting its production capacity, once it enters the peak period of rubber production, its production capacity will increase a lot.

Domestic rubber planting is mainly concentrated in Qiongzhou and Yunnan Province, with sporadic planting in Lingnan.

The country's tropical area is not large, and a large piece of land has to be allocated for rubber planting. In addition, the rubber cycle is too long, and domestic farmers' enthusiasm for planting has been getting lower and lower.

Especially with the aging of the population, young people are concentrated in cities to develop and settle down, and rural areas are increasingly short of young labor. Rubber tapping is very labor-intensive, requiring people to go to the rubber plantation to tap rubber every night or before dawn.

If this type of crop cannot be fully mechanized, it will definitely decline in the future.

Rubber grass is different.

This thing is the same as beetroot, especially the rubber grass after Jiang Miao improved the variety. The root size is almost the same as beetroot. There is no need to develop a separate harvester. You can directly use a beetroot harvester.

Large-scale mechanized production is possible, which can reduce a lot of manpower and material resources. Moreover, the improved rubber grass can basically achieve one harvest per year, and the shortest planting cycle is about 9 months.

Since rubber grass is a perennial plant, it can be harvested continuously for more than half a year by adjusting the growth cycle and extending the planting time. This is beneficial to production arrangements, ensuring the operating rate of the refining plant, and maintaining the entire production system with a small number of harvesters and manpower.

As long as grass rubber can replace Hevea, it will not only change the industrial results of global natural rubber, but also further optimize domestic tropical agriculture.

In recent years, the domestic Hevea brasiliensis planting area has been around 1700 million mu.

The places where rubber trees can be planted are all tropical areas with abundant water and heat. It is a waste to use these places to plant rubber, and planting rubber is really not profitable.

The per-acre yield of rubber trees in Qiongzhou is about 60 kilograms, while the per-acre yield of rubber trees in Yunnan Province is slightly higher, at around 90 kilograms. This is the average per-acre yield. For rubber trees that have entered the high-yield period, the maximum per-acre yield is about 200 kilograms per year.

The domestic purchase price of raw rubber is 12-15 yuan per kilogram.

After working hard from dawn to dusk all year round, one acre of rubber plantation can only generate a revenue of 2400 to 3000 yuan. Even if one taps the rubber by oneself without hiring workers, there is not much profit.

This kind of industry is useless.

Without any profit, farmers have little enthusiasm for planting.

Jiang Miao's plan to use rubber grass to replace the Hevea brasiliensis, and then use durian and bananas to replace the Hevea brasiliensis in Qiongzhou and Yunnan provinces, will not only allow farmers' incomes to soar, but will also allow the country to become the world's leading producer of natural rubber, durian, bananas and abaca.

The 1700 million mu of tropical rubber plantations, once released, will not only provide enough space for growing durian and banana, but even more types of tropical fruits and off-season fruits can be developed.

The prices of tropical fruits in China are relatively high, especially those of tree-type tropical fruits. Due to their seasonality, growing years, and transportation difficulties, the market prices in areas north of Lingnan are relatively high.

A higher market price means it is profitable.

Therefore, the rubber grass industry is a relatively key industry that can leverage the country's 1700 million acres of tropical plantations.

Just when Jiang Miao was immersed in studying rubber grass and other crops.

...

The only security department that has not moved to the new headquarters is located in the manager's office of the Nanhu Research Base.

Ke Yong frowned and stared at the document in his hand.

Opposite him was Wang Ke, the deputy manager of the security department, who was also the head of the security department and one of the few security personnel in the security department who was allowed to carry a gun.

This document was brought by Wang Ke.

Ke Yong put down the document and said solemnly, "Deputy Manager Wang, we need to conduct a comprehensive review of the loopholes in this area so that we can protect the boss and his relatives."

Wang Ke nodded: "Well, I have been authorized to use some internal authority to conduct in-depth investigations on visitors. From now on, any strangers must be prevented from having close contact with Mr. Jiang."

"It's a problem! We have too many personal connections here, and it's not a good idea to ask the boss to be completely non-social." Ke Yong had a headache. After thinking for a while, he looked at Wang Ke and asked:

"Deputy Manager Wang, which parts of this document can be made public?"

"What are you planning to do?" Wang Ke was a little puzzled.

Ke Yong expressed his thoughts: "I plan to release some of the information to the boss's relatives, so that they can be more conscious and not bring strangers to visit casually, and also be more vigilant against foreigners."

"Is that so? Let me make a phone call and ask." Wang Ke picked up the customized business jet and dialed a number.

Communicated for half an hour.

Wang Ke hung up the phone and said, "Manager Ke, you heard it too. We can release a small part of the content, but we need to wait a little longer because they need to deal with some things."

"I understand. Let's discuss what can be made public."

"it is good."

The two carefully reviewed the contents of the document sentence by sentence. Some words that might leak secrets were blurred, replaced, or deleted. Some contents were not allowed to be leaked even a single word.

Just as the two of them were reviewing the contents of the document.

Li Wuyang, who was preparing to return to Malacca at Yangcheng Airport, was using the toilet in the airport bathroom. Just as he finished using the toilet and opened the door, he was suddenly caught off guard by the situation in front of him.

"Mr. Li Wuyang, please come with us."

Li Wuyang quickly pretended to be calm, squinted his eyes and asked, "Excuse me, what can I do for you? I'm going back to Po County to do some work, and my flight is about to arrive. Can I talk here?"

"Do it!"

"What?" Li Wuyang was shocked.

In an instant, his hands were handcuffed behind his back and he was pressed to the ground. The things on his body and in the suitcase were quickly separated aside.

"you…"

Li Wuyang was about to shout loudly, but his mouth and nose were covered by a piece of cloth. A special smell entered his body with his breath, and his body began to feel heavy. His pupils shrank: "This method... I was exposed? ... How is it possible? ... "

However, his eyelids began to twitch and within two or three minutes, he fell into coma.

"take away!"

Li Wuyang was put on a black hood and was taken away silently.

On the other side, in the mid-mountain villa area of ​​Hong Kong.

Ruth Brooks, who had just returned from work at the bank, had just opened the door of the villa when she was suddenly pushed from behind and fell onto the carpet in the living room.

"Ou...Fuck..." Ruth Brooks cursed before he could react. The next moment his back was pressed down and his wrists were clamped tightly, so he couldn't get up at all.

"Huff... Do you know who I am? Fuck..."

"Ruth Brooks, the head of the Hong Kong branch of the Morgan Consortium, is also the behind-the-scenes manager of the Greater China region. Am I right?"

At this time, Ruth Brooks had calmed down, because he knew that things might have been beyond his imagination. He had four professional bodyguards in his villa, but these bodyguards did not move at this time.

"What do you want? How much money do you want? How about 10 million? As long as you leave here, I will pretend that nothing happened."

"Hehe, do you want me to remind you?"

"remind me?"

"Liu Tonghai."

"..." Ruth Brooks' pupils shrank sharply: "You..."

bang bang bang...

Seven bullets instantly penetrated Ruth Brooks' back, and he stopped struggling with his eyes open.

There was no cleanup at all.

By the next morning, Ruth Brooks' secretary couldn't get through to him on the phone, so he called the villa. However, there was no response from the villa, where a Filipino maid had always answered the phone.

noon.

Liu Tonghai, who had just driven home, saw a police car parked in front of a villa in the Mid-Mountain Villa Area and a cordon set up. He subconsciously slowed down.

Suddenly his eyes widened: "This villa is not..."

He quickly stopped the car on the side of the road, got out quickly, and asked a bystander, "Handsome boy, what happened over there?"

"Someone's dead. Looks like a shooting."

"Gulu...Who's dead?"

"The owner of the villa is an American who seems to be a senior executive of an investment bank."

Cold sweat broke out on Liu Tonghai's forehead.

The young man he was questioning looked at his changes, his eyes suddenly showed something strange, and he quickly distanced himself.

Liu Tonghai realized it later and explained with a dry laugh: "Don't get me wrong, handsome boy. I knew the victim. I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the Mid-Levels Villa District. I was a little worried for a while."

"Hehe..." The young man became more and more convinced that this guy was hiding something, and quickly rode away on his bicycle.

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