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Chapter 271 The Benefits of Slow Release Fertilizer
"Member Zhao, let me introduce you. This is Dr. Jiao Gaoliang, who graduated from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Jiao is now researching slow-release fertilizers in Europe. He brought these gifts." The research and development of slow-release fertilizers has achieved great success. There must be progress, so Li Lei asked Jiao Gaoliang to bring back a batch of samples, and let the experts try it out first. The first one found Zhao Hongzhang, because there is a kind of slow-release fertilizer that is very suitable for the current situation.

"University of California, Davis? That's a good school? How long will Dr. Jiao stay in China this time? If you have time, is it convenient to give a lecture in Wesfarmers? It will also broaden the horizons of students in our country!" Zhao Hongzhang After staying in Wesfarmers for a lifetime, I never forget to create opportunities for Wesfarmers.

"Mr. Jiao, since Commissioner Zhao has spoken, you should tell the students about it! Talk about the similarities and differences between American and European agriculture and domestic agriculture, as well as the prospect of slow-release fertilizers!" Li Lei advised, preferably Let's talk about our Huinong Group again. It would be even better if we could lure a few students here.

"Yes, yes, slow-release fertilizers are indeed very promising. In addition, let's talk more about the cutting-edge agronomy achievements of European and American countries. Our domestic and foreign exchanges are still too little." Zhao Hongzhang nodded repeatedly. There is not enough time for the speech, so let's hold another one, each with a different theme, and I will also study when the time comes!"

"Committee Zhao, it's definitely okay to ask Mr. Jiao to give more lectures, but you have to promise me one condition." Even if Zhao Hongzhang doesn't mention it, Li Lei still wants Jiao Gaoliang to give more lectures, in order to let the students know more In the case of foreign countries, the second reason is that they want to recruit a few more talents to join Huinong.

"No problem, just ask if I can do it!" Zhao Hongzhang agreed very readily, as long as it was good for Xinong, he would absolutely support it.

"That's what you said. Last time I arranged for you and the drought-resistant and cold-resistant wheat breeding team to have a collective medical examination. You have been refusing to do so. So my condition this time is to ask you to do a comprehensive physical examination. After the physical examination is completed Teacher Jiao started giving lectures!" In the original history, Zhao Hongzhang passed away at the beginning of the following year, so Li Lei immediately contacted the hospital to help them do a physical examination after the establishment of the drought-resistant and cold-resistant wheat breeding team, hoping to let this breeder It is a pity that Zhao Hongzhang never agreed.

"It's good that you care so much about the health of team members, but I'm not an official member of the breeding team, how can I take advantage of this? And I'm in good health, and the school often organizes physical examinations, so don't waste this money, right? " Zhao Hongzhang still refused.

"You are our consultant. If it weren't for you, the team would not be able to form a team. I have never regarded you as an outsider! You just listen to me this time. I have already contacted the First Affiliated Hospital of Western Medicine. Let's start now." You can go, the physical examination is over today, and Teacher Jiao's lecture can start tomorrow!" This time Li Lei dragged him over no matter what he said.

The First Affiliated Hospital of Western Medicine is the First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaotong University in the future. It is now called the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical University and is affiliated to Xi’an Medical University. It will be renamed the First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaotong University after the merger of Xi’an Medical University and Jiaotong University in the future. It is the best in Northwest China One of the hospitals arranged for Zhao Hongzhang to go to such a good hospital for examination and Li Lei was relieved.

Li Lei pulled Zhao Hongzhang away even after pulling and pulling. Before he left, he did not forget to call the school to make arrangements for Jiao Gaoliang's lecture before getting on the bus.

When I arrived at the First Affiliated Hospital of Western Medicine, when I heard that the members of the department came to check my body, everyone paid attention to it. They arranged for the best doctors and the best equipment to do a comprehensive and detailed examination for Zhao Hongzhang. The results of the examination were not optimistic. Zhao Hongzhang’s age He's grown up, and he has been exposed to the wind and sun in the fields for these years, which consumes more land than others. In addition, he has coronary heart disease, and his body is almost dying.

"Old Zhao, you must immediately put down all the work at hand and stay in the hospital for observation for a period of time, or you will be in danger at any time!" The doctor solemnly reminded.

"Teacher, I have advised you not to work so hard, but you just don't listen. If Dong Li hadn't dragged you here this time, we don't know when we would find out! Just listen to the doctor and take care of your body first. Let's talk!" Zhao Hongzhang's students hurriedly urged, they all respect Zhao Hongzhang very much and don't want him to make any mistakes.

"Hey, don't listen to them. Doctors like to scare people. How can I not know my own body? It's so good that I don't need to be hospitalized." Zhao Hongzhang, who has always paid attention to science, didn't talk about science at this time.

"Teacher, I know that you have been thinking about the issue of 'Westernong 881''s offspring breeding, but you have to trust us students! You can rest in the hospital and recuperate in peace of mind. We will definitely do this well! You can do it well! Wait for our good news!" The students said nothing.

"Hey, hurry up and call Committee Member Zhao's family, and then report to the school, and let them all come over to persuade them!" Li Lei secretly pulled a student and told him that he was afraid for a while when he heard such a result from the doctor. , Zhao Hongzhang's health is already so bad, and he asked others to help him focus on the breeding of drought-resistant and cold-resistant wheat, and he was busier than before. If there is a chance, it is his fault.

Soon, the leaders of Wesfarmers and Zhao Hongzhang’s family members came, and they tried to persuade Zhao Hongzhang to stay in the hospital to recuperate, but Zhao Hongzhang refused, “The selection of offspring of ‘Wesnerg 881’ is about to come to a critical moment, and at this time we How can I rest? You can let me be hospitalized if you have to, and let the doctor see me after I finish this work?"

"Mr. Zhao, we don't believe what you said anymore! You said that when you first got coronary heart disease in 88. What happened? Not to mention being hospitalized, even the physical examination organized by the school was rejected in every possible way. We forced them to come here!" The vice-principal who hurried over took Zhao Hongzhang's hand and said, if it was other teachers, he would give orders directly, but Zhao Hongzhang is a member of the academic department, so he could only coax him to come.

He is even more concerned about Zhao Hongzhang's health than Li Lei. Zhao Hongzhang is the face of Wesfarmers, and he knows how much a faculty member can bring to the school. If Zhao Hongzhang makes a mistake, Wesfarmers will not be able to recommend candidates If it is added, then the situation is not willing.

"Dad, you should just listen to the doctor." Zhao Hongzhang's children also tried hard to persuade him, but Zhao Hongzhang still didn't listen. In his opinion, living a few more years is not as important as completing the project earlier?
Forced to do so, Li Lei had no choice but to make a crooked move, "Principal Jin, we, Huinong, want to cooperate with your school. I wonder if your school has the willingness?"

"Chairman Li, please tell me." Principal Jin is actually a bit confused, when can't we talk about cooperation?Why did it have to be in the hospital, and in front of Zhao Hongzhang?However, he quickly realized that this cooperation must have an inseparable relationship with Zhao Hongzhang.

"Some time ago, we Huinong made a long-term plan, which is to provide scholarships to poor students with excellent character and learning in all agricultural colleges and universities across the country, or colleges with agricultural majors, so that they can get rid of The pressure to finish my studies smoothly! The first pilot is my alma mater, Zhongyuan Agricultural College, and I want to cooperate with your school this time, I wonder if your school will accept it?" Li Lei had planned to do this job a long time ago, and now It was just right to come out.

"No problem, absolutely no problem! Our Wesfarmers welcome you very much!" Other principals may hesitate, but this is a gift of money. Who will give you back the money you have delivered?

"This scholarship is called Huinong Scholarship, what do you think?" Li Lei wanted to do good deeds and advertise for his group company.

"It's absolutely fine. It's normal to use your company to name the money from your company!" This is also a common practice. Whether it is a company or an individual, as long as they donate money, they have the right to name the scholarship, and ordinary companies will also Name it after yourself or the founder, such as Run Run Shaw Scholarship, Dow Chemical Scholarship, etc.; of course, some companies are not so suitable, after all, it is not good to call Durex Scholarship.

Fortunately, Huinong does not have this problem at all, and Huinong is very compatible with the College of Agriculture and the major of agronomy, so President Jin's promise is even more neat. He is thinking about when to invite Li Lei to his office to have a good talk about Huinong The details of the scholarship, such as the number of places per year, the total bonus, etc.

Unexpectedly, Li Lei made another request, "But I have a prerequisite, that is, I will donate this money only if Commissioner Zhao has to be hospitalized properly, otherwise forget it!"

"Xiao Li, how can you do this? You are not. Isn't this a moral kidnapping?" Zhao Hongzhang became anxious immediately. It is a good thing that you want to donate money, but why do you want to involve me?

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Li also has a heart. According to me, you just listen to him, right? You don't want those poor students to continue to live a hard life, do you? The school has been trying to find a way, but the school has limited funds after all." Principal Jin Spreading his hands, he left the problem to Zhao Hongzhang.

There was really no way, so Zhao Hongzhang could only agree depressedly. Li Lei was not so easy to fool. He directly arranged for two Huinong employees to take care of Zhao Hongzhang on shifts, and he had agreed in advance that Zhao Hongzhang would go back to work if he did not recover. , their wages will be deducted, and the number of scholarships for the coming year will be reduced.

Now Zhao Hongzhang immediately regretted it. It seems that he had already had the idea of ​​sneaking out. In the end, both sides took a step back. Zhao Hongzhang continued to recover from his illness, but he could have half a day a week to listen to the students' reports. The recovery of the body is prolonged.

Everyone except Zhao Hongzhang was satisfied with this treatment, and Jiao Gaoliang held a lecture in the Wesfarmers Auditorium as scheduled on the second day. On the first day, he first talked about his study at the University of California, Davis College, and took this opportunity to popularize science. Some similarities and differences between agricultural colleges and universities at home and abroad.

On the second day, he started to focus on the main topic - the effect of slow-release fertilizer. This time he came to Wesfarmers to test the help of the newly developed slow-release fertilizer on wheat drought resistance.

"The research on chemical fertilizers for dryland wheat has been going on for some time, and some achievements have been made. A series of cultivation techniques to improve fertilizer efficiency have been formed successively, such as water transfer with fertilizer, nitrogen and phosphorus coordination, inorganic promotion of organic matter, and deep application of chemical fertilizers. Wheat yields have increased substantially."

"However, the production of dryland wheat is still subject to the weather, and the situation of low and unstable production has not been completely changed. The nitrogen fertilizer use rate is only 22%, and the phosphorus fertilizer use rate is only 18%. The main reason for the low fertilizer use rate is chemical fertilizers. The release of active ingredients is not coordinated with the fertilizer requirements for wheat growth and development, that is to say, when the wheat needs fertilizer nourishment in the middle and late stages of growth, the active ingredients in the fertilizer have already been released!"

"So many crops need topdressing, and fertilizer is applied again to supplement and adjust plant nutrition during crop growth; this can make up for the problem of excessive release of active ingredients in chemical fertilizers to a certain extent! But it is still not enough to solve the problem of active ingredient release and The contradiction of the crop growth cycle will also cause new problems at the same time!"

"Everyone is engaged in agricultural research, and you must know that the more fertilization, the better. Excessive fertilization not only increases the cost of farmers' planting, but also pollutes the soil and groundwater, causing soil compaction, enrichment of harmful elements, and eutrophication of water bodies. and many other issues.”

"The slow-release fertilizer can avoid these problems, and use some technical means to delay the release rate of the active ingredients in the fertilizer, so that it is consistent with the growth cycle! This can not only save costs, but also reduce the impact on soil, water and crops. pollute."

"The slow-release fertilizer I have newly developed is mainly to increase the yield of dryland wheat by improving the utilization rate of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers"

Jiao Gaoliang hung a large chart on the blackboard, "From these data, we can see that the soil applied with slow-release fertilizer has better water storage and water supply effects before winter and jointing stage of wheat. The water consumption from pre-sowing to jointing stage is the smallest, and the water consumption from jointing to mature stage is the largest, which ensures the water demand in the middle and later stages of grain maturity, and better coordinates the relationship between water demand and water supply in the critical growth period of wheat."

"At the same time, it has a good fertilizer supply effect. The main data such as plant height, secondary roots per plant, tillering per plant, and number of green leaves per plant for wheat using slow-release fertilizers are higher than those of other treatments. The yield increase effect is obvious, and the general yield increase 10% to 5%."

Li Lei listened quietly below. Jiao Gaoliang's work during this period was quite good. Although he had his guidance, it was not an easy task to produce such results in such a short period of time.

It's just a little regrettable that the cost of this kind of slow-release fertilizer is still a bit high, and ordinary farmers are definitely not willing to use it, but it is just right to use it in the laboratory.

After Wesfarmers learned how to use slow-release fertilizers, he went to Shandong and used them for Denghai Seed Industry, and then he could go to Changsha. After many years, Li Lei finally prepared a gift for Mr. Yuan .

(End of this chapter)