Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1246, page 1135: Super Malan Grass

Chiang Kai-shek's marriage proposal was successfully completed.

Regardless of the process, we got it anyway.

Shi Qin was quite satisfied.

The main reason is the great atmosphere. The place, the atmosphere, the environment—the atmosphere is perfect, and everything falls into place naturally.

Luo Yihang also made some small contributions.

He dared not take credit for it.

I think I deserve about 80% of the credit.

They've really gone to great lengths for Chiang Kai-shek's future happiness; he absolutely must sit at the head table at the wedding.

We spent another two days at Sayram Lake.

Old Jiang and his colleagues' holiday ended, and they embarked on their journey back to their hometowns to continue working.

Without Luo Yihang on the way back, the journey will be faster, only two days will be enough.

Luo Yihang did not leave, but went directly to KKDL City, which is located on the border of Ili, and the Fourth Division of the Production and Construction Corps.

This is an old friend.

Wenying and the others are looking for Malan grass here.

The delicious Chinese mushrooms were also obtained from the Ili Prefecture Agricultural Science Research Institute here.

After arriving at the headquarters of the Fourth Division, Luo Yihang first held a meeting with the people there.

Then, people from the division headquarters took them to the 79th Regiment's garrison.

There is a newly built road outside the regimental headquarters.

This highway doesn't connect to anywhere else except the national highway next to the regimental headquarters.

To take this route, you must pass through the 79th Regiment.

The highway is very long, with open fields on both sides, and no one lives there.

However, it is neither a desert nor a grassland.

Instead, it was a mess of shrubs, meadows, occasional groves of trees, and rocky beaches.

It's completely undeveloped, with all the bumps and gullies, so messy that cars can't even drive through.

It's just left to lie fallow.

XJ is a place with a lot of land.

At the end of the road lies a huge farm.

The high fences on both sides seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance.

At the farm's gate, there are guard towers, barricades, and a familiar radar tower that's over ten meters tall.

The drone cabin is located directly below the radar tower.

There was also an acquaintance waiting at the door...
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"Mr. Wang, thank you for your hard work."

Luo Yihang got out of the car, said thank you for your hard work, and quickly went to greet him.

The man at the door smiled and opened his arms, quickly stepping forward to greet him. "It's an honor to have Mr. Luo here to guide us."

"Get lost, this isn't a shop."

Luo Yihang laughed and scolded, then hugged the person who came.

It was the same old talk, the same routine as last time we met.

Saying it again now feels especially heartwarming.

The person waiting here was Wang Shaopeng.

The last time I saw him was in Deyang, when we were making candied sweet potatoes.

In the blink of an eye, the planting area of ​​sugar dunning has reached one million mu, and is heading towards one and a half million mu.

This is far from its limit; sweet, delicate, and delicious sweet potatoes are coveted by people all over the country.

Now, Wang Shaopeng has come to the Corps again. Judging from his appearance, he has been here for quite some time; his skin has become rough.

Coming from the humid Sichuan region to the dry Xinjiang, how could my skin not become rough?

"Mr. Wang, you've really suffered. Your wife must be heartbroken."

"It's not hard work at all. This place is great. It helps to get rid of dampness. After staying here for a few months, I feel like all the dampness has been eliminated and my body feels light. I'm planning to bring my wife and daughter here in a couple of months. My wife has a lot of dampness, so I want her to get rid of it too."

"In two months it will be winter, with freezing cold and heavy snow."

"Perfect timing, my wife has never seen snow before..."

The two chatted and laughed as they entered the farm.
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"Come on, Mr. Luo, take a look at our new base..."

Wang Shaopeng pointed triumphantly into the distance.

The base is very simple inside. To the left of the entrance is a row of single-story buildings, which house offices, dormitories, a canteen, meeting rooms, and so on. The conditions are quite basic.

To the right is a long row of warehouses, garages, repair shops, and tool sheds.

And right in front of you, there is a vast, boundless grassland stretching to the horizon.

They all grow in clumps that resemble chive leaves, but are much larger, reaching nearly half a meter in height, with each clump measuring almost a meter in diameter.

The leaves are similar to those of chives, shaped like a long, narrow sword, but wider, more like a two-handed broadsword.

This is a new variety of broadleaf iris discovered at the Malan base.

It is also a parent of the Super Malan grass that the Qingyin Agricultural Research Center and Breeding 4.0 Laboratory have been working on.

Its offspring, produced when it hybridizes with another plant, is Super Malan Grass.

Super Malan grass is its official name. Its roots grow rapidly, reaching 50 centimeters in a week. It is drought-resistant, heat-resistant, and tolerant of poor soil. It grows extremely fast and is a perennial. Isn't that super?

"Tell me, what's the situation now?" Luo Yihang asked Wang Shaopeng with a smile.

Wang Shaopeng was more than willing to take on the task; he had spent more than half a year building this base bit by bit.

The tight schedule, heavy workload, and large scale of the task put him through a lot of trouble.

The results are finally in, so I have to show them off!

"As per your requirements, the 79th base has a planting area of ​​14,000 mu, covering an area of ​​9.5 square kilometers, equivalent to more than 1,300 football fields."

"All the plants we grow are Alfa 21 Iris tectorum."

The name "79 Base" comes from the place name, which means the 79th Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

The so-called Alpha 21 is just the code name for the broadleaf Malan grass from the Malan base. This variety has no official name and will not be officially named.

This includes Aster tataricus 'B5', a hybrid of Aster tataricus 'Alpha 21', as well as the female parent of Aster tataricus 'B5', 'Jinsha No. 14', and the male parent of Wedelia triloba, named Tiaocao.

These four plant names are not official names, but just code names, and none of them are related.

If you only see the names, no one would guess that these four are connected.

Especially "条草" is a Chinese medicine name, referring to the licorice used in licorice tablets.

Who would have thought it would be used to name a species of wedelia candel? Wedelia candel is already quite obscure.

If you look for something by its name, you might end up looking way off.

If you give up now, it's not a complete loss; getting a bunch of licorice tablets is still a contribution to treating a sore throat.

If they don't give up, then things will get even more interesting.

Licorice is also a type of grass, and it is a distant hybrid of iris and iris. They cannot hybridize under natural conditions, but they can hybridize through bioengineering. It is theoretically feasible, but in practice it is extremely difficult and requires a huge amount of money and resources.

And then a lot of money is poured in, and a bunch of technical staff work themselves to the bone, only to find out that what they've produced is completely different from what they thought.

It's sure to be interesting.

This naming convention was also arranged by the security department.

Because this variety is so important, all its technologies, including the preliminary technologies, will not be published in public papers or patented.

Super iris grass planted in the desert will not produce any seeds.

It will flower and bear fruit, and the fruit is hollow, just like a seedless watermelon.

The purpose is to prolong the time it takes for research institutions in other countries to conduct reverse engineering.

Simply put, this thing is amazing, a super weapon!

(End of this chapter)