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Chapter 1384 Checking the Survival Rate
"The lush greenery we've seen along the way shows that everyone's achievements are considerable."

"However, we still need to strengthen our seedling cultivation work in the dam area, otherwise we won't be able to meet the requirements of mechanized planting!"

Therefore, in the early stages, we will inevitably use both imported seedlings and our own cultivated seedlings. This two-pronged approach will accelerate the restoration process of Saihanba!

"Comrade Xiao Lin, you'll have to put a lot of effort into this matter!" Yu Zhenglai said in his final words of advice, adding his promise:
"Don't worry, Dr. Lin, I've already submitted a report to the higher-ups. You'll definitely get the benefits you're entitled to!"

Lin Hao calmly listened to Yu Zhenglai's promise that once the large-scale seedling cultivation was successful, he would recommend Yu Zhenglai for credit, promote him to a higher position and technical level, and give him a more important role.

It has to be said that ever since Lin Hao lost his temper last time, both Yu Zheng and Qu He have changed their attitudes toward Lin Hao.

At least they didn't treat him like they used to. After they were asked to pay him the expert treatment that time, the two of them also took Lin Hao's importance seriously.

Actually, Lin Hao didn't care much about these things, but he didn't want to be bossed around, even though Yu Zheng and the others didn't mean any harm.

However, Lin Hao is not a person without emotional intelligence. Since they have given him so much face, Lin Hao will not let them lose face. Besides, Lin Hao is not incapable of saying polite words.

"Don't worry, Director. We're still doing experiments. Once a batch of seedlings survives, we can start large-scale seedling cultivation."

"If successful, Saihanba will then be able to achieve self-reliance and independent seedling cultivation!"

"Good, not bad. We need young people like Lin Hao who are patient, ambitious, and energetic."

"Let's go and visit the college students first."

After Yu Zhenglai introduced Lin Hao to Secretary Li, he headed towards the rest of the group.

"Thank you all for your hard work. It's been two months since you arrived. Now let's go check on the seedlings."

"Great!!" All the college students knew that this was a test of their results.

Although everyone appeared confident, they were all secretly worried.

Afterwards, everyone headed towards the saplings planted by the college students.

Secretary Li looked at the lush green seedlings, but instead of going in to check on them immediately, he touched the soil first.

Yu Zhenglai and Qu He, looking at the lush greenery, couldn't help but feel excited. These college students are so amazing, they really managed to make the plants grow right away.
With this skepticism in mind, they decided to wait until they had checked the survival rate of the saplings before drawing a conclusion.

However, this did not stop them from asking Lin Hao:
"Xiao Lin, these college students are quite impressive! The lush saplings are growing very well!"

Yu Zhenglai and Qu He stood in the middle, while Lin Hao and Zhao Tianshan stood on either side of them.

Yu Zhenglai looked at the saplings swaying in the wind, admiringly watching as Secretary Li waited to deliver his verdict on the college students.

"Director, it's too early to say anything now. Let's wait for the results. But I think it's best not to have too high hopes."

Lin Hao poured a bucket of cold water on it, not caring whether it would offend anyone.

Sure enough, Lin Hao's simple statement drew an extremely unfriendly glare from Wu Yansheng.

Everyone was somewhat indignant about Lin Hao's words, but their hearts were also tightening even more.

Qin Xuemei, in particular, had already checked the condition of the saplings, but she didn't dare to say it directly; she only talked about it privately with Mengyue.

As for Wu Yansheng, although he didn't study very well in college, he still has basic judgment; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so sensitive just now.

"Oh~!"

Secretary Li walked around the field, first touching the leaves of the trees, then shaking the saplings, and finally pulling one up to examine it closely. The more he looked, the more he shook his head.

Seeing Secretary Li like this, Qin Xuemei's eyes began to well up with tears. Just as she had predicted, these seedlings, though seemingly sprouting, were actually only making their final struggle.

Let alone surviving the long winter, it's questionable whether they can even survive three months.

"Old Li, how's the situation?" When Li Zhong came down the slope, Director Yu saw that he looked unwell and quickly went up to ask.

What's the situation? All the university students are waiting for Secretary Li's conclusion.

"It's clear that everyone has put in a lot of effort, and most of the seedlings have grown new leaves, but the old problems persist. Besides the fact that the seedlings have come from afar and are not adapted to the climate and environment here, there are also soil issues, such as rhizobia..."

"At the same time, because they were provided by other regions, the journey took too long, resulting in severe nutrient loss in the saplings. There were also problems with the planting methods and management..."

"In short, there are many problems!" Li Zhong shook his head and said:
"Therefore, I estimate that no more than 30% of the seedlings will survive three months, and as for whether they can survive the winter, there is basically no hope."

"So at present, if we want to successfully plant trees on a large scale in Bashang, we still have to rely on Comrade Ba Xiaolin's full-light seedling cultivation."

Li Zhong sighed and then gave his conclusion about the saplings.

"Impossible. I see that these saplings have a high leaf opening rate and none of them are yellowing. The root system is growing steadily. We planted the saplings before the rain and we water them every day."

Many college students couldn't accept it, looking at Secretary Li with tears in their eyes, and then expressed their opinions!
They came here excitedly and full of high spirits, but the first batch of trees they planted ended in failure.

However, failure is failure, and crying cannot change the result of wasting 20,000 saplings and a large amount of manpower and resources.

The feeling of resentment and heartache instantly filled everyone's hearts.

Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, Li Zhong was about to say a few words of comfort when he suddenly remembered something and asked with some curiosity:

"By the way, didn't Comrade Xiaolin develop the straw checkerboard system, along with cold- and drought-resistant shrub seedlings, for windbreak and sand fixation? Didn't you use it? Or did Xiaolin not teach you how?"

"This~!" Everyone sighed upon hearing this. Lin Hao had told them about these methods before, but Wu Yansheng thought they were too simplistic at the time.

With their college education and the knowledge they gained from systematic learning at school, planting a tree in the dam area is all they need to easily crush Lin Hao, this so-called expert.

The reality check came so quickly; the more confident and assertive they were before, the more dejected and insecure they are now.

Qin Xuemei then realized that Lin Hao had reminded them when he came to ask for seedlings, but they hadn't paid much attention at the time. They even thought Lin Hao didn't think highly of them and was trying to suppress them, the new college students. Unexpectedly, he directly planted them separately, and they indeed failed.

If we had listened to Lin Hao back then, the first small-scale trial planting wouldn't have wasted so much manpower and resources.

They were all too confident in their profession and too arrogant, taking everything for granted, but reality proved them wrong.

It's no wonder Lin Hao wanted to plant them separately. I just don't know what the survival rate would be on Lin Hao's side, but I imagine it shouldn't be low.

"We didn't handle this well; we overestimated ourselves. If we had understood Lin Hao's words back then, perhaps the outcome would have been different," Qin Xuemei said, choking back tears.

"This is the difficulty of planting trees in the Bashang area. I can see you've tried your best, but this is the result."

"Even with careful manual cultivation, the survival rate is only 20% to 30%. Let alone mechanized planting, it's uncertain how many will even survive the winter!"

Therefore, it must be admitted that Lin Hao is truly a deserving expert, as he was able to summarize the grass checkerboard technology and even think of planting shrubs on the dam to stabilize the soil and prevent sand erosion.

Afterwards, everyone went to visit the saplings planted by Lin Hao and his group. After carefully inspecting them, Li Zhong happily said:

"I never expected this! Almost every patch of green we saw along the way in this yellow sand has survived!" Li Zhong then excitedly praised.
"Comrade Lin Hao deserves a lot of credit for making the trees grow and survive on the dam!"

"With the combination of grass checkerboard and shrubs, plus maintenance and management, the survival rate of seedlings sent from other places has reached 60%."

"If we adopt the full-light seedling cultivation method in the future, the survival rate of these native seedlings could very well reach over 90%!"

At this point, Li Zhong's excitement was palpable, and he excitedly said to Zheng Lai, Lin Hao, and Qu He:

“Actually, I think we can start large-scale seedling cultivation and then apply to build a mechanized forest farm.”

After Li Zhong finished speaking, he looked at Lin Hao. Li Zhong was from Beijing, but in order to support the afforestation of Saihanba, he directly transferred his household registration to Saihanba.

The whole family moved to Saihanba, which shows how determined Li Zhong is to green Saihanba.

However, Lin Hao shook his head and said:

"Secretary Li, I think we should play it safe for now. We can wait until this batch of locally grown, fully-grown seedlings survives before we start large-scale cultivation. That would be a more prudent approach!"

"Firstly, there isn't enough time, the seeds are insufficient, and human resources need time to be mobilized; secondly, applying for tractors and large-scale cultivation of seedlings both require time, and it can't be resolved in just a few days."

"We will take advantage of this gap to deepen our exploration of breeding techniques, minimize unnecessary losses for the country, and at the same time carry out large-scale breeding work!"

Lin Hao would naturally say the same high-sounding words as Lin Guanmian, but there was indeed no time at the moment to start large-scale cultivation!

Lin Hao thought for a moment and then said, "However, we can increase the cultivation scale in small batches, and by next year there will be another small grove."

Lin Hao did not hide anything from Li Zhong, because he respected such a talented person who was dedicated to his work and technical research.

"Okay, Lin Hao, you're right. You're the expert here." Hearing this, Li Zhong snapped out of his excitement and smiled, saying...

"If you need any support from the bureau in the future, you can bring it up with the bureau, and we will try our best to meet your needs."

"Secretary Li is too kind. This is all thanks to everyone. If it weren't for the support from the bureau and the experience of Engineer Chen, I wouldn't have been able to achieve what I have today. So, we all need to work together in the future."

"Yes, let's all work together." Looking at the young man in his twenties in front of him, Secretary Li couldn't help but sigh that he was getting old.

Looking at the college students, Yu Zhenglai felt that they looked like wilted eggplants, and that this was a huge blow!

When Feng Cheng first arrived, the survival rate was only 20-30%, but by the second year, they were all gone, and they were all barely clinging to life.

Now that there are so many of them, they are not as effective as Lin Hao alone, which makes them feel even worse.

Yu Zhenglai knew that these college students were entering society for the first time, and the blow of failure was too great. They needed encouragement and motivation.

"Comrades, we know how difficult it is to cultivate seedlings on the dam, so we don't blame you this time!"

"I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to restore the glory of the royal gardens of Bashang!"

"No, it will be even more glorious than before. I believe you can do it."

It must be said that veteran revolutionaries are revolutionaries; a few words of encouragement from Yu Zheng were enough to lift everyone's spirits.
Just as Yu Zhenglai finished speaking, Wu Yansheng's eyes suddenly lit up. Yu Zhenglai had just said that he didn't blame them, so wasn't this the time to show his skills?

"Director Yu, leaders, the responsibility for this failed tree planting lies with me!" Wu Yansheng immediately stepped forward, trying to take the blame upon himself.

"what?"

Sure enough, everyone was stunned when they heard Wu Yansheng's words. They didn't expect Wu Yansheng to take the initiative to take responsibility.
He was sly and lazy when he was planting trees, but now he's suddenly taking responsibility? The crowd couldn't believe what they were seeing, and their opinion of Wu Yansheng improved considerably.

“I’m the only one here who specializes in afforestation. When we were conducting the survey, we relied too much on the previous experience of our colleagues and hastily determined the suitable afforestation sites.”

"When planting trees, I failed to supervise everyone properly. No matter how you look at it, it's all my fault. Please criticize me, leaders," Wu Yansheng said solemnly and righteously.

After he finished speaking, his face still held a hint of determination, but his eyes revealed guilt and self-reproach. At this moment, everyone was moved by Wu Yansheng.

However, Lin Hao shook his head when he looked at Wu Yansheng. These words seemed to be taking responsibility, but in reality, they were pushing the responsibility onto the three of them.

Because the map was provided by them, the final selection of suitable afforestation sites, although based on experimental results, mainly relied on the map.

Lin Hao was a little angry. He had been unfairly blamed by Wu Yansheng.

Lin Hao was no pushover and decided to let Wu Yansheng know how many colors a rainbow has in a week.

However, just as he was about to speak, a voice interrupted him. Lin Hao wasn't in a hurry; with his abilities, he had plenty of time and energy to deal with him.

"Look, everyone! Look! This is true awareness! This is the spirit and responsibility that a new generation of intellectuals should have!" Qu He exclaimed in a loud voice.