The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 113 Let's have a big earthquake in the agricultural field
Hearing this, Liu Quangong couldn't help but interrupt: "Beijing Institute of Technology, did I hear it right?"

“Isn’t that an engineering university?”

"Yeah, how could students from an engineering university lead the research on methrin?" an old professor followed.

What a few students came up with was already outrageous, they didn't expect it to be even more outrageous.

You told me that more than half of the entire research team studied engineering?
Is this reasonable?

Mi Qiao looked at Liu Quangong and the others with a look of doubt and said, "Professors, whether you believe it or not, this is indeed the case."

"Moreover, Li Mu not only provided us with research ideas and plans for allethrin."

"They even creatively proposed the concept of tetramethrin."

As she spoke, she took out her research notes from her bag and handed them to Liu Quangong.

Liu Quangong looked at the introduction of cypermethrin, his face suddenly changed, and he said, "Is this really proposed by a student from Beijing Institute of Technology?"

It’s no wonder he didn’t believe it, it was really too shocking.

When the remaining two professors saw his reaction, they also came forward to check, and were also shocked after seeing it.

"It was indeed he who proposed it." Mi Qiao nodded, "But it has not been made yet. Originally, we planned to verify the effect of allethrin before continuing the experimental research."

When Liu Quangong and others heard this, their eyes froze. It seemed to them that just after the research results of propylene glycol were released, the guy named Li Mu immediately came up with the research ideas of cypermethrin?
What a terrifying talent!

Liu Quangong took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Professor Mi, Mi Qiao, I hope to meet this Li Mu, can you help me contact him?"

Mi Shenghua looked at his daughter. He was also looking forward to meeting this genius.

However, Mi Qiao's words were like a heavy blow to them.

Mi Qiao shook her head and said, "I'm afraid not."

"Although Li Mu is the core of the experiment, it seems that he is also busy with research at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He only appears occasionally."

This result was a bit outrageous, but after Liu Quangong and his colleagues thought about it carefully, they felt that it was reasonable.

How could a genius who could create allethrin and come up with the concept of cypermethrin be ordinary?

Liu Quangong said regretfully: "Let's forget it for now."

He then added: "However, the research on cypermethrin must be started immediately."

"I will report to the dean and set up a special research team immediately."

"Anyone in your research team who is willing can join this research, except Li Mu!"

……

Liu Quangong, as the head of the teaching and research group, said that reporting to the dean is actually just a procedure.

On the same day, he set up a cypermethrin research team and started research with Mi Shenghua and several other professors in the College of Agriculture who focused on pesticide technology.

……

Day two.

At the Agricultural College, someone was sent to notify Xu Qing, Zhang Kai and Li Jian early in the morning to ask for their opinions and whether they would go to the Agricultural College to participate in the research.

Xu Qing agreed with the idea of ​​seeing things through to the end, and Zhang Kai and Li Jian were more than happy to do so.

The three of them took leave and went to the Agricultural College.

As for Li Mu, they did not invite him for the time being because they considered that he might be researching other things.

Little did people know that he was actually quite free.

After class, Li Mu packed up his things and prepared to go to the library after dinner.

Before leaving, he was wondering why Xu Qing and the others didn't come to ask him about cypermethrin today.

Although the idea is relatively clear, it still requires a lot of experiments to implement it.

Just when he was puzzled, Wang Ya came over with a notebook.

She stretched out her white and tender palm and said, "It's time to pay the fee."

"Okay." Li Mu nodded and reached out to take out the money.

But when he put his hands in his pockets, he suddenly froze.

He really has no idea how much D fee he has to pay in this era.

"What? Did you forget to bring money? Then I'll pay for you and you can just give it to me next time." Wang Ya saw Li Mu's reaction and thought he forgot to bring money.

"No, here you go." Li Mu thought about it, rummaged through his pocket, took out a one-dollar bill and handed it over.

When he was in college, he paid 5 cents for the D fee.

Of course, the 5 cents in later generations cannot be compared with the 5 cents today.

"Give so much?" Wang Ya was surprised when she saw the one dollar, and then she took it.

This reaction stunned Li Mu, who was waiting for change.

So how much to pay is entirely voluntary?
In order to avoid Wang Ya's suspicion, Li Mu explained: "Ahem, I have received a lot of rewards from the country recently, so I'd better pay more."

Wang Ya smiled and said, "Okay, I know you are very conscious, I will go get the others."

"Don't rush to eat. Wait for me. I have a question I want to ask you."

After saying that, she went to collect the D fees from other students in the class in a hurry without waiting for Li Mu to answer.

Li Mu looked at her anxious look, smiled gently, sat back in his seat, took out a book from his bag and started reading.

But what he didn't expect was that many classmates came around when they saw that he was not in a hurry to leave:

"Li Mu, Li Mu, are you free? Help me see how the strength and hardness of this metal change after plastic deformation..."

"I want to ask you about solid solution strengthening. Why does plastic toughness decrease after the solid solution is dissolved into the solute?"

……

As the top student in the grade, Li Mu has a halo on his head.

Before, he always ran too fast after class, and his classmates saw that he was in a hurry and didn’t want to disturb him.

This time I finally got the chance, and of course I won’t let it go.

Looking at the classmates surrounding him, Li Mu's scalp tingled slightly:

"Don't worry, everyone. Ask one by one. First, tell me your question. To improve the cutting properties of low-carbon steel, the heat treatment method that can be used is..."

Fortunately, he had memorized the contents of the book long ago, so although he was a little flustered when dealing with it, he managed to get by.

It's just that after a long time, I still find it a bit too much to bear.

Seeing that everyone was still unsatisfied, I wanted to ask more questions.

At this moment, a clear voice suddenly rang out: "Okay, you guys are surrounding me like this, are you going to let Li Mu go to eat?"

Following this reminder, the originally enthusiastic students quickly calmed down and expressed their apologies.

Only then was Li Mu able to escape.

After everyone dispersed, I looked carefully and saw that the person who spoke was none other than Wang Ya.

When the two of them walked out of the classroom, he immediately thanked them, "Thank you, otherwise I would have starved to death."

"What's there to thank me for? Let's go and eat first. You can answer my questions after we finish eating." Wang Ya said with a smile.

Li Mu touched his rumbling stomach, feeling a little warm in his heart, and nodded, "Okay."

Afterwards, the two went to the dining hall.

Li Mu didn't care about his image. He bought 6 meat dishes and 2 vegetarian dishes, picked up the lunch box and started eating.

After eating two boxes of lunch, he finally said, "Is there a problem with the lithography machine?" "No, Professor Huang got the structural parameters of the 'step and repeat' lithography camera from Emperor M through a special channel. Do you want to take a look?" Wang Ya whispered.

From the four words "special channels", we can see that these structural parameters are hard-earned.

Li Mu was stunned when he heard this, then pretended to be surprised and said, "Okay, we'll go over after dinner."

……

I went to Huang Xinhua's laboratory and saw the structural parameters of the "step and repeat" camera.

However, knowledge is knowledge. After getting a piece of information, Li Mu made an excuse to go back and think about it carefully and walked out.

After returning to the dormitory, he read the information carefully and found that its principle had many similarities with the stepper lithography machine that had not yet been released.

Li Mu thought secretly: "With this information, I can take out the stepper much earlier."

"Although there are still problems with the industrial base, the worst that can happen is that we can just make a few machines first. The cost is much lower than relying on manual labor."

……

After the structural explanation of the "step and repeat" camera, Li Mu went to Huang Xinhua more often.

Occasionally he would come up with some ideas about stepper lithography machines, constantly inspiring Huang Xinhua to think about the right research direction.

This state only lasted for a full half month before it was broken.

……

That day, Li Mu was on his way to Huang Xinhua's laboratory when suddenly two people came towards him. Both were wearing glasses, had dark skin, and had very thick finger joints.

Both of them have the temperament of scholars and the simple aura of farmers.

One of the men, who was in his 50s or 60s, said, "Hello, Li Mu. I am Liu Quangong, the head of the teaching and research group at Kyoto Agricultural College."

Another person also introduced himself: "I am Mi Shenghua, a professor at Kyoto Agricultural College."

The moment he heard the two people introduce themselves, Li Mu realized that the matter of propylene glycol might have been discovered.

"Fortunately, I have a backup plan in advance. If it's just propylene glycol, it shouldn't be too noticeable." He secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Liu Quangong and Mi Shenghua didn't say anything. They walked around Li Mu several times, as if they were looking at something strange.

"President Liu, what's going on?" Li Mu asked in pretended surprise.

Liu Quangong then laughed and said, "Hahaha, I'm just trying to see what kind of young hero is, who dares to conduct cross-disciplinary research and come up with something that will cause a huge earthquake in our agricultural field!"

Li Mu couldn't play dumb anymore and asked, "President Liu, what do you mean by that? Could it be..."

"Yes, that's what you think." Liu Quangong laughed and said, "But you probably can't guess that we will continue our research based on allethrin. According to your idea, we will soon synthesize cypermethrin."

"This type of insecticide has not even been developed abroad. It can be said to be a brand new agricultural insecticide."

"You have done a great job this time!"

Li Mu was shocked, his mouth opened wide in shock, and he couldn't help but say in his heart: "Fuck!"

Seeing that he looked strange, Liu Quangong thought that Li Mu was unhappy because he was excluded from the experiment, and quickly explained:
"The four of them all agreed that they were able to produce cypermethrin this time thanks to your theoretical guidance."

"We originally wanted to invite you to participate in this experiment, but Xu Qing said that you might have more important experiments on hand, so we didn't bother you."

"But now, Tetramethrin is about to undergo the final test. Anyway, I think I should invite you to witness this moment."

Liu Quangong looked at Li Mu sincerely, and Chen Xiaxing beside him was also full of expectations.

"I..." Of course Li Mu couldn't go. His brain was working rapidly, trying to find an excuse for himself.

However, before he could think of it, a surprised voice suddenly sounded behind him:

"President Liu, why are you here?"

"And Li Mu, what are you doing here?"

Hearing the sound, the three turned their heads to look.

After seeing that the person coming was Qian Shuyan, Liu Quangong laughed and said, "Dean Qian, you don't know that Li Mu in your college is a genius in agriculture!"

"In such a short period of time, it not only guided our country to achieve a breakthrough in agricultural pesticides from zero to zero, but also put forward the theory of cypermethrin."

"The research on tetramethrin is about to be successful. Once it is widely used in agricultural production, it is conservatively estimated that it can increase the yield of crops in our country by more than 10%!"

When Qian Shuyan heard this, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

Even if he doesn't understand agricultural production, he knows what the number 10% means.

"Dean Liu, you are not kidding, Li Mu studied engineering!" Qian Shuyan couldn't help but say.

The only connection between these two majors may be that the food eaten by people studying engineering is done by people studying agriculture.

It's totally unrelated!
Chen Xiaxing on the side explained with a smile:

“I didn’t believe it at first, but after seeing his theoretical proposal, I realized what a genius he is.”

"Li Mu played a crucial role in the theoretical research process of the entire experiment."

"It can be said that without him, there would be no chlorpyrifos, let alone the success of chlorpyrifos!"

After hearing this, Qian Shuyan finally believed it a little.

He looked at Li Mu and couldn't help asking, "When did you become so deeply involved in agricultural technology?"

"I learned some chemistry when I was researching photoresist, but I don't know much about agriculture." Li Mu said quickly.

"Be modest, be modest!" Liu Quangong pointed at Li Mu and said with a smile, "If you don't know much, then where do we, the professors of the Agricultural College, stand?"

"Besides, without you, there would be no cypermethrin in the world. You should be credited with the main contribution."

"I will report this to the Ministry of Culture and Education and the Ministry of Agricultural Development and give you credit!"

Li Mu quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, I admit that I have some credit for allethrin."

"But tetramethrin was made entirely by your efforts. I don't even know if they have started the experiment."

"How can I accept such a credit!"

Hearing his words, Liu Quangong was stunned for a moment, and then calmed down from his joy.

He thought for a moment and said, "The success of cypermethrin is inseparable from the efforts of everyone, and also from the ideas you put forward."

"Even without tetramethrin, you would be rewarded with allethrin alone."

After saying that, Liu Quangong looked at Qian Shuyan and said with a smile, "Dean Qian, do you mind if I take your students to visit our experiment?"

"Of course I don't mind. Although his research on agriculture is a bit 'unprofessional', as long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, I will definitely support it." Qian Shuyan laughed.

Liu Quangong looked at Li Mu again and asked eagerly, "Will you come to participate in the final experiment?"

"Of course, President Liu, since you've come in person, how can I not go?" Li Mu agreed reluctantly.

……

After saying goodbye to Liu Quangong and others, I dealt with the curious Qian Shuyan for a while.

Dragging his tired body, Li Mu returned to the dormitory.

I originally wanted to study it slowly, since Xu Qing and his students couldn't do it quickly anyway.

I didn’t expect that in just such a short period of time, not only has chlorpyrifos been developed, but even cypermethrin is about to be tested.

And it’s only in 2 days, so there’s not much time to prepare.

"But this is also a good thing." Li Mu got up and took out his notes while thinking: "According to Dean Liu, cypermethrin can increase agricultural production by 10%."

"If we can really produce so much more food, it will be a good thing for the country and the people."

"It's just hard for me to memorize the books again." Li Mu looked at the hundreds of pages of information on pesticides and sighed.

(End of this chapter)