The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 145: Aren’t you here to take a look? Why are you working on agricultural technology?
As summer approaches, the weather in Kyoto is getting hotter.

After the last road was blocked, Li Mu simply decided to give up for the time being and moved back home to have a good rest so as to avoid being watched closely all day long.

General Zhao was fine, but Guan Jianmin was almost going crazy. Seeing him sitting there in a daze, one suspected that he was thinking about studying.

Uh - although he is indeed studying.

……

The sun is shining brightly in the slum.

Li Mu, Wang Ya, Xu Qing, Shao Yanan, Zhang Kai, and Li Jian gathered around several tables under a big banyan tree, each holding a fourth-order Rubik's Cube in their hands, and started a competition.

There were also many neighbors in the yards nearby watching, looking at this group of college students with curiosity.

The two little guys, Li Lan and Li Yu, were the referees. They gave the order in a baby voice: "Begin!"

Everyone immediately started twisting the Rubik's Cube, and the sound of "clicking" continued to ring out in the yard.

"23 seconds, I'm first." Li Mu looked at his watch, then put the fourth-order Rubik's Cube in his hand on the table and announced the result.

Zhang Kai hadn't even figured out one side of the puzzle yet. Hearing this, he said angrily, "You don't count. You invented the Rubik's Cube. Do you have the nerve to participate in the competition?"

"That's right. Look, Wang Ya has only managed to piece together three sides, and you don't even know how to give us some leeway." Shao Yanan followed.

It was the first time for all five of them. Not to mention surpassing Li Mu, even putting all six sides together was extremely difficult.

"I was just joking. I paid for all the prizes. How could I have the nerve to take first place?" Li Mu laughed.

"Xiao Li, your competition is very interesting. It's much more fun than playing on our own." Grandpa Zhong at the side couldn't help but say as he touched his grandson's head.

In the hands of his little grandson was a fat wooden sword that he had carved himself as a prize for the second prize.

The other children in the yard also had wood carvings or snacks they won from the children's 3x3 Rubik's Cube competition, and they all had happy expressions on their faces.

"Appropriate competition is beneficial to progress, just like our labor production. Everyone works hard and wants to surpass others." Li Mu said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, Wang Ya put down the fourth-order Rubik's Cube in her hand.

Li Mu kept an eye on the race and immediately reported the result: "1 minute 17 seconds."

"Sister Wang Ya is the first place, that's great~" Li Lan and Li Yu excitedly threw themselves into Wang Ya's arms. The two little guys were obviously fans of Wang Ya's beauty at first glance.

Subsequently, the results of Xu Qing and Shao Yanan were released: 1 minute 21 seconds and 2 minutes 47 seconds respectively.

Considering that you only know how to play, this result is actually quite good.

As for Zhang Kai and Li Jian, the two brothers were so anxious that they were sweating, but they just couldn't put together a fight.

"Time is up, the game is over." Li Lan and Li Yu received a signal from their brother and took the Rubik's Cube from the two men with serious faces.

"I'll spell it out right away!" Zhang Kai was unwilling to give in.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Alright, alright, it's just for fun, no need to be so serious, come on, get your prize!"

As he spoke, he took out the prize he had prepared long ago.

First prize, Wang Ya, a box of fruit cookies.

Second prize: Xu Qing and Shao Yanan, half a box of fruit cookies each.

Third prize: Zhang Kai and Li Jian, one piece each.

It was originally a playful competition, so the prizes were naturally not very valuable. However, Li Mu made it quite formal, and asked several people to go up and receive the prizes just like the children's group had just done.

The neighbors in the yard also applauded and congratulated them.

This kind of liveliness and laughter has rarely been seen in the slum in recent years.

The reason, in addition to the fact that the Rubik's Cube competition is indeed interesting, the most important thing is that everyone's life has been much better recently.

Looking at the factory uniforms worn by his neighbors with words like air fryer, Rubik's Cube, etc. written on them, Li Mu smiled slightly.

"I think we can hold this competition more often, and we can also hold it in our school." Zhang Kai suddenly said, looking at the smiling faces of the people around him.

Li Mu was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "It's a good idea. It can also promote communication and cooperation among classmates."

"But." He changed the subject: "You don't want to start a new competition in school because you feel you can't beat Wang Ya and the others, do you?"

Zhang Kai: “…”

……

After the game, it was a rare lively scene. The old people in the yard brought their small stools and sat under the trees to enjoy the cool air while chatting about their family affairs.

Even Aunt Sun, who had always been jealous of the Li family, now sneaked over to the side.

Even if Grandma Li had a cold face, she would still come up to her and talk to her with a smile and shamelessness.

In this slum, every household has a scale in their hearts to measure who is right and who is wrong, who is good and who is bad, and they know it clearly.

……

Looking at the happy scene in the slum, Li Mu smiled slightly, took the drawings and samples of the fourth-order Rubik's Cube, and prepared to go to the Foreign Trade Committee again.

Of course, this is the last time. He doesn’t plan to make the fifth and sixth levels as they are not cost-effective.

It is originally for children to play with, so it should be simple and easy to play. If it is too difficult, fewer people will buy it.

Just like the League of Legends and King of Glory in later generations, the former is much stronger than the latter in terms of both competitiveness and viewing experience, but it is not as popular as the latter.

It’s because of two words - simple.

While thinking, Li Mu pushed his bicycle out of the door. When he got on the seat and prepared to leave, Wang Ya and Xu Qing suddenly turned back from the other end of the alley, followed by a petite girl.

"Why are you back again..." Li Mu got off the bicycle, looked at the petite girl curiously and said with a smile.

As if noticing his gaze, the girl said, "Hey, it's only been a short while, and you've already forgotten me?"

"We have been studying pesticides together for so long."

"Well, it seems that I don't have much time to meet you. Every time you finish talking, you leave."

"But forgetting me is still too much!"

Seeing her angry expression, Li Mu couldn't help but smile.

"Alright, he was just teasing you, didn't you see that?" Xu Qing looked at Mi Qiao, who was about to cry out of grievance, and couldn't help but roll his eyes at Li Mu.

Wang Ya didn't say anything, but just glanced back and forth between the two of them.

Li Mu's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Of course I remember. You are Mi Qiao. I was able to make allethrin thanks to your help."

"But why did you suddenly want to come to me? Did the research at the Agricultural College encounter some problems again?"

Hearing this, Mi Qiao snorted softly, as if expressing dissatisfaction.

Fortunately, she still remembered the important matter and said:

"No, the experimental field using cypermethrin as an insecticide is about to be harvested in summer. Dad asked me to come and tell you so that you can go and have a look when you are free."

"The news has been reported to the Agricultural Research Institute. Maybe they will invite you as well. But my father said he wanted you to know the news as soon as possible, so he asked me to come here."

"Well, are you going?"

Li Mu immediately said firmly: "Go, of course! How about this, you wait for me to go to the Foreign Trade Committee, and then we will go there together later."

...After going to the Foreign Trade Committee first and handing the fourth-order Rubik's Cube to Xu Jianxin, Li Mu took Mi Qiao to the Agricultural College in the suburbs.

However, he had not walked far when Guan Jianmin appeared from nowhere and followed him, and he could not get rid of him.

However, as long as he didn't follow him in the slum, Li Mu would let him do whatever he wanted.

After a bumpy ride, the three of them arrived at the gate of the Agricultural College.

The old man at the door still remembered what Li Mu looked like, so he took a look and let them in.

Walking on the road to the Agricultural College, you can see square golden wheat fields all around.

A breeze blew, the wheat waves rolled, and the fragrance was refreshing.

"It's so great!" Li Mu stood on the ridge of the field, took a deep breath, looked at the wheat field full of wheat ears, and couldn't help but shouting.

Guan Jianmin and Mi Qiao behind him looked at his happy expression, were stunned for a moment, and then smiled slightly.

Just as Li Mu was looking at the wheat field, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, saying: "You are the number one contributor to today's result!"

Hearing the voice, I turned around and saw the Dean of the College of Agriculture Liu Quangong, the head of the teaching and research group Chen Xiaxing, and professors such as Mi Shenghua walking over.

"I guessed that you would rush here as soon as you got the news." Liu Quangong continued with a smile.

"Dean Liu, Professor Chen, Professor Mi, and Professor Yuan...long time no see." Li Muxian greeted everyone one by one with a smile.

Then he said, "The Agricultural College specially invited me, how could I not come?"

"But Dean Liu, I want to correct you on one point. This is not just my achievement. It is the result of everyone's joint efforts. No one can be missing!"

"I just put forward some ideas on cypermethrin. I did not participate in the subsequent research. My contribution is far less than that of Professor Mi and his colleagues."

After saying that, Li Mu looked at Mi Shenghua, Yuan Peiye and Du Mingwei. The skin of the three was tanned dark, and they looked more like old farmers in the fields than professors.

Liu Quangong already knew Li Mu's personality, so he didn't care. He said, "Haha, that's enough. We all made contributions. Let's not argue about this. Come on, let's go to my office and sit down."

"In the subsequent research on tetramethrin, we encountered many problems and accumulated a lot of experience, which is a good opportunity for us to exchange ideas."

"I remember that the Agricultural Research Institute gave you the status of a special guest scholar, right? You are a bit incompetent. Why didn't you come to see me for so long?"

While walking forward with Li Mu, Liu Quangong winked at Chen Xiaxing.

——It’s not easy to abduct someone here, they must seize this opportunity.

Guan Jianmin, who was left behind, was confused: "Something is wrong. We came here to take a look, but why are we doing research again? And this time it's agricultural technology?"

……

In either case, Li Mu simply stayed in the Agricultural Research Institute for two days to discuss the issue of cypermethrin.

As he was talking, in order to avoid the suspicion of being a person who only takes the salary but does not do any work, he also briefly mentioned the idea of ​​cypermethrin, which once again gave all the professors in the College of Agriculture a burst of wonderful inspiration.

But just a mention to give the College of Agriculture a head in the right direction.

If he wanted to do research, Guan Jianmin would not let him start.

However, this only made Liu Quangong and Chen Xiaxing more determined to bring him here to study agronomy.

Agronomy is a science that will benefit future generations, and its contribution to mankind is no less than any other branch of science.

……

On the third day.

After the first ear of wheat was cut by Wei Guowei, director of the Agricultural Research Institute, and Liu Quangong, dean of the College of Agriculture.

The summer harvest has officially begun. The professors and students of the college are busy harvesting wheat, using hand-cranked harvesters to harvest wheat.

However, there are not many machines after all, and most people are holding sickles and cutting one handful at a time.

The scorching sun shone on the earth, and beads of sweat quickly soaked their clothes. Everyone's face was filled with the joy of harvest.

Unfortunately, just as Li Mu excitedly picked up the sickle, he was stopped by Guan Jianmin with a dark face.

Wei Guowei, director of the Agricultural Research Institute, who was cutting wheat nearby, saw his disappointed face and laughed, "Don't be disappointed. Revolution has its own division of labor. You complete your work, and leave the rest to us."

"Yes, yes, this time we have cypermethrin as the pesticide, I think the grain output should be increased by at least 10%!" Liu Quangong said with a smile.

Even though sweat was pouring down his face, it did not affect his happy mood at all.

10% may not sound like much, but it depends on the scope of application.

Xia is a country with a large production capacity. Even if it is only a 1% increase, the total amount is not a small number, let alone 10%.

If it can be promoted before this year's autumn planting, by next year, a large part of the regions will have a huge harvest of grain.

The problem of food shortage in the country will be greatly alleviated.

"Then this technology must be promoted quickly. Director Wei, President Liu, do you have any plans?" Li Mu said happily.

He also has a share of credit for this!

"Well..." Wei Guoqiang and Liu Quangong looked at each other, sighed, and said, "We do want to do this, but if we want to promote it, we must first achieve mass production of cypermethrin."

"But this year, the First Machinery Industry Ministry's construction tasks are very full, and all the funds are flowing into steel construction."

"I think if we want to popularize it, we'll have to wait until the end of the year."

After all, progress in agriculture takes time to verify.

But on the steel production side, the increase in output is real. As long as investment is made, Xiaguo will be able to produce large quantities of steel quickly and well.

Under such circumstances, the First Ministry of Machine Building would definitely choose to invest all its efforts in the construction of a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter factory.

"How can this be possible?" Li Mu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect this to happen.

He frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "Assistant Guan, go to the First Ministry of Machinery Industry and ask if the matter of the pesticide factory can be put on the agenda as soon as possible."

"You said that agriculture is the foundation of the country and is as important as any other construction. Please give it some thought."

"Okay, I'll go right away." It was rare for Guan Jianmin to see Li Mu so serious, so without any hesitation, he immediately turned around and headed for the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Liu Quangong, Chen Xiaxing and others around were all surprised to see that Li Mu could communicate directly with the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Only Wei Guowei smiled without saying anything. After Li Mu started working at the Semiconductor Research Institute, he achieved one result after another in this area. It was impossible to say that he could not guess it.

"Will the First Ministry of Machine Building really listen to you?" Mi Shenghua couldn't help asking.

Their dean and the director of the Agricultural Research Institute have gone back and forth five or six times regarding this matter, but they still haven't agreed.

Li Mu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know if there is one, let's try our best."

The construction of a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter plant is not a small project, and the investment is probably astronomical.

If the First Ministry of Machine Building wants to complete the project in a hurry, it may not be able to provide the manpower and funds to build a pesticide chemical plant.

Thinking of this, Li Mu sighed deeply:

"In the final analysis, it's because of poverty!"

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