The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 373 Pesticides and Fertilizers

Slope westward day by day.

Li Mu was busy until the evening, when he stretched and finished organizing the information.

The standard outline from the 70s is still in need of some revisions when used today.

Especially the domestic technical conditions, many aspects do not meet the standards.

"Following this outline, we can avoid a lot of detours in the future." Li Mu picked up a thick stack of manuscript paper and breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and prepared to call Guan Jianmin to send the documents to the Aviation Academy.

Just left the office.

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted another familiar face hiding in the corner.

"President Liu?" Li Mu walked forward and recognized the other party's identity.

The dean of the College of Agriculture, Liu Quangong.

Hearing his voice, the latter immediately raised his head with joy.

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Why didn't you tell me you were here? Just stay here."

"Hi, it's okay. I just stayed for a while. I saw you were busy, so I didn't disturb you." Liu Quangong said with a smile.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

After all, what Li Mu is busy with now must be a very important research.

Compared to this, his affairs are not worth mentioning.

"Please go to my office and wait for a moment. I'll ask Jianmin to deliver a document and then come back to talk to you in detail." Li Mu knew at a glance that he had something to do.

So he invited the person in first, and then found Guan Jianmin and asked him to deliver the documents to the Aviation Academy in person.

After doing all this, he returned to the office.

……

Taking out a box of Rain-Predawn Longjing tea from the drawer, Li Mu simply brewed two cups of tea and brought them to the sofa.

He pushed the tea to Liu Quangong and said with a smile: "Come to think of it, Dean Liu and I haven't seen each other for a while!"

"I often see you in newspapers, on the radio, and in school. Many students like to talk about you," said Liu Quangong.

His tone was full of emotion.

Although I knew early on that Li Mu would definitely make a big splash.

But I never thought that I would get to where I am today.

The people's scientist, the weight of these five words is extremely heavy.

If an ordinary person can obtain this title, even if he achieves nothing in his future academic career, he can live a life of luxury and respect.

Li Mu smiled and said:

"It's just that the country happened to need a representative, and then it happened to choose me."

"We are old acquaintances, Dean Liu, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

"If you can agree, I will definitely help you. There is no need to say these polite words."

Upon hearing this, Liu Quangong no longer tried to hide his true feelings and said:

"In fact, we want to make new breakthroughs in pesticides or fertilizers."

"But neither Professor Mi Shenghua nor Professor Yuan Peiye felt they could take on this important task."

"So, we all thought of you. If you are willing to help, we will definitely succeed!"

His eyes were full of sincerity.

After listening to this, Li Mu pondered for a moment.

He does intend to continue upgrading fertilizers and pesticides, and then sell these two things to the southeast market in exchange for agricultural and sideline products.

"I'm afraid I can't lead the research." He shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Liu Quangong's eyes instantly showed disappointment.

However, Li Mu said next: "But I can assist Professors Mi and Yuan in their research as a consultant."

"Seriously!" Liu Quangong stood up happily.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course it's true. The food issue is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. If I hadn't been tied up with other things right now, I would definitely have agreed to it directly."

"That's great. I'll go tell them the good news right away." After saying this, Liu Quangong was about to go out excitedly.

Seeing this, Li Mu hurriedly called him and said:

"President Liu, please wait a moment. I have another request."

"We develop new fertilizers and pesticides to meet domestic demand."

"Do you think it's possible to sell them to the southeast and exchange them for food, vegetables and fruits?"

He spoke his mind.

After all, no matter how good your ideas are, they are bound to be one-sided.

"Selling abroad? Production is a problem, and the agricultural environment and pest and disease environment abroad are somewhat different from those in China. We need to conduct targeted research on suitable products." Liu Quangong frowned.

Of course he believed in Li Mu's judgment.

But this matter does sound a bit thankless.

Domestic production capacity currently cannot meet their needs, so how can there be surplus for export?

"But this idea is correct, it's just not suitable now, please don't mind it." Liu Quangong added.

Li Mu smiled and said:
"Don't worry, it's just a discussion, why would I care?"

"And what you said makes sense. It's really not appropriate now."

“But what if we could solve the problem of production?”

He certainly knew that production was an issue.

"If the problem can be solved, we can of course export it, but will they be willing to do so just in exchange for food, vegetables and fruits..." Liu Quangong's eyes lit up, but he was still a little hesitant.

Xia State is short of food. But the few melons and dates in the southeast can't even fill their stomachs, so why would they exchange with them?
If we need to replace something, we should replace it with industrial stuff.

"With such a real example of increased production right in front of them, how could they not be willing?" Li Mu said with a smile.

The countries in the southeast are not stupid either.

If we knew that pesticides and fertilizers could increase production by nearly 30%.

I'm afraid they will find a way to get it at any cost.

"Okay then. I'll report this to President Guo and ask him to find some agricultural experts from southeastern countries." Seeing that Li Mu was very interested, Liu Quangong did not continue to object.

If this matter is handled well, it will indeed greatly increase the domestic food reserves.

And they don’t even have to plant it.

All that needs to be paid is some industrial production capacity of pesticides and fertilizers.

After seeing Liu Quangong off.

Li Mu had dinner in the cafeteria of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and then returned home.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wang Ya sitting on the sofa.

Seeing this, his footsteps suddenly became much lighter, and he said with a smile: "You came back quite early today. Have you eaten? I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

"No, I'm not hungry." Wang Ya turned her head, stared at him, and said, "Tomorrow is the last day of your leave, right? Do you still have to go to Beijing Institute of Technology to continue teaching?"

Li Mu nodded and said:
"Yes, but I didn't have much to do there. With Yang Tianxing and Zhou Xiling there, I saved a lot of energy."

"Now most of the students are taught by them. I mainly select students to see if there are any with good talents."

"So it's not actually very busy, you don't have to worry."

After he finished speaking.

Wang Ya snorted softly and said:
"I didn't say I was worried."

"It's just that you finally have a break, you can't spend all your time working."

"At least there should be a day of rest, otherwise it would be too hard."

These words made Li Mu smile bitterly in his heart.

Compared to those who are fighting on the front line of scientific research, his hard work is nothing.

to be frank.

These days, with Wang Lujun and Shen Xue reporting on the situation at the Aviation Academy and the Radar Research Institute, he has been so idle that he feels a little embarrassed.

Although this is also due to the lack of research.

But when it comes to research work, he still has a sense of urgency in his heart.

"Okay, I'll pay attention next time and take time to rest more. I can also spend more time with you." Li Mu walked forward, hugged Wang Ya, and said with a smile.

……

The next day, early.

Li Mu got up at 6 o'clock on time.

It took about half an hour to wash up and exercise.

He went to the study and began to improve the research plan for the aerial platform.

By using the "Engine Structural Integrity Outline", we can slowly figure out the stable standard parameters of the Xuanniao-1 engine, and there should be no problem.

But the aerial platform still needs to be built as soon as possible. We can’t always do it this way in the future.

Without detailed data reference, it will undoubtedly be time-consuming and laborious.

……

after an hour.

Li Mu stopped writing the plan and began to think about the further upgrading of pesticides and fertilizers.

In terms of agricultural development, Xia State is currently in a bottleneck period.

Without breakthroughs in seedling varieties, it will be difficult to achieve large-scale increases in production.

He has written two letters to Southwest Agricultural College during this period, but Lin Zhizhou has not replied yet. He is afraid that the research is not going smoothly.

I estimate that it will take at least a year or two to produce any results.

This speed is still fast.

After all, agricultural research, especially in seedling cultivation, can easily take decades.

"As for pesticides and fertilizers, after cypermethrin, there are cypermethrin produced in 75 by the People's Republic of China, flucythrinate produced in 80 by Sandi, and cypermethrin produced in 83 by the United States..." Li Mu checked the contents of the document.

Soon, he set his sights on cypermethrin.

In 82, the big Imperial Chemical Industries launched this insecticide polyester.

It has the advantages of contact and stomach poison, repellent effect, broad spectrum, high efficiency, safety and long lasting effect, and is widely loved by farmers.

The unique mechanism of action of neurotoxins can cause pests to quickly lose their functions and eventually die after being poisoned.

"This is it." Li Mu quickly decided in his mind.

Although there is information on insecticide polyesters such as cypermethrin and bifenthrin in the archives of Jianqiao University, it is not as detailed as that of cyfluthrin.

Moreover, he looked through the WIFI list and found that there was indeed an Imperial Chemical Industries Company in Jianqiao County, and the information he found was more complete.

"Then comes fertilizers." After Li Mu set the research goal for pesticides, he turned to look at information on fertilizers.

After solving the problem of phosphate fertilizer, Xia's demand for phosphate fertilizer has gradually freed itself from dependence on imports.

It is estimated that reverse export will be possible in 2 to 3 years.

"In addition to phosphate fertilizer, it seems that nitrogen fertilizer is also scarce in the country." Li Mu quickly discovered a problem.

Since the founding of the Xia State, for quite a long time, many fertilizers were highly dependent on imports.

For example, in terms of nitrogen fertilizer, the import volume reached 64 tons in 40, and even increased to 67 tons in 94.

This is certainly due to the weak industrial base and the difficulty in increasing production, but it may also be due to the impact of backward fertilizer technology.

(End of this chapter)