silent farm

Chapter 161 Science is the primary productive force

Questions about Li Sheng.

Feng Xiaoting explained: "After studying the X virus, I found that they have a special mutation characteristic. That makes them easy to mutate. I think this can be used in plants."

"According to what you mean, the farm can sell the first-generation seeds. But how do you guarantee that the original seeds will all have the mutation characteristics you mentioned?"

"The base chain that determines the mutation characteristics is not the core gene. Otherwise, the variant of the X virus would have been completely unrecognizable."

"But that kind of mutation is uncontrollable. What if better seeds are mutated instead?"

"I am sure to make it controllable." Feng Xiaoting said confidently. "For example, the X virus, its gene is actually very simple, and the strange thing is that its ability to mutate is very enhanced. The change of the gene is mainly aimed at its infectivity and toxicity, and it is an enhanced mutation. And we can try to turn this mutation to weaken .”

Since Li Sheng wanted to understand that the goal he wanted before could not be achieved, Feng Xiaoting's thinking seemed to be better.He said: "Then do the experiment according to your ideas. I hope this time will not waste any more time."

Feng Xiaoting smiled and said, "Don't worry. In fact, I have found the genetic chain of wheat's mutant traits. The next thing will come naturally."

Li Sheng didn't know what to say about his confidence.He pondered for a while, and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news." He paused, then said again. "Now the farm is in some trouble. We found that the rats on the farm are multiplying in large numbers. Do you have any way to suppress it? Like neutering them or something."

"Mr. Li, the genes of mice and humans are very similar. If the mice are sterilized by chemical methods, the people on the farm will also be greatly affected." Feng Xiaoting almost laughed at Li Sheng's whimsy. "Of course there is another way, that is to capture all the male mice, and I will sterilize them in the laboratory."

Of course Li Sheng is unwilling to use the first method, and the second method is simply impossible: "There is no other way?"

"Yes, but it will take a long time. For example, produce a batch of strong neutered mice and put them on the farm. Maybe then they will have fewer offspring. But at most it will reduce the number of mice for a period of time."

Li Sheng was a little disappointed by this, but he heard Feng Xiaoting say again: "Actually, I have another way to curb the proliferation of rats."

Li Sheng immediately raised his head and said, "What way?"

"Trap!"

Li Sheng's newly raised hope immediately turned into disappointment.During the meeting just now, almost everyone had suggested the method of entrapment.It's just that the area of ​​the Silent Farm is so large, and the reproductive ability of the rats is super superior. No matter how you trap them, it will only slow down the increase in the number of rats.It is impossible to fundamentally solve the problem.

Although Feng Xiaoting is a talented student, he is not a nerd.Seeing Li Sheng's expression, he knew that he was not optimistic about his suggestion, but his method was his own creation: "I have done a project to trap farm mice in a harmless situation before. Although it is not finished The achievement came to Brazil, but it was almost done."

"Have you tried it yet?"

"Although it has not been tested. But the principle is very simple, which is to use the biology of animals."

"Be clear."

"Animals that are in heat will secrete sex hormones. We can use this thing to trap mice."

Li Sheng was a little taken aback.What Feng Xiaoting meant was actually a beauty trick.The aesthetics of animals is different from that of humans. In many cases, they may use color, size, and even smell as the criteria for choosing a mate.Perhaps a lump of wood that smells strongly of sex hormones could also drive a certain animal into a frenzy.

He thought about it and felt that this might be an effective way.

"Then what exactly needs to be done?"

Feng Xiaoting thought for a while and said: "I need some chemicals to make potions similar to the sex hormones of mice. I also need some fake mice that can be confused with real ones. I also need to make some mechanisms. The mechanisms are a bit complicated. I will send the pictures to your email."

"You want a fake mouse?" Li Sheng didn't know why.

Feng Xiaoting nodded and said, "Mice are very smart. If there is only smell, they may not be willing to get into the trap."

Hearing his explanation, Li Sheng was sure that he was going to trick the mouse into a beauty trick or a beauty trick.Although he doesn't know if it's really effective, but he can only try it now.

"Fake mouse, I'll have someone prepare it right away. How long will it take for your medicine to be prepared?"

"If the medicines are ready, it will take about five days to prepare enough medicines."

More than ten hours later, Luo Zheng, who was far away in China, found Chen Bo.

After hearing his words, Chen Bo couldn't believe it: "You suggested that he buy a hovercraft to transport goods? He still intends to agree?"

"That's right." Luo Zheng was quite proud.You must know that the hovercraft technology can be introduced by the military. Now that the military does not have the equipment, he can get it, which is indeed enough to make him proud.

"Aren't you afraid of trouble?"

"What's wrong? Anyway, it's the civilian version." Luo Zheng thought for a while and whispered. "In fact, those technologies should have been thoroughly understood. The military is now in dispute whether to use a large hovercraft that is completely domestically developed or imported technology. The party that introduced the technology is now at a disadvantage, and the military has no orders. There is also not enough funds to make Get out of the experimental ship."

Chen Bo knew that Luo Zheng's family was somewhat involved in this aspect, and knew that he made such a thing for the sake of the family.Still, he warned: "I don't want to know those things. But don't trick him."

"Brother, don't worry. The shipyard also hopes to produce the best products to impress the military, and it will definitely work hard. It will not use defective products to fool people." Chen Bo is more at ease about this.Because if there is an order from Li Sheng, the shipyard will have enough funds to manufacture a verification ship to impress the military, and those made for Li Sheng will inevitably serve as a model.

Chen Bo just nodded and didn't speak.In this matter, he was speechless.Neither side is good.

After all, those involved some secrets, and Luo Zheng didn't continue talking.He changed the subject: "Brother Bo, this time Brother Cheng came back and said he was worried about Fernando, what do you think?"

Chen Bo glanced at him and said, "Although I don't want to fall out, Li Sheng is my brother."

His words made Luo Zheng silent.Although he kept calling him brother Sheng, in fact, in his heart, Li Sheng was just a partner who was a little older than him.He is different from Chen Bo. Chen Bo now focuses his career on Silent Farm, but he only regards Silent Farm as a place where he can gain benefits.

But when Chen Bo said this, he felt that he needed to consider his attitude towards Silent Farm, or Li Sheng.

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The next day, Li Sheng received a call from Luo Zheng: "Brother Sheng, do you want 130 tons?"

"What 130 tons?"

"It's a hovercraft. We bought Maozi's bison hovercraft technology, and it is ready to manufacture. However, the military has not yet placed an order. If you want, I can help you build some."

When Li Sheng heard this, isn't he going to use himself as a test subject?

But he didn't care, and asked, "How about other performances?"

"Well, I'll send it to you later. Remember to delete it."

When Li Sheng heard this, could there be a secret involved?

But he soon received some data.It is 58 meters long and 28 meters wide. It can be made of aluminum alloy and plastic steel. It has a maximum displacement of 545 tons and a maximum speed of 55 kilometers.

Li Sheng felt that he didn't understand these things, so he called Luo Zheng and said, "As long as there is a two-year return period, I will buy it."

"Brother, the return period can be two years for everything? Even the replacement is only one month."

"One month guarantee, can you do this thing?"

Luo Zheng froze, unable to speak.How could this thing be replaced in such a short time?

Li Sheng smiled and said, "How much is this thing? I won't buy it if it's too expensive!"

"I'll just say that brother Cheng is a man of knowledge. You are the civilian version, you don't need weapons, etc., 500 million dollars a boat."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "1000 million, use fiberglass as the main hull material. We don't need a weapon or anything like that, as long as we can install a civilian positioning and communication system."

The most expensive part of this hovercraft is the power system and skirt pad.

Luo Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Then how many ships do you want?"

"Four ships, three of which are cargo and one passenger. Training and five-year warranty are included."

"I'll ask again."

It's not that Li Sheng didn't want to go and have a look, but they don't have any in stock right now, and even if they did, they wouldn't understand it.The maintenance cost of such a ship is definitely not low, and he can only do it by spending tens of millions of dollars just to prevent drought.

But now 4000 million seems a lot.But if a drought really occurs and the farm's goods cannot be transported outside for a month or two, he may lose [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars by then.

After such a calculation, it seems that the money is not so much.

In the afternoon, when Li Sheng went to the southern district, he found a canister truck bypassing the cultivated land to go east.He approached Zhang Feng and asked, "Are those tank trucks going to fertilize the pasture?"

"Yes. First do a control experiment on one of the pastures that has been harvested and one that has not been harvested."

It seems that Ding Jiaqiang's experimental methods have been learned by him.

Hearing him say that, Li Sheng said: "Well, you are thoughtful. Let me know the results." If the results of the experiment are good enough, he will start preparing to clean up two of the lakes.And it is also necessary to excavate new ponds for retting green manure.

That's what Li Sheng asked him.After the matter was clarified, he walked to the office, but immediately flew a helicopter to the fragrant pig farm on the edge of the hilly area.

The horizontal projection of this farm has a size of [-] square kilometers, and there are many hills here, but the surface area does not know how big it is.In this farm, there are breeding buildings, which are mainly suitable for breeding.This large place is surrounded by dense barbed wire.One of the animals outside ran in to eat the piglets.

The helicopter landed directly on the farm.Hearing the sound of the helicopter, Ding Jiaqiang and several workers came out of the office.

Seeing that it was Li Sheng, Ding Jiaqiang asked everyone else to go back to work, and he greeted him: "Boss, why are you here?"

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I suddenly thought of you, so I came over to have a look. By the way, how is your experiment going?"

The experiment he asked was the one that promoted snails to secrete more biochemical enzymes.The meat of the fragrant pigs was delicious, but after the big white pigs ate the special feed, the meat quality was also very good.If this special feed can be supplied in large quantities, the prospects of the breeding industry on the farm are immeasurable.

Ding Jiaqiang was very happy about the boss's attention: "It's hot, let's go to the office and talk about it."

Li Sheng followed him to the small office, which contained two filing cabinets, which were quite special in the whole farm.

After making tea, Ding Jiaqiang said: "The progress of the experiment is still very satisfactory. In the past six months, we have found a way to catalyze the saliva secretion without damaging the snails. Now we are experimenting with these catalyzed saliva. The naturally secreted ones have the same effect."

As he spoke, he briefly introduced the results of the experiment up to now.

Li Sheng occasionally asked a question or two.He doesn't know much about this, and he only asks when he encounters something he can understand and has doubts.

In the end, Ding Jiaqiang said: "The scale of snail farming still needs to be expanded, because the scale of fragrant pig breeding has been expanding. However, if the experiment is successful, the current scale of snail farming can supply at least [-] times the current amount of fragrant pig breeding."

Of course Li Sheng knew that it was impossible for the farm to breed so many fragrant pigs. Now the farm has raised more than 20 fragrant pigs, of which about 16 are adult pigs and 90 are young pigs.In the future, the farm can only raise [-] fragrant pigs at most.Any more density would be too much.

However, the scale of snail resettlement can continue to expand.

"If this experiment is successful, the breeding scale of fragrant pigs will still be in accordance with our plan. However, large white pigs can also be fed, and even cattle can be fed. However, the scale of snail farming can be expanded ten times without any problem. "

The land used for snail breeding is not large. If he doesn't want to waste the land, he can build a factory farm with several floors.Anyway, it is not very difficult to build a building now. Modular buildings can be built one floor a day without any problem.

After learning about the things here, Li Sheng went to places like beekeeping and termite breeding.

He mentioned these things to Chen Bo when he returned to China.Zhang Feng also mentioned to him that if he does not pay attention to some breeding species as the boss, the workers will unconsciously slack off because they feel that he does not pay attention to them.

So, Li Sheng also went to see the mushroom planting.It was divided into several districts, and he turned around, and soon in the afternoon, he simply went to the school to take Tia back to the villa for dinner.

(End of this chapter)