Improving experimental seeds is not as easy as everyone thinks.
Seeds grow from generation to generation.
Most crops are seasonal, with one species a year, two species, or three species a year. Under such circumstances, it is very surprising to be able to produce some experimental results in one or two years.
Gu Qingling has been working for so many years, but he can only cultivate a few that are good enough.
Even this one is still being "experimented" across the country to see if it has the excellent quality that can be grown on a large scale across the country.
Since I want to report it, I must say hello to the editor-in-chief Yao Jiuye.
"Huh? I've read this book too."
Yao Jiuye was very surprised when he saw the book brought by the 22nd Prince Li Zheng.
"Have you read it too? Then do you think the things mentioned in this book are true?" the twenty-second prince Li Zheng asked.
Yao Jiuye shook his head: "Then I don't know. There are many magical things mentioned in "Agricultural Science Strange Tales". Which plants are divided into male and female? Whether they are female or male, they all have infertility. If you are unlucky,
I encountered an infertile one, or one of them had bad traits. Either it couldn't produce seeds, or there was something wrong with the seeds it produced... I haven't experimented with it, but I just think the things mentioned in it are quite interesting.
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Yes, that's right, Yao Jiuye has indeed seen it, but he is young, has not experienced any natural disasters, and has not suffered any hardships.
Therefore, the content mentioned in this book is interesting to him.
The Twenty-Second Prince Li Zheng also read about the "infertility" mentioned by Yao Jiuye last night, but his whole heart was focused on the locusts and he really didn't pay attention.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng felt a little awkward talking about "infertility" to such a young child. Even if he was talking about plants, he felt embarrassed.
He quickly changed the topic: "It's indeed interesting, but... I'm more interested in the Locust chapter."
"I have a book dedicated to introducing locusts, and I will bring it to you tomorrow. It not only records the various types of locusts that have been discovered so far, but also their living habits. They like to eat thick leaves, and are also called grasshoppers. They have no tentacles.
They are long, a bit like short whips, but their hind legs are very powerful, so they can jump very high..."
Yao Jiuye has a good memory, especially after reading many books introducing locusts, which left a deep impression on him.
Of course he didn't know that the twenty-second prince Li Zheng suddenly became interested in locusts, not in the locusts themselves, but as a way to avenge the past.
Therefore, he introduced the locusts here with great enthusiasm. The twenty-second prince Li Zheng was choked there. It was wrong to spit it out, and it was wrong not to spit it out.
I had no choice but to stiffen my neck and listen to Yao Jiuye's thorough introduction.
Seeing that he really liked listening, Yao Jiuye even gave him a pen and paper to draw.
Yao Jiuye is young and has pretty good calligraphy and painting skills.
When Ke Yuan was discovered by Gu Qingling and sent to the Yao clan for training, Yao Jiuye discovered that Gu Qingling praised Ke Yuan so much and even learned sketching from Ke Yuan.
Although Yao Jiuye's painting skills are not as good as Ke Yuan's, compared with the popular calligraphy and painting style of "the spirit is similar but not the shape" and "can only be understood but not expressed", Yao Jiuye's realistic sketches are quite unexpected.
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Thin strips appeared under the pencil, and soon a vivid locust appeared on the paper.
Yao Jiuye is very clear about its body structure and introduces it carefully.
Originally, I was just talking to the twenty-second prince Li Zheng alone, but unexpectedly, the grandson of the first emperor, Li An, and the grandson of the third emperor, Li Gen, also ran over and listened happily to Yao Jiuye's introduction to the locusts.
"So this is what locusts look like?"
"I didn't see it, Uncle Jiu, your drawing is quite interesting, it seems like it. When I read the picture books, none of them looked like yours."
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Yao Jiuye said with a smile: "The picture book you are looking at is a simple version. I have a complete set of "Insect Observation Diary" there, which contains observation records about locusts, where they usually live, what they eat, and what they look like.
Everything is clearly written.”
The next day, the twenty-second prince Li Zheng saw the book about locusts that Yao Jiuye said.
As soon as I opened the book, there was an extra-large version of a locust on the first page, which was even more detailed than what Yao Jiuye had drawn before.
There are a few hairs on the legs, and they have been drawn into them.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng: "..."
It's not necessary.
Suddenly I regretted mentioning this matter to Yao Jiuye, how to solve it?
However, after looking through it carefully, the 22nd Prince Li Zheng really saw something valuable.
Locusts are divided into male and female. Female locusts usually lay their eggs in the ground about 10 centimeters deep, wrapped in a white cylindrical plug, and can lay about dozens of eggs at a time.
The exact number needs to be verified experimentally, but what is certain is that a female locust lays a lot of eggs, otherwise there would not be so many white things when the land is opened.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng: "..."
So, no one has verified how much it can produce?
This issue can be published in newspapers to see if there is anyone capable in Ming Dynasty who has verified it.
Locusts have three stages of growth: eggs, larvae, and adults.
The eggs are buried in the soil and are generally difficult to find without careful observation.
Breeding usually occurs in summer and autumn, and the eggs are laid on exposed tidal flats...
Wait, on the beach?!
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng stared at the word "tidal flat" with his eyes widened.
But even if you know the address where it lays its eggs, it's not easy to find it. After all, it lays its eggs in the soil less than 10 centimeters away, so it can't go everywhere digging in the tidal flats, right?
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng hesitated.
However, locusts do have many natural enemies, such as frogs, lizards, birds, ants, carabid beetles, coriander flies, young wasp flies, insect-eating flies, chickens and ducks, etc.
Among this group of natural enemies, the best ones to raise are probably chickens and ducks.
But, locusts can fly, can chickens and ducks really catch so many locusts?
"Why not?"
When Yao Jiuye heard the question from the 22nd Prince Li Zheng, he felt strange, "Although locusts can fly, don't forget that even if they can fly again, they have to land. Can they keep flying in the sky, non-stop?"
Come down. As long as they stop, that's fine."
"Did I say it?" The twenty-second prince Li Zheng was stunned.
"Well, I said it."
Well, the twenty-second prince Li Zheng was a little helpless: "How many chickens and ducks must we raise to catch so many locusts? With so many chickens and ducks, the common people can also fill their stomachs."
Yao Jiuye looked puzzled: "Do you want to use locusts for chickens and ducks? If so, you shouldn't ask how many locusts need to be caught to feed the chickens and ducks, right?"
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng: "..."
Can that be the same?
What he wants to solve is the locust plague, not raising chickens and ducks.
He doesn't care how the people raise chickens and ducks.
"Are we reading a book?" Li Zheng, the twenty-second prince, said, "The "Agricultural Science Fairy Tales" I read said that chickens and ducks can prevent and control locusts. When a locust plague occurs, it is so terrible. I don't know how many ordinary people there are.
Damn it. So when I saw it said that in the book, I felt it was a bit nonsense. If we could control locusts by raising some chickens and ducks, then the locust plague would have been solved long ago. Why would it still be here now?"
