By the time Man Bao's punishment was finished and Bai Erlang had completed his copying task, spring had returned to the capital. Green buds and leaves were sprouting everywhere inside and outside the palace, and many plants were blooming with beautiful flowers, including peonies.
The flowers are the most beautiful.
The palace was filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers. The gardener in the palace brought pots of peonies that were already in full bloom or were about to bloom and placed them in the garden.
In addition to the potted plants, clusters of peonies planted in the flower beds are also in bloom.
Man Bao liked it very much. Ming Da and Chang Yu picked a lot of flowers and gave them to her. Knowing that she likes to grow her own flowers, they deliberately cut off the flower branches at the bottom when cutting the flowers.
The peonies were planted in Manbao's collection, but Mingda and Changyu gave them to her, so she collected them, separated the flowers from the branches, and cut the branches into two sections. She directly posted them on the forum to exchange with others.
You can't eat or drink things like flowers and plants, and most worlds don't have strange genetic conditions like the future world, so few people will exchange with her.
Occasionally, when she uploads a note saying that it is a famous species of peony, some people will be interested, but because she hangs it from branches, it will take at least two years to cultivate the flowers.
So few people are willing to spend something in exchange.
Even if there are, the things exchanged are very cheap.
For example, the host of one system was responsible for collecting various cultural relics, so he exchanged a pair of chopsticks for a pair of branches from Manbao.
Manbao was originally curious about what kind of chopsticks could be included in the system, so she agreed to the exchange. But as soon as she got it, she was stunned. Aren't these just ordinary bamboo chopsticks?
Man Bao still didn't believe it and showed it to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan took one look and asked, "Did you bring chopsticks from outside the palace into the palace?"
Manbao:……
After she went back, she left the chopsticks in Keke's space and ignored them.
People from other worlds on the forum didn't show much interest, so in the end people from Keke's world offered points to exchange with her.
Dr. D also bought several pairs of branches. Upon seeing this, Manbao contacted her and asked, "Dr. D, are you still studying peonies?"
Dr. D said: "I am short of money, so I want to cultivate some peonies with relatively stable genes to make money."
She revealed a little bit and said: "Our research laboratory recently received a large order from the Encyclopedia. The other party offered us a high price to study heritable superior rice seeds. I took a look at the original rice seeds and their genes they submitted.
I found that the genes of the rice seeds in your world are the same. The genes of the peonies in your world are very stable. I want to cultivate them. I can not only make money, but also study related genes. Maybe there will be similarities, and I can also develop ideas.
"
When Man Bao heard this, he immediately knew that she was taking the order from her. He perked up and asked, "Then where are you in your research now?"
Dr. D replied: "This is just the beginning, but we have a breeding base and can grow three crops of rice a year. The original seeds sent now have eared, and it won't be long before we can get the first generation of test data."
She asked: "I remember that you are very interested in high-quality heritable rice seeds, so I want to ask you if I have cultivated them. Do you want them?"
Manbao:……
How could she answer this?
Yes, this order was placed by Teacher Mo and the Encyclopedia on her behalf, and the Encyclopedia will give her the results free of charge;
No, she is really interested and wants to know the progress of the research from Dr. D in real time, and her post is still hanging on the top of the forum, so it would be too false to say no.
Perhaps seeing that Zhou Man's reply speed was much slower than before, Dr. D sent another message and asked jokingly: "It took me so long to think about the person who asked the encyclopedia to entrust me to cultivate heritable excellent rice seeds.
Could it be you?"
Manbaocai also sent a message, "Is it expensive?"
Two messages went in and out of the mailbox at the same time. Man Bao saw that it was too late to withdraw.
There was silence on the other side for a moment, and then Dr. D knocked on the mailbox twice more and asked from a distance: "I have searched through the posts in the entire forum. Currently, you are the only one who wants to buy good heritable rice seeds. However, there is something under your post.
People from both worlds agree and want it, but they are not even willing to pay for the top post, and obviously they are not willing to cooperate with the encyclopedia and entrust me to cultivate it."
"So, it's you, right?"
Man Bao stared at the mailbox without saying a word, and couldn't help but ask Keke, "Are all people in your world so smart?"
Keke said: "Anyway, he won't be very stupid."
Man Bao thought for a while and replied: "Why can't it be someone from your world placing the order?"
"Impossible," she said: "Although you need to buy new seeds for sowing every year, and it is difficult for rice seeds that have been sown for one season to inherit the excellent genes of the previous generation, people in our world are not short of seed money, let alone
The seed money, fertilizer money, etc. spent on sowing every year are subsidized by the alliance finance, and farmers do not spend much. They can also choose the seeds to sow according to their needs, whether they want strong taste, soft and waxy, or high yield.
, should it be used to cook porridge or rice..."
"There are many varieties. You can choose seeds according to your own needs. Why do you need to fix heritable rice seeds?" Dr. D may also have spoken input and replied to her quickly, "Not to mention the cultivation requirements for placing an order.
We need high yields, drought and flood resistance, pest control, and heritable and stable genes.”
"Except for the last requirement, all the other requirements are the most basic requirements. Here, any kind of rice species can meet these conditions." Dr. D said: "So the person placing the order will not be someone from our world.
"
There is one more thing she didn't mention. The encyclopedia mentioned it when placing the order. In order to adapt the rice seeds to the living environment they should live in, the cultivated seeds will grow in a set growth environment to ensure that the genes are heritable and the conditions are acceptable.
Delivery will be made upon arrival.
To test whether a gene is heritable, you need at least five planting inheritance experiences, and the encyclopedia limits it to five years.
In what age does it still take five years to plant rice seeds five times?
That is definitely not in her world. Judging from her experience of being exposed to the forum for so long, most of the people who actually place orders are Zhou Man.
I just don’t know what Zhou Man used to impress Encyclopedia and let them come forward.
Dr. D said: "I remember you said that you have a teacher in our world. Is he Professor Mo, the doctoral supervisor of the Alliance of Paleontological Medicine?"
Man Bao let out a sigh and asked enthusiastically: "Is Teacher Mo famous in your place?"
As soon as Dr. D saw her reply, he knew that she was indirectly admitting it, but she might have signed a confidentiality agreement so she didn't say it explicitly.
Okay, this little girl boarded the big ship of the encyclopedia without saying a word.