This time when he came to Nyasaland Agricultural College, in addition to striving for deeper cooperation, Gao Wei also hoped to invite his senior Dong Run to work in Victoria.
Dong Run was the most outstanding graduate of Gao Wei and his class. After Gao Wei graduated, he went to work at Nyasaland Agricultural Company, while Dong Run stayed at the then Nyasaland University to teach. Now Dong Run is teaching at the same time.
Works in a laboratory and is responsible for the improvement of breeding cattle.
The cattle in southern Africa are mainly Angus cattle. Over the years, the Agricultural College has never stopped improving the population, trying to find breeding cattle more suitable for breeding in southern Africa.
Breed improvement work cannot be completed in a day or two, it is often done in years, and this work may take decades.
Nyasaland University started the work of improving breeding cattle a long time ago, and this work has been carried out for 15 years now.
Through the joint efforts of all staff, extraordinary achievements have been made in breed improvement. Compared with Angus cattle raised in southern Africa, Angus cattle raised in southern Africa have better meat quality, more meat yield, and the number of cows' milking days is longer.
If more, the milk production will increase by about 10%.
The laboratory where Dong Run works is located in the Nyasaland Agricultural College. However, every week, Dong Run spends at least half of his time working on the farm under the Agricultural College. The farm under the Agricultural College covers an area of about 500 acres and raises more than one animal.
Thousands of breeding cattle not only conduct continuous research on Angus cattle, but also introduce various breeding cattle from all over the world for crossbreeding, trying to cultivate better breeds of breeding cattle.
When Gao Wei came to the laboratory, Dong Run had just received the latest experimental results and was about to go to the school headquarters to report to Harrison McIntosh.
"What's the good news? Looking at your cheerful face, you must have made a new breakthrough." Gao Wei and Dong Run have a good relationship. When they were studying at Nyasaland University, Gao Wei and Dong Run were roommates. At that time, Dong Run
Known for his super hands-on ability, he had already become Harrison McIntosh's right-hand man during school.
"There is indeed good news. Look, this is the experimental result I just got. If the data is correct, then we will get the most outstanding breeding cattle in history." Dong Run was very excited. The combination of industry, academia and research in the College of Agriculture
It is going very well, and the emergence of each new variety not only represents a rich personal honor, but also represents full economic value.
The Agricultural College's improvement work on breeding cattle does not require financial support from the Nyasaland State Government at all. With its own hematopoietic ability, the Agricultural College can not only support the improvement of the laboratory, but also maintain the operation of the Agricultural College. Students of the Agricultural College,
You can get a living allowance of about 50 rand per year, which is roughly equivalent to a normal person's salary for a year.
In other words, in Nyasaland, as long as you go to university, you can basically be financially independent, which has also prompted more and more families to increase their investment in education.
About ten years ago, the Agricultural College introduced Simmental cattle for improved breeding. Simmental cattle are native to the Swiss Alps. They are not purebred beef cattle, but a breed used for both milk and meat.
Simmental cattle not only produce high milk production, but their meat production performance is no worse than that of specialized beef cattle breeds. Their working performance is also very good, making them a large breed that can be used both for milk and meat.
Through the improvement of Simmental cattle, compared with the original breed, the milk production and meat yield of the current Simmental cattle have increased by more than 30%.
The team led by Dong Run discovered that the offspring of a Simmental bull named "Cromwell" had the characteristics of fast growth, early maturity, and good meat quality, and had excellent promotion value. Dong Run hoped to obtain Harrison McGinn.
Tosh's support will increase investment in this project and promote the early promotion of new varieties.
"It looks pretty good. If the professor is not willing to invest more, maybe our Nyasaland Agricultural Company can invest in this project." Although Gao Wei has left the front line of scientific research, he can still understand the scientific research report. Gao Wei believes in Dong Run's strength.
, if the data obtained by Dong Run’s team is correct, then this project does have great potential.
"This was originally a project in cooperation with Nyasaland Agricultural Company -" Dong Run's words made Gao Wei very depressed. The same is true of Nyasaland Agricultural Company, Nyasaland Branch and Victoria Branch.
The difference is that the current Victoria branch has just been established a few years ago, and there is a huge gap between it and the Nyasaland branch in all aspects.
Especially in the aspect of scientific research, Nyasaland Agricultural College is located in Nyasaland and has been cooperating with the Nyasaland Branch for many years. Even if there are good projects, it is not the turn of the Victoria Branch.
"Old Director, do you want to go to Victoria? I will help you build a laboratory, give you enough funds, and help you set up your own research group. I can provide you with more than 50,000 rand in scientific research funding every year.
A farm with an area of 5,000 hectares is whatever you want." Gao Wei spared no expense, and the gap in strength could not be made up in a short time. Gao Wei could only find a way to overtake in a corner.
"Have you made a fortune?" Dong Run is lying when he says he is not excited. Scientific researchers want to realize personal value and also hope to obtain favorable living conditions. It is indeed vulgar to talk about money directly, but most of the time, money is the main way to prove value.
To put it bluntly, living in an attic like Professor Heslin and conducting scientific research is research, while living in a big villa like Abramovich and directing a team of hundreds of people to work for Abu is also research.
For most scientific researchers, they would definitely prefer a life like Abu's.
"No, our Victoria branch only has 50,000 rand of scientific research funding every year. I don't want to waste money on worthless projects, but if it's you, even if you can't make results within three or two years,
I am also willing to give you time, and I believe in your strength." Gao Wei is really not flattering. Dong Run has actually made a lot of achievements and received generous financial returns in the past few years since he stayed in school, which fully proves Dong Run's value.
If Dong Run's scientific research results were of no value, they would not be promoted at all.
The scientific research competition in Nyasaland is very cruel and fierce. For example, the Nyasaland Agricultural College has established a project review team. The review team reviews the project proposals of scientific researchers and supervises the use of scientific research funds after they are allocated.
If problems arise during this process, or if all the funds are spent but no progress is made, the impact on scientific researchers will be very great. Some people are even kicked out of Nyasaland Agricultural College because of falsification of results.
The consequences of falsifying scientific research results are extremely serious. Nyasaland began trying to establish a credit system a few years ago. For Nyasaland people, economic bankruptcy is not terrible. As long as they work hard, there is always a chance to turn over.
, at that time, once the credit went bankrupt, the person involved would be ruined, lose the opportunity to turn over forever, and have a serious impact on his or her relatives.
Specifically, if a farmer in Nyasaland deliberately sells a sick cow as a healthy cow, the farmer's credit will be bankrupt, and all buyers will no longer buy the products produced by this farm.
For agricultural products, relevant regulatory authorities will also severely punish dishonest farmers. The standard of punishment is generally about ten times the illegal income.
In other words, if the sick cow is sold for R20, the farmer will be fined around R200 and will suffer a significant loss in personal credit.
Under such circumstances, in Nyasaland, bad things like cheating, abduction, and theft really rarely happen. Every case caused by personal credit will attract widespread attention from the whole society. In this way, for some people
Those who are lucky will be greatly frightened, and the cost of breaking the law will be so high that people will not dare to try it.
"Haha, the documents in your hand, as long as you give me two more years, I can complete this project." Dong Run is confident, but this project can only be completed at Nyasaland Agricultural College, and the results can only belong to Nigeria.
Owned by Asalan Branch.
The project Dong Run is working on has been supported by the Nyasaland branch, and it receives an annual allocation of 20,000 to 30,000 rand.
In other words, these results were all obtained while Dong Run was working, so even if Dong Run arrived at the Victoria branch, he could not take away the projects he was currently working on.
Of course, Dong Run can find a new direction for research, and Nyasaland Branch will not prohibit Dong Run from engaging in related work in this industry for a number of years.
"So, do you have any projects on hand that have potential but haven't had time to start yet?" Gao Wei took a different approach. Researchers like Dong Run often have more than one project on hand, but multiple teams are working on it at the same time.
Research.
To put it bluntly, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
"Of course, do you want to support me?" Dong Run did not refuse Gao Wei, after all, he was his brother sleeping on the upper bunk.
"Tell me quickly, what project?" Gao Wei was so interested. As long as the project was suitable, Gao Wei didn't mind making some preliminary preparations first.
"Last year, the Agricultural College conducted some research on circular agriculture. Do you know what circular agriculture is?" Dong Runzhen is not mocking Gao Wei. In fact, circular agriculture is still just a theory and has not been put into actual research.
"I've heard about it, but it seems that it only applies to small farms, not large farms." Gao Wei was not sure. He was now an administrative official, and it was rare for him to still be as sensitive to technology as he should be.
"How is it possible? Circular agriculture is suitable for small farms as well as large farms. And because of the characteristics of circular agriculture, if it is a large farm, it will have advantages that small farms do not have." Dong Run corrected, although now circular agriculture is just
A theory, but Dong Run has obviously thought deeply about it.