1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 280: On the Field of Hope

A few days later, Emerson, the supervisor above, arrived, and the expected harvest could finally begin. In Mr. Emerson and Ding Ding, a reporter from the Associated Press.

To be honest, Tintin dislikes the overwhelming advertisements of “earth gold”. Except for the advertisement song of “Field of Hope”, most of the other advertisements are disgustingly vulgar. Coupled with the propaganda, it seemed to Ding Ding to be too exaggerated, so Ding Ding was quite skeptical of the actual effect of “earth gold”. So Tintin actually came here with doubts. He knew that his interview was actually only part of the advertisement. Although the Associated Press is a non-profit organization in name, it does not mean that it can be free from money. The operation of the Associated Press requires money. The money comes entirely from the donations of its members, and the money of its members does not fall from the sky. Most of them come from either MacDonald or Morgan. Nowadays, “earth gold” is obviously a key project of the MacDonald department. How can the Associated Press not participate in such a report with MacDonald’s money.

But when Tintin saw this wheat field, he was indeed taken aback. On the train along the way, he leaned by the window and looked at the scenery on the Great Plain. Now it is the season of wheat harvest. From a distance, the Great Plain is golden, but this year’s pests are quite serious, so Even on the train, Tintin could see that the wheat ears in most of the nearby wheat fields were not full and sparse.

After getting off the train and being able to walk directly into the wheat field, Tintin could see the effects of the pests more clearly. When he walked through the wheat field, there would always be swarms of insects flying up, and then they kept falling not far away. Although Ding Ding has never been a farmer, as a reporter, he has traveled north and south for many years, and he has seen many wheat harvests. So as long as he glanced at it, he could also tell that although this year’s harvest will not be unstoppable, the decline in yield per mu is almost inevitable compared to last year.

But after walking for a while, the situation is completely different when it comes to Jim’s wheat field, because even if you just look at the Jim’s wheat field from a distance, you can see the difference between it and other wheat fields. The heavy and full golden color is like a large piece of gold shining in the sun.

A closer look makes it even more amazing. Almost every ear of wheat is huge, full, and heavy. In the wheat fields next to them, the extra-large wheat ears that have been exhausted to find out are simply inconspicuous when they are brought here. Ding Ding had never seen such a wheat field before, and felt a little surprised.

“How about it, it’s pretty.” Emerson who came with him asked with a grin.

“Well, very good, much better than the surrounding ones.” Ding Ding said, “Do your other customers’ wheat fields also look like this?”

“In my experience, the condition of this wheat field is relatively strong among our customers, but the wheat fields of other users are not much worse. Well, you can see that this wheat field is very close to the river and it is convenient for irrigation. It’s normal to have such a good harvest if it’s been planted properly.” Emerson said, “When we arrive, they can start harvesting, and after threshing and turning the sun, they can weigh it.”

“But I’m afraid it won’t dry in one day. Even the harvest may not be completed.” Ding Ding said.

“So we need to stay here for several days.” Emerson replied.

“Mr. Emerson!” Tom over there saw them, and hurriedly ran towards them, waving his arms while running…

The weather these days has been quite good, all sunny days, very suitable for harvesting and drying. After a few days, the weight can finally be weighed.

All the smashed wheat has been packed in baskets one by one, and the workers hired to help lift them up and weigh them one by one. Emerson stood by and carefully registered. In the evening, all the grain had been weighed, and the yield per mu was quickly calculated-a full 760 pounds. This number completely frightened everyone. Yes, it was really frightened. You must know that last year was a bumper year. The average yield of wheat per mu was less than 250 pounds, and Jim’s yield per unit of land was actually as high as this. Three times as much, which is simply, too, too much!

Tintin and Emerson checked all the numbers again, and the result was unquestionable, 760 pounds. Emerson made no mistakes at all.

“A miracle, this is a miracle! A great miracle!” Emerson murmured.

“Mr. Jim, can you tell me how you created such a miracle?” As a reporter, Tintin naturally knew that it was time to work.

…

Almost unanimously, the Associated Press’s major funded newspapers published on the front page a related report “Field of Hope” written by reporter Ding Cai. In this news report, Ding Ding described “earth gold”. And the great miracle brought by “DDT”, and pointed out that scientific progress and the idea of ​​making science and technology serve mankind are exactly the basis for creating such a human miracle. And all serving the interests of customers, thinking about what customers think, worrying about what customers want, and treating customers as their own relatives is also an important factor in creating such a miracle.

On other pages, there are also news related to this miracle. There were interviews with farmers at the time, and interviews with technology personnel of “Tujin” and “DDT”. The newspapers on this day almost became a special issue of “Tujin” and “DDT”.

Not only newspapers, but other media are not idle. When the farmers turned on the radio at night and tuned to the Agricultural Channel, they heard this program:

“Hello listeners, I’m Robinson, the host of the Agriculture Channel. I’m very happy to be with you at this time. The last few days have been the busiest summer harvest season for everyone. Please let me first congratulate you on your harvest, and to Our farmer friends say, you have worked hard.

If you want to hear what is the hottest topic these days, I think most farmer friends will say: ‘it’s soil gold and DDT, it’s the miraculous harvest they created. ‘Indeed, a bumper harvest is always the expectation of farmers. For a bumper harvest, we used to look forward to fertile soil and good weather. Now, in addition to these, we also look forward to the opportunity to use the legendary magic fertilizer that can create miracles. ‘Gold’, and the magical insecticide’DDT’.

In this program, we are honored to invite Mr. Scrooge McDonald, the chief designer of this agricultural revolution, the Supreme Commander. He will be interviewed by our station on some issues that are of interest to everyone.

Mr. MacDonald, hello and welcome!

‘Robinson, hello, I have always been your most loyal listener. ’(Another person’s voice is heard on the radio.)

Mr. MacDonald, I think many listeners want to know, how did you think of developing these two amazing things?

‘That was from a trip in Europe. At that time, I was honoured to be invited by the University of Paris to visit because I discovered that bacteria may be the cause of many infectious diseases. During this period, I had a lot of exchanges with chemists at the University of Paris. At that time, someone mentioned to me one of their achievements, that is, they used saltpeter to make some chemical fertilizers, and through planting experiments, it was confirmed This chemical fertilizer can greatly increase the output of grain. At that time, a chemist was very regretful and said to me that it is a pity that the reserves of saltpeter on the earth are too limited. Not only is the mining cost too high, even if it is made into fertilizer, it can’t be used, and it has many other uses. , Such as manufacturing weapons that kill people, so there is no turn to use such strategic materials to make fertilizer.

At that time, I was thinking, since nitrogen fertilizer mainly requires solid nitrogen, and most of the components in our atmosphere are nitrogen, can’t we find a way to get nitrogen directly from the atmosphere? On this idea, I also discussed with some chemists at the University of Paris. They told me that they also have certain research in this area. They found that the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen can indeed generate a little ammonia, but the reaction speed is extremely slow, and the efficiency of generating ammonia is also very low. In addition, further research requires a lot of funds, so they gave up this plan. As for me, I know that this technology is extremely important for farmers and many people in this world. As a chemist, it is my bounden duty to serve the people. So I always keep it in my heart, and then my money is getting more and more, and I want to try more and more to see if it can be realized. I know that my strength alone is limited. Even with the collaboration of the scientists at the University of Cleveland, this is a very difficult project. Therefore, I have invited many German scientists to participate in this project. Very interested, and provided a lot of technology help for this. Finally, we got it out. ’

Mr. MacDonald, please allow me to pay tribute to your great spirit of serving the people. Our listeners are eager to know one thing, that is, what is the output of ‘earth gold’ this year and whether it can meet their needs.

‘For this question, I must say sorry to the farmers. Although we are already manufacturing as many production lines as possible to expand production capacity, some key equipment is too difficult to manufacture and the process is very complicated. At present, in United States, only McDonald Steel can barely produce, even in Europe. , The manufacturers that can produce are also very limited. Therefore, the expansion of production capacity will take time. However, by the end of this year and the beginning of next year, we should be able to increase the output to about ten times what it is now. By that time, more peasant friends will be able to buy our native gold. However, I am not without good news to tell you that the production difficulty of DDT is much lower than that of native gold. Therefore, we have rapidly increased our production capacity, which should be able to meet the needs of the vast number of farmers…’”