Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 46 Bitter or Sweet
The elders give it, but the few dare not resign.

After Cheng Nuo took the shepherd's purse soup, he wanted to pay for it, but the old man was determined not to accept it, leaving only two sesame seed cakes and waved his hand to let them leave.

The donkey cart continued to move forward, and when he turned his head and saw the old man still waving, Guo Shouchun was full of emotion: "Old Cheng, the road we are going to take is very difficult, and the burden on us is heavy. Well done, this soup is sweet. If it’s not done well, the soup will be bitter.”

"Then what do you think, will he be sweet or bitter in the future?"

"I think it must be sweet."

The two laughed out loud at the same time, and fell silent together after a while.

Guo Shouchun reclined on the car: "This road is not easy at all. The West has left us behind by nearly a hundred years of development. Calm down and think about the gap. The distance is so depressing. You can wake up from your dreams at night.”

If the 17th and 18th centuries were the enlightenment stage of western agricultural modernization, then the 19th century was the beginning of agricultural modernization, and the 20th century was the period of rapid development and completion of agricultural modernization.

A series of developments have obvious time nodes, starting from the Italian Spalanzani's successful research on artificial insemination technology in 1780, which opened the way for modern animal reproduction technology.

In 1840, the German chemist Liebig published the book "The Application of Organic Chemistry in Agriculture and Physiology", which started the rise of modern experimental agronomy.In 1859, the British biologist Darwin published "The Origin of Species" and in 1866 the Austrian Mendel published "Experiments on Plant Hybridization", which gave birth to the theory of biological evolution and biological genetics.

The time came to 1879 when the French microbiologist Pasteur published the book "The Study of Fermentation", and on this basis, he developed the anthrax vaccine in 1881, and then other animal vaccines came out one after another, creating a precedent for microbial research.

So far, the cornerstones of the development of western agricultural science and technology have all been firmly laid.

"They crossed the river by feeling the stones, and we crossed the river by feeling them." Cheng Nuo lay down with him and said with relief, "Didn't the German Fritz use high pressure and high temperature to synthesize hydrogen and nitrogen into ammonia and establish the world's first plant?" A synthetic ammonia plant, we know that this direction is feasible, we can avoid a lot of detours, and avoid a lot of scientific trial and error costs."

Guo Shouchun nodded: "Your words have awakened me. When they were still studying in the United States, Shure, a local, laid the theoretical foundation for hybrid corn very early. The Agricultural Experiment Station in Connecticut has made so many years of hard work. Although there is, there is still a long way to go before full promotion.”

"We have disadvantages, but we also have the advantage of being a latecomer." Cheng Nuo looked at the clouds in the sky and said, "But we still don't have enough people. Please translate the book "Mechanism of Mendelian Inheritance", the development of international genetics has been very fast, but there is still a blank in China."

"Sometimes I can't wait to give birth to three heads and six arms." Guo Shouchun picked up a blade of grass and bit it in his mouth: "Last time I went to Peking University to listen to a few lectures, and found that their teaching materials generally lag behind those of Western countries, and there is a lag. When they graduate, they will find that the technology they have mastered has been eliminated by foreigners, so when you came to me, I was also translating some teaching materials.”

"So the two of us coincided with each other."

In fact, besides teaching materials, Cheng Nuo is also studying the history of organic synthetic pesticides, especially the second-generation pesticides DDT, 666 and Diquat, especially DDT, which can not only target most insects, but also be effective against infectious diseases such as malaria and plague. When it comes to the preventive effect, the scope of application is quite wide, and it is the best insecticide used in this era.

If there is a chance, it is best to take him out before large-scale agricultural promotion.

Guo Shouchun smiled bleakly, still a little pessimistic: "The United States began to have trailer-type fertilizer spreaders, corn planters, and plowing and seeding machines in the middle of the last century. When I checked the information in school, I accidentally found that there were 1879 in 10. Tens of thousands of combine harvesters have the functions of feeding, threshing, winnowing, and weighing instruments, but we still rely on hoes and sickles. Now almost 40 years have passed, and it is estimated that gasoline tractors have become popular. Agriculture is not just a matter of seeds , look at the uncle's appearance just now, he is really powerless."

The subordinates can be chaotic, but the backbone cannot be shaken.

Cheng Nuo looked optimistic: "Don't think we only have hands, as long as we have time, we can make them out for him. Did you forget about Lao Shi and Lao Wu? Our lineup has great potential."

Fearing that this guy would continue to be pessimistic, Cheng Nuo added another shot in the arm: "The Beiyang government's greed can also be exploited. Have you read the article on the reform of the village system in Shanxi province in the "China News" a while ago?"

Guo Shouchun frowned and thought for a while, then he said a little uncertainly, "Yan Laoxi's 'safeguarding the environment and the people'? Isn't that used for conscription, taxation and surveillance of the people? How does it have anything to do with our agriculture?"

"It's related, and it has a lot to do with it." Cheng Nuo said, "There are two sides to everything. He said that 'everyone should not lose their talents'. In fact, he also established a grassroots administrative reform with the village as the unit. Get the experimental results and find him, and it can spread to the entire Jin Province in a short time."

In modern history, Japan has had a great influence on our country, and the reform of the village system is an important aspect of it.

When Yuan Datou was still alive, the Beiyang government he controlled was subject to the idea of ​​local self-government in the late Qing Dynasty. Since 1913, a series of rural management regulations such as the "Order to Unify the Organization of Local Administrative Offices in All Counties" have been promulgated, making the county local Administration began to unify.

Later, based on the model of the Japanese model village, Sun Faxu, the governor of Ding County, and his father and son founded the "Model Autonomous Village" in Zhaicheng Village, Zhili, in the form of "co-organization by the government and business", and since then the curtain of rural autonomy in the Republic of China has been opened. In later generations, we still use the village self-government system.

Yan Laoxi did not have the talent to create a system by himself, but continued to follow the example of Japan and built an administrative network on the basis of self-government, and Cheng Nuo took a fancy to this aspect.

Guo Shouchun was still a little dazed when he heard it: "How could he listen to our arrangements, a high-ranking official? Did Lao Cheng think too well of those warlords?"

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Because he is a warlord, he won't get in trouble with money. Work hard, Lao Guo is their future 'money-giving boy', honored guest."

Guo Shouchun immediately spit out the grass leaves from his mouth: "Come on, I don't care too much. Big fish and meat are not as fresh as this shepherd's purse soup."

After speaking, he immediately poured himself a bowl of shepherd's purse soup and drank it all in one gulp.

"How does it taste?"

Close your eyes and taste it: "It's delicious, sweet!"

(End of this chapter)