Respectfully ask Your Majesty to kill the immortal

Chapter 146 Hybrid Rice
Xu Mochen came in, looked at Shen Zhining, and stopped in his tracks.

This time, Shen Zhining was different, she looked very petite, exuding a Luoli style.

In addition, there is how to level the world if the chest is not flat.

Combined with the appearance, there is actually a feeling of taboo.

Xu Mochen is an upright emperor, without any special hobbies. The sudden aesthetic change made him stunned for a long time.

"The concubine welcomes His Majesty." The voice was also very tender.

"Aifei changed her makeup again today?" Xu Mochen continued walking, "The style has changed a lot."

Can't help but look up and down again.

"Your Majesty was joking." Shen Zhining covered half of her face with a fan, "The concubine has nothing to do in the palace, so she likes to think about makeup techniques to pass the time."

It's not makeup, it's a shapeshifter.

Xu Mochen smiled: "Recently, I am worried about state affairs, and have neglected my concubine."

Shen Zhining pulled him to sit down: "Your Majesty is a person who does great things, and my concubine is no more than a concubine. Thunder, rain and dew are all your favor."

understand understanding.

After the two of them sat down, Cuizhu brought up the wine and dishes.

After all, we share weal and woe, and we know each other's secrets. We have been honest with each other long ago, and now we have let go of our hands and feet.

"This wine is from the palace," Shen Zhining filled it up for him, "The dishes are also carefully prepared by the Imperial Dining Room, nothing else."

Xu Mochen trusted her, so he picked it up and drank it. Now that he is used to eating the food of immortal cultivators, he feels that there are still many shortcomings in wine making with ordinary people's technology.

"Your Majesty, is sister Gu better?" Shen Zhining asked.

"No, but it's getting weaker and weaker day by day," Xu Mochen shook his head, "Her injury needs a strange flower called regeneration flower. I just found out that this kind of flower is only found in Danzhou in the south."

Shen Zhining nodded: "It's always good to have a goal, so His Majesty is preparing to leave the palace for a long journey."

"I'm afraid my concubine will be exhausted." Xu Mochen also poured Shen Zhining a glass of wine, "I have discussed with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and I am going to expand agricultural technology."

"Agricultural technology," Shen Zhining paused slightly, "This is a good thing. Only when agriculture improves can other industries develop stably."

"That's right," Xu Mochen felt like he was a fellow traveler, "So I plan to try hybrid rice, but I don't know if it can be realized in this world."

Shen Zhining understood: "Your Majesty wants to take his concubines to Danzhou in the south."

Xu Mochen had hope in his eyes.

"The concubine is willing to share your majesty's worries," Shen Zhining readily agreed. She has been working as a rice worm in the harem for a long time, and she also needs to breathe. "The concubine will sort out the information on hybrid rice in the past few days, and then I will give it to your majesty."

Xu Mochen squeezed his wine glass: "In this era, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and agriculture rank second, but in the actual court, there are almost no officials who are proficient in farming.

The world of cultivating immortals doesn't pay much attention to this matter. If I didn't pick this head, I'm afraid they wouldn't say anything at all. "

Shen Zhining sighed: "Your Majesty means that this time I can only rely on my own people."

Xu Mochen caressed the mouth of the wine glass with his index finger: "My concubine's contribution is indisputable. It is my good fortune to meet you. You are a Bodhisattva who will do great things to the common people."

Although she is a cultivator in the Nether Realm.

But Xu Mochen was not duplicity, whether it was the research of drugs, generators, rubber, or the hybrid rice that was about to start, without the information provided by Shen Zhining, he, Xu Mochen, would not be able to do it.

Although it can be explored step by step by relying on the human race and the skills of the immortal cultivators, it will take a long time.

Concubine Ai deserves to be talented.

However, Shen Zhining was very modest: "I am satisfied that my concubine can be used by His Majesty."

You see, this small mouth can really swallow.

Hybrid rice, by the time of Xu Mochen, was already very mature, but he only knew the vocabulary, and didn't even understand the principle.

Speaking of this, Shen Zhining laughed: "Actually, there is nothing difficult, Rong Chenchen explained it in detail."

This involves biological knowledge, Xu Mochen listened carefully to the class.

Among species, apart from reproductive isolation, there is something called hybrid vigor among species of the same type.

Simply put, the offspring produced by hybridization have the advantages of both male and female.

For example, the rice grains produced by some rice plants are large, and the rice stalks of some rice plants are stiff, so the rice hybridized by them has the common advantage of hard rice stalks and large grains.

Having said that, Xu Mochen couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhining.

The latter smiled at him: "Your Majesty, apart from the emperor, there is no absolute reproductive isolation between the human race and the immortal cultivators, but ordinary immortal cultivators will not conceive offspring with the human race.

Only a few people who have been deeply involved in the world, such as some ministers in the court, occasionally leave offspring.

The relationship between the two cannot be described as a hybrid.

However, His Majesty is the first emperor who has been able to cultivate immortality since ancient times, and it may be different from the descendants of human race or immortal practitioners.

If your Majesty has time, you can have an in-depth exchange with your concubines. "

It turned out to be the case.

Xu Mochen said that Mr. Shen explained well.

Don't think crookedly, or take classes seriously.

This is the basic principle, Xu Mochen understood.

However, rice is a bisexual flower, and a flower has both stamens and pistils.

In its natural state, rice is self-pollinating.

To achieve hybridization, you need to achieve cross-pollination.

This requires emasculating some of the rice flowers and pollinating them with other flowers.

The problem is that there are hundreds of small flowers on each ear of rice, and each small flower has six stamens. It is almost impossible to pick out these stamens.

Even a cultivator, after a busy day, probably can only deal with a field the size of a palm.

In addition, only the first generation of hybrid rice can be used, and the seeds cannot be left to breed the second generation.

"That is to say, the cultivation of hybrid rice seeds requires a separate method." Xu Mochen took a sip of wine, "Can immortal techniques be used?"

"It's fine to remove the stamens," Shen Zhining said, of course, "The problem is that once the immortal technique intervenes, the rice will have the seal of the immortal cultivator.

Even if His Majesty did it himself, this seal cannot be removed. "

This is the rule of heaven, which is equivalent to the bondage tied to the human race.

"So, if you can't use fairy art, how should you do it?" Xu Mochen asked.

"The easiest way is to find a natural male sterile plant," Shen Zhining concluded, "In the natural world of Blue Star, the probability is one in ten thousand.

And in this world, how much is unclear. "

"If you use immortal techniques to find it, there's no problem, right?" Xu Mochen frowned.

"Spiritual consciousness can be scanned, but strictly speaking, a bundle of straw requires a considerable amount of spiritual consciousness," Shen Zhining sighed, "Your Majesty and his concubines have spent a few years without eating or drinking, and there may be gains."

It took too much time, Xu Mochen remained silent.

"The other thing is to use the power of the elves," Shen Zhining suggested another way, "The concubine and His Majesty have said that immortal cultivators in the same realm have some special abilities, so they may be able to find the natural male sterile plants they need faster and more accurately. .

As for the candidates..."

Shen Zhining didn't say anything, but Xu Mochen knew that Gu Jinge was the key.

(End of this chapter)