The strongest peasant city

Chapter 564 Bureaucracy
The scene fell into silence. Guo Qihua stared at the small but powerful eyes, glanced around, and said to Li Xiang: "Since there are amethysts here, Director Li shouldn't mind if we study it?"

Li Xiang smiled wryly and said, "Wouldn't it be that we are too ruthless. Come with me." After speaking, he took He Yiqing and Guo Qihua to their seed and sapling cultivation room.

As soon as Li Xiang opened the door, a purple curtain flowed out like water from the crack of the door, submerging the three of them.

At that moment, Guo Qihua and He Yiqing only felt as if the whole space, the whole earth came alive, and everything was full of new and surging vitality.

The burgeoning breath of life silently permeated into the bodies of the two of them with the purple light. For a moment, the two of them only felt refreshed. The fatigue and exhaustion accumulated over the years of hard research disappeared at this moment. without a trace.

Guo Qihua and He Yiqing looked at each other in surprise, and rushed into the laboratory together impatiently.

Everything that entered the eyes made the two of them feel stunned.

On the walls around the laboratory, there are hundreds of energy converters hanging, continuously emitting pieces of purple light, covering the entire laboratory, and piles of grain seeds and saplings are all dyed black under the purple light. Purple, a dreamy and mysterious color.

"Director Li, who are you?" Guo Qihua couldn't help asking in surprise.

Li Xiang said lightly: "We are using the power of amethyst to change the genes of these grains and saplings and enhance their vitality so that they can survive in a harsh environment like a desert."

"Is this the desert project you are really carrying out?" He Yiqing asked.

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Exactly!"

"Turning the desert into fertile land, why does it sound like a fairy tale?" Guo Qihua said with some difficulty in accepting it.

"This is definitely not a fantasy! We have overcome all the technical problems so far, and we have even successfully planted hundreds of genetically modified saplings in the desert. I can tell you responsibly that those saplings are growing gratifyingly now! "

Li Xiang said with a smile.

"Is this really feasible? It's really unbelievable." Guo Qihua murmured.

Li Xiang laughed and said: "Isn't the charm of science just to make the impossible possible? I think it is this kind of motivation that made the two dedicate their lives to the cause of science, right?"

Guo Qihua smiled wryly and said, "Yes, it seems that I am too subjective."

He Yiqing suddenly frowned and said, "According to you, the reason why these saplings can survive in the desert is because their genes have been changed by the power of the amethyst, and their vitality has been enhanced?"

Li Xiang said: "Yes, what's the problem?"

He Yiqing shook his head lightly, and said slowly: "We all know that whether it is an animal's gene or a plant's gene, it is extremely stable, and each transformation will take thousands, tens of thousands, or even millions of years. , It can be seen how much power is needed to change genes. However, the energy of these amethysts can be easily done. What does this mean?"

He Yiqing suddenly stared at Guo Qihua excitedly.

Guo Qihua frowned and thought for a while, then said excitedly: "This shows that the power contained in the amethyst is so great that it can completely send spacecraft into outer space."

"Wait a minute, wait a moment..." Li Xiang interrupted the two of them and said, "What spacecraft? What are you talking about?" By this time, Guo Qihua was not going to hide Li Xiang anymore, and said to him: " Tell me, where did you get these amethysts? Looking at the number of amethysts in this laboratory, you should have found a vein of this amethyst, right?"

Li Xiang smiled wryly, and said, "What mineral lode? Don't make a mistake. My agricultural science institute is full of botanists, and there are no geologists or mineral deposit scientists."

"Then where did you get so many amethysts? Don't tell me you bought them at the small commodity market." Guo Qihua asked blankly.

Li Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Li Xiaogang gave us all these amethysts. As for where he got so many magical and crazy stones, I don't know!"

"Could it be... Didn't you ask him, you are not interested in the origin of such a good thing?" Guo Qihua asked a little annoyed.

Li Xiang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Again, I study plants, not ores. I just need to know what these amethysts are used for. I don't need or want to know anything else."

Guo Qihua shook his head in distress, and said to Li Xiang: "You, I'm so mad! Let's put it this way, now we urgently need these amethysts to power the spacecraft. How much amethyst can you provide us?" crystal?"

Li Xiang said quietly: "All our amethysts are here..."

Before Li Xiang finished speaking, Guo Qihua said: "Okay, we want all of these, you have someone unload the amethyst, and we will transport it back to BJ immediately."

Li Xiang looked at Guo Qihua's leadership posture, and said to himself as if he was giving an order, he was a little dumbfounded, and said quietly: "Hey, Dean Guo Qihua, please be clear, this is not your Academy of Sciences, is it Do you want to rob it?" Guo Qihua realized that he was bureaucratic again just now after listening to Li Xiang's words, and hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I didn't mean that, I was just too impatient! Director Li, this project is related to The status of our country in the world's aerospace industry is of great significance! The leader and the prime minister both value it very much, I hope you can put the country's overall situation first, and don't just care about the interests of small groups."

Li Xiang said lightly: "I'm sorry, although I also want to make a contribution to the country's aerospace industry, the amethyst here is also very useful for our project.

Without them, we cannot complete the genetic modification of seeds and saplings, and cannot modify their genes. No matter how many seeds are scattered in the desert or how many saplings are planted in the desert, they are all meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return. , I can't help it either! "

"Comrade Li Xiang, I think you should be able to distinguish priorities and understand which project is more important to the construction of the country. Now all countries have extended their tentacles to outer space, and the age of the universe is coming to us in great strides. If we If you don't want to do everything possible to occupy a favorable position in outer space, after a hundred years, there will be no place for us Chinese people in the universe, don't you understand?" He Yiqing persuaded with some earnestness.

Li Xiang said quietly: "Please, don't overestimate your own project and trample on other people's research at will. Aerospace research is important, but isn't our desert control important? Now the desert is growing at an astonishing rate every year. The speed is swallowing up a large area of ​​arable land, fertile land, if the desert is allowed to go wild, we will not have a foothold in China in 50 years, and it is precisely because I have recognized the priorities that I have to reject you all the more!"

"That... that Director Li, how about this, we will add five to one, and let's divide it equally!" Guo Qihua came up with a compromise, which seemed fair, but was actually very bad.

Li Xiang curled his lips and said: "Impossible! There are so many amethysts that can just meet our needs. If we give half of them to you, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the progress of our project. What's more, there are only half of amethysts. , I am afraid it is not enough to send the spacecraft into the sky, right? I think you should stop wasting with me here, organize an exploration team, and discover the amethyst veins as soon as possible is the right way!"

Guo Qihua glared at him and said, "It's easy to say. Amethyst is different from oil, and even more different from coal. We don't know anything about its origin and storage environment. On this vast land of nearly 1000 million square kilometers, Where did you ask our exploration team to explore?"

Li Xiang frowned, and said tut-tsk: "Hearing what you said, it seems to be very troublesome. Then I have nothing to do, I can only wish you good luck!"

Li Xiang shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said extremely irresponsible.

"Li Xiang, you..." Li Xiang's attitude made both Guo Qihua and He Yiqing angry, and Guo Qihua couldn't help but stare again, calling out his authority.

Fortunately, he regained his sanity in time, realized that he seemed to be out of control, and tried to calm down his tone. Guo Qihua said quietly: "Comrade Li Xiang, how about it, as long as you are willing to give us these amethysts, I can promise you any conditions! Even if I can't do it, I will do my best to fight for you!"

Li Xiang laughed and said, "This... I'm really sorry, I racked my brains, but I didn't think of what we urgently need now? Talents, we can say that we have a lot of talents here.

Funding, our funds here are more abundant than your Academy of Sciences, do we have equipment, what the Academy of Sciences has, and what the Academy of Sciences doesn’t have, we seem to have it too... Sorry, please help me imagine, where do I need your help? "

Li Xiang's words almost made Guo Qihua mad, no, to be precise, he should be jealous.

The three indispensable things for scientific research that Li Xiang mentioned are talents, funds and equipment, which Guo Qihua struggles with every day.

But here, these have become insignificant, pediatric problems, how can we not make Guo Qihua go crazy with jealousy?
Guo Qihua snorted fiercely and said: "In this way, it seems that we have no room for further discussion?"

Li Xiang said lightly: "No, maybe we can still talk when we urgently need your help, but I'm afraid you have to wait."

Guo Qihua said angrily: "Okay, Director Li, don't talk too much, let's wait and see!"

Seeing that Guo Qihua really turned around and left, He Yiqing took a few steps to catch up with him, and said, "Dean, let's just leave like this? We finally know about these amethysts, so we can't give up easily!"

Guo Qihua said coldly: "Then there is no way, you have also seen that people will not buy our account at all!"

"Hey! It's a pity that Li Xiaogang is dead. Otherwise, we'll know everything by asking him." He Yiqing said helplessly.

Guo Qihua snorted and said, "The upper beam is not straight, but the lower beam is crooked! You can see that Li Xiang is just a small citizen, and I don't think Li Xiaogang is much better."

(End of this chapter)