Chapter 598 594. New People and New Things
End of the meeting.

Everyone took action.

Luo Yihang took Luo Qingcai back to the office.

Gave him a test.

"I contacted the nursery and ordered 20,000 mature mulberry seedlings. Mulberries are sun-loving trees. They bloom in mid-March and bear fruit in June. Here, the season is delayed by a month. Now, how are you going to arrange the planting? And you have to have a harvest this year."

It only gave the time point and target, as well as the species and basic habits, nothing else.

Luo Qingcai scratched his head.

Hesitated for a long time.

He replied in a low voice: "First study the mulberry tree planting method you mentioned, then ask Uncle Li to come over and open up the mountain, and then ask someone to dig holes and plant trees?"

Luo Yihang smiled and nodded, throwing him a business card.

"Professor Fang from the Sericulture and Silk Research Institute of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University has been studying mulberry trees and fruit mulberry trees since the 1970s. You can contact him for advice. Then contact Li Zheng to come up with an exploration, design and construction plan. Also, what you just said was too brief. I want a detailed and feasible plan tomorrow."

Luo Qingcai took the business card and went out as if he was full of energy.

That's how proud I am of answering the question correctly.

What's wrong with being brief? It's just that it's not sufficient, but the direction is right.

Wait until Luo Qingcai leaves.

Luo Yihang picked up his phone.

I called the Forestry Bureau and learned that if you want to cut down trees, you need to apply for a forest rights certificate.

Then there is the land management department, which needs to change the land use.

We also contacted water administration, exploration, geology and other departments.

You can't transport water from the foot of the mountain to the top, because you have to dig wells on the mountain. There are also landslides and other things, so it's reassuring to come and take a look.

The last call was made to Li Zheng.

"Brother Li, are you bored when you are idle?"

Li Zheng likes receiving calls from Luo Yihang the most.

They were all big jobs, the pay was generous, and the food was good. He and his people loved working for Luo Yihang the most.

As soon as they heard about Mr. Luo's job, they all rushed to do it.

Last year, Li Zheng hardly had a break, working for Luo Yihang from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

It’s just after the Chinese New Year and here it comes again.

It was for Li Zhengmei. Her tone was filled with joy. "Boss Hang, my Boss Hang, no wonder I heard the magpie calling this morning. It turns out that Boss Hang has a use for me again."

Then the chest thumped loudly over the phone, "I'm almost sick from being idle. I feel uncomfortable all over if I don't work for Boss Hang for a day."

This little flatterer is just flattering.

Luo Yihang sounds beautiful.

He smiled and said, "I've passed, I've passed. Brother Li, are you willing to take the job of opening up the mountain?"

When it comes to business, Li Zheng immediately becomes serious, "Boss Hang, tell me, how do we open it?"

"I plan to plant fruit trees on the barren hills to the south and west of here. I will open the hills, build roads, cut down trees and dig pits. Twenty thousand trees. Can you do it?"

"Wow, 20,000 plants?" Li Zheng was also shocked when he heard the number, and then he said immediately, "I can do it. I've done this job many times before. Don't worry, Boss Hang."

Afraid that Luo Yihang might not believe him, he cited many examples, such as the orchard on the hillside of a village, the barren hillside farmland conversion in a village, and the mountain tea garden in a village, all of which were done by him and his people.

Although each one is not as big as the one Luo Yihang took, but when added together it’s still a lot.

"But Boss Hang, the construction period and qualifications..."

"Don't worry about the qualifications. I'll take care of it. I want to plant all the plants by mid-March, and you have to finish them by the end of February."

Li Zheng just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard the time, he panicked.

He said in a panic, "Boss Hang, time is too tight. Twenty thousand fruit trees, at least three or four hundred acres of them, your mountain, we have to cut down thousands of trees, it will definitely take more than a month to finish it."

After he finished speaking, he paused and added, "It won't work if we add more people. We can't do anything on the mountain."

After listening to this, Luo Yihang was calm and said in a relaxed tone, "It's okay. I have a way."

"What do you have..." Li Zheng said halfway when he suddenly remembered that this was the same as last year. It was a very big job and the time was tight, so they ended up getting a big tractor that didn't need any workers.

"Do you have any high-tech?" Li Zheng asked nervously.

"You'll know when the time comes." Luo Yihang kept it a secret.

Then I told him about the expansion of the earthworm farm and the pig farm. These were all ground work and no big deal.

By the way, I told Li Zheng to wait for Luo Qingcai to call and talk more, ask more questions, and try to guide him. Li Zheng understood immediately and agreed.
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After making a few phone calls, Luo Yihang went to the laboratory again.

Although I don’t understand, I still care about the progress.

Last year's pea boom was the biggest contributor to Qingyin Agriculture's real fame and fortune, and its reputation and status rose sharply.

Although Tangdundun has a small reputation, it brings great benefits.

Luo Yihang is thinking about replicating it again this year.

Doing scientific research to breed new species and making a splash all over the world, making a lot of money, it's addictive.

And there is a lot of hope.

Wenying spent so much money on Luo Yihang, but it was not in vain.

There are quite a few research projects underway now, including potatoes, water chestnuts, amaranth that have all frozen to death after a winter, and a few strange little gadgets.

Then, Luo Yihang saw the huge and ugly potato.

The largest one is almost as big as a rugby ball, and even the smaller one is bigger than a tennis ball. It’s heavy and weighs on the hand, and there are cracks all over the surface, which is extremely ugly.

When Qin Qiuyan was introducing the potatoes she had grown, she became angry when she looked at them.

He said a few words quickly and then found an excuse to run away.

Only Shi Juan was left.

Oh, it just happens to be gossiping behind people's backs.

According to Shi Juan, this girl cried while holding potatoes several times.

"why?"

“It’s not delicious.”

“Why doesn’t it taste good?”

“The starch content is too high, even higher than cassava.”

"Why is this happening?"

This question stumped Shi Juan.

"How can I explain it to you?" Her problem was how to make Luo Yihang understand.

After organizing his words for a long time, he said, "Carbon dioxide and water can be converted into glucose through photosynthesis, and glucose can be converted into starch through a series of biochemical reactions. You know this, right?"

Luo Yihang nodded. He had heard this before. The sugar-coated sweet potatoes were sweet because the process of converting glucose into starch had mutated, which reduced the efficiency and prevented starch from being synthesized.

"This potato is similar, but the opposite. The gene expressing the long side chain of the starch branching enzyme mutated, and Sister Wenying strengthened the mutated branch. As soon as glucose appeared, it turned into starch. The intermediate process was so fast that other plant tissues were forced to reduce the transport of other substances and focus on starch. There are very few flavor substances."

"So, it's just a lump of starch." Luo Yihang concluded as he tossed the big potato in his hand.

Shi Juan immediately gave a thumbs up, "Boss, you are absolutely right."

"Pure starch is not tasty." But on second thought, Luo Yihang was puzzled, "This is a good thing, why is she crying? Didn't you tell her what this thing can be used for?"

Shi Juan smiled evilly and spread her hands, "Food industry, we all want to see when she will remember to listen to the lectures."

Luo Yihang was still puzzled, "What if she even searches for it?"

Shi Juan drew a circle on her head. "You are too stubborn. You have to find a way out... It's not a big deal anyway. Come on, I'll take you to see the big rats. The big rats won't eat these potatoes. Xiao Qin specially took them to feed them. After feeding them, they cried loudly. It was so pitiful..."

"You guys are bad..."
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In the evening, Luo Yihang talked about this matter with Ding Rui on the phone.

My wife is the best. She taught me how to read and write.

It is said that people who do research often get stuck on a very small, even stupid-looking thing.

One card lasts for a long time.

By the time he realized what was happening, he began to doubt himself and would curse himself for being stupid.

But this is a good thing. Once you get out of it, you can often make some progress. Just treat it as a small bottleneck.

If it's not serious, don't worry about it.

Luo Yihang finally understood, and boasted happily: "Why haven't I encountered this before? How come I can figure out everything?"

Ding Rui poured cold water on him, "Because you are stupid, stupid children have no worries."

Hey, this daughter-in-law is not good.

It's ok.

There's someone even more stupid coming tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)