Siheyuan: Me! He Yuzhu defies fate and changes destiny

She decided to make sure Yi Zhonghai would never find someone to take care of him.

What He Yuzhu didn't know was that Qin Huairu, who had originally obstructed his love, had now begun to interfere with Yi Zhonghai's later life. Since then, a struggle that lasted for more than ten years has begun in this courtyard.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with He Yuzhu. After three days of rest at home, he returned to the unit and saw Gu Zhiqiu, who looked exhausted, and said to him:

"Zhu Zi, even though the higher-ups don't support us, we still applied for 716 acres of wasteland through the research institute and the th Bureau."

The drilling technology, pumping technology, power generation technology, and drip irrigation technology you mentioned earlier, as well as your high-quality seeds, can now be tested. By the way, how is your artificial rainfall technology progressing? "He Yuzhu shook his head:

"No way. I've tried, but the humidity in the air is too low. Even if we fire the condensation cannon, we can't create the conditions for rainfall. I'm not sure if it will work this year, not to mention that we only have a limited number of condensation cannons."

Gu Zhiqiu said: "In that case, what are you going to do with the wasteland I mentioned? Can you manage it?" He Yuzhu nodded:

"Of course, we can solve this problem by hiring some temporary workers. However, among the 130,000 mu of land, our best seed right now is corn, which can yield about 800 kilograms per mu on average! Potato research is slightly more advanced, and can yield about 1,000 kilograms, but this is under the condition of intensive cultivation. When it is planted on a large scale, the yield will be slightly lower."

You have to know that agriculture was not very developed in this era. If He Yuzhu had not mastered the eighth-level planting technology, the effect might not be obvious. However, He Yuzhu believed that in another four or five years, he would be confident that he could achieve the high yield level of crops in the future. But at present, after only two years and four or five cycles of seed screening in the greenhouse, such results are already very good.

According to statistics at the time, the corn yield per acre was roughly 300 kilograms. Until the 1970s, no crop in the world had a yield of 1,000 kilograms.

In comparison, the yield of wheat and rice is even lower, with an average of only 200 kilograms per mu being hard to come by. Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Gu Zhiqiu was greatly surprised: "Are you serious? Can corn really reach 800 kilograms per mu?" He Yuzhu nodded again to confirm:

"Of course it's true. I have no reason to lie. These figures are conclusions supported by experimental data. But I got involved in this research relatively late. If I had started two years earlier, the yield might have been higher. But now it is the highest level at this stage. Even so, the yield will be more than 700 kilograms."

After listening to He Yuzhu's analysis, Gu Zhiqiu sighed:

"Even 700 kilograms is not bad. If we give you these 130,000 mu of land in the future, we can harvest at least more than 9 million kilograms of corn. This will be of great help!"

He Yuzhu said:

"This amount of harvest is just a drop in the bucket when compared to the whole country or the capital."

Gu Zhiqiu added:

"We are primarily responsible for supplying the needs of our own units, and additional support issues will be considered separately."

He Yuzhu knew that these more than 9 million kilograms of grain seemed like a huge amount.

However, according to the standard that each person consumes one pound of food per day,

It can barely sustain the lives of more than three million residents in the capital for only about three days.

In other words, it can only meet basic food rations, which is far from enough to ensure food and clothing. Therefore, it is impossible to distribute large amounts of food to support various places.

So they just planned to be self-sufficient.

He Yuzhu thought about it and realized that this was the case, and then continued:

"Okay, then we'll set off for that piece of land tomorrow. I'll provide a design later on how to improve it. And how about our mechanical equipment? If we have a tractor, I don't have to worry about buying it."

After hearing his question, Gu Zhiqiu responded:

“Although there are not many of these tractors, we can still get a few here.”

He Yuzhu said: "In that case, let's do it this way. Wait a moment!"

Then, He Yuzhu wrote down a long list of medicinal herbs and their quantities, which were very impressive. He handed the list to Gu Zhiqiu and said to him, "Old Gu, please prepare all these things!"

Gu Zhiqiu took the long list of herbs, looked at the huge number, and asked, "Why do you need so many herbs? Aren't they enough for making medicine?"

In fact, these are all common medicinal herbs, and there are huge quantities of them, so it is not difficult to get them together.

He Yuzhu replied: "The liquid made from the ingredients in these herbs can be used to treat grain seeds to prevent insects and diseases. In this way, the harvest will increase significantly."

After hearing He Yuzhu's explanation, Gu Zhiqiu was very surprised: "You even know this?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "You must be joking. I have already made drugs to control people. How can it be difficult to make some of this?"

Gu Zhiqiu waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, it's not difficult. Haha, OK! I'll go and prepare it right away!" He then asked, "Can this technology be shared with others? After all..."

He Yuzhu responded with emotion: "Maybe it can be made public in two years. Under the current situation, a lot of medicinal materials will still be wasted. In addition, natural disasters have occurred frequently in the past two years. Even if others use the treated seeds, there is no guarantee of significant yield. Not only may the medicine be wasted, but the harvest may be very low, or almost ineffective. It is better to wait until the situation improves in the future, and then make this method public to ensure sufficient local harvest."

Gu Zhiqiu said: "Oh, I really hope it will be as you said. If the effect is obvious this year, the country will probably adopt this method by next year!"

He Yuzhu said, "I hope so, but..." He stopped talking halfway and said no more. Gu Zhiqiu then asked, "But what's the problem?"

He thought for a while before continuing: "I'm just not sure if it will be realized in time. The production of these medicines requires a huge supply of raw materials to benefit farmers across the country. In addition, the promotion of drip irrigation systems still requires a lot of professional technical support as you said, and I'm not an all-rounder yet. Other places are even more difficult to imagine..."

After hearing this, Gu Zhiqiu fell silent. Unless the country starts to attach great importance to this matter now, and sends people here to learn and implement it comprehensively. But this is obviously impossible. Because the country's top priority now is to develop industry, especially heavy industry construction. In order to avoid waste of resources and fully promote the level of industrialization, there is a planned allocation of resources and product distribution policy. Only in this way can we catch up with the pace of advanced countries.

However, He Yuzhu knew very well that such development would lead to not only the backwardness of industry but also the decline of all fields. However, his current ability was limited, and he could only do his best. Once his digital control lathe was successfully developed, the country would definitely attach great importance to it. But at present, the country has not fully realized its importance. So Gu Zhiqiu said: "Okay, I will prepare this batch of medicinal materials and tractors. Is there anything else I can help with?" He Yuzhu replied:

"I'll draw the design of the parts later, and you can find a factory to make them!" Gu Zhiqiu asked:

"What parts are they?" He Yuzhu replied:

"It's a machine that combines tilling the soil and sowing. In the future, we won't need so many people. You'll understand when the time comes!" Gu Zhiqiu nodded to show his understanding:

"You mean mechanized planting? I heard that this is how it's done overseas, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

He Yuzhu nodded affirmatively:

"Indeed, you will see then."

So, Gu Zhiqiu was responsible for getting the tractor and Chinese herbal medicine, while He Yuzhu started to draw the parts drawings. When Gu Zhiqiu arrived, He Yuzhu handed him the parts drawings he had drawn.

Then He Yuzhu continued to work on his own affairs. With Gu Zhiqiu's help, he felt much more relaxed. Ten days later, all the preparations were completed. Gu Zhiqiu, He Yuzhu, his two apprentices, Instructor Lei and other people from the 716th Bureau all stood in an open space. He Yuzhu filled the machine with seeds, started the tractor and began to plow the soil.

As the land is turned over, with a series of simple movements, seeds fall smoothly into the soil. In the past, one person dug a hole in front, another person spread the seeds and covered the soil, and then others watered and fertilized. This was extremely time-consuming and laborious, but now a tractor can turn over an acre of land in less than an hour. He Yuzhu said:

"The next step is irrigation. Lay the drip irrigation pipes in this way and cover them with soil. Otherwise, in this kind of weather, the water will evaporate before it penetrates."

After that, He Yuzhu directed everyone to set up drip irrigation facilities, dig wells, and install water pumps and generators. As the operation progressed, everyone saw that the land quickly became wet. After teaching all the key points of the operation, He Yuzhu turned to Gu Zhiqiu and said:

"Old Gu, this is the procedure. Hurry up and it will be done in a few days. After that, you just need to arrange for someone to take care of it!"

Gu Zhiqiu heard this and nodded:

"Okay, I'll take care of the work here!"

After completing the task, He Yuzhu drove away. Looking at the speed of these tractors plowing the land, Gu Zhiqiu estimated that the 130,000 acres of land could be completed in about ten days. In addition, many drillers also mastered the drilling skills taught by He Yuzhu and regularly carried out water source mining.

After witnessing all this, Instructor Lei couldn't help but ask:

"Is it safe for us to do this? There is no disaster in the country yet. What do you think of He Yuzhu..."

Gu Zhiqiu responded:

"It would be better if there were no disasters. Once a disaster occurs, we will really have to face disaster. With these food reserves and technical support, we can deal with it calmly. The initial investment is indeed large, but He Yuzhu said that these equipment can be used for many years and we will be able to produce more food in the future. Don't worry, I will take responsibility for any problems."

After hearing what Gu Zhiqiu said, Instructor Lei shook his head helplessly and said:

"I didn't mean that. It's not that I'm afraid of taking responsibility. I just find it a little unbelievable."

Other countries may have no idea about their grain harvest situation, but he insisted that there was a harvest. Maybe they were just lucky last year!