Scholars in the courtyard

"I brought you a gift."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, the old man smiled and said, "Okay, this is a gift I brought here for dinner, so I have to accept it."

"Chief, I didn't buy it, I beat it for you to use."

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao handed over the wolf skin on his left hand.

The old man's face was serious, looking at his slightly weathered face, he took it solemnly.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Yang Xiaotao pursed his lips, biting the meat inside with his teeth, and his eyes suddenly felt a little unsatisfied, wanting to

There are thousands of words to say, but at this moment, I take a deep breath and shake my head hard, "It's not hard, it's not hard."

The old man could see that Yang Xiaotao was suppressing his inner excitement and holding his hand gently.

"Don't be nervous. Just walk around as usual here today."

"You guys, if you haven't come in yet, come in and talk."

A female voice came from the room, and then a short woman came out, wearing an apron. She was obviously busy just now.

The old man smiled and said, "Hurry in, the mistress has spoken, hurry in."

Yang Xiaotao nodded and looked at the woman with a respectful expression.

The woman was also looking at Yang Xiaotao with a kind smile on her face.

"You just got off the train, you must be tired."

"Hello."

"Not tired!"

Yang Xiaotao didn't know what to call it, or in other words, it felt inappropriate to call it anything.

"What I'm saying is, go wash your face and eat something later. You can't even eat on the train."

The woman was nagging like a mother, but it made people feel like a spring breeze, and inadvertently, her heart felt warm.

"Oh, good!"

Yang Xiaotao didn't know how he walked. Anyway, it was a little different from normal walking.

On the other side, the old man met Gao Yufeng and shook hands with Section Chief Yu. After a cordial conversation, they walked into the room.

Yang Xiaotao washed his hands and then stood aside.

"Quick, sit down, sit down."

After speaking, Yang Xiaotao and Gao Yufeng sat next to the old man, while Dean Zheng and Section Chief Yu sat on both sides.

Although they were eating, the only ones really eating were the two of them.

On the table was a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of shredded potatoes, and a bowl of millet porridge.

In addition, each person has a large bowl with hand-rolled noodles in it.

"You two came all the way from the northwest by train. I have something to ask you here."

Ahem

"Eat first and then talk about business."

The woman reminded from the side, and the old man laughed, "Yes, let's eat first. Come and try my home cooking."

"The dishes are a little short, but it's a little plain. We'll make do with it."

He asked Yang Xiaotao and Gao Yufeng to use the chopsticks.

"No, no, it's very good."

Gao Yufeng spoke quickly, and the old man nodded, "The people's economy must be built, but the culture of hardship and simplicity cannot be lost."

Yang Xiaotao held the bowl and nodded vigorously.

The old man lives such a hard and simple life, and when he thinks about his own life, he feels inexplicably ashamed.

From now on, we must be more difficult and simple.

Holding the chopsticks, he carefully picked up a peanut.

Gao Yufeng saw Yang Xiaotao flapping his chopsticks and started eating too.

Yang Xiaotao lightly crushed the peanuts, then ate the noodles with big mouthfuls.

It was eaten quickly, but there was no sound.

There is oil and water floating on the noodles, which makes your stomach feel warm when you eat them.

"Why are you just eating noodles and vegetables?"

The old man said, picked up the chopsticks and put some shredded potatoes in Yang Xiaotao's bowl, and gave Gao Yufeng another piece.

Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and ate.

Everyone else looked at the two people, who were eating with their heads down carefully.

The woman on the side smiled and shook her head.

Yang Xiaotao finished the noodles quickly, arranged the bowl and chopsticks neatly, and sat upright.

"Did you finish eating so soon?"

The old man watched Yang Xiaotao finish eating quickly and felt a little emotional.

"When I was young, so did I. I had to do various things, sometimes fights, and eat quickly, otherwise I wouldn't have enough energy."

"But now, my stomach is not working anymore. I have to eat soft food."

As the old man rambled, Yang Xiaotao could feel the closeness around him.

As the old man said, Yang Xiaotao clenched his palms tightly, then mobilized all his strength, raised his hand and slowly grasped the old man's hand aside.

The old man looked over and said indifferently, "So, people have to accept old age."

"You are still young"

Yang Xiaotao listened carefully, and his heart was already in contact with Xiaowei on his chest, mobilizing the maximum energy of his body.

The old man felt that Yang Xiaotao's hand was a little warm, and smiled again, "Eat another bowl."

"No, no need."

"This is not what you want. Have another bowl."

"No, really"

At this time, the woman had already picked up the bowl, filled another bowl and placed it in front of Yang Xiaotao.

"Eat quickly, don't be restrained, he and I are just two old men."

Yang Xiaotao let go, nodded and picked up the bowl again. This time, Yang Xiaotao ate very slowly.

five minutes later.

Yang Xiaotao put down his bowl, looked at the others waiting for him, and sat upright in embarrassment.

"I am full."

Yang Xiaotao said awkwardly, and the old man laughed heartily.

"Now that we're full, let's get down to business."

The old man's expression changed, he got up and walked to the study.

Dean Zheng and others got up to follow.

When he came to the study room, a row of bookshelves first came into view. Yang Xiaotao stood in front of the shelves and looked at them. There were many more books here than at home.

After just one glance, Yang Xiaotao came back to his senses and sat down behind Director Zheng.

Waiting for everyone to wait until last night, Secretary Tang walked in and gave several people a bowl of tea, and then went out.

The old man nodded to Dean Zheng, and then Dean Zheng began to briefly describe the situation.

Yang Xiaotao finally understood why he was so anxious to find them.

At the same time, I knew in my heart that the other party was starting to experiment.

After all, they got enough copies of their parents from Yangjiazhuang.

However, these seeds have been manipulated by Xiaowei, and the corn grown in the greenhouse now has no problem.

But if you plant it in the wild, I hope you won't encounter strong winds.

The energy Xiaowei modified at the time directly removed the lodging resistance gene, causing genetic defects.

However, he couldn't tell about this matter, especially the security issues that Section Chief Yu was responsible for, and he always felt that there was nothing unusual.

He can't say that the other party completed the task by grafting others on.

Not saying that he can't explain it, but letting the other party succeed even after knowing it, his motives are impure.

In short, this cannot be said.

Yang Xiaotao still has some sense.

"This matter is very urgent. The comrades at the front are negotiating on this matter."

There was a trace of sadness on the old man's face. The exchange team he sent was negotiating with the other party. Although the agreement had been signed, as one of the few superpowers on Blue Star, if the other party really wanted to default on the bill, the agreement would be just a piece of toilet paper.

"If the other party has already mastered this technology, then it will be the worst result. Our comrades will be very passive, and it will be difficult to realize the supplies promised to us in the agreement."

"If the other party is experimenting and wants to analyze this technology, what will be the result? You need to give the answer."

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at a few people.

Gao Yufeng didn't say anything after hearing this. He had experience in conducting field planting research, but when it came to theoretical support, forget it.

Soon, everyone's attention focused on Yang Xiaotao.

At this time, Yang Xiaotao had already thought of his words in his mind.

Obviously, Maozi can produce corn seeds. As expected, he will use greenhouse technology to complete the breeding and then plant them on a large scale next year.

In this way, not only can we get rid of the shackles on our heads, but we can also save a lot of material and money and enhance our national strength.

The other party will be impatient.

Therefore, Yang Xiaotao cannot say that the other party cannot complete the breeding, but he can give a definite judgment on the shortcomings of the breeding.

And this requires an answer from genetic recombination.

Everyone looked over and Yang Xiaotao showed a confident smile.

Seeing this, the old man felt relieved. Those who still have this calmness at this time are either experienced in deception, or have real abilities and full of confidence.

He believed it was the latter.

"Chief, Dean, actually we don't need to worry."

"What the other party did was purely a way to die."

The old man said oh, his eyes widened with interest.

Then he sat forward.

"Tell me something."

"Okay!" Yang Xiaotao nodded, then looked around, "I need a pen and a piece of paper."

The old man stood up and picked up a pen and a blank piece of paper from the desk.

After taking it, Yang Xiaotao said immediately, "The reason why hybrid corn is hybridized is to blend the advantageous traits together into one corn kernel, and then sprout and grow to become the corn we need."

"In the experiment, Yangcun No. 1 integrated the shape of tall poles, long rods, large grains and resistance to lodging."

“I wrote in my paper that corn with tall stalks and short stalks is dominant, numbered D, long stalks dominant with short stalks, numbered E, large grains dominant vs. small grains, numbered F, and it is not resistant to lodging. Resistance to lodging is dominant and is numbered H.”

Yang Xiaotao wrote the English letters representing the traits on it, and then explained to several people, "When corn reproduces, it follows the principle of meiosis, that is, during the division process, alleles separate with the separation of homologous chromosomes, and non-homologous chromosomes separate. Non-alleles on chromosomes combine freely.”

"It may sound very abstract, so I'll give you a simple illustration."

Yang Xiaotao then wrote down several possible matching words.

Looking at the 16 combinations written by Yang Xiaotao on the straw paper, everyone thought carefully.

Everyone can still understand simple math problems.

"That is to say."

There are sixteen types of gametes coming out of this corn, and there are sixteen types of sperm and eggs. With this combination, there are 256 possibilities.

A few people nodded, it was mathematically calculated.

The old man pondered for a moment, "You mean, it would be difficult for them to push out the original plant through our corn kernels?"

"Chief, it's not difficult, it's impossible."

"You see, what we need is homozygous for the original strain, which is the same."

"But in these permutations, half are heterozygotes, and they express the same traits as homozygotes."

"These shapes, but corn kernels, are not the letters we see that can be easily dismissed."

"If they want to find out in this way, it will be impossible without several years or even ten years."

"So the seeds they produce now are all problematic seeds, and no homozygotes can be found at all."

Yang Xiaotao said confidently. The old man looked at the paper for a while, then looked at Dean Zheng, who nodded silently.

"affim?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "I'm sure."

"Chief, don't look at the other party's enthusiasm. Some of these seeds will indeed grow like ours."

"But they're missing one of the most important things."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Yang Xiaotao smiled, "Resistance to lodging. This is a recessive gene."

After Dean Zheng and Gao Yufeng heard this, they were suddenly stunned for three seconds and then laughed.

The old man saw it and knew that they understood Yang Xiaotao's intention, so he quickly asked.

Yang Xiaotao signaled Gao Yufeng to speak, and the other party nodded and said, "Chief, this resistance to lodging is a recessive gene, which means it is difficult to see from the appearance of the corn, but it can be highlighted as long as it encounters strong winds."

"At the beginning, the corn fields in Yangjiazhuang were hit by strong winds, and many corns were blown down, but the hybrid corns have resistance genes and there was no major loss."

The old man understood, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and then he thought of something and became even more excited.

"Chief, what will happen if there is strong windy weather during the pollination period?"

“Widespread production cuts.”

The old man gave the answer directly.

"Yes, it may even be a failure."

"By then, if there is no harvest, we will have to rely on external blood transfusions and imported food."

“If it’s not handled properly, there will be famine.”

The old man became more solemn as he spoke, and the three people below nodded.

Yang Xiaotao didn't think there was anything wrong. If the other party completed the task in an orderly manner, the two parties might benefit from each other.

But if you want to use tricks, haha.

He doesn't mind giving the other party an unforgettable lesson.

As for the possible misfortune of the other party, is it none of his business?