"The most important thing, the foundation of the country!"

Wu Tong paused for a moment when suddenly being asked about a livelihood issue so unfamiliar to her. However, her knowledge spanned a wide range of subjects, particularly agriculture, which happened to be Wu Jingzhong's primary area of expertise. She had been exposed to this field since childhood, so while she wasn't completely unable to answer, she did have some understanding of the current agricultural landscape.

As the saying goes, "If you skip a meal, you will feel hungry." Agricultural products are a basic need. Rice, flour, vegetables, fruits, etc. are essential for people's three meals a day and cannot be saved no matter how much you try.

Domestic agriculture has remained largely unchanged for 5,000 years, still relying on the weather. At most, manual labor, such as oxen pulling plows, has been replaced by mechanical planting and harvesting, easing farmers' workload. However, with the added costs of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and machinery rentals, farmers still don't have much room for profit.

Nowadays, buying and selling is convenient. It is no longer like before when we had no food to eat if we didn’t farm.

Rather than farming for a meager income, people prefer to work in cities to improve their family finances. This has resulted in large areas of arable land being abandoned in the country, reduced grain production, and greater dependence on imports. This is not feasible either from the perspective of international issues or long-term social development.

Therefore, it is of utmost importance to ensure that the people can earn income from farming, that farming is profitable, and to promote scientific and large-scale farming.

"Help farmers, enrich farmers, and effectively increase farmers' income!" Let the farmers' "purses" swell, seek benefits for the people, plant scientifically, plant special crops...

Wu Tong simply expressed some of her views. Although these expressions were still immature, they were broad enough in their long-term perspective.

Chu Hengyuan nodded seriously. Yes, this is not a long-term solution. Agricultural development has always been a priority for the top leaders, so many favorable policies have been introduced, such as rural revitalization, as well as various national and local subsidies.

However, in the end, he thought, as Wu Tong said, the most practical thing is to let farmers see their income. The world is bustling with people, all for profit. People who are willing to farm will naturally work harder. Why worry about the development of agriculture?

Foreign farm operation models, domestic agricultural development, how to promote them so that farmers are willing to farm and establish a new agricultural system, these are fundamental issues that need to be considered!

"Excuse me, Mr. Wu. We will discuss in detail how organic fertilizers can better contribute to agricultural development!" Chu Hengyuan thanked him before hanging up the phone. He then used the landline on his desk to call the Agricultural Development Department.

After Wu Tong hung up the phone, she couldn't help but think deeply about this issue. She listed the factors that would help agricultural development on a piece of draft paper.

Suitable industry selection, training of farmers to master practical technical skills, technical support, organizational promotion, and production and marketing connection.

You need good seeds and good technology, and the crops you grow must be sellable and sell at a good price.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces." The sale of agricultural products has always been the main source of income for the majority of farmers. Currently, the sales channels for agricultural products in rural areas are still relatively simple, the purchase prices are low, and farmers' incomes are not high.

With the rise of online live streaming in later generations, in order to effectively increase farmers' income, many regions seized market opportunities and used the advantages of "Internet +" to start building live streaming rooms and e-commerce platforms to help farmers.

Invite popular internet hosts with high traffic to conduct live broadcasts to help farmers. In many places, the first secretaries of the villages or college student village officials also start live broadcasts to introduce their local specialty agricultural products to netizens from all over the country, building a bridge for consumption to help farmers.

The ultimate goal of scientific and technological development is to seek benefits for the people, expand sales channels scientifically, increase sales channels with technology, achieve increased agricultural production and farmers' income, help farmers become rich, and drive rural revitalization in all directions.

Wu Tong heavily circled and wrote on the production and marketing connection and scientific and technological support. Good seeds, planting technology, and the country's support for agriculture have never stopped. These have already laid a good foundation.

In order to sell products, there must be good transportation. Although transportation is very convenient now, the policy of connecting every village with roads has been implemented in practice.

It’s just that the problem of promotion time and construction difficulty need to be overcome, and many remote areas are still not covered.

Moreover, the cost of building a highway is quite high now. How long will it take to achieve a small goal for each kilometer? It really is a matter of piling up money.

In addition to the high construction costs, the most critical thing is that highways have considerable maintenance costs every year, and some difficult areas lead to poor project quality, and they have to be renovated every few years. China is a vast country with various geological features, and is threatened by erosion from natural disasters such as storms, earthquakes, and landslides... These are the expensive costs of highways.

However, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If the roads are blocked, how can you sell your products? How can you achieve fast, long-distance interaction? How can you ensure smooth production and sales?

How can we reduce this cost while also ensuring it can adapt to diverse harsh environments and withstand natural disasters? Especially for those with severe landslides, including those in mountain tunnels, can we use better materials, combined with current earthquake-resistant steel, to build safe tunnels and ensure the safety of passing vehicles?

Ultimately, this is still a material problem. Material problems can be further transformed into mathematical models to construct. Since it is a problem, there are solutions to overcome it. They need a transcendent and good material to complete this concept.

Wu Tong still has two or three major projects that have not been completed. The new energy battery sector that she suddenly came up with only has basic knowledge accumulation and has not even started yet.

Wu Tong didn't think adding another project was too much. However, compared to her previous solo efforts, she now had a team and could ask for their assistance with some basic preparations.

Thinking of this, Wu Tong got up and went to the team office.

"Mr. Wu!" As soon as Wu Tong arrived at the office door, he was seen by a researcher inside who accidentally looked up and glanced at the door. He couldn't help but call out immediately. The others followed suit and reacted at the same time, greeting Wu Tong with a smile.

"How are you feeling recently? Are you adapting to life in Beijing?" Since he had come to the office, Wu Tong couldn't help but ask more questions.

"It's great, I feel fulfilled. The living conditions on the Peking University campus are very convenient, especially the canteens at the University of Economics and Management. We have tried several of them, but we haven't tried them all yet!" Tao Ran scratched his head. When they first arrived, they devoted themselves to the experiments and conquered the reinforcement coating. They couldn't help but relax and unwind a little.

Of course, this is based on not delaying normal research work. It's just that I didn't immediately start researching the next topic.