Chapter 125 Changes in the Motherland ~ The once barren Northwest...
The once barren desert of Northwest China has long been transformed into a new oasis thanks to the efforts of new plants, and now a new miracle has been born on this oasis.
"Really?!" The old director of the Northwest Branch of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences exclaimed with surprise, his deeply lined face beaming with joy, and his aged eyes shining brightly.
Standing before him was a dark-skinned but very energetic woman with an irrepressible smile on her face and a plant in her hands.
The old dean's hands trembled as he carefully touched the plant in the woman's hand: "Xiao Qing, this...this is Pinellia ternata?!"
Xiaoqing nodded emphatically, her eyes filled with barely suppressed excitement. She raised her hand high, bringing the half-summer closer to the old dean, hoping he could see it more clearly.
The old dean sniffed softly, turned his head slightly, took off his reading glasses and wiped them clean, before putting them back on with trembling hands and carefully taking the Pinellia ternata: "After the energy enhancement technology, the two-centimeter Pinellia ternata has actually expanded to more than twenty centimeters! Ten times! This is a medicine whose volume has increased tenfold!"
Xiaoqing looked at the old dean, tears welling up in her eyes. She gently wiped away her tears and continued, "We have already collected some of the medicinal materials and sent them to the laboratory. We just need to determine whether the increased size will affect the medicinal properties."
The old dean nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, we need to do more experiments and check carefully. If there are no problems, we need to report it, understand?"
Xiao Qing nodded emphatically: "Don't worry, Dean."
The old dean held the Pinellia ternata in his hands with great affection, and after a long while reluctantly handed it to Xiaoqing: "If the energy enhancement technology is confirmed to be usable, it will be extremely important to us."
Xiao Qing nodded silently, a hint of sadness in her eyes.
Dongguo is truly a country that has suffered many hardships. Unlike other countries that have embarked on a new society, Dongguo was broken by foreign enemies, yet it stood up again with its backbone intact.
At that time, our ancestors were heartbroken by the decline of the nation and confused about the unknown future. They did everything in their power and exhausted their knowledge in order to find a way forward for this land.
But this path is too difficult. To get to this point, Dongguo has sacrificed too many geniuses, too much knowledge, and abandoned too much of its past. In order to protect this land, it has to abandon everything from the past and rebuild its bones and blood from a pile of broken bones.
Traditional Chinese medicine was once abandoned. Even after the establishment of the Eastern Kingdom, when the country valued and cultivated traditional Chinese medicine, there were still foreign enemies who tried to seize the name of traditional Chinese medicine, steal its prescriptions, and demonize it within the country.
There was a time when people viewed traditional Chinese medicine as something to be avoided at all costs, like the fear of a ferocious tiger; practitioners were once called fraudsters and witch doctors.
When Country X invaded the Eastern Country, it stole many medicinal formulas. Now, traditional Chinese medicine from other countries has entered the commercial market and gone global under the name of their national traditional culture.
Moreover, in recent years they have repeatedly made moves in China, driving up the prices of Chinese medicinal herbs. Medicines that originally cost only a few dozen yuan per dose have had to increase to hundreds of yuan. People can no longer afford them, so they stop taking them and lose trust in them. Coupled with the demonization of traditional Chinese medicine, everything is just as they planned.
This is something even the government finds difficult to suppress, as self-interest always drives human nature.
But things are different now. If energy-enhancing technology can really be applied, even if it can't be expanded tenfold like in the laboratory, even if it can be expanded three or five times, it will be like a shot in the arm for the market, the people, and traditional Chinese medicine, enough to suppress evil spirits.
The old dean and Xiao Qing looked at Banxia, their eyes swirling with a myriad of emotions, but it was only for a few moments. Yet, those few moments were enough for the people from the laboratory who came to report the good news to rush into the office.
"Ten times! Ten times!" A young man in a white coat, his glasses askew, held up the test report and swept into the office like a gust of wind.
Seeing that his shoes were about to fall off from running, the old dean couldn't help but feel sorry for him and advised, "Balang, be careful, what's the rush?"
With his bright blue-green eyes, Balang excitedly shoved the test report into the old director's arms: "Director, look, look! Ten times the dosage!"
The old dean finally understood what he meant, and hurriedly took the test report, carefully looked through it, and soon burst into laughter, clutching his chest.
Seeing his cheeks flushed with excitement, Balang and Xiaoqing instinctively supported him, saying, "Old Dean, please calm down and don't get too excited."
As she spoke, Xiaoqing hurriedly went behind the desk to retrieve the nitroglycerin pills. Not forgetting to pick up the old dean's thermos, she opened it and found that the cup contained tea leaves that were barely visible.
Xiao Qing paused for a moment, then quickly grabbed an empty cup from the side, filled it with water from the water dispenser, and handed the medicine and water to the old director.
The old dean had recovered by now. He waved his hand, took the heart medicine, and said embarrassedly, "I'm getting old. I almost went to see the founder of the sect in that excitement."
"Dean!" Xiao Qing looked at him with dissatisfaction.
The old dean touched his bald head: "I know, I know, don't tell your teacher's wife, I'll buy you milk tea."
Xiao Qing snorted: "My master's wife bought me even more. Don't expect me to help you keep it a secret from her."
The old dean was about to say that he could buy a few more cups, but then he remembered that all his money was in his wife's hands, and that his secret stash of money had been used to buy equipment a couple of days ago. He subconsciously raised his hand and touched his head.
Xiao Qing naturally knew what kind of person the old dean was, and couldn't help but chuckle to herself before saying, "My teacher's wife repeatedly told me not to get agitated so easily, and to stay calm..."
The old dean turned to look at Balang, who was smirking, tapped him on the head, and quickly changed the subject: "How many experiments have you done?"
Balang coughed lightly and said seriously, "Twenty-one times, there is basically no big difference."
Upon hearing this data, the old director couldn't help but grin from ear to ear: "Great! Report it immediately!"
Balang snapped to attention: "Yes, sir!"
Watching Balang leave in a hurry, the old dean looked at Xiaoqing and instructed her, "Go to the experimental field and test the other medicinal herbs."
Xiao Qing nodded: "Don't worry, Dean, I've already arranged the control group."
Seeing the old dean's barely suppressed smile, Xiao Qing paused in her tracks as she headed towards the experimental field. Her eyes darted around, and she suggested, "Dean, would you like to come along and take a look?"
The old dean thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and went out first.
Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief behind him. She was really afraid that if she left the old dean alone in the office, he might overthink things and get agitated, which would be troublesome.
If the Northwest is a celebration for the elite and professionals, then the metropolis is a place where ordinary life is subtly optimized.
"Mom, what's going on around our house? I see construction vehicles and construction barriers." Lin Ligang, who had just returned from a business trip, put down his suitcase and asked his mother, who was scrolling through short videos, with a curious look.
Lin's mother stared intently at her phone, without even looking up: "I heard they're building a garbage disposal plant."
"What?!" Lin Li slammed the water glass he hadn't even drunk from onto the table, splashing warm water directly onto the back of his hand. He didn't care at all, only looking anxiously at his mother. "This won't do! A garbage disposal plant is being built nearby. In the summer, our place will be full of stench! We won't be able to sell our houses!"
Lin's mother finally looked up from her phone, glanced at her son pacing back and forth in the living room, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "What do you know!"
Lin Li was stunned for a moment, never expecting his usually gentle and kind mother to say such a thing to him.
Lin's mother let out a heavy sigh: "This is a new technology in our country! Not only will it not harm the environment, but it will also purify it."
"How could that be?!" Lin Li frowned and retorted. Before his mother could reply, he glanced at the phone in her hand and said unhappily, "I told you, don't believe the nonsense on the internet."
Lin's mother snorted: "I'm not someone who believes everything I hear. Your sister's neighborhood was built three months ago. You should go and see it. Not only is there no strange smell, but there are also many more flowers and plants nearby, and the air is fresher."
Lin Li choked for a moment, and was about to retort subconsciously, but then he paused, frowned, opened his phone, and found the owners' group that had been blocked for a long time.
Contrary to his expectations, the group chat was filled with anticipation and praise. He frowned and scrolled up the chat list until he saw the property management's announcement about building a waste treatment plant. Only then did he realize that his understanding had been too narrow.
Seeing her son's expression, Lin's mother couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Son, I knew it."
Lin Li touched his nose and awkwardly searched for related information online.
Tens of thousands of web pages appeared in front of him. He carefully browsed through them. From the initial opposition and incomprehension to the widespread praise, people were begging their motherland to build a garbage treatment plant near their homes. It had only taken a month or two.
Lin Li raised an eyebrow in surprise and searched for related videos on video websites.
Seeing him like this, Lin's mother couldn't help but chuckle: "Alright, take your time. We've seen tremendous changes in the past year. You should take a good look at it. I'm going to buy groceries."
Lin Li watched intently and nodded subconsciously.
The unique features of the new waste treatment plant had already spread online, and amidst the overwhelming number of videos, Lin Li gradually learned everything.
This is a new type of waste treatment plant that uses a special compression process and intelligent sorting technology. After compression, the waste is specially treated and transformed into nutrient fertilizer that benefits the soil. The nutrient fertilizer is then directly discharged into the nearby soil to provide nutrients for nearby plants.
"I really want one... My home is in a new neighborhood, and I'm in the queue behind the older neighborhoods, so I'll have to wait until next year."
"My family is the same, we have to wait a long time."
"We're doing well. Most of the surrounding area consists of new residential communities, so we should be able to get a spot next month."
"I'm so envious."
Lin Li then discovered that this new type of waste treatment plant was actually divided according to residential communities, with basically one plant per community.
He couldn't help but check the area of the waste treatment plant, only to find that the main body of this new type of waste treatment plant occupied less than ten square meters. As for the large fence he saw, it was mainly for laying nutrient spreading pipes.
After watching for several hours, Lin Li couldn't help but feel excited about the nearby waste treatment plant. He even took a few photos with his phone and posted them on his WeChat Moments to show off.
"Wow~ It looks pretty good~" Sang Zhitao exclaimed in amazement as she listened to the descriptions Lin Jing and the others gave her.
After finishing their conversation, Lin Jing slapped her forehead and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, it seems like you come back every day now?"
Sang Zhitao nodded, thought for a moment, and then explained, "I don't know why, but it's fine this way. The food in that world was really awful."
Lin Jing raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Alright, once the trading gate opens, I'd really like to try the food there."
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but tease, "It will definitely be unforgettable for a lifetime."
The two continued laughing and joking, but Sang Zhitao didn't notice the worry that flashed in Lin Jing's eyes.
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