Chapter 292 Industrial Cthulhu, the hot new rice

The main lobby of the nursing home.

Old Hou's eyes were slightly closed, his feet were one forward and the other backward, his hands were clasped in front of him, and he was slowly swinging them up and down, as if he was hoeing the field.

This was a type of farmer's stance, and he had now mastered it to a high level.

There are sensors with electrodes attached to Hou Lao's chest and abdomen, quadriceps, and armpits, and the signals from the sensors are gathered on Tang Lingwu's computer.

What Zheng Fa wanted was not only Mr. Hou’s thoughts during the practice, but also various data during the practice in order to create...radio gymnastics.

…

Radio gymnastics, to be more precise, is a set of universal, entry-level martial arts.

There are now more than 20 million mortals in the Nine Mountains Realm, and life has just gotten back on track - although immortals and mortals are separated, with the help of the Nine Mountains disciples, the mortal world can now be considered to be living a peaceful and prosperous life.

Even though agricultural development was slow, the abundant rainfall provided ample aquatic plants and fish.

Zheng Fa has been slowly copying down various aquatic cultivation plans over the past few months, preparing to try them out in the mortal world of the Nine Mountains in the future.

In fact, it is not a big problem for the Nine Mountains Realm to feed a population of 20 million - after all, the environment was so bad before, and there was still that much population.

The desire to develop agriculture in the Jiushan Realm is actually to prepare for the future population explosion.

As for the idea of ​​learning martial arts, it had its origins long ago: he wanted to increase the population of the Nine Mountains Realm, and most fundamentally, to increase the life expectancy and fertility of the mortals in the Nine Mountains Realm.

These two things, in the final analysis, are about improving the physical fitness of the mortals in the Nine Mountains Realm.

Practicing martial arts, especially practicing Taoist martial arts, is a shortcut.

Judging from his experience of practicing "Spirit Crane Body", there are two problems that need to be solved when practicing martial arts: spiritual energy and visualization.

The spiritual energy in the Nine Mountains Realm is actually quite abundant.

At least for the Jiushan Sect, a sect that occupies an entire world, the spiritual energy in the Jiushan Realm is now more than enough.

For ordinary people in the Xuanwei Realm, visualization is actually more difficult. To some extent, this is a knowledge barrier - the upper-level cultivators are not completely incapable of popularizing various visualization diagrams. Even their own master's Lu Zhong Tian Di Shu can achieve the effect of those documentaries that Zheng Fa watched.

but……

For cultivators who are able to do so, it may be possible to teach their disciples and grandchildren in this way.

Help the geniuses in the sect to practice?

That can also be considered.

But being so dedicated to mortals?

Are you crazy? Then the matter becomes ridiculous:

Those disciples or even geniuses who can enjoy this kind of teaching often have a Taoist body and can practice various Dharma bodies. Entering Taoist martial arts is useless to them.

Ordinary people who need to learn martial arts the most have no access to such educational resources.

…

Zheng Fa not only collected Hou Lao's physical data and thoughts, but he also conducted the same measurements himself, as did Tang Lingwu and others.

In his opinion, this set of martial arts needs to be simple on the one hand and standard on the other.

Simple - they just need their ideas to find some easier to practice postures.

The standard, of course, is to use various measurements to see which action works better.

Of course, things in this area are easier to study in the Nine Mountains Realm. After he returns, he plans to verify and discuss this with disciples who have practiced the martial arts of the Tao.

As Zheng Fa was thinking, he suddenly felt that someone was looking at him, and the gaze seemed a little confused.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Team Leader Yang looking at him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Team Leader Yang?"

"I heard from Dean Zheng that you want to develop a set of introductory martial arts?"

Zheng Fa nodded slightly.

"Then... can this martial arts be promoted in the country?"

Zheng Fa was stunned. He didn't expect that Team Leader Yang would have such an idea.

"Team Leader Yang, what do you mean?"

Team leader Yang said softly, "Dean Zheng, from a young age, this is also my personal desire. I have a child, and to be honest, given my family's conditions, I don't have any requirements for him."

This is quite frank.

Zheng Fa now understood the background of Team Leader Yang - she herself was in a high position of power and had a considerable background behind her.

Team leader Yang continued: "As a mother, I still want him to be healthier."

"To put it in a broader sense, a strong country must have a strong race..."

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion."

Team leader Yang looked a little nervous.

Zheng Fa thought about it and shook his head slowly.

Team leader Yang didn't say anything, but just said: "I was abrupt in this matter."

"It's not that I don't want to." Zheng Fa said, "It's just that practicing this martial art requires a spiritual environment."

Before, when Tang Lingwu and the others practiced the "Spirit Crane Body", they had to rely on him to teach them the skills.

"That's a shame."

"But even if we can't promote introductory martial arts, we can discuss more basic martial arts."

Zheng Fa suddenly said.

In the Xuanwei Realm, under the Taoism martial arts, there are also some martial arts that do not involve spiritual energy - such as "Songhe Zhuang".

"Um?"

Team leader Yang's eyes lit up.

"I can try to come up with a set of martial arts suitable for an environment without spiritual energy..."

Hearing him say this, Team Leader Yang couldn't help but show joy on his face and said, "President Zheng... I really don't know how to thank you..."

"I know."

"?"

Zheng Fa smiled slightly.

This smile is so enthusiastic, it seems to be burning money.

…

Zheng Fa called Tang Mudao, Old Man Bai and others over and told them his thoughts.

"You want to build a particle accelerator?" Tang Mudao asked in surprise, "Why?"

"Observe the spiritual material."

"Where did the spiritual material come from?"

Tang Mudao was even more stunned.

"I gave birth to ..."

When Tang Lingwu heard this, she blinked, stared at her stomach for a long time, and looked a little depressed.

Then, Zheng Fa told everyone the words of Venerable Tianhe.

"In other words, you think that after the golden elixir is formed, not only particles are produced, but also spiritual materials are produced?"

Zheng Fa nodded and said, "If it's just particles, then it's really hard for the life treasure to be self-sufficient. The golden elixir can at least produce a certain amount of spiritual materials. If it can produce spiritual materials, we can solve the embarrassment of having no spiritual materials in the nursing home."

"But more importantly, I hope to explore the essence of spiritual materials!"

"Then why a particle accelerator?"

"If you want to observe microscopic particles, there are only a few ways."

“The precision of the optical microscope is too low.”

"Electron microscope... The problem is that spiritual energy seems to interfere with electrons. If the spiritual material contains spiritual energy, I'm afraid the electron microscope will not work well."

"The same is true for mass spectrometers..."

"After much thought, I think a particle accelerator is the best choice."

"Of course, it would be best to use all methods at once, but the particle accelerator requires more resources, so we have to bring it up first."

Obviously, Zheng Fa had thought about this more than once.

Tang Mudao nodded slowly and said, "This is indeed an idea..."

"You mean, after you form the elixir, the nursing home will have spiritual materials... um, they will be produced from your body, which feels a bit strange..."

Zheng Fa smiled and said:

"My idea is to use my golden elixir to create specific spiritual materials, and then use these spiritual materials to create a nuclear reactor that simulates the golden elixir process."

"Once the various reactors are built, I won't be needed to provide spiritual materials."

The old man was even happier when he heard this: "That sounds much better!"

Tang Mudao on the side licked his lips and said with a strange expression: "This...it sounds like the style of painting is getting less and less like cultivating immortals..."

Zheng Fa couldn't help but think of what Xiao Yuying had told him about the shortage of resources in the Nine Mountains Realm.

Of course, there are deficiencies.

But...if Zheng Fa's idea could really be realized...

I'm afraid the cultivators in the Xuanwei Realm will see what the Cthulhu of the Immortal Cultivation Industry is...

However, Zheng Fa also knew that this method might be quite costly and might even consume a lot of spiritual energy.

But for the Nine Mountains Realm, this is a question of having or not having - if a major war really breaks out, with this technology, at least they can achieve self-sufficiency.

Not to mention, some spiritual materials are not even available in the Xuanwei Realm, but the Jiushan Realm may be able to make them! For the nursing home and the Jiushan Realm, this is an epoch-making technology! Of course, it is still a bit far-fetched to think about this.

First he had to figure out what the structure of the spiritual material was before he could talk about manufacturing it.

This is why he needs Team Leader Yang's help in building a particle accelerator - this matter is very important to him, and he will try any possible method.

…

Team leader Yang is still very quick in doing things.

In other words, the above response is quite positive.

The proposal to build a particle accelerator at Hongshan was quickly passed.

Half a month later, engineers were already taking measurements behind Hongshan Mountain.

Zheng Fa did not stay in the nursing home.

He brought Tang Lingwu and the old Bai couple down the mountain and came to a state-owned supermarket in the capital.

The new rice produced by the nursing home is already on the market.

Due to the low production volume, it is only sold on a trial basis in a few first-tier cities such as Beijing.

Zheng Fa accompanied Tang Lingwu today to observe the sales situation.

He didn't care much.

But Tang Lingwu had actually been busy for a long time on this matter - she knew that she was young and had little experience, so she could only rely on observing more, thinking more, and asking more questions.

So it took a lot of time and effort.

Of course I was nervous.

In the grain and oil sales area of ​​the supermarket, there is a stand with a sign with a red border and a yellow background. The sign reads "Domestic New Grain, Jiushan No. 1".

There were about twenty bags of rice piled under the sign.

This name was not chosen by Zheng Fa, but the grain company now headed by Tang Lingwu is called Jiushan Company.

This variety of rice naturally retained this name.

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The two observed for a while and found that not many people bought Jiushan No. 1.

Most people just walked by, took a look, looked at the price, and then ran off to buy other varieties.

There was inevitably a look of frustration on Tang Lingwu's face.

"Zheng Fa, am I not doing a good job as the chairman?"

She asked Zheng Fa unhappily.

"This is actually normal." Zheng Fa consoled him, "Our prices are not cheap, and this is a new product. We are not very famous, so of course we don't have many customers."

Jiushan Company did not do much publicity - or rather, if it said too much, others would not believe it, and if it said too little it would be better than nothing.

Zheng Fa and Team Leader Tang Lingwu Yang discussed for a while and decided to go public directly.

"Didn't we anticipate this? Sales will definitely not be good in the beginning... Once our reputation spreads, it will naturally become easier to sell."

Zheng Fa doesn't care much about the sales of this thing.

But Tang Lingwu obviously regarded it as her own career - she cared about it much more than he did.

"Why are you..." Zheng Fa asked.

Tang Lingwu bit her lip and said nothing.

Zheng Fa frowned and asked, "Did someone gossip about you, so you are under so much pressure?"

He had never been to Jiushan Company. All the work was done by Tang Lingwu, so he had no idea what the employees of Jiushan Company were thinking.

Few people in Jiushan Company know about Tang Lingwu and her background in the nursing home.

Now seeing Tang Lingwu like this, he naturally wondered whether some employees of Jiushan Company were dissatisfied with Tang Lingwu being in charge.

"Yes, yes... This is normal..." Tang Lingwu saw that Zheng Fa's face was not very good, and seemed to be comforted. She suddenly laughed, "Actually, the people chosen by Aunt Yang are all OK. I know some people grumbled, but in person they were all very polite."

Zheng Fa gradually relaxed his slightly frown.

Tang Lingwu added: "I don't care what they say or what they think of me."

"and you……"

Tang Lingwu looked at the ground, lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "I just... don't want to disappoint everyone in the nursing home..."

On the side, the old man nudged Teacher Tian with his elbow and whispered, "Do you think we are among the group?"

“…”

"Dad! Mom! Open the door!"

Cheng Yun knocked on the security door and shouted inside.

The door opened, and a gray-haired man poked his head out. Seeing that it was him, the man frowned slightly, as if he was a little unhappy: "Why are you back?"

"Dad, where's my mom?"

"I'm preparing dinner."

"Don't do it yet, I bought you some new rice!"

After saying that, Cheng Yun pointed to the ground below.

Five bags of Jiushan No. 1 rice were lying at his feet.

"Buy rice? What kind of rice? We don't need it at home!"

Cheng Yun's mother also came out. She first glanced at her son, then looked at the rice on the ground and asked in confusion.

Cheng Yun's father even shook his head: "What a waste of money! It would be better to save the money to marry a wife!"

"Dad, Mom, you don't understand, this rice is good!"

Having been working in the nursing home for some time, Cheng Yun certainly understands the specialness of Jiushan No. 1.

"Good? Why?"

"Alas, I can't explain it to you clearly!" Of course Cheng Yun didn't dare to say it.

Zheng Fa doesn't care much now.

But Team Leader Yang reminded me again and again!

“…”

"Dad, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first!"

"Oh? You're not staying for dinner?"

Of course Cheng Yun didn’t want to stay - the food in the nursing home was so delicious!

What's more, if he sat down at the dinner table... he would inevitably be urged to get married by his father.

Since he was 30 and didn't even have a girlfriend, the mosquitoes in this family have a partner in their father's mouth! If it weren't for buying this Jiushan No. 1 for his parents, he wouldn't have come back.

"I don't want to eat anymore!"

Hearing him stomping down the stairs, Cheng's father looked even angrier: "You're thirty years old, and you're still so reckless. How can any woman be interested in you?"

"It's because of your face that my son wants to run away!" Cheng's mother scolded him and said, "The meal is ready, eat!"

However, Cheng's father did not move, but just looked at the rice his son bought.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "How about eating this today?"

"...Isn't it a waste of money?" Mother Cheng laughed, but didn't seem surprised. She said with a smile: "It's not done yet! I know you are a person who says one thing and means another - our son cares about us, and you, an old man, are so happy!"

Father Cheng didn't say anything. He just listened to his wife cooking and talking to him: "We only have this one son. You always have a sullen face... Who will you go to when you get old?"

"...Didn't the country allow second births?" After being silent for a long time, Cheng's father suddenly laughed.

"Bah!" Mother Cheng paused in the kitchen and said quietly, "Just you? You're already in your fifties!"

Father Cheng stood up angrily, then faced his wife's knowing gaze, took a deep breath, and slowly sat down again.

“…”

A few days later, when Cheng's father woke up early in the morning, he felt something was wrong.

He lowered his head and stared blankly at his quilt...

What's going on? He doesn't really want a second child! ...

“Nine Hills No. 1 is selling like crazy!”

In the nursing home, when Zheng Fa was discussing the principles of the golden elixir with Cheng Yun and others, Tang Lingwu suddenly jumped out of the room and shouted to him happily.

“Selling like crazy?”

Zheng Fa couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Given the taste and nutrition of Jiushan No. 1, it is no surprise that this thing is selling better and better.

But it's only been less than a week.

Does word of mouth spread so quickly? "Why are the sales so crazy?"

"Supermarkets are calling to reorder, but we have limited production... demand is outstripping supply."

Zheng Fa felt more and more strange.

"Do you know the reason?"

Tang Lingwu blushed.

Apparently he knows.

Old Man Bai and others on the side also looked over and looked at Tang Lingwu curiously.

"There are posts online... saying, saying..."

Tang Lingwu said hesitantly.

"say what?"

Zheng Fa became even more confused after listening to this.

"They say Jiushan No. 1, if you eat it... it will improve your sexual function." Tang Lingwu's voice suddenly became softer. If Zheng Fa didn't have good hearing, he wouldn't have been able to hear the last two words.

Zheng Fa opened his mouth wide and scratched his head, unusually confused.

"Is this thing...real?"

He looked over and looked at Teacher Tian standing beside him.

Teacher Tian thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say whether it can enhance male potency or not, but after all, Jiushan No. 1 has much higher nutritional value than other rice varieties. It's not impossible that it really has some health-preserving functions."

"...No wonder it's so popular. To improve their sexual performance, let alone eating new rice, they would even chew on tree bark!"

“…”

"In fact, our physical condition has improved a lot. It's just that we are not only eating Jiushan No. 1, but also the vegetables in the fields and the spiritual energy in the air. It makes us accustomed to it."

Teacher Tian said again.

Zheng Fa nodded slowly.

He really didn't expect that Jiushan No. 1 would become popular in this way...

"Since there's no stock, forget it..." Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said, "Maybe Jiushan No. 2 will be available next year."

Tang Lingwu nodded with a smile on her lips.

Apparently, the huge sales of Jiushan No.1 made her less anxious.

"Nine Mountains No. 2?" Elder Hou's voice came from behind him, and he sounded a little puzzled: "Do you know that the experiment on the fusion of spiritual plant protoplasm was successful?"

"Have you even chosen a name?"

Zheng Fa turned his head suddenly and looked at Mr. Hou behind him: "Successful?"

Spiritual plant protoplasm fusion, in the final analysis, is the technology of cultivating new spiritual plants through existing spiritual plants! This thing is what Zheng Fa values ​​most in the field of agriculture! (End of this chapter)