Chapter 276: Chu Ping: Great News! Traces Of The Skull Gate!
As for why they would all embarrass themselves?
You have to know that now most domestic rapeseed has to rely on imports. Farmers do not plant it, and even if it is classified as an economic subsidy crop, with subsidies for planting, it is the same.
Because planting revenue is not high. Instead, many places use rapeseed flower seas as tourism projects to attract tourists and plant quite a lot.
The main reasons are still issues such as price, yield, and growing season.
So, in their agricultural research, there is also dedicated rapeseed research support, all focusing on growing season, yield, and oil content.
Although there has been some progress, it is only a little, and there is no way to change the current situation.
This includes Bao Jing and his team, who have also assisted in related research, but since it was not their own laboratory and research project, they have not been continuously involved.
Now this rapeseed flower of the Chen Clan grows fast. Obviously, according to these data ratios, the rapeseed yield will be extremely high.
If the oil content meets the standard, what does that represent?
That is precisely the finished product the higher-ups are hoping for and urgently want.
When the oil content meets the standard, do you believe that COFCO will be instructed to station itself in Linhe County to negotiate the promotion and planting of this rapeseed?
Then the entire Linhe County can be designated as a trial planting experimental county, and the whole county can gain huge benefits.
One Chen Clan leading an entire county is no problem.
It is just that right now these data only show that the rapeseed yield will definitely not be low. As for the oil content, that will only be known when the rapeseed matures.
“Professor Zhao, are you sure there were no testing errors in this data?” Bao Jing could not believe that series of data.
Some of it was beyond expectations.
Professor Zhao was displeased. “Professor Bao, what do you mean, you do not believe in my professional ability?”
Another professor immediately said, “I think it is better to be more rigorous. Let everyone run the tests together once more.”
Bao Jing nodded. “It should be like this.”
Professor Zhao gave them all a glare, but he was not actually angry. He knew they were all anxious.
When Bao Jing and the others all finished their tests and compared the data, they all fell silent. The data was about the same as Professor Zhao’s.
“This growth speed is there, the yield is there. If the oil content also…” one professor muttered to himself.
The others knew what he meant.
If the true situation of this rapeseed flower were known to the outside world, it would cause a sensation in the agricultural research community.
After all, every year so much funding is given to support experiments in this field, and there has not been much change. That shows it is really difficult.
Now a Chen Clan that is in tourism has pulled it off.
Along with that, by then this Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream will be an even bigger sensation.
Moreover, in theory, for this kind of product, the Chen Clan really does not seem qualified to develop it. It only feels more reasonable if you connect it to theology.
And then there is that special substance.
If it is not new science, then it is theology.
If new science cannot explain it, and there is the story of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream, it seems to fit theology better.
Especially since that special element becomes ineffective once it leaves a certain range of Linhe County.
This seems to be one of the pieces of supporting evidence for theology.
After all, only the Chen Clan and the people of Linhe County believe in this Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
The Chen Clan has the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, and Linhe County not only arranged for a Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation to be placed in Daoist Priest Qing Feng’s Palace, they also seem to be building a temple specifically for the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
In the future they even plan to hold parading the gods for the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
So, this Heavenly Lord’s Blessing in the form of a dream message is only given to the people of Linhe County. Once you leave Linhe County, it is no longer under his care. Nothing wrong with that, right?
The more they thought about this, the more this group of scientific research professors felt it was reasonable, and the more the logic held together.
Because in the scientific research community, the further you go, the less resistant you really are to theology.
Then one professor suddenly said, “Professor Bao, you said that stripped-out element is what affects the rapeseed flower’s growth speed. There are still two other elements in that special substance, right? Could it be that one of them increases yield, and the remaining one is actually related to oil content?”
Bao Jing and the others were stunned.
Because this guess was not impossible.
If it is really the case, it will truly cause a sensation.
“Perhaps we should talk with the Linhe County side about changing to a larger laboratory,” Professor Zhao suddenly suggested.
Another professor nodded. “We should also form an alliance, transfer all the research equipment and scientific strength we can control, and go all out. If this special substance can be thoroughly studied and even grafted onto other crops, do you all know what would happen?”
This left the faces of several professors filled with shock and longing.
What would happen?
Their country’s agriculture would completely crush the whole world.
For example, in the Stars and Stripes, their agricultural cash crops such as soybeans, corn, cotton, tobacco, and other vegetables and fruits…
If this special substance is figured out and directly targeted and grafted onto these products, it could directly make the other side collapse.
The key point is that even if others know about this special substance, they have no way to study it, because they cannot take it back.
The more they thought about it, the more excited each of them became.
Bao Jing immediately said, “I will write an application document on my side, and then go talk with the Linhe County leaders.”
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At this moment, Chu Ping and Chen Kai had already arrived at Shangyuan Village and had entered the rapeseed flower sea there.
Behind them followed people from the culture and tourism side, including designated staff holding mobile phones, filming videos of the surroundings to collect materials for use as a conference special.
It was also the first time for Chu Ping and Chen Kai to experience Linhe County welcoming so many tourists.
Just walking a segment through the rapeseed flower sea here, they saw an endless stream of tourists filming videos and taking photos.
“County Magistrate Chu, look at this drone-shot video of the Chen Clan rapeseed flower sea,” Chen Kai picked up a mobile phone and handed it over.
Chu Ping took the phone and saw that this video already had 150,000 likes.
Only two hours had passed.
Mainly, ten thousand mu of rapeseed flowers is truly spectacular, and together with the current popularity, it is clear that in the upcoming period the number of tourists will skyrocket.
When Chu Ping returned the phone, his own mobile phone rang. The number turned out to be that of Professor Bao.
He immediately answered. “Hello, Professor Bao!”
This was the expert he had invited to study the Chen Clan rapeseed flowers. At the time, he had guessed that the Chen Clan’s rapeseed flowers were definitely not simple, and now it was proven, with such growth speed, it was anything but simple.
He had heard that in recent days this Professor Bao really had found something, and had invited several professors to assist.
Professor Bao’s voice came through. “County Magistrate Chu, I have some good news to tell you. The Chen Clan rapeseed flowers are not only fast-growing, their rapeseed yield will also far exceed normal rapeseed yields.”
“The few of us professors speculate that the oil content of this rapeseed may also far exceed that of normal rapeseed, but we need experimental verification. We need to discuss with you about changing to another place to serve as a laboratory…”
“Professor Bao, whatever you need and I can assist with, I will. I will come to you right now,” Chu Ping almost agreed before Professor Bao finished speaking.
His vision and sensitivity were not low.
Previously, when the Chen Clan planted rapeseed flowers, he had investigated information related to rapeseed.
Naturally, he knew that most of the rapeseed in their country depended on imports, and that they had once been choked by a minor party.
Although it was minor and not a major impact, and negotiations resolved it, it was disgusting.
So, when he invited Professor Bao, he had also considered whether the Chen Clan’s rapeseed flowers might be different and had thought about this angle.
Seeing the leader hurry away, Chen Kai, who had come in the same car, immediately followed. After getting in the car together, Chen Kai asked, “County Magistrate Chu, did something go wrong on Professor Bao’s side?”
Instead, Chu Ping asked, “Chen Kai, have you thought about what would happen if the entire county planted rapeseed flowers, and with this growth speed, you could plant twice per season and four times a year?”
When Chen Kai heard this, he immediately said, “That would attract countless tourists. If we also make it free, then Linhe County would be the holy land for rapeseed flower viewing. With good promotion, we could totally say that if you do not visit Linhe County once a year, you have not really seen a sea of flowers.”
“It is not just that.” Chu Ping could not suppress the smile on his face. If what Professor Bao said was true, then planting rapeseed flowers in Linhe County would be tourism plus agricultural economy.
If the whole county planted rapeseed, that would be the whole county’s economy taking off.
Moreover, there was a precondition now, because there was a tycoon, Liu Ye, responsible for this project. If what Professor Bao said was verified, do you believe that this tycoon would not dare to throw in more than a billion to roll out this project countywide?
As for sales?
What a joke. This is something mostly dependent on imports. Buyers would be the ones begging to purchase. Even if the price is the same as outside, you save on tariffs.
If the counterpart is willing to build a factory in Linhe County, that also saves transportation costs. Their county can also offer some policies.
In a short time, Chu Ping had already thought of many things and even outlined a plan to use these rapeseed flowers to make the whole county soar.
And this was only the agricultural side; the tourism economy had not even been counted.
You have to know that the Chen Clan rapeseed flowers also have the story of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream. Many people had already heard about it, especially within Linhe County, thanks in large part to the work of culture and tourism.
They were, of course, not promoting superstition, but doing tourism promotion, for the Heavenly Lord Hall being built in the county, and for the future Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation parading the gods project.
By then, when everyone knows about the miraculous nature of the Chen Clan rapeseed flowers, the story of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream will become even more mystical.
Without the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Blessing, how could the Chen Clan have such incredible rapeseed flowers??
He had learned from Professor Bao that the state allocated funding every year for research in this area, yet the problem had not been solved.
Now the Chen Clan had solved it. Are you going to say it was not the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s merit?
At least the people of Linhe County will not believe otherwise, especially when rapeseed flowers are planted across the whole county and everyone benefits. Then it will be the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s merit.
When Linhe County holds the Heavenly Lord parading the gods, just see how lively it will be.
Those parading the gods in the Qingmin Region are mostly organized by clans. At first, it is just some clan members, then they invite some others.
Later, when the parades’ tourism effect was seen as strong, local governments started organizing parades. Media interviews made them so lively and attracted tourists.
But once rapeseed is planted across the county, he has reason to believe that by then, the Heavenly Lord parades will start off by crushing them.
Naturally, all of this depends on what Professor Bao said being realized.
Soon, he met with Bao Jing. “Professor Bao, is what you said on the phone true?”
Bao Jing did not hide anything. “Aside from the growth speed, it is true that the rapeseed yield far exceeds that of normal rapeseed flowers. As for the oil content, I speculate it is definitely higher than normal.”
Chu Ping asked anxiously, “Professor Bao, is there any basis for this?”
Bao Jing naturally had no basis, so he asked in return, “Not yet, but County Magistrate Chu, do not forget who instructed the planting of these rapeseed flowers.”
“The Chen Family Head,” Chu Ping said subconsciously.
“And who told the Chen Family Head to plant them?” Bao Jing asked again with a smile.
“Huh???” Chu Ping froze at first, then reacted.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream!
He reacted at once. It was solid.
Seeing that he understood, Bao Jing went on. “The few of us professors discussed it. To figure out the elements in these rapeseed flowers, we need more instruments and more manpower. So we need a larger place here in Linhe County as a laboratory.”
“Professor Bao, leave these matters to the county,” Chu Ping was now in an extremely good mood and agreed immediately.
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The Chen Clan, back mountain.
For that Green Luan Peak exploration project, Chen Han once again searched the back mountain twice, but the exploration progress was still stuck there, which troubled him greatly.
What he could now confirm was that in the places he could see and reach, there were no underground caves or the like.
So it could only be that he was overlooking something.
After thinking for a long time, he took out his mobile phone to check the situation online. With today’s rapeseed flower sea blooming, the online popularity would definitely not be low.
And indeed, it was not low. Besides the competition between Habak and the Chen Clan, the rapeseed flower sea was also very hot.
After all, it enjoyed the popularity package of being thrown out to cover up the incident.
Even if the Chen Clan people were now eating excrement, there would be overwhelming traffic and countless people watching.
Just like that security guard who was extremely ugly, that middle-aged man who danced very little, and that singer surnamed Guo who sang terribly…
All of them gained traffic this way, with fortune falling from the sky. Naturally, if there happened to be an artist who could use them when needed, then it had nothing to do with those people.
Now the Chen Clan was in such a position.
Of course, this time he believed it was the higher-ups trying not to amplify the impact and not to cause panic.
After all, it was only three tycoons. Even if hospitals and some companies were involved and implicated some big shots, if the evidence was conclusive, those big shots would be taken down as well.
One radish, one hole. If you get caught, you end up even more miserable. Let alone hoping for a chance to cover it up.
Endless talk about government-business collusion and this or that is childish.
A simple example: if you compare their country to a game system.
The launch-day players are like dao ancestors living in the chaos beyond the heavens, transcending and setting the rules. They are the true owners.
Even if they have health issues, they do not need to rely on such channels for treatment. Money means nothing to them, not to mention economic problems.
Then there are the original-share players, like those few saints who both represent the rules and must abide by rules set by the dao ancestors.
These people also would not rely on such things if they had health issues. Again, do not talk about economic problems. What is money to them?
With one meeting, they can decide how much to print.
People like that are completely out of reach. Those so-called big shots outside, like that big-shot Ma, cannot even get the phone number of their secretary. Outsiders can never meet them.
After that come the top-tier players and high-level players.
Those big-shot Mas are the most formidable business big shots, right? The highest level they can reach is the top-tier player echelon.
And that is only contact. In reality, the big shots they can truly interact with are only at the high-level player layer.
To be specific, is there not a TV series about “in the name of something”?
There were even people saying it was almost “in the name of Rui Long.”
In fact, Rui Long’s father is a high-level player at great completion. One step further and he would be a top-tier player. The reason he never reached that level in the end is because he had stains and was dragged into the mortal world.
This is what cultivation stories call being tainted by karma, so how could he pass through tribulation?
Losing a power struggle is just failing a tribulation. The further up you go, the fewer slots there are and the more competition there is. Those burdened by karma are like beacons in the eyes of competitors.
The so-called collusion and economic issues exposed publicly are problems among players at and below the high-level tier.
And for high-level players, it is often their children who cause trouble.
So, in events this vile, no matter how deep a tycoon’s background is or what kind of hospital or company figures are implicated, if the evidence is conclusive, the launch-day players and original-share players will simply deal with you directly. You will not even get a chance to make a fuss.
They will not allow things that affect public sentiment to appear.
Therefore, the reason this incident needs to be covered up this time is mostly for maintaining stability, to avoid panic and distrust.
Thinking of this, Chen Han took out the computer he had brought back from Myanmar. It was the dedicated machine of General Barto and did not need any firewall circumvention to access foreign news. Crucially, Barto’s software also had translation functions for various countries.
This was very practical for him.
He first checked news from Myanmar and let the translation function work. He found that things there were indeed lively, because with the information he had brought back and made public, the Myanmar authorities were now in a bad spot.
Because it really had nothing to do with them. Everyone knows Myanmar’s situation. How could they control those warlords?
But now the evidence was conclusive. They could not refute it. His country had also sent over a high-level player at great completion, exerted strong pressure, and reached an agreement.
First, to rescue the deceived people and bring back a group. Second, to further confirm extradition arrangements, so that in the future, if someone who has committed a crime domestically runs there, it will not help.
Third, the embassy obtained a special piece of territory to house and handle ethnic Chinese and resolve issues facing victims.
It was equivalent to getting a small alternative colony.
There was nothing they could do. This time the handle caught on them was too big, and no one dared to speak up.
Seeing this, Chen Han just smiled. He had made a contribution.
Then a piece of news caught his attention: 《General Takto had forcefully moved into the area left by General Barto and had already announced his flag.》
This news described how this Takto recounted wiping out Barto and taking over his territory in detail.
Chen Han wondered whether this Takto had just picked up the peaches and gotten entangled in his karma.
But he was more curious about using that software to access other countries’ networks and see their news.
When he saw a piece of news openly published online in one country, he truly showed a look of surprise.
He had previously guessed at what Skull Gate was.
But he had never thought that he would see traces of Skull Gate in such an unexpected way.
