After tricking Old Xue, Qin Mo began to look for teachers for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Many days after the teacher recruitment notice was released, someone finally came to apply for a teacher position.
It was a man in his forties with dark skin, like an old farmer.
Qin Mo received him and asked,"What subject are you applying for?”
The middle-aged man said,"The old man, Jia Luren, is my ancestor, Jia Sixie. I'm applying to be an agriculture teacher."”
Perhaps Jia Luren was afraid that Qin Mo would look down on him, so he introduced himself. This was a characteristic of this era.
"Is it the author of Qi Min Yao Shu, Jia Sixie?”
"That's right." Jia Luren nodded.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Qin Mo knew about the book 'Qi Min Yao Technique'.
Qimin Yaoshu was a comprehensive book on agriculture written by Jia Sixie, an outstanding agricultural scientist of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was also one of the earliest books on agriculture in the history of the world and the most complete book on agriculture in the country. In the book's title, the term "Qi Min" referred to the common people. "Skills" referred to the method of making a living.
Qi Min Yao Shu was written at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty (533 - 544 AD). The book was divided into 10 volumes and 92 chapters, which included knowledge on agriculture, gardening, silviculture, sericulture, animal husbandry, veterinarians, breeding, brewing, cooking, storage, and other aspects.
Qimin Yaoshu was very ordinary in modern times, but in ancient times, it was a monumental work that played an important role in improving productivity.
However, Confucianism was valued in ancient times. No matter how powerful Qimin Yaoshu was, it was not presentable. It was even more impossible to be an official.
Therefore, when he saw Qin Mo's recruitment notice for an agriculture teacher, he came.
He wanted to promote agriculture to the world so that the people would not suffer from hunger. He also wanted to see if he could find a way out for the children of the family.
Qin Mo asked Jia Luren about his knowledge in agriculture and found that he had unique insights on planting and animal husbandry. He could not help but sigh."It's a loss for the court that you're buried in the countryside.”
From Jia Luren's mouth, he learned that the Jia family had always been an agricultural family and had always been researching agricultural knowledge. Unfortunately, the people in power did not pay attention to it, so it was unknown.
Jia Luren had carefully bred and cultivated a variety of rice, and the yield per mu had already reached 400 catties, which was double the yield of 200 catties per mu in the Great Tang.
However, due to the limitations of the rice seeds, it was already very difficult to improve.
Simply put, Jia Luren's operation was very skilled. He only needed one idea to explode.
Although Qin Mo could search for knowledge about hybrid rice online, he had zero practical ability. Jia Luren was exactly the talent he needed.
Qin Mo took out Rice Planting Techniques and passed it to Jia Luren."Sir, how about you take a look at this book first?”
Jia Renlu read the book and couldn't help but exclaim,"Wow! It's too wonderful!"
He held the book Rice Planting as if he had obtained a treasure. Many of the views in it had opened his eyes.
"Uncle Lan Tian, can this hybrid rice technology really produce a thousand catties per mu?”Jia Luren asked excitedly.
He had exhausted all his methods, but he could no longer increase the yield of rice. It was as if he had encountered a bottleneck. The theory of hybrid rice had suddenly enlightened him, as if he had opened a new door.
Qin Mo said,"You can just call me Dean.”
"Yes." Jia Luren felt that Qin Mo didn't have any airs of an official and was rarely approachable.
"Theoretically, hybrid rice can be increased to 500 kilograms, but this requires a process.”
The success of the hybrid rice had proved the reliability of this theory in the future. There was no need to doubt it.
Qin Mo didn't intend to directly take out the super rice seeds of the later generations. After all, it wasn't a good thing to hasten the growth of seedlings. He hoped to form a whole set of theories in the Tang Dynasty.
"Can I ask the disciples of my family to come and help? They were all familiar with agriculture since they were young.”Jia Renlu asked. It was a little difficult for him to carry out such a grand experiment alone.
Qin Mo smiled."The more, the better. From now on, you are the dean of the agricultural college. You have the final say in the appointment of teachers.”
What he was afraid of now was that there was no one. The more people Jia Luren found, the happier he would be.
"How dare you not obey me?"
Qin Mo's trust made Jia Luren feel like a scholar would die for his confidant.
"The rice hybrid technology is something that His Majesty values the most. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given me this King Qin's Residence as the academy's base and even gave me a piece of the imperial estate as an experimental field. If the experiment was successful, His Majesty would not hesitate to reward him, even if he was conferred the title of Marquis or Earl.”
Hearing this, Jia Luren became even more excited. The Jia family had been immersed in agriculture for generations. Although they also studied, they did not have much achievements. If they were to engage in agriculture, they could also be conferred a title and become an official. For the entire family, it was a path to heaven.
It was to the extent that he walked with the wind and was in a hurry to call all the disciples of the clan over.
Yuan Longping's hybrid rice required wild rice. Qin Mo didn't have the patience to wait for Jia Luren to slowly search for it, so he ordered some from Taobao. This way, after Jia Luren found everyone, he could directly test it.
He needed to produce results in a short period of time, but it was not appropriate to directly take out the seeds of the super rice, so he used such a method that was not too excessive to cheat.
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