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Along the way, Zeng Bufan, the vice president of the Agricultural Science Research Institute, was the first to ask Wu Dakang,

"By the way, Secretary Wu, is Secretary He Yuzhu in our car this time?"

When Wu Dakang heard Zeng Bufan's words, he immediately said,

"President Zeng, the person sitting in front is Comrade He Yuzhu, the secretary of the Andong County Party Committee. If you have any questions, just ask him."

Zeng Bufan nodded slightly when he heard Wu Dakang's words.

"So you are Secretary He Yuzhu. It's really better to meet you in person than to hear about you. Nice to meet you."

The two shook hands in a friendly manner!

Then Zeng Bufan went straight to the point.

"By the way, Secretary He, can you tell me in detail where the upland rice that your county has developed and cultivated came from?"

When He Yuzhu was asked about this, he immediately distanced himself from the matter.

"Dean Zeng, the thing is, the upland rice technology you mentioned was not discovered by me, but by several agricultural experts in our county. I don't know much about it, so you should ask them for details."

Zeng Bufan was obviously not satisfied with He Yuzhu's answer, because he could hear the evasion in He Yuzhu's words.

The reason why He Yuzhu said this was because he didn't want to bring trouble upon himself, and the most important thing was to clear himself from the very beginning.

After the convoy had been driving for half an hour, they finally arrived in Andong County.

Since He Yuzhu had made arrangements in advance, the relevant staff and cadres in the county party committee compound all knew that a leader would come to visit and inspect today, so they were all very observant.

After the car stopped, He Yuzhu brought Wu Dakang, Zeng Bufan and others to a house.

Then he began to introduce himself.

"Secretary Wu, President Zeng, this is our Upland Rice Research Institute, which houses our upland rice research technologies and researchers."

Then they entered the room.

I saw that this room was a different world, with various culture dishes, a lot of experimental data and materials, and a bunch of equipment............

Even Zeng Bufan, the well-informed vice president of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, sighed inwardly at these things. He did not expect that although this place was small, it had everything it needed.

Finally, accompanied by He Yuzhu, they came to an old man.

He Yuzhu first introduced Wu Dakang and Zeng Bufan.

"Secretary Wu, President Zeng, this is Comrade Liu Ren, the director of our institute and the person in charge of upland rice cultivation and development."

Finally, He Yuzhu introduced Liu Ren to the opposite side.

"Director Liu, these two are Secretary Wu of the Municipal Party Committee and Zeng Bufan, the Vice President of the Agricultural Science Research Institute."

Then Zeng Bufan and Liu Ren shook hands with each other and exchanged greetings.

Zeng Bufan didn't want to waste time, so he went straight to the point.

"Director Liu, how did you discover this upland rice technology?"

In response to Zeng Bufan's question, Liu Ren immediately said,

"President Zeng, to be honest, this upland rice technology was also developed by accident in our small research institute."

Zeng Bufan was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and then he changed the subject.

"Then Director Liu, can you demonstrate on the spot how to cultivate this rice variety?"

Facing Zeng Bufan's request, Liu Ren immediately carried out training according to the previous operating procedures...

However, his actions did not make Zeng Bufan's eyes light up. Instead, he felt it was particularly ordinary and not at all outstanding. However, he did not say anything and did not interrupt the other party.

Instead, he waited until Liu Ren finished and asked him,

"Director Liu, are you sure that we can cultivate new seeds by doing this?"

Liu Ren nodded.

"Well, just wait overnight. We'll come back tomorrow and see if there are any results."

Zeng Bufan felt it was a bit unbelievable when he heard what Liu Ren said. You know, they had gathered the elites from all over the country to study this dry rice for a long time but they couldn't find out the reason. And the other party just did it casually?

This dealt a heavy blow to his self-confidence, but in order to verify the reliability of Liu Ren's experiment, he decided to wait and see.

.................

Afterwards, He Yuzhu hosted a banquet for these experts in the county party committee cafeteria, where they had dishes such as pheasant stewed with mushrooms and pork stewed with vermicelli, all of which were authentic northern dishes.

This gave these experts who have lived in the 49 cities for a long time a chance to talk nonsense.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Zeng Bufan, the director of the Agricultural Science Research Institute, was the first to speak.

"Secretary He, the food here is really good.

In this famine year, we can still eat meat. Isn't this a bit too luxurious?"

Facing Zeng Bufan's criticism, whether intentional or not, He Yuzhu immediately explained,

"President Zeng, don't worry. Our Andong County is different from other places. You know that since we have been promoting dry rice in Andong, we have had a bumper harvest every year. We definitely have enough food."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Zeng Bufan nodded and continued to eat the rice in the bowl. After all, the rice cooked with this upland rice is really fragrant.

Then he said to himself, "Oh, if we can solve the problem of cultivating upland rice seeds sooner, we won't have to watch the people all over the country starve.

It would be great if they could all eat the delicious white rice like us."

When He Yuzhu heard what he said, he thought to himself, "Be content, I have used all the gold coins in the mall to exchange for seeds.

...................

In the dead of night, He Yuzhu sneaked into the research institute when no one was around, exchanged new upland rice seeds from the system mall and quietly placed them in the culture dish.

He did this because he didn't want the scam to be exposed so quickly.

The next morning, right after waking up, Dean Zeng couldn't wait to bring a group of colleagues from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences to the institute.

When he saw the sprouting seeds in the petri dish, he felt ecstatic.

He exclaimed in praise three times in a row, thinking that this was incredible and magical. It could actually be cultivated in this way!

Then he prepared to recruit people. He looked at He Yuzhu in front of him.

"Secretary He, I would like to invite Director Liu from your institute to join our Agricultural Science Research Institute and hire him as a senior researcher. What do you think?"

When He Yuzhu heard Zeng Bufan's words, he immediately said,

"President Zeng, I have no objection, as long as you can provide us with rice seeds regularly. The other thing is about Comrade Liu Ren's own wishes."

Zeng Bufan heard this and immediately asked Liu Ren,

"Director Liu, what do you think about this issue of staying or leaving?"

Liu Ren definitely wanted to go further. Since the Agricultural Science Research Institute had extended an olive branch to him, there was no reason for him to refuse. He was so happy that he immediately said,

"Dean Zeng, I am willing to go to City 49 with you."