Chapter 124: The Difficulty of Research

  "Leigongteng is one of the eight most popular poisonous medicines among ancient Chinese martial artists, 3 grams of Leigongteng root or 7 tender buds can cause death immediately after taking."

  "The bark of Tripterygium wilfordii is highly toxic, and in the process of making medicine for humans, the bark, double skin and tree seams are generally removed. The effective insecticidal component of Tripterygium wilfordii is the root bark, which contains triptolide, a substance that has stomach toxicity and repellent effects on pests..."

  Liang Sanping flipped through the materials in his hand, saying to Professor Chen beside him: "The Japanese are really ignorant. In ancient times, where were there so many chemical formulae for medicines?! Besides, at that time, there was no way to extract them."

  "Our country is an agricultural power with a long history, so we must have ways to deal with pests and diseases. It's just that we neglected this matter, and the Japanese also neglected it."

  But then Liang Sanping smiled and said to Professor Chen, "Teacher, look here. The 'Qimin Yaoshu' has a record of the use of Leigongteng." Liang Sanping's words made Professor Chen nod repeatedly.

  At the same time, Professor Chen also sighed, our country has had such a long and brilliant history. Why do we always ignore these?! Always looking abroad, but ignoring the resources we originally had and the wealth left by our ancestors.

  "Hahahaha... These little Japanese, still think they can make us bow our heads?!" Liang Sanping sneered non-stop. He knew what Bay Macro Corporation was thinking and also knew what the professors at Waseda University were thinking.

  It's simple, they just want to make a big profit from this opportunity. Liang Sanping had also been under pressure before, and Bayong Corporation had always wanted a breakthrough.

  The county committee cadres of Bao Ting, however, presented this excuse to them. If they didn't seize this opportunity, they would be fools indeed. In fact, China's domestic industrial level has not yet reached that of Japan.

  Even if it has reached the current level in Japan, low-toxic pesticides have not been fully produced. At this time, cheap chemical pesticides are still the mainstream products of the pesticide industry.

  The concept of bio-pesticides and plant-based pesticides was only widely promoted later when people gradually paid attention to the quality of agricultural products.

  "Three Ping, even if we study now, it will take some time." Professor Chen pondered for a moment and said to Liang Sanping: "However, there is currently a solution. The ancient refining level was not high. We can improve it. According to the ancient method, we can still do some preventive work. Of course, better results require us to study and come up with a formula."

  "Yes, teacher. I've thought it through, and now every village must carry out re-planting. The rest should focus on prevention and treatment work first, and the re-planting areas should be isolated from the disease and pest areas."

  Liang Sanping had his own plan in this regard, and he calmly said to Professor Chen: "For the prevention and treatment work, we still need you and the professors to go and guide us. Please bring your students with you and help us take a look on site."

  Professor Chen nodded, this is something that must be done. Incidentally, it can also observe the effect of drug administration. As one of the trial research materials for biological source drugs, it has a lot of inspiration for the development of biological source pesticides.

  "Three Ping, I won't go this time." Professor Chen said to Liang Sanping: "I will look up some data in the hospital, on the one hand, to find a formula for you. On the other hand, try to refine the Lei Gong Teng and see if we can find an effective formula to synthesize a new medicine."

  "Let Xiaohua help you coordinate first. Also, fertilizer must be kept up with. Otherwise, when we replant, if the fertilizer can't keep up, the quality of this batch of vegetables will definitely be poor."

  The old professor talked a lot, and Liang Sanping nodded constantly. He took out his notebook and carefully recorded all the suggestions made by the old professor.

  The old man had been engaged in agriculture for most of his life and considered all aspects more comprehensively than himself. So Liang Sanping listened to the old man's advice with great humility and recorded it down to remind himself not to forget.

  Professor Liu then held a meeting with Liang Sanping and the leaders of the two institutions to discuss this matter, and several professors who were engaged in related research were also invited to participate.

  For three consecutive days, Liang Sanping has been attending meetings in both houses without stopping. The content of the meeting is about the development and research of plant-based pesticides. Doing research requires a lot of money, but this project does not have national funding yet, and the two houses do not have much research funds to invest in this area.

  For the first time, Liang Sanping felt that he was so poor. There were no problems with his daily life, but when it came to doing something, he couldn't do anything at all.

  To develop, the investment of funds must not be less. Fortunately, Professor Liu gritted his teeth and said. First, do some research based on ancient books. At least under current conditions, some effective substances can be extracted from plant-based pesticides recorded in some ancient books.

  Compared with simply using ancient books, it's much better. If you want to further study, then spending money is inevitable. Liang Sanping also knows this situation.

  So after the meeting was over, he went back to Jianghai Farm to continue managing the vegetable garden. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to make some money. Otherwise, nothing could be done.

  The money earned by the company is not his alone. This is a state-owned company, and profits need to be turned over. Apart from receiving a basic salary and some bonuses, he won't have any surplus.

  If you want to deduct a portion from the profits and give it to the two institutes as research investment, then you must make a report and submit it to the superior leadership unit for approval.

  Liang Sanping couldn't help but smile wryly at the thought. It's unlikely that his proposal would be approved by the higher-ups. Simply put, who doesn't need to save money these days? It's not easy to make a profit, and investing in this would likely have little effect anyway.

  They definitely don't want to. Adding flowers to brocade is okay, but sending charcoal in snowy weather is enough. Without achievements, the top will tightly cover their purse. If it's bio-pesticides that Liang Sanping really came up with and even made a profit from.

  So the top would be willing to provide support for Liang Sanping, including funding, policy convenience and so on. But under the current uncertain situation, the top will definitely be extremely cautious.

  Liang Sanping doesn't have many people he can rely on now. Although Professor Liu and others support him, when it comes to funding, Professor Liu and others are powerless to help. This matter, Liang Sanping can only rely on himself.

  "Leigongteng root 5 kg, chopped and added with water 50 kg, boiled for 2 hours, filtered, each kilogram of filtrate mixed with water 10 kg used for spraying, has good effect on controlling Sesamia inferens, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, Chilo suppressalis, Aphis gossypii and Pieris rapae etc., meanwhile has the function of promoting seedling growth..."

  Professor Liu took out a preliminary plan, which was a folk prescription obtained from the records. It had to be admitted that this was a low-cost and simple insecticide.

  It has also been proven through small-scale experiments that it is effective against pests such as the rice leaf folder, rice leaffolder, rice stem borer, cotton aphid and vegetable caterpillar. Moreover, its plant components can promote seedling growth.

  "Also, the root of Lei Gong Teng can be used. After drying and grinding into a fine powder, 2.0-3.0 kg per mu can be mixed with 5-10 kg of fine soil or wood ash, then sprinkled or sprayed to prevent and control pests such as three-lined beetle, rice leaf folder, rice leaf roller, cotton aphid, yellow melon aphid, and black melon aphid, with good results."

  No one doubted Liang Sanping's words, because they all knew that this must be the best formula tried out by Professor Liu Lao and the experts of the two academies. At least for now, and many people also know that Leigongteng has a very good effect on preventing and controlling pests and diseases.

  At least when they came from the countryside, they had heard old people mention that there were no pesticides during the Republic of China. Farmers used these old methods to prevent and control diseases and pests.

  "Through the experiments of Professor Liu and others, it has been proven that the whole plant of Lei Gong Teng contains Lei Gong Teng alkaloids, with the highest content in the roots, which has stomach toxicity, repellent and contact killing effects on pests. It has a very good effect on preventing and controlling pests such as cucumber beetles, rice planthoppers, leaf rollers, rice stem borers, rice leaf folders, aphids, tea geometrids, and other pests!"

  But then Liang Sanping put down the report in his hand and smiled at these researchers, saying: "Of course, further purification and experimentation will take time. For now, we are just using a crude method to control pests and diseases."

  "What we need to determine now is the degradation rate of Leigongteng preparations in preventing vegetable pests, that is, the residual amount. Develop a water-soluble powder of Leigongteng, which is convenient for preventing and controlling leaf-eating pests on crops such as forests, gardens, vegetables, flowers, etc."

  Those who can sit here and hold meetings are all talents provided by the two hospitals for Liang Sanping. And they, too, must be people whom Liang Sanping has carefully observed and deemed trustworthy.

  Even Liang Sanping has inquired about them and is preparing to poach them from the two academies. The two academies are still quite austere at this time, and compared to Liang Sanping's current conditions, they are naturally far inferior.

  Moreover, the company operated by Liang Sanping is said to be a private enterprise, but everyone knows it's actually a state-owned enterprise. There isn't much resentment towards this, however. Not everyone has had this opportunity, and some researchers did not receive an invitation from Liang Sanping.

  "Manager Liang, this experiment has invested a lot of money! The hospital doesn't have that much funding, we can only go to the department to apply for project approval." As one of the earliest people to struggle with Xia Zhendong and Liang Sanping, Kang Ziqi had always been straightforward with Liang Sanping.

  After all, their relationship is not ordinary, and he was originally mainly in charge of technical personnel. Now it's gradually transforming into a management role with Xia Zhendong. The problems to be considered have naturally increased.

  "I reckon the chances of getting through are slim! We need to find another source of funding, otherwise this research will be stillborn."