Chapter 115 Things are getting serious

No one noticed Dr. Zhou's psychological changes.

The attention of all the Muhe employees present was attracted by Guo Yang and others, and they all greeted them.

"Chairman, President Xiang."

"boss."

"Xiong Ze-kun, this is Mr. Guo, the chairman of Jiahe Group."

The two groups introduced themselves to each other.

The side led by Guo Yang includes the expert technical team represented by Su Guozhou and Dr. Zhou.

Xiang Tianshan also followed.

However, when facing the expert group sent from Beijing, Xiang Tianshan seemed a little silent.

And the other side.

Kumazawa Masaki was still worried about the pasture issue. He kept rubbing the dried hay with his fingers, and there was still obvious doubt on his face.

"After alfalfa seeds are harvested, their feeding value drops significantly. This is the experience accumulated by countless predecessors."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "The nutritional content of Alfalfa No. 1 has also decreased, but its initial value is high."

Xiong Ze Zhengshu shook his head and said, "I suspect there is something wrong with your data. We need to verify it again."

Although it is necessary to inspect the goods before the transaction, what Kumazawa Masaki meant was almost as if the goods were fake.

“The data is absolutely true!”

"It is not common sense. There is no such precedent in the world."

“That’s what the test showed!”

The young man who had been standing by and remained silent blushed.

Guo Yang knew this person and had a deep impression of him.

He is Hu Jie, an employee of Muhe Laboratory. He has a very introverted personality, in other words, he suffers from social phobia.

It was Hu Jie who first proposed the idea of ​​secondary compression of forage to reduce logistics costs.

Guo Yang walked over and patted his shoulder encouragingly.

"Well done!"

Then he turned around and said, "Professor Su, Dr. Zhou, since we are testing the soil, why don't we also test the composition of Alfalfa Hay No. 1?"

Su Guozhou nodded expressionlessly and said something suddenly.

“Data can indeed be falsified.”

Guo Yang didn't understand what he meant for a moment. Was he reminding him, or was he simply not optimistic about Alfalfa No. 1?
Dr. Zhou also said: "Mr. Guo, I want to see what the deep soil is like now, and whether the salt is flowing back with the groundwater."

Dr. Zhou still clearly remembers the engineering improvement measures that Alfalfa took at that time: scraping off the salt-alkali crust on the surface, combing the field nets and ditches, deep plowing and drying the soil, covering with sand, etc.

However, these measures are only for improving the surface soil, which is contrary to the improvement plan for deep soil proposed by the design institute.

But Muhe didn't adopt any of it!
Dr. Zhou was depressed about this matter for a long time and was unwilling to have anything to do with Muhe's project for a long time.

This project won’t last long!

This was Dr. Zhou's original idea, but it faded a lot when he came to this salt marsh again.

The once vast white saline-alkali beach only occasionally had scattered white salt stains, but on the surface of Alfalfa No. 1, there was no salt at all.

What a change!
He was curious to see what the soil underneath looked like.

As for the nutritional content of alfalfa mentioned by Kumazawa Masaki, to be honest, he was not very interested.

I don't think Professor Su Guozhou is interested either.

The most important thing is whether Alfalfa No. 1 can improve the soil!
This is related to the country’s land resources and food security!

Seeing the two men's determination, Guo Yang had no choice but to say, "Then Lao Yu, take Xiong Zejun to the laboratory, lend them the equipment, and let them test it themselves."

Unexpectedly, Kumazawa Masaki also became interested in saline-alkali land and soil.

"No, I'll go with you guys."

"alright."

After a while.

Dr. Zhou randomly selected the points left over from the original survey and design.

After confirmation, the workers on the grassland took the lead in digging out the soil with shovels and hoes.

The surface soil was mixed with fine sand and was very soft. After a while, the alfalfa with its roots was dug up.

Su Guozhou picked up the dug Alfalfa No. 1 and shook it gently, and the dirt fell off. Weng Lixin also hurried over.

Densely packed root hairs were exposed, and the taproot was unusually thick. Weng Lixin praised, "The root system is well-developed, and there are many rhizobia. The nitrogen-fixing ability must be strong."

Su Guozhou remained silent. He wanted to find fault but didn't know where to start.

Alfalfa No. 1 has been harvested, so its growth during the growing period cannot be compared, but judging from the root system alone, it has surpassed Huamu No. 1.

It’s so uncomfortable!

Dr. Zhou also looked at the soil dug out by the workers and said, "The soil is rich in organic matter. A lot of green manure has been applied. You can still see the residue on the surface soil."

Guo Yang, Xiong Ze Zhengshu and others watched several experts busying themselves and were unable to help, so fortunately they started chatting on the side.

"How much hay are you going to order this time, Mr. Xiong Ze? This is our last crop of hay this year."

"Hmm... still 2 tons. Let me take a look at the quality of this Alfalfa No. 1 hay. The product is fine. I'll take it too."

"The price is still in accordance with the international standard. For every 1% increase in protein content, the price will be 100 yuan higher."

"Ah."

In general, despite his arrogant and conceited personality, Kumazawa is a very trustworthy person.

The fact that we can pay for goods on time makes us superior to many countries and companies, and we are a customer with whom we can have long-term cooperation.

At this time, Dr. Zhou had also completed sampling the surface soil.

Afterwards, he ordered a small excavator nearby to dig deeper along the traces of the artificial pit.

Soon the pit was more than 60cm deep, the soil began to become compacted, and salt stains were visible, but no heavily saline-alkali soil with pollution and toxicity was seen.

Dr. Zhou suspected that there was a deviation in the coordinate position.

The pit became deeper and deeper. When it was more than 1 meter deep, the soil dug out was all hard raw soil, and there was basically no salt.

Dr. Zhou had no choice but to stop the excavator and several people came over.

I was stunned at first sight!

It can be seen that on the vertical spatial scale of the soil profile, the soil structure is clearly layered and the differences are obvious.

The top 30cm layer is soft soil with a high organic matter content, where you can see various partially decomposed straws and small active insects.

The middle 30-60cm is soil with some salt. Although it is compacted, you can still see signs of life.

As for the area below 60cm, it is completely raw soil, and the traces of salt soil are even lighter!
Su Guozhou frowned, "Is there no sign of salt and alkali flowing back upwards?"

Dr. Zhou was already dumbfounded. After a while, he said in surprise, "What about such a thick layer of heavy salt soil?"

Su Guozhou looked at him puzzledly, "Huh?"

"The saline-alkali land here is very special. Not only is the salt content of the surface soil very high, but the range of 30 to 100 cm is also a heavy salt layer!"

"Really?" Su Guozhou looked surprised. Looking at the thickness and area of ​​the hay drying on the grassland, the yield was not low.

A strange feeling came over him, and Su Guozhou always had a bad premonition.

"Really? I stressed this to Muhe at the time."

Weng Lixin leaned in front of the pit, observed it for a while, and said, "It's moderately saline at best."

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, still unable to figure out what was going on. Su Guozhou asked in a low voice, "Did we choose the wrong position?"

“The location is right,” Dr. Zhou said.

"That's really strange."

Xiang Tianshan, who had been silent for a long time, finally showed a smile on his dark face.

"Is it possible that the salt in the lower layer is returning with the groundwater but is then 'eaten'?"

Su Guozhou subconsciously refuted, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! So much salt..."

Dr. Zhou was stunned.
"Maybe it really was 'eaten'. The heavy salt soil layer is deep, so it must have flowed back, but it was consumed and secreted by the plants above."

"That's the only way it can be explained."

"Maybe we need to go back and test the content of Alfalfa No. 1."

"Test individually, keep the data confidential!"

Weng Lixin, Su Guozhou, and Dr. Zhou, the three of you looked at each other, and then looked at Xiang Tianshan.

Xiang Tianshan nodded imperceptibly.

The three experts also realized that the matter was serious, and Su Guozhou's little thoughts disappeared.

Weng Lixin and Su Guozhou retreated quietly and did not allow some people to get close.

Dr. Zhou and his followers collected some soil samples and then ordered the excavator to backfill the soil.

"Hurry up, bury it!"

(End of this chapter)