Chapter 349: Cross-Breed
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
However, because of the drought, Great Wei had not recovered until now.
“That’s right,” the Emperor nodded heavily.
Jian Qingging continued, ‘If you cross-breed crops that are more resistant to drought in dry areas with crops that have a higher yield in non-dry areas, then you can get crops that are both resistant to drought and high-yield. If you can find other crops with better performance, you can choose their advantages and abandon their disadvantages. Then you can get crops that have all the advantages.”
After hearing this theory, the Emperor was stunned for a while before he asked in shock, “Is what you said true? Can it really be cultivated like this?”
Jian Qingqing nodded. “In theory, yes. But I don’t know if it can be cultivated. I still need to experiment.”
“How do you know these theories?” the Emperor looked at her deeply.
Jian Qingqing had already found an excuse and said, “When I was young, there were two flowers of the same species next to my house. For some reason, one of them was shorter and had blue flowers, while the other was taller and had yellow flowers. Because these two flowers were far from each other, the flowers planted by their seeds were the same as them. However, one day, I put away the seeds of these two flowers and planted them outside my room. At first, the shorter one had blue flowers, while the taller one had yellow flowers.”
“The next year, when I took their seeds and planted them, I found out that some of them had yellow flowers, while some of them had blue flowers. I was very interested in this situation, so I kept planting them. I found out that by pollinating the short blue and tall yellow flowers, I could get short yellow and tall blue flowers. Since flowers can do this, I thought it should be suitable for crops as well.”
The Emperor was dizzy from listening. What short, tall, blue, and yellow. Although he did not understand for the time being, he tried hard to remember these contents. He pondered for a while before he reacted.
It was also because he had reacted that he was greatly shocked.
“Is what you said true?
Jian Qingqing nodded. “You can ask the gardeners in the imperial garden. They usually use this method to cultivate new species. Those peonies with different colors are cultivated in this way. However, the peonies are cut, so to cultivate new species, they are achieved by grafting.”
“If it’s such a simple theory, why hasn’t anyone used it on crops?” the Emperor asked in shock.
Jian Qingqing did not know how to answer this question. She said, “Maybe they didn’t think of that.”
“That’s because they’re not smart enough,” the Emperor disagreed. “Why can’t they think of something that you can think of? You’re only a teenager!”
The Emperor was so excited that he kept pacing in the study room. Although he had already believed Jian Qingqing’s words, he still had to confirm it again. He said, “Eunuch Zhong, go and call the gardener in the imperial garden for me!”
After hearing Jian Qingqing’s words, Eunuch Zhong was shocked. Hearing the
Emperor’s instructions, he suppressed his excitement and said calmly, “Yes!”
When the three gardeners were brought in, they were very nervous. They did not know what had happened. They usually dealt with the flowers and plants in the imperial garden. Although they would occasionally meet these nobles while tending to the flowers and plants, the nobles treated them like background decorations. At most, they would kneel down and greet the nobles. This was the first time they had been called in by the Emperor.
Therefore, they knelt down, trembling, and had already thought of all kinds of terrible situations in their hearts..