Chapter 87 Everyone Grows Herbs
Yu Miaomiao quietly walked up to Chu Bai and asked, "Isn't Ye Jian mainly focused on the military industry?"
Before Chu Bai could answer, Ye Jian seemed to have overheard their conversation and walked straight towards them.
"I have a double degree," Ye Jian said directly. "Of course, my main focus is on military industry."
Yu Miaomiao stopped pretending and, since everyone was speaking frankly, she asked directly what questions she had.
"Then I wonder what Academician Ye's purpose is in coming here? I don't think he came here just to see if we're alright, does he?"
"Of course not. I'm here to ask for medicine."
"With Yao Yao helping out, how could your research institute possibly run out of medicine?"
"Because Liu Yao's ability has a limit, she can only repeat a single copy 10 times a day, which is far from enough to supply the dungeon's medicine needs. Her main task is to copy other rare materials."
"Ahem, Dr. Ye, please be careful not to reveal confidential information when you speak."
Chu Bai then gave them a timely reminder to prevent them from getting too engrossed in their conversation and saying something they shouldn't. In that case, he would have no choice but to ask them to be put in solitary confinement in the central control center's interrogation room.
"Sister, my ability is too weak to help everyone. Besides, I can only copy basic objects; I can't directly copy things like synthetic potions. So there's simply not enough time to supply the dungeon with the amount of potions it needs right now."
Liu Yao looked remorseful, as if she had made a mistake.
"It's not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself."
Yu Miaomiao pinched the little guy's cheek. However, in her memory, fissioners could copy and synthesize items, but Liu Yao might not know how yet and would need to figure it out on his own or have someone guide him.
Xu Nanwei, who was standing nearby, also came over and put her small hand on Liu Yao's thin shoulder, saying, "Why do you seem more mature than Professor Wang from our school? Come on, let them say what they want, I have something good for you."
I always feel that Xu Nanwei is often with Lu An, and now her personality is becoming more and more like Lu An's. She's carefree and has a "live for today, for tomorrow we may die" attitude. It's pretty good.
"The mutated Chinese herbs you submitted to the research institute last time were of better quality than those collected by others," Ye Jian said bluntly. "We hope to hire your team to go out and search for herbs again, and the price will be even higher than last time."
Look, this has a hint of forced buying and selling in it.
A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.
Yu Miaomiao felt that this couldn't go on. If things continued like this, would she be expected to supply the entire underground city by herself?
"Let's not even talk about whether it's okay or not. You haven't even said what you want. How am I supposed to answer you?" Last time, you gave me a lot of medicine all at once, and it wasn't just one kind.
Yu Miaomiao didn't answer whether it was okay or not because she had her own considerations. She had a stock of mutated herbs. Since she got the harvester and the growing environment in the space was suitable, she could harvest a batch almost every day. So, she was actually in a state of overflowing stock of several mutated herbs. If the price was right, she wouldn't mind doing this business. However, she also had to take this opportunity to avoid the trouble of people coming to her door directly.
"Mutant blood ginseng".
"Excuse my frankness, but the herbs I use are all things I painstakingly search for myself. They're not like what you imagine, where you just go out and pick them randomly from a large patch. That's just something out of a fairy tale. Besides, why can't your research institute consider cultivation? Relying on harvesting forever is very out of touch with reality."
Yu Miaomiao has now mastered lying without batting an eye; she certainly can't say that she planted it herself.
Research institutes have considered planting them, but either the plants don't sprout, or if they do, they grow into small, withered, and thin plants. Moreover, the planting time is very long, and since the natural disaster, only one batch has been harvested. The small herb seedlings require a huge amount of extraction to meet the standards when used in medicine.
"We are also exploring this. Currently, the level of artificial cultivation of mutant herbs is far from up to standard. The herbs we grow are several times worse than the worst quality herbs we harvest. The research institute does not currently have any agricultural experts."
Is that so?
Yu Miaomiao felt that anything she randomly stuck into the ground would eventually grow very well.
She used to think she was exceptionally talented, but she had already learned her lesson when she tried to cultivate the land outside the underground villa.
It still has to be those few plots of land in the space; no matter how she messes with them, they can grow top-quality plants.
"Even so, we can't stop planting now. I suggest the research institute distribute the seeds to everyone. I think the treatment should be effective with ordinary blood ginseng, right?"
"Yes, the effect is not as good, but what you said makes sense. I will report it to the hospital."
Ye Jian didn't directly refuse, which means there's still a chance.
The research institute currently has no more than fifty employees. These fifty people are already extremely busy completing research projects, developing new drugs, and producing drugs every day. If we add miscellaneous tasks such as planting, the manpower required would be unimaginable.
Although Yu Miaomiao's suggestion was risky—the risk being that distributing the seeds might not yield much return, as most people lacked the ability to cultivate them, and even if they were lucky enough to grow them, they would likely be deformed—as she said, many hands make light work, and at this time, it was indeed appropriate to leverage the advantage of population.
"The seeds of ordinary, non-mutated blood ginseng should be in stock in the underground city's species bank. We can start a pilot program in the villa area. Every household in the villa area has land. Although there is a pest crisis now, we can find ways to set up greenhouses or tents to physically isolate the plants from pests. I think many people can do it. As long as the base can effectively educate people about the effects of the herbs and give priority to distributing pesticides to families who successfully grow the herbs, many people will be willing to do it."
After all, when faced with natural disasters, people tend to act in a way that benefits them.
Yu Miaomiao's words truly impressed everyone present.
He Liang initially thought Yu Miaomiao was a very indifferent person, uninterested in anything, and would only take action when faced with huge benefits. Her action was astonishing, and her words were always sharp and incisive. Otherwise, she was like a snail, hiding in her shell and watching others live and die without doing anything. However, her words were indeed sharp and insightful.
Chu Bai was also shocked. He only knew that his younger sister was no ordinary person. He had only met Yu Miaomiao two or three times, but each time he had a new impression of her. A seed was beginning to be planted in his heart, and a branch would sprout every time they met.
Ye Jian felt the same way. In his eyes, Yu Miaomiao was one of the few companions who could walk alongside him. She was excellent in both ability and character, and remained calm and composed in the face of difficulties. She was a trustworthy partner.
However, Yu Miaomiao didn't care about these people's opinions.