Chapter 78 Four Suspects

There is a wheat experimental field on the outskirts of Shen City. It is called a field, but it is very large, covering an area of ​​more than ten acres.

The wheat planted in each of these dozen acres comes from different places. The reason they are planted together is to select the best wheat.

What is the best wheat?

The highest yield, the best quality, drought and water resistance, and insect resistance...

Of course, the most important thing is output.

In this age when many people are hungry, researching and even growing food with higher yields has always been what national agricultural researchers have been doing.

Chen Xuenong is one of them, and he is also the person in charge of this wheat experimental field.

He has been working in this experimental field since he was in his twenties. Now he is in his fifties. He has devoted thirty years and more than ten thousand days and nights to this experimental field. He even regards it as his home and this experimental field as his child.

During these thirty years, he has been constantly planting, cultivating, experimenting, and screening...

The research on a lot of high-yield wheat has promoted the country's wheat cultivation and allowed more people to have enough food to eat.

Originally this was already a remarkable thing.

But Chen Xuenong felt it was not enough.

He always felt that he could cultivate wheat with higher yield and better quality than the current one.

"Two months ago, Professor Chen finally cultivated the wheat seedlings of his dreams."

"This type of wheat seedling is better than the original one in every aspect. It can adapt to both arid environments and moist soils."

“Not only that, it’s producing three times as much as before.”

Although it is only three times, in the field of grain cultivation, even if the yield is only increased by 3%, it is valuable.

I don’t know how many hungry people that 10% can save.

"But the very next day, not long after Professor Chen came to this conclusion, all his experimental data, including the three rare wheat seedlings, disappeared." Speaking of this, Zhang Zhipeng's face was full of anger.

Everyone knows the importance of these wheat seedlings and experimental data.

Just verify that it's true.

If this wheat seedling can be promoted for planting throughout the country, the amount of wheat planted in our country will increase.

Not only can it allow more people to have enough food, but the surplus can also be traded on the international market, increasing national fiscal revenue.

Of course, these are just the most superficial benefits. There are definitely more profound benefits than these.

It can be said that if the verification is successful, it is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Xuenong is a great man in agriculture, because his contribution is enormous, not only benefiting the modern country, but also hundreds of millions of future generations across the country.

But unfortunately, the wheat seedlings and experimental data were stolen.

"We suspect this may be an inside job, or even espionage."

"As soon as the theft occurred, we sent people to investigate, but we were unable to identify the most likely suspect."

"We don't even have a clue where the wheat seedlings and experimental data are." When it comes to this, Zhang Zhipeng and others look a little ashamed.

In fact, Chen Xuenong's experimental field has always been guarded by official personnel. Although they knew the importance of the experiment, they did not expect that someone would take advantage of it and not even leave any clues.

"So, we suspect that there might be collusion between insiders and spies, and that's why..."

After hearing this, Ji Huainan completely understood.

"Are there any doubters now?"

"Yes, the people we suspect are Professor Chen's four students. Currently, these four people have been put under surveillance, but there is no evidence pointing to any of them."

Ji Huainan looked at another piece of information.

Inside is the information of these four students.

The first one is called Lu Hao, from Jing City, now 36 years old, and was the first to follow Chen Xuenong.

"Lu Hao has been Professor Chen's student for 16 years. His father and Professor Chen are close friends. Once, when he went to Lu's house, he saw Lu Hao, who was so passionate about agriculture and had talent. Lu Hao also admired Professor Chen. So, since they both had similar interests, Professor Chen accepted Lu Hao as his student. He was also Professor Chen's first student."

"He has been with Professor Chen the longest, and he is also the most talented. You could even say he is an agronomy geek. Once he starts researching, he can go without food for days until he goes into shock."

"Of course, he is also the one who has the most access to Professor Chen's experimental data. He is also the equivalent of an assistant. Whenever Professor Chen needs help, he will look for Lu Hao first."

It is unlikely that Lu Hao, who loves agronomy so much and has followed Chen Xuenong for so long and the two have such a good relationship, would steal wheat seedlings and data.

But he couldn't rule out suspicion, after all, he was the one with the most access to these things.

"The second one is a girl named Zhang Xiaoyan. She comes from the mountains. Professor Chen had been to Zhang Xiaoyan's hometown to look for wheat seedlings. As a child who often went hungry in the mountains, Zhang Xiaoyan also had this ambition when she learned that Professor Chen wanted to cultivate high-yield wheat. After passing many tests, Zhang Xiaoyan, who was only 13 years old at the time, was accepted by Professor Chen as his second disciple, and also the only female disciple. Now 12 years have passed, and Zhang Xiaoyan is 25 years old."

"By the way, Zhang Xiaoyan and Professor Chen's third disciple are husband and wife. They got married five years ago."

Professor Chen’s third student, Zhang Xiaoyan’s husband, was named Bao Jialin.

"In addition to giving money to his daughter, Professor Chen also uses part of his salary to support poor students."

"Bao Jialin and Professor Chen's fourth student Tao Yude are two of the students he sponsored."

“But the situations of these two people are also different.”

"Although Bao Jialin's family was not well off, his grandparents and parents were still alive. He was met by Professor Chen by chance, and after learning about his situation, Professor Chen decided to help him."

"So, with the financial support of Professor Chen, Bao Jialin finished high school and then studied at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University for two years. When it was time to be assigned a job, Bao Jialin resolutely wanted to become Professor Chen's student and follow him to participate in wheat cultivation in the experimental field in order to repay Professor Chen."

Ji Huainan looked at the last sentence on Bao Jialin's profile and asked, "Does Bao Jialin have any relatives overseas?"

"Yes, it was his uncle's family, but they left the country 10 years ago, and Bao Jialin has no contact with them now."

"Of course, this is what Bao Jialin said himself." The details are still unknown.

Bao Jialin has been Professor Chen's student for 10 years.

Five years ago, he and Zhang Xiaoyan fell in love with each other, got married, and now have two children.

(End of this chapter)