Some people are clapping, some are whispering.
More people's gazes fall on Zheng Fa.
Everyone understands the significance:
In the north of the country, people eat noodles; in the south, rice. Even if there are other options for staple food, they are not mainstream.
Adding to the previous new rice variety Jiushan No.2, now the Hongshan Research Institute has cultivated high-yield, good-tasting, and nutritionally-balanced varieties of both wheat and rice.
This achievement, placed in ancient times, would undoubtedly be considered an immeasurable merit.
In the modern era...
"Food security..." Mr. Hou's tone is filled with barely contained excitement, "We've talked about food security for years, but why do we need to talk about it?"
"Because the memory of hunger is too deep-seated."
"Because foreign grain merchants have too much influence in the international grain market... a single word from them might leave thousands of people without food."
