Chapter 458

The size was very uniform.

Each grain was about the same as a peanut.

"This is a big deal; the sky has been pierced!"

"Ping'an, you wait. Just watch this patch of land and don't let anyone else come over. I have to go handle some business and will be back immediately."

Director Wang ran off.

He even lost a shoe while running.

In less than half an hour, military vehicles drove over, and a group of soldiers got out, surrounding the six-acre plot.

Wan Ping'an reacted quickly.

Director Wang was too cautious; the golden rice that had grown to the size of peanuts was too precious and absolutely could not be allowed to have any accidents.

"Director Wang, listen to me."

"If you make such a big show of force, anyone who sees it will know something big has happened, which will instead attract the attention of saboteurs."

"I suggest moving from the open to the shadows!"

Wan Ping'an ran toward Director Wang.

"Hi, it was my oversight."

Director Wang slapped his thigh.

He had only been thinking about secrecy and had forgotten to consider the impact.

Director Wang immediately went to communicate, and soon the military vehicles left, replaced by a group of sturdy men in plain clothes. In name, they were all here to work.

In reality, each one was elite.

Their only task was to ensure that the super golden rice cultivated by Wan Ping'an would not be leaked, and even more so, would not be obtained by enemy agents.

"Ping'an, you, you, you, how is your brain grown?"

"Cultivating a tiny grain of rice to the size of a peanut—this is simply an unprecedented wonder. I didn't even dare to dream of this!"

Director Wang was very moved.

He told Wan Ping'an that the matter was of great importance. While contacting the military, he had also reported it upwards, using a special communication channel to report to the very top.

At the same time.

He took ten grains—yes, calculated by the grain—to conduct the most advanced testing to verify if the composition was the same as ordinary rice!

"It went through a special channel; all results will be out by tomorrow morning."

Director Wang was very excited.

The next morning.

Old Zhou came to see Wan Ping'an once again.

"Little Wan, I really didn't expect you to do another great deed that benefits the country and the people."

"Come, let's go see the super golden rice you cultivated."

Old Zhou was concerned about the country and the people.

He attached great importance to the food issue.

Having received Director Wang's report, he didn't doubt it. He was very familiar with Director Wang and knew very well that Director Wang would never falsely report the situation.

The matter was of great importance. When Old Zhou received the news yesterday, if it hadn't been too late, he would have come yesterday.

The group arrived at the super golden rice plot.

"What is the difference between this kind of rice and ordinary rice?"

Old Zhou was very shocked.

After verifying it personally, he asked Wan Ping'an and Director Wang.

"Old Zhou, I had people test it overnight."

"The test results show that this super golden rice is basically the same in composition as ordinary rice; the difference is that it is more nutritious."

"There is no toxicity and no harmful substances!"

"I guarantee it in the name of science!"

Director Wang took a stack of test results and handed them to Old Zhou.

"Good, good, very good!"

"How is the difficulty of planting?"

"How is the yield?"

Old Zhou was very excited.

If it could be mass-produced, mass-produced on a large scale, wouldn't the common people be able to eat their fill?

"The difficulty of planting is even lower than ordinary rice, promotion is no problem, and the yield will double on the basis of the original golden rice."

Wan Ping'an reported.

Director Wang confirmed this; he hadn't slept all night, working overnight to summarize the data and various results, and had compiled an investigation report.

"It's just a bit of a pity."

"When promoting the golden rice, a lot of manpower and material resources were spent."

"Now that the super golden rice has been cultivated, the golden rice has lost its value, wasting a lot of manpower and material resources."

Director Wang sighed.

The updates were too fast!

The golden rice hadn't even had time to be promoted before the super golden rice came out.

The inspection was completed.

Old Zhou gave instructions to promote the super golden rice as soon as possible.

He would convene a special meeting upon his return to provide all conveniences for the promotion of the super golden rice, striving to carry out small-scale, small-area promotion immediately.

Within two or three years, promote it on a large scale.

Old Zhou left soon after.

He had too many things to do and was too busy; if the super golden rice hadn't been so important, he couldn't have spared the time to come to the six-acre plot for an inspection.

Director Wang also left.

He had to go back to convene an emergency meeting to study the promotion of the super golden rice.

Wan Ping'an gathered everyone from the six-acre plot.

"Come, this is a confidentiality agreement; everyone sign one."

The confidentiality agreement had to be signed.

The golden rice was too important; it was a strategic-level material.

"I'll sign first!"

Cai Quanwu and Han Dahe were the first to walk up and sign the confidentiality agreement.

Others signed one after another.

"I remind you, the confidentiality agreement is not a joke."

"Once you sign, you cannot reveal any news about the super golden rice, not even to your closest relatives!"

"Otherwise, it will be treated as treason!"

"You will be taken out and shot for ten minutes!"

Wan Ping'an emphasized this again in front of everyone after they had all signed; he didn't want anyone to get into trouble.

Signing the confidentiality agreement was only the first line of defense.

Everyone working at the six-acre plot, no matter who, including Wan Ping'an himself, had their background information secretly reviewed.

Only those without problems could stay.

Two people who had minor issues were taken away the next day; Wan Ping'an didn't know what happened to them and never saw them again.

"There is one person whose background is quite special. Whether they stay or go, you decide!"

Director Wang handed a file to Wan Ping'an.

It was Shazhu's background information.

His ancestors for eighteen generations had been dug up.

He Daqing had always said that the He family had been cooks for generations.

But according to the information, He Daqing's grandfather was a refugee, a poor peasant for eighteen generations, who fled to the Four-Nine City and was taken in by the Tan family.

The Tan family saw that He Daqing's grandfather was diligent and took him as an apprentice, teaching him Tan family cuisine.

He Daqing had indeed been exposed to culinary arts since childhood.