1In the autumn of 980, Hou Lao took a fancy to the diversity of soil in Changning County and set up a scientific research site in Xiangling District (now Zhuhai Town), focusing on the research, demonstration and popularization of natural no-tillage and high yield, and achieved great results. 17 became attached to Changning. The old man dedicated his last glory and all his love to this beautiful land and his beloved people. In fact, this is his first generation and application research stage of soil fertility biothermodynamics theory. If the basic research in 1930s and 1960s and the theoretical research before 1980s completed the precipitation and accumulation of China's soil science theory, then this 17 is the eruption period of the original soil science theory created by Hou Veteran to guide production practice and transform science and technology into real productive forces. In a sense, it is more valuable than establishing a theoretical system.
The outstanding achievements of Hou Lao in this period are the establishment and popularization of semi-dry farming system in paddy field and natural no-tillage farming method in dry land. Adopting semi-arid no-tillage rice cultivation system can increase the average yield 15%-20%, and increase the yield of deep-foot cold-soaked mud field by 50%. Only in the south 15 provinces and regions, the direct economic benefit in the future 10 will be more than 2 billion yuan. At the same time, it also saves a lot of human resources and production input costs, which can increase the income of fish farming in rice fields; It is also a scientific measure to effectively prevent soil erosion.
In the late 1980s, due to old age and infirmity, coupled with long-term overwork in rural areas with difficult conditions, Hou Lao's health and energy were not as good as before. When several people queue up together, he often gets sleepy after a while and unconsciously closes his eyes and takes a nap. But once someone mentioned his academic research in the countryside, he was immediately refreshed and excited, as if he were a different person.
Since he set foot on the land of Changning, Hou Lao has completely regarded it as his home and regarded the peasants as his relatives. He is willing to make friends with all farmers and working people. After work, I often arrange to sit in a teahouse on the street. In the process of drinking tea, I learned a lot of agricultural production methods and experiences from local people. At this time, you can often hear his happy laughter. Hou Lao treats people very kindly and humorously. Sometimes he would happily call the staff around him "Grandpa Chen" (in his 60s at that time) and Li Xiaoping (female) "Brother". People respectfully call him "Grandpa Hou" or "Hou Zuzu". Until today, we can still strongly feel the sincere love and admiration of Changning people in the interview. In the late 1980s, natural disasters such as floods and droughts occurred frequently. At noon one day, Li Xiaoping found the old man sitting in front of the TV, watching the pictures of mudslides and floods, constantly patting his head with his hand, and deeply blaming himself: "I should die, I should die, this is the responsibility of our soil scientists." "If we don't control soil erosion, our descendants will scold us." Xiao Li managed to persuade the old man. Hou Lao said: "I want to write a proposal and put it forward at the National People's Congress." During that time, Mr. Hou was worried and deeply concerned about the disaster situation and the affected people. He immediately set out to write a proposal of the National People's Congress that soil and water conservation in China should consider taking the road of natural no-tillage, and then published a paper on the same topic in 1985, and then published the article "Developing ecological agriculture and radically curing floods in the Yangtze River". Worrying about the country, people and even the land is the unchanging nature of Hou Lao's life. What a broad mind this is.
Today, Changning, with a forest area of 650,000 mu, is a famous ecological county. Its 38.2% forest coverage and lush, leafy and verdant bamboo forests have made many Chinese and foreign tourists feel relaxed and full of praise. Every year, farmers can increase their income by tens of millions of yuan from the bamboo industry. But who knows, there is still a great contribution of Hou Lao hidden in it! At present, from Li Sanhe and Baili Ganjiang Banli Gallery to the paradise of Zhuhai Sanjiang, at least half of the bamboo species are donated by Hou Lao.
Hou Lao's forgotten peasant friend
Hou Lao has many friends in Changning, not only employees of no-till farms, but also neighbors who drink tea together in the street and farmers. Dai Deguang of Guhe Town is one of them.
● Dai Deguang is a freak. In fact, he just likes to do some research and invent something. In the mid-1990s, he experimented with eco-circular agriculture in Taozipo, Baima Wushe, Guhe Town (using chopped straw as culture medium to produce edible fungi → drying and crushing bacterial residues, adding cellulose decomposing bacteria to decompose and ferment to make livestock and poultry feed → feeding pigs, chickens and rabbits → returning manure to the field, and then starting the second cycle).
1March 996 19, a sunny day, coincided with the Guhe market, and Dai Deguang set off at his veterinary drug stall. At about 9 o'clock, the town government sent someone to inform him that Professor Hou was going to visit his experimental field of ecological recycling agriculture. At that time, Hou Lao was 92 years old, seriously ill and inconvenient to move. But he thought that it was not easy for Dai Deguang to do experiments, so he had to go and see for himself and guide this native agricultural researcher. Halfway, I couldn't walk any further, so Dai Deguang tied a pair of sliding poles with several farmers and carried Hou Lao to the proving ground on the mountain. After listening to Dai's introduction and watching all aspects of the experiment, the old man shed tears for several times and said that Dai had done a great thing. When he was introduced that Dai Deguang exhausted his savings to engage in these agricultural scientific research, his family was worried, his husband and wife were at odds and his children were dissatisfied, but he still did not change his original intention. The old man choked up when he insisted on doing the experiment. He and Dai Deguang hugged each other tightly and cried bitterly, saying, "Anyone who insists on scientific research for farmers is a promising person. The ecological recycling agriculture you engage in is actually a magic weapon for farmers to get rich and run towards a well-off society. You can insist on experiments at your own expense for a long time. " Then, the passion was hard to suppress, and the old man shouted with all his strength: "Long live the patriotism of farmers in China." The old but affectionate voice echoed in the fields and valleys for a long time, shaking all the people present and making them cry.
● See the teacher. It was a day in the early summer of 1995. Dai Deguang thought excitedly: He is going to meet a great scientist and famous scholar, Professor Hou, who misses him day and night! This is the blessing I have been looking forward to for many years. I didn't sleep well the night before, so I got up early to catch the bus. I waited for over an hour before getting on the bus. By the time he got to the no-till station, it was already 10. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Hou Lao sitting on a rotten rattan chair with a big board tied to his back (Hou Lao is usually frugal, and all his money is spent on scientific research or helping people in need, fiddling with this chair 10 years). When he looked at himself with a smile, Dai Deguang's eyes were moist. He didn't expect that this great scholar should sit on such a rotten rattan chair, and even more unexpectedly, this highly respected person. Dai Deguang said timidly, "Professor Hou, I have come to ask you to be my teacher and ask you some questions." Hou Lao ha ha smiled: "You don't know, I don't look at people by what you say or what you look like, but by what you have done for decades. It is not easy to know that you insist on the experiment. It is a kind of fate that we can meet. I am very happy and I am willing to guide you. " Hearing this, Dai was moved to a loss and quickly paid tribute to the teacher. Soon, the two were already talking and laughing, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became. After lunch, Dai reads in Hou Lao's study and chats with Hou Lao. Hou Lao also said, "Come to my bed when you are tired." The old man was in a particularly good mood that day. Until two o'clock in the afternoon, Dai Cai reluctantly bid farewell to Hou Lao and went back. Since then, Dai Deguang has visited teachers and asked questions on no-till farms almost every month. Hou Lao also carefully instructed Dai to do experiments. Later, these two people, who were nearly 50 years apart, talked about everything and missed each other for a few days.
Deguang, you come to see a doctor. Dai Deguang really treated Hou Lao once. It was a day in mid-June, 1996, and Hou Lao was seriously ill. The organization, leaders and children all hoped that he would go to the hospital or find a doctor for treatment, but the old man said nothing and refused to leave the unmanned ticketing station in Changning. He said: "It doesn't matter if I die, but what if the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are eroded and the Three Gorges reservoir area is riddled with holes?" I thank you for your kindness ... "When I saw Dai Deguang coming that day, I said happily to him," I have a terrible stomachache. You know how to treat doctors. Come and help me. "Dai shook his hand again and again in fear and backed away again and again." No, no, I just studied veterinary medicine. " The old man said, "Never mind, just treat me like a cow." Dai Deguang had tears in his eyes and had to do a simple check-up for Hou Lao. He found a lump in the old man's stomach, which seemed to have ascites, and said, "Mr. Hou, you really should go to a big hospital for a check-up." After hearing this, Hou Lao said, "Forget it. I made some purslane, but it seems loose. "In fact, as long as you are happy (referring to research), it will not hurt so much." In fact, Hou Lao has reached the advanced stage of cancer, accompanied by right lung cancer with left lung stability, right pleural carcinomatous pleurisy, extensive atherosclerosis and other serious diseases 10. After more than ten days, the scientific superstar quietly fell. Hou Lao is really a cow, a willing cow of the people, who eats grass, gives milk, bleeds and dies!
● Establish a tomb to worship. 1996165438+1October 4th, the bad news of Hou Lao's death came, and hundreds of rivers mourned for it, and thousands of miles of bamboo seas mourned for it. With tears streaming down her face, Dade went to Chongqing to pay his respects at his own expense. Looking at that familiar and kind face, Dave's coffin wept bitterly and was unable to kneel down. After coming, Dai Deguang often takes out photos or books sent by Hou Lao when he is around him, silently cherishes the memory of this kind old man, and always respects his teachers and sincere friends. During Tomb-Sweeping Day 1997, Dai Deguang asked Hou Lao's relatives for some objects that Hou Lao had used before his death. Dai funded the construction of Hou Lao's cenotaph on the hill next to Baima Stone in Baima Wushe, Guhe Town, in order to solve the pain of missing him often.
Nowadays, it has become an important position for popular science education and patriotism education. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, teachers and students of Guhe Town School in Changning and Hou Lao's apprentice will sweep Hou Lao's grave. They will remember Hou Lao's great achievements at the grave, learn from Hou Lao's great spirit, and report the results of their work and study to Hou Lao. Dai Deguang often takes photos with Hou Lao at his grave. When his invention-"compound preparation of phosphoric acid Chinese medicine for preventing and treating bacterial infection of livestock and poultry and its preparation method" was obtained, he did not forget to report to Hou Lao before his grave. In Changning, people also built the exhibition hall of Academician Hou Guangjiong and the exhibition room of Hou Lao's former residence for people to visit and study, and became the popular science education base for young people in Sichuan Province.
Zhuhai, remember this son of the earth-a cadre, sing praises to this academic leader, a hometown of 420,000 people, and always miss you, our beloved Professor Hou Guangjiong.