Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 101 The Secret of Seeds

"Let's give them some. After all, they've worked hard from summer planting to autumn harvest. When they leave, they can take the leftover food with them or sell it to others. It's up to them."

Both the director of public security and Fang Wenshu felt that they should be given food rations.

The old accountant followed the crowd, and Zheng Bao waited for Fang Wei to express his opinion. If the captain said so, he would give it, and if he said no, he would not give it.

"Then give them some. Let's be good people to the end and not be blamed when we leave."

Fang Weiyi made the final decision on the distribution plan.

Rations were distributed per person, with the least being 300 kilograms and the most being 500 kilograms. On average, each person could get about 360 kilograms.

A total of nearly 6 kilograms of grain were distributed, all of which were stocks in the barn. The new rice was not touched and was all kept.

Fang Wei checked the account book and then went to the barn for an on-site inspection. The account and inventory matched. The team still had 14 kilograms of rice and 38000 kilograms of various seed varieties, including japonica rice.

This move surprised the resettlement personnel. They had also heard that their people were preparing to return to the city, and thought that they had nothing to do with the distribution of rations this time, but in the end, the rations were still distributed.

Engineer Luo, Engineer Wen, Gao Qingshan and others expressed their gratitude, and even those who usually talked nonsense had to say a few good words.

Fang Wei didn't have time to care about what these people thought. He called Zheng Hu into the house to discuss buying coal for the winter.

"Huzi, take your men with you. We can't trouble Captain Zheng for everything. If necessary, they can give us coal at a fair price, and we can give them rice at a fair price."

Being a captain is not easy. You need to be flexible and principled, and both must be taken into account.

Take the issue of exchanging grain for coal as an example. Many production teams did not dare to do it, while some production teams were too bold and dared to sell their stored grain at high prices in private.

Fang Wei doesn't want to cause trouble, but he still has flexibility.

"I understand. Tomorrow, Yuan En, my brother and I will go there."

It was Zheng Hu's first time going out to do something "big", so he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He set off before dawn the next day. The team had no other means of transportation, so he could only take a hand tractor.

When he came back in the afternoon, he told Fang Wei that the matter was settled.

Honestly, you can survive the winter without coal in the area, as you can chop wood. But if you don't have enough food, you'll suffer.

People's desire for food far exceeded everyone's imagination. The mine then directly delivered coal and then took away 1 kilograms of rice.

Zheng Hu arranged for people to make honeycomb coal, so that every household could have a warm winter just like in the first two years.

The resettled personnel are not included in the distribution. They receive honeycomb coal once a week because the superiors have issued a notice asking all localities to do a good job in the resettlement of the diverted personnel.

This winter is not too cold, and the hearts of these relocated people are even warmer.

If possible, who would want to stay in the countryside? No matter how hard life is in the city, conditions are much better than in the countryside. Even people like Wen Gong, Luo Gong, and Gao Qingshan, who may feel a little reluctant to leave, will not hesitate to leave after receiving the notice.

Fang Wei didn't like this kind of scene of life and death. On the day Gao Qingshan and others left, he didn't go to see them off. He carried his gun and went into the mountains early in the morning.

For those who were relocated, this experience was a setback in their lives. For him, it was just a chance encounter.

After all, we are not all the same.

The comments on these people were written by Zheng Hu and several team cadres. Based on the principle of only saying good things and not bad things, this relationship ended.

Fang Wei didn't have anything specific to do when he went into the mountains. He first took a walk around the valley and cancelled the designation of the one acre of land.

He and his elder brother will never come here to farm again because they don't have the time or energy.

Speaking of which, he is still very grateful to this land, at least it helped him and his family get through difficult times.

On his way back, he received a message reminder, and coincidentally, he also harvested two pheasants.

[Harvested prey, points +6, total points: 18317 points.]

"Sister-in-law, I got two pheasants. We also have some dried bamboo shoots that Sister Lianhua sent us last time. Let's stew some chicken tonight."

When he got home, Fang Wei handed the two pheasants to Tian Guihua.

Tian Guihua took it with a smile, then made a pot of tea for the other party and went to the kitchen to clean up the prey.

She knew that her younger brother seemed carefree, but was actually very sentimental.

He usually takes good care of Luo Gong, Gao Qingshan and others. The reason he hid away today was that he was feeling unwell.

"Third brother, I took out those treasures of yours and aired them out again today."

Fang Ping came back later and mentioned the sterile plant seeds.

After artificial pollination, the naturally male sterile plants set fruit smoothly. Fang Ping and his men carefully harvested them and stored them specially.

Although he didn't understand the principles of hybrid rice, he would do everything his third brother asked him to do seriously.

"That's good! We have to plant them after spring. The cultivation of new rice seeds depends entirely on them."

Fang Wei plans to explain the method of "three-line hybrid breeding" to the breeding team members in future practice.

He had no research funds and no professional technicians under his command, so he could only take it slow.

With [Nan Guang No. 58] and [Nongken ] as a foundation, the team generally will not be short of food.

Subsequently.

Fang Wei went to check Chongyang and called him over. He stewed two pheasants today and added dried bamboo shoots and sweet potato vermicelli. It tasted very delicious.

"Old Third, why didn't I see any other production teams coming to exchange seeds after the autumn harvest?"

Guan Chongyang has not been very happy these two days. Gao Qingshan and others have left, and there is no one to play chess with him. It seems that there is less fun in his life.

But the old man doesn't just sit around and wait for death all day long. He is also quietly paying attention to the team's affairs.

Now everyone in the team, young and old, can eat their fill, thanks to Fang Wei. The exchange of rice for seeds is a major contribution, otherwise how could the team have such abundant resources?
"Team One did send a message saying they'll come over to exchange seeds in a few days, but the other production teams haven't made any moves yet."

Fang Wei is not in a hurry. The whole county will gradually promote the [Nan Guang No. 1] rice seeds during the spring sowing, and this work must be completed in full by next summer sowing at the latest.

It takes a process for the county to make a decision and implement it, so just be patient and wait.

"Third brother, when it comes to spring planting, will the county allow us to cultivate rice seeds specifically?"

Fang Ping suddenly had an idea and put forward a hypothesis.

Fang Wei thought about it and felt that it was not impossible, and the possibility was not small.

He was now secure in his position. Outside the designated area, the Nanguang No. 1 rice had already begun to show a decreasing yield with each generation. He had reason to believe that he had complete control over seed production.

This restriction will only be broken if bio-genetic technology makes rapid progress in the future.

In other words, the [Nan Guang No. 1] rice seeds that others obtained from Fang Wei would be reduced to their original state after three seasons at most, and the yield per mu would decline seriously.

At that time they will have to buy new seeds.

This was not his intention, but it was the fact and he had no choice.

After dinner, Fang Wei sent Guan Chongyang home and then went home to think about his work plan for next year. Otherwise, why had he refused to be the captain in the first place? It was really too much to worry about. The livelihoods of over 100 people on the team depended on him, so it was still stressful.

A few days passed quickly.

That morning, Fang Wei had just returned home from the team headquarters when he heard someone outside the door shouting, "Is Captain Fang in the house?"

Fang Wei ran out and saw Wei Guanghua standing outside the yard carrying some things.

"Captain Wei? You are such a rare guest. Please come in."

He was not familiar with Wei Guanghua and had only met him a few times.

If the other party came to exchange seeds, he would not be surprised, but he was a little confused when the other party came to visit with something in his hand.

He politely welcomed the other party into the house, the host and the guest sat down, and Tian Guihua served tea.

"Captain Fang, we haven't interacted much before, but now that Shorty Zheng has joined the brigade, we need to interact more often. I was busy recently and didn't get around to congratulating you, so I'll make up for it today."

Wei Guanghua is very famous in the entire brigade. He says one thing to one person and another thing to another person. Only Zheng Xianfa can control him.

"Zheng the Shorty and Wei the Hunchback are the pillars of the Xiatang Brigade."

This sentence is known to almost everyone in Xiatang Brigade.

Everyone understood that when the old branch secretary retired, the new brigade branch secretary would definitely be chosen from among the two of them.

Zheng Xianfa was lucky because Fang Wei appeared in the team, so he became the captain.

But that doesn’t mean Wei Guanghua is not powerful.

"Captain Wei, you are so polite."

Wei Guanghua brought a chicken, a duck, a basket of eggs, a basket of duck eggs, and 5 kilograms of bacon.

It can be said to be full of sincerity.

Fang Wei did not refuse. There was no need to push things back and forth when it came to reciprocity. He just had to remember the favor.

"Captain Fang, I have something I'd like to ask you. Please don't hide it. I recently learned that the [Nanguang No. 1] can be used to reproduce, but it seems that each generation is inferior to the previous one."

Wei Tuozi is indeed worthy of his reputation. Many people have not noticed this phenomenon, but through investigation, they have already gotten close to the truth.

Fang Wei did not answer immediately. He organized his words and decided to reveal a little secret.

"I've noticed what you're saying, but we haven't figured out the reason yet. However, Team Two doesn't have this problem. The rice has been consistently stable. Perhaps it's related to our soil and water?"

Nowadays, we still use traditional breeding methods, which is to reproduce from generation to generation through screening.

Sometimes a mutation happens by chance, resulting in rice seeds with greatly improved quality, which are then artificially cultivated to eventually form new rice seeds.

Theoretically, there is no situation where seeds cannot be used, but the phenomenon of variety degeneration still occurs from time to time.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with what Fang Wei said. If he really can't explain it, he can let "Shui Tu" take the blame. Anyway, no one can confirm it.

"Is that so? Captain Fang, if the seedlings are degenerating, how many generations do you think they can be cultivated?"

Wei Guanghua understood immediately and accepted the other party's explanation about "water and soil".

But he felt that Fang Wei should know more. Although this guy was young, he seemed to be more patient than Zheng the Dwarf.

Not a fuel-efficient lamp!
So he tried to test it out.

"One or two generations? Two or three generations? To draw an accurate conclusion, I need data from a longer period of time."

Fang Wei said this, but the hidden meaning was that it would not exceed three generations.

Wei Guanghua thinks it should be two generations. After two generations, it’s not that the seeds cannot be used, but the yield will drop sharply.

After understanding this principle, he was too lazy to ask more questions because he didn't understand it either.

He calculated in his mind that the [Nanguang No. 1] seeds he bought in exchange could only be planted for three seasons at most, two seasons at best, and he would have to find the second team to buy (exchange) seeds.

"Damn it, weird things happen every year, but this year there are especially many."

Wei Guanghua cursed in his heart, then adjusted his attitude and decided to get along well with Fang Wei.

Who let them block the rice seeds?
Next, the two had a pleasant conversation, and finally Wei Guanghua decided to immediately exchange 2000 kilograms of [Nanguan No. ] third-generation rice seeds.

"Captain Wei, I still have [Nongken 58] rice seeds here. I can harvest at least 100 kilograms of rice per mu of land. Would you consider planting this for late rice next year?"

Afterwards, Fang Wei began to vigorously promote his [Nongken 58].

In order to let the other party experience it for himself, he specially invited Wei Guanghua to have lunch at his home and made the japonica rice [Nongken 58].

Personally, he thinks japonica rice tastes better than indica rice.

Wei Guanghua didn't hesitate to taste the new rice and thought it was quite good. The key point was that the yield per mu increased by about 100 kilograms, which was very attractive to him.

"It's still early for the late rice season next year. Why don't I buy [Nongken 58] rice seeds by then?"

"It's not that it's impossible, but there's not enough rice to grow, so it's hard to say whether there will be any left."

"Nonsense! Can't you leave some for me?"

"I can't keep you here, my Captain Wei. You know the Yao Village planted [Nongken 58] and the response was very good. I heard that many production teams are interested in it.

How many seeds do I have? I'm afraid there won't be enough to share when the time comes."

Fang Wei was not lying. The Yao village had a bumper harvest this year, and grandpa even sent someone to express his gratitude.

Some production teams did come to inquire about the specific situation, but there has been no action to exchange seeds yet.

"Forget it, I'll exchange it all at once. Give me another 2000 kilograms of [Nongken 58] rice seeds."

Wei Guanghua didn't dare to gamble. Anyway, the seeds needed to be purchased from Fang Wei continuously, so getting it done in one go would avoid any problems.

So, one team exchanged 4 kilograms of rice for 4000 kilograms of seeds, half of which were [Nanguang No. 58] and half of [Nongken ].

At the end of the year, the team sold another 6 kilograms of grain and 6 pigs. Including the pregnant sows, there were still 10 pigs left in the pig farm.

[Pigs are produced, points +1380, total points: 19697 points.]

The team began to calculate the total work points for the year, and then distributed the money based on individual work points, minus the rations and other supplies that had already been distributed.

Some people got more, some got less, and some not only got nothing but also owed money to the team.

Fang Ping received a little over 300 yuan, and Fang Wei received over 800 yuan, of which 500 yuan was a reward from the team for his outstanding achievements in breeding.

This decision was made before Zheng Xianfa left the second team, but it was not implemented until now.

Tian Guihua had no money to take. She broke even throughout the year, neither owing money nor having any surplus.

(End of this chapter)