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

Chapter 107 Opportunities and Challenges, Someone Makes Trouble
"My second brother-in-law is thoughtful!"

Fang Wei still wanted to remember the kindness others had shown him, so he went to take a look at the rice seeds. The quality of the seeds was very good, but he would have to plant them to know their quality.

It just so happened that there were too many vegetables at home to eat, so he planned to tidy up his own piece of land and plant the "tribute rice" brought by his second brother-in-law.

The sowing time is a little late, but doesn't he have the final say on the speed? If he enhances the accelerated growth attribute, everything will be fine.

Fang Wei went out and just as he reached his door, he saw Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen coming towards him.

"Third brother, is there any wine in the room?"

"What's the matter? Are you craving alcohol? Don't worry, there's nothing else at home, but there's plenty of sweet potato wine."

As soon as they met, Zheng Hu said he wanted to drink. Fang Wei had already brought over a jar of sweet potato wine from his eldest brother, so he could drink as much as he wanted.

After entering the house and sitting down, Deng Yuanen opened the bag, took out some fried peanuts and some pickles and placed them on the table.

Fang Wei went to get some wine and drank a little with them.

"Third brother, this wild boar hunting trip was really exciting. I fired two shots, but I don't know if I hit it."

After drinking a bowl of wine, Zheng Hu became excited.

When talking about the wild boar hunting that night, his face turned red with excitement.

In fact, despite his former dominance in the village, Zheng Hu was actually not very courageous. He was afraid of snakes and even more afraid of wild boars, but after drinking a little, he insisted on showing his fearlessness and heroism.

"Puff! Brother Huzi, stop bragging. Those two shots of yours went right up to the sky. I was right next to you and saw it clearly."

As a result, Deng Yuanen laughed out loud and exposed the other party's past.

Deng Yuanen and Zheng Hu are the opposite. Although he looks thin, he is very brave. If it weren't for his poor physical condition, he still has the potential to be a professional hunter.

"You idiot, if you can't speak, then don't speak."

Zheng Hu's defense was immediately broken, and he couldn't help but curse.

Fang Wei laughed heartily and said, "Hu Zi, the fact that you were able to overcome your psychological barriers and dare to shoot is a big step forward. Stop talking so much and come on, drink."

He could understand Zheng Hu's excitement. Ever since he was bitten by a snake, this guy had become more and more timid, but now he had finally gotten rid of the psychological trauma.

That's good.

After a few people drank until they were slightly tipsy, Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen said goodbye and left.

There are still many trivial things to do every day, and no one dares to be lazy.

early morning.

It was pouring rain outside.

After breakfast, Fang Wei ran to the team headquarters to discuss flood prevention with everyone.

Agricultural production is afraid of both drought and flood. Preparations for drainage should be made in advance to avoid being in a hurry when the time comes and affecting the harvest of crops.

After the meeting, Fang Wei put on his straw raincoat and went to the experimental field.

He looked around and saw Fang Ping and the breeding team making preparations, and he felt much more at ease.

The rain lasted for a day and a night and then stopped abruptly, and the situation that everyone was worried about did not occur.

The weather forecast is sometimes accurate and sometimes not. Although the team leaders listen to the radio every day, the weather is changeable and they have to be more careful.

after a few days.

Comrades from the drilling team suddenly came to the team. It seemed that Xu Guangsheng did not make a false promise and really invited them.

This time the team leader was replaced by someone else. Everyone called him "Engineer Wang", so Fang Wei also called him that.

"Engineer Wang, there's a talented person on our team who's good at finding water veins. They've pinpointed this location and say we'll find water if we drill about 80 meters down. Could you please take a look?"

Fang Wei didn't want to waste time. He had already determined the location of the second well, so he brought Engineer Wang over directly.

Every member of the well-drilling team knew that there was an "old feudalist" in the second team. Putting aside his feudal and superstitious beliefs, this person was very good at finding underground water sources.

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

Mr. Wang had no resistance and followed Fang Wei to the marked place.

A shallow pit has been dug here, surrounded by stones, making it easy to identify.

A newly constructed water conservancy facility, 76 meters from the groundwater source, with no rock layer.

【Do you designate this place as a well? 】

This place is far away from the village. 50 meters further west, it is out of the territory of the second team.

The last time Fang Wei was looking for water, he overlooked this area. This time, it took him a long time to determine the location.

After further exploration by Engineer Wang, he was convinced that the probability of finding water here was very high.

"Then let's get to work! Captain Fang, we won't be going back to the village for lunch. Could you please send someone to bring lunch over?"

Engineer Wang is an impatient person. He does what he says and immediately asks someone to bring the equipment over.

The drilling team now has a pretty heavy task, so he decided to work overtime to finish the work of the second team, as several other brigades in Qianjin Commune are waiting for their turn.

The second team's drilling of the well this time was equivalent to cutting in line. Xu Guangsheng still had a certain amount of power, which made this happen.

The subsequent well drilling work went smoothly. After digging to a sufficient depth, groundwater began to gurgle out.

However, this well is not an artesian well. Mr. Wang instructed the members to build a large wind wheel made of bamboo at the wellhead, which can use wind power to pump water for irrigation and also use manpower to draw water.

"Engineer Wang, isn't there a water pump in the county?"

"Yes, there are, but they use diesel. On the one hand, the cost is high, and on the other hand, there are too few of them."

Fang Wei originally wanted to use the water pump, but after hearing what Mr. Wang said, he felt that there was little hope.

It would be nice to wait until the village has electricity. Electric water pumps are low-cost and more convenient to use.

After completing the well-drilling task, the team invited the comrades in the well-drilling team to have a drink, and gave each of them some soybeans and sweet potato vermicelli before they left.

Mr. Wang and others were very happy and said that the captain of the second team was a good person and capable of handling things.

After the well is dug, it can be used as a supplementary water source for irrigation. The role of this well is not obvious now, but it will be of great use in the water-scarce season.

[Facility] → [Water Conservancy Facilities] → [Well No. 2]

【Facility Level: (Level 1, 0\10)】

[Facility attributes: sufficient water source, high water quality, water volume control, well-drilling skills]

[After this water is put into use, all attributes will be increased by an additional 10%]

Fang Wei designated the well, and it was amazing that the well could still be designated for ownership.

According to the sequence, the serial number of this well is [Well No. 2] and the level is 1.

He has no plans to upgrade the well for the time being. He is now accumulating points, and the most urgent task is to raise the level of the [Planting Area].

"Third brother, why do I find that the rice in the experimental field grows much faster than the rice in the field?"

After a period of incessant rain, the weather has finally cleared up. Zheng Hu discovered something during his inspection: the rice in the experimental fields was growing exceptionally fast. If this trend continued, wouldn't the rice be harvested a month earlier than in the main fields?

He thought it would be great if the rice in the fields could grow so fast. If that were the case, the team could grow three crops of rice.

"It's not like you haven't been in the breeding team before. The rice grown in the experimental fields has always grown faster than in the fields. Now it's just made some progress."

Fang Wei was right. When rice is grown in the experimental field, it will generally mature about half a month to twenty days earlier than in the field.

It’s estimated that it can be advanced by one month now, which is no big deal.

"So, there's hope that the experimental fields can grow three crops of rice?"

Zheng Hu didn't care why this happened. She only cared about whether she could grow three crops of rice.

"It should be fine! But we have to rush to plant after the harvest. We can't delay."

Fang Wei gave an affirmative answer, because according to his plan, he would try to grow three crops of rice this year.

Therefore, he increased the growth rate slightly to meet the time requirements for planting three crops of rice in the experimental field.

"Awesome! I love a challenge."

Zheng Hu happily went to pour Fang Wei a cup of tea, and then left the team headquarters.

"Captain, are we really going to plant three crops of rice in the future? That would be great."

The conversation between the two was not hidden from others. After Zheng Hu left, even the usually calm old accountant became uneasy.

"Give it a try. I mean give it a try. Don't talk nonsense first."

The current experiments are limited to experimental fields. The root cause is that the area is not large enough and it is not possible to grow three crops a year in the fields.

So Fang Wei asked everyone to keep a low profile and it would not be too late to celebrate after the experimental field was successful.

Planting three crops of rice is not the key issue; the key is yield.

Next.

The team first harvested soybeans. Soybeans have a short growth cycle, so they had a good harvest ahead of schedule.

According to statistics, the soybean yield per mu this season reached 502 kilograms, and a total of 20080 kilograms of soybeans were harvested.

[Harvesting crops, points +20080, total points: 42574 points.]

[Yaoling Soybeans] continued to maintain a high yield level, and Fang Wei immediately reported to the team.

After listening to Fang Wei's introduction, Zheng Xianfa couldn't help but get excited.

With the endorsement of a 40-acre planting scale, [Yaoling Soybean] has been able to prove its superiority and stability.

"Come on, come with me to the commune right now and report to Secretary Xu in person."

Food is the foundation, but that doesn’t mean that supplementary foods are not important.

In this era of general lack of animal protein, plant protein is particularly precious.

Zheng Xianfa dragged Fang Wei to the commune without saying a word. Xu Guangsheng happened to be in the office, so he asked the two of them to come in and talk.

"With a yield of 502 kilograms per mu, [Yaoling Soybeans] are truly worthy of their reputation! Given the current situation, we can now promote them on a large scale. I need to report this to the county immediately."

The high-yield soybeans developed by Fang Wei were verified. This matter was of great significance. Xu Guangsheng did not dare to neglect it and immediately picked up the phone.

There were telephones in the commune, but they were not yet widely available at the brigade and production team levels, so any news had to be passed on by people.

at this time.

Tang Ze was facing a group of commune leaders in the office.

They came to the county with one issue: a production team had significant complaints about the exchange rate for the Nanguang No. 1. They couldn't resolve the issue, so they came to the county leaders.

"I was the one who set the exchange rate. Have you ever considered how much rice production has increased since the release of the Nanhai No. 1 rice seed?

I have calculated that after exchanging rice seeds with the second team, the yield of one acre of land can be increased by at least 300 kilograms, and the rice seeds needed for the exchange are only to kilograms per acre of land.

In addition, everyone can save the seeds, so wouldn't that significantly reduce costs? Cultivating rice seeds takes a lot of effort, and if everyone wants to eat for free, who will do it in the future?

After listening to everyone's demands, Tang Ze couldn't help but get angry.

In the past, the rice yield per mu in each production team was only about 160-170 kilograms per season, but the yield per mu of the third-generation rice variety [Nanguang No. 500] can reach nearly kilograms per season.

For example, the second team’s [Nanguang No. 498] yielded kilograms per mu last season.

If the yield per mu increases by more than 300 jin, based on the calculation that 8 jin of seeds are needed per mu, 80 jin of rice are needed for exchange. It is no problem to increase the net income per mu by 220 jin in the season.

What's not to like?

What's more, you can save the seeds, so you don't need to buy them separately for planting next season.

"We were just about to report this to the county. For some reason, the yield from replanting Nanguang No. 1 with the seeds saved seems to be declining."

The commune leaders were speechless after hearing what Tang Ze said. After a while of silence, someone brought up the issue of seed degeneration.

In fact, seed degeneration occurs from time to time, which is not surprising.

"Seeds sometimes degrade, but because the large-scale planting of [Nanguang No. 1] rice has only been going on for a short time, we can't yet determine whether this is accidental or inevitable. Please pay attention and report any problems promptly."

Tang Ze attaches great importance to this issue and he plans to instruct relevant departments to conduct long-term follow-up.

Just then, the phone on the desk rang.

"What? You're saying the average yield per mu of Yaoling soybeans this season reached 502 kilograms? Okay, okay, that's fine as long as it's finalized! Tell Zheng Xianfa and Fang Wei not to sell these soybeans either. I'll go there myself tomorrow."

When Tang Ze picked up the phone, he found out it was Xu Guangsheng from Yaoling Commune.

After listening to the other party's report, he seemed very excited.

Another high-yield variety has been released, and its significance is no less than that of the launch of Nanguang No. 1. Soybeans are also a traditional local crop, and demand exceeds supply.

The finalization of the [Yaoling Soybean] variety has laid the foundation for its further promotion.

These commune leaders had not yet left when they heard the information about Yaoling soybeans and the yield of 502 kilograms per mu. They could not help but look at each other in surprise.

It was the first time for many of them to hear about Yaoling Soybeans. The current average yield of soybeans per mu is less than 200 jin, and this figure undoubtedly stunned them again.

Such high-quality and high-yield soybeans were actually created by the inventor of [Nanguan No. 1].

Everyone had different thoughts, but unfortunately Tang Ze hung up the phone after saying a few words.

"Okay, you guys go back and do your work in each production team. If any production team makes trouble again, I'll hold you accountable."

Tang Ze kicked out these commune leaders and went to Xue Yumin's office.

He wanted to tell his old leader the good news that achievements should not be hidden but should be publicized with great fanfare.

Yaoling Commune.

After Xu Guangsheng finished the call, he told Zheng Xianfa and Fang Wei about the leader’s attitude.

Then let them go back and prepare, as the county leaders will visit the second team to inspect their work tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)