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

Chapter 115 Big Mac, Pump

"I agree."

Zheng Hu was the first to stand up and support Fang Wei.

"I agree."

Zheng Bao was the second one to stand up, and no one else had any other ideas. Fang Wei's proposal was supported by all team leaders.

So Fang Wei took Zheng Hu to the commune and contacted the comrades in the grain purchasing department, saying that they wanted to sell negotiated grain, but the amount was too large, and they hoped that the other party would come to buy it.

"What? You said you wanted to sell 60 kilograms of rice?"

"Captain Fang, you are not kidding, are you?"

"What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to go back with me and take a look."

"Of course I do. Xiao Wu, go to the restaurant and order some food in advance. I'm going to treat the comrades from Team Two to dinner later."

The attitude of the person in charge of the purchasing point changed drastically. He was quite enthusiastic before, but now he directly took Fang Wei and Zheng Hu to dinner.

After the meal, the other party sent someone to take a look, and the person in charge also contacted the transport vehicle.

the next day.

The truck fleet arrived at the second team's barn early. The staff at the purchasing point were working on-site, inspecting, weighing and loading the goods at the same time, with very high efficiency.

60 kilograms of rice were taken away, and the team earned 6 yuan in cash.

There are still 250833 kilograms of rice left in the barn. Fang Wei needs to use these stored grains to get some coal and cement. It would be even better if he could get a rice transplanter and a harvester.

Two years ago, rice harvesters began to be promoted in Shandong Province, and rice transplanters came out even earlier.

The local enthusiasm for introducing agricultural machinery is not high, partly because the county is poor and cannot afford these machines and equipment.

On the other hand, the local area is mountainous and hilly, which is not suitable for mechanized operations.

The paddy fields of Team 2 are relatively flat, so there is no need for large machinery. Small harvesters and rice transplanters are enough.

However, Fang Wei has no idea for the time being, so he plans to go to the county's agricultural machinery company to ask.

The rice seeds were gone (not counting those kept by the team), and most of the rice was sold at negotiated prices, so Team 2 became quiet.

It would take another half a month before the experimental fields could be harvested, and Fang Wei finally had some free time.

He handed over the daily affairs of the team to Zheng Hu and spent almost every day in the [Afforestation Area].

The chestnut saplings have already been transplanted, and a large area of weeds on the back hill that was left after excessive firewood felling is now neatly planted with chestnut trees.

The transplanting of tea oil trees is much slower. The tea oil forest in the team has begun to degenerate. Some tea oil trees that have lost their value need to be cut down and then replanted with tea oil seedlings.

The team has limited labor and it will take a long time to advance this work.

"The entire forestry area is still a bit small. Let's upgrade it while we have enough points."

The afforestation area actually requires a larger area, but because its importance ranks lower, Fang Wei has never taken care of it. Until now, the [afforestation area] is still level 7.

So he directly spent 6 points to upgrade the level of the [Afforestation Area] to level 9.

[Temporary land] → [Forest land] → [Afforestation area]

【Regional area: 50 square meters】

[Area Level: (Level 9, 0\100000)]

[Regional attributes: fast growth, disease resistance, high yield rate, high fruiting rate, high survival rate, and optimized tree quality]

[In this area, all attributes of seedling cultivation, transplanting, cuttings, and grafting will be increased by an additional 45%]

Total points: 40765.

The afforestation area was directly expanded to 50 square meters, which is about 750 acres.

In this way, the oil tea forest, seedling area and chestnut forest can be completely covered, and the results will be seen in two years.

"Wang Wang Wang"

Two hunting dogs came running over and wanted to play with him. Fang Wei looked up at the time. It was almost noon and it was time to go back for lunch.

So he staggered back to his residence, washed his face, and then went to his eldest brother.

"Taotao, this devilish kid is a bad boy and doesn't study well. The school needs to call his parents."

As soon as he entered the room, Fang Ping complained to him that Taotao was naughty and had fought with others at school, and the teacher asked his parents to go over.

Fang Wei felt a little puzzled. Taotao was a very sensible child. Not only did he have good academic performance, but he also never caused trouble. How could he have learned to fight?

"Brother, don't worry, go to the school and ask about the situation first."

He quickly tried to persuade him that his elder brother was not like him. If he got angry, he would definitely beat Taotao with a bamboo stick.

After hearing what his third brother said, Fang Ping's anger subsided a little.

in the afternoon.

Fang Ping went to school and asked the teacher, only to find out that two boys in the class had bullied Taotao's deskmate, and Taotao had fought with them.

In addition, Taotao's deskmate is a girl.

The first thing Fang Wei asked when he saw Fang Tao was, "Did you win or lose?"

"Manman, I won. I beat them both by myself and made them cry."

Fang Ping overheard the conversation between the uncle and nephew and couldn't help but roll his eyes. Is winning or losing the fight the key? The key is that you can't fight in school.

As he thought about it, Fang Ping got angry and kicked Fang Tao in the butt.

Fang Wei reacted quickly. He saw his elder brother's action out of the corner of his eye, reached out and lifted Taotao up, avoiding the kick.

"Let's talk it over, don't use violence, big brother."

Fang Ping didn't kick him, so he didn't bother to try a second time.

Then he pulled Fang Tao into the house and gave him a lecture, telling him to behave himself at school and not to fight with others at every turn.

Instead, Fang Wei gave his nephew a thumbs up, saying that he was willing to help others at such a young age, and he would not be afraid of not being liked by girls in the future.

"Third brother, the rice seeds are in short supply this year. Many communes will only be able to plant second-generation or even second-generation rice seeds next spring. Team One's Wei Tuozi is quite foresighted. He's already sold out all his 10 jin of second-generation rice seeds."

While eating, the two brothers drank some sweet potato wine.

This year I only planted some sweet potatoes in my private plot, and I can probably harvest four or five hundred kilograms.

It's fine to brew wine for your own consumption, but it's definitely not as much as last year.

The two chatted intermittently, and the topic turned to Wei Guanghua.

"Captain Wei is no ordinary man, and neither is the grandfather of the Yao village. But they still don't have enough second-generation seeds. Fortunately, some production teams planted the third-generation [Nanguang No. 1] rice seeds during the spring sowing, which should alleviate the situation.

As for the second-generation seeds, there's no need to worry. Each commune has more or less of them, but the yield will be lower. After next summer's harvest, the situation will completely change."

Fang Wei will not supply third-generation rice seeds to other communes besides Yaoling Commune in the future. The 13 production teams of Xiatang Brigade can produce more than 80 kilograms of second-grade rice seeds.

Other brigades in Yaoling Commune will also share some third-generation rice seeds, and thus the rice seed problem will be solved.

Even the second-grade rice varieties, such as [Nongken 58], can produce 500 kilograms per mu.

"You'd better be careful. Once you leave our commune, you will definitely not be welcomed anywhere you go." Fang Ping's mouth twitched. He felt that his third brother had offended too many people.

"It doesn't matter. No matter what I do, I'll still be envied. So, let's not deal directly with the production teams of other communes. It will be much better if there is a layer of separation in between."

Fang Wei first supported other production teams in his brigade, and when he has spare capacity in the future, he will also support other brigades in the commune.

The benefits cannot be kept in one person's pocket alone, some of them must be distributed to everyone.

This way, you can gain the support of the majority of people in the commune and let them share some of the firepower with you.

Fang Ping seemed lost in thought, and the two brothers did not continue the conversation.

A few days passed quickly.

The rice in the experimental field is ripe.

During the harvest, many members of the cooperative came to see the surprise. The locals had always grown two crops of rice, but the breeding team had unexpectedly developed a three-crop rice crop, and they all wanted to see if it could be promoted.

"Secretary, this really can't be promoted. We can't pursue high yields in experimental fields, but can we do it in large fields?"

Zheng Xianfa received the news in advance, so he didn't go to the team today and waited here directly.

Fang Ping led his men to start harvesting, and Zheng Hu also organized a group of strong laborers to help. It only took one day to harvest all 100 acres of land.

But what happened next was even more troublesome. Fang Wei needed to store the sterile line, [Youhongsan] and hybrid rice separately, and drying, threshing, etc. had to be done separately.

While he was busy, he chatted with Zheng Xianfa.

"That's a shame! But it doesn't matter. The yield of double-crop rice has increased significantly these days, so it's better not to have these fancy things."

Zheng Xianfa didn't get the answer he wanted, so he lost interest in staying and turned to go to the brigade headquarters.

Fang Wei directed the breeding team to separate the three lines of rice, and then took a look at the "tribute rice".

He felt that the yield of tribute rice seemed to be okay and was not affected by the planting of three-season rice.

After a few days of hard work, all the data was summarized in Fang Wei's hands.

Everything else was secondary. He first looked at the per-acre yield of hybrid rice.

The yield of 29 mu of hybrid rice was 23408 jin, with an average yield of 836 jin per mu.

He tried cooking a pot of rice, and the taste was indescribable. It had a distinctly rough texture and little rice aroma. It was truly unpalatable.

"What a shame! Such a high yield, but the taste is so bad."

Fang Ping also took a few bites and couldn't help feeling regretful.

If this rice were to be rated, it would definitely be rated quite high, as it looks good. However, if given the choice, most people would probably not choose this rice; it simply doesn't taste good.

Of course, the current food supply is still mainly coarse grains, so it is meaningless to say these things.

The yield of "tribute rice" per mu is 255 kilograms, which is not much different from the previous season, or the difference is not big.

"The production of this thing is quite stable, but the output is a bit low."

Next, he tasted the tribute rice again, and it was still as delicious as ever.

He decided that after the spring of next year, he would include "Gongmi" in the range of male parents for hybridization experiments.

[Harvesting crops, points +79799, total points: 120564 points.]

The breeding sideline group harvested the flue-cured tobacco, and after planting soybeans, all 40 acres of sloping land were planted with this stuff.

The growth cycle of this thing is relatively long, but the economic benefits are good.

A total of 2 jin of flue-cured tobacco was harvested, with an average yield of 500 jin per mu, which is a significant increase compared with the past.

There are also some scattered marginal lands where the team planted some peanuts, a total of 4500 kilograms.

Fang Wei planted soybeans on his own acre of sloping land this season, and the yield per acre reached 507 kilograms.

[Harvesting crops, points +20000, total points: 140564 points.]

[Harvesting crops, points +4500, total points: 145064 points.]

[Harvesting crops, points +507, total points: 145571 points.]

After finishing these things, it is truly the slack season for farming.

Zheng Hu brought back a batch of coal and cement, which he needed to make honeycomb coal and to build a new canal.

Without an excavator, we can only rely on manpower. At this time, the inventory in the barn comes in handy, and members of other production teams can be asked for help.

This is a matter between groups, and there is nothing wrong with doing so.

The new canal will connect the team's second well and the entire irrigation system. A flood discharge channel will also be added to accommodate drainage during the rainy season.

This basically solves the problem of irrigation and drainage.

The members were so enthusiastic about participating that there was no need for mobilization. Whenever the team assigned work, they all rushed to do it. Since they had nothing else to do anyway, Zheng Bao was in charge of the entire project, and the militia became almost the main force.

Fang Wenshu helped Zheng Bao. The two of them were responsible for construction and logistics, and they were very busy.

The other team leaders are relatively free. This kind of project is not a big one, so there is no need to work on it together. They can just rotate when problems arise in the future.

Fang Wei and Fang Ping did not take care of the project. They harvested the soybeans on the slope together. Fang Ping went to supervise the production of honeycomb coal, and Fang Wei went to the county town to study for a few days.

The content of the study was mainly to convey the spirit of the above documents, and the county also held an agricultural work summary meeting.

In accordance with the requirements of the document, water conservancy projects will be carried out across the country.

The natural disasters in recent years have caused significant losses, and the problem of insufficient farmland water conservancy facilities in various places has also been clearly exposed.

Fang Wei felt that he was right to take the first step. By next year, the whole county would be developing water conservancy projects. Where would he get so much cement?
After the meeting, he went to the agricultural machinery company.

"Rice transplanter? Harvester? Captain Fang's ideas are really ahead of the times. The county doesn't have these two machines. I'll ask the district later. If they do, I'll let you know."

The person in charge of the sales department of the agricultural machinery company is named Liu, a woman in her 30s who is quite enthusiastic.

When she heard that Fang Wei was the leader of a production team, she offered to help make the contact.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he added, "We just got a batch of water pumps. Do you need them?"

"Then I have to take a good look."

Fang Wei immediately became interested, but when he saw the real thing, he couldn't help but be surprised.

This thing was completely different from the pump he had imagined. First, it was huge, looking like a tractor. Second, this fuel pump was belt-driven, and it required several strong men to crank the handle vigorously to start it.

It's a bit like shaking the handle in front of an old truck that won't start.

This thing runs on diesel, which Team 2 can afford, but it's hard to get the fuel coupons.

"Captain Fang, don't be fooled by the size of this pump. It's quite fuel-efficient when in operation. This machine, whether for irrigation or drainage, can easily cover hundreds of acres of farmland."

Liu Wenxiu was very eloquent and finally impressed Fang Wei.

This piece of iron is really not cheap, one costs more than 800 yuan. How many production teams are willing to buy it?

　The New Year is coming soon, everyone must be very busy, right?

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