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

Chapter 136 Land is the greatest wealth
“It’s understandable that everyone has opinions, but the higher-ups have already made the decision on the merger, and it’s impossible to change it.

Of course, considering the principle of fairness, the merger needs a buffer period and will not be fully implemented until after the autumn harvest."

Fang Wei no longer gave everyone room to maneuver and directly made it clear that the fact of the merger could not be changed.

Of course, there will be a transition period to help the members of Team 2 feel more balanced. Furthermore, the accumulated experience from the previous team will be redistributed before the official merger.

Money, grain, non-staple food, live pigs, ducks, etc., except for a portion retained, will be distributed to the members.

The means of production cannot be moved, including accumulated seeds, agricultural machinery and tools, various facilities, etc., which will be incorporated into the new production team.

After hearing what Fang Wei said, many people felt much more comfortable.

Since this matter was irreversible, they had no choice but to accept it. They would follow Fang Wei anyway, and as long as he remained the production team leader, everyone had hope.

Zheng Xianfa did not express any opinion. He suddenly discovered that the young scholar's prestige in the second team even exceeded that of his heyday.

They didn't curse or make empty promises, and simply solved the problem. The members' previous outcry was more like an emotional release, and after that, it was still up to Fang Wei to make the final decision.

"This boy is not simple!"

After Fang Wei finished speaking, seeing that no one was jumping up and down to object, he let everyone do as they pleased.

Then he walked up to Zheng Xianfa and said, "Secretary, shall we have a drink?"

"Okay, I haven't eaten yet."

The two of them found an empty table and sat down. Someone brought over a large bowl of pork. Fang Ping ran back and brought over a pot of sweet potato wine.

"I was worried that you couldn't handle the situation, so I thought about coming over to help you. But I was overthinking it. You don't need me to get involved. You can handle it yourself. Little scholar, this is not a fair thing for the county to do. Just bear with it."

"That's not entirely true. Although the county didn't discuss this with us beforehand, it did solve the problem of insufficient arable land in the second team. There are pros and cons, but overall the pros outweigh the cons."

The two chatted while drinking. Zheng Xianfa didn't stay long. He ate something, drank three bowls of wine, and left.

In the following period, the old accountant and Fang Wenshu began to liquidate and verify the assets, and they needed to check all the assets of the second team.

Fang Wei decided on the overall plan, but he didn't care about the specific details and left it all to the team leaders to implement.

A few days later, under the chairmanship of Zheng Xianfa, the team leaders of Team 3 and Team 2 met.

After the two parties merge, personnel must be adjusted, which is also a headache.

"Let me make it clear first: I don't need to be a team leader after the two teams merge."

The captain of the third team, Zhao Jinsheng, is a middle-aged man of about 40 years old. He kept a low profile and said that he would not compete with the people from the second team.

Several other team leaders from Team Three also made the same statement, which made Zheng Xianfa feel relieved.

The second team couldn't remain silent either. As agreed upon in advance, the old accountant said, "I'm getting old, and often I feel powerless. I'm willing to step down."

The director of public security also expressed his willingness to give up his position.

Since the three teams are not fighting or competing, this matter will be much easier to handle. The general principle is that people from the three teams cannot be excluded from the team cadres.

After discussion, the candidates for future team leaders were finally determined.

Fang Wei was appointed team leader, Zheng Hu deputy team leader. Liu, the current accountant from Team 3, was appointed accountant for the merged team. Zhao Jinsheng was appointed director of public security, Fang Xiaoshan was appointed clerk, Zheng Bao was appointed militia team leader, and Hao Aizhen was appointed director of women's affairs.

"Now, let's both parties conduct a property inventory and asset verification, and then distribute the materials that should be distributed to the members. The same goes for the year-end dividends. They must be distributed to everyone after the autumn harvest."

After determining the new production team cadres, Fang Wei assigned tasks to everyone.

Past matters must be resolved before the end of this year. At the beginning of the new year, the two parties after the merger will be indistinguishable from each other and will conduct unified accounting.

Zhao Jinsheng and others had no objection to this plan. Both sides should divide what should be divided and keep what should be kept over the years, and try not to let any resistance from the members.

But no matter what, Team 3 definitely benefited from Team 2. Take production materials, for example: Team 2 currently has three tractors and two irrigation wells.

Other facilities, such as the [composting yard], [pig farm], [poultry house No. 2], [barn], etc., are much better than the shabby ones of Team .

Moreover, the second team is still carrying out afforestation work, and the benefits of economic forests in the future will be considerable.

Nothing can be absolutely fair, and everyone feels that this is the best solution.

the next day.

Fang Wei, Zheng Hu and others, accompanied by Zhao Jinsheng and Accountant Liu, went to inspect the farmland of Team 3.

Team 240 currently has 70 mu of paddy fields, 2000 mu of dry and sloping land, and over mu of forest land. They have one irrigation canal, but no wells, drainage channels, or pumps.

"The second well we dug is right next to the farmland of Team 3, so it might come in handy in the future. We can talk about other things later. Take your time. You can't accomplish anything in a hurry."

After an on-site inspection, Fang Wei felt basically satisfied.

Afterwards, the group went for a walk in the village. The members of the original third team were very enthusiastic towards Fang Wei and the others, and each of them was full of expectations.

Team Three's income used to be in the lower middle range of the brigade, and everyone lived a tight life. But in the past two years, they've started planting Nanguang No. 58 and Nongken No. , second-rate and second-rate rice varieties that bring in a lot of money, and things are starting to improve.

Compared with the second team, the third team is far behind.

"Zheng Bao, you have to work hard recently to integrate the militias on both sides and form a combat-capable militia team. From now on, patrols and guards will all depend on you."

Not everything has to wait until the autumn harvest. For example, the militia can be integrated first to ensure order and security during the transition period.

There was also the task of counting and registering the population, and re-examining the situation of each household. This task was assigned to Zhao Jinsheng and Hao Aizhen, who were given a task to complete within two weeks.

Although this period has been a bit hectic, fortunately everything is developing in the expected direction.

Fang Wei took some time out to harvest the peanuts grown on their own sloped land with his elder brother, and they harvested a total of 635 kilograms.

The team also harvested soybeans, with an average yield of 530 jin per mu and a total output of 21200 jin.

[Harvest crops, points +635]

[Harvest crops, points +21200]

Total points: 163307.

After drying the peanuts, they selected 460 kilograms of seeds, leaving less than 200 kilograms for the family to eat as snacks. They also had 400 kilograms of soybean seeds left from the previous season, which the brothers planned to sell.

"Third brother, Bingyi has told me several times that their captain wants to buy seeds. What's your opinion?"

"I don't care. It doesn't matter who I sell it to."

"Okay, I'll go there by bike tomorrow."

Fang Ping went to talk to Tian Bingyi the next day. When Tian Bingyi told the captain about it, he almost laughed out loud.

There's a widespread shortage of high-yield soybean and peanut seeds lately. The same problem exists with the seeds of these two crops: the yields of lower-grade and lower-grade seeds decrease, but they're still usable. By the time you get to lower-grade and lower-grade seeds, they're completely unusable.

于是，对方就把460斤花生种子和400斤黄豆种子包圆了。花生种子每斤2.45元，合计1127元。黄豆种子每斤4元，合计1600元。

Fang Wei received a total income of 2727 yuan, of which he gave 1000 yuan to his elder brother and kept 1727 yuan for himself.

This year, our family’s private plot is taken care of by my eldest brother, who is busy all day and often has no time to take care of it.

Fang Ping didn't refuse. He took whatever his third brother gave him, and wouldn't complain if he didn't. The two brothers had always gotten along well, and wouldn't get into any dirty talk over a small matter like money.

"You are such a blockhead that you don't even know how to say something nice."

Tian Guihua was very grateful to her younger brother. The two children in the family were growing up and there were more places to spend money. With the help of her younger brother, life would be much better.

At the same time, her impression of Pan Lianhua also changed greatly, and she felt that he was a good person.

Now Pan Lianhua rarely participates in the propaganda team's activities. She has gradually adapted to married life and is no longer as casual as when she first got married.

"What's there to say between the two brothers? No need."

Fang Ping chuckled. How could he possibly say nice things to his third brother? There was really no need.

The team also sold selected soybean seeds to a purchasing station over the past two days, totaling 18000 jin (approximately 3.80 catties) at a price of 68400 yuan per jin (approximately kg). This brought the team an additional yuan in revenue.

"Third brother, can you spare some time to go and see your junior brother?"

That evening, Fang Wei had just finished his meal when Guan Chongyang strolled in from outside.

He wanted to go see his junior fellow disciple, Taoist Sun, but he really couldn't walk such a long mountain road, so he wanted to ask Fang Wei to make the trip for him.

"Okay, I happen to have some free time these two days, so I'll go see Taoist Sun. Old man, do you have anything you want to bring him?"

"There's nothing to take with you. Just give him this letter."

Guan Chongyang took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Fang Wei.

After Pan Lianhua learned about this, she also wanted to go, so Fang Wei agreed. The couple packed up and went up the mountain before dawn the next day.

They planned to take a shortcut through the mountains to get to Sanqing Temple. The mountain road was difficult to travel, but it could reduce the distance by a quarter.

The two men, each carrying a gun and accompanied by two hunting dogs, walked in the forest, talking and laughing.

The mountains are a very friendly environment for them. As long as they don't encounter extreme weather, traveling through the mountains and forests is even more pleasant.

Since they were not in a hurry, they stopped to rest when they were tired. They had dry food and water with them, so they could cook a meal when they were hungry. It was almost like they were just out for fun.

"Third brother, instead of merging our second and third teams, we might as well merge with the village."

noon.

The two of them cooked bamboo tube rice near a mountain spring, and Pan Lianhua mentioned for the first time her views on the merger of the two production teams.

"Sister, you're joking. The villages are too far apart. If we merge them, we won't be able to manage them. Let me tell you the truth. Even though we seem to be at a disadvantage, I'm interested in the farmland of Team Three."

Fang Wei expressed his idea. In fact, he conducted an experiment when he went to the third team for an on-site inspection that day. After the two parties merged in name, the land of the third team could be designated.

In this way, the team's paddy fields can be increased by 240 acres, which will provide a lot of convenience for the subsequent breeding work.

The original fields of the second team were not enough. They had to plant [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken ], and also carry out hybrid rice breeding and various experiments. It was really difficult to allocate the land.

Now with the three teams' newly added fields, this problem has been easily solved.

"Alas, the more people there are, the busier you are. I'm worried that you're working too hard."

Pan Lianhua sighed. She was mainly worried about her man.

If it were really according to her ideas, she wouldn't even care about the position of captain. She was busy all day, enduring hardships and charging forward. Until now, the shadow of Fang Wei and others eliminating the duds still lingered.

"No, I specifically kept Zhao Jinsheng, the former captain of Team 3, so that he could manage things over there. Even though he's just the director of public security, I'm going to use him as the deputy captain."

Fang Wei laughed and told Pan Lianhua the truth.

Later, when the division of labor came around, Zhao Jinsheng and Zheng Hu would work together, effectively giving the team two vice-captains. He had kept Zhao Jinsheng on board to make it easier to manage the mess left by the original Team 3, as it would be difficult to manage without someone familiar with the situation.

With two deputies around, he doesn't have to worry too much about daily work.

"I see. It's a pity for the former director of public security."

Pan Lianhua actually doesn't like to worry about these things, and she only says a few words because it involves her own man.

Since the man already had an idea, she said no more.

The retirement of the old accountant was expected in this team cadre reshuffle, and the other party was supposed to retire in the past two years. However, the director of public security gave up his position, which everyone felt was a bit regretful.

Pan Lianhua thought that person was pretty good.

"What's so regretful? He's going to be assigned to the production team soon. Isn't the life of a production team cadre better than that of a production team cadre?"

Fang Wei then told the truth, that he was about to take up his post in the brigade.

Pan Lianhua rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, I was worrying about nothing again."

After dinner, the two continued on their journey and arrived at the Sanqing Temple before dusk.

Fang Wei brought new rice seeds and some seeds of other crops to Taoist Sun. The Sanqing Temple is self-sufficient, growing rice, vegetables and cash crops, and it does not just focus on spiritual practice behind closed doors.

"These are all good things. Since we planted the seeds you gave us, the yields of rice, soybeans, and other crops have doubled."

Taoist Sun was very happy. The seeds Fang Wei brought were the best gift.

Fang Wei then handed Guan Chongyang's letter to the other party, and went to bed early after dinner.

the next day.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua went down the mountain. They could come and play anytime they wanted in the future. There were a lot of things going on in the team recently so they didn't delay.

Before leaving, Taoist Sun packed a lot of dried bamboo shoots and some prepared herbs for the two of them.

People who practice cultivation must know some medical skills. These herbs are good things and are not easy to find in the mountains.

When Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua were returning, they made a detour to the chestnut forest and the oil tea forest.

This year's wild chestnuts and wild tea oil trees are growing very well, and it will be a while before we can pick chestnuts and tea oil seeds.

(End of this chapter)