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

Chapter 138 Fusion
"Brother San, the 240 mu of paddy fields in the original Third Team were used to plant the third-generation rice varieties of [Nongken 58] for late rice, and 40 mu of dry land was planted with flue-cured tobacco and 30 mu of rapeseed. They didn't have any tea trees, but they did have a patch of tangerine trees."

Zheng Hu came to report to Fang Wei with the statistical report. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, everyone lived behind closed doors. We knew that Team Three was having a hard time, but we didn’t expect it to be so difficult.

In a word, the other party's foundation is too poor, and the burden on everyone is very heavy.

Fang Wei nodded, then took Zheng Hu and asked someone to call Zhao Jinsheng over, and went to Team 3 together.

"This barn will be demolished later, and grain, seeds, and other crops will be stored there. A new cowshed will be built, and all the oxen will be raised here."

Fang Weiyi walked around and proposed a plan.

The second team built a new barn in the past two years, which is big enough, so there is no need for the original third team to keep the barn and they just demolished it.

In addition, facilities such as the production team headquarters, cow shed, mill, rice mill, etc. were all rebuilt on the third team's side, and the original facilities of the two teams were all demolished.

Fang Wei and others are still working in the wooden house. Not to mention the team headquarters of Team 3, it can basically be classified as a "dangerous building".

Therefore, we will choose to build a new team headquarters in the middle area between the two teams, which will be more convenient for management in the future.

The [pig farm], [composting yard], and [poultry house No. 2] are still on the second team's side. If expansion is needed, we can wait until next year.

"Captain Fang, Captain Zheng, Lao Zhao"

Along the way, members of Team 3 kept greeting Fang Wei and Zheng Hu. It was obvious that everyone was very enthusiastic about the new captain.

Everyone hopes to live a good life with the new captain, and this expectation is also an invisible and powerful pressure.

Fang Wei and Zheng Hu responded with a smile, sometimes pausing to chat with the members. The merger of the two production teams went much more smoothly than expected, which was a good sign and laid the foundation for the next step of true integration.

noon.

Fang Wei returned home for dinner and found that Pan Lianhua seemed unhappy.

"Sister, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Nothing, don't ask."

Pan Lianhua refused to speak and just lowered her head to eat.

Recently, she heard some gossip in the village. In short, Fang Wei had been married for a year, but there was still no movement in her belly, so some people suspected that she was infertile.

This made her angry, but she didn't know how to find anyone to argue with.

"Don't keep anything that makes you unhappy in your heart. Come and talk to me."

Pan Lianhua is an extrovert, and all his joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are shown on his face, which Fang Wei can see through at a glance.

Under his questioning, Pan Lianhua told some gossip in the village.

"Well, there's no rush. If there's still no progress by the end of the year, we can go to the county hospital together. Come on, don't be angry, and eat well."

Fang Wei didn't care much about this matter. He and Sister Lianhua were both in good health, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to have a child.

As for the gossip, he told her to ignore it and pretend she didn't hear it. What could rural women talk about? It was all about gossip about other people. He couldn't sew their mouths shut, could he?

"Third brother, I won't be angry if you say that. I don't care what others say. I'm just afraid that you will blame me."

"Why should I blame you? You can't have a child on your own, let's try together."

"Puff! Third brother, where do you get all these twisted ideas? Let's eat!"

The good thing about Pan Lianhua is that her emotions come and go quickly, and she is not the kind of person who takes things too seriously.

After finishing her meal and cleaning up, she dragged the man to have sex, which made Fang Wei a little late when he arrived at the commune in the afternoon.

"Captain Fang, the tractor the county promised you has arrived at the commune, and I'm shorthanded, so I asked you to drive it back. How's the merger going? Are there any difficulties?"

Xu Guangsheng called Fang Wei to the commune so that he could drive the tractor back.

Tang Ze promised to give two tractors to the second team. One had arrived before, and this is the second one.

"It's okay. I brought the driver with me. Secretary Xu, the merger is a complex and tedious matter. There will certainly be difficulties, but we are confident we can overcome them."

"That's good! If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, report them to the brigade or commune immediately. We will work with you to find a solution. You can go back with the tractor, and be careful on the road."

Xu Guangsheng has been very busy recently. After chatting with Fang Wei for a few words, he sent him away.

Fang Wei and Deng Yuanen drove the large tractor back to the village.

The team now has two hand tractors and two Dongfanghong-45 large tractors, which is much richer than the average production team.

night.

Fang Wei lit a lamp and continued to write "Summary of Experience in Hybrid Rice Breeding". She sat cross-legged on the side and carefully read the man's previous manuscripts.

She also learned a lot from Fang Wei, and was particularly interested in breeding.

"Why don't you join the breeding team? I think your theoretical knowledge is even better than my brother's. Why don't you join me in hybrid rice research?"

Fang Wei finished writing a paragraph, then raised it and spoke to Pan Lianhua.

Pan Lianhua smiled proudly. She was actually very smart and more educated than Fang Ping. She also had a deeper understanding of acrobatic rice breeding technology.

However, she obviously didn't want to do experiments and spend the whole day in the paddy fields.

"You can go to the breeding group, but I want to go to the [Afforestation District] and develop our economic forests."

Pan Lianhua has a special feeling for mountains and forests. If she could choose, she would prefer to do forestry work.

Fang Wei couldn't help but laugh and agreed to the other party's request.

"Okay! You can go over there later. You'll have more free time there. It's getting late, go to bed."

The next day.

Fang Wei told Zheng Hu and others about letting Pan Lianhua go to the [Afforestation Area].

Zheng Hu and others naturally had no objection. The [Forestry Development Area] was already short of manpower, so having one more person was a good thing.

"Huzi, we should pick camellia seeds next. What are your plans for this year?"

The tea oil seeds on the mountain have matured, and the annual picking season has arrived.

Fang Wei discussed this matter with Zheng Hu and others, as it mainly involved the interests of the members of the original third team, and they wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

"The tea trees on the mountain should be classified as means of production, unlike the stored grain. They should be counted as the income of the new second team. It is better to distribute them uniformly."

A little to Fang Wei's surprise, Zheng Hu actually supported the allocation of all members, that is, including everyone from the original three teams in the allocation scope.

Zhao Jinsheng and Accountant Liu also supported Zheng Hu's idea. Their reasons were very sufficient. The rapeseed from Team 3 could also be distributed according to this principle.

The other team leaders said nothing, neither supporting nor opposing.

"It's settled then. Cooking oil will be distributed uniformly from now on."

Fang Wei made the decision. After the members of Team 2 found out, some of them grumbled a few words, and the matter was over.

three days later.

Zheng Hu gathered most of the labor force of the second team, men, women, young and old, to go to the team's oil tea forest to pick tea seeds, and picked another 11283 kilograms of oil tea seeds. After all the tea seeds were picked here, the team organized young and strong laborers and, led by Fang Wei, went deep into the mountains.

Now the team's labor force has increased at least twice, and Fang Wei did not hesitate to clear all the wild loquat forests, wild chestnut forests, and wild tea oil forests.

A total of 12056 kilograms of wild loquats, 11735 kilograms of wild chestnuts, and 9166 kilograms of wild camellia seeds were picked.

Picking Camellia Seeds, Points +11283

[Picking wild loquats, points +12056]

[Picking wild chestnuts, points 11735]

[Picking wild camellia seeds, points +9166]

Total points: 207785.

Everything picked this time was included in the collective income, and the amount picked was more than Fang Wei had estimated.

It seems that after merging the [Forestry Area] and the [Picking Area], the attribute bonus effect is very good. The wild forest not only enhances the ability to resist pests and diseases, drought, etc., but also improves the quality of trees and increases fruit production.

This is the case without any human intervention. If some human intervention measures are taken in the future, the output will be further increased.

"Now let me tell you about the distribution. Each person will get 10 kilograms of loquats and chestnuts, and the rest will be sold at the market. This will be handled by Secretary Fang and Accountant Liu.

The two parts of tea seeds together weigh 20449 kilograms. If all of them are used to extract oil, it is estimated that more than 6000 kilograms of tea oil can be extracted.

Each person gets 20 kilograms of tea oil, and the remaining several hundred kilograms are kept as inventory for future use in cooking large meals.

Fang Wei made arrangements and all the team members took action.

Fang Wenshu and Accountant Liu took people to sell loquats and wild chestnuts, while Zheng Hu led everyone to process camellia seeds and then press oil.

After working hard for nearly half a month, these things were finally dealt with, and the team earned another 6500 yuan.

This money is the first income of the new second team, and all members can enjoy dividends.

"Third brother, this year's tea oil distribution is not much. Together we have only received less than 60 kilograms."

Pan Lianhua looked at the tea oil at home and felt a little worried.

We used to be willing to use more oil when cooking at home because we had no shortage of cooking oil in the past few years and we would not be too frugal when cooking.

Now that the two production teams have merged, the population has almost doubled, and the amount of cooking oil distributed is much less.

"Haha, if we calculate based on a year, 2 kilograms of oil per person per month is not enough. The ration for one person in the city is only half a kilogram of oil per month."

Fang Wei didn't care much about this. He had a way to get cooking oil, and the amount of oil at home could only be said to be not rich, but it was far higher than the national average.

Those who are content are always happy, and the key is that he has many ways to do things.

"That's right, I don't understand the situation. Third brother, the village doesn't require pig production missions, so there will always be some lard at home. And there are also oil tea trees in the village, which I don't know much about."

Pan Lianhua smiled embarrassedly. The living standard in the village was not bad. If she said this outside, she would be beaten.

Fang Wei waved his hand and went to find Fang Ping.

"Brother, have you told Captain Yang and the others?"

"I met with Captain Yang and told him we wanted to buy some peanut oil. He agreed and said he would send it to us later."

Since everyone was allocated cooking oil, Fang Wei had naturally anticipated that the amount of cooking oil at home would be greatly reduced.

This time he did not let his eldest brother go to the mountains to pick tea seeds in advance. The two teams had just merged, so they had to pay attention to the impact of such things.

So he asked his eldest brother to contact Captain Yang and others at the logistics base to buy some peanut oil from them.

There is enough money at home, so it won’t cost too much to buy some oil.

Fang Ping took the time to find Captain Yang, who agreed without hesitation and said he would personally send him home.

Two days passed.

Captain Yang brought 200 kilograms of peanut oil and charged 0.8 yuan per kilogram, which was the same price as the regular supply price.

"Captain Fang, we still need some soybean and peanut seeds next year. You have to help me with this."

Soybean and peanut seeds also have the problem of seed degeneration. In order to pursue higher yields, Captain Yang and his team need to replace the seeds after planting for three seasons.

Currently, high-yield seeds can only be obtained through Fang Wei.

"The county is in a tight spot right now. I'll help you find a solution after the autumn harvest."

If it were rice seeds, Fang Wei would definitely have refused it outright.

With the Second Team now being watched by all sides, how could he dare to trade the high-quality rice seeds privately? He would probably be in trouble the next day if he made a deal today.

However, soybean and peanut seeds are not very popular, and the team often sells them to purchasing stations.

It's still possible to find a way to allocate some to Captain Yang and the others. Fortunately, the other party is a military unit, so even if it is discovered later, it won't be a big problem.

Captain Yang said a few polite words and then said goodbye and left.

Time flies.

The people who went to repair the reservoir in the team were replaced by a new group. This time, they were led by Jiang Haibo, the former militia captain of the third team, and a group of people went there in a lively manner.

The accident that occurred at the construction site did have some impact on the county after all.

Xue Yumin was suddenly transferred to the special district, and Dai Chenggang, who was previously expected to take over, was also transferred to another county.

Tang Ze replaced Xue Yumin as the chief steward.

The new official had three major tasks to do upon taking office. He required all units to hold a major offensive campaign in Yaojialing and ensure that it was completed before the end of the year.

Each production team began to draw manpower again. The second team added 20 people and sent 60 people to participate in the reservoir project battle.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Yaojialing Reservoir construction site. If nothing unexpected happens, the reservoir can be repaired before the end of the year.

morning.

Fang Wei went to the corners and took a look at the second-grade rice seeds [Nan Guang No. 2] that he had planted before.

These scattered rice can be harvested, but they are of no value.

After his inspection, he found that the secondary hybrid rice seeds would produce very serious trait separation phenomenon during the growth process.

Even with the attribute bonus of [Planting Area], this fact cannot be changed.

Fang Wei judged that this was related to the particularity of hybrid rice. Strictly speaking, hybrid rice was not a natural variety, but an artificially created variety.

With this experimental data, he easily came to the conclusion: [Nanguan No. 2] rice seeds can only be planted for two generations, the second-level rice seeds are completely usable, and the second-level rice seeds are completely unusable.

"Alright, let's wait patiently. This batch of [Nanguang No. 2] third-generation rice seeds after the autumn harvest will be the final product."

Fang Wei was somewhat looking forward to it. Once the third generation of rice seeds [Nan Guang No. 2] he cultivated was completely finalized, the first new hybrid rice variety would be truly successful.

(End of this chapter)