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

Zheng Xianfa and Wei Guanghua didn't stay long in Team 2. After drinking a cup of tea, they left and went to Team 1. They needed to find out what the members of Team 1 thought about the merger.

Only by understanding what the members are thinking can they carry out targeted ideological work.

As for the second team, they are not worried at all. With Fang Wei there, a backlash is basically impossible.

"Third brother, why don't you just become the captain of the Xiatang Brigade? If we continue with this merger, the entire brigade will be ours. What do you think Secretary Wei will think?"

After everyone left, Zheng Hu walked into the captain's office.

He just looked like he was there to watch the fun, and didn't care at all whether what he said would reach Wei Guanghua's ears.

"Don't say these useless things, Huzi. Next, you need to think carefully and come up with a specific merger plan.

The first team has a large population and a large area of arable land, so we should be cautious."

Fang Wei glanced at his partner helplessly and got back to the topic.

Although there was previous merger experience, the situation of Team One was different and the next task was not easy.

After hearing Fang Wei talk about serious matters, Zheng Hu immediately put away his playful smile.

"It's definitely worthwhile for us to merge with Team 440. Firstly, Team is the second wealthiest team in the entire brigade after us. Secondly, Team has mu of excellent paddy fields. After the merger, we will be even more powerful."

"Your use of idioms is excellent, and it truly adds wings to a tiger. You and Old Zhao will take the lead on this matter. Listen carefully to the opinions of the members and make sure the work is done well to avoid any confusion."

Fang Wei already had a preliminary idea in his mind. In the future, Zheng Hu would be equivalent to the chief steward, and Zhao Jinsheng and Zhang Chu, the new captain of Team One, would serve as their deputies, jointly managing the specific affairs after the merger.

He has a grasp of the overall situation, so his work is not too hectic.

It’s a nice idea, but some things can’t always develop according to your ideas.

Zheng Xianfa and Wei Guanghua went to Team One to communicate with the members, and the results made them very happy. Almost everyone they met was willing to merge with Team Two, and hoped it would happen as soon as possible.

This made Wei Guanghua, the old captain of the first team, somewhat embarrassed. Do these bastards really want to join the arms of the second team?

Zheng Xianfa thought it was a good idea. Since everyone had no objection, there would be no resistance to the merger.

This was a task assigned by his superiors, and there had to be no problems, so he felt very confident.

Unexpectedly, things went haywire just one day later.

The other ten production teams in Xiatang Brigade refused to work, and all the teams took action together. The team leader brought a large number of members to block Zheng Xianfa in the office.

"Why is it that every time there's a merger, we're never included? Are we stepchildren and unwelcome?"

"We firmly demand to merge with the second team."

"It was okay for the three teams last time, but this time they gave such a good opportunity to one team. We are not convinced."

Zheng Xianfa was stunned. His superiors were afraid that the members of Team 1 would not agree, and even made a contingency plan.

As a result, Team One was overjoyed and wanted to merge with Team Two tomorrow. However, the other production teams in Xiatang Brigade were not happy about this and went directly to the commune to make trouble. Everyone wanted to grab the chance to merge.

"Everyone, go back. The county has already made a decision on this matter. Living in the commune won't solve the problem."

Zheng Xianfa stepped forward with gritted teeth. It would have been better if he hadn't said these words, but after he said them, it actually irritated the members who came.

"Director Zheng, you're the one who said it. We won't live in the commune. We'll live in Team 2."

Some members became angrier and angrier. They thought, "Good things never happen to us. Are we no longer the production team of Xiatang Brigade?"
The commune doesn't want to bother with us, right? Then we'll go find Fang Wei from Team 2 and ask him to come forward and judge the situation.

With someone making such a fuss, so many people rushed to the second team.

Zheng Xianfa felt dizzy and quickly called the county. At the same time, he sent someone to call Wei Guanghua and asked him to rush to the second team with him immediately.

The second team now has the sign of "Demonstration Base" from the region and province, and there is a constant stream of people coming to visit and learn.

If so many people go to the second team to cause trouble, the impact will be terrible.

Today, Fang Wei was inspecting the production situation in the team as usual, when Zheng Bao suddenly found him, sweating profusely.

"Captain, something's happened, you need to go check it out. I don't know what's going on with the other production teams in the brigade. So many people have gathered outside the village."

This was the first time Zheng Bao had seen such a thing, and he had no idea how to deal with it.

We are all members of the same brigade. We have no hatred or grudges against each other. Why did they mobilize so many troops to surround the village?
Fang Wei was also confused. He quickly ran to the village entrance to see what was going on.

"Captain Fang is here!"

"Captain Fang is here!"

Suddenly, cheers broke out in the crowd, and Fang Wei walked in front of everyone.

"Captain Fang, why are we always left out of every merger? The commune says it's a decision from higher-ups, so we want to ask you, do you think we're not qualified?"

Fang Wei actually felt relieved when someone stood up to speak on everyone's behalf.

It seems that they are not a mob, but most likely the work of the other 10 production team leaders.

This group of people definitely didn't come to Team 2 to cause trouble, but probably wanted to put pressure on the commune. In other words, this matter itself had nothing to do with Team 2 or Fang Wei.

"Captain Chen, Captain Yu, Captain Jiang, all ten of you are here. Come, captains, come over here, let's talk. What do you want to do by bringing people to my second team?"

Fang Wei raised his hand and pointed out the captains hiding in the crowd.

These people then walked to the front of the team one after another, no longer pretending, and said directly:
"Captain Fang, we have no problem with you. But the commune and the county are being unfair. Why are we not included in every merger?

If that's the case, we will definitely not agree to your merger with the first team."

The corners of Fang Wei's mouth twitched slightly. This was obviously unreasonable, but he couldn't say anything.

The merger decision was made without much consideration of third-party reactions. For example, what would the production teams under the Xiatang Brigade think?
This is also the direct cause of the current situation. The deeper reason is still the issue of interest distribution.

If it didn't touch upon the core interests of these people, they would not do this.

"Everyone, if you have any opinions, you can report them to the commune or the county through normal channels, but why are you all blocking the door of our second team?"

Fang Wei didn't know what to say to them. He couldn't say too much about this kind of thing, as it would be counterproductive.

He could only say this and could not take any strong action.

"Captain Fang, we've come to you for help. Why don't you just merge all ten of our production teams? We'll definitely listen to you and fight wherever you direct us."

"Yeah, even though Team One is richer than us, they may not be as obedient as us." These people didn't want to reason with Fang Wei at all, and they were only focused on grabbing the merger quota.

Or maybe just merge together and the conflict will be resolved naturally.

Fang Wei was overwhelmed. It was pointless to reason with them, so he didn't bother to care anymore and decided to wait for the brigade and the commune to clean up the mess.

So he asked someone to prepare tea. The weather was getting hot and it was very uncomfortable for everyone to stand here.

Later, Zheng Hu arranged for someone to bring large buckets of tea and distribute it to these people.

Fang Wei and 10 captains sat on the ground, bragging and chatting. If you didn't know, you would think they were having a tea party.

Nearly an hour later, Zheng Xianfa and others finally arrived.

"You guys go back first. I've told the county about what happened today, and they've agreed to reconsider the merger. They'll send someone to hear your opinions later."

Zheng Xianfa had a cold face. What happened today had a very bad impact. The entire Yaoling Commune had lost face because of these people.

At that time, Tang Ze scolded him on the phone and asked him what he and Wei Guanghua were doing. Why did the two of them not mention anything before when the other production teams reacted so strongly?

After hanging up the phone, Tang Ze held an emergency meeting and decided to temporarily suspend the merger of Team 2 and Team 1 until the hidden dangers were eliminated.

The fact that 10 production teams have such strong emotions is a very real hidden danger.

Zheng Xianfa was very unhappy and scolded Wei Guanghua again.

In fact, neither of them can escape responsibility for this matter. It was because they took it for granted that they could ignore the reaction of the third party.

When Team 2 and Team 3 merged for the first time, the other production teams were envious but did not have much to say about it.

It was only during this merger that everyone felt abandoned and felt it was unfair, which eventually intensified the conflict.

Originally, this was not a big deal. It was just a conflict caused by distribution issues within the brigade, and it could be resolved with a little delay.

No one expected that an accidental incident would cause such a huge uproar.

Since the early 60s, most places in the country have implemented the "three-level management, team-based" accounting system.

That is, the production team is the basic accounting unit and has great autonomy in production management.

However, starting from the mid-60s, some places proposed to use the brigade as the basic accounting unit, and it was implemented in some areas.

This issue is currently a hotly debated topic, and each has its pros and cons.

The county stopped the merger of Team 10 and Team , and also ignored the calls from the other production teams to merge into Team .

The matter was left on hold.

But after someone learned about this, they published an article in the provincial newspaper criticizing the practice of ignoring the voices of the members.

Next, this person spent a lot of space discussing the advantages of using the brigade as the basic accounting unit and called for the re-adoption of the "brigade accounting" form in the province.

This article sparked a heated discussion, with newspapers publishing various viewpoints and endless debates every day.

Fang Wei was speechless after reading the article in the newspaper.

It was originally an isolated incident, but after a great discussion, it became a big event.

He didn't want to get involved because it was meaningless. At this stage, "three-tier management, with teams as the foundation" is still the mainstream, but brigade accounting isn't considered unorthodox.

To put it bluntly, both viewpoints are correct, and specific issues need to be analyzed specifically, but many people want to argue about who is the winner.

Fang Wei was not interested in this. He would rather go to the pig farm and take a look around when he had nothing to do.

The team's pig farm recently added 101 piglets, bringing the total number of live pigs on the farm to 275 pigs.

Among them, there were 10 sows, 101 piglets, and 165 pigs that met the standards for slaughter.

"Uncle Wu, you're doing a great job. Many people are concerned about the pigs produced by our pig farm."

Fang Wei affirmed the work achievements of the pig farm, and Uncle Wu smiled from ear to ear.

"That's right. Everyone says our pig breed is great, and the breeding teams have their waiting list lined up until next month. Some people are even more ambitious and want to buy our piglets, but I definitely won't do that."

Uncle Wu talked a lot, and Fang Weiyi listened patiently.

In fact, the pigs in the team have already become famous in the local area. They have good meat quality, fast growth and fattening speed, and high resistance. It is not surprising that some people want to introduce breeding pigs.

The breeding pigs kept in the pig farm can of course be bred to other production teams. In order to avoid inbreeding, the team will also introduce breeding pigs from outside for breeding, but will not sell piglets to the outside.

"You decide on this matter, I won't interfere. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, so we can kill a few more pigs and let the members have more meat."

The team's breeding industry is not very developed, and Fang Wei has no plans to expand the scale of breeding quickly for the time being.

The current development speed is just right and can be maintained.

After chatting with his uncle for a while, Fang Wei left the pig farm. He didn't care about the merger at all. Unlike the last merger, this one caused a huge uproar before it even started. Why should he get involved?

Team One's farmland is far away from Team Two, and will be difficult to use after the merger.

When it merged with the third team, because the arable land was continuous, it was possible to use the consistency of "water and soil" as an excuse to cover up the core secret of breeding.

If this situation happens again after merging with a team, how will he explain it?

Therefore, even if Team 2 merges with Team 1, they will not be able to expand the planting area of fixed rice varieties. In the end, Team 1's arable land will continue to cultivate inferior rice varieties. I wonder if everyone will be disappointed by then?
This matter was not initiated by him, and he was also powerless to stop it, so he simply ignored it.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the team slaughtered 12 big fat pigs, and the members happily took the pork they received home to celebrate the festival.

[Pigs are produced, points +3840, total points: 526506 points.]

There are 263 pigs left on the farm.

Fang Wei, Pan Lianhua and Xiaobao each received more than 30 kilograms of pork.

Wang Zhuyun prepared to eat all the chickens at home, and then the whole family, including her elder sister, went to the village to celebrate the festival. However, they only stayed for one day before hurriedly leaving the mountain. Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua were both very busy and really didn't have time.

Grandpa could understand. Pan Lianhua was the person in charge of the bamboo factory. She had not yet completed the orders, so how could she have the time to stay in the village?

Fang Wei isn't actually that busy, but he's the backbone of Team 2. The merger is a big deal, and he needs to be in charge. (End of this chapter)