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

"Lotus, let's go to the mountains and stay for a few days to accompany Grandpa."

The work of the brigade was being sorted out bit by bit. Fang Wei asked Zheng Hu to take charge temporarily and took his wife, children and sister to the Yao village.

It is not good to always work at a high intensity. People are not machines. We still need to pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

The family stayed in the mountains for a week. When they came back, the second team had already started planting rapeseed.

Regarding the planting of rapeseed, Fang Wei issued a notice to each production team in the name of the brigade.

The notice required them to go to the second team to purchase rapeseed seeds for two reasons: first, it could increase rapeseed yields, and second, it could improve rapeseed quality, meaning it could increase oil yields.

This is a mandatory requirement of the brigade, and the notice requires everyone to comply with it.

In fact, Fang Wei could have adopted a more gentle approach, but he wanted to test his ability as the captain, so he issued such a notice.

Wei Guanghua now treats himself as a decoration, a rubber stamp, and never expresses any objection to anything.

But in his heart, he felt that Fang Wei was a little bit arrogant.

When the production teams first received the notice, they were a little confused. The team had never been so tough on production before.

As long as each team completes the task of collecting public grain and purchasing grain, the brigade will not care about the specific matters and will let them plant whatever they want.

Fang Wei is a new official who has not yet obtained the accounting authority, but he has already started issuing orders?

However, everyone has not forgotten that they took the initiative to ask others to lead everyone in common development, so no one will jump out to sing a different tune.

After calming down and thinking about it, I suddenly found a bright spot. It turned out that the second team not only cultivated high-yield rice seeds, high-yield soybeans, and high-yield peanuts, but also cultivated high-yield rapeseed.

Having experience in growing high-yield hybrid rice, everyone has tasted the sweetness. Zhang Chu was the first to run to the second team to buy seeds.

Starting January 1st of next year, the accounting authority will be returned to the team. However, the harvest from the inter-year period and next spring planting will be calculated by the brigade.

Zhang Chu didn't care about these small accounts. He only knew that the greater the contribution of the team next year, the more supplies would be allocated.

How much does it cost to buy seeds?

With Zhang Chu taking the lead, other production teams followed suit, and Team 2 also achieved some small results.

Wei Guanghua was very surprised. Is Fang Wei’s prestige in the entire team so high?

A piece of notice made the people below dare not disobey in the slightest. If they were told to buy seeds, they would buy them without even saying a word.

He was very glad about his performance during this period and was determined to establish a good relationship with the other party.

"Third brother, you're amazing! You were able to test a person's intentions with just one notice. This incident shows that the leaders of the various production teams are still willing to obey orders."

Zheng Hu was not optimistic at first, thinking that even if a notice was issued, some people might still disobey it.

Unexpectedly, no one even offered any suggestions, and everyone purchased the seeds happily.

"They're not stupid. They'll rush into anything that brings them profit faster than rabbits. Of course, I also want to establish my authority, and it seems to be working well so far."

Fang Wei responded with a smile, saying that there is a saying: When people are united, they can move mountains. If what you say can be effective, it will be much easier to do things in the future.

Next, each production team completed the planting of rapeseed and entered the slack season.

Fang Wei called a meeting of the team leaders, at which he proposed the formation of a "sideline team" for the brigade.

"The development of sideline businesses among various production teams is currently very uneven. If each team is allowed to develop on its own, it will not only waste time but also yield low results.

I suggest separating the farming operations of each team and establishing a secondary team for the brigade. From now on, raising chickens, ducks, and pigs will all be handed over to the secondary team. What are your opinions?"

Fang Wei did not touch the flue-cured tobacco business, which was the cash cow of each team. He would wait until next year.

His strategy was to start with the easy and then move on to the difficult, slowly integrating the 12 production teams together.

"Captain, according to what you said, everyone's pig production tasks will also be undertaken by the sideline team? If so, I firmly support it."

Zhang Chu was the first to speak, and it was another well-executed supporting role performance.

Fang Wei is now becoming more and more interested in this guy. He is very capable and is very good at speaking and doing things. No wonder he can become the captain of a team after Wei Guanghua left.

"I support it too."

Zhao Jinsheng spoke second and expressed his support.

Then everyone expressed their opinions one by one, and the proposal was smoothly and unanimously approved.

Fang Wei smiled slightly, and he did not discuss the next thing with everyone. Instead, he cut the Gordian knot and appointed Fang Yunying as the captain of the sideline team and his fifth uncle as the deputy captain.

As the technical director of the sideline team, Luo Gong actually has a lot of say.

Afterwards, he selected some people from the old and new educated youth, including the backbone of the former sideline group of the second team, to form the backbone of the sideline team.

After determining these candidates, he asked Luo Gong, Uncle Wu and others to select people from various production teams. Both members and educated youth were acceptable. First, they had to be hardworking and studious, and second, they had to be obedient.

After several expansions, the pig farm has begun to take shape. According to Uncle Wu, it's no problem to raise 1000 pigs here.

[Poultry House No. 1] is located on a mountain and has a large area, so it is no problem to increase the number of chickens by two or three times.

The problem is raising ducks. Fang Wei plans to promote the "duck-field symbiosis" model throughout the brigade. It is impossible for the 12 production teams to raise ducks in a centralized manner. At least they have to be divided into several poultry houses.

The three adjacent production teams shared a poultry house, which made it convenient to release ducks during the season.

If the ducks are raised in a centralized manner, the distance they have to travel every day to release them would be too far, which would be a bit impractical.

Fang Wei calculated that, apart from the poultry house of the second team, at least four more poultry houses would need to be built to ensure the promotion of the "duck-field symbiosis" model.

However, construction costs money, and even if a poultry house doesn't cost too much, the money has to come from somewhere.

Fang Wei's approach was to have Zheng Hu and Accountant Liu go to each team to collect the levies, and this year each team's levies must be handed in as soon as possible.

This approach is reasonable. Starting from January 1st next year, the brigade accounting will be implemented. If the levy is not handed over to the brigade, how can the brigade do a good job in the preliminary work?

Zheng Hu and others first came to Team 1, found Zhang Chu, and talked to him about paying the levy.

"The captain said that each team must submit the levy within two weeks. No delay is allowed."

"Captain Zheng, Accountant Liu, please take a seat first. We should pay the levy, but we're also facing difficulties. We have too many outstanding debts. Can you please give us some time?"

When Zhang Chu heard that he had to hand it over to the levy, he felt a little unhappy.

The transfer of accounting rights to the brigade will only be implemented on January 1st of next year, but the brigade leader has already taken real action before the date?

He asked everyone to sit down with a smile, then had tea brought and began to complain.

"It's not easy for everyone, Captain Zhang, but you better hand it in on time. The team leader said it's okay if you don't want to hand it in. One day late will result in a 10% reduction in the rice seed supply next year."

Zheng Hu was not in a hurry either. He spoke slowly while drinking tea.

He had made up his mind before setting off that if these people dragged their feet and refused to pay the levy, then he would not be polite.

It was not his style to persuade people with earnest words, so he used his trump card right from the start.

For each production team, selling second-grade rice seeds is their lifeblood, but the prerequisite is that you have to have standardized rice seeds, right?

If there is a problem with the supply of mature rice seeds, each company's profits will drop significantly.

"This"

Zhang Chu was stunned immediately. He had never realized before that Zheng Hu was such a cruel person.
"I'm not not paying it. Didn't I discuss this with you? The brigade doesn't agree to delay it, so I just grit my teeth and pay it on time, isn't that enough?"

Zhang Chu couldn't bear the pressure and had to agree to pay on time.

Accountant Liu left one person to reconcile the accounts with Team One, and then he and Zheng Hu went to Team Three. After a round of visits, all 11 production teams agreed to pay their levies on time without delay.

A week later.

All the teams had paid their levies, and the brigade's account was immediately filled with money.

Fang Wei convened a meeting in the brigade and decided to build a poultry house in each of the first, fourth, seventh and tenth teams.

He then allocated funds to the sideline group and asked Fang Yunying and Luo Gong to be in charge of this matter.

The four poultry houses are all built to accommodate 3000 ducks. The cost is not high and they are expected to be completed within a month.

Team 12000 has reduced the number of duck eggs allocated. The four newly built poultry houses require 2 ducklings. When spring comes next year, [Poultry House No. ] will hatch a large number of ducklings.

[Poultry House No. 1] The same thing happened there. The eggs produced during this period increased the inventory and reduced the export volume. The distribution of eggs to the members and educated youth was not affected.

The number of chickens has gradually increased to 6000, doubling.

Fortunately, the area on the mountain is large enough, the wooden poultry house is not troublesome, and there is no problem with water supply.

A few more people were added to clean the poultry houses, and the number of transportation personnel also had to be increased accordingly. Six more educated youth were assigned to this task alone.

With the addition of the 16 educated youth transferred from the sideline group, the new educated youth had essentially been absorbed. Some of the remaining new educated youth were trained as strong laborers, while others were assigned to the bamboo products factory. Furthermore, the forestry area also needed manpower.

“There are still not enough people!”

As the steward of the second team, Zhao Jinsheng suddenly discovered that the 40 or so educated youth who had just joined the team all had a place to go.

It can be seen that the second team’s ability to absorb labor is really strong.

morning.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua got up early. Fang Wei went to the mountain to chop firewood, and Pan Lianhua went to the well to fetch water.

After breakfast, he went to the [pig farm].

"Captain, it's so early?"

When Uncle Wu saw Fang Wei, he greeted him from a distance. He no longer called him "Old Third" because he always felt a little uncomfortable saying it.

"Uncle Wu, I'm here to see how your expansion is going."

Fang Wei didn't say anything more and directly stated his purpose.

"Alright, it's all done! Our pig farm has been expanded several times, and we've already reserved facilities for expansion. We just need a little cleaning and we'll be ready to go.

Today's pig farms can easily raise 2000 pigs, but our pig inventory is too small. Things will get better after the sows give birth in a few days."

There are currently 16 sows in the pig farm waiting to give birth, and they will give birth in about 10 days at most.

By April or May next year, it is estimated that the number of live pigs on hand in pig farms will have a big leap.

"Okay, okay! Do we have enough manpower at the pig farm?"

Fang Wei looked around and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Under the leadership of Uncle Wu, the pig farm has developed steadily and all work has been done very well.

That's why he gave his fifth uncle the title of "Deputy Captain of the Sideline Team" this time, which can be regarded as a reward.

Uncle Wu’s responsibility is to raise the pigs well, and he doesn’t have to worry about anything else.

"That's enough for now. We've got some new guys on our side."

Uncle Wu glanced at the pig farm, his expression filled with pride.

Fang Wei smiled and turned to leave.

Pig farming is currently the sideline team's top priority, even higher than chicken and duck farming. With Uncle Wu here, he doesn't have to worry at all.

A week later.

The pregnant sows in the pig farm began to give birth one after another, and finally gave birth to a total of 167 piglets.

There are currently 394 pigs in the pig farm, including 167 newborn piglets, 16 sows and 211 adult pigs.

At the end of the year, it is time for the pig farm to breed sows. At that time, Uncle Wu will select 60 sows for impregnation, striving to increase the number of live pigs on hand to 1000 by next summer.

Fang Wei had a more proactive idea. He planned to buy a batch of piglets as soon as possible.

However, he had not told his fifth uncle about this. The money in the brigade's account was not much, so it would be fine after the New Year. By then, he would basically be able to control all the resources of the production team.

"Third brother, Director Chang is here."

Near noon, Fang Wei was about to leave the office when Deng Yuanen walked in with Chang Wenyuan.

Chang Wenyuan didn't know Fang Wei had become the team leader, and only found out about it when he went to the second team. Deng Yuanen happened to be at the team headquarters, so he brought him over.

"Hello, Director Chang."

"Captain Fang, congratulations!"

Fang Wei stood up and the two greeted each other.

It was getting late, so he simply took Chang Wenyuan home, asked his sister to add two more dishes, and had a few drinks with her later.

Later, the food and wine were served, and the two chatted while drinking.

"Captain Fang, I have to thank you. Our new hybrid rice variety has been proven to yield 638 kilograms per mu. How does it taste?"

Just as he entered the house, Chang Wenyuan took out a bag of new rice.

This is their successful hybrid rice, and Pan Lianhua helped to make a new kind of rice.

Fang Wei tasted it. Although the taste was not as good as the rice produced from the Nanguang series of rice seeds, it tasted slightly better than ordinary rice.

"It tastes good, Director Chang. Could you please tell me some basic information about this rice?"

It is obvious that Chang Wenyuan's hybrid rice research was successful.

He was very interested in this type of rice that was not dependent on a designated area, so he discussed it in depth with the other party.

This hybrid rice is named [Qinghe No. 1] rice variety. The plant is sturdy, has good resistance to various factors, high yield and good taste.

Although there is still a big gap compared with the [Nan Guang No. 2] rice variety in all aspects, its biggest advantage is that it can be planted under different soil conditions.

This season, verification tests of the room temperature element were carried out simultaneously in many locations in Qinghe County, and all were successful.

Next, the Qinghe County breeding base will cultivate [Qinghe No. 800] on a large scale, striving to increase the yield per mu to kilograms within the next five years.

"Of course, Qinghe No. 1's resistance to stress is average, and the seeds can only be planted for one generation, which means farmers have to buy rice seeds every year."

Chang Wenyuan finally sighed. He knew that [Nanguang No. 2] could be grown for two generations, which [Qinghe No. 1] could not compare to.

If the next generation of rice seeds cannot be cultivated, conventional breeding will be plagued by yield problems.

However, this problem can definitely be solved within one or two years. It is just a matter of more investment. Qinghe County should have the courage to do this.

If the breeding technology is disseminated, it is expected to be promoted throughout the province within five years.

Don't think that the per-acre yield of 638 kilograms of [Qinghe No. ] is insignificant. If you put aside the high-yield rice seeds and secondary rice seeds developed by Fang Wei, the rice seeds developed by Chang Wenyuan and others are among the top three in the country.

Why not first? Because Fang Wei also conducted off-site planting experiments this season.

The yield of YX-032 rice seeds in the Yao village reached 732 kilograms per mu, while the yield in the Tian Bingyi production team reached 759 kilograms per mu.

This was a joint collaborative experiment between Fang Wei and the two companies. From the cultivation of sterile lines, maintenance lines, and restoration lines to the verification of hybrid rice, all were completed outside the designated area.

Of course, since the first generation of sterile plants came from the experimental field of the second team, subsequent verification work needs to continue.

Therefore, this cooperation project is currently in a confidential stage and is completely unknown to the outside world.

The two of them drank two kilograms of sweet potato wine during the meal. Later, Fang Wei asked someone to take Chang Wenyuan to the reception dormitory so that he could have a good sleep.

"Third brother, Director Chang and his team have successfully developed hybrid rice?"

After the guests left, Pan Lianhua made a pot of tea and sat with the man in the room for a while.

Ajie took Xiaobao to take a nap, so the two of them had some rare time alone.

"Yes, it has been verified and is indeed a great success. However, the [Qinghe No. 032] they developed is still not as good as the [YX-] I developed."

There was no need to be too humble when talking to Pan Lianhua, so Fang Wei just told the truth.

After so many years, he finally developed hybrid rice with strong universality.

In fact, Chang Wenyuan’s success is inseparable from Fang Wei. Without the technology taught by Fang Wei and the experimental materials provided by Fang Wei, Chang Wenyuan and his team’s research would probably have to take many detours.

Therefore, in a sense, Chang Wenyuan's success is He Fangwei's success.

"Third brother, I'm curious. You all used similar test materials, so why is there such a significant difference?"

"Well, how should I put it? The test materials may seem similar, but there are actually significant differences."

Of course there is a big difference. First of all, the choice of sterile plants is different.

Fang Wei chose the sterile plants cultivated in the experimental field of the second team. After being cultivated in Yao Village and Tian Bingyi Production Team, they were essentially completely different.

But he couldn't say that, so he changed to a more euphemistic way of saying it.

Pan Lianhua nodded and stopped asking questions.

"Second sister and second brother-in-law haven't been here for a long time?"

Then she changed the subject and asked about her second sister's family. (End of this chapter)