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

Chapter 196: Everyone Takes What They Need, Do It to the Extreme
The next step was oil pressing, and a total of 166260 kilograms of rapeseed oil were pressed out.

Zhang Chu and others were completely convinced. Due to the use of rapeseed seeds provided by the second team, the rapeseed production this year has increased significantly, and the oil yield has also exceeded that of previous years.

This much rapeseed oil was distributed evenly among everyone in the brigade, and the average amount of rapeseed oil per person reached a record high of 83 kilograms.

"We can't distribute it all at once. We have to keep some as a reserve. So, we'll take out 10 kilograms of rapeseed oil and distribute it to everyone, and store the remaining 66260 kilograms."

Fang Wei did not discard all the rapeseed oil, but kept some.

This time the distribution is still based on the coefficient. On average, each person in the brigade can get 50 kilograms of rapeseed oil, with the upper limit being 60 kilograms and the lower limit being 40 kilograms. Overall, the difference is not that big.

The members of the second team found that their living standards had not declined through the distribution of meat and oil, and their previous complaints disappeared.

However, the living standards of other production teams have improved significantly.

Take pork and cooking oil for example. The amount of pork distributed during the Chinese New Year was much more than in previous years, and the amount of rapeseed oil distributed was even more of a surprise.

This is a good start, so everyone has more confidence in the Fangwei and team accounting systems.

A few days passed quickly.

Manager Liu brought people from the agricultural machinery company to deliver tractors and other agricultural machinery.

Including the four newly purchased tractors, the entire brigade now has a total of nine tractors. The total number has increased significantly, but on average each production team has less than one tractor.

The next soil turning work was carried out by the entire brigade in turns, starting with Team 2, then Team 1, Team 3, Team 4, and all the way to Team 12.

First plow the soil and then apply fertilizer. Within a week, the entire brigade completed the task of plowing the land. This is more than 10 times more efficient than plowing with oxen.
Zheng Hu was in charge of production work, while Fang Wei directly contacted the region and the province to obtain enough oil coupons and ammonia water for the entire brigade.

The two badges on the second team and the representative title on his head have made his path wider and wider.

Of course, as a pilot unit for the province's "implementation of the brigade accounting system," Xiatang Brigade also has some convenient conditions.

In short, everything is ready, we are just waiting for the right time to start spring sowing.

"There are not many changes to this year's spring planting. Except for Team 2, which needs to continue its hybrid rice research, the other teams will continue to produce the second-class rice variety [Nanguang No. 2].

However, I have decided to allocate 10 mu of experimental land in Team One and hand it over to the breeding team of Team Two. Captain Zhang, do you have any objections?

This year's production plan is similar to last year's. Team 2 will mainly produce mature rice seeds of [Nan Guang No. 2], while the other production teams will continue to produce the second-grade rice seeds of [Nan Guang No. 2].

The only thing that was a little unexpected was that Fang Wei asked the team to provide a 10-acre experimental field.

"Captain, there's no problem providing the experimental fields. Please remember to compensate us when the brigade does the accounting."

Zhang Chu has learned to be smart now. He doesn't question things casually, but asks for benefits first.

"Even if you don't mention it, we'll still give Team One some income compensation. If there's no problem, it's settled. The sideline team will plant soybeans, peanuts, and flue-cured tobacco this year, and they'll also do a good job of raising livestock."

The focus of the forestry team's work this year will be on expanding economic forests and understory plantings. Specifically, this will involve raising and transplanting chestnut and tea oil tree seedlings, while also taking shelterbelts into consideration."

Fang Wei then talked about the work plans of the sideline team and the forestry team.

The responsibilities of the sideline team cover the planting of cash crops, the breeding of chickens, ducks and pigs, etc. It is the second most important department after staple food production.

The work of the afforestation teams is relatively less urgent. It is to make full use of the forestry resources of each team, expand the planting area of chestnut trees and oil tea trees, and do a good job in afforestation of other tree species.

The management scope of the team leaders of each production team was narrowed, and the management authority of the brigade was strengthened.

As for the agricultural machinery team, it has not yet become popular, so Fang Wei just mentioned it in passing.

After Fang Wei finished speaking, Zheng Hu began to arrange the spring sowing.

“Please strictly follow the sowing plan. When it’s time to plant rice, the teams will be staggered in order, with the second team at the end.

This arrangement is conducive to mutual cooperation and the efficient use of agricultural machinery.

Also, the brigade has issued a notice prohibiting individuals from raising chickens and ducks. We hope that all teams will not keep any tails. Once discovered, they will be dealt with seriously.

The captains of each production team expressed their opinions, and the mobilization meeting before spring sowing ended here.

Next, the annual spring sowing work began, and the entire Xiatang Brigade became busy.

This year, the second team plans to plant 440 mu of [Nanguang No. 10] rice seeds, 032 mu of [YX-10] rice seeds, and another mu of experimental fields to continue various experiments.

Team 10's 032-wood experimental field began to cultivate conventional [YX-] hybrid rice.

The cultivation method is exactly the same as that used by the Yao village and Tian Bingyi production team.

Team leader Fang Wei personally took the lead in working in the fields, which indeed helped to motivate everyone to work more actively.

After sowing, the concentrated seedling raising stage begins.

At this time, Fang Wei received a notice informing him to go to the provincial capital for a meeting in three days.

He thought that he could take advantage of this opportunity to take Guan Chongyang to the provincial capital for a comprehensive physical examination to confirm Taoist Sun's judgment from another perspective.

Fang Wei went back and talked to Pan Lianhua, and received her strong support.

"You should bring more money from home. With the year-end dividends and our previous savings, we still have 5000 yuan. You can take 2000 yuan."

"Maybe I won't need that much. 1000 yuan is enough for me."

After Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua discussed it, they went to find Guan Chongyang.

It seems that Guan Chongyang said he would not go no matter what. The old man has a stubborn temper and sometimes he simply does not listen to advice.

In the end, it took Pan Lianhua to persuade the other party before he agreed.

"Third brother, go to the meeting first. When you are almost done, I will ask my junior brother to take me there."

Fang Wei thought this was a good idea. He couldn't leave the hotel when he had meetings, and he was worried about leaving the old man alone in another guesthouse.

So he made an appointment with Guan Chongyang to meet and went to the provincial capital alone.

He is now familiar with coming to the provincial capital for meetings. After checking in, he did not leave the hotel and arrived at the meeting on time the next morning.

There were several topics on the agenda for this meeting, but there was a lot of debate about whether to retain members' private plots.

After the private plots were reclaimed in various places, various problems arose, so this issue was specifically discussed at this meeting.

To Fang Wei's surprise, at the end of the discussion, the majority of people not only supported the collective transfer of private plots, but even criticized the members' own chickens and ducks.

"Representative Fang, you should also talk about it."

Fang Wei spoke very little, and someone kept staring at him during the group discussion.

He comes from the grassroots and is more familiar with the situation there, so he has to speak up.

"Then let me explain. Our second production team has prohibited individual members from raising livestock since the Dragon Boat Festival last year, and the brigade has also adopted the same measure since the Spring Festival this year.

Individuals may not raise chickens or ducks, but we still need to eat chicken and duck eggs, chicken and duck meat, right? So we adopted a collective centralized breeding program to meet everyone's basic needs."

Fang Wei did not argue with them. He was not used to talking nonsense.

He then recounted his experiences in both the Second Brigade and the Xiatang Brigade from beginning to end. Unexpectedly, Fang Wei had become even more radical, having already banned individual members from raising chickens and ducks the previous year. However, few took collective raising seriously, believing it was merely a linguistic embellishment.

"Comrades, we should learn from Representative Fang. While we are still arguing here, he has already taken action."

There was a burst of admiration in the venue, followed by warm applause.

Fang Wei felt secretly ashamed. The purpose of his doing that at that time was to avoid leaving any shortcomings. After all, the second team had high income and high distribution, which would inevitably arouse the jealousy of others.

He simply did things to the extreme, and his confidence was that collective farming would definitely be better than individual farming.

Facts have proved that the living standards of the members have not only not declined, but have improved. This is the benefit brought by large-scale farming.

But at this moment, he couldn't say anything and could only face it all with a smile.

After the five-day meeting, Fang Wei went to the train station to pick up Guan Chongyang and Sun Daoren, and the three of them found a guesthouse near the hospital to stay in.

During the meeting, he met several representatives from the health system, one of whom happened to be the director of the hospital.

The other party helped contact a doctor and gave Guan Chongyang a comprehensive physical examination, and the results came out soon.

"The old man doesn't have any serious health problems. It's mainly due to his age and some common geriatric diseases. I'll prescribe some medicine for him. When he goes back, he should make sure to rest and eat well. That's all."

The doctor prescribed some medicine for Guan Chongyang and told him some precautions.

"Thank you, Doctor Lin. We'll be leaving now. We might need you again if I have any problems in the future."

"You're welcome. If you feel uncomfortable, you can come to me directly."

Fang Wei expressed his gratitude to Dr. Lin, who was very polite and even sent them to the hospital entrance before leaving.

Taoist Sun had not said anything before. He did not understand the methods of Western medicine, but he understood the results of this examination at the hospital.

To put it bluntly, it still falls into the category of natural aging. There is no treatment and you can only slowly recuperate.

"Old man, I'm glad you're alright. Relax and go back home and eat and sleep. We're already here, why not spend a couple of days in the provincial capital? What do you say?"

"Why spend that money if there's nothing to do? Let's just look around today and go back tomorrow."

Guan Chongyang obviously didn't want to stay in the provincial capital any longer. Staying one more day would cost more money, and he felt it was unnecessary.

He came to the provincial capital many times when he was young. He was a worldly-wise man and felt that there was nothing fun there.

Taoist Sun disliked the hustle and bustle of big cities even more, so Fang Wei took the two of them to a restaurant for a meal, and then walked around the street for a long time, not returning to the guesthouse until the evening.

The next day.

The three of them went to the train station early in the morning and took the train to Chenzhou.

Director Wu received a call from Fang Wei in advance and went to Chenzhou Railway Station to pick up a few people and arranged accommodation for them.

Wu Di and Fang Weiyi have always been in contact. These days, supplies are tight, and if they want to provide some benefits to their employees, they can only find a way themselves.

In the past, he had contact with Fang Wei because his sister-in-law was working for him, but now, the two were getting closer and closer, mostly because of various supplies.

"Director Wu, have you prepared the scraps of cloth and defective products we talked about last time?"

After arranging accommodation, Director Wu invited Fang Wei and others to dinner.

After a few drinks, Fang Wei brought up business.

The reason he stopped in Chenzhou this time was to get some scraps of cloth and other inferior goods to take back. This was something they had agreed on beforehand, and he planned to take these supplies back with him on the way.

"Everything is ready. We can load it up and ship it out tomorrow. Our factory needs live pigs and eggs, so we're bringing them back. Is that okay?"

"No problem, no problem."

Fang Wei and Wu Di clinked glasses again and then buried their heads in their food.

After eating and drinking, Wu Di sent them back to the guesthouse and left.

"Third brother, you are becoming more and more capable now. You can actually get three carts of cloth."

While eating, Guan Chongyang and Taoist Sun basically didn't talk.

After returning to the house, the old man smiled and said something.

"Old man, these are scraps of cloth and defective products, but they can still be used to make clothes. You all should go to bed early. Tomorrow, go to the factory and wait for them to load the truck, and then go back with the truck."

Fang Wei responded that there was no need to hide this from them, so he admitted it readily.

Then the three of them went to wash up and went to bed early.

the next day.

The three of them checked out and then went to the textile factory.

When they arrived, the cloth had already started to be loaded onto the truck.

After loading was completed, Fang Wei, Guan Chongyang and Sun Daoren followed the delivery truck directly back to Team 2.

"Huzi, arrange for people to unload these cloths. We'll talk about the distribution later. The textile factory needs 20 pigs and 5000 kilograms of eggs. Have the sideline team prepare them."

The truck stopped at the door of the second team's warehouse. Sun Daoren and Guan Chongyang got off the truck and went straight home.

Fang Wei called Zheng Hu and asked him to gather people to unload the goods and arrange the sale of live pigs and eggs.

His relationship with the textile factory ultimately came down to the exchange of materials. The team needed cloth, even defective goods and scraps of cloth would do.

The textile factory needs pigs and eggs, which is exactly what they need.

"It's great that the captain got the cloth again."

"I wonder how much we can get this time?"

Many members and educated youth came to watch the fun. Everyone set their eyes on this batch of cloth and started talking about it.

Fang Wei arranged everything and went home.

We set off early today. My sister was making lunch at that time. When she saw Fang Wei, she quickly added more rice.

Fang Wei put down his bag, then went to wash his face and came out. Pan Lianhua also walked in from outside.

"Third brother, you're back? I thought you were going to take Grandpa to play in the provincial capital for two days, but I didn't expect you to be home so soon."

"The old man wasn't interested in the provincial capital, so we just wandered around the streets for a long time and then hurried back."

"Did you get some more cloth?"

"Yes, Director Wu left us some scraps of finished goods and cloth, and he wants to buy some pigs and eggs from us."

(End of this chapter)