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

"Then please help us. We'll pay for the internal wiring within the team. Is that okay with you?"

"Just your words are enough! Let's make a deal, don't change your mind after I've pulled the wires to the gate of your brigade."

"No, I will send you an official letter after I return, which will clearly state these matters."

The two parties reached an agreement, and after Fang Wei returned, he sent an official letter to the power supply department in order to reassure them.

All the team leaders of the brigade are very supportive of this matter.

With electricity, a lot of fuel can be saved. In the future, agricultural machinery such as pumps can be replaced with electric ones instead of diesel ones.

In addition, rice mills and power mills can be replaced with new electric equipment to improve efficiency.

So, although it hurts, after all, it will cost almost 10 yuan, but still no one opposes it.

When the transmission line reached the Xiatang Brigade, Zheng Hu personally led his men to help. As for the internal wiring, everyone worked together and quickly completed the line installation.

After about half a month, electricity was finally available in Xiatang Brigade.

This evening.

Fang Wei's family gathered together, sitting in the main room and enjoying the light brought by the light bulbs.

In fact, the current agricultural electricity voltage is not very stable. In Fang Wei's words, the light bulb is not bright at all.

A 60-watt light bulb looks like a 40-watt light bulb. It's not because of the bulb, but because of the voltage.

Even so, the whole family was very happy.

Next, Fang Wei waved his hand and the team started a shopping spree.

The water pumps need to be replaced with electric ones, many agricultural machines need to be replaced or purchased, and even the bamboo factory needs to introduce some electric equipment.

"Third brother, it's great to have electricity! Next, we can expand the production of bamboo chopsticks. This product is still very popular."

With electric machinery and equipment, the efficiency of processing bamboo products and bamboo furniture will be greatly improved.

Especially in the production of bamboo chopsticks, mechanized production has increased efficiency by more than a hundred times compared to manual production?
After the machines were bought and tried out, everyone in the factory was stunned.

As soon as Pan Lianhua came back, she excitedly told Fang Wei about this matter. With the help of electric machinery, a lot of manpower and time can be saved in processes such as cutting and polishing, and the staff can focus on subsequent manual production.

"Yeah, so I'd rather spend some money and get the electricity as soon as possible, otherwise I'll just have to wait and who knows how long it will take."

Fang Wei felt that Xiatang Brigade was lucky, as it would probably take several years before the Yao village had electricity.

Even if the Yaojialing Hydropower Station is connected to the grid, at least half of the production teams in the county will not be able to enjoy this benefit.

Being one step ahead now will definitely mean winning at the starting line.

Why had he not paid much attention to the bamboo factory before? Because there was no electricity and he could not expand the scale of production.

Now that we have electricity, we need to think it over carefully.

The next day.

Fang Wei went to the bamboo factory and called a meeting with Fang Ping, Pan Lianhua, Wen Gong and others.

"The factory has increased investment and purchased a lot of machinery and equipment, so we should actively expand production. But there is a prerequisite for this, which is to actively strive for orders.

Therefore, the factory must establish a sales department. I suggest transferring Yu Hao here and making him the head of the sales department. Yu Hao is well-educated and has good interpersonal skills, so let him give it a try.

Now that the factory's production problems have been temporarily solved, the sales issues need to be taken seriously.

It is no longer possible to just sit in the factory and wait for orders as before, but we have to take the initiative.

None of the three of them is good at sales.

For example, Fang Ping is too dull and not good at interacting with others. Pan Lianhua appears to be good-tempered, but in fact has a violent temper and cannot tolerate any grievance, making him unsuitable for sales.

Not to mention Wen Gong, he doesn't have the freedom to run around at all.

Therefore, Fang Wei recommended Yu Hao.

Yu Hao is a righteous, eloquent, and well-behaved person. He is a good candidate for sales.

After Pan Lianhua heard what the man said, her eyes lit up and she said, "I think Yu Haoxing."

Neither Fang Ping nor Wen Gong had any objections. Fang Ping was suited to managing internal affairs. Because he was quiet, everyone in the factory was afraid of him. Crucially, he also had the best skills and a high reputation among the people.

After he agreed, the matter was settled.

"It's better to do it now than today. Big brother, send someone to call Yu Hao over."

Fang Wei decided to talk to Yu Hao immediately. For matters like this, one must first seek the individual's opinion. If the individual is unwilling, the work will definitely not be done well.

Later, Yu Hao came to the bamboo factory.

When Fang Wei told him the matter, he readily agreed.

"Okay, then you can discuss with the factory and hire two more sales people, and then get back to work. Yu Hao, Liang Xueqin is about to give birth, right? You need to take care of things at home."

"Xueqin's due date is still a while away. I will take care of everything at home, please rest assured, Secretary!"

After Fang Wei finished talking with Yu Hao, they left the bamboo factory.

The rest of the matters would naturally be handled by Fang Ping and the others, so Fang Wei didn't need to worry about it anymore.

The bamboo factory established a sales department, and Yu Hao took the two young men to Chenzhou.

Chenzhou has a huge market. Previously, the factory only received a few orders through Wu Di’s relationship, but never seriously developed the market.

In the past, due to limited production capacity, the factory had no need to expand the market, but now it is different.

After Yu Hao and others arrived in Chenzhou, they first visited Wu Di and Jiang Yun and brought them some local specialties.

Wu Di and Jiang Yun were very enthusiastic when they heard that Yu Hao was an educated youth, and they carefully inquired about Jiang Xia's situation. There were some things they were hesitant to ask Fang Wei, but they were not so worried about asking Yu Hao.

Yu Hao was a good speaker. He casually told some interesting stories in life and also mentioned Jiang Xia's achievements in the past year without making any noise.

Wu Di and his wife were surprised; they had no idea about things like income distribution. Jiang Xia always wrote about how well she was doing, but without concrete references, they had no idea how well she was doing.

Now after listening to Yu Haoyi's words, they both had a direct impression. Wow, they ate and drank better than the average city dwellers.

Wu Di and his wife had a very good impression of Hao. When they heard that he was married, they sighed for a long time.

"I can introduce you to a few people, but you'll need to discuss the specifics. Xiaoyu, sales work is not easy, you need to be more patient."

"Thank you, Director Wu. I won't rush into anything."

Yu Hao understood that he could only open a small gap with Wu Di, and the subsequent work could only rely on his own efforts.

They worked hard to promote the bamboo factory's products in Chenzhou, and Fang Wei also left the team to go to the provincial capital for a meeting. He did not stay in Chenzhou, but got off the bus and went to the train station.

He had a representative certificate, so there was no problem buying a train ticket, and then he went straight to the provincial capital.

The situation has continued to improve over the past year. After returning the private plots to the members and allowing individuals to raise chickens and ducks under certain conditions, a number of measures to encourage agricultural production have been introduced.

However, at the distribution level, we still advocate hard work and firmly oppose the practice of each production team dividing and eating everything.

During the group discussion, Fang Wei shared his own views. For example, some wealthy teams, while ensuring various levies and production development funds, can appropriately increase the income of members to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

Some people support his point of view and some oppose it, but generally speaking, everyone's opinions are very objective. No one deliberately targets him, nor does anyone make a big deal out of it.

This was beyond his expectations. He thought that after he finished speaking, there would be one-sided criticism.

He had originally intended to resign as a representative during this meeting, but now he was wavering. This position was actually quite useful. If it weren't for the fact that some of the Xiatang Brigade's practices were out of line with the mainstream, he wouldn't have considered this.

Just when he was hesitant, comrades from relevant departments found him.

"Comrade Fang Wei, in view of the great achievements you and the Xiatang Brigade have made in agricultural breeding, we have nominated you for a possible national representative position. You should be mentally prepared."

Fang Wei was simply shocked by the other party's words. He hadn't even planned to be the provincial representative, but he still had hope of moving up a level?

At this time he couldn't say anything and could only thank his superiors for their trust.

"Please rest assured, I will definitely achieve greater success in breeding in the future."

In reality, the higher-ups were well aware of the Xiatang Brigade's situation. At a certain level, they didn't care about distribution issues; at most, they discouraged and discouraged publicity. What mattered to them was the breakthrough Fang Wei and the Xiatang Brigade had made in breeding; that was the real focus.

the next day.

At the last plenary session, the host read out the list of recommendations, including his.

This matter is basically a sure thing and can be implemented after completing the procedures.

After the meeting, Fang Wei went to the Agricultural College to visit his nephew. Fang Tao didn't expect his uncle to come, and when his roommates found him, he was reading in the library.

Fang Wei took his nephew to a restaurant outside for a meal, gave him the things he brought from home, and left the provincial capital.

When he got home, he didn't mention what happened at the meeting and continued doing what he was doing as usual.

"Third brother, Taoist Sun said that I don't need to take medicine anymore recently. I want to go back to the village to take a look."

Grandpa waited for him to rest for two days, and suddenly suggested that he wanted to go back to the Yao village to live for a while.

Fang Wei discussed with Pan Lianhua and felt that the old man’s wish should be fulfilled, so he personally sent Grandpa up the mountain.

Grandpa looked healthy and refused to be carried. He continued walking slowly, taking many breaks along the way. He finally reached home in the afternoon.

"Grandpa, the rice has been sent down the mountain. You can borrow some from the barn first, and I'll return it later."

The house is spotless and you can tell someone cleans it every day.

However, there was not a single grain of rice left at home, nor any bacon or other things, so Fang Wei planned to borrow some from the village.

"Don't bother. I won't be staying for a few days. Songlin will arrange everything. Third brother, go do your thing. I'll rest for a while."

While they were talking, Wang Songlin and his wife brought food to Grandpa and Fang Wei.

As soon as Fang Wei and Grandpa walked into the village, they knew about it, so they quickly got some food and sent it over.

After dinner, the village sent a sister to take care of grandpa, and Fang Wei and Wang Songlin went to the terraced fields.

The [Nongyou 58] rice seeds planted in the -acre experimental field are growing well. Judging from various performances, this is undoubtedly an excellent hybrid rice.

Moreover, this is currently the world's first japonica hybrid rice. As long as it is successful, it will be a huge achievement, and there is no need to worry too much about the yield issue.

In fact, according to Fang Wei's estimation, the yield of the new rice varieties will not be low.

[Nongyou 58] is the name given by Fang Wei to the new rice variety. Since this hybrid rice was developed based on [Nongken 58], the name also pays tribute to [Nongken 58].

"Songlin, have you contacted the customers from other counties who bought rice seeds? Are they willing to try growing untested rice seeds?"

It will take a long time for the new rice varieties to be finalized, and there are many issues that need to be verified.

It would be best to find people who are willing to try planting, which can not only create economic benefits but also speed up the pace of standardization.

"We've already had customers come to our village. They're very interested in the new rice varieties and are willing to cooperate with the verification process. They're just asking for a better price. What do you think we should do?"

It is very difficult for other counties to obtain Nanguang series rice seeds, and the [Qinghe No. 1] that is being promoted throughout the region has obvious differences in both yield and taste.

This resulted in the Yao village and Tian Bingyi production team, which could provide other high-yield rice varieties, becoming the only popular channels.

It was precisely because of the previous cooperation that they agreed to try planting the [Nongyou 58] rice seeds.

"This is actually the first japonica hybrid rice currently available. It has a good yield and a better taste, so we can't offer a discount on the price. However, we can guarantee that once the rice seeds are finalized, the other party will have the right of first refusal."

Fang Wei thought about it for a while and gave an answer.

It took Fang Wei five years to cultivate the [Nongyou 58] rice variety, and he devoted a lot of effort to it.

To be honest, the exchange ratio of 1 to 10 is relatively low. If the price is more favorable, he won't be able to get over it psychologically.

Moreover, high-yield rice seeds were in short supply, and he didn't want to indulge the other party's bad habits, so he proposed a compromise.

"Okay, I'll talk to them. If they don't want to, forget it. I'll find someone else who's willing to cooperate."

Wang Songlin nodded, thinking that the plan proposed by Fang Wei was very reasonable.

Next, Fang Wei carefully examined the sterile lines cultivated in the village, which were also growing well and could completely solve a major problem of the county breeding base.

Finally, he went to see his own 10 acres of paddy fields, where he planted [YX-032] rice seeds, which are also the rice seeds that the county breeding base will vigorously promote in the future.

His 10 acres of land have been designated as owned by someone, and the attribute blessing effect is twice as strong as that of temporarily designated land.

According to his experience, the yield of this land may exceed the standard, and the yield per mu may be a bit scary.

However, this is his chief's official land, and others don't know what variety of rice is planted here, nor do they know what the final yield will be.

Perhaps one can make some judgment based on experience, but no one will even ask one more question.

The Yao village has its own rules, which is different from ordinary production teams.

Fang Wei walked around for a long time and returned to the house. It was already evening. Time flew by. His sister brought him dinner, and he and his grandfather ate and went to bed early.

the next day.

Two groups of guests came to the village, both looking for high-yield rice seeds.

Wang Songlin announced in front of everyone that the price of Nongyou 58 rice seeds wouldn't be discounted, but he offered a long-term partnership. The two visitors didn't take it seriously, but they nearly got into a fight over a share of the supply.

"Don't argue about it. We've only planted 100 mu this season. With a family of 50 mu, the yield will definitely be more next season."

Wang Songlin immediately made an assignment, and the two stopped arguing.

Fang Wei made a small request, asking them to test the performance of the second-grade rice seeds in the next season. They don't need to plant too much, just one or two mu of land will be enough, and then report the planting situation.

"It's a small matter. We will keep a detailed record of the growth of the second-grade rice seeds."

Even if Fang Wei didn't say it, they would do this experiment.

After all, the cost of growing rice seeds for only one generation versus multiple generations is definitely different. However, it is important to note that yield reduction is a concern. Most hybrid rice varieties cannot be saved, and their traits will separate after one generation.

After the client left, Fang Wei stayed in the mountains for a few more days and then returned to the team.

"Third brother, you're finally back. Fifth uncle has been looking for you all over the world."

I got home just in time for lunch.

Pan Lianhua smiled and told him that because the sows in the pig farm had given birth to piglets, his fifth uncle had been looking for Fang Wei everywhere and finally found his home.

"That's great. I'll go check it out this afternoon."

Fang Wei didn't care. Even if he didn't give face to others, he had to give face to his fifth uncle.

Uncle Wu was a hardworking man who was an expert at raising pigs. He had no other aspirations but to be recognized by others. So if Uncle Wu asked, he would definitely go to the pig farm to take a look.

"Grandpa said how long she wants to stay in the village?"

Pan Lianhua was worried about her grandfather and planned to go up the mountain to bring him back in a few days.

"Don't worry about it. Grandpa will stay in the mountains for a week at most, and then Brother Songlin will send someone to bring him back."

The two chatted for a while while eating, and then went to rest for a while.

In the afternoon, Fang Wei staggered to the pig farm. His fifth uncle was overjoyed to see him.

"Look, these are all newly born piglets. Aren't they beautiful?"

Last year, the pig farm introduced a new breed of Ningxiang pigs. This time, all the piglets born were new breeds, and they will gradually replace all the previous breeds.

Fang Wei took a look and found that this kind of pig was also called Ningxiang native spotted pig, and the piglets looked really beautiful.

"Uncle Wu, thank you for your hard work. I think this Ningxiang pig is very good. I heard it tastes better than ordinary pork. I will try it when the time comes."

The pig breeds raised in the past were not pure, so because of the added effect of attributes, they looked okay, but they were still a little worse in terms of taste and other aspects.

That's why Fang Wei and his uncle tried to introduce a new breed. Ningxiang pig is one of the eight famous pigs in China and is also very famous in the province.

This time, the sows gave birth to a total of 812 piglets, and the current number of live pigs in the entire pig farm has reached 2139 pigs.

Among them, 80 sows farrowed, 812 piglets were born, and 1247 pigs met the standards for market release. (End of this chapter)