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

"Old man, you really wronged me. Let me tell you, Ningxiang pig meat is really delicious. When the piglets grow up, we can let everyone taste it."

Fang Weiyouyi reduced the frequency of meat distribution in the first half of the year, and distributed more in the second half of the year, so that the Ningxiang pigs could be slaughtered.

The old man laughed and was looking forward to the new breed of Ningxiang native spotted pig.

After dinner, Fang Wei and his wife went for a walk and stopped by Team 8 to see the educated youth and the people who had been sent down to the countryside. The eight people who had been sent down to the countryside had each found their place and were doing well in the team.

"Secretary, Lianhua, let's have a few drinks together."

The two men came to the dormitory. Gao Qingshan, Wu Maosheng and several other transferred personnel gathered at the residence of Engineer Luo and Engineer Wen.

They also prepared a table of dishes, and they were drinking when Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua came in.

"We just had dinner, so we won't drink anymore. Just look at you and leave."

Fang Wei didn't sit down either. He chatted with them for a few words, then turned around and left with Pan Lianhua.

As a result, when he went to the educated youth's place, Yu Hao and Chu Linlin forced him to drink two glasses of wine.

Jiang Xia and Chu Linlin celebrated the festival with Yu Hao and Liang Xueqin. Liang Xueqin was unable to move around easily, so the dishes on the table were all cooked by Jiang Xia.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Fang Wei went to the dormitory of other educated youth.

Everyone was in a good mood, and after a round of walking around, the two left.

After the holiday.

Fang Tingting successfully completed her junior high school studies and entered high school. When school starts in the fall, my niece will become a high school student.

It’s a pity that there is no college entrance examination now. Tingting’s academic performance is quite good and is not much worse than her brother’s.

The team began to prepare for the summer harvest. During this period, the second team suspended its learning and exchange activities and will resume them after the summer planting is over.

Zheng Hu and others were very busy, but Fang Wei Ke, on the other hand, would go into the mountains every day whether he had something to do or not.

The mountain forest, which he named "Herb Cultivation Base No. 1", has become a natural treasure house of herbs. Almost all the rare wild herbs that can be found in the primeval forest can be found here.

With the blessing of properties, not only the growth rate of herbs is greatly accelerated, but the reproductive capacity has also reached an astonishing level.

Fang Wei is still transplanting herbs to this area. When he needs to pick herbs in the future, he no longer has to run into the primeval forest, and his efficiency will be greatly improved.

In addition, he personally purchased some herbal seeds and scattered them in this forest area of about 3000 acres.

There's no need for deep tillage; just dig a shallow pit and water it with a little mountain spring water and it'll grow. According to his comparison, the herbs grown in the Yulin planting area are even more potent than wild herbs grown elsewhere.

Fang Wei transplanted the last herb in the basket before sitting down to rest.

My sister prepared rice balls for him, which were filled with diced bacon and vegetables. If they were roasted slightly over the fire, they would taste especially sweet.

It was dry and rainy during this period, and he was afraid of causing a fire, so he didn't make a fire and just took it out and ate it directly.

Anyway, the weather is very hot, and it feels very refreshing to eat this way.

After eating a few bites of food, Fang Wei saw a snake crawling quickly in the distance and then disappearing into the bushes.

He doesn't take it seriously. Now every time he goes into the mountains he sees snakes, and often more than one. For example, now he is too lazy to catch snakes, and he believes in "if no one offends me, I won't offend anyone."

After eating and drinking water, Fang Wei took out a packet of medicine powder from his pocket. This was his new snake repellent medicine, which used herbs collected in the area and was very effective in repelling snakes.

He sprinkled some on his body, and common poisonous snakes would stay away from him, saving him trouble.

After resting enough, he collected some ripe herbs, then carried them in a basket and went down the mountain.

I got home just in time for dinner.

"Third brother, you seem to be very carefree. I'm so bored all day long."

Pan Lianhua envied the freedom of men. Fang Wei, the brigade secretary, had really reached a certain level. He often did not show up, but it did not affect the work of the brigade at all.

The main reason is that he is willing to delegate power and can make the final decision at critical moments. No one else can do that.

"Starting tomorrow, I won't be going into the mountains. I have to follow some rules. The summer harvest has begun, and everyone has to do their part."

Fang Wei laughed and responded.

The next day.

Fang Ping, Zheng Bao, and the others began slaughtering pigs before daybreak. They slaughtered ten pigs in total. The team was providing food during the summer harvest, and having some meat to eat would boost everyone's motivation.

Breakfast is supplied by each production team separately, and today the rice of three production teams needs to be harvested.

After breakfast, the tractors, harvesters, and electric threshers from the agricultural machinery team were transported to Teams 12, 11, and 10. The entire brigade's strong laborers gathered here and began the harvest.

The manual rice threshers have been eliminated and sold to brigades in other communes.

Even though some areas now have access to electricity, cheap and durable manual agricultural machinery such as rice threshers are still very popular.

Xiatang Brigade insists on updating agricultural machinery and tools. Having money means they can do whatever they want. For example, the team already has 6 small harvesters.

With the help of agricultural machinery, and the fact that the main labor force of the entire brigade is concentrated in three production teams, the harvesting efficiency is indeed very high.

By noon, half of the rice in the three production teams had been harvested.

"dinner time!"

Jiang Xia and Chu Linlin brought a large group of female educated youth and delivered lunch.

Today's meal was very good. We had just slaughtered 10 pigs this morning. As soon as we opened the lid of the large iron basin, the rich aroma of meat wafted out.

Except for today's main labor force, everyone else is also provided with meals.

However, it was too troublesome for all 12 production teams in the brigade to eat from the same pot, so each production team sent people to the canteen of the second team to take the food back to the village to eat.

Fang Wei also participated in collective labor today, so he squatted on the edge of the field to eat.

Chu Linlin came over and added half a spoonful of vegetables to his rice bowl, which was almost entirely meat.

"Chu Linlin, are you planning to make me fat?"

Fang Wei looked up at the other person, smiled and made a joke.

As long as he doesn't have a stern face, he looks very friendly.

"That can't happen. Secretary, you should eat more. You work harder than everyone else."

Chu Linlin smiled sweetly and continued to walk around with the vegetable bowl in her hand.

If anyone didn't have enough food, she would add some more for them, but the amount was less than a quarter of what she had given to Fang Wei before.

Some people are just so biased.

We continued our efforts in the afternoon and completed the purchase of rice from three production teams in one day.

The next day, the main force will move to other production teams, and the agricultural machinery team will continue to help thresh the harvested rice.

As more agricultural machinery is added in the future, can we ensure that every production team has one or two threshers?

Fang Wei did not participate in collective labor today, but went to the Yao village early in the morning.

The Yao village has also started harvesting, but the village has no electricity and not many agricultural machinery, so harvesting mainly relies on manpower.

"Third brother, the new variety of rice seeds is extraordinary. The grains are round and plump. The yield must be high."

Wang Songlin was filled with joy. The breeding of the sterile line was very successful. People from the county breeding base came to see it and were very satisfied.

There are also 100 acres of terraced fields planted with [Nongyou 58] hybrid rice, which is a brand new japonica hybrid rice, and everyone is full of expectations.

Fang Wei was very experienced. He estimated that the yield per mu would be around 700 to 800 kilograms, which did not disappoint him.

"Songlin, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go over there and take a look."

Fang Wei then went to take a look at the 10 acres of rice fields. The rice seeds planted in the fields were [YX-032] seeds, and it was estimated that the yield per acre should be over a thousand.

After all, a team's experimental field has planted this kind of rice, and the yield per mu has exceeded 800 kilograms. Now with the bonus of attributes, it would be unreasonable if the yield does not increase significantly.

“Now it’s time to harvest.”

Fang Wei called people over to harvest. With more people, the harvest was faster, and they finished harvesting 10 acres of land in a few hours.

The grains are then threshed, dried, and stored separately. Although he didn't weigh them, the amount can be roughly estimated: the harvest from 10 mu of land is about 11000 to 12000 kilograms.

In other words, the seedling yield is higher than that of the [Nan Guang No. 2] rice variety.

按照1比10的换购比例，10亩职田的产出大概在1.3万元到1.4万元之间。

Tens of thousands of yuan was a lot of money back then, considering there was no such thing as a "ten thousand yuan household." But considering the responsibilities and expenses a headman had to bear, it wasn't much.

Customers from other counties arrived earlier than expected, and the 100-mu experimental field produced 79500 kilograms of [Nongyou 58] rice seeds, with an average yield of 795 kilograms per mu.

Moreover, [Nongyou 58] has not yet reached its production limit, and the yield per mu will definitely exceed 800 kilograms in the next season, which makes customers feel very surprised.

“Japonica hybrid rice is different from indica hybrid rice in that it is more expensive to cultivate, has a lower yield, and tastes better.

This season, you can exchange rice at a ratio of 1 to 10, but once the rice seeds are finalized, the ratio must be increased to at least 1 to 12, or you can exchange all your rice for japonica rice."

Fang Wei discussed the price issue directly with the customer. If some things are not made clear now, conflicts are inevitable in the future.

If it is a traditional variety, the yield of japonica rice is not necessarily lower than that of indica rice. However, hybrid rice is different. Japonica hybrid rice is difficult to successfully cultivate and the cost is relatively high.

The japonica rice on the market now is at least one or two cents more expensive than indica rice, and these japonica rices are still conventional rice varieties, not hybrid rice.

"What you said makes sense. Let's do a trial planting first and talk about the rest later."

The client has implicitly acknowledged the conditions proposed by Fang Wei, so the cooperation can continue.

79500 jin of [Nongyou 58] rice seeds, with an agreed purchase price of 1.28 yuan per jin, and a total of 101760 yuan in cash was received.

Fang Wei also sold the output of his official land, a total of 11600 kilograms of [YX-032] rice seeds, which he sold for a total of 13688 yuan.

It was about the same as his previous estimate.

Transportation is a big problem. Trucks cannot drive up, and the Yao village does not have a large number of tractors.

Fang Wei dispatched four large tractors from Xiatang Brigade and finally managed to transport the rice seeds to the foot of the mountain.

You know, in the past, the Yao village relied almost entirely on manpower for transportation, which was very inefficient.

The customer's truck stopped at the foot of the mountain, and he said something honest: "The road in your village needs to be repaired, otherwise it will be difficult to transport all the good stuff out."

Fang Wei followed the tractor back to the team. The summer harvest work of Xiatang Brigade had been completed and preparations for summer planting had begun.

This season, the brigade's total rice production income is almost the same as last year.

The cash income was 230 million yuan, and an additional 480 million jin of rice was harvested. The brigade had 150 million jin in stock before, so there was definitely no shortage of food.

However, the amount of public grain submitted this year has also increased, reaching 100 million jin.

"Huzi, pay the public grain first, and buy some negotiated grain while you're at it."

The issue of food is the core issue of the brigade. Zheng Hu cannot make the decision, so Fang Wei has to make the decision.

Fang Wei decided that in addition to handing over 100 million jin of public grain, he would also buy 230 million jin of negotiated grain for the purchasing station.

Zheng Hu went to discuss with the purchasing station, and they arranged the time, personnel and vehicles to come to the door to purchase on time.

This is a special treatment for the Xiatang Brigade, and ordinary brigades can't even think about it.

The 230 million jin of rice brought the team an additional 23 yuan in cash income, and the team still had 300 million jin of rice left.

Next comes summer planting. All the fields have been plowed and the seedling raising work has been completed ahead of schedule. The next step is transplanting the rice seedlings.

The rice transplanting work that used to be daunting is now much faster with the help of rice transplanters, and it also saves a lot of labor.

Summer planting in the Yao village will start later and will take about a week to be completed.

Wang Songlin had someone send over a statistical report showing that the total yield of the sterile lines cultivated in 690 acres of terraced fields reached 355400 jin.

[Harvest crops, points +485000]

[Harvest crops, points +3750000]

[Harvest crops, points +91100]

[Harvest crops, points +355400]

[Produces piglets, points +3160]

Total points: 5110895.

All the data for the summer harvest came out, and with the 10 pigs recently slaughtered, Fang Wei earned a lot of points.

There are currently 1909 pigs left in the team.

All the sterile lines cultivated in Yao Village have been taken away by the county breeding base, and the base has begun to cultivate [YX-032] rice seeds.

The agreed price at that time was 4.5 yuan per kilogram of sterile seeds, and there was no grain exchange.

The Yao village earned 159.93 million yuan from this, and so many sterile seeds are enough for the county breeding base to use for three seasons, which is about one and a half years.

The cost of cultivating sterile lines is very high, but the county breeding base has an income of nearly 800 million yuan per season. The cost of materials is spread over three seasons, which is actually very cheap.

The Yao village did not receive any grain this season, but fortunately Wang Songlin had made plans in advance, and the Yao village currently has enough rice in stock to distribute food rations and pay public grain.

Therefore, in the upcoming late rice season, the Yao village will fully plant [Nongyou 58] hybrid rice seeds. When the autumn harvest comes, they must be exchanged instead of being paid in cash.

The headman's 10 mu of official land was no longer used to grow rice this season, but was instead planted with Yaoling soybeans.

After all, he does not rely on the output of these 10 acres of land to make a living. On the contrary, he will make more profits by cultivating high-yield cash crop seeds.

Planting soybeans also has the function of fixing nitrogen, so you can wait until next spring to plant other crops.

In Xiatang Brigade, the second team planted 440 mu of [Nanguang No. 20] rice seeds, leaving only mu of experimental fields to cultivate the materials needed for various hybrid rice.

A team withdrew the experimental field. After all, the cultivation of [YX-032] rice seeds had been taken over by the county breeding base, and the experimental field had completed its historical mission.

The [YX-032] rice seeds cultivated by Tian Bingyi's production team were also sold, and the harvest was considerable, but Fang Wei was not sure about the specific figures.

The busiest period of the year has passed and everyone has some free time again.

Zheng Hu came to ask Fang Wei if the brigade's rations had been distributed and what the standard was for distribution.

"Team No. 700 distributed rations at an average of 560 kilograms of rice per person, while the other production teams distributed kilograms of rice per person."

Food rations are still distributed according to the coefficient, with a total of 116.76 million jin of food rations distributed.

There are still 183.24 million kilograms of rice left in the team, which is temporarily included in the inventory.

The next morning, Wang Songlin and other key members of the Yao village arrived at the Xiatang Brigade. Fang Wei called a meeting with the brigade cadres.

“The Yao village is in urgent need of rebuilding the road, otherwise our bamboo factory will face a shortage of raw materials.

Of course, this is ultimately a village matter, and I hope the Xiatang Brigade can provide assistance. The assistance itself is certainly not free, so we can discuss the specific details."

Only Fang Wei, as the branch secretary of Xiatang Brigade and the secret leader of the Yao village, has the ability to bring the two sides together.

But this matter cannot be forced, it must be agreed upon by both parties.

"Third brother, Yao Village is the provider of materials for the county breeding base, so the county should also provide some support. I think Captain Wang should ask the county for materials for road construction."

Zheng Hu did not raise the issue of compensation for assisting the Yao village, but instead made another suggestion.

Wang Songlin took note of this matter and planned to go back and talk to the director of the breeding base.

"We are all brother brigades. The team can do without compensation. Can the village provide some subsidies to the members and educated youth who participate in the project? That way, no one will have any objections."

Accountant Liu proposed a plan and then discussed it with Wang Songlin.

Fang Wei did not express any opinion from beginning to end. To him, both sides of the hand are flesh and blood, and it would not be good to favor anyone. It is better to let them talk on their own.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement to give the educated youth members who participated in the road construction a subsidy of 1 yuan per day.

Anyway, I can use the slack season to help out and earn some income, so I guess no one will object.

"This is a good plan, Huzi. Go back and talk to the other teams. If most people agree, let's do it."

Fang Wei made the final decision, and the rest of the work was left to Zheng Hu to implement.

Without further ado, Zheng Hu called the captains of each team over and explained the situation. Everyone was very supportive. Whether it was for the sake of the branch secretary or the subsidy, the matter was settled.

Wang Songlin went to find the breeding base, the commune and the county, and Wu Yaoyang waved his hand and allocated a batch of road construction materials to the Yao village, and also provided support from several technicians and construction organizers.

The winding mountain road leading to the Yao village has officially started construction. The Xiatang Brigade has provided support of 1000 laborers, and together with the personnel of the Yao village itself, there are as many as 1500 construction workers.

If you want to do something now, you have to wait and rely on others. If you don’t have this kind of subjective initiative, it will be difficult to accomplish great things.

Although the county's finances have improved somewhat, it's still an agricultural county, and funds are still tight. If the Yao village wants the county to take charge of road construction, it will probably take forever. (End of this chapter)