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

Fang Wei smiled and looked at Wang Songlin.

Wang Songlin put down his wine glass and said, "Director Xiao, the conditions offered by Qinghe County back then were better than yours, but Third Brother didn't go. I guess there's no hope of poaching them."

"Yes, Director Xiao, I think it's good to stay in the countryside. I don't plan to leave Xiatang Brigade."

Fang Wei then added a sentence, expressing his attitude.

"Drunk talk, drunken talk. I won't say that anymore. Come on, let's have another one."

Xiao Qifeng's expression remained unchanged. He found a staircase and changed the subject.

Fang Wei pretended nothing had happened and continued talking and laughing.

After dinner, Wang Songlin arranged accommodation for Xiao Qifeng, and Fang Wei chatted with his grandfather for a while.

"This Director Xiao is no ordinary person, he's quite a character. Third Brother, are you really not going to consider it?"

Grandpa talked about Xiao Qifeng with a smile. He felt that it was really not easy for such a high-ranking cadre to lower his face to say and do something.

The other party is definitely not considering themselves, but the agricultural production of the entire region, which is worthy of admiration.

"No, the most important thing for me is to cultivate rice seeds well. Nothing else matters."

How could Fang Wei just give up the foundation he had built with great difficulty?

Besides, at this stage, it's better to be still than to move. It doesn't matter where you go. No place is a paradise, and you will still face various contradictions.

"It's up to you. Just figure it out."

Grandpa still smiled, and he admired the other person's persistence in his heart.

Later, the two went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day.

Fang Wei took Xiao Qifeng to the terraced fields for a walk.

Xiao Qifeng was very interested in the local soil and water resources, probably wanting to explore the secret of how the [Nongyou 58] rice seeds could be successfully cultivated here.

Unfortunately, he was destined to return empty-handed. He couldn't find the answer to something that so many experts hadn't figured out.

Then, Fang Wei accompanied the other party down the mountain. Xiao Qifeng went directly to the county town, while Fang Wei returned to the team.

A few days passed quickly.

Good news came from the Yao village, the winding mountain road was officially completed and opened to traffic.

Fang Wei and several team leaders rode a tractor up the mountain to attend the completion ceremony.

Grandpa and Zheng Xianfa who came from the commune cut the ribbon together, and then a buffet was set up in the village to entertain the guests.

The village was full of men and women in their best clothes. They sang cheerful folk songs and danced passionately, making it even more lively than the Chinese New Year.

Wang Songlin was very drunk, and even his grandfather drank a few more glasses.

As the new chief of the Yao village, Fang Wei never refuses anyone who comes to drink with him.

The village was noisy all day, and everyone dispersed in the afternoon.

Fang Wei accompanied Zheng Xianfa and Huang Zhigang down the mountain, and then sent the two commune directors back. They were both drunk and staggering, so he felt uneasy if he didn't send them back.

Then he returned home drunk.

"Lotus, today is too busy. I'll go to the village to pick up Grandpa in a couple of days."

He had originally planned to pick up his grandfather today, but later he really couldn't take care of it, so he came back on his own.

He specifically explained this to Pan Lianhua so that the other party wouldn't think too much.

"It's okay, Third Brother. Grandpa is happy to stay in the village for a few more days."

Pan Lianhua was quite understanding and quickly made a pot of tea for the man to drink to help him sober up.

Fang Wei was not drunk at all, but he had indeed drunk too much today. After drinking a few cups of tea, he went into the house and fell asleep.

The next day.

After he got up, he went straight to the bamboo factory.

Fang Ping, Wen Gong, and Pan Lianhua were discussing going to the Yao village to collect bamboo.

"Please bring back more bamboo at a time. I can take charge of this matter."

Seeing how stingy they were, Fang Wei made a decision straight away. He told them to just stockpile the raw materials and he would talk to the Yao village himself.

"That would be great. I don't have to worry about not having enough raw materials."

As the number of orders increased, the consumption of raw materials also increased, becoming a bottleneck in the development of the factory.

Transportation used to be very troublesome, but now that the road is open, it's much more convenient. However, Fang Ping and others are worried that if too much raw material is stockpiled, the Yao village will complain. They were just discussing this issue.

With Fang Wei's guarantee, they no longer had to worry about raw materials. Everyone knew that what the other party said was equivalent to the Yao Village's promise.

Later, Fang Ping reported to Fang Wei on the factory's operating performance for the year.

In short, this year was a year of great development for the bamboo factory. The total profit for the whole year was expected to be 63 yuan, and the factory achieved a leapfrog development.

"Next year will be even better. The bamboo products we produce have already entered most parts of the province. Bamboo products and bamboo furniture have become famous, and our bamboo chopsticks are entering other provinces."

Fang Ping finally talked about the future prospects, and it was obvious that he was very confident.

Some things are strange. When Fang Ping was in the breeding team, he never made much progress. However, when he arrived at the bamboo factory, he quickly found the knack of management and production. This might be due to his natural talent.

"The factory has developed well this year. If you need additional production equipment, please write a report to the brigade and I will handle it as appropriate."

Fang Wei stayed in the factory for the whole morning before finally leaving with Pan Lianhua and going home for lunch.

On New Year's Day, Fang Wei stopped Pan Lianhua from going to work at the factory, allowing her to rest at home and prepare to give birth.

The family doesn't need her work points, so taking a few months off will not have much impact on the family's financial situation.

morning.

Fang Wei was looking at documents in the office when the floor accountant walked in with a stack of account books and reports.

"Secretary, last year's settlement has been completed, all levies have been made simultaneously, and sufficient production development funds have been set aside in accordance with the team's requirements."

Accountant Liu and others worked overtime to complete the settlement work, and then it was time for the annual dividend distribution.

Fang Wei took the account books and reports and looked through them carefully.

He first checked the income from his side jobs. After all, he knew the income from his main business.

Last year, one season of peanuts, one season of soybeans, and one season of flue-cured tobacco were planted, and a total of 105 million kilograms of peanuts, 91 kilograms of soybeans, and 92 kilograms of flue-cured tobacco were harvested.

In addition, the second team produced 10 kilograms of high-yield soybean seeds and 13 kilograms of high-yield yellow seeds.

[Harvest crops, points +1050000]

[Harvest crops, points +910000]

[Harvest crops, points +920000]

[Harvest crops, points +100000]

[Harvest crops, points +130000]

Total points: 7449350.

High-yield soybean seeds sold for 48 yuan, and high-yield peanut seeds sold for 29.9 yuan, totaling 77.9 yuan.

Subsequently, the peanuts and soybeans were distributed according to an average of 100 kilograms per person, for a total of 50 kilograms of peanuts and 20 kilograms of soybeans.

There are still 85 kilograms of ordinary peanuts and 81 kilograms of soybeans left.

All 85 kilograms of peanuts were used to extract oil, yielding a total of 29.75 kilograms. This was then distributed, with an average of 50 kilograms per person, for a total of 10 kilograms of peanut oil.

The remaining 19.75 kilograms of peanut oil were included in the inventory.

Peanut oil is in short supply this year. The purchase price at purchasing stations is 0.85 yuan per catty (grade one), while the market price with coupons is 0.98 yuan per catty. If you sell it at the market, at 1.2 yuan per catty, it will be sold out almost instantly.

The price of peanut oil on the black market has risen to 1.5 yuan per catty, or even higher.

Fang Wei had the team sell 9.75 kilograms of peanut oil to the purchasing station, earning 82875 yuan in cash. The price was a bit of a loss, but Fang Wei felt it was the team's obligation and a contribution to the country's economic development.

Last year, both the Yao village and the Tian Bingyi production team planted peanuts, so they didn't come to buy peanut oil. Instead, the county government cafeteria bought 2 jin (approximately 2 kg), the seed breeding base bought 1 jin (approximately 2 kg), the coal mine and cement plant each bought jin (approximately kg), and the Chenzhou Textile Factory bought jin (approximately kg).

The 8 kilograms of peanut oil were sold at a price of 1.2 yuan per kilogram, earning a total of 9.6 yuan in cash.

The remaining 2 kilograms of peanut oil were put into storage for emergency use.

The flue-cured tobacco had some scraps left over, which were sold for a total of 230 million yuan. Therefore, the profit margin of tobacco is always high, and this money is an important source of income for the sideline team and also for the main team.

The annual income from Xiatang Brigade's side businesses, excluding forestry and forest planting, from cash crop planting, breeding, and the bamboo product factory alone, reached 500 million yuan.

If the portion allocated to members is included, the number will be even higher.

On the contrary, the income from staple food production is not high, only about 280 million yuan a year. But this is just cash income, not including the distributed rations and stocks.

If we calculate the output value, the annual output value of Xiatang Brigade easily exceeds 10 million yuan.

"Accountant Liu, there will be a meeting in the team later. Please explain the details at the meeting."

Fang Wei closed the report in his hand and then convened a joint meeting of the brigade cadres and production team leaders.

Everyone was very satisfied with the achievements made last year, and then they looked at Secretary Fang eagerly, waiting for him to announce the dividend plan this time.

"Huzi, you should speak for yourself."

Fang Wei had already discussed it with Zheng Hu in advance, but just didn't announce it in advance.

"Last year, everyone worked hard and made great progress, and the team achieved excellent results. Now I declare that this time the dividend will be distributed according to 800 yuan per person."

Zheng Hu immediately spoke and announced the dividend plan.

Cheers suddenly broke out in the conference room. Everyone had worked hard for a year, and dividends were basically their only source of cash.

Of course, if they needed money urgently, they could also exchange their eggs and grain for cash. Those were not much money at all, and unless they were in trouble, members generally wouldn't exchange them for cash, preferring to keep them for themselves.

The average dividend of 800 yuan per person is 66.67 yuan per twelve months, which is higher than the salary of many city workers.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua received a total of 2100 yuan, which is higher than the average level.

The brigade used 160 million yuan for dividends this time, which is not outrageous. The main reason is that the brigade's total income is high, so the individual dividends are also high.

This is the real distribution plan of "the more you work, the more you get" and "pay according to work", and Fang Wei is not afraid of what others say.

After finishing the team’s dividend distribution, Fang Wei went to the Yao village again.

The Yao village will also distribute year-end dividends. The village’s economic data last year was very impressive, but there are very few funds available for dividends.

This is mainly because road construction costs too much and we can’t take out much cash to distribute dividends to everyone.

Most people in the village understand that only with a road can the village's various products be transported smoothly. For example, in the past, the spring and winter bamboo shoots from the mountains could not be sold in large quantities due to insufficient transportation capacity.

In addition, the village has abundant bamboo resources, but due to transportation issues, it has not brought much actual income to everyone.

Therefore, the entire Yao village reached a consensus on the road construction, that is, they would rather suffer for one or two years to build this "lifeline".

In fact, the village’s income from side jobs was pretty good last year.

1360 mu of dry land was used to plant one season of soybeans, one season of peanuts, and one season of flue-cured tobacco, yielding a total harvest of 61.2 kilograms of soybeans, 88.4 kilograms of peanuts, and 54.4 kilograms of flue-cured tobacco.

But they are just ordinary soybeans and peanuts. The seeds for cultivating high-yield crops will only start to be planted in the spring of this year.

Fang Wei designated the [planting area] in the Yao village relatively late, so the annual output of cash crops is definitely not as good as that of the second team.

[Harvest crops, points +1018000 points, total points: 8467350 points.]

After system evaluation, Fang Wei was given some additional points. Starting from this year, all the outputs of the Yao village will bring him increased points.

Moreover, there is still much room for improvement in the yield of cash crops planted in the future.

"Based on the current situation, I propose to distribute dividends at an average rate of 230 yuan per person."

Wang Songlin summarized everyone's opinions and proposed a distribution plan.

Fang Wei nodded, agreed to the other party's plan, and then began to implement it. As a headman, he did not participate in the village's dividends. Since he did not live in the village, he did not have any food rations.

But he will also receive a share of other supplies, and the village will arrange people to deliver them to his home.

Fang Wei stayed in the village for one night. The next morning, a tractor from the team came and took him and his grandfather back to the Xiatang Brigade.

"Grandpa, are you happy living in the village?"

Pan Lianhua has a deep affection for her grandfather. In front of the old man, she is always that lively and lovely little girl.

Grandpa looked at Pan Lianhua lovingly and said, "Happy, everyone is happy, and I am even happier to be back."

Pan Lianhua smiled, then pulled the other person to sit down and kept asking questions.

Now the winding mountain road in the Yao village has been built and connected to the county road network. It takes about an hour and a half to take a tractor from the mountain to Xiatang Brigade.

Fang Wei went to the team headquarters before noon when he got home.

Sitting down in the office, he looked at the documents for a while, and Zheng Hu walked in from outside.

"Third brother, today the brigade only has one award for 'Advanced Breeding Group', nothing else."

Zheng Hu went to the county early in the morning to attend a summary and commendation meeting and just came back from the county.

For some reason this year, there was only one award for advanced collective and advanced individual, and he was a little unhappy.

"If there's no award, then there's no award. We can't be given every award, right? Do we actually need an award from the county? No, because the Xiatang Brigade is well-known and we are the undisputed number one brigade in the county."

Fang Weiquan scolded Zheng Hu for a few words and then went home to eat.

Whether or not to win an award is not based solely on grain production and cash income; all aspects need to be considered. Xiatang Brigade suffered a loss due to the distribution problem, which led to the county not being able to publicly commend it.

There is no good solution to this problem unless there is a major change in policy.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Since you have chosen the cheaper option, don't complain so much.

after a few days.

Fang Wei convened a team meeting to study this year's production plan.

"This year's production plan is similar to last year's. The only adjustment is in Team One's production arrangements. Starting with spring sowing, Team One will fully engage in the cultivation of the [Nongyou 58] rice seed.

To adapt to this change, Zhang Chu, you need to select a few people with strong breeding skills to go to the second team to learn. You must ensure that there will be no major mistakes in future breeding work."

Fang Wei sat quietly while Zheng Hu arranged this year's production tasks fluently.

The two of them had communicated about these things in advance, and Fang Wei also nodded, which meant that Zheng Hu just announced it today.

Honestly, Zheng Hu has made great progress and is already a qualified team leader. However, he still needs more practice in other areas, and time will solve all problems.

"Captain, what if we fail in cultivating new rice varieties?"

Zhang Chu finally asked a key question. Team One had no experience in hybrid rice breeding, and he was worried that if things went wrong, would the members go hungry?
"Just try your best. If you fail, we won't blame you unless you're being dishonest or sabotaging us. To be honest, the chances of failure are very, very low. If the Yao Village can succeed, you can do the same."

Fang Wei answered on behalf of Zheng Hu, because he was the only one who knew that Team One would never fail.

He will soon designate a team's paddy fields. Before spring sowing, Fang Wei will help them get the breeding materials, and then everything will be a natural process.

"Then I'm relieved. We'll start working in the spring!"

Zhang Chu showed an excited expression and was full of anticipation for the future.

Except for one team, the production plans of other teams are no different from last year, so the meeting ended here.

Fang Wei also gave it his all this time. He was not worried about other people's doubts because the yield of [Nongyou 58] was not high, even lower than that of [YX-032] rice seeds.

Under this illusion, there will be no trouble.

The prerequisite is that he can always control the production arrangements of the brigade. Otherwise, the output changes will be too obvious and will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested.

In this regard, the Yao village has a natural advantage. The village rarely interacts with the outside world, and the people are unfamiliar with or even completely unaware of the situation in the village.

After a year or two, everyone will have formed a fixed mindset and there will be no problems.

Years ago.

Chenzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital came to purchase a batch of herbs grown under the forest, weighing 83594 kilograms. The team earned a total of 31.77 yuan in cash.

Next, the herbs in the chestnut forest need to be kept closed for growth, and they probably won't be picked again within a year. (End of this chapter)