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

"Don't worry about this. I'll figure it out when the time comes. Come on, big brother, let's drink."

Fang Wei did not directly answer Fang Ping's question, but took the responsibility and said that he would help his niece solve her work problem.

Tian Guihua couldn't help but be overjoyed. With her third brother's words, she thought her daughter's future would be guaranteed.

Fang Wei did not agree to it casually. The last time he met Wu Yaoyang, the other party mentioned that there was a great thing happening in the county. A cigarette factory, the Xinlin County Cigarette Factory, was about to be completed and put into production.

Xinlin County has unique flue-cured tobacco resources, and the region's decision to build a cigarette factory in the county is the result of comprehensive considerations.

Fang Wei had already considered Tingting's future for his niece.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the new factory recruiting workers, Tingting was first put in as a worker. After all, it is pretty good for a girl to be able to work in the city.

If Tingting has something to pursue, she can study while working, and strive to go to university after the country resumes the college entrance examination.

If you don't have that pursuit, you can find a good man to marry and you will have no worries about food and clothing in this life.

the next day.

Fang Wei brought some Yaoshan bacon and dried bamboo shoots to Wu Yaoyang's office.

"Secretary Fang, you've caught on to my preferences. You know I love bacon and dried bamboo shoots. I'll take them. Now, tell me, is there anything I can help you with?"

Wu Yaoyang never dared to underestimate Fang Wei's ability. The reason why the last matter was resolved satisfactorily was because of the other party's intervention.

He has always had a good relationship with the other party, so he doesn't have to worry too much about what he says.

"Director Wu, my niece is about to graduate from high school. Last time I heard you say that the tobacco factory is recruiting workers, I would like to ask you to help my niece find a job quota."

Fang Wei didn't say anything more and went straight to talking about Fang Tingting.

Wu Yaoyang thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just such a small matter?
"Okay, okay! But are you really willing to let your niece work in the tobacco factory? Or wait a little longer and see if you can find a cadre quota in the county."

"Forget it. There are too many people to monitor for cadre quotas. It's better not to cause trouble for the leaders. It's good enough to be able to enter the tobacco factory."

Fang Wei was not that greedy. He was already in the spotlight, and doing too much would easily get him into trouble.

The quota of workers in a cigarette factory will not cause any waves and is good for everyone.

If Tingting works hard, she can get into university and go out into the world. Then the world will be bright and promising for her.

At worst, you can still work well in the factory and complete the transformation from a worker to a cadre.

Therefore, some things ultimately depend on yourself. If you don’t work hard, everything will be in vain.

"Okay, I'll help you with this. Go back and wait for news."

Wu Yaoyang was certain that Fang Weizhen intended to let his niece work in the cigarette factory, so he didn't say anything more and immediately gave the other party a positive answer.

After Fang Wei left Wu Yaoyang's office, he went to see his niece and gave her the braised pork he had brought.

This semester will soon be over, and Tingting will soon leave school and enter society. Time flies so fast.

"Manman, you don't need to send me anything recently. I will be leaving school next month."

Fang Tingting was overjoyed when she saw that her uncle brought braised pork.

But soon, a hint of confusion appeared in her eyes. Leaving school meant returning to her hometown to farm, and her heart was filled with reluctance and anxiety.

This child has always been a good student, but unfortunately there is no path for promotion.

"Okay, I understand. Go eat, and if you need anything, send a message home."

Fang Wei said nothing. Young people have to go through some things before they can grow up.

Then he rode his bike back home. His sister had left some food for him, and he sat down and started to eat it voraciously.

When it comes to appetite, Pan Lianhua and Ajie combined can't compare to him.

"Third brother, that Lin Hanyang you transferred here is pretty good. Today I saw him modify the designs of two bamboo furniture pieces, and the results were really good."

After dinner, Pan Lianhua went into the house to coax the child to sleep, and then came out to chat with Fang Wei for a few words.

Speaking of Lin Hanyang, she felt that Fang Wei had a sharp eye and had selected another talent for the factory.

"He can do design? I didn't know that before."

Fang Wei really didn't know that Lin Hanyang had this skill. It was the other party's own request to go to the bamboo factory, and he was just going with the flow.

"Yeah, we were all surprised. Later, Lin Hanyang said his father was the chief engineer of the Linhai Furniture Factory. That's when we realized he'd been exposed to these things since he was a kid."

Pan Lianhua found this story very interesting, so she told it to the man.

Fang Wei also found it very interesting. This Lin Hanyang was quite secretive. When the bamboo factory was looking for people, he didn't even sign up.

Maybe it was because he felt he couldn't go back after getting married, so he volunteered to go to the bamboo factory.

"It's good that he has the ability. Give him more opportunities and see how far he can develop."

Fang Wei decided to give Lin Hanyang more opportunities, maybe he could bring surprises to the factory.

Pan Lianhua nodded. She was more responsible for technology and quality control in the factory, and she would have to discuss this matter with Fang Ping later.

The next day.

Fang Weiyi got up early and went up the mountain.

Chenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital was urging for delivery again, so he planned to pick another batch of rare herbs and suspended the supply to them.

Now that the family's financial situation has completely improved, he no longer needs to work as hard as before.

But when he walked into the [Herb Cultivation Base No. 1], this idea was immediately thrown out of his mind.

Because the rare herbs he transplanted one after another, with the blessing of doubled properties, almost all entered the picking period.

The ability to double a single attribute was so powerful that it far exceeded his expectations.

However, the mountains and forests in this area have become very dangerous. Not only are the vegetation dense, but they have also attracted a large number of poisonous insects and snakes to reproduce and thrive here.

Even though he sprinkled a lot of insect and snake repellent powder on his body, some poisonous snakes still attacked him.

For example, just now, when he was stunned, a five-step snake came out from the grass and attacked him.

Although Fang Wei was surprised by the changes before his eyes, he still remained vigilant.

He pulled out the machete, and with a flash of cold light, the five-step snake's head separated from its body and flew into the bushes opposite.

"Alas, everything has its pros and cons. It's hard to have both."

He then had to cut back some of the weeds that were in the way before he could begin picking the herbs.

At his speed, it only took him about two hours to fill several sacks of herbs, weighing at least 300 kilograms.

I got home just in time for lunch.

This route is very suitable, so that he doesn't have to stay in the mountains all day, and if something happens, no one will be able to find him.

After dinner, Fang Wei took a short nap and went to the team headquarters after getting up.

A few days passed quickly.

Fang Wei prepared all the medicinal materials needed for the Chinese medicine hospital, and purchasing agent Zhang came over and took all the materials away.

This time the amount of picking was relatively large, and Fang Wei earned a cash income of 3800 yuan, which was more than the team's annual dividend.

The work of transplanting herbs from the primeval forest has been completed. Basically, common or uncommon herbs in the mountains can be found in the herbal cultivation base.

With the blessing of these properties, the self-reproduction ability of various herbs has been unprecedentedly enhanced, and one transplanted plant can grow into a large area.

Therefore, he would not have to go so far to pick herbs in the future. A round trip would only take half a day at most, and nothing would be delayed.

"Several rare herbs have grown in large quantities, and we can find time to transplant them into the chestnut forest when we get back."

Fang Wei plans to gradually transplant some rare herbs into the team's territory, provided that the existing quantity of such herbs is large enough and there is no risk of extinction.

This does not affect his ability to make money, as there is a huge difference in price between wild herbs and artificially cultivated herbs.

In short, Xiatang Brigade will get better day by day.

"Third brother, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, should we still kill the pig?"

As the Dragon Boat Festival approached, Zheng Hu came to Fang Wei to discuss the distribution of expenses for the festival.

Fang Wei thought about it for a moment and said, "Let's give everyone some pork. Not too much, just 60 pigs will be enough. Also, don't forget the chickens, ducks, and eggs."

The brigade now has the ability to do this, and the work of replacing pig breeds has been completed, so there is no need to be stingy anymore.

Fang Wei doesn't care what others think. Isn't it that everyone works hard just to live a good life?
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Zheng Hu then determined the distribution plan. In addition to pork, each person would also receive 1 chicken, 1 duck and 5 kilograms of eggs.

[Produces pigs, points +16800] [Produces broilers, points +8000]

[Produces Mallard, points +9000]

[Produce eggs, points +10000]

Total points: 4298630.

There are 2931 pigs left on the farm.

There wasn't much pork distributed this time, only a little over 8 pounds per person on average, but it was enough for the holiday.

What's more, there are chickens and ducks, which is a good life at the moment.

Fang Wei took the things home. Sister Pan Lianhua and her sister-in-law were making zongzi (rice dumplings). School and daycare were closed today, and the entire team was preparing for the festival.

"Grandpa, what do you think about our team holding a dragon boat race next year?"

Grandpa was sitting in the main room listening to the radio. Fang Wei put his things away and came over to chat with him.

The current cultural life is very monotonous. Fang Wei suddenly had an idea to organize a dragon boat race, but he didn't know whether his superiors would approve it.

"Don't worry about it. I don't think the higher-ups will approve it."

Grandpa smiled and felt that the other party was taking it for granted.

Fang Wei didn't argue with Grandpa, but just sighed and changed the subject.

At this moment, a tractor drove to the door of the house with a "thump thump" sound, and then two brothers jumped out of the car and moved in a lot of things.

"Grandpa, Third Brother, Captain Wang asked us to deliver these. Where should we put them?"

"Thank you for your hard work. Just put it in the yard and I'll clean it up later. Come in, have some tea and rest for a while."

These things are the distributed supplies of the Yao village, and Grandpa and Fang Wei both have a share.

Fang Wei called a few people into the house to drink a few cups of tea. Then they stood up and said goodbye, saying that they had a lot of things to do after returning home.

Today was a holiday, so Fang Wei didn't invite them to his home for dinner. Before they left, he stuffed a pack of cigarettes into each of their hands and told them to be careful on the road.

night.

Fang Wei went to call Guan Chongyang and Sun Daoren home. Fang Ping and Tian Guihua also came with Tingting, and everyone had a lively meal.

the next day.

Fang Weiyi went to the Yao village early and stayed in the mountains for a few days.

He checked the agricultural production in the village. The rice seeds were growing well and other work was also going well.

But he felt something was wrong.

"By the way, Songlin, are bamboo sales in the village improving?"

Fang Wei quickly remembered why he hadn't seen any trucks transporting bamboo in the past few days.

The Yao village has abundant bamboo resources, including several excellent varieties. He had previously told Wang Songlin that he could expand sales.

"Third brother, the bamboo factory doesn't want any goods recently. They said they still have a lot of inventory. Let's talk about it later."

Wang Songlin was confused, then explained.

"No, you're just counting on the bamboo factory to consume all the bamboo in the mountains?"

Fang Wei felt speechless. He had said it very clearly at the time, but Wang Songlin and the others didn't understand what he meant at all.

“Who else can we sell it to besides the bamboo factory?”

The Yao village had never sold unprocessed bamboo before, and no one in the county wanted it in large quantities.

Wang Songlin really didn't know who to sell it to.

"Alright, just pretend I didn't say anything. I'll find someone to see if we can open up a sales channel. The bamboo resources in our village are excellent, and selling more can increase our income."

Fang Wei also realized that it was his fault.

After he returned to Xiatang Brigade, he went to the bamboo factory to ask when Yu Hao would be back.

As luck would have it, Yu Hao hadn't left yet because he had gone home for the holidays.

So Fang Wei talked to the other party, hoping that he would lead the people in the Yao village to find a market for the various varieties of bamboo that were grown all over the mountains.

Yu Hao naturally would not refuse. He then followed Fang Wei to the Yao village to select two smarter brothers, and he would go out to sell them.

No matter how good a product is, it is useless without a sales channel. Fang Wei has never believed in the saying “Good wine needs no bush”.

After settling the affairs of the Yao village, Fang Wei returned to the team and urged Zheng Hu to arrange the next summer planting work.

"Third brother, good news! A few days ago, each team harvested peanuts one after another. Guess what, the peanut yield of each team has increased to a certain extent.

Now that each team has planted soybeans, do you think it's possible that the team's soybean production will also increase significantly?"

This year, Xiatang Brigade will plant three seasons of cash crops, including peanuts, soybeans and flue-cured tobacco.

The first season's peanuts have been harvested, and the yield has basically caught up with that of the second team, which makes Zheng Hu ecstatic.

"Is that even a question? The team is using the latest generation of high-yield seeds, so it would be strange if the yield didn't increase. Forget about those other things and hurry up to prepare for the summer harvest and planting."

Fang Wei rolled his eyes and thought to himself, we are really lucky, increasing production is a must, it would be strange if there is no growth.

Don't be curious, just ask the latest seed.

In fact, during spring sowing, the peanut seeds were all provided by the second team. It is no exaggeration to say that they are the latest generation of high-yield seeds.

"I see. This is all thanks to you, Third Brother. It seems that seed cultivation is truly a profound art. With high-yield seeds, won't the yield of crops increase rapidly?"

Zheng Hu had no scheming in front of Fang Wei and believed everything the other party said.

Fortunately, the increase in production this time was minor, and even the members of the various teams didn't pay much attention to it. This was due to information asymmetry, and the entire team didn't have much access to this kind of confidential data.

Fang Wei then inspected several production teams and found that more than half of the peanuts this time could be sold as high-yield seeds.

Selling seeds is definitely more profitable than selling ordinary crops.

Fang Wei then gathered the captains of each team together and talked about seed selection.

The enthusiasm of each team was immediately aroused. One team, including men, women, young and old, went into battle and directly picked out all the peanuts suitable for planting, and then sold them at a high price.

The second team's annual high-yield peanut seeds are not very productive. To put it bluntly, you can't even buy them anywhere else.

Now Xiatang Brigade has suddenly increased the supply of seeds of high-yield crops, and people in need have flocked to buy them, and they are quickly sold out.

Fang Wei did not ask for detailed data. Generally, the team would not make detailed statistics on the output, price and inventory ratio of various cash crops until after the autumn harvest.

The increase in peanut production did not cause any major stir.

Compared with the increase in rice production and income in recent years, the slight increase in peanut production is really nothing.

Under Zheng Hu's overall planning, the Xiatang Brigade began actively preparing for the upcoming summer harvest. This season's harvest, as in previous years, focused on concentrating agricultural machinery and manpower to ensure that two production teams could complete their harvest tasks in a single day.

The widespread use of tractors, harvesters, and electric threshers can, on the one hand, improve efficiency, and on the other hand, avoid waste.

The most feared thing when harvesting rice is rain, so it is very important to thresh and dry the harvested rice in time to prevent it from getting moldy after getting wet due to rain.

early morning.

The main labor force and agricultural machinery teams of the entire brigade gathered in Team 12 and Team 11. This year's summer harvest work started from these two production teams.

The harvester drove into the farmland, followed by a tractor that loaded the harvested rice. A large number of people then cleaned the farmland again. The rice was then taken back for threshing and drying. The whole process was coordinated and very fast.

Fang Wei calculated that it would take less than a day to harvest the rice from the two production teams.

"Secretary, these iron tools are really powerful. Relying solely on manpower is still lagging behind."

Zhang Chu from Team 1 followed Fang Wei. As the number of agricultural machinery increased, the team's labor productivity also increased.

Zhang Chu now fully understands what it means to "concentrate resources to accomplish major tasks." The benefits are obvious. Through division of labor and cooperation, tasks can be completed quickly, which buys time for the subsequent summer planting work.

In just six days, the Xiatang Brigade completed the harvest and tractors began to plow the land, basically achieving a seamless transition.

Fang Wei followed everyone throughout the whole process, and as soon as the harvesting work was over, he and Zhang Chu joined the same team.

"Captain Zhang, our trial planting this time should be successful."

Although the final statistics have not yet come out, he knows with his years of experience that there will definitely be no problem with the output.

Zhang Chu arranged lunch for the team at noon, and the staple food was this [Nongyou 58] hybrid rice. Everyone present tasted the new rice and was impressed by its delicate texture and fragrant flavor. (End of this chapter)