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

"Fifth Uncle, you're famous now. Who wouldn't admire you when you're mentioned? Whether we can eat meat regularly depends entirely on you."

The other party likes to hear good things, so Fang Wei naturally gave him compliments one after another, and his fifth uncle was very happy.

Fang Wei walked around the pig farm and then went to the brigade headquarters.

When he was almost at the team headquarters, he ran into Zheng Hu and asked, "Huzi, has anyone come to you and said they want to bring in our spotted pigs?"

"Yes, but I don't really understand it. You happened to be very busy recently, so I asked them to come back in a while. Well, they should be here again by now, right?"

Zheng Hu really didn't understand these things, but she didn't promise others rashly. Instead, she delayed a little.

Fang Wei nodded and walked into his office.

Ningxiang Hua pig is an authentic local breed with good indicators in all aspects. The only problem is that it is difficult to fatten. Generally, the weight of a pig is around 170-180 catties.

The spotted pigs raised in the Xiatang Brigade pig farm have an average weight of 280 kilograms or more when they grow up. They have a short breeding cycle and good meat quality, and are very popular among the general public.

Therefore, some people have set their sights on the spotted pigs of Xiatang Brigade and want to introduce the breed.

The current price of a spotted pig is about 260 yuan. If it is introduced as a good breed pig, the price will be different. A pig can be sold for at least 1000 yuan.

Of course, not all live pigs can be sold as purebred pigs. They need to be carefully selected. Boars account for a relatively low proportion, and most of them require healthy sows with strong reproductive ability.

We hadn't considered this before because the spotted pigs were still being cultivated. But now that our spotted pigs have become somewhat famous, we can try to export high-quality pigs.

As a result, he waited for two days, and the first customer he received turned out to be an old customer of the Yao village.

"Secretary Fang, I know all about your situation. I don't know what some people are thinking. It was supposed to be a win-win situation, but it turned out like this.

How many [Nongyou 58] rice seeds can you provide us in the future? I am also very interested in your spotted pigs, and I came here this time to import a batch of them.

This customer is the one who has been cooperating with the Yao village before. He is from another county and is a cadre of the local Agricultural Bureau.

Due to the ban, Wang Songlin told him that the supply of rice seeds for the next season would be reduced by at least half, which made him regretful for a long time.

He had seen spotted pigs in the Yao village and immediately thought that this breed of pig was very good.

However, the Yao village had just started a breed replacement, so he was brought to the Xiatang Brigade.

"Let's discuss the [Nongyou 58] rice seeds. Our brigade will cultivate some of these rice seeds during the summer planting season. If you're interested, we can discuss this after the summer planting season."

As for your desire to import spotted pigs, I can agree. I'll give you a reasonable discount on the price. After all, we're old friends, so I should take care of you."

Fang Wei did not finalize the matter of [Nongyou 58] rice seeds with the other party, and left a word of caution.

But he then took the other party to the team's [pig farm] and let the customer observe the spotted pigs up close.

"Your spotted pigs are better than those raised in the Yao Village. How much are the adult pigs? How much are the piglets?"

The customer had a rough idea in mind and started to inquire about the price.

Fang Wei quoted a price of 1000 yuan per head, which was lower than the customer's psychological expectations, so he agreed immediately.

the next day.

The customer came with money and a car, selected a total of 200 healthy pigs, and then loaded them into the car and took them away.

This batch of pigs sold for a total of 20 yuan, which was much better than selling pork.

This seemed to be a signal, and subsequently 600 high-quality pigs were sold, and the team earned another 60 yuan in cash.

[Produces piglets, points +226400]

Total points: 5214620.

There are 2784 pigs left on the farm.

However, there are not many adult sows left, which means that even if we sell more purebred pigs, we won’t be able to sell many.

But it doesn’t matter. The team still has to submit the task of producing live pigs and slaughter the pigs for meat. Once the piglets grow up, there will be enough room for selection.

This operation left Zheng Hu and other brigade cadres dumbfounded. How could live pigs be sold in this way? In fact, they didn't even think about how much money they spent on importing Ningxiang Hua pigs.
Others can export good quality pigs, and the brigade's spotted pigs are even better than the original Ningxiang spotted pigs. Why can't they be sold to others as good quality pigs?
This is just a matter of changing your mindset, and you need to be confident.

Fang Wei is very confident. He thinks he is a man with cheats. How embarrassing is it if he can't even do such a small thing?
A few days passed quickly.

Accountant Liu and others worked overtime to complete the year-end settlement work.

Fang Wei decided to distribute dividends, just like the Yao village, with an average of 800 yuan per person in cash. Everyone was happy. After working hard for a year, apart from the food rations, everyone was thinking about this money.

This money is the annual cash income of the whole family, and all expenses have to come from it.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua took home a combined 2100 yuan, the highest in the brigade. Pan Lianhua's earnings were almost as high as Fang Wei's, as the bamboo factory had been very successful that year, generating hundreds of thousands of yuan in net profit for the brigade.

This is the net profit, after deducting all expenses including labor costs.

This year's New Year's Eve was earlier, so Fang Wei chose a good date and asked Zheng Hu to arrange for the slaughter of pigs. This time, a total of 150 pigs were slaughtered to ensure everyone was satisfied.

This time, there was a lot of pork distributed, with each person getting more than 20 kilograms on average.

The team still had some soybeans left, so they ground some tofu, and each person got an average of 50 kilograms of tofu.

Then, according to the old rules, chickens and ducks were distributed according to the number of people, one chicken and one duck per person, plus 10 kilograms of eggs.

[Produces piglets, points +42600]

[Produce broiler chickens, points +8000]

[Produces Mallard, points +9000]

[Produce eggs, points +20000]

Total points: 5294220.

There are 2634 pigs left on the farm.

The whole team celebrated the New Year happily. There was enough supplies and we could eat whatever we wanted. Eating and drinking can make people feel satisfied.

Last year, everyone was given cloth, and it felt particularly festive to wear new clothes during the New Year.

The second day of the new year.

Fang Wei used the income from his official land to buy a lot of things and went to the Yao village to visit the elderly and the five-guarantee households in the village.

After finishing his work, he had a drink with Wang Songlin and others, and stayed overnight before going down the mountain.

This winter is quite cold, and it actually snowed on the third day of the Lunar New Year, a scene I haven't seen in many years.

Fang Wei felt that this was a good omen, as auspicious snow meant a good harvest. This year would definitely be another year of bumper harvest.

years later.

A document was placed on the desk of someone in the provincial capital, and he became furious after reading it.

A group of people in Xiangling area openly violated his request and withheld the document from being issued, so that Xinlin County still carried out rice seed exchange after the autumn harvest. No one took the ban seriously.

He demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.

Zeng Qing was the first to be affected. His explanation was that the autumn harvest was approaching, and in order not to affect the normal autumn harvest work, the district did not issue the document, thinking of issuing it after the autumn harvest was over.

At present, the whole country is actively promoting agricultural production and encouraging increased production and income. The region's decision is the result of collective meeting and discussion.

What does this mean? It means that this was not Zeng Qing's idea alone, but the collective idea of the entire region.

We then went to the county, commune, and brigades to investigate, but they said they hadn't received the document, so they just carried out the rice seed exchange according to previous practice. Now that the document has been issued, we need to put an end to this practice in the future.

This made someone very angry, but considering that there were many people who supported this practice in Xiangling area, he could only suppress his thoughts.

However, people like Zeng Qing, Tang Ze, Wu Yaoyang and others are on his blacklist.

Fang Wei is not among them because he is not qualified.

Someone decided that starting from this year's summer harvest, supervision must be strengthened, and once anyone is found to have privately exchanged rice seeds, they will be severely punished.

Fang Wei didn't know about these things. After the New Year, he asked Zheng Hu to send someone to the commune to hand in the pig task.

You have to pay it in early or late. Paying it in early can free up more space to prevent the pigpen from being too crowded.

The next day.

The team arranged personnel and vehicles and took 120 pigs to the commune.

These pigs can’t actually be sold for much money, but this is a mission and must be completed.

The team sold these pigs to a purchasing station for 24790.80 yuan, a far cry from the price of purebred pigs. [Live pigs produced, points +33960, total points: 5328180 points.]

There are 2514 pigs left on the farm.

After finishing this matter, Fang Wei convened a production meeting at the brigade headquarters, and all the team leaders were present.

"This season, we will work on two fronts: cultivating rice seeds and producing grain. We will also help the county breeding base produce breeding materials.

Let's talk about rice seed cultivation first. This season, we will use 2200 mu of paddy fields to produce [Nanguang No. ] rice seeds."

Fang Wei paused here, and no one reacted.

It can be said that the entire brigade has been cultivating [Nan Guang No. 2] before, the only difference is whether it is cultivating fixed rice varieties or secondary rice varieties.

Last year, 11 production teams only cultivated one season of [Nongyou 58] rice seeds. This is a fixed rice seed, and there is no second-level rice seed.

This led to everyone failing to react and ignoring the difference between fixed rice seeds and secondary rice seeds.

"In addition, we also need to mark out 70 mu of experimental fields, all of which will be placed in the second team.

Of the remaining 2000 mu of paddy fields, 400 mu will be used to produce [YX-032] breeding materials, and 1600 mu will be used to produce rice.

After Fang Wei finished speaking, he asked everyone to express their opinions.

Zheng Hu and others had no objections. This arrangement was the best one and it was the only way at the moment.

"Secretary, how do we start a sideline business?"

Fang Wei then took a sip of tea. Zheng Hu became anxious and asked another question.

"The sideline production is divided into several parts. Everything in the poultry house remains the same. In addition to completing the task of delivering live pigs and meeting the needs of the brigade, the pig farm focuses on exporting high-quality pigs.

This is a new development direction for us and should be given great attention. In addition, starting from this season, we will also cultivate seeds of high-yield cash crops, which is another new growth point.

Other areas like forestry and understory planting should be developed step by step without setting targets. Comrades, as long as we work diligently and conscientiously, we will surely overcome this period of pain.

Fang Wei made clear arrangements for the future, and hope rekindled in the eyes of the brigade cadres and team captains.

Relying on breeding, everyone has escaped the hard days of having no food to eat. Although there have been some setbacks before, doesn’t this bring new opportunities?
Therefore, following Secretary Fang will never disappoint you.

The meeting lasted a whole day. Everyone was imagining the future and gradually sorting out the future development ideas.

Next, Zheng Hu led everyone to prepare for spring plowing.

Fang Wei had some free time, so he and Pan Lianhua took advantage of the free time to go to the mountains for a day.

Recently, the Chinese medicine hospital has not urged them to deliver the goods, so they did not go to pick herbs, but instead satisfied their desire to shoot in the forest.

Fang Wei gave the other party the chance of the last shot. Pan Lianhua was naturally very happy and shot 5 rabbits in one breath.

When the two returned home with the game, they found that the whole village was in an uproar.

"Third brother, Director Tang is here."

Director Tang in Xiangling area is Tang Ze. He first served as the secretary of Yaoling Commune and later became the director of the county.

The entire second team is very familiar with this old leader. When Tang Ze was in office, he often went to the countryside, and his frequency of going to the countryside was much higher than that of Wu Yaoyang.

The other party arrived at Xiatang Brigade in the afternoon and was now preparing to eat in the cafeteria.

Zheng Hu hurried over to call Fang Wei, who had been missing all day, and Director Tang had asked about him several times.

"Got it. I'll be there right away."

Fang Wei didn't think there was anything wrong. Tang Ze came to the team without any prior greeting, so it was understandable that he was not in the team.

But now he was back home, so he couldn't delay any longer. He washed his face and went to the cafeteria.

"Secretary Fang, you're so busy! I've been here all afternoon and haven't seen you. Have you eaten yet? If not, sit down and let's chat."

Tang Ze saw Fang Wei, smiled and waved, motioning him to sit over.

Fang Wei then sat next to Tang Ze. Someone brought him a bowl of rice and he quickly took a few bites.

He had been in the mountains all day and had only some dry food for lunch, so he was already hungry.

"Director Tang, is there something wrong that you suddenly came over here?"

"If everything is fine, why can't I come? Director Zeng asked me to check on the preparations for spring sowing in various places. I went to Qinghe County and then came to your place on the way."

The two of them talked while eating, and they seemed to have a very pleasant conversation.

After dinner, Tang Ze suggested going out for a walk, so Fang Wei accompanied him to the river. The weather was still a little cold, and the wind was a little chilly on the body.

"Comrade Fang Wei, sometimes things are like the weather: it's starting to get warmer, but it still makes you feel bone-chilled.

Director Zeng may be transferred soon. Your future will not be easy, so be careful."

Tang Ze didn't say much, but this was a signal, a dangerous signal.

He actually had no official business in Xinlin County. His main purpose was to give Fang Wei a reminder in person.

As for the future situation, to be honest, even he can't see it clearly.

"I understand. Thank you Director Tang for your reminder. I will pay attention to it."

Fang Wei was very calm and composed. He had expected this day to come since he had bought rice seeds by taking advantage of the time difference after last year's autumn harvest.

Some people don't do their work and just think about fighting all day long. Will it be useful for them to compromise?

People didn't intend to target him, or he was just a pretext and a target. They were targeting people like Zeng Qing and Wu Yaoyang.

the next day.

Tang Ze and his group left Xiatang Brigade and went to other places.

Fang Wei was too lazy to worry about those troubles. He just ate and drank. As time passed, the spring plowing work of Xiatang Brigade began.

The team first harvested the rapeseed in the fields, and a total of 64 kilograms of rapeseed were harvested.

Then, the tractor rumbled into the fields. When it came to tilling the soil, this iron tool was the best; it was far more efficient than oxen or human labor.

In less than a week, the work was completed on all the farmlands of the brigade.

There is still some time before sowing, so Zheng Hu and his men processed the rapeseed and then started to extract the oil.

The oil yield this time was relatively high, with a total of 21.14 kilograms of rapeseed oil extracted.

The team distributed rapeseed oil at an average of 80 kilograms per person, totaling 16 kilograms. The remaining 5.14 kilograms were stored in the warehouse.

[Harvesting crops, points +640000, total points: 5968180 points.]

Fang Wei was not in the team these days. He went to the Yao village to guide the spring sowing work in the village.

The village has also harvested rapeseed, and the output this season is 36 jin, which means that Fang Wei has contributed 36 points.

[Harvesting crops, points +360000, total points: 6328180 points.]

A few days passed quickly.

Xiatang Brigade and Yao Village have started spring sowing, including sowing, germination and raising seedlings. These are the same processes that have remained unchanged since ancient times.

Like everyone else, Fang Wei did not dare to relax. He ran between the brigade and the Yao village at the same time, and finally finished the rice seedling raising work.

The last important step is transplanting rice seedlings, but it will take some time.

However, Fang Wei was unable to catch up. During this process, he suddenly received a notice and went to Beijing for a meeting.

This meeting was calm on the surface, but there were undercurrents behind the scenes.

During the group speech, Fang Wei, who has always been very low-key, suddenly opened fire and fiercely criticized some behaviors that disrespected breeding work and wanted the horses to run well but not eat grass.

"As we all know, breeding requires a lot of initial investment and is a very difficult process. So, after all the hard work, the members can't even get enough to eat, let alone receive any rewards. Isn't this unfair?"

Such a strange thing happened in our province. The breeders who increased the grain production several times were only given 350 kilograms of rice rations per person per year. Are they trying to increase grain production or suppress it?

Comrades, the rice seed exchange is not a disaster. It will allow the vast majority of farmers to cultivate more high-yield and high-quality rice seeds while ensuring adequate food security. With these high-quality seeds, how much can our grain production increase?

Fang Wei spoke freely and ruthlessly exposed what was happening around him.

At this point, he naturally doesn't care about offending anyone. People are trying to kill him, so why should he be polite?
His words resonated with many people, and the ensuing discussion was lively, with heated debates and expressions of support for the Xiatang Brigade and Fang Wei. (End of this chapter)