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

Fang Wei was full of respect for this big customer of the Yao village. He was running around for the local agricultural production and really tried his best.

But this is also a good thing. At least the [Nongyou 58] rice seeds cultivated in the Yao village have fixed customers, and it also provides an important reference for further improving the rice seeds.

in the afternoon.

Wang Liang from the county breeding base came to the brigade, and the other party delivered the payment for the breeding materials, a total of 135 million yuan.

"Secretary Fang, thank you so much! The breeding materials you provided us this time can at least guarantee the production needs of 20,000 mu of farmland for two seasons. If you can help us cultivate some more after the autumn harvest, we won't have to produce more next year."

The other party walked into Fang Wei's office and placed the cigarettes and alcohol he was carrying on the desk.

Fang Wei glanced at it and said nothing. It was just a matter of two packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine. If the other party was willing to give it to him, then so be it. He didn't take it seriously.

"Is 30 kilograms of breeding materials enough for mu of farmland for two seasons?"

He asked the other person to sit down, had tea brought, and then asked.

According to his previous calculations, it should not be enough. I don’t know why the other party said that.

"Secretary Fang, we have improved the breeding process and adopted intercropping, which has reduced the material consumption per acre. Now, we are not pursuing yield, but must put quality first. Only then can we gain everyone's recognition."

Wang Liang laughed and gave a detailed introduction.

[YX-032] Rice seeds are currently being actively promoted and face significant competition. Therefore, the breeding base has adopted a relatively cautious approach, not rushing to increase production but instead taking a cautious approach to ensure the quality of the rice seeds.

Fang Wei looked at the other party in surprise. He didn't expect that the other party could resist the temptation of short-term interests and play the long game to catch a big fish.

"That's great! We'll discuss this next spring when we're ready to plant. If we don't need you to help us cultivate breeding materials, you can give us a formal letter in advance, okay?"

"no problem!"

The two of them get along well now. They were both here for work, so they quickly reached a consensus.

The breeding base also had a good harvest this season. Although the per-acre yield of [YX-032] rice seeds was artificially reduced, the total output reached 1200 million jin due to the expansion of the planting area.

Calculated based on the purchase price, the total revenue reached 1416 million yuan. The company can supply seeds for 200 million to 240 million mu of farmland and has established long-term cooperative relationships with five counties.

Wang Liang sat in Fang Wei's office for about an hour and then said goodbye and left.

Zheng Hu just happened to come in to see Fang Wei for something, and he saw the cigarettes and alcohol on the desk at a glance.

"Hu Zi, you really know how to pick the time! Director Wang from the breeding base gave this to me. Take a cigarette and smoke it."

"Thank you, Third Brother. I won't be shy then."

Zheng Hu grabbed a cigarette and opened it, while Fang Wei put the remaining cigarettes and alcohol into the cabinet.

"Third brother, the commune just issued a document giving our brigade 10 quotas for recruiting workers back to the city."

Zheng Hu lit a cigarette and placed the document in front of Fang Wei.

It was time to recruit workers back to the city again. Fang Wei couldn't help but sigh secretly. The educated youth had been training in the team for so many years and had basically grown up and were very comfortable with it.

But returning to the city affects his future, so no matter how reluctant I am, I have to let him go.

"Have each team select a candidate, then draw lots to select 12 of the 10 and send them off. You'll be in charge of this, and I won't be involved."

Fang Wei gave Zheng Hu a few instructions, and he turned around and left with the documents, not forgetting to take the cigarette with him.

Nowadays, all regions are stepping up efforts to arrange for educated youth to return to the city, and the number of educated youth in the team is gradually decreasing. One day, the team will be empty, putting an end to this vigorous movement of going to the countryside to receive re-education through labor.

the next day.

Fang Wei went to each team to inspect the growth of economic crops. At present, the entire brigade is planting peanuts this season and soybeans last season. After the peanuts are harvested, they will plant flue-cured tobacco.

"Secretary Fang, our team's peanuts will be ready for harvest in a few days. I think the peanuts are growing well this season, so we should have a good harvest."

Zhang Chu accompanied Fang Wei on a tour of Team 1. He introduced that Team 1 had successfully cultivated high-yield crop seeds. Last season's soybean seeds were good, and he believed that this season's peanut seeds would also be in great demand.

Two days later.

The brigade began to harvest peanuts in the fields. Although the cash crops were managed by the sideline team, all the educated youth members of the brigade would be mobilized to work together during the planting and harvesting.

A total of 1800 mu of dry land and slopes were planted with peanuts, which were harvested in a few days with a total output of 117 million jin.

Last season's soybeans are still stored in the warehouse, totaling 99 jin.

[Harvest crops, points +1170000]

[Harvest crops, points +990000]

Total points: 16911380.

After shelling and drying the peanuts, Zheng Hu prepared to sell the seeds of these two high-yield crops to a purchasing station. After all, there were so many of them that if he sold them piecemeal, he wouldn't know how long it would take to sell them all.

"Huzi, it's better to sell them separately. This is a lot of money, be careful if someone gets jealous."

Fang Wei wanted to think more. The unit value of peanut and soybean seeds must be higher than that of rice seeds, so it would be inappropriate to sell them to the purchasing station at once.

He thought it would be better to sell them in batches, since there was no compulsory purchase requirement for cash crop seeds anyway.

"That's right, then I'll find a way to contact him."

Zheng Hu nodded, feeling that he had been negligent and should not have done things so high-profile.

He then spread the word, and several brigades with whom he had good relationships came to him. They had actually been coveting high-yield soybean and peanut seeds for a long time, but had previously been unable to buy them due to limited production.

A brigade needs about 2 kilograms of seeds to grow one season of soybeans, and about 6 kilograms of seeds to grow one season of peanuts.

These three brigades alone purchased 6 kilograms of soybean seeds and 18 kilograms of peanut seeds.

Subsequently, large groups came one after another to purchase these two kinds of seeds. The big customer in the Yao village also heard the news and rushed over to buy up all the remaining high-yield seeds.

Xiatang Brigade earned 269.10 million yuan from selling high-yield peanut seeds and 475.20 million yuan from selling high-yield soybean seeds, which together totaled 744.3 million yuan.

In fact, growing cash crops is more profitable than growing staple food, but since staple food has production tasks, including food rations, requisitioned grain and public grain, all must be completed.

Therefore, people generally focus on growing staple food, and a small amount of land can be used to grow cash crops.

"Third brother, we used to focus solely on rice breeding, but breeding high-yield cash crops is actually more profitable. Our cash income this year far exceeds 1000 million yuan. It feels like a dream."

Not to mention Zheng Hu, even the usually steady Accountant Liu, the security director and others were grinning from ear to ear.

There is no problem at all in doubling the brigade's income this year. How can we not be happy?

"However, there will be no peanut oil this year. If you want to eat fried peanuts or peanut oil, you can buy it yourself. We still have some soybeans in stock, so there will be no problem with the supply of tofu until next Spring Festival."

Fang Wei reminded everyone, but Zheng Hu and others didn't take it seriously.

First of all, the team had no shortage of cooking oil. Rapeseed oil and tea oil were distributed to everyone, and peanut oil was also needed. If anyone wanted to eat it, they could find a way to buy it. It just depended on their willingness to spend the money.

As for soybeans, the brigade could buy them from other communes. They didn't need much, just enough to ensure a supply of tofu for the members.

There are several major projects that have significantly increased income this year. One is that the planting area of ​​standardized rice seeds has increased. With more output, income will naturally increase.

The second is that the team has bred a very good breed of spotted pigs, and the export of good quality pigs has increased income.

The third is to start comprehensively cultivating seeds of high-yield economic crops, which will increase income significantly.

The brigade headquarters was filled with a festive atmosphere all day long. Fang Wei began to act as a hands-off boss again, wandering around the mountains every day to check on the brigade's afforestation progress.

Up to now, the team’s chestnut and oil tea forests have been expanded, and the species and number of precious trees on the mountains are also increasing.

The medicinal herbs planted under the forest have begun to take shape, and the mountains and hills are full of thriving scenes.

After so many years of hard work, this remote brigade at the foot of the Yao Mountains has already undergone a complete transformation.

After returning home, Fang Wei began to make new plans, the biggest highlight of which was the construction of future houses and the further improvement of the rural environment.

After making the plan, he called a meeting of the brigade cadres and team leaders to discuss it.

"Third brother, your plan is exciting, but isn't it a bit ahead of its time?"

When Fang Wei announced the new plan, everyone was excited but also a little worried. They were mainly worried about whether the plan could be realized and whether it would be interfered with by external factors.

According to the plan, the brigade will re-demarcate the homesteads, build houses in a unified manner, and implement centralized living.

The blueprint is very well drawn. Every household will have a three-story building, a courtyard, and neatly arranged roads. At the same time, tap water will be available in every household to ensure smooth drainage.

Really, it looks wonderful. Zheng Hu poured cold water on this plan because it would require huge amounts of funds and supplies.

"This is a medium- to long-term plan, and it will take us about five years to achieve it. We can invest in batches and gradually solve the housing problem for everyone.

Moreover, centralized residential planning can free up more arable land.”

Only after Fang Wei's patient guidance did everyone gradually accept this plan.

From now on, we need to make more detailed plans. First, we need to circle out the scope of the new homestead, and then build and relocate batches of people, striving to complete this grand plan within 5 years.

"Building materials are easy to deal with. We have good relationships with the cement and brick factories. The only problem is steel. I'll contact the Hengzhou Steel Plant. It shouldn't be a problem."

Zheng Hu volunteered to be responsible for the purchase of building materials.

Building a house is also easy. Just hire a few professional technicians. The team has plenty of strong laborers and can work hard during the slack season.

There was no way he could handle the design himself. Fang Wei knew the chief engineer of the Provincial Construction Engineering Design Institute. He could ask the institute to provide a design plan and solve the problem by spending some money.

The plan was approved, and Fang Wei subsequently reported it to the commune in the name of the brigade.

"This little scholar! He can't sit still even for a day, and he's actually planning to launch a big satellite. I can't control this matter, so let's see what the county has to say."

There was no precedent for a plan like Fang Wei's, and Zheng Xianfa didn't know how to judge it.

So he submitted the plan to the county, and the document soon arrived at Wu Yaoyang's desk. He read it several times and couldn't help but feel excited.

This idealistic plan was truly appealing. He had never before seen such a bold and yet feasible idea.

First of all, the economic strength of Xiatang Brigade is unquestionable.

The entire plan will be carried out over five years, which can greatly reduce the economic pressure. Fang Wei should be able to accomplish this.

The current obstacle is that this plan is too advanced. Once implemented, will it arouse the jealousy of many people and bring endless troubles?

He was really conflicted.

After considering it for two days, Wu Yaoyang called Fang Wei to his office.

"I've carefully reviewed your plan and have a few suggestions. First, wouldn't it be better to convert the three-story building into a two-story building? A rooftop terrace on the top floor might be more practical.

Second, the courtyard could be larger. After all, this is a rural area, and we need to take its unique characteristics into consideration. A small space would be difficult to place things in.”

Wu Yaoyang talked a lot and sometimes asked for Fang Wei's opinion.

Fang Wei also understood the significance of reducing one floor, which could reduce costs and also reduce some criticism.

In addition, the appearance of the house should be as simple as possible, and it is better to spend money on the interior of the house.

"Okay, Director Wu, I'll take it back and revise it."

Fang Wei was very receptive and listened to a lot of suggestions.

He then returned home with the plan, revised it, and did not go to bed until late at night.

"Third brother, I cooked you a bowl of rice noodles, have some."

Pan Lianhua felt sorry for the man and made a midnight snack for Fang Wei.

Fang Wei smiled at his wife, then went to the side, picked up the bowl and started eating. The rice noodles were mixed with some chopped bacon, greens, pickled radish, and chopped peppers, and tasted very delicious.

"I'll be here for a while, Lotus, go to bed early."

After eating something, Fang Wei continued to work hard until late at night when he completed the revision of the plan.

the next day.

He went directly to Wu Yaoyang with the revised plan.

"That's all. Leave the plan with me for now. The county will hold a meeting to study it later."

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Fang Wei came out of Wu Yaoyang's office and asked about the installation of the telephone.

He didn't have much hope at first, but the staff who received him said that the Xiatang Brigade's application for telephone installation had been approved and would definitely be installed within a month.

This is really a pleasant surprise. The reason why it is so troublesome is that there is a serious shortage of communication equipment in the country and the waiting time in line is too long.

He hasn't been to the Yao village recently, so he doesn't know how Wang Songlin's electricity project is going.

noon.

Fang Wei waited for Tingting at the entrance of the tobacco factory when she got off work, then took her to a restaurant, ordered two dishes and a soup, and had lunch with his niece.

"Manman, the cigarettes produced by the factory are very popular, so we often work overtime. It's so tiring."

Fang Tingting usually talks a lot about things in the factory while eating, chattering away, and she is in a good mood.

She basically only goes home once every one or two weeks now. Tian Guihua is worried about her, so Fang Wei comes to check on her.

"It doesn't matter if you're a little tired. No matter how hard it is, it can't be harder than farm work. By the way, Tingting, are you still studying now?"

"Yes, I often review my high school courses and sometimes find some exercises to do."

The little girl, like her brother, loves to study.

Fang Wei gave the other party a few instructions. After dinner, he rode his bike to send Tingting back to the factory, and then returned home.

"Third brother, will the team really become what we planned?"

Pan Lianhua didn't go to the factory at the moment. She waited for Fang Wei to come back and asked about the situation. She couldn't help but feel yearning for the new plan.

"Yes, it will get better and better."

Fang Wei smiled and nodded, appearing very confident.

Pan Lianhua let him sleep at home for a while, then packed up and went to the factory.

Fang Wei was indeed feeling a little sleepy, so he went to lie down in his room and fell asleep. He slept until the evening, and only woke up when Binbin came to call him for dinner.

a few days later.

The county officially approved the planning scheme of Xiatang Brigade and made this project a model project in the county.

The project then entered the survey and design stage. The new residential land was selected in a vast area between the second and third teams. There was no farmland in this area and the soil was poor, but it did not affect the construction of houses.

The entire project will last five years and will officially start after the autumn harvest.

The brigade sent the director of public security and Gao Wenshu to follow up on this project. Other people can do what they should do and will basically not be affected.

"Third brother, you have done a great thing, but there are also some risks."

Grandpa envied the pioneering spirit of Xiatang Brigade. The Yao village had a poor foundation and needed a few more years of development before they could dream of such a thing.

"Grandpa, there's no such thing as doing things without taking risks. I'm using the collective savings to provide benefits for the members. It doesn't violate any policy, so there's no need to worry too much."

Fang Weihun doesn't care. He now advocates hard work, but does not deny the distribution principle of "the more you work, the more you get."

It is generally believed that what he did was not encouraged or advocated at most, but it could not be considered a mistake.

the next day.

Fang Wei went into the mountains with a gun and two hunting dogs.

These two hunting dogs are already quite old, but they are still strong and healthy. They start to have fun as soon as they get up the mountain.

Like in previous years, Fang Wei would visit several wild forests when the picking season came, so as to make a picking plan.

A year later, he came to the chestnut forest again, but he suffered a lot along the way.

The path that had been opened up last year was no longer there, and he had to use his eyes to clear the way as he walked, and he was soaked all over.

This chestnut forest has expanded countless times since it was first discovered. But as of now, the expansion seems to have reached its limit, and the chestnut trees on the outermost edge are already sparse.

The wild tea oil forest, however, was still expanding steadily. Fang Wei couldn't figure out its limit. Perhaps, like the wild chestnut forest, it would suddenly stop expanding one day. (End of this chapter)