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

Chapter 68: Harvesting 30 Jin of Rice
Tang Ze immediately asked someone to call Fang Wei, Zheng Hu and others over, and chatted with these young people for a long time.

Looking at the young faces, he was deeply touched and even wondered if he was old.

"One last question. You can choose to answer it or not. Fang Wei, tell me, where did the original rice seeds come from?"

Tang Ze didn't believe at all that the [Nan Guang No. 1] rice seeds were improved from local varieties.

Before the "rice hybridization" technology matured, it was very difficult to increase the rice yield per mu.

So he asked a question that he shouldn't have asked, but at the same time he also gave Fang Wei the choice of whether to answer it.

"There's nothing to hide about this. The first generation seeds of [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken ] were all obtained by Mr. Wu through someone else."

Fang Wei's words were half true and half false. The seeds of [Nongken 58] were indeed sent from Zhejiang, and [Nanguang No. ] was indeed improved from local rice seeds.

However, the specific methods of improvement could not be disclosed, so the responsibility had to be attributed to Wu Maosheng.

"Understood!"

Tang Ze figured out all the details and held an on-site office meeting in the second team.

He is decisive and efficient in his work. Since "Nan Guang No. 1" has achieved such brilliant results, he must start promoting its planting in the spring plowing season next year.

He has no control over other places, but his words are still counted in Yaoling Commune.

"The commune requires each brigade to have at least one production team, and they will start planting [Nan Guang No. 1] in the spring next year.

In addition, all production teams in Xiatang Brigade must actively sow [Nanguang No. 1].

There were 17 production teams in the commune, and Xiatang Brigade consisted of 13 production teams.

Having said that, Tang Ze paused for a moment before continuing to make arrangements.

"Old Zheng, since your grain tax payment has been postponed, you must save the rice seeds. I'll have each production team exchange rice for seeds. One seed for 10 kilograms of rice. How do you think?"

The quality of seeds varies, so there is no fixed exchange rate.

Based on the local market conditions, Tang Ze proposed an exchange rate of 1 to 10, which should be considered fair.

For example, the second team has 200 mu of paddy fields. If we calculate that one mu of land requires 5 jin of seeds, a production team will need about 1000 jin of rice seeds.

Xiatang Brigade has 13 production teams, and each of the other brigades must select one production team to plant [Nanguang No. 28]. This means that production teams (excluding Team ) need seeds.

In other words, according to Tang Ze's plan, 28000 to 30000 kilograms of rice seeds need to be provided.

The total late rice output of the second team was 57200 jin, and the grain stored in the entire barn was only about 30000 jin but less than 40000 jin.

This includes surrendered grain, mobile grain and reserved grain.

Compared with Tang Ze's plan, it is totally insufficient.

"Secretary Tang, we don't have that many seeds."

Zheng Xianfa spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Just give them as many as you have. How long will it take for you to breed them?"

Tang Ze certainly knew that there were not enough seeds and that promotion work required a long process and could not be accomplished overnight.

Zheng Xianfa chuckled twice and said nothing more.

After returning to the commune, Tang Ze asked the office to issue a notice, requiring all brigades to comply with it.

At the beginning, some teams were reluctant. As a result, if Zheng Xianfa had not had the foresight to limit the supply of seeds, they would not have been able to see any seeds if they arrived too late.

The rice in the barn has gone through a round of screening before being stored, and only the eliminated ones are distributed to the members.

Afterwards, Zheng Xianfa arranged for a second round of screening, striving to bring out high-quality seeds for exchange with others.

In this regard, Captain Zheng is very clear and will never cheat people with seeds of poor quality.

At the same time, Fang Wei's selection work for the second generation of [Nanguang No. 1] has also been completed.

This time he adopted the elimination method, removing a small amount of rice that did not meet the requirements, and used the remaining 6300 kilograms of rice for seeds.

The second screening selected a total of 2000 kilograms of high-quality seeds.

These seeds are reserved for the second team. About 1000 kilograms will be needed next year, and the rest will be kept in the barn for future use.

There were still 4300 kilograms of second-grade seeds, which Zheng Xianfa intended to reserve for a production team with whom he had a good relationship. Then, the leader of a team that had arrived late came to the team headquarters in a rage.

"Zheng Shorty, you're trying to use the seeds of [Nanguang No. 1300] to control me, right? What can a few hundred kilograms of seeds do for me? I need at least kilograms."

The captain of Team One is named Wei Guanghua. He is tall and slightly hunchbacked. He has a good relationship with Zheng Xianfa.

Last time, Zheng Xianfa used 10 kilograms of seeds to exchange for some ducklings with him. After a team tried planting, they tasted the sweetness.

Therefore, Wei Guanghua was determined to make a complete change this time and would not give up until he achieved his goal.

"Wei Tuozi, you're so stupid! I have a limited supply of seeds. If I don't, you won't get a single one.

However, we have a long-standing friendship. If you offer some incentives, I can help you get the second-generation seeds."

Zheng Xianfa cursed loudly, then rolled his eyes and spoke in a low voice.

Wei Guanghua knew the other person's character. How could he do something that had no benefits? He could only accept it with a pinch of his nose.

"What benefit do you want?"

"Your team is doing a good job in the side business. The exchange rate remains the same. You can give me some fertilizer."

Zheng Xianfa revealed his true intentions and stated his demands.

Team One is a large-scale breeder, raising ducks and pigs, and has more farmyard manure than the average production team.

Wei Guanghua showed an expression that said "as expected". After bargaining, the two finally reached an agreement.

In addition to the unchanged exchange ratio of 1 to 10, each team must also provide an additional 1000 kilograms of fertilizer.

So, Zheng Xianfa gave Wei Guanghua 4300 kilograms of seeds from the remaining 1300 kilograms (second generation) of seeds, and later received 13000 kilograms of rice and 1000 kilograms of fertilizer.

A "back door" was opened for Team One, and people with connections came to the door one after another.

Including the production team where Fang Ping's father-in-law and his family worked, the production team where Fang Mei worked, and the Yao village on the mountain.

Fang Wei had promised Pan Lianhua that he would help plead with the team whenever the other party needed help.

The grandfather of Panlianhua heard about the second team's situation. Who wouldn't want rice seeds that could increase production and income? So, the Yao village also decided to change its seed crop, which would require at least 1000 kilograms of seeds.

Of the remaining 3000 kilograms of second-generation seeds, part was given to Fang Ping's father-in-law's production team, part was given to Fang Mei's production team, and the rest was given to the Yao village.

After working hard for about 10 days, I finally finished the seed replacement work.

Zheng Xianfa asked the accountant, Fang Wei, Zheng Hu and others to conduct statistics and obtained specific data.

A total of 34300 kilograms of rice seeds were exchanged for 343000 kilograms of rice, and the barn was full.

It was the first time for the members of Team 2 to see so much grain in their own barn, and their eyes turned green.

Zheng Xianfa waved his hand and decided to deliver the grain tomorrow.

After paying the public grain and requisitioned grain, and even selling some negotiated grain, the team's collective income increased by 3100 yuan.

This is a huge sum of money. Since there is no need to purchase re-sale grain this year, the team can do a lot of things with this money.

"Little scholar, not counting the seeds, we still have 30 kilograms of grain. What do you think we should do with it?"

A total of 30 kilograms of grain is equivalent to the team’s rice production in several previous years.

Zheng Xian found that Fang Wei was becoming more and more pleasing to his eyes, and he couldn't help but regard him as his "senior advisor".

"Captain, with all the production teams exchanging so much grain for seeds, won't the members' food rations be very tight?"

Fang Wei was worried that his good intentions might lead to bad results, and he felt unsure.

"Do you think those captains are all vegetarians? These guys are very cunning, and we must make arrangements based on the actual situation.

Take Team One for example, it was a famous "rich team" in the whole commune, where they could get tens of thousands of kilograms of rice without even blinking an eye.

The other teams also have a way. They don’t change all the crops at once, but instead several teams join together and each plant a part.

In this way, if the burden is distributed among each production team, each family will only need to contribute 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms of rice."

Zheng Xianfa wanted to train Fang Wei and explained the ins and outs of this to him.

(End of this chapter)