Chang Xing asked everyone to persuade him. If he didn't go, it would really be a bit unkind, so he simply agreed.
The youth farm has now changed a lot. The dormitories have been renovated and walls have been built around it. It really looks like a farm.
Zhao Jianguo is now getting excited again: "This year we are planning to double the farm area on the basis of the current situation. By then, the farm area will reach more than 100 acres."
"With so much expansion, how can you handle it with so little manpower?" Zhou Maolin felt that Zhao Jianguo, the younger generation, was a little unreliable.
"Uncle Maolin, I'm not bragging. There may be educated young people coming today. There will definitely be enough manpower by then. If the educated young people don't come, we will try to mechanize it. From the beginning, we will try to mechanize the rice fields on our farm.
We are planning on mechanization. Our rice fields are very flat, making it easy for harvesters to harvest. Even if we look at the dozens of acres of fields now, if transplanters and harvesters are used, this rice field is not enough to harvest in one or two days.
" Zhao Jianguo said.
"Then according to what you say, it won't be a problem for your farm to plant hundreds of acres of rice fields?" Zhou Maolin asked.
Zhao Jianguo nodded: "The trend in our country is like this. To establish large-scale collectives and large-scale agricultural planting is to realize mechanization, liberate the labor force, and realize communism. With mechanized production, it is not a problem for one person to cultivate tens of thousands of acres of land. However,
, this side of Xianjiqiao is a hilly area, and large agricultural machinery cannot operate, so we can only rely on small agricultural machinery. However, improving labor efficiency is not a problem at all."
Zhou Maolin smiled, but he didn't take it seriously: "According to what you said, by then we in Xianji Bridge will no longer have so many people as farmers, so what will the remaining people do?"
"You can do side jobs. Plant fruit trees, raise fish, raise chickens and pigs. The brigade can set up breeding farms and gardening farms. In the future, when the brigade becomes rich, won't the members also become rich? They will have money to buy machinery. All
Engage in mechanization." Zhao Jianguo said.
"Isn't that capitalism?" someone asked worriedly.
"What is capitalism? It's a collective economy! Private individuals can't do it, but the brigade can! By the way, your brigade's rice wine is delicious, so you can set up a winery," Zhao Jianguo said.
Zhao Jianguo's words seemed to open a window to the people of Xianjiqiao. They were all afraid of being cut off from the tail of capitalism before. But they didn't expect that the rumor of having the tail of capitalism cut off was actually exaggerated. When going to the market, there were still many people taking it.
Are you taking things to sell in the market? I haven’t seen the tail of capitalism being cut off?
"By the way, the Xianjiqiao Brigade still uses rice mills to grind rice. You can set up a grain processing factory, just hydraulic. Isn't there a very high dam over there? It's not a problem to build a small hydropower station. Now.
Hydropower station, in the future your Xianji Bridge will also be electrified, and you will be able to turn on electric lights just like the city, and you will no longer need to light kerosene lamps. Electric lights are much brighter than kerosene lamps." Zhao Jianguo started chatting. Since what happened last time
, Zhao Jianguo really started to think about the future of Xianji Bridge. Speaking of which, Zhao Jianguo is still quite good.
"These things sound like dreams." Although Zhou Maolin felt that what Zhao Jianguo said was not impossible, it seemed very far away.
Zhao Jianguo also knew that it was unrealistic for the people of Xianji Bridge to accept his point of view for a while. But as long as he did something in the youth farm, he might be able to promote Xianji Bridge. So, no more talk now
, is also a flower in the moon mirror, so let’s cultivate grain seeds down-to-earth.
The conditions here at Youth Farm are more adequate than those at Xianjiqiao's production team, and all the tools are brand new. Unlike Zhang Fangqing's production team, they can just make do with what they have.
"We have technical information from the Agricultural Technology Station here. These seeds are new varieties purchased from the seed station and have relatively high yields. The breeding requirements are not particularly high." Zhao Jianguo handed the technical information to Zhou Maolin to read.
Zhou Maolin looked at it and found that it was not much different from the breeding methods of their brigade. Now each production team is doing large-scale breeding, using the breeding technology promoted by the agricultural technology station, which is very different from the breeding methods of traditional farmers.
Change.
"It's almost the same. Our brigade also has these technical materials, which were issued by the Agricultural Technology Station. This is how the technical cadres of the Agricultural Technology Station breed." Zhou Maolin said.
"Of course. They have summarized the best breeding methods." Zhao Jianguo smiled.
Although the young people at the Youth Farm are better than the people from the Xianjiqiao Brigade if they look at the information, when it comes to taking action, none of them can compare to these farmers. Zhang Fangqing and others don’t need to read the information at all, and they know which step to do: temperature
Control the temperature and soak for how long. These things have already been put into their heads.
The people at Youth Farm, on the other hand, took a quick look at the information and couldn't keep up with the pace of Zhang Fangqing and others.
Breeding seedlings takes a long time and is quite tiring. If there is a problem in one link, it may directly lead to the failure of the breeding. Not only will the rice seeds be lost, but the farming time will also be delayed.
"There seems to be something wrong with the germination rate of this batch of seeds. Xiao Zhao, do you still have any seeds left? Can you show them to me?" Zhang Fangqing found that the germination rate of this batch of seeds seemed to be low, and quickly called Zhao Jianguo over.
.
"No more, but there should still be some sticking to the sack." Zhao Jianguo quickly went to find the sack.
Zhang Fangqing didn't even look at the remaining seeds in the sack. He picked up the sack and smelled it, and immediately frowned: "Did you buy these seeds from the seed station? Why does it smell like mold? Did you put it on the ground?
Is it wet?”
Zhao Jianguo nodded: "Put it in the barn, but our barn is newly built, and the moisture inside is a bit heavy. I bought this seed for a while. Is it moldy?"
Zhang Fangqing frowned: "It's moldy. The germination rate is quite low. You may need to replenish a batch of seeds."
"Ah? Where can I replenish seeds at this time? The seeds at the seed station have long been gone." Zhao Jianguo was stunned.
"Don't be in a hurry. Go and ask Chang Xing to come over and take a look." Zhou Maolin said.
"Yes, call Chang Xing to take a look." Zhang Fangqing nodded.
Chang Xing came over and looked at the seeds: "What happened? Is it moldy?"
"The germination rate is very low, less than half. In this case, more than half of their rice fields will be short of seedlings this year. These germinated ones may not be able to grow well. Is there anything you can do?" Zhang Fangqing asked in a low voice.
"Fortunately, it's not completely dead." Chang Xing looked at the rice that was somewhat moldy, but it seemed that there was still some life. With a wave of his hand, a cloud of white mist immediately enveloped the large pile of rice seeds.
