Ten days later, Yanchang County's work-for-relief water conservancy project was completed, and a total of 100,000 catties of grain, excluding what was eaten, was all handed over to the people.
Just when the people were going home with the food provided by the government and preparing to have a good rest and wait for the spring plowing, the broken bell at the entrance of Zhonggu Village suddenly rang.
In less than half an hour, dozens of strong laborers gathered at the entrance of the village with their families.
The old, weak, women and children stood at the back, and the heads of households were concentrated at the front.
"Old village chief, what's the matter? You called us here so early in the morning!" A middle-aged man said with dissatisfaction.
"Good thing!" the village chief replied simply, and then introduced to dozens of people: "The person standing next to me is a cadre sent by the county government. You can call him Secretary Wang. Secretary Wang is entrusted by the county government to bring everyone
Here are two pieces of good news, let Director Wang tell you personally now."
Upon hearing the words "good news", everyone stared at Director Wang with bright eyes!
"Fellows, let me make a long story short. You all know the chicken manure you usually use for growing vegetables!" Director Wang asked straight to the point without any nonsense.
Seeing many people nodding, Officer Wang continued: "Adding chicken manure to the vegetable field can increase the fertility of the land, allowing the vegetables we plant in the vegetable field to grow better. After various efforts by the county government,
We have found a way to use livestock and human excrement, plus plant and crop straws to make fertilizer, and we plan to promote it throughout the county so that the land where we grow food can also use this fertilizer to increase food production!"
"This method of retting farmyard manure is very simple. Every household can do it. After the meeting is over, I will go to each of your households to provide guidance!"
A middle-aged man who had been tending crops for half his life immediately stood up, stared at Director Wang and asked: "Those leaves and crop straws are really good for fertilizing... The land here is too barren and has no fertility. If we can use it in the fields,
Fertilizer like chicken manure will definitely increase food production!"
"It can definitely be retting! The county government will not deceive everyone with such a big thing. Moreover, retting only requires some effort from the villagers. Even if it really fails, there will be no loss. However, if it succeeds, this autumn harvest will benefit every family.
Every household can increase their income by hundreds of kilograms of grain!”
"Director Wang is right, the county government will not lie to us!" the village chief said promptly.
"After County Magistrate Ouyang came, we thought about building water conservancy projects that had not been completed for several years, but we did it directly under her guidance. This method of fertilization was also figured out by Magistrate Ouyang, who is a college student.
He has studied abroad and is well-educated, so he will definitely not deceive us bankers!"
"Okay, let's listen to the county government and prepare for retting when we get back..." Dozens of household heads yelled one after another after a brief discussion.
At this time, Officer Wang spoke again.
"The county government has another decision to announce to everyone!"
"The border district government and a businessman are about to set up a public-private partnership to purchase a large number of cattle and lambs from other places and lease them to everyone."
"The specific leasing method is: rent an ox to plow one acre of land, and after the autumn harvest, we will give the company a rent of twenty kilograms of grain!"
"Twenty kilograms of grain...that's a lot...we can plow the land with our own manpower, there is no need to use oxen!" Before Director Wang could finish his words, a man shouted with dissatisfaction.
Several people nearby echoed: "Twenty kilograms of grain is too much. We don't even have enough food from the autumn harvest, so why should we rent cattle to plow the land?"
"We don't need plowing oxen. We have enough strength to plow the fields ourselves!"
At this moment, everyone's reaction was surprisingly the same, all of them resisted and disagreed.
"Quiet, don't talk. I haven't finished speaking yet!" Officer Wang shouted at the top of his lungs.
"There's nothing to say, we don't use cattle!" A middle-aged man retorted directly, staring at Director Wang, not polite at all.
The village chief could only stand up and shout: "Okay, please calm down and listen to what Director Wang has to say. If you don't want to when the time comes, you won't. No one will use a gun to force you to agree. And I believe in the government, I believe
County Magistrate Ouyang!"
The village chief's words were very effective, and the noisy village entrance suddenly became quiet.
Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Everyone thinks that the rent for leasing cattle to plow one acre of twenty kilograms of grain is a lot, but what I want to tell you is that if you spend the rent for these twenty kilograms of grain, you will get enough for the autumn harvest.
At the same time, I can at least bring you an increase of at least fifty kilograms of grain!"
Uncle Zhou, who had the most experience in farming in the village, stood up and retorted: "Young man, you are bragging when you say this. Using oxen to plow fields can indeed increase grain production because of deep plowing, but if you want to increase the yield of 70 to 80 kilograms per acre of land, then
Totally impossible!"
Officer Wang smiled and replied: "Uncle, you are right. It is indeed impossible to increase the yield of seventy or eighty kilograms of grain from one acre of land. However, uncle, you have overlooked another thing. Using cattle to plow the land saves time and effort, and can save a lot.
The workers come out!"
"Everyone usually relies on manual labor for farming. It is already a lot for a family to serve five acres of land. But with the help of cattle, they can serve eight acres of land, which increases the output of three acres of land and reduces the cost of rented farming.
The rent of cattle can easily increase the income by four to five hundred kilograms of grain a year..."
"Uncle, you must have been a banker for decades. You know many things better than me. I don't know if what I'm saying is true!"
Uncle Zhou did not speak, but frowned and fell into deep thought.
The others also became quiet at this time, silently calculating in their minds Director Wang's analysis just now.
After almost five minutes, Uncle Zhou spoke: "But, young people, we don't have that much land at all!"
"In Zhonggu Village, the small family has four acres of land, and the large family has six acres of land. This land can be taken care of by manpower alone. There is no need to rent cattle!"
Officer Wang knew that Uncle Zhou was already moved, and immediately replied: "There is indeed no ready-made land, but we can cultivate it ourselves!"
"There is still a lot of time before spring plowing. In addition to fertilizing, everyone can use the rest of the time to reclaim wasteland. The county government means that as long as the mountains and forests are not destroyed, everyone is allowed to have two acres of land, regardless of the old, weak, women, or children.
Each household can cultivate as much as they want!"
Uncle Zhou's eyes lit up, an eager expression appeared on his face, and then he stared at Director Wang and asked.
"Can the county government guarantee that there will be cattle that can be rented to us during spring plowing?"
"It can be guaranteed... The company established in the border area has gone to Shanxi to purchase cattle and lambs!" Director Wang affirmed, then changed the topic and continued.
"Besides, even if there are no cattle to rent to you, we will not suffer any loss. After all, as long as the reclaimed land does not exceed the standards set by the government, it is our private property and no one can touch it.
!”
"This young man said it well. We bankers have nothing but strength. Starting tomorrow, I will fertilize the soil first. After that, I will take my wife and children to reclaim the land. I will try to reclaim three acres of land before spring plowing. Then I will
Lao Zhou’s family has five acres of land!”
After Uncle Zhou spoke, many people chose to believe it and clamored to reclaim the wasteland and rent cattle to plow the fields!
Of course, some people choose not to take risks and continue to farm the land in the old way.
Director Wang doesn't want to force it. After all, everyone has the right to choose. And he also believes that when the autumn harvest is over and they see other people's income, these people will definitely offer to join in. No one doesn't want to live a good life.
At this time, Officer Wang continued: "The next step is to raise sheep!"
This company established by the border district government will not only purchase a large number of cattle, but also a lot of goats. After the spring plowing is over, each household can take two lambs, one male and one female, home for breeding if they wish.
Years from now, these lambs will definitely give birth. At that time, the company will give everyone two choices: accept two oceans in payment and return all the grown goats and lambs to the company, or accept two lambs as a gift.
As payment, the other goats will be returned to the company!"
"Of course, after one year, if you still want to continue breeding, you can continue to sign a breeding contract with the company, and the remuneration will remain unchanged!"
"In addition, if something happens to a goat during the breeding process, everyone must pay compensation at the price of an ocean for a lamb!"
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