September and October were a good harvest year for the border area. Wang Ping, Ouyang Antong, their newborn son and mother-in-law moved to their new home in the Yanchang County Government together.
As Yanchang County gets closer to the autumn harvest, Ouyang Antong becomes busier and busier, and at the same time more and more nervous.
I have been busy in Yanchang County for half a year and made several decisions to increase grain production.
Now, it's time to verify your results.
Whether the decisions you made at the beginning will be effective or not will depend on the autumn harvest yield in a few days.
"Lao Yang, why are you here!" Ouyang Antong had just walked into the office early in the morning when his deputy Lao Yang walked in with an excited look on his face.
"County Magistrate Ouyang, Captain Wang, you are all here!" Lao Yang, who already knew Wang Ping's approximate identity, saw Wang Ping standing in the office and was stunned for a moment before reacting.
"There are dozens of acres of land to be harvested in Zhoujiazhuang today. Judging from the situation back in Zhoujiazhuang, the grain growth in these dozens of acres is very good. The village chief of Zhoujiazhuang came over early in the morning and invited us to come and see their harvest this year.
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"You must know that due to drought, the food growth in several nearby counties is very poor. There are even many places that have directly abandoned a lot of land due to lack of water. Our Yanchang County is an exception, because the method of work-for-relief adopted by the county magistrate
Irrigation canals have been built for each village, and waterwheels have been built to draw water from the river. Not a single acre of land in the entire Yanchang County has been abandoned due to drought, and the people are now very grateful to you as the county magistrate!"
"Go, definitely go. You must go for such a good thing. By the way, you can also judge our Yanchang County's grain output this year!" Before Ouyang Antong could speak, Wang Ping next to him had already made a decision.
As a husband, Wang Ping can clearly feel that his wife has been in a daze these days.
As for the reason, Wang Ping could guess a rough idea without asking. The autumn harvest was coming, and it was time to test the results of his half-year efforts. As the person being tested, it was inevitable that Ouyang Antong would be nervous.
In order for Ouyang Antong to relax as soon as possible, there is only one way, and that is to have confidence in his half-year efforts.
And this incident is undoubtedly the best way to restore Ouyang Antong's confidence.
"Okay, let's go over. Notify the other cadres of the county government. Except for three people who are left on duty, everyone else will go over and help with the harvest. I want to know the yield of those dozens of acres of land as soon as possible."
As a farmer who has been farming for decades, Old Zhou has a family of five. Because there are three strong laborers in the family, he has cultivated a total of six acres of land.
After the county government proposed leasing cattle to plow the land, Mr. Zhou, who had worked as a long-term laborer, knew the benefits of deep plowing.
Therefore, Old Man Zhou decided to rent oxen to plow the land without any hesitation, and then took his two sons to another four acres of land before spring plowing, for a total of ten acres of land to be cultivated with oxen.
Although the Zhou family will give two hundred kilograms of grain as rent to the cooperative after the autumn harvest, Old Man Zhou doesn't care at all!
At first, when many people advised him to make careful decisions and not to be reckless, he smiled and remained silent.
As the soil in the fields grew better and better, those who had gossiped about it slowly closed their mouths and gradually became jealous.
Because they use plowing oxen, even though the Zhou family has ten acres of land, they are the first in the village to complete spring plowing. Then they can seize the time to irrigate the land so that the grain in the ground matures earliest.
Of the dozens of acres of land that will be harvested today, ten acres belong to the Zhou family.
In order to ensure that they have enough energy to harvest grain today, the Zhou family, who never eat dry breakfast, had dry breakfast for the first time today, and also prepared a dozen white flour steamed buns for breakfast.
When they arrived at the field, Ouyang Antong and a dozen county government officials were already waiting there.
Without too much compliment, a total of dozens of people gathered around dozens of acres of land and started harvesting, threshing, and leaving...
As soon as noon arrived, more than half of the land had been harvested, and the Zhou family's ten acres of land were harvested first.
"County Magistrate, the grain output of the Zhou family has been calculated. There are ten acres of land in total. The current weight is 3956 pounds. After drying the water, there will be at least 2800 pounds left. The average target is 2
One hundred and eighty pounds!"
"So high?" Everyone was shocked by this number and looked dumbfounded. It took them a long time to react.
You know, in previous years, it would have been a bumper harvest if the grain output of the Zhou family's land could reach two hundred kilograms. But now, the yield per mu has directly reached two hundred and eighty kilograms, which is definitely a huge surprise!
The owner of these lands, Old Man Zhou, was also brought here. When he saw Ouyang Antong, he wanted to kneel down.
"Hello, County Magistrate, I would like to thank you on behalf of the entire Zhou family. Without you, our Zhou family would never be able to harvest so much food?"
"Hello fellow, you don't have to be like this. If I remember correctly, I met you when we were promoting retting technology!" Ouyang Antong answered very happily.
"If it weren't for your strong support, our promotion of retting technology would never have been so smooth. If I really want to say it, we would like to thank you!"
Then he stared at Old Man Zhou and asked: "Fellow, these lands are all yours, and you have grown the grain with your own hands. The average yield per mu has suddenly increased by eighty kilograms. Can you tell me the reason?"
"I know there are three reasons!" Old Man Zhou hesitated and replied.
"The first thing to bear the brunt is water. With the canal leading to the river, we only need someone to irrigate the land by pumping water from the river to the canal. This saves work and effort. In less than two days, the Zhou family's ten acres of land are covered
Pour some water on it!”
"Then we use plowing oxen for deep plowing. Deep plowing can increase the yield of the land. I knew this when I worked as a long-term laborer for the landlord!"
“The third reason is the extensive use of fertilizers that we retting ourselves!”
"After using the fertilizer I made myself, I can clearly feel that the crops are growing better than before!"
After finishing speaking, Old Man Zhou couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "There are a total of 2,800 kilograms of grain, and the rent of 200 kilograms of grain is given to the cooperative, leaving 200 kilograms of grain as next year's grain. We still have 2,400 kilograms left.
We can eat a kilogram of grain. If one person eats one kilogram of grain a day, after excluding the food rations for our family of five, there will still be at least 500 kilograms of grain left. If we sell it, we can earn at least eight yuan!"
"No, I also raise two sheep at home. If nothing happens, the lambs will be born in a month, and then I will get two yuan of wages! No, I don't want a yuan, I want two lambs, that's okay
If so, I would also like to exchange grain for another European lamb. In this case, by this time next year, our Zhou family will have at least seven sheep, three big sheep, and the rest will all be lambs..."
Seeing that Old Man Zhou was getting happier and happier as he talked, Wang Ping suddenly interrupted: "Old man, after we have surplus grain at home, I suggest that we use the surplus grain to exchange for a few chickens. Chickens grow fast, and as long as they are fed well, the hens will
She lays an egg every two days!"
"I can also get back a little piglet. There are still more than three months before the Chinese New Year. After feeding it, the weight of the piglet will at least triple. If I kill it then, I will not only be able to eat pork during the Chinese New Year, but also
You can also send the excess pork to the market to sell it and convert it into money, so you can definitely make money!"
The old man who didn't know Wang Ping's identity suddenly said: "This is a good idea. After all the food is dried, I will buy piglets and chickens~"
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