"Secretary Yan, may I ask what the machine being assembled now produces?" Yan Dandan, a reporter from Xishan Daily, asked.
The photographer held the camera and stared at him. Yan Dongming had been interviewed by Xishan Peasant Newspaper before. The commune had given him guidance in this regard. He knew what to say and how to say it. He immediately replied: "These three
Machines are used to make industrial products."
Yan Dandan couldn't help but roll her eyes. If machines don't produce industrial products, how can they produce agricultural products?
Yan Dongming received some advice from Lin Xiaoguang and knew that if he spoke out, there would be competitors. He always attached great importance to the issue of confidentiality, so his answer was watertight. He did not say what the specific products were, only that they were industrial machines.
Yan Dandan asked several times, and Yan Dongming talked to him.
She was helpless and had to change the topic and asked: "Secretary Yan, the brigade had a bumper wheat harvest in the first half of the year, and the brick and tile factory also made money. You were still the secretary last year. Can you tell me why we only had a bumper harvest and made money this year?"
Didn’t it last year?”
Yan Dongming answered without raising his head: "The Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held at the end of last year, and it was said that we should seek truth from facts and implement reform and opening up this year. So there was nothing last year. It was only this year that we had a good harvest and made money."
Of course Yan Dandan was not satisfied with this general answer, as it did not answer to the point at all.
"Can you be more specific? For example, the specific measures you took?"
"To be more specific, the team members are more motivated, work harder, and stop cheating and cheating. That's why we have a good harvest and make money this year." Yan Dongming still did not mention the words "guaranteed production to the team".
Yan Dandan finally felt a little helpless and pointed it out directly, going straight to the point and asking: "Someone said that you guarantee the production to the group? Did you allocate the land?"
"We work in groups, with fixed production and fixed labor, and rewards for exceeding production. Who said the production is guaranteed to the group? Who said the land is divided? There are 470 people in the whole brigade. If you ask anyone casually, who said that?" Yan
Dongming was unhappy.
"Secretary Yan, please calm down. There are indeed many people who say this."
"It must be those grandsons from the team next door. They are lazy and lazy. When they see other teams having a good life, they become envious and jealous. They just don't want to see others doing well. This is jealousy. This is naked jealousy."
The interview was completely off topic.
It turned out that Yan Dandan had read the Xishan Peasant Newspaper before, saying that Secretary Yan was dedicated to being a member of the brigade, and the land had a bumper harvest, and the factory was making a lot of money. It was prosperous, and he was somewhat admired.
At this moment, when I saw him looking completely out of place and vulgar, all the goodwill he had had disappeared immediately.
At this time, a section chief who took the lead, seeing that he was so uncooperative, finally stood up and spoke out.
"Comrade Yan, we are the party newspaper of the Provincial Party Committee, sent by the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee. Please cooperate with our work. The superior leaders attach great importance to the affairs of your Nanyao Brigade. Your attitude determines whether you can continue to do what you do.
Go down, please be serious."
Seeing that the gag could not be fooled, Yan Dongming became more formal and had to apologize: "I'm sorry, I gossip a lot. I will definitely correct it from now on."
"Stop talking nonsense and continue." Section Chief Bao said coldly.
Yan Dandan then continued to ask: "Secretary Yan, it's like this. We see that the brigade is currently engaged in two aspects of work, agriculture and industry. In agriculture, it is focused on the land quota and pig breeding.
field, and the industrial aspect is the brick and tile factory, all of which have achieved good results."
"What's the team's next plan?" She looked at Yan Dongming expectantly.
Yan Dongming waved his hand and said: "I heard someone say that there is no stability without farmers, no strength without workers, and no wealth without businessmen. Our Nanyao brigade has decided to walk on three legs. Industry, agriculture and businessmen go hand in hand. In terms of agricultural planting, in addition to
In addition to growing wheat, we also need to grow vegetables, that is, plastic greenhouses, and off-season vegetables such as mushrooms. In terms of breeding, in addition to increasing the scale of pig farming, we also need to raise fish, open several fish ponds, and raise fish with pig manure."
"Plastic greenhouse? Off-season vegetables? Can you tell me more specifically?" Yan Dandan's eyes lit up. Although she didn't understand what it meant, it sounded very powerful.
"Plastic greenhouses, as the name suggests, are covered with a layer of plastic sheds on the land. This way, the temperature will be higher, and vegetables can grow even in winter. By then, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and even watermelons can be eaten in winter."
Yan Dongming couldn't help but feel proud.
"This? I've never heard of it. Is it a technology you invented yourself?"
"A friend of mine had a sudden idea, and then we approached professors from the Western Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Northwest Agricultural University. They said it was very operable and could be tried, so we were ready to start the test."
Yan Dandan was immediately convinced when he heard about the Western Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Northwest Agricultural University.
"What about fish raised in pig dung? Will fish eat pig dung? Can people eat fish raised in pig dung?"
"This is possible, whether it is fermented pig manure or fresh pig manure. This is also a new technology. We decided to open fish ponds to test it first. If the test is successful, we can promote it on a large scale."
"What about the industrial aspect? What are those three huge machines used for?"
"The first machine is a brick-making machine." This can be said, Yan Dongming said directly: "Our Nanyao Brigade, the current brick and tile factory, can only be said to be a handicraft industry at best, with manpower mixing mud and manpower burning bricks.
It requires a lot of labor, but the results are average, so we are ready to improve, gradually eliminate human labor, and fully mechanize the operation, with humans operating the machines."
"So this brick making machine is fully mechanized?" Yan Dandan's eyes lit up.
"Not really." Yan Dongming shook his head.
"We only implement mechanized operations in the two stages of mixing clay and making brick embryos. The bricks must be fired using primitive brick kilns, which is very time-consuming and laborious."
"What about the other two machines?" Yan Dandan changed the subject.
"I have to keep this secret for the time being, otherwise after your newspaper publishes it and others find out, it will become our competitor. I have to do this, please forgive me."
Seeing that Section Chief Bao wanted to speak again, Yan Dongming quickly said: "But I can reveal that this time we are very determined to develop industry. In addition to the grain harvest and the money earned by the factory, we also need to go to the bank for loans and invest a total of
100,000 yuan. In terms of industry, we will open three factories including a brick factory. In terms of breeding, we will set up pig farms and fish farms. In terms of cultivation, in addition to wheat, we will also grow off-season vegetables through plastic greenhouses."
Yan Dandan was immediately excited. A brigade with a population of only 470 actually said that it would invest 100,000 yuan to develop handicrafts, breeding and planting. This was amazing.
"Comrade, as a party member, in front of the party newspaper, you cannot tell lies to deceive the leaders and the masses?" Section Chief Bao became serious.
"I guarantee with my party spirit that everything I say is true. If you don't believe me, just wait and see."
One day later, the Xishan Daily came out, and Nanyao Brigade and Brigade Secretary Yan Dongming appeared in the newspaper, which immediately caused a sensation in the province.
Soon after, a large number of national or local newspapers on agriculture also reprinted it, such as the Shanghai Suburban Farmer's Daily, the suburban edition of Jiefang Daily, etc.