() COFCO Yang Renjie looked at the report in front of him and was very confused, after they contracted one percent of the arable land in Jiangnan Province at a high price, Oriental International didn't care at all, but resolutely continued to implement their plan, which made Yang Renjie very confused, according to the current situation, Canglong should come to them to beg them

And just when Yang Renjie was very confused about this situation, suddenly a phone call came, and after answering, his son Yang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Dad, Oriental International has begun to plan farmland, do you know?"

"We already knew that they didn't seem to show any signs of uneasiness as we had planned, and they didn't even send someone to negotiate with us," Mr. Yang said

"They seem to be experimenting with a new variety of early rice, and I got an inside piece of information from Orient International, this variety is called Zaodao No. 1, and now it has started to be sown, and in a month, it will be planted on one-tenth of the arable land in the entire Jiangnan province, and they seem to be very confident in this new variety," Yang said

"The Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have not released any new varieties of early rice No. 1, what is going on," Yang Renjie puzzled, and the planting of new varieties of crops must be reviewed and determined by the Ministry of Agriculture before they can be sown, because the emergence of some crops will cause great damage to the ecological environment

"No, this is developed within their company, without the permission of the Ministry of Agriculture, I think this is an opportunity, when they plant all the seedlings in the field, we will go to the Ministry of Agriculture to sue him, don't you know the minister very well, through his relationship, let Oriental International fall short like this, saving so much trouble," Yang said

"This is an idea, I'll say hello to the minister," Yang Renjie put down the phone, and then connected to the Ministry of Agriculture, COFCO and the Ministry of Agriculture are strategic cooperation, so his call can be easily received by the Ministry of Agriculture, and his identity is not lower than that of the Minister of Agriculture

"Minister Lin, I'm Yang Renjie, I'm Yang Renjie, I'm not sure I've had time to have a meal together for a long time, you're welcome, I'm not welcome, I have something to ask you, it's Jiangnan Province, it seems that a new variety of rice has appeared, this is released by your Ministry of Agriculture, what is not released by the Ministry of Agriculture, but the company called Oriental International has begun to raise seedlings, and it seems that it will be planted in more than ten days, yes, I thought it was a new variety of your Ministry of Agriculture," Yang Renjie said calmly

The Minister of Agriculture over there was very surprised, and it was obvious that the appearance of the No. 1 of Early Rice in Jiangnan Province had not yet entered his ears, and even if it appeared, it was the business of several vice ministers

"In this matter, I will let the people below find out what early rice No. 1 is fooling and destroying the ecological system, what to do," the Minister of Agriculture was very annoyed

Yang Renjie hurriedly said: "Minister Lin, I think this matter needs to be investigated, and we have to slow down a bit, let them plant seedlings, and after that, you will send someone down to investigate thoroughly."

Minister Lin on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and seemed to understand what Yang Renjie meant, and said, "Then do what you want."

"Hehe, Minister Lin chooses for himself," Yang Renjie smiled

"I see," Minister Lin said

Twenty days later, at the end of the second month of the lunar calendar and the beginning of March, the early rice planting in Jiangnan Province in the south began to be planted

Between meals, each person should eat an egg, which means "begging for color", squatting down to pull the seedlings, first use the straw that binds the seedlings to sweep a few times on the seedling field, which means to prevent the "seedling crazy", that is, the back of the hand is swollen, and the end of transplanting is called "closing the seedling door", some householders go around the field, pull out a handful of seedlings, take them home, throw them on the side of the door wall, and say that it is "the seedlings recognize the harvest of the house, so as to enter the door", the dinner on the end of the rice planting, the host family wants to feast on the helper, and the helper says "break up", when planting the seedlings, three meals a day, and add two snacks

After Dongning City achieved fully mechanized production last year, the farmers began to transplant rice in an organized manner, and they all used advanced rice transplanting machines, which were much faster than manual ones, and of course, the managers of the Oriental International Grain Company still prepared things for the employees in the company according to the original custom

Last year's production was a huge change for the farmers, because they did not have to raise their own seedlings, nor did they have to plant seedlings by themselves, but used the company's machinery, each household was responsible for a place, although the cultivated land was contracted to Oriental International, but almost every household had a person working in Oriental International, they had old friends and young friends, and each person was responsible for an area, and they did not worry about the problem of water storage competition in the past, nor did they worry about the loss of chemical fertilizer

It can be said that last year they got a bumper harvest, compared to previous years, they got double wages from planting income alone, the first is the land they contracted, the second is the area they are responsible for, the income from working in the farmland is the same as working in the city, and the money for land transfer is paid at the end of the year

In Jiangkou Township, there are basically no terraced fields, and after the rice transplanting door is opened, the farmers drive their own rice transplanting machines to work in their own areas, of course, there are also people who are reluctant to use the rice transplanting machines, and still transplant the rice by hand, which the company does not care about, they only need them to complete the task when they plant the seedlings

The collection and use of the machine are standardized, when the machinery is used, they only need to clean it and send it back to the factory, if there is a failure, they do not need to pay for it themselves, the maintenance company has a special maintenance factory, as long as it is sent in

Working in a grain company has taught them a lot of things, and Old Man An is driven by Jiangkou Township, which is the first to realize mechanization in the East, so almost everyone learns to use the company's machinery in their spare time, Old Man An still manages his own paddy field plus some nearby places

For Old Man An, the contract of Orient International has brought great improvement to their lives, not only because of the material improvement, but also because of the improvement of the gods, most of the young people except for the part-time workers have returned, so that only the old people are left, and the countryside has a vigorous vitality

In previous years, manual labor turned into intellectual labor, whether it was ploughing the ground or planting rice and harvesting, there were basically machinery, and their existence was only to report some abnormal things to the technicians of the research institute

Old man An never thought that there would be such a day in Jiangkou Township, and all the villagers were grateful to Oriental International from the bottom of their hearts

He received something from the company and the seedling field early, drove the rice transplanter to his field, this time it was different from the previous seedlings, it is said that this is a new variety developed by the company, but for the old man An, the new seedlings and the previous seedlings are still the same, basically not much difference

There are many employees who are preparing to open the seedling gate on the newly repaired field road, everyone knows each other well, and they greet each other from time to time, basically the words that are idle seem to be scruples, and no one says anything unlucky

Old man An was carrying a red egg in his arms, one hand was driving the rice transplanter, and the other hand was peeling the red egg, and when the rice transplanter drove into the field, Old Man An finished peeling the egg, he first made a gesture towards the field, and then silently chanted something in his mouth, as if praying, and then was eaten by the egg, and started the machine

In the past, it took four or five people to work for several hours at the same time, but now with the machine, it can be done in half an hour

"Hey, old man, old man, come over here," Old man An was planting rice seedlings, and saw a few people walking into his area at the end, as if calling himself

Old man An felt that these people were relatively unfamiliar, so he didn't turn on the rice transplanter, but inserted the remaining seedlings into the field, and then drove the rice transplanter to the field, and walked over the road, and saw a few people in suits and leather shoes with beer bellies, some of them wore glasses and looked very good

"Why did you come here now after calling you for so long," one of them, a slightly chubby man with glasses, had a very bad face

"You are technicians in the factory," Old Man An was not afraid, just squatted calmly in the paddy field, washed his hands, and asked calmly

"It's not that we are the investigators sent by zhōng yāng to investigate the matter of Hayina No. 1," the middle-aged man in the lead said solemnly, "Is this one you planted Wasina No. 1?"

Saying that, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand and pulled out a handful of seedlings that had just been checked in the field, came out, and carefully looked at them in his hand

In the good paddy fields close to the township, seeds are basically planted, which are to be handed over to zhèng fǔ for purchase, and the seeds to be bought next year are also necessary for seedlings

"zhōng yāng investigator" An old man looked them up and down, his eyes were a little suspicious, but he was not panicked, "Since you are the investigator of zhōng yāng, what are you coming to me for, I'm just a farmer"

"Don't you know that you can't grow other things in the fields without the approval of the Ministry of Agriculture, especially the basic farmland protection area, Jiangnan Province is the place where seeds are produced, who let you plant this bullshit Wasai No. 1," the chubby middle-aged man with glasses said angrily

Hearing this, the old man was frightened by this momentum, he was just a farmer, and it was impossible for him to have the aura of these people: "You guys go to the company, I'm just a farmer, the company will plant whatever we want, and the farmland will be contracted to the company."

"Stop all the machines that are planting rice at once," said the chubby man

But the old man didn't move, and said: "We will plant whatever the company tells us to plant, and if you want us to stop, we will get permission from the company first."

"You old guy is illegally growing special crops, you have a reason," the man with glasses kicked at Old Man An

Caught off guard, the old man An was kicked directly into the paddy field by this kick, and the slightly chubby middle-aged man was not discouraged and wanted to press the old man An in the paddy field, but at this time, the other villagers who planted rice saw this scene and hurriedly ran over

"Beat people, kill people," I don't know who shouted, and the technicians and farmers of the nearby Oriental International jumped off the rice transplanting machine, picked up the agricultural tools in their hands, and ran over to this side