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, a phone call suddenly came, and after answering, his son Yang Wen's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Dad, do you know that Oriental International has begun to plan farmland?" ”

"We already know that they don't seem to show any signs of uneasiness as we predetermined plan, and they haven't even sent someone to negotiate with us." Yang Renjie said.

"They seem to be experimenting with a new variety of early rice, and I got an inside message from Oriental International, this variety is called Early Rice No. 1, and now it has begun to be sown, and in a month, one-tenth of the arable land in the entire Jiangnan Province will be planted with Early Rice No. 1, and they seem to be very confident in this new variety." Yang Wen said.

"Early-Rice One? The Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have not released any new varieties, what is going on? Yang Renjie puzzled, generally new varieties of crop planting, must be reviewed by the Ministry of Agriculture, after the determination of sowing, 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, aren't you very familiar with the minister, through his relationship, let Oriental International fall short like this, save so much trouble." Yang Wen said, "This is an idea, I will 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 in his capacity is not lower than the Minister of Agriculture.

"Minister Lin, I'm Yang Renjie, yes, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's have a meal together, you're welcome, I'm sorry, I have something to ask you, that is, there seems to be a new variety of rice in Jiangnan Province, which is released by your Ministry of Agriculture, right? What, not issued by the Ministry of Agriculture? But the company called Oriental International has already started to raise seedlings, and it seems that it will be planted in a few days, yes, I thought it was a new variety from your Ministry of Agriculture. Yang Renjie said calmly.

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

"I'll let the people below find out about this matter, what kind of early rice No. 1, fooling around, what should I do if it destroys the ecosystem?" The Minister of Agriculture was annoyed.

Yang Renjie hurriedly said: "Minister Lin, I think this matter needs to be investigated slowly, after they plant seedlings, you are sending someone down to investigate thoroughly." ”

On the other end of the phone, Minister Lin was silent for a while, seemed to understand what Yang Renjie meant, and said, "Then do it according to your wishes?" ”

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

"I see." Minister Lin said.

Twenty days later, at the end of February and the beginning of March of the lunar calendar, early rice planting began in Jiangnan Province in the south.

During the meal, each person has to eat an egg, which means "begging for money". Squat down and pull the seedlings, first sweep the seedlings with the straw that binds the seedlings a few times on the seedling field, which means to prevent "seedlings from going crazy". Hair madness is a swollen back of the hand. At the end of the rice planting, it is called "closing the seedling door", some householders walk around the field, pull out a handful of seedlings and take them home, throw them on the side of the door wall, and say that "the seedlings recognize the door, and the harvest enters the door." At the end of the rice planting day, the host will have a banquet for the helpers, which is called "scattering". When planting rice and farming, in addition to three meals a day, snacks should be added twice.

After Dongning City achieved fully mechanized production last year, farmers began to organize rice transplanting, and they all used advanced rice transplanting machines, which were much faster than manual ones.

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, and each household was responsible for a piece of land, 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, 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 problem of fertilizer loss.

It can be said that last year they got a bumper harvest, compared with the previous years they only relied on the income from planting, they got a double salary, the first is the land they contracted out, the second is the income from work in the area they are responsible for managing, just like working in the city, it will be paid once a month, and the money for land contract is sent out at the end of the year.

In Jiangkou Township, there are basically no terraced fields, after the rice gate is opened, farmers drive their own rice transplanting machines to work in their own areas, of course, there are also people who are unwilling to use rice transplanters, still hand transplanting rice seedlings, which the company does not care about them, only need them to complete the task when planting seedlings.

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

Working in a grain company, they have learned a lot of things, An Laotou 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 the slack time, An Laotou still manages his own paddy field, plus some nearby places.

For Mr. 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 spiritual improvement, most of the young people who are not only working have returned, so that only the old people are left in the countryside, and there is a vigorous vitality.

In previous years, manual labor turned into intellectual labor, whether it was plowing 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 Jiangkou Township would have such a day, and all the villagers were grateful to Oriental International from the bottom of their hearts.

He received things from the company and the seedling field early, and 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 An Laotou, the new seedlings are still the same as the previous seedlings, basically not much difference.

On the newly repaired field road, there are many employees who are ready to open the seedling gate one after another, everyone knows each other, and greets each other from time to time, basically the words of the farmer's leisure, it seems that there are 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 eggs, he first made a gesture towards the field, and then silently recited something in his mouth, as if he was 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, yes, I'm calling you, come here." Old man An was planting rice seedlings, and when he saw the last few people walking into his area, they seemed to call themselves.

Old man An felt that these people were relatively unfamiliar, so he didn't drive the rice transplanter, but inserted the remaining seedlings into the cultivated land, and then drove the rice transplanter on the field road, walked over, and saw a few people in suits and leather shoes, with beer bellies, some of them wearing glasses and looking very Sven.

"Why did you come here now after calling you for so long?" One of them, a chubby man with glasses, had a bad face.

"You're a technician in the factory?" Old man An was not afraid, just squatted calmly in the paddy field, washed his hands and asked calmly.

"No, we are investigators sent by the central government to investigate the matter of Wasae-1." The middle-aged man in the lead said solemnly, "Is this one you planted early rice No. 1?" ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand and pulled out a handful of seedlings that had just been checked in the field, and looked carefully in his hand.

In the good paddy fields near the townships, seeds are basically planted, and these are the seeds that will be purchased by the government and will be bought next year, which is also a necessity for seedlings.

"Central investigator?" Old man An looked them up and down, his eyes were a little suspicious, but he was not afraid, "Since you are an investigator of the central government, what are you looking for me to do, I am just a farmer." ”

"Don't you know that you can't grow anything else in the field without the approval of the Ministry of Agriculture? Especially the basic farmland protection area, Jiangnan Province is the place where seeds are produced, who asked you to plant this bullshit early rice No. 1? The middle-aged man with the slightly chubby glasses said angrily.

Hearing this, Old Man An was frightened by this momentum, he was just a farmer, and it was impossible to have the aura of these people: "You go to the company, I'm just a farmer, we will plant whatever the company tells us to plant, and the farmland is contracted to the company." ”

"Stop all the machines that are planting rice immediately, right away!" The chubby man said.

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, you must first get the company's permission." ”

"You old fellow, you are still justified in illegally growing special crops." The bespectacled man kicked 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 moment, the other villagers who planted rice saw this scene and quickly ran over.

"Hit someone, kill someone." I don't know who shouted, but the technicians and farmers of the nearby Oriental International jumped down from the rice transplanting machine, picked up the agricultural tools in their hands and ran over to this side