Chapter XVII. The Basics of Agriculture
The temperature in Yunnan in June was a little humid and hot, Xiao Mubai changed into civilian clothes, and after walking out of the barracks, he saw from a distance that on the edge of a farmland, a group of people were digging ditches and building water conservancy facilities. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info So, he strode forward.
"Fellow, what are you digging for?" When he walked to the side of the construction site, Xiao Mubai seemed to ask with some curiosity.
"I didn't dig anything, I just dug some ditches." The answer was an old farmer dressed in a lot of patches.
"Is it for irrigation?"
The old farmer spoke with obvious joy: "Yes, the harvest of this large field has not been very good, just because of the lack of water, but this year there is not that company that built a reservoir over there, I think that when this canal is repaired and water is brought over there, the harvest can increase a lot in the future." ”
"Oh, that's right...... What do you usually plant? ”
"In the past, I relied on the sky to eat, so I could only plant some buds and peanuts, but now I dare to open the field, and I also went to the reservoir to repair this year, earned some wages, and next year I plan to grow more rice or something."
"Is this field your family?"
"How can there be, this piece belongs to our village, and my family has to have two pieces." The old farmer pointed to a piece of Xintian Road not far away.
While the two were talking, another group of people came from not far from the construction site of the canal. One of the young men waved his hands and shouted as he ran, but Chen Chuan, who had been standing next to Xiao Mubai, suddenly flashed and stood in front of Xiao Mubai when he saw this, and touched his right hand into his arms. But Xiao Mubai waved his hand to stop Chen Chuan's actions after seeing the person who was coming.
I saw that person running in front of him in one breath, panting and blushing, and said to Xiao Mubai: "Commander Xiao, why are you here?" ”
Xiao Mubai didn't answer this person's question immediately, but waited for him to recover before saying, "I'm fine, just come over and take a look." You are? ”
"Oh, Commander Xiao, I am the son of the village chief of this village, my name is Zhang Ping'an, I went to enlist when the patrol battalion was recruited last time, and I saw you there, so I know you." Zhang Ping'an's face was excited.
"Young Master Ping'an, what do you call him?" The old farmer who had been standing next to him suddenly couldn't figure out who was coming.
"Second uncle, he is the commander of our Guangnan patrol battalion, that is, the person who paid for the construction of this reservoir, haven't you been nagging to thank him? No, now he's standing in front of you. ”
"What? What! What do you say? This is the Commander-in-Chief, ouch, that's a great official! That, the Commander, you see that there is a lot of wind and dust here, and the old man has nothing to entertain you, and he doesn't even have to drink saliva. Master Ping'an, hurry up, take the adults to our village, kill two chickens, and entertain them well, Lord Xiao is a good official! ”
"You're polite, old man, I just came here to see if everyone needs our help. Come and sit down, folks, don't be so polite! ”
After rejecting the hospitality of Zhang Erbo and others, Xiao Mubai asked a lot of technical questions about the production process, and then he had some bottom in his heart. Of course, because his identity has been exposed, he can't continue to stay here. So, after saying goodbye to Zhang Erbo and the villagers, Xiao Mubai returned to the city.
Although the new rice has already been planted, so far it has only spread throughout Zhulin Town. Originally, Xiao Mubai thought that with a good yield and harvest, the promotion of new rice should be very fast, but it was almost a year ago, and even the entire Baoning County had not been popularized. It seems that some special means are still needed. Thinking like this, Xiao Mubai decided to ask people to invite a number of well-known squires in the county to come and discuss.
Soon, a group of squires and landlords in Baoning County, after hearing that it was Xiao Mubai's invitation, all came to the house. For the newly appointed commander of the patrol battalion, everyone is actually quite curious about the fact that the dragon is usually missing. Usually they don't have a chance to tie up if they want to, but if they don't invite the Lord Commander now, why wouldn't they come?
After some introductions by others, Xiao Mubai said after a cursory acquaintance with the various squires present: "Blind date fathers and elders, although the younger generations have drifted overseas since childhood, they are often warned by their parents, rooted in the motherland, and must not forget their roots. Listen to the teachings of the older generation, although our country has a lot of land and resources, but the cultivated fields are still little and the harvest is not much, after returning to China, I saw that we only have a few acres of thin fields, and the boy is not talented, so he built a water conservancy to benefit the fertile land, and cultivated a new type of rice, which is drought resistant and insect resistant, and the yield is quite abundant. I wonder what you think? ”
As soon as Xiao Mu finished speaking, a middle-aged man stood up and said excitedly: "But the kind of rice grown in Zhulin Town? ”
"Exactly!" Xiao Mubai smiled and nodded. He knew this man, who was a squire in a village near Zhulin Town.
Xiao Mubai's answer immediately made the crowd in the courtyard blow up. Although many people have not seen the rice planted in Zhulin Town, they have long heard that the high yield is not as simple as making people blush.
After a while, I saw another person stand up and ask, "Commander Xiao is like this, there must be any other conditions, right?" ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately stopped speaking, and instead began to stare directly at Xiao Mubai.
"There are no conditions, the main thing is that this kind of rice is still being tested, and only a small number of seeds can be provided at present, so I hope that each village will send a few good farmers to Zhulin Town to learn, not only to exchange farming experience, but also to expand the breeding of new rice to give back to everyone in return, and when the seed yield is stable in the future, the rice seeds will be sold to the villages at a suitable price." Of course, the price will not be very high. However, when the harvest improves in the future, I hope that in the name of the patrol team, we will purchase the surplus grain at a fair price. ”
"That's it?" The man who questioned him was obviously a little surprised, and continued to ask.
"It's as simple as that. If there is anything inappropriate, I welcome everyone to discuss it together, after all, they are all villagers, what can't you sit down and talk about! ”
The venue was once again full of buzzing voices, and everyone began to discuss the plan proposed by Xiao Mubai. After a long while, the man who was the first to ask just now spoke: "Commander Xiao's conditions, none of us have an opinion, as a farmer, everyone hopes that their harvest can be higher, but I don't know, how Commander Xiao will distribute this batch of good seeds?" ”
"The cultivation of improved rice requires some new knowledge, and villages and towns should send some young students to study in the new school run by Zhulin Township while sending good farmers. In this way, I will provide seeds to everyone according to the proportion of students provided by each village, after all, there are good seeds and good farmers need to serve them. ”
Xiao Mubai's purpose in doing this was naturally to keep the young people of these villages firmly in his hands. The batch of industrial students and apprentices recruited before basically absorbed most of the outstanding young people in the vicinity, and since there are still some people who want to farm, it is necessary to keep these remaining young people firmly in their own hands. Although this will not have any effect in the short term, Xiao Mubai didn't want to come out so quickly, after all, in his opinion, going out to fight and kill at the beginning is just a strategy, cultivating the reserve force of the new generation, and secretly developing is the first way for him to achieve great things.
Sure enough, Xiao Mubai's trick was very clever, and after everyone had decided on it, the villages said that they would choose to send the best young people in their own villages to study in the school run by Xiao Mubai.
Although they are also very strange in their hearts, do they still need to learn something new in this kind of land? But I quickly dispelled my doubts, after all, it is a good thing to be able to read and write, and more importantly, there are also that kind of excellent rice seeds to get. Send one more student to study and get an extra 10 catties of rice seeds, and no one will refuse such a great good thing. Hurry up, go home and choose someone.