Around the middle of October, the cotton finally came to the day of picking, it is already the limit of picking in Baotou, Baotou here, the temperature fluctuation is very obvious, at night, it has entered the zero degree, the land has not become frozen soil, but the temperature is also very low, if the mainland cotton is not long enough to grow, and after reasonable irrigation of water and fertilizer, with a huge plant, I am afraid it is difficult to stick to it, for this reason, as early as the beginning of October, the measures to protect the roots and keep warm were adopted.

Fortunately, 15 days of persistence has increased the yield of cotton by about 3% per mu, that is to say, an acre of land is almost 10 catties more, which is not a small number, so that the output has gone one step further, and these new amounts are net earnings. Zhao Shuming and the others smiled almost from ear to ear, as early as a month or two ago, they were sure that they wanted to make money, but how to make money and how much money they made were not sure.

As early as more than a week ago, for cotton picking, each family is making preparations, the original workers of the farm, they will be the main force, but the personnel are still not enough, according to the prediction of the old farmers, a week later, Baotou will rain sleet, not suitable for cotton picking and drying, so, at least within 2 days, to complete the overall picking work.

Within 2 days, 210 hectares of picking were completed, relying only on the existing more than 3,000 workers on the farm, it is absolutely not possible, and most of the surrounding labor force was recruited by various factories in Baotou, but several major families still found cotton pickers from Shanxi, and even Shaanxi, because of the huge output, the reward is also very high. If an acre of land can be completed in half a day, it is 1 yuan. In one day, it will be reduced to 7 corners.

Rao is so. This kind of treatment is also extremely high, odd jobs only, 2 days of time, and before planting wheat, it is just a vacancy, 2 days to complete two acres of land, at least 1.4, more may be 4 yuan, if the speed is faster. Two days to do more, maybe more.

More than 7,000 people were attracted to come, and the total number reached more than 10,000 people, and it should be no problem to complete the picking in 2 days.

With a yield of about 290 catties per mu, the cotton yield is about a quarter, that is, about 70 catties of lint. According to the current price of 0.32 yuan per catty of cotton, the income per mu is about 21 yuan, which I don't know how much more than growing grain. After deducting wages and costs, this benefit is very amazing, so. Take out an average of 1 yuan per acre of land, which is very easy.

When picking. Many landlords were not notified, but Baotou was so big. Thousands of cotton pickers did not deliberately keep it secret, and soon, everyone knew that the cotton in Baotou was about to be picked.

For more than half a year, Baotou's cotton planting, everyone is looking at it, in May, transplanting, many families also bought a part of the cotton plant, their cotton plant, almost half a month ago, it was picked, the results are very gratifying, the average per acre, from the original 70 catties, climbed to 180 catties, the yield of lint is increased by more than 3 times, everyone can see the benefits of planting cotton.

Ordinary land, just a accumulation, most of the family, the reason why they buy land, is because land is a resource, a resource that can continue to appreciate, but the output of land, whether it is with the money Zhuang Yinhao, or with the merchant sitting in the business, the difference is not a little bit, long-term farming may earn a little more, will not exceed 2 yuan, tenants to plant, it will be less, tens of thousands of acres of land, harvested every year, is just a little grain, in the green and yellow not to sell it, maybe you can earn a little more, When the grain came down, it was sold for almost no profit, and many landlords could only sell part of it, and the rest was often left there, rotting or rotting.

Cotton is not the same, even if there are more and more people planting cotton now, but cotton is still in short supply, from cotton cloth, to cotton jackets, quilts, cotton shoes, the more north, these pay more attention, in the past, the general harvest is below 70 catties, or the situation of day care, an acre of land produces about 10 catties of lint, can be sold for three or four yuan, but can not grow food, continuous cultivation, will also make the land fertility decline, income will be a little more, but soon to hand, not many people are willing, now it is different, More than 3 times the lint output, suddenly cotton has become different, although the cost of input is high, seeds, fertilizers, and some other management, manpower is also a lot higher, but the income is also high, an acre of land has increased by 10 times, I heard that the company is more.

Such rumors, in the whole Baotou landlord where, very market, people who know cotton, compared with their own cotton, in comparison with the cotton of the reclamation company, they know that the output should be inferior, but how much more, it needs to be weighed, the reclamation company as early as two months ago, has been listed separately, as a company mainly engaged in agriculture, all aspects of the equity have also been stripped out, and a Baotou commercial company has been established to manage the overall management, and now has been established a cement factory, cotton mill, flour mill, The brick factory and highway company, and even Qian Hu's engineering team, have also been incorporated into this commercial company, which is only a prototype for the time being, and the specific layout needs to be determined slowly.

The standard of the reclamation company is also listed, the land is included in the management of the reclamation company, according to the plan of the reclamation company, the overall planting, management, harvesting and sales work, the final benefits, deduct the necessary expenses, such as the labor company, the company's expenses, and taxes, etc., the final income will be divided into three parts, 30% will be extracted to the reclamation company, as the management fee of the reclamation company, 20% as public construction and equipment investment, and also take into account a small part of the charity, such as building primary schools, building bridges and roads, etc. Only the remaining 50% of the income will be used as the income of the landowner.

In this way, it is equivalent to a decrease of almost 5 percent, and the income is handed over to others in vain, if it is not a particularly huge difference, I am afraid that no one is willing. Many landlords are interested in cooperating with the company, but few have succeeded in taking this step.

At the harvest site, more than 10,000 people have been scattered into the land they are responsible for, sparsely sparse, but in the field, groups of landlords and housekeepers are standing there, especially the person who is responsible for measuring there, and there are the most people standing.

Yang Yuanzhao has long been prepared, measuring there, is an empty field, one is more convenient to measure, and the other is also convenient for these people to see, the land of these landlords, into the scope of the reclamation company, is a step that Yang Yuanzhao has long planned to implement, Baotou's land, more than 9 into 5, are concentrated in the hands of the big landlords, of which the Hou family is the most, thousands of hectares of land, once incorporated into the scope of the reclamation company, can provide sufficient and excellent raw materials for the production of cotton, Yang Yuanzhao is not focusing on a city, only if Baotou has enough raw materials, will it avoid being stuck by others, and the road of Baotou industry will do better.

Yang Yuanzhao and Liu Shu stood together, their expressions relaxed, next to them, they were the leading figures among the landlords, Hou Jinsheng was suddenly in the list, he was absent-mindedly chatting with the landlord next to him, but his vision and attention were still on this side of the measurement, thousands of hectares of land, if it was to plant cotton, it would need to be arranged in advance, he was also an investor in the cotton textile factory, and he was also involved in the highway company. However, when the reclamation company planted, the remaining cotton seedlings could not be planted all the land, so that relying on cotton alone to obtain huge benefits would not work.

Other landlords, how can they not have the same idea, even Liu Shu is a little nervous, the first large-scale planting of cotton, the harvest can be seen, how much the harvest is, this is very important.

With an order, 210 hectares of land, tens of thousands of people began to move quickly, each person two acres of land, the speed of this picking has also continued to climb up, cotton planting is very regular, the distance between each cotton plant, is also absolutely scientifically calculated, to ensure sufficient sunlight and water and fertilizer and other aspects of the balance, unlike other cotton fields, planted full, even people can not stand.

Referring to the equipment of later generations, a line, masks, comfortable cloth bags, and some head coverings were made for cotton pickers, so as to prevent them from being injured by cotton, and to ensure efficiency.

Yang Yue took a few young students to record in the field, this is the first large-scale planting, as well as the use of chemical fertilizers, etc., these are precious first-hand information, in the United States, Yang Yue has done a three-dimensional comparison of the yield of mainland cotton, and now, with the output of Baotou here to make a horizontal comparison, of course, the output of Baotou here, far more than the output of the United States, from 200 catties, to 280 catties, this increase can be absolutely not small, 40% increase.

Yang Yue looked at the plant carefully, several students, according to his instructions, from the roots and leaves of cotton, as well as the growth of cotton peaches and many other aspects, made a meticulous statistics, respectively written on a piece of paper, because taking into account each plant, the speed is particularly slow, more than half a morning, only to complete the small half an acre, and on the other side, the harvest of an acre of land has been completed, dozens of people together, pull down the cotton peach to measure there and weigh, at this time, whether it is intentional or not, make any expression, Most of the people rushed there, and everyone was watching to see what the specific production was, what it was. (To be continued......)