Since there is a certain "elasticity" in the purchase price of grain set by the government in the coming year, the income of the peasants from selling grain will of course also be "elastic", and the commune will have to take some risks when formulating the agricultural production plan: an unwise farming plan will lead to a loss of income for all the members.

The director of the commune, the village priest, the druids, and the sheriff, in order to avoid mistakes in decision-making—and perhaps in the sense of avoiding accountability—had to consult with their members and submit the production plan drawn up by the commune management to the Commune assembly for consideration. All the members were shareholders in the state-owned farms and voted on whether to support the production plan, and if the majority voted against it, the commune leadership had no choice but to withdraw the plan and revise it until it had the support of the majority of the members.

Of course, one key factor should not be overlooked: 50% of the farm's equity is owned by the state, so the central government can directly issue a production plan for a farm if necessary, and in such a situation, no matter how reluctant the local members are, they can only respect the controlling interest of the central government and grow crops according to the plan.

Unless war breaks out or an extremely bad natural disaster, the Kolas government does not intend to adopt such a simple and crude means that undermine the enthusiasm of the peasants.

This year, the government's grain procurement guidelines have a clear direction - recommending major farms in the north to try to grow new varieties of corn that originated in the New World and have been improved by the "Harvest Ring". Although the Government does not have a mandatory production plan, it is clear from the purchase prices it has set that the projected purchase price of the new varieties of maize is 3 percentage points higher than that of local maize and 1 percentage point higher than the price of wheat.

Since it is more profitable to grow new varieties of corn, and the hydrothermal conditions in the valley villages are very suitable for planting this kind of corn, why not free up more land for new varieties of corn?

This is the opinion of Malik, the head of the management committee of the Valle Commune, the tavern owner, the opinion of a successful businessman.

The resident pastor, Peter, supported Malik's view, while Catwoman Druid Bafra said that he was not optimistic, for the simple reason that the local farmers had never touched the corn and lacked experience in growing it, so they were worried that the yield would not be as good as expected. Farmers are mostly conservative, and instead of taking the risk of planting new crops, it is better to wait and let others "eat the crabs", and if it turns out that planting new varieties of corn is indeed profitable, it is not too late to follow suit next year.

Mr. Malik, a native, admits that Bafra has a good picture of the mentality of most farmers, but insists that this is the best time to do so. By next year, there will be far more farms planting new varieties of corn in the valley villages, and when everyone flocks into the corn market, the supply will inevitably exceed demand, and the central government will have to float down the purchase price of corn, and those who follow the trend will not only not take advantage of it, but will suffer losses.

Malik succeeded in convincing Bafra and Nikolai, and with Peter's unwavering support, the four-member leadership team of the Valley Village Commune quickly developed a farming plan. It was already early May, and it was the time to plant corn, and they had to get the plan approved at the shareholders' meeting as soon as possible so as not to delay the planting date.

Seeing a business opportunity, Mr. Malik, like a shark smelling blood, not only promoted the benefits of planting new varieties of corn at the commune's shareholders' meeting, but also brought Peter, Bafra and Nikolai from house to house to persuade the diehards, and finally succeeded in convincing the majority of the members to accept a rather bold farming plan:

A total of 25,000 acres of farmland has been reclaimed from the valley village farm, of which 6,000 acres have been set aside for planting oil crops and soybeans, and only more than 4,000 acres of land have been reserved for planting the traditional grain crop "spring wheat" as the commune's rations, and the rest of the majority of the farmland - about 15,000 acres - is all used to grow new varieties of cold-resistant corn introduced from the New World!

Since August, the wheat and beans of the valley village farm have welcomed a bumper harvest, the average yield of wheat per mu is as high as 560 pounds, and the soybean is also good, the average yield per mu is nearly 300 pounds, but the local farmers can not rest assured until the autumn to confirm that the new varieties of corn are growing well, and when the end of September corn also ushered in the harvest season, the high yield of more than 1,000 pounds per mu finally made the farmers who had worked hard for more than half a year turn their worries into joy, and the leadership of the commune headed by Malik also secretly breathed a sigh of relief - the "first shot" since the establishment of the commune, It's finally a success!

Winter is early in the far northeast, and frost is already everywhere in early November, leaving farmers with only a short month to harvest and dry their corn. In previous years, it was actually okay, anyway, there were not many corn planted, and the harvest was completed in a few days, but this year 15,000 acres of corn were planted, and the yield of new varieties of corn was particularly high, and the time left for the commune to harvest was even tighter, so I had to get up early and work overtime at night. At the "Harvest Mobilization Meeting", Malik, the director of the commune, jokingly encouraged the members that "breaking corn is like picking money from a tree" and that the harvest is the fruits of their own labor, and the whole commune is full of enthusiasm.

Before dawn, drops of dew were condensed on the corn leaves, and the people of the valley village had been busy in the corn fields for two hours. When the corn is broken, the leaves are shaken, and the dew drops roll down from the tips of the leaves, and the faces are mixed with sweat and it is difficult to distinguish from each other.

The 15,000 acres of corn fields are connected into a large area, spread along the hot spring valley, and if you look down from the sky, it looks like a green carpet about one mile wide and ten miles long. The members of the corn harvesting are all in groups of three, one person leads the plough horse along the ditch slowly, the saddle is hung on both sides of the large basket, the other two follow behind the plough horse, respectively break the corn cobs on the left and right ridges, and throw them into the basket.

It is no wonder that Lyudmila was wrong when he visually measured the yield of new varieties of corn per mu, and if the corn planted in the valley village this year was only observed from the appearance of plant height and density, it seemed to be no different from the local corn, and only by walking to the corn field and observing it carefully would you find an incredible phenomenon - each corn stalk has two ears of corn cob! In contrast, local corn plants usually produce only one cob, and occasionally two or more cobs are inevitably shriveled and malnourished. The magic of the new variety of corn is that the "twins" produce full grains, which is why the yield per acre is twice as high as that of local corn.