Chapter 1431: Autumn in Valley Village (I.)

"After so much effort to introduce and improve the corn, how does it taste?" Lyudmila asked Roland excitedly.

"The grains of this corn are very large, the taste is relatively rough, and it is not as delicious as local corn when it is cooked and gnawed directly, and it tastes okay when ground into flour to make corn tortillas." When Roland visited the "Land of Fields" half a year ago, he tasted Valentina's hand-baked tortillas, which tasted similar to the cornmeal pancakes on earth.

The factual assessment was disappointing, and Lyudmila was visibly disappointed.

"Whether it tastes good or not is secondary, and the yield per mu of the new variety of corn looks quite amazing!" After all, Tonya is an expert, and unlike Lyudmila, who only cares about the taste of corn, she just glances at the corn fields and sees that the unit yield of this kind of corn introduced from overseas is much higher than that of local corn.

"Tonya said that the key is that the current goal of Far Eastern agriculture is to pursue 'eating enough', and it has not yet reached the stage of considering 'eating well', although the new varieties of corn sacrifice some taste, the yield is extremely high." Roland showed a slightly mysterious smile at his girlfriend, "Mira, guess what, how much corn can be harvested per mu in this corn field in front of us?" ”

"You have to tell if you're weighing the cob or just the kernels you peel." Lyudmila cautiously emphasized.

Before Roland could speak, Tonya couldn't help laughing out loud and hurriedly replied, "Of course, it's only the seeds!" ”

"In that case...... I guess the yield is about 600 pounds per mu, which looks higher than the wheat yield. Lyudmila guessed.

"Guess less." Tonya shook her head.

"How much?" Lyudmila asked.

"The corn yield data in the valley village has not been counted, but from other farms that grow new varieties of corn, the yield per mu is not less than 1,000 pounds, and the high yield is nearly 1,200 pounds."

"Wow! The yield is so high? It's scary! Lyudmila's eyes widened in surprise.

"It is indeed amazing, nearly double the yield of corn in our Far East, unless it is used to promote growth, it is difficult for other food crops to reach the level of 1,000 pounds per mu." "No wonder Ms. Valentina is looking for this corn in every possible way, and it is the most suitable crop for promotion in the cold northern mountains. ”

Roland also had a lot of feelings in his heart. Judging from the level of agriculture on the earth in the 21st century, it is not worth making a fuss about the yield of 1,000 pounds of corn per mu, but in the world of Vares, where the era of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, genetically modified technology, and mechanized farming is far from coming, the production capacity of staple grains per mu has reached such a level, which is already a milestone in agricultural history.

The air suddenly became dull, and a hot breeze blew through the car window, alerting Roland. Turning his head, there was a faint black smoke rising from the northern sky.

"Huh? Look over there, is there a fire in the mountains? Lyudmila also noticed the unusual situation in the north.

"It's not like a forest fire...... Tonya narrowed a pair of charming heterochromatic eyes and observed for a long time, her face gradually became heavy, "That's the direction of Balre's volcano, and the hot wind and smoke are drifting from the crater, which is not a good sign!" ”

"Could it be ......" Lyudmila's face also changed, the word "volcanic eruption" had already reached her lips, but she didn't dare to say it.

Roland was also observing the unusual reaction of the Balle volcano. From the various signs observed so far, the volcano that has been dormant for many years has indeed recovered, but he also knows that the recovery of the volcano does not necessarily mean that magma will erupt, and the specific situation will only be determined by visiting the crater in person.

At this moment, a red ball of light appeared out of thin air. Roland reached out and held the ball of light, reading the magic information from it, and couldn't help but be slightly moved.

"Mira, Tonya, I'm afraid the valley village is in big trouble!"

……

At the dawn of the day, a rooster got out of the soft straw nest, first jumped lightly on the windowsill of the village office, and then fluttered its wings and jumped into the air and skillfully jumped onto the roof.

A flagpole was erected on the roof of the village hall, and the flag of the Kingdom of Kolas fluttered in the morning breeze, indicating that the large house was the seat of the village government agencies.

The rooster has no reverence for the government premises, and stands on the top of the roof and crows high, showing his presence and fulfilling his usual mission to awaken the villagers.

However, contrary to its expectations, after three times of crying, the village was still quiet, and the doors of every house were closed.

The rooster tilted his head in surprise, looking confused. At this time, the window of the village office was opened, and a chubby rabbit jumped out, looked up and glanced at the rooster with disdain, as if to say: "Before dawn, the villagers will all go to harvest corn, and you stupid bird still think how early you have risen!" ”

Katie yawned loudly at the morning horizon, returned to the house and licked the breakfast that Bavra had left for her—a corncake soaked in milk—and burped contentedly, raised her front paws to wipe her face, and wriggled her plump ass toward the farmland outside the village.

After the establishment of the valley village commune, in addition to the two distinctive features of centralized arable land and enterprise management, a principle different from the traditional farming method of yeoman farmers was introduced: a flexible production plan.

This term sounds very complicated, and it is only after repeated meetings of the village cadres to interpret the meaning that the villagers gradually understand what it means. First of all, the word "production plan" is easy to understand, farmers always have a plan for farming, for example, a total of 100 acres of land at home, 70 acres of wheat this year, 30 acres of beans, so next year will also be cultivated in this way? On the basis of satisfying their own needs, people tend to adjust their planting plans for next year according to the market prices of wheat and beans, and if the price of grain is high, there will be more varieties of wheat, and if the price of oil is high, there will be more soybeans.

Since the farmers united to form the commune, the power to formulate the cultivation plan was handed over to the commune management committee by each household, but the specific arrangement of the production plan was not entirely decided by the four commune leaders, but also by reference to the central government's unified purchase price benchmark table for crops.

The central government's commitment is that the price range will not exceed ±15 percent, which will not only preserve the space for the market to automatically adjust prices according to changes in supply and demand, but also to restrain food prices from fluctuating so drastically that they will have an impact on social stability.