In the year of the Great Wilderness, there was a stutter of green smoke from the ancestral tomb. In just one year www.biquge.info more than 600,000 people have gathered near Zhangye. This has also greatly alleviated the problem of "human shortage" in the Suihong District.

Unfortunately, only about 3,000 of them are literate, and priority has been given to them.

"Commander, there are still nearly 100,000 people who can't be resettled, is it to allocate land to them?"

Within a year, Cai Feng adopted the method of cash-for-work to renovate nearly 50,000 kilometers of water conservancy facilities, and guaranteed that crops would be planted as long as spring began.

"The land will not be allocated for the time being, and I will conduct experiments."

The fertilizer plant was the first project to be put into operation in the Zhangye Industrial Park, because the smelting of copper and iron requires a large amount of coke, and a coking plant has been built in the Zhangye area under the guidance of Gu Xin'an. And those exhaust gases are just used to synthesize ammonia, and now it can produce 2 tons of urea per day.

The fertilizer plant was purchased with a design production capacity of 10 tons per day. What exactly went wrong, Qin Lang, who didn't know anything about chemical engineering, naturally couldn't find the reason. Only comrades in Citigroup can hire foreign aid or collect relevant information. But even so, Qin Lang also had a confidence.

"Do you still have to experiment with farming?"

Someone next to him muttered quietly.

In the long historical years, planting has become an inseparable talent of the Chinese people, no matter how barren the land can grow crops, and now we have to carry out experiments, isn't it a joke!

Faced with doubts, Qin Lang just smiled slightly.

"Believe it or not, the field I tested has a production capacity of 500 catties per mu this year!"

Cai Feng shook his head first.

"Commander Qin, we have a saying. It is too long to grow less than four, too yellow to be less than three, and the further north the land is, the more barren it becomes. On the edge of the Yangtze River, the harvest year is only 400 catties, and after crossing the Yellow River, you can receive 300 catties, which are all blessings given by the dragon king. My old man said that his grandfather's generation came out once, and the whole village paid for the troupe to sing for a day. ”

Looking at the people who were talking, Qin Lang said loudly:

"Cai Feng, do you want us to make a bet. As long as you do a good job in water conservancy, the yield per mu is less than 500 catties, and I will allocate 500,000 oceans to you. If it reaches 500 catties, you will shelter another 500,000 people for me. ”

The person next to him immediately shouted.

"Bet, bet with Commander Qin!"

"Brigadier Commander, don't be aside. If you win the commander, you have a reputation, and if you lose, you have no loss. ”

"That's it, brigade commander, this is a no-loss deal."

Cai Feng waved his hand, and after rolling his eyes a few times, he said with a smile:

"Commander, what crop are you talking about?"

What if Commander Qin planted corn and potatoes, as long as there were 500 catties of water, it was really not a problem.

Qin Lang said with a smile:

"Wheat!"

Cai Feng immediately shouted:

"Bet!"

Wheat is highly resistant to drought and is naturally the first choice in dry years. However, the yield is not high, Cai Feng said less than three times just now, and that's what he said.

"That's okay, the land is contracted out, fifty acres a piece. People must be activists, don't make up for any crooked melons and cracked dates! And he must be trained by Chinese workers, and if he can't drive a tractor, let him go. ”

The Chairman once asserted that "the fundamental way out of agriculture lies in mechanization." ”

Qin Lang is convinced of this, and among the materials recovered by the car dismantling factory, there are a large number of tractors. Now, with the help of Cheng Fa Cai, most of them have been restored. Coupled with a years-long famine, most of Gansu's fields were left unowned, paving the way for mechanized farming.

Luo Rong was also a little incredulous when he heard the words of the bet.

"Comrade Qin Lang, there are 20,000 acres of land leveled now, can you really achieve a yield of 500 catties per mu?"

Qin Lang said with a smile:

"20,000 acres of land requires 600 tons of fertilizer, and 1,200 tons if it is fully fertilized. There are also insecticides, herbicides, and so on, and this money is about a thousand oceans. If you add the loss of machinery, it is less than two thousand oceans, and I will pay for it.

The Jicha Suihong District has also found some agronomists and given them considerable funds for research, and if wheat varieties can be improved, then the yield per mu can continue to increase.

However, with the increase in the cultivated area of the land, the production of chemical fertilizer is definitely not enough, and someone has to be found for this matter.

Qin Lang asked coldly:

"What does Mr. Hou Debang mean?"

Luo Rong immediately replied:

"Comrade Lin Wei has negotiated with Mr. Hou Debang many times, but he refused all on the grounds that Mr. Fan Xudong treats him very well!"

Qin Lang thought for a moment.

"Send a report to Mr. Fan and Mr. Hou, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces are hungry, and I hope that the two gentlemen will have a hard time in their lives, and they will work tirelessly to guide the technology. If we can increase the output of chemical fertilizers in China, we will save our people from famine. Another secret telegram was sent to them, saying that the Japanese had coveted the north of our country for a long time, and for the needs of national defense, they hoped that they would come west as soon as possible. ”

Another use of the fertilizer plant is for the military industry, where it can easily be converted to nitric acid, which is an indispensable raw material for the production of gunpowder.

Luo Rong wrote these down and then said:

"Commander, the land is fifty acres per piece, that is, a contract has to be signed with 400 people. According to the calculations of Chinese workers, a farm needs 5 people, and this only solves the hunger of 2,000 people. What about the rest of the people? ”

Qin Lang said with a smile:

"There are few poor people in Gansu land, and only by mechanizing agriculture can we liberate manpower. Today's focus is on light and heavy industry, which also requires a lot of people. At the moment, lipstick sales will continue for a few more years, and although profits will gradually decline, there is no problem with two million dollars a year. In the future, we will develop other products and strive for higher profits in the European and American markets.

Lao Luo, the current Yumen Oilfield is still just a prototype, and when the additional oil production equipment arrives, plus the oil refining equipment is put into production. Profits will rise to a new level, and if an oil pipeline can be connected to Soviet Russia, then it will not be a problem to resettle 300,000 or 400,000 people. ”

Luo Rong bit his lip.

"We must expand the army, and in the face of such great interests, no one will let go easily. We will expand the army one army at a time, and then we will implement a two-shift system and strive to retrain qualified military cadres. The party committee should also approve the plan for the training of militia reservists as soon as possible. ”

Qin Lang smiled.

"We have food on hand, and expanding an army is not a problem at all. But what I mean is to expand two corps at a time, and then train them to be supplementary corps. First, it can expand the army as quickly as possible, and secondly, when the combat troops are lost, they can be replenished immediately to maintain combat effectiveness! ”

Luo Rong thought for a moment.

"That's it! By the way, the number of distiller's grains is increasing, and most of the farmers have experience in raising pigs, are we investing in a pig farm? ”

Qin Lang laughed.

"You see that if you don't divide people, we must make the best preparations as soon as possible, so that more hungry people can come to the red zone and live a stable life." (To be continued.) )