Chapter 258: Arrangements of Huanglou Commune
After hearing this, Yang Zhenye felt a surge of ecstasy in his heart.
Even my mind went into a brief period of confusion.
The next moment.
"With a click!" The flashlight in Yang Zhenye's hand fell out of his hand and rolled to the ground.
After hearing the voice, Su Wenchen looked directly at Yang Zhenye.
Yang Zhenye quickly bent down and picked up the flashlight on the ground.
"Director, I'm sorry, I was a little excited just now and my hand was not steady. Please continue with the arrangements."
Su Wenchen smiled when he heard this.
"Secretary Yang, you have a firm grip this time!"
Then he continued.
"In addition, their region will be supplied with 3 million kilograms of food rations annually over the next two years."
"Grain is supplied in batches. One batch is delivered before the New Year, another batch is delivered during the summer harvest, and another batch is delivered after the autumn harvest. Your commune's grain depot must also be organized as soon as possible, so that when the grain arrives, it won't be full."
Hearing this, Yang Zhenye immediately widened his eyes and looked at Su Wenchen in disbelief.
"Director, are you sure you're right? Is it three million jin?"
To be honest, for Yang Zhenye, when had their commune ever stored more than one million kilograms of grain?
Even when the new grain came in, the entire commune didn’t have this much output!
Su Wenchen glanced at the other person.
"Secretary Yang, do you think I'm joking with you?"
Yang Zhenye quickly shook his head and explained.
"No, no, I just want to confirm it."
"Because in the year with the most relief food, the amount allocated to our brigade was only 500,000 kilograms."
However, at this time, Yang Zhenye really felt the benefits of joining the farm.
The higher authorities directly allocated 3 million jin of grain, so at least in the next two years, even if the fields don’t produce any crops, the members won’t go hungry.
Sure enough, what I thought was right. It’s nice to take shelter under a big tree. It’s a hundred times better than before even though it’s not a big deal.
When Su Wenchen heard what Yang Zhenye said, he just waved his hand.
"No need to say more before, from now on just follow the rules of the farm."
"However, you must prepare the inventory of population, land, and supplies in the next two days."
"I estimate that the county and district will send people over in the next two days, so as not to make any mistakes during the handover."
"I've finished the transfer procedures with the county and the district, and I'm about to go to Beijing to attend an important meeting at the ministry."
"So try to finish it as soon as possible. I'm thinking of going back to Lan City first!"
Su Wenchen thought that since he couldn't come back to celebrate the New Year in Beijing this time, he might as well take his wife to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year!
After all, we are married now, so we have to visit our father-in-law once to check on him.
When Yang Zhenye heard this, he spoke directly.
"Director, the commune has already made preparations. As soon as I received the news, I had someone prepare the inventory. Even every hoe has been registered."
"It can be handed over at any time!"
Su Wenchen looked at Yang Zhenye with some surprise.
"You've actually sorted it out ahead of time? Are you so sure your commune will be given to ours?"
To be honest, Su Wenchen himself didn't know where the other party got the confidence from before the deal was concluded.
Yang Zhenye simply shook his head.
"Director, how can I be so sure? But this thing is just a waste of time anyway."
"Even if it doesn't work out in the end, it will just be a bit of work. If it does work out, it will save a lot of time!"
And what he didn't say was that this would also leave Su Wenchen with a good impression of being proactive and hardworking!
After all, it has been assigned to the farm system management. Although the level has not changed, the specific position depends on the arrangement of the farm.
So he must try his best to perform.
When Su Wenchen heard this, although he didn't show it on his face, he was actually very satisfied with Yang Zhenye's ability to do things.
Because as long as everything is registered at the commune, we just need to reconcile the accounts with the county.
This will save several days.
He can also arrange things here as soon as possible and then return to Lan City.
So Su Wenchen said directly.
"Since your commune has completed the registration, I will call the district tomorrow and ask them to arrange for someone to come over."
"Old Hou, you will represent our farm when the time comes. You will review the inventory with Secretary Yang and the county officials to confirm the transfer procedures."
Since he had already discussed the major issues with the regional leaders, there was no need for him to go there in person to handle the procedures and check the supplies.
Basically, it can be accomplished through the coordination of cadres from both sides.
After hearing Su Wenchen's arrangement, Hou Guozhong immediately nodded in agreement, but after hesitating for a moment, he asked.
"Director, the region only provided 3 million kilograms of food rations, right?"
Su Wenchen slapped his forehead and replied immediately.
"I almost forgot, there are still ten walking tractors. When the time comes to hand them over, please confirm whether they are there or not. Don't let them fool you."
"Ten?"
Hou Guozhong was a little surprised and said it subconsciously.
"This area is quite generous! This will make it much easier for us to cultivate the land."
"Today I went with the other members to dig a drainage ditch. They had to carry the soil out in baskets, which was a huge waste of manpower."
Su Wenchen heard this and said directly.
"Although this thing can improve work efficiency, it also needs oil."
"Even if a normal commune could get ten tractors, it would be completely unable to maintain them!"
"This time when I go to Beijing, I have to see if I can get more diesel quotas."
"Otherwise, with our current annual diesel quota of 20 tons, the farm would only be able to operate these ten tractors at medium load for six or seven months at best."
"It won't even take that long, because Lan City has a lot of transportation to do every year, and it needs at least ten or eight tons!"
"Once the division opened here, it felt like everything was lacking! Even time seemed to be in short supply."
As he spoke, Su Wenchen walked to the stove again, scooped a bowl of sweet potato porridge, and brought it to the eight-immortal table.
"Everyone, take a seat. It's a good thing you're all here. Let's discuss the arrangements for the branch during the New Year period!"
"Secretary Yang, do you still remember the total population and land holdings of your commune?"
When Yang Zhenye heard this, he was stunned at first.
Obviously, although Su Wenchen's words were just a simple discussion, to him, this meant that he had been recognized to enter the decision-making level of the branch, so he immediately expressed it.
"Remember, our commune, no, our sub-farm, now has a total of eleven production brigades under its jurisdiction."
"A total of 8,741 people and a total land area of 78,261 mu."
Su Wenchen looked at Yang Zhenye in surprise, but he didn't say much about the change in the other party's words.
Because although the commune on his side assigned them the management of the farm, local leaders were still needed to act as a glue in the short term.
Of course, it is also because in Su Wenchen's opinion, Yang Zhenye is capable of doing things.
Otherwise, he is not the only leader of the commune.
Moreover, the other party could actually remember the detailed population and land figures of the commune, not to mention whether it was prepared in advance.
At least in Su Wenchen's opinion, this attitude shows that he wants to make progress.
Otherwise, if he really relies on his age and qualifications, he will act like he has enough experience and qualifications to deal with young leaders like Su Wenchen, and you have to listen to him.
He certainly won't indulge the other person. Although he can't fire you at this time, he can still let you stay in the corner to guard the documents.
Even since the transfer documents have not been signed yet, it is possible to directly let the region transfer people.
However, in Su Wenchen's opinion, Yang Zhenye is still the kind of person who really wants to make progress.
So just say it directly.
"I didn't expect Secretary Yang to remember it so clearly, but have these 78,000 acres of land been managed?"
Yang Zhenye quickly shook his head.
"No, that's not it. It was only included when the commune was established. Forty to fifty thousand mu of this land is mainly heavily saline-alkali land with no water diversion channels or alkali-removal channels dug."
"If we talk about the areas in our commune that have been well managed over the years and can grow crops, there are only about 26,000 mu in total."
"Among them, 20,000 mu was converted little by little by digging canals by various brigades over the years."
"There are still more than 6,000 mu. Our commune organizes some labor every year and opens it up little by little during the slack season."
"It's a shame to say that after all these years, our commune has only begun to improve governance to this extent."
"The main reason is that our commune is poor. Even during the off-season, we can't mobilize many people to help dig the canal."
"It's not that there aren't enough people, but we can't afford to support them!"
"Because even if we manage these areas well, salt will still return every year, and we still have to send people to maintain and suppress the salt return."
"So even with these well-managed fields, the basic yield per mu is only about 100 kilograms. If we want to achieve a similar yield per mu, we have to raise the land like the surrounding areas in the county, so that the salt and alkali cannot rise up and the harvest will not be affected."
Su Wenchen drank a mouthful of porridge and pondered for a moment.
He didn't expect that the land he managed here was actually quite a lot, more than 20,000 mu. With an annual yield of 100 kilograms per mu, there are 2 million kilograms of grain, which is really a lot.
However, Su Wenchen calculated that the population of the commune was close to 9,000 and found that it did not seem like much. On average, each person only had 200 kilograms of food rations per year.
On average, about five or six taels a day.
Well!
Even without oil or water intake, this is indeed not much.
Moreover, during the farming and harvesting stages, it is impossible to eat only this much a day, as we also have to reserve grain for next year.
Thinking of this, Su Wenchen also understood why this place gave him a deserted feeling in winter.
Because they are all lying at home to save food!
This way, you can eat less when you are not active in the winter, and the food you save can be used to eat more when you are working, so you won't be exhausted.
With the occasional relief food provided by the higher-ups, we are able to hold on here with some difficulty.
Considering that most members are now reducing their activities and food intake.
Su Wenchen spoke directly to Yang Zhenye.
"Secretary Yang, after you and Lao Hou complete the handover procedures, the first batch of grain from the region should be delivered."
"When the time comes, you will be ready to organize the teams to come and collect the food."
Hearing this, Yang Zhenye agreed immediately.
"Okay, Director. When the rations are delivered, I'll organize them to collect them."
"By the way, Director, when can you call the cadres from all the production teams for a meeting? Would you like to recognize them?"
"And how will their production team arrange work then?"
"Since we have almost no brigade industry here, the brigade cadres basically act as mediators between conflicts among the various production teams below them."
"So generally speaking, the specific work arrangements are basically decided by the production teams themselves."
"Will it be the same as before? Or will it?"
Since he didn't know what Su Wenchen thought about the production team below, Yang Zhenye didn't know whether to maintain the status quo or what to do next.
After all, at that time, the communes basically implemented similar policies.
But the situation is different on farms. Some farms use a wage system to pay fixed wages, some farms use a work point system which is not much different from the commune policy, and some farms use pure in-kind distribution, directly distributing grain and non-staple food according to unified standards.
So Yang Zhenye didn't know what Su Wenchen was going to do. What he wanted most was definitely the salary system, but he also knew that this was the most difficult.
Because that's a lot of money.
After hearing this, Su Wenchen thought about it before making a decision.
"In the next two days, I will plan a unified work and labor remuneration plan."
"We will try this plan out here in the future."
"In principle, starting next year, all members who become farm employees will be allocated at least 300 kilograms of basic food rations per person per year."
"As for the salary, let me think about it before deciding on a specific plan!"
"By the way, after the handover procedures are completed, call together all the production team managers and hold a mobilization meeting."
"It's getting late today, let's have a meeting and make unified arrangements later!"
Su Wenchen was on his way back to the guesthouse.
After thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is still impossible to receive salary directly at the branch site.
Because even if the basic monthly payment of 15 yuan is adopted, these nearly 9,000 people will have to spend 1.6 million yuan each year.
This is an absolutely huge sum of money at this time.
With the current income of their farm, they probably have to work very hard to pay out the wages. After all, Yuehua Rabbit settles the money in foreign currency, but the money cannot be deposited into their account.
This is also the reason why the ministry does not require them to hand over profits and prescribed material supplies every year.
Because they have already paid the biggest portion.
Although the remaining chicken farms are profitable, there is not much left to maintain the farm wages and welfare benefits such as housing and medical care.
This is also why many state-owned factories went out of business after the reform and opening up, because the burdens on both sides are completely different.
So in this case, Blue Water Farm has no way to directly pay the wages to these farm workers.
In addition, if we don’t pay salaries directly, we have to find other ways to motivate these people.
Because at this time, there are many honest and hardworking people, but there are also many lazy people who take advantage of the situation.
Otherwise, there would not have been a rapid increase in grain production after the household contract responsibility system was implemented.
Ultimately, it is a question of subjective initiative. When people can get the same pay for slacking off, many capable people will be led by those slackers to slack off.
Anyway, no matter how much effort I put in, what I get will be the same, so why should I put in more effort?
Su Wenchen must absolutely avoid such a situation. After all, in the early stages of building the site, he must mobilize all available resources to the maximum extent possible.
So after Su Wenchen thought for a while,
I think we still have to follow the principle of more work, more pay, less work, less pay. Those who want to fish in troubled waters should stay away.
Three days later.
After three days of checking and confirming the inventory of population, land, materials, etc., Huanglou Commune was officially handed over to the management of Lanshui Farm.
And because it was not kept secret before, it caused a lot of uproar during these three days.
Su Wenchen did not disclose other policies, but he asked Yang Zhenye to reveal the fixed annual food ration of 300 kilograms to the members in advance.
He also wanted to reassure the members in advance. Not to mention the wages from following their farm, at least they wouldn't have to hibernate in the winter like before.
And because Su Wenchen was in a hurry, the handover meeting and their branch mobilization meeting were held together.
January 19, 1971, Huanglou Commune Auditorium.
It was early morning and the dusk had not yet faded.
There was already a crowd of people outside the auditorium of Huanglou Commune.
At that time, the commune's auditoriums were basically converted from the houses of wealthy families.
Two huge lanterns hung high above the door, making the vermilion lacquer on the lintel shine brightly.
Several young members climbed onto ladders and pulled a brand new red silk banner up to the eaves. Printed in black on a white background, it read, "Warmly celebrate the successful establishment of the first branch of Blue Water Farm!"
Inside the auditorium.
Yang Zhenye rolled up his sleeves and worked with the other members to put the faded old tables and chairs in order.
"One of you can go up there and check if it's in order. Don't let the director see it's all crooked when he looks down from above."
Upon hearing this, the quick-footed members immediately ran towards the podium which was temporarily made up of several octagonal tables.
Several tables were joined together, covered with a layer of blue coarse cloth, with piles of ledgers neatly stacked on top, and a red leather notebook and ink box on top.
A young member walked to the middle seat and looked down.
"Director, the second stool in the third row is a little crooked. Move it a little to the right!"
"Yes, yes, okay, almost done, now it's neat!"
After arranging the tables and chairs, Yang Zhenye looked at the corner of the wall. Two half-grown teenagers were standing on tiptoe to repair the mottled wall, and the white paint was dripping onto the ground.
He immediately ran over with a broom in hand and shouted.
"Be careful, young man! If this spills on the floor, you need to clean it up immediately!"
"Otherwise, when it dries, you'll have to shovel it."
Just as the two teenagers nodded, a burst of shouting came from the door.
"Lao Yang! Lao Yang! Where are they?"
"We're here to help!"
Yang Zhenye followed the sound and walked to the door.
I saw the ox carts from the neighboring Lizhai Commune and Liangzhai Commune parked right in front of the auditorium.
Yang Zhenye immediately laughed.
"Haha, Secretary Li, Secretary Liang, why are you here so early?"
"Didn't I send someone to tell you that the meeting wouldn't start until 10 o'clock?"
Seeing Yang Zhenye looking very proud.
Among them, the secretary of Liangzhai Commune immediately said sourly.
"Old Yang, when your Huanglou was in trouble before, I never said a word!"
"You can't be ungrateful!"
Then he said to the secretary of Lizhai Commune nearby.
"Your Li Village is so far from here, why are you here so early?"
"Old Li, let me tell you, it's no use trying to curry favor with us. According to the order, Liang Village will definitely be included first next year!"
The secretary of Lizhai Commune said directly
"Get out of the way. Who doesn't know about your little tricks, Lao Liang?"
"We've been dealing with each other for so many years. As soon as you stick your butt out, I know what you're doing."
"And our commune also has several brigades near Huanglou!"
"It's up to the leadership to decide who goes first and who goes second. I fully support it no matter what."
After these words were spoken, Secretary Liangzhai opened his mouth but said nothing.
Just muttered quietly.
"I knew you were a flatterer. Damn it, if I hadn't come, I guess Liangzhai Commune wouldn't have been the first to take over next year."
Yang Zhenye watched the two people fighting each other's wits and courage, and a feeling of relief suddenly came over him.
All three of these communes are located on the edge of Fengxian County.
In the past, in order to compete for the county's relief food, everyone had to use all their own unique skills.
They have done a lot of things to trip each other up.
After all, there is only so much relief food that can be allocated. If you eat more, other communes will have to eat less.
As the leaders of the commune, they will definitely prioritize the interests of their own commune.
But now he was the first to go ashore.
So for the two suffering brothers, it is natural to help them if possible.
Directly.
"Okay, I know what you two mean. The director should be here around seven or eight o'clock. I'll introduce you then."
"But how to receive it specifically is not up to me."
Hearing Yang Zhenye say this, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, the news they received from the county was that they would first take over Huanglou Commune, and then take over their two communes in the next two years.
It can be said that they must have had complicated feelings after knowing this.
After all, we were three miserable brothers before, but now one of them has made it ashore.
And even if we don't consider the members, if we consider ourselves, the commune that was incorporated first will definitely have the advantage.
After all, there are only so many positions of power, and the first one in is the one that you occupy.
Moreover, according to the neighboring Huxi Farm in Pei County, as commune secretaries, they are generally planned to enter the farm, basically either as deputies of branch farms or department leaders.
If you have a choice, a deputy position is definitely better than a department leader. Even each department is different. For a farm, can the power of the production department and the publicity department be the same?
So when the secretary of Lizhai Commune heard what Yang Zhenye said, he shouted directly to the people who followed him.
"What are you all standing there for? Come over here and act like the boss!"
"We will all be farm employees from now on, so why don't you go and help the comrades in Huanglou get busy?"
Seeing that he had taken the lead again, the secretary of Liangzhai Commune was annoyed and shouted at the person who followed him.
"Just follow me! Do I need to tell you that?"
"You have no sense at all. You won't be able to grab the hot food even if you eat shit like this!"
Hearing the secretary's swearing, the young member of Liangzhai immediately rolled his eyes.
He is not a dog, he can't snatch the thing to eat regardless of whether it is hot or not!
And eating that stuff won’t make you feel full!
(End of this chapter)
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