Chapter 260: Unify thoughts! Only then can we arrange the work!
Soon after many members in the audience finished counting, some of them immediately showed joy on their faces.
"Mom, so if my mother and I form a production team and work ten acres a day, then all the work points from those ten acres will belong to our family."
As soon as these words were spoken, a member immediately objected.
"Shugen, you think you're a hard-working ox! You can work ten acres of land a day! If you're really that capable, our production team can only manage this much land. You don't work more every day than me."
"I'm just giving an example. Besides, even if I could really work ten acres a day, I would have done the same as everyone else before! More work doesn't mean more food is consumed!"
"Working more in the team is still just ten work points. I'm not stupid."
"Besides, Xishun, whenever it's time to work, you start dawdling, as if everyone knows you're trying to save on food. But you won't be able to take advantage of me in the future. I won't be in a group with you."
Upon hearing this, the other party retorted angrily.
"Who said I was dawdling on purpose? I was just not full and had no energy!"
"You think I like being in the same group with you? I tell you, there are plenty of people who want to be in the same group with me."
"I don't believe it. Who else but your wife would let you take advantage of her all the time?"
"Who said I've always taken advantage? I'm just not in good health and can't do heavy work!"
The two of them were getting louder and louder, and they were about to start a quarrel.
The leader of the other production team's face turned green at this point, and he even wanted to kill both of them.
What do these two idiots think this place is?
They quarreled regardless of the occasion, and the two of them even exposed the shortcomings of their production team in front of their superiors. Isn't this just putting him on the fire?
So he immediately said in a low and deep voice.
"Shugen, Xishun, you two, shut up right there. If you really want to argue, I'll let you have a good one when we get back."
After hearing the captain's words, the two calmed down instantly and remembered that they were in a meeting!
Look at the eyes of people around you.
The two men immediately quieted down. After all, they knew that family disgrace should not be made public, because if it got out, the people in their production team would like to play tricks on them.
In order to save food rations, they all deliberately do not work hard. It will be more difficult for the men in their team to get married in the future.
Su Wenchen was sitting on the podium and heard the little episode just now. It was not a surprise to him.
Because most farmers, you can say they may not understand any advanced knowledge.
But there is always a lot of cunning inside.
Most people will not sit idly by and watch themselves suffer losses.
Many times, if there is just one person who is lazy and is not dealt with seriously immediately, he will gradually lead the entire group astray.
Later on, when everyone starts to work without putting in any effort, there is often no way to deal with the problem.
Because the whole group is like this, it is impossible to reverse it by dealing with one or two people.
This is also the reason why Su Wenchen wants to break the previous way of working.
Because when he was conducting research before, he visited many production teams here. There were not many saline-alkali lands that had been managed here before, which was partly the reason for the low grain output.
However, one of the factors is that many people deliberately do not work hard in order to save food.
The more you want to save food, the less you want to work. The less work you put in, the less saline-alkali land you can manage, and naturally the growth in food production will be slow.
So it’s a vicious cycle.
After hearing the argument between the two people above, many members also felt that such a plan seemed to be a good thing for most people who were willing to contribute.
Because those who don't want to contribute any effort and just want to stay in the collective and waste their time will definitely not be willing to form a production team with him.
But someone still asked.
"Leader, are those rations you exchanged for work points the same 300 kilograms of rations you mentioned earlier?"
"If I earn more work points, can I exchange them for more rations?"
Obviously, for the members at this stage, the demand for food is far greater than the demand for cash, and basically no one cares about how much cash they can exchange at the end of the year.
Because that is something you only think about after you’ve eaten your fill.
But before Su Wenchen could say anything, an old man interrupted him.
"You're talking nonsense! In the team, we exchange work points for food! Otherwise, we could have given you 300 kilograms of rations for free! You young man, you're just dreaming of something you can't even imagine."
Hearing this, the other party muttered.
"I'm just asking! What if there's such a good thing? Besides, each person in the team can exchange 200 kilograms, what if the farm can exchange a little more?"
Su Wenchen just laughed.
"Haha, this comrade is right. This is a good thing. The work points earned don't count towards the 300 kilograms."
"That is to say, for every extra work point you earn, you can earn an extra grain on top of the 300 kilograms of rations."
"However, the distribution of these basic rations requires reaching 70% of the normal work point standard before they can be distributed free of charge."
Su Wenchen thought about it and explained it in a way that was easy for the members to understand.
"That is to say, if you are all male laborers between the ages of 20 and 40 and you all earned 1,000 work points this year, you must earn 700 to receive 300 kilograms of free food rations."
"If you only earned 500 work points, you will only be given 150 kilograms of free food this year. The rest will still have to be purchased with work points."
"If you only earned ten work points this year, you would only get thirty kilograms of free food rations."
"Also, regarding the exchange limit per person, a farm employee can exchange their work points for a maximum of 200 kilograms of grain. This means that as long as your contribution reaches the standard next year, you can receive a maximum of 500 kilograms of grain."
The last two hundred kilograms are actually the annual grain output of Huanglou Commune itself, plus the grain rationed to the region in the past two years.
So 500 kilograms per person is their current total food supply.
Strictly speaking, what Su Wenchen did this time was not directly contracting production to households. He just used grain to motivate the members and mobilize their autonomy and initiative.
The reason why the original communes did not use this method was not because they did not know how to do it, but because most local communes simply could not get so much grain.
Su Wenchen was able to use this method because he was able to obtain large quantities of grain from the region.
The success of Blue Water Farm’s department-directed signboard and Yuehua Rabbit actually played a big role in this.
Because you have made brilliant achievements in the past, many people may not be optimistic about what you are doing now, but at worst they will be skeptical and rarely directly refute it.
If you were in the commune, you could just go to the region and ask for three million kilograms of grain, saying you wanted to build this place into the animal husbandry center of East China.
I guess the regional leaders would think the other party has gone crazy.
But if Su Wenchen said the same thing, the other party would hesitate, because when facing someone who has created a miracle once, few people would bet that the other party will definitely fail next time.
After Su Wenchen finished his explanation, the scene immediately erupted into a heated discussion.
Because many people did not expect that 300 kilograms of rations would be distributed for free as long as they met the work standards.
"Oh my god, that's great. Doesn't that mean we can earn 300 kilograms for free just by working a little bit?"
"What are you thinking? You think it's still the same as before, with a maximum of ten work points a day. But in the future, work points will be floating. The more you work, the more points you earn. Do you think everyone's work points will be the same as before?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the joy on some people's faces instantly faded a lot.
Because although I earn more, it seems like I have to do a lot more work as well.
Especially since they are allowed to freely form production teams, how can they continue to live their lives?
Even if they themselves knew it, they definitely could not form a production team by looking for members who were as unwilling to work as they were.
By then, the production team will only be left with a bunch of idlers, and they probably won’t be able to finish the daily required work!
So someone immediately expressed dissatisfaction.
"Boss, didn't you say before that each person would get 300 kilograms? Why do we have to earn a certain number of work points before we can pay? Aren't you breaking your promise?"
"Besides, some people have limited abilities, so why can't we just send them out uniformly?"
"Yeah, we're all a collective, so what if some people can do more?"
Su Wenchen raised his eyebrows and looked at these people.
He noticed that these people looked much better than the other members. Su Wenchen could tell from their expressions that they were definitely the kind of people who only wanted to take advantage without putting in any effort.
In fact, there are always such people.
Sometimes, these people even live more comfortably than those who are honest and hardworking.
So Su Wenchen said directly and coldly.
"First of all, this standard is not based on adult male labor statistics, but is calculated separately. The standard for the elderly is also based on the elderly, but the elderly standard line is lower, so the distribution will also be slightly lower!"
"Secondly, why can't they just post it all at once? I can tell you very clearly that it's to prevent lazy people like you from having such ideas."
"As for the collective you mentioned, from now on the entire farm will be the collective. From now on, you are no longer members of the commune or production team as before, you are now employees of the farm."
"As long as you work to the standard of most people, you can get the same ration as the workers in the city."
"You don't even need to spend money or food stamps to buy it."
"If anyone feels that this is inappropriate and that the old production team method is better, then you can speak up directly."
"There are several commune secretaries in the meeting room, as well as Director Shi from the county. As long as there is a commune willing to accept you, our farm will definitely not hold up your paperwork."
Su Wenchen's cold words echoed in the conference hall.
The secretary of Lizhai Commune, who was sitting below, immediately stood up and spoke.
"Director, we in Lizhai Commune don't want lazy people like this. People who don't work but still want to eat food will be dragged out and criticized as examples every day in Lizhai Commune."
When the secretary of Liangzhai Commune saw that he had been overtaken again, he stood up and spoke.
"We in Liangzhai Commune don't want people like this anymore. We always assign tasks to individuals, and they are not allowed to go back to sleep until they finish their work. Such lazy people can't survive in our commune."
"Director, if you ask me, it's because the management here at the Huang Building is too lax. They've always emphasized collective labor, which has allowed these people to exploit loopholes."
When Yang Zhenye, who was standing next to him, heard this, his face turned green.
Secretary Liang, you bastard, you can show your loyalty if you want to, but why are you trying to pull me down? When you asked me to introduce you to the director this morning, you didn’t have this expression on your face.
What’s the matter? You turned against me right after we introduced each other?
Otherwise, why do people say that Secretary Liang, you have good abilities but bad relationships with others, and have always been suppressed by Secretary Li from Lizhai!
You deserve it!
But he still stood up immediately. After all, he didn't want to give his leader a bad impression on this first day.
He even took a deep look at those hooligans who spoke out.
You are trying to flatter him in front of the leader, right?
To be honest, in the past, due to the limited support provided by the commune to the production teams below, they basically did not take many measures to deal with those who complained that they were not full and had no energy to work.
Although this means that few people die from exhaustion during spring plowing every year, it also makes Huanglou Commune the slowest among the three communes in managing saline-alkali land.
Liangzhai Commune, however, assigned tasks directly to individuals and did not allow them to rest until the work was completed. Although it managed the most saline-alkali land and produced the most grain each year, it also had the highest number of deaths each year.
After all, with their limited foundation, without any external support, they can only rely on themselves and risk their lives.
But now Yang Zhenye also found that he seemed too gentle before.
This made some people want to take advantage of the situation and start thinking that they could get food by just fooling around.
He didn't even dare to think about this good thing.
So after Secretary Liangzhai finished speaking, Yang Zhenye stood up and spoke.
"Director, comrades, I apologize to everyone. I used to be so focused on the fact that everyone was hungry that I neglected the management of this type of people."
"Don't worry, Director. I will definitely strengthen personnel management in the service department. We will no longer have the habit of just idling away your time and getting relief food."
"If you're here, just deal with me."
Seeing that Yang Zhenye had stood up to reflect on himself, those who were still thinking about whether they could take advantage of him as before suddenly reacted.
It seems that things are indeed different now than before.
I quickly retracted my head. After all, they wanted to take advantage and they were not fools.
And looking at the situation now, it seems that this leader is not as easy to fool as Secretary Yang before.
Su Wenchen did not say anything against those people, because with his current status, there was no need to chase after those who wanted to slack off.
Since he has clearly expressed his intention not to support lazy people, Su Wenchen believes that if these people do not change, someone will deal with them.
Even if there are changes, it is estimated that they may not be able to live comfortably, because the speeches of these people on this occasion today have actually negated the efforts of the Huanglou Commune team.
The entire commune team, headed by Yang Zhenye, was also slapped in the face.
Moreover, Su Wenchen could tell from the fact that Yang Zhenye directly stood up to review himself that these people would definitely not be given any good jobs in the future.
However, Su Wenchen still held Yang Zhenye's hand and comforted him.
"Comrade Zhenye, don't put so much pressure on me. We're not holding this mobilization meeting today to deal with anyone's problems."
"The main thing is to unify everyone's thoughts, so that it will be easier for everyone to carry out their work later!"
Su Wenchen's purpose this time is indeed to unify everyone's thoughts, so that it will be easier for everyone to carry out their work later!
"I still say the same thing. A farm is not a place for lazy people. After going down there, the heads of various departments and the production team leaders must convey everything clearly when they return."
"After becoming a farm employee, you also need to change your previous mentality of just working for the day. The farm believes in more work, more pay, and less work, less pay."
"If you don't work hard, not only will you get nothing, you'll also be punished!"
"If you don't want to, you can just ask for it. As long as you find a place willing to accept you, the venue will definitely not hold anyone back."
"Also, I believe that even in state-owned factories, the skilled workers who do the most work will earn more!"
“So I hope everyone can communicate clearly after we go down!”
"Also, because it's close to the Lunar New Year, the farm won't be organizing work before the New Year. The first batch of grain has already been delivered to the region, so each production team will organize people to bring the grain back home."
"We will distribute it to everyone in advance according to the standard of 100 kilograms for adults, 70 kilograms for the elderly, and 50 kilograms for children. Everyone should take advantage of this period to recuperate."
"The subsequent receipt of the second batch of rations will depend on whether your work points meet the standard."
"Don't be reluctant to eat. Eat well and stay healthy so you can have the strength to work later and contribute to the farm."
"That way you'll earn more work points later. If you're reluctant to eat, you won't even reach the standard level, and you'll earn even less food later. That's not worth it!"
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, someone immediately spoke out loudly.
"Leader, don't worry. As long as we have enough to eat, we will definitely work hard and contribute to the farm. Those who always try to cheat and play dirty deserve to have no food to eat."
As soon as this was said, most people supported it.
"Yes, it's these people who only think about taking advantage of us, leaving us no time to contribute."
"I think these rats should be kicked off the farm."
As soon as these words were spoken, the spearhead was instantly directed at the people in front who wanted to take advantage.
Su Wenchen saw that the scene below was about to shift in another direction, so he quickly pulled the reins.
It’s not that he wanted to protect these people, but he didn’t want to set such a precedent on the farm, because once the precedent was set, such things would definitely continue to happen in the future.
It even evolved into a direction that Su Wenchen didn't want to see.
He has many ways to deal with these people, but he absolutely cannot use this most drastic method.
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Today is the mobilization meeting for the construction of the first branch farm. This is everyone's first day as a farm employee."
"The field doesn't look at how you performed before, but mainly looks at how you perform in the future."
"Even if we do deal with them, we have to decide based on their performance on the farm at the time."
"Okay, it's almost time for today. We still have to allocate rations to your production teams later. I believe most of you are waiting impatiently."
"That's all for today. Each production team should go back and organize people to transport grain. The meeting is adjourned!"
As soon as these words were spoken, no one paid attention to anything else, because nothing could compare to the importance of food in their hearts.
As soon as Su Wenchen landed, many production team leaders hurriedly ran towards the door.
"Shuanzi, hurry up, hurry up, you can run fast, go back to the team immediately, organize people to come and transport grain, have the ox carts come over, and call all the idle laborers over. Oh, by the way, when the time comes, go to the Xiaoyanglou Production Team next door and see if you can borrow their mules."
"Yang Laonian, you are such a piece of shit! I'm still here, and you arranged for your team members to go to our production team to borrow mules."
"Shugen and Xishun, you two don't have any good eyesight! What are you standing there for? Go back and call for help!"
"If our production team's mules are borrowed, I'll skin you both dead, and then you two will have to carry the grain back to me one by one!"
After the meeting, Director Shi from Feng County looked at the captains of each production team, whose faces were red and their necks were thick with anxiety.
Speak directly to Su Wenchen.
"Director Su, our county hasn't been this lively for a long time!"
"And I also think that the work point system your farm is using this time can maximize the enthusiasm of the members."
As he said this, he pointed to the members outside who were discussing enthusiastically.
There was an unconcealable joy on every face.
Su Wenchen also smiled.
"Director Shi, I think their happiness now has nothing to do with the work point system we use."
"They are simply happy to have enough food to eat."
"If you don't believe me, go back and distribute New Year's rations to the county commune and see if the members of that commune are happy."
However, Su Wenchen also knew that the reason these members were excited was not just because of the distribution of rations today.
And we have greater expectations for the future.
After all, people still have to live within expectations. When you know that the future will get better and better, no matter how difficult it is, there will be a force rising from your heart to support you to move forward.
If you don’t know where the future lies, most people will lose the motivation to continue striving, even if they are doing okay now.
Choose to lie down and live one day at a time.
Just blaming others for not working hard without providing them with expectations and rewards.
In Su Wenchen's opinion, they are all acting like hooligans, because if you want the horse to run, you must feed it grass.
Now Su Wenchen is creating expectations for these people, telling them that as long as they work hard, each of them can earn at least 500 kilograms of food next year. For the people in this place, this is a strong temptation.
Su Wenchen also invested a large amount of grain to achieve this effect.
If he just talks but doesn't take any action, no members will believe him.
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Director Shi shook his head.
"Forget it! I don't have the skills of your farm. If we distribute the New Year's rations, we can have a good year, but next year when we need to work hard for the spring plowing, there will be no food to replenish it."
"Besides, our commune is not like your farm, which sells out ten tractors at once. Even if you don't use manual labor today, you can still cultivate 50,000 to 60,000 acres in a year with just the tractors."
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"It's not that easy. Although the members don't have to use hoes to open the wasteland, they still have to dig the drainage canals with hoes."
"Otherwise, if the salinity is too high, even if you plant alkali-tolerant grass, it may not survive. Even if it survives, the grass yield is too low and it's not cost-effective."
"It would be great if we had an excavator. It would be much faster to dig a small drainage ditch like this."
However, Su Wenchen also knew that an excavator was much more difficult to operate than a tractor.
Moreover, excavators are industrial equipment, which is different from agricultural equipment such as farm machinery. His current connections are all in the agricultural sector, and he really doesn't know anyone in the industrial sector.
Director Shi just laughed.
"Director Su, you're really imaginative. Excavators are only used to dig canals, and only those used to build dams can apply for permission."
"In the 1950s, we dug several rivers here, but we were only given one excavator, so most of the work was done by manpower."
"How could the higher-ups possibly approve of you using an excavator to dig this drainage ditch?"
"And you guys dig drainage ditches and have tractors to help haul the dirt!"
"It's really difficult in our county. We rely entirely on manpower to transport the goods slowly, one shoulder pole and one basket at a time. You can imagine how slow it is."
Su Wenchen glanced at the other party and spoke directly.
"Don't worry, Director Shi, if we can clear all the remaining 40,000 mu of saline-alkali land this year, it will be no problem to lend a few to your county."
After all, tractors have great advantages in reclaiming and cultivating land, but they can only help transport some soil when digging alkali canals.
Therefore, it would not be a problem to allocate a few cars to the county when he is free. Although he is not afraid of trouble from the county, it is also beneficial for Su Wenchen to establish good relations with the local people.
Especially when people take the initiative to show their support and goodwill.
On the other side, Director Shi immediately responded with a smile when he heard Su Wenchen's words.
"Then I have to thank Director Su first. To be honest, there are only four tractors in our entire county."
"Two of them are antiques from the 1950s and 1960s. They often break down when the work gets busy. If we had a few more tractors, our county would be able to save more manpower to dig the canals."
Su Wenchen also responded with a smile.
"However, I can borrow this farm machinery, but your county will have to provide the diesel."
"To be honest, diesel is very tight on our farm."
"I'm going to Beijing for a meeting in a few days, and I have to see if I can get some diesel back!"
When Director Shi heard this, a hint of envy flashed through his mind. After all, not everyone is qualified to attend the meeting there.
But he still said it immediately.
"Don't worry, our county can still afford diesel. Director Su, that's all for today."
"Huanglou Commune will be handed over to you from now on."
"Also, our county will be counting on Director Su in the future. Please take good care of us."
Su Wenchen quickly waved his hand.
"Hey, Director Shi, don't talk about taking care of us. We are all serving the country and the people!"
"As long as there is a need, our farm will definitely be the first to do so!"
Faced with the other party's courtesy, Su Wenchen was definitely not stingy with such empty verbal promises.
After all, this doesn't require him to actually pay anything.
Although Director Shi was a little disappointed when he heard Su Wenchen's promise, he also knew that he was not stupid.
It is impossible to promise anything directly to their county.
Moreover, for him, being able to borrow a few agricultural machines meant that this trip was not in vain.
(End of this chapter)
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