"Chestnuts and sweet potatoes? What are those?"
Gu Hanping had never heard of it or seen it before.
Let alone him, no one in this era has ever seen him.
"Captain, this is a new variety developed by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It's as sweet and sticky as chestnuts, with a refreshing and delicious flavor, much better than the sweet potatoes we have now. Plus, it has a higher yield, with a yield of over 3,000 jin per mu."
This was because there wasn't much fertilizer available at the time, and Gu Yunyang was intentionally controlling the supply.
With sufficient fertilizer and proper care, the yield of chestnut sweet potatoes per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.067 hectares) can reach nearly two tons, or more than four thousand jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.067 hectares).
The yield per mu of chestnut sweet potatoes that Gu Yunyang cultivated himself was even higher.
Within the base, Gu Yunyang's chestnut and sweet potato crops can yield up to 5,000 jin per mu.
This is not even the best production.
At this time, there are also some high-yield sweet potatoes, but they also need good fertilizer, and farmyard manure cannot be stopped.
In addition, they took great care of them.
It can be said that in the past three years, China has been able to ensure the survival of its people thanks to sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes played a crucial role in enabling the country to weather these past three years.
In most cases, a yield of over 1,000 jin of sweet potatoes is considered quite good.
The sweet potato yield of Hongqi Brigade is also around 2,000 jin.
Upon hearing that Gu Yunyang's chestnut and sweet potato yield was over three thousand jin, Gu Hanping was greatly surprised and instinctively felt...
Gu Yunyang is still the best.
I read a lot of books and know a lot of impressive people.
These sweet potato seeds are delicious and highly productive.
"Okay, bring it over when the time comes, and I'll have someone cultivate the seedlings. Then we'll transplant them into the field."
In many places, sweet potatoes are simply cut into chunks and left in the ground.
However, the seedling raising step can actually ensure that the sweet potato seedlings grow healthier and increase the yield of sweet potatoes.
Gu Yunyang thought for a moment and then said, "Captain, I actually have an idea."
"you say."
It was rare to see Gu Yunyang so serious, and Gu Hanping had no idea what Gu Yunyang was thinking.
Gu Yunyang had actually had this idea for a while: "I looked at the paddy fields in our brigade, and many of them are irregular. I was thinking that after the double harvest, we can take a few days off and, before the autumn planting, plan some of the fields into squares. Making them square and neat will also make it easier to dig straight irrigation ditches. What do you think?"
Gu Yunyang had wanted to do this for a long time; it was the future of agriculture, making mechanized farming much easier.
The Red Flag Brigade doesn't have the mechanization capabilities now, but doing so still has many advantages.
"By doing this, it will be much easier for our oxen to plow and turn the soil. And this way, the carts can go directly to the edge of the fields, making transportation much simpler as well."
Gu Yunyang listed the reasons for doing so, and even envisioned the future: "In the future, when the economic level of our Hongqi Brigade improves, we can choose to purchase machinery to achieve mechanized farming. That way, everyone won't have to work so hard."
Gu Yunyang briefly explained the benefits of doing so.
Although there are no immediate benefits, Gu Hanping believes in Gu Yunyang.
Since Gu Yunyang came to the Red Flag Brigade, he has led the brigade to do a lot of things.
The sugar workshop has already seen results, exchanging some sweet potatoes that the workers didn't like for more than fifty yuan a day.
More than two thousand have been returned so far.
The cowshed not only had two more cows, but one of them was pregnant.
Moreover, the status of the cows all improved.
They saw that too.
The piglets in the pigpen grow much faster than the piglets raised at home; everyone can see that.
Therefore, Gu Hanping trusted Gu Yunyang's suggestion.
They were even willing to support him.
Gu Hanping pondered for a moment: "Alright, our Red Flag Brigade made money this year, so our work points will definitely be worth more than last year. So, after the busy farming season, let everyone do things according to your idea, and then we'll calculate the work points based on the busy farming season."
But is mechanization really possible?
Work points are what team members want most.
Last year, one work point in the Hongqi Brigade was only worth one cent.
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