Chapter 188 Willow Village No. 1
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Qushui County has been developing.
The recruitment in 1971 was just the beginning, and recruitment has continued since then.
The rural areas have not fallen into trouble due to the loss of labor force because the level of mechanization has improved.
A team of experts conducted some research at the agricultural machinery station and developed several accessories. From then on, tractors could not only plow the land, but also sow and harvest. They also developed wheat threshers, corn threshers, and crushers...all very practical agricultural machines.
These small inventions were not too technically difficult for them. It could only be said that they had previously focused their energy on more advanced research rather than on these small inventions. Now, with a little more effort, the results are very significant.
In fact, the Great Northern Wilderness had already achieved a high level of mechanization in the early 1960s. After all, the land was vast and the population was sparse, and facing the endless fields, relying solely on manpower was clearly not enough.
Qushui County took advantage of the situation and built a machinery factory dedicated to the production of tractor attachments and small agricultural machinery.
In this way, agricultural production will not be delayed, industrial output value will increase, and Qushui County's GDP will rise rapidly.
What is even more gratifying is that in 1972, Yan Dongsheng and Yue Zheng also made significant progress in wheat seed research. After three generations of hybridization, wheat yields were significantly improved. Combined with scientific planting, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, wheat yields almost doubled.
Everyone was going crazy with joy.
Liushutun was the first brigade to benefit, and everyone had a happy face.
Yan Dongsheng respectfully asked Yue Qixun to name the wheat seed, but Yue Qixun waved his hand and said, "This is the work of you young people. I won't get involved. You can name it yourselves. Or you can ask Old Zhang to name it. We are doing research in Liushutun, and without the support of the people of Liushutun, we simply can't go on!"
Yan Dongsheng followed his teacher's advice and asked Zhang Guangzong to come. Zhang Guangzong was terrified. How could he do such a thing? "No, no, no, don't ask me. I didn't do anything. The credit belongs to you, to these young people who helped you, not to me."
His cowardly look made everyone laugh.
Finally, Yan Dongsheng said, "Let's name it Liushutun, Liushutun No. 1. When we have new results, we'll call them No. 2 and No. 3."
"Good! This is good!"
Everyone cheered together, and the sound could be heard from far away.
"Poor and lower-middle peasants have achieved research results, and Liushutun No. 1 high-yield wheat variety has been launched" naturally became a news item, appeared in the provincial newspaper, and was later reprinted by national media. This news item was written by Mu Han, and Xie Yun reviewed it and made some suggestions.
Comrade Mu Han was a very good professional. However, she was always worried about making mistakes on political issues. So, whenever she encountered such a situation, she would habitually ask Xie Yun for help and let Xie Yun give her a pass.
In fact, Secretary Li and Director Zhong had already helped her pass the test, but Mu Han was still worried.
Xie Yun reviewed it and found no political problems. She offered a few small suggestions. "When we first started our research, we received support from people all over the country. They sent us wheat seeds and other germplasm resources from all over the country. This deserves special mention and a thank you. We still have all the letters we received back then. We'll put them together, take a photo, and send it to the newspaper."
Mu Han nodded, "It should be so."
She did not know as much about this period of history as Xie Yun. She only wrote about the process and results of wheat seed research and the joy of the people, and wrote less about the prelude.
After this article was published, the brother units that had previously helped Liushutun read it and were also very excited.
I didn’t expect that their little effort would actually lead to such a good result. It’s amazing!
Li Guodong, who was far away in a cadre school outside Beijing, saw this and a smile appeared on his usually serious face.
They delivered information to Liushutun once, and Liushutun took a group of people from them. These people did not disappoint everyone and they did make some achievements.
These contributions are much greater than their hard work in the fields!
At the same time as the newspapers were being published, these sister units also received letters of thanks from Liushutun. After all, the content that could be included in the newspapers was limited; it was impossible to mention every brigade and commune, and places like the Beijing Suburban Cadre School were completely out of the question.
But Li Guodong and his people needed to be thanked, so Xie Yun wrote him a tactful letter in the name of the Liushutun Brigade, thanking them for the information they had sent him.
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Qushui County decided to promote Liushutun No. 1 throughout the county next year and reported the decision to Rencheng City for its approval. Rencheng City then reported the decision to the Provincial Party Committee of Dong Province for its approval.
This isn't a superfluous move; it requires the province to back them up. If anything goes wrong with the trial planting, the provincial treasury should provide some subsidies, so the people can't be left bearing the consequences alone.
When Xie Yun conducted the experiment in Liushutun, he also reported it to the county government. If there were any problems, the county government would subsidize part of the cost. Fortunately, the experiment went smoothly without any problems.
However, we must have a sense of risk control. We must report what needs to be reported and find someone to cover the losses when necessary.
When Xie Yun went to report on work to the Rencheng Municipal Committee, she went with He Zeshan. When she went to report on work to the Provincial Committee, she also went. Secretary of the Rencheng Municipal Committee took her and He Zeshan with her.
There, Xie Yun met Xia Shijie, the secretary of the Dong Province Party Committee. Military control was now in place from top to bottom, and Secretary Xia, a former military officer and a founding general, was now the first secretary of Dong Province, in charge of all provincial affairs.
Xia Shijie is very majestic and kind. These two temperaments are contradictory, but they are well concentrated in him.
At least, he doesn't have any official airs.
When I met Xie Yun and a few others, I shook hands cordially and chatted for a while. Only after everyone had adapted and relaxed did we start talking about work.
This program is useful to Xie Yun.
In his previous life, the life before that, and this life, Xie Yun was just an ordinary person. The highest leader around him was at the ministerial level, and that was a ministerial level in peacetime, which was different from this iron-blooded general.
Xie Yun was a little excited.
After completing this procedure, she calmed down and reported her work with He Zeshan.
After listening to the report, Xia Shijie smiled and said, "If you hadn't come to me, I would have come to you. I've read the newspaper, and I also want to go to the site to take a look. If what you said is true, I will definitely support your work. First promote it in Qushui County and conduct a pilot project. Once the production is indeed stable, then promote it province-wide."
It is our responsibility to ensure that the people of the country have enough to eat. Back when we were fighting, we ate everything from grass roots to tree bark. Our greatest wish back then was to have enough to eat.
He asked Xie Yun, "Xiao Xie, are you afraid that I might come and see you?"
Xie Yun spoke in a clear, righteous voice, and was extremely excited: "Don't be afraid! What we actually do will only be better than what is written in the newspapers. We have left ourselves room for improvement. We started doing experiments in 1969, and the harvest has been getting better and better every year. It is stable.
But I wouldn't be too confident. Increased grain production depends not only on seeds, but also on fertilizer use, pest control, and scientifically sound planting methods. Any flaw in any of these steps could impact yield. Therefore, we can only say that grain production can increase by 50%. If all other aspects are done well, doubling it would be easy.
Xia Shijie laughed heartily and said "good" repeatedly, "You know how to farm."
"Of course, I've been farming for years and I get full work points every day, so I might do it!"
These days, there is nothing safer than farming and being capable.
Xia Shijie smiled even more happily and called his secretary, "Make some arrangements. I want to go to Liushutun to take a look."
"yes."
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