Chapter 359 Who will plant salt-alkali rice?
Nian County
The news about the saline-alkali rice was passed on to the Agriculture Bureau the next day.
When they learned that the yield of this saline-alkali rice could reach 800 kilograms per mu, everyone in the Agriculture Bureau went crazy.
"Old Ye, did you hear correctly? Did Comrade Su Ranran really say that the yield per mu was 800 kilograms?"
Xu Shikai's voice even changed its pitch!
They were from the Agricultural Bureau, so they naturally knew what an acre-to-acre yield of 800 kilograms meant.
"It's true. I just came back from the army." Ye Bixian gestured excitedly, "The rice is really different from anything I've seen before. The shell is reddish."
They had never seen saline-alkaline rice before, so it only existed in their imagination.
Now that he had seen the real thing, Ye Bixian finally believed that rice could definitely be grown in saline-alkali soil.
Ye Bixian is in charge of rice planting technology in the Agriculture Bureau. He has never seen rice of this color in the entire country.
He didn't believe it if you said it wasn't a special variety.
It would be a great pleasure if the yield of rice that can be grown in saline-alkali land could reach half of that of ordinary rice.
But the yield of this rice is far beyond that of ordinary rice. How can people not be excited?
"No, I have to go to the army too."
Xu Shikai could no longer sit still and just wanted to see with his own eyes what the high-yield saline-alkali rice looked like.
"Director Xu, you can't leave now. There is a meeting waiting for you this afternoon."
The clerk immediately stepped forward and reminded Xu Shi to clear the way.
Hearing this, Xu Shikai could only suppress his excitement and wait until the meeting was over before talking about it.
After all, it is not easy for the commune secretary to come to the county town, and he cannot let him make a wasted trip.
But he couldn't sit still and wait.
Finally, Xu Shikai urgently called all the people from the Agriculture Bureau to hold a meeting in advance.
We must fully cooperate with this rice planting.
As for the Family Courtyard, ever since Su Ranran received the Yankan rice, the threshold of her home was almost broken by the military wives.
Although they knew that Su Ranran had already taken the rice to germinate, they couldn't see it even if they came.
But the military wives seemed to be possessed and just wanted to be closer to the magical seed.
Fortunately, this prosperity did not last long, as Xu Shikai came knocking on the door.
"Comrade Su Ranran, these are all comrades we transferred from nearby brigades. Each of them is a first-class farm worker. Just give them orders."
Xu Shikai pointed at the rows of strong men behind him and said.
Su Ranran: …
There is no need to do so.
They want to farm, not choose a bodybuilding champion.
What does it mean that he has recruited so many muscular men?
Seeing that Su Ranran seemed to have doubts on her face, the men suddenly became nervous.
"Comrade Su Ranran, don't worry. Although I am only 32 years old, I have 27 years of farming experience. I guarantee that I can grow saline-alkali rice well."
A dark-skinned man patted his chest and assured.
"And me, I'm also a good farmer. There's no one else in the whole team who can plow the land better than me, so I'll be the one soon!" Another equally strong man also volunteered.
Su Ranran has a black hair.
Xu Shikai was originally very satisfied with the men he had chosen, but now seeing Su Ranran's expression, he began to doubt himself.
"Comrade Su Ranran, is there something wrong?"
These guys are the best at farm work in the team.
Su Ranran was somewhat helpless. "Director Xu, our rice seedling raising and transplanting and subsequent management are very meticulous, and require carefulness, patience, and people who can obey orders unconditionally and execute them well."
When Xu Shikai heard her adjective, the first thing that flashed through his mind was the soldiers in the army.
"Do you mean that we need troops to help with the planting?"
That’s not impossible.
After all, the first crop of saline-alkali rice is of utmost importance and nothing can go wrong.
This has a bearing on whether saline-alkali rice can be grown on a large scale here in the future.
Su Ranran nodded. "I do have this idea, and I have discussed it with my husband. He said it can be combined with our rice planting."
In fact, when the soldiers heard that they were going to help grow saline-alkali rice, they were all very excited.
There is no queue for registration!
When the soldiers heard that they were going to grow the saline-alkaline rice, the strong men who were originally unwilling to accept it suddenly became depressed.
They are soldiers. They can even beat the Americans into surrendering. How can it be difficult for them to defeat them just by farming?
Xu Shikai couldn't bear to see them looking so depressed, and couldn't help but scold them, "Hold your heads high! It's not your turn this year, so wait until next year. We have so much saline and alkaline land in our county that you won't be able to plant all of it by then!"
Hearing this, the strong men immediately became energetic again.
When they thought that they would be able to grow this saline-alkaline rice next year, their eyes lit up with amazement.
And at this moment, Su Ranran spoke again.
"This time, not all soldiers will be in charge of planting. Each of your battalions will have to send a technician here to learn."
When the technicians in the team heard that they could take part in planting this batch of saline-alkali rice, they couldn't help but cheer.
"I'm the technician of the Shangou Brigade." A tall and thin middle-aged man came out.
"And me, I'm from the Beilin Brigade."
In the end, five or six technicians from the entire team stood up.
Including Ye Bixin who participated in the preparation of saline-alkali soil in the early stage, there are a total of seven technicians.
The selected technicians all smiled from ear to ear.
If they learn how to grow saline-alkaline rice, won't they be looked up to by others in the team in the future?
The men who were not selected felt a little disappointed.
But they couldn't help feeling lost, after all, one side was from the military and the other side was technicians.
They can't compare to either side, so they can only wait until next year.
After the farmers were selected, the work of cultivating seedlings quickly began.
There were many soldiers in the army, so Shen He directly selected those from the south who had experience in growing rice.
These soldiers and technicians are indeed patient and obedient.
Basically, as long as Su Ranran gave them instructions, they would do the job perfectly well without her having to worry about anything.
At the same time, Qiangzi in the family courtyard finally learned his lesson after being hungry several times.
The next day, Zheng Lianfeng could recite the ideology class he had taken the day before.
Seeing that he finally listened, Zheng Lianfeng felt relieved.
However, where Zheng Lianfeng did not notice, Qiangzi's eyes were full of hatred.