Upon seeing the rare metal, the technicians' eyes lit up with excitement. They grabbed Pei Nansheng's hand and asked him excitedly where he had found it.
"I don't know either. Two groups were fighting, and we ended up getting the better deal."
The technician's eyebrows twitched. "Is it so easy to snag a bargain? You're probably just ripping me off."
He had no intention of upholding justice.
"Comrade, these two barrels of rare metals are extremely valuable! If you need any more in the future, please send them over. We will reward you with a high number of points."
The rare metals that Zuo Ling and his team brought were exactly what the submarine needed, because the factory had already partially shut down due to a lack of materials.
Two buckets weren't much, but they did alleviate the immediate crisis to some extent.
After counting, I had 80,000 more points on my points card. I was just one point away from getting the submarine.
Zuo Ling sighed again, "The road ahead is long and arduous," unaware that she was already rolling in wealth.
I heard someone redeemed 80,000 points at once, and everyone's asking who it is.
Just as Zuo Ling arrived home, Researcher Tang, Yu Lianhai, and He Guiqi came to see her one after the other.
With Zuo Ling gone, Researcher Tang was very anxious, fearing that Zuo Ling might never return.
Yu Lianhai was puzzled. Wasn't it said that Zuo Ling learned her planting techniques from Researcher Tang? Why does it seem like that's not the case?
He Guiqi, with a broad mind, said with a smile:
"Sister, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, I was afraid the growth hormone you gave me wouldn't be enough."
Yu Lianhai pushed the inconvenient He Guiqi aside and said:
"Zuo Ling, the higher-ups see that our vegetables are growing well and want to plant some high-yield sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. Seeds are precious and we don't dare to waste them. We'd like to ask for your opinion on how much to plant."
Yu Lianhai first asked Researcher Tang, fearing that Zuo Ling might not have enough growth agent. Researcher Tang didn't dare to answer, only saying that he would ask Zuo Ling's opinion first.
With a complete crop failure and national reserves running low, everyone from top to bottom is worried about the food problem.
The higher-ups finally saw a glimmer of hope, so of course they wanted to grow as much food as possible to cope with the natural disaster.
Zuo Ling had a premonition that she wouldn't stay in the military region for too long, and she wanted to plant as much food as possible for the military region before she left.
"We'll plant 40 mu of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and 20 mu of corn."
Potatoes yield about 2,000 to 5,000 jin per mu, sweet potatoes yield about the same per mu, roughly 2,000 to 4,000 jin per mu, and corn yields less, about 1,500 to 2,000 jin per mu.
According to insurance estimates, each mu (unit of land area) can yield 3,000 jin (unit of weight) of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and 80 mu can yield 240,000 jin (unit of weight) of corn.
270,000 jin of grain is not much for a large military region, but it's better than no income at all.
Yu Lianhai and Researcher Tang were very disappointed. They had expected to plant at least 200 mu, but 100 mu was half of what they expected.
For Zuo Ling, the fact that you were able to grow grain when the whole country suffered a complete crop failure was already quite remarkable, and 100 mu was the maximum amount she could offer.
Yu Lianhai was straightforward: "Can we grow more? We don't need to worry about manpower."
"If you can grow food just by having more people, why would you need us?"
Zuo Ling refused without hesitation.
Her behavior has gone beyond the norm; if she doesn't stop now, she'll be dissected sooner or later.
Yu Lianhai was embarrassed by the rebuttal, and Researcher Tang tried to smooth things over:
"Let's plant 100 mu first and see how the harvest goes. Even if it doesn't grow, we won't waste too many seeds."
Yu Lianhai tried to persuade her again, but Researcher Tang turned him away.
He Guiqi shamelessly lingered at Zuo Ling's house for a meal before leaving.
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