1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 261 Director, the main venue here is so grand!

At the First Farm, the first batch of grain was distributed to the commune members.

The entire Huanglou Commune seemed to be revitalized, becoming lively once again.

However, it is no longer called Huanglou Commune.

It is the headquarters of the first branch of Blue Water Farm.

In fact, the layout of the commune's buildings and other structures remained unchanged, as did many of the commune's service departments.

It was just that the original commune supply and marketing cooperative was merged into the service department and became the farm service cooperative. It was just that it was previously under the dual leadership of the superior supply and marketing department and the commune.

Now it is under the dual leadership of the farm and the higher-level supply and marketing department.

Early in the morning.

The service center was already packed with people as soon as it opened.

The sales clerks were also painstakingly explaining to each of them.

“Now, farm tools can be purchased through the farm’s unified purchase order, so your production team doesn’t need to come here separately to exchange for new farm tools.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately drowned out by a barrage of questions.

far away.

Su Wenchen, Hou Guozhong, Yang Zhenye, and the others witnessed this lively scene.

Su Wenchen immediately smiled and said to Yang Zhenye.

"It seems everyone's enthusiasm is still very high!"

"They've all come early this morning to exchange their farm tools!"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Yang Zhenye immediately replied with a smile.

"Director, the fact that these commune members are willing to pay for a new farm tool themselves shows how much they expect from our new policy."

"After all, everyone knows that a good farm tool can save a lot of effort and allow you to do a lot more work."

“In the past, everyone basically had the same work points. For these commune members, the old farm tools of the production team were still usable, so naturally their enthusiasm was not high.”

"But things are different now. The more you do, the more work points you earn. This has led to everyone wanting a good farm tool. The old, broken ones from the production team are no longer desirable to many people."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"It's good that these members are so enthusiastic, but the farm doesn't need them to bring their own farm tools. There just happens to be a small farm tool factory in the county!"

"You should directly compile a list of the farm's tool shortages and make unified purchases from their tool factory. It's basically impossible to transfer resources from the main farm in large quantities, but transferring a few hundred thousand yuan shouldn't be a problem!"

After all, there is a shortage of supplies all over the country right now, and it is very troublesome to transfer large quantities of supplies to other provinces. You need documents from higher authorities before the railway department will cooperate.

Therefore, goods from Lan City cannot be transferred over on a large scale, because without using trains, they can only be transported little by little by truck.

That would be too slow, and the fuel cost would be very high.

So there's no point in bringing goods from the main market here to sell; in fact, neither Lan City nor the province would be happy about it.

For them, these are all goods produced using their local resources. How can you possibly transport them to other provinces to sell?

However, Yang Zhenye was overjoyed to hear Su Wenchen's words.

"Director, don't worry, I will definitely arrange the farm tools properly. If any problems arise with the farm tools after the Spring Festival, please contact our Comprehensive Service Department directly."

For Yang Zhenye, this sum of over 100,000 yuan was unprecedented in their commune's accounts since its founding.

Let alone tens of thousands, they don't even have tens of thousands of yuan in their accounts normally.

This is why the production team only had broken farm tools; the commune could only let the production team find its own solutions.

Because their commune was also extremely poor.

First, there was no industry; second, the grain yield was low; and third, there was no capacity to develop sideline businesses.

It can be said that they had absolutely no income, and relied entirely on the small amount of money they earned each year from the grain they handed over to the higher authorities.

Su Wenchen nodded slightly at Yang Zhenye's assurance, but still spoke to Yang Wanlou, the newly appointed head of the branch's finance department who was carrying a briefcase.

"Section Chief Yang, you'll go to the main farm this time. You'll need to coordinate with the finance department there to get the money back. I'll also send someone from there to serve as a deputy."

"However, I must remind you that every single account in the branch farm must be kept clear. Whether it's the main farm or the branch farm, the department's accounting team comes down to inspect our work every year."

"Especially financial work, which is the top priority of the inspection. If any problems arise, it won't be me who will deal with you."

After all, at this point, embezzlement was defined as misappropriation of state assets.

If you get caught, it's not something you can just get away with by punishing yourself with three drinks.

Because the area has always been poor, Su Wenchen was genuinely afraid that the other party, upon seeing such a large sum of money, might impulsively pocket it.

This is also why he wanted to transfer a deputy head of the finance department from the main site to come with him, because if someone really does something wrong, it's always possible that he won't be able to supervise them properly.

Although this incident has a limited impact on him, it is definitely something we should try our best to avoid.

Yang Zhenye clearly understood the meaning behind Su Wenchen's words and immediately gave his assurance.

"Director, don't worry, I will make sure to arrange things well for the comrades at the main site when I return, and I will also take good care of the finance department."

The head of the finance department behind him also gave his assurance.

"Director, don't worry, I will definitely work with the comrades at the main farm to sort out the accounts for our branch farm."

“If anything goes wrong, just hold me accountable.”

Su Wenchen nodded. Since he had already taken precautions, he knew that if Su Wenchen found out there was any problem, he would definitely not tolerate it.

Then he turned to Cao Jiwen and gave him instructions.

"Section Chief Cao, your agricultural department needs to formulate next year's planting plan as soon as possible before the end of the year."

"You all need to plan ahead during this period of time how much saline-alkali land to reclaim and what crops to plant. You also need to coordinate with the water conservancy department of the farm to make sure that one drainage canal can serve as much land as possible."

"We need to integrate everyone. We can't let things stay the way they were before, with each production team doing its own thing, like a ditch in the east and a canal in the west."

“When I went down to investigate, I found that many production teams had dug drainage ditches, but when two families were together, they could have just dug one ditch instead of two or three.”

"Isn't this a waste of manpower?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Jiwen immediately responded.

"Yes, Director. I will coordinate with the comrades in the Water Conservancy Department when I get back. Based on the drainage ditches that have been dug so far, we will try our best to first develop a main canal, and the land will be reclaimed along the main canal as early as possible."

"Then, along the main canal, it expands to both sides into smaller branch canals."

After hearing Cao Jiwen's words, Su Wenchen nodded and then glanced at Yang Zhenye.

"To be honest, I don't quite understand. Your commune used to have a shortage of food, so why did you insist on doing things that required more effort?"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Yang Zhenye wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Director, our commune is helpless. Our brigade has no sideline industries at all. The brigade level has no money and no grain, so it's basically a mere formality."

“Sometimes the brigade would try to mediate, but the two production teams would just say that they would only agree if the brigade provided the grain, and then things just couldn’t get going.”

"It can only be one production team working on one production team at a time."

"But don't worry, Director, I guarantee that this kind of thing will never happen again."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Alright, I'll see how you perform from here on out!"

Finally, Su Wenchen said to Hou Guozhong.

"Old Hou, you should also take advantage of this time before the New Year to collect more information, to see how many state-owned rabbit farms there are in our country, and what types of rabbits they raise."

"After the New Year, you can arrange for someone to go on a business trip and bring in every rabbit breed you can find. After I return from the meeting in Beijing, I will work with you to take charge of breeding them."

"We will try our best to breed a meat rabbit that grows bigger, is ready for market quickly, and has a high fat content."

"By the way, your animal husbandry department should organize the elderly people and women in the production teams to form corresponding animal husbandry teams, which will be specifically responsible for breeding."

"It's just that this year, I'm afraid you won't be able to go home for the New Year."

Hou Guozhong waved his hand.

"Director, what's the big deal? Aren't you also going to Beijing for a meeting? If this delay happens, you'll probably have to spend the New Year in Beijing."

"What does a mere year matter when it comes to the development of our farm?"

Su Wenchen glanced at Cao Jiwen again.

Cao Jiwen shook his head directly.

"Director, my wife and children have already published an ad for me in the newspaper. I'm all alone. Even if I go back, I'll just be all alone. I might as well stay here and work with my comrades!"

Hearing this, Su Wenchen also sighed.

"Fine!"

"Then I'll leave this place to you for now."

"Section Chief Yang, let's get in the car! I'll take you to the main station and make arrangements first."

As they spoke, the two opened the car door and got in.

Zhao Weiguo looked at Su Wenchen with a resentful expression.

"Director, why don't you ask me if I want to go home for the New Year!"

Su Wenchen gave the other person a disgruntled look.

"Drive! Take us to Xuzhou Station first, and let me tell you clearly, you can't go back even if you want to. What, you only want a promotion and don't want to do any work!"

"If you leave, all the vehicles at this branch will have to stop operating!"

"During the Spring Festival period, you need to train all the tractor drivers here for me."

"Otherwise, if there are no agricultural machines available for spring plowing after the spring season, I'll hold you accountable."

"By the way, this hand-held tractor is different from the Dongfanghong medium-sized tractor in our farm. You can drive it, right?"

Zhao Weiguo assured him directly.

"Director, don't worry, this kind of hand-held tractor is much easier to operate than those medium-sized Dongfanghong tractors."

"It's not very user-friendly when starting up; if you don't know the trick, it's easy to accidentally hit someone and get injured!"

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Then when you're training them, try to make sure they're careful and take some precautions!"

“Especially the head; other places are fine, but hitting the head can easily cause problems.”

Zhao Weiguo responded directly.

"The director is fine. When I was learning, I got hit on the chin by the crank handle!"

"I was in so much pain that I didn't dare chew anything for days, but look at me now, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

Su Wenchen turned to look at Zhao Weiguo, who was driving. "How come I never noticed before? Why are you so stubborn!"

"Your mouth was hit with a rattle, and it's still so stubborn. Why didn't they knock out your front teeth back then?!"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Zhao Weiguo chuckled awkwardly.

"Director, what are you saying? If you really knock out my front teeth, I'll always have a lisp when I speak!"

"Besides, it looks so ugly with a missing front tooth!"

"Don't worry, Director. When I get back, I'll try my best to arrange protective measures when they're learning, and I definitely won't let them get chin irritated like I did."

"But what you said makes sense, Director. If that thing were to hit your front teeth with a single shake, it could easily knock them out."

After hearing Zhao Weiguo's words, Su Wenchen's expression gradually relaxed.

He wasn't against his subordinates having their own opinions, but Su Wenchen definitely couldn't allow someone who was almost unable to eat after being shaken up by a single hand, yet still stubbornly insisted that everything was fine.

After all, they are all employees of the factory, and we should try our best to avoid any accidents.

If someone is the kind of person who only wants to see others make a fool of themselves because they've been hurt, then Su Wenchen definitely needs to replace them.

If an ordinary employee thinks this way, then there's no problem.

However, if you, as a department leader, still have the mindset of ignoring risks and just wanting to see others make a fool of themselves, then you are seriously unqualified.

If that were the case, Su Wenchen felt that the person needed to be replaced immediately.

After all, this thing isn't one of those electrically started tractors, which has a much lower learning risk. On this vast plain, at most it would just end up in a ditch.

In the back seat, Yang Wanlou looked at Zhao Weiguo, who was driving, with some envy.

Clearly, the person who spoke to the leader in such a manner must be a confidant of the leader, something Yang Wanlou, who had integrated into the commune from there, knew.

Although he seemed to have successfully obtained such an important position in the finance department, it was all temporary.

After the number of people in the branch farm increased, this group of people who were transferred from the commune were included.

I estimate that half of them will be lucky to keep their current jobs.

The farm still uses them because they are familiar with the local area, and the leaders are also familiar to the members, which makes the members feel more at home.

They might even be afraid that if they don't assign them positions, someone might deliberately create difficulties for the members behind the scenes.

But after a year or two, when the members were fully integrated into the farm...

If they hadn't proven their abilities by then, he could imagine that most of them would be marginalized little by little.

Moreover, at that time, if I tried to guide the members with a few rumors, I doubt anyone would pay any attention.

After all, the most important production department is entirely in the hands of the other party.

Now, the original production teams of the communes below are all registered under the names of agricultural teams and animal husbandry teams under the agricultural department and animal husbandry department.

The people in their commune seem to have control over most of the departments.

However, the personnel they controlled were basically the same group of cadres from the original commune.

To put it bluntly, the power of discourse boils down to one person and one sum of money.

The person is controlled by the other party, seemingly giving up financial power.

However, he knew very well that once the deputy in charge was transferred to the main site and became familiar with the situation, he wouldn't be so at ease.

Therefore, one must prove one's worth during this period when the other party feels that it is not yet time to make a big move, in order to secure one's position.

As for confrontation!

He never even considered it, because he couldn't see any chance of winning at all.

The jeep arrived at the station amidst a bumpy ride.

Su Wenchen and Yang Wanlou boarded the train back to Lan City.

He was just dropping off the people from the branch to the main venue, and he also took the opportunity to go back and ask Ali if she wanted to take this chance to go back to Beijing for the New Year. After all, if they missed this opportunity, the two of them would probably be busier and busier in the future.

Then the chances of going to Beijing together will be even fewer.

Moreover, neither of them went back to their hometown when they got married. According to custom, they should have visited the family at least once. If the family didn't welcome them, they could simply cut off all contact in the future.

The current Su Wenchen is no longer the little Karami who cowers in the commune and can be manipulated at will.

As the breeder of the Moon Rabbit and the head of a national-level farm, his personnel appointments now require approval from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry before he can be transferred.

They can't be ordered around just because someone gives them a heads-up.

Lan City.

The delivery truck carrying Su Wenchen and Yang Wanlou slowly drove along the dirt road on the outskirts of Lan City, its wheels kicking up a cloud of fine dust.

As they got closer to Blue Water Farm, and just after crossing the bridge, the road gradually changed from a bumpy dirt road to a smooth cement road. Yang Wanlou was quite surprised to see this scene, as it was a rare sight in rural areas.

He immediately asked Su Wenchen out of curiosity.

"Director, the entire road here at headquarters is made of cement!"

Su Wenchen smiled and shook his head.

"What are you thinking? This was just repaired! It hadn't even started being repaired when I came out."

"At the time, Lao Zhang said he wanted to improve the storefront, but I didn't expect him to act so quickly."

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, the transport team's driver immediately nodded and replied.

"Director, you're a national-level farm now, how can there still be a cinder road in front of your gate!"

"Deputy Director Zhang said that since it is the off-season for farming and the surrounding villagers have time, they should repair the road from the bridge to our farm."

"However, the time was a bit short. Deputy Director Zhang said that this side of the bridge is our storefront, so currently only the section near the bridge and the entrance to the site has been repaired. The rest is still being connected little by little from both sides towards the middle!"

As soon as the other party finished speaking, Su Wenchen saw the brief cement road come to an abrupt end, and a group of nearby commune members were working hard to build the roadbed with tools.

As soon as the driver turned the steering wheel and entered the side road, the car immediately began to bounce.

Amidst the swaying, Yang Wanlou, who was squeezed into the passenger seat with Su Wenchen, looked into the distance.

Outside the car window, the winter sun cast a pale golden glow, and the outline of the farm in the distance gradually became clear.

After driving for a while, the car once again bypassed a group of villagers who were repairing the road in the middle, and turned onto the cement road that had just been repaired not long ago.

Suddenly, everything became clear before his eyes.

A straight and wide cement road leads directly to the farm gate, and the surface is so smooth that you could almost skate on it.

Along both sides of the road, there are neat rows of newly planted poplar saplings. Since the trunks are still tied with windproof straw ropes, they must have been planted not long ago.

The inner side of the road, which was originally a wall made of red bricks, was now completely covered with a layer of cement, and at intervals on the wall, huge slogans such as "Hard work and self-reliance" were printed in lime.

In particular, a red flag is planted at intervals, and the waving red flags flutter in the cold wind.

It made him think that it was indeed worthy of being the main site, even the walls were completely covered with cement.

As the car moved forward.

Looking out from afar, Yang Wanlou saw two thick, square gateposts at the entrance of Blue Water Farm, painted in striking white ash, with a red five-pointed star embedded on top of each post, gleaming in the sunlight.

Inside the gateposts, there is a whole row of company plaques.

From "Farms Directly Under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry" to "National-level Yuehua Rabbit Breeding Base" and then to "Red Flag Unit for Foreign Trade Export Earnings".

The other is several other titles, including "Demonstration Site for Yellow River Floodplain Governance," "Provincial Model Unit for Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture," and "Lanzhou City Large-Scale Egg-Laying Chicken Breeding Demonstration Base."

Above the main gate hangs a cement plaque with the four large characters "Blue Water Farm" outlined in red paint, giving it a solemn appearance.

The scene before him made Yang Wanlou's throat involuntarily bob.

"Director, this main site is so impressive!"

The most impressive farm he had ever seen in his life was the Huxi Farm next door, which was also the goal that their commune had always wanted to achieve.

But compared to this, it's nothing at all.

Just the row of company plaques displayed at their entrance is enough to put that farm to shame.

Even before they went inside, Yang Wanlou already felt that they had really hit the jackpot this time.

A farm of this size setting up a branch there must be because of that Yellow River flood control demonstration site; otherwise, he couldn't imagine why they would invest resources there.

But none of that mattered to him.

The important thing is that he must try his best to cling to this powerful figure. He knows very well that this kind of opportunity is extremely rare, and if he misses it, he probably won't get another chance in his lifetime.

Upon hearing Yang Wanlou's words, before Su Wenchen could even speak, the transport team driver said with some pride.

"Comrade, this is nothing, the renovations have only been going on for a month!"

"Let me tell you, you'll be shocked when you see the scene at our venue next time you come!"

"Moreover, Deputy Director Zhang even brought back a huge rock from the province, saying he wants to make a statue out of it!"

Clearly, as a member of the farm, even as a driver, he is very proud of the farm's current development.

When Su Wenchen heard what the other person said, he remembered that Zhang Zhenhua had discussed with him about renovating the storefront before he left.

He hadn't expected the other party to act so quickly and complete the task so well; even Su Wenchen had to admit it.

After such a renovation, its class definitely went up instantly.

It's definitely not comparable to the old, dusty cinder road.

Add to that the trees on both sides, the slogans printed on the walls, and the fluttering red flags, and it was a sight to behold in this era.

It is indeed extremely intimidating.

Looking at the farm now, Su Wenchen was somewhat emotional. Who would have thought that this place was once an abandoned steel mill where not even a blade of grass could grow?

In the blink of an eye, a few years have passed, and the state-owned farm that I built with my own hands has grown to its current size.

Hearing Yang Wanlou's words, Su Wenchen felt a strong sense of accomplishment.

However, he still said it.

"With enough effort, the branch farm will definitely be built to this scale as well."

"You should know that there are only a thousand people at the main farm right now, and more than four hundred of them are at the Shiquan Chicken Farm."

"There are nearly nine thousand people at the branch farm. With continued effort, their potential is definitely even greater!"

At this stage, he has completed the development of the Blue Water Farm headquarters. The headquarters can get on the right track with almost no intervention from him.

This place has gradually developed from an abandoned steel mill site to its current size.

The Yellow River floodplain has even more land, population, and resources, and Su Wenchen also wants to see how things develop there under his intervention.

What will be the final scale of the Yellow River floodplains?

(End of this chapter)