1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 321 Director, has a new type of grain appeared?
The next day.

The singing began to play from the farm's loudspeakers.

Hearing the loudspeaker signaling wake-up time, Su Wenchen opened the door to his dormitory room!
However, when he got to the main gate of the farm, he realized that this didn't seem to be a wake-up call, but a start-of-work call!
Because at this time, one by one, the farm workers had already arrived from all directions early in the morning, singing as they went, and gathered together in the open space of the farm warehouse.

Some of the quicker ones, after receiving their farm tools, had already begun heading to their respective work sites under the leadership of their group leaders.

And every now and then, employees would walk around loudly reminiscing about the pork they had the night before.

Some people even greeted Su Wenchen as they passed by and then asked him directly.

"Chief, the pork last night was really delicious. When are you going to slaughter the remaining pigs in our farm?"

At this moment, the team leader who was walking in front quickly explained.

"What are you saying, you scoundrel! Didn't we just eat meat last night?"

"Besides, just ask if you want to, why are you calling me 'Chief Director'?"

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately felt aggrieved.

"What else should we call him if not 'Chief Director'?"

"The former commune secretary is now called director for whatever service department he oversees, and the former commune director is now called director for whatever logistics department he oversees. How can you tell who is who if you don't put big characters on the title?"

Su Wenchen couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Our farm doesn't have any 'chiefs' or 'juniors' titles!"

"Just add my name. You can call me Director Su or Director Su Wenchen."

Upon hearing this, the other team leader quickly offered an explanation.

"Director, I'm sorry, this simpleton doesn't know the rules. It's just that the commune hasn't been able to organize such a large-scale work effort in years. Before, everyone did their own thing, so..."

Su Wenchen waved his hand.

"It's okay, just explain it clearly."

"As for when to slaughter the remaining pigs!"

"Everyone, put in a little more effort! Once the entire set of drainage ditches for the commune's 10,000 mu of land is dug, we'll slaughter a few more pigs for you to have a feast!"

"So when you eat depends on how efficiently you work. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can eat meat!"

"Chief, are you telling the truth?!"

boom!
No sooner had the other person finished speaking than the team leader smacked the person on the back of the head.

"I already told you to call him Director Su, why did you add so much nonsense!"

"Besides, would the director lie to you about something so trivial?"

"Hey everyone, let's not wait here anymore. Let's finish this quickly so we can all eat meat sooner!"

Then he turned to Su Wenchen and said.

"Director, we're off to work. Don't worry, I'll make sure to supervise our team well and finish digging this section of the canal as soon as possible."

After saying that, he led his production team, carrying hoes, and walked away into the distance.

Once the news spread, a cheer erupted from the crowd.

Then, someone started singing along, and soon the crowd joined in, loudly humming "We Workers Have Strength" from the loudspeaker.

Even Su Wenchen was caught up in the emotions and realized that he couldn't proceed slowly anymore; he also had to quickly find someone to prepare a test site.

He needed to confirm whether and to what extent the droppings of native white rabbits, which had only been bred once, had any effect on improving saline-alkali land.

There is also Cordyceps sinensis needed for secondary breeding feed.

This is not easy to get right now. He probably has to get the head office to come forward and communicate with the provincial pharmaceutical company to have any chance of finding it.

He knew that this thing was very rare now, and at this time it was only found in wild resources in high-altitude areas such as Xinjiang and Qinghai, and it was extremely dependent on Tibetans to find it manually.

Generally, these are allocated to key pharmaceutical factories according to a plan by higher authorities for the production of pharmaceuticals.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Su Wenchen happened to see Cao Jiwen, who had just finished eating and was about to leave.

"Old Cao, wait a minute. Your department is in charge of the land here now. Help me to fence off a separate piece of saline-alkali land around the farm headquarters."

"Then divide it into several more plots, preferably with different pH values ​​in each plot of saline-alkali land, so I can use it for experiments."

Cao Jiwen was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this, but he still spoke up.

"Director, are you planning to plant something separately? Do you need me to find some people to take care of the land?"

Clearly, Cao Jiwen has heard Hou Guozhong talk about Su Wenchen quite a bit.

They knew their boss was probably an expert in animal husbandry.

But farming is a whole different story.

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen nodded with a relaxed expression.

"Yes, yes, we definitely need to find a few people to take care of the land, otherwise, if we don't plant anything, we can't really see the difference in the results!"

After all, his ultimate goal was to make the land produce food.

If simply lowering the pH value in saline-alkali soil doesn't guarantee that crops will grow, then it's meaningless.

So Su Wenchen added.

"The land doesn't need to be too big, one or two acres will be enough. Just find me two experienced farmers who know how to farm and fertilize, they don't need to know anything about animal husbandry."

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's suggestion, Cao Jiwen immediately agreed, because this place lacked nothing except saline-alkali land.

"Alright, Director, I'll go and mark out a few areas with high salinity for you right away."

"As for the people, I will arrange for them to go there after the land is designated."

"Director, has a new type of grain appeared above?"

Su Wenchen shook his head. "It's not a superior seed. If it succeeds, it should be considered a special kind of fertilizer! I'm not even sure myself right now!"

"As for this plot of land that has been set aside separately, we can just plant the wheat and corn that are normally grown locally. Oh, and we'll also add our alkali-tolerant alfalfa and some Suaeda salsa."

"We'll plant a small plot of land for each type and then see which crops will be affected."

Although he didn't know what Su Wenchen was up to, Cao Jiwen agreed without hesitation because Su was his superior.

"Yes, Director, I'll arrange it right away."

For the next period of time, Su Wenchen's attention was mainly focused on the experimental field.

The spring sun wasn't intense, but it made people feel lazy and sleepy.

On the edge of the furrow in the experimental field, Su Wenchen was bending over after applying a basket of fertilizer to the hardened soil.

I couldn't help but straighten up and rub my aching lower back.

"Doing farm work is really not easy. I just applied this basket of rabbit fertilizer and I feel like my back is about to give way."

Hearing Su Wenchen speak.

Several experienced workers in other experimental plots, who were applying fertilizer in different proportions, straightened up upon hearing the sound.

There's even one.

Completely disregarding the fact that his hand had just been holding fertilizer, he pulled out a small packet of his own roasted tobacco from his pocket.

He grabbed some with his hand, rolled a cigarette himself, and said, "It has an odd smell."

"Director, this little bit of work can be handled by a few of us. You can rest!"

"But the soil is almost hardened. If we just apply fertilizer without digging ditches to remove the alkali, you should be prepared that it won't be very effective!"

"This soil compaction is not caused by insufficient fertilizer, but by excessive alkalinity. We have tried applying large amounts of fertilizer before, but the effect was not very good."

Su Wenchen looked at the experimental field that had recently been prepared and shook his head with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'm prepared!"

"Besides, I mainly want to see how effective this rabbit fattening is!"

Upon hearing this, the other party didn't say much, but after taking a puff of his cigarette, the old hand still felt that relying solely on fertilization was too unreliable.

Because they've been doing this for so many years, they've definitely tried every possible method.

In the end, a lot of manpower and resources had to be used, and digging canals to divert the groundwater was the most effective method.

Just then, a young farm worker ran towards them from a distance.

"Director! Director!"

After the other person ran over, panting heavily, they shouted at Su Wenchen.

"Sir, a convoy is coming!"

"Director Ren, Director Ren asked me to call you!"

Hearing the other person's urgent shouts and heavy breathing, Su Wenchen patted the fertilizer residue off his hands.

"It's okay, no rush, catch your breath and tell me slowly!"

"What convoy? Which department sent them?"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, the other party took a few breaths and thought for a moment before replying.

"When they introduced themselves to Director Ren, they seemed to say they were from some engineering bureau, and that Director Ren had invited them to help build the factory."

"Oh right, it seems there were also a few people from the main farm, and people from the animal husbandry research institute who came along as well."

"Everyone is at the farm headquarters right now. Director Yang has taken people to reclaim wasteland, and only Director Ren is entertaining them!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen immediately knew who it was.

He just didn't expect that the other party could send someone over so quickly.

Could it be that the main base at the main plant was completed so quickly?
This speed is too fast!
We can't build only shoddy construction projects!

However, he still brushed the dust off his clothes and shouted to the old hands around him.

"I have something to take care of here, so I'll leave the rest of the work to you all."

"Make sure to apply fertilizer according to the proportions I've specified. Don't try to make all the crops grow by applying fertilizer indiscriminately!"

"I'm mainly looking at the effects of different fertilizers, not just for the sake of these crops!"

If Su Wenchen hadn't given them a heads-up, he would have been really afraid that these people wouldn't want to waste the crops and would end up fertilizing everything with good intentions but bad results.

In this way, he won't know what the specific proportions will have!

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's instructions, someone immediately patted their chest and assured him.

"Director, don't worry, it's all written on each of these field markers!"

"If a plot of land needs one part fertilizer, we definitely won't use two parts! If a plot of land can't be fertilized, we guarantee that not a single bit of manure will be allowed there!"

"We've been farming for so many years, how could we make such a mistake!"

Su Wenchen smiled and nodded.

"Alright, I'll leave these experimental plots to you experienced farmers. The only thing you must do is apply fertilizer according to the proportions and types I specify. Otherwise, just take care of them like normal crops."

"No matter what happens, you'll all get a share of the credit!"

"Director, you can rest assured about that!"

"We promise to take good care of it and apply the fertilizer exactly as you specified."

(End of this chapter)