1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 322 Old Qin is really generous; he actually gave me the tools!
After explaining things here, Su Wenchen headed towards the farm headquarters.

I just arrived at the main gate.

Su Wenchen saw that a long line of heavy trucks had been parked on the main road outside. More than a dozen grass-green heavy trucks were lined up like steel behemoths.

Stretching his neck to look back, he could still see all sorts of engineering equipment loaded on the truck bed.

Looking up, Su Wenchen could see, through the windshield of the car, construction workers dressed in green military uniforms in the driver's seat.

If it weren't for the fact that they weren't wearing collar insignia, he would have thought that it was an engineering unit from some military unit that had come by!

As you enter the farm headquarters compound, it becomes lively.

Many men in green military uniforms sat together by the flagpole in the middle of the field headquarters, smoking and chatting.

There were also several technicians from their headquarters.

They would gather alone near the office door, chatting in twos and threes.

After seeing Su Wenchen walk in.

The others didn't recognize Su Wenchen, so they just glanced at him casually. Only a few people from the main venue saw Su Wenchen.

He immediately showed an excited expression and quickly ran towards Su Wenchen, shouting.

"director!"

"Director, you're back!"

"Director! That's great, I can work with you again!"

Su Wenchen listened to the excited voices in his ear.

He was particularly surprised to see that Miao Yuan was willing to let his son, Miao Zhiguo, lead the team over!
So he laughed and joked.

"Old Miao is really something!"

"He was afraid of hardship and didn't want to come, so he sent you here to suffer for him! Didn't your family fight about this?"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Miao Zhiguo scratched his head sheepishly.

"Director, I knew Uncle Hou was short-staffed, so I volunteered to come. Now that I'm here, it's too late for Dad to disagree!"

Su Wenchen smiled and patted the other person on the shoulder.

“Not bad, I think he’s much better than Lao Miao. If he calls you to come back, just tell him to talk to me directly.”

"So, are you mentally prepared to endure hardship?"

"The conditions here are nothing like those at our main base!"

Miao Zhiguo nodded heavily.

"Director, you've achieved so much and can endure this hardship, how could I not be able to!"

"Don't worry, I'm not afraid of hardship, and I've been studying all sorts of knowledge about animal genetics all this time."

"During my time on the bus, I learned a lot from many of the researchers at the Animal Husbandry Institute!"

Seeing this, Su Wenchen nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad, it seems Old Hou really did find some help!"

He then addressed the other technicians who had signed up.

"Keep up the good work, everyone! I'm looking forward to seeing your performance!"

Su Wenchen had high hopes for these farm kids who had grown up on the farm.

After all, for future development, they still need enough technical personnel to maintain various aspects. Before the college entrance examination is reinstated, they can only cultivate their own talent.

Otherwise, if he has to do everything himself, even if he has three heads and six arms, he will be worked to death.

Moreover, the more young and eager-to-learn technical talents they have, the broader the future development prospects of their farms will be. Otherwise, no matter how much territory they have conquered in the past, it will all be in vain if they cannot defend the farms in the future.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with several young technicians at the main plant,

Su Wenchen then stepped into the temporary reception room.

It's called a reception room, but due to the limited space, it's really just a wooden coffee table and a circle of small stools that have been set up.

Even back when this area was a people's commune, it rarely received visitors due to its poor location and environment.

The most common type of reception is for officials from the county, so naturally they won't be provided with anything like sofas to receive them.

After Su Wenchen entered, the people who were sitting in the room immediately stood up.

One of them, also wearing a military uniform without collar insignia, walked towards Su Wenchen.

After standing still, he shouted loudly.

"Reporting to the leader, Chu Weidong, the captain of the first squad of the third engineering detachment under the Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, is reporting for duty!"

Looking at the other person's tense body.

Although Su Wenchen was somewhat surprised, he quickly reacted and reached out his hand.

"Captain Chu, on behalf of the first branch of Blue Water Farm, I welcome you to our support team!"

To be honest, Su Wenchen was already very satisfied with just the engineering machinery he saw in front of him.

He immediately felt something in his heart.

Old Qin is a real shill; he really knows how to give you the tools he has!

And these great young men—from the tone of their voices, Su Wenchen could tell they must have come from the military engineering corps.

These are definitely the engineering elites of their time. I wish their farm had a team like this!
However, he felt there was no rush, and after shaking hands, he spoke in a rather enthusiastic tone.

"Captain Chu, please have a seat! Don't you know those people and machines outside are there to support us?"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's question, Chu Weidong nodded in response.

"Reporting to the leader, these are all engineering vehicles from our Third Detachment!"

"After the machinery is delivered, the truck has to go back; only we will stay!"

"Because the first and second detachments are still in charge of the construction of the training base at the main site!"

Su Wenchen pressed his hand down.

"Captain Chu, you don't need to call me 'leader.' You can call me Director Su or Comrade Su, just like they do."

"Is Director Qin alright?"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Chu Weidong looked around with some difficulty, unsure whether he should speak directly on the spot.

Su Wenchen looked at the other person with some confusion upon seeing this.

"What's wrong? Has something happened to Director Qin?" Chu Weidong hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice.

"Director, Director Qin asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Tell me, I've already arranged for people and machinery to go there for you in advance. You can assign people to do the work, but don't have any other ulterior motives."

"Otherwise, even if I manage to get the person from the boss, I'll still turn against them!"

After speaking, Chu Weidong looked at Su Wenchen cautiously.

"Director, these are our bureau chief's exact words!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen's smile froze.

He now takes back what he just said.

Old Qin is such a jerk, why are we still wary of him?
What do you mean by "extraneous thoughts"? Isn't this just pure slander against him?

He hasn't even started taking action!
How could you presume to know him with such filthy thoughts!

So Su Wenchen spoke directly.

"Your bureau chief is really something. He has such a dark mind, and he thinks the same way about others."

"They even accused me of having ulterior motives! That's utterly slanderous! It's outrageous!"

"Don't worry, unless you stay voluntarily, I, Su Wenchen, would never do anything like forcing people to stay!"

"Even if I were to ask the boss to let someone go, am I that kind of person?"

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Chu Weidong was a little stunned.

What does it mean that they stayed voluntarily?
He couldn't quite understand why they would voluntarily stay.

Seeing this, Su Wenchen continued to comfort him.

"Captain Chu, you guys keep working hard here!"

"Don't worry, you'll see what kind of person I am in time."

"Don't listen to your Director Qin's nonsense. He just didn't get the better of me when we were in Beijing, so he's deliberately trying to make fun of me!"

At this moment, Ren Dachuan, who was standing next to him, gradually became suspicious as he listened.

At first, he also thought it was a leader from the engineering bureau who was too petty.

How could their director possibly have such thoughts!

But as he listened, he couldn't help but wonder if the director really meant it!

Did he misunderstand?
But just then, after comforting Chu Weidong, Su Wenchen asked Ren Dachuan a question.

"Old Ren, didn't you say that people from the Animal Husbandry Institute were also here?"

"Where are they? I can't find them!"

The person who went to notify him said that the animal husbandry institute had also come along.

But he didn't see anyone, neither outside nor here.

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's question, Ren Dachuan quickly snapped out of his daze and explained.

"Director, after they got out of the car, they chatted with Section Chief Hou for a few words and then were taken away by Section Chief Hou."

"It seems they took them to the farm. Should I have someone call them back?"

Upon seeing that Hou Guozhong had called him away, Su Wenchen simply waved his hand.

"No need, I'll go find them later."

"Okay, you should find a place for Captain Chu and the others who came to help to rest first."

"Regarding the subsequent construction of our farm headquarters, a planning team will be set up in our farm office at that time."

"Old Yang is in charge of land reclamation, Old Cao is in charge of digging irrigation ditches, and I have other things to do, so I can only entrust the planning of this project to you."

"So you have to take responsibility for this!"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Ren Dachuan couldn't hide his excitement and said...

"Director, don't worry, I'll definitely take responsibility for this!"

"We must coordinate with the staff in the field to assist Captain Chu and his team in completing the task as soon as possible and finish all the construction work in our branch field as soon as possible."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Alright, I'll leave this to you. But when it comes to construction, we should prioritize building the breeding farm. The current breeding farm is still a bit too close to the farm headquarters. I'll see if we can move it a little further west and find a new site downwind."

"This time, I asked the main farm to allocate another 500,000 yuan to this branch farm, which should be enough for the construction of the farm headquarters."

“We’re not short of money right now. You’re in charge of communicating with the surrounding brick and cement factories to ensure that they don’t cut off our supply of cement and red bricks.”

"If there's anything you can't procure later, let me know and I'll see if I can find someone to coordinate!"

Ren Dachuan quickly assured him.

"Don't worry, Director, if there's a real problem, I'll definitely speak up!"

However, I'd like to add something else.

"However, I've been here for so many years and I know quite a few people in various factories, so this procurement task shouldn't be a problem."

Su Wenchen neither agreed nor disagreed upon hearing this.

If the other party can fulfill the obligation, he naturally doesn't want to owe them too many favors.

Then he spoke to Chu Weidong.

"Captain Chu, I'll trouble you to take the men and go with Director Ren to settle them in!"

"I have some other things to attend to, I'll entertain you later tonight!"

The other person immediately shook their head.

"Director, I'm just here to work. You can go ahead and get busy. I'll handle the rest with Director Ren."

To be honest, although Director Su looked quite young, he felt quite pressured being around her.

It wasn't as easy as chatting with Director Ren when I first arrived.

After arranging things here, Su Wenchen headed towards the breeding farm. He felt that the people from the Animal Husbandry Institute had arrived at just the right time.

Because they need to accurately test the pH value of the soil's salinity, the staff at their branch site are really not as good as these researchers.

(End of this chapter)