Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

The team was filled with a joyous atmosphere, even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.

The main reason is that Fang Wei was reinstated, which gave everyone a sense of security and hope for the future.

Fang Wei asked Pan Lianhua and his sister to cook a table of dishes, and he invited Guan Chongyang, Sun Daoren, Yu Hao's family, and his elder brother's family over.

This meal served as a belated Mid-Autumn Festival gathering, and also celebrated Fang Wei's escape from danger.

"As the saying goes, those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortune. Third brother, I did a divination for you last night, and you're sure to become a high-ranking official in the future."

Guan Chongyang solemnly recounted the conclusions of his divination, and Pan Lianhua and Liang Xueqin both laughed.

Regardless of whether it's true or not, these words are inspiring.

Fang Wei smiled without saying a word. He had never thought of taking that path. Wasn't it better to live a simple life on his own little plot of land?

“Secretary, let me tell you something funny. Everyone says the unluckiest person is Director Chen from the Forestry Bureau. He was dismissed from his post because he accompanied Liu Yong into the mountains, and Liu Yong ended up going to meet the King of Hell.”

Yu Hao casually mentioned that Director Chen of the county forestry bureau had now gone to the archives and become an ordinary staff member.

To be honest, Old Chen was really wronged.

He simply accompanied Liu Yong into the mountains as requested, but Liu Yong was bitten by a poisonous snake and died, and he became the scapegoat.

Fang Wei smiled and shook his head, then asked, "Old Chen is a lucky man. It might not be a bad thing for him to be living a quiet life in the archives now. By the way, do you know where Director Wu is?"

During this period, Fang Wei was kept in a very closed loop, and she basically heard no rumors from the outside world.

That's why he asked Yu Hao.

"I heard he went to the cadre school with Director Zeng, but I don't know the specifics."

Yu Hao shook his head. This matter was beyond his control, and he didn't know much about it.

Fang Wei stopped asking about it, and everyone started drinking and chatting, which immediately made the atmosphere much more relaxed.

Had a meal.

Zheng Hu and several team leaders came over and sat down for a while. They chatted and drank tea on the rooftop, mainly discussing their expectations for the coming year.

"It's no use talking about this now, because we don't know how the commune and the county have made arrangements yet. Let's wait and see."

Fang Wei is not very optimistic about the situation next year.

Although he seems to have the upper hand this time, it's largely due to his representative status. Also, the actions of those people before went too far, which is why it provoked such a strong backlash.

However, the overall situation has not fundamentally changed.

the next day.

The commune held a meeting on the autumn harvest and also discussed the work arrangements for the coming year.

“Now our entire county is focused on breeding, which is unfair to other rice-growing areas. The county requires that future breeding work be mainly carried out by the breeding base.”

Of the 17 production brigades in our commune, except for Xiatang Brigade which will continue to cultivate rice seeds, the remaining 16 brigades will all plant rice starting next year and will no longer engage in seed breeding.

Director Xin revealed the work plan for the coming year in advance at the meeting, causing an uproar in the room.

Many people can't understand why, on the matter of cultivating rice seeds, they've gone through so many rounds of back and forth, and now they've simply cut off all production teams from cultivating rice seeds anymore.

There is one exception: Xiatang Brigade.

The newly arrived Director Yao in the county plans to vigorously develop the breeding base. Fortunately, he is still smart enough to know that without the Xiatang brigade providing breeding materials for the breeding base, his plan will fall through.

According to the plan, the breeding base will continue to expand its scale from the current 2 mu to 4 mu.

In the future, the entire county will change its rice varieties and uniformly plant the [YX-032] hybrid rice.

The main purpose was to limit the influence of Fang Wei and Xiatang Brigade, since there is a gap between cultivating breeding materials and direct breeding.

To ensure the smooth implementation of this measure, the county also required all purchasing stations to stop purchasing rice seeds produced by each team and only purchase rice grains.

This was a rather underhanded tactic, effectively eliminating the possibility of teams outwardly complying while inwardly resisting.

Private trading of rice seeds has been banned, so production teams can only honestly grow grain instead of thinking about breeding.

The meeting was in an uproar, but Director Xin didn't listen to any of it. Anyway, it was the county's decision, and whether he listened or not, he would have to obediently comply in the end.

“Director Xin, cultivating breeding materials is not easy, and it’s not something that can be done quickly by just a few words. We can’t supply breeding materials for 4 mu of farmland.”

Once the scene quieted down a bit, Fang Wei spoke up.

Things are in complete chaos now. If he agrees to produce breeding materials, it will take up a lot of farmland. What will happen to everyone's food supply?
It should be understood that there is no food supply for producing breeding materials. Ultimately, the team had to find ways to solve the problems of public grain, requisitioned grain, and rations.

As I said before, having money is useless these days; you can't buy large quantities of food with money.

"This is none of my business. All decisions are made by the county. If you're not satisfied, go find the county. Meeting adjourned!"

Director Xin had no authority in the commune, and he knew it himself, so he simply gave up.

Everyone walked out grumbling and cursing. Several brigade secretaries quietly pulled Fang Wei aside and asked:
"Secretary Fang, can you continue to supply the [Nanguang No. 2] standardized rice seeds?"

"What are you trying to do? Don't you still have rice seeds for next spring's planting? Do you intend to continue producing second-grade rice seeds in the future?"

As the group was talking, another group of people gathered around.

Fang Wei looked up and saw that none of the team leaders had left; it seemed they were still determined.

"Don't gather here. People will think we're plotting something. Here's what we'll do: everyone come to our brigade tomorrow morning, and we'll talk about it then."

Fang Wei felt that talking about these things while standing at the commune gate was a bit brainless, so he made an appointment with everyone.

Then he returned to his team.

When he told the team leaders about some of the things that happened at the meeting, they all started cursing.

"Third Brother, these people are really despicable. To put it bluntly, they just can't stand to see everyone living a good life. They want us to cultivate breeding materials for the breeding base? No way."

Zheng Hu couldn't swallow this insult and planned to start planting grain next year.

The fourth and fifth phases of the new residential building project are progressing smoothly, with funding secured and supporting facilities being improved.

The waterworks has been completed and recently passed the inspection by the water supply department, and will soon be put into operation.

The county water supply department will take over the management of the brigade's water plant, and the brigade will not need to contribute much.
Other supporting facilities are still being improved at a rapid pace and will all be completed by the end of the year. Therefore, the brigade is not under much financial pressure at present, and at worst, they can grow their own food crops in the future. "As for breeding materials, we certainly won't be led by the nose by others; we will arrange it according to our own actual situation."

Our next season's production will still focus on cultivating the "Nanguang No. 2" rice variety; we can't afford to lose our composure.

Fang Wei appeared very calm. Some things are not yet ready to be concluded, so there's no rush. Everything will proceed at his own pace.

Even if people don't buy the rice seeds produced, is there no way to sell them?
At this point, everyone has no way out; they can only go down this path to the bitter end, refusing to turn back until they hit a wall.

The next day.

The heads of the 17 production brigades of Yaoling Commune gathered at Xiatang Brigade to discuss the next steps.

To be honest, they're terrified of poverty. Now that they've finally started to live a slightly better life, these bastards want to ruin it all again, and they absolutely won't stand for it.

"Everyone will still have seeds for next spring's planting. You can decide for yourselves what to plant and what not to plant. After the summer harvest, I can continue to supply you with the [Nanguang No. 2] mature rice seeds. The question is, what will you offer in exchange?"

Fang Wei didn't waste any words. After everyone sat down, he immediately got to the point.

To reiterate, producing rice seeds is easy, but the real challenge is solving the problem of securing food supplies for the people and the government. With the county blocking the purchasing stations, there's no grain supply quota. People can't just go hungry, can they?
“Then we will sell the rice seeds to other counties and tell them that if they want our rice seeds, they will have to exchange them for some rice.”

Some people suggested selling rice seeds privately, which was a last resort.

However, this matter is quite sensitive, and it is not certain that it can be implemented smoothly.

Someone raised a question: "What if the county sets up checkpoints on the highway, preventing other people's grain from getting in and our rice seeds from getting out?"

Never underestimate the wickedness of some people; they are absolutely capable of doing such things.

After this question was raised, the room fell silent.

"Therefore, our rice seeds can only circulate within the county, and no matter how capable they are, they cannot stop them."

I have a suggestion: we could establish an agricultural production mutual aid and coordination group to coordinate next year's production plans.

Fang Wei smiled slightly, and then dropped a bombshell.

He had given this plan a lot of thought, even racking his brains over what to name it to avoid crossing any red lines.

Finally, he came up with this solution: mutual assistance and coordination in agricultural production, where everyone helps each other and works hard to increase grain production. Surely that should work?
"Secretary Fang, please explain in detail. We will listen to you."

Fang Wei originally thought it would take some effort to persuade everyone, but he didn't need to do any ideological work; these people accepted it naturally.

Actually, the reason they're sitting here is because they believe in Fang Wei, isn't it?

So when Fang Wei shared his idea, he immediately received everyone's support. Moreover, everyone agreed that Fang Wei should be the leader of this mutual aid coordination group, and everyone was willing to listen to him.

"Alright! Let's draw up a written agreement, and then everyone can put their fingerprints on it."

Since words are not enough, Fang Wei wrote a written agreement on the spot, and then each brigade leader pressed their fingerprints on it.

There is only one copy of this thing, which was given to Fang Wei for safekeeping.

"Everyone, please don't rush. There's still some time before the autumn harvest. I plan to visit each production brigade and then formulate next year's production plan based on the actual situation."

Fang Wei has his own ideas, and once these ideas are implemented, they will be a groundbreaking achievement.

The next day.

Fang Weiyi started wandering around the various teams early in the morning.

He first went to the two neighboring brigades and tried it out in the fields. Sure enough, it was exactly as he had thought.

The heads of each brigade signed a document agreeing that future agricultural production would be planned and organized by the "coordination group".

This was tantamount to handing over the right to use all the farmland in the commune to Fang Wei, who would then give him unified command. As a result, these farmlands became land that could be designated.

The entire commune has approximately 8 mu of paddy fields and 3.5 mu of dry land, distributed across 17 production brigades.

On the surface, Fang Wei was conducting an inspection, but in reality, he took this opportunity to include all the farmland in the commune into the planting area.

In the future, these 17 brigades will not only be able to produce the "Nanguang No. 2" standardized rice seeds, but also produce seeds for high-yield cash crops. Even if half of the paddy fields are used to grow grain, everyone's living standards will not decline.

There are many ways to make money in the future, such as cultivating high-yield vegetable seeds, sweet potato seeds, corn seeds, and so on.

With the attribute bonuses, the entire commune's farmland will become a treasure trove.

Trying to starve everyone with food? No way! Those people will be dumbfounded when the time comes; everything will be different from what they imagined, and they won't achieve their goal at all.

Fang Wei spent a week learning about the farmland situation of each team in detail, and then made a plan in his mind.

But there's no rush; we can wait until after the autumn harvest.

A few days passed quickly.

The team celebrated the autumn harvest.

Deng Yuanen had made preparations in advance, and all kinds of agricultural machinery had been maintained. He drove them into the fields at a moment's notice.

Harvesting rice is much simpler now. With the help of large machinery, the manpower required is no more than one-third of the entire brigade's workforce, and the speed is even faster than before.

Moreover, after the rice is harvested, it can be threshed immediately using a large threshing machine, and then dried using a large dryer.

In the past, we were most afraid of rain at this time of year because the rice needed to be dried before it could be stored. If it got wet in the rain, it would mold and cause heavy losses.

Now it's much more flexible. When the weather is good, the grain can be dried in the threshing ground. When the weather is bad, it can be directly dried to avoid losses.

To be honest, the wealth of Xiatang Brigade far exceeds outsiders' imagination.

A week later.

Various statistics have been released one after another, showing that the total yield of the "Nanguang No. 2" rice variety planted this season reached 462 million jin.

But the situation is delicate. The county has not yet given a clear answer on how to sell the rice seeds produced this season.

The other 16 brigades of the commune remained calm, after all, they had already formed a deep partnership with the Xiatang brigade the following year, and they were very confident that Fang Wei would work well.

But the production teams in other communes were not so calm. They didn't have many rice seeds left, so how would they produce next year? Nobody was sure.

In fact, the county was in an uproar during this period. (End of Chapter)