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

Subsequently, Tian Bingyi personally led a team to Xiatang Brigade to offer Zhao Jinsheng and his colleagues some suggestions. He also shared his experience and techniques in fish farming, as well as information on where to purchase fish fry.

There will be no competition between the two teams, and the situation of supply falling short of demand for live fish is unlikely to change in the short term.

"Brother-in-law, take a look at this. The newspapers are all discussing the household responsibility system. What are your thoughts?"

Tian Bingyi worked in Xiatang Brigade for three days. On the last day, Fang Wei invited him to drink at his home.

After a few rounds of drinks, Fang Wei took out the latest newspaper and handed it to Tian Bingyi.

The other person glanced at it and then said, "I noticed that before. If it really comes to that, I won't be the captain anymore. I'll take a few people to raise fish."

“Okay, I’ll invest some money in you then, and we can contract a few more fish ponds.”

Fang Wei laughed and joked with her brother-in-law.

He actually wanted to recruit Tian Bingyi to work with him; Tian was a capable person, otherwise he wouldn't have become the team leader. If Tian was willing, he could entrust him with the management of the team's fishponds, and the income wouldn't necessarily be worse than if he contracted the fishponds himself.

"You said it yourself. If that day ever comes, I'll definitely bring you on board."

Tian Bingyi took it seriously. He thought fish farming was a good way out. With the land distributed to individual households and fish farming added to the plan, he felt that his life would definitely get better.

But he never considered continuing to maintain the collective economy.

Everyone's perception is different, and it's impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. After all, strong figures like Fang Wei are rare. Without a strong leader to take the lead, the production brigade and production team would instantly collapse when the time came to distribute land to individual households.

There's no right or wrong, it all depends on what you want.

After the meal, Tian Bingyi said goodbye to his two companions and left.

A few days passed quickly.

The team started filling the fishpond with water and bought fish fry. The team began to try raising fish.

The fishpond was stocked with grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp fry. The number of fish stocked was relatively large. Once we have accumulated enough experience, we will adjust the quantity according to the actual situation.

When everyone was being cautious, it was Fang Wei's turn to take the stage.

Fish ponds are also production facilities, so they can naturally be designated.

Temporary facilities → Production facilities → Fishponds

Facility Level: (Level 1, 0/10)

[Facility Attributes: High resistance, oxygen-rich, accelerated growth, high quality, high yield]

Raising fish in the fishpond increases all attributes by an additional 5%.

Fishponds are a special case; to facilitate breeding, the area of ​​each fishpond is limited and they cannot be too large. Therefore, when Fang Wei makes the designations, all the fishponds in the brigade are considered as one facility, rather than being counted separately.

However, fishponds outside the brigade are not included in this category.

Generally, the breeding cycle of grass carp takes about 2-3 years to form a reasonable production cycle.

Fang Wei wanted to shorten this cycle as much as possible, which required attribute bonuses. Therefore, he spent 66666660 points to upgrade the [Fish Pond] to level 15.

Temporary facilities → Production facilities → Fishponds

[Facility Level: (Level 15, 0.5 billion)]

[Facility Attributes: High resistance, oxygen-rich, accelerated growth, high quality, high yield]

Raising fish in the fishpond increases all attributes by an additional 75%, and natural breeding by +1.

Total points: 187434320.

After the major upgrade, Fang Wei received a big gift package.

[Natural Reproduction +1] will promote the natural reproduction of various fish species and also enhance their adaptability. For fishkeeping, this is a pretty good attribute bonus.

A few days later, Fang Wei bought some bone meal from another place and gave it to Zhao Jinsheng as a "secret weapon" for fish farming. He asked Zhao Jinsheng to personally lead people to sprinkle it into each fish pond in stages, with each dose not exceeding 100 grams (per fish pond).

"Secretary, what exactly is this thing?"

Because there were no signs or markings, Zhao Jinsheng had no idea what it was.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Fang Wei, but he asked out of curiosity.

"I can't say what it is, but it's a great thing for raising fish, and it will definitely surprise everyone."

Fang Wei deliberately acted mysteriously to avoid being bombarded with questions later.

After upgrading the [Fishpond], he consciously adjusted the [Accelerated Growth] attribute value to ensure that the first batch of qualified grass carp could be sold before next autumn.

Of course, going even faster would be fine, but there's no need to attract too much attention.

After more than a year, nobody cared about it anymore, and the fish the team raised were ready to be caught. As for those who knew the inside story, like Zhao Jinsheng, they would most likely attribute the miracle to the "secret weapon" that Fang Wei had brought out.

Anyway, Fang Wei has brought us too many surprises over the years, so one more won't make a difference.

early morning.

After Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua got up, they went to the back mountain to practice their health-preserving exercises and also chopped some firewood.

Now, many people in the team have started using coal, not by burning raw coal directly, but by placing a large number of honeycomb briquettes on consignment at the sales point.

The team doesn't make money; it only charges for operating costs.

Nowadays, almost every household keeps some honeycomb briquettes on hand as a supplement, and the habit of burning firewood still exists, even in Fang Wei's family. But this has reduced the demand for firewood.

The team has its own firewood forest, and there is enough timber, but going up the mountain to cut firewood is still a lot of trouble.

Having honeycomb briquettes at home means you can be lazy sometimes, but many people complain that honeycomb briquette stoves don't have enough heat and can't completely replace firewood.

But habits are formed gradually. Burning honeycomb briquettes will replace burning firewood, and gas stoves will replace honeycomb briquette stoves; it's just a matter of time.

However, the use of honeycomb briquettes is gradually increasing.

Because Xiatang Brigade had many years of experience in making honeycomb briquettes, the brigade even set up a special group to produce them. Therefore, after the coal mine liberalized the purchase of coal for civilian use, other brigades in the commune also purchased honeycomb briquettes from Xiatang Brigade.

In addition to producing electric fans and various small hardware items, the hardware factory also produces special stoves for honeycomb briquettes, which is why honeycomb briquettes have been gradually promoted.

"Third Brother, I'm not working today. How about we go to the mountains and pick some mushrooms?"

After breakfast, Pan Lianhua suggested going into the mountains for a stroll. Fang Wei readily agreed, so he took his rifle and went into the mountains with his wife. At present, there were no restrictive regulations, so going into the mountains to pick mushrooms would also allow them to hunt some game.

This won't be a problem in the future. Rifles will definitely have to be handed over, and various wildlife protection regulations will be introduced.

The mountains are another world, a world of plants and animals. Every time Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua go into the mountains, they feel happy.

The two went into the mountains in the morning and did not return until evening. They brought back not only a lot of fir mushrooms and swan mushrooms, but also a few wild rabbits and a muntjac.

Nowadays, people don't lack meat, but it's still nice to try some wild game occasionally.

That evening, I invited my elder brother and sister-in-law over, along with Guan Chongyang and Sun Daoren. We enjoyed a delicious meal of wild game and downed a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor).

"Third brother, your sister-in-law and I have discussed it and we plan to move to the commune area temporarily. The factory's staff dormitory is finished, and the dormitory they provided is a two-bedroom apartment, which is enough for us."

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Fang Ping told a story about himself.

He plans to move to the commune to live, mainly because he often has to work overtime at the factory and is too busy. If he moves to the factory dormitory, he can get there in no time if needed, which is more convenient than now.

Tian Guihua goes to work and doesn't usually go home for lunch, so it's not too much of a hassle.

"That's good, but, brother, you need to take care of your health and not overwork yourself. If you don't have enough manpower, just hire more people, okay?"

Fang Wei could understand her older brother's choice: stay in the dormitory when he was busy, and come back to live when he wasn't.

Anyway, the Xiatang brigade doesn't have any private plots, so they don't need to run back and forth.

A few days later, Fang Ping and Tian Guihua moved to the commune, but the two families still kept in touch. Whenever they weren't busy, the couple would come back.

this day.

Fang Wei was sitting in his office reading documents when several strangers came to his door.

"Hello, Party Secretary Fang. We're from the north. My surname is Feng, and my name is Feng Gang. I read about your exemplary deeds in the newspaper. Our area mainly grows corn, and we'd like to ask you to help us cultivate a high-yield corn seed. Is that possible?"

After the guests and hosts were seated, Fang Wei served them tea.

The leader, Feng Gang, first introduced himself and then got straight to the point. His purpose was clear: he wanted Fang Wei to help them cultivate a high-yield corn seed.

Although information technology is not as readily available now, newspapers still have a wide reach.

Feng Gang read about Fang Wei's achievements in the newspaper and learned that Fang Wei was a top breeding expert in China. He suddenly had the idea to ask Fang Wei for help with breeding.

The local area mainly grows corn, but the yield is very low. Feng Gang was indignant. Everyone worked hard all day long, so why did they have to go hungry? He found inspiration in Fang Wei's story and felt that the biggest problem was the seeds.

So the whole brigade pooled together the travel expenses, and he took two people with him and traveled a long way to Xiatang Brigade.

“Secretary Feng, you’re a real man of action! Cultivating corn seeds isn’t difficult, the problem is that our brigade bears the heavy responsibility of providing rice seeds for the whole province, so it’s really hard to set aside land for corn breeding.”

Fang Wei was in a dilemma. Cultivating high-yield corn seeds was simple, but he didn't have enough farmland.

However, the corn seeds he cultivated could not be bred. Even if he had good seeds, the yield was low. It was all just a mirage.

Therefore, he had no choice but to refuse.

“Secretary Fang, don’t worry, listen to me. The policies are gradually improving now, and I’d like to work with your brigade to establish a breeding center specifically for cultivating high-yield corn seeds.”

You don't need to contribute any money or land. We have plenty of land over there. You just need to send a few technicians to provide guidance, and you'll get half of the breeding profits.

Unexpectedly, Feng Gang immediately put forward a new suggestion: to establish a joint center with shared benefits.

It seems that the other party had done their homework beforehand and was not acting rashly out of enthusiasm.

Now, Fang Wei couldn't keep making excuses.

"Alright, since you've come all this way, please stay at the team's place first, and take a look around our facility farm. I'll hold a meeting to discuss this, after all, team matters can't be decided by me alone, right?"

"That's right, that's right. We were just thinking of going around to learn from their experiences, so we'll have to trouble Secretary Feng to take care of it."

Feng Gang was very polite, and Fang Wei immediately had someone take them to the reception dormitory to stay in, and a special person accompanied them on a tour of the team.

in the afternoon.

Fang Wei then convened a meeting of brigade cadres to discuss the matter.

"Tsk tsk, these people are really something. They came all the way from Northeast China to here, it must be thousands of miles away? Secretary, this is ultimately a good thing, but can we meet their demands?"

Zhao Jinsheng admired these people quite a bit. They had traveled a long way to improve grain production, and they were people who got things done.

However, Fang Wei had no experience in cultivating high-yield corn seeds, and he wasn't sure if this would work. So, the conversation subtly gave Fang Wei a way out.

If it really doesn't work, find another excuse, such as the long distance or the different agricultural production conditions in the south and north, and then just refuse.

"I don't think it's a big problem. Although the seeds of various crops are different, the principles are the same. I'm confident that I can cultivate high-yield corn seeds. Do you all think this is feasible?"

Fang Wei didn't care about his reputation; even that breeding expert wouldn't dare claim to be an expert in the cultivation of any crop seed.

It's true that everyone has their own expertise, but some people just have a special talent.

There were no technical difficulties, so everyone felt reassured and expressed their agreement. As for whether it was a scam, no one thought it was likely, since the other party had produced a letter of introduction and there was nothing to scam them out of.

Finally, the head of the security department volunteered to take a group to check out the other party's territory first.

Seeing is believing; conduct on-site inspections before deciding whether to sign a contract with the other party.

"This whole mess has forced us to go to Northeast China to cooperate with them."

Fang Wei smiled and shook his head, agreeing to the neighborhood security chief's suggestion.

Feng Gang and the others visited the Xiatang Brigade and were almost moved to tears. They were both from the same rural area, but look at them! It was said that each member received over a thousand yuan in dividends a year, while they were lucky to earn 150 yuan a year after all their hard work.

This truly makes one feel miserable by comparing oneself to others, and it further strengthened my resolve to cooperate with Fang Wei and the Xiatang Brigade.

"Secretary Feng, you've been looking around these past few days. Do you think our brigade is quite capable?"

After the tour, Fang Wei invited the three of them into his office to discuss business.

He first showed off his strength, which was also to make it easier to negotiate terms later.

"Secretary Fang, the strength of your brigade has far exceeded our expectations; there are probably only a handful like it in the whole country. May I ask, has there been any progress in our cooperation?"

Feng Gang was clearly not good at flattery; after offering a stiff compliment, he inquired about the cooperation details. (End of Chapter)