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

The farmland in Shuiziba Township is used to grow rice and rapeseed, and will become the largest rapeseed base for the oil mill in the future.

The management team had been formed long ago, and the other farm workers had also signed contracts one after another, so the handover work went very smoothly.

This season, all the paddy fields were used to grow "Nanguang No. 5" rice, while the dry fields were used to cultivate seeds for high-yield cash crops. The company chose to cultivate peanut seeds.

Fang Wei felt very gratified that Yaoling Agriculture had expanded its territory.

These past few days, whenever he had free time, he would go to Shuiziba Township to familiarize himself with the local situation and get acquainted with the township government staff.

The cultivation of various cash crops has now established a solid foundation.

Shuiziba Township cultivates peanut or soybean seeds, while also planting rice and winter rapeseed.

Qianjin Township focuses on cultivating the "Nanyu No. 1" corn seed variety. The seeds produced have been sold all over the country and are very popular among growers.

Xiangyang Town has a chili pepper planting base owned by a food company, which now provides a basic guarantee for the raw material supply of chili sauce factories. For crops like chili peppers, planting three seasons a year is not a problem, and 20,000 mu of dry land is not a small area.

In addition, the contracted land in the three townships can be allocated in a coordinated manner, and there will be no land shortage problem in the short term.

“Secretary Fang, you’re really hard to find! I searched all over the place before I found out you were in Shuiziba Township.”

Around noon, Fang Wei was wandering around Shuiziba Township when Liu Fendou from Qianjin Township found him.

Liu Fendou went to Fang Wei's office first in the morning, but no one was there, and the staff didn't know where Secretary Fang had gone. So he went to the Yao village, where Wang Songlin told him that Secretary Fang hadn't come and suggested he go to Shuiziba Township to check.

When Liu Fendou arrived at Shuiziba Township, he saw Fang Wei's car and finally met him by the edge of a field.

"Secretary Liu, shouldn't you make a phone call first when you need to find someone?"

"Why make a phone call? Just think of it as going out for a stroll."

Liu Fendou has been looking for Fang Wei quite a bit lately, and Fang Wei eventually stopped seeing him altogether, which led to this whole mess today.

Liu Fendou wanted to contract the remaining paddy fields in Qianjin Township to Yaoling Agriculture, but Fang Wei complained that the other party had too few paddy fields and the terrain was not ideal, so he kept making excuses.

“Secretary Fang, even if the terrain affects efficiency a little, do you really care about that? Let me tell you, the soil in our township is very good. Experts have come to see it and said that our soil is rich in selenium.”

Liu Fendou continued to persuade Fang Wei, but he had no other choice. The enthusiasm for planting rice in various villages was getting lower and lower, and if this continued, it was not impossible for the land to be abandoned.

There are about 6 mu of paddy fields left in Qianjin Township, while the dry land has long been contracted out to Yaoling Agriculture.

“Every township is using this selenium-rich product as an excuse, but how many consumers actually care? Secretary Liu, since we’re friends, I’ll agree to this this time, but the contract will have to be signed after the autumn harvest.”

Fang Wei and Cai Tong discussed this matter on the phone yesterday. Cai Tong felt that Qianjin Township was the first township to cooperate with the company, and even created a "Qianjin Township Model". It would be unreasonable to not give them any face at all.

Nowadays, it's popular to go into business or work in the south, putting increasing pressure on agricultural production in various towns and villages.

If the land could be contracted to an enterprise like Yaoling Agriculture, at least the grain production target wouldn't be a problem, and there would be no need to worry about things like agricultural taxes and levies.

That's why Liu Fendou was so persistent, going back and forth to see Wei again and again.

This matter was originally neither here nor there, but Fang Wei ultimately agreed to Liu Fendou's request to let him contact Cai Tong.

Liu Fendou was very happy. It was almost noon, and he insisted on treating Fang Wei to lunch. So the two went to the county, and Liu Fendou enjoyed the treatment of having a private car.

“Secretary Fang, I wouldn’t have kept bothering you if I hadn’t really had no other choice. Come on, thank you for your help, let me toast you.”

The two drank freely. Liu Fendou had a decent alcohol tolerance, but Fang Weijian didn't ask for any more after the bottle was empty.

Liu Fendou said that the rice farmers in the township had not yet sown their crops and were all waiting for this news.

"Fine, fine, I knew you were the most difficult to deal with."

Upon hearing this, Fang Wei became restless and immediately returned to the commune with Liu Fendou.

He then called Cai Tong, who didn't seem to mind, saying that they would sign the contract and take over the land in the next few days. As for the planting time being a little late, that was no big deal, and there would be plenty of time to plant later.

Two days later, Luo Zhimin heard about this and came to find Fang Wei in a huff.

“Secretary Fang, that’s not fair of you. The county has been negotiating with you for so long, and you’ve been lukewarm all the time, but in the end, you’ve taken over the paddy fields from Liu Fendou’s township.”

"Secretary Luo, you can't lie. I was forced into this by Secretary Liu. As you know, our company has been cooperating with them for a long time and even established the Qianjin Township model."

All the dry land in Qianjin Township has been contracted out to us, and their paddy fields are increasingly lacking labor. Secretary Liu has been pestering me every day, and I can't refuse.

Fang Wei did not argue with Luo Zhimin; matters in the county were far more complicated than those in Qianjin Township.

Actually, his original intention was to negotiate one-on-one with each township rather than negotiate with the county as a package deal. The county had too many conditions, and he was afraid that he would be trapped in them. "Sigh, I know you have concerns about negotiating with the county. How about this, I'll try to persuade them a bit more and loosen the conditions."

The two of them kept bringing up the conditions in the county.

Many things in the county cannot be decided by Luo Zhimin alone, and the concerns of the other members of the team are not entirely unreasonable, so he is actually in a difficult position.

However, Fang Wei is a very opinionated person and will not make promises easily just because she has a good relationship with Luo Zhimin.

So this matter will probably have to drag on for a long time.

"Secretary Luo, don't force this! It's understandable that we have different positions and are considering our own side, but cooperation should be based on mutual consent, right? Let's wait and see, maybe an opportunity will arise sometime."

Fang Wei ultimately rejected Luo Zhimin. He didn't want to rush into signing a contract with the county with so many restrictions, as the company would have a lot of headaches if problems arose.

Luo Zhimin ultimately left disappointed, and the matter of cooperating with Yaoling Agriculture was not mentioned again in the next few meetings.

For Fang Wei, the current scale is acceptable. After all, there are still many things to digest, and expanding too quickly may not be a good thing.

For some time now, Cai Tong and others have been in talks with relevant parties in Hengzhou about building a large-scale agricultural planting base.

The project has a total investment of 8000 million yuan, including a 30-mu rice planting base, a large rice mill, two large modern agricultural greenhouses, and related supporting facilities.

Hengzhou welcomes Yaoling Agriculture's entry, but the current disagreement lies in the breeding aspect.

The local government hopes that Yaoling Agriculture will agree to invest in another breeding base, but the company does not need such a large breeding capacity at the moment, so the two parties have not yet reached a final agreement.

According to Cai Tong's estimate, Hengzhou should compromise soon.

"As expected, they still want to move the breeding base there. Breeding can drive the entire industrial chain and create higher output value. Mr. Cai, let's not rush this matter and put it aside for now."

Cai Tong came over specifically to report to Fang Wei on the progress of the negotiations with Hengzhou.

Fang Wei said there was no need to rush to reach an agreement, and he had no plans to relocate the breeding base for the time being.

"Okay, how are the cooperation negotiations going with the county?"

Cai Tong also felt that it was better to let things cool down for the time being, and then he asked about the situation in the county.

“The county keeps trying to attach some restrictive conditions, and so do I. We’ve temporarily rejected their proposed cooperation plan. Let’s leave it at that for now and focus on getting rid of the new land in Shuiziba Township and Qianjin Township as soon as possible.”

After finishing their business, the two went to the cafeteria for a meal.

All projects in Hengzhou and cooperative projects in the county were put on hold, and Cai Tong and others focused on improving agricultural production in Shuiziba Township and Qianjin Township.

In fact, during this period, the leaders of Xiangyang Town also approached Cai Tong, and the two sides tentatively discussed a plan for him to contract all the land in the town.

However, the situation in Xiangyang Town is more complicated. The two sides made two tentative contacts, but nothing came of it.

morning.

After handling a few official matters in his office, Fang Wei took a tour of the various teams within the company.

This season, of the cooperative's 3.5 mu of dry land, 5000 mu were used to cultivate vegetable seeds, while the remaining 3 mu were all used to cultivate the seeds of the new generation of soybeans [Nan Dou 336].

The trial planting of 【Nan Dou 336】 has ended, and the application process has been completed. Sun Shili is currently participating in various award evaluations.

This soybean variety has seen a significant increase in yield and oil extraction rate, making it a finished product.

【Nanguang 336】soybean seeds will be officially sold after the autumn harvest, and the preliminary promotion work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

This is undoubtedly good news for struggling soybean farmers and local edible oil companies. However, it's a long-term solution that won't solve the immediate problem; the large-scale market launch of the new generation of soybeans won't happen until at least the first half of next year.

The oil pressing plant of Yaoling Agriculture's (food company) mainly produces rapeseed oil and secondarily produces tea oil.

Rapeseed oil doesn't need to rely on foreign giants for the time being, but these giants won't give up on any variety of edible oil, and the company will have to compete with these rivals sooner or later.

Zhang Chu submitted a report to the company regarding the construction of a new production line, as he was eager to increase production capacity.

When the report reached Fang Wei, he signed it without hesitation, agreeing to the other party's plan.

“We should arrange it this way: apart from the breeding fields, all rice production bases should be planted with winter rapeseed.”

After the new production line was approved, Fang Wei also required all units to implement the new production plan, with the aim of continuing to increase rapeseed production.

Currently, the rapeseed being planted by various units for wintering is still the variety he cultivated previously. New varieties are still in the research stage, and it's unknown when the research institute and the crop institute will be able to develop them. (End of Chapter)