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

However, the storage unit has only just been established and has limited reserves, so it is unclear how effective it will be.

Fang Wei, however, felt that this matter was of extraordinary significance. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Once the reserve system is established, it will become more and more complete in the future, and the good days of international giants dominating the world will soon come to an end.

Of course, it takes time to go from nothing to something and then to play a significant role.

In Fang Wei's previous life, this process was extremely long. In this life, he hopes to shorten this time as much as possible, and perhaps the sudden emergence of [Nan Dou 339] is the catalyst.

morning.

Fang Wei received a call from Wang Lin in his office, who asked him to come to the provincial capital over the weekend so that everyone could get together.

Fang Wei naturally wouldn't refuse. He still hoped to maintain contact and keep in touch with Wang Lin, Pang Wanxin, and others, so that if something really happened, someone could help him, right?
He won't get involved in anything else besides that.

After hanging up the phone, he planned to go see his nephew, Fang Tao.

Despite Tao Tao's long-term support mission to Xinlin County, Fang Wei has never visited his workplace.

Firstly, of course, it's because he's been exceptionally busy this year; to put it bluntly, he was so busy he didn't even have a proper New Year's celebration. Secondly, he trusts his nephew and believes he can definitely do the job well.

When he had a little free time, he drove to the remote Tangjialing Township.

Tangjialing Township is not only relatively remote, but also has poor natural conditions. The township is mostly hillsides and terraced fields, making it one of the poorest places in the county.

After Fang Wei arrived in the township, he asked someone about Fang Tao, and the person laughed and said, "You're looking for Cadre Fang? He should be in the terraced fields east of Tangjialing."

He thanked the man and went to the place he had indicated.

"Manman, what brings you here?"

Fang Tao was quite surprised to see his uncle. He knew his uncle was very busy and never expected him to come to Tangjialing to find him.

"I came to see how you've been lately."

Tao Tao stopped what he was doing and took his uncle's hand as they walked down the terraced fields.

Fang Wei asked as he walked.

“I’m doing fine. There are no complicated interpersonal relationships here, and no one asks me to do this or that. It’s more comfortable than staying in the office. This year, based on my suggestion, the township is implementing crop rotation for soybeans and peanuts. In addition, I have also developed a new generation of high-yield sweet potatoes.”

Tao Tao introduced his achievements along the way, the most important of which was naturally the development of a new high-yield sweet potato variety.

Yaoling Agriculture does not engage in the breeding of sweet potatoes and potatoes. Tao Tao has been researching new varieties of sweet potatoes for the past few years, and has achieved success in Tangjialing Township.

On the one hand, he promoted crop rotation of soybeans and peanuts in the village, and on the other hand, he promoted the breeding of high-yield sweet potatoes.

The results were outstanding.

Tangjialing Township was originally the poorest place in the county, due to its poor natural conditions.

However, the slopes and terraces are very suitable for growing peanuts and soybeans. He also obtained high-quality and high-yield seeds and taught advanced planting techniques.

The planting of cash crops was successful, and farmers' incomes increased significantly.

Now he has started sweet potato breeding in the township. Once the technology is mature, the per capita income of Tangjialing Township will definitely reach a new level.

This is the significance of bringing science and technology to rural areas; Fang Tao is happy every day.

Fang Wei listened quietly without saying anything. Everyone has their own choices, and he was happy to see his nephew was doing well.

However, since his nephew works for the provincial agricultural department, he can't stay in the county forever.

Back at the township government, Fang Tao led Fang Wei to his office.

"Tao Tao, don't rush, I'll just sit for a bit and then I'll leave."

The office was fully equipped, but it seemed Fang Tao rarely stayed there; there wasn't even a packet of tea.

The other party planned to borrow some tea leaves from another office, but Fang Wei stopped him.

He came over to see how his nephew was doing, and seeing that everything was going well, he had nothing to worry about.

"Secretary Fang, you've come all this way but haven't even come over to sit with me. That's not very nice of you."

After the two chatted for a while, Secretary Fan from Tangjialing Township walked in from outside.

Fang Wei was not actually very familiar with the other party. Although they knew each other, they had hardly ever interacted.

However, since the other person was so enthusiastic, he couldn't show a sour face, so he smiled and went up to shake hands with them.

"Secretary Fan, you're just lying. I was just about to come over to see you later."

"Then let's go. I still have some good tea in my office."

The two then left. Fang Wei sat in Secretary Fan's office for a while, drank a few cups of tea, and then got up to say goodbye.

He didn't go back to find Fang Tao. He had already found out everything he needed to know, and as long as Fang Tao was doing well, he had nothing to worry about.

The next day.

Fang Wei drove into the mountains early in the morning to check on the experimental forest.

This year, the tree species replacement plan has progressed rapidly, and the entire project is basically complete. What remains is to identify and address any shortcomings. Currently, the experimental forest mainly cultivates seedlings of precious trees. The forestry company has a nursery, but the seedling cultivation speed in the experimental forest is faster.

No one can say for sure why, but it's probably because the soil and water in the mountains are better.

After leaving the experimental forest, Fang Wei drove directly to Sanqing Temple to visit Daoist Sun. Although the old Daoist was getting older, his eyesight and hearing were still sharp, and he was in good spirits, looking every bit the enlightened master.

Sanqing Temple has a long history, and many people come to visit and offer incense.

Since Master Sun reorganized the temple, admission has been abolished, and each visitor or worshipper can receive three sticks of incense for free. Of course, accepting offerings from worshippers still exists; otherwise, so many people would starve.

In short, all fees have been eliminated. In Sun Daoren's words, this place cannot be used as a business venue.

"Third brother, you haven't neglected your health regimen, have you?"

"No, I practice for a while every morning when conditions permit."

"That's good! It will be very beneficial to keep practicing, but it's a pity that Binbin didn't stick with it."

The two sat in the room chatting. At Sun Daoren's level, he had lost interest in many things in the outside world.

After lunch, Fang Wei went down the mountain and headed straight to his office.

He still had some official business to attend to and couldn't possibly delegate everything to Yang Feng and Du Wanyi.

Before they knew it, it was the weekend, and Fang Wei and Yang Feng arrived in the provincial capital ahead of schedule.

As soon as he entered the door, people from the neighborhood committee came over, along with people from the old city renovation command center.

The area where the courtyard is located has been slated for demolition, and the compensation will be a combination of housing and cash. However, it's impossible to give Fang Wei another courtyard; the compensation will definitely be an apartment building, and the cash compensation won't be much.

"You guys go talk to other people first. My conditions aren't high; I'll just go with the flow. So don't worry, I won't be a holdout."

Fang Wei doesn't care about the demolition compensation, nor will she ask for an exorbitant price.

However, they are still in the promotional stage, and signing contracts will have to wait. He then stated that he would not be among the first to sign contracts, nor would he be among the last, and only then did these people leave satisfied.

Fang Wei then received a call from Wang Lin, who told him about the gathering that evening and gave him the time and place.

The next evening, he arrived at the private room on time, and soon Wang Lin, Pang Wanxin, and the others arrived.

"Secretary Fang, the department has helped Yaoling Agriculture apply for a national subsidy. It's not a lot, only 3800 million yuan. It will be transferred to you in a few days."

Once the food and drinks were served, everyone started eating, and the atmosphere in the private room gradually became lively as glasses and plates clinked together.

After a few drinks, Wang Lin told Fang Wei some good news.

"Thank you to the department for helping the company solve its problems. To be honest, Yaoling Agriculture almost threw away all its resources in order to cultivate [Nan Dou 339]."

Fang Wei grinned, wondering if Wang Lin could get any more benefits.

Wang Lin, who had also seen things at the grassroots level, couldn't help but curl his lip upon hearing this, and said, "Anyway, that's all. The department doesn't have any money to subsidize you."

Fang Wei just laughed it off; he hadn't taken it seriously anyway.

"Secretary Fang, I heard you've gotten into a fight with Mengsanto? They're quite powerful and have launched a soybean war. Can Yaoling Agriculture defeat them?"

Although Pang Wanxin and others were not very familiar with agriculture, they were aware of this soybean war.

In their view, domestic soybeans are not competitive at all, not only because of the small-scale farming economy, but also because of problems with seeds, technology, capital, and farmland.

In particular, with insufficient arable land and limited plains, it is virtually impossible for China to compete with imported soybeans.

The only good news is that Yaoling Agriculture has solved the soybean seed problem, and its [Nan Dou 339] variety is better than Monsanto's genetically modified soybeans in all aspects.

Therefore, they wanted to hear the interpretation from the parties involved.

"We will ultimately be victorious, there is no doubt about that. But the process may be very long. Domestic soybean production cannot meet the growing demand, and diversifying imports is one way to solve the problem."

Fang Wei had readily available examples in his mind, knowing that with the development of the domestic economy and the gradual improvement of people's living standards, the demand for soybeans would increase.

Relying solely on domestic cultivation is unrealistic, so when competing with international giants, it is essential to diversify imports.

This is what people often refer to as not putting all your eggs in one basket, otherwise you'll easily become vulnerable to being controlled by others.

Of course, domestic soybean cultivation cannot be abandoned. Although the yield is insufficient, having or not having enough is a different matter, and this point is equally important.

"I understand. The future is bright, but the road is winding, right?"

Pang Wanxin laughed heartily, which amused everyone.

Wang Lin didn't laugh; he was deep in thought until he heard Fang Wei mention "diversification of imports," at which point his eyes lit up.

China is currently exploring a stockpiling system to leverage the advantages of state-owned assets for soybean stockpiling, which is actually a good way to stabilize soybean prices.

When prices are low, relevant authorities can guarantee purchase prices to protect the interests of domestic growers.

When soybean prices soar, one can sell soybeans to drive prices down, at least preventing the price increase from becoming too outrageous.

This is indeed a good method, but it still cannot solve all the problems. (End of Chapter)