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

When Fang Wei woke up that morning, he saw a snowstorm raging all around him, making the whole world blurry.

A blizzard swept through Xiachu County and more than a dozen surrounding counties and cities, freezing a large number of livestock to death. Everyone felt that all the winter crops they planted this year had been a waste of time.

"Third Brother, is this a blizzard? You can't see anything in the distance, and the wind feels like knives cutting your face."

Fang Wei was about to go out when Pan Lianhua, who was standing in the courtyard, was soon frozen to the bone.

"Hurry up and go inside. I wouldn't even bother going out today if I didn't have something to do."

It was really cold today, so Fang Wei quickly sent his wife back inside and then went to his office.

There's no need to consider disaster prevention and mitigation; this is extreme weather, and there's simply no way to take care of the crops in the fields.

However, it's not like we're doing nothing. Some of the company's facilities need to be addressed. For example, we need to be extremely vigilant about the greenhouse area to prevent the snow from collapsing the roof.

Another important thing is to ensure normal heating. Although it is heartbreaking to lose a season's worth of crops, as long as people are safe, everything is negotiable.

"Boss, don't worry, our winter rapeseed won't necessarily all freeze to death. But the winter wheat is probably in trouble. Fortunately, it's just a planting verification, so it's okay if it takes a little longer to finalize."

Fang Wei was sitting quietly in his office reading documents. Ye Chen, worried that he might be upset, came in to comfort him.

"Where did you see me getting anxious or upset? I'm fine, don't overthink it. What can we do about this kind of once-in-a-decade extreme weather? We'll deal with it when the time comes."

Fang Wei smiled, appearing quite composed.

The company has enough reserves now, so the loss of one season's winter rapeseed won't be crippling. The only problem is that we won't be able to deliver to the oil mills next spring; there's nothing we can do about that, as natural disasters are considered force majeure and we can be exempted from liability.

The blizzard lasted for two days and two nights, and then the weather cleared up.

Yang Feng, Wang Muqi, Fang Tao, Feng Xiaojiang, and others rushed to the field. The employees cleared the field roads and everyone quickly checked the situation.

"It seems the disaster situation is not as serious as we thought. Let's leave it at that for now and keep a close eye on it."

Yang Feng and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed that winter rapeseed and winter wheat were quite cold-resistant.

Time flies.

The growth of winter rapeseed and winter wheat is generally normal. As for whether there will be a significant reduction in production next year, it is still unclear.

Fang Wei felt that as long as there was no complete loss of harvest, it was a victory. He realized through this snow disaster that the company still had too few greenhouses and should build more.

This would be beneficial for breeding and scientific research during the winter.

So he handed the matter over to Yang Feng to handle, and construction could be carried out in batches depending on the funding situation.

This morning.

Wu Jiang accompanied provincial leaders to Juli Agriculture to inspect the disaster situation in various places.

"Mr. Fang, how much exactly did you suffer?"

A large group of people arrived, and Fang Wei and Yang Feng greeted them together.

The leader was most concerned about the disaster losses, so the first thing he asked upon meeting was about this.

"The losses should not be significant. We cannot provide specific figures, but based on our experience, we expect a maximum production reduction of around 10% next year."

Fang Wei thought for a moment and then reported according to his estimated data.

Upon hearing this figure, the leader couldn't help but smile. In the face of a major disaster, a 10% loss in agricultural production is essentially negligible.

"I'm curious, what varieties of winter rapeseed and winter wheat do you grow?"

The provincial leaders weren't very clear about the specifics of Juli Agriculture. If it weren't for the severity of this snow disaster, they wouldn't have come here at all.

"This year's main winter crop is the salt-tolerant winter rapeseed variety [Xiyou 023]. In addition, winter wheat is being trialed on a large scale. Both of these salt-tolerant crops were cultivated by the company itself, and they are performing well so far."

Fang Wei took the opportunity to introduce his masterpiece. Its salt and alkali resistance and cold resistance were already very eye-catching, and the leaders immediately became interested.

They insisted on visiting Tinari and toured the research and development center and the breeding center.

Then the leaders belatedly realized that such a powerful agricultural company was hidden in this remote Xiachu County.

Upon returning, the leaders held a meeting and decided to provide Juli Agriculture with more policy support. They also instructed various regions to organize visits and learn from their experience, and to vigorously promote Juli Agriculture's salt-tolerant and cold-resistant crops.

Two salt-tolerant and cold-resistant crops developed by Juli Agriculture performed remarkably well in this extreme weather event, demonstrating the power of technology to them.

In the following period, many media outlets came to the company to conduct interviews.

Fang Wei disliked being in the public eye, so he handed all these matters over to Yang Feng and the others, hiding in his office and not going out.

in the afternoon.

Fang Ping brought a stack of documents to Fang Wei. He had been traveling around for some time and had finally figured out the disaster situation of planting [Xiyou 023] winter rapeseed in various places.

"Third brother, the situation is better than expected. As long as you planted our [Xiyou 023], there won't be a total crop failure. There will still be some yield reduction, but according to my statistics, the reduction will not exceed 15%."

Fang Ping is a serious person. Since he accepted this job, he will never be careless.

"You've worked hard, brother. There's nothing major going on at the company, so you can take a few days to rest."

Fang Wei carefully reviewed the information his elder brother had brought back and felt gratified. Although extreme weather would cause losses for farmers, at least there was no total crop failure, so there was still hope.

The older brother's information was very detailed, which saved him a lot of work, so he decided to give the other party a few days off.

"Okay, I need to rest for a couple of days. This trip has been quite tiring."

The heavy snow has caused traffic disruptions, making it really difficult to travel far.

Fang Ping did not refuse his third brother's kind offer, and then got up to go home to rest.

after a few days.

Fang Wei convened a production meeting for next spring and finalized the production plan for next year's spring planting.

First, there's breeding. He plans to further increase breeding efforts, eventually allocating another 5 mu of land from his existing farmland to the breeding center.

As the breeding base expands, the planting area naturally shrinks, since the total amount of land remains unchanged.

"Seawater rice and soybeans will still be rotated. In addition, the planting area of ​​alfalfa can be reduced by 5 mu."

The opinions of the participants were relatively unified, so the entire meeting proceeded quickly.

Around noon, Fang Wei announced the end of the meeting, stating that the production plan for next spring had been finalized.

The meeting continued in the afternoon.

However, the afternoon's topic was about year-end bonuses, and no one said a word. These kinds of things can only be decided by the boss.

Fang Wei felt that everyone's work was done very well, so he waved his hand and directly approved the proposal submitted by the company's management.

According to this plan, the year-end bonus will make everyone very happy.

That day, nothing outside the designated area was done; all that was done was attend meetings.

Fortunately, meetings like this are rare, otherwise he would be driven crazy, and he has always been against the "mountains of documents and seas of meetings" management model.

When he got home that evening, he discussed with Pan Lianhua where they would spend the Chinese New Year next year.

"Third Brother, let's go back to the village for the New Year. But you'd better ask your eldest brother and sister-in-law if they'd like to come back with us."

Pan Lianhua planned to go back to the village for the Spring Festival, and Fang Wei had no objection.

A few days later, he met his older brother and asked him about it. Fang Ping was indeed planning to come home for the New Year, so the two of them agreed to go back after New Year's Day.

Throughout the winter, there wasn't anything urgent at the company, so going home for the New Year wouldn't interfere with anything.

However, it's still a long way from New Year's Day, so we have to get through this period whether we have something to do or not.

Fang Tao and his colleagues, however, were not so idle. They needed to record the growth of winter wheat every day to provide important data for the next step of shaping.

Feng Xiaojiang led a technical team to continue research on other salt-tolerant crops in the greenhouse.

Fang Wei would often come to the R&D center to take a look and occasionally offer some guidance.

This afternoon.

He had just returned to his office from the R&D center when Ye Chen rushed in to tell him some good news.

"Boss, two of our company's salt-tolerant crops, [Sea Rice 012] and [Salted Bean 001], have won the third prize in science and technology awards. The province is going to commend our company and I heard that we will be given a special support loan of 10 billion yuan."

This news was somewhat unexpected. Over the years, Fang Wei has won numerous awards for his crop varieties, but this is the first time that two crops have won awards at the same time.

In addition, the special support loan is also very interesting. With such a large amount, it seems that the province's support is not just superficial.

A few days later, the company received a phone call instructing the company's manager to go to the provincial capital to complete the relevant procedures for the support loan.

"It's alright, it's alright. Everyone just gathers together when something happens. Here's what we'll do: Mr. Yang, you take the people to Beijing to receive the award, and have Assistant Ye and the head of the finance department make a trip to the provincial capital."

The award-winning organization is Juli Agriculture; just send someone with influence.

As for the procedures for applying for support loans, they don't need to be too high-level; the finance department just needs to send someone.

Fang Wei called Yang Feng and the others to his office and gave them a briefing.

"Boss, it's fine if you don't go to accept the award, but you'd better go to the provincial capital and thank the relevant leaders in person. We don't need to flatter anyone, but it's still very necessary to maintain good relationships."

Yang Feng generally agreed with the arrangement, but he thought it would be best for Fang Wei to make a trip to the provincial capital.

The 10 billion yuan support loan is still very important to the company. The key is that the province is vigorously promoting salt-tolerant crops from Juli Agriculture. At this time, it is indeed necessary for Fang Wei to personally step forward.

"Alright, I'll go then."

Although she couldn't be lazy, Fang Wei still felt that Yang Gen's suggestion was correct.

He believed in listening to good advice, so he went to the provincial capital with Ye Chen and others. He didn't need to handle any specific matters; after arriving in the provincial capital, he contacted the relevant departments and prepared to meet with several leaders.

They were all very considerate, making time to meet and chat with Fang Wei. (End of Chapter)