Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 389 A town, a county.
How many villages are there in Xingdong Town?

Xu Yue hadn't calculated it.

However, Yin Xue definitely knew.

She said there were only two villages left, so there should only be two.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

With so many villages in a town, while the other villages are living the high life, they are still struggling to survive and starving. It's no wonder the people in those two villages have complaints.

If the villagers put pressure on the village leaders, it would be strange if those leaders didn't want Yin Xue.

After all, everyone in Xingdong Town knows that the town secretary and the owner of Taoyuan Farm are alumni and have known each other since they were in school.

We can't show favoritism!
People from other villages earn 500 yuan a year from one mu of land, but their monthly salary is several thousand yuan.

And what about them?

You can't make money from the fields, let alone earn a wage.

Their annual income is probably less than the monthly salary of other villages.

Not to mention, Taoyuan Farm has improved the roads in other villages so much. Not only the main roads, but even the small paths have been paved with cement.

Moreover, all the cement roads have been built to the doorstep of our homes.

Some villagers contribute a little money, and they can even repair the dam in front of their yard.

What about their village?

The main roads were full of potholes, let alone the side roads.

The gap is too big; anyone would feel resentful.

It's not surprising that Yin Xue was cornered by leaders from two villages.

Tired of being bothered by the village leaders, she came to find Xu Yue.

Of course, Yin Xue also wanted to achieve perfection.

If, before leaving, all the land in the town were contracted to Taoyuan Farm and the income of all the townspeople gradually increased, it would be very beneficial to her political career.

Leaving aside the rent, the average wage is over 3,000 yuan, which is higher than the wages in the city.

Moreover, those villagers would probably have a hard time finding work in the city.

Not only has the land been fully utilized, but the employment problem for farmers has also been solved.

For each villager who rents land, at least one job will be provided.

They'll arrange jobs for people even if they're in their sixties or seventies.

Of course, it's voluntary.

But in rural areas, there are countless people in their sixties and seventies who are still working. With a salary of over three thousand, who wouldn't want to do that?
Many villagers work on the farm, with several members of their families working there.

My monthly salary alone is over ten thousand.

Nowadays, not all of the young people who went out to work in Xingdong Town have returned, but at least half have.

Needless to say, most of the middle-aged people, except for those who are doing well, have come back.

Isn't it great to be able to earn money from home?

Not to mention those with discerning eyes.

Just look at Taoyuan Village and you'll know.

Nowadays, those villagers not only receive higher wages based on seniority, but more importantly, most of them are now in charge of various positions.

The salary would naturally be higher.

Some highly capable people earn tens of thousands of yuan a month.

Like Li Weibin's family, who were among the first to work with Xu Yue, their annual income has long exceeded one million yuan.

Of course, the highest-paid person was not Li Juemin, the veteran, nor Li Weibin, the original driver of Xu Yuejia, but his wife Ni Yan.

Because Ni Yan is relatively more capable.

Li Weibin was also a leader in the agricultural trade company, so his salary was naturally not low.

However, Ni Yan was in charge of both the farm's and the agricultural trading company's finances, so their importance can be imagined.

Of course, she no longer needs to do the accounting herself; she mainly acts as an observer.

Xu Yue's eyes.

Aside from that, Xu Wei is probably the one who's doing the best.

Their family had a conflict with Xu Yue, a fact that was widely known in Xingdong Town and even Gong'an City.

After Xu Wei's family ran into trouble and he needed money, he tried to borrow from all his relatives and friends, but they refused. With nowhere else to turn, he turned to Xu Yue for a loan.

But Xu Yue actually lent it.

Then, Xu Yue not only rented his family's land, but Xu Wei was also arranged to work on the farm.

Now they are all stationed at desert farms, becoming "high-ranking officials in their respective regions".

I heard their annual salary is close to a million.

If other benefits and bonuses are included, it should be broken.

Of course, many people know why Xu Yue treated Xu Wei that way. Besides Xu Wei's ability, it was also because of his character and conduct.

A filial person can't be too bad, no matter how bad they are.

A person who lacks filial piety can never be truly good, no matter how good they are.

This is also the difference between Xu Yue and Xu Wei and those other families.

Of course, the key is that Xu Wei has the ability.

Tian Yizhi has trained many people; otherwise, Xu Wei wouldn't be the most famous.

Tian Yizhi provided training to the young people in Taoyuan Village, and he was well aware that Taoyuan Village would continue to grow.

However, some people, like Xu Wei, are not only hardworking but also talented and capable.

Some, however, are simply hopeless cases.

Ultimately, ability is what matters.

If virtue is not matched, there will be disasters.

Being in a high position without sufficient ability is not a good thing.

Of course, when Xu Wei is mentioned, the other three companies become negative examples.

Although Xu Yue eventually rented their land, he did not arrange jobs for them.

What's the difference?
It wasn't because they broke the contract initially, but because of their subsequent reaction.

Xu Wei went to Xu Yue's house to apologize, and he never said a bad word about Xu Yue's family. He even said that it was their family that was in the wrong.

And what about the other three?

There was no shortage of gossip and slander against Xu Yue's family.

I just don't think they did anything wrong.

Justice resides in the hearts of the people; everyone can see clearly who is right and who is wrong.

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't just refuse to rent the land, they would also retaliate against them, and might even be driven out of Taoyuan Village. And now they're living the high life.
Correct.

Those three companies are actually doing quite well now.

This is thanks to the convenience brought about by the development of Taoyuan Village.

The three families first went into the mountains to pick mushrooms and sold them to agricultural trading companies. Later, they set up stalls in the village. Although it was not as easy or stable as working on a farm, their income was much better than before.

"Give me a straight answer." Seeing that Xu Yue had asked a question but didn't follow up, Yin Xue immediately said, "If you don't agree, don't blame me for bringing the leaders of those two villages to your house every day."

"This kind of threat doesn't sound like something a big leader like you would say," Xu Yue said, both amused and exasperated. "Fine, I'll have the farm people rent the land in those two villages later."

"What kind of big leader am I?" Yin Xue shook her head and then said, "Especially in front of you, the principal."

The Agricultural Technology College may seem worse than a diploma mill, but what is it really like?

Yin Xue was well aware of his potential, and perhaps his future status would not be inferior to that of Harbin Institute of Technology.

It's just a matter of different emphases.

Of course, this is just Yin Xue's guess.

If it truly reaches the level of Harbin Institute of Technology, then what level would President Xu Yue be?
Even if it doesn't reach the level of Harbin Institute of Technology, it should still be at least higher level than the president of a regular undergraduate university, right?

Therefore, Xu Yue, the principal, might become a vice-ministerial level official at any time.

And now, not to mention how far she is from the vice-ministerial level, she doesn't even know how far she is from the deputy department-level.

He'll only be a deputy director next year.

"I just took a shortcut, what's there to envy? Besides, there's a difference between the two," Xu Yue said. "There must be quite a few people who envy you."

There's a significant difference between people at the same level but with different job titles.

Moreover, it's quite rare for someone of Yin Xue's age to reach the deputy division level, and with real power at that.

"Then it's settled," Yin Xue said. "I won't keep you any longer."

Yin Xue left in a hurry.

Xu Yue chuckled and continued working.

On the way back, Xu Yue called Tian Yizhi and asked him to rent the remaining two villages in Xingdong Town. With the mineral water factory matter finished, Xu Yue had some free time again.

The newly rented land will take time to develop.

Road repairs and other tasks take time.

Besides, Guo Tianyou and his team could handle some of the preliminary tasks; he didn't need to get involved.

"What are you looking at?"

Zhang Ruoxi glanced at Xu Yue and asked.

She actually saw clearly what Xu Yue was looking at, but she was just a little confused.

“A map!” Xu Yue said with a smile. “After looking at the map, I realized that a town is really nothing compared to the whole country.”

"A town?" Zhang Ruoxi said with a smile, "Then you have a long way to go. But have you forgotten about the desert?"

"It's different over there."

Xu Yue shook his head.

In terms of land area, the desert farm is undoubtedly larger.

"Xingdong Town is considered a small town in Gong'an City, right?" Zhang Ruoxi said. "When it will be able to take its place on the map will probably depend on the academy."

Xu Yue nodded.

He has now been a "big landowner" for quite some time.

However, it is clearly still far from what the authorities want.

However, this matter cannot be rushed, nor can it be rushed.

In a town, a county, or a city, the higher authorities might not react much yet.

But if it were a whole state or something, then the farm probably wouldn't belong to Xu Yue anymore.

Besides, could it even be called a farm back then?

But that's a matter for later.

It took Xu Yue several years to build just one town. How many towns and villages are there in the whole country?

Tens of thousands!
At the current rate, it would take more than 100,000 years.

Of course, this calculation is obviously inappropriate.

If Xu Yue were to go all out and focus wholeheartedly on getting to Buzhen, the progress would be quite fast.

But that's obviously not appropriate either.

Therefore, in the end, it all came down to the academy cultivating talent.

"Is the college recruiting again next year?"

Zhang Ruoxi asked.

"Recruit!" Xu Yue nodded and said, "I estimate there will be quite a few more than the first batch. After all, the academy is so large and too spacious."

“Training one batch and then recruiting another is indeed too slow,” Zhang Ruoxi said. “I guess that’s what the higher-ups want.”

Xu Yue nodded.

The higher authorities still attach importance to the Agricultural Science and Technology College.

“There should be quite a few people entering the second realm next year, right?” Zhang Ruoxi said. “Then I wonder if anyone will be able to graduate the year after next.”

As for whether anyone will graduate next year?

I doubt it.

Once you've reached the Dao realm, you still need to learn supernatural abilities and formations.

That's much harder than improving one's cultivation level.

At least that's how Zhang Ruoxi sees it.

"I don't know the specifics, and it's hard to speculate," Xu Yue said. "However, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there should be at least a few dozen people who will be able to enter the second realm next year."

“Then we can rent more land next year for those people to practice,” Zhang Ruoxi said. “By the way, when are you planning to go to the desert lab? It shouldn’t take up too much time, right?”

"We'll go again after the new year. The area is still under construction and won't be finished anytime soon," Xu Yue said. "It's just setting up the formation; it won't take much time."

The laboratory on the other side of the desert was set up for desertification control, not to be set up in the desert like a desert farm.

"I've heard that many countries and regions are still exerting diplomatic pressure to obtain desert planting technology?"

Zhang Ruoxi continued to ask.

She learned about this from the news.

"The higher-ups will handle this," Xu Yue said. "If they can't, what can we do?"

Xu Yue wasn't particularly interested in this matter.

Should we share our technical skills?
It's a dream!

Want technology?
No.

However, selling you some better plants for desertification control is no problem.

But how many people would actually sell it?
Who knows.

Xu Yue was unaware of how much importance other countries and regions placed on desertification control.

It seems they don't value it as much as their own country does.

"Our desertification control company might even earn a lot of foreign exchange," Xu Yue continued. "By the way, when are you planning to make a breakthrough?"

Foreign exchange?

Zhang Ruoxi naturally knew how to earn money.

“No rush!” Zhang Ruoxi shook her head and said, “It should be completed before the end of the year. There’s no need to be as impatient as when breaking through to the second realm.”

When Zhang Ruoxi broke through to the second realm, she was obviously in a hurry and used the power of medicine to force the breakthrough.

Her eagerness was clearly due to her desire to learn those supernatural abilities as quickly as possible.

Nowadays, there's no need for that.

The transformation of true qi into true essence is not as significant as one might imagine.

It's at least not as transformative as a breakthrough in martial arts or spiritual cultivation.

"That's fine too."

Xu Yue nodded. A natural process might be a bit slower than a forced breakthrough, but it's safer and has a more solid foundation.

As the year drew to a close, Zhang Ruoxi broke through to the third realm, greatly increasing her strength. Whether using supernatural powers or setting up formations, she was undoubtedly more adept at it.

However, it doesn't help much.

She is still taking care of her child and has not gone to the academy to teach or to join Xu Yue in setting up formations.

The two villages that the pharmaceutical factory recently rented are almost finished, and Guo Tianyou and Liu Chengji have completed the preliminary arrangements.

Xu Yue was busy setting up the remaining formations.

As for the two villages in Ningjiawan, the roads and some infrastructure are not yet finished, and it is estimated that they will be finished at the beginning of the year.

"Is there winter break?"

Xue Jing looked at Xu Yue and couldn't help but ask a question.

He both loved and hated this principal.

Love, because he, as the vice principal, is more like the principal; he is basically in charge of managing the school.

You hate him, because this principal is completely irresponsible and dumps everything on him.

Hmm, it's a contradiction.

What do you mean?

Xu Yue countered with a question, seemingly unconcerned about the matter.

"We'll have winter break, but no summer break," Xue Jing said. "What do you think?"

"Sure! You decide how long to leave it!"

Xu Yue nodded.

Military academies have winter and summer vacations, but agricultural science and technology colleges are clearly more special than military academies.

Winter break but no summer break?
Harbin Institute of Technology is like that.

Whether Xue Jing consulted this information is unknown.

"We'll have a holiday before Lunar New Year's Eve and return to school after the Lantern Festival," Xue Jing said. "Actually, those students might not be used to it once they go back."

"Is there anything you're not used to?"

Xu Yue smiled and said, "There's no place like home."

Who doesn't want a home?

Of course, the fact that young people can't stay at home doesn't mean they don't miss home after being away for a long time.

"The accommodations might be provided, but the food might not be to my liking," Xue Jing said with a smile. "Whenever I think about this, I don't want to go home for the New Year."

(End of this chapter)