bayedsolid Chapter 468 A Young Captain
Chapter 468 A Young Captain
Maybe they can use a hoe, or maybe they can plant something. After all, they all graduated from an agricultural university, so they know how to do that.
But the workload they had to endure in school was not so heavy. After the first plot of land was measured, the first few people who had practiced were left behind to break up the soil and dig ditches.
It is not difficult to break up the soil, but you need to be careful and apply force evenly when doing it.
You have to use a hoe to dig up the ground first, because the mud underground is all clumped together, and then break up the large clods of soil.
Crushed soil is loose and fluffy. You can't leave footprints on crushed soil.
Moreover, there will be a path in the middle of each shed, which is used for stepping.
These children were still unfamiliar with using hoes, and some of them could not dig any more after swinging them a few times. Some of them had just broken up the soil, but because they did not use the right amount of force, they stumbled forward a few steps and stepped on the ground they had broken up, leaving footprints, and had to break up the ground again.
There was another one who used too much force and threw himself out, creating a human figure on the broken soil.
Everyone laughed, worked, and took notes at the same time.
The three hundred acres of land were measured in one afternoon, but the work of breaking up the soil and digging drainage ditches was not yet completed.
Before leaving, Liang Xinyue praised their performance over the past two days. Then she left Lu Tianxing on duty here, and they could look for Lu Tianxing if they had any problems.
Ding Shiqing still had to go back to Xinshui Village to arrange some work plans for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, as well as some matters related to serving the dishes, so she could only come here to work after serving the dishes every day.
Liang Xinyue drove away with Ding Shiqing and Hu Yanhong.
On the way, Liang Xinyue reminded them both:
"You can ride your bicycles here, but it's still a long way to go. A woman can't go out alone. I'll talk to Captain Liu and have him pick you two up with a bullock cart every day."
Liang Xinyue still had to think about their safety. After all, this place was poor, and there were many bachelors. If something happened, no one could afford to compensate. It would ruin a girl's life.
The two girls were still very obedient and nodded.
Liang Xinyue returned home in the evening and made some revisions to some of her work plans. Director Ren returned to the county town from the construction site and made a special visit to Liang Xinyue:
"The overall progress is still good. Our entire county is working on this project now. If we continue at this pace, the main channel will be completed before the Chinese New Year."
"It's not certain for the canals in each village, because the labor force of each village is now mainly on the main canal. In the future, the most likely to be completed first will be Daoliang Village. They have the support of Captain Gu and others."
Liang Xinyue thought so too. Liang Xinyue said:
"I'm going to visit these two villages tomorrow. The journey is quite far, so let's swap cars. You drive mine and I'll drive yours."
"I'm not going down tomorrow. I have to go to the city tomorrow. Lao Chen said that the city will look for him and me to discuss some matters related to canal repair. Here are the car keys. Let Xiao Wei drive. Your hand hasn't recovered yet."
"it is good."
Liang Xinyue suddenly said:
"When you go to the city for a meeting, remember to complain about your hardship and poverty. Ask for some support. Also, ask the city's Animal Husbandry Bureau if there are any new varieties to promote. We will find a way to get people to do breeding while planting. Try all the roads and take whichever road is wider."
Director Ren's eyes lit up:
"You know what? I can really ask about this matter, but it's not easy for me to do it. I'll tell Lao Chen tomorrow and ask him to go and find out first. After all, the people from the Animal Husbandry Bureau haven't come forward yet."
Liang Xinyue nodded and said:
"Okay, you can give it a try first. I think it's feasible. I'm going to visit these two towns tomorrow. One is to investigate the soil and water conditions here, and the other is to see if they have any advantages for development."
"Now, the development of the entire rural area of our county must take the path of diversified co-development. If we can't grow well, we can raise it well. If we can't raise well, we can also process it."
Director Ren smiled and said:
"Your suggestion is very good. I will tell County Magistrate Chen tomorrow. Don't tell me, we don't really have such innovative methods. We just follow the old ways of planting in spring and harvesting in autumn. We haven't opened up our minds."
Liang Xinyue nodded and said:
"I want to take advantage of this canal repair to visit all the towns and villages in our county, so as to conduct a simple agricultural census."
"What census?"
Liang Xinyue briefly talked about the importance of this census:
"Old Ren, think about it. You know how many people there are in our county, and you know how much land there is, but you don't know what can be grown on each piece of land. You don't know where there are more elderly people with less labor."
"We need to investigate where is suitable for growing rice and where is suitable for growing potatoes. With the statistical data in hand, we can see where the agricultural level of the entire county is."
"We can adapt to local conditions and make some adjustments and optimizations to the county's agricultural planting and breeding industries based on the situation we have found. In the future, we can stop growing grain in this village and stop growing vegetables in this village."
Director Ren nodded and said:
"Our county made the right decision to keep you here."
The next day, Xiao Wei drove and took Liang Xinyue to the countryside. This time, Liang Xinyue returned to the bureau and asked a young man to go with her.
To do these jobs, we need to mobilize people who have some culture and professionalism.
This young man, who was said to be a graduate of an agricultural university, did not seem to be able to play a role here.
The young man's surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Xiangyang. He is a rather quiet person, not very talkative, but he is very serious about his work.
It seems that Zhang Xiangyang joined the Agricultural Bureau not only for the assignment but also because his uncle was the director of a supply and marketing cooperative.
The position of director of the county supply and marketing cooperative was a very important position at that time, because the entire supply and marketing cooperative was responsible for the allocation of some things related to people's livelihood, and the money was flowing in their hands.
But after Zhang Xiangyang came to work, his attitude was very serious. Director Ren once told a joke, saying that the year before last, the bureau wanted to buy a few thermos bottles, and heard that a few new models had arrived from Shanghai, and the bureau wanted to use them to give everyone a year-end souvenir.
Director Rao thought about Zhang Xiangyang's relationship and asked Zhang Xiangyang to do it, but he didn't expect that he was rejected:
"No, it would be against the rules for me to do this."
Although Director Rao bought it anyway, he asked another person to go with him to buy it. When he bought it, even when he took the note to the director of the supply and marketing cooperative for approval, he actually mentioned Zhang Xiangyang.
What he meant was that he asked the leaders of the Agriculture Bureau to pay more attention to Zhang Xiangyang, but Zhang Xiangyang didn't want to take advantage of this.
But the previous Agricultural Bureau didn't do much, but now with the Xinshui Village established by Liang Xinyue, there is some flexibility in the work. Zhang Xiangyang was also assigned several tasks, and he completed them well.
But to be honest, in the entire Agricultural Bureau, Zhang Xiangyang is the only one who graduated from university. The others were transferred from various positions after the founding of the People's Republic of China, or some high school graduates were recruited.
It is hard to find college students nowadays. Jobs are assigned according to the national plan, and there are very few people who can be assigned to a county like this one.
Anyone with a little bit of connections wouldn't want to come to such a poor county.
Liang Xinyue felt that Zhang Xiangyang should be put to good use. At such a young age, he should do something and make use of the expertise he has learned.
Zhang Xiangyang followed him out without saying much. They drove for an hour and a half and arrived at their destination.
After getting off the car, Liang Xinyue sighed:
"This road is really not good. We need to find a way to repair it in the future. Riding this kind of car feels like riding a pirate car, shaking all the time."
"What's a pirate ship?"
Liang Xinyue's casual complaint was heard by Guo Xiaoxue, who asked what a pirate ship was. Liang Xinyue then realized that there should not be any in this era.
"It's just an expression. It feels like our car is driving on land, but also like a ship riding the wind and waves."
Xiao Wei and Zhang Xiangyang first went to find the village cadres and explained their purpose. They only had an accountant at home today, and the team leader and the village party secretary had brought people to the canal construction site.
In addition to being village cadres, they are also the labor force of their families. Fortunately, the accountant has a son who can take over, so the old accountant has to stay at home.
"This is Deputy Director Liang from our Agricultural Bureau. She is here to inspect your village."
The old accountant invited Liang Xinyue to come into the brigade office and sit for a while. Generally speaking, when cadres came, they would sit in the brigade office, then come out to symbolically walk around a field, or go back to the office to sit and drink tea and listen to reports.
But Liang Xinyue waved her hand and said:
"Let's not go drink tea, let's go for a walk in the fields. First, tell me how big your village is. Can you see it all at a glance from a high place?"
The old accountant smiled and said:
"It's really hard to see all of this. Our village is divided into two parts. See that mountain? From here to the foot of the mountain, it all belongs to our village. And behind the mountain, there are several hundred acres of land."
Liang Xinyue nodded and said:
"Your village seems to be better than other villages. How is the harvest of the crops you grow?"
Liang Xinyue knew that each village would keep back some of its grain to distribute to the elderly in each family at the end of the year, or to keep it to deal with some special expenses in the village.
For example, when the canal was being repaired this year, each village had to take out the grain stored in the village to feed the people who were repairing the canal. This was considered public grain.
As for this part of grain, people generally don't give an exact number, only a slightly lower number.
So, Liang Xinyue immediately said after asking:
"You don't have to worry. I'm not trying to find out how much grain you've stored. I'm trying to find out how much your village can produce per mu at its peak. I want to see if we can adjust the planting plan after we repair the canal so that we can get a higher harvest next year."
The old accountant smiled and waved his hand:
"Deputy Director Liang, that's not the case. I didn't think that. I've asked someone to invite the branch secretary and the team leader back. They came to tell you that our branch secretary and his team were still saying a few days ago that they wanted to go to the county to look for you. Isn't it just in time for you to come?"
"Ah? What do you want to find me for?"
As the old accountant spoke, he led them to a small hillside:
"Look, we can get a glimpse of the situation on the other side of the mountain from here. It's similar to this side of the mountain, except that it's a curve with mountains on several sides, so the land over there feels better."
Liang Xinyue nodded and said:
"Yes, it's surrounded by mountains on several sides, so it can definitely block some of the wind and sand. I'll go take a look later."
As he was speaking, he heard the sound of a bicycle.
A young man in his twenties was riding a bicycle, and a middle-aged man in his forties was riding behind him. As soon as the two got off, the old accountant introduced them:
"Jianshe, Congkang, come quickly, this is Deputy Director Liang, the person you said you were going to meet yesterday."
The young man in his twenties was only wearing a double-breasted jacket, which looked like a hand-me-down suit that was specially used for doing work and was covered with patches.
The young man looks very energetic, tall and big, and his white teeth are very eye-catching when he smiles.
The young man stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Liang Xinyue. Guo Xiaoxue behind Liang Xinyue quickly blocked him, stretched out her hand to shake the young man's hand and said:
"Deputy Director Liang's hand pole is injured and cannot be lifted or shaken for the time being, so no handshake."
The young man was a little embarrassed. Liang Xinyue laughed and said:
"What she said is true. My right shoulder bone is indeed broken. Now I can't lift my arm high."
The young man nodded and said generously:
"Deputy Director Liang, my name is Yu Jianshe, and I am the team leader of Shibalipo Village. This is Lin Congkang, the village party secretary of our village."
Liang Xinyue nodded:
"Wow, you are the youngest captain I have ever seen, young man, good job."
The old accountant smiled and said:
"Our team leader used to be his father, but later his father said he was old and didn't want to do it anymore. So the whole village elected him."
"It's also very good for a son to inherit his father's business."
"First, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Yu Jianshe scratched his head, as if it was the first time he faced such a high-ranking official, and he was still a little embarrassed, but after sitting down, he said:
"I have a classmate who lives in Xinshui Village. I went to see what Xinshui Village looks like now. It is completely different from before. So I want our village to follow the path of Xinshui Village."
Liang Xinyue understood as soon as she heard it. This boy was a man with ideas.
So he asked:
"Okay, tell me what you think first,"
Yu Jianshe was probably still a little nervous. He glanced at their village party secretary, who smiled encouragingly and said:
"Just say it boldly. We support you in whatever you want to do."
Yu Jianshe coughed lightly without any hesitation and took out a notebook from the drawer. From what was written on it, it was obvious that the other party was also prepared.