Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

When Zhang Cui returned home from get off work, before Zhang Cui could speak, Zhao Qi fired first: "Tell me, where did you go fooling around last night when you were not at home?"

Jiang Chen glanced sideways at Zhao Qi: "It's Xiaoyue who wants to ask this question. Do you care?"

Zhao Qi was stunned and looked at Liu Yue: "Xiaoyue, please ask him where he went last night? Man, no matter how late you are busy, you have to go home. You can't let him stay out overnight."

Liu Yue smiled and shook her head.

She knew where Jiang Chen went last night.

Entering the kitchen, He Yuyu was putting food on the table.

It seems that tonight's dinner was cooked by her again.

Jiang Chen greeted: "Classmate Yuyu, long time no see."

He Yuyu pouted: "It's only been a few days, but we haven't seen each other for a few days. You have a beautiful woman in your family. You are so lucky."

Jiang Chen glared at He Yuyu: "Don't talk nonsense, she just stayed in my house temporarily because her house hasn't been renovated yet."

Then he rolled his eyes and said, "By the way, you have a day off tomorrow, right?"

He Yuyu nodded: "I'll definitely have a rest tomorrow, Sunday."

While talking, others also entered the kitchen and prepared to eat.

Jiang Chen said: "Then I can find something for you to do?"

He Yuyu suddenly became alert: "Are you trying to exploit me again and make me work for you for free?"

Jiang Chen said with a smile: "Jade pendant."

He Yuyu raised his hands in surrender: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Jiang Chen said: "We all have to go to the factory to do farm work tomorrow. Can you cook some food and send it over?"

He Yuyu was stunned: "Isn't the factory processing steel? Is there still farm work?"

Jiang Chen said: "Don't worry about this, just tell me if it can be done?"

He Yuyu said: "It's okay if you don't eat, but aunt and sister-in-law can't go hungry! Okay, I'll send you food tomorrow."

Jiang Chen said: "There are more than thirty people in total. You should prepare according to the standard of forty people."

Liu Yue found 30 people, plus his family members, Lei Jie, and He Yuyu himself, so he could prepare meals for 40 people.

He Yuyu was startled: "You ask a girl to prepare meals for 40 people. Do you think too highly of me?"

Jiang Chen said: "If that doesn't work, you can ask your brother to help you."

He Yuyu shook his head: "My brother can't do it. Jia Dongxu will be buried tomorrow and he will have to help."

Although Jiang Chen didn't pay much attention to the Jia family, he also knew about Jia Dongxu's burial tomorrow: "Didn't Yi Zhonghai find workers from the factory to help? Would your brother be needed?"

He Yuyu spread his hands: "We are all in the same courtyard, so he went to help when he was resting."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Okay, like this, you go shopping for groceries tomorrow, and then I'll find someone to help you around noon."

He Yuyu nodded: "Okay, find someone stronger."

Jiang Chen said: "Okay."

After saying that, he took out 50 yuan from his pocket and gave it to He Yuyu: "Eat well for everyone. Prepare a meat dish for lunch and dinner. You can keep the money first, and you can make up for the excess."

He Yuyu glanced at it: "I definitely can't spend so much. Forget it, I'll take it first and give you the rest tomorrow night."

Zhang Cui felt a little distressed: "I have spent so much on food for this day. I will spend more on planting and harvesting in the future. Just eating will cost several hundred."

"With fertilizers and other miscellaneous things, I'm afraid we'll lose money if the harvest isn't good."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "I grow rice not to make money, but to feed more people in the future."

"In this way, we will start work tomorrow, so I can take advantage of tonight to tell everyone about the rice planting situation, and we can talk while eating."

"The rice we are going to plant, I named it super rice. It has many advantages. It has straight sword leaves, short and tall plants, tough stems that resist lodging, and large ears and many grains."

"Of course, the most important thing is high yield. It is expected that the yield per mu can exceed 1,500 kilograms. The specific yield depends on how much effort you put into planting."

"Of course, the rice we grow is not for our own consumption, but for breeding so that everyone can have food to eat in the future."

"Food is the most important thing for the people. When the bubble bursts, the yield of more than 1,000 kilograms of rice per acre will be our basic guarantee against famine."

“You listen first today, I will write down these important matters later, and you can plant them strictly in accordance with the above requirements.

Next, Jiang Chen began to explain to them the important matters of super rice cultivation.

For example, seedling cultivation, planting spacing, watering, fertilizer amount control, pest and disease control, etc.

In fact, the second-generation rice grown from conventional hybrid rice cannot be used as seeds.

Because the genes of the offspring are unstable, it will cause a large reduction in yield.

However, the seeds provided by the system are genetically stable for future generations, so there is no such concern and can be used directly as seeds.

This is also a double-edged sword.

It makes breeding more convenient, as seeds can be harvested simply by planting.

But at the same time, because the genes are too stable, it is impossible to further improve the seeds and continue to increase yields.

To put it simply, the starting point is very high, planting technology determines the lower limit, but the upper limit has been fixed.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Cui asked doubtfully: "So, the thing you mess around with at home on weekdays is this super rice?"

Jiang Chen nodded without blushing at all.

I originally grew rice just for fun after getting tired from reading.

There is no theoretical basis and no technical support. It is really just messing around, and it is strange to be able to produce super rice.

However, since they were planted sparingly and taken care of more carefully, at least they looked pretty good.

This also provided some basis for Jiang Chen to come up with the real super rice.

Of course, because too little is planted, the yield per mu cannot be calculated, so there is room for maneuver.

Zhang Huajun said: "I just listened. Is the interval between your super rice plants too large? This will affect the overall yield."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "It is super rice. You should not judge it by ordinary rice. If the spacing is too small, it will limit the growth of each rice plant, and it will also affect the light and nutrient absorption, which will really affect the yield."

After chatting for a while, the meal was finished.

Zhao Qi stood up and prepared to clear the dishes with Liu Yue.

He Yuyu always only cooked and did not clean up.

Jiang Chen stopped her: "Zhao Qi, wait a moment, I will tell you about work."

Zhao Qi was stunned, then sat down: "Let me tell you first, I will never resign and go back to my hometown! If you want to say this, stop it as soon as possible."

Jiang Chen said: "It sounds like I want to force you to go back to your hometown in one day."

Zhao Qi asked: "Isn't it?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "At least not this time. I want to teach you how to carry out the work of the Ministry of Foreign Trade."

Zhao Qi didn't believe it: "Seriously?"

A person who wants you to get out every day suddenly tells you how to do a good job and gain a better foothold in this city. Naturally, she is a little suspicious.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Of course it's true."

"You are now involved in the foreign trade of Sangang machine tools. This is a good opportunity, because once this kind of machine tool comes out, as long as the channels can be opened, there is basically no need to worry about selling it."

"But we need to take a longer view. Buying Sangang machine tools is just the first step. You must take this opportunity to build a reputation for flower planting and manufacturing and lay the foundation for a larger foreign trade market in the future."

Seeing that Jiang Chen was really giving him advice, Zhao Qi also became serious: "As far as I know from the past two days of work, the international community does not recognize our industrial level and is skeptical about our products."

"So it seems that it is not easy to make a name for yourself as a flower farmer."

Jiang Chen said: "That's because we don't have representative products, so people don't believe it. But once they see Sangang machine tools, this idea will gradually change."

"However, this is just a single product and cannot explain too many problems. Therefore, the most important thing the Ministry of Foreign Trade should do now is to take advantage of the advantages of Sangang machine tools to convey the characteristics of flower planting and manufacturing to the world."

Zhao Qi asked: "What are the characteristics?"

Jiang Chen said: "It's cheap, it's sturdy, it's easy to use, and it's high quality. As long as these four points become the unified understanding of foreigners, then flower growing and manufacturing will be the most sought-after thing in the world, and your work will be easy to carry out."

"Maybe you don't have much say yet, but you must pass this idea on to your leaders."

The reason why Jiang Chen proposed this idea early was because of the current mechanism of flower growers, which was the best time to officially establish a brand effect through flower planting and manufacturing.

Because all exports are uniformly controlled by the state, products of insufficient quality will not be exported.

If things go on like this, the brand effect will come out.

In the previous life, the world's perception of flower cultivation and manufacturing was "low-end, cheap, and inferior". The country spent a lot of effort and huge cost to gradually reverse this perception.

Now that flower production has just entered the world market, it is the best time to establish an image, so as not to dig holes for yourself and make detours.