Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

In addition to boosting morale and emphasizing discipline, this mobilization meeting also introduced the office staff of each department to everyone. He did not want a bureaucratic style on the farm.

First, the farm director Li Guohua, deputy director Qi Wei, and liaison officer Zhou Dahu.

Chief of Finance He Xin, Finance Officers Fang Yageng and Lu Dacheng.

The production department will not have a section chief for the time being, and will be promoted at the end of the year. It is divided into farming teams, animal husbandry teams, and agricultural machinery teams.

The farming team was divided into 12 teams, each with about 10 people. The team leaders were Zhao Yutian, Zhao Yulin, Zhang Zhiyong, Zhao Yunlong, Hong Yiyou, Wang Guishan, Ma Jun, Liu Yongmei, Zhang Hongyan, Zhou Peng, Wu Shengli, and Cao Yusheng.

There are three animal husbandry teams with different members. The captains are Liu Fuhan, Wu Guoquan and Xie Yongkang respectively.

They are responsible for cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and pigs. This time, the farm was newly built, and a total of 10 cows and 20 sheep were brought in, including two dairy cows, one male and one female. Chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. were to be coordinated from the Nanjiao Farm, as bloodline was very important.

There are 10 people in the agricultural machinery team, with Luo Yingxiong as the team leader. They can not only operate agricultural machinery and drive cars, but also repair them. They are all-rounders.

Logistics manager Jiang Dongmei, canteen monitor Zhang Xiuxiu who is also a part-time chef, kitchen assistant Zhou Xiaohu, and so on.

In Li Guohua's opinion, as long as there is enough oil and salt, the auxiliary ingredients are in place, and you can cook home-cooked meals, you are qualified to be a farm chef. Anyway, he is not planning to entertain guests on the farm, so it is up to the guests to eat or not.

The security team consists of 20 people, led by Zhang Tao. They are divided into two shifts to guard the farm day and night.

After everyone became familiar with the area, the farm was put into vigorous development.

The farm as a whole is an irregular trapezoid, narrow in the north and wide in the south. In the middle, a large river flows from the northwest into the middle of the farm, then crosses to the east, forming an L shape.

The area north of the Dahe River is not large, only about 1000 acres, but the terrain is flat and all of it is arable land, and it will be the focus of future agricultural reclamation areas.

The south side is mainly near the river, where about 200-400 acres of land can be reclaimed. Other places are mostly saline-alkali land and mountainous areas, especially there are several big mountains in the southeast of the farm.

Li Guohua plans to use these saline-alkali lands to plant trees, such as pear trees, apricot trees, and jujube trees, which are highly resistant to salt and alkali.

As for the mountains, we'll see when the time comes, but it's likely that they'll plant sweet potatoes.

The headquarters of Chaoyang Farm is located in the north, very close to Nanjiao Farm, only about ten minutes away.

The ranch is located at the foot of the mountain, connected to the factory by a widened dirt road. There are lush vegetation and few people, especially a small tributary that flows into the river, which is very suitable for breeding.

In fact, more than a month ago, before the farm construction was completed, the workers were already in place and started to cultivate the land, mainly clearing surface weeds and trees, and leveling the land, which took a lot of time.

The real reclamation began half a month ago. Three of the latest model Dongfanghong tractors worked more than 12 hours a day and reclaimed all the land on the north bank of the river.

Today, everyone’s main task is to plant crops on these more than 1000 acres of land.

The farm was officially opened, and the long-awaited small jeep was delivered on time. It was exactly the same as Liang Xingguo's. The leader put a lot of thought into it, and Li Guohua was very satisfied.

He had just climbed into the car, ready to drive around the farm, take a ride, and inspect various places. But before the car started, Zhou Dahu came running over and shouted that Director Qi and the others were arguing.

"Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be that easy!" Li Guohua patted his head and sighed.

When they arrived at the place, they found Qi Wei, Zhao Yutian, Zhang Zhiyong, Zhao Yunlong and others arguing loudly, especially Zhao Yunlong, who was like a bandit, ferocious and vicious. The new captains did not participate.

After everyone explained, Li Guohua finally understood what was going on.

This was a disagreement on what to plant. Li Guohua's original plan was to plant sweet potatoes and a small amount of soybeans, while Qi Wei chose summer wheat and corn.

"Director Li, you need to know what the situation is now. The weather is dry, and it will most likely continue in the second half of the year. Wheat has a well-developed root system and is very drought-resistant. Not to mention corn, as long as the seedlings are well taken care of, they are more drought-resistant than wheat." Qi Wei said proudly.

As an agricultural expert, he is very familiar with all kinds of crops. Now he wants to see Li Guohua make a fool of himself.

Li Guohua also understood what he meant. Wheat has a good taste and is a fine grain, while corn is a high-yield crop that is highly resistant to drought, cold, and barrenness, and has excellent environmental adaptability, making it very suitable for this type of raw land crop.

If it were a normal year, there would be no problem in planting these crops. But it is not normal now. There will be a rainfall in the second half of the year that has not been seen in 50 years.

I won’t talk about wheat. If it is flooded, you can’t expect to get any harvest. Although corn is a crop that likes a humid environment, it is also afraid of flooding. If it is flooded, no corn can grow. Will everyone eat corn stalks?

Soybeans and sweet potatoes are different. When soybeans are young seedlings, they are very afraid of drought and need good care. But it is different later. They can grow and develop in a humid environment, have a certain degree of waterlogging resistance, and can usually survive a certain degree of waterlogging.

There is no need to talk about sweet potatoes. They are high-yielding and easy to grow, and both their leaves and fruits are edible. They are a rare food crop.

Sweet potatoes are also known as doomsday food. They can thrive in different temperatures, environments, and soils. Even if they are completely submerged in water, as long as the time is not long, it will not affect the yield. Sweet potatoes that have been improved in space have stronger adaptability. As long as drainage and flood control are done well, I believe there will be a good harvest.

But how should I explain it to Qi Wei? I didn’t consider this problem at the beginning and now I have a headache.

"The best time to plant sweet potatoes is in March and April, and no later than early June. There is more rainfall at this time, which is conducive to the growth and germination of sweet potatoes. Now it is the end of June, and the river is almost dry. You are not going to plant sweet potatoes!"

"You don't think that just because it rained a little over the past two days and the land is wet, it is suitable for growing sweet potatoes. You have to consider both the time and the place!"

“Hahaha, Li Guohua, I see you don’t know how to farm at all. Your previous achievements were all from others, right?”

Qi Wei laughed out loud as if he had discovered a big secret.

Qi Wei's words also made many people around him nod their heads. Most of them were children from rural areas and naturally knew when to plant what.

"You claim to be an agricultural expert, but I think you are a complete idiot! Planting vegetables in the dead of winter, with heavy snow outside, while I lie in bed eating tender cucumbers, have you ever seen this? You dare not even think about it, do you?"

"I won't talk about anything else, just the Nanjiao Farm. Everyone knows about it! There was frost a few months ago, and all the vegetables on the farm were frozen to death, but we were unscathed! Let's not talk about the vegetables, let's talk about the wheat. The yield per mu will scare you to death! But now the leaders have asked for confidentiality, so I can't tell you!"

"You are just an ordinary person, and you want to teach our director how to do things?"

"Nanjiao Farm is planting sweet potatoes this year. How can the director harm us all? If something goes wrong, the director won't be held responsible?"

"I just can't understand. The leader asked you to be the deputy director, but you can't help get things done and you even come here to make trouble. Do you have ulterior motives?" Zhao Yunlong was talking with great pleasure.