Because isn’t the corn almost ripe?

He wanted to keep all these mature corns as seeds. After all, he had to travel many times to bring them from modern times, which wasted the number of times and time.

The most important thing is that he can't move much at a time. At worst, if he can move 800 kilograms, how much can he win?

160 acres of land?

Wasting an opportunity to travel for 160 acres of corn seeds?

It's better to put the idea of ​​planting seeds into the current corn field.

Now this time I will harvest 40 acres of corn, and it is new land on the mountain.

Even if the first crops planted in this new land are not fertilized, it is better than fertilizing the land that has been planted for many years.

Therefore, after visiting the 40 acres of corn field, he estimated that the corn production capacity per mu this year would be about 1,500 to 2,000 kilograms.

Those forty acres, hiss...

Although after this trip, apart from the farmyard fertilizer applied at the beginning, that is, weeding and weeding, no more fertilizer was applied. The yield is very good.

This is not a hybrid seed, so there is no problem of not being able to retain seeds. It can continue to be retained, and then countless crops can be planted.

So he planned to save all the 40 acres of corn as seeds for planting next spring.

Unexpectedly, Yang Shicong told him that they did not grow corn here, but had fields to grow wheat and mountains to grow sweet potatoes.

Common people don't recognize corn.

Why don't you admit it?

"We have planted corn before, but here we have a lot of turtle doves. As soon as you plant it, a group of turtle doves come over and dig up the ground.

Not long after you planted it, the turtle doves dug it out and ate it!

I have replanted it several times and it is still the same, and this corn is particularly attracted to mice. When the harvest is almost over, the mice come out!

By the time it’s harvest time, there will be very few corn cobs left that haven’t been rattled by rats!”

Chen Shanhe shook his head: "This is not a reason. Didn't you encounter mice when you were planting wheat and sweet potatoes?"

Yang Shicong nodded: "I have encountered mice during the harvest, but at least there is nothing to harm the seeds when planting. Even mice will not harm the seeds when planting food in the spring.

But when planting corn, the turtle dove did not let go of any seeds!

Don't talk about using people to guard against it. Turtle doves are not afraid of people. As soon as you finish planting in front, it will dig up the soil with its hind legs!

You can’t even defend against it!”

Chen Shanhe looked confused: "That's not right! The 40 acres we planted have not been plowed!"

Yang Shicong smiled bitterly: "If I hadn't seen you so nervous, I wouldn't have told Deputy Battalion Commander Sun to put the live-fire training there.

Because we have grown corn before.

My family has so many fields. I remember clearly every time when someone was unable to pay for food, when someone almost starved to death, or when someone asked us to borrow food.

Therefore, I asked Deputy Battalion Commander Sun to pay attention to the matter of turtle doves digging for corn seeds in the ground!

Deputy Battalion Commander Sun collected a dozen gunpowder guns for spraying sand.

Didn't you notice that there was a lot more food in those days?

But ordinary people don’t have the conditions we have!

If you ask them to plant corn, they will definitely not plant it."

(When I was a kid, my family grew corn. The villagers planted the land on the hillside with their front feet, and a group of turtledoves dug it out from behind.

Later, the villagers soaked all the corn seeds in rat poison and replanted the corn.

Otherwise, it will be very troublesome)

This is a problem. People don’t want to work, so you can’t force them.

"Can't we soak the corn seeds in rat poison first?"

Chen Shanhe asked.

Yang Shicong shook his head: "In the past, rats were poisoned with arsenic, but there was an incident last year where someone sneaked into the Japanese camp and dropped arsenic to poison a small group of Japanese soldiers.

Since then, arsenic has been sold in pharmacies in counties and towns controlled by the Japanese army. Where do you want us to find arsenic?"

Chen Shanhe thought for a while and had an idea in his mind.

"Go and notify the village chiefs of the 16 villages, as well as some well-known people, and ask them to come to the camp to help me work for a few days!"

Gu Qiu didn't understand what he was thinking and quickly stopped him: "Batalion Commander, what do you think?

Speak up and let's discuss it.

If there is no special reason, don’t let the people run around!

After all, we have discipline and cannot harass the people!"

Chen Shanhe waved his hand and said, "Don't worry!

Let the common people come, there are benefits!

Good for them!"

Yang Shicong went out after receiving the order. Soon, the people in the communications squad rushed out and rushed to the 16 villages under their jurisdiction.

All the responsible persons in the 16 villages rushed here immediately upon receiving the order.

They dare not not come!

He won't come either.

Because they learned from Yang Shicong that although Yang Shicong was willing to give them land, it was actually because the death camp implemented the policies of the Eighth Route Army.

Don't forget the well diggers when drinking water. They got the benefits and the land. Now the death camp needs their help. They went out without saying a word.

It only took about a day for everyone to arrive.

Don't think that a day is very long, some of their villages are far away.

This is only half of the town. If the whole town is under the control of the death camp, there will be almost 30 villages. If he gathers people like this, they really won't be able to rush here in one day.

(In the days before bicycles, when visiting relatives in other villages, you had to carry a blanket with you, because even if you went to the same town, you had to stay one night and leave the next day.

Our hometown is like this, because if you carry a load and walk, sometimes you won't be able to get there in a day.

The traffic situation at that time was that ordinary people did not walk very fast. The most important thing was that they did not dare to walk at night in those days!

You must know that it is dark in the wild, but there are tigers, leopards and jackals!

It's different from today's era. In this era, you can just go shopping!

Apart from being afraid of snakes, there is nothing wrong with me!

All the big beasts are gone!

In that era, the village gates were basically closed as soon as it got dark. In the author's hometown, before the militiamen killed the last tiger nearby in the 1960s and 1970s, the gates had to be closed after dark, otherwise the tigers would

Go into the village and take away the cattle, sheep or people)

But Chen Shanhe didn't ignore the other half of the town, he was already prepared.

What we have to wait for is how it will perform when faced with the test of the Japanese army after this winter.

As long as they can survive the Japanese offensive, the remaining half of the town's territory will be taken over without a fight.

Ordinary people are like this. They don't care about big principles. They haven't read many books and don't know. Some people may understand these situations and some may not.

They may just want to live.

They will follow whomever they can live a better life with, and they can risk their lives with whomever they can live a better life with.

These are the common people.

Therefore, Chen Shanhe always warned himself to do things that are beneficial to the people, and not to forget his own position. He came from the people, and of course he must return to the people.

The village chiefs of 16 villages, as well as some highly respected people, and even young people who had heard that the death camp wanted to help and volunteered to come over, were all received by Chen Shanhe.

"Dear young and old men, after you heard Chen's words, you rushed over without asking why, and there are many people who came here spontaneously. I am very happy about this!

The corn I planted recently is almost ripe, it will be the last few days!

So, I want you to help me collect the leaves on those corn stalks!

I don't have 70 or 80 horses. They have to train and defend with us warriors, so they are too busy.

So I have to ask for your help and ask you to collect the leaves and harvest the corns in two days!

Take care of the food!"

Yes, it’s about taking care of the food.

But that's enough.

This is what young and old men think in their hearts.

Because there is enough rice, white flour steamed buns, and most importantly, canned meat.
To be continued...