Shuan Zhu and other farm workers were eating in the field when they suddenly saw a group of people walking towards them.
He recognized Farm Director Wang walking among the crowd, as well as some senior officials who had come to inspect the farm before.
But at this time, these people were all surrounding a young man, listening to the young man's questions.
Shuan Zhu always felt that this young man looked very familiar, but he was not sure.
Those important people in Shuan Zhu's eyes would come forward to answer him from time to time, their attitude was quite humble, and they looked completely different from usual.
Yes, this is Dong Shuheng who suddenly came to Beidacang Farm for inspection.
Just like the previous visit to Peachtree Bay Ranch, none of these people knew about his itinerary, except for the escort and local officials.
When Dong Shuheng comes to a place, he always makes a temporary itinerary. The security forces will arrive in advance to do security work.
Production and life are as usual everywhere. He chose Beidacang Farm because it is the largest farm in the area, covering an area of hundreds of thousands of acres.
These hundreds of thousands of acres of land are all high-quality arable land, and there are also many woodlands and some uncultivated wetlands around it.
Although the land here can only be planted one season a year, the output can already exceed that of the best paddy fields in the Jiangnan region.
This is a veritable small Jiangnan in Northern Xinjiang.
In addition, planting only one season a year also allows the land here to be well cultivated and will not be degraded due to farming.
"Director Wang, you have a treasure land here. You must manage it well. For this land, countless soldiers from our Renaissance Army poured their blood on this land." Dong Shuheng said as he walked.
Along the way just now, Dong Shuheng experienced the richness here firsthand.
Farming is a sustainable development method for mankind.
Compared with industry, agriculture is more friendly to nature, which of course refers to this relatively mild farming method.
As the population increases and per capita cultivated land decreases, people's exploitation of cultivated land will become increasingly serious.
The use of various chemical fertilizers and pesticides will only continue to destroy farmland and degrade good farmland.
The current farming model under the Fuxing Army is mainly a gentle farming method.
Because the amount of farmland has greatly increased, the Renaissance Army does not need to pursue too high output now.
If it weren't for Zeng Xianfeng and the others, they made a grain reserve plan and built grain reserve depots in various places.
The current food prices will definitely continue to fall.
In areas along rivers and coastal areas with convenient transportation, the price of grain has dropped to less than one Chinese yuan per quintal.
In the most stable period of the Qing Dynasty, the price was more than two taels of silver (equivalent to 2 Chinese yuan).
The price of food cannot be too high, otherwise it will be impossible to provide enough food and clothing for the whole people.
But it cannot be too low, otherwise the income of people who rely on planting will be greatly reduced, and it will also reduce people's enthusiasm for growing food.
"Well, President, we know that these lands were conquered by the soldiers, and we will definitely plant them well. The soldiers defend the country with guns and cannons, and we will use sickles and hoes to make it available to everyone.
Grain." Wang Jinsong, the director of Beidacang Farm, used to be a teacher and was very good at talking.
Dong Shuheng has seen the field department before. Beidacang is a large farm, with more than a dozen branches alone, with more than 10,000 cadres, employees and family members. Therefore, the field department is very prosperous, like a small town.
The site is a two-story small building with a red brick exterior. It is surrounded by public facilities such as schools, hospitals, post offices, and supply and marketing cooperatives.
Then there is the housing for employees. Only those who have a family can get a house with a single courtyard, and singles can only live in collective dormitories.
In order to be able to get a house, many people try their best to find a partner for themselves.
After all, no one wants to have seven or eight people crammed into a dormitory.
Wouldn't it be nice to have your own house, where your wife and children can have a hot bed?
Further out is the factory built and managed by the farm itself. The brick and tile factory was built along the river to facilitate the acquisition of clay.
Not every farm has a brick and tile factory. The bricks produced by Beidacang's brick and tile factory are not only used by themselves, but also supplied to surrounding areas.
The rice mill mainly processes the rice produced on the farm into rice for external sales.
The food factory is the most important factory on the farm, doing deep processing of various foods.
The farm not only grows rice, but also some cash crops. For example, sweet potatoes can be processed in food factories into vermicelli, vermicelli and other foods that northerners love to eat.
Various mushrooms grown on farms must be dried and packaged in food factories.
The fish and shrimp raised in the fish ponds built by the riverside fishing teams and farms when renovating the wetlands every year can be canned in the food factory.
These things are mainly sold to the grasslands in the west and the far north.
After all, there is no shortage of these things in the south.
The food on the grassland is too simple, so there is a need to exchange food with the outside world to improve one's own food structure.
Because Beidacang is a large site, a pharmaceutical factory was built. Residents in the surrounding forests will sell the collected medicinal materials to the pharmaceutical factory, which will perform preliminary processing to facilitate the storage of these medicinal materials. The pharmaceutical factory also has its own further processing.
Several medicinal materials are their flagship products.
Dong Shuheng focused on visiting the farm's supply and marketing cooperative, while his two wives went to the school to express condolences on his behalf.
In the supply and marketing cooperative, a bulging salesman explained to Dong Shuheng the sources, prices, and supply and demand situation of various commodities.
"President, this is a grain and oil area. Most of the family workers start their own businesses at home. They usually go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy rice and oil. These grain and oil products are all produced on our farm, and the price is cheaper than outside. But only
You can make purchases with your employee ticket." Chunhua was a little nervous.
The young man who came here today is the president, a figure like an emperor. As soon as this group of people came in, the field director ran over and told her to pay attention to some etiquette, otherwise Chunhua would know the other party's true identity and would have to kneel down.
You can't come down.
Unexpectedly, the other party was very kind. He walked around and asked a few questions.
For example, where do these things come from? How much does it cost? What is the selling price?
Chunhua naturally answers truthfully.
Dong Shuhengyou came to the grocery area, which mainly sells toilet paper, gadgets, candles, oil lamps and other daily necessities.
"President, these things are all goods we buy from outside. Usually we use the farm boat to go to Burleigh to buy goods. There is a big market there. Basically, everything we need can be found there.
When the goods come in, although we add some price to sell them to employees, it is mainly to pay for transportation and labor costs," Chunhua continued.
Dong Shuheng thought this little salesman was quite interesting. Although he had no education, he spoke in a very organized manner.
Factory Manager Wang said that the salesperson was temporarily transferred from the factory because of her pregnancy. The salesperson's job is relatively easy.
Generally, we take care of pregnant women and let them come over temporarily for a period of time.
Dong Shuheng also agrees with this flexible position adjustment method.
We need to talk about systems and principles but also need to be flexible.
Dong Shuheng likes such officials.
A farm is a large living community, a group, and such a group must be humane.
Only in this way can this farm develop more vigorously.
The Fuxing Army's farms are actually somewhat similar to the guard system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.
They all set up a parallel system outside of the normal administrative units.
In fact, every farm is like a large company and a first-level administrative unit, and it also has certain military functions.
Farm militias have always been the main source of soldiers for the Renaissance Army.
Although there are militiamen in rural areas everywhere, the Renaissance Army still chooses to recruit more people from the farm militia.
Workers from these farms are more organized, because they are usually under the management of the organization not only during training, but also when working. These people have a higher understanding of obedience.
At the same time, these people are also more loyal. Because the farm belongs to the Renaissance Army, everything about them is tied to the Renaissance Army.
With the Renaissance Army here, these farms will continue to operate. Without the Renaissance Army, these farms might immediately become the private farms of a certain landowner.
Therefore, these people will fight firmly on the side of the Renaissance Army.
After walking around the field, Dong Shuheng led a group of people towards the fields.
Farm director Wang said that this year's rice harvest was good, and Dong Shuheng wanted to see it for himself.
After leaving the farm, there is endless farmland. Harvesting of the farm starts from the periphery, and the best harvesting time is only a few days.
It's not like ordinary small families who just buy some land and ask relatives and friends for help. They can finish it in two days.
The farm has hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land, and even large-scale harvesting equipment has to be harvested. What's more, now it mainly requires manpower.
This grain will not mature in batches; it will mature all at once.
The harvest is too early and the rice has not yet matured, so the yield will be greatly reduced.
If it is late and there is an autumn rain, the mature rice will become moldy or even lodging.
So when the weather is good, all farms will be mobilized to harvest rice.
When Dong Shuheng first arrived, Director Wang was found in the fields.
All civilian staff in the field department must participate in the harvesting, and he, the field director, must go to the fields in person to set an example.
That is to say, only pregnant women like Chunhua can be taken care of and stay in the field to look after the supply and marketing cooperative.
Dong Shuheng knew that Field Manager Wang did not cheat. His palms were calloused and could not be faked.
The hand that Dong Shuheng was shaking hands with just now could feel the prickly calluses on his palm.
"Lao Wang, during the busy farming season, the food for the employees must keep up. Everyone is working harder, so we have to make up for it in terms of food. In addition, after you harvest in the third autumn, you can make a commendation for the employees and give everyone something more affordable.
Reward." Dong Shuheng casually warned.
Farm workers in the distance were gathering around the dining car to eat.
Everyone simply washed their hands in the water channel nearby, received food, and then squatted down anywhere and started eating.
Shuan Zhu held the steamed bun in his hand, and while nibbling, he put the pickles in front of him into his mouth.
After chewing for a while, he took a sip of broth and swallowed all the food in his mouth.
"Brother, why does the person who came look so similar to the painting of the person hanging in the conference hall?" Da Ya asked.
"That's right." Shuan Zhu then thought, isn't this the president?
Hey, the president is here! Shuan Zhu stood up quickly and greeted the people around him who were engrossed in eating.