The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 258 Is the resident running out of oil and water?high yielding potatoes

Seeing Shen Quan's expression of admiration, but at the same time his expression was a little weird, Kong Jie couldn't help but scolded:
"I know what you're thinking, kid. I think your team leader thinks too much, right?"

Shen Quan shook his head hastily, "No, no, Captain, absolutely nothing."

But the expression on his face still betrayed Shen Quan's inner thoughts.

Kong Jie thought for a while and said, "Second Battalion Commander, let me ask you, half a year ago, how many soldiers did you have in the Second Battalion?"

Shen Quan said: "Reporting to the head of the group, there are five people from 330."

"now what?"

"Leader, don't mention it, there are almost 500 people now."

"It's a good thing that there are more troops. Why do I think you're still frowning?" Kong Jie asked knowingly and pretending to be confused.

Shen Quan smiled wryly and said: "Regimental Commander, our second battalion has more troops, and the overall strength has indeed increased a lot, but now there are more people in the battalion, and there are much more management matters than before. People have a headache.

Not to mention the provision of guns and ammunition, even eating is also a problem.

From the beginning of the raid to the sum of the seizures during this period, the rations we had originally obtained were enough for our second battalion to feed for nearly a year, but now that the strength of the troops has suddenly increased, it may not be enough for half a year.

I went to Dong San from the logistics department to ask for food, but the boy kept pushing and blocking and refused to give it, saying that the food in each battalion is distributed reasonably, and those who are hungry after eating in advance can’t blame others, only you If you have the ability to do a side job yourself. "

Hahaha--

Kong Jie couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't think what Dong San said is wrong."

Shen Quan said helplessly: "Regimental Commander, so although the strength of our Second Battalion has nearly doubled, there are far more troublesome things than before. As the Battalion Commander, I have a headache every day."

Kong Jiele said: "That's why you have a headache? You don't even think about it, your second battalion has added more troops, but what about our independent regiment, the newly expanded fourth battalion, plus Du Aiguo brought surrender With more than 500 puppet troops, in the blink of an eye, the strength of our independent regiment more than doubled.

As a battalion commander, you still have the headache of being a regimental commander like me?

Or do you think that I would spend such a little time thinking about it and care about it with the brigade commander?

There are so many fighters in our independent regiment, so many mouths, and they are all waiting to eat!If I, the head of the regiment, don't try to find more money, sooner or later everyone will starve to death. "

Shen Quan said convincingly: "Leader, I understand now that you said that, it's not easy for you!"

Kong Jie waved his hand, and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about these frustrating words. It's man-made. We can't really starve to death in the base area. By the way, Shen Quan, it's still the previous topic. Dong San said it well, your second battalion If your rations are not enough, you can start a side job yourself, I don’t need to teach you, do you?”

Who knew that upon hearing this, Shen Quan's face was full of bitterness:
"Leader, don't mention it, let alone the surrounding area of ​​our station, there is no oil and water within a radius of more than ten kilometers."

"It's out of oil? What do you mean?" Kong Jie was puzzled.

Shen Quan said: "Regimental Commander, think about it, our independent regiment carried out the raid operation too thoroughly not long ago, and the large and small Japanese strongholds and gun towers around the station have long been taken away by us. Not a single brick is left."

"Even the devil's railway tracks that pass through our guerrilla range, let us pick up none left."

"Without the line of communication, and when we were engaged in sabotage operations, we made too much noise. The devils probably had their shadows. The little devils simply stopped attacking our guerrilla areas and wandered around. Let alone the transportation team, even half of them Devils can't see it."

"Tell me, how can we engage in sideline business under such circumstances? If there is no sideline business, naturally there will be no oil and water. A few days ago, I led a company team and walked around the periphery of the guerrilla zone. In the end, guess what? What's the matter? You haven't found half of the devil's stronghold, and you don't have a place to start a side business, so you can't rush into the devil's county to rob, right?"

After listening, Kong Jie was dumbfounded, this situation was beyond his expectation.

For the Independence Regiment, this little devil is a nutrient. As a result, the Independence Regiment's resident, and even the nutrients in the surrounding guerrilla areas, have all been absorbed. How can they survive?
Shen Quan continued: "Regimental Commander, this is not only the case with our second battalion, the situation is almost the same with the other battalions as well. The surrounding area of ​​the battalion headquarters, including the guerrilla zone, basically can't get much money. "

"If this goes on like this, we will either have to transfer our bases, break up our team again, and break up into parts to survive, or we will have to rely on our own development to maintain our livelihood, or we will have to find a way to get a new sideline business, otherwise we really won't be able to support us now. More than 2000 people."

After Shen Quan complained and left, Kong Jie was alone in the regiment headquarters thinking about countermeasures.

In fact, what Shen Quan said was right, the oil and water in a large area around the station had been scoured by the independent regiment.

It's like a piece of land that has been completely barren, how can it be possible to grow fertile crops?
Staying any longer is definitely not a long-term solution.

Soon, Kong Jie had an idea, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he slapped his thigh fiercely, and finally made up his mind.

"Have it!"

Independence regiment station.

Kong Jie went to the reclaimed farmland and looked at the half acre of potatoes he had been looking forward to.

It is already November, and the weather in Shanxi is getting colder and colder. The potato seedlings have fully grown, and they look a little wilted in the cold weather.

Kong Jie approached Uncle Zhao, who was in charge of planting the half-acre of potatoes, "Uncle Zhao, how is the current situation of the half-acre of potatoes?"

Uncle Zhao replied: "Don't worry, Commander Kong, these potatoes are growing well. In fact, it's counting. If you really want to harvest, you can harvest now. In fact, I also want to see it. The high-yield potatoes you mentioned are half the time." How many catties can a mu produce?"

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Then there is no hesitation, Uncle Zhao, let's do it!"

"Really do it?"

Kong Jie nodded and said, "Well, the troops may change in a while, and the garrison may also be adjusted. I have to harvest this batch of potatoes in advance."

"it is good!"

Uncle Zhao was also full of anticipation, and then Kong Jie sent a company of soldiers to come over to help, and harvest the seeds with Uncle Zhao and his farming team.

Kong Jie even repeatedly explained that when digging potatoes out of the ground, one must be careful not to damage the potato seeds.

The soldiers took military shovels and excavated carefully.

In the end, it took more than an hour to dig the land of more than 300 square meters, more than 100 soldiers, and the farming team, before they all harvested.

As for the harvesting process, looking at the potatoes that were dug out of the ground, each one was bigger than a fist, whether it was the soldiers or the villagers of the farming team, their faces were filled with great surprise.

It's a pity that the mother and child of potatoes at the beginning only weighed [-] catties, and when the seeding was relatively sparse, only half an acre of land was planted.

Even so, when everyone finally harvested the potatoes and piled them together, looking at the few hills of potatoes piled up, everyone's faces were all shocked.

Uncle Zhao and his party took sacks and scales non-stop, and wanted to weigh them.

Finally, after working for more than an hour, Uncle Zhao was shocked and said, "Master Kong, you are right, these potatoes are too high-yielding, 150 catties of mother and child, only half an acre of land, er The potatoes we harvested this time are as high as [-] catties."

It was said that the soldiers who came to help were all surprised. In this era, there are not many high-yield good varieties of potatoes. One acre of potatoes can produce hundreds of catties, which is not bad.

This is one of the reasons why so much arable land still starves to death. The crop yield is too low.

The batch of potatoes in front of us are high-yield and high-yield potatoes. More than 2000 catties of potatoes were produced on half an acre of land. This is because the means of fertilization were limited during this period, and the nutrients absorbed by the potatoes did not meet the standards.

Uncle Zhao was holding a handful of potatoes, touching his face, hugging, and kissing, almost weeping with joy.

"Such high-yielding potatoes, with these potatoes, everyone will never be hungry again!"

Then, with smiles on their faces, everyone bagged more than 2000 kilograms of potatoes, ready to be processed and stored.

Kong Jie told the logistics department to settle the wages for Uncle Zhao and his party according to the price negotiated with Uncle Zhao and others.

After that, Kong Jie gave Uncle Zhao and his party two hundred catties of potatoes as mother and son.

Uncle Zhao is very grateful for this, and Kong Jie made an agreement with Uncle Zhao that the mother and son of the independent group will plant these potatoes again, and Uncle Zhao will be invited to help.

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(End of this chapter)