Return to the countryside to engage in industry

Chapter 249 Super Potatoes
Ever since Yangjiawan Village was embraced by the county party committee, the veteran cadre Baijiu followed the Propaganda Department, the Bureau of Commerce and other departments, and frequently appeared in major trade fairs and product recommendation meetings.

Xie Yong's sales team took the opportunity to work hard and signed three distributors.

Right now, the production of the winery has been unable to supply the market demand.

Yang Zhenyu could only ask the employees of the winery to work overtime to relieve market pressure. On the other hand, Zhang Mingkang was also supervising the construction of the fifth phase of the winery, hoping to complete it as soon as possible.

In addition to the construction of the winery, the potato flour factory under the supervision of Yang Song and Yang Chuan is basically completed, and the time for the potato harvest is getting shorter and shorter.

The potato flour factory must complete the introduction of the production line and the recruitment of workers before the potato harvest.

Regarding the introduction of the production line, Yang Song went to Yang Zhenyu to discuss it.

Yang Song said: "Director Yang, I went to several companies to look at the production lines and compared their prices, and there is no big difference.

The question now is, should we choose to introduce a full powder production line or a semi-automatic production line? "

The whole powder production line is a combination of cleaning machine, feeding machine, slurry mixing machine, slurry separator and other machines, and the price is relatively high.

The price of the whole powder production line inspected by Yang Song ranges from 16 to 60.

Domestic ones are slightly cheaper.

The potato flour production line is not a high-tech equipment, and Yang Zhenyu thinks that the domestically produced machines are also very good.

"Choose a semi-automatic production line and use manual labor to replace the work of the cleaning machine and the pulp mixing machine, so as to provide more jobs for the villagers." Yang Zhenyu said.

The villagers are very familiar with the work of starch filtration. Before the factory was built, many households would filter sweet potato or potato starch by themselves to produce vermicelli and dry them. The quality and taste of this handmade vermicelli are also quite good.

The production process of potato flour can be done manually, and the machine only needs to ensure the filtration speed and production speed. A semi-automatic production line is completely sufficient.

At the same time, the potato flour factory can provide some jobs for the villagers, so that those women comrades in the village who have crafts can get the opportunity to display their skills.

Yang Zhenyu believes that wealth created through labor is more meaningful than money given directly.

Yang Zhenyu hopes that the villagers of Yangjiawan Village will keep their original aspirations so that they can accumulate more wealth.

Yang Song understood Yang Zhenyu's intentions, and finally spent more than 7 yuan to introduce two semi-automatic production lines, and recruited [-] workers, five packers, six skilled workers and four manual workers in the village.

The machine debugging of the potato flour factory is completed, the staff training is completed, and it is waiting for production.

The first household in Yangjiawan Village to usher in a bumper potato harvest was Yang Zhenyu himself.

Just like the last watermelon planting, Yang Zhenyu handed over the management of [-] acres of potatoes to Yang Wenju.

Yang Wenju organized a team to dig the ground to collect potatoes.

The wages of these people are still calculated according to the ordinary small wages in rural areas.

Yang Zhenyu took the time to drive to the back mountain for a stroll.

"Director Yang, how do you grow your potatoes? They are so big."

"I just dug up a half-pound one."

"Half a catty is too common. I have one that weighs more than a catty here."

While digging, the villagers excitedly shouted at Yang Zhenyu.

Yang Zhenyu smiled and nodded at the villagers.

According to the analysis of the data obtained from the previous soil test by Wesfarmers, it is not surprising that the potatoes on the [-] acres of land can grow so well.

The main reason is that just a year ago, Yang Zhenyu took out two spirit earthworms from the treasure chest of the system and put them in the sandy land of the back mountain. They have been breeding in the land of the back mountain for a year. , The sandy land behind the mountain has turned into fertile soil.

While the villagers were excited about the potatoes in the field, there was another burst of exclamation in the distance.

"Wori, this potato is so big."

"Is the potato big, or Jill big?"

Several women followed suit and began to speak yellow accents.

Yang Zhenyu followed with a smile.

"Come and see if you don't believe me." The villagers roared.

Yang Zhenyu and Yang Wenju also followed curiously.

Looking closer, the potatoes buried in the ground only showed one head, but the exposed part was already bigger than many potatoes.

"It's so big!"

"I remember that there was a potato weighing three catties in the village before."

"This one looks like it weighs at least three catties."

"Be careful, dig it out and have a look."

Yang Zhenyu speculated that the fact that such large potatoes could grow in the field was not only due to the improvement effect of the earthworm on the land, but also related to the potato seed. The potato seed he chose at the beginning was brought back from a large sweet potato planting county, and its quality is relatively good.

In Dingxi County, where sweet potatoes are grown, some villagers have grown large potatoes weighing 11 catties and 6 taels.

So Yang Zhenyu was not surprised to see the big potato in front of him.

Yang Wenju went up with a hoe, and gently dug the soil around the potato, digging out the potato very carefully.

The villagers became excited when they saw the big yams Yang Wenju held in both hands.

Yang Wenju weighed it with both hands, and said with a smile, "Director Yang, it weighs at least five catties."

"I don't know if the yams in my house are as good as Director Yang's?"

"Definitely not. We grow local yams, which are small in size. Director Yang brought back yams from Gansu."

"I should have known that I would also grow good varieties of yams. Anyway, they are sold to the factory to make yam flour."

"Do it again next year."

Yang Zhenyu took the big potato from Yang Wenju's hand, packed several larger potatos, and sent them to Wesfarmer University together.

Now Yangjiawan Village and Wesfarmers University have a cooperative relationship. Regarding agricultural matters, Yang Zhenyu can directly consult and discuss with Wesfarmers' experts.

Now he is eager to know the quality of the potatoes grown in his own field?
To detect the quality of potatoes, you can't just look at its size, you need to detect its starch content, dry matter content and other vitamin content.

The staff of Xidanong Laboratory took the test results and handed them over to Yang Zhenyu.

Yang Zhenyu took a look, the starch content was 17.9%, and the dry matter content was 22.1%.

Yang Zhenyu confirmed to the staff: "Teacher, how is this data?"

The staff smiled and said: "The very famous Xiji potato in China has a starch content of 17.3% and a dry matter content of 21.5%. Director Yang, you can tell if it is good or bad by comparing it."

Yang Zhenyu was delighted.

The staff continued: "The potatoes you brought are also rich in protein, iron, vitamin C, B1, and B2. Generally speaking, they are considered very high-quality potatoes."

"Thank you teacher." Yang Zhenyu thanked with a smile.

After leaving the laboratory, I went to Professor Lin Ping's office.

After showing the testing data to Lin Ping, Yang Zhenyu made a bold guess, "Professor Lin, from the perspective of genetics, can potatoes of this quality take root in Yangjiawan Village?"

The question Yang Zhenyu asked was not professional, but Lin Ping understood what he wanted to express, and said with a smile, "Yes, we can use the method of sexual reproduction to cultivate seeds to ensure the yield."

(End of this chapter)