Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 305
Speaking of those group workers who came to do odd jobs, they began to wipe their tears, "There is a saying in our group field in recent years, 'The employees of the Corps are masters in spring, prisoners in summer, enemies in autumn, and enemies in winter. What do you mean by being a sinner? It means that every spring the company leader mobilizes the employees to contract the land. Once the employees contract the land, they become the masters. In summer, even when it rains and winds, even if there is hail, they will be soaked in the ground, waiting for the weak ones. In the winter, the cotton is cashed out, and the cotton sold by the regiment to the employees is either deducted from miscellaneous goods or lowered the price. The employees begged their grandparents to sue their grandma, and the cotton and hemp company barely cashed in until the end of the year, and only cashed in 60.00%.”

"The area of ​​our company's cultivated land has been reduced from more than 2 mu to more than 8000 mu. From the Dalian team to a small company, all capable people have run away. There are only a small number of older employees left in the company. In order to keep the employees The hat was not thrown away in the last few years, so I had to grit my teeth and be a monk for a day and beat the clock for a day until I retired to get a salary; the superiors also had a headache, and the company cadres changed like a lantern, sometimes twice a year, but there was still no way."

"Hey, it's hard for people in the Corps. The unit can't pay wages. Poor cadres dare not go on business trips. Poor employees dare not leave relatives. They can only find ways to earn money to support themselves. We are lucky enough to come to you They do odd jobs here, and people in other places are poor and crazy. What to do if they have no money? Steal! Houses were built to make furniture, some were stolen and sold, and the money was returned to buy saws, axes, and small wheels to continue felling trees; the trees disappeared, the groundwater level rose, and the salt ran out of the ground, climbing onto the houses, and destroying the foundations of the houses. The windbreaks are gone, and the strong winds will uproot the cotton seedlings and wheat seedlings, the crops will fail, and the workers will lose money."

"The situation has changed, but the original production plan has not changed. The production tasks from one level to the next level are assigned to the company, and the production tasks are assigned according to the company's land area. Cotton is [-] mu, wheat is [-] mu, corn is [-] mu, alfalfa Two thousand acres, whoever can’t complete the task will be dismissed! The risk of land entitlement is high, the spring is either cold or windy, and the summer is either pests or hail. All the agricultural products harvested in autumn are handed over to the company, and the price is determined by the company, regiment and division. Cashing out every year, losing more and earning less, the hearts of the people are scattered, and there are complaints."

Li Lei, Zhao Hongzhang and others looked at each other in dismay when they heard it. It was a great thing that the production contract was agreed to by the households. Everyone raised their hands in favor. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a bad thing. The big guy is so poor that he can't survive.

"Actually, the situation here is more suitable for large-scale machine farming. The household contracting of production spreads the strength! Isn't your farm in Kazakhstan doing very well, Mr. Li? About [-] hectares of land, with Take the tractor to plow the land to harvest, and fly the plane to sow and spray pesticides, and the work is done easily! The reason for contracting production to each household is because the per capita land area is small, and fine farming can increase production; The way is to serve the crops like the mouth." There are many young students in the breeding farm, and they dare to say anything when they are young and energetic.

"What a pity that so much land is deserted?" Li Lei had some thoughts in his heart, so he quickly comforted the Corps workers, and then asked, "What is your current land policy like?"

In fact, he also has these policies and guidelines in his mind, but there is still a difference between the policies on paper and the actual implementation policies. These are not technical materials.

"The earliest policy was 'one owner and two wings', where large farms often treasure group farm land, and then the group farms are subcontracted to family farms. The family farms are the mainstay, and the workers' family courtyard economy and the workers' self-funded wasteland economy are the two wings. Contracting situation, each household has [-] mu of contracted land, and there is another [-] mu of land for you to build a house, the surplus in front of and behind the house can be used to grow vegetables, raise chickens and ducks, and the land reclaimed at your own expense will be used for planting by yourself.”

"In the past two years, it has begun to change. It has been changed to 'two expenses are self-care', which means canceling the wages of employees, distributing production tools and livestock prices to employees, and implementing land contract management, but the 'two expenses' of living expenses and production expenses are both If the employees are in charge, life will be difficult for the big guys! If you have a good relationship with the leaders, you can talk about it. New machines and good livestock will be discounted to them at a low price. With these machines and livestock, they can still grow good land, and the relationship is farther away. The machines are all broken, the animals are either old or sick, and they can’t farm the land at all!”

"From the perspective of risk allocation, this system is unreasonable. The risks are borne by the employees, but the support provided by the superiors is very limited, and there are production planning tasks stuck, coupled with corruption. No wonder their life is so difficult. Sad." The young student started complaining again.

"Agricultural production naturally has the characteristics of high investment, slow payment, and high risk. It is indeed unreasonable to rush so many people to the market at once!" Li Lei muttered in his heart, but he did not say it. If all the land is developed, the life of the group farm workers will definitely be good, but it all comes at a cost. The tractors to cultivate the land, the fuel to drive the tractors, plus seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc., all of which cost money. Yes, there are no perfect financial supporting measures now than in the future. The agricultural materials company can give these to farmers on credit first, and after the harvest, they will sell the money and then pay back the debt. Now they have to buy with cash. There are probably not many employees.

"Don't you think of a solution?" Li Lei continued to ask, he wanted to know whether the policy he was looking forward to had been implemented.

"Why didn't you think about it? It would take a lot of trouble to change the leader, but if the fundamental problem is not solved, these methods are useless! Anyway, the production tasks of various group farms can't be completed now, and some group farms are in a hurry, and even plan to send Rent out the land that no one has planted, it was cultivated by our parents' hard work, how can we plant it for others!" These few were still full of anger.

Yes, that's what I want to hear!Li Lei quickly asked, "Is this the policy of those group venues? How much land do they plan to rent out? Is there any requirement for the identity of the renter?"

"I don't know much about these things. We felt uncomfortable when we heard these things, so we didn't inquire specifically about them!" Several team workers couldn't say anything.

But it doesn't matter, Li Lei is now a guest of XJ, so it's easy to inquire about a little information, so the result came out soon, the eighth agricultural division in SHZ city had the most serious population loss, so they launched the They don’t know the details of this policy. There is no specific standard for how much land they can take out and who can rent it out. Now they are thinking about renting out more land so that they can complete the production plan assigned by the superiors, so as not to appear A large area was abandoned.

Li Lei immediately decided to go to Shihezi to have a look in person, but he did not rush to the door. Instead, through the referral of an acquaintance, he talked to the leader of the Eighth Agricultural Division in advance, and then drove to Shihezi with him.

Shihezi is located more than 100 kilometers northwest of WLMQ. There is no expressway now. They drove for more than four hours to arrive. Once they arrived, they found that the city was different from other cities. The planning of Shihezi was very square, with spacious roads, residential buildings and The gaps between the residences are also relatively wide, and the greenery is also very good, without the messy feeling of the big inland cities.

"Almost all of this place was newly built after the Construction Corps came here. Is it easy to draw on a piece of white paper, so we paid great attention to planning at the beginning of the construction, and with the hard work of the regiment workers, it is what it is today!" Come to welcome Luo Wenhua, their deputy teacher, introduced it proudly.

Along the way, he introduced to Li Lei the places of interest within sight, "The red mountain in the distance is Jiangjun Mountain. Commander Tao, Political Commissar Wang, and Deputy Commander Zhao of our corps stood on that mountain overlooking the entire Shihezi. , directed us to build, and they were all buried here after they left.”

"This is the monument to Comrade Wu Hao. Comrade Wu Hao made a special trip here to inspect and gave a touching speech. This monument is 7.8 meters high, symbolizing that Comrade Wu Hao died at the age of 78. The inscription is 6.7 meters high, symbolizing Comrade Wu Hao was 1965 years old when he inspected the main venue in Shihezi in 67."

When we arrived at the division headquarters, we had to eat first. The wine on the table was brewed by the regiment farm. The lamb, chicken, and horse meat were also killed by the sheep and horse chickens raised by the regiment farm. The potatoes, tomatoes, and onions were also grown by the regiment farm itself. Yes, in terms of food, Tuanchang is completely self-sufficient.

"As soon as Wenhua mentioned Dong Li's name, I immediately remembered it. Many friends told me that you have maintained the honor of our soldiers in Hunan, and you are a good friend of our army! My friend came to Shihezi today. Be sure to eat and drink well!" The incident in Hunan was not made public because the impact was too bad, but many people knew about it, especially those in the army, and they had a pretty good impression of Li Lei.

Today I don’t talk about business, just drink, but in the process of drinking, I occasionally chatted about the current situation of the Eighth Agricultural Division, and several leaders sighed again and again. What a good land, they reclaimed it with hoes and hoes back then. Then planted windbreak forests one by one, and dug out ditches to get the current appearance, but unfortunately, no one can be found to plant them now.

Now that the regiments are in such a predicament, Li Lei has a good impression in the hearts of the leaders of these regiments, so it will be much smoother to talk about business the next day. Luo Wenhua is the first to speak, "Mr. Li, Shen Bin and I are old friends for many years. My friend, he told me before that the chicken farms and pig farms you helped to build in their military region are absolutely nothing to say, and later no matter whether you sent feed or seedlings, you never made mistakes; our soldiers are not so What a mess, since a friend is here, it's easy to talk about anything!"

"Yes, what Wenhua means is also what our teacher means. How much land do you want to rent, Mr. Li? What kind of leasing method should you adopt? Let's get to know each other first. If we can agree, we will agree on the spot. If we can't make the decision, we will Report to the superiors and fight for it!" Several people seemed very sincere.

"What difficulties does our teacher have now? Let me see if there is anything that can help me?" Li Lei asked. He was not in a hurry. In the future, large-scale land contracting in XJ has become a trend. Those who come here to contract land to grow food and various cash crops, as long as they have a good relationship with them, even if it is not easy to contract now, after the policy is relaxed in the future, they will definitely think of themselves first.

"Oh, there are too many difficulties! There is no money, no one has nothing, lack of machinery, lack of fertilizers and everything! Seeing that the farm that was still prosperous in the hands of the old masters has become this in our hands. We are ashamed to look at people!" Luo Wenhua and the others showed shame on their faces.

"I can't blame you, times have changed! Isn't it the same now as in the past! Let's come one by one, is there a shortage of machines? It just so happens that we have an agricultural machinery factory under Huinong, so I'll ask them to send a group of workers suitable for the farm It doesn’t matter if the small tractors you use are short of chemical fertilizers. I have contracted two chemical fertilizer factories in Zhongyuan Province, and I can provide you with some. Oh, by the way, do you want seeds? No matter whether it is wheat or corn, I can find better ones Seed watermelon is fine, I’ll go to Researcher Wu for help.”

"In terms of manpower, the time when you are most short of manpower is when you are harvesting cotton, right? This is also easy to handle. The people of our Central Plains Province have a tradition of being wheat customers. Since they can help others harvest wheat, they must also help harvest cotton. When the cotton matures When it was time, I communicated with the railway department and sent a few carriages of people to help you pick cotton!"

Grains such as wheat and corn can be harvested by machinery. Cotton is not good at the moment. There are machines for harvesting cotton, but the efficiency is too low and the waste is too serious. The whole Xinjiang will be busy, and the students in the school will not go to class anymore, and they will all go to help pick cotton. I believe that XJ children born before the 90s must have memories of this aspect.

"Li Dong, no wonder Shen Bin keeps saying that you are a good friend of our army. You have helped us a lot!" After all the gifts were delivered, several leaders were moved to tears, and these were all from them. The most missing thing.

"Oh, by the way, has the schooling of the children in the group field been affected? Do you need paper and pens, homework books, etc.? And football, basketball, organ, etc.? I will call the company later and ask them to purchase by mouth A batch was specially sent over.”

"Enough is enough, Mr. Li, we will have no face if you send it away! Let's talk about renting land first! There is a lot of abandoned land in the division. If you really plan to rent it, we can rent some land first. Don’t think too little of a thousand hectares for you, mainly because we dare not give more at the beginning!”

Thousands of hectares is not enough?Li Lei was so happy!
　Tomorrow will continue to update at night, hope to recover the day after tomorrow

　　
　
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