Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2620 Report
In the evening, the cadres who went out for inspection returned to the camp one after another.After several days of visits, the cadres have accumulated a lot of first-hand information, and they have to meet every day after returning to the camp.Borrowing the light from the lead-acid battery-powered electric lights, the cadres reported on their respective investigations. Zhang Xiao and Li Yaoer listened carefully, asking a few questions from time to time.

Chen Wuren reported: "...Local floods occur frequently, until the Waiji Judgment, the most serious ones caused drowning, collapsed houses, and damaged crops; followed by fish ponds, one mouth of each pond, from the first month to replace the old water Filling with fresh water, retting water to feed fish, grass dung needs, every May and June, the pond consumes ten gold. The escape of fish is incalculable, and the loss of other goods is also difficult to count. After the embankment breaks, it is advisable to rescue it as soon as possible within ten days. Those who have public funds to borrow should try their best to invest in repairing the surrounding foundations, and those who have no public funds to borrow can only try their best to start a business according to the business households. It is necessary to ensure that late rice is planted, and when the leaves of the mulberry dew sprout, the silkworms are supplemented, and the fish can be produced from the pond. If you plant again, the mulberry elms that are lost in the east can still be harvested. If the construction is delayed for more than ten days, the former will disappear, and the latter will continue to rise..."

Listening to the report, Zhang Xiao quickly wrote down one item in his notebook: Water conservancy is the most important task in the development of Sangyuanwei. The boards of directors of each village lack a unified coordination mechanism, and it is appropriate to add an organization for unified management, including Shunde.

"Is there anything else worth noting?" Zhang Xiao asked.

Chen Wuren thought for a while, and said, "Speaking of it, it is true. Many fish farmers have reported that they have been short of fertilizers in the past two years."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

Chen Wuren said: "I heard that the Zhu family has set up some kind of medicine shop, buying silkworm excrement in large quantities for refining medicinal materials, and the purchase price is very high, so many silkworm households sold the silkworm excrement to Zhu's, causing fish There is not enough fertilizer in the pond.”

"Silkworm sand?" Zhang Xiao stroked his mustache thoughtfully.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Yaoer asked, "Is there a problem?"

Zhang Xiao said: "This is indeed a traditional Chinese medicinal material. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that silkworm sand has the effects of curing thirst, women's blood collapse, head wind, and dispelling wind and dampness. There are similar records in other ancient medical books. From the perspective of modern medicine , Sodium iron chlorophyllin, the main component of silkworm excrement extract, is used to treat iron deficiency anemia. It's just..."

"Just what?" Li Yaoer was a little curious.

"No matter how easy this medicine is to use, it won't buy local fish farmers short of fertilizers." Zhang Xiao said.

As a medicinal material, silkworm excrement is not as universal as licorice, and its uses are limited.Based on the annual consumption of Guangzhou Prefecture, it will probably not exceed a few hundred catties. Why is there such a shortage of silkworm excrement in the market?
"Is there something strange?" Li Yaoer asked.

"I can't say it, but I always feel that something is wrong." Zhang Xiao couldn't explain the reason given the limited information. Relying on farmyard manure is definitely not enough. No matter how efficient the mulberry fish pond is, it cannot create nutrients out of thin air. The material input of the whole system is certain. If no additional fertilizer is added, the unit output will still not increase. Our fertilizer technology There has been no breakthrough, and fertilizer shortage will be a long-term serious problem."

"Then what should I do? Your cowhide is blown out." Li Yaoer smiled maliciously.

"Don't worry, old lady, we're still bragging based on the spectrum," Zhang Xiao said: "The first phase of Changpo, which Ishizuyu has been struggling with, went into production two years ago. [-] tons of ammonium sulfate can be recovered from the exhaust gas. We both worked hard and walked around. Half of the fertilizer for the first phase of Changpo will be allocated to Jiujiang. Good steel should be used wisely."

"This can be possible. The rate of return on investment must be considered in any industry. Naturally, fertilizers should be used in the high-yield agricultural sector." Li Yaoer also agreed with Zhang Xiao's opinion.

"Hey, this amount of fertilizer is still useless. Ishizuyu originally planned to go to the second phase of Changpo, planning 40 furnaces, and the exhaust gas recovery can produce at least [-] to [-] tons of ammonium sulfate per year, and there are [-] tons by the way. Gasoline production capacity. It’s just that there is competition from Brunei Petroleum, so I think it’s very difficult.”

"Aren't you a die-hard southerner?"

"It's right to engage in oil, but we have to wait for the petrochemical industry to produce fertilizers. I don't know what the year of the monkey will be. It's better to hope that Chen Huan and the others will quickly complete the self-produced synthetic ammonia device." As he spoke, Zhang Xiao pulled away.

"Hey, don't digress, pay attention to the efficiency of the meeting." Li Yaoer reminded.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business... Uh, if someone else's family did silkworm sand, maybe I wouldn't take it to heart, but Zhu's is different, his family is Chen Zizhuang's uncle." Zhang Xiao still couldn't worry after thinking about it. Instructed Mo Yu: "Old Mo, keep an eye on this matter, see what the hell Zhu is up to, and report any situation."

Followed by Zhao Hening's investigation report:

"...A careful examination of the life of silkworm farmers shows that, except for the period when the silkworm grows up and the work is urgent, there is still one to two weeks of free time after each rearing work is completed and during the young silkworm stage. Therefore, every time this time is used, other coolies work outside. After the construction, in addition to rural work, you can still do other coolies to make up for miscellaneous household tasks. Although the results of hard work all day long are not enough to make up for the lack of expenditure, the difference is not too big. All parties borrowed and tried their best. Thrift, taxes are barely maintained, other than that, there is no other better way. Mulberry fish ponds can indeed create more wealth than rice cultivation, and can also allow farmers to live a relatively affluent life, but due to commercial Agriculture requires high investment and has huge risks, and farmers have almost no ability to avoid risks, which means that they may work hard all year round, but in the end they still have to fall into complete poverty..."

"Not bad, He Ning has made progress." After listening to Zhao He Ning's report, Zhang Xiao boasted.

Zhao Hening smiled with his eyes bent into a crescent shape, and said modestly: "A famous teacher produces a good student, and it is the two teachers who teach well."

Li Yaoer said: "The degree of commercialization of farmers in Jiujiang is already very high under the current social conditions, and the quality of life is better than that of farmers in other places. However, the gap between rich and poor seems to be very large, and social conflicts are not small. He Ning , Have you collected exact data on silkworm farmers’ income and expenditure?”

"It is extremely difficult to obtain accurate data. Silkworm farmers do not have the habit of keeping accounts, and often cannot recall a year's income and expenditure. We have to speculate and make unfounded answers, so we have to observe the situation and make estimates based on their daily lives. To confirm whether our guessed answer is wrong."

"Then did you encounter any special situation?" Li Yaoer asked.

"Yes, I was just about to say it," Zhao Hening seized the opportunity when Li Yaoer asked, "We met a mother and son, and it was so miserable. I think her life is really meaningless. She is the only one now. My only wish is to divorce her dead husband, I think we have to take care of this matter..." Zhao Hening then vividly described what happened to Huang's mother and son, which made the listeners feel sad and those who heard it shed tears.

Li Yaoer couldn't help complaining: "How can there be such a father in the world?"

Zhang Xiao said: "There are more than a hundred people, and there are all kinds of people. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds."

The situation of Huang's mother and son brought back memories of Chen Wuren, so he interjected: "You two chiefs, have you heard of 'eating extinct households'?"

As a post-80s generation, Zhang Xiao is no stranger to rural life. The so-called extinct family means that the man of the family dies. If there are no other men in the family, someone will divide up the family’s property, even daily necessities such as pots and bowls. Don't let it go, these people are not others, usually relatives of the same family.Another form is to force the host's wife to set up a floating banquet until the whole family is completely eaten, poor, and exhausted.After the property was divided, these relatives would find ways to bully the orphans and widows, drive them out of the house, and some had to become prostitutes.

The situation of eating out of households became popular in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Even Liu Rushi, a talented woman in the late Ming Dynasty, was not spared. After the will, she committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and a generation of romantic and talented women died, which was extremely tragic. At this time, it was only two months since Qian Qianyi passed away.

"You mean, someone is eating the extinct family of Guan Youde's family?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"Although Guan Youde is still alive, judging from the actual situation, it's no different from eating a dead family." Chen Wuren said: "According to Ms. Zhao, Guan Youde has been ill for ten years, and everyone thinks his life is not long. Well, including himself. In order to cure his illness, his family property was basically sold to relatives of the same clan at a low price. As the saying goes, "If you have a son, you will be poor for a long time, but if you have no son, you will not grow rich." Guan Youde had only one son. When Guan Zongbao was young It is still unknown whether he can live to adulthood. I don’t know who used some ecstasy soup to make Guan Youde willingly make his young son give up studying and go home to raise fish. Also the idea of ​​returning to the west as soon as possible. A pot of medicine like Guan Youde will die in five or six years at most, and very few can last ten years. I think this is also a situation that his fellow clan has never thought of. I also I met a man named Guan Youde, his complexion was sallow, his seal was black, he looked like he was dying, so he should be the one you mentioned to Miss Zhao."

"Hmph," Li Yaoer snorted coldly, "How can there be such a vicious person in this world!"

"Calm down, calm down, isn't this kind of thing rare in the countryside? Even if you have a son in your family, others may not see that you live better than him. Even on the day we set foot on the Fengcheng wheel, the thing of eating out of the house is still happening. If we don’t change the backward productivity and deformed system in the countryside, similar tragedies will not stop.” Zhang Xiao looked at Li Yao’er, asked for her opinion, and said, “But I think this matter can be dealt with, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"

"Change customs, why not do it?" Li Yaoer said with a smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)