Chapter 2194: Breach

As soon as Su Xinghui's car arrived at the entrance of the village, the village secretary of Gangdong Village saw it. He had originally been transplanting seedlings in his own field, but he hurriedly placed the seedlings on the ridge, washed his hands and feet in the irrigation ditch, then stepped onto the ridge and ran toward Su Xinghui, who had just gotten out of the car.

The village secretary said, "County Magistrate Su is here."

Su Xinghui nodded casually and said, "How is the late rice planting situation in your village?"

The village secretary said, "Nearly half of the seedlings have been transplanted now. In a few more days, it will all be finished."

Su Xinghui asked, "Have you all used the chemical fertilizer?"

The village secretary said, "We have, County Magistrate Su. With this chemical fertilizer, our village's late rice will definitely have a bumper harvest."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Are you so sure?"

The village secretary pointed to an agricultural technician who was providing guidance to farmers in a field and said, "It's what the agricultural technician said. He said that as long as there isn't a heavy rain like last month, this year's late rice will definitely have a bumper harvest."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, take me over to take a look."

The village secretary took Su Xinghui to the side of the agricultural technician. A crowd of people surrounded the technician, and he was explaining the techniques for scientifically using chemical fertilizer to everyone.

When to apply base fertilizer and which type to use? When to apply topdressing and which type to use? How much to apply per mu and how to spread it—he explained everything clearly and logically. Moreover, he spoke with the Chongjin County accent and was very colloquial, making it easy for the farmers to understand.

The farmers would occasionally raise some questions, and the agricultural technician would answer them in detail one by one.

This agricultural technician was very young, about twenty-something years old. However, after listening for a while, Su Xinghui felt that he was quite good in terms of agricultural technology and practical experience. He was not stage-frightened when facing so many farmers, and his speech was very organized and logical.

After finishing the technical explanation, the agricultural technician said, "As long as everyone does as I say, I dare not say that the yield of late rice this year will exceed one thousand jin, but at least eight or nine hundred jin is guaranteed. Of course, there cannot be another heavy rain like last month."

The farmers nodded happily. Even if it didn't reach one thousand jin, eight or nine hundred jin could be considered a high yield. This was a yield they hadn't dared to imagine before. Could they really reach this yield this year?

In the past, China's chemical fertilizer production was very limited, and coupled with the fact that the price of chemical fertilizer was very expensive relative to the income at that time, very few people could afford it. Even those who could afford it might not be able to buy high-quality fertilizer, so most of these farmers had never used chemical fertilizer.

If using chemical fertilizer had such a great effect, they would have to use it no matter what in the future. This increased rice yield would be their pure income. Now that the price of grain was getting higher day by day, this was all money. Thinking of the good days ahead, they couldn't stop smiling.

Su Xinghui couldn't help but applaud as he listened. The farmers were so engrossed in listening, and the agricultural technician was so engrossed in speaking, that they hadn't noticed Su Xinghui's arrival. Hearing the applause, they turned around and saw that it was Su Xinghui, and immediately someone shouted, "County Magistrate Su!"

Su Xinghui was different from other leaders; he often went to the grassroots level, so most of the farmers in Gangdong Village knew him. They all stood up and called out "County Magistrate Su" with full respect.

Su Xinghui smiled and greeted them one by one, then said to the agricultural technician, "Hello, what is your name? Which unit are you from?"

The agricultural technician said shyly, "Hello, County Magistrate. I am Lu Xianhe, an agricultural technician from the Agricultural Technology Promotion Station of the Agriculture Bureau. The Agriculture Bureau sent me here to carry out agricultural technology promotion."