Chapter 2245

Old Man Chen looked intently at the rice in the field and said, "I have lived for more than eighty years and have never seen such good rice. I estimate that one mu of land will harvest at least nine hundred jin."

Old Man Chen's judgment was still conservative. The village director specially asked a few people to quickly harvest the rice from one mu of land, and after threshing it on the spot with a thresher and weighing it, the weight of the rice from this mu of land reached more than 1,100 jin. If the moisture was removed, the weight of the dried rice would also reach more than 900 jin.

This news reached everyone's ears, and everyone cheered. This yield was something they had never achieved before, which made their enthusiasm even greater.

This year, there was no need to pay agricultural taxes and levies. With so much rice, all of it harvested would be their income.

This year, County Magistrate Su also said that the grain department would not issue any IOUs when purchasing rice this year, and all must be paid in cash. When the time came, they would have money in their hands. By the end of this month, there would be houses to hand over, and they could live in new houses and have a prosperous year.

And not far from them, at the Jinxi Township government, an overseas Chinese businessman named Luo Hansheng opened a factory, saying that it was specially for purchasing the surplus grain in the hands of farmers, and the price was quite high. When the time came, all the grain they harvested, except for completing the state's purchase tasks and leaving enough food for the family, could be sold to this factory, which was also a considerable income.

Thinking of this, everyone's faces were filled with joy, which made their movements faster. The more they worked, the lighter they felt, and they didn't feel tired at all.

Since most of the strong laborers in the village had been recruited by enterprises in the Economic Development Zone, basically all those who came to harvest rice today were the old, weak, women, and children. However, the enthusiasm of these old, weak, women, and children to work today seemed to be no less than that of the strong laborers.

Jingbao Village had a high yield, and the late rice yield in other parts of Chongjin County would certainly not be low. After Su Xinghui returned to the county government, he specially asked Nie Xin about the county's late rice yield this year. Nie Xin excitedly told Su Xinghui that the average yield per mu of late rice in the county this year was expected to reach more than 900 jin, and it was the weight after drying.

This yield had never been achieved in the history of Chongjin County. This was, of course, a bumper harvest. After a major flood, such a bumper harvest appeared even more precious.

Looking at Nie Xin's excited expression, Su Xinghui said, "Nie Xin, just watch, such a bumper harvest will probably come every year in the future."

Yes, Chongjin County harvested two seasons of rice every year. With the development of agricultural technology and the improvement of farmers' farming level, there would certainly be no problem with having a bumper harvest every year in the future.

The implementation of returning farmland to the lake also allowed the future rain to have a place to go. Plus, Chongjin County would not have any particularly low-lying land, so it would not easily form flood disasters, which were also favorable factors for increasing rice production.

Nie Xin said, "County Magistrate, this bumper harvest is all brought by you. Chongjin County has grown rice for so many years, and there has never been such a high yield."

Nie Xin was indeed very happy. He was the Deputy County Magistrate in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and water conservancy. Chongjin County's flood control and disaster relief work this year was done very well, which gave him a good start. However, the agricultural production in the first half of the year was basically ruined. Although it was not his responsibility, it always made him feel a pity.

But he didn't expect that there would be such a bumper harvest of late rice in the second half of the year. The total yield of the two seasons of rice this year was not lower than in previous years. After all the data came out, it might even increase production.

Such a major disaster would certainly be a lean year in previous years, but this year it was unexpectedly a bumper year. As the Deputy County Magistrate for agriculture, Nie Xin would naturally get another big credit.

Nie Xin was full of gratitude to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui had been in Chongjin County for a year and had already allowed Nie Xin to gain a lot of political achievements for nothing. At this moment, he made up his mind in his heart that wherever Su Xinghui pointed, he would fight, and he would never have two hearts again.

Su Xinghui said, "With such a high yield this year, the grain purchase and sales work will certainly be very heavy. You should pay attention to this aspect, especially the purchase by the grain department. You must not issue IOUs to farmers."

In the past, when the grain department purchased farmers' grain, issuing IOUs was the norm, and giving cash was not the norm. Some farmers even had IOUs issued by the grain department three or four years ago that had not yet been cashed.

Issuing IOUs became the norm, but in Su Xinghui's hands, he absolutely would not allow such things to happen.

Nie Xin nodded and said, "Such things will not happen this year."

Su Xinghui said, "Also, the IOUs issued by the grain department in the past must also be cashed. We cannot let farmers work hard all year round, only to have the grain they grow not be able to be exchanged for money."

Nie Xin said, "This may have to be delayed for a period of time. The pressure on grain purchase funds this year is quite high. But County Magistrate, don't worry, at the latest by next year, the IOUs in the hands of farmers will definitely be cashed."

Su Xinghui nodded. The deadline given by Nie Xin was still able to satisfy him.

Su Xinghui said, "There was a major flood this year, so I won't say much. But starting from next year, the agriculture of Chongjin County must have major development. We cannot simply grow some crops. We must broaden our thinking and let the agriculture of Chongjin County form industrialization."

"Agricultural industrialization?" Nie Xin was still quite unfamiliar with this term. Although he had heard of this word, he still had no clue about how Chongjin County could develop agricultural industrialization.

Su Xinghui could understand Nie Xin's confusion. In Chongjin County, it would be good if he could manage agriculture well. When could he come into contact with industrialization?

Su Xinghui said, "The agricultural product processing enterprise built by the Indonesian Luo Group in Jinxi Township can be part of agricultural industrialization. It can digest and deeply process the crops of Chongjin County and increase the added value." ===== CHAPTER 2247 =====