Chapter 726

Peng Yuwen said, "Expert, please tell us specifically."

Luo Ping said, "Conventional rice is still not as good as hybrid rice in terms of yield, and it is also worse than hybrid rice in terms of resistance. Hybrid rice can resist bad weather, and its ability to resist diseases and insects is also stronger than conventional rice. That is to say, even if hybrid rice encounters natural disasters, it will still have a certain yield."

Peng Yuwen said, "Then you mean, let us also plant hybrid rice?"

Luo Ping said, "I think hybrid rice and conventional rice can be planted half and half, or hybrid rice can be planted more and conventional rice less. Hybrid rice can be used to pay public grain, and conventional rice can be saved as food."

Hybrid rice has high yield and good resistance, but its quality is not as good as conventional rice. Moreover, in order to ensure their own interests, seed companies do not allow hybrid rice to be saved as seeds. Therefore, Luo Ping's suggestion is the best of both worlds.

Peng Yuwen nodded, "Expert, your suggestion is good."

Luo Ping said, "As for cash crops, I think we can plant vegetables. Now the whole country is engaged in the 'Vegetable Basket Project', and the common people are becoming more and more wealthy, and the demand for vegetables is increasing. Therefore, planting vegetables is a more suitable sideline to increase income."

Peng Yuwen said, "Planting vegetables? Then what kind of vegetables are suitable to plant?"

Luo Ping said, "Because it is necessary to overwinter, the most suitable vegetables for field vegetables are Chinese cabbage and cabbage. Farmers with conditions can plant some greenhouse vegetables with higher prices to supply the winter vegetable market, which has higher added value."

Peng Yuwen said, "Can planting these vegetables really make money? What if they can't be sold?"

Luo Ping said, "The yield per mu of Chinese cabbage and cabbage is at least four thousand jin or more, and some high-yield varieties can even reach ten thousand jin per mu. Even if they only sell for one dime per jin, the net income per mu after deducting costs is at least two or three hundred yuan, which is much better than planting wheat in any case. If it is greenhouse vegetables, the income will be even higher."

Su Xinghui said, "Regarding the sales problem, the town government will build a large vegetable wholesale market here to attract buyers to come here to purchase vegetables, and will also actively export them. In addition, we also plan to build large cold storage facilities to preserve and store vegetables when the vegetable market is not good, and take them out to sell when the market is good."

The villagers surrounding Su Xinghui were very excited; the prospects described by Su Xinghui were too beautiful.

Su Xinghui said, "Also, now the province has special fund subsidies for such agricultural and sideline projects. Like the 'Vegetable Basket Project', there are special subsidies. At that time, if you plant one mu of vegetables, you may get a subsidy of dozens of yuan, and if you build one mu of greenhouse, you may get a subsidy of hundreds of yuan."

Hudong Province now attaches great importance to agriculture, and various special fund subsidies have allowed farmers across the province to receive many benefits. Farmers in Menghuling Township were the first to benefit. When Su Xinghui was in Menghuling Township, this work was under his charge, so he naturally knew it very well.

As soon as Su Xinghui said there were subsidies, the villagers were even happier. Peng Yuwen said, "That's great. I have farmed for a lifetime, and I have never heard of the reason for getting money for farming."

Su Xinghui laughed, "Then you will be able to taste the taste of getting money for farming in the future."

The words of Su Xinghui and the experts made the villagers happy one by one. Seeing that it was near noon, Peng Yuwen said, "Mayor Su, several experts, let's go, go to my house to eat."

Su Xinghui stood up, took out money and handed it to Liu Yongjun, "Little Liu, go buy some cooked food, and we will go to Grandpa Peng's house to eat together."

At noon, Su Xinghui and his party ate at Peng Yuwen's house. Peng Yuwen used an iron pot to cook a pot of rice, then cooked a pot of scorched rice porridge, and then stir-fried several kinds of vegetables from the vegetable garden at home, plus the cooked food bought by Liu Yongjun, which became a sumptuous feast.

Peng Yuwen said with some guilt, "Mayor Su, I said I would invite you to eat, but I still let you buy the food. I'm really sorry!"

Su Xinghui said, "Grandpa Peng, don't be sorry. We cadres come to the village to give you help, how can we increase your burden?"

Peng Yuwen's family situation was not good. If he were to buy the food himself, it would indeed be a relatively large burden for him. Su Xinghui certainly couldn't do this. It was also not very good to give money to Peng Yuwen, because the standard set by the town was not high, and buying so much food would definitely not be enough. So he simply let Liu Yongjun buy a lot of cooked food. Peng Yuwen could eat the leftovers for another meal in the afternoon.

Peng Yu'an was very moved, and tears were swirling in his eyes. He said, "Mayor Su, a good cadre like you has come to the town. It seems our days will get better and better!"

Su Xinghui laughed, "Grandpa Peng, rest assured, you will definitely have blessings to enjoy in the future."

Peng Yu'an nodded happily, looking as happy as could be.

After eating, the group said goodbye to Peng Yu'an. Before leaving, Luo Ping said, "Grandpa Peng, you work hard in the village and prepare for planting vegetables in the next season. Whether it is planting field vegetables or greenhouse vegetables, you also have to make a decision. At that time, we will provide you with corresponding technical support."

Peng Yu'an nodded and thanked them repeatedly, waving to see them off.

Rao Songnian sat in Su Xinghui's car and said with emotion, "Xinghui, you can build a mass base so quickly wherever you go; it's really not simple!"

Su Xinghui laughed, "Professor Rao, actually I think that building a good relationship with the masses is a very simple thing. As long as you treat them with sincerity, they will naturally treat you with sincerity."

Professor Rao nodded, "That's right, the two words 'sincerity', how simple it sounds, but how many people can do it?"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Liu Yongjun nodded thoughtfully.

In the next few days, Su Xinghui accompanied several professors and their students to visit the first village of the entire Pengjiawanzhen, collected soil samples, answered questions raised by the villagers, provided them with agricultural technical guidance, taught them how to farm, and mobilized them to plant overwintering vegetables.

The effect of their going to the village was quite good. The mobilization of the experts and the subsidies mentioned by Su Xinghui made many farmers moved. Who doesn't want to get rich? Who wants to be poor for a lifetime like this?

Most farmers can only see the piece of land in front of them. It is basically impossible for them to spontaneously engage in special planting. They have no source of funds and no technology. Therefore, sometimes, the government must guide them. If there is government guidance, farmers are still willing.

Of course, after the government guides farmers to start special planting, it does not mean that they will let go and not care. If Pengjiawanzhen starts planting vegetables on a large scale, many problems will arise, such as the sales of vegetables, the market of vegetables, how to ensure the interests of farmers, and how to let farmers not lose money. These are all things that the government should think about in advance.

In China, I don't know how many times such things have happened. A session of leaders, for the sake of political achievements, vigorously promotes agricultural and sideline industries, letting farmers engage in large-scale special breeding or special planting. However, after the leaders get political achievements and are promoted, those follow-up matters are no longer managed, causing farmers to lose money. After that, farmers no longer believe in such things.

Over time, this is a huge damage to the interests of farmers, and it is also a huge damage to the credibility of the government. Once the credibility of the government is damaged, if you want to make up for it, it may be difficult to make up for it in ten or twenty years.

Pengjiawan has 110,000 mu of land. Just saying that half of the area will plant vegetables this year, and the average yield per mu of vegetables is only five thousand jin, the yield of one season is more than 100,000 tons. Such a large amount is indeed a not small problem in sales. The town government cannot wait. From now on, it must contact sales channels for farmers in many ways.

Su Xinghui also plans to build a large vegetable wholesale market in the town, preferably including large cold storage facilities, so as to more effectively avoid the risk of vegetable market fluctuations.

Of course, the investment in large cold storage facilities is too large, and Pengjiawanzhen is currently unable to bear it. However, the demand for cold storage is not very urgent at present, because at present, vegetables are still a seller's market. As long as you work a little bit, you don't have to worry about sales. The sharp fluctuations in the vegetable market will only happen a few years later, when more and more people across the country are planting vegetables, leading to supply exceeding demand.

However, by that time, presumably Pengjiawanzhen will have enough financial resources to build a large cold storage facility.

Su Xinghui specifically held a town mayor's work meeting for this vegetable planting work and deployed the task of mobilizing the common people to plant vegetables.

When the participating deputy town mayors, as well as the heads of some units in the town and the village directors in the town heard the grand blueprint described by Su Xinghui, they were all excited.

Su Xinghui said that this year's work goal is to let at least half of the land in the whole town plant vegetables, of which 80% is field vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, cabbage, etc., and 20% is greenhouse vegetables, such as off-season tomatoes, peppers, beans, eggplants, cucumbers, etc.