Mid-November.
The fragrance of rice spread in all the towns and villages of Xihong City.
The heavy ears of rice bent the stalks, and the golden fields stretched out.
The harvesters drove into the paddy field with ease, shuttling back and forth to harvest the late rice.
The harvesters, which had returned with a full load, stopped at the head of the field and poured the separated rice into the trucks waiting by the side of the road.
Somewhere in the farmland.
Lu Zhe, Vice City Lord Lin Nan, and the others were inspecting the late rice harvest.
"City Lord Lu, since the late rice planting in Xihong City this year, there has been plenty of rain. There have been no natural disasters.
The sudden increase in early rice production was not a flash in the pan.
According to the statistics of the agricultural machinery station staff.
This year's late rice production also reached 7200 jin per mu, which was the same as the early rice.
In addition, news came from the weather station.
For the next ten days, the weather in Xihong City was clear, and it would not delay the return of the late rice grains.”
"That's good!"
Lu Zhe nodded in satisfaction.
"City Lord Lin, there weren't enough harvesters for the early rice harvest in the first half of the year, so we could only borrow them temporarily," he praised.
The number of volunteers was also insufficient, causing the harvest of 18 million tons of rice to be in a hurry.
Now, your agricultural department has purchased a large number of harvesters, and the volunteers have also been arranged properly.
This is worthy of praise!"
"City Lord, you praise me too much!"
"You were the one who approved the payment for the purchase of the harvester. Without your support for urban agriculture, we wouldn't have been able to reach our current stage.”
Lu Zhe smiled and asked," What about the paddy field after the late rice harvest?"”
"In the past, the rice fields in Xihong City were known as the 'winter leisure farmland'.
After the late rice was planted, the farmers began to rest. They would plow the fields to plant the rice after spring.
Our Xihong City government doesn't encourage rotation planting like other cities.
But this year…
Every village committee in Xihong City expressed their intention to plant the cole as soon as the late rice was harvested.
If they planted rape now, they would be able to harvest the rape seeds next spring. Then, they would continue to plant early and late rice.
In this way, the farmland would not be idle all year round.”
Hearing this.
Lu Zhe nodded.
In the past, the farmlands in Xihong City did not produce much economic value in a year.
The farmers were not very willing to farm.
However, it was different now.
Xihong City had already become a treasure trove with mountains of gold and silver.
Letting the land be abandoned and restricted was simply a crime!
At this moment, Lin Nan said,"City Lord, there's something that I need you to decide on."”
"What is it?"
Lu Zhe was a little confused.
Lin Nan reported in detail,"The farmland in Xihong City is under the land circulation system.
The villagers transferred their land out and contracted it to the village committee. Then, they collected a certain amount of rent every year, which was the land bonus.
After the village committee owned the land, they would plant rice or rent the farmland to farmers to grow vegetables and fruits.
During the rice planting period.
The village committee hired the villagers of the village and let them participate in the planting. In return, they received wages.
In this way, the villagers could earn two sums of money every year.
This year, the land in Xihong City was worth tens of thousands of gold. Many farmers could not sit still and hoped to get their land back.”
"I understand what they mean!"
Lu Zhe shook his head.
In the past, the land in Xihong City had no value. They had transferred the land to the village committee and let the village committee be responsible for its own profits and losses. It was fine as long as the annual rent was not small.
Now that the land was valuable, how could it be so easy to take it back?”
"That's true, but farmers also know how to settle accounts!" Lin Nan sighed.
Let me give you a simple example.
The villager, Xiao Wang, had seven acres of land at home, which was transferred to the village committee.
The village committee contracted 7 mu of land at a price of 1000 yuan per mu.
In a year, Little Wang could get 7000 yuan of land dividends from the village every year.
Since the beginning of this year, the production of farmland had increased dramatically.
Little Wang's seven acres of land could grow two crops of rice a year. In total, he could harvest 100,800 catties of rice.
According to the price of 1.5 yuan per catty of rice.
7 Mu of land could produce an economic value of 151,200 yuan.
One side was 7000 yuan, and the other was 150,000 yuan.
The difference was 21 times!
It was understandable that Little Wang wanted to take back the seven acres of land.
After all, no one would go against money.”
Lu Zhe thought for a moment and asked,"Do the other villagers mean the same?"”
"I used to send people to various villages to investigate and found that 70% of the villagers hoped to take back the land and plant it themselves."
The other 30% of the villagers hoped to increase the land dividends.
It would be best to increase the price from 1000 yuan per mu to 10,000 yuan per mu.”
Hearing this.
" It seems like they also know that farming is not only a net income," Lu Zhe said with a smile." There are also labor, seeds, harvesting, fertilizers, and other expenses."
This year, the yield of rice per mu had soared, and the village committee of each village had earned a lot.
However, this money was not going into the pockets of the village officials.
Once the village committee had money, they would build new villages, build bridges and roads, dredge rivers, build village facilities, and so on. It could be said that what was taken from the people was used by the people.”
"City Lord, how should we resolve this matter?”
Lin Nan felt that he could not make the decision.
"What does the village committee think?" asked Lu Zhe.”
Lin Nan said bluntly,"The intention of the village committee is to increase the villagers 'land dividends. Even if it is increased to 10,000 yuan per mu, it is fine."
As for the land, the village committee hoped to keep it in their hands.
If the land was returned to the villagers.
The Zhang family planted rice, the Li family planted strawberries, and the Wang family planted bananas. The entire village could not be managed.
While the villagers would not look good, the citizens of Xihong City would also be in a mess.”
"That's right!"
Lu Zhe nodded, indicating that he understood.
He said,"The land must not be reclaimed!"
If the hearts of the people were scattered, it would be difficult to lead the team.
Land in Xihong City was so valuable.
From an economic point of view, they would definitely plant whatever crops were valuable.
At that time.
How many acres of the five million acres of paddy fields in Xihong City were left?
In addition, the country would not allow Xihong City to act so recklessly.
Xihong City had harvested 18 million tons of early rice and 18 million tons of late rice.
If they did not plant rice, who would bear the loss of 36 million tons of grain every year?
Relatively speaking.
Increasing the land dividends was the most feasible method.”
Lin Nan nodded in understanding.”
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