1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 107 Emerging into Immortality
As the sun rose, Hong Zhong bent down and started picking vegetables one by one.

Chen Jiazhi also helped pinch it for a while and watched it at the same time.

Hong Zhong's cloth bag is not small. It can probably hold more than ten kilograms when fully filled.

Although the price of vegetables has dropped a bit now, it still costs thirty or forty yuan.

"Boss Hong, how many insect nets did you get this time?"

"400 square meters. I don't think many people would want this thing except you. Most people can't get it either."

Hong Zhong looked up at him and said, "Why, you don't want that much anymore? That won't do. It's too expensive, and I didn't make any money from you anyway."

Chen Jiazhi chuckled and said, "I think it's not enough. Is it too late to increase it now?"

Hong Zhong was surprised: "That's not enough! 400 square meters is 4800 yuan. How many vegetables do you have to grow to sell for that much money?"

Chen Jiazhi: "The vegetable sales have been pretty good recently. I can easily buy a small apartment of around 200 square meters with the money I make in one night."

Hong Zhong calculated in his mind, 12 yuan per square meter, 100 square meters is 1200 yuan.

It’s less than 200 square meters, so it must cost more than 2,000 yuan, right?!
"One night?!"

"Can I still lie to you?"

After receiving a positive answer, Hong Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that he had to get to know Chen Cainong again.

Damn, this income is much higher than his!

It’s just over ten acres of land, oh no, less than ten acres of land, the land he got later hasn’t even produced vegetables yet!
"How many vegetables do you collect and sell in a day?"

"Recently, we've been producing 700 kilograms of Chinese cabbage a day, but it's a little less. Some time ago, we were producing 1,200 to 1,300 kilograms a day."

Chen Jiazhi said it lightly and didn't take it seriously, but Hong Zhong was extremely surprised. The portion of the dish was not small.

It feels like I missed out a bit.

If you get Xiangjiang~
"Oh, I missed it!"

Chen Jiazhi asked why, but Hong Zhong stopped talking.

In fact, he knew that Chen Cainong had previously speculated that they wanted to ship water-raised vegetables to Hong Kong, and now it was just a matter of time.

But this window paper cannot be broken.

If Chen the vegetable farmer knew the truth, the nature of the matter would change and it would be disadvantageous to Chen the vegetable farmer personally.

Moreover, he also figured it out that if he really wanted to maximize profits, he couldn't tell Chen the cabbage farmer about this.

This does not help them negotiate prices.

Hong Biao is doing this business for high profits, but there are also risks in Hong Kong.

Therefore, the more securely the source of goods is hidden, the better.

Just buy from Chen vegetable farmers at normal prices, so that they can make the most profit and it is also safe.

But the amount of goods shipped in one go cannot be too small, it must be at least 500 kilograms, and the proportion of the vegetables produced by the old vegetable farmers cannot be too high, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.

That's why he hoped that Chen's vegetable business would grow bigger, and he always gave him some small help, helping him get any supplies he needed.

Now, once Chen's 10 acres of land start to produce vegetables, we can start testing the waters.

After a while, Hong Zhong thought a lot and picked the vegetables. The two chatted for a while beside the vegetable field.

"How much more insect netting do you want?"

"Let's add another 300 square meters to make up one mu. My plots are also divided into three sizes: 0.25-0.5-1 mu."

“Is this important for growing vegetables?”

"It's very important. Insect pests are serious in the summer. Having insect-proof nets can not only reduce the amount of pesticides used, but also effectively prevent and control pests, ensuring the quality of vegetables."

"Okay, you may have to wait a little longer than these 400 square meters. Why don't you take a little more and make up two acres? I'll give you a cheaper price. It won't be a hassle later."

After understanding the function of the insect-proof net and looking at the vegetables in the field, Hong Zhong took the initiative to lower the price of the insect-proof net.

"10 yuan per square meter."

“This price…”

"I'll give you a discount. The total is 1.2 yuan. That should be enough. How about a lower price?"

"..." Chen Jiazhi originally wanted to ask why the unit price dropped so much, but at this moment he simply nodded and said, "Money is not a problem."

"Uh~that's enough."

Hong Zhong was choked back at the second half of his sentence. Yes, two thousand yuan a night should have been saved up long ago.

He was a little confused.

Realizing he couldn't continue, Hongjoong quickly said goodbye and prepared to leave.

Chen Jiazhi was a little confused: "Don't you have anything else to say?"

"Gone."

After taking a few steps, Hong Zhong felt something was wrong. He thought Chen Cainong must have guessed something, so he had to dissuade him from thinking so.

He stopped, turned around and said to Chen Jiazhi, "The grocery shopping deal is probably off the table."

After saying that, he walked quickly to the dam, rode away on his motorcycle without stopping at all.

Chen Jiazhi was completely confused.

What happened?
Failed?

Then you still give me the profit?
After Hong Zhong made concessions on the insect-proof net, Chen Jiazhi was mentally prepared to sell the vegetables to him.

Just waiting for the follow-up.

Huacheng is the most important vegetable distribution center in the Pearl River Delta, followed by Shenzhen. Both places are now short of vegetables.

The vegetable supply from Hong Kong on the other side of the strait is highly dependent on these two places.

The price of vegetables in Hong Kong is naturally not low.

Chen Jiazhi was already thinking about how to make an offer, but Hong Zhong suddenly ran away?!

Learn from Lei Feng and be a good person and do good deeds?

Anyone would be confused if this happened to them.

...

The summer solstice has passed, and sunrise is just a matter of a moment. It's as if with a "whoosh", the sun is hanging overhead.

The morning breeze also became hot.

Chen Jiazhi paused for a while and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​learning about the vegetable market in Hong Kong from Hong Zhong.

We can only find a solution from other places.

I didn't wear a straw hat and was exposed to the sun, so I started sweating in just a few moments.

He hurried to check on the remaining plots of land. The cowpea trellises had been set up, and the seedlings had been thinned out. He also took the time to weed each plot of land.

Although the sun was out at the moment, it had rained for a few days and the ground was still wet, so it still couldn't be plowed.

There is no way to sow seeds.

From the sowing on the 19th to today, the 26th, there has been no sowing for seven days. Even if we sow today, there will be a window period. Besides, we can't sow today.

It may not matter whether local vegetable farmers sow or not. Generally, the cabbage of local farmers is basically off the market in early July.

One reason is that the incidence of pests and diseases is high in summer, making it difficult to grow leafy vegetables;

The second reason is that you can plant a season of rice after the choy sum.
The Chinese cabbage harvest is completed in early July and the rice seedlings are transplanted in mid-July. This is a crop rotation model that Huacheng has vigorously promoted in recent years.

It is not difficult, has good benefits, and reduces pests and diseases.
But this leaves a window period in July and August, during which time every year there is a good market for vegetables.

The same applies in single-season rice areas.

This is the "threshing" market mentioned earlier.

What's more, the situation in the past two years is even more special. It is a critical period for market-oriented reforms, and vegetable prices have repeatedly set new historical records.

For Chen Jiazhi, sowing Chinese cabbage every one or two days in summer has become an instinctive habit.

It is impossible not to broadcast it.

Also plant as many seeds as possible.

Even if it cannot be broadcast, we must make up for it through other means.

So when arranging the work, Chen Jiazhi arranged the transplanting of Chinese cabbage seedlings.

Do not plant seedlings in the morning, and transplant them in the evening after watering.

In addition to Chinese cabbage, the Chinese kale seedlings can be transplanted in two or three days, and there are also mustard greens and Chinese kale to be sown later.
移栽地块统一在6号地，6-1到6-8总共8块4亩地。

The bed surface is flat, and traces of fermented pig manure can still be seen on the surface. Direct transplanting saves arable land.

If the soil is dry, plow the empty plot 3.

It is time to broadcast, and then immediately switch back to broadcasting.

After the work was arranged, everyone went about their business.

In the morning, the female workers first remove the sunshade net and then weed.

The male workers mixed water and sprayed pesticides.

It rained continuously for the past few days, with occasional heavy rain. The sunshade net was covered most of the time. It’s still early now, so we need to let some air in.

We have to cover the net again at noon.

The trouble with sunshade nets is that you have to be ready to cover and remove them at any time.

By the time Chen Jiazhi and the male workers finished mixing the medicine, his large black vegetable fields had turned into neat green.

There are no insect holes, no disease spots, only a few yellow leaves at the roots.

Chen Jiazhi took a deep breath, the green leaves still had a fragrant and fresh scent.

He said to Ao Dehai, Ao Deliang, and Qi Yongfeng, "Let's start fighting. Let's take over one piece at a time."

This time, Chen Jiazhi changed the medicine and bought imidacloprid from Hong Zhong. He used it all in the morning.

Bactericidal drugs were also added.

It cost several hundred yuan in total, which was a huge investment.

This is also the most critical wave.

Taking flea beetles as an example, mating and reproduction are still in their most active period, and one adult can turn into two hundred in three days.

When the weather clears up, hehe, the adult insects will emerge again, which means they can fly~
Vegetable farmers have started spraying pesticides, and flea beetles will definitely run away.

Insects fly,
Hard to guard against.

So he also had to signal the flea beetles from the outskirts of the vegetable field: This road is blocked!
Then shrink inwards and surround and kill them, this is the best way to spray pesticides.

In fact, the best way to prevent flea beetles from migrating is to use insect nets.

Once the net is covered, there is no need to apply pesticides. The flea beetles can only drool at the green leaves outside the net.
Just like Spike who was tied up with an iron chain, he was helpless facing Tom Cat who was standing outside the safety line.

That's why Chen Jiazhi bought an insect-proof net and covered it for a while before harvesting, which solved the problem of insect pests and pesticide residues.

Three poles in the sun.

However, a thin mist seemed to be rising from the vegetable fields in Dongxiang Vegetable Market, which was the effect of the atomized pesticide.

However, the existing worm holes on the leaves will not disappear, and the vegetables whose roots have been eaten and died will not be revived.

There will be three years of good harvests and people will have enough food to eat, but then there will be a plague of insects that will starve people to death.

Many vegetable farmers are worried and anxious about pests, so they are very careful when using pesticides.

If one bucket of water can't kill him, use two buckets of water.

If it doesn’t work once, try twice;

If one pesticide is not enough, add another.

Anyway, the flea beetle must die!

Oh no, this is called ascending to heaven.

...

The fragrant scent in the vegetable fields disappeared, and the pungent smell of pesticides was everywhere.

"Eh~Pah~It smells terrible, Brother Yi, what kind of medicine did you take?"

Chen Jiazhi had a lot of people, and in three hours, they had finished spraying all the land that needed to be sprayed. On the way back, they happened to meet Yi Dinggan.

Yi Dinggan was wearing yellow rubber shoes, carrying a sprayer, and his sweat shirt was completely soaked.

"Dichlorvos and dimethoate, don't all pesticides smell like this?"

"Mixed?"

"Yeah, there are too many bugs. We can't prevent them unless we hit them hard."

Dichlorvos and malathion are both organophosphorus pesticides, which are toxic pesticides, but they are not banned drugs at the moment.

The banned and restricted substances are methamidophos and parathion.

But that’s not how you fight!
Chen Jiazhi warned: "Then you have to be careful. You are adding poison to poison. Don't let it lead to drug damage or poisoning."

Yi Dinggan didn't care much: "It's always done this way, what's the problem? Well, I won't say anymore. I'm going to apply the pesticides. If I don't finish, your second sister will probably start scolding me again."

Methamidophos and parathion are banned, and the legally circulated DDT and Dimethoate are mixed together, adding poison to poison.

There seems to be no problem.

There are risks for the vegetables, the vegetable farmers who spray pesticides, and the diners who buy them.

Chen Jiazhi doesn't use these, but he can't stop others.

Moreover, some people have been secretly using methyl parathion and parathion.

I have to pay attention to the news on the radio these days.

He guessed that there would be a lot of news about food poisoning recently.

Leafy vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage and bok choy, have large leaf surface areas and are highly susceptible to pesticide adhesion, making them a high-risk species for poisoning.

(End of this chapter)