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Almost everyone in Andong County knew that Meiling Township Commune had grown a high-yield dry rice.

Moreover, the rice produced from these upland rice began to be put on sale at the grain stations and could be directly exchanged for grain coupons. The local people couldn't wait to buy it back and make it into rice, intending to taste it.

As a result, after the first bite, corn paste, steamed corn bread, and white flour steamed buns were no longer delicious, because this rice was so delicious, soft and tasty, with a faint rice aroma.

After the secretaries and presidents of various communes learned the news, they all gathered in the county party committee compound and jointly requested to see He Yuzhu, the acting county party secretary.

After He Yuzhu received the news, he invited these people to the county party committee meeting room.

In the meeting room, the commune secretaries and presidents were talking to each other, sometimes frowning, sometimes whispering. Their goal this time was to join the team that was trying to grow this type of upland rice.

After waiting for a few minutes, Acting County Party Secretary He Yuzhu came to the meeting room.

Seeing the real boss coming, all the commune representatives stretched their necks, looking forward to it, hoping that Secretary He could bring them good news.

After He Yuzhu sat down, he opened the door first.

"Dear commune cadres, I know why you came to see me today. You have all seen the bumper harvest in Meiling Township. If you have any ideas, please raise them directly."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, everyone started talking among themselves again. Then, Zheng Donglai, secretary of Dashi Township Commune, took the lead in speaking out his own opinion as a representative of the crowd.

"Secretary He, regarding the dry rice planting technology you have experimented with in Meiling Commune, our other communes have seen the results and are very envious.

We, the secretaries and presidents of the communes, have come to you jointly this time in the hope that you can provide us with this upland rice technology so that we can also plant this upland rice and solve the current dilemma of low crop yields in our communes."

When He Yuzhu heard Zheng Donglai's request, he immediately expressed his opinion.

"Secretary Donglai, and other commune cadres,

I will naturally agree to your request. The original purpose of our developing this dry rice planting technology is to increase our people's food production and get rid of the current situation where our people in our county are starving.

Therefore, next year I will promote this dry rice planting technology on a large scale in Andong County. However, since this technology is still in the experimental stage, and also considering that high-yield grain technology has always been a national treasure and a highly confidential state secret, when planting this dry rice, I will sign a confidentiality agreement with you. I hope you will keep it confidential.

In addition, regarding the planting and management methods of this upland rice, I will adopt a unified management model directly managed by the county party committee, rather than self-management by the commune.

As for the harvest, our county government requires 9% of the output. If you can accept it, just sign and arrange it. Of course, if you find it difficult to accept, I will not force you, and you can continue to grow other crops. "

He Yuzhu's words caused the commune cadres present to explode and they began to discuss again.

Because according to the current policy, generally one acre of land only needs to pay 15% of the public grain ratio, but Secretary He asked for 9%, which is even more unscrupulous than the previous landlords.

Just as everyone was about to object, Wang Hongwei, the head of Sanshui Township Commune, spoke up.

"Secretary He, our Sanshui Township Commune is willing to accept your terms."

Wang Hongwei's sudden statement made the other commune leaders present quite dissatisfied and shocked. Zhou Bing, the secretary of Wuli Township Commune, who was standing next to him, poked him with his elbow.

"President Wang, have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? You have to pay 9% of the fee. 9%, what do you think?"

Wang Hongwei didn't take it seriously and slowly explained,

"Secretary Zhou, I am not a fool, let alone an idiot.

Excuse me for being frank, according to the information I have received, the county government will provide us with the planting technology and rice seeds for this upland rice planting technology, and will teach us all-round planting methods.

Of course, the most important thing is that I heard that this kind of dry rice not only grows well, has a short growth cycle, and has strong resistance to diseases and pests, it is much easier to grow than commonly grown wheat and corn, and it also does not require much effort to care for and maintain.

And even though you have to pay 1000% of the tax for one acre of land, the yield per acre is 100 kilograms, so the remaining % is still kilograms, which is completely enough.

The most important thing is that I believe that our Secretary He's current policy of confiscating 15% of the output is only a temporary policy. When our county starts to plant on a large scale in the future, it will definitely be based on the % standard. Ladies and gentlemen, I think if we don't seize the time to take advantage of this opportunity now, we may miss it in the future.

And if you go and see the people in Meiling Township Commune, they all have huge smiles on their faces, so I don’t think this is a losing business, but a very profitable one. I have made it so clear, and you can weigh the rest on your own.”

In fact, this Wang Hongwei was a spy arranged by He Yuzhu, and of course what he said was true.

Following Wang Hongwei's words, all the commune secretaries and presidents present fell into deep thought and began to consider the feasibility of Wang Hongwei's words.

After some discussion, they all agreed that what Wang Hongwei said was correct. Then they all agreed to sign the confidentiality agreement proposed by He Yuzhu, agreed to the strict requirement of paying 9% of the harvest, and joined the team of growing upland rice.

Seeing that everyone present agreed, He Yuzhu smiled for the first time in a long time, and then he changed the subject.

“Okay, since everyone has decided to participate and promote the upland rice planting technology in our county.

Before the beginning of next spring, I will send someone to each of your communes to promote the cultivation technology of upland rice, and strive to plant upland rice in all of Andong County next year.

In addition, I have another important news to announce to you all here. The collective grain production of some of your communes is not high this year. In view of the bumper harvest in the county granary this year, on behalf of the county government, I will appropriately distribute a certain proportion of rice as relief food to your poor communes.

In addition, starting next year, the proportion of public grain paid by the three communes with the highest output in the county will be reduced to 7%. "

He Yuzhu's words immediately made the commune leaders present cheer. You know, although they now eat from a big pot, most people still have to endure hunger because grain production has not changed.

Now Secretary He is willing to distribute relief grain, which makes them very happy. Of course, they are all looking forward to the reward for the top three production next year. They wish it would come immediately next year so that they can mobilize local villagers to join the army of planting upland rice.