Reborn in 1976, teach him how to be an official

Secretary Liu has a bit of a literary flair at heart. It's not that he's showing off, but rather that it's in keeping with his status as a great intellectual and scientist.

If you pick up the cup and say, "It's New Year's Day, let's drink as much as we can," it would be too much.

While everyone was eating, Liu Hongyi learned about the basic situation of the Seven Star Brigade.

The questions he asked covered a wide range of topics.

First, we inquired about the brigade's main grain production, whether it was sufficient for food and whether there was any surplus. We also inquired about the yield per mu and the average per capita grain amount.

The new branch secretary and team leader told him that since the implementation of the contract responsibility system, every household's grain production has increased dramatically. They now have enough staple food and can eat as much as they want. As for oils and fats, lard has increased compared to before, as every household now raises pigs. Tea oil is used to make up for the shortfall.

It goes without saying that the brigade's main economic crop is tea seeds.

The Qixing Brigade has its own small oil press, which meets the needs of all its members. Any excess tea seeds are sold to the tea oil factory in town. Previously, this oil press, run by Party Secretary Wei Yingchun, was entirely manually operated and consumed no electricity. However, Wei Yingchun still charged members a one-yuan fee for each use, citing maintenance costs.

In fact, over the years, this manual oil press has never been maintained, and all the so-called costs have gone into Wei Yingchun's pocket.

Qixing Brigade had over 300 households and a total population of over 1,000. Almost every household pressed oil, and over the years, this had accumulated a considerable sum of money. Wei Yingchun, relying on his brother, the district party secretary, had become a tyrannical figure in the brigade, accumulating vast amounts of ill-gotten gains.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to raise a playboy son like Wei Minghua.

"So what now? Are you still planning to charge?"

Liu Hongyi asked.

"I won't accept it anymore..."

The branch secretary waved his hands repeatedly and said.

"If it really breaks down, we can all chip in to fix it, and that's based on how much we actually spent."

Liu Hongyi nodded and said, "That's a good idea."

Liu Hongyi also asked how many oxen the brigade had, how many mechanized agricultural machinery and tools it had, whether there was enough fertilizer and pesticide last year, and whether there were any droughts or floods.

The brigade secretary replied, "Secretary Liu, there haven't been any droughts or floods... but we're a little short of oxen. They're all inherited from the collective. The brigade has only bought seven water buffaloes in the past two years... and there's not enough fertilizer..."

As for mechanized agricultural machinery and tools, what are they?

Liu Hongyi knew that it was still the primitive model of "slash-and-burn agriculture".

"Jiefang, District Chief Peng, don't we have enough oxen for farming in the entire Qingqiao?"

Chen Jiefang had just been transferred from Shantang to Qingqiao and was not very familiar with the situation in Qingqiao.

District Chief Lao Peng answered the question for him: "Secretary Liu, our entire county doesn't have enough oxen for farming, nor enough fertilizer. The rice yield per mu is still relatively low. We don't have a shortage of pesticides, though. We have a pesticide factory in the county."

"Well, it seems these problems must be solved."

Liu Hongyi took note of it.

He is a super academic with an excellent memory, so there is no need for him to use a small notebook to record things.

Chen Jiefang said, "Secretary Liu, our Zhuang'an County is a mountainous area. Although last year was relatively favorable and there were no major droughts, drought is still a common problem. In recent years, the renovation of farmland water conservancy facilities has been relaxed, and many small ponds and reservoirs are now short of water."

“There are not enough agricultural machinery like pumps.”

Liu Hongyi said, "Well, we are an agricultural county. Although we will vigorously develop light industry and daily chemical industries, and build power plants and aluminum plants, agriculture will still be our foundation for at least the next five years."

"The construction and renovation of this farmland water conservancy facility cannot be relaxed."

"After the Chinese New Year, all these tasks will have to be arranged."