seven thirty.
Li Zhen, Xun Shifei, and a group of officials from Xizhou came to the edge of Tiankan.
Seeing the crowds of people around Tiankan, everyone was making preparations, looking very excited, I felt a little inexplicable.
"Old Zhang family, how about we compete in harvesting rice?"
"How do you compare?"
"Let's see who can harvest faster. Anyway, the harvester can't come to our place for the time being. It's up to the two of us to see who can harvest faster."
"Okay. One hour, one hour and we'll see who collects more."
"There's a bonus there."
"What do you think we should do?"
"The winner invites the loser to have a meal at home. Haha, the loser is invited to have a meal of new rice in his own room."
"Hahahaha, I bet you have to go to our house to eat."
“…”
"Hahaha, the harvester harvested our harvest first. While they were still in the field, our harvest was already finished."
"Xiao Li, thank you for helping our family harvest rice. I am a lonely old woman who is really incompetent, so I'm sorry to trouble you."
"Home, you are worrying too much. Government officials are supposed to serve the people. I'm waiting to see your granary in my hometown be full. Then my efforts will be worth it."
"Thank you very much. Good job."
"It's not hard."
“…”
Its daybreak.
Li Zhen and others looked at the enthusiastic people and the golden rice fields beside the field, and their hearts were really heavy.
a quarter past eight. The telegraph rang.
Someone shouted: "It's time to harvest the rice."
As soon as the sound came out, dense crowds of people poured into the golden rice fields.
"The rice is harvested!"
“It’s time to harvest the rice!”
“It’s time to harvest the rice!”
"Can I take it?"
"It has started to be collected. Everyone said that it has started to be collected."
“…”
Jinchang County.
"It's time to harvest the rice."
"The auspicious time has come and the rice harvest has begun."
"The rice is harvested!"
“…”
The entire Xizhou received a telegram at this moment, "It's time to harvest the rice." This sentence spread throughout the entire Xizhou.
Thick crowds of people poured into the rice fields, sickles were crisscrossing the rice stalks, and cheerful laughter and the sound of cutting were heard throughout the fields.
'buzz buzz'
The harvester emitted a burst of black smoke. There was a deafening sound and they began to go to the fields.
"Slow down, don't crush our fields."
The young man from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau laughed loudly: "Don't worry, the harvester will never crush the rice. Just follow behind and make sacks."
As soon as the harvester rang, the entire rice field stopped, wanting to see how this big guy worked.
But in the churning soil, the big guy rushed into the field savagely, and as everyone screamed, the top of the harvester began to spit out rice stalks.
Driving all the way, rice straws were neatly arranged on the ground.
I just saw golden rice ears flowing into the exposed barn of the harvester one by one. After driving forward for more than ten meters, the barn was actually full.
"Oh my god."
"This is simply a monster."
"Is this all over?"
"I pushed it all the way, but there wasn't even a single ear of rice on all the rice stalks? Not even one was missing?"
"It's terrible. This is the power of machinery."
“…”
The first farmer who tried the harvester was also shocked. After reacting, he shouted excitedly: "Some people come here to help. The granary is full, don't let my rice ears spill out."
After shouting, the farmer rushed over with a stack of sacks on his back. As soon as he stopped, he started shoveling the panicked ears of rice into the sacks one by one with a shovel. A few shovels filled a sack.
"Someone, please help me hold my bag."
"Quick, go help him."
“…”
The driver of the harvester opened the window and shouted impatiently: "Hurry up. Hurry up and install. There are still many people queuing up. Don't delay. I'll drive forward while you install."
"No. Just wait. You have to wait for me."
The farmer was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He only regretted that he was not prepared in advance. He didn't know that this thing could collect the rice so quickly. Drive all the way there and just pretend. If you do it too slowly, it will spill out.
Even though he was pretending, everyone in the rice field was stunned and couldn't help but look horrified. He stood motionless.
Li Zhen and others also looked over, with expressions of horror on their faces.
Xun Shifei's mouth was trembling, his hands had nowhere to rest, and his heart was not at peace. ,
": This... this, how is this possible?"
"Oh my God, when this harvester is driven out for more than ten meters, it looks like the granary is full with half an acre of land at most? This is a thousand kilograms of granary."
"Half an acre of land, a thousand kilograms?"
"No way. It's absolutely impossible."
"Look, the sacks are as high as the mountains. This much grain, in previous years, would have been the annual harvest of several acres of land. It was enough to feed a family of five for a whole year and still have a surplus. Just like that, that is all?"
“…”
The atmosphere in the entire rice field suddenly exploded. Looking at the pile of sacks as high as a mountain, everyone felt as if they were on fire.
Xun Shifei shouted: "One thousand kilograms!"
Li Zhen also frowned and murmured: "The guaranteed four billion... is less. I'm afraid the guaranteed eight billion is even less."
Yuan Bing no longer looked anxious, his legs were sifting through chaff with excitement, and he laughed crazily: "Hahahaha, I succeeded. Master Li, I succeeded. I succeeded."
"Ha ha ha ha."
“…”
The rice harvest is in full swing. Full harvest across the Western States.
No one felt tired. Seeing the grains piled up in terrifying numbers, everyone trembled inwardly. Food, this is food.
At 12 noon, everyone in Xizhou takes a break. During the rest, the sacks from the fields were carried home, and then people from the government began to weigh them.
At two o'clock at noon, the harvest continues.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, all work in Xizhou was stopped and no further harvesting was allowed. The day's harvest began to be transported home, and then the weighing continued.
In the Xiping county government office, Xun Shifei shouted: "Send a report to all counties and counties, collect all statistical data, and calculate how much was collected today?"
"yes!"
Didi didi
Telegrams kept ringing.
Everyone looked nervously at the telegraph operator who kept writing down numbers.
Li Zhen also held his breath, success or failure depends on today.
Yuan Bing was even more nervous and uneasy. He was nervous all day long, waiting for the end of the first day. Before hearing the numbers, he couldn't even bear to poop the poop he had been holding in early in the morning.
'Papapapap' the abacus made a sound.
Five or six accountants started counting.
The entire county government office was silent, and one could hear a needle drop.
Five minutes later, an accountant shouted with a trembling voice: "On the first day, the total output of Xizhou was 7 billion kilograms!"
'Buzz-'
The entire county government exploded.
"Seven billion? Kilograms? Kilograms? Did you hear that correctly?"
"It's kilograms. I calculated it correctly. I read it correctly. It's kilograms. Seven billion kilograms."
"The total harvest on the first day is seven billion kilograms!"
"Oh my God."
“…”
With a 'bang', the whole scene became quiet, and everyone looked at Xun Shifei.
However, he saw that the tea cup in Xun Shifei's hand was crushed to pieces, and the porcelain fragments scratched his palm and blood flowed out. He seemed to be unconscious.
"Prime Minister, are you okay?"
"Call the doctor quickly."
“…”
Xun Shifei was dumbfounded and laughed: "It's okay, it's okay. Hahahaha. Seven billion kilograms. Seven billion kilograms of grain will be produced on the first day. Hahaha, don't ask the doctor. I'm happy, I'm happy." "
'Bang' came out again. Everyone looked again.
But Yuan Bing sat down on the ground, knocked over the table, and then lay down limply. There was a touch of pride, relaxation, and silly complex emotions on his face.
He didn't say a word, he just lay on his back and giggled.
In Xizhou, on the first day of harvesting hybrid rice, the total amount in the state was 7 billion kilograms.
This battle was won.
(End of chapter)