Chapter 164: Happy Harvest
The first person to finish picking cotton was a thin man. His thin figure and agile movements were very fast in picking cotton. He almost won the first place with a big advantage. He also received the first reward for picking, two bags of white flour.
He is a honest Shanxi man with a knowing smile on his black and thin face. However, after taking the white flour, he threw it aside and completed the picking of a mu of land in just half a day. In his opinion, one acre of land is one yuan, and he will continue to pick it next.
The black and thin man's movements, everyone nodded intently when they saw it, and then they focused on the cotton he picked. The cotton field was collected, and the cotton was also placed neatly, and packed in bags. Obviously, the cotton picker was a meticulous person.
A bag of cotton wrapped in bags, I have to say that these cotton bouquets grow very well. Whether in terms of appearance or weight, one is much larger than an ordinary cotton bouquet. You can tell at a glance that it should be high-yield, but the specific situation is still necessary to let the data speak.
In front of everyone, all the cotton bolts were weighed one by one, and there were special personnel recording the number. After the number was recorded again and again, the recorder calculated nervously. Soon, the result came out. The recorder shouted loudly: "307 pounds and 3 taels!"
"300, it's over 300!" A burst of exclamations came from around. The reason why cotton is expensive is an important economic crop. The yield per mu is not high. Those who have planted cotton in Baotou before know that the yield of cotton is about 60-80 kilograms. Occasionally, there is a high one, which may reach more than 90 kilograms. However, more than 300 kilograms is a dream figure.
"Can it be cheating?" a little landlord said in a low voice.
"Idiot, how can you cheat in front of everyone!" a steady, earnest and earnest voice said.
"Yes, one acre of land is easy to make, and the others, these 210 hectares are only counted for one acre!" Another landlord smiled and joked with him: "If you can cheat, you can do it and show me!"
There are all kinds of sentient beings, but most landlords believe in this data. You must know that they have calculated the size and density of cotton bolts before, and roughly produced a yield of more than 200, or even more than 220, but it can't be clear. Now, it has exceeded so much at once. Some landlords who have been prepared have begun to think about it in their minds. If they finish picking cotton, they might as well hand over their land to Baoken Company.
Among the group of landlords, Hou Jinsheng stood there silently, calculating the yield per mu just now. He stood in the outer circle, seemingly not paying attention. In fact, he was very focused. When the number of 307 jin came out, he was also excited. He was a big buyer of Baoken Company's cotton plant. He bought it from Baoken Company and planted more than 30 acres of cotton. His family's cotton planting expert also specially brought it to serve the 30 acres of land. The final result was good. He was a little over 180 jin per mu of land, and he finished the cotton removal early. The cotton yield rate was about 24%, which was almost one-quarter higher than the cotton produced in the original Baotou.
A 45 kilogram of lint per mu of land is almost 1,400 kilograms. He used a small amount of these cotton for his own use, and most of the remaining ones were sold. Because it was sold early, and most of the cotton was sold to the northeast direction, it was very sold at a good price. The price of cotton was an average of three-quarters and four-quarters per kilogram, and more than one thousand kilograms. Three or four hundred oceans were recycled at once, which was a small supplement.
In Hou Jinsheng's view, the 30 acres of land he carefully managed should be better than the 210 acres of extensive management of Baoken Company, but the real result surprised him. Baoken Company's large-scale planting was actually higher than his 30 acres of intensive cultivation and yield, and the cotton yield was 100 kilograms higher than his. If this is not an example and a normal situation, then it is not impossible to let Baoken Company plant it.
100 kilograms represent about 25 kilograms of lint. The increase in this way, even if the expenses in all aspects are deducted and 50% withdrawn by Baoken Company, the income per mu of land will be more than 8 yuan, or even 10 yuan, which is not much less than his previous income. Once it is included in Baoken Company's system, its planting area is not the current 30 acres, but thousands of hectares. This is a huge number. A cotton project can get millions of income every year. He, as a landlord, really found a gold mine.
Yang Yuanzhao and Liu Shu carefully paid attention to everyone's expressions after picking the first place. The final result must be shocked. It seems that next year, or even this year's winter wheat planting, the amount of land owned by Baoken Company will reach a new level, especially Hou Jinsheng's expression. Although he concealed it as much as possible, the light in his eyes proved that he was absolutely moved.
After weighing this acre of cotton, after about 10 minutes, he completed the picking again. He won the second place, got a bag of white flour, and the third place was a small bag, and then it disappeared. He was just like the first place. He didn't have the time to be happy and devoted himself to the intense cotton picking. Compared with the reward, it was a real real estate of 1 yuan per acre of land.
The empty field filled with cotton bags was once again filled with people. The merciful man once again took the cotton aside to weigh it. This time, it was a little less, 301 kilograms, barely climbing above 300 kilograms. Even the most hesitant landlords began to have a heartbeat in their eyes. The two fields were far apart, almost one mile away, and two cotton pickers were also found casually. Before, no one knew that the two people were the fastest to pick cotton. Such two results should be very representative.
The cotton picker behind him was almost the same speed. Within 5 minutes of the second end, the third ended, and he also received the last reward, a small bag of about 5 kilograms of white flour. Although it was not much, it was enough for the whole family to have a meal of dumplings. This was already an excellent and excellent improvement in life in northwest China in the early 20th century.
The third yield of the mu has dropped a little, which is 298. Next, 295, 298, 278, 285. Data have been reported one by one. There have been more completed, and even one after another. Everyone has concentrated on this period of time. One acre of land in half a day, which is basically the efficiency of the most skilled group of workers.
There are still many people who are interested in it. Everyone wants to see what the average yield per mu is. They work hard and weigh it again and again. The ones behind are a little bit inaccurate. After all, it is not a small bag of weighing one bag after another. If you press the big bags and calculate the total number at the fastest speed.
Even if it is the lowest, no less than 275 kilograms, and no higher than 310 kilograms. In short, the yield of cotton is relatively concentrated, and the fluctuation is not much repeated. When different places have been tested, the yield of at least 100 acres, even the best people will not say much. Anyone can see that the harvest of Baotou cotton is a foregone conclusion. Even if the average output is less than 300 kilograms, it is almost the same. It is almost 4 acres of ordinary cotton fields, or even higher yields. Such economic crops are really planted. Although they don’t know the cotton yield rate, if the usual 20% estimate is, a 60 kilograms of lint is at least 20 yuan. This is a real silver dollar. If one acre of land continues to produce such a yield, you can buy a 1 acre of land in a few years. The profit is too high.
The little landlords were very excited. If they were not familiar with Liu Shu and Yang Yuanzhao, they would even move forward and sign an agreement with Baoken Company. Even if they plant cotton for one season a year, they would pay various expenses. Even if they deduct 50% of Baoken Company, they would have an income of more than 10 yuan per acre of land. This is definitely a lot of money for landlords who are hundreds of acres or even thousands of acres. The landlords do not lack food or drink, but they are just short of money. Cotton is a cash crop, and it is the most profitable at the moment.
Yang Yue was still busy. He carefully recorded every data, even if it was picked, it was no exception. He looked for directions from carefully selected specimens. He was not concerned about cotton yield itself, but more concerned about some changes in cotton plants. This was also one of his new topics. At this time, he had already taken another path from Yang Yuanzhao's point of view. He no longer looked for problems from the changes in cotton itself, but instead paid more attention to the changes in the plants under fertilizer and water conditions. How much does fertilizer play a role in promoting the changes in plants? It will be helpful to genetics or the evolution of the plants themselves. These are the directions of Yang Yue's research.
It was at this moment that Yang Yue felt that there was no helper. At this time, the entire Baotou, that is, some personnel, could have some help to him. The rest was to record the data. Fortunately, Yang Yue was not in a hurry, and his classmates would come next. According to the previous statement, at this time, he should have arrived in Shanghai, or even along the Yangtze River, heading westward, and probably to Wuhan.
John, who was in the same dormitory at the time, was also studying with the same professor. He was also on the way here. I don’t know how he was doing. It seems that Habi once said that he was not doing well. To be honest, Yang Yue also found that he had made great progress in all aspects over the past year. When John came, he might be shocked by his achievements.
The cotton picking work has come to an end. At this time, the output is no longer calculated. Piles of cotton need to be stacked together. The cotton yield rate has to be waited for the cotton to dry out before it can be released. However, Yang Yuanzhao had already felt a slight vibration from the all-in-one machine. Obviously, one of his tasks has been completed. At this time, it is not convenient to directly enter the all-in-one machine. Yang Yuanzhao silently called Dingdang and asked the all-in-one machine to report the output to him.
The average output of 210 hectares of land is 292.38 kilograms, and the total output exceeds 6 million kilograms. This is the first data. Such output can definitely be called high yield in this era. The most important thing is that he saw that the cotton yield rate in the subsequent cotton yield rate was 30.1%. This figure, with the percentage of 30%, only increased by 0.1, which represents the increase in the cotton yield rate of mainland cotton. You must know that mainland cotton is generally between 23-28, an increase of 2 percentage points, breaking the 30 mark.
The output has increased significantly and the cotton yield rate has also increased. This means that Baotou's output will have a huge increase this time. After a little calculation, the yield of lint per mu is about 88 kilograms, and the income of nearly 30 yuan will allow Baoken Company to directly obtain hundreds of thousands of funds. This is not expected by the two landlords, or even the four masters, to think that there will be so much. The most important thing is that the cotton they do not need to sell directly. What is really valuable is to produce things, from cotton to veils, and then to cotton cloth, the value will gradually rise. As for the price of 14 pounds and 15 cotton cloth, the wholesale price of 6.9 yuan will average, the value of cotton will be close to 0.45. Such a ratio is absolutely amazing.
This is the benefit of scientific planting methods, centralized and mechanized use. The average investment per mu of land is huge. Artificial, fertilizers, seeds, and even the final picking are at least 7 yuan, but the net profit of 23 yuan proves that the land can also create rich value under good management.
On the other side, Yang Yue also completed the simple recording and calculation work and walked back with a smile on his face. No wonder he was happy. The project he intervened in for the first time has achieved a huge improvement to some extent. He is confident that next year, he will further deal with the basic characteristics of cotton with scientific methods. At that time, the output of cotton will be improved on this basis.
The most important thing is that he will select the best cotton seeds from the middle based on the current cotton seeds. I believe that after a year of planting, this batch of cotton seeds should have adapted to the northwest environment to a certain extent. In this way, the more full ones are selected carefully, and to a certain extent, they are better than mainland cotton. As long as scientific selection and breeding are selected, the yield will still be improved to a certain extent.
"It seems very good, Yang Yue, thanks to your efforts!" Yang Yuanzhao said with emotion. Even if it is the first one, the reward points are not many, but it is a real promotion of the progress of the all-in-one machine. Moreover, there is an agricultural research project that also relies on Yang Yue. Almost Yang Yue represents two of the first four daily tasks.
"Don't thank me first, I have something to ask you for it!"
"What, if you have something to ask me, as long as I can do it, there is absolutely no problem!" Yang Yuanzhao said happily and took a lot of money.
"Is that so, I really said it!" Yang Yue smiled mysteriously and handed Yang Yuanzhao a list with a simple line of words on it. He said, "I don't want other rewards, I want this one!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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