Chapter 313 Water Conservancy and Farms

He Yuzhu had heard of the legend of special supplies in later generations, but he had never had the chance to see it because he was at the bottom of society.
Now that we have the opportunity to visit a special supply farm, it is naturally something we would love to have.

Following Mou Chaoming out of the back door of Fengze Garden, He Yuzhu immediately saw a large Russian GAZ AA truck parked at the door.
Then I heard Mou Chaoming say,
"Zhu Zi, this is the truck we use to transport vegetables every morning at Fengze Garden. Even though it is a used truck made by Big Brother more than ten years ago, its performance is absolutely impeccable.

Do you want to drive it or do I want to drive it?"

"You should drive it. I have to drive this thing around with the anti-aircraft gun every day on the peninsula. I'm tired of it.

Besides, I don’t even know the way to the special supply farm outside the city!"

"That's fine. I'll lead the way for you then."

The two drove the truck out of Fengze Garden and headed towards Yongdingmen along the central axis of Beiping City.

When passing by the overpass, He Yuzhu saw the Russians and those young people still singing and dancing.

The car left Beijing and continued southward.
When they were almost at the special supply farm, He Yuzhu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw some figures swaying far away on both sides of the road, so he instinctively became alert.

At this time, Mou Chaoming also noticed He Yuzhu's behavior, so he smiled and said,

"Zhu Zi, Peking is not like the Peninsula."

At this time, He Yuzhu also knew that he was overreacting, so he tried to relax, looked outside and asked with a smile,

"Manager Mou, who are those people outside?

Why are you running outside in such a cold weather instead of staying at home for the winter? "

"Oh, those people you mean? There's no one else around here. They should be the employees and their families of the special supply farm.

In order to increase food production,

In recent years, the authorities have been setting up rural mutual aid cooperative groups, encouraging the people to actively join and use the land they have just been allocated to invest in them.
Integrate the small plots of land that were originally scattered everywhere and carry out collective labor.

At the same time, in the name of mutual aid and cooperation groups, agricultural machinery was rented from the districts and counties where they were located, which greatly improved production efficiency.

In recent years, our grain output has reached new highs year by year.
The mutual aid and cooperation groups have made an indelible contribution.

Up to now, the vast majority of the people in Daxia have joined mutual aid and cooperation groups in their entire villages, and even established primary cooperatives.

Those farm workers and their families outside were probably building water conservancy projects or leveling the land.

Doing this kind of project in the middle of winter was unthinkable in the past.”

I heard Mou Chaoming say that those workers and their families were building water conservancy projects or leveling the land.
He Yuzhu immediately recalled the reservoirs and irrigation canals built on the hillsides that he saw in his rural hometown when he was a child.

In fact, from 1950 when the State Council issued the "Decision on Controlling the Huai River" until 1976,
For 26 years, the people of Daxia fought against heaven and earth.
With their hardworking hands, they dug out 8.4 reservoirs, including the artificial Tianhe Red Flag Canal, Guanting Reservoir in Beiping, Miyun Reservoir, Xianghongdian Reservoir in Jiangxi Province, and Nanwan Reservoir in Hubei Province.

These include 302 large reservoirs, 2110 medium-sized reservoirs, and more than 82000 small reservoirs, with a total storage capacity of 4000 billion cubic meters.
If we calculate it based on the GDP of the future,
These numerous water conservancy projects are worth at least over 100 trillion yuan.

The reason why Daxia was able to go from being unable to be self-sufficient in food in 1950 to having enough food for the people in the 80s was that

In addition to the large-scale use of chemical fertilizers and the improvement of grain varieties, the water conservancy projects throughout Daxia have made an indelible contribution.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu turned around and looked at Mou Chaoming and asked,
"Manager Mou, since the employees and their families at the special supply farm are so enthusiastic, I think the people in other places are no less enthusiastic. Has the Military Control Commission ever thought about organizing the people to do something?

If this is organized, it won’t take more than a few years to complete the irrigation works in Peking.”

“Of course the higher-ups have thought about this.

However, at this time, the focus of the work is still on industrialization. After all, national defense is the top priority.

When we are able to manufacture aircraft, tanks and other weapons and equipment,
It would be easy to manufacture various construction machinery and agricultural machinery, and then it would be more efficient to build these water conservancy facilities.

Second, the rural areas are still at the stage of primary cooperatives, and the level of grassroots organization is not high. It is not easy to organize more than 6 million people in China.

The higher-ups naturally know what to do first at this time."

Hearing Mou Chaoming talking about the various practical problems encountered above,

He Yuzhu didn't say anything else. He had to eat one bite at a time. These water conservancy projects would be built sooner or later.

Soon, Mou Chaoming drove the car to the gate of the special supply farm, then got out of the car and went to the security department at the gate.

After waiting for a while, the leader of the special supply farm came out to pick us up.

"What a rare guest, Manager Mou! Could it be that the higher-ups think there's something wrong with the things our farm provides and asked you to come here in person?"

"That's not right, Director Wang. I don't come to you for no reason."

After a casual greeting, Mou Chaoming introduced the two to each other.

"Zhuzi, this is Comrade Wang Tianhai, the deputy director of the Special Supply Farm. Old Wang, this is Comrade He Yuzhu, the new public manager of our Fengze Garden.
I just brought Zhuzi here today to get to know him, so that it will be convenient for you to deal with him in the future."

Hearing what Mou Chaoming said, Wang Tianhai looked at He Yuzhu for a moment, then stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Comrade He Yuzhu, welcome to the farm."

After the two sides got to know each other, they walked in.

As they walked, Wang Tianhai introduced to He Yuzhu the functions of various buildings on the farm.

After a walk around,
He Yuzhu feels that the entire farm is able to achieve high quality and high standards in all aspects, including production, picking, monitoring, processing, packaging, transportation, and distribution.

The absolutely foolproof production includes all kinds of food including grain, oil, pork and mutton, as well as various cakes, candies, condiments, tobacco, alcohol, tea, and other daily necessities and hospitality items.

And when I came out from inside,
I heard from Mou Chaoming that this farm is just one of many special supply farms around Peking.
These numerous farms can 100% guarantee the safety and quality of the ingredients needed for the state banquets at Fengze Garden.

Then, Mou Chaoming took He Yuzhu to various farms along the outskirts of Peking. After recognizing the people, they returned to Peking to visit the security department and the health department.
Finally, we returned to Fengze Garden.

It was already past lunchtime, and Mou Changxun and Wang Shizhen had finished their lunch work and were chatting in the lobby.
Seeing He Yuzhu following Mou Chaoming into Fengze Garden, he immediately smiled and said,

"Master He, your son is back."

(End of this chapter)