Chapter 193. Converting dry land to irrigated land, successful
With Dong Shu, the future literary giant, polishing the article, Shuzhen’s theoretical knowledge, and Wei Lai’s practical experience, the dry-to-wet land plan for the Liu Family Village Production Brigade on the riverbank, submitted by Liu Shouyi, passed without a hitch.
Unfortunately, the economy is tight everywhere now, and the town and county can only offer formal approval and moral support.
As for special funding, there’s none at all.
Fortunately, the Liu Family Village Production Brigade has been raising chickens, ducks, and geese, and growing cabbage and radishes over the years. This summer, they will have a large batch of high-quality, high-yield cabbage and radish seeds for sale. Even if sold entirely to the state purchase station, it will still be a considerable income. This gave Liu Shouren the determination to persist, thinking that once the transformation was successful, he would recover the costs with interest. His reputation, experience, and the village’s grain output would all instantly rise.
Although converting dry land to wet requires the construction of new irrigation channels, irrigation ditches, drainage ditches, field roads, water division gates, passage canals, and so on. The project is indeed substantial, and the manpower and material resources required are considerable.
But this did not shake Liu Shouren’s determination to give it his all. Now the members are highly motivated and willing to bring their own food to participate eagerly in the village’s collective construction. If Liu Shouren were a bit unscrupulous, he wouldn’t even need to worry about meals, let alone any wages!
In terms of technology, Wei Lai is leading, with other released personnel and educated youth eager to assist.
When the time comes, all three tractors will be dispatched; the soil dug up will be loaded onto the carts and unloaded at designated places, saving everyone a lot of effort in carrying and lifting, thus speeding up the progress significantly.
From the thawing of the frozen soil to around June 1st, they worked overtime continuously. Not only did the river project get repaired perfectly, but the seven hundred and eighty acres of paddy fields were also declared successfully transformed from dry to wet. They were just waiting for Shuzhen and Lianshan to oversee the rice seedling cultivation, ready to start planting at the captain’s order!
"Big brother is truly amazing!" Shuzhen laughed, giving Liu Shouren a big thumbs up. In thirty or forty years, such a project would require multiple planning documents, several field surveys, repeated budget recalculations, and precise measurements before approval. Her big brother submitted just one plan, and the only support from above was simply the word ’Agreed’.