Xuzhou, Huaihe Reed Farm.

Hundreds of women, carrying a bamboo cage, picked cotton under the bright autumn sun.

The sweat on his forehead did not cover up the smile on his face, the smile's expectation and longing for life. While picking cotton, he laughed and talked about his parents' shortcoming.

Beilu Farm is an official farm specializing in cotton cultivation, covering an area of ​​50,000 mu, and the cotton planted is Chinese cotton.

In fact, during the Western Han Dynasty, cotton was introduced into East Asia, but not from the Western Regions, but from Tianzhu, through the land of the Indo-China Peninsula, or the maritime merchants in the South China Sea, and entered Lingnan.

After the People's Revolutionary Federation took control of Lingnan, they found a lot of cotton there.

Of course, Chinese cotton is only one of the varieties of Tianzhu cotton. This kind of cotton is good and bad. The advantage is that it has better adaptability to the climate in Asia. The disadvantage is that its fibers are relatively short and thick.

It's just that at this time, the sea island cotton in Central America (human life) and the upland cotton (fine-staple cotton) in South America have not yet been obtained.

It is still possible to use medium cotton to weave coarse cloth.

Although there is silk in the Central Plains, the problem is that the production cost is too high and it is not suitable for the common people, especially in the northern regions where the need to keep warm is very large.

This is one of the reasons why indoor carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs in northern regions.

Without sufficient thermal insulation facilities and scientific knowledge, in order not to freeze to death, we can only risk burning charcoal indoors.

As an area controlled by the People's Revolutionary Federation for more than two years, Xuzhou has many government-run farms, occupying two million mu of land.

These official farms mainly plant cotton, soybean, and Champaign rice, as well as Huaihe Ranch and Gaoyou Farm.

In order to adjust the water system of the canal, Gaoyou Lake, which had not yet appeared in the Gaoyou area, was rebuilt in advance, and the water area was greatly expanded.

The farms here mainly focus on raising ducks, raising more than one million ducks in total. These ducks are divided into breeding ducks, laying ducks and meat ducks.

It can produce 20-30 million duck eggs, 500,000-800,000 meat ducks and duck down every year.

Donghai Seafood Company produces thousands of tons of fish feed every year, and the rice bran and bean dregs produced by various farms are also supplied to the farms in large quantities.

Without such a huge industrial chain, it is simply wishful thinking to breed more than one million ducks.

Gaoyou salted duck eggs, Gaoyou down jackets, Gaoyou waxed duck and roast duck have become synonymous with this small county.

In ancient times when there was a shortage of products, it was a very luxurious thing for ordinary people to eat a salted duck egg.

Lu Chunhua, who picked cotton for one day, received this month's wages, a total of 4,672 crystal coins.

In order to reduce the amount of crystal coins minted, the general bank of the People's Revolutionary Federation has launched a large amount of crystal coins, which are 10 yuan and 100 yuan.

In fact, crystal coin is a kind of credit currency, and the anti-counterfeiting effect is very good, so far it has not been imitated.

Although there was glass manufacturing technology in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was no way to make pure and transparent glass, and with the gradual increase in the control of the People's Revolutionary Federation over various places, he wanted to open a kiln to refine glass in private. Heiyiwei estimated that he would come to the door the next day. .

After all, the raw materials for refining are under strict monitoring.

Moreover, the main bank and the Ministry of Finance will keep everyone's financial records. Many people's income is open and transparent. Suddenly taking out a large amount of counterfeit crystal coins is easy to be targeted by the black-clothed guards and the tax department.

Many farm employees like Lu Chunhua don't pay directly, but pay stubs, and then go to the bank to reconcile with their passbooks.

This is a unified plan adopted by all government-run factories, farms, and supply and marketing cooperatives, in order to avoid deductions from others.

As for this wage slip, once it is discovered, the consequence is to go to Borneo to open up wasteland, or to die directly.

Zheng Sen and others don't need to take care of the seven aunts and eight aunts, and many people don't need to be corrupt, because after taking the money, they can't spend it at all.

The internal operation mechanism of the People's Revolutionary Federation is very precise. In the eyes of Zheng Sen and others, there is nothing unclear about how much population, how much food, how much demand, and how much land there is.

For example, Beilu Farm uses the original Chinese cotton varieties and does not use chemical fertilizers. According to the situation of the land, the yield per mu is about 40 to 60 kilograms of seed cotton.

After using chemical fertilizers, it can reach 80 to 120 kg.

50,000 mu of cotton fields with chemical fertilizers should harvest 4-6 million kilograms of seed cotton.

If this standard is not met, there must be a problem in which link.

Zheng Sen and others are assisted by quantum computing, and no matter how complex the data is in front of them, it will be analyzed clearly.

If they want to fill their own pockets under their noses, I'm afraid it's not the old birthday star who eats arsenic -- it's too long.

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After getting the salary slip, Lu Chunhua took the pencil again and wrote and drew in the small notebook. During the literacy campaign, she learned simple Chinese characters and mathematics. After working every day, she recorded the situation of the day.

Although there are a lot of typos, she is very serious in recording the numbers, because it is related to her income.

For the work of picking cotton, wages are calculated based on the base quantity + the extra quantity.

She carefully checked the work situation this month and made sure that she was not miscalculated before she went to rest.

She fled from Yingchuan to Xuzhou, where she spent more than a year, and initially adapted to life here. Because she was alone, she was arranged to work on the farm.

Many of the people who were placed on the farm are displaced people who have lost loved ones, and many have reorganized their families here.

Lu Chunhua, who was only twenty-five, was dragged to be a strong man before. I heard that she died when the Wagang Army attacked Liluoyang City. Although she was an old girl at the age of twenty-five, she could not marry a daughter-in-law. People who don't despise the old girl.

It's just that Lu Chunhua was a little distressed, because she had been married for nearly ten years before and had never given birth to a child, which was a very serious matter in ancient times.

Those who want to inherit the lineage, naturally have doubts about Lu Chunhua.

On the other hand, Zhang Dagou, the militia captain who was assigned to manage the farm, didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, like a little bee, he devoted himself to Lu Chunhua all day.

Early the next morning.

Lu Chunhua, who took a day off, took a bus carriage with Zhang Dagou to the nearest city, Gaoyou.

The people who went with me, as well as many people from Beilu Farm, all went to get their wages, or went to the city to purchase supplies.

It's almost customary for farm employees to entrust people who have come into town to help them bring something back.

Along with them, there are also heavy-duty carriages that transport cotton and cottonseeds. These carriages are constantly transporting cotton and cottonseeds to the processing plants near Gaoyou.

This year, Beilu Farm harvested a total of 5.37 million kilograms of seed cotton, and separated 3.27 million kilograms of cottonseed and 2.04 million kilograms of lint.

These things can extract 590,000 kilograms of cottonseed oil (which has mastered detoxification refining technology), 2.68 million kilograms of cottonseed meal (fermented and returned to the field as fertilizer), and can produce 130,000 pieces of 12 cotton cloth (one piece is 30 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and weighs 15 kg).

There are three such cotton farms in Xuzhou and two in Jiaodong, all of the same size.

On the bustling concrete road, there is a scene of heavy traffic.

There are a lot of people going to the county seat from various places. The People's Revolutionary Federation has further improved the management of each locality. They move within each county seat. As long as they bring their ID cards, there will be no major problems.

Two hours later, Lu Chunhua, Zhang Dagou and others came to Gaoyou, which has no city walls.

As soon as they came to the county seat, the two found that the county seat had changed again. Not only many villa-type residences, but also many reinforced concrete "high-rise buildings" with a height of four or five stories appeared.

Now the residential areas around the country are all taking the villa route, and the maximum cannot exceed three floors.

Buildings with more than three floors are all buildings with special purposes and reinforced structures.

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The standards of these buildings are built according to the service life of 100 years. As for high-rise commercial buildings, the People's Revolutionary Federation does not need them. Because the population density in various places is not high, there is no need to build high-rise commercial buildings with extremely high risks.

"Gaoyou has changed a lot. It would be great if we could move to a big house in the city!" Lu Chunhua said with some envy.

Zhang Dagou shook his head: "Our farm will also build houses in the future, and there will be steam cars in the future, so we don't need to envy the city."

"Really?"

Zhang Dagou said very firmly: "When I was in the army, the preacher told me that in the future, the city and the countryside will go hand in hand, and there will be no difference in treatment."

"That preacher isn't fooling people, right?" Lu Chunhua asked in disbelief.

As a fanatical believer in Datong thought, Zhang Dagou's words are full of confidence:

"Impossible. Many of the things that the preacher said before have been realized. I believe that under the leadership of Governor Zheng, we will definitely be able to achieve harmony in the world."

"It would be great if the world could really achieve harmony." Although Lu Chunhua didn't understand the enthusiasm and determination in this man's eyes, it didn't affect her looking forward to the future together.

The two of them walked on the street, even if the autumn wind was bleak, the bustling city was still undiminished.

Small restaurants, barber shops, snack bars, repair shops and specialty shops run by self-employed people surround the supply and marketing cooperatives and banks.

Because many merchants know more, supply and marketing cooperatives and banks have the most traffic.

The two went to the bank to get 5,000 crystal coins and started a big purchase.

The most lively places on the commercial street, in addition to the supply and marketing cooperatives and banks, are the newly opened photo studios and tailor shops.

In the commercial street, a row of 18 shops are all tailor shops. Since the People's Revolutionary Federation does not allow the existence of private commercial companies, and the number of self-employed persons is limited to less than 10 people, tailor shops are blooming everywhere.

Zhang Dagou pulled Lu Chunhua and walked into a tailor called "Wang Ji".

Looking at the colorful cotton cloth, rough gray linen cloth, and soft and smooth silk cloth on the counter, Lu Chunhua couldn't take his eyes away.

"Two guests, what do you need? We can customize pillows, quilts, and clothes in our store." A half-senior woman asked with a smile.

Zhang Dagou said quickly, "How to customize it?"

"With or without material?" the woman asked.

"No material."

The woman introduced the price: "Cotton, a set of adult clothes, 370 yuan with materials; linen..."

Zhang Dagou and Lu Chunhua discussed it and asked for two sets of thick cotton coats and a quilt filled with kapok.

The main reason for direct customization is that it takes a lot of time to do it yourself, and now it is autumn, and the tailor shop does not earn much, so a set of clothes can earn 20 to 30 yuan.

With the help of a foot-operated sewing machine, the two suits were quickly processed.

However, Zhang Dagou did not wait in the store, but went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.

The supply and marketing cooperatives have more merchandise, and there are even radios, sewing machines and bicycles, but the prices are a bit high.

Zhang Dagou was not willing to buy it either. He bought some rock sugar, pepper, wine and more than a dozen canned meat.

And Lu Chunhua bought a box of salted duck eggs (six pieces), a bag of wheat flour, and a large bottle of cheap whale oil.

In fact, the farm work includes food and lodging, and there are not many cases where they need to open a small stove by themselves. Usually, it is during holidays and leave, or when guests are invited to dinner.

Of course, they can also go to the cafeteria to eat, but when they go to eat during non-working hours, they need to pay for the cafeteria, which is equivalent to eating out.

The two of them carried large and small bags in their hands, and went to the photo studio to take a group photo and a mugshot.

In fact, the new generation of ID cards now need to have a headshot, which can effectively reduce the possibility of impersonation.

At this time, the territory of the People's Revolutionary Federation was an era of very rapid changes. With the improvement of basic materials and technologies, many things were no longer technically difficult.

Such as various electrical appliances and machinery.

In Liuqiu Keelung, Guangnan Hongji, and Lingnan Yulin, tram tracks have been laid at this time, because there are power stations around these cities.

In Jiangnan and North China, special air passenger routes have been opened, and two Kunpeng-class airships have been invested and transformed into passenger airships.

As for the application of steam transport ships in various places, it is more and more widely used.

Many spies of hostile forces lurking in the People's Revolutionary League have even given up on themselves, because they have seen too much, and their hearts will be uncontrollably shaken.

I would rather be a dog of peace than a chaotic person.

For many people who have suffered from war, the heart will be confused and shaken.

After all, most of the people who would come to be spies were not from wealthy families. Once they put themselves into the People's Revolutionary Federation, those who would not be shaken in their hearts could only be the dead men who had been trained since childhood.

Therefore, many spies have been turned against, so that the black-clothed guards can pass through these people and send them to influence the enemy's interior.

For example, inside Li Tang at this time, there is also Goguryeo.

Many people do not want to follow Li Tang to flee to the Western Regions at all. This is an inevitable choice of human nature.

With the passage of time, after the People's Revolutionary Federation initially stabilized North China, it began to increase its penetration, preparing to win Guanzhong and Bashu next year, and completely end the war in the Central Plains.

And ordinary people like Zhang Dagou, in fact, they were not greatly affected.

This is mainly due to the huge material supply capacity of the People's Revolutionary Federation, as well as food reserves.

As of October of the fourth year of the new calendar, the annual output of various materials of the People's Revolutionary Federation has reached a new high.

Pig iron is 160,000 tons, crude steel 53,000 tons, special steel 16,000 tons, electrolytic aluminum 8,360 tons, copper 13,000 tons, tin 3,250 tons, lead 527 tons, manganese 33 tons...

2.64 million tons of coal, 860,000 tons of cement, 63,000 tons of glass...

These are the hard power of industry, the power that makes the enemy tremble, and the guarantee that the people can live and breathe without worry.

Industry and resources are the foundation for a strong development.

Another major industrial product produced this year ~lightnovelpub.net~ is fertilizer, which is closely linked to agriculture.

By exploring the Luzon Islands and the South China Sea Islands, the struvite mineral resources discovered so far have reached about 3.5 to 4 million tons.

Coupled with the use of steam ships and steam excavators, the scale of struvite mining has been greatly expanded, reaching an annual output of 120,000 tons.

Then there are synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, potash fertilizers, and phosphate fertilizers, which have also exceeded the scale of one thousand tons.

The input of these chemical fertilizers has a very obvious effect on increasing agricultural production. Many farmlands with sufficient chemical fertilizers have nearly doubled the yield per mu.

After eating North China, those refugees did not eat up the People's Revolutionary Federation. Instead, they quickly improved the infrastructure in the north through food-for-work.

And this situation, of course, did not hide Li Tang, Goguryeo, and Turen.

Under this unstoppable general trend, there were some changes near Dai County on the northern border, which attracted the attention of the black-clothed guards.

Soon the investigation report of this situation appeared in the hands of Bai Yulou and others.