Chapter 771 767. Big Potatoes in Xiaoqin Village

After spending a few days at the wine table.

October 5th.

The Niu Niu vacation is over and we return to the northwest to continue climbing mountains and eating sand.

Luo Yihang also left the imperial capital and headed for Luliang Mountain.

The Qiuyan No. 9 in Xiaoqinzhuang, Qin Qiuyan’s hometown, was planted early and it is time to harvest it.

In Fangshan County, Luo Yihang met with representatives from COFCO Technology and other companies.

After a night's rest, we drove into the Luliang Mountains together under the arrangement of local staff.

This was Luo Yihang's first time entering Luliang Mountain.

The mountains here are different from the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains.

It is not a typical alpine canyon, nor a gently sloping plateau. It is more like a mountain with a sense of fragmentation composed of various mountains and hills blended together.

According to the accompanying staff, this area is already in the hinterland of the western foot of Luliang Mountain. There is a local saying, "One river, two mountains and seven ditches."

A river valley in the middle divides this place into two halves, and the terrain is clearly distinguished.

There are high earth and rock mountains in the northeast and loess hills in the southwest.

Luo Yihang and his group entered the mountainous area from the northeast.

Looking all the way, there are cliffs that go straight up and down.

The farmland here was really dug out from the mountains.

Along the way, I saw several cornfields on the top of the mountain, right next to the cliff. There were no guardrails around them, which looked scary.

There is even a place where a small platform for wind shelter is cut out in the middle of the cliff. It is only about a hundred square meters in size. The soil layer is very clearly distinguished from the rock wall below. It is obvious that it is loose soil blown by the wind for thousands of years that has accumulated there.

Even in this place, there is a peach orchard.

The passage is a series of steep stairs carved out from the top of the mountain along the mountain wall.

To pick peaches, you need to move down from the top of the mountain little by little, which is extremely dangerous.

It is conceivable how much effort our ancestors put in for this little bit of soil under the cliff.

(I can’t find the peach picture, it’s probably like this)
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After crossing the valley and entering the southwest side.

The scenery changed again.

There are obviously fewer cliffs and mountain walls, replaced by loess hills and gullies, with strings of small hills rising and falling.

After arriving at Xiaoqinzhuang, it became even more obvious.

Xiaoqinzhuang is located at the foot of a small hill. They dug up the mountain layer by layer from the top to the foot.

The entire mountain was dug into terraces.

Xiaoqinzhuang is located at the foot of this mountain which has been turned into terraced fields.

The first stop is the village committee.

Director Zhou from the Poverty Alleviation Office and Old Man Qin, the village chief of Xiaoqinzhuang, who I met last time, are already waiting here.

Get off the car, shake hands, and exchange pleasantries.

Luo Yihang looked around and found that someone was missing.

"Where is Yanzi? And I heard that Professor Feng and others are also in the village. Where are they?" Luo Yihang asked.

Qin Qiuyan has been staying at home all this time and watching the whole process.

She definitely couldn't take care of it all by herself, so Professor Feng from Shanxi Agricultural University volunteered and organized a group of teachers and students to help.

He comes here every week and is almost living in the village.

What a good disciple, but he was not kept under guard and was seduced away by others. He had to get him back.

"Yanzi and the others went to the fields again. We said that General Manager Luo and other leaders would come over today, and no matter how much we tried to persuade them, they wouldn't stop." Old Man Qin replied.

"So that's how it is. Let's go and take a look." Luo Yihang made an inviting gesture.

The representatives of the enterprises readily agreed. Old Man Qin led the way, and a group of people came out of the village committee, passed through the village, and climbed up along the winding mountain path from the bottom of the mountain.

The farmlands on both sides have been cleared, and there are traces of cut stems and leaves in the fields. Many potato vines are piled on the edge of the field, forming leaf bags.

Many of them have been covered with black plastic film.

This is composting on site.

Old man Qin pointed to the fields on both sides and introduced: "These are planted with Qiuyan No. 9. Last week, I saw that the leaves turned yellow and the runners showed signs of falling off. I killed the seedlings five days ago with a farm machine. I guarantee that the potatoes below were not damaged."

The stems and leaves begin to turn from green to yellow and the runners fall off, which is an important sign that the potatoes are ripe.

Before harvesting, the stems and leaves of the potato plants are broken and removed, which is called killing the seedlings.

The purpose is to facilitate harvesting and to help the potato skin age, thereby reducing damage when the potatoes are turned out of the soil by machine.

However, many potato harvesters now also have integrated digging and stem and leaf chopping functions, with more advanced technology that can automatically adjust the machine's working parameters according to soil conditions and potato size to improve harvesting efficiency and reduce damage.

There is no need to kill the seedlings when using this machine.

All in all.

All preparations for harvest have been made.

Follow the mountain road to the top of the mountain.

Looking around, there are layers upon layers of scenery, which is very beautiful.

Qin Qiuyan, Professor Feng, and Shi Juan are all here.

After meeting, they introduced each other again. It was mainly Professor Feng who was being polite, while Qin Qiuyan just had to smile.

It was a great honor that she didn't hide away.

After the first meeting, Luo Yihang directly asked the question that everyone was most concerned about, "Yanzi, is the growth process going smoothly? What is the estimated yield?"

The business representatives suddenly quieted down and listened attentively with their ears pricked up.

Qin Qiuyan replied, "Everything is going well with the planting. We measured the yield a week ago and estimated the average yield per mu to be 12,000 kilograms. After another week of growth, it is estimated to be even higher."

Yield measurement is to find a few points, harvest a small area, weigh it and use it to evaluate the overall yield.

All the business representatives breathed a sigh of relief, then took out their mobile phones, opened their calculators and started calculating.

In addition to the one from COFCO Technology, he asked another key question, "What about the starch content? Has it changed?"

Brush, the scene was silent again.

This question is critical.

Fortunately, Professor Feng did not keep us in suspense. He shook his head and replied, "Same as in the laboratory, 31% starch content."

"Great!" The representatives couldn't contain their joy.

The guy from COFCO couldn't help but take out his cell phone and open his calculator.

Luo Yihang moved closer and tried to take a peek, but he blocked his way.

Cheapskate.

Isn't it just calculating the cost? I don't need to know the specific number, but it should be reduced by at least 40%.

Luo Yihang clapped his hands, "Everyone, the exact output will be known after the harvest. The most important thing for everyone now is..."

Luo Yihang drew out a long note, attracting everyone's attention.

Then he said: "The most important thing is to prepare the money~~"

“Hahahaha~~” So that’s it.

Old Man Qin and Director Zhou smiled happily and nodded repeatedly.

They are not hiding anymore.

Big Potato has been taking good care of it for several months, and all he wants is to sell it for more money.

The company representatives were equally happy. The representative of COFCO Technology clapped his hands and said, "The money has already been prepared. It depends on how much you can take from me after the final output is announced."

"Okay, let's officially start digging!" Luo Yihang made the final decision!
(End of this chapter)