dognovel Chapter 22: The harvest of 10,000 mu of rice causes a national sensation in Oasis City!
Chapter 22: The harvest of 10,000 mu of rice causes a national sensation in Oasis City!
9 month 25 day.
Oasis City, on a salt flat in the desert.
City Lord Zhao Qing and Deputy City Lord Huo Lin are inspecting the harvest of rice in the desert.
As they looked around, all they saw was a golden expanse.
A gentle breeze blows, the rice paddies ripple, and the plump ears of wheat are particularly pleasing to the eye.
Harvesters drove into the fields and carried out the harvesting work in an orderly manner.
Huo Lin smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, after we transformed the agricultural area, water resources are abundant, and there are no sandstorms or natural disasters."
The rice ears in the saline-alkali paddy fields are full and firm, showing a gratifying trend of high yield and good quality.
It seems that this year's rice harvest in Oasis City will be bountiful.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qing nodded slightly.
When Oasis City was first established, the municipal government designated 50000 square kilometers of desert as an urban agricultural area and introduced water from the Tarim River to create lakes in the desert.
The agricultural area is divided into 25-square-kilometer sections, each containing a 7-square-kilometer freshwater lake and 18-kilometer-long farmland, ensuring that the farmland has sufficient water resources for growth.
The entire agricultural area has 2000 lakes, with water resources reaching 200 billion cubic meters.
The agricultural planting area covers 36000 square kilometers, equivalent to 5400 million mu of arable land.
Of course, due to time constraints and limited manpower.
Oasis City planted only 1000 million mu of rice this year.
With the support of accelerated urban agricultural growth, these 1000 million mu of rice have gradually matured.
Zhao Qing inquired, "What is the yield per mu of desert rice this year?"
"Lord Zhao, you might not believe it if I told you."
Huo Lin said excitedly, "The expert group from the Xia Country Academy of Agricultural Sciences randomly selected ten points, each with an actual harvested area of 1 mu. The technicians weighed, measured the moisture content, and removed impurities on-site. Finally, they confirmed that the average yield per mu of the ten points was 1200 kilograms."
The yield of 1200 kilograms of desert rice per mu has set a new record for desert rice yield in Xia Kingdom, and also a new record for open-field rice yield!
"Oh? You broke the record?"
Zhao Qing raised an eyebrow, feigning a look of "shock" on his face.
Previously, Oasis City cultivated desert greenhouse rice that could be harvested five times a year, with a very high yield per acre.
However, that involves growing in greenhouses, which is very costly and cannot be widely promoted.
The yield per acre of open-field rice is more convincing.
Of course, Zhao Qing knew this in his heart.
Rice grown in saline-alkali desert land typically yields around 500 to 600 kilograms per mu (approximately 0.16 acres).
The ability of Oasis City to cultivate desert rice with a yield of 1200 kilograms per mu is entirely due to the support of the "urban agricultural output enhancement" program.
Of course, only he and his superiors knew the truth of the matter.
Although Huo Lin was the deputy city lord of Oasis City, he was unaware of the specific inside story.
Huo Lin said seriously, "Lord Zhao, not counting greenhouse rice, the current record for rice yield per mu in Xia Kingdom is 988 kilograms, achieved by experimental fields, which is a bit short of 1000 kilograms."
Agricultural experts say that the highest rice yield can reach about 1500 kilograms per mu (approximately 0.16 acres).
The average yield of desert rice in our oasis city has reached 1200 kilograms per mu, significantly breaking the domestic record for open-field rice cultivation.
"very good!"
Zhao Qing nodded in satisfaction.
Oasis City has the "Urban Agricultural Output Boost" effect, which doubles the yield of any crop.
Vegetable and fruit production has doubled.
Rice, as a staple food, is no exception.
The calculation is based on a yield of 1200 kg per mu for desert rice.
The 1000 million mu of desert rice planted in Oasis City this year has yielded an unbelievable total output of 1200 million tons!
The benchmark is a 70% rice yield.
1200 million tons of paddy rice, equivalent to 840 million tons of rice.
Such staggering data.
This is unheard of!
To know.
Xia Guo imported 227 million tons of rice last year.
Now we have these 840 million tons of rice.
The Xia Kingdom no longer needs to import rice from abroad; on the contrary, it can export a batch of rice and earn foreign exchange!
Zhao Qing looked at Huo Lin and instructed him, "Lord Huo, you are the deputy city lord in charge of urban agriculture. You must ensure that this batch of desert rice is harvested and stored."
You immediately organized and mobilized harvesters, citizens, and other human and material resources to safeguard and increase income for urban agricultural production.
Furthermore, if we don't have enough harvesters, we'll buy them; if we don't have enough manpower, we'll find someone; and if we don't have enough funds, we'll ask me for approval.
In short, we must complete the harvest of 1000 million mu of rice in a short period of time!
"Yes, Lord City Lord!"
Huo Lin nodded solemnly.
Since the establishment of Oasis City.
They have already invested 1000 billion yuan to purchase various agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment, and to build an urban cold chain transportation system.
At present, Oasis City has a large number of harvesters, so it has no shortage of equipment.
As for the population.
The registered population of Oasis City has exceeded one million, and the permanent population has reached more than 150 million.
He is confident that he can organize enough manpower and resources to complete this desert rice harvesting task.
……
Three days later.
Xia Guo News Program.
Host Kang Hui reports: "According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the national rice planting area in 2013 was 4.55 million mu, and the total output was 20361 million tons."
Nevertheless.
my country continues to import 227 million tons of rice to meet the daily needs of the entire country.
After the establishment of Oasis City, 1000 million mu of rice were planted in the desert immediately, with an average yield of 1200 kilograms per mu, setting a new record for the yield of open-field rice cultivation in Xia Kingdom.
According to estimates.
The 1000 million mu of desert rice paddies in the oasis city can yield 1200 million tons of rice, equivalent to 840 million tons of rice.
From this day forward...
Xia Kingdom doesn't need to import rice; it can even export rice...
While the news was being broadcast.
The television footage showed scenes of rice harvesting in Oasis City, a bustling and bountiful harvest.
Kang Hui began, "After the rice in Oasis City matures, the harvest of late rice throughout the city begins in a grand and sweeping manner."
Citizens took advantage of the fine weather to harvest rice, ensuring that the harvest was safely stored.
The rice paddies rippled like waves, and the machines roared.
Harvesters raced across the golden rice fields, completing the processes of harvesting ears, threshing, removing straw, screening, and loading into trucks in one go.
From the traditional desert planting model where sand prevention and control were like walking on thin ice, to the current mechanized production and processing of desert rice, the agricultural path of Oasis City is becoming more and more stable.
As the late rice harvest continues, the winter wheat planting in Oasis City will soon follow.
On every inch of arable saline-alkali desert land, new hopes for a bountiful harvest are being nurtured…
……
I saw this news.
The entire nation was stunned.
1000 million mu of desert rice!
1200 million tons of rice!
This is way too exaggerated!
In conventional wisdom...
The ability to grow rice in the desert is still a novel concept.
It's good enough if we can even grow it; we don't care about yield per acre at all.
but now……
The desert rice in Oasis City has broken the national record for yield per mu, and has also helped Xia Kingdom become a major rice exporter.
This is absolutely unbelievable!
Of course, they wouldn't suspect anyone but the news programs of Xia State.
This is the most authoritative news media in the country!
After a moment of amazement.
Audiences across the country were deeply moved.
"1000 million mu of desert rice paddies produced 1200 million tons of rice – that's outrageous!"
"The Takh Desert covers an area of over 33 square kilometers. If it were all planted with rice, the yield would be absolutely staggering!"
"Wow! Oasis City's average yield is 1200 kilograms per mu (approximately 0.16 acres). How did they manage to do that?"
"The world's granary! This is what an oasis city should be! No wonder the nation allocated 5 trillion yuan to build a desert oasis city!"
"The earth nourishes all things, and agriculture is its foundation! The birth of Oasis City marks our nation's official entry into the ranks of agricultural powers!"