novellhall Chapter 192 Fertilizer is a big problem
Chapter 192 Fertilizer is a big problem
"Honey, what are you thinking about?"
Huo Jiyun walked behind her and gently placed his hands on her shoulders.
Qiao An's thoughts were interrupted, and her body trembled unexpectedly.
"It's nothing."
She then realized that it was already past five o'clock.
"An'an." Huo Jiyun's expression suddenly turned serious.
He moved a chair and sat opposite Joanne.
"If you encounter any problems that are difficult to solve, you must tell me."
"We are husband and wife, don't always treat me like an outsider."
Huo Jiyun met her gaze, his eyes filled with a mixture of grievance, sincerity, and expectation.
Joan bit her lower lip.
How so?
To say he's a two-dimensional character from a book?
They claim to have traveled from another time? And they have a magical space?
Materialism is the prevailing ideology of this era.
If she tells everyone, will Huo Jiyun think she's crazy?
Could this even end their relationship?
It's not that Joan is afraid of living alone.
Having been alone in her past life, she was indeed somewhat attached to the hard-won happiness she had now.
She didn't want the family to fall apart, so Qiao An kept the secret of the space a closely guarded secret.
Even when I'm sleeping at night, I remind myself not to let anything slip in my sleep.
However, if she wanted to help those farmers, it would be impossible for her to do it alone.
This isn't Jinshui Town; she doesn't have that much power right now.
Therefore, Huo Jiyun definitely needs to help with the rescue.
After thinking for a moment, Joanne finally spoke out what she had overheard on the bus.
Huo Jiyun was initially a little disappointed, but she quickly calmed down.
"A poor harvest? That shouldn't be the case, right?" Huo Jiyun thought carefully.
"All the communes have delivered their grain this year, and it's supposed to be a bumper harvest year. How come the village is out of food? Are you sure you didn't mishear me?"
She might have misheard, but she would never have misremembered the plot.
Joanne shook her head. "No, I definitely didn't hear wrong."
She pressed Huo Jiyun's arm, "Husband, food is of paramount importance."
"Listen to me, you absolutely cannot let this go unchecked. I know you're just the regimental commander, you don't have that authority."
"Then you should report it and let your supervisor know about it."
"If there really is a problem with food, there might be... riots."
Huo Jiyun's body stiffened instantly.
The Northwest is a strategic location, and the Northwest Army is the front line of the Xia Kingdom against the Wolman Kingdom.
The Northwesterners and the Wolmans originally came from the same clan and looked similar.
It's inevitable that Amtu has spies from the Vormanid Empire.
If a riot were to break out, the Kingdom of Walman would receive the news, and the war that had just been quelled would likely reignite instantly.
Huo Jiyun knew that Qiao An had a secret.
He also knew that Joan possessed an inexplicable and elusive skill.
Joan was rarely this serious; what she said must be true.
"An'an, I won't be eating at home tonight. I'm going to find the brigade commander now. If he doesn't believe me, I'll go find Commander Wu." Huo Jiyun put his military cap back on.
"Okay, go quickly."
The children returned as soon as Huo Jiyun left.
She wasn't in the mood to cook today, so she simply boiled a few packets of noodles for the children, poached an egg for each of them, and sprinkled some dried shrimp on top.
They devoured even the simple noodles, finishing all the soup.
Huo Jiyun didn't return after putting the child to sleep.
Joan lay in bed waiting, barely closing her eyes all night.
After making breakfast for her child, she lay in bed wanting to take a nap.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard a commotion outside.
Joan is a light sleeper, and the noise outside makes it impossible for her to fall asleep.
I simply put on my clothes and went out into the yard.
As soon as he stepped out, he ran into Li Shaoyun.
"Sister Shaoyun, what's wrong? Why is it so noisy outside?"
Joan, still half-asleep, rubbed her eyes to try and wake herself up.
"Oh dear! Don't even mention it, something terrible has happened!"
Li Shaoyun was on his way to work when he met Qiao An and stopped to say a few words.
"Let me tell you, something big has happened in these four communes in Amutu. Yesterday, Commander Wu led the municipal party committee to conduct a surprise inspection overnight, and that's when they found out that there was no surplus grain in the commune warehouses at all. All that talk of a bumper harvest was a lie."
"Now, more than a dozen villages around here can't even get a full meal. Corn is about to be planted, but the commune doesn't even have fertilizer."
"If we hadn't applied the fertilizer in time, we probably wouldn't have harvested anything by October."
Joan had a question yesterday: why was there no fertilizer?
When she was in Jinshui Town, the amount of fertilizer allocated each year was not much, but it was barely enough.
Why is it that as soon as you arrive in the Northwest, a whole village is scrambling to buy three jin (1.
"Sister Shaoyun, if we don't have fertilizer, we should apply to the higher-ups as soon as possible. The Northwest is so important, fertilizer should definitely be prioritized for this area."
Li Shaoyun's expression changed, and he immediately collapsed.
"You are also a family member of our Northwest Army, so I won't treat you as an outsider."
Li Shaoyun lowered his voice and glanced to the side, "Let me tell you, Commander Wu has been stationed in the Northwest for many years, and many people dislike him and think he is a local tyrant."
"They're always making things difficult for our Northwest Army, both openly and secretly. This fertilizer issue may seem like a small matter, but maybe some people are tampering with it and refusing to approve it for us."
"Do you understand now?"
After saying that, Li Shaoyun glanced at his watch and said, "Oh dear, I have to get to work now, I have to go."
Li Shaoyun got on his bicycle and hurriedly rode away.
Joan looked around and saw that many people were talking about the commune's fabrication of evidence.
She went back inside, turned on the fan, and was wide awake.
This time, she let Wu Yingguo know about the commune's falsification in advance, thinking that the famine problem could also be solved smoothly.
Now it seems that even if we knew, it would be difficult to change the plot.
Qiao An called out to Mo Yuxuan.
Tell her to check how much regular urea fertilizer costs.
A short while later, Mo Yuxuan replied.
The price of urea fertilizer was cheaper than she had imagined, with a retail price of 1700 yuan per ton.
The original owner had farmed before, so Qiao An knew that during the corn seedling stage, about five kilograms of urea fertilizer were needed per acre.
When the soil reaches the large trumpet-shaped bud stage, more fertilizer is needed, about eight kilograms per acre.
The Northwest is a vast and resource-rich region, and she can't estimate how many tons of fertilizer she'll need.
We can only wait for Huo Jiyun to return before discussing it further.
They waited until evening.
Exhausted, Huo Jiyun sat down in a chair as soon as he got home, without even taking off his hat.
"How is it?" Joanne asked as she walked over.
Huo Jiyun took her hand. "Just like you said."
"The Tam Commune, Huangsha Commune, Sutu Commune, and Luoku Commune have no grain reserves."
"Farmers are almost on the verge of running out of food. They are about to plant corn, but they can't keep up with the fertilizer demand. We had a meeting with the municipal party committee for a whole day."
Judging from Huo Jiyun's expression, Qiao An knew that the meeting would be in vain.
"The municipal party secretary reported to the higher authorities, but they said that this year's allocation would be planned, and the Northwest was a special case, with 20% already exceeding the quota."
At this point, Huo Jiyun's eyes darkened, becoming deep and unfathomable.
"What do you mean by 'exceeding the standard'? Don't they know how big the Northwest is? How can they treat it the same as other provinces?"
Joan was furious when she heard this.
"Even if it's a factional struggle or an attempt to make things difficult for the Northwest Army, you can't joke around with the lives of ordinary people."