Chapter 332: Keep refreshing your horizons
Bai Dazhi was feeling upset and didn't feel like talking much.

So, Bai Youyi, who was also sitting on the rice stalks, started to explain: "What I mean is that the rice yield per mu is low. Logically, it shouldn't be less than 1,200 kilograms."

Although the millet in Taohua Village is peeled, if it were not peeled, I think its weight would be the same as that in the upper and lower villages.

"It's only 1,082 kilograms, which is certainly not up to standard." Bai Youyi said, and also sighed.

Although I didn't say anything, how could I feel good about it if they didn't do it well?

When the people around heard this, the excited smiles on their faces disappeared and everyone was stunned.

They looked at each other and the people around them, their faces full of disbelief.

“Is this still low?”

"One thousand two hundred kilograms?"

"hiss."

"Did I hear correctly?"

Everyone heard it, so it wasn't a mishearing. So Bai intentionally said it wrong?

But looking at Bai Youli's expression and Bai Dazhi's sad face, the people from the upper and lower villages understood that the people from Taohua Village were right.

But, the yield per mu is 1,200 kilograms?

How is this possible? You know, once crop yield reaches a certain level, it is very difficult to increase it. It is very difficult, extremely difficult.

Like before, when they used ordinary grain seeds, they needed the right time, place and people to achieve a yield of 300 kilograms per mu.

The same goes for the high-yield grain varieties this time. It is difficult to increase the yield from 900 kilograms to 1,000 kilograms, but the difficulty may be level two.

But as time goes on, if you want to continue to increase production, the difficulty will increase dozens of times for every additional 70 or 80 kilograms, or even 30 or 50 kilograms.

People may not know how to explain this phenomenon, but they know that high-yield crops are rare.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "Actually, one thousand pounds is already very impressive."

"Yes, this is a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu."

"I never dared to dream that one day my family's fields would produce more than 1,000 kilograms of crops per mu."

This statement elicited nods of agreement from the others, isn't it!
Not to mention over a thousand kilograms, even an output of five or six hundred kilograms per mu would be a huge surprise to everyone present.

However, seeing the sad faces of the people in Taohua Village, even if the people in the upper and lower villages wanted to cheer happily, they could only stand there with their mouths shut.

Zhou Yang came back to his senses, thought for a moment and said, "This, a yield of 1,200 kilograms per mu is a record that Taohua Village has ever had?"

There must have been records of this, or it must be a common practice, otherwise how would we know?

Bai Dazhi shook his head and said slowly: "This grain variety originally produces 1,470 kilograms per mu, so it is normal for us to produce 1,200 kilograms per mu, but now..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone present knew what he meant.

Everyone gasped in unison.

Oh my god, 1,470 pounds?!
No, why is it getting higher and higher as you talk?

Today really refreshed their horizons.

If the people present had not personally participated in weighing the rice, they might not have believed it.

It just so happened that in front of them was the newly harvested rice with a yield of 1,082 kilograms per mu. Therefore, the people from the upper and lower villages did not question, nor did they dare to question, what Bai Dazhi and his companions said.

Kong Daming hesitated for a moment after hearing this: "Master Bai, then, is there a problem?"

Although, the current output has made everyone very satisfied.

But Taohua Village was not satisfied, so naturally everyone wanted to help find the reason. Besides, who wouldn’t want higher production in the future?

Bai Dazhi shook his head: "I don't understand either."

Bai Youyi also said: "If we knew, we wouldn't have to worry." Zhou Yang: "A few days ago, the fields in Taohua Village were also harvested. Did the yield meet the standard?"

This question should not have been asked, as asking it would be seen as questioning Taohua Village, but Zhou Yang thought about it in his mind and asked it anyway.

Bai Youyi: "The per-acre yield in our village is almost the same as that in your two villages, also just over a thousand kilograms."

Bai Dazhi sighed at this time: "I can't figure out which step was not done well, which led to such a large reduction in production."

As soon as these words were spoken, someone in the crowd coughed violently a few times, choking on his own saliva.

The yield per mu is just over 1,000 kilograms, but they still say that the yield has decreased. Isn’t that too exaggerated?

But if you think about it carefully, what Bai Dazhi said makes sense. One thousand four hundred and seventy kilograms became one thousand and eighty-two kilograms, which is a huge reduction in production.

Unable to find the cause for a while, Bai Dazhi stood up and patted the rice stalks on his body, saying, "You guys continue to harvest, I'll go back and study it."

"Hey, Master Bai, take care."

"Master Bai, are you leaving now?"

"Master Bai, please take care."

After Bai Dazhi and his companions left, the others looked at each other and then started talking at once.

“I think it’s good now.”

"Yes, it's very good. It weighs one thousand pounds."

"But if we follow what Master Bai said, it seems that our 1,000 kilograms do not meet the standards."

If they had just planted them casually, it would have been fine, but they took great care of them during this period.

Weeding, pest control, fertilizing and topdressing. I am afraid of too much water when it rains and too little water in the fields when it is sunny. During the filling period, I even want to live in the fields.

It really shouldn't be possible that the output is so much less despite such careful care.

It is equivalent to them using ordinary grain seeds in the past, working hard but getting nothing from two acres of land.

Thinking of this, many people felt a sudden pain in their hearts.

"Could it be because of the fertilizer..." someone stammered.

He was immediately interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense, such a high-yield grain requires special fertilizers, otherwise, do you think you can easily produce 1,000 kilograms per mu?"

You can say anything. If you say that the fertilizer provided by Taohua Village is not good, it will be a big deal if Taohua Village finds out.

"That's not what I meant. I meant, maybe we didn't give enough fertilizer during topdressing?"

This statement was quickly refuted by someone: "That's impossible. Everyone uses fertilizer according to the standards taught by Master Bai."

"For my family's fields, we use whatever amount of fertilizer Master Bai tells us to use."

When it comes to using fertilizers, no one dares to be clever. Otherwise, if the harvest is too different from that of other villagers, how will they explain it then?

Moreover, even if many people have doubts in their hearts, they still follow the instructions of Taohua Village. If there is a problem, it is not their fault, and they will not cut corners.

"Yes, yes, it's the same in my family."

“Everyone’s family is like that.”

If the output of Taohua Village is high, while the output of Upper Village and Lower Village is low, we can still say that the people of Taohua Village are hiding the output, although hiding the output is understandable.

But the harvest in Taohua Village was no different from theirs. While they were grateful, they really didn't know where the problem lay.

Everyone present was talking at once, with all sorts of ideas floating around.

"No wonder Master Bai has a headache."

I specifically searched Baidu for the per-acre yield of rice.