Chapter 28 Amazing Potato Production
The Scout School is no longer the small courtyard it used to be. Last time, the people of Zhangzhuang worked here for about ten to twenty days. In addition to reclaiming land, they also worked on expanding the school.
Actually, it’s nothing. Just build a few more houses, expand the courtyard wall, and dig a few tunnels on the mountain behind the school.
Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao have been here several times, and every time they come, the school compound is very lively.
Chen Xiao gave each person corresponding intensive training based on their own weaknesses, whether it was running to train physical fitness, or a 400m obstacle course, or placing a shell on the muzzle of a gun to practice holding the gun steadily.
Those with weak upper limb strength will be asked to do push-ups and single and double bars. Those with lower level will usually run 200 meters and stab straw men on the way, and they must stab the right spot.
The craziest thing they had seen was that there were dozens of people in the whole school, and everyone was chatting in Japanese. There were people supervising them, and if they didn't speak authentically or without an accent, they would be pointed out.
It is said that everyone must have their own unique accent, whether it is the Kyoto accent, the Osaka accent, or the Nara accent, there are all kinds of accents.
Then you have to remember where the accent comes from. Everyone has their own set of identity information. When they greet each other in Japanese, they will also ask whether their family members with this identity are in good health.
When Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao met that time, they were both shocked and thought they had entered a Japanese base.
If they hadn't heard the supervisor nearby telling them that their accents were wrong, how the Kyoto accent should be like this, how the Nara accent should be like that, and how Osaka slang should be said in a certain way, they would have almost pulled out their guns.
I remember that after Ding Wei reported the matter to the headquarters, the headquarters sent a few people to study together.
When Ding Wei asked Chen Xiao for his opinion, he said it didn't matter , as long as he followed orders and didn't hold back in the battle.
"Is there any action at school today?" Ding Wei asked Zhang Dabiao, a little confused because the school was too quiet.
Zhang Dabiao shook his head: "We haven't received any notification, so there should be no action. But why is the school so quiet today?
I don't understand , I'll go ask the sentry!"
Yes, because they are stationed nearby and this area is the home turf of the New 1st Regiment, so if the Scout School has any action, although the New 1st Regiment will not be involved, they will still notify them.
But today, there was no notification, no mission, no action. Why is it so quiet and abnormal? It's very strange.
The sentry saw Zhang Dabiao approaching him and saluted quickly: "Battalion Commander!"
After all, this batch of reconnaissance trainees in the school all came from the first battalion and were quite familiar with Zhang Dabiao.
Zhang Dabiao returned the greeting and asked, "Why is the school so quiet today? What happened?"
The sentry suddenly realized: "So the battalion commander is doing this, you don't know, this morning the principal pulled up a potato, a potato seedling, and it grew into eight kilograms of potatoes.
After the platoon leader finished weighing the weapons, he became furious. After obtaining the principal's consent, he immediately arranged for all the trainees to take up their weapons and stand guard, and to take out all the light machine guns in the warehouse.
14 light machine guns formed an anti-aircraft position in case the Japanese got the news and launched an air attack.
He also complained that the principal did not tell him the importance of potatoes earlier, otherwise he could have stopped people from visiting the potato fields a few days in advance.
But he usually only arranged two people to stand guard on the potato experimental field.
If the news leaked out and the potato experimental field was damaged, even if only one potato was damaged, the platoon leader would be heartbroken. "
"What?"
Zhang Dabiao was shocked: "You mean, your principal dug up a potato vine this morning and harvested eight kilograms of potatoes?
Are you sure you remember it correctly? "
The sentry shook his head and said, "It's impossible that I remembered it wrong. I hadn't changed shifts yet, and I was still there when the weight was being weighed!
If the principal hadn't said that we would not start digging until the headquarters came to testify, the platoon leader and the deputy platoon leader would have arranged for us to dig up the 200 potato seedlings and hide them!"
Zhang Dabiao confirmed again: "I remember that at the beginning there were only 40 kilograms of potato seeds!"
The sentry confirmed again: "Yes, Captain!
There were only 40 kilograms of potato seeds, which were only enough to grow 200 seedlings after they were cut. We planted them one by one by ourselves!"
There are 200 seedlings, each weighing eight kilograms, so 200 seedlings weigh 1,600 kilograms. The seeds of these 200 seedlings only weigh 40 kilograms, which is 40 times the output.
Oh my god!
Zhang Dabiao turned around and walked towards Ding Wei, grabbed him and walked towards the backyard of the school. Yes, the place where potatoes were planted had become the backyard of the school.
Two months ago, the school was expanded. The area in front of the potato fields was flattened and converted into classrooms, and the area in front of the classrooms was flattened to be used as a playground and training ground.
Zhang Dabiao pulled Ding Wei to the backyard while explaining the whole story. When Ding Wei heard that a potato could actually grow eight kilograms of fruit, he was stunned for a moment, but he reacted immediately.
He shouted to the guard, "Go back to the first battalion and find the deputy battalion commander.
First, all roads leading into and out of the mountains must be under martial law, with strict entry and exit and strict inspections.
Second, immediately send a company to guard the perimeter of the school.
Third, call the brigade headquarters immediately. Forget it, let’s do that later. Let’s first confirm whether a potato really grows eight kilograms of fruit.
Let’s do the first and second first, and the third one after we confirm the authenticity of the news.”
The guard replied "yes" and ran out quickly.
Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei were walking at first, but then they both ran in a hurry.
As soon as they stepped across the school building, they were pointed at with guns. The soldier on guard looked very serious, but he relaxed only after seeing that it was Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao.
"Captain, battalion commander! The principal is in the backyard."
Zhang Dabiao hummed, "Keep guarding. Not only the visible sentries, but also the hidden sentries. Anyone who dares to break in will be killed without mercy!"
Although he is not the direct superior of these soldiers now, as an old superior, he can still give them some advice.
"Yes, Captain. We have both light and dark sentries."
"good!"
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Chen Xiao is in a good mood now. He has been guarding the potato field for more than ninety days these days. He knows that the potatoes will be ripe and can be harvested in just a few days.
In fact, the potatoes could have been harvested more than eighty days ago, but the system did not show it. It was only a few days ago that the system prompted that the potatoes were ready to be harvested.
It was not until this morning that the potatoes were shown to be harvestable, so Chen Xiao dug one up.
Four or five large ones weighing about one or two kilograms were dug out on the spot, and then five or six small ones were dug out. All added up, they weighed more than eight kilograms.
These eight kilograms are the double reward for production after completing the last system task. Normally, it should be between 3 and 5 kilograms. After all, these are seeds optimized by the system and cannot be compared with the real Kexin No. 1.
Therefore, the shocking yield of more than eight kilograms per tree shocked everyone on the spot, and thus the current situation occurred.
Chen Xiao's task was not completed because all the potatoes had not been harvested. He had wanted to harvest them in the morning, but the system gave him a hint that if he harvested the potatoes in front of the people sent by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the free attribute reward he would get would be doubled.
That's why he sent someone to inform Ding Wei and ask him to notify the headquarters.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei rushed in, and the first thing they said was: "Chen Xiao, I want to pull up a seedling..."
