Chapter 1136 Acquisition Station
The other is to change the open channel into an undercover channel. This measure has been mastered by the ancient Uyghur people for a long time. It seems to be the famous karez. Now it is just a "modernization" of this idea and the use of sleeve fittings. Just expand the scale of the water network.
But this still requires money.
As for soil and water conservation, planting sand-fixing and wind-proof plants, a very effective method that Zhou Zhi knows is the "straw grid method".
The straw grid method is to use straw or wheat straw on the edge of the desert to divide the desert into small grids of two to three square meters each. Use these small grids to fix the sand, and then plant sand-fixing plants in them.
When the sand-fixing plants are established and their roots grow, they can replace the previous straw, gradually turning the edge of the desert into an oasis.
Ai Yijie had no idea that Zhou Zhi had so many ideas and ideas for the development of the Hotan area, but he was a little confused about its feasibility.
You want to say that what he said makes no sense, but his thoughts on the history of national water conservancy construction, regional development, the urgent pain points in the Hotan area, and the basic methods of preventing sand and water and preserving agriculture and animal husbandry are almost the same. It is consistent with the guidelines issued by the autonomous region government to the regions after consulting experts.
But you have to say that what he said makes sense. Plastic balls scattered on the surface of the reservoir, straw and wheat straw grids to fix the sand, and even the underground pipeline water transmission network are really a bit "whimsical".
But I would rather believe it or not. There happened to be a lot of wheat straw at home, so Ai Yijie simply took Zhou Zhi to the outside of the yard and asked him to demonstrate how to make the "straw square" in the field. grid".
The method turned out to be surprisingly simple. Cut the straw into half a meter long, spread it on the ground, put a shovel against the middle section, and step on the shovel with your foot. The straw will stand upright and "grow" on the ground like grass.
The side length of a grid is almost one and a half meters. Zhou Zhi quickly made a nine-square grid, which is a small thirteen square.
Ai Yijie looked at the crooked grid and expressed dissatisfaction, so he made one himself: "That's it? Is it that simple?"
"Of course not." Zhou Zhi quickly explained: "This is just a sand nest, temporary, their function is It is to protect the sand-resistant crops planted in the center of the sand nest so that they can grow roots safely and avoid being blown away and buried. "So we still need to combine water conservancy," Ai Yijie looked at it with a shovel. He sighed: "If you want to do water conservancy, you must have money."
"So we still need to build roads first." Zhou Zhi also looked at Sha Gezi with a shovel, feeling that Ai Yijie should be a cadre who came from the farm. The farm work is really not sloppy at all: "Only when the roads are built can things be transported in, and only when the products are shipped out with good luck , the speed of the economic cycle can be increased."
"This Shag. "Sir, the uncle can first find a valley with a small amount of water but serious desertification to do the experiment. The terrain of the valley is relatively closed and special, and it is less affected by external forces. The experimental results will be clearer and more realistic." Zhou Zhi thought more carefully. : “It’s good if there’s a water source upstream, and it doesn’t need to be too much. Just enough to water the sand-fixing plants will do. The specific ones need to go to the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and relevant university departments to conduct feasibility studies."
"Well, let's do some experiments first. Even if there are problems, it won't be a big deal." Ai Yijie nodded in agreement: "If that's the case. It’s really done, elbow, your merits are immeasurable!”
“Maybe I think so! It's too simple." Zhou Zhi said: "I'll just say it. Those who can experiment and realize it in the desert are the real heroes."
"Let's go, the food is almost gone. Come on, sleep well tonight!" Ai Yijie was in a very good mood: "Let's see the jade tomorrow!"
After finishing speaking, he did not forget to praise Zhou Zhi: "Today's college students are incredible!"
Early the next morning, Zhou Zhi and his group came to the municipal waste collection station. The scrap collection depot was once a magical place in China. It not only collects various household scraps such as toothpaste, aluminum sheets, scrap copper and iron and other metals, but now also collects furs, fabrics, palm and linen and other agricultural and sideline products.
The scrap collection station in Jiachuan also collects Chinese medicinal materials such as chicken gizzard shells, lychee cores, orange peels, and licorice.
The purchasing station in Hotan area also collects raisins, sea buckthorn, and cistanche deserticola.
Of course, Hetian jade is also the focus of acquisitions.
Nowadays, the function of the collection station is gradually replaced by mobile vendors. The stores of the collection station are basically useless. The vendors receive the items and take them directly to the warehouse of the recycling company to sell them.
As a result, a "little bazaar" for jade trading gradually formed in and outside the store.
This bazaar is completely spontaneous. There are very few people who are interested in collecting jade. Except for a few private dealers with connections in the south, the main buyers are regional purchasing stations and Urumqi jade carving factories.
The Jade Bazaar is held once every half month by convention. Usually herdsmen who pick up jade materials put a few pieces in their pockets and bring them here to exchange for some money when they go to the city to buy or sell things.
However, even if you pick up a big one, you usually won't move it over. The price for such things is serious, and the regional purchasing stations don't accept them in large quantities. They usually have to wait for people from the big factories in Urumqi to come before gathering them. Even so, the aniseed materials Trading volume is also extremely limited.
But boy material is very popular, it is simply hard currency. The money exchanged for a small piece of jade is enough to buy a few pairs of Jiefang shoes, a few sets of clothes, and a few scarves, which can be enough for a family to wear for a year.
Or replace it with matches, soap, new fabrics, enamel basins, porcelain bowls, thermos bottles and other small items.
You don’t even need to change the salt. There is no shortage of salt in northern Xinjiang. You can just go to the Salt Lake to get it.
Therefore, many farmers and herdsmen have jade aniseed in their homes.
This time I heard that a big boss was going to open a purchase, and he notified all around the country in advance, saying that as long as it was a first-class white, regardless of size, it would be cashed on the spot, and no IOU would be made, so the purchase station was not open until dawn. There was a buzz of people outside, and when Zhou Zhi arrived, he was inexplicably reminded of the lively scene when he and Yang He went to the grain station to hand over grain when they were playing at Lao Yangtou's house.
"Make way, make way, let the guests in first..." The enthusiasm of the fellow villagers directly blocked the door and the road. Many of them even set up carriages and led donkeys, and the horses neighed and the donkeys brayed. It was so lively that Sun Gong's voice was completely drowned in the noise.
Zhou Zhi couldn't understand what the fellow villagers around him were saying at all. He could only see the white air blowing out of the mouths. Looking at this situation, he just felt very lucky - fortunately No cash!
“What are you doing?!” Hearing the sound of car horns outside, the door of the purchasing station finally opened, and a loud voice was at least twice as loud as what Sun Gong said just now: “Do you understand the rules! Get out of the way first and let the leader's car come in, otherwise you'll have to wait this time! It’s all in vain!”
The extremely arrogant man suppressed the excessive enthusiasm of the villagers, and then a man wearing a military green tunic suit burst out of the door. The fellow unconsciously stepped out of the way for fear of being hit by him. .
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but find it funny, what the hell, a street-cleaning tiger came?
(End of this chapter)