Chapter 34 Survey and Sampling
“There is a dry toilet behind the house.” Old Man Zhong pointed to the path next to the house.
Xiang Tianshan hurriedly walked in.
Seeing this scene, Guo Yang had already determined in his heart that there was something wrong with Lao Xiang's body, and it was also a problem with his urinary system.
It's either cystitis or prostatitis. On the way here, I didn't even see how he drank water, and he had already urinated two or three times.
Dr. Zhou and Zhang Xiaochuan haven't paid much attention yet, and are still struggling with the problem of the water source of the saline-alkali wasteland.
Jinta County is already arid with little rain and high evaporation. If there is no systematic water diversion project, not only the difficulty and quality of saline-alkali wasteland management will be affected.
Subsequent pasture planting, as well as a series of plans that may involve raising cattle and sheep, product processing, etc. in the future will be affected.
Although the province promised water conservancy projects and road support, such a desolate and remote village still remains.
The length and difficulty of new roads and irrigation ditches must have exceeded the province’s expectations, and the funds required will also be greatly increased.
In this way, there is a question mark as to whether the supporting facilities promised by the province can still be implemented.
Village chief Xu Zonggang didn't care what Dr. Zhou and others thought, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
“Boss Guo, I’m familiar with the situation around here. I’ll just go and lead you.”
Guo Yang looked at Village Chief Xu’s hunched body and couldn’t bear to let him go. In the middle of summer, I followed a few people and ran around in the fields.
"Why don't you go find two young guys and Dr. Zhou? The sun is too poisonous, there is no need for you to suffer along with it."
Xu Zonggang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, farmers, who hasn't been exposed to the sun yet, and it's really hard to find young guys here."
At this time, Dr. Zhou pulled Guo Yang aside. He asked in a low voice: "Mr. Guo, are you really sure you want to take over this deserted beach?"
Guo Yang nodded firmly.
“This is too difficult!”
Guo Yang said with a smile: “It is precisely because of the poor conditions that I chose this place to turn this white desert beach into green. The grassland gives you a sense of accomplishment.”
And for Guo Yang, the worse the soil conditions are, the more natural energy gains the seed store will gain after restoration.
Dr. Zhou no longer worries too much. Guo Yang is an investor anyway, and he only gives suggestions to the owners based on the actual situation.
When Xiang Tianshan returned, Dr. Zhou introduced to everyone the tasks that needed to be completed for this survey.
Now that the owners have determined the project address, they need to prepare for subsequent detailed planning and design.
In addition to a preliminary understanding of the distribution of saline-alkali land in Shuangqiao Village and Yuanba Village, this on-site survey also needs to determine at least 50 representative sites based on comprehensive consideration of factors such as geographical location, saline-alkali land area, and farming conditions. Sexy way.
Subsequently, it is necessary to collect 5 sample points in the southeast, northwest, and middle of each sample plot according to the plum blossom point method. After digging out the soil profile at each sample point, soil samples with depths of 0 to 20 cm and 20 to 40 cm are collected.
Part of these samples will be used to measure soil bulk density and moisture content, while the other part will be brought back to the laboratory to be air-dried and sieved to measure soil pH, ammonium nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium and other physical and chemical properties. .
With this data, we can formulate targeted improvement plans to achieve twice the result with half the effort. After listening to Dr. Zhou's introduction, Guo Yang understood that this was not a task that could be completed in a day or two.
On 200,000 acres of land, 50 representative sampling plots must be selected and 250 sampling points must be excavated. The soil in the saline-alkali land is hard, which is a lot of work.
Coupled with the inconvenient roads, even though off-road vehicles can drive on salt-alkali flats, it will be doomed if they encounter wetlands that are prone to subsidence.
So the survey alone takes a lot of time, plus the time to come up with the plan...
Guo Yang doesn’t have that much time to wait for them to complete all the designs before construction. As soon as the villagers' wheat is ripe, he will be ready to start construction.
Jinta County mostly grows spring wheat, which is sown in March and harvested in July. Depending on the maturity of the wheat, it only takes ten days at most.
So he took advantage of Dr. Zhou’s break to interrupt and asked: “Dr. Zhou, when will your follow-up survey and survey team arrive?”
Dr. Zhou wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought for a while before saying: "It will be the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Now that the project address has been determined, the three of us will not go back yet and just stay here and start working."
< br>For those who are engaged in agricultural project design and planning, it is normal to travel to various parts of the country, and they have not never stayed in places with worse conditions than Shuangqiao Village.
Guo Yang had no reason to refuse. It would only be good for him to complete the survey and planning and design early.
And he also suggested to Dr. Zhou: "Then you ask Village Chief Xu to help you recruit a few villagers in the village, pay some labor fees, teach them how to do the sampling, and let them help dig the soil. , This is not only easier, but also much faster."
Dr. Zhou also simply nodded in agreement, mainly because Guo Yang had already paid a design fee according to the contract, and they were not short of funds.
"Okay, please ask Village Chief Xu to help me find six people first, and each person will be paid 10 yuan for labor per day."
"In addition, we also have to rent a house in the village temporarily. Please ask Village Chief Xu to help find a place with slightly better conditions and a better cooking skill.”
Xu Zonggang agreed hastily. The labor fee of 10 yuan per day is not a lot, but For villagers who rely on digging food from the fields, it is also a rare extra income.
After everything is arranged, Dr. Zhou and the others will be left with a rented pickup truck.
Guo Yang was ready to take Zhang Wei and Xiang Tianshan to Jinta County.
Seeing a few people about to leave, Village Chief Xu quickly stepped forward and asked curiously: "Mr. Guo, I haven't asked you yet what you are planning to plant on the deserted beach? How much contracting fees can you pay for the villagers' cultivated land?"
Guo Yang said with a smile: "We are going to plant alfalfa. As for the villagers' cultivated land, because it is saline-alkali land, the contract fee is temporarily calculated based on harvesting 300 kilograms of medium hard red wheat per year, which is about 200 yuan per mu. "
Looking at the old village chief who was lost in thought, Guo Yang said: "We will have to ask Village Chief Xu to do some work for the villagers in the future. We will contract about 200,000 acres of saline-alkali land this time. Project construction and grass planting also require a large number of workers. In addition to the contract fees, you can also earn a steady amount of labor fees.”
On the way back to Jinta County, after leaving the wheat field in the village, it is still vast. of salt flats.
The dry and hard land is stained with white salt stains, which are dazzling under the sunlight. The gaps formed by the hardening of the land look like pits.
Xiang Tianshan rarely spoke since he entered the village. Guo Yang thought he was frightened by the deserted beach in Shuangqiao Village.
"What's the matter, Lao Xiang, are you no longer confident, but you still have to give me a copy of your technical plan, otherwise I will not pay you the technical service fee."
( End of chapter)