Chapter 90 Growth
There are more than 400 households in the immigration area, all of whom were relocated from the area near the original lake area. However, most of the young people have gone out to work, and those engaged in agriculture are mostly people over 60 years old.
This type of people are more conservative in their thinking and unwilling to accept new things.
And sand control in Shahai Farming and Animal Husbandry requires a lot of labor, and they can earn 10 yuan a day.
So there are not as many people contracting greenhouses as expected.
More than 800 sheds were eventually rented out, and more than 600 were rented out, with an average of about 1.5 sheds per household, but in fact there were almost no families renting one shed.
For example, farmer Lao Ding and his wife contracted three sheds.
The total planting area of more than 7 acres means that they will have no time to do desertification control work.
In the early morning, Lao Ding led the donkey cart, which contained pepper seedlings provided by the seedling farm. His wife carefully protected the seedlings to prevent them from falling.
“Old Ding, why are there so many seedlings?”
Several old men and peasant women came forward, holding shovels for planting trees in their hands. One of the peasant women asked curiously.
Old Ding squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Not many, not many, three sheds, more than 20,000 seedlings need to be planted."
Everyone looked surprised and had different opinions.
"Three sheds! You two are really willing to work. You will have to be busy in the sheds all year round!"
"Old Ding, you are really optimistic about this solar greenhouse. Food. I heard that other counties also did this, but many of them ended up being abandoned.”
"That's right, Old Ding. Now everyone is busy at work, laying grass squares, planting trees, and earning labor fees. When the trees are almost planted, there will be no chance of this again."
"These seedlings You have to calculate the money in the end, and don’t lose money in the end.”
“I know it well.” Old Ding led the donkey cart and missed it.
A few people curiously looked at the pepper seedlings on the donkey cart. The seedlings had strong stems and strong root systems. They were indeed rare and good seedlings.
After Lao Ding and his wife passed by, a few people continued walking towards the sand dunes in the distance. Thinking of the strong pepper seedlings, a peasant woman couldn't help but say.
"The pepper seedlings are fine!"
"Hey, you also want to grow vegetables. 10 yuan a day is a safe deal. I heard that workers in the coal mine only pay 8 yuan a day. ”
“It’s hard to grow vegetables. Not to mention the hard work, the humidity in the shed is heavy, and you have to work hard. It’s great to plant trees in the desert. There are so many people, and I always want to take a breather. There is a chance.”
On the other side, in Lao Ding’s greenhouse.
The substrate has been installed in the cultivation tank, and the couple is planting the seedlings quickly with hands and feet, and the progress is visible to the naked eye.
One morning passed, and the donkey cart was almost finished planting the pepper seedlings. The couple was very tired.
“It’s hard work, but every penny earned belongs to you.” Lao Ding encouraged his wife and himself.
There are nearly 300 immigrant families like Lao Ding and his wife who are willing to accept new things and learn new technologies.
Suddenly, in the greenhouse area, various vegetable seedlings such as peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans began to be in short supply.
Lu Hanbin had to contact Tianhe Seed Industry to transfer seedlings from other places.
At the same time, Lu Hanbin also determined the use of the remaining two hundred solar greenhouses.
"Just like this, buy a batch of grass seeds such as Astragalus sibiricum, Caragana Caragana, Jujube angustifolia and White Thorn and other grass seeds, raise seedlings in the greenhouse, and transplant the seedlings in the desert the next year. Plant.”
Everyone at the meeting looked at each other. Two hundred greenhouses and an investment of nearly 10 million are used to grow grass seeds?
“Why not use it to grow vegetables? Many farmers are not optimistic about it. If we don’t take the lead, what will happen if the farmers run away?” The person who spoke was Li Qi, who is in charge of the greenhouse cultivation section and is in his early forties. , stayed at Tianhe Seed Industry for less than three months, and was transferred to Minqin.
"Manager Li, can you guarantee that you can make money growing vegetables?" Lu Hanbin asked calmly.
Vegetables are a labor-intensive industry that requires a huge amount of labor. Farmers have completely different incentives to do their own work and public work.
“At least we won’t lose money and can get our money back. Isn’t it a total loss to raise psammophyte seedlings in the greenhouse?”
“But with this plant, next year the desert on the edge will be able to grow. It's completely fixed." Lu Hanbin knew that many people would report him, but these people didn't understand the boss's thoughts at all.
While there were frequent agricultural and animal husbandry activities in Shahai, the province also coordinated with the Jingdian Electricity Management Bureau to gradually transfer water from the Yellow River. The Hongyashan Reservoir bloomed with vitality again, and there was also water in the downstream channels. water.
The ecological restoration projects undertaken by Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry are also proceeding in an orderly manner, including water-saving renovations, closing wells, implementing ecological migration, ancient river management, etc.
The road to ecological management is long, but with the continuous high-intensity investment of Alfalfa and Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
Guo Yang's natural energy has increased visibly.
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Jiuquan in May, the Populus euphratica forest in the desert, dead trees are springing up, and weeds are springing out of the soil, and they are full of green.
On the deserted beaches of Shuangqiao and Yuanba, patches of purple flowers bloom quietly.
Looking from a distance, the sea of green and purple flowers blooming under the blue sky and white clouds are fresh and beautiful, as if there is a thick green and purple carpet.
But upon closer inspection, many short and sparse plots of land are revealed.
Zhang Wei wore a black short-sleeved shirt, and his thin face looked high-spirited.
On the mechanized farming road not far away, two Fendt 930s and several agricultural machinery are ready to go.
"Boss, this large area of alfalfa has to be returned to the fields?"
Guo Yang looked at the already somewhat formed agricultural machinery team and joked with a smile in his eyes.
"I heard from the finance department that your agricultural machinery is out for spring plowing, and it is just the same after depreciation of the machinery. This should not put any more burden on you."
Zhang Wei touched his head angrily, "This There are many ways to do it, and it’s easy to take orders, but I just can’t make much money.”
“Don’t worry, we’ll talk about making money later. Do your work first and establish good connections with farms in various places. , build a good relationship.”
The subsidy policy for agricultural machinery has not been released in the past two years, and there are few people specializing in agricultural machinery services, so it is easy to receive orders.
However, because there are no subsidies, the road to repaying the cost of agricultural machinery is long, and some even cannot recover the cost until they are scrapped.
Zhang Wei said: "Most farms are quite willing to cooperate with us. Our agricultural machinery is advanced, efficient and of good quality, which is also a good thing for them."
Standing aside Xiang Tianshan pushed up his long sleeves. The sun was rising and the temperature was getting higher.
“Actually, these alfalfa barely meet the cutting standards, so there is no problem in feeding them to beef cattle and sheep.”
Guo Yang looked at Lao Xiang with a smile, "There is no output, and the quality is not good enough. Let's just return the fields!"
"Boss like you are really rare. Others have long expected to make profits. , but you are not in a hurry at all."
"Take a long-term view," Guo Yang said.
He thought of Lu Hanbin. Recently, many people had complained openly or covertly. There are various theories that he is too young, lacks ability, and makes the company lose money for nothing.
Guo Yang didn't care much about this. He had expected his mistakes. What was surprising was that the growth rate of natural energy was unexpected. Lu Hanbin must have been unswervingly executing his strategy.
Xiang Tianshan said: "It is indeed a good thing to return alfalfa to the fields. It can also release a lot of nutrients during the decomposition process and improve soil fertility."
"Yes, return tens of thousands acres of fields first. It will mature and ferment for two months. Alfalfa No. 1 has also been harvested.”
“Then let’s get started.”
The roar of agricultural machinery comes one after another, and the alfalfa needs to be cut back to the field with mowing machinery. The above-ground part is cut off to form a covering layer on the surface, which is then rolled underground.
With the cooperation of more than 10 Taiwanese agricultural machinery, the work of returning the fields is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The speed of natural energy growth has increased again, but Guo Yang wants to buy purple grade seeds, which is not enough.
(End of this chapter)