Chapter 171 Reminiscences on the Asafoetida Gobi
Xinjiang Province has a large area of agricultural wasteland, and the Asafoetida Gobi is the largest third-class agricultural wasteland. To cultivate it, huge funds must be invested.
Obviously there are land options available that require less investment, higher soil quality, and are easier to develop.
Jiahe decided to do the opposite.
Choose the one that is most difficult to develop.
But the biggest problem in Asafoetida Gobi is not salt-alkali, but water.
Hearing Liu Tingen say that developing the Gobi requires water diversion and building protective forests, Guo Yang said without looking back.
“Isn’t the Qinggri River within Qinghe County?”
Xiang Tianshan took out a map.
Qinghe County is located in a high-altitude, high-latitude area, with mountains, hills, Gobi deserts and deserted beaches accounting for 98.9% of the county's area.
There are more than 20 million acres of grassland of various types.
However, the current cultivated land area is less than 200,000 acres, and the per capita cultivated land area is less than 3 acres.
Xiang Tianshan said: "Can the river water from Qinggri be brought here?"
Guo Yang also stood up and came over, looking at the map.
The Asafoetida Gobi located in the southwest of Qinghe County is a rare large area of flat land within the territory.
Next to the silent Asafoetida Gobi lies the Kadanxuntao Mountains, and on the other side of the mountains is the Qinggri River.
Liu Ting'en said angrily: "Do you think water can be diverted, and the local government has not yet developed Asafoetida Gobi?"
"If you want to have water, you need to dig a water diversion tunnel project. " said Xiang Tianshan.
“The Qinghe County Government thinks so too. In fact, ten years ago, Qinghe County started the preliminary work of developing the Asafoetida Irrigation Area, preparing to rebuild a Qinghe County and enable herdsmen in the county to settle down. "
Listening to Liu Tingen's introduction, Guo Yang frowned. The local development of herdsmen is not good news for Jiahe.
"Then will the local government give the land to Jiahe?"
"There are tens of millions of acres of Gobi grassland in and around the Asafoetida Gobi. The Asafoetida Irrigation District planned by Qinghe County only covers an area of 300,000 acres including towns. .
The land given to Jiahe is definitely enough, but the soil is worse and there are more rocks, making it more difficult to develop."
Liu Ting'en said teasingly: "Isn't this what you want. ?”
Guo Yang smiled, “That’s really okay.”
Liu Tingen pursed his lips, "It is estimated that the water diversion project in Qinghe County will not start for another two years. Jiahe has confirmed that it will be taken. It is best to communicate in advance, especially the water diversion canal. The current design is based on 300,000 acres."
Xiang Tianshan also looked away from the map and asked: "It has been planned and designed for 10 years, and there are still two years to start construction?"
Jiahe is going to settle in the Awei Desert. Naturally, the sooner the water source problem is solved, the better.
Liu Ting'en secretly despised it, Jiahe is really a big dog, isn't this the obvious reason?
“Qinghe Finance has no money, and the county’s fiscal revenue last year was less than 7 million yuan.”
Guo Yang was surprised, 7 million?
So few?
Not even a fraction of alfalfa can catch up.
“Hey, although they are poor, the Qinghe people have never been deterred. Without the source of national project funds, they have been planning to dig holes through the mountains and send the water pines from the Qinggri River to the Asafoetida Gobi. "
"Due to the lack of water in the pastures in Qinghe County, the vast majority of herdsmen live a life driven by water. In the heavy snowstorm last year, more than 3,800 livestock died in Qinghe County, causing heavy losses. .”
After learning about the situation in Qinghe County, Guo Yang could only lament that life was indeed not easy for the people in the border areas.
Only by showing the courage of Foolish Old Man to move mountains can we change the world.
In the next day or two, Guo Yang and others wandered around the Awei Desert.
At the same time, the design and planning team of Agricultural University also followed.
Animal husbandry is the leading industry in Qinghe County, which is located between National Highway 216 and the border line, bordering Mongolia.
Grassland degradation is the most serious problem facing Qinghe County, and the Asafoetida Gobi is also facing the risk of severe desertification.
The main reasons are overloaded livestock and locust and rat infestations.
No wonder Qinghe County wants to encourage herdsmen to settle down. After they settle down, they can use grass to raise livestock and develop artificial forage bases.
This is good for Jiahe.
When walking around the vast Gobi Desert, the seemingly barren Gobi Desert can often bring surprises to people.
In addition to picking up all kinds of strange stones, Liu Ting'en also introduced everyone to many rare plants.
Chinese medicines such as ephedra, licorice, rue, and asafoetida...
As the saying goes, "Gold is as pure as gold, and no one is perfect."
Another saying: "Gold is not fake, but asafoetida is not real."
It is enough to explain the rarity of asafoetida treasures.
But Liu Ting'en focused on introducing Asafoetida, a specialty fungus in the desert area of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Province.
Crispy, tender and delicious, with a rich aroma, it is known as grassland porcini mushrooms, among which the asafoetida in Qinghe County is the most famous.
Because of its medicinal properties such as digestion, anti-virus, and treatment of meat diseases, it is praised by the local people as the Tianshan God Mushroom and Western White Ganoderma lucidum.
It’s very suspenseful to say.
Guo Yang and Luo Xiu searched in the Gobi for a long time, but couldn't find it.
"The time for picking asafoetida has passed, and due to over-picking and trampling by livestock, the number of wild asafoetida is gradually decreasing."
Liu Ting'en said with a smile, his expression still very proud.
Xiang Tianshan couldn't bear to see him like this, "Boss, the Biological Desert Soil Research Institute artificially domesticated Asafoetida in the 1980s. Go back and get it from him directly."
"Hey, You old thief, you are always thinking about this thing of mine. This thing is much more expensive than ordinary shiitake mushrooms and enoki mushrooms."
"I am doing this to give you face, but I still dislike it when others give it to me. ”
We joked for a while, and after two days of exploration, we basically understood the situation in Asafoetida Gobi.
The planning team of Agricultural University is busy sorting out a draft.
Guo Yang also took this opportunity to visit other places in Qinghe County to understand the economic development.
This is when I discovered that besides the Asafoetida Gobi, Qinghe County is also a unique tourist city.
The scenery in the county is beautiful and colorful, with beautiful mountains and clear waters,
The mysterious and legendary three Haizi stone curtains, the fascinating Burgen Beaver Nature Reserve;
The magical and magnificent rainy season waterfalls, the golden birch forest in the afterglow of the sunset,
The Qinggri River gurgling in the dense forest, the unpredictable Taochagan Gol Lake, the wild ducks and swans playing in the lake, the green grass on the lakeside;
The sun-blocking pine trees The cedars, the refreshing fragrance of tea wafting out of the yurt, the smoke rising in the distance, and the rich Kazakh customs all form a beautiful picture of "green mountains across the north and white water around the east city". Looking at these beautiful pictures, Guo Yang immediately thought of the future development direction.
Isn’t this the best location for the development of organic agriculture?
It has a vast territory, rich land resources, no industrial enterprises, no pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
The atmosphere, water and soil are almost still a pollution-free pure land.
In this era of increasingly serious food safety issues, plant and animal resources far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Qingger cashmere goat, cultivation of asafoetida, cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials, organic beef cattle, red deer, wild ass, goose-throated antelope, snow leopard, beaver...
For Jiahe, which aims to restore the natural environment, it is a perfect fit.
Guo Yang also had no intention of playing.
The relevant plans were adjusted with the team from Agricultural University.
Qinghe County, the government seat.
When they learned that Jiahe Group was coming to Qinghe County to invest in agriculture, the county party committee and government were very confused.
Many people don't even know the origin of Jiahe.
I hurriedly checked the information, and the county organized negotiations at an unprecedented speed.
After reading Jiahe’s simply drawn up investment plan, county party committee leader Hou Zhenpeng and others looked at each other in astonishment.
Is this pie in the sky?
Or a trap?
Hou Zhenpeng sat up straight, and the conference room fell silent, "Mr. Guo, the Qinghe family is a small business and can't provide much policy support."
"And with so much land, we need superior leaders and G "
Guo Yang smiled and said: "Secretary Hou, Jiahe mainly values Qinghe's natural resource conditions, vast pastures, more agricultural land, rich biological resources, and excellent light. Conditions.
And most importantly, the Asafoetida Gobi is a piece of pure land that is not polluted, which is very conducive to the development of characteristic agriculture, green agriculture and pollution-free agriculture.”
People from the county committee are here. think.
They didn't expect that what they considered a poor natural environment would become an advantage in Jiahe's eyes.
Hou Zhenpeng’s spirit is tense, and Qinghe people never lack the courage, courage and skills to face difficulties head-on.
However, the remote geographical location, low quality of the population, and lack of talents have always restricted the development of local businesses.
Being able to introduce a nationally renowned enterprise like Jiahe will undoubtedly drive the development of Qinghe.
After finishing his words, Hou Zhenpeng said:
"The biggest goal of Qinghe at this stage is to realize the settlement of herdsmen. Only by settling down can we have the ability to withstand natural disasters and get rid of poverty and become rich.
The 300,000 acres of feed grassland in the Asafoetida Irrigation District that can produce stable and high yields is The core key to completely solving the large-scale settlement of herdsmen in the county,
Therefore, the best land in Qinghe must be reserved for the Qinghe people.”
Guo Yang naturally understands this. Once the herdsmen settled down, they naturally had to solve the problem of survival.
Recalling the thoughts he had compiled these days, Guo Yang said:
"The main target of Jiahe is the shallow soil, desert and severely salinized land around the Asafoetida Gobi;
The 300,000 acres of high-quality wasteland in the Asafoetida Irrigation District still belongs to the Qinghe people, but after development, it will also The contiguous land that is willing to be contracted can be leased to Jiahe. ”
Based on the number of existing herder households, each household can be allocated 11 to 12 acres of land.
Based on the rent of 200-300 yuan per mu, the annual rental income of each household can be about two to three thousand yuan.
In 2002, the per capita annual income in rural Qinghe was only about 2,200 yuan.
Hou Zhenpeng also nodded, "That's no problem."
Guo Yang said: "Jiahe plans to build an organic agricultural product base in Qinghe, and the use of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides must be prohibited in agricultural production in the region."
Guo Yang's decisive voice echoed in the conference room, followed by silence.
After a while.
Wang Hongyuan, director of the Qinghe County Agricultural Bureau, said: "Without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, food cannot be grown. What will the people eat?"
Guo Yang said: "The soil is heavily saline and alkaline and has low fertility. We can promote easy agricultural technologies such as grassland rotation, planting alfalfa, pressing green manure, and increasing the application of farmyard manure.
In terms of pests and diseases, Jiahe Group can offer low prices Provide botanical pesticides, and use biochemicals to control pests and diseases on the grassland;
In addition, I suggest that Qinghe County can also use Jiahe as a leader to build a region-wide organic agricultural product base.”
Guo Yang tried his best to express himself clearly, while also observing everyone's reactions.
It can be seen that the leadership team of Qinghe County is very confused.
On the one hand, there is the strong desire to get rid of poverty and become rich and fight against natural disasters. On the other hand, is organic farming really feasible?
Within the entire county, Jiahe really dares to think.
Guo Yang decided to add fuel to the fire and get the cows out first.
“Jiahe plans to invest 3 billion in five years to open up millions of acres of cultivated land and build an organic agricultural product base.
In terms of sales channels, Jiahe has also accumulated some experience and is preparing for Fresh food supermarkets are established in major cities.”
3 billion?
Qinghe’s leadership team was shocked.
Although I feel that Jiahe is bragging somewhat.
But no matter how much it shrinks, it is still a massive investment in Qinghe County.
Regardless of being particular, the Qinghe County Committee began to communicate in a low voice.
Guo Yang is not entirely false.
Qinghe County has abundant water resources, excellent livestock breeds, a vast territory, and rare and unique products. At the same time, desertification of pastures and salinization of cultivated land are serious.
Invest here,
Seed stores can not only accumulate a lot of natural energy,
but also gain large tracts of land.
If the Qinghe County Government agrees to use Jiahe as the leader to build an organic agricultural product base within the county.
Guo Yang can use the seed store to improve local rare products.
Natural energy + premium varieties + organic products, coupled with the sales channels established by Jiahe in various places, sales will be worry-free.
At the same time, high-quality organic agricultural products can also offset expensive transportation costs.
Just like this, Jiahe’s loan and financing plan must be launched
(End of this chapter)