Chapter 328 Fallow
In mid-October, Jiuquan can already feel a slight chill.
The temperature will only be lower at night in the desert.
Fortunately, the northern and southern lines of the scientific expedition team have completed the rendezvous and arrived at Lop Nur.
In fact, the scientific expedition team had no original plan to inspect Lop Nur. This was Jiahe's request. It is a pity that so many experts do not take advantage of it.
After learning about the traces of the scientific expedition team, Guo Yang sorted out what happened during this period and prepared to go to the countryside again.
I can't sit still in the office and always want to burrow into the ground. I just feel that this way I will feel more comfortable.
And in the harvest season, when faced with words and data, there is always a lack of charm.
But before that, Guo Yang had to go to the city government. Qin Lijun informed Dunhuang that the West Lake project had a preliminary conclusion.
After arriving at the administrative building parking lot, Guo Yang and Luo Xiu each carried a few boxes of kenaf tea and then went upstairs.
Luo Xiu was responsible for delivering gifts to various offices, while Guo Yang went straight to see Qin Lijun and placed two boxes of kenaf tea on the table.
Qin Lijun had a straight face and criticized: "Every time you make such a big show, the impact is very bad!"
"It's just some tea leaves. What's the matter? Besides, which cadre can handle it? Can't afford such a temptation?"
"You..." Qin Lijun was speechless for a moment, and simply waved his hand, "I won't do it again!"
Guo Yang smiled, "Oh, it's not like sugar coating. Cannonball.”
Qin Lijun didn't want to get entangled and simply got down to business, "The approval has been received. The West Lake Wetland can be leased to Jiahe, but the West Lake Management Bureau must participate in the management of the protected area."
This should be a supervision method, leaving Jiahe alone No matter how good your reputation is and how strong your strength is, this kind of thing is inevitable.
After all, it is a national nature reserve, involving the ecological security of a county-level city and several key scenic spots.
Fortunately, there are not many people in the West Lake Management Bureau, and they are all people who do practical things.
"Okay, boss, Jiahe accepts this condition. How to calculate the rental fee? Is there any conclusion?"
"How much do you think is appropriate?"
"It doesn't count if I say it."
"Just say it if you want."
"If you ask me to say that the rent is a nominal fee, Just one yuan.”
“That’s one yuan.”
"It's really only 1 yuan. The total area of the West Lake Wetland is only 660,000 hectares. Your rent this year is less than 10 million yuan?"
Qin Lijun shook his head and said seriously: "It's not 1 yuan. /mu, the total is only 1 yuan."
Guo Yang, who was drinking tea, almost choked, "Boss, are you kidding me?"
"You think I'm joking. Does it look like that? The rent is just symbolic."
Qin Lijun put away the red maple tea and said: "The Forestry Department has given little financial support to the West Lake Management Bureau, and there are only a few guns in total. , Jiahe is willing to invest money in the ecological management of the reserve, which naturally requires strong support. ”
"But Jiahede really does this. We don't want to engage in tourism development before the environment is improved."
"Absolutely no problem." Guo Yang said with a smile. He had no intention of getting rich from this.
Qin Lijun suddenly asked: "Do you know what the superiors said about Jiahe?"
"Why, the province still wants to award me an environmental guardian medal?"
"Hey, you kid, you will definitely get a prize, but it has nothing to do with it. Nowadays, various cities and counties are spreading rumors that Jiahe people are stupid and rich." Qin Lijun said with a smile: "There must be a lot of people coming to Jiahela to invest during this period."
"Really not."
"This matter hasn't spread yet, it should be coming soon."
"That's a coincidence, I happen to be going to the countryside these days. I don’t even know where to go.”
“You are really good at hiding.” Qin Lijun was stunned, and then said, “Are you going to the Golden Pagoda later? If you go, you won't have to look for Mr. Xie. He seems to be very busy at this time."
Can you not be busy? Alfalfa orders from Saudi Arabia and island countries combined exceed 1.3 million tons.
Alfalfa does not have this supply capacity. Although the alfalfa industry cluster in the Hexi Corridor has been formed, it still needs to communicate with units such as Huihuang and Oasis.
Xie Shijie is in charge of the whole thing.
Guo Yang's original route was to go to the countryside and head west, directly to Dunhuang, waiting for Lian Cun and others to return.
But Qin Lijun said this, and he naturally agreed.
A lot of people participated in the survey, including Qin Lijun, Lu Yilin from the Municipal Agriculture and Forestry Bureau and others.
The main purpose is also to see the autumn harvest.
Along the way, you can often see peppers and corns drying in the Gobi. The various harvest scenes are really refreshing. It is no wonder that Qin Lijun chose this time to go to the countryside for research and write news.
Some of the land that was harvested early has been used by farmers to plant vegetables, but Jiahe’s soybean and corn fields have chosen to remain fallow.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yilin, director of the Municipal Agriculture and Forestry Bureau who went to the countryside together, felt very sorry.
“In fact, the market for winter vegetables has been good in the past two years. If you plant more varieties in one season, the benefits should be good.”
Sowing a season of staple grains in early spring and planting a season of vegetables in autumn is a planting technique that Jiuquan has only mastered in the past decade or so, and can increase a lot of income.
As a result, it was widely adopted by local farmers, but Lu Yilin did not expect that Jiahe would completely abandon this practice.
Guo Yang said with a smile: "Most winter vegetables are not suitable for mechanization. The most vegetables grown in Jiahe can break even."
"But the revenue data is beautiful!"
"Jiahe is not a listed company, so we don't pay attention to these things." Guo Yang said with a smile.
Qin Lijun also interjected: "The price of vegetables in the winter of these two years is indeed not cheap, and the people's vegetable baskets are also very important."
"If vegetables are grown on the hundreds of thousands acres of land in Jiahe, there will be a surplus by then. Farmers will suffer, just like the corn problem some time ago.”
“Hasn’t the problem of corn been solved?”
“But there is still a surplus, and the corn production in the United States will always recover. What will happen then?”
“Isn’t there still bioenergy?”
"That's because oil prices are high. If oil prices fall to 20 US dollars per barrel, will countries continue to expand production capacity like this?"
"Mr. Guo means that oil prices will fall?"
"That's for sure." Guo Yang thought of the Arab inspection team that he couldn't leave soon. Once the price of crude oil drops, some small Gulf countries will fall into crisis. At that time, it will be an opportunity for Jiahe to quickly acquire and expand in the Middle East.
Lu Yilin said: "I just see such a large piece of land being left uncultivated, and I feel it is a pity."
In China, many people do leave the land unexplored, Guo Yang thought There was a piece of wasteland next to the community where I lived in my previous life. It didn't take long for the nearby residents to plant various vegetables. The plots were also divided into extremely small, yet distinct areas.
Even when many people go abroad, they are used to growing various vegetables in their gardens.
In recent years, due to the migration of labor force into cities, the phenomenon of rural abandonment has increased and has attracted widespread attention from society.
Some people cried out that they were heartbroken!
The Agriculture and Forestry Bureau naturally faces more pressure in this regard.
Guo Yang mused: "More than ten years ago, when there was a surplus of international agricultural products, the European Union introduced an interesting land policy, stipulating that farmers must set aside 10% of their cultivated land fallow every year."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Yes." Guo Yang said: "At that time, agricultural product trade conflicts broke out in the EU, ASEAN, island countries, the United States, and Canada for a long time because of excess. ”
“The EU’s fallow land also has this consideration. Later, the soil became better, technology progressed, and the crop yields became higher and higher, and then there was a surplus. Coinciding with the rise in crude oil prices, the EU also accelerated the development of biotechnology. Energy. "
Qin Lijun said: "Once crude oil falls, or there is another breakthrough, will there still be a surplus? "
Domestic crop yields will still be there in the next few years. A step-by-step promotion.
Currently, Tianyu 1 and Tiandou 1 account for 40% to 50% of the sown area. When upgraded varieties from Tianhe and other companies are promoted, the output will increase significantly.
Once the global food crisis passes next year, it will be difficult to say what the future will bring.
“Yes, fallowing is actually to avoid excess.” Guo Yang said: “Actually, the land that should be left fallowing is the ecologically degraded land.”
“Fallowing can not only restore the fertility of the land , and can also reduce the extraction of groundwater, which is actually an important way to prevent soil desertification and salinization.”
“In the past, cultivated land was used to the extreme because there was insufficient land and the country also needed to ensure food security. But in a few years, the country will soon have the conditions for fallow farming.”
"The city can try to promote a pilot project. Seasonal fallow can be allowed at the beginning, and severely degraded areas can be left fallow for one year. If this is completed, it is likely to become a model project in the country."
Northwestern Drought Shortage Water, soil desertification, and salinization are serious. If it can be left fallow properly, the value it will bring to the restoration of the ecological environment is immeasurable.
It will definitely become a highlight.
Because Guo Yang knew that more than ten years later, pilot projects of the fallow system were implemented in the Xiongan New Area and the Tarim River Basin.
But that is because groundwater has been over-exploited and the ecological environment has deteriorated to the point where it has to be rectified, and it is forced to remain fallow.
But now that the fallow pilot is being proposed, it is an active fallow, and its meaning is obviously different.
Qin Lijun is also very excited. He is a new official and is worried about how to make some highlights!
"Can domestic grain production really reach that level?"
"No problem. Even if it cannot be reached, it will not affect the progress of fallow farming. I can't walk on this road now. Hundreds of times, there are countless low-yield fields along the way, but farmers are still exploiting the soil. Even if they plant green manure for a season, they must cut pasture instead of returning the land to fertile land. "
Qin Lijun asked: "What about fallow land? Do?”
Guo Yang pondered: "During the seasonal fallow period, farmers are supported to plant green manure crops such as alfalfa and rapeseed without watering or harvesting. They plow directly into the fields before planting the next crop to reduce surface exposure and improve soil fertility.
< br>Every farmer who undertakes the fallow task will receive a certain financial subsidy as long as it is implemented in accordance with the regulations. "
Qin Lijun and Lu Yilin both fell into a long test.
Because of the existence of Tuolai River, the farmland irrigation conditions in Suzhou and Jinta are relatively good.
However, due to the construction of the Yuanyang Lake Reservoir in the lower reaches of the Tuolai River, the desert in the north has invaded severely.
Although ecological water has been released from the reservoir a few years ago, it is still not enough. If seasonal fallow can be achieved, more water sources will be available.
The only trouble is finances. Lu Yilin said: "Jiahe's saline-alkali land management effect is good, which is also closely related to Jiahe's regular return of green manure to fields and fallow."
Qin Lijun was surprised: "Is there another reason?"< br>
“It has a lot to do with it.” Guo Yang said with a smile: “Alfalfa has accumulated experience in the past few years. When green manure was returned to the fields, especially the saline-alkali land where Alfalfa No. 1 was returned, the soil fertility and properties were completely different. Same.”
Lu Yilin echoed: "Just like Tianhe's 200,000 acres of corn seed production land, Alfalfa No. 1 was returned to the field, and then left fallow for a winter. The yield is not low this year, isn't it, Mr. Guo?"
" The average yield per mu is no less than 3,500 kilograms, and some plots can reach more than 4,000 kilograms. "
"So high?" Although Qin Lijun doesn't understand agriculture, he also knows some general data. The yield per mu is 3,500 kilograms. It is absolutely super productive.
“Yes.”
“This is still a seed production field.” Lu Yilin said: “After three to five years of implementation of fallow, it may actually be beneficial to increase the total output.”
"Lao Lu, do you also support fallow farming?"
"Well...if it can be promoted, it will be very beneficial to the ecological mission goals of the 11th Five-Year Plan, and may even attract the attention of the top management, although the pressure will also be very high. "Big."
"That's support?" Qin Lijun looked at Lu Yilin sharply.
Unlike Qin Lijun, Lu Yilin is considered a local leader. His subordinates are very familiar with the state-owned farms, large growers, and oasis towns in Jiuquan.
If he and Qin Lijun stood together, the result would be completely different.
The 11th Five-Year Plan is indeed quite tempting!
Guo Yang said at this time: "I can also go to the Farming Protection Center to give some advice and strive to become a national-level pilot project."
Lu Yilin pondered for a while and said: "That's okay The pilot project is in Dunhuang, Yumen, and Guazhou. There are also a lot of saline-alkali cultivated lands there. "What a coincidence," Qin Lijun said with a smile, "It just happens to be able to support Jiahe's development in Dunhuang West Lake." >
A verbal agreement on fallow has been initially reached.
Jiahe went to the Hegeng Conservation Center in advance to discuss high-level project pilots. The fallow water conservation in Dunhuang and Yumen will also help protect the West Lake wetland.
Lu Yilin of the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau is responsible for sorting out project information and filing applications at all levels.
Qin Lijun is responsible for raising money. If the source of subsidy funds can be found this month, one or two pilot projects may be launched this year.
If this thing is done well and promoted across the country, it will be of great help to the future of both of them.
After the site investigation of Jiahe was completed, Qin Lijun took people to the next location, and Guo Yang was also planning to return to the city to visit the corn seed production factory.
However, when passing by the grain and oil processing factory, Guo Yang saw many vehicles in the factory area, so he asked Luo Xiu to drive in and take a look around.
I happened to see a rather familiar figure, it was the cooperative that was selling grain last time, standing next to the grain truck.
“Stop for a moment.”
Pushing down the car window, the man also looked over. Guo Yang joked: “Come to sell grain. Have the prices of grain gone up?”
Zhang Quan reacted quickly, took out a cigarette and handed it over, "Oh, it's gone up, it's gone up. I have to thank the boss for his advice last time. If I sell it, it will be a big loss."
"I don't smoke." Guo Yang didn't answer and said, "In fact, corn may rise in the future."
"No wait, this year's grain output is so high that the cooperative's warehouse will soon be overstocked. Please replace it as soon as possible." I feel at ease with my money.”
“Oh, it looks like I’ve made a lot of money!”
“Haha, it’s not bad. The land of just over 6,000 acres has yielded nearly 20 million kilograms of corn this year. . ”
“That’s a lot. It’s worth over 12 million. Your skills are not bad.” Guo Yang praised that the golden age of big growers has arrived.
In recent years, those who have gone to the Northwest to farm land have basically made a fortune. Unfortunately, they were too young in their previous life and did not graduate in time. When they reached that age, they entered the Age of Ending Dharma again.
He actually misses the days of farming. Maybe he is still farming before time travel. Is it possible to write online articles?
I just walked around the factory and saw that there was no problem, so I left.
He is busy during this period, so he will not cause trouble.
It took another half an hour to arrive at Tianhe’s seed production factory.
It was the same busy scene, with long lines of tractors, small trucks, and agricultural vehicles, and mountains of corn. Unlike the grain and oil processing factory, the corn here was not threshed.
Fengkai’s seed corn harvester has been designed, but it cannot directly thresh the corn cobs, and some damage will occur even when harvesting the corn cobs.
But it is better than breaking off ears one by one manually. How many people would it take to produce 200,000 acres of corn by Tianhe?
It's a little damaged, but being more careful during the subsequent screening can also have a certain effect.
It doesn’t matter how good Tianhe’s seed production is, but under the leadership of Yan Qun, it has been very stable.
The seed production line has also been strengthened, and it is basically difficult to have problems. Guo Yang made a low-key inspection and returned to the company.
…
Early the next morning, two cars set off from Jiuquan to Dunhuang. Guo Yang took Niu Hulin from the Alfalfa Engineering Department, Bi Qiang and others from the Tianhe Academy of Sciences.
Along the way, the desolate Gobi and harvest scenes alternated, but the majority of the land was yellow.
This time, Guo Yang changed his route. He had two principles. One was to walk along the state-owned farm, and the other was to walk along the Shule River.
We passed through Laojunmiao Oil Farm, Huanghua Farm, and Yinma Farm in Yumen before arriving at the key water conservancy hub on the Shule River: Shuangta Reservoir.
The lower reaches are the seasonal river section of the Shule River, which is basically the junction of Guazhou and Yumen.
There are also several state-owned farms in Guazhou downstream of Shuangta Reservoir, including Xiaowan Farm, Sigong Farm and Xihu Farm.
The West Lake Farm is basically at the junction with Dunhuang. It is the last agricultural area on the Shule River. It is located in the northeast of Dunhuang City and the west of Guazhou County. Along the ancient river channel is the West Lake Wetland.
This is also the most remote farm in Long Province. Coming here, Guo Yang seemed to know what it was like in the 1970s and 1980s.
There are dirt roads with big pits and small pits, old mud houses, and many dilapidated houses. In addition, firewood and grass are piled up in disorder. The first impression is visual poverty.
The 12,000 acres of farm land are also very scattered, and "chicken coop fields" are common, just like in rural areas.
The Shule River here has long dried up, making it difficult for farm workers to secure basic living water.
Don’t even think about underground water sources.
The car circled around the farm until it found a pool of waterlogged dam water.
Guo Yang never expected that there would be such a difficult state-owned farm. Just one water problem would exceed the first salt-alkali flat that Alfalfa conquered.
It would be easy to say that this is the West Lake Wetland Reserve, or even an ordinary farm, but this is a farm under the Agricultural Reclamation Corporation.
The agricultural reform of this period has not yet begun. Guo Yang knew that there were many problems, but he did not expect them to be so serious.
Oh, this is also a salt-alkali flat.
On the edge of the farm and on both sides of the lower reaches of the ancient river, there are large areas of saline-alkali wasteland and saline-alkali grassland.
Even looking at it from a satellite map, it's all white.
After coming out of West Lake Farm, Guo Yang still didn’t feel relieved.
It wasn’t until I entered Dunhuang and saw the neat grid fields on the Dunhuang farm, which were also white, but made of snow-white cotton, that I felt comfortable.
Even Bi Qiang also sighed.
“The gap is really big!”
"Dunhuang Farm mainly relies on water from the Dang River. Although it is also located downstream of the Dang River, it is not far away and the water source is more reliable."
Niu Hulin said at this time: "When I investigated before, I heard that People say that West Lake Farm, Huangdun Farm, and another farm merged to form Dunhuang Farm, and West Lake Farm is also managed by Dunhuang Farm."
"Are you sure?"
"That should be true. "
Guo Yang smiled and said: "That would be a lot more convenient. I met Secretary Wang Zhong of Dunhuang Farm last time and we reached cooperation on water-saving drip irrigation. "
Bi Qiang thought of the terrifying salt-alkali grass shoal and said: "The Shule River water will flow to the West Lake Wetland. Will that saline-alkali shoal also have to be conquered?"
"It is inevitable, not just there, The salt marsh marshes on both sides of the river from the West Lake Wetland to the West Lake Farm are the targets of treatment.”
“If the follow-up situation is good, the salt marsh marsh west of Guazhou and downstream of the Yulin River will also be a future target. ”
Bi Qiang, who has always been confident, felt his scalp numb. This difficulty was not at all difficult. Even Niu Hulin was a little timid.
The salt marsh west of Guazhou is too big. Fortunately, they didn't start at the same time, otherwise they might have run away with the bucket.
Niu Hulin said: "There must be water! There are springs gushing out in the wetland, but there is no saline-alkali grass beach in the West Lake Farm."
Guo Yang said: "There is always a way for water, Shuangta Reservoir and I will be responsible for the ecological water transfer of Danghe River.
We have just reached an agreement with the city today to promote land fallow, add water-saving irrigation, and allocate water sources. This multi-pronged approach can at least ensure that water reaches us. Xihu Farm. "
"The mission of the Engineering Department is planning, construction, and maintenance, and the mission of Tianhe Academy of Sciences is to breed plants that are drought-tolerant and salt-alkali-resistant and can conserve water sources."
Bi Qiang asked. Said: "Can it be achieved by leaving it fallow?"
"It will definitely work!"
Guo Yang actually can't guarantee it in his heart. If he wants to achieve the expected results of fallow farming, the state-owned farm of agricultural reclamation must take the lead.
This involves millions of acres of land and tens of thousands of employees!
But we must not retreat at this time.
Jiahe poured a lot of projects and money into the land to provide livelihoods for employees. Those who made money went to the city to buy houses and left the farm.
The fertility of the land on the farm slowly recovered after being left fallow, and leasing it to Jiahe could also generate rental income.
This is Guo Yang’s initial idea, at least it is definitely feasible at West Lake Farm.
But it still needs approval from the top management of the agricultural reclamation and the province. Even the agricultural reclamation corporation needs to find someone to coordinate and communicate.
You can only take one step at a time.
After entering the city, the group found a place to eat and rest for the night.
Lian Cun and others finally returned the next day, bringing with them the map, plant specimens, seeds, etc. It could be said that they had gained a lot.
(End of this chapter)