Chapter 244 Qinghe
Qinghe County has long and cold winters but cool summers. Qinggeli River means beautiful and clear , the water of this river flows across the Kadanxuntuo Mountains, irrigating the newly reclaimed land.
On the two million mu of Gobi Desert, the leveling of wasteland is still ongoing, and some land has been reclaimed.
Large mechanical equipment such as excavators, bulldozers, stone pickers, and deep tillers roared on the wasteland.
Digging stones, filling trenches, digging ditches, and plowing the land took more than half a year to finally level this wasteland.
Hou Zhenpeng, a senior official in Qinghe County, was undoubtedly extremely excited when he saw this scene.
Qinghe County is remote, poor and lacks talent, but it has never lacked the courage to face difficulties.
The people of Qinghe have been preparing for the development of the Awei Irrigation District for ten years, but due to economic conditions, construction has been delayed.
It turns out that if you stand on the mountain here and look into the distance, you can only see rocks all over the ground below the mountain, a bare patch with only a few crooked trees swaying in the wind.
Anyone who sees this will wonder, "What can you grow here with rocks all over the ground and strong winds all year round?"
Now, Golden Harvest Group has only been here for less than a year, and everything has changed.
Looking at the endless fields, Hou Zhenpeng said: "Mr. Guo, thank you Jiahe for choosing Qinghe County!"
Guo Yang smiled and said, "Secretary Hou, Jiahe also wants to thank the Qinghe County Party Committee for its strong support. Without your early water diversion planning, Jiahe would not have been able to complete the water diversion project so quickly."
Hou Zhenpeng waved his hands with a smile.
The plan to dig a hole through the mountain to divert water was indeed already made by the county committee, but Jiahe did not take on the investment of million yuan.
The project cannot possibly progress so quickly, and the water from the Qinggeli River cannot flow over.
Guo Yang pointed to the best piece of wasteland in the distance, where the sparse vegetation was still clearly visible.
"Secretary Hou, how is the settlement of the Qinghe herders going?"
The two million acres of Gobi Desert acquired by Jiahe are mainly shallow soil, desert and severely salinized land, but in fact, there are 30 acres of high-quality wasteland in the Asafoetida Gobi Desert.
But these wastelands were left for local herdsmen to settle down, which was also the original plan of the Qinghe County Party Committee to reclaim the Asafetida Irrigation Area.
Hou Zhenpeng looked a little embarrassed. "It is still under planning. The town construction plan has not been approved yet."
Guo Yang asked: "Then these 30 mu of wasteland can be reclaimed first. Then they can be contracted to Qinghe Agriculture for one or two years to grow alfalfa, and the soil will be more fertile."
"No money."
When talking about being poor, Hou Zhenpeng was very open about it and did not hide it at all.
Qinghe is financially poor, and this is a fact that there is no need to hide.
On the contrary, it was the slow work efficiency that concerned Hou Zhenpeng more, as Jiahe's efficiency was indeed too fast.
Just looking at the thousands of large machines makes people excited. It seems that they are not engaged in agriculture, but rather in various large-scale infrastructure construction.
Guo Yang thought for a moment, then looked at Xiang Tianshan, whose face was dark red, and said, "Old Xiang, how long will it take for us to develop our wasteland?"
Xiang Tianshan said without hesitation: "Except for the areas that need to change the soil, the rest of the areas will be able to complete the sowing by mid-June."
Guo Yang thought that the salinization of the Ferula Gobi Desert was actually quite serious.
The same is true of the 30 acres of wasteland left to the people of Qinghe, where the soil is heavily salinized and has low fertility.
According to Jiahe's improvement plan, the soil will be improved by adopting methods such as grass-field rotation, planting alfalfa, pressing green manure, and applying organic fertilizer.
Of course, the earlier the better.
After a moment of silence, Guo Yang said, "Secretary Hou, is it possible to contract these 30 mu of land to Qinghe Agriculture first?"
Hou Zhenpeng shook his head and said, "This is for the herdsmen."
Guo Yang did not force it, but now that water had arrived, areas far from the water source were developed, while areas closer to the water source were still left barren.
It always feels weird.
The group walked down the mountain.
In addition to diverting water, Qinghe Agriculture has also dug a number of wells on the barren rocky beaches, mainly for domestic water use.
However, the rocky beach is different from the flat land, and the process of digging a well is also bumpy and difficult.
Xiang Tianshan said: "Water came out of the well only when the drill bit reached 100 meters underground. It took nearly half a year to drill this well, and 240 to drill bits were worn out. In the end, the well was drilled to a depth of meters."
"In addition to irrigation, wind protection is also a top priority. We have made some preliminary plans based on the terrain, wind direction and tree characteristics."
"There are strong winds at the foot of the mountain, and the sycamore trees are tall. We plan to plant a sycamore forest near the mountain to weaken the mountain wind and provide a favorable growth environment for crops in the fields."
"In order to withstand strong winds, when planting trees, we reduce the gaps between trees, increase the density of the forest, and grow them in clusters, thus naturally forming a windbreak..."
Guo Yang listened to Xiang Tianshan's narration and learned about the changes that had taken place in the Asafetida Gobi Desert in less than a year.
The investment in transforming the Ferula Gobi Desert is very high. Including sowing, the investment per mu reaches 1500 yuan, and the area that needs soil replacement will only be higher.
The investment required for 200 million acres exceeds 30 billion yuan, which is also the highest investment made by Jiahe to date.
It is also the most low-key investment.
Qinghe is a place that has never attracted much attention, and the Asafoetida Gobi Desert is hidden on the other side of the Kadanxuntuo Mountains, where few people go.
This is a forgotten land.
Media coverage was minimal.
Fortunately, not much attention has been paid to it. After all, this is an investment that will lose money no matter how you calculate it.
If the outside world knew about this, who knows what they would say about Jiahe, saying that they were taken advantage of? Or maybe they had some unspeakable secret.
Hou Zhenpeng and other members of the county party committee leadership did not stay on the project for long.
In fact, Guo Yang did not take the initiative to make an appointment with Hou Zhenpeng, but they heard about it themselves and then came to him.
After he came, he didn't say anything. He just showed up, had a brief conversation for a while, and then left.
This was the first time that Guo Yang encountered a leadership team with such a humble attitude. Even in his hometown of Minqin, the leaders always smiled at him.
But they still speak in an official tone, as if they are always superior to others.
Hou Zhenpeng did not give him that feeling.
the other side.
Wang Hongyuan, director of the Qinghe County Agricultural Bureau, said to Hou Zhenpeng, "Secretary, I will ask Jiahe for the cashmere goat and beef cattle breeding projects."
Hou Zhenpeng shook his head, "Forget it."
Wang Hongyuan said, "What about the asafoetida? Jiahe was talking about investing last year."
Hou Zhenpeng said: "The scale of the Ferula mushroom has expanded too fast in the past two years, and the market has become worse and worse. I think Jiahe has noticed this and did not rush into it."
In the first one or two years of cultivation, the price of Pleurotus ferulae reached a sky-high price of 180 yuan per kilogram.
At the most exaggerated time, if you wanted to buy asafoetida mushrooms, you had to get a "note" from Hou Zhenpeng.
The year before last, the price was around 25 yuan per kilogram, and last year the lowest was 15 yuan per kilogram. But so far this year, it has only been 6 to 7 yuan per kilogram.
If the price does not improve in the next few months, some new mushroom farmers may still suffer losses.
“The county should figure out a way to get the organic agricultural product certification as soon as possible.”
After pondering for a moment, Hou Zhenpeng looked at the still busy figures outside the car window and sighed.
"Jiahe has done more." "Now we should think about how to retain Jiahe and let them create more jobs."
Qinghe County is a remote, poor and remote area with a small population. In the past year, the export of surplus rural labor has become a highlight in increasing farmers' and herdsmen's income.
Among them, Jiahe is the largest investor, and Hou Zhenpeng is very concerned about Jiahe's projects.
"Put down the whip and go out of the mountains to earn money" has become the slogan of many market-conscious villagers.
As far as he knows, there is a village with more than 90 laborers, all of whom work in the Asafetida Gobi Desert.
They either reclaimed farmland or built water conservancy projects, earning 600,000 to 700,000 yuan. If this data is expanded to the whole county, it would be 4,000 to 5,000 people and more than 20 million yuan.
In addition, various supplies and materials have also brought huge economic vitality to the local area.
From this perspective, Jiahe Group has done an impeccable job and has even been praised by its superiors many times.
However, as summer is approaching, the herders in the mountains are about to move from winter pastures to summer pastures.
This is the best time to settle the herders.
But Qinghe’s problem is not just that the wasteland in the Awei irrigation area has not been developed, but also that problems such as residents’ houses and breeding sheds have not been solved.
According to the opinions expressed by people in the county, almost all of them want Jiahe to continue investing and increase employment opportunities.
But Hou Zhenpeng was afraid that Jiahe would have objections because this was the only large enterprise that had settled in Qinghe, and the people of Qinghe had to cherish it, or hold on to it for a long time.
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The days of land reclamation are boring, especially in this uninhabited Gobi Desert.
It is impossible for Donghe Agricultural Machinery alone to reclaim two million acres of land, as it does not have that much machinery and manpower.
Therefore, as in the past, this time a farming team was introduced from outside to reclaim the land.
Hou Huaijie from Xinjiang Agricultural Reclamation has been working here for several months and feels that the bird under his crotch is about to rust.
He looked at several young men who were smoking. They were all on-site managers of Qinghe Agriculture, and some of them had only been working for one or two years.
But with an old hand like him, he can bring out even the youngest people.
"Brothers, let's go to the county tonight?"
"Going again?"
Hou Huaijie said with a smile: "What do you mean by going again? It has been half a month. It has not been easy for the brothers in this half month."
Li Chao frowned. After graduating from agricultural school, he came here because Qinghe was located in a remote area and the salary was high.
As for Awei, a farmer who came from an engineering background likes to take people to the city to wash their feet from time to time.
Li Chao said, "Hold on for a while longer and work harder. After we finish sowing the seeds, we'll go have some fun with President Xiang."
The other young men also looked at each other for a moment, "Yes, let's finish the work first!"
"Don't make any mistakes at the last minute."
"Especially you, Lao Hou, if your blade is broken, replace it quickly."
"You should go to the fields of Donghe Agricultural Machinery and learn from them. They pick up the stones cleanly and prepare the land well."
Several people raised some questions, and the atmosphere was frozen for a moment before someone broke the silence with a smile.
"Hahahaha... We charge by the acre, so we definitely want to do more, but you can rest assured about the quality, it will definitely be up to standard."
"We are not trying to be difficult. You have made a lot of money from the projects you have been doing during this period."
“It’s all hard-earned money.”
Although he said this, Hou Huaijie recalled the projects he had done for Jiahe in recent years.
From Jinta to Wuyuan, and then to Awei Gobi, Jiahe has inherited its consistent style in these projects.
The construction period is tight and the standards are high, and everyone from employees to bosses are squeezing the potential of the construction team.
But at the same time, I made a lot of money.
Each project made a lot of money, and the construction machinery also underwent a major upgrade.
Hou Huaijie was smoking a cigarette, and he saw several familiar figures from afar.
"Stop chatting, Mr. Xiang is here."
Several technicians from Qinghe Agriculture quickly stood up and turned their heads to look. It was indeed Xiang Tianshan, with two people beside him.
"Is that person next to you the chairman?"
"Fuck, it really is."
A group of people hurried over to greet them.
Xiang Tianshan said with an unhappy look on his face: "I asked you to keep an eye on the quality of the project, and you guys just get together to chat?"
Xiang Tianshan is still quite authoritative in the company. After all, the Qinghe team was built by him.
The atmosphere was a little tense. Seeing this, Hou Huaijie stood up.
"Lao Xiang, we have been working together for such a long time, when have we ever made any mistakes?"
"We have been working on this project for several months. We are familiar with the work and are familiar with the quality standards."
After saying that, Hou Huaijie immediately greeted Guo Yang, "Boss Guo, long time no see."
Guo Yang smiled. He still remembered Hou Huaijie and knew that Lao Xiang's reprimand was just for him.
"Boss Hou, is the Cheetah tractor easy to use?"
In the farmland, all the tractors used for tractor pulling and plowing are the Cheetah 220 series high-horsepower tractors produced by Fengkai.
"You know what, it's really good. It's much better now than when we were reclaiming the land four years ago. With so many machines, we can work nearly 10,000 acres a day."
"But there are still too many hard rocks in the Gobi Desert. The broken blades can be piled up into a mountain."
Guo Yang said: "You have made a lot of money over the years. Now you have upgraded your weapons and weapons. I'm sure you don't need the money for the blades."
"No one has too much money, right? Besides, all our farm machinery is purchased in Fengkai."
Hou Huaijie put out his cigarette and said, "Mr. Guo, this project is finished, but do you have any other projects?"
"Not for now." Guo Yang said: "You can try the coastal areas, where there are many saline-alkali land development projects."
Hou Huaijie shook his head. "Forget it. It's too far and I won't make much money."
It has to be said that several farming teams have become picky because of Jiahe, and now they have started to be picky.
Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "After you finish this project, you can go back and rest for half a year."
It is definitely a good idea to establish good relations with the agricultural reclamation teams. Looking at those all-Fengkai agricultural machinery and equipment, we know that those construction teams are making a lot of money.
But part of the money earned was also used to buy agricultural machinery for Fengkai.
The Cheetah 220 series is not cheap, one unit costs 30 yuan, and when paired with various matching agricultural machinery, a set costs 35 yuan.
After spending a day carefully inspecting the entire project site, he was quite satisfied with the overall progress.
From the number of damaged machines, he knew that the workload was usually quite intense.
(End of this chapter)
