Chapter 171: Thoughts on the Gobi Desert
Xinjiang Province has a large area of ​​arable wasteland, and the Asafoetida Gobi is the largest proportion of the third-class arable wasteland. If you want to reclaim it, you must invest huge amounts of money.

There are obviously lands available that require less investment, have higher soil quality, and are easier to develop.

Jiahe, however, chose to do the exact opposite.

The one with the greatest development difficulty was chosen.

But the biggest problem of the Ferula Gobi Desert is not the salinity but the water.

When Guo Yang heard Liu Tingen say that developing the Gobi Desert requires water diversion and building protective forests, he said without turning his head.

"Isn't the Qinggeli River in Qinghe County?"

Xiang Tianshan took out a map.

Qinghe County is located in a high-altitude and high-latitude area, with mountains, hills, Gobi deserts and wastelands accounting for 98.9% of the county's area.

The area of ​​grasslands of various types exceeds 20 million mu.

However, the current cultivated land area is less than 20 mu, and the per capita cultivated land area is less than 3 mu.

Xiang Tianshan said: "Can the water from Qinggeli River be brought here?"

Guo Yang also stood up and looked at the map.

The Asafetida Gobi located in the southwest of Qinghe County is a rare large area of ​​continuous flat land in the country.

Next to the silent Asafetida Gobi Desert lies the Kadanxuntuo Mountain, and on the other side of the mountain is the Qinggeli River.

Liu Tingen said unhappily: “Do you think that the water can be brought here, and the place can wait until now without developing the Ferula Gobi?”

"If we want water, we need to dig a water diversion tunnel." Xiang Tianshan said.

"The Qinghe County government also thinks so. In fact, ten years ago, Qinghe County started to carry out preliminary work on the development of the Asafoetida irrigation area, preparing to create another Qinghe and enable herders in the county to settle down."

Listening to Liu Tingen's introduction, Guo Yang frowned. It was not good news for Jiahe that the local government wanted to develop the settlements of pastoralists.

“Will the local government give the land to Jiahe?”

"There are tens of millions of mu of Gobi grassland in and around the Asafetida Gobi Desert, but the Asafetida irrigation area planned by Qinghe County only covers an area of ​​30 mu, including towns.

There is definitely enough land for Jiahe, but the soil is worse, there are more rocks, and it is more difficult to develop. "

Liu Tingen said teasingly: "Isn't this what you want?"

Guo Yang smiled and said, "That's indeed 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 wants to take it. It is best to communicate in advance, especially the water diversion channel. The current design is based on 30 acres."

Xiang Tianshan also looked away from the map and asked, "It's been 10 years of planning and design, and there are still two years before construction begins?"

Since Jiahe is going to move into the Awei Gobi Desert, the water problem must be solved as soon as possible.

Liu Tingen secretly despised Jiahe in his heart. Jiahe was really a wealthy family. Wasn’t the reason obvious?

"Qinghe's finances are short of money. The county's fiscal revenue last year was less than 700 million yuan."

Guo Yang was surprised, 700 million?
so little?
It's not even a fraction of alfalfa.

"Hey, although they are poor, the people of Qinghe have never been discouraged. In the absence of funding from national projects, they have been planning to dig holes through the mountains and transport the Chinese cypress from the Qinggeli River to the Awei Gobi Desert."

"Due to the lack of water in the pastures in Qinghe County, most herders live near water. In last year's heavy snowstorm, more than 3800 livestock died in Qinghe County, causing heavy losses."

After learning about the situation in Qinghe County, Guo Yang could only sigh that life is indeed not easy for people in border areas.

Only with the courage and determination like Yugong moving mountains can we change the world.

In the next one or two days, Guo Yang and his companions wandered around in the Ferula Desert.

At the same time, the design and planning team of the 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 same is true for the Asafoetida Gobi, which is at risk of severe desertification.

The main causes are overloading of livestock and locust and rodent infestations.

It is no wonder that Qinghe County wants to promote the settlement of herders. After settlement, they can determine the number of livestock based on the grass and develop artificial forage bases.

This is good news for Golden Harvest.

When walking in the vast Gobi Desert, the seemingly barren Gobi Desert can often bring people surprises.

In addition to picking up various strange stones, Liu Tingen also introduced everyone to many precious plants.

Chinese medicines such as ephedra, licorice, dayun, and asafoetida...

As the saying goes, "There are pure gold, but no one is perfect."

It is also said: "Gold is not fake, but asafoetida is not real."

This is enough to show how rare the precious asafoetida is.

But Liu Tingen focused on introducing Pleurotus ferulae, a specialty mushroom in the desert area of ​​​​Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Province.

It is crispy, tender and delicious with a strong aroma, and is known as the grassland boletus. Among them, the asafoetida from Qinghe County is the most famous.

Because of its medicinal effects of helping digestion, killing viruses, and treating meat diseases, it is praised by local people as the Tianshan Magic Mushroom and the Western Heaven White Ganoderma.

It's very vague.

Guo Yang and Luo Xiu searched the Gobi Desert for a long time but still couldn't find it.

“The time for picking asafoetida is over, and the mushrooms are declining in the wild due to over-harvesting and livestock trampling.”

Liu Tingen said with a smile, his expression quite proud.

Xiang Tianshan couldn't stand his look, "Boss, the Biological Desert Soil Research Institute domesticated Pleurotus ferulae in the 1980s. Go back and get it directly from him."

"Hey, you old thief, you're always thinking about my little stuff. This stuff is much more expensive than ordinary shiitake mushrooms and enoki mushrooms."

"I'm giving you face. I would despise others who gave me gifts."

After chatting and laughing for a while, I had a basic understanding of the situation of the Ferula Gobi after two days of exploration.

The planning team of the Agricultural University is busy sorting out a draft.

Guo Yang also took this opportunity to visit other places in Qinghe County to learn about the economic development.

Only then did I realize that apart from the Asafoetida Gobi Desert, Qinghe County is also a unique tourist city.

The county has beautiful scenery, with picturesque mountains and clear waters.

The mysterious and legendary Sandahaizi Stone Curtain and the fascinating Burgen Beaver Nature Reserve;
The magical and magnificent rainy season waterfall, the golden birch forest in the sunset,

The Qinggeli River gurgles through the dense forest, the ever-changing Toqagan Gol Lake, the wild ducks and swans playing in the lake, and the green grass by the lake;
The pine and fir trees that shade the sun, the refreshing tea fragrance wafting from the yurt, the curling smoke rising in the distance, and the rich Kazakh customs form a beautiful picture of "green mountains across the northern ridge and white water around the eastern city." Looking at these beautiful pictures, Guo Yang immediately thought of the future development direction.

Isn’t this the best location for developing organic agriculture?
The area is vast, the land resources are rich, there are no industrial enterprises, and no pesticides or fertilizers.

The atmosphere, water and soil are still almost pollution-free.

In this era when food safety issues are becoming increasingly serious, animal and plant resources away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Qinggeli cashmere goats, cultivation of asafoetida, cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbs, organic beef cattle, red deer, wild donkeys, goitered gazelles, snow leopards, beavers...

For Jiahe, whose mission is to restore the natural environment, this is the perfect choice.

Guo Yang no longer had the mood to play.

The team from the Agricultural University adjusted the relevant plans.

Qinghe County, the seat of government.

When the county party committee and government learned that Jiahe Group was coming to Qinghe County to invest in agriculture, they were very confused.

Many people don’t even know where Jiahe came from.

After hurriedly checking the information, the county organized negotiations at an unprecedented speed.

After reading Jiahe's simple investment plan, county party committee leader Hou Zhenpeng and others looked at each other in bewilderment.

What about drinking and drinking?

Or a trap?

Hou Zhenpeng sat up straight, and the conference room fell silent. "Mr. Guo, Qinghe is a small company and cannot provide much policy support."

"And so much land needs to be approved by higher-level leaders and the State Council."

Guo Yang smiled and said, “Secretary Hou, Jiahe mainly values ​​Qinghe’s natural resource conditions, including vast grasslands, more arable land, rich biological resources, and excellent light conditions.

And most importantly, the Asafoetida Gobi Desert is a piece of unpolluted pure land, which is extremely conducive to the development of characteristic agriculture, green agriculture and pollution-free agriculture.”

The people in the county party committee are all thinking about it.

They didn't expect that the natural environment, which they thought was very poor, would become an advantage in Jiahe's eyes.

Hou Zhenpeng was in high spirits. The people of Qinghe never lacked the courage, bravery and skills to face difficulties.

However, the remote geographical location, low population quality and lack of talent have always restricted the development of local businesses.

There is no doubt that the introduction of a nationally renowned enterprise like Jiahe will boost Qinghe's development.

After thinking about his words, Hou Zhenpeng said:
"Qinghe's biggest goal at this stage is to achieve settlement of herders. Only by settling down can they have the ability to resist natural disasters and get rid of poverty and become rich.

The 30 mu of stable and high-yield fodder grassland in the Awei irrigation area is the key to completely solving the large-scale settlement of herders in the county.

Therefore, the best land in Qinghe should be left to the people of Qinghe."

Guo Yang naturally understood this point. If he wanted the herders to settle down, he naturally had to solve the problem of survival.

Recalling the ideas he had sorted out over the past few days, Guo Yang said:
“Jiahe’s main targets are those lands around the Asafetida Gobi that are shallow in soil, desert and severely salinized;

The 30 mu of high-quality wasteland in the Awei irrigation area will still belong to the people of Qinghe, but after development, they can also lease the contiguous land they are willing to contract to Jiahe.”

There are 30 mu of arable land. Based on the existing number of pastoral households, each household can be allocated or mu of land.

If the rent is calculated at 200-300 yuan per mu, the annual rental income for each household can be around to yuan.

In 2002, the average annual income per capita in Qinghe rural areas was only about 2200 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 pesticides in agricultural production in the area must be banned."

Guo Yang's decisive voice echoed in the conference room, followed by silence.

after a little while.

Wang Hongyuan, director of the Qinghe County Agricultural Bureau, said: "Without the use of fertilizers and pesticides, food cannot be grown. What will the people eat?"

Guo Yang said: "The soil is heavily salinized and has low fertility, so we can promote easy agricultural technologies such as grass-field rotation, planting alfalfa, pressing green manure, and increasing the application of farmyard manure.

In terms of pests and diseases, Jiahe Group can provide plant-based pesticides at a low price. On the grassland, more biological antagonism is used to control pests and diseases.

In addition, I suggest that Qinghe County can also take Jiahe as the leader to build an organic agricultural product base throughout the region.”

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 conflicted.

On the one hand, there is a strong desire to get rid of poverty and become rich and fight against natural disasters, and on the other hand, is organic farming really feasible?

Jiahe really dares to think big within the entire county.

Guo Yang decided to add fuel to the fire and get the cow out first.

"Jiahe plans to invest 5 billion yuan in the next five years to reclaim one million mu of arable land and build organic agricultural product bases.
In terms of sales channels, Jiahe has also accumulated some experience and is preparing to establish fresh food supermarkets in major cities.”

30 million?
Qinghe’s leadership team was shocked.

Although I feel that Jiahe is somewhat boastful.

But no matter how much it shrinks, it is still a huge investment for Qinghe County.

Without caring about etiquette, the Qinghe County Committee began to communicate in a low voice.

Guo Yang's exaggerations were not entirely false.

Qinghe County has abundant water resources, excellent livestock breeds, vast territory, and rare and unique products. At the same time, it suffers from serious grassland desertification and arable land salinization.

Invest here.
Seed stores can accumulate a lot of natural energy.

Large tracts of land can also be acquired.

If the Qinghe County government agrees to use Jiahe as the leader to build an organic agricultural product base in the county.

Guo Yang can use the seed store to improve local precious products.

Natural energy + superior varieties + organic products, coupled with the sales channels established by Jiahe in various places, ensures that sales are never a problem.

At the same time, high-quality organic agricultural products can offset the expensive transportation costs.

But in this case, Jiahe's loan and financing plan must be launched

(End of this chapter)