Chapter 281 From Minqin to Pengcheng
The output has increased significantly, but the unit price has not decreased. Instead, it has increased by 0.1 yuan per catty. The income of a 2.5-acre greenhouse will increase by thousands of yuan.

No wonder Old Man Ding is so enthusiastic.

Smooth sales and rising unit prices are all inseparable from the farmer-support actions of Huinong.com.

Shahai's office remained the same, still the white two-story building, the only difference was that there was a vegetable garden next to the spacious yard, where some vegetables were planted.

In the office, Guo Yang met Zhang Wen, one of the core management of Huinong.com.

Minqin melons are entering their off-season harvest season, and Huinong.com has also come here to carry out brand building and production and marketing matching services.

Zhang Wen said: "After more than three months of launch, with the help of Tianhe and Denong agricultural supply supermarkets, Huinong.com has covered more than 500 county-level administrative regions across the country, covering more than 4000 conventional agricultural products, and the number of platform users has exceeded 300 million."

This data undoubtedly shows that it has become the leading agricultural B2B industrial Internet platform in China.

Guo Yang asked: "Do you know the transaction data?"

"I still remember the data from last month." The short Zhang Wen pondered for a moment and said:

“12月线上累计撮合产销对接近100万次，达成交易14.18万笔，带动近千种农产品销售，其中包含玉米17万吨、大蒜1000多吨、农机设备6000余台、种子10余万吨、种苗462万株、小麦、面粉、禽畜苗……”

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "These are basically all internal business of the group. Digest them quickly and get out of your comfort zone as soon as possible."

"Ok."

It is good to sit under a big tree and enjoy the shade. Zhang Wen and the rest of the Huinong.com team understand this truth.

But I didn't expect the tree to be so big.

There is an abundant supply of goods, first-class transportation, and many resources on the sales side.

Zhang Wen has been focusing on the rural Internet sector for many years and is very experienced, but he never thought that promotion could be so easy.

Guo Yang asked some more questions.

Since its launch in October last year, Huinong.com has carried out a series of sales activities and farmer-assistance services.

It also brokers transactions between production and sales of agricultural products such as peppers from Gangu, carrots from Yongchang, melons from Minqin, flour from Wuyuan, potatoes from Dingxi, and citrus fruits from Hunan Province.

The most common way to help farmers is to provide selling services on their behalf.

For example, a couple in Dingxi planted 50 acres of potatoes last year. They sold all their potatoes through Huinong Daimai and helped local farmers sell their products. They sold 500 tons of potatoes in one month, with a transaction volume of over one million yuan.

Because they were optimistic about the cooperation model of Huinong Daimai, after the potatoes were sold, the couple switched from being farmers to being agricultural product traders. They continued to cooperate with Huinong Daimai, purchasing agricultural products that met the needs and supplying them to wholesale agricultural markets across the country.

Wholesalers who run stall businesses have also reached cooperation with Huinong Daimai to obtain high-quality and stable supply of goods.

At present, Huinong Daimai has covered the first-level agricultural wholesale markets in 15 cities across the country.

In addition to the production and sales ends, the two channels of "Agricultural Technology School" and "Watch the Market" are also very lively.

There are nearly 10,000 professional answers, and dozens of breeding articles and video courses have been launched.

The videos are still pretty rough though.

Guo Yang remembered what he had mentioned to Fu Qiuyan before, that Hexi Dairy’s micro-film and other video promotion methods could also be combined with Huinong.com.

So I edited the message and sent it.

'Watch the Market' is published once a week, and has released 13 issues in total, providing farmers with agricultural product market services.

It didn't take Guo Yang long to figure out the situation of the website.

Overall, it’s pretty good.

In terms of profit realization, Huinong.com mainly charges service fees, and the profits are enough to maintain operations. As long as the channels are unobstructed, Jiahe can make enough profits in other links.

There are also some problems.

The first and foremost issue is traffic generation. More than two-thirds of the 300 million users are Jiahe’s existing resources, with very few new ones.

Guo Yang scrolled back and forth on the web page, wondering if there was any good way to attract traffic.

Suddenly, an idea came to me.

happy farm!
Isn’t this the best tool for drainage?
Happy Farm is a social farm game, and previous games have proved that this type of game has great potential.

Tens of millions of users are few.

Are just two websites to be combined together or should they each have a separate port?
After thinking for a while, I realized that it would take too long. Happy Farm had already started building momentum and preparing for publicity and promotion after the publication of the Farmers’ Daily. The launch date had already been set, and we couldn’t wait that long.

We can only go online first, and then launch Happy Farm on Huinong.com, and we can even work together to organize some activities later.

With an idea in mind, Guo Yang immediately contacted Qu Sheng, the person in charge of Huinong.com, and Zhuang Zheng of Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.

Let the teams on both sides work together as soon as possible.

As for other problems of Huinong.com, Guo Yang is not an expert. After thinking for a while, he only put forward some ideas. In the end, Huinong.com will have to solve them on its own.

After finishing the work of Huinong.com, Guo Yang called Luo Xiu and headed straight for Qingtu Lake.

Along the way, in the desert, there is snow-capped mountains and standing saxaul forests. There is silence, with only the whisper of the wind and traces of time.

A lot of wild grasses grew next to the earliest Haloxylon ammodendron forest, and it gradually took on the look of a forest.

Along the way, there were few traces of people. Guo Yang and Luo Xiu were like lonely travelers, exploring an unknown world.

The desert is too large.

In addition to these tens of thousands of acres of Haloxylon ammodendron, Seabuckthorn, Tamarisk and other forests, the sea of ​​sand added another 100 million acres of desert in the north of the Qingtu Lake sand area last year.

Relying on his memory, Luo Xiu finally found the heart of Qingtu Lake. The pool of clear water was still there, but the area of ​​the water area had expanded a lot, and the rudiments of a wetland had already taken shape.

Remember, this is still the dry season.

The ramie and sea buckthorn on the edge of the wetland were also withered and yellow. Among the lush bushes, Guo Yang found the wells that turned into springs one by one.

"One, two... six, seven... eight? How can there be eight?"

He clearly remembered Lu Hanbin saying that seven wells were drilled under the guidance of Professor Chen, but there were eight here.

Guo Yang was confused.

After patiently observing, I finally discovered that in a certain corner of a central area, there was a miraculous spring hidden deep inside.

Water seeped out from the cracks in the yellow sand and flowed into the puddles on the ground in thin streams.

There was a small meadow with a few lush bushes, water shimmering among the grass, and a shallow swamp covered with moss.

Guo Yang stepped into the wet grass around him, feeling so excited that he could hardly contain himself.

Luo Xiu also followed and asked in confusion: "Boss, what's wrong?"

Guo Yang took a deep breath, but still wasn't calm enough, "Look, is that a naturally formed spring?"

Luo Xiu looked over there and was soon stunned. The water was dripping into the endless desert.

"It seems to be true!"

"Definitely is."

Guo Yang said confidently, recalling, "Professor Chen's survey report shows that there are abundant groundwater resources on the edge of the Tengger Desert."

"Yes, that's right. The seven wells were also surveyed in this way."

"This is the core area of ​​Qingtu Lake!"

Luo Xiu on the side hasn't figured out the reason yet, but Guo Yang, talking to himself, is wondering if it was the Hanhai ramie and sea buckthorn that made the contribution?

Both have amazing water conservation capabilities.

Maybe it is possible!
The sea buckthorn and kenaf communities here have created a climate and brought in water to form an artificial wetland, so it is not surprising that a natural spring has formed.

Maybe it's the regional water cycle.

Guo Yang gradually calmed down. No matter what the result was, it was always a good thing.

I just hope that this thin stream of spring water can flow day and night, regardless of the cold or heat.

Leaving the Qingtu Lake wetland and leaving the withered and yellow Haloxylon ammodendron forest, there is the vast desert.

Guo Yang and Luo Xiu continued to move north, while Lu Hanbin was in the desert on the edge of the Yabrai Mountain Range further north.

It is the most important barrier between the Tengger Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert, belonging to Alxa and Minqin, and echoes Muhe's land in Jinta.

The sandstorms from the Badain Jaran Desert tried to cross the Yabrai Mountains and approach Minqin, which is at the downwind side.

Here, the special geographical location and climatic conditions make it more difficult to solve the problem of wind and sand.

From the barren mountains to the towering peaks, all the roads just skirt around their edges, moving intermittently among the folds of the mountains.

I don’t know how long it took before we reached our destination. From afar, we could see tiny human figures like ants on the sand hills.

When we parked the car at the location where the straw was piled, we heard shouts from the sand hill.

"Hey, boss...here."

Looking up, it was Lu Hanbin.

Guo Yang also waved his hand, and then several men came down, each carrying a large pile of wheat straw and climbing up.

Seeing this, Guo Yang glanced at Luo Xiu and said, "How about a competition?"

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "In terms of management and intelligence, I am not as good as you, boss. But if we compare this, are you sure you want to compete?"

Guo Yang looked at the long queue of people on the sand hill. Lu Hanbin's voice had already made the workers keep their eyes on the hillside.

"Just don't let me."

Guo Yang carried two bundles of straw and tried the weight. It was okay. The effect of long-term exercise was still very obvious.

Wait until Luo Xiu is ready.

Guo Yang gave the order, and both of them quickly climbed up the mountain, chasing each other, and cheers and shouts broke out on the mountain.

As expected, Luo Xiu won.

Guo Yang was not depressed, but smiled as he looked at Lu Hanbin, Zhang Jing and another woman who were walking over.

"Han Bin, you have to urge Pu Fei and Guan Cheng. It's so easy to transport wheat straw using drones."

Zhang Jing was surprised, "Can we use drones?"

"Yes." Lu Hanbin said, "I saw it when I went back to Jiuquan this time. If I can bring 30 kilograms of medicine, I can definitely bring 30 kilograms of straw."

"That's great. It's too difficult to transport wheat straw on this sand hill," said another woman.

Zhang Jing introduced: "Boss, this is Liu Xiaoying, a scientific and technological desertification control worker from Alxa."

"Hello."

"I've heard of your name for a long time, Boss Guo. Shahai is now a rare large-scale sand control enterprise in China."

"Haha...we still need more support from experts like you."

Greeted each other.

Guo Yang also started chatting with some sand control workers. After the scene of transporting straw just now, many workers became more friendly to him.

The workers came from Alxa and Minqin. More than 500 teams with more than 5000 workers gathered on the edge of the desert.

According to Lu Hanbin's plan, at least 40 to 50 mu of grass grids must be laid this year, and these 100 million mu have already been seeded with grass seeds once.

But how many of them can sprout depends on God's will.

Due to the steep sand dunes, Fengkai’s medium and large-sized grass grid sand barrier machines could not be used, and they could only rely on manpower and small machinery.

So the task is still very arduous.

Lu Hanbin said: "Minqin and Alxa held a joint meeting on sand control and prevention last year, and our section happened to be connected with other sections."

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, "Can the sand sea still be connected to Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?"

"no problem."

"That's best."

From morning to afternoon, Lu Hanbin took Guo Yang to see several desert control teams, cooking noodles in the desert at noon. During the period, they also met desert control volunteers Ma Junhe and Han Jiesong, both of whom had quit their jobs and devoted themselves to desert control.

At the same time, Ma Junhe also became a sales agent for Huinong.com.

In the past two years, Minqin has retained a large number of people by developing solar greenhouses and laying out industries such as honeydew melon, fennel, fruits and vegetables, and Suwu sand sheep.

It also provides a place for returning talents like Ma Junhe to display their talents.

What surprised Guo Yang was that the management staff of Shahai seemed to be the same old faces and there was not much increase in the number.

"The main reason is that there are limited workers for sand control, so adding management personnel will not have much effect," said Lu Hanbin.

“Aren’t there still Haloxylon ammodendron forests to manage and Cistanche deserticola to pick?”

"We don't need that many people." Lu Hanbin paused, "The benefits of the sand sea this year should be considerable."

"Oh?"

"This year, there are nearly 10 mu of Haloxylon ammodendron forests where Cistanche deserticola can be harvested. Even if we calculate based on last year's per mu output value, this year's income will easily exceed million yuan."

Guo Yang recalled that the output value of the sand sea was 6500 million yuan last year, about 1300 yuan per mu.

"I didn't expect that Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry would start to make a profit."

Lu Hanbin said: "I calculated that after deducting the management costs, if nothing unexpected happens, it will take at least 8 to 10 years to get back the investment in desert control."

"Maybe there's an accident?" Guo Yang smiled, "Have you forgotten the Cistanche deserticola seeds cultivated by the company?"

Lu Hanbin was stunned. "Is there anything special about this seed?"

"We'll know in two years."

"Two years is worth the wait."

Semi-trailers and desert off-road vehicles loaded with wheat straw shuttled through the sand dunes, transporting the straw back and forth. Shahai also has a project department in a nearby town.

Lu Hanbin and Zhang Jing are both based there.

Guo Yang was in a hurry to catch his next trip. The nearest airport to Minqin was in Lanzhou, which was a long way away.

"By the way, there is a natural artesian spring in Qingtu Lake Wetland."

Sitting in the off-road vehicle, Guo Yang looked back and saw Lu Hanbin and Zhang Jing still standing in front of the sand slope in astonishment.

The car went further and further away.

……

Lan City.

in the hotel.

After browsing the updates on Save Minqin for a while, Guo Yang fell asleep listening to the touching words from netizens from his hometown.

He woke up as usual the next day and went to the hotel gym with Luo Xiu to exercise.

When climbing the sand dunes yesterday, Luo Xiu obviously slowed down his effort, but Guo Yang still couldn't keep up. The physical fitness of the two was quite different.

Just practice cooking more.

At about nine o'clock, Guo Yang arrived at the Agricultural University campus. The environment was familiar yet unfamiliar. After a while, he arrived at the office of teacher Weng Lixin.

Knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Guo Yang pushed the door open and walked in. The teacher was wearing glasses and looking up at him.

"Teacher, come and wish you a happy new year."

Guo Yang placed the gifts he brought in a corner of the office.

Weng Li asked suspiciously, "You came to pay New Year's greetings so early, are you planning to go out?"

"Maybe I have to go abroad."

Guo Yang briefly talked about Golden Harvest's overseas business and some future plans, and also mentioned that there is currently a lack of relevant talent.

"The development of Jiahe has really exceeded my imagination." Weng Lixin was full of emotion. "I do have a candidate here, it depends on whether you are willing to take him."

"Oh? Who?"

"Chen Yunpeng."

"Hmm? Has he returned home?"

Guo Yang is certainly no stranger to Chen Yunpeng. He made his first pot of gold by exchanging a place to study abroad with Chen Yunpeng.

"Yes, I'm back home."

Guo Yang said: "Shouldn't he go to a research institute? Davis College's grass science is the best in the world."

"Normally, that's right, but he didn't get his diploma from Davis College."

"Keep reading!"

After a moment of silence, Weng Lixin said, "Because of stealing Monsanto's genetically modified corn seeds, he was deported and expelled from school."

Guo Yang was shocked and asked in surprise: "Why is he so silly... cute?"

"It was a bit stupid." Weng Lixin also shook his head. "After I came back, the domestic corn production just happened to increase greatly... I refused to return to the school to work no matter what."

Guo Yang finally understood the whole story and pondered for a moment. "I welcome him to come here, but it's impossible in North America. There is no forage business in South America either. He can only go to Europe. It depends on what he thinks."

Weng Lixin said: "I will go and ask the dean what position I can get."

Guo Yang pondered for a while and said, "He is not yet in charge, but with his level, he can do research and development. At the same time, he can play a supervisory role in Europe, and he can be considered the second or third in command."

"It's appropriate." Weng Lixin smiled. "Alas, I've got something to do for you right after you get here. I'll ask your mistress to prepare a meal tonight, and you, as a senior brother, can also give some guidance to this class of students."

"Teacher, I can't wait until the evening. I have to fly to Pengcheng soon."

"No time for lunch?"

Guo Yang hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. It would be unreasonable to refuse further.

We chatted over a cup of tea.

Weng Lixin began to arrange lunch and called a few students who were still in school. Guo Yang also went to visit the principal.

At noon, amid the praises from his fellow students, Guo Yang drank two more glasses.

Before leaving.

The instructor held Guo Yang's hand and said, "Be careful in everything. It's not safe abroad, especially since you are a special person. You are not only an entrepreneur, but also a rare breeding talent..."

"Guo Yang, what you are doing now is beneficial to the country, the people and yourself. The top leaders have seen it, and the teacher has also benefited from you. Alfalfa No. 1 has also set the direction for domestic forage grass breeding. In a few years, there will be more and more excellent forage grass seeds in the country..."

"Be sure to pay attention to safety."

Amid the instructor's repeated instructions, Guo Yang turned and left, with all kinds of emotions welling up in his heart.

There are not many people in this world who can make him feel emotional, and his mentor is definitely one of the most important one or two.

……

Pengcheng.

The day after the drone demonstration in Jiuquan, Mo Congwei and Wang Tao came to Pengcheng.

Immediately afterwards, a floor of an office building was rented, and Fengkai’s entire agricultural drone team moved in, and DJI also completed the environmental transition.

When Guo Yang arrived, the team had already preliminarily completed the simplified design of the flight control for Fengkai's agricultural drone, and the controller operation had also become easy to use instead of complicated.

The research and development of multi-axis controllers has also been put on the agenda. Mo Congwei even bought a bunch of supporting products such as pan-tilt heads, cameras, remote controls, etc. for technology integration.

This kind of R&D model, which relies on huge financial resources but is simple and crude, secretly frightened the DJI team.

When Guo Yang came to Pengcheng, he originally wanted to talk to Pony Ma, but now that Happy Farm is not planning to cooperate with Tencent, there is no need for him to go.

Went directly to the drone R&D department.

This time, the main purpose is to resolve the issue of Fengkai’s shareholding in DJI.

Ever since Guo Yang discovered that DJI’s current technology is not as good as he had imagined, he has had more ideas.

In an office, Guo Yang looked at Mo Congwei and asked without leaving any doubts, "What do you think of Wang Tao?"

Mo Congwei was stunned for a moment, looked up at the boss, and then was silent for a moment before saying, "Straightforward, fierce, clear about what he loves and hates, and leaves no room for maneuver."

"Sometimes he gets up in the middle of the night to do research, and once he has an idea, he picks up the phone to communicate with his employees."

“He is a real product guy who pays great attention to detail.”

Guo Yang nodded. "If there was no DJI, could Fengkai complete the research and development of drones?"

Mo Congwei must be nervous. Guo Yang noticed that sweat was already appearing on his forehead.

"Simplified control is fine," said Mo Congwei, "but making a multi-axis drone... to be honest, there is no prospect at all at this time, and there is no reference, so it is very risky."

“What about DJI?” Guo Yang asked.

"DJI started out by selling flight control accessories. This time the whole machine is also a helicopter. As for multi-axis, they are not sure."

A moment of silence.

Helicopter agricultural drones are now the mainstream, and there are no reference samples for multi-axis drones.

Guo Yang asked Mo Congwei to go out first and called Wang Tao by the way.

“What’s the reason you started DJI?”

"I just want to have some fun." Wang Tao raised his lips slightly, "This world is too stupid."

Guo Yang was slightly stunned, then he also laughed and said: "You are right, this world is originally a makeshift team."

"Unbelievably stupid." Wang Tao added with a smile: "After working, I found that there are too many unreliable people and things. This society is so stupid. This includes many very famous people, or people who were regarded as gods in the past and are still regarded as gods, but in fact their level is not high. I often doubt myself, are you a little crazy? I always question myself whether my brain is crazy, but I still find that this world is stupid."

How arrogant!

Guo Yang smiled and said, "Does that include me?"

"I admire people who understand technology. Although the boss doesn't run an Internet company, Jiahe's seeds are so awesome and the team is managed so well. Moreover, your methodology and values ​​are not purely for money. Nowadays, those who do it for money and fame are all pretty low," Wang Tao said.

"So it's just for fun?"

"Of course." Wang Tao said, "But I didn't expect that we would be favored by Fengkai so quickly. We had just sold our first product at that time, and we still don't know what they liked about it."

"Oh?" Guo Yang said half-truthfully, "What if I just want to have some fun?"

This time it was Wang Tao's turn to be stunned.

"If you were asked to choose to make a whole aircraft, would you make a fixed-wing, a helicopter, or a multi-axis?" Guo Yang stopped chatting.

Wang Tao answered without hesitation: "Of course, multi-axis!"

At this moment, Guo Yang has made a decision.

He could technically answer a few multiple-choice questions correctly, but he couldn't answer dozens of them correctly. But the man in front of him could.

He was the only member of DJI's initial core team, and the two classmates who followed him to start the business have both left.

But Wang Tao is a proud man.

In the end, after some difficult negotiations, Fengkai Agricultural Machinery acquired 51% of DJI’s equity. At the same time, it was stipulated in the company’s articles of association that Wang Tao, who held 45% of the shares, still had the final decision-making power.

Fengkai’s agricultural plant protection drone and DJI’s aerial photography drone are still two separate projects.

The two parties will work together to try to get the improved-design drone off the ground from Jiahe sooner.

Guo Yang also stayed in Pengcheng for one more day. The rental environment of this group of young people was still too simple, so he helped improve it.

It was also on this morning that Happy Farm was officially launched.

(End of this chapter)