Chapter 310: Do you just know the drought? It's been dry all summer!
Although Weifang has many advantages, Fengkai has always been willing to expand outward.

However, what are the advantages of Jiayuguan?
The urbanization rate is high and the population quality is high. Most of the more than 200,000 people in the city have received a good cultural education.

The industrial base is slightly better.

The urban construction is stronger than Jiuquan.

But it is an indisputable fact that the city is small in size. Two streets and three towns are the entire composition of a prefecture-level city.

There are only a few prefecture-level cities like this in the whole country.

Jiayuguan has less appeal to Fengkai.

Perhaps it is because the days of comfort and ease have lasted too long, and Jiayuguan is not sensitive enough in attracting investment.

Giving land, people and tax incentives are not unique. Although Jiugang is large in scale, its industry is not high-end.

Jiayuguan is indeed not the first choice, but the Northwest is Jiahe’s main battlefield, so it is reasonable for Fengkai to return to the Northwest.

Seeing that Guo Yang had been thinking for a long time without any movement, Tang Xueqing became a little anxious.

"Mr. Guo, if you have any concerns, we can talk about it."

"It's too sudden." Guo Yang pondered, "I need to go back and discuss this with the team."

"Fengkai does have the idea of ​​building another production base, but Jiayuguan was not on the list of places to be investigated before."

Everyone's expression changed.

Fengkai is going to invest in a production base? Such important news, but they hadn’t heard anything about it before.

Guo Yang asked, "Anything else? Or is it that as long as Fengkai invests in Jiayuguan, pollution control in the entire Beida River will not be a problem?"

"That's enough, that's enough."

“Of course, if Jiahe takes a fancy to the Gobi Desert around Jiayuguan, the city will also strongly support it.”

"It's not that Fengkai has to bet all on Jiayuguan. As long as it can take over some important industries, the city will fully cooperate."

"Jiugang also means the same thing." Li Xingjian said with a smile: "As long as it is not a simple assembly or low-end agricultural machinery production, Jiugang will also give a certain discount on the steel price."

"The Jingtie Mountain mining area along the coast will strengthen sewage treatment and carry out ecological restoration projects for slopes, mines and water vegetation. I heard that Jiahe also has a professional team."

“The Jingtieshan 1-dam, 3-plant power station and Binggou 1-plant power station will also improve the way runoff and water quality are managed.”

People have expressed their opinions one after another.

Only then did Guo Yang feel that it was somewhat interesting.

The integrated development of Jiujia is extremely important for Jiahe, which is located in the middle region.

Moreover, if it is only some important industries, I believe that Fengkai will be able to accept this internally.

"Okay, Jiahe will evaluate and consider it as soon as possible."

"Mr. Guo, why don't we take advantage of today to go directly to Jiayuguan and Jiugang for inspection?" Li Xingjian invited.

Guo Yang smiled and said, "You have to let me prepare. Take one or two people with you. We are so close, are you afraid that I will run away?"

"Haha, isn't this because you're afraid of more nightmares at night?"

"Jiahe is counting on Jiayuguan to take care of some of our work!"

With a preliminary solution, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Industry is the lifeblood of Jiayuguan.

Guo Yang also believes that it is worthwhile to make an investment in exchange for the stability of the headquarters' ecological environment.

He even thought about what kind of agricultural machinery to invest in. The manufacturing of fully mechanized equipment for forage harvesting should satisfy Jiayuguan.

Only Qin Lijun and others felt a little lost.

A project that looked good just ran away to the next door.

After the meeting.

Qin Lijun pulled Guo Yang and Lu Yilin to stay.

"Mr. Guo, are you satisfied with the results of this symposium? Well, if it wasn't Jiahe, who would want to sit with them? It would be awkward."

"Satisfied." Guo Yang said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you this time."

“As long as Golden Harvest can continue to grow bigger and stronger, it will be worth it.”

Qin Lijun looked at Lu Yilin from the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau again.

"Old Lu, you have to speed up the investigation of drought conditions in agricultural production and drought relief. It looks like we won't be able to quench our thirst for a while."

Lu Yilin couldn't help but feel bitter. This was the disadvantage of parachuting in as a leader. He could only bite the bullet and say:

"Leader, we can't get through the districts and counties below, so we can only investigate the areas around the county seat..."

Jiuquan has jurisdiction over one district, two county-level cities, and four counties.

Except for Suzhou District, the other counties and cities have vast areas.

How big is Jiuquan?

It is larger than GD Province and almost equal to the combined area of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

It takes more than 300 hours for a high-speed train at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour to run around Jiuquan.

Qin Lijun also reacted and said with a wry smile: "Please work harder and try to grasp the situation. Don't let a large-scale disaster happen and we don't know about it yet."

aside.

Guo Yang thought thoughtfully: "Maybe Jiahe can help."

"If Tianhe's technical service personnel can help us investigate the drought situation, the process will definitely be much faster."

"It's too hot. This kind of weather is unbearable." Guo Yang smiled and said, "I'm talking about Fengkai's aerial photography drone."

"There is no way to warn about insect infestations for now, but drought conditions can still be monitored."

"What a good idea!" Lu Yilin's eyes lit up and he said, "Plant protection drones can also be very useful for spraying pesticides."

"The Institute of Plant Protection published an article two days ago. Tianhe's natural enemy insect control is also a highlight."

In order to combat drought and reduce disasters, water resources can only be used in a patchwork manner, and the only real achievement in agriculture is in the control of pests and diseases.

Severe drought will inevitably lead to major disasters, and drought is also very likely to breed diseases and pests.

If we can control pests and diseases well, there is still some hope for a good harvest as long as there is no extreme drought.

Qin Lijun also said: "Aerial photography drones can also be counted as drought relief and disaster relief supplies, so let all units purchase them."

"Don't." Guo Yang said: "Jiahe donated several sets to each district and county, and also made a contribution to drought relief."

Not only that.

Guo Yang plans to donate aerial photography drones to areas affected by drought.

Promotion is just a by-product. What is more important is to reduce the losses caused by this drought.

……

"Jiuquan is so big, don't mess around."

This sentence is widely circulated within Tianhe, and in recent times, it has been regarded as a golden saying.

"It's so hot, please let it rain!"

"Damn, who said Jiuquan is a summer resort?"

“It’s actually OK in the shade and at night, but it’s really hot when the sun is shining directly on it.”

“The weather is a bit abnormal this year.”

"If people suffer a little, they can get over it if they bear it, but if crops are damaged, it will be very tragic."

In an employee group, Guo Yang was lurking and paying attention to the employees' chats.

Jiuquan has dry and hot summers, but they are relatively short, so it is also a tourist destination in the northwest, but this is obviously not the case this year.

With the temperature continuously above 30℃ and almost no rainfall, farmers are really suffering at this time.

It is also the darkest time of the year.

Once the shirt is removed, each part of the body, including the upper body, arms, neck and face, is clearly distinguished by its own distinctive black color.

Guo Yang could only urge Yu Qin again to speed up the development of the summer suit so that it could be used next year.

At the same time, the administration was asked to purchase this season's sunscreen, mosquito repellent and other products from outside, and each on-site staff member was given a set first, which at least provided some psychological comfort.

Through the window, you could see the snow on the Qilian Mountains in the early morning in the past, but now the snow is no longer visible.

Aerial photography drones were quickly put in place.

With the cooperation of Tianhe’s technical service personnel, aerial photography drones can now be seen in agricultural areas across the Northwest.

Various data are also summarized here by Guo Yang.

The drought situation in Jiuquan is relatively good.

Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia have all suffered droughts to varying degrees.

Corn plants in some mountainous areas and dry lands along the Hexi Corridor have turned yellow, and the development of male and female ears in some Sichuan areas has been stunted.

In some places in Longzhong, potato leaves began to wilt and dry up, and the growth of Chinese medicinal materials was also poor.

Severe drought also occurred in most of northern Shaanxi and northeastern Guanzhong, with tens of thousands of rural residents and more than 20,000 large livestock experiencing temporary drinking water difficulties.
Some corns died directly.

Some farmers also saw that the situation was not right early on, so they cut down the corn seedlings and fed them to the cattle to avoid them being too dry and difficult to cut.

35 people in the southern mountainous areas of Ning Province have difficulty drinking water, and nearly 10 people have to carry water from long distances to survive...

This even reminded people of 1929.

That year, there was a severe drought in the northwest. Some said it was a famine that had not occurred in a hundred years, while others said it was a famine that had not occurred in three hundred years.

To this day, this folk song is still popular in the northwest.

"In the 18th year of the Republic of China, people ate people, dogs ate dogs, crows and sparrows ate stones, and mice were so hungry that they couldn't walk..."

More than 200 million people starved to death, more than 300 million people fled their homes, and the rest ate tree bark, Guanyin soil, etc.

All the Zuo Gong Willows were also cut down during those three years.

But judging from the information sent back by Tianhe, the situation in most areas is still good, and there has been no large-scale reduction in production or total loss of harvest.

The complete water conservancy facilities such as the Yinda River into Qin, Taoshan Water Diversion, Jingtaichuan Electric Irrigation, various irrigation channels, reservoirs, etc. all play a huge role.

In addition, the application of various technologies such as sub-film drip irrigation, dry sowing and wet sowing, as well as the improvement of varieties, have also given agriculture weapons to resist drought.

In Zhongwei, Ning Province, when the earth is all burnt yellow, the selenium sand melons planted in the gravel still have a gratifying harvest;
In Dingxi, relying on more drought-resistant potato varieties, most potato growers in the arid areas of the Loess Plateau in central and northern Taiwan still retain hope for a good harvest;

In the arid mountainous areas of Jingtai, a unique type of wheat, monk's head, grows in the cracks of sand and gravel. Even in drought, it can still retain its harvest.

In the spring wheat area, the spring wheat 'Xihan No. 1' cultivated by the Agricultural University is about to be harvested;

On the farm in Jinchang, Tianyu No. 8 whole-plant silage corn showed strong drought tolerance;
In the Hexi Corridor, Tianhe's drought-resistant cotton, soybeans, and corn also rely on life instincts and minimal water-saving drip irrigation to maintain the limited moisture content.
In the solar greenhouses in the Gobi Desert, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants... the kingdom of fruits and vegetables still enriches people's tables.

Therefore, no matter how dry the weather is in this era, there will always be enough food, and people will not fall into despair.

With limited water resources, being able to achieve this level is already an achievement.

It just wasn't enough.

Especially for Golden Harvest.

Tianmai No. 1 in the northwest spring wheat region is facing a large-scale yield reduction, and Tianyu No. 1 in the drought-stricken areas has also been affected to varying degrees.

In some areas, vegetable losses were severe.

And this is only mid-July, and we don’t know what will happen in August yet.

If the drought continues, the disaster-stricken area and the area with complete crop failure will only increase.

Guo Yang came back to his senses.

The drought data provided by drones is extremely beneficial to overall drought prevention and disaster reduction, and can at least minimize the losses.

The elf also fed back a lot of usage data in this high-intensity application.

Guo Yang suddenly thought, what is the situation of the sand sea? Are the seven artesian springs in the desert still there? So he called Lu Hanbin.

"This year, the growth of desert plants such as Echinops thornii and Haloxylon ammodendron in the desert area is very poor. The planted Haloxylon ammodendron forests have also begun to shrink and become short to adapt to the drought environment."

“The aerial seeded grass also grew poorly, and a lot of it died.”

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "But the situation of seabuckthorn and kenaf is very unexpected. Their roots are very deep and they seem to be more drought-resistant than Haloxylon ammodendron."

Guo Yang asked: "Where are the artesian springs in Qingtu Lake?"

"It's still there. Although the Shiyang River and Hongyashan Reservoir are both short of water, the wetland area around Qingtu Lake has not been affected much."

"In fact, because of the presence of Hanhai kenaf, the vegetation is even more lush, and it feels like a small oasis."

Lu Hanbin was also extremely surprised.

The water diverted by Jingdian Phase II enters the Hongyashan Reservoir, but most of it is used up by agricultural irrigation and consumption along the way, and the Haloxylon ammodendron forests also need water for irrigation.

This means there is almost no water coming from upstream.

In the arid desert environment, water evaporation is extremely terrible.

However, even in this situation, the environment of the entire wetland is maintained by the trickles of several artesian springs.

"Even if it doesn't rain, the two-year agreement with the leader may not be fulfilled."

"It's good to have the current situation." Guo Yang said: "The last time the senior leader came was in mid-to-late September, so there are still two months left."

Lu Hanbin said: "That's right, it's impossible for there to be no rain for a whole summer!"

"It's hot, so pay attention to the safety of your employees when you're working."

In summer, the most important task in the desert is drought resistance and watering.

Artificially planted one- or two-year-old Haloxylon ammodendron forests cannot withstand long-term drought and need artificial watering, otherwise they will die.

Watering under the scorching sun is not a pleasant experience.

Many people are not used to taking sun protection measures.

If you are not careful, you might knock down one or two older workers.

However, the vitality of Hanhai kenaf and sea buckthorn, as well as their ability to conserve water resources, still exceeded Guo Yang's expectations.

Those artesian springs are most likely groundwater from the edge of the desert. The amount of water is very small, and the only reason they have survived until now is because of the power of sea buckthorn and hemp.

Guo Yang couldn't think of any other reason.

These two plants are worth promoting vigorously.

Especially around rivers and water channels, it can not only reduce water evaporation but also improve the microclimate, which is very useful.

But these two types of plants alone are not enough, and similar plant combinations need to be enriched in the future.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Please come in."

When Guo Yang was lost in thought, there was a knock on the office door and Pu Fei from Fengkai walked in with Ke Tianxiu from the forage machinery department.

"You are finally here." Guo Yang said, "Jiayuguan has been urging me every day."

Since the last symposium, Jiayuguan has been closely following Jiahe's movements.

Knowing that Guo Yang cares about the ecological environment of the Beida River, Jiayuguan has already started sewage treatment to show its sincerity.

The ecological restoration project of the Jingtieshan mining area upstream has also begun the bidding process.

I heard that Jiayuguan also made some preparations in private.

"I met many unexpected people during this trip to Urumqi." Pu Fei's face showed some pressure.

"Who did you meet?"

After Guo Yang asked the two to sit down, he made a cup of sesame tea for each of them.

"Foton Lovol Heavy Industry also intends to build a factory in Urumqi and has completed joint-stock cooperation with Guanghui Group."

"The assembly plant of Minsk, a world-renowned Belarusian manufacturer, has also started operations in Urumqi."

"In addition, the First Tractor Group also quietly arrived in Urumqi last month and signed a contract with the High-tech Zone to invest hundreds of millions to build the Dongfanghong Equipment Machinery Company."

A series of competitor names made Guo Yang sigh.

"It's really lively!"

"Because of the cotton picker, Xinjiang Province attaches great importance to Fengkai. All major agricultural machinery giants are vying for the province and dare not relax at all."

Within Fengkai, Urumqi’s priority is far higher than Jiayuguan.

Urumqi has a more complete range of industries.

But for Fengkai, the most important thing is Xinjiang's geographical advantage of being adjacent to Central Asia, which means building a factory in Xinjiang can achieve the effect of "killing two birds with one stone".

While all the major giants were quietly making their plans, Guo Yang could feel that Feng Kai was in a state of urgency.

In Jiayuguan, Fengkai has reached an agreement to split the forage machinery and corn seed machinery, and transfer both systems to Jiayuguan.

It can radiate the alfalfa and seed production industry in the Hexi Corridor, and can also take into account traditional pastoral areas such as Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Xinjiang.

If developed well, it can also form a regional small agricultural machinery industry cluster.

This should also be acceptable to Jiayuguan.

"The main thing for Jiayuguan is to strive for some policy conditions, which is not a big problem." Guo Yang thought for a while and asked:
"Where is the cotton picker now?"

"The plan is to produce 30 to 40 units this season. While harvesting cotton by machine, we will also verify the cultivation technology of Tianmian 20 machine harvesting and the cleaning and processing of machine-picked cotton."

Cotton pickers are known as the crown of the agricultural machinery industry. They have high profits, but they are also extremely difficult to produce.

Pu Fei said: "Deere Tiantuo has been a bit high-profile recently. Last year, Deere and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reached an agreement on an order of 100 units, which have been put into use. The first-mover advantage is obvious."

"In addition, the military-industrial enterprise Guizhou Aviation Industry Group has also made breakthrough progress in cotton picking machines in the past two years."

"Fengkai's R&D team is also very confident in the cotton picker and believes it will not be inferior to imported machinery. The test will be completed this year and mass production will begin next year."

“So time is very tight.”

"If Urumqi doesn't work out, we have to choose other places, and the boss will have to make the final decision in the end."

The competition in the agricultural machinery industry has always been fierce, and Guo Yang also knows that Feng Kai has always had a strong sense of crisis.

And they are also extremely eager to have their own foundation.

In Weifang's agricultural machinery industry cluster, Fengkai is sometimes more like an outlier, without the many guests and friends as imagined.

The domestic agricultural machinery industry cluster is actually quite complex.

There are four major agricultural machinery industry clusters, namely Qilu, Heluo, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Tianjin, Hebei and Beijing, and each industry cluster has a leading enterprise.

Heluo is a member of the First Tractor Group.

Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou are Kubota now and will be World in the future.

Tianjin, Beijing and Hebei are Deere Tiantuo.

And what about Weifang in Qi and Lu?
2+1, three leading companies: Lovol, Weichai, and the latecomer Fengkai.

The most outstanding feature of Lovol is its outsourced supply chain.

This has allowed the Weifang industrial chain to gradually evolve into one with the most detailed division of labor, the highest efficiency and the lowest cost, and its advantages have naturally become increasingly obvious.

It has formed a siphon effect on other industrial clusters.

The Weifang Group has already shown a trend of becoming the only dominant player.

Because Fengkai's core components are self-made, it is somewhat similar to YTO, but seems a bit out of place in the Weifang system.

Weifang's industrial system has advantages, but naturally it also has disadvantages: the leading enterprises lack core competitiveness.

Lovol's light asset and lightweight assembly model is easy to imitate and catch up with, so more and more tractor companies are emerging in Weifang.

Competitors continue to emerge, including Huaxia, Sadin, Taishan Guotai, Hanwo, Yingxuan...

Sooner or later, there will be companies competing with Lovol.

A long-term low-end inward-looking industrial structure has been formed, and the proliferation of low-quality tractors has harmed farmers and restricted the development of advanced agricultural machinery.

If a company does not manufacture core components itself, it will be an assembly plant without core competitiveness.

At the same time, as Fengkai expanded in size, it grabbed business and enjoyed the convenience of clustering, but it did not provide many orders to companies in the supply chain.

It does not play the dual-power role similar to Lovol and Weichai.

Therefore, to some extent, the current core model of Fengkai is contrary to the governing philosophy of the local government.

Plant protection drones also compete for orders for plant protection machinery, but the industry is concentrated in the Pearl River Delta.

This makes Fengkai somewhat embarrassed in the Qilu Industrial Cluster.

Although the core business will still be in Weifang, it is also necessary to establish some small agricultural machinery industry clusters in a timely manner.

Forage straw and seed production machinery in Jiayuguan, cotton pickers in Xinjiang Province, and plant protection drones in the Pearl River Delta.

Even the agricultural machinery such as sowing and tillage machines provided by Jiuquan can form a system, or cooperate with Jiayuguan.

This will not only allow us to be closer to the market, but also reduce our dependence on Weifang's supply chain and continuously improve our core competitiveness rather than just competing on price.

"Once Jiayuguan is confirmed, we will organize a team to go to Urumqi with sufficient manpower. If there is any need for me to come forward, please communicate in advance."

"Okay, quick decision."

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Jiadong Industrial Park.

When Fengkai put a total investment agreement of 10 billion yuan in front of them, the decision-makers in Jiayuguan also showed their utmost sincerity.

Land support, project subsidies, industry support, infrastructure guarantees, talent introduction, service guarantees, tax reductions and exemptions...

The top leader even drove Guo Yang and Pu Fei to the park to check it out one by one.

As for the management of rivers and atmospheric environment, it is even less of a problem.

The man is in love with his concubine.

The two parties hit it off and the agreement was finally signed.

Ke Tianxiu was responsible for the subsequent operations in Jiayuguan, and Pu Fei immediately devoted himself to the planning and site selection of the production base.

At this time, the main construction of Jiahe headquarters was nearing completion, and all that remained was decoration and the creation of a rooftop farm.

However, water resources are in short supply, and after the soil on the rooftop farm is prepared, we have to wait for rain before there is a chance to sow.

It’s really hard to hope for rain!
The drought is getting worse.

According to monitoring data, the disaster-stricken area in Long Province alone has risen to more than 40 mu, and the area with complete harvest has reached more than 2 mu.

On the grasslands of Gansu and Inner Mongolia, drones also discovered large gatherings of steppe locusts and Asian migratory locusts.

Fortunately, it was discovered early and targeted prevention and control measures nipped it in the bud.

Coincidentally, the long-term drought also brings about a high incidence of pests and diseases, such as red spider mites in corn, armyworms in soybeans, and cotton bollworms...

One ring within another.

Tianhe, Quanwang, Fengkai and agricultural supplies supermarkets are all running day and night.

The trichogrammatid wasps and predatory mites from the natural enemy center also launched joint attacks many times, working together with plant protection drones to block the spread of pests and diseases.

It can be said that the sky and the ground in the Northwest are filled with Jiahe’s teams.

At the end of July, Yinchuan and other places were the first to welcome rainfall, and the drought in the Hetao Irrigation District was the first to be alleviated.

It was at this time that various media outlets also paid attention to the drought in this corner of the northwest, and there were many more reports.

Ding Lei also called Guo Yang at this time.

"Boss Guo, is there a drought in the northwest?"

"You just realized this? It's been dry all summer!"

(End of this chapter)