Chapter 341 Adjustment of the Sand Sea

"Eh... it seems like it's really a coincidence. It happens to be the right season. The first batch of Cistanche should be entering the high-yield period this year." Guo Yang also reacted.

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "I'm referring to the company's new variety of Cistanche deserticola."

"Isn't it only two and a half years?" Guo Yang estimated and said, "According to the timetable, it will take at least half a year."

"What happened to two and a half years?"

"We can have a group of top students in just two and a half years!"

"The main thing is that this batch of Cistanche deserticola has extraordinary effects! The laboratory is already studying its specific effects."

Lu Hanbin said repeatedly.

Guo Yang also confirmed that this batch of parasitic Cistanche deserticola were exactly the seeds he had cultivated in the first place.

In the conventional sense, seeds do need to parasitize on Haloxylon ammodendron for three years before they can be picked, but two and a half years is not a big difference, so it is normal to dig out a small amount.

Guo Yang said: "Then let's go to the desert now and familiarize ourselves with the route. We don't know when the leader will be here."

Others didn’t know which leader was coming, but the level of the person must be quite high to make the boss pay attention to him.

It was still the road in the desert, and tiny sprouts had already appeared on the Haloxylon ammodendron trees.

It took two or three hours to drive all the way.

As far as the eye can see, patches of red willow, saxaul, caragana and other vegetation are like a densely woven green "neck", blocking the restless sand area...

The situation is good.

Better than expected.

The convoy went all the way to Yabrai Town at the foot of the Yabrai Mountain Range. To the north of the town was the Badain Jaran Desert.

To the west of the town, there is a gap in the Yabrai Mountain Range, and the sandstorms blowing northwest of Minqin mainly come from here.

This is also the focus of Shahai in the past two years.

The sand control area is busy.

On the rolling sand dunes, layers of terraced plains have been developed as the slope changes. On the slope at the edge of the plains, sand control workers are bending over to set up grass grid sand barriers.

The ecological barrier protecting the southeastern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert will gradually fill the last few dozen kilometers of gap.

"After several years of exploration, we found that the cost of terraced sand control is much lower and the efficiency is higher."

"In the past, it took at least 20 days to level a 20-meter sand dune, and the cost per mu was several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan. After adopting the "terraced field" sand control method, the cost was reduced to 1800 yuan per mu, and the time consumption was reduced by two-thirds."

"This one million acres of desert that we acquired in April 06 is the last difficulty that needs to be overcome..."

"The first batch of 5 mu of Haloxylon ammodendron forest inoculated with Cistanche deserticola will see an average income of 2000 yuan this year, and the second batch of 10 mu will see an income of nearly 1000 yuan."

"In addition, we have developed a variety of processed products such as caragana, seabuckthorn, kenaf, livestock, and seeds. Although we don't make money, the revenue figures are up."

Along the way, Lu Hanbin passionately introduced the situation of the sand sea.

This is a detail that cannot be reflected in the 4.5 million yuan in revenue on the financial statements.

Even when Guo Yang saw the report for the first time, he was still confused, because didn't Shahai only have sales data of 60 to 70 million in the previous two years?

Now at first glance, it seems pretty good.

In addition to Cistanche deserticola, Shahai has also carried out many attempts in animal husbandry.

For example, Caragana korshinskii can not only control sand dunes, but is also a high-quality feed. Among the 100 million acres of newly acquired desert, at least acres are planted with Caragana korshinskii.

Every year, it can produce and process more than 3000 tons of Caragana granular feed and slaughter 2000 lambs.

And as time goes by, this number will double.

In addition to being used as feed, Caragana can also be used as a raw material for biomass power generation, but we have not considered developing in this direction yet.

In addition, seeds and seedlings are also a major source of revenue for Shahai.

In recent years, the Three North Shelterbelt Project has been in full swing, which has also driven the development of related industries such as sand prevention and control.

After four or five years of development and maintenance, the sand-dwelling botanical gardens, solar greenhouse nurseries, open-air nurseries, and shrub and grass shelterbelts such as Haloxylon ammodendron in the sand sea have become potential large-scale seed collection bases.

The species are becoming more and more abundant, including Haloxylon ammodendron, Astragalus membranaceus, Caragana korshinskii, Calligonum mongolica, Nitraria tangutorum, Sea buckthorn, Hemp...

Although the losses are increasing, Shahai's green economic blueprint has slowly unfolded.

In two years, the final planting of these one million acres of desert will be completed.

Although the speed is not fast, judging from the scenes along the road, the survival rate of tree species is very high, and the aerially seeded mixed grass seeds are also growing tenaciously.

Guo Yang smiled and said, "How many years do you think it will take to complete the blocking connection from Minqin to Jinta?"

Lu Hanbin was silent for a while, then he said firmly: "Ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime, I can complete it."

Guo Yang didn't expect that time had taken so long. He still remembered the last time Lu Hanbin applied for the Kumtag Desert!

So he asked directly.

Lu Hanbin hesitated for a moment and said, "Since I learned about the West Lake Wetland and National Desert Park projects, I made a special trip to the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert."

"After I came back, I went to Minqin and Alxa again. I thought it was too simple before."

"The entire Badain Jaran Minqin extension zone is estimated to have 800 to 1300 million mu of wind and sand belts, divided into three strips, but the current sand sea only occupies more than 100 million mu."

“Further west of the Yabulai Mountains, that is, the Linze-Jinta extension zone, the area of ​​desert grassland and desert is several times that of Minqin.”

“If Minqin wants to connect to the Golden Pagoda, the entire area will not be smaller than the National Desert Park.”

Looking at the map, it does seem very close.

After listening to Lu Hanbin's description for a while, Guo Yang knew that the actual area and scope were much larger than people could imagine.

"You still have to have dreams, just in case they come true."

Jiahe has never thought of destroying the desert. It has always been managing, defending and protecting...

But even so, relying solely on the power of enterprises will not work.

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "This trip was not without gain. There is a large area on the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert where alfalfa can be grown."

Guo Yang's eyes lit up.

"Tell me."

"In Shandan, Linze and the northern part of Gaotai in Zhangye, which is the southern edge of the desert, planting alfalfa to prevent sand sinks is very effective."

Linze, Gaotai, Ganzhou... these areas are all major seed-producing counties.

With the change in national policies, local areas are also responding to the cultivation of high-quality forage grass. There should be many herders in that area who will switch to growing alfalfa.

"Perhaps we should give full play to the enthusiasm of the general public," said Guo Yang. "Sand sea should focus more on studying how to control sand and develop industries to extend industrial profits."

Lu Hanbin thought thoughtfully, "If we want to control sand on a large scale, this should be the best way."

Guo Yang said, "Let's go back first. It will be dark soon and we won't be able to find the way later."

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "I can drive back with my eyes closed."

"Why don't you try closing one?"

"..."

It took another two or three hours to get back. By the time we arrived at the project department, it was already pitch dark, and the only starlight had lost its color in the cold wind.

However, several bonfires had already been lit in the yard, with wooden tables next to them and people standing around them.

Guo Yang saw what was on the grill at a glance, "Roasted lamb! I heard that Minqin's roasted lamb is a specialty!"

Those who stayed in the project department greeted them one after another.

"Boss, Mr. Lu."

"Just waiting for you."

"The smell makes my mouth water."

Guo Yang, Lu Hanbin and others came to a wooden table in the middle, and Zhuang Zheng, who was waiting on the side, started pouring wine for them.

Zhuang Zheng smiled and said, "This is the Cistanche deserticola wine we made last year. It has been stored in the underground cellar for more than a year, just waiting for the boss to come."

"Then you need a drink."

In fact, Guo Yang was a little tired of eating mutton these two days, but he became interested in it in such a simple environment.

Minqin mutton sheep mainly eat alkaline water and alkaline grass, and the selected lambs have tender meat, which tastes unique.

After two sips of wine and some Cistanche porridge, the coldness in my body was dispelled.

Zhuang Zhenglai offered a glass of wine, "Boss, Happy Farm plans to plant 1 million trees this year!"

Guo Yang subconsciously estimated based on the area. If 50 Haloxylon ammodendron trees were planted per acre, that would be 200 million acres of public welfare forest.

“Can you finish planting it?”

"No problem." Zhuang Zheng was a little excited. "Public welfare forests are different from sand control. The difficulty is not that high, and the locations can be dispersed, so it is easier to find workers."

The daily active users of Happy Farm cannot be compared with those of Alipay at its peak, but the difference is not too big.

Today’s income can reach 4 to 5 million per month, which can basically cover the planting costs.

Guo Yang said: "Have you chosen the location?"

"It's settled." Zhuang Zheng said, "Basically they're all along the Hexi Corridor, still mainly around Minqin."

After chatting about Happy Farm for a while, Guo Yang thought he should take some time to give Pony the horse a call.

Thinking of Mr. Ma, he thought of Ding Lei. Guo Yang suddenly touched Lu Hanbin who was eating happily beside him.

"Hanbin, is it possible to raise wild boars in Minqin?"

Lu Hanbin thought for a moment and said, "Absolutely. Alfalfa, caragana, etc. can all be used to feed pigs. This is another way to get rich."

"Okay, that's settled then. First, fence in the land and bring the piglets in."

Lu Hanbin didn't expect the boss to make the decision so quickly, but since he could graze cattle and sheep, he could naturally also graze wild boars.

“How many?”

“The annual output is set at 100 million heads?”

"..."

Lu Hanbin said: "Isn't that too much?"

"A lot?" Guo Yang used the listed pig companies in later generations as a reference. Basically, each company had an annual output of tens of millions of pigs.

“It’s mainly because of lack of experience.”

"Then we can do it in installments. After three years, we will sell 3 head of cattle. After four years, we will sell 10 head of cattle. After five years, we will sell 50 head of cattle."

"We can give it a try." Lu Hanbin thought for a while, "If the results are good in the first two years, we can set a target of 100 million heads."

"Ok."

Zhang Jing and Zhuang Zheng looked at each other in bewilderment. Such a grand plan was made in less than a minute?

As they chatted, it was late at night and Guo Yang didn't know when he returned to the hotel.

The next day, Guo Yang was still familiar with the situation in the sand sea.

That afternoon, we received another notice from above that the top leader would go to the immigration area and then to Qingtu Lake the next morning.

It’s still an uncertain time.

Guo Yang had people make preparations in advance. In fact, there was nothing to prepare. Today, Qingtu Lake is mainly under the jurisdiction of Jiahe, and everyone will be satisfied with the results.

Another day passed, and Guo Yang arrived at the Jiazitan immigration area early.

This is the immigration point closest to Qingtu Lake and the desert, with a total of more than 400 households.

Around 9:30 in the morning.

The solemn convoys finally arrived at Jiazitan Community, and Guo Yang saw a familiar figure from afar, but he did not approach.

Naturally, there are people from the county and municipal party committees making arrangements here, and all preparations have been made for the arrival of the leaders.

Guo Yang had already learned about it in advance. This time the county committee did not make too many arrangements because the situation in the community was already very good.

Residents have long enjoyed a prosperous life thanks to the solar greenhouses and agricultural and animal husbandry work in the desert.

A solid demonstration is more likely to win the favor of your leader.

At ten o'clock, the convoy moved forward again.

At some point, Guo Yang also got into the boss's car. As soon as he got in, he heard laughter coming from the back seat.

"Jiahe has done a great job in the past two years. I just heard a lot of people's voices."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "There is still a lot of room for improvement."

"The Hongyashan Reservoir has changed a lot. There are abundant water plants and flocks of migratory birds. The people in the resettlement area are also very wealthy. I asked a few families and the average annual income was over 10,000 yuan."

The leader smiled and said, "It's already like this, how else do you want to improve it?"

Guo Yang said: "Then move towards a higher income!"

“But the sand sea doesn’t make money, right?”

Guo Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Last year, Shahai suffered a net loss of more than 30 billion yuan. The pressure is indeed a bit great. We dare not make such rapid progress in the future."

The leader was silent for a while.

The net loss of more than 30 billion yuan is really too shocking. The total investment in the comprehensive management plan of the Shiyang River Basin is only billion yuan.

Jiahe alone lost more than 30 billion yuan a year. Over the past five or six years, Jiahe has invested more than to billion yuan in Minqin.

“Where did the money go?”

Guo Yang pondered and said, "The sand sea is not just about governance or ecological protection like public welfare forests, it also covers the establishment of an industrial ecology."

"The expected core income of Shahai comes from the parasitic Cistanche deserticola, so every planted Haloxylon ammodendron and Tamarisk has been carefully cared for."

"After the Cistanche is grown, there needs to be a processing plant to slice it, and there needs to be health products and wine development, production and sales."

"In addition, Shahai has also established a research and development system for Cistanche deserticola."

"Conservation of Cistanche germplasm resources, efficient planting, mechanized equipment, new product development and application, and exploration of health functions, etc."

"At present, various research and development tasks have been launched one after another."

Just at this time, the convoy passed by a factory building with two bright and eye-catching signs hanging on the roof: Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry - Sand Industry R&D Center.

Guo Yang said: "In addition to Cistanche deserticola, there are also sea buckthorn juice, hemp tea, hemp honey, wolfberry, licorice and other special economic plants in the desert area."

"In addition, in animal husbandry, we have established modern mutton farms, slaughter lines, quick-freezing warehouses, fresh-keeping warehouses, feed processing, organic fertilizer plants, and supporting forage bases."

Guo Yang paused, and seeing that his leader did not respond, he continued, "According to this year's plan, Shahai will also build a wild boar breeding farm that can produce 100 million wild boars per year."

The convoy has entered the highway in the desert, and the Haloxylon ammodendron forests on both sides of the road are sprouting and looking vibrant and majestic.

The leader said with emotion: "The industrial chain is very complete, including planting, processing, storage, transportation, and sales... The industrial chain is very long, which has created a lot of jobs."

The leader has a clear understanding of the problem. Guo Yang said: "That is why the non-agricultural population around Qingtu Lake and even the entire downstream of the county has increased rapidly."

"Correspondingly, the agricultural population has decreased, arable land has been largely abandoned, and downstream agricultural water use has also been reduced to a minimum."

"Only in this way can we truly achieve sustainable green development and realize a win-win situation of sand prevention and control and increased production and income."

The leader looked out the window and said, "I remember the last time I came here, it was still a wasteland."

“Yes, it was still abandoned land at that time.”

"This model is very good." The leader smiled and said, "I heard that Jiuquan is also carrying out a pilot project of fallow land?"

“Yes, it is slightly different from the Minqin method, but the end result is water conservation.”

"Great!"

With the leader's sigh, we finally arrived at Qingtu Lake.

The river is still the same river, and the water is still the same water.

But in the Tengger Desert, a 10-square-kilometer body of water miraculously appeared, sparkling in the spring sun.

The leader looked at the water, thought about the scene two years ago, and couldn't help laughing.

“I really did it.”

Guo Yang said inexplicably: "In fact, even without Jiahe, as long as you want water here, you can do it."

"But the process will be completely different." The leader said seriously, "The water fee for the second phase of the Jingdian water transfer will still be paid by Shahai, right?"

After getting off the car, without saying a few words, the local representatives arrived.

Guo Yang just nodded slightly.

The more prominent the sand sea is, the more sluggish the local management may appear to be, but in fact the local governments have also made efforts.

With the leaders paying attention, Guo Yang did not dare to overstep the boundaries with regard to Shahai. After all, he had reported to the leaders separately on both occasions.

The leader ended the trip without saying a few words to the local people who came.

It was very hurried, maybe he just stopped by to take a look.

afterwards.

Tong Yunzheng, the leader of Wuwei, stood side by side with Guo Yang and said meaningfully, "Boss Guo, the leadership has high hopes for Shahai!"

“It’s also thanks to the city’s support over the past two years.”

Tong Yunzheng said: "If Wuwei area implements fallow land, does Mr. Guo think it is feasible?"

Guo Yang shook his head. "There is no problem with saving water. As for leaving the fields fallow, Wuwei still needs to wait for the right time."

Wuwei is not only a major agricultural city, but also a large population city;
Including its districts and counties, Jiuquan not only has a population of 19.2 to 3.32 fewer people, but its area of ​​5.78 square kilometers is times that of Wuwei's square kilometers.

The land is truly vast and sparsely populated.

Moreover, the trial of fallow land in Jiuquan is only in the Shule River Basin, while most of Wuwei’s cultivated land is in the Shiyang River Basin…

In terms of residents' income level, Jiuquan is also higher than Wuwei, so Wuwei has no basis for fallow land.

There are probably few cities in the country that are more suitable for large-scale fallow land pilot projects than Jiuquan.

Tong Yunzheng obviously understood this as well.

"There are still 300,000 mu of desert in the Qingtu Lake area. Do you want to take the sea of ​​sand as well?"

Guo Yang still shook his head, "Why not let farmers or other small and medium-sized enterprises come?"

"The largest sandstorm outlets are all in the hands of the sand sea. These 300,000 acres are areas with relatively low difficulty. With more companies coming, the sand industry will grow bigger, there will be more jobs, and the possibility of fallow will be greater."

"The leader also mentioned the sand industry." Tong Yunzheng said.

At this time, a reporter holding a microphone came forward and said, "Mr. Guo, please allow me to do another interview with you."

Guo Yang noticed the word CCTV on the microphone and said with a smile, "Let Mr. Lu Hanbin come. He is more familiar with the sand industry than I am."

Tong Yunzheng blinked in surprise.

Lu Hanbin, who was standing by, was also stunned for a moment before he realized that the boss didn't like to go abroad most of the time.

The reporter said, “Okay.”

After the reporter took Lu Hanbin away, Tong Yunzheng continued to ask: "Can the sand industry support fallow land?"

"No problem." Guo Yang said: "As long as the current progress is maintained, Minqin is likely to become the largest raw material base for Cistanche deserticola."

When he heard about the raw material base, Tong Yunzheng frowned unnaturally. Wuwei exported too much agricultural raw materials, resulting in the city's agricultural output value being far higher than its industrial output value.

"Why don't we build a planting base together in the sand sea?"

"I don't have enough energy. The sand industry is a complex project." Guo Yang pondered, "Or it can be said to be a knowledge-intensive industry."

"The focus of Shahai will shift to, first, tapping the market potential of downstream products, moving towards deep processing, and increasing added value."

"Second, cultivate sand-dwelling plants, research and develop propagation and conservation technologies, build artificial ecosystems on a large scale and in a paradigm, and develop supporting machinery, so that science and technology can empower the sand industry."

Feeling that this was a bit abstract, Guo Yang gave an example.

"For example, the Sand Sea and the Institute of Desert Control have collaborated on a research project: a study of the groundwater recharge mechanism on the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert."

Tong Yunzheng nodded thoughtfully.

Guo Yang doubted that he didn't understand, because after reading the subject, Guo Yang only remembered the title.

Because just listening to the title will make you feel it is very useful.

After chatting for a while, Lu Hanbin's interview ended and Tong Yunzheng took over.

Guo Yang asked Lu Hanbin, "What did you say?"

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "The expected benefits are slightly raised. For example, if we inoculate Cistanche deserticola to control sand, we can recover the cost in the third year."

"..."

After Tong Yunzheng finished the interview, he gave the same answer.

“I just hope we can attract more businesses.”

"Let's hold an industry investment promotion conference!" Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "If we make it bigger, maybe we can attract coal bosses to invest."

Tong Yunzheng's eyes lit up.

The topic of coal bosses has been very hot recently. After all, there are not many people who have money but don’t know how to use it.

Leaders at the municipal and county levels gradually withdrew.

In the following time, Guo Yang went to the nursery, where the nursery manager Li Qi had already prepared a batch of newly collected desert plant seeds.

Most of the new plants come from the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert.

There are as many as a dozen plant community combinations, but the tallest one is the King of the Artemisia annua + King of the Artemisia annua community, which is 75-90cm tall.

Guo Yang cultivated these two kinds of grass seeds a few years ago and they are now ready for mass production.

Guo Yang said puzzledly: "Flying broadcast!"

Lu Hanbin said: "This is one of our sand plants."

"..."

Lu Hanbin: "For many years, Alxa has been carrying out aerial seeding in the southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert, and there is a large demand for seeds. After buying seeds from the desert once at the beginning, I have never stopped since then. It is said that the germination rate is quite good."

Guo Yang asked: "Isn't this alfalfa seed?"

"It's the sand sea that's breeding. Oh, Lao Bao also has some seeds. Let's sell them together."

"..."

"We use seedling cultivation here in Minqin, and the growth is good. We can produce more than 100 kilograms of fresh grass per mu. Sheep like to eat flowers and a small amount of young branches and leaves."

Guo Yang couldn't tell whether this was good or bad.

Because the 100 million mu of sand sea are almost planted, there seems to be no more land for aerial seeding.

Do you want to contract more?
Guo Yang and Sha Hai’s team discussed for a while and both agreed that they could acquire some more land.

Because no one knows whether the arrival of this leader can drive the development of related industries.

Guo Yang also followed the evening news, but there was no coverage on that day.

It was not until the next day that I saw the report about Minqin on Hua Xia Channel 1.

The first thing that catches your eye is the sparkling Qingtu Lake.

(End of this chapter)