Chapter 361: Potatoes from Liangshan
"No."

Guo Yang always felt something was weird. The business volume in Sichuan Province was relatively small and went smoothly, so he generally paid little attention to it.

"Leader, have you heard any news?"

"Wait till I come over and tell you."

On the way, Qin Lijun was hesitating whether to tell the truth.

Given Jiahe's emphasis on the bioenergy industry, the Panzhihua region will certainly pay attention to it, but if it really gets involved, it may affect the province's investment.

"Leader, we're here."

The driver's reminder brought Qin Lijun back to his senses. The car was parked right in the square in front of the "禾"-shaped rooftop farm.

The colorful rooftop farm attracted Qin Lijun's attention. He straightened his clothes and got out of the car.

Strolling up the steps, you will see all kinds of crops in the terraced farmland grids, yellow, green, red, pink, and blue, many of which are new and fresh things you have never seen before.

But the visual effect of the combination is still good.

When you reach the top of the rooftop farm, which is the center point of the Chinese character "禾", you can see the entire vast Gobi Desert.

The bright yellow sea buckthorn berries are particularly eye-catching in the gradually bleak season.

"Hey, boss, I'm late."

Guo Yang trotted up the stairs at the other end, his movements brisk, his face not red, and his breath not panting.

"Young people are in good health. I'm a little out of breath as I climb up slowly."

"I see that you are in good health, leader."

After a few pleasantries, Guo Yang got down to business. "The second-in-command from Laos may come to Jiahe for an inspection this month. We will need the support of the city and the province."

"That's no problem." Qin Lijun joked, "The province also supports enterprises to go global and develop."

So there is no problem with investing abroad, right? Guo Yang complained in his heart, and then thought of Sichuan Province mentioned on the phone.

"Is there any news from Sichuan Province?"

Looking at Jiahe’s bustling headquarters and the gradually taking shape rooftop farm, there is also the planned and constructed Jiahe Hotel not far away.

The doubts and worries in his heart had disappeared. Qin Lijun smiled and said, "Mr. Guo has made a big move in the south, and Panxi also wants to get a piece of the pie."

"Leprosy tree?" Guo Yang pondered for a while, "Jiahe does have some ideas about that place. The dry and hot valley in Panxi is quite suitable for growing leprosy trees."

"Have you thought about it, Jiahe really wants to take over?"

Guo Yang shook his head, "Jiahe must do it ourselves, we won't look down on others who have ruined it."

"Oh, that's all right."

Guo Yang asked a few more questions and learned that it was Liangshan that was in contact and the specific location of the leprosy tree base was in Huili, so he became even less interested.

There are many ethnic minorities there, with as many as 20 to 30 ethnic groups in one county. Most importantly, the investment environment is worrying.

Jiahe does not care about various policy subsidies, and any subsidies it gets can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

What really interested him was Panzhihua, the only city in the country named after a flower, where the Jinsha River and Yalong River meet.

Two years ago, Quanwang Bio acquired a small neem tree base in Panzhihua, covering an area of ​​about 500 acres, which has already produced fruit this year.

We are currently conducting in-depth research and development on biological pesticides and medicines.

The current raw material scale of 500 acres of neem trees is far from meeting Quanwang’s future needs.

Looking across the country, the total area of ​​neem tree planting in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong and other provinces is only about 14 acres.

Panzhihua borders Chuxiong in Yunnan Province.

The surrounding Jinsha River and Honghe River valleys, as well as the Nujiang River, Lancang River, Nanding River, Ruili River and other river valleys are all suitable places for growing neem trees and leprosy trees.

In dry and hot river valley areas, soil erosion is extremely easy and it is difficult for ordinary tree species to survive.

But neem and jatropha are extremely suitable for this environment.

The King of All has always intended to expand the neem tree base and has never stopped investigating the investment environment in surrounding areas.

I am familiar with all kinds of situations, including barren mountains, wastelands, and abandoned farmland.

Even Ning Xiaojing knew what the leprosy energy forest in Panxi looked like, so how could Guo Yang not know?

If you want to cheat him, no way.

I accompanied Qin Lijun for a walk on the rooftop farm. When we got tired, we sat on the stone bench and experienced the pastoral wildness of the building.

Qin Lijun didn't get up until he was about to get off work. "Let's go. It's not bad to come to your place often when you have nothing to do. It's close to the municipal building."

"Leaders are welcome to come and fish."

"Where did you get the fish?" Qin Lijun felt strange. "Or is this another internet buzzword?"

"(⊙o⊙)..."

"There's a pond under that slope." Guo Yang pointed and said with a smile, "Tomorrow I'll have someone put some fish in there, or get some seafood."

The pool is used to store rainwater, and secondly, irrigation water from the top will seep down, which is a part of water recycling.

Farming fish and seafood is probably going to be difficult.

But it was just a matter of Guo Yang's words.

Qin Lijun laughed and scolded: "Hey, you have so many tricks. You are really a talented boy."

...

Sichuan Province, Liangshan.

The thousands of miles of Liangshan are characterized by high mountains and deep valleys.

70% of the state’s arable land is concentrated in high-altitude semi-mountainous areas, where the land is barren and it is difficult for farmers to increase their income.

Potato is the largest food crop in the state, ranking first in both output and planting area.

Li Deming brought two people with him and drove out from Huili at dawn with great effort. They had not reached halfway by dark, so they had to rest for a night before continuing their journey.

It was not until the third day that I met Xiang Tianshan at a potato meeting in a village in Zhaojue.

He didn't expect Xiang Tianshan to live in Zhaojue.

It is two or three hundred kilometers away from Huili, and the road is all in the mountains. After crossing one mountain, there is another mountain. After driving for two or three days, people are exhausted.

It is hard to imagine how Xiang Tianshan got along in the past.

Just to see with your own eyes what the leprosy tree looks like, it would take at least five or six days to go there and back.

The old man Xiang Tianshan was busy, and Li Deming didn't want to disturb him, so he could only watch from behind.

Many people came to the event, including farmers, people from townships, other districts and counties, and reporters from the state.

But the protagonist of the scene at this moment is the small potato that the people of Liangshan cannot live without.

Green mountains, green waters, and golden potatoes!
Accompanied by the roar of machinery, golden, round potatoes were quickly turned out of the soil and spread all over the fields.

The villagers followed closely behind, picking up the potatoes they dug up, removing the mud, and putting them into baskets...

Xiang Tianshan, who was standing nearby, was still promoting virus-free seed potatoes and supporting technologies to leaders and villagers.

“In the past, potato planting was too haphazard, with low density and poor drainage.”

"After field research and referring to the successful experience of Dingxi, Gansu Province, we introduced the double-row high-bay staggered ridge cultivation technology."

"Each nest can grow 4400 nests of potatoes. With the application of more farmyard manure, organic fertilizer and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, the yield per mu can generally reach more than 5000 kilograms."

After these words were spoken, the scene became quiet for a while.

A high yield of 5000 kilograms is not surprising, as the state research institute's experimental fields using original seeds can also achieve this.

But when it comes to universality and averageness, no one can meet this requirement.

And this is not the original species, most of them are level 1 and level 2 species.

The light and heat conditions in Liangshan are better than those in Dingxi. Generally speaking, if new and excellent varieties are used, a yield of 4000 kilograms per mu is considered a high yield, and the yield of self-retained seeds is only 2000 kilograms.

Few people can achieve a production of more than 5000 kilograms.

All the participants were a little shocked, as Zhaojue had on display tens of thousands of acres of potatoes.

The mountains of potatoes cannot be faked, and the farmers' joy and excitement when facing the reporters' interviews cannot be faked.

The village party secretary Adimujia said happily: "This year is really a bumper year. The village's income from potato sales alone has reached 260 million yuan!"

The villagers also expressed their participation enthusiastically, and some even pulled reporters into their homes to take pictures.

Several rooms were filled with potatoes, and two felt granaries were built outside the yard to store potatoes.

"My family planted nearly 30 mu of potatoes, with an average yield of more than 5000 kilograms per mu. We sold more than 12 kilograms and have earned nearly 3 yuan!"

"My family planted 28 mu of potatoes, and we harvested more than 5000 kilograms per mu. We have sold 0.36 kilograms at 10 yuan per kilogram. After deducting the cost and transportation fee, we have earned more than 2 yuan!"

"We have no problem selling potatoes here. People come to harvest them right in the fields."

The harvest scene was extremely exciting, but Li Deming felt a little anxious inside. How long would he have to wait?
Depend on!
Is it easy for me to make this trip?
Potatoes are grown only by the poor.

He doesn't plant.

These villagers who are 'making money' are probably hired actors!
Li Deming took advantage of a gap and moved closer to Xiang Tianshan.

"Lao Xiang, Lao Xiang, it's me, Li Deming who knows how to take care of leprosy trees. I contacted you in advance."

"Wait a minute, you can't leave now."

After saying a perfunctory word, Xiang Tianshan turned around and went to deal with the villagers and cooperatives.

He was born in Zhaojue. When he was young, he went to study and was admitted to the Agricultural University. Finally, he stayed in the north, did scientific research, entered the administrative system, and then worked in a business, wasting half of his life.

Things change unpredictably. I originally wanted to start a business, but in the end I returned to the mountains and planted potatoes.

When he was young, he felt that his hometown was hopeless.

The people here are ignorant, addicted to alcohol and gambling, drugs are rampant, AIDS is rampant, greed, corruption, and laziness are endemic...

His family was destroyed here, and the evil of human nature was fully displayed here.

In addition to human nature, there are also natural barriers.

The Liangshan area, blocked by the Hengduan Mountains, is like an isolated island with its high mountains and crisscrossing river valleys.

Endless roads to walk, endless mountains to climb, people carrying things on their backs or on horses, crossing rivers on zip lines, climbing vine ladders, earthquakes, landslides, mudslides...

Li Bai's "The Road to Shu is Difficult" cannot fully describe the difficulties of transportation here.

If poverty alleviation is compared to a game of completing a level, then Liangshan in Sichuan Province is definitely an S-level difficulty game.

But after coming back for a while, I realized that although this place is still bad, it is changing.

Agriculture is developing, technology is advancing, and concepts are changing.

In the past, he couldn't believe that there would be villagers willing to buy potato seed potatoes at 0.5 yuan per kilogram.

One acre requires 400 kilograms of seed potatoes, which is 200 yuan!
However, in the past one or two years, when he promoted the Tianshu series of varieties bred by Tianhe, many villagers were willing to try it.

The difficulty was less than he expected.

He also went to the school to take a look and saw that there were a few more students studying seriously.

When he was at home, students would occasionally come to him for advice, but he knew that most of these people would never come back.

But it’s good to go out!
The most important thing is that the province and the country have not given up on this remote place.

The Ya'an-Xichang Expressway has already started construction.

Foreign experts once declared that this was a restricted area for railway construction, but the Chengdu-Kunming Railway has been in operation for 38 years.

Now there is the Ya'an-Xichang Expressway. If it is open to traffic, it will definitely be one of the most beautiful expressways. In addition, there are also various grassroots talents who have come one after another to support the construction of Liangshan.

All these gave Xiang Tianshan hope.

Xiang Tianshan was busy with Tianhe employees for the whole afternoon.

He patiently explained the techniques of growing potatoes to interested villagers, cooperatives, townships and other commercial potato breeding farms, or demonstrated on the spot with a hoe.

When the show was about to end, technician Alora was still reluctant to leave.

"Boss Xiang, I calculated that we received over 50,000 orders today, which is more than the sales volume of last year."

"How much commission can I get from this?"

Looking at the smiling Yi boy, Xiang Tianshan scolded him with a smile: "Look at how ignorant you are. Don't tell others that I brought you there. I can't afford to lose face."

Just as he took a sip of water, Li Deming came over again.

"Boss Xiang, come on, have a whole cigarette."

"No, I don't smoke."

He waved to Tianshan, asked Alolaha to go and do his work, and then sat casually on the edge of the field.

Li Deming squatted down when he saw this. "Boss Xiang, Jiahe has been vigorously developing energy forests in Guangxi, Fujian, and Gansu provinces recently. We would also like to ask you to help us build a bridge."

"What do you mean?"

"Transfer the leprosy tree base in Huili to Jiahe." Seeing that there were only two people around him, Li Deming said, "It's about 200,000 to 300,000 mu."

"Isn't it only 30,000 acres?"

"This is why I came here. In addition to me, the county also wants to transfer other bases to Jiahe."

Li Deming smiled and pointed two fingers bluntly: "If it's done, you can get 2 million as an introduction fee, and you can live in peace in your old age without having to go out to bask in the sun."

The ultraviolet rays in Liangshan are more toxic than those in the Asafoetida Gobi Desert. Over the past year or so, Xiangtian Mountain has almost been sunburned.

However, he had been to the leprosy tree base in Huili. Apart from other things, just look at the growth of the trees: some died, some fell down, and the rest looked withered.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it has little use value and no normal person would pass it on.

Then why did you choose him?

Xiang Tianshan thought about it for a while and then understood what was going on.

This may involve an acquisition worth hundreds of millions of yuan, and he is a senior internal manager who is familiar with the situation on site.

This money is both an introduction fee and a hush money or a benefit fee.

"Your leprosy base is a mess. This is clearly a scam!"

"That's not the case. The villagers have done their work and cleared the weeds. The trees can thrive with a little care."

“Golden Harvest can definitely be rebuilt.”

"We can discuss it if we have anything to discuss, Mr. Xiang. Why bother? If things get awkward, it will be embarrassing for everyone. I have connections in Zhaojue too."

Xiang Tianshan looked at the group of three people. Two of them were fat and strong men with fierce looks, and they seemed to be thugs.

"It's not impossible, you have to pay more."

Li Deming was delighted, as the original offer was 300 million, but he rounded off the amount.

"How many?"

"Ten million. You have to pay a deposit first. I'll go and help you get it done, but I can't guarantee it will be done."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Ten million, I can't even get that much money, what are you dreaming about?"

"Then there's no way."

Xiang Tianshan stood up, patted his butt and prepared to leave, but Li Deming and two big men blocked his way.

"Why, soft means don't work, you want to try hard means?"

"You asked for it."

"What, what, you want to fight?"

At this time, Alolaha rushed out of the village with a large group of people.

Glancing towards Tianshan Mountain.

Among them were even children of eight or nine years old, half naked, with dark skin, running very fast, but the one running in the front was a student in school uniform.

This kid Laha must have called the entire A Luo family over.

Li Deming and the other two had already shown signs of fear.

The general is coming with great ferocity.

Isn’t this white-haired old man from this village? Why is he so prestigious?

There were twenty or thirty people at a time.

In a short while, the crowd surrounded him, and the leader kicked him without saying a word.

The attack was ruthless and Li Deming grimaced in pain and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Xiang Tianshan didn't want to make things worse, so he stopped those who were about to take action, and the group of people actually listened to him.

Li Deming showed his fear and didn't want to stay for a moment, but Xiangtian Mountain was indeed a bomb.

"Boss Xiang, we can discuss the conditions. I'll ask the leader later. I'd like to ask you to say a few good words for Huili."

Xiang Tianshan just smiled, and after Li Deming left, he greeted the people from the A'luo family, and then looked at the middle school student who was running in the front.

"A Luo Wu Lai, have you finished your homework? Do you often fight in school?"

"No, I never had a fight at school."

A Luo Wulai is better than the average Yi people, but a little thin when he is young. He usually has good academic performance and has the hope of passing the exam.

“Brother Raha said you were going to be beaten, so I followed him.”

"Okay, now everything is fine, go back to do your homework, and everyone else can go home, go home."

After the crowd had left, Xiang Tianshan was quite impressed, "I have never seen these men so enthusiastic when working."

After sitting on the edge of the field and thinking for a while, Xiang Tianshan took out his mobile phone and dialed the number.

"Boss, I have something to report to you..."

In Jiuquan, on the salt marsh west of Guazhou, the grass and trees were withered and yellow, and the Shule River was flowing with shallow clear water. Guo Yang listened to Xiang Tianshan's words in the rustling cold wind.

"Old Xiang, what a waste of 10 million. It would take me many years to earn this amount."

Xiang Tianshan: "I will never make this much money in my entire life."

"No, you still want to start a business. Project subsidy application is a good track. There are not many people who know how to do it now. With your ability, it is not impossible to earn a billionaire."

"But I want to do this in Liangshan." Xiang Tianshan said with a smile: "The potential here is not high, how about the boss invest a little?"

"Okay, since you saved me money, I'll invest in your company. I've even thought of a name. How about Goat Agriculture?"

"Uh... not so good."

Xiang Tianshan originally wanted Jiahe to invest in Liangshan’s agriculture, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

"Haha, that's it. I know about the leprosy tree now."

Guo Yang didn't take the incident in Liangshan seriously. In fact, in addition to Qin Lijun, there were other people who also contacted Jiahe.

However, the Liangshan leprosy tree energy forest is not suitable for the time being, but Panzhihua can combine it with the neem tree to create a demonstration and driving base.

If you succeed and can make money, people who are willing to follow suit will naturally provide raw materials in an endless stream.

After thinking for a while, the whistling cold wind brought Guo Yang back to his senses. It was worthy of being the World Wind Depot, the wind never stopped.

On the north side of the Shule River section where he is now, across the protective forest and grassland, is the wind farm that is being planned for construction. Currently, 10 kilowatts of power has been connected to the grid.

The wind power capital is also about to enter the fast lane.

On the south side of the river is the salt marsh, which was originally a thousand miles of barren land, but now it is covered with snow.

Today, there are only a few kilometers of shrubs and grasslands to protect the river from the north and south winds.

This is already the lower reaches of the Shule River, and the West Lake Farm further downstream is also the target of industrial adjustment in this Xanthoceras sorbifolia project.

"The effect of water conservation and fallow is quite obvious." Qin Lijun, who was inspecting with him, had his hair blown to a mess. "In the past, the river would have dried up by this time."

“The water still can’t reach the West Lake wetlands.”

Qin Lijun turned his head and said, "I found that you have a problem. You always like to undermine others. It's a good thing you don't work in a government agency, otherwise you would be just a clerk all your life."

"what?"

"I said... puff..."

"The wind is too strong, I can't hear you. Let's get in the car and go back to Suzhou. We'll have to grope in the dark again later."

After saying that, Guo Yang walked quickly towards the off-road vehicle parked on the saline-alkali beach.

After getting in the car, Qin Lijun still insisted, "I told you that you like to spoil things."

Guo Yang: "That's impossible. With my education level, I have to be a deputy section chief to join the general district or county agricultural bureau."

"So you heard everything, right?"

"Leader, do you think it would look better if grass grew all over the desert below the windmill?"

"Don't try to change the subject... No, no, what did you say?"

Qin Lijun was stunned, as if he had heard something extraordinary.

The planned wind farm is part of the Gashun Gobi Desert, also known as the 800-li vast sea of ​​desert, which stretches northwards to Hami in Xinjiang province.

The climate is extremely dry, with annual precipitation below 30 mm. Strong winds howl all year round, and almost no grass grows on the ground.

"It would be nice to have grass, but this desert is different. The conditions are too harsh."

Guo Yang likes to look at maps. If we talk about area alone, the area of ​​this wind farm should be larger than that of the Dunhuang Wetland.

"Once the water conservation and fallowing in the basin are successful, there should be water in the lower reaches of the Shule River. Who can predict what will happen in the future?"

The big windmill on the Gobi Desert was still turning, but Qin Lijun was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

If someone told him to plant grass on the gravel under the windmill, he would just ignore it.

But this person is Guo Yang.

The flowers blooming in the summer on the 30 acres of Gobi Desert and the yellow sea buckthorn fruits now all show that Jiahe has this ability.

“What does the city need to do?”

"It won't be needed for a while."

Guo Yang pondered and said, "We are already doing water conservation, fallowing land, and adjusting the industrial structure. We also visited the drip irrigation factory today and it can be put into production normally. In the future, we will gradually expand the scope."

"Okay."

"Leader, you're not going to be transferred, are you?"

"Not for now, but I guess I won't be able to eat the pie you painted."

In the setting sun, windmills stood and off-road vehicles kicked up a cloud of dust on the Gobi Desert.

In supermarkets and markets in major cities, Jiahe's terminal products have also reaped a rich harvest.

(End of this chapter)