Chapter 373: After the Game; Qinghe

Yao Xinian laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Guo really opened my eyes that time. I didn't know that fishing can be played like this. When the official lure fishing competition starts, you must all come and see it for yourself."

Guo Yang also smiled and said, "There has been no formal large-scale lure fishing competition in China. This is the first time in Beitun."

The two of them flattered each other, and soon the atmosphere at the dinner table quickly became better.

Beitun has extremely rich water and tourism resources, and there are three 3A-level scenic spots in the area.

There is no shortage of tourists here.

Whether it is ice fishing in winter or lure fishing in summer, both are excellent ways to develop tourism resources.

The combination of fishing and tourism has great potential that can be seen with the naked eye.

Sitting around the hot pot stove, eating freshly processed Baikal fish and a few bites of fresh meat and vegetables, Guo Yang felt refreshed both physically and mentally.

"This Baikal dace is really good!"

"That's right. This is the result of Mr. Guo's competition." The Naha female reporter said, "Mr. Guo, can you give me a chance to interview you later?"

After having a meal together, Guo Yang also learned the name of the Kazakh female reporter: Leila.

There were several times when Guo Yang heard it as "lai la", so he was quite impressed. In terms of appearance, Leila is one of the few outstanding ones among the Ha people.

"I will not leave the country. Please contact Zheng Wang for any information regarding Xiangyang Lake."

After eating, Guo Yang sat there without moving.

The Naha female reporter was about to continue the interview, and when she saw this, she couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Guo, are you not going to continue the competition?"

"No." Guo Yang shook his head.

Leila asked doubtfully, "It should be relatively easy for Mr. Guo to get a ranking given his performance and strength. This first competition is still very memorable."

In fact, what Leila was thinking was that if Guo Yang won the award, she would be able to openly report Guo Yang in the news.

The interview invitation was rejected, so I can only hope for the competition.

Even though he was delayed for so long because of eating, as long as he continued with the competition, he still had a great chance of winning based on his performance in the morning.

Guo Yang said: "I will sit with Yao Tuan."

Yao Xinian probably understood his thoughts and said, "That's right, I also have some ideas, and I want to talk to Mr. Guo about industrial development."

Leila had no choice but to leave.

Yao Xinian said, "Mr. Guo, what do you think? Ethnic minority beauties are still unique, right?"

"Very good." Guo Yang nodded slightly and changed the subject.

"Yao Tuan just said he wanted to talk about industrial development. What aspect is that?"

Yao Xinian immediately put on a serious expression. The name Beitun originally meant a reclamation troop in the northernmost part.

The latitude here is high and the climate is cold, with a freezing period of 5 months a year.

Therefore, there are many difficulties in agriculture.

Yao Xinian pondered and said, "The 183rd Regiment currently has 6.3 mu of reservoirs and ponds, and would like to cooperate with Jiahe in organic agriculture."

As a mature agricultural area, the 183rd Regiment uses a lot of pesticides and fertilizers on its farmland, making it unsuitable for the development of organic agriculture.

Guo Yang was also a little surprised.

If it was any other investment, and he was in a good mood today, he might have agreed to it directly.

But organic farming doesn’t quite fit in.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said, "Tuan Yao, it will take too long for Tuan 183 to transform into organic agriculture."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can sell it for a high price in the end, the 183rd Regiment can afford the time cost."

Guo Yang still shook his head.

At the same time, he was also wondering why the 183rd Regiment had set its sights on organic agriculture. Apart from being jealous of Qinghe County's development, he could not think of any other reason.

"Organic agricultural products may not all be sold at high prices. The high-end market is limited. When the market is saturated, in addition to competing on quality, price will still be the key."

"The 183rd Regiment is too large, and doing organic farming is not worth the effort."

"In addition, there are deep-rooted beliefs..."

Guo Yang analyzed the disadvantages of the 183rd Regiment in developing organic agriculture bit by bit, and basically stopped Yao Xinian from thinking about it.

In fact, there is a way, which is to reclaim new wasteland.

However, the 183rd Regiment had no wasteland to reclaim, but the 184th Regiment next door had...

"Alas, life is not easy."

Yao Xinian sighed and said that the same was true for the Corps, as many places had not yet escaped poverty.

Guo Yang could only give some suggestions on industrial structure adjustment, forage, food, cash crops...

As long as you are willing to change and try, there will always be opportunities. For example, if we promote more high-quality varieties of Tianhe and Alfalfa, the existing agricultural output value can be greatly increased.

If organic farming cannot be done, green farming and ecological farming can always be done.

However, development always involves various difficulties. Just reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides can stump many people.

Suddenly, the idea of ​​black earthworm organic fertilizer flashed through Guo Yang’s mind.

If the 183rd Regiment had this industry, perhaps the progress of organic agriculture would be accelerated.

However, the variety breeding has not even started yet. What's more, such a good thing must be produced by Jiahe itself. It is impossible to give it to the 183rd Group.

After drinking tea with Yao Xinian for an hour or two, we heard the news that the fishing competition was over.

From a distance, one could see that the referee team had already started weighing, and the cheers that came from time to time also made Yao Xinian feel a lot better.

"Reservoir fishing is also good." Yao Xinian stood up and said, "Let's go, Mr. Guo, let's go and see the competition site?"

"I won't go." Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "I have other things to prepare. I have to go to Qinghe tomorrow."

"Then I'll go over and join in the fun."

After taking another look at the lively scene at the competition venue, Guo Yang was no longer reluctant to linger, but instead called Zheng Wang and asked him to find someone to take him to dig black earthworms.

The place where black earthworms are dug is in a mountain cave.

The ground is still covered with snow, and under the snow are all kinds of rotten leaves, weeds, etc. Just looking at the surface, you can tell that the soil is rich in organic matter and is all humus soil.

With the assistance of the staff, Guo Yang successfully took samples from multiple locations.

Collected a lot of earthworm information.

...

"Zhang San, 28.6 catties."

"Li Chao, 32 catties."

"Deng Gang, 76.5 catties!"

"Liu Zhiqiang, 82.3 catties!"

There was a burst of exclamations at the weigh-in site, and the results of these two people immediately widened the gap with ordinary people.

"The ranking is locked!"

"As expected of a famous fishing king, he is quite capable."

"Didn't you see that the two people who were shouting before the game have already run away?"

"Haha, actually I want to see Deng Gang's hips more."

The results of the 180 contestants were released one after another, and even those who had no hope of ranking were filled with joy.

Because of the abundant fishery resources, there was no empty-handed contestant among the contestants, and at least there was a catch of 10 kilograms.

It is completely enough to take pictures without having to take advantage of other people's catches. If you live close to home, you don't have to spend money to buy fish to take home.

"Wang Cong, 55.3 catties."

The referee in charge of the weigh-in said with some regret: "What a pity, you exerted your strength a little late, otherwise you would still have hope of ranking."

"I'm satisfied. I had enough." Wang Cong smiled and said, "Quickly weigh how many fish the guy next to me has caught."

Guo Yang's fishing spot was next to Wang Cong. Although he gave up the competition midway, Guo Yang also became famous during the competition.

In the afternoon, Wang Cong replaced the remaining black earthworms with new ones and caught two big pike in succession at the last minute, which rapidly improved his performance in the competition.

Many other people were also inspired by him and changed their fishing bait in time, and finally had a good harvest.

Among them are famous fishing masters such as Deng Gang, Liu Zhiqiang and Laogui Yizhe.

What's more, there was the scene before the game.

Therefore, many people are curious about how many fish this retired contestant who is suspected to be the boss actually caught.

In just a moment, these people gathered around.

"Spread out a little, spread out a little, it's so crowded, you'll fall into the water if you don't pat it off!"

At the referee's scolding, these people slowly dispersed, but their eyes and ears remained on the referee who was weighing in.

Only the photographer and reporter Leila were left taking pictures.

The referee didn't waste any time. He weighed the items in no time and shouted out the number that everyone was concerned about.

"68.8 pounds!"

Although the approximate weight could be estimated from the fish placed on the ice, there was still a burst of exclamations when the results came out.

"Damn, this weight is almost in the first tier!"

“It should be enough for the top ten.”

"I think it's a bit confusing."

"If he hadn't given up, he would have probably won first place. I think these masters in the competitive fishing world are no better than this. Even amateur enthusiasts can't compare to him."

After hearing these remarks, some of the top-ranked experts looked calm, as luck is part of fishing competitions.

When fishing in the wild, no matter you are an expert or not, it is normal to catch nothing.

But there are also some who are not convinced and grumble that they gained the advantage entirely because of their familiarity with the fish situation and the bait.

Leila, a reporter from the Kazakh ethnic group, leaned in front of the recorder and asked, "How is the result?"

"It's only the tenth place now, but there are still about 20 players whose catches have not been weighed. There is still suspense."

Hearing this, Leila couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If this didn't even make it into the top ten, the news would be much less topical.

Following the referee's footsteps, Leila also saw the results of the remaining contestants.

Most of the fish were clearly not enough, but there were two that looked threatening, which made Leila's heart skip a beat.

"68.6 pounds."

When the first threatening contestant came out, Leila breathed a sigh of relief, but she felt a little depressed when the second result came out.

"69.3 pounds."

Just 0.5 catties more.

"The small white strips weighed nearly two kilograms at noon. If we don't use them for hot pot, we will definitely win the trophy."

Obviously, not only Leila noticed it, but everyone else also noticed that Guo Yang's little white strip was missing.

Even the anglers didn't show up in the lake area.

……

The next day, on the way to Qinghe.

Guo Yang was sleeping all the way, but in fact he was busy testing and cultivating various earthworm varieties in the seed shop.

This situation started since last night.

Guo Yang was not very familiar with earthworms at first, but after communicating with Xu Xuenong, he found out that the Natural Enemies Center actually had talents in this area.

Guo Yang immediately output a lot of information. There are about 300 species of terrestrial earthworms in my country, including 9 species of medicinal earthworms.

They are widely distributed throughout the country, and even the Qinghai-Tibet region has its own unique species of earthworms.

In the Northwest, there are 17 major earthworm species.

The importance of earthworms to the soil is self-evident. The No. 1 document of later generations also clearly stated that illegal activities such as stealing black soil and catching earthworms with electricity should be severely cracked down.

Worm castings are also known as the king of organic fertilizers.

Earthworm farming and organic fertilizer production can not only be used in agricultural production, but also in ecological environmental management, and can even be used as a means of biological control.

Its potential value is extremely high.

However, there are few earthworms farmed in China at this time, and even if there are, they are used for fishing and medicinal purposes, and earthworm manure is only a by-product.

After an evening of discussion between the Natural Enemy Center and Guo Yang, several key points of cultivation were summarized.

A new variety proposed by the Natural Enemies Center that is resistant to stress and tolerates low temperatures and drought.

This is the prerequisite for large-scale breeding.

Otherwise, due to the dry and cold climate and high evaporation in the northwest, the survival and reproduction rates of earthworms would be shockingly low.

The Natural Enemy Center considers the survival rate, while Guo Yang is more concerned about its economic value.

If you can cheat, then the higher the level of cultivation, the better. Moreover, Guo Yang is not only thinking about the Northwest, other regions of the country are also in his long-term plan.

After all, there are farms all over the country, and the sales of organic fertilizers are also spread all over the country.

Biofertilizers,

Soil improvement,

Biological control,

Waste disposal,
Plus the stress resistance mentioned by the natural enemy center.

These are the training directions that Guo Yang has temporarily decided.

Just based on the earthworms collected yesterday, he has already selected one or two varieties that can meet the needs of biological fertilizer and soil improvement.

The requirements for the characteristics of biological fertilizers, simply put, are that earthworms must be able to eat and excrete, and the earthworm manure they excrete must be of high quality, with the more nutrients the better.

Soil improvement requires that earthworms be highly active and dynamic, able to create as many tiny channels as possible in the soil to increase soil aeration and permeability.

In fact, except for stress resistance, the other four characteristics are complementary to each other.

However, the cultivation in seed stores is focused, and it is a bit difficult to combine multiple characteristics in one.

Guo Yang estimated that he had no choice but to return to Jiuquan and rely on the rich germplasm resources to complete the final cultivation.

The off-road vehicle crossed the vast Gobi Desert along National Highway 216.

Compared with the Asafoetida Gobi Desert, this desert is much larger. If we need a comparison object, it is probably equivalent to the area of ​​Guazhou's wind farm.

The natural conditions are not much different, with gravel everywhere. It is a good place to pick up stones and go on a self-driving tour, but it is not suitable for agricultural development.

However, this area is still the winter pasture of Altay herdsmen.

The thin dry grass in the Gobi Desert in winter helped nomadic herders get through the most difficult times.

When the off-road vehicle passes through the Gobi Desert and crosses the hills, you can see the silhouette of the Asafoetida Gobi.

This is a flat land with relatively thick soil.

The only constraint is water. When the water diversion tunnel passes through the Kadanxuntuo Mountains, this place becomes a new fertile land.

Karatongke Town is a small town in the north of the Asafetida Gobi Desert, which originated from the Karatongke copper-nickel mine.

Founded in 1978, the enterprise is the first large-scale non-ferrous metal enterprise in Xinjiang Province.

It has always been a major contributor to local profits and taxes, as well as a major polluter.

However, Karatongke had already started pollution control long before Jiahe established Qinghe Agriculture.

When Guo Yang crossed Karatongke, he saw some withered weeds on the hillside where mining waste was piled up.

Seeing this, Guo Yang thought of earthworms again.

Earthworms are useful for repairing soil contaminated by heavy metal waste and as indicator organisms of environmental pollution.

To put it simply, heavy metals can also be eaten by earthworms as organic matter.

Can we strengthen this function?
Guo Yang thought it was worth a try.

At the edge of the Asafetida Gobi Desert, what comes into view are rows of poplar trees.

Although the snow has not melted, the poplar trees have already sprouted.

Poplar is the most common tree in the northwest. Wherever there is grass, there is the shadow of the poplar.

Behind the poplar trees is a large sea buckthorn forest full of fruits. Beyond the sea buckthorn forest is the Qinghe pasture planting area.

Layers of protection keep the central and southern agricultural core areas of the Asafoetida Gobi away from pollution sources.

Among them, 30 mu of land closest to the water diversion canal was distributed to local nomadic herdsmen, and the rest was Qinghe Agriculture's territory.

From time to time, you can see agricultural machinery plowing the land.

In the past two years, a small town has emerged out of nowhere where the herdsmen settled: Agdala Town.

In the small town, Guo Yang also met Wang Kuan and others who had been waiting for a long time.

Wang Kuan was waiting by the car door. When Guo Yang got out of the car, he came over and said, "Boss, you've worked hard all the way here. Let's go eat first. We just slaughtered the sheep this morning."

"Okay!"

...

Sitting in a heated room, we ate mutton and talked about work.

Thinking of the scenes he had seen along the way, Guo Yang asked, "Why is spring ploughing so early this year?"

"The benefits of one crop per year are too low." Wang Kuan put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "I want to try to grow one more crop this year."

"That's impossible." Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, "The climate conditions are not met."

"It's not completely impossible," Wang Kuan said. "We plan to plant rapeseed for forage after wheat and soybeans."

"Rapeseed for fodder?"

Guo Yang thought about it carefully and it seemed to be feasible.

If you are harvesting rapeseed, all the conditions are not met, but rapeseed for fodder is different. It does not need to produce seeds, as long as it can feed livestock.

"Then why not grow silage corn? Isn't Tianyu 8 just right?"

"I am also worried about failure." Wang Kuan pondered, "Rapeseed can also generate extra income from rapeseed moss. If it fails, returning it to the field can also be a good green manure."

Guo Yang picked up a chopstick full of mutton, dipped it in a layer of chili oil, and took a delicious bite.

"That's a good idea."

There are more than two million mu of land in the Asafetida Gobi Desert. In the beginning, it was all forage, but now it is a combination of grain, economy and animal husbandry, and the industrial structure has been adjusting.

The results achieved are also very good.

The group has a stable supply of high-quality products such as beef, mutton, organic grains, organic flour, organic potato flour, organic sunflower oil, etc.

It can be said that in addition to vegetables, most of the common fresh produce in Jiahe Supermarket can be supplied here.

If we can plant another season of rapeseed for forage after wheat and soybeans, the number of cattle and sheep on hand can be raised to a higher level.

Guo Yang strongly agrees with this spirit of technical research.

Wang Kuan and others also calmed down and talked more about work.

In addition to animal husbandry, forestry has also become a highlight of Qinghe, and the Qinghe government also attaches more importance to the sea buckthorn industry than Jiuquan.

Before Qinghe's project was implemented, the sea buckthorn here had already grown to a small scale.

Nowadays, the hills and mountains around the Asafoetida Gobi Desert are gradually planted with sea buckthorn, most of which are Jiahe varieties.

In addition, the Asafoetida Gobi is also the most important raw material source for the whole king. Many plants such as bitter lily and ice wolf grass are also planted in this sparsely populated area.

...

"I don't agree. I want to cultivate my own land!"

"I can't even grow my own land well, how can I grow it well for others?"

Looking back to two or three years ago, Nusfu Reyizabek, an immigrant who had just been allocated land, was also unable to adapt his mindset.

But now, not only does he not refuse land transfer, but he also takes the lead in doing the work.

In the past six months, there have been fewer opportunities to work outside, so many young people have returned to the village. They want to farm, but they find that their land is being cultivated by others.

This was the case with Nusif's nephew Abram.

"Come on, let's do some calculations."

As he spoke, Nusfu took a stone and started drawing circles on the ground.

"Your family has less than 20 mu of land, and you can only earn more than 200 yuan per mu by growing forage grass, which is less than 5000 yuan a year. But how much does it cost?

Even so, you still can't solve the problem of feed for your cattle and sheep in winter, and if you transfer the land to Jiahe, the transfer fee for one mu of land has risen to 300 yuan.
In the early stage, I earned more than 20 yuan from 6000 acres of land. Later, I could earn yuan a day by working in the fields.

The minimum is 3,000 yuan a month, so why not have two incomes? "

Abram was thus convinced.

Because he was young and Qinghe Farm was short of staff, he was taken by the town's poverty alleviation cadres to learn how to operate a tractor.

In less than a month, he got a long-term and stable job as a tractor driver.

When he was happily plowing the soil, he was suddenly stopped. When he came to the roadside, he saw the company's leaders gathered around a young man.

When Wang Kuan saw that it was Abram who got off the tractor, everything became clear to him.

Pointing to the crookedly plowed land behind him, he gave a detailed story about Abram.

Guo Yang looked at Abram's flushed face and smiled happily.

"This is another contribution to national unity and social stability. Next time I will ask the leaders for credit."

Drilling holes through the mountains + water-saving drip irrigation + land transfer + organic agriculture have changed everything here.

Today, the Asafetida Gobi Desert is rich in water and grass, with crisscrossing fields and no longer suffering from water shortage.

...

Hou Zhenpeng, secretary of the Qinghe County Party Committee, hurried to Agdala Town.

"Mr. Guo has left?"

"He left overnight. He should be working at the headquarters now."

Hou Zhenpeng said it was a wrong decision. He should have come here as soon as he got the news yesterday. Agriculture is indeed not as profitable as mining.

But in the special context of the times, stability is above all else, and agriculture and animal husbandry can provide employment for no fewer people than mining.

And even if Qinghe has a mine, someone has to open it!
The Karatongke copper-nickel mine does not belong to Qinghe, but to Fuyunxian.

After the financial crisis broke out, Karatongke Company directly launched its third energy-saving and emission-reduction project, creating more than 1000 jobs.

Hou Zhenpeng's eyes widened with envy.

A mine can arrange dozens of people to plant trees, which solves the employment problem in a simple and crude way.

Qinghe does not have such large industrial and mining enterprises, but fortunately there is a large agricultural enterprise that can boost employment in the entire county.

But I just wanted to talk to my boss about the policy subsidies. Even though it’s not much, it’s at least a token of the county’s kindness.

But he just ran away like that.

Hou Zhenpeng stood on the small hill at the head of the water diversion canal, looking at the endless farmland under the blue sky and white clouds, and felt that he was in luck.

(End of this chapter)