Chapter 40 Before the Work Begins

After arriving at the barbecue restaurant, Guo Yang and Zhang Wei finally started to enjoy their meal.

"Lao Xiang, why don't you eat?"

"It's not good to eat too much barbecue." Lao Xiang's eyes were full of resistance.

Guo Yang ignored the old man and asked Zhang Wei, who was eating quietly, "Can you drink more? How about another bottle of beer each?"

"Come."

An hour later, Guo Yang and Zhang Wei were both dizzy, hugging each other's shoulders, watching Lao Xiang peeing behind an old locust tree.

Guo Yang looked around slyly before yelling into the building, "Someone, someone is urinating and defecating here!"

Then he walked away quickly and sat on the curb.

At this time, he also followed in a daze, half lying on the ground, and said incoherently: "Boss, don't pretend! You are the most down-to-earth boss I have ever seen!"

Guo Yang thought about it several times in his mind before he figured out what he said.

Down to earth? He was originally a farmer who made a living from the land.

At this time, Xiang Tianshan also walked over with an unchanging expression.

"Lao Xiang, go to Brilliant tomorrow to complete your resignation process, and bring your three disciples with you."

……

Two weeks later, Shuangqiao Village.

In the early morning, crystal dewdrops swayed on the wild grass. The wheat in the fields had all been harvested, leaving only shallow stubble.

On the edge of the field, there were many villagers standing and watching.

In the focus of the villagers' attention, they saw Erwazi from Shuangqiao Village yelling at two young men.

"Move a little further to the side. That ridge of the field also belongs to me. You have to measure it for me, too."

Upon hearing this, a village woman who was watching this side immediately stopped.

"Second child, don't you dare say that this ridge belongs to your family again? You shamelessly move the ridge towards my land every year, a little bit each year. If I didn't feel sorry for you and your mother, I would have dealt with you long ago."

Erwazi's momentum suddenly weakened: "Then just measure the edge of the field for me."

Xiang Tianshan looked at this scene and laughed happily.

The villagers' land is different from the saline-alkali marsh. Since the country encourages land reclamation, every household in Shuangqiao Village has more or less some arable land reclaimed by themselves.

The village’s original data for these plots of land was not accurate.

Therefore, every piece of land needs to be accurately measured again. The villagers also attach great importance to these interests. Xiang Tianshan has experienced countless disputes about land in recent times.

A week ago, Xiang Tianshan and his three apprentices joined Muhe and settled down in the temporary residence of the Planning and Design Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture in Shuangqiao Village.

The current main task is to measure the villagers’ arable land and confirm the boundaries and area of ​​the saline-alkali beach.

Xiang Tianshan was not annoyed by these relatively basic tasks. Although he rarely did them himself, he basically just stood by and watched.

The main force in the surveying is the three apprentices brought by Xiang Tianshan, Zhang Wenhao, Zhao Ke and Lu Hanbin, all of whom are young men who have only been working for more than two years.

The wages of several people at Huihuang Seed Industry were not high to begin with, and they were also in arrears for several months, which almost made them despair of this industry.

But at this time, Xiang Tianshan told them that a newly established company wanted to poach them.

Their wages were increased by nearly 50%, and they were asked whether they wanted to go.

The three of them followed Xiang Tianshan and left Brilliant Seed Industry without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, after the three men arrived, they had to endure the scorching sun every day and watch the villagers quarrel over a few mu of land.

At night, I also have to help organize various supplementary materials such as villagers' democratic resolutions, land contract agreement announcements, etc.

The village committee is full of elderly people who are lucky enough to be able to read. How could they understand these things? And these are the land transfer documents required by the boss. As for the construction team that the boss mentioned, they have not shown up, which has made them more resentful.

In addition, some incidents occurred during the signing of the land contract.

At first, many older villagers were unwilling to contract out their land, so they took the village chief Xu Zonggang to do the work door to door, and the land contract fee was also clearly stated to be 200 yuan per mu.

Here we have to mention the wisdom of the village chief.

Guo Yang initially told him that the contract fee was about 200 yuan per mu, but Xu Zonggang only revealed to the villagers that it was calculated based on a wheat yield of 300 kilograms per mu.

As a result, the villagers calculated the contract fee to be 180 yuan per mu, and the 20 yuan difference was an important reason for many villagers to change their minds.

In addition, Muhe also promised that for the land that villagers reclaimed and then left fallow, a one-time subsidy would be given according to the number of years the land had been left fallow.

But even so, there was still one household in Shuangqiao Village and one household in Yuanba Village who disagreed, and they were mainly two elderly people over 70 years old.

This made Xiang Tianshan and others very worried.

No matter how they explained to the two old people, they just smoked their pipes silently and shook their heads in refusal.

It was not until Guo Yang brought a geological team from the city that, after professional surveys and site selection, two wells were dug for each of the two villages and running water pipes were connected.

Although one water pipe is shared by four or five households, when the two elderly people drank the real "sweet water" from the pipe, tears could not stop flowing down their wrinkled faces.

This also made the two elderly people who had suffered from water shortages all their lives agree to contract the land to Muhe.

……

The rumbling sound of machinery came from the entrance of the village, attracting the attention of many villagers and causing them to exclaim in surprise.

Xiang Tianshan couldn't help but turn around and look, and saw a convoy roaring in from the dirt road in the village.

Excavators and tractors came one after another, and the spectacular scene made many children jump for joy.

Xiang Tianshan, who saw this scene, showed a puzzled expression.

Guo Yang walked out of the convoy and went straight to Xiang Tianshan.

"Lao Xiang, when will the land contract agreement between Shuangqiao Village and Yuanba Village be completed?"

Xiang Tianshan was still counting the number of machines. Zhang Wenhao behind him said to Guo Yang, "Boss, the remaining disputed plots have been surveyed today. We can then ask the villagers to put their fingerprints on them and stamp them with the village committee's official seal. We can start construction tomorrow."

"How many machines have you brought here?" Lao Xiang asked in a deep voice.

He couldn't help being angry; it was already mid-July.

Even if your quality requirements are low for the management of 20 acres of saline-alkali land, you must at least ensure that the seed germination rate can reach to percent!
The best time to sow alfalfa is September, but normally it can also be sown in October.

But you have to know that this is a newly improved severe saline-alkali land, the growth of the seedlings will definitely not be good. In order to ensure safe wintering, it is definitely better to sow as early as possible.

Xiang Tianshan even wanted to start sowing in late August.

So time is very tight, how can he not be anxious.

As the boss, Guo Yang kept delaying the promised entry time. How could he not be anxious!
Guo Yang felt embarrassed looking at the unhappy old man.

"Don't worry, don't worry. We have really reached an agreement this time. I won't make trouble for you again."

"The construction start date is set for two days later, at 8:15 in the morning on July 18. The four construction units, Long Province Agricultural Reclamation, Xinjiang Province Agricultural Reclamation, Jiuquan Longen, and Jinta Qiangsheng, will hold construction ceremonies at the same time."

"Today I brought with me the vanguard of Xinjiang Agricultural Reclamation, specially invited to help Muhe build a temporary project department to improve your accommodation and office environment."

"In addition, the few people we recruited recently will be transferred to the project department one after another. You can make arrangements then."

Hearing this, Lao Xiang's expression eased a lot, "You'd better look forward to the smooth construction of the next step."

Then he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Any progress on the acquisition of Huihuang Seed Industry?"

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