Chapter 43 Project Status
Now that he had the natural energy, Guo Yang naturally wanted to spend it as quickly as possible.

Especially the various kinds of seeds in the seed shop, which he has been coveting for a long time.

But after looking through the seeds several times in the seed store, he hesitated and thought that he should not make such a hasty decision.

One reason is that natural energy is relatively scarce, and every bit is extremely precious.

Whether it is purchasing seeds, customizing varieties, or providing after-sales services represented by agricultural machinery, it all requires the consumption of natural energy.

Second, if you buy seeds now, you have to wait for a while before you can start seed production, as Alfalfa Company has not yet obtained the seed production qualification.

According to China's latest "Seed Law", seed business units must have funds, production and operation facilities, equipment and professional and technical personnel that are appropriate for seed production and operation.

Those engaged in seed production should also have the isolation and cultivation conditions for breeding seeds, and a seed production site that is free of quarantine pests.

In addition, if you want to apply for a production license for hybrid rice or corn seeds, the requirements for funds, equipment, site, personnel, etc. will be higher.

Guo Yang naturally wanted to achieve it in one step. Funding was not a problem for him, but other conditions had to be built step by step.

This was also the reason why he was determined to acquire Huihuang Seed Industry. If the acquisition was successful, at least half of the breeding and seed production qualifications would have been completed.

Guo Yang has tentatively decided to build the seed production base of Alfalfa Company in Jiuquan. But the land has not been acquired yet, and there is no trace of various laboratories, equipment, and venues.

A seed base is definitely necessary. In the future, seed production can be handed over to professional farmers on an order-based basis, and some seeds can even be entrusted to other units for breeding.

However, it is best for the company to have its own seed base, especially a seed field for original seed propagation. The seeds produced by Guoyang Seed Store are all original seeds of the highest purity.

Moreover, with a seed base, both breeding research and seed production demonstration can generate value.

As for the expansion and seed production of "Alfalfa No. 1" in Shuangqiao Village, because there is a 20-acre saline-alkali land management project in the past, the seeds are completely bred and used by themselves.

And since it is not a major food crop, the relevant departments just turn a blind eye to it.

Guo Yang has not been to the saline-alkali land project during this period. He has been promoting the seed base project, but this matter is really not urgent.

Since Natural Energy could not buy seeds for the time being, Guo Yang turned his attention to agricultural machinery.

He had previously collected and saved a large amount of agricultural machinery information at the Hanover International Agricultural Machinery Show.

Just analyzing these agricultural machinery data also consumes natural energy, which makes Guo Yang realize that 18 points of natural energy is really not much...

In addition to analyzing data, it seems that natural energy can also be used directly to upgrade designated agricultural machinery.

After thinking about it, Guo Yang decided to go to the project site first.

I heard that the construction parties have encountered a lot of trouble and many tractors have been scrapped.

……

An hour later, an off-road vehicle drove into the project area.

After half a month, when he entered this place again, what impressed Guo Yang most was not that after the salt layer on the surface was scraped away, the ground was leveled and subdivided into plots of land.

Instead, on the vast land, the irrigation and drainage canals that are crisscrossed are so dense that they look like blood vessels crawling on the earth.

In the middle of the project area, the main drainage ditch with an interval of 20 m and a width of 10 m is the main artery of the earth. All longitudinal agricultural ditches and branch ditches are connected to it to form an interconnected water area.

This is the ditch built after Guo Yang modified the design. According to the original design of Dr. Zhou and others, the ditch was much denser than this. The function of the drainage ditch is mainly to transfer the salt of salt washing and pressing in the early stage of improvement, and in the later stage, it can also control the seasonal rise of groundwater level and prevent secondary salinization.

The dense ditch designed by Dr. Zhou and others has the advantage of improving the initial salt transfer, washing and pressing, with better efficiency and better results.

However, Guo Yang considered that if the spacing of the drainage ditch was too narrow, it would seriously affect the progress of the project. In addition, the ditch occupies a large area, and the cost of engineering investment and dredging and maintenance during operation would be much higher.

Considering the characteristics of 'Alfalfa No. 1', his main demand for the drainage ditch is long-term salt control rather than drainage and salt removal.

Therefore, taking into account the requirements of field alkali drainage, agricultural machinery operations, irrigation, etc. in the project area, the alkali drainage ditch network he designed divided the project area into fields 240 m long and 120 m wide, with each field covering approximately mu.

In addition, in order to ensure the direction of water flow in the drainage ditch, the 6 m wide drainage ditch is 2 m deep, the 8 m wide drainage ditch is 2.2 m deep, and the 10 m wide main ditch is 2.4 m deep.

It is also planned to use biotechnology measures such as red willow and reed to protect the ditch slopes.

Now that he had seen the drainage ditches, Guo Yang also wanted to understand the irrigation system of the entire project area.

Guo Yang said to the driver in the front row, "Old Song, drive north and check on the irrigation wells."

Lao Song is a newly hired driver of Muhe Company. He is a taciturn middle-aged man.

According to the original plan, the irrigation water source for the saline-alkali land mainly comes from the Beida River, but the government's water diversion ditch construction is still in the planning, design and various processes.

In order to wash and leach the salt in time, Muhe had to resort to a backup plan: digging a group of irrigation wells.

Based on multiple field surveys and a series of sampling tests, the well group was finally selected in the area with the lightest salinity in the water - the southern edge of the desert in the north of the project area, and the distance between the wells was controlled to be more than 120 m.

The car arrived at the location in a short while. Guo Yang saw from afar that the water pipes were continuously pumping water from the well and then inputting it into the ditch.

The distance between wells is approximately 120m or more, and further away, another team is drilling wells.

Looking at the fields being squared, the field roads and production roads being laid out on two levels, and the water conservancy and irrigation facilities being basically formed.

The water flow formed by the well water also formed a thin water layer in the long strips of fields, which flowed along the length of the fields and infiltrated the soil under the action of gravity.

Plus natural energy is also available.

Guo Yang's depressed mood that had been accumulating in his heart for a while disappeared, and he couldn't help but sighed: "Old Xiang is really a talented person!"

Speak of the devil and he will appear. At this time, Guo Yang saw Lao Xiang coming over with a few people in construction clothes.

From a distance, he heard complaints.

"Boss Guo, you're finally here. The soil in this saline-alkali beach is too hard and there are too many rocks. The blades of the rotary tiller were all broken."

"Boss Zhang, that's nothing. Our tractor's drive shaft and beam were broken. We suffered heavy losses, Boss Guo!"

"Now Lao Xiang also requires us to pick up stones. All stones larger than 5cm in the ground must be picked up. Now there are hundreds of people picking up stones in the ground every day. The cost is unbearable!"

"The cost of picking up the stones must be included in the supplementary agreement."

"The key is that manual stone picking is inefficient!"

Hearing the complaints from these tanned construction foremen, Guo Yang immediately thought of the first use of natural energy.

Stone picker!
(End of this chapter)