Chapter 87 Youth

In the noodle shop.

Lu Hanbin mixed the ingredients of leeks, minced garlic, marinated meat, and fried chili peppers, and added the fried chili peppers.

After just a few stirs, the bowl of noodles was gone.

"This noodle is really delicious, boss, another bowl please!"

Guo Yang was also stirring. The handmade noodles were very tough and could be easily torn apart. Gradually he understood what was happening.

Of the existing desertified land in the Hexi Corridor, nearly 2 million mu are still suitable for treatment.

If the current governance speed is maintained, it will take decades, hundreds of years or even longer to complete the governance.

What’s the hurry?

We must follow the policy closely.

At present, the speed of desertification has slowed down. Twenty years later, the Minqin Oasis still exists, and Ant Forest has also established many Haloxylon ammodendron forests here.

This shows that there is a solution to the water problem.

It won’t be like now, where farmers, students, volunteers, cadres and the masses compact sand and plant trees every year, but they die every year!

The problem of water resources will take time to solve.

But thinking about what Professor Chen said, young people should not be impatient.

But he didn't dare to agree. If he wasn't passionate, could he still be called a young man?
The great plan failed in the womb, so we can only contract tens of thousands of acres of desert for fun!

With the existence of seed shops, high-yield variety cultivation + highly resistant sand-tolerant plant cultivation + water-saving irrigation technology.

The sand industry can still be very successful!
With his mind clear, Guo Yang also imitated Lu Hanbin and finished a bowl of noodles in a few bites.

"Boss, give me another bowl..."

January 1th is the Great Cold, and there are still about 20 days before the Lunar New Year.

A branch of Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Minqin Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry was registered and established, and an investment intention was reached with the county.

The eldest brother Guo Shan refused to join the company, but was willing to join the sand-fixing and tree-planting team of the Shahai Company which had not yet appeared.

A few more employees were recruited locally, and Muhe and Tianhe also temporarily transferred staff over.

With the assistance of external teams, the staff is sufficient for the time being.

After preliminary investigation by Professor Chen's team and combined with past data, it was found that there are certain groundwater resources on the edge of the Tengger Desert, with a depth of 1 to 3 meters.

Among them, the three water sources of Zhazigou, Magangyan and Xiaoyanchi have a groundwater recharge of 3 million cubic meters under mining conditions. Under the condition of protecting the ecological environment, the allowable mining volume is 1.75 million cubic meters.

Accordingly, Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry will develop sand industry on the edge of the Tengger Desert, northeast of Qingtu Lake, and carry out sand prevention and control with the idea of ​​development promoting governance.

The concept of sand industry was proposed by Mr. Qian.

According to his idea, he wanted to use various cutting-edge high-tech technologies to develop a new large-scale agriculture that had never been seen in history in the "barren land" of deserts and Gobi, and predicted it as the "sixth industrial revolution."

Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry also want to dig gold nuggets from the desert, but there are different opinions on what to plant specifically.

In addition to desertification control, Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is also actively striving for the management of the Shiyang River Basin and the project of returning farmland to forest and grassland along the way.

With a series of large investments, Guo Yang has long become a popular figure in the province.

The ministry's attention has recently been frequently turned to Long Province.

But the province is also afraid!

Two hundred thousand mu of saline-alkali land, a factory for the breeding base of fine varieties, a 5000 mu seed production base in Hekou Village, a hot and sweet pepper seedling base, and a mu hot and sweet pepper demonstration base.

Now there is another one, Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.

The province is really worried that Guo Yang’s funding chain will be broken and leave behind a mess.

Therefore, sufficient support was given to Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in the project of returning farmland to forest and grassland.

A cold wind blew past, and the remaining yellow leaves swirled to the ground.

Lu Hanbin walked towards the office area in a dusty manner, with fatigue clearly visible on his face, but when he thought of his experience on this trip, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

In the heart of the Tengger Desert, sandstorms blow from spring to winter, and there is no human habitation within dozens of miles.

But as we move towards Zhazigou, a sand accumulation belt has formed on the edge of the oasis due to the rise of groundwater levels.

The plants in the Minqin sand belt are generally unhealthy, but they also grow a large number of wild animal and plant resources.

There are also some dominant plants among them.

These are the foundation for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Shahai. The team from the Agricultural University has already put forward some development ideas based on this.

For example, planting native plants such as Haloxylon ammodendron and Salix babylonica on abandoned sandy land at the edge of an oasis, and then inoculating Cistanche deserticola, or intercropping forage grasses, can not only control sand dunes, but also bring economic benefits.

It is also possible to build artificial grasslands and develop indoor animal husbandry.

In addition, Cynomorium songaricum, Lycium barbarum, Seabuckthorn, Licorice, etc. also have development value. Together with Cistanche deserticola, which is known as the "desert life", an industry chain of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang seems to have taken shape.

At the entrance of the corridor, I met two familiar figures walking towards me. They were colleagues from the Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Procurement Department.

"Hanbin, it must be difficult to run in the desert for a long time!"

Lu Hanbin couldn't help but think of the experience of living in a cave and eating rice mixed with sand. "It's okay, what are you doing?"

“Come and bid.”

"How about it?"

"It's quite fun. A group of people are all colleagues. They go in batches and pretend not to know each other."

Another person laughed and said, "At present, we have won the 60-kilometer channel management of the public opinion survey project through the desert, and the management and restoration of forests and grasslands along the river channel between Hongyashan Reservoir and Qingtu Lake Ruins."

Lu Hanbin smiled. It seemed that the boss had been doing a lot of work recently and the county attached great importance to it.

The two men also laughed.

"I really won't go back to hell. What's the point of playing with sand in the desert? I won't be able to find my wife when I turn around."

Lu Hanbin recalled the haggard faces of his parents and the scene of them urging him to get married as if it were vivid in his mind. He also remembered that in the first few years of his work, he could not save a penny.

"Won't come back."

"Oh. Your boss gave you a promotion and a raise!"

"Hanbin, I think it's more important to start a family sooner rather than later. You'll be thirty years old after working in the desert for two or three years."

Lu Hanbin didn't say anything and went upstairs in silence. He could still vaguely hear voices coming from behind him.

"You won't listen to my advice. Who would marry you in such a desert environment?"

"His family is not well off, so he might want to earn more money."

"What if the company goes bankrupt? Who can say for sure..."

The new colleague in the office has already decorated the office with lights and colorful lanterns, couplets have been posted on the wall, and the word "Fu" is hung upside down on the door.

Everything means that the new year is coming.

Lu Hanbin looked out the window. He was already 28 years old!

Haha, this year I finally have enough money to go home for the New Year!
Thinking of the bitterness of the past few years, although the words "Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry" on the wall were ordinary, he decided to settle down here for the next few years.

Don’t lose your lofty ambitions, now is the time to set sail!
What Qilian Mountains lack is not the scenery, but the spirited young general from two thousand years ago.

……

Jiuquan, Hekou Village, the whole village has been completely renewed.

The land was still frozen solid after deep plowing, the bumpy roads were paved with mud and gravel, the old pump house was renovated and whitewashed, the ditches had been silted, and a layer of ice formed on the surface.

A naughty child threw a stone into the ditch, but it failed to break the ice and instead attracted scolding from the adults, so the child had to run away.

But the most eye-catching thing in the village is the several connected plastic greenhouses at the entrance of the village.

Many young people who return home for the New Year are amazed at the changes in the village at a glance.

The village chief, Lu Zhaoqiang, was wearing a coat and a furry hat. He had come here for who knows how many times, always wanting to learn something.

A few days ago, technicians disinfected the shed.

It is said that the soil in the village is too seriously affected by pests and diseases, so we have to be cautious when growing seedlings.

He watched in wonder: sulfur powder, sawdust and some strange chemicals were mixed together, ignited with a dark flame, and sealed with smoke.

He wanted to get a closer look, but the technicians were watching closely and wouldn't let anyone get close.

It is said to be easily poisoned.

All in all, the wind has been blowing for two days today.

I leaned in to take a closer look.

In the shed, the seedling trays have been evenly arranged.

Temporary workers recruited from the village were busy filling the prepared soil into the hole trays and then scraping it flat.

Oh, it can’t be called soil. They call it matrix, which contains straw, cow dung, peat, vermiculite, river sand…

The matrix was also disinfected with chemicals, how meticulous!

I touched the steel frame of the greenhouse and it felt very textured.

In the past, the village mostly used bamboo skins, steel frames, bamboo poles, and wooden poles to build greenhouses. There were many pillars and small spaces, and they were easily damaged when encountering strong winds and heavy snow.

He had also seen greenhouses made of steel pipes and steel frames, but the greenhouses of Tianhe Seed Industry seemed to be even more advanced.

It is said to be built with galvanized steel pipes.

The shed has a large space, is easy to operate, and has good ventilation. The sturdy steel pipes can withstand the wind and snow.

Anywhere is good!

The only drawback is that this type of shed is easy to assemble and disassemble.

Tianhe Seed Industry can move away at any time.

(End of this chapter)