Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 168 Lao Xing's New Destination
Back in Zhongzhou, I distributed some gifts first, American academic works for Professor Shu and other teachers, American electrical appliances for Yu Jingshu’s parents, and fashion items for my uncle.

Go back to Heyang and come around as usual. Going abroad is a big deal now. If you don’t bring some foreign things to your relatives and friends, you will be gossiped.

When I went to other homes, I would at most ask about the United States, but when I got to Xing Shuwang, he told Li Lei another thing, "You came to my place recently when you were free, and I have something to discuss with you. "

Li Lei agreed, and then returned to Liushu Township with a cart full of gifts. As soon as he heard that he had returned from the United States, the whole village came to listen to him tell what he had seen and heard in the United States.

Even some foreigners rushed over after hearing the news, looking at the photos he brought back, they were amazed, "Americans are so rich, the streets are full of high-rise buildings!"

There was also a boss who made a fortune from the next door village and fell in love with the White House. "This is where the president of the United States lives? It looks really grand. Can you give me a photo of this? I'll go back and find someone to build an exact copy!"

At most, the appearance was similar, but it was difficult to figure out what the inside looked like. Li Lei didn't refuse, and gave him the photo directly. Anyway, he still had negatives, so he could print as many as he wanted.

For three days in a row, Li Lei's house has never had any guests. Almost every day, the living room and yard are crowded with people who come to listen to him talk about what European and American countries are like.

After saying the same thing several times, Li Lei couldn't stand it any longer, so he went to the factory to hide himself on the pretext of going to the factory. Who knew that when he got to the factory, he would repeat these words over and over again. There was no way, the employees in the factory were also very curious. What is it like abroad?

Li Lei was helpless, so he could only tell them that Yu Jingshu was writing a book about this trip, and they would find the answer from the book in a short time.

In the past few years when I met Yu Jingshu, at first she just translated the foreign works that Li Lei helped her collect. After arriving in Liushu Township, her life experience gradually enriched, and she tried to write some things by herself.

The rural short stories she wrote are quite different from those of Jia Pingwa and Mo Yan, but they are closer to Lu Yao's way. They don't avoid the problems and backwardness of the countryside, but they also face up to the simplicity and progress, and they say what they have. The countryside she writes is closer to the actual situation.

These novels have also been published here and there in some literary magazines, but they have not yet reached the stage of publication. Now that they have traveled abroad and accumulated enough material, they can finally try to publish a book.

When I returned to Zhongzhou, I communicated with the publishing house in the province. The editors of the publishing house are very welcome. Nowadays, everyone is full of curiosity about the developed countries in Europe and America. Yu Jingshu has such a wealth of information and photos. Once compiled into a book, after publication It's sure to be a hit.

Yu Jingshu is now writing a book while attending class, and she is still the same as before, writing whatever she has, not ignoring the advantages and disadvantages of European and American countries, and not avoiding problems and defects. Will try to reflect more real Europe and America as much as possible.

I went around several factories one by one, and found no major problems. The development of the farms, feed mills, agricultural machinery factories, and farms is all very good. This is also thanks to the good shelf before. Li Lei never ignored With the sound management ability and rules and regulations, even if he lets go for a short period of two months, they can manage well.

After shopping, it was the weekend, and I just took Yu Jingshu to Xing Shuwang's place to see what he wanted to discuss with me.

At the dinner table, Xing Shuwang didn't say anything, he asked curiously about what he had seen in the United States, and after eating, he took Li Lei to the study and chatted with him, "The organization recently talked to me about my work in Heyang. It’s okay, so I want to add more burdens to me!”

"Are you going to improve again?" How long has it been since you became the county magistrate, and you are about to be promoted again?No wonder it will be broadcast on the news network in the future. This speed of progress is not comparable to that of ordinary people!

But it's normal to think about it. Nowadays, young and educated cadres are emphasized. Lao Xing is not very old, he is a college student, and he has solid political achievements. If he is not promoted, who should be promoted?
Li Lei asked curiously, "Where do they want you to go? To Zhongzhou? Or directly to the city? Or to other places?"

Xing Shuwang didn't answer right away, but told him about some policy matters, "In the past few years of reform and opening up, the country has released the vitality of policies, liberated productivity, and stimulated the peasants by implementing measures such as the reform of the household contract management system and the development of the rural commodity economy. The enthusiasm for production has provided a strong impetus for getting rid of poverty and becoming rich."

"However, due to historical, natural, economic and social reasons, the development of some areas is slow, and the poverty phenomenon is still very prominent; in order to change this situation, in 1982, the state launched the implementation of the "Three West" special poverty alleviation plan, in the Hexi area of ​​Gansu , Dingxi area and Ningxia Xihaigu area are the prelude to the organized, planned and large-scale poverty alleviation development."

These three places are all areas with harsh natural environments and extremely backward economic development. Among them, Xihaigu is the place where "Mountain and Sea Love" took place.

"In June of this year, the Government Affairs Council established a leading group for economic development in poverty-stricken areas. The country's poverty alleviation system has entered a new stage. It has changed from blood transfusion to hematopoiesis. From formulating poverty alleviation standards, establishing poverty alleviation work agencies, setting up special poverty alleviation funds, and determining national poverty Counties, implement development-oriented poverty alleviation actions that drive poverty alleviation through regional development.”

Li Lei nodded as he listened. He had read too much of this material when compiling the "Agricultural History of New China". The country started poverty alleviation work in the 80s and did not come to an end until 2020. In order to achieve this goal, Countless people have devoted their whole lives, even their lives.

"So the superior wants you to work in the poverty alleviation department? Is this going to be transferred to the capital?" Could it be that Lao Xing wants to jump into the Government Affairs Council?To work in an institution under the Leading Group for Economic Development in Poverty-stricken Areas?

"No, it's still in the Central Plains Province!" Lao Xing stood up and pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Luxiang City is one of the poorest areas in our province. This time I plan to go to Luxiang City as the deputy mayor, in charge of agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, poverty alleviation and other work!"

Yo, it's like stepping over the hurdle of the top leader and directly jumping to the deputy department level. This is a big improvement, but there is no precedent for the county magistrate to be directly promoted to the deputy mayor. It is not too rare.

"I'm going to Luxiang to report next month. You know the new county magistrate. It's Lao Ren, so don't worry too much." Lao Ren is now the executive deputy of Heyang County. He is also open-minded and supports Li. Lei's career.

"For you to be in charge of such an important job, it seems that the province still attaches great importance to you!" Xing Shuwang's work is relatively important. It can be judged that his ranking in the city will not be too low, and he is probably still a member of the team. If you do a good job, you may be able to become a regular in the next session.

"Let's not talk about that, I called you here mainly to ask you to help, to see if there are any suitable projects in Luxiang!" Xing Shuwang smiled and waved his hand. He didn't directly ask Li Lei to invest, but thought Li Lei Lei has a very deep understanding of the market economy, so maybe he can find a good solution.

"There's nothing important going on in the factory recently. I'll go around tomorrow and report back to you!" Li Lei readily agreed that he would help Xing Shuwang with this favor no matter whether it was public or private. Before building a breeding farm or a feed factory, Luxiang City has a population of several million people, so it still has the ability to digest it.

"Don't worry, wait until the weekend is over before you go, and you will have one day off a week. If I rush you away, Jing Shu will scold me to death?" Xing Shuwang was very satisfied with Li Lei's attitude.

Accompanied by Yu Jingshu for a stroll around the county, and will go to Liushu Township in the evening, and set off with Li Xin'an and Xu Zhengyang on Monday morning.

Li Xin'an often runs sales in various places, and he has been to Luxiang City a few times, so he is very familiar with the local conditions; Xu Zhengyang is a native of Luxiang, so there is no need to worry about figuring out the situation when they are with them.

Luxiang City is located in the northern part of Central Plains Province, in the transition zone from mountainous areas to plains. The per capita arable land area is far less than that of several plain cities, and it is one of the poorest places in Central Plains Province.

Moreover, due to historical changes, the counties below Luxiang City have been continuously delimited. These counties belonged to this area in the past few years, and then became under the jurisdiction of other areas in a few days, which even involved major changes in the province. Changes, two new counties have been drawn over this year. Under such circumstances, it is really not easy to straighten out things in the city.

Fortunately, these things have nothing to do with Li Lei. What he has to do is to look at the specific local conditions and dig out a few good projects so that Xing Shuwang can make achievements as soon as he takes office, so that he can gain a firm foothold as soon as possible.

"Brother Xin'an, Zhengyang, tell me what you know. Are there any special products worth developing in Luxiang?" Li Lei knows something about the future situation of Luxiang City, but it is not clear what it is like now.

"Luxiang is very poor. There are more than ten prefecture-level cities in the Central Plains Province. I know the egg sales situation in each city. Luxiang ranks third from the bottom. If it is calculated according to per capita consumption, it will directly be the bottom one. If I had to choose to build a breeding farm or a feed factory in this province, I would rather choose Wancheng. Even Sanchuan City is better than Luxiang. Although Sanchuan has a small population, it has a railway and is adjacent to other provinces. It sells eggs Just go to another province!"

"It's built in Luxiang City, and the locals can't eat much. It's more troublesome to transport it to Zhongzhou than to transport it from Heyang. It's really not worth it!" Li Xin'an shook his head again and again, wanting to be optimistic about the Luxiang Market.

Li Lei did not disclose information about Xing Shuwang's promotion. He told Li Xin'an and the others that he was going to Luxiang to investigate and see if they could build a breeding farm. That's why Li Xin'an said that.

"Looking at Luxiang, this is indeed the case, but Sanchuan is adjacent to Weishui River and Salt Lake, and Luxiang is also adjacent to Kaizhou and Gandan. Kaizhou has oil, and Gandan has steel factories. These two cities are quite rich. We can Raise chickens in Luxiang, and then transport the eggs to Kaizhou and Gandan for sale!"

"It's better to go a little further north and build the farm in Anzhou. Anzhou is closer to Gandan, and Kaizhou is a little farther than Luxiang. After all, Anzhou is more suitable." This reason still did not convince Li Xin'an.

"I'll talk about it after reading it. When doing business, you can't just consider some superficially simple reasons. Whether the local government supports it and whether the people are willing to cooperate are also very important!" Li Lei was noncommittal, and what Li Xin'an said was of course reasonable. , but if Xing Shuwang is added, Anzhou will never be able to compare with Luxiang.

"Boss, our hawthorns and apricots are very famous. The candied gourds and hawthorns that Zhongzhou buys are almost all from us! The provincial medicinal materials company also receives a large amount of hawthorns and almonds from us every year!" Li Xinan said nothing After that, Xu Zhengyang introduced the special products of his hometown.

"Oh, what's a good idea?" Upon hearing that there were special products, Li Lei immediately became interested.

According to Xu Zhengyang, because Luxiang is located in the transitional area from mountainous areas to plains, it is very suitable for planting various fruit trees. The history of planting hawthorn in Luxiang can be traced back to the Kangxi period.

Affected by the direction of the mountains and the altitude, Luxiang has four distinct seasons, and the climate is suitable for the growth of hawthorn. The hawthorn grown has the characteristics of bright red color, round fruit, glossy fruit surface, and sweet and sour taste.

In the Qing Dynasty, some people came to them to buy processed hawthorns, and then brought them to the Anguo Medicine Market in Hebei Province for sale, which is where Bai Laoqi went to collect coptis in "The Gate of the Mansion".

But because there are too many hawthorns grown in the local area, it is impossible to digest them only by buying them from medicinal material companies. As for making candied haws, how many hawthorns can we digest?

"It's not good to buy fruit. Hawthorn is for digestion. It hasn't been a few years for everyone to fill their stomachs. Who wants to buy this kind of sour fruit that makes you hungry when you eat it? So many of them rot in the mountains. , the common people are too lazy to pick the hawthorn when they see it is ripe!"

Luxiang Daxing has a longer history. It is famous for its big taste, soft and juicy, sweet and sour taste. It also has good medical effects.

The local government also attaches great importance to this special product. It won the title of national apricot production base a few years ago, but it also has the same problem as hawthorn. bring economic benefits.

Heyang is not far from Luxiang, about [-] miles away. Xing Shuwang took office early, so Li Lei didn't have to rush there, so he went to his family's newly opened local breeding farm on the way. Genius entered the territory of Luxiang City.

At the beginning, the situation on both sides of the road was similar to that of Heyang, with flat land and lush green crops. After walking to the mountains, the road became winding and winding, and the land on both sides of the road was much barren, and the growth was obviously not as good as that of the plains. Up.

It's not without its benefits, you can see fruit forests full of apricots hanging everywhere, Li Lei saw someone beside the forest, so he asked Xu Zhengyang to stop, went down and said, "Uncle, how do you sell these apricots?"

　I can't bear it anymore, I have to rest for two days slowly, there will be no update tomorrow, the day after tomorrow will depend on the situation, and I will make up after I rest.

　　
　
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