1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 174 V-shaped high-standard greenhouse fruit orchard?
Baiyang Village.

This village is closest to the drilling company and has the largest population. The square is densely packed with villagers.

Unlike the previous Shiping Village, because they had cooperated in projects such as broiler breeding bases and Chinese medicine raw material processing factories before, Yang Mo just whispered for a while with the local elder who should call him "Uncle Li" according to seniority. In less than half an hour, after a burst of chickens and dogs, more than four hundred villagers gathered in the stage square in the center of the village, and those who could not squeeze into the square could only stand in the aisles... It is estimated that except for the New Year's operas and lantern parades, Baiyang Village will never be more lively than today.

What was different from the previous two days was that the special working group was divided into two groups this time, with a group of people headed by Miss Mu sitting in charge of the scene, allowing Chen Feiyu to get in front of the microphone on the stage and talk endlessly about various agricultural equipment and policies;
On the other side, Yang Mo led a group of people who looked a little unfamiliar, followed Uncle Li, and came to a large peanut field outside the village in a ox cart that had just been harvested.

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"Well, that's right. Although this piece of land looks a bit barren, as far as I know, peach trees are not very picky about fertility. Instead, the air permeability of the soil is the most important. Teacher Lei, what do you think?"

Yang Mo pulled out a shriveled and defective peanut from the root of a bunch of peanut seedlings that had been discarded on the ground, squeezed it open, tasted it, and then dug the ground with his fingers twice. He turned his head and asked a middle-aged man who was accompanying him.

This expert was invited from the Fruit Research Institute of Qilu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was a senior researcher and an absolute technical master. If it weren't for the fact that the status of technical researchers in this era was really lamentable, in later times, he, Yang, might not even be qualified to stand in front of others.

Hearing Yang Mo, a powerful young man with whom he had a pleasant cooperation before, call him "Teacher Lei", Lei Hao grinned, then squatted on the ground, turned his head to stare at the ground for a while, then used his big hands full of blue veins to dig a small hole more than ten centimeters thick in the sand, and after feeling the moisture and temperature changes of the soil with the back of his hand, he pinched a few handfuls of sand and placed them in the palm of his hand to observe carefully.

"Although we didn't use special instruments for monitoring, based on experience, the permeability of this land should not be a big problem. Judging from the compaction condition, the symbiotic relationship of the soil microorganisms is relatively good... Even if there is a slight tendency towards salinization, as long as we pay attention to soil improvement, it will not have a big impact... Besides, peach trees have a certain degree of salt and alkali tolerance."

Many technical researchers these days have not yet learned to be "tight-talking", so although Lei Hao did not give an absolute answer for the sake of rigor, the meaning of his words was clear.

Uncle Li was so happy when he heard this that he said, "It would be great if we could grow peach trees. This sandy land is also good for growing peanuts, but in recent years, the manure for livestock and livestock in the village has been very tight, and we don't have enough money to buy enough fertilizer. As time goes by, the land is getting poorer and poorer."

"The peanuts harvested this year are pitifully small, with a lot of empty and shrunken fruits. The price is low and no one wants to buy them. I'm thinking whether I should leave the land fallow for a few years, or plant some soybeans or something fertile... If I can turn this land into a peach orchard, wouldn't that be better than planting peanuts?"

There is something fishy about this statement. Not only are fruit trees and the like slow in production, but domestic fruits cannot be sold at high prices at this time. Moreover, as one of the five major fruits in Shandong, peaches from other places are much more famous. No matter how you look at it, it is not a cost-effective deal to use this sandy land that can be used to grow peanuts to grow peach trees.

But it was obvious that Lei Hao didn't know the twists and turns involved. Hearing this, he just looked at the village party secretary who was a few years older than him with some concern: "Brother, according to Director Yang's idea, this piece of land will be planted with Feicheng peaches... Even if we use the latest dwarfing technology from our Fruit Tree Research Institute, it will take at least three years before it can bear fruit... And the first fruit may not meet the standards of commercial fruit."

Uncle Li waved his hands disapprovingly, "I know that. Three years has passed very quickly. The peach tree in my yard didn't bear fruit until its fifth year... And Feicheng peaches are so good. I heard they are very popular. Apart from Anqiu peaches, they are the best-selling ones in the past two years... I heard that many people in Anqiu have become millionaires by growing peach trees!"

In later generations, the reputation of Lijiang Snow Peach as the "Peach for State Banquets" is well-known to everyone, but many people may not know that before that, the title of peach for state banquets was actually given to Anqiu Honey Peach, and it was designated as the peach for state banquets for six consecutive years. Before the mid-to-late 1990s, it was indeed very popular.

The Feicheng peach, also known as the "Buddha peach", is definitely the largest among the current peach varieties in Shandong. The first-grade peach can even reach 900g in size. In addition, it has a sweet taste and rich flavor. It has been very popular in Southeast Asia in recent years. Therefore, in the eyes of many locals, the Feicheng peach is actually more promising than the Anqiu peach.

When Lei Hao heard the words "Anqiu Peach" coming out of Uncle Li's mouth, his expression became a little complicated.

Indeed, as a rare variety of late-ripening peaches in Shandong Province, and relying on the reputation of being used for state banquets, Anqiu peaches have become extremely popular in the past two years. The 4-liang size Anqiu peaches were once offered by buyers at a sky-high price of 6 yuan per catty, and locals couldn't even get to eat them... These peaches didn't even need to go through wholesale channels, as they had already been divided up by all kinds of people.

In view of the popularity of Anqiu peaches, Shidui, Jiage, Chengguan and Danshan even urgently established four new peach bases, and planted more than 1988 acres of new peach trees last year, that is, in 5000, to cope with the increasingly crazy market demand. But as a senior researcher, Lei Hao's vision is not limited to the technology itself like assistant researchers and associate researchers. He has seen all the chaos of Anqiu peaches under the excessive market pursuit... impersonation (refer to Maotai fraud), inferior products for genuine ones (making up stories and selling cracked fruits as good fruits, refer to sugar-heart apples), only pursuing output instead of quality, lack of detail management (refer to Baise mango before the 90s), etc.

If these issues are allowed to continue, they will be enough to completely shatter the golden signboard of Anqiu peaches, which will then be difficult to recover from, and will eventually even affect the peach agricultural brand of the entire Shandong Province...and it is obvious that although the current situation of Feicheng peaches is not as serious as that of Anqiu peaches, similar tendencies have also been shown.

To be honest, he was very afraid that three or four years later, by the time the peach orchard was ripe, the reputation of Feicheng peaches would have collapsed, and he would be stuck with the goods, unable to sell them at all... The saying "unemployment after graduation" does not only apply to college students in later generations, similar things happen every day in agriculture.

However, it was inconvenient for him to say such things, and he could not say them out loud. He could only persuade him kindly: "Brother, it is actually good to use this land to grow cherries. After all, according to Director Yang's requirements, this land should be turned into a greenhouse orchard pilot project... To build such a large greenhouse orchard, the cost of the greenhouse itself is extremely high, and the cost of various supporting facilities is also not small."

Uncle Li seemed not to understand Lei Hao's advice, and just grinned and said, "Don't worry, anyway, Director Yang said that the expenses can be replaced by debts... Even if this peach orchard costs one or two million, the debt replacement will only be about three million at most. There are more than a thousand people in our village, and we can afford it if we share it!"

Lei Hao was somewhat helpless: "Director Yang wants to build a high-standard orchard. Not only do we need to install greenhouses, but we also need to transform the soil in advance. While increasing fertility, we also need to reduce agricultural residues in the soil through biodegradation... The cost and time required for this must also be taken into account."

Uncle Li was like a straight-talking person who didn't understand the voice-over. He was delighted when he heard this: "That's great. It will increase the fertility of the land and make the fruits bigger. Even if we don't plant peach trees anymore, it will be great to plant crops."

Lei Hao glanced at Yang Mo, who was smiling and listening quietly, hesitated for a moment, and made a final attempt: "Brother, this kind of high-standard greenhouse orchard not only requires huge initial investment, but also uses various management techniques that are different from what you have seen before. Moreover, these things are learned from island countries, and the system verification has not been completed here... In the first few years, you need to continue to train and learn new knowledge so that you can adjust the planting plan at any time!"

This is a killer move.

Based on his past understanding of these villagers, these people may not be afraid of hard work, but they often have a sense of awe and fear towards unfamiliar knowledge... Many people may not care about working in the fields for more than ten hours in a row, sweating profusely, but forcing them to sit on a small stool and study new knowledge that is like a hieroglyphic book in front of a small blackboard for half an hour is undoubtedly more painful than killing them.

As expected, when he heard that he would be trained in new knowledge and that it would take several years to learn, Uncle Li's face trembled.

Just when Lei Hao thought that this old man was about to back down, Uncle Li secretly glanced at Yang Mo, then gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay! It's just training. I'll be there with a stick in my hand. I'll see which idiot dares not to listen to the class!"

Seeing Uncle Li's unexpected reaction, even if Lei Hao was slow-witted, he could sense that there were some tricks that should not be told to outsiders.

He turned his head and looked at Yang Mo deeply. Before he could think of what to say next, Yang Mo smiled slightly: "Teacher Lei, when we have dinner tonight, I will tell you about the development plan of this high-standard Taoyuan."

"But now, I may need to trouble you to do some planning and communication on the greenhouse orchard based on the existing conditions... After all, there are so many company managers and technicians waiting!"

Looking sideways at the dozen or so company leaders quietly waiting on the side, Lei Hao could only nod helplessly: "Okay, let's follow Director Yang's previous request and hold an on-site planning, design and technical communication meeting based on the construction model of a V-shaped high-standard greenhouse fruit orchard!"

V-shaped high-standard greenhouse fruit orchard?
What is that stuff?
Bai Mengmeng, who was in charge of recording, was completely confused.

When did my new master learn agricultural techniques?

(End of this chapter)