1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 345 Human Spirit
Shang River, Dawangzhuang.

Xie Laobiao, who is nearly 70 years old, was watching intently as the expert, who was said to be from Laiyang Agricultural College, used a sharp chisel to make several deep cuts near the roots of an old poplar tree as thick as his waist. He then took out a sealed bag from a special box and opened it carefully.

There were a few small wooden nails in the sealed bag.

The expert simply measured the diameter, deepened the opening with a chisel, and then inserted the wooden nail into it.

"Keep good records. Huangsang original ecological simulated wild cultivation plan C, number 1990-103-0411, the 7th poplar population scale experiment... the poplar forest is more than 30 years old."

Li Zhichao turned around and told the students behind him to take notes. He raised his voice slightly so that the group of villagers watching nearby could also hear clearly:
"This wooden nail has been inoculated with the original strain of Phellinus linteus... According to the design of Plan C, these original strains of Phellinus linteus are isolated from wild Phellinus linteus fruiting bodies, which are separated and purified and then inoculated into the mother strain culture medium to obtain the mother strain; the mother strain of Phellinus linteus is then inoculated into the original strain culture medium to obtain the mother strain;"

"The principle of the plan C we are trying now is not complicated. To put it simply, the wooden nail cultivation species covered with mycelium of Phellinus linteus is inoculated into the living mulberry or poplar tree for natural cultivation;"

"Compared with Plan A, which uses basswood substrate and greenhouse cultivation, and Plan B, which uses sawdust, moss and greenhouse cultivation, if this simulated wild cultivation plan is successful, although the incidence of Coriolus versicolor will be much lower and it is impossible to grow Coriolus versicolor in two or three months like in a greenhouse, once fruiting bodies grow from the tree, the medicinal efficacy of Coriolus versicolor will undoubtedly be much higher and the selling price will be much higher."

At this point, Li Zhichao pointed to the remaining wooden nails in the cultivation box and said to the villagers: "Although we have artificially increased the probability of poplar trees being infected with Coriolus igniarius, this kind of imitation wild cultivation method will affect the economic benefits if the incidence of Coriolus igniarius is too low. So we might as well make a few more holes when inoculating mycelium to increase the success rate... You don't have to worry about killing the tree. For a poplar tree over 30 years old, if you make fewer than 6 holes, it will not affect its growth."

After turning sideways to allow the villagers to see more clearly, Li Zhichao emphasized: "But everyone must remember when operating in the future that the inoculation position of the mycelium nails should be as close to the root of the tree as possible, not higher than 60 centimeters from the ground, but not lower than 20 centimeters... The temperature, air humidity, and content of various bacteria at this location are relatively suitable."

"And when you are chiseling, you should pay special attention to one thing. Don't chisel straight into the core of the tree. Instead, chisel downward at an angle of 30 to 45 degrees, just like the grafted branches we used to do. Align the wooden dowel with the poplar's cambium, and keep the thin-walled cells close together... These wooden dowels are actually cut from fresh branches, but these branches are not suitable as poplar rootstocks. Therefore, even if they are embedded in the cambium, they will not sprout. Instead, they will deceive and delay the poplar's self-healing process, and eventually turn it into a small piece of dead wood... And this period of time is the key to whether Coriolus versicolor can grow."

"In addition, since the weather in Qilu is relatively dry, after the wooden nails are inserted, even with the protection of the grafting film, everyone must spray water frequently..."

Listening to Li Zhichao patiently explaining to everyone the key points of cultivating Coriolus versicolor, some villagers were just watching the fun and didn't take it seriously, but more villagers listened attentively.

Indeed, this kind of thing may not grow out once it is embedded, and it will take more than three years after it grows out before it can be sold for money. For many people today, it is actually not very attractive.

Although it is said that the purchase price of this thing is not low, but money is something that is better to see for oneself. If it is really valuable, just plant it later. Anyway, there are so many old poplar trees in Dawangzhuang, and there is no shortage of cultivation medium... Besides, isn't this still a vague thing? Didn't they say that this is just an experiment? It is not certain whether it can grow Coriolus versicolor!

But for other villagers, they don’t think so.

Just kidding, this is a project recommended by Xialiu Sales Agency.

Who is standing behind Xialiu Sales Agency?

A drilling company known for its willfulness!
Judging from the other party's personality, since he said the purchase price for this thing is not low, it must not be low!
As for what this expert said, it is just an experiment at the moment...

Come on! He is a university professor, he is just being modest, you really believe it?

Besides, everyone is now relatively familiar with the drilling company. When have you ever seen this state-owned enterprise give up an unreliable project?

This is absolutely reliable!

Follow this expert to learn the technology now, and then decisively take on the "experimental tasks", and you will definitely make a lot of money in three years!
As for Xie Laobiao, he thought even more deeply.

As the only local celebrity in Dawangzhuang, he almost became a bandit before the founding of New China. Obviously, his understanding of human nature and accidents is much deeper than that of others.

Ok……

Since the drilling company implemented the comprehensive scoring system, after several months of hard work and rectification, their Dawangzhuang finally got a B grade last month.

After receiving the B-grade score, they were assigned significantly more work. Qingfeng Food even invested in two small vegetable planting bases and a medium-sized special 817 broiler farm here, which made them truly feel the value of this comprehensive score.

But people always hope that life will get better and better.

Although compared with the surrounding villages that have not even been rated C, Dawangzhuang has become one of the few good places in the surrounding area, but it is still far behind the one hundred villages that the drilling company has given its heart and soul to.

Just kidding, not to mention those various projects and newly built factories, just the fact that more than half of those villages have GAP Chinese herbal medicine planting projects specifically for Sino-Japanese joint venture factories, their Dawangzhuang is far behind... It is said that even those seemingly ordinary honeysuckle flowers are sold to those joint venture factories at twice the price of ordinary honeysuckle.

Oh my goodness, that is the cheapest and highest-yielding honeysuckle. One acre can produce 200 kilograms of dried flowers. Considering that one hill has at least 500 acres, those villages are simply counting money while lying in bed... Don't be unconvinced, the joint venture factory only accepts dried flowers and other Chinese medicinal materials from those villages, and does not accept those from other places!
Therefore, after tasting the sweetness, how to raise the comprehensive score of Dawang Village from B to A has become what Xie Laobiao has been thinking about for more than a month.

But he knew very well that for an absolute watershed like Grade A, it was not realistic to simply restrain the people of Dawang Village from going astray or to ask them to do good deeds. You had to have other opportunities.

Therefore, when the people from the Xialiu Marketing Agency came to seek the opinion of their village and wanted to rely on the rich old poplar tree resources in their village to conduct the Coriolus polyphylla cultivation experiment, he agreed without hesitation, and even used the authority of a local sage to force these villagers who could not read a single word to come and observe and learn.

Face is given to each other.

Although their Dawangzhuang missed the great opportunity to deliver chickens on foot last year, from now on, as long as they actively respond to all calls from the drilling company and take the initiative to serve as guinea pigs in various experiments, he does not believe that the drilling company will treat them unfairly... No matter what others think, in his opinion, the drilling company's style actually has a strong underworld flavor.

Therefore, he not only welcomed the drilling company to send people to conduct the Coriolus versicolor cultivation experiment, he even hoped that the experiment would fail... After the failure, the drilling company would feel indebted to Dawangzhuang, which had spared no effort in the experiment and provided both manpower and money.

Once you feel you've owed something, you'll want to make up for it.

Well, isn’t it true that opportunities are gained little by little?
Just as Xie Laobiao was immersed in the wonderful enjoyment, a "ringing" sound came from behind him.

When I turned around, I saw a staff member of Xialiu Sales Agency riding a bicycle approaching from afar, with a guy who looked like a wild giant panda sitting on the back seat of the bicycle.

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"Manager Sun, why are you here today?"

After Sun Jian respectfully greeted Li Zhichao and several other students, and carefully observed the operation procedures demonstrated by the team to the villagers, Xie Laobiao smiled and handed a White General to Sun Jian who was retreating.

As a veteran operator, Xie Laobiao naturally knew that the second-in-command of Xia Liutongxiao had a lot of work to do. Although he often took time to visit various villages, he seldom came to a village like Dawangzhuang, which was only rated B.

Sun Jian laughed. He was used to the working style of Xialiu Sales Agency and did not hide it. "Chief Yang gave me a task. He wanted to invest in a 3,000-acre rose planting project. However, outsiders did not dare to invest in this project, so he asked me to ask around to see which villages are willing to invest in this project so that we can start this big project together."

Xie Laobiao was surprised: "Just for this?" No wonder he was surprised. Although the 3,000-acre planting project sounds very large, in fact, it can be put together by seven or eight villages with a little land in the east and west... Yang Mo has promoted many large-scale Chinese herbal medicine planting projects since last year. Let alone 3,000 acres, there are four or five planting bases of more than 5,000 acres. Therefore, it is really difficult for Xie Laobiao to understand why Section Chief Yang insisted on asking Manager Sun to make a special trip for something that could be done with just one sentence.

Sun Jian laughed a few times when he heard this: "This edible rose planting project is not that simple. The investment scale is huge. The first phase investment is as high as 1300 million... In addition to land and manpower, it also requires the construction of a series of factories and the investment of a large amount of high-tech equipment."

"Well, Section Chief Yang's negotiations with the previous foreign investors broke down, and he's now out of money, so he wanted to ask everyone if they are willing to contribute money, land, and manpower to start this project in a production mode!"

1300! ?

Xie Laobiao took a deep breath and almost had a heart attack. The total amount of money he had touched in his entire life was less than ten thousand. Thirteen million was a terrifying number to him.

Ok?
Section Chief Yang has no money now?

Upon hearing the information revealed by Sun Jian, Xie Laobiao was shocked at first, and then he began to ponder.

Something's wrong!
Section Chief Yang is not just the real leader of Xialiu Marketing Agency and Qingfeng Food. Over the past year, countless projects centered around the one hundred villages and extending to various villages were all directly promoted by the section chief who is said to be too young.

For such a person of great importance, no matter what happened, the news should be kept secret, let alone the news that there is no money, which will directly affect the morale of the army?

No matter how great Sun Jian is, isn't he afraid of getting into trouble for telling such things to an unrelated person like himself without restraint?
No, Sun Jian is not a young boy in his teens or twenties. He is the captain of a drilling team from a drilling company. It is impossible for him to be so talkative!
filter!?

test?

Out of intuition, these two words popped into Xie Laobiao's mind.

After a brief pause, Xie Laobiao gritted his teeth and said, "What can we in Dawangzhuang do?"

Sun Jian's eyes showed a hint of surprise when he heard that this fellow villager, who was almost old enough to be his grandfather, did not ask probing questions like "Why did the drilling company run out of money?" and "What happened to Section Chief Yang?", nor did he use the rural people's unique tact to beat around the bush.

After thinking for a while, Sun Jian lit up his cigarette and said, "According to Chief Yang's idea, if villages like Dawangzhuang, which have a comprehensive B-level score, are interested in participating in this project, they might as well do some ideological work among the villagers first, and then see if they can gather 150 mu of idle agricultural land, 300 members who are willing to participate in the production organization, and 30 yuan in funds... First set up a cooperative, and then form a new company with the cooperatives of other villages."

At this point, Sun Jian explained: "Investors from other places require an investment of 1300 million yuan. In fact, a large part of the cost is mainly spent on land leasing, hiring planting and care workers, and the actual transfer fee of the project;"

"But now that this project has become a self-invested project, the transfer fee will naturally not need to be paid;"

"By the same token, if the villages are willing to invest and start this project in the form of organized production, the cost of land and labor can also be saved."

"So, apart from these expenses, there is only a funding gap of about 800, which is used to build the factory and purchase equipment... This project involves a lot of industry categories, so the advanced equipment that needs to be purchased is not small. According to the preset share ratio, if your Dawangzhuang wants to participate in this project, you must at least invest 30 funds."

In fact, this plan was designed by Yan Laoxi, Sun Jian, Lu Yingying, and Liu Xianfu, and then finalized after obtaining Yang Mo's consent.

To be honest, this plan is actually a bit harsh.

For the rural areas of Qilu at that time, it was not difficult for a village to squeeze out 150 mu of land; to organize 300 villagers who were willing to participate in the production was a bit troublesome, but not impossible;
However, raising 30 yuan in cash is undoubtedly a very difficult task.

Can a village with a population of more than 30 people and whose economic situation has gradually improved over the past six months raise people?

It can be put together!
But this can only be barely scraped together if at least 40% of the villagers are willing to donate generously, and after leaving enough for the most basic living needs, take out all the money in their homes.

Don’t think that the proportion of 40% is small. 40% of 2,000 people is 800 people. To make 800 people work together and take huge risks to invest all their money, it is not only a question of whether the local celebrities have appeal, but also a question of whether the village has enough centripetal force!
Therefore, from a financial perspective, this 30 yuan is a harsh test for a village like Dawangzhuang;

From the perspective of human nature, it is a test that is harsh to the point of being excessive!

150 acres of land, 300 villagers willing to participate in organized production, plus 30 yuan in funds?

Xie Laobiao's face became serious: "Manager Sun, I won't ask other questions for now. I just want to know how the wages of these 300 villagers who participated in the production are calculated?"

Sun Jian laughed: "No wages... But the labor of these villagers will be converted into shares of Dawangzhuang Cooperative, and then incorporated into the new company... Unlike ordinary companies, the new company will distribute dividends every six months. The better the villagers do, the more dividends they will get; but if the project does not make money, then sorry, the villagers will not get a penny."

Not paying wages, but converting it into shares?

Xie Laobiao pondered for a while, his face full of struggle.

Just when Sun Jian thought the other party would refuse or delay by saying he would go back to discuss it with the villagers, he saw the old man with half of his teeth missing, saying with his cane: "Okay! Manager Sun, since Section Chief Yang is in trouble now, we will invest in this project in Dawangzhuang!"

Looking at Sun Jian with a surprised expression on his face, Xie Laobiao's slightly cloudy eyes flashed with a gleam: "But I have a request."

Sun Jian glanced at him and laughed: "Please go ahead, old man."

Xie Laobiao took off the mouthpiece of the half-smoked Bai Jiangjun in his hand, then took out the pipe from his waist and inserted the half-smoked cigarette: "Thanks to the help of Section Chief Yang, our life in Dawangzhuang has been much better in the past few months;"

"I know that Section Chief Yang has always been prejudiced against us Shanghe people, but as the saying goes, you have to fight for your dignity. I just want Section Chief Yang to know that we Shanghe people are not all bastards without balls. "

"So, my condition is..."

At this point, Xie Laobiao's expression was somewhat fierce: "We in Dawangzhuang are willing to participate in the investment, but the criteria for participation are not "150 acres of land, 300 villagers, and 30 funds;"

"It's 300 acres of land, 450 villagers and 50 yuan in funds!"

After taking a deep puff of his pipe, Xie Laobiao snorted coldly: "Isn't Section Chief Yang in trouble now? The people of Dawangzhuang must show Section Chief Yang that we Shanghe people are not ungrateful people!"

This……

After hearing these words from the old man, Sun Jian's expression suddenly became interesting...

(End of this chapter)