Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Xu Haijun did have that thought in mind. Before he joined the army, he thought that among the girls in the village, only Wu Shufen and Gu Xiaoxia were more pleasing to his eyes.

After returning from military service, both of them got married, one became a state official and the other became a housewife.

He has been out and seen the world, and now he looks down upon the girls in the village more and more.

But he is just a farmer, and his social circle is small. He thinks it is still difficult for him to meet outstanding girls outside.

This time, Li Long invited experts, professors and college students from the Bayi Agricultural College. Xu Haijun felt that this was a very good opportunity.

The two female college students are fair-skinned, good-looking, good-tempered, and elegantly spoken. As for whether they will like me, I will just try my best.

Xu Haijun had been a scout and knew that opportunities were gained through fighting for them, not waiting for them. Sometimes it was better to take the initiative than to wait passively.

So he took the initiative to find the team leader Xu Chengjun and offered to be responsible for the supply of food for Professor Luo and his team.

Xu Chengjun naturally couldn't treat his little brother badly. This was a way to actively express the goodwill of the production team. Xu Haijun's idea was quite in line with his idea, so he decided to give Xu Haijun two centimeters every day.

The money was not much, but the main point was that he should not work for nothing. After all, Xu Haijun had to grow alfalfa and chives, so he could not be asked to work and pay for it.

Many people in the production team were also watching the fun, wanting to see what the experts, professors and college students in the city looked like.

After Hu Dongfeng and his friends finished their meal and cleaned up, they came out to look for Professor Luo and saw these villagers. The two female students were a little embarrassed, but the male students didn't care.

"Do you think we are like the heroine in the novel of life who was watched by the villagers while brushing her teeth?" Li Qingyuan whispered to others.

"That's not quite the same. I see many people in our village brush their teeth." Zheng Zhiguo didn't understand the implication of the words and answered seriously.

"Qingyuan means that we are being watched as something new." Hu Dongfeng reacted quickly and explained in a low voice, "This is normal. After all, college students are still very rare. I asked around and found that there is only one college student in this village, and that was more than 20 years ago. So it is normal for everyone to look at us as something strange."

"Okay, okay, let's go find the professor quickly. He has been busy in the field for a long time." Zhu Yuechan didn't like being watched and urged from behind.

Li Long introduced the specific conditions of this saline-alkali land to Professor Luo, and then drove the jeep back to the county.

He basically didn't worry about things here. Uncle Luo took care of the food, and Xu Haijun provided vegetables and other assistance, so there was nothing missing.

Now Xu Haijun has made it clear that he is interested in deepening his ties with the research team. If Professor Luo and his team encounter any difficulties, Xu Haijun will definitely take the initiative to help.

Later, I only need to come here once a day. Even once every two or three days is no problem. Although Li Long is not an expert, he knows very well that improving saline-alkali land is not something that can be done in a short time. The current scientific research technology is definitely not as good as that of thirty or forty years later. It may take a long time to study the specific situation of this saline-alkali land and come up with an improvement plan.

Of course he had time to wait.

After returning to the county, Li Long went directly to the purchasing station. The seven or eight people gathered at the door of the purchasing station all smiled when they saw Li Long coming.

Li Long also recognized that most of them were middlemen. To be honest, it is the busy farming season now, and farmers are busy with their crops in the fields.

Now that the market has allowed free buying and selling, those who are unwilling to work on the land or who do not have a proper job in the city have started to engage in this business.

They ride their bicycles from village to village to collect various agricultural and sideline products, and then sell them to purchasing stations in the county to make a profit from the difference.

These people don't have much capital. They can collect one or two skins, or a few hundred grams of cashmere, or ten kilograms of licorice.

Li Long has figured it out these days. It is considered a lot if he can run into two or three or four people who actually make a living by collecting herbs or hunting in a week.

After all, this county is a large agricultural county, and there are still few people engaged in fishing and hunting. Basically, most of them are like Li Long in the past, who do it in their free time as a side job to earn some pocket money.

After all, hunting and fishing are both technical, and few people are engaged in them, so they are not safe. Unlike farming, even if you don't know how to farm, you can still get a harvest by following others.

In the morning, Li Long collected a jeep full of things and pulled them back to the yard.

After lunch, he did not rush to the purchasing station, but started the tractor to load the rabbit skins, sheepskins, licorice and other common medicinal materials in the room and rushed to the county leather factory.

Li Long is now considered a regular customer of the leather factory, and the security guard let him in upon seeing him.

The price of spring leather is slightly lower than that of winter leather. The technicians at the leather factory saw that the quality of the leathers Li Long collected was uneven, but they didn't say much.

They now know that Li Long's leathers are collected from various places, so the quality must be different.

Personal relationships are personal relationships, and business is business. The leathers were priced according to grade, and Li Long was asked to sign and take the money. Li Long didn't care about anything, just this half truck of leather, he made more than 200 yuan.

He also kept some of the collected water rat skins and yellow sheepskins to give to Zhao Hui.

Those skins are less in quantity but more expensive.

After coming out of the purchasing station, Li Long drove his tractor towards the medicinal materials company.

Medicinal materials companies are the same as purchasing stations. They have their own purchasing points, so they don’t do piecemeal business.

Li Long always brings in large quantities, so they don’t mind having an additional stable supplier.

In the following days, Li Long basically went to Team 4 every morning to check on the situation.

On the day Xu Haijun took over to help, he cleaned up the warehouse of the Lao Ma, and he also led people to help the research team install the equipment.

There was no way to participate in the specific operations. Xu Haijun was running around here at the Lao Ma almost all day, and he also had lunch and dinner here.

While eating, he accidentally or intentionally talked about his experiences as a scout, which shocked these college students.

At this time, the ten-year Two Mountains War was still in progress. The status of soldiers has always been high in the minds of ordinary people. Scouts are very mysterious, just like the special forces in later generations. College students love to listen to the stories he tells.

However, what made Xu Haijun a little depressed was that after he finished telling his own story, these students began to ask him about Li Long.

In fact, the students had already heard a lot about Li Long from Uncle Luo and others on the afternoon of the previous day.

These students all found it amazing: how could someone who had not even graduated from junior high school build such a big career in just three or four years?
He started from almost nothing and worked hard to become a millionaire with a fortune of over ten thousand yuan.

It would be fine if you said he was lucky, but he also knew how to study agricultural machinery, knew that mechanization was the way out for agricultural production, knew how to use technology to farm, and could lead the villagers to become rich.

He is simply the perfect male protagonist in novels and movies.

The next day, Li Long went to Laomahao for a walk and when he was about to leave, he met someone who surprised him a little.

Jiang Zhiyu, the township’s propaganda committee member.

Jiang Zhiyu got off his bike after seeing Li Long and complained:

"Comrade Li Long, we are old acquaintances. You have such a big project here, but you didn't even tell me in advance.

If I hadn't proactively contacted people in your team, I wouldn't have known that you had invited experts and professors from the Bayi Agricultural College. You hid it so well, you're really not a good friend!"

Li Longxin said, I didn’t know you treated me as a friend.

Of course he couldn't say this to Jiang Zhiyu's face, so he just laughed and said:
"I thought this was just an ordinary soil improvement research project, and I didn't expect you would take it so seriously. It's not too late for you to know now. Professor Luo and his team have only been here for two days. They installed the equipment yesterday and started preparations today. You can interview them." "It's not just me. The township head and secretary were supposed to come today. The county is holding a meeting to prevent snowmelt floods. I'm here to get ahead of them. They may be here this afternoon."

"Hey, there's no need to make such a big deal, right?" Li Long was a little surprised. "I think it's just an ordinary soil improvement project."

"That's what you think." Jiang Zhiyu rolled his eyes at him. "You don't think that experts and professors from the Bayi Agricultural College will easily come to the grassroots villages to carry out projects, do you?"

"I think it's quite easy," Li Long said as he led her to the stable. "I just told Professor Luo about my idea, and then he decided to come."

Jiang Zhiyu had the urge to beat Li Long up. Then she immediately discovered a key piece of information and stopped to ask:
“Did you tell them about this project, and then they came to study it, instead of it being a project they were supposed to set up in the first place?”

"Yes, it was my idea. I talked about it with another professor at the Bayi Agricultural College. Professor Luo himself studies soil, and he was very interested, so he decided to research this topic."

There is nothing secretive about this matter. Professor Luo himself told everyone about it during dinner yesterday.

Jiang Zhiyu once again looked at Li Long with new eyes. This young man was a treasure, and she felt that she could dig up a lot of news from Li Long in the future.

Well, she will stay at this point of Team 4 from now on.

Professor Luo and his colleagues were debugging the instruments and equipment, and Li Long introduced them to Jiang Zhiyu's identity.

As for the follow-up, Li Long did not say anything about the township head and secretary coming here to visit. He left it to Jiang Zhiyu to talk to them himself.

As the township's propaganda committee member and a special correspondent for the state daily, Jiang Zhiyu made good use of his identity advantages. After greeting Professor Luo, he began interviewing students, and after a brief chat, he obtained very important information.

She confirmed what Li Long said. This project was indeed proposed by Li Long, and then Professor Luo reported it to the college to determine the topic for research.

After being shocked, Jiang Zhiyu began the formal interview.

During the interview, she also discovered that this special breeding farm, which she had previously paid attention to, is now growing in size.

At this time, Jiang Zhiyu was already a little excited, imagining how big Li Long's industries would become in a few years.

Because Li Long had other things to do at the purchasing station, he introduced Jiang Zhiyu and Professor Luo to the others and then drove away in the jeep.

Half an hour after he left, the township head and secretary came to Team 4. They were accompanied by several township staff members who had some supplies on their bicycles.

This time, Jiang Zhiyu played the role that Li Long had played before, introducing Professor Luo and the other college students to the leaders.

To be honest, this is the first time that a scientific research team from a university has come here to study agricultural projects since the establishment of the township, or from the commune period to now.

Moreover, this was not the township's matchmaking, but the people came here on their own initiative (Li Long's role was ignored here). Speaking privately, the township head and secretary can use this as a political achievement when reporting to the county. In terms of the interests of the masses, the total amount of saline-alkali land in this township is about 100,000 mu.

If the soil testing and improvement of the saline-alkali land can be successful, the cultivated land area in the village will more than double. How much more grain can be produced and how much profit can be brought to the farmers!
This is a big deal!
The township head and secretary attached great importance to this matter. They expressed many words of gratitude to Professor Luo and others, and also told the staff that they must ensure the living conditions here, with an emphasis on food.

"Li Long and the production team have taken good care of us." Professor Luo said sincerely, "We have meat and fresh vegetables for every meal. To be honest, it's better than what we eat in school, and we don't have to pay for the food. Our village doesn't need to bother us."

"How can that be possible? The village is the village, and Li Long's intention is Li Long's intention. If we don't express our opinion, the county will know about this and they will criticize us. Besides, this is our true thought and we really thank you."

The secretary's words were very sincere, and Professor Luo and his colleagues could not refuse the offer, so they accepted it.

He himself had not expected that the research team's arrival would alarm so many parties.

Professor Luo was even wondering if there would be people from the county coming over later.

Jiang Zhiyu was appointed as the liaison officer. She would come here every day to communicate with Professor Luo and his colleagues, record their needs, and if any cooperation from the township was required, she would report it.

Jiang Zhiyu was more than happy to do so. She also wanted to dig out more news here and write a series of reports.

In the following days, Li Long went to the mountains, delivered some rice and flour, and also got a list of supplies that Halimu and the others needed.

Then he went to the pastoral team's stay and delivered some daily necessities to Halimu and Yushanjiang's family, mainly rice, flour, oil, some cabbage, and potato sprouts.

Halimu and his family also slaughtered sheep and sent them over. Both families now have dried meat hanging. Li Long was originally planning to send some meat over, but it seems that he doesn't need it for the time being.

Next, Li Long drove the tractor into the mountains again. The herdsmen in the mountains needed a lot of supplies, and the jeep had to carry them several times, so Li Long simply drove the tractor in one trip to carry them all.

Two days after he came back from the mountains, Halimu and his friends packed up and moved to another place.

The summer pasture grass in the mountains has already grown, and now is the time for the winter pasture to rest and recuperate. If you go too late, the grass in the winter pasture will not be able to grow well, and if there is not enough grass in the autumn, there may be trouble in the winter.

Life is like this, one thing after another is closely related. What you do at each time point is specific, and missing it may have a big impact.

After resolving the issues in the mountains, Li Long's main focus became on the purchasing station.

He would remind the middlemen from time to time that after a period of time, the opening hours of the receiving station would change from every day to every other day.

The middlemen also expressed their understanding. As long as the store is open, it doesn't matter to them whether it is open every day or every other day.

Li Long keenly discovered that more and more people came to the purchasing station to sell Fritillaria, and the Fritillaria in the mountains should have entered the harvesting season.

It seems that the exchange point in the mountains is about to open. I wonder if Sun Jiaqiang will come this year?
Li Long still went to the Lao Ma No. 1 of the Fourth Squadron every day. Professor Luo and his team's research progress has not yet yielded any results.

The research team was also worried that Li Long would get anxious. After all, the support was so good and the investment was relatively large. If no progress was seen, ordinary people, especially laymen, would get anxious.

But Li Long was not in a hurry at all. He even went there every day without asking about the research progress. He just asked the research team or talked to Xu Haijun to see if there were any difficulties.

This actually put Professor Luo and his colleagues under a lot of pressure.

This is how strange it is. If Li Long had asked, Professor Luo and his team would have already thought of this excuse. But Li Long didn't ask, and they themselves were anxious because their research progress was not fruitful.

In the field of agricultural science and technology research, there is no rush. It is normal not to produce results in a short period of time, which Li Long can understand very well.

During this process, Li Xiangqian called Li Long again.

"The state cooperative has notified us that this year's task of carrying handles is 4,000, and the price given by the state cooperative for each handle is ten yuan."

"How much money can the society give me if they give me the task?" Li Long asked.

"We need to send out vehicles to transport the goods, and then deliver them to the state. Each porter gets one dollar." Li Xiangqian was very righteous and left the big share to Li Long. "I'll give you nine dollars. You can decide how much you want to get."

Last year, the price the cooperative gave Li Long for a porter was eight yuan, and this year it went up by one yuan. Four thousand porters means four thousand yuan.

"But to be honest, there may not be any porters next year. You have to be mentally prepared for this." Li Xiangqian broke another piece of news to Li Long, "Now each unit uses fewer porters, and a considerable number of these porters are given to brother provinces. There may be no tasks next year."

"That's fine." Li Long thought for a moment and said, "Let's finish this year's work first."

To carry out the four thousand task forces, the four teams still need to work together with Qingshuihe Village and Liang Wenyu.

He plans to tell everyone after he finishes the work. This is the last time. (End of this chapter)