Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Standing at the edge of the 20-acre beet field, Li Long saw that the white crystallized salt crust on the surface of the ground had now disappeared, and the beet seedlings were growing strong, with dark green leaves, and it was obvious that there was no shortage of fertilizer and water.

These beets don't look like they are grown in saline-alkali soil at all, but more like the products of improved high-yield mature fields.

"Professor Luo, you guys are amazing. I didn't expect that you could improve this saline-alkali land so well in just one month." Li Long praised, "At this rate of improvement, in a few years, our fourth team will be able to add several thousand acres of fertile land."

"How can it be that simple?" Professor Luo shook his head and said, "These twenty-plus mu of land have been improved to this extent. On the one hand, we applied fertilizer in a targeted manner, and on the other hand, watering is also a key factor.

In other words, part of the salt and alkali in the ground is neutralized by fertilizer, and part is washed away by water.”

"That's fine," Li Long said with a smile, "We have a sufficient supply of water for our farmland. Can the saline-alkali land in other saline-alkali lands be solved in the same way as long as we apply enough fertilizer and give them more water?"

"It's hard to say. It's very difficult." Professor Luo still shook his head. "This land was successful because we accurately measured the soil and applied fertilizer in a targeted manner. The salinity and alkali content of other saline-alkali lands must be different. It's hard to say how much effect the fertilizer we applied here will have.

Moreover, in order to transform this saline-alkali land, we applied several times the amount of fertilizer that is applied to ordinary plots of land. It is fine to do experiments, but when it comes to reclaiming and improving land, how can ordinary farmers afford such a large investment? The gains will not outweigh the losses, so this matter is not that simple. "

Professor Luo was referring to the current situation. Although most of the land in northern Xinjiang has started to use fertilizers, the amount of fertilizers used by the fourth team is quite large. But even if the amount is large, it is only relative, far less than in the future.

After all, everyone was not very rich at that time and did not have that much spare money to buy fertilizers. Most people used farmyard manure, and there were not so many types of fertilizers at that time.

Therefore, in Professor Luo's opinion, in order to reclaim barren saline-alkali land, large amounts of fertilizer and watering may take several years to see results. Ordinary farmers cannot afford such high costs.

But in Li Long's opinion, as long as the salinization can be improved, these costs are still bearable. After all, the land price will rise year by year, and the contract fee will become more and more expensive. Compared with this contract fee, the investment in fertilizers will account for a smaller and smaller proportion. For farmers, land is the means of production on which they depend for survival. The more land they own, the more abundant the means of production, and the stronger the capital for making a fortune in the future.

"The research project of our research team has come to an end, but it does not mean it is over." Professor Luo continued, "Next, we will return to the college to summarize the data obtained in the past month and report to the school. Our college has always been very concerned about this matter. My plan is to go to another county in a while to continue the experiment, and then continue this situation for a considerable period of time. We will strive to obtain targeted data on saline-alkali land in most major areas of Xinjiang in the next few years."

After hearing what Professor Luo said, Li Long, who originally wanted to keep Professor Luo for a while to see if he could renovate the other large saline-alkali lands in Team 4, was too embarrassed to ask to keep him.

After all, Professor Luo's goal is the saline-alkali land of the entire northern border, and it is impossible for him to stay in Team 4. People can't be so selfish. Not only can't they be so selfish, Li Long also wants to support Professor Luo's activity.

He thought for a while and said:
"Professor Luo, I will sponsor your research team 5,000 yuan to cover the cost of purchasing fertilizers later. To be honest, I think your project will definitely be successful in the future, so this is just a small token of my appreciation."

"Li Long, can you come up with that much money? We do need some funds. We can apply for some from the school, but it is also very difficult for the school to provide it." Professor Luo said, "I originally wanted to go to another place for research, and then find a regiment in the Corps or some wealthy towns, and let the local government provide some money to support our research.

If you can give us 5,000 yuan now, our research will probably produce new results this year..."

"No problem." Li Long said with a smile, "I have a purchasing station in the county, and the income this year is not bad. Although I have started a business, I am still a farmer at heart. I also hope that the saline-alkali land in our northern Xinjiang can be turned into fertile fields. In this way, our farmers' income will increase significantly, and then rural people will not have to envy the lives of city dwellers so much."

Professor Luo smiled and thought that Li Long's idea was a bit too idealistic. With the duality of urban and rural life, the living standard in the city is naturally higher than that in the countryside. How could it be possible to achieve what Li Long wanted?
But he did not refute it. After all, this is a beautiful vision. Professor Luo himself came from the countryside and was engaged in agricultural work. How could he not want the countryside to become better?

As He Lijuan packed her luggage, she said with emotion:
"In the past two days, I have been thinking about the day of leaving, and I also want to go back to school as soon as possible. Now that I have to leave, I feel a little reluctant."

Zhu Yuechan had already packed her luggage. She came over to help He Lijuan pack, saying:

"I eat well and sleep well here. I gained three kilograms in a month. Although other living conditions are a bit worse, can the food at school be compared with this? Uncle Luo and his men are so good to us, and the people in the production team are also good to us. It is reasonable for us to be reluctant to leave."

"Then we can come visit them when we have time." He Lijuan thought for a moment and said, "It's not too far anyway. We can bring some special products from Wucheng back to repay them."

"We'll come back after the holiday." Zhu Yuechan nodded vigorously.

Hu Dongfeng and his friends were quite free and easy-going. Boys are not so sentimental. They packed their luggage and put it into the jeep. Some things were placed in Xu Chengjun's tractor.

This time Li Long did not call a truck. This was Professor Luo's request and Xu Chengjun's idea. The team had a tractor, and for a 10-kilometer journey, a tractor was not much worse than a truck.

In addition to some experimental equipment, the tractor also contains gifts from the team to the scientific research group.

For this purpose, the team specially bought a sheep from Li Long's old horse farm and spent a lot of effort to make it into dried meat. Professor Luo and several team members each got several kilograms of meat.

Meat is still a good thing these days. Even if college students have subsidies, no one can afford to eat meat every day. These few kilograms of meat are very heavy for them.

Professor Luo left Li Long a table containing the combinations for adjusting fertilizer application in saline-alkali land. Although it was targeted at Li Long's beet field, it will definitely serve as a reference for other saline-alkali land.

Li Long felt that this watch alone was worth at least five sheep, no, fifty.

There were so many people coming to see Professor Luo off that it would not be an exaggeration to say that they lined the streets to see him off. This scene moved both Professor Luo and the students deeply.

When they followed Professor Luo to improve the saline-alkali land, they did not think too much about it, but now, looking at the reluctant expressions of the villagers, these students realized their role as agricultural students.

The ideological realm has become much more noble.

After sending Professor Luo and his companions to the bus station, Xu Chengjun and the other young men placed their luggage on the luggage rack of the bus. Finally, he and Li Long watched the car carrying Professor Luo and his companions leave.

"Xiaolong, your beet field has been improved. Judging from the current situation, the yield can reach at least 200 kilograms." Xu Chengjun said with emotion, "The experts and professors of the Agricultural College are really good. It's a pity that they stayed for a short time. Otherwise, I would have contracted a piece of land for them to help with research."

"I still remember the fertilizer they applied to my land." Li Long said with a smile, "Captain, do you want to open up a piece of land first and do an experiment?"

"No." Xu Chengjun shook his head. "It's quite risky. I often come to your old horse farm and know that they use a lot of fertilizer. You can afford it, but I can't. I'd better just plant my dozens of acres of land honestly."

Li Long didn't say much. The management of the beet field was mainly handled by his eldest brother Li Jianguo, so he drove the jeep back to the team, found his eldest brother, and relayed what Professor Luo said to him.

"Since they have said so, let's apply fertilizer accordingly.

Although this year's beets may lose money, the transformation in the next one or two years can turn this land into fertile land, and the future harvest will definitely make up for the current losses. "Li Jianguo is not a fool, he understood it as soon as he heard it. This year's land has been improved. Although the cost is very high, the impact is long-term.

Well worth it.

Li Long prepared to bring back a truckload of fertilizer. His father-in-law Gu Boyuan had connections and could get fertilizer at wholesale prices. He was not short of money, so he applied fertilizer according to the plan. After all, the land had been improved, and he planned to contract it for a long time, so that the benefits would not flow to outsiders.

The matters in the fields were left to his eldest brother, and Li Long was mainly responsible for the purchasing station. A few days later, he took a truck to the forestry team and bought the last batch of Fritillaria.

Both Li Long and Ali knew that the warehouse of the forestry team's purchasing station would not be full for quite some time.

These people in the forestry team are still a little emotional. They may have to go through some "hard" days in the future.

Of course, this hardship is relative. After all, the bonuses awarded some time ago were quite high, so it is obviously impossible.

Li Long created a small surprise for them. He told Ali that he would come to collect things every month. Whether it was wild mushrooms, snow lotus or other things, he would collect them. He asked Lin Ye to pay most attention to the mountains. He wanted all the local specialties in the mountains, including honey.

The forestry team naturally wanted it very much. They were used to having extra money every month. Who would complain that it was too little?

Although the salary won't be as long as in the past two months, a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat, and the forest rangers of the forestry team will not think that three or five yuan is too little.

At the end of May, when all schools were preparing to celebrate Children's Day, Li Long's purchasing station welcomed an uninvited guest.

"Hello, you must be Comrade Li Long. My name is Jiang Chunlin. I think you should know me."

Li Long didn't expect that the person who came was Jiang Chunlin.

He had never seen this person, but he had heard of his name many times.

After all, it only took more than half a month for him to fall from the position he needed to look up to to the bottom. The unpredictable things in the world were vividly reflected in Jiang Chunlin.

Jiang Chunlin is in his thirties. He is handsome and wears a pair of glasses. He looks gentle and refined.

If Li Long didn't know what this person had done, he might have thought he was a state official or a school teacher.

Jiang Chunlin had a hard time during this period. He had lost his business with Kouli. Although this was his territory, since the other party dared to do business with him, they must have a background. It was impossible for him to default on his debt.

He lost a large sum of money to his partner, and his own capital chain was broken. In the past, he spent more and earned more, and never thought about it so much. Now the main way to make money is broken, and the goods at the purchasing station have been intercepted, and the income has plummeted.

He originally wanted to take revenge, but he didn't expect to find out that he almost closed down his shop. Now the procedures of the purchasing station are slow, and it is inspected every now and then. All the people who came here to sell things have left, and the store manager Qi Shuohui he hired has also resigned. Although the remaining two people did not leave, they are not able to take on the main responsibility.

The purchasing station was on the verge of collapse, and Jiang Chunlin was at his wits' end. Finally, he thought of Li Long.

The whole thing started because of Li Long. Now he already knew that Li Long had a powerful background. As long as he could convince Li Long to cooperate with him, he would definitely be able to help him solve the difficulties and get out of his current predicament.

"What are you doing here?" Since he was his enemy and he knew that this guy would do anything to achieve his goal, Li Long didn't have a good face towards him.

However, Li Long still didn't want to make a big deal out of this matter. He took Jiang Chunlin to the office of the purchasing station and asked with a blank expression.

"Comrade Li Long, we are acquainted after fighting. You may have some misunderstandings about me, but I think I can help you. We can still cooperate."

"You? Help me?" Li Long smiled. "How can you help me? You should be in trouble now."

"Haven't you ever heard that a lean camel is bigger than a horse?"

"I've only heard that a fallen phoenix is ​​worse than a chicken." Li Long replied without thinking it was appropriate.

"Li Long, what I told you is true. Director Qian and his men think highly of you and they definitely hope that you can play a role. That is, selling the local specialties here. You should know that this is very difficult."

"You have to do it even if it's difficult. You can't just ignore it because it's difficult."

"I can help you. I have channels in the mainland. As long as you can say a few good words for me to Director Qian and others, I can introduce the channel to you." Jiang Chunlin knew that Li Long's words were not pleasant to hear, but for the sake of making a comeback, it didn't matter if he heard some unpleasant words.

"You're not the only one with the channels." Li Long shook his head, "It's not difficult to sell things to the mouth. Some things may not be in short supply in the mouth, but there is no market, but some things are hard to say."

"I have more experience than you in this area. As long as you make a good match, my buyers will definitely agree to purchase some of the items in the supply and marketing cooperative's inventory. This way, you can also meet the requirements of Director Qian and others." Jiang Chunlin pointed out a way for Li Long like a senior. "You are familiar with the supply and marketing system. You can definitely get the items in their inventory. How about we cooperate and each take half of the profits?
Don't worry, you won't have to bear all the costs, I will pay for it too."

That’s a nice thought.

Li Long sneered. This guy still refused to give up. Director Qian had repeatedly warned that the supply and marketing cooperatives were not allowed to resell the materials purchased from other places. He was still trying to deceive him. He must have bad intentions. Either he wanted to lead him to make a mistake, or he wanted to make money by using his background, but he didn't want to take responsibility.

That's quite a thief.

"Go away, just pretend you've never been here." Li Long waved his hand. "You and I are not the same kind of people, so don't try to fool me with your tricks. I have my own way of selling things. I can't take the shortcut you take, and if something goes wrong, I can't afford it."

"Think about it again..." Jiang Chunlin was not giving up. "If it doesn't work, 4:6 is fine. You 6 and I 4."

"Get lost! Don't force me to do it!" Li Long was impatient. Why was this guy like a dog-skin plaster? Wasn't he high and mighty? Was he flexible and unscrupulous for money?

Anyway, it's not a good bird! (End of this chapter)