I saw everything

Chapter 170: Second Coming (Medium Cup)
After participating in the award ceremony of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, Jiang Miao stayed in Beijing for another week.

During this period, with the introduction of He Jintang, he met several people who had a good relationship with the He family.

Someone came to see Jiang Miao to check on his health.

Some people asked about United Mining's development plan and the project's success rate.

Some people just want to get to know each other.

Of course, during this period, other people visited Jiang Miao, such as several universities in Beijing, some related scientific research institutions, and several CEOs of companies he had cooperated with also invited him to dinner.

During the seven days, Jiang Miao did not eat a single meal alone. He either ate in the cafeteria of Wudaokou University or in a private restaurant.

After socializing for so long, he felt that it was enough, so he quickly took the high-speed rail to Jirim City in the south of the desert.

Revisit the hometown county of Zhelimu City.

At this time, the Taminchagan base of the Mo Nan Branch, located on the north side of the Yangxu River, has changed a lot.

Various construction machinery and agricultural equipment come in and out, and rows of two-story container houses form a temporary community that can accommodate 1200 employees to live and work.

The villagers of the livestock farming village at the entrance of the base have opened all kinds of shops on this street, including small restaurants, bathhouses, barber shops, grocery stores, small supermarkets, and even a newly established express delivery station.

Jiang Miao did not get out of the car, but went straight into the base in the pickup truck.

Lv Weibin, head of the agricultural planting division, Liu Zhiben, manager of the Mo'nan branch, and Wu Song, deputy manager of the Mo'nan branch, were waiting for him at the parking lot.

After getting off the car, Jiang Miao heard greetings from several people.

"Boss! Long time no see!"

"Boss! Welcome!"

"Boss, please come this way."

Jiang Miao glanced at Lu Weibin and found that he was darker than he was three months ago, but he looked in good spirits. He probably had adapted to life here.

Everyone came to the top of a container house at the north gate of the base.

Standing here, you can see the flattened Taminthang Desert.

No, it should be said that there is no Taminchagan Desert anymore, but there is the Taminchagan Farm.

Endless greenery.

It rained heavily in the area yesterday and there was still a hint of moisture in the air.

Putting down the telescope, Jiang Miao sat on the plastic chair: "It seems that you have already planted all the seeds."

Liu Zhiben smiled and replied, "Yes, boss. All the 22 mu of flat land that has been transformed has been sown by machine, using a total of about 1100 tons of soybean seeds."

"We went all out and completed the machine sowing of 17 mu of flat land in 22 days. The first tens of thousands of mu to be sown was the area in front of the base. After several heavy rains in the past few days, we didn't even irrigate the land, but just sprayed pesticides once."

It was June 6th.

The first batch of soybean seeds transported to the Mo Nan Branch arrived on June 6nd.

In other words, the first batch of soybeans planted had already grown for about 26 days, and the bean seedlings were already more than ten centimeters tall.

Looking around, the Taminchagan Desert at the entrance of the base is full of vibrant green.

However, Jiang Miao had just seen through the telescope a number of people who were not wearing company uniforms, busy working on some large sand dunes covered with grass squares.

"Old Lu, what's going on over there in the dunes?"

Lv Weibin said a little embarrassedly: "Boss, the migrant workers from northern Hebei who came here to work can only use small potato planters because the large sand dunes are difficult to operate. In order to ensure progress, I asked Zhiben to find more than 200 migrant workers to sow seeds by combining machinery with manual labor."

"In fact, the main reason is that soybean roots are difficult to sow, and we have to use a general-purpose potato planter. Moreover, due to the terrain, we can only use a small machine. Currently, we can only sow 3000 to 4000 acres a day." Liu Zhiben was also very helpless.

"It doesn't matter. It's not your fault." Jiang Miao understood their dilemma.

This is also something that can't be helped.

After all, some of the sand dunes are very high, and it would take too much time to completely flatten them.

Currently, there are nearly 30,000 acres of untransformed large sand dunes in the entire Taminchagan Desert. These sand dunes, together with a small part of the nearby desert, have not been transformed, forming small pasture areas within the entire farm.

Liu Zhiben used a drone to take aerial photos to show Jiang Miao the situation of the entire farm.

Looking down from the air, the entire Taminchagan Desert is divided into two parts. The southern part has turned completely green, while the northern planting area has not yet sprouted due to the relatively short planting time.

Through aerial footage, you can also clearly see the 15 acres of forage planting area, because these forage planting areas are surrounded by a circle of compacted dirt roads that separate the forage area from the ordinary soybean area.

“These container houses set up at the edge and center of the farm are the farm’s internal workstations, right?”

Hearing the boss's question, Liu Zhiben nodded and said, "Yes, our farm is too big, so we have to set up some workstations on the edge and inside. We are currently setting up workstations in those dune grass planting areas. There are a total of 20 workstations, with 23 people at each station."

“How do you arrange your daily work?”

Liu Zhiben explained: "At present, we are observing and recording, preventing nearby cattle and sheep from straying into the area, and applying pesticides and fertilizers. We will continue to optimize in the future."

Jiang Miao nodded slightly.

He knows that the current work arrangement on the farm is not very reasonable, but the staffing must be complete. Many things need to be done by skilled workers with professional skills, and temporary workers can only do some unskilled work.

Because Taminchagan Farm is an agricultural and animal husbandry farm.

Therefore, the work in the future will definitely be very busy. Employees need to observe and record, prevent fire and protect cattle and sheep, irrigate, spray pesticides and fertilize, perform laser weeding, harvest soybeans, harvest grass regularly, take into account grazing, maintain equipment, etc.

That’s right, we also have to take grazing into consideration.

It is not convenient to use a harvester to harvest grass in the hilly pasture formed by sand dunes, so it is better to just graze a group of cattle and sheep.

This is also one of the reasons for setting up the 20 farm workstations. Around the 20 farm workstations, corresponding areas of grassland and pastures have been divided, which are also the locations of the apiaries.

Such a large farm will have about 800 to 900 people in the future including the apiary employees.

However, this does not include the staff at breeding bases, agricultural machinery teams, and deep processing plants.

Jiang Miao got off the roof of the container.

Take a pickup truck into the farm.

The pickup truck slowly headed north along the two-lane main road created by the roller.

The scenery outside the window is also changing gradually. The further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, and the more obvious the sand and dust become.

After driving more than five kilometers, we arrived at the northern edge of the farm.

There is still a lot of yellow sand here. Since it rains from time to time these days, the farm simply leveled and compacted the sand here. It did not lay out grass grids and directly started sowing.

The reason this can be done is that rainfall increases the humidity of the sand, and the wind becomes weaker in summer, making the desert unable to flow. After simple leveling and compaction, soybeans are quickly sown. Once the soybeans grow, they can directly replace the effect of the grass grid.

After getting off the car, Jiang Miao squatted beside the tractor track, dug a handful of sand, and found a few soybean seeds that had been planted nine days ago. At this time, these seeds had already taken root and sprouted, but the first true leaf had not yet grown.

Replant the soybean seedlings.

Jiang Miao brushed the sand off his hands and saw that many employees were driving concrete piles and setting up barbed wire next to the workstation not far away.

Lu Weibin explained in a low voice: "Boss, there are several villages a little further north. In order to avoid misunderstandings, I asked Zhiben to separate the edge of the farm with barbed wire."

"Well, you've thought about it very carefully."

Come to the workstation.

Several employees quickly put down what they were doing and came over.

"Manager Lu, Manager Liu, and Deputy Manager Wu."

Liu Zhiben introduced to everyone: "This is the boss of the company." "Hello, boss!" Everyone's expressions suddenly became tense, secretly worrying that the boss was not satisfied with their work.

"Hello! How do you usually live here at the workstation?" Jiang Miao asked as he walked into the container house.

At this time, the station manager also rushed back. He quickly replied: "Hello, boss. I am Li Dafu, the station manager of North Station 1. This is the kitchen of our station."

Jiang Miao took a look at the facilities inside and shook his head: "Too simple."

The entire kitchen has just a gas stove, two bottles of liquefied petroleum gas, and some kitchen utensils such as pots and pans.

"This is already good, at least I have a hot meal." Li Dafu was a little overwhelmed.

Liu Zhiben said cautiously: "Boss, I will arrange for improvements as soon as possible."

However, Jiang Miao shook his head and said, "This workstation is only used for about seven months a year, and the rest of the time it is idle. You can directly purchase a batch of dining trucks converted from box trucks and equip each workstation with one."

"That's fine too." Lu Weibin immediately understood Jiang Miao's idea.

If the equipment is idle for a long time, it will easily age, and it is not very safe to leave it here in the winter. If it is stolen, you will have to buy new ones next year. It is better to use a mobile food truck.

Jiang Miao continued, "In addition, equip some solar panels that can be quickly loaded and unloaded. At least make sure that the workstation has a refrigerator and a water heater. As for other living facilities, you should make a plan as soon as possible."

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Liu Zhiben nodded quickly.

"We also need to hurry up to build the concrete house and harden the road surface of the workstation, after all, a beekeeping team, cattle and sheep will move in in the future."

Lu Weibin reported to him: "I have already instructed the engineering contracting company on this matter. They will transfer some personnel here in the near future."

"Ah."

Jiang Miao continued to inspect the workstation, and then took a car tour around the farm.

It's about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Return to Taminchagan base again.

As soon as he came back, he saw Lin Yonghua, the general manager of United Mining, Lu Mingyuan, the deputy general manager, and Zhao Shuisheng, the deputy manager sent by Mo Nan State-owned Assets Operation Company. The three heard that Jiang Miao was coming at noon, so they drove over in a hurry, but they came empty-handed and could only wait here.

"Lao Lin, are you used to your work?"

"Thank you for your concern, boss. I'm fine." Lin Yonghua smiled. Compared to the nervousness he had more than two months ago, he was now more calm and composed, because the work at United Mining was indeed simple.

"Let's talk inside."

Led by Lu Weibin, everyone came to the temporary office previously reserved for Jiang Miao.

As soon as he sat down, Jiang Miao asked, "How much land has United Mining contracted so far?"

Lin Yonghua briefed him on the situation: "Currently, we have contracted about 1.1 million mu of land, concentrated in the Ulan Buh Desert, Tengger Desert, Badain Jaran Desert and Hunshandake Desert. We only want large tracts of sandy land, and we have given up on other scattered sandy lands."

"What about the contract fee?"

"The contracted area of ​​Hunshandake Desert is 1500 million mu, 50 yuan per mu per year. Before development, we don't have to pay the contract fee, but the local government only gives us three years. If there is no relevant development within three years, they will cancel the cooperation and give us a 30-year contract period."

"There are 1200 million mu of Ulan Buh Desert and 4500 million mu of Tengger Desert, with an annual fee of 30 yuan per mu. The exemption period before development is five years, and the contract period is 5 years."

"The Badain Jaran Desert covers 4500 million mu, and the annual fee is 20 yuan per mu. The exemption period before development is 6 years, and the contract period is 50 years."

When Jiang Miao heard such a low price and the exemption period for the contracting fees, he knew that it must be the Mo Nan State-owned Assets Operation Company that was behind it.

This is also very normal. After all, Mo Nan State-owned Assets Operation Company holds 65% of the shares in United Mining.

United Mining, in turn, cooperated with local state-owned asset management companies in each contracted area and distributed 49% of the shares to the local area.

This is what made the contracting work progress so quickly.

Even so, United Mining made a lot of money.

Zhao Shuisheng, who is responsible for connecting and supervising the operation of United Mining, is also smiling at this moment. If he still had some worries before June, he is relieved at this moment.

Because more than half of the soybeans planted by the Mo Nan Branch in the Taminchagan Desert have grown lush and green, he has been paying close attention to the growth of soybeans at the Taminchagan farm these days.

It is precisely because of his attention that Zhao Shuisheng knows the condition of these soybean fields very clearly. Although the soybean fields basically rely on the weather for their food, their growth performance is very good.

Although this was due to the heavy rains in Jirim City this summer, there were also many heavy rains in the Hunshandake Desert this year. The total rainfall in May and June was almost 150 mm.

In May and June, rainfall in the Ulan Buh Desert and the southeastern Tengger Desert also reached about 80 mm, which is much more than in previous years.

As for the northwest of the Tengger Desert and the southeast of the Badain Jaran Desert, the rainfall in May and June is only 40 to 50 mm.

According to what Zhao Shuisheng learned from internal documents of United Mining, Senzu soybeans can be grown on a large scale in the Tengger Desert and the southeastern part of the Badain Jaran Desert, but the yield is relatively low, especially in the contracted areas in the Badain Jaran Desert, which can most likely only be used as pasture.

Even if it is a pasture, it is 4500 million acres.

Obviously, this is a huge achievement. Although this cooperation was secured by General Manager Gao Meng against all odds, his role in connecting with United Mining was also a great achievement.

Therefore, the way he looked at Jiang Miao became very kind.

Jiang Miao ignored Zhao Shuisheng's inner thoughts and said, "Now that the transformation of the Tamin Chagan Desert has been completed, the engineering team has rested for more than ten days. You can hire the engineering team of the Mo Nan branch to transform the Hunshandake Desert first, and at the same time set up small-scale experimental planting areas in the Ulan Buh Desert, Tengger Desert, and Badain Jaran Desert."

"Okay, boss." Lin Yonghua took note of this matter.

"Now there are enough soybean seeds to plant one million acres. You can transform and plant soybeans at the same time, but brothers must settle accounts clearly. These soybean seeds were purchased by your United Mining from Hailufeng Company."

After hearing Jiang Miao's words, Zhao Shuisheng also quickly expressed his opinion: "I agree. Although United Mining and Hailufeng Company have equity ties, everything should still be done in accordance with normal business cooperation."

Jiang Miao gave a more reasonable price: "Well, for the 4900 tons of soybean seeds, 2 yuan per ton is fine. This price is also the market price of high-yield soybeans."

"Okay." Zhao Shuisheng also thought that the seeds of the Senzu soybean were worth the price.

Jiang Miao continued, "In addition, after planting Senzu soybeans, the annual patent fee for each acre of soybeans is 10 yuan. Is there any objection to this, Mr. Zhao?"

"No, no." Zhao Shuisheng certainly had no objection.

Using the planting area as the standard for collecting patent fees is a relatively reasonable solution.

After all, with the emergence of Senzu soybeans, the area of ​​​​planting Senzu soybeans in China will become larger and larger in the future, plus soybeans can be saved for seeds, and the Senzu soybean series has the perennial characteristics.

If you just rely on selling seeds, it is obviously not profitable.

Only by charging patent fees based on the planting area can the profits be maximized. Therefore, a patent fee of 10 yuan per acre of soybeans is a relatively reasonable charging standard, which is neither too high nor guarantees the profits of Hailufeng Company.

Jiang Miao also has no plan to contract the desert of United Mining for a second time, because the profit is too low. It is better to concentrate on the Korqin Desert with Jirim City as the core. The water and heat conditions of this desert are the best among all the deserts in the country.

By concentrating our efforts on operating Zhelimu City, we can build it into a core of Hailufeng Company in the Northeast.

The other deserts can be left to other companies and farmers. Anyway, Hailufeng Company still holds shares in United Mining, and can collect tens of billions of yuan every year from secondary subcontracting fees and patent fees. This is pure profit, so why bother to go through the trouble of farming?

Of course, Hailufeng Company’s development plan in Zhelimu City must be to advance agriculture, animal husbandry and sideline products simultaneously. This is the cornerstone of the company’s development and a necessary means to expand its influence.

Jiang Miao is already thinking about how to expand the industry of the Mo Nan branch.

After all, he feels that simply growing soybeans and forage grass, and raising cattle, sheep and bees, is not enough. Even if the dairy industry is added, it is still not comprehensive.

He has been thinking about this matter.

The meeting was still going on. He was chatting with Lu Weibin, Wu Song and others. Suddenly, Wu Song mentioned something, which gave Jiang Miao an inspiration.

However, considering that Zhao Shuisheng was an outsider, he didn't say anything and continued to chat with them about the two companies.

Towards evening, they drove to downtown Zhelimu City for dinner.

　Rest for a day, and then do it again every day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)