1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 341 Blue Water First Division Becomes a Hot Commodity!

The next morning.

The loud shouts from outside the work area replaced the loudspeakers inside, waking Su Wenchen from his sleep.

Su Wenchen glanced at the watch on the bedside table.

They discovered that the time of day was earlier than their usual wake-up time on the farm.

But now that he was awake, he didn't stay in bed any longer.

After all, there were no cell phones at this time, and Su Wenchen's daily routine was very regular.

After getting dressed, they arrived at their temporary dormitory, where the local water supply had not yet been connected.

So he also had to carry an enamel basin to the public wash area to wash up.

Su Wenchen discovered that he wasn't the only one who had gotten up early.

When he got there, he found that Guo Xiangyang had almost finished washing up.

Su Wenchen walked straight over and said.

"You're here so early today! I used to have to come to your door to wake you up!"

Guo Xiangyang, shirtless, wiped himself with a damp towel while speaking to Su Wenchen.

"How can the director still hold onto those old stories?"

"I've been getting up very early since I came down here."

"Moreover, Director, ever since I heard the news yesterday, I've been in a state of excitement even when I went to bed, and I didn't sleep well at all last night!"

"I was woken up by the slightest noise this morning."

"Director, you seem to be in good spirits. How come you can still sleep soundly after such a big incident?"

Su Wenchen walked to the edge of the table, put down the enamel basin in his hand, and said irritably.

How can you work during the day if you don't sleep well?

"There's a lot to do behind the scenes: site construction, saline-alkali land planning, biogas digester construction, and the integration of agricultural machinery."

"Are you planning to make me do everything by myself?!"

Guo Xiangyang washed the towel and immediately shook his head with a smile.

"That's definitely not possible!"

"Don't worry, Director, I could go three days and three nights without sleeping and still feel very energetic!"

He then shook hands with his hands and gestured.

"Director, you can just make the arrangements. I feel full of energy right now."

Seeing this, Su Wenchen was speechless.

"Alright! Hurry up and put your shirt on!"

"If a female cadre comes along and sees this, she'll definitely accuse you of being a pervert!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Xiangyang reached out and picked up the white shirt that had just been hanging on the water pipe, but said directly.

"Director, this is the men's washroom area, and the women's area is over there! I haven't even called them for being indecent yet!"

"Besides, I'm the one who'll suffer if I get seen through!"

"Besides, we don't have so many rules down here. When it's hot, the cafeteria is full of shirtless employees, and some of the female employees even discuss which one looks the most robust!"

Su Wenchen took out a toothbrush with a wooden handle and shook his head.

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you think you're the same as an ordinary employee?"

"I won't talk to you about that. Today, you and Ren Dachuan are mainly responsible for communicating with Regiment Commander Jiang of the army and coordinating the entry of various building materials as soon as possible."

“They have a lot of people this time. I saw that they also have a lot of construction vehicles and equipment, so as long as there are no problems with the building materials, the construction work on the site should be quite fast.”

"Only after the site is built can the various scientific research equipment of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences be moved in."

"Otherwise, with all this dust flying around, we probably wouldn't be able to use the equipment even if it arrived."

Upon hearing this, Guo Xiangyang agreed while buttoning his shirt.

"Don't worry, Director. I'll get out of the car this morning and visit each of the large cement plants and brick factories in Xuzhou."

"At a time like this, they certainly wouldn't dare to make excuses to refuse."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Then be nicer when you come over. Don't act like a smug little devil. We still need to focus on unity. Although we have a mission to complete right now and they won't refuse, what about later!"

In Su Wenchen's opinion, as long as their interests are not involved, they should still treat people with a smile!
If someone always acts like a smug little person, they will eventually suffer.

Guo Xiangyang patted his chest.

"Director, don't you know me? When I first met you in Beijing, weren't I very enthusiastic?"

Su Wenchen snorted coldly.

"You're only enthusiastic because you know I'm from Blue Water Farm. You weren't that enthusiastic at first."

Guo Xiangyang thought for a moment.

"Director, look at what you're saying! I didn't give you the cold shoulder!"

"It was almost time to get off work. Let me tell you, if it had been Sister Guo from our conference affairs team instead of me, she would have rolled her eyes at you a hundred times."

Su Wenchen asked suspiciously upon hearing this.

"Also surnamed Guo? You're from the same family!"

Guo Xiangyang immediately jumped up and down.

"What are you saying, Director! The surname Guo isn't rare. There are tons of people with that surname. How could it possibly be from our family!"

Seeing this, Su Wenchen squeezed out the toothpaste and waved his hand.

"Alright, I'm not going to chatter anymore. Just keep an eye on the site construction."

"I'll discuss this with Lao Hou and Lao Cao. We need to plan a specific saline-alkali land management scheme based on the amount of manure produced by the saline-alkali rabbits."

Upon hearing this, Guo Xiangyang packed up his toiletries.

"Then, Director, what about the biogas project later on?"

Su Wenchen mumbled as he brushed his teeth.

"I think the only solution is to ask Director Chen to help share the burden."

"Moreover, he's from above, so he should be better at coordinating architectural plans than we are from above."

Just as Su Wenchen finished speaking, Chen Guodong happened to walk over with a washbasin and asked curiously.

"Director Su, what are you planning to ask me to share the burden of?"

"I've only been here for one day, and you're already making me share the burden!"

Upon hearing the voice, Su Wenchen turned around, took out his toothbrush, and smiled.

"Isn't it Director Chen who said he wanted to come and share the burden with us?"

"We don't really know anyone about biogas projects, so we can only ask Director Chen for help."

Chen Guodong was happy to be able to help, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to do anything at all if he had come over.

Even if the reception here is very successful, his contribution will be limited.

After all, when it comes to external relations, everyone needs to cooperate and work hard to complete this reception work well.

But even within their own company, there's a competition going on behind the scenes!

So he readily agreed.

"Director Su, I will definitely do my best to help you with this!"

"Today I'll make a call to check various information about large-scale biogas digesters in China."

"We will help you coordinate with the relevant authorities as soon as possible!"

Seeing this, Su Wenchen nodded directly.

"Then I'll have to trouble Director Chen. My main responsibility is to plan and determine the scale of treatment for saline-alkali land."

"I really can't spare the time."

After Chen Guodong walked over and put the basin down, he shook his head and said.

"Director Su, you're too kind. We came down here to help you solve your problem!"

"That's also our main task coming down here."

"Alright, let's cooperate and complete this important task assigned by our superiors as soon as possible."

After washing up, the group had breakfast in the cafeteria and then got to work.

Su Wenchen also sought out Hou Guozhong and Cao Jiwen to discuss the matter.

The extent of saline-alkali land to be treated will be determined based on the subsequent breeding scale of the saline-alkali rabbits.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Liu Guangde, along with a group of city leaders, waited anxiously at the entrance of the municipal compound for something.

moment.

A long convoy of cars slowly drove up from a distance.

A series of sounds also arose from the crowd.

"Director, Director Xu's car from the provincial government is here!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangde immediately stepped to the front.

Soon the convoy slowly drove up, and a jeep with military license plate 001 stopped.

Liu Guangde quickly went over and opened the car door.

An elderly man dressed in a simple, old-fashioned military uniform got off the car.

Seeing Liu Guangde leading so many people, the old man waved his hand in dissatisfaction and shouted in a strong voice.

"What are you all standing here for? To watch monkeys? Instead of wasting your time, you should do something useful for the people."

"Liu Guangde, how many times have I told you? If you keep putting on this show, I'll fire you!"

"Only you and those two county leaders can stay. Everyone else, you can leave!"

When Liu Guangde heard his leader say this, he knew the temperament of this leader who came from a military background.

So they quickly arranged for everyone else to disperse.

In the conference room.

The old man sat down casually to one side, watching Liu Guangde and the two leaders from Fengxian and Peixian sit awkwardly to the side.

Said directly.

"Relax, everyone. You should know why I'm here!"

Did you read yesterday's newspaper?

Liu Guangde sighed.

"Boss, we were just discussing the issue of saline-alkali land at the Lanshui Farm branch yesterday!"

"We had originally arranged to meet with Liang Huashu from Suxian County in the neighboring province to discuss things together, but his beat-up car broke down on the way and took two hours to arrive."

"By the time we got to their farm it was already past noon, and we hadn't even started talking yet!"

"We received the news in the afternoon, so we didn't reach any agreements and came back directly yesterday afternoon."

"If we had known, we wouldn't have waited for the people from Suxian County; we could have just gone to negotiate ourselves." "Back then, I was hoping to get as much as possible for those two counties! Now, even if we offer it up, we have to see if they're willing to accept it."

After speaking, Liu Guangde glanced at the old man with a somewhat resentful look.

Upon seeing this, the old man immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"I didn't know beforehand. If I had known, would I have not warned you?"

"Besides, I also had to take care of the affairs of the Jinling Military Region. If it weren't for the document from above ordering me to transfer the engineering corps of the military region to assist in the construction, I probably wouldn't have found out until later!"

"But it's alright. I went there in person this time, so they'll have to give me some face. How can I refuse land that's being offered for free?"

"By the way, is their branch in Jiangsu Province or next door?"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Shi Yingduan from Feng County immediately offered an explanation.

"Leader, the current branch of Blue Water Farm is mainly located in the area bordering our Feng County and the neighboring Xiao County."

"It was also the area with the most severe salinity in our county in the past."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"What do you mean by 'the most severely saline-alkali land'? Does that mean that once the land was given away, it's no longer the most severely saline-alkali land? And all the other lands have become the most severely saline-alkali lands?"

"If others can govern well, why can't you? Are all the officials in your county just sitting around doing nothing?!"

"Or is it that all you do is stick your head out and eat all day long?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yingduan from Feng County felt extremely aggrieved, but he dared not say anything more.

After all, he had heard about this leader's temper, so he could only try his best to explain.

"Sir, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice in our county!"

“If the higher authorities could allocate 5,000 tons of grain to us every year, I would pledge that our county’s saline-alkali land management project would definitely not lag behind other farms.”

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangde, who had just picked up his teacup to take a sip of water, almost spat it out.

Although he forced it down, he choked quite badly.

The old man glanced at Liu Guangde sideways and said directly.

"What's the local government saying? They've already made a pledge, what do you think?"

Liu Guangde quickly shook his head.

"Sir, the provincial authorities are well aware of the situation here!"

"Five thousand tons a year, or ten million jin of grain, even if all of us cadres stopped eating, we still couldn't save that much grain!"

"Unless the province helps with 80% of it, we definitely can't come up with the money."

The old man was clearly aware of the situation and expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Hmph, you complain and whine when we ask you to do something, but the farm can get it done, and you all keep making excuses."

"Look at them, they've only been in business for six months, and they've done a fantastic job, easily achieving a yield of over 200 jin per mu."

"It's in your hands! All you do is ask for food, as if food is something I can just shout out!"

"If I could just shout out grain, I'd allocate ten million tons to you every year!"

Seeing that the old man didn't respond, Liu Guangde clearly knew that the province would definitely not agree to help solve 80% of the problem, because if they had the ability, they would have solved it long ago.

So let's get straight to the point.

"Boss, why don't we talk to Blue Water Farm first?"

"There's no need for you to go there personally. From what I know, Director Su over there isn't the kind of person who gets arrogant after gaining power."

"I think if we have a proper discussion, there is still hope that we can get involved."

The old man simply waved his hand.

"Then your region must give something in return!"

"In the past, my reputation was still worth something!"

Liu Guangde felt somewhat helpless, as he felt that their director's reputation was still quite valuable.

However, he also knew his leader's character, and the other party felt that if he could save face by conserving some food, he wouldn't hesitate.

The old man saw Liu Guangde's expression and spoke directly.

What are you doing like that?

"If you could also treat saline-alkali land to that extent, would I be in this situation?"

"This time, we'll handle the reception ourselves."

"It doesn't have to be like it is now, where we have to provide everything, and even if we want to help, we have to go to their homes to ask if they need anything."

"Even so, in the end, most of the credit still goes to the farm!"

"Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm losing out big time."

Hearing the old man say this, Liu Guangde also said helplessly.

"Sir, this Blue Water Farm is, after all, a farm directly under the ministry. With support from above, its scientific research capabilities are naturally stronger than ours."

"fart!"

"Liu Guangde, don't try to fool me. I specifically asked before I came here, and he was originally the leader of a brigade's chicken farm."

"I climbed up step by step on my own!"

"Later, it was said that the branch farm was established here because the Yellow River flood area was very difficult."

"Why haven't we discovered such talent here?"

"If you could discover a few talents like that, would I have to swallow my pride and go door-to-door asking people if they need my help?"

Liu Guangde was even more helpless. If he had really discovered such a talent, he would have found him long ago!
In that case, he might be a deputy to the leader now, just like that guy in Lan City back then!
The old man knew that saying these things now was useless, so he spoke directly.

"Alright, I have a general understanding of your situation. Since you don't have the ability to manage these saline-alkali lands, then let others manage them!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Guangde spoke directly.

"Boss, you've come all this way by car, aren't you going to rest for a bit?"

The old man waved his hand.

"Rest my ass. If you dawdle and take a break, someone else will probably snatch it away again."

Liu Guangde heard this and said something meaningful.

"You mean the neighbors next door?"

"Nonsense, these four counties are all adjacent to each other."

"If someone moves their farm even a little bit, it will become the property of the neighboring province."

After saying that, the old man stood up.

"Let's go! You lead the way, let's get there quickly."

"I never dawdle!"

We were just about to set off from here.

In a conference room in the neighboring Suxian County, deafening sounds rang out.

"Shame on you!"

"Shame on you!"

"Why did they choose to locate their branch farm in Feng County?"

"I remember when the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry issued a document to our province, when their farm came down to conduct the first investigation, the province forwarded the document to your local area, right?"

"Why didn't you think of a way to keep them here?"

"In the end, they were still allowed to stay in Fengxian."

Looking at the questioning from the leaders above, the leaders from both Xiao County and Dangshan County fell silent, trembling with fear.

However, I felt a little helpless.

How could they have known this day would come!

If I had known, I would have used every trick in the book to keep the other person here.

But at the time, I just thought it was an ordinary research team from above, so I certainly wouldn't take it too seriously!
After all, there are quite a few teams that conduct research on saline-alkali land management every year, and they can't distinguish between them!
Finally, Liang Huashu explained.

“Boss, this is something the farm should decide on its own. I’ve talked to Director Su, and the reason they chose Fengxian County was because it’s the poorest place there.”

"Hmph, those are all your excuses!"

Is Xiao County poor?

"It's because you don't care, you don't try hard enough, and you keep making excuses."

"Fine, even if the previous idea was the farm's own, what about yesterday!"

"You all know about this, so why don't you bring the people over here?"

"They actually turned back! Couldn't you have promised them benefits beforehand to lure them over?!"

"At the very least, build a second branch here!"

Liang Huashu explained directly.

"Director, I can't make such promises of benefits to outsiders on my own!"

"Didn't I call you as soon as I got back?"

"We definitely need to report this to the provincial authorities and let them make the decision!"

"Hmph, so pedantic!"

"If you wait too long, the daylilies will get cold!"

However, despite saying that, the other person's expression gradually relaxed.

He was clearly quite satisfied with Liang Huashu's considerate nature.

So after he finished speaking, he looked down at the group of cadres sitting around like quails.

He simply snorted coldly.

"Forget it, there's no point in talking to you all. It's just a waste of time, and in the end, I'll have to do it myself."

After saying that, he spoke directly to Liang Huashu.

"Get the car ready! We're heading straight to their branch!"

Liang Huashu was also a little stunned and asked in surprise.

"Director, are you going over there too?"

"I can handle this kind of thing!"

The other person glanced at Liang Huashu.

"What's the point of you going to do anything? I understand the neighbors better than you do."

"Maybe they've already gone there!"

"Don't delay, just arrange a car!"

"We'd better get there before them this time, otherwise we'll probably end up eating what Old Xu left over again!"

"Why didn't they move a little closer to us back then!"

(End of this chapter)