Training the Heavens

Chapter 219: Occupying the Upper Reaches
Nowadays, anyone who has some skills or techniques will watch them closely, fearing that if others learn them, they will have no food to eat. They thought Xu Lingjun was the same, and they were afraid that selling feed and seedlings to them, and teaching them techniques, would affect the sales of Team 5's products.

Unexpectedly, Xu Lingjun agreed without any hesitation, and seemed not to be worried at all that their starting to raise pigs, quails, and grow porcini would have an adverse impact on Team 5.

Such an opportunity is very rare, so they repeatedly praised Xu Lingjun for his kindness, fearing that he would go back on his word.

Zhang Zengxiang's eyes turned, and he quickly added, "Then let's make a deal. When we come over after the New Year, you must not refuse to sell it."

"No, as long as we have it and you bring the money, we will definitely sell it." Xu Lingjun said firmly.

Zhang Zengxiang immediately said, "Okay, we are all men, and we can't take back what we said! Then I will come to you after the New Year! Everyone, please be my witness!"

"Yes, yes, we'll come together when the time comes." Li Xingfa and others hurried to follow.

Director Dong was not too worried. Even though the production quota had been set, he was still Xu Lingjun's direct superior. It would definitely not be a problem for him to buy some feed and seedlings to take back. He just had to tell Xu Lingjun in advance and ask him to keep some for the farm office so that the other production teams would not snatch them all up.

As soon as the matter was settled, Guo Zizi came over to call people. Aunt Guo had already prepared the dishes and heated up the wine, waiting for them to eat.

When they got to the dinner table, Zhang Zengxiang was still a little worried. As soon as the wine was poured, he picked it up and found Xu Lingjun, "Come, Lao Xu, I have to toast you with this glass of wine. Whether our team can eat meat next year depends entirely on you!"

Hey, judging by the order in which you drank, I'm afraid you can only be a production team leader in this life. Director Dong hasn't even opened his mouth yet, but you spoke first, and the first person you toasted was not even Director Dong. I really don't know what to say.

But judging by the way he's acting, he probably has no intention of making progress, so it's no big deal even if Director Dong is angry.

He could have been indifferent, but Xu Lingjun couldn't be so reckless. He also stood up with his glass in hand. "I've only been the production team leader for less than a year. Logically, I should be the first to toast you. Director Dong, Team Leader Zhang, Team Leader Li, welcome to our Team 5."

Xu Lingjun is a warrior who can withstand the test of alcohol. He has seen many tricks in the bar. He can easily use a few of them to make everyone dizzy. In the end, he doesn't need to say anything. Everyone starts drinking automatically as soon as he raises his glass.

After a good meal and seeing the hope of a better life next year, everyone was very satisfied with the trip of the fifth team. Before leaving, they shook hands with Xu Lingjun one by one and said, "Old Xu, I will come with money after the New Year."

"I will definitely prepare in advance." Seeing that they still remembered this, Xu Lingjun felt relieved. It proved that they were not drunk and could go home safely.

After sending them off, Xiuzhi returned home. She had already cooked some hangover soup. She had barely taken a few sips when Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan, Haisheng, and the others came over. They were all confused, "We can do it well on our own, why should we hand it over to them? What about selling it to them? If they learn how to do it and get the feed and seedlings, won't it be hard to sell our products in the future?"

Xu Lingjun put down the soup bowl and patiently explained to them, "Well, you should look at it this way. First of all, even if we don't teach them, they won't be able to learn it? I don't think so. As long as people see an opportunity to make money, they will find ways to figure it out. They can know where to learn with just a little thought. Not to mention other places, there must be teachers in the county agricultural school who know how to raise pigs, chickens, quails, and grow porcini mushrooms. They can learn it too." "That's true. Mr. Li from the agronomy department is really amazing." Haisheng had been in an agricultural school and was very clear about the abilities of those teachers.

"So if we don't teach them, we'll just get blamed and won't be able to stop them. It's better to teach them directly. At least we can get a favor, right?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded, "Yes, Lao Xu is really thoughtful."

"Secondly, you all know the price of feed and seedlings. A quick calculation will show that we can actually make more money by selling feed and seedlings than by selling live pigs and quail eggs. It's a good thing for us that they are willing to raise them. The more they raise, the more we earn." Xu Lingjun did the math for them again.

In fact, in most fields, the upstream is more profitable and has higher profit margins than the midstream, and this is especially true in the breeding industry. Breeding companies and feed companies make much more money than farms.

Now that Zhang Zengxiang and Li Xingfa had taken the initiative to ask him to take over the upper reaches, how could Xu Lingjun refuse? In fact, he reported the results truthfully at the site for this very reason.

Otherwise, if the number of pigs slaughtered in the pig farm can be concealed, other data can naturally be concealed as well. If they are shocked right from the start, isn't it just to make them raise pigs, chickens, and quails as well?
"So, my idea is that next year we don't need to expand our chicken and pig farming too much, just increase it slightly, and focus on the feed mill and quail farm, specializing in producing feed and breeding quail seedlings to sell to them. If we do this, I estimate that by the end of next year, the dividends that each household in our production team can get will at least double."

"So much?" Haisheng's heart began to pound. Xu Lingjun had already calculated their accounts a few days ago. He and his wife's total income this year exceeded one thousand yuan, which was an average of more than the county magistrate's salary per month.

After figuring it out, he and his wife had a sleepless night. Next year's income was expected to double again, meaning he'd be making over 200 yuan a month, more than even the regional commissioner made! How could they possibly sleep that night?

"No more, no less, but it's enough for everyone to keep this to themselves. Don't show off for the time being. Not to mention whether it will cause trouble, just those distant relatives coming to you to borrow money will annoy you to death." Xu Lingjun reminded.

"Haha, I, Old Guo, don't have so many messy relatives, so there's no need to worry about this." Guo Zi laughed and said this, but he had already remembered it in his heart.

"I knew that Lao Xu thought more carefully than us. I'll do as Lao Xu said tomorrow. I'm going back to sleep." Dong Kuan stood up, put his hands behind his back and prepared to leave. Guo Zizi and Haisheng also left with him.

The next morning, Xu Lingjun took a few people to the pig farm, pulled out the special pigs that he had hidden away, and used a white knife to scald their hair and cut open their stomachs. Everyone in the production team came to help, and it didn't take much effort to cut them into large strips of fat.

Xu Lingjun stood on a chair and shouted, "Everyone must be waiting impatiently, right? Our production team's dividend distribution for this year has officially begun!"

(End of this chapter)