Training the Heavens

Chapter 227 Merger
"Our team wants to do the same as you do. Just accept us. We promise to follow your orders in all actions and will never go against your will." After hesitating for a while, Zhang Zengxiang finally stated the purpose of his trip.

He felt embarrassed when he didn't speak, but he didn't care anymore once he spoke out. Zhang Zengxiang immediately told the difficulties of the production teams under the ranch.

In fact, other production teams have been envious of Team Five's income for a long time. They work hard all year round and only earn three to five hundred yuan. This is thanks to the fact that they can buy quail seedlings and feed from Team Five. Otherwise, their income would be even lower.

It might have been possible in the past, but now the country is reducing the number of cavalrymen year by year. With fewer cavalrymen, the demand for military horses is naturally decreasing. Now when the troops introduce new military horses, they mostly go to Shandan Military Horse Farm and other professional military horse farms that are larger in scale and have better horse breeds.

Therefore, the military horses raised on the ranch are gradually no longer wanted, and their superiors require them to find a market for themselves. Zhang Zengxiang and his colleagues are good at raising and grazing horses, but they are not so good at selling them outside. If they are lucky, they will come back dejected with nothing. If they are unlucky, they will send the horses away but not get the money back.

With the ranch suffering such losses, the lives of the herders have become increasingly difficult. Last year, they could barely get through the New Year relying on their past savings. If they don't find a solution this year, it will be even more difficult.

Zhang Zengxiang couldn't find a solution, so he turned to Xu Lingjun for help. "I see you've built a new factory, so you must be short of manpower. Our team will obey your command and do whatever you tell us to do!"

Xu Lingjun also had similar ideas. Although the other production teams were having a hard time now, as long as they could hold on, their future development prospects would still be very promising. Apart from anything else, the vast tracts of high-quality grassland under their names could generate endless wealth as long as they were used properly.

In the future, these grasslands will be precious resources that cannot be bought with money. If anyone wants to sell them, the livestock and dairy giants will definitely beat their brains out.

If he just accepts it, he will face many problems. Some of them are not suitable for Xu Lingjun to raise first. Now that Zhang Zengxiang brings them to his door, that is great.

Xu Lingjun deliberately looked embarrassed. "We are all production teams under the ranch. What will the ranch headquarters think of you coming here? No, no, I can't make things difficult for Director Dong and the others."

"Let's not worry about that for now. The farm office can't let us starve to death, right? We agreed on this when we were contracting production. As long as we pay the rent on time, we can decide how to do it ourselves! I'll talk to Director Dong. I came here today just to ask, are you willing to accept us?" Zhang Zengxiang quickly patted his chest and made the promise.

Hearing him say this, Xu Lingjun also let out a hint, "As long as Director Dong agrees and you are willing to abide by our rules, then it is not impossible to discuss it."

"Okay, your words are enough. I'll go find Director Dong right away!" Zhang Zengxiang said this and left in a hurry.

As soon as he left, the captain of the second team, Li Xingfa, came over and expressed the same idea. While the two were talking, the captains of the third and fourth teams also heard the news and hurried over.

They all had the same idea. Everyone was having a hard time these days, except Team 5, which was thriving and getting better every year. Now the people in Team 5 were all rich, and even the county officials were not as wealthy as them. They all worked under the same ranch, so could they also live a good life like Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan and others?

Xu Lingjun said the same thing: as long as the leaders agreed and they were willing to abide by the rules, then it wouldn't be impossible to bring them along to live a good life. Team Five was also expanding its production scale, so the more people who came and the larger the pasture area, the better. Upon hearing this, several production team leaders immediately went to the farm office to find Director Dong. When they arrived, Director Dong was chatting with Zhang Zengxiang, who was actually having a headache.

The reduction in cavalry had a huge impact on the ranch. Except for the fifth team where Xu Lingjun was located, it was very difficult for other production teams to hand over supplies and rent. Last year, he worked very hard to barely achieve the set goals.

The market conditions this year are worse than last year, and it is almost impossible to complete the task. However, the arrival of Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others has given him an opportunity. In the past, Team Five could complete the task, but that was only Team Five's business.

Now if we merge all the production teams together, and given the current prosperity of Team 5, it will definitely not be a problem for it to help other production teams hand over supplies and rent. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

He thought about it for a moment and let out a few words, "In principle, we're all originally employees of the ranch, so it's not impossible to readmit you! It's just that this is a big deal and requires the approval of other leaders. You still have to think of a way to convince them!"

Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others saw hope, and hurried to talk to their respective leaders, and together petitioned the higher management department.

This move was the right one. The superiors actually wanted to promote this merger. They had long seen Xu Lingjun's abilities and had wanted to give him more responsibilities before. Unfortunately, Xu Lingjun was always unwilling to leave the ranch, so they had to give up regretfully.

Now that the other production teams all want to merge, and Xu Lingjun has no intention of refusing, why not just merge all the production teams? In this way, wouldn't Xu Lingjun's abilities be used to increase the overall income of the ranch and the living standards of the herders?

Some leaders have actually realized long ago that animal husbandry should leverage its scale advantages. The reason why it was not leveraged well before was a management problem, not a problem with the direction of large-scale operations.

They were not comfortable saying these things to outsiders, but they were very much in favor of the merger because it would solve management problems and give full play to the scale advantages of the ranch. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?
The superiors were willing, the production teams were willing, and Xu Lingjun was also willing, so this major merger was naturally facilitated. The production teams quickly took inventory of their assets and submitted applications, and the superiors approved their applications as quickly as possible.

During this period, some nearby villagers heard the news and also clamored to merge in. However, they were different from Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others. They were not from the ranch before, so there was no reason for them to merge in.

This trend was quickly suppressed, and many ordinary people were extremely disappointed.

When the day of the official merger arrived, they could only watch with envy as Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others joined happily.

With so many people and so many ranches, Xu Lingjun was full of confidence and ready to do a big job.

(End of this chapter)