I Run a Gas Station in the Northwest

On the third day of the exchange meeting, everyone went directly to the edge of the desert north of the city to see the contribution of Wangxi Province in sand prevention and afforestation. At the same time, local farmers were asked to talk about the difficulties they encountered in life and work.

"We are located here at the wind vent. Usually there is a lot of wind and sand. In the wind season, there will be a sandstorm every two days on average..."

"If you want a lot of investment in afforestation here, you must first cut grass squares bit by bit before planting trees..."

"If you plant a general tree, it will be uprooted by wind and sand again soon. It is normal to replant a piece of land more than ten or twenty times a year..."

...

Today’s weather is pretty good. Everyone is walking on the sand dunes and looking around. The sand dunes above the sand sea are undulating and boundless. The height of the sand dunes is even greater than what Chen Mu saw on the Xunjiang Highway.

Each dune is crescent-shaped, and their curved surfaces are aligned in the same direction, indicating that the wind is blowing from there.

A local cadre stood in front of everyone, pointing to the direction of the wind, and telling the local situation.

Chen Mu and Pazil stood together, and Pazil whispered to Chen Mu, “No one here dares to contract the land as an individual. Because the wind and sand are too great, the investment in planting trees has no return, so it has always been a state-owned forest farm. Investing with the unit, most of the local people are gone, and the remaining people who can't go can only be employed by state-owned forest farms and units to do some afforestation work to make a living."

Chen Mu knelt down, grabbed the sand and felt it slightly.

The sand was dry and fine, I couldn't grasp it at all, and it leaked cleanly with loose fingers.

Pazil looked at Chen Mu's actions and said: "The sand control here is so difficult that no one dares to come here to cover land and plant trees. Even if the government raises subsidies, no one will come. Only state-run forest farms and units are bitter. During the work, the results are average... So I heard that Wangxi Province has introduced a new policy in the past two years. As long as someone is willing to plant trees in this area, a symbolic fee of 10,000 yuan will be charged for the contracted land for 20 years. Subsidies will continue as usual."

Ten thousand contract fee?

What would happen if the domain seeds were placed here?

Chen Mu's heart moved, looking at this sea of ​​sand a little bit stunned.

Pazil continued: "Even so, no one would dare to plant trees and reforest here. It was painful and tiring. Often there was no harvest at all throughout the year, and no one wanted to delay time here."

Chen Mu suddenly asked curiously: "What if you hire someone to do it?"

Pazil shook his head: “It’s impossible to hire people. Long-term hiring is a huge expense. Only state-owned forest farms and units have the capital to do this. In fact, to put it plainly, the survival rate of saplings is too low. If you rely on planting trees to get subsidies, you will eventually lose money."

Chen Mu pondered it for himself. His saplings have been verified, and their ability to resist wind and sand is relatively strong. The survival rate should be high. Only here, it saves a lot of money compared with ordinary saplings. If you get some subsidies, you should There is no problem.

With this calculation, if you hire someone to do the work, you may not be able to make money, but the vitality can be earned, which is a bargain.

For him, as long as he can earn vitality, he is willing to spend money for nothing.

Moreover, if you can plant some more parasitic plants such as Cistanche or Cynomorium, there may be economic benefits in two or three years, and it will be more profitable.

"But there is no initiative to hire people, and I can't come here for a long time to stare at..."

Chen Mu is well aware of the effect of a person’s initiative on the whole thing. It’s okay to hire someone, but if he can’t keep an eye on it, the hired person will definitely be slanderous and lazy. This kind of thing is hard to control. .

Not to mention anything else, just say that in his own forest farm, there are usually villagers who would be lazy.

If it weren't for his high reputation in Yakash Village and Karadada Village, and the village chiefs of two villages were watching for help, he would not be able to manage the villagers well.

The people at the exchange meeting kept walking until they came to an abandoned village, and finally saw the only one who insisted on planting trees here.

The man was called Agudamu, a Mongol nationality. It was said that he used to be the head of a small village. However, because of the increasingly serious desertification of the land near the village, the villagers moved away. Only he who was unwilling to leave his homeland stayed. .

He has been trying to contract land for tree planting, but he has never succeeded. The previous savings have been spent cleanly, and he owes a lot of debts on his butt. Now it is difficult to sustain him. He can only rely on working for the state-owned forest farm. Make a living.

Although Agudam did not succeed in planting afforestation, his persistence made him a model. The cadres in the village led everyone to visit this abandoned village. The courtyard alone was still popular.

However, his house was also very dilapidated. The roof tiles were blown to pieces by the strong wind. Sand was everywhere in the yard. The courtyard wall was half down and buried by sand. It seemed that it would not take long. I'm afraid it will be buried by the wind and sand.

"I won't leave. I grew up here since I was a child. This is my home. I will die here."

"It doesn't matter if I fail, I still have children, and my children will continue to plant them. If they dare to go, they are not filial, and they will not be my children in the future."

"I believe there must be a way to make this place back to its original state. As long as I still breathe, I won't give up..."

...

Agudamu's face seemed to have been struck by the wind and sand, and it was covered with deep marks, but his words were firm and powerful, and it was moving.

Many members of the business team wanted to donate money to him because of what he said, but he didn’t want to. He just said, “I don’t want your money. Donate the money to the village. I just want the village to run more schools. Children can go to school, and they will learn the skills in the future. Only then will they know how to plant trees to control sand."

Such stubbornness may be a bit strange and incomprehensible in the eyes of ordinary people, but if there is no such stubbornness, he might not be able to persist in such a harsh environment.

Chen Mu and everyone else went to visit other places. He dragged the Uighur girl to stay, went to Agudam, and straight to the point: "I am willing to pay you to plant trees."

"what?"

Agudamu shook his head: "I'm about to save enough money. When I save enough money, I will contract the land back and continue planting trees."

Chen Mu thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will pay you to contract the land, and I will pay you monthly salary for the first year or two to plant trees on your land, but you use It must be my saplings. I can give you these saplings on credit, and only collect the money after they are planted alive... To put it simply, how about if they don’t survive and don’t collect money?"

After hearing Chen Mu's words, Agudamu was a little stunned.

If you provide money to help him contract the land and pay him back his salary, then he will get the land in vain and he doesn't have to worry about his livelihood.

Not only that, but the other party also said that you can borrow the saplings on credit, and you can only collect the money after planting them... The saplings were originally the most expensive item, so there was no pressure at once.

Is there such a good thing?

After a while, the stubborn Agudamu couldn't help but be tempted, and asked a little puzzled: "Then...what do you want?"

Chen Mu said: "Our company is experimenting with a new sand control model. Our only requirement is that you must plant trees in accordance with our guidelines, and you must not mess around by yourself... Well, this must be written in the contract. If it fails in five years, we can terminate the contract."

In this way, the problem of initiative may be solved, and it will not cost much anyway.