Chapter 31 The Older, the More Precious

Chapter 31 The Older, the More Precious

Chapter 31 The Older, the More Precious
There has been less rain this year, and since the beginning of spring, there has only been one rain, after Qingming Festival.

There is only a hint of green in the wilderness, while most of it is still withered and yellow.

Jiang Ning has been having a headache lately because he is always visited by the shepherd.

This is different from the previous incident where Feng Xue was blown down. People need to eat and sheep need to eat grass. Even if you call the police and have the man arrested and locked up for a few days, it won't solve the problem. There will still be people driving sheep into his farm. How can you solve this problem once and for all?

It's really a headache.

Jiang Ning thought about it for a few days and came up with a solution.

We found a few water trucks and started spraying water on the wilderness along the barbed wire.

Then I fed him some Yi wood essence.

There is also a circle of green around the farm.

The grass is taller than the farm.

The shepherds finally stopped damaging his barbed wire and driving the sheep into the farm.

Jiang Ning has done his best to serve the people of Bei'an.

His uncle Zhang Yuedong gave him an idea: "Barbed wire can't stop people. You can cut it open with a pair of pliers. You might as well plant a circle of thorny roses outside the barbed wire. Those things are willing to live and grow in a year."

Jiang Ning knew about the thorny rose. It was a wild shrub in the mountains that was covered with thorns. Not to mention people, even livestock were reluctant to get close to it. It would be a good idea to plant a circle of it as a fence so that shepherds would definitely not be able to get in.

But the problem is...

Jiang Ning said: "There is no one cultivating thorny roses in Bei'an, where can we find so many seedlings?"

Zhang Yuedong said: "The thorny rose also bears fruit, which contains seeds, and can be planted using the seeds."

Jiang Ning decided to try again.

After May Day, summer arrives.

As the weather gets warmer, more and more people are wearing skirts on the streets.

The power supply bureau wasted two months before finally getting the electricity back.

The farm's irrigation system has been mostly completed and spraying has begun.

Leaders from the county and district park came to inspect.

Seeing the grass on the farm growing to waist height and the saplings planted growing exceptionally lush, I was surprised and relieved at the same time. Boss Jiang is a down-to-earth man. After acquiring the land, he really put in the effort to develop it and didn't do any bullshit.

So when I saw the villa being renovated, I didn't say anything.

Just a reminder: "Complete the formalities as soon as possible, don't give people a chance to criticize you."

Jiang Ning agreed, the farm is agricultural land.

There are procedures required for digging wells and building houses.

He handed it over to his cousin Zhang Yulong and never asked about it.

I don't know how it went, I'll have to ask later.

The leader turned around and looked at the weeds that were more than a meter tall. He expressed his confusion: "How can this grass grow so high?"

Jiang Ning said: "I guess I watered too much."

The leader thought it was not very scientific, but he did not ask any more questions. He just said, "These are all high-quality forage grasses. Can we use them?"

Jiang Ning said, "I asked several farms in Bei'an. They all have silage and are not short of forage. Can the county help contact them? If someone buys it, they will give the county 20% of the profit."

The leader immediately instructed: "Contact the park."

The park leader agreed and asked, "How much can we harvest from one acre of land if we use this grass as fodder?"

Jiang Ning said: "It should be at least one ton!"

The leader asked: "How much is a ton of forage?"

Someone who knows the answer: "The price of forage grass is getting higher every year. One mu of wheat straw costs 700 to 800 yuan. Now is the time when silage is at its lowest and forage grass is in short supply. One ton costs at least several hundred yuan."

The leader was very surprised, and then he perked up.

How many dollars can this wild grass be sold for per acre?

Even if one ton costs 500 yuan, and the farm covers more than 30,000 acres, even if 20,000 acres are planted with trees, minus 5,000 acres of medicinal fields, there are still more than 8,000 acres, and at 500 yuan per acre, it must be sold for at least 4 million yuan.

Giving 20% ​​of the profits to the county is still 800,000 yuan.

Generating income is a big deal.

The county’s finances are in a difficult situation, and even the smallest fly is still meat.

There are only two companies in the county with annual profits and taxes of one million.

The leader immediately instructed again: "The park should treat this matter as a major matter and contact the large breeding farms in the city as soon as possible. We must help the enterprises solve their practical difficulties and help them realize revenue and profits as soon as possible."

The park leaders quickly made the assurance.

Take a tour and see the leader off.

Jiang Ning called his cousin Zhang Yulong and asked, "How are your paperwork going?"

Zhang Yulong said: "They said it's still under review."

Jiang Ning was speechless. This cousin was just like Jiang Hua, too honest. He had stuffed him into the office to handle the formalities. Now it seemed like he had gone to the wrong place. The well had been opened, the house had been built, but the formalities had not been completed yet.

His farm is the key project in the county.

You can do the work first and pay the ticket later, and the relevant departments will not cause trouble for you.

Otherwise the ticket would have been sent long ago.

The house will also be demolished as an illegal building.

Some official procedures are quite cumbersome, and even if it is a key project in the county, it still takes time and effort to complete.

Jiang Ning was wondering whether he should find someone who could take charge of the administration.

Dealing with the authorities is both easy and difficult.

Anyway, it depends on the person.

Although both are hiring, Jiang Ning prefers to hire those who have some social connections.

So I called the park leader and asked him to recommend someone in administration.

The park leader recommended one to him and arranged a time for an interview.

When I got to the office, I found out that the person recommended by the park leader was quite old. He looked to be in his fifties, but almost sixty.

After an introduction, I found out that he was an old cadre who was about to retire.

Fifty-six years old, named Yang Qing, he was once the executive vice minister of the mouthpiece department.

There are many of his former students and officials, and two county leaders are his former subordinates.

Jiang Ning was surprised. After chatting with the person and sending him away, he asked the leader of the park: "Can this person get a job in a private enterprise?"

The leader's words were very impressive: "I am about to retire, and the county won't assign me any specific work, but I can still work in the enterprise. It can also help build a bridge of communication between the government and the enterprise, which is the best of both worlds."

Jiang Ning was confused and doubtful: "Would such an old cadre be willing to go to my place?"

The leader said, "Old Yang is a principled person. He has been receiving salary all his life and has no savings. His son plans to buy a house in Beijing, but his salary is not enough. It would be good to earn more money. Of course, whether to go to your place depends on the situation. After all, not all temples can be favored by others."

Jiang Ning nodded and asked, "How much salary do you want?"

The leader said: "It should be at least 8,000!"

Jiang Ning felt that it was not much, so he asked, "Any other requests?"

The leader said, "There is nothing else. Old Yang is too old to drive, and he doesn't know how to drive. You have to give him a car and a driver to pick him up from get off work, otherwise he will have to walk to and from get off work."

Jiang Ning: "..."

They also need to assign a driver. Are you hiring an employee or a ancestor?
Even my boss doesn’t have a driver.

I have to drive myself to and from get off work!
Forget it, let’s wait and see.

The next day, Jiang Ning called the old man.

Then he went to the old man's house, picked him up personally, and took him for a tour of the farm.

Then I went to the office to take a look.

We had lunch together at noon and had a deep chat.

I discovered that the old man's attitude towards life is quite optimistic. Although he is old, he eats when he should eat and has fun when he should have fun. He is not serious at all and can even joke with young people. He doesn't have high requirements for work and just wants to let him do his job happily.

He has a wide network of contacts, covering all departments in the county and the townships under it.

There is no one he doesn’t know well. He becomes more precious as he gets older.

After some contact, Jiang Ning was moved.

These retirees had never been considered before, but the leader opened a door for him.

These seniors are truly treasures.

One person is responsible for the administration of a group of people.

No matter how many young people like my cousin Zhang Yulong there are, they are not as good as one of him.

Those approval procedures and the like can be resolved by just making a phone call.

Zhang Yulong ran around for two months but couldn't get it done.

It’s not that we won’t do it.

It’s because the government has too many rules and regulations.

You can get it done by making a few trips yourself, but you can't do these things yourself over and over again.

If you have someone who can get things done, you can feel more relaxed.

So Jiang Ning arranged for someone to go to the city and buy a Passat.

Then he hired a driver and invited the old man to the company.

Calling all employees together, the first senior appointment of Xianling Agricultural Development Company was announced.

The old man was appointed as the company's vice president, in charge of administration.

The park has done a relatively effective job in carrying out the work assigned by the authorities.

As soon as Comrade Yang Qing took office, the park staff brought several large breeders to inspect.

Seeing the wild grass growing taller than a person’s waist in the same field, several large breeders looked as if they had seen a ghost.

I asked for a long time, how could the grass grow so tall.

Finally, let’s get down to business.

A farmer said: "Wild grass is not as good as pasture grass. Many wild grasses are not eaten by cattle and sheep."

Jiang Ning was not completely ignorant. He had already done his homework. He said, "The only things that cattle and sheep don't eat are moon medicine and a few other species, and they only account for a very small proportion. These forage grasses are mainly sheep's beards. I don't need to explain the value of this grass. You big breeders should know it very well. You can't buy such a large amount of sheep's beards except from me."

The farmer said: "Sheep's beard is not as good as alfalfa."

Jiang Ning was too lazy to talk nonsense: "If you want it, let's talk about the price. If you don't want it, forget it."

The farmer asked: "How much is the grass stump?"

Jiang Ning said, "If I give you a few haystacks for such a large piece of land, I might as well burn it all. 1000 yuan per mu, or 800 yuan per ton. This is your own harvest price. If I take it, I will add 100 yuan per mu."

Large-scale breeders shook their heads and said, "There is no such price. It is too expensive."

Jiang Ning was not in a hurry either. Bargaining was normal in business.

If you really don't want it, you won't come.

Since you have come to see this, there must be a shortage of fodder.

Small-scale breeding is fine, but those large-scale breeders will all lack forage after the spring. Even if they don’t have a shortage for the time being, they still have to consider the food problem for cattle and sheep before the autumn harvest once the silage is consumed.

We can't just follow the example of those who raise them free-range and release them all into the wild.

After a long discussion, we finally settled on 550 yuan per ton.

The price is a bit low, mainly considering that the quantity is quite large. In addition to the 20,000 acres of land planted with trees, there are more than 10,000 acres of land that can be mowed and sold as forage. Such a large quantity is too expensive. Except for large-scale breeders who are in urgent need of forage, it is estimated that not much can be sold.

It would be better to lower the price so that more can be sold.

Jiang Ning is responsible for harvesting and mounding, and the farmers come to load the crops and pay the money.

After doing some calculations, I found that it would cost 80 yuan to harvest one acre of land using a large machine for harvesting and chopping grass, which would leave me with 470 yuan. After giving % ​​to the county, I was left with only a little over yuan.

But this money was picked up for free.

It’s not too much of a loss to give out 20% to the county to help with business.

(End of this chapter)