This reminds me of '08!"

On January 4, at the Jiagu branch in the capital, looking at the heavy snow blowing outside the window, Wang Yuye turned his head to Qi Zheng and said.

The first blizzard in 2010 came to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other places at the beginning of the new year.

This is not normal weather.

At present, the daily snowfall in the Beijing-Tianjin area has exceeded the historical extremes of nearly 60 years - the Central Meteorological Observatory has issued an orange alert for cold waves, an orange alert for heavy snow, and an orange alert for high winds at sea.

Jiagu's water search team has long since withdrawn from the mountainous areas in the northern part of Hebei Province, where temperatures have dropped to minus 20°C.

In this heavy snowfall, not only Jiagu's business has been hindered, but also many fields such as transportation and commerce in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are facing a baptism and challenges.

"Due to the heavy snow and bad weather that has not been seen for many years, the commerce department has activated the emergency plan to plan the supply of daily necessities and expand production, procurement and marketing. However, we have sufficient stocks of daily necessities such as grains and oils in North China, which can fully meet the needs of the market. In order to respond to the request of the relevant departments, Wang Yuye personally rushed to North China to allocate materials.

Due to the complete warehousing and logistics channels, the rice and edible oil put into the Beijing and Tianjin areas by the Jiagu system have increased by 30% compared with usual. Many units have also purchased and stored a large number of pork, vegetables and other daily necessities through Jiagu's channels, further smoothing the supply channels of local daily necessities.

Qi Zheng bowed slightly.

Although it is also a rain and snow disaster, in terms of the degree of damage, it is far less than the sudden southern snow disaster in 08. For Jiagu, in accordance with the requirements of the government, ensuring the market supply of daily necessities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, and milk is to fulfill the greatest social responsibility.

Relatively speaking, Qi Zheng is more concerned about the drought situation in the southwest.

Wang Yuye is right about one thing - this year is somewhat similar to the situation in 08, and it was a disaster at the beginning of the year, which was destined to be an eventful autumn.

This is mainly reflected in extreme weather, not only at home, but also globally.

This is just the beginning.

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There is a great cold in the north, and a great drought in the southwest!

Since the beginning of autumn last year, the precipitation in Yunnan, Guichuan and other places has been three to fifty percent less than normal, the average temperature is more than 1 °C higher, drought and little rain, and drought is raging.

As we enter the new year, the situation has not only worsened, but worsened, as southwest China is suffering from the worst drought in 60 years.

When Qi Zheng arrived in the southern part of Sichuan Province, he saw through the car window that a large number of wheat seedlings were dry and lying on the ground on the uneven nests and sloping fields on the roadside, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

Last year, he received a report from the company about drought and lack of rain in parts of the southwest, but he didn't pay much attention to it — natural disasters can be said to be ubiquitous in a country as big as China. The planting bases of Jiagu are now all over the country, and they encounter various natural disasters to a greater or lesser extent every year.

Qi Zheng is just one person, and in most cases, it would be good for him to manage his own sphere of influence.

It's just that I didn't expect that the temperature in the arid areas of the southwest continued to be high, and the rainfall plummeted during the same period, and the drought situation showed a development trend.

Qi Zheng arrived in the Liangshan area of Sichuan Province, where the yew planting base of Jiagu was located, and it was also an area where the drought was more severe.

Lin Guishan, a yew planting consultant in Jiagu, doesn't look good – even if the yew hasn't died yet, it's clear that the growth is quite sluggish.

"There hasn't been a single effective rainfall since September last year. Lin Guishan said worriedly, "I don't know how long the drought will last and whether the rainy season will come as scheduled." Now the livestock have difficulty drinking water, and the scale of chicken farming in the understory of the base has been reduced......"

Qi Zheng is very concerned about this issue: "Is drinking water guaranteed?"

"There is a cistern in the base, and there is basically no problem with drinking water. Relying on Jiagu's support and government subsidies, water cellars have basically been built in the surrounding villages, and this year's water storage is not much, but it is enough for the villagers to use it for three or four months. Lin Guishan said.

This is a mountainous area, and the water cellar is an effective means to solve the problem of water use for people and animals.

In the past two years, in addition to building irrigation reservoirs for the planting base, Jiagu has also implemented the "micro water project" in the village, building more than 200 micro water cellars for the villagers, storing water in rainy days and quenching thirst in dry days.

During Qi Zheng's visit, it can be found that there is at least half of the water cellar in the village, and even if there is a drought, there is at least a certain degree of guarantee for water for people and livestock.

The drought demon was merciless, but the faces of the villagers were still resolute, and they were not intimidated by the disaster.

Compared to before Jiagu moved in, it is now a paradise - it used to be very difficult to even drink water every day, but now even if the weather is dry, basic drinking water can be guaranteed, can you ask for more?

Of course, they are more worried about the heavy losses if the drought continues and large swaths of the yew trees planted will die.

"The most terrible thing is that in such dry weather, after the temperature rises, the mountains and forests are very prone to fires, which is dangerous. Lin Guishan, who has dedicated his life to forestry, is no stranger to wildfires, and he said he doesn't want to see this happen at all.

Qi Zheng reassured him that the company would find a way, which made him feel a little more at ease.

In order to further find out the drought situation in the southwest, Jiagu went out in all directions.

Statistics show that the drought mainly covers five provinces and cities in the southwest, and the most serious is most of Guizhou Province, the northern part of Yunnan Province and the southern part of Sichuan Province.

In Guizhou Province in particular, farmland has cracked, ponds and dams have dried up, and rivers and streams have been cut off...... The 100-meter-wide waterfall of Huangguoshu Waterfall has become a thin stream, many reservoirs have dried up, the bottom of the reservoir has cracked in the mud, and river mussels and snails have become "fossils".

The Liangshan area is really good - in the same environment, many places have been difficult to drink water due to drought, and large areas of crops have not been harvested.

Judging from the current situation, the drought will continue, the area of drought will expand, and the impact will continue to deepen.

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"That's right, it's an El Niño pot!" said Gao Peng, a meteorological research expert at Jiagu Labs.

Pointing to the meteorological model established in the laboratory, he explained: "Since the late autumn of last year, the temperature in northern China and Northeast Asia has been lower than in previous years, and the influence of the El Niño phenomenon has increased abnormally in a wide range of sea water temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, and the water vapor from the south to the southwest is also less. ”

"The dry season coincides with the unfavourable water vapor transport in the marine environment, and the southwest region, which is halfway between cold in the north and warm in the south, forms a dry ......"

So the blizzards in the north and the drought in the southwest are actually not isolated.

Qi Zheng also noticed one point: "In other words, contrary to the drought in the southwest, there may be floods in the east this year?"

Gao Peng nodded: "Theoretically, it is true. Under the influence of the El Niño phenomenon, the heat flow in the surface of the Pacific Ocean moves eastward, carrying away tropical water vapor, which will lead to a significant increase in precipitation in eastern China......"

This point coincides with Qi Zheng's memory.

“...... Damn El Niño!" Qi Zheng muttered.

For those who are engaged in agriculture, good weather is happiness - the interval between sunny and rainy weather is not too long, and the climate change does not fluctuate greatly, how happy!

Is it also a physical job?

If he could, Qi Zheng just wanted to watch the clouds roll quietly.

But "El Niño" is a-stirring stick, and everywhere it goes, light, heat and rain are abnormal, and agriculture is the first to bear the brunt.

"Go to the El Niño of Teya, you are the one that labor and management have to fight against!" Qi Zheng thought hatefully.

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