In August, the autumn is high and cool, but the central Yunnan region is the autumn harvest season when the autumn tigers are raging. Without this heat, the autumn harvest of millet and corn would not be able to be dried and stored. In the countryside with this kind of weather, it is a good choice to cool off in the courtyard, and the house is a little stuffy.

Qi Jinghong didn't dislike the stuffiness in the room, and sat happily at the low table. The hookah was in the hands of the elders in the courtyard, took a sip of the cigarette handed over by Qi Jingtao, looked at Qi Jingtao and said straightforwardly: "Xiaotao, some time ago, Uncle Zhengming went to the village committee to find me, saying that you want to contract the cherry orchard in the valley of Liangcang River. I came here today because I heard that you were coming home, and I came to talk to you about your specific ideas. ”

"Hehe, second brother, I had this idea, but I don't know if the village committee agrees? You know, there are too few fertile fields in our village, less than eight points of land per capita, and one acre of mountainous land. What can such a small amount of land do? It is a pity that such a large area of mountains and depressions as the Liangcang River is barren, with more than 2,000 acres. I've done a soil analysis there, and if there is no water source, it's really not possible to grow food crops, but you can consider building a big orchard. Think about it, how big an orchard can be built in a mountain depression of more than 2,000 acres? How many peasant laborers need to be hired to run the orchard, and how many people in the village are in their forties and fifties? What can they do other than cultivate their own one-third of an acre of land at home? If this orchard is operated, how much output can it produce each year, and how many labor opportunities can it provide for the village? Hehe, of course, the village committee can also have an extra fixed income. ”

Qi Jingtao's unrealistic idea of contracting the thatched river to plant cherries had already been discussed, but he didn't expect his father to really ask the village committee. Now, when the distant cousin of the village party secretary came to ask in person, it must be possible to contract. There is no pressure on his current funds, so he will naturally not miss the opportunity. The second brother of the branch secretary asked directly, and he was not polite, and at the beginning, he threw so many questions to the cousin who was the village party secretary.

Qi Jinghong smoked his cigarette unhurriedly, pondered, looked at this distant cousin and asked, "Xiaotao, have you thought about how much money you have to invest in it, and how many years will it take to see the benefits?"

"Hehe, second brother, when I talked to my dad about this, I really didn't think about it that far. My dad has analyzed all of this with me, and I have also consulted with experts. Contracting a barren mountain valley from scratch to operate a productive orchard is mainly a matter of capital investment. Later, I reworked the plan and carefully calculated the cost of capital that I needed to invest in the first five years. Not counting the contracting fee, it will take at least about seven million. Qi Jingtao recalled the orchard management plan he had done and said to Qi Jinghong.

Qi Jinghong's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table and sighed: "Seven million, hehe Xiaotao, if you can really invest seven million into it, the mountain depression of Liangcang River is 2,000 acres, including the surrounding Yansheng slopes, totaling more than 5,000 acres." Even if the village committee does not need a single contract fee, it is willing to contract you to operate the big orchard. You are turning waste into treasure, you have invested 7 million, of which the cost of seedlings, infrastructure materials and machinery and equipment is used up to half, and the rest is labor costs. Hehe, digging in the orchard, planting trees and building roads, these tasks can be done by people in our village. Now go out to work, and those who have the skills to go out to do infrastructure work, at most about 20 yuan a day, and it would be good to have 10 yuan a day for ordinary strength work. You invest money in the development of the orchard, and the labor cost of more than 3 million yuan is generated, how many people in the village can go out to earn a wage while working at home? There is also how much labor can be solved by the annual management and harvesting of the orchard after the completion of the orchard. ”

Qi Jingtao smiled slightly, looked at him and continued: "Second brother, it's more than that. If I want to do it, this orchard will be developed into an ecological orchard. In the orchard, it is not only the planting of fruit trees, but also the breeding industry, seedling cultivation, and medicinal herb cultivation can be gradually carried out. When my orchard is completed, it can also be used as a demonstration, and the surrounding orchards can also be supported, turning our dam in the five districts into a huge ecological agricultural park. ”

Qi Jinghong looked at him in surprise, and only after half a sound did he speak: "You really dare to think, you can really blow, brother." ”

"Hehehe, second brother, isn't it just an idea? and you don't have to spend money, what is there to dare to think. Farmers don't just plant land at home, they can do a lot of things. There are not many fertile fields in our village, but there are many mountains and barren mountains in our village. Besides, the dam in our fifth district is not a place where traffic is blocked, and the national highway and national defense highway pass through our dam, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to pull out and sell things when they are planted. Hehe, second brother, do you know the new Central Yunnan Plateau Agricultural Trade Company that appeared in the town this year?"

Qi Jingtao knew that it was not easy to contract such a large area of mountains and valleys, and the village party secretary was just here to test it today. He had the money to invest in the orchard, but few people knew he had the strength. In addition to painting a big cake for the second brother of the branch secretary, he also decided to give the second brother of the branch secretary a thorough understanding, otherwise it would not be convincing.

Qi Jinghong suddenly pointed at Qi Jingtao and said: "Are you talking about the agricultural trading company that Shi Lei in Shijiatang ran that did the wild mushroom business? Hehe, I understand, Shi Lei is your old watch, and that company was actually made by you, right? He has been running mountain goods for more than ten years, and he also rides a motorcycle all over the mountain every day. I'll just say why it suddenly happened, making such a big company, playing such a big formation, it turned out that you kid was behind the ghost. ”

"Hehe, second brother, you don't care who is behind the ghost. Can you tell us about the miscellaneous mountain and wild goods sold by the Central Yunnan Plateau Agricultural Trade Company, and how much is it worth to us? They have sold these things, is it good for the people of our five districts? Is there more or less mountain and wild goods in the market, and has everyone made money? Where did those things come from? It is not that they go around the mountains a lot, pick them up, and pick them up. No one buys it, no one goes to the mountains to look for it, and those things are not born to perish, and eventually rot in the mountains? These are what the market needs to promote. The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea. Our Qiguan camp is backed by so many mountains and small depressions, why do we have to rely on planting those few fields to make a living?" Qi Jingtao finished speaking, took a cigarette and looked at Qi Jinghong and smiled.

Qi Jinghong quietly took a sip of tea, took a puff of cigarette and said slowly: "Hehe, brother, we haven't eaten the mountain yet." In the past, the village collective also developed and operated a large number of today's orchards and mulberry orchards, which were booming. Since the land was subcontracted, each household has developed on its own, and the collective economy wants to learn from the outside to run township enterprises that we are not good at, but they do not know what to do? At present, the village committee does not have a decent collective enterprise at all, and the original orchards have also been contracted out, and there is only a small amount of contract fee every year. As for the mulberry garden and the sericulture factory, they simply collapsed. Now that you have this idea and this investment, if the granary river can be managed into a big orchard, maybe it is really a way out. ”

"Hehe, second brother, I'm just an idea, whether I can do it or not depends on your support. If the ecological orchard is completed, the next step is to solve the problem of marketing, and there is still a long way to go. Qi Jingtao is not in a hurry, running an orchard is dispensable for him, so he should chat with the second brother of the branch secretary.

Qi Jinghong looked at him approvingly and smiled, and said: "Yes, you have to think about the way back when you do things, just like the farmer's trading company you started, only by selling what is grown in the field and turning it into money." ”

"Hehe, second brother, don't you just want to simply sell things? Don't you want to start a business, and you can see how people do the deep processing of agricultural products in Tonghai?" Tonghai is on the edge of the dam in the fifth district, and you will reach Tonghai Dam after crossing a mountain. Where has it now gradually developed into a famous vegetable production and processing base in Caiyun, it is rich.

"Brother, you really dare to think that the second brother has obeyed you. Why don't you just come back and be the village party secretary. ”

"Hehe, second brother, your brother and I are not party members, I can't do your position, your old man is still in charge, do your village party secretary well, and I still have to be my worker outside." As long as you support me, my dad will definitely do a better job than me. ”

"Then where did the investment come from? Do you remember what Doctor Ganba said every day?" Qi Jinghong was too lazy to chat with him, and finally couldn't help but ask the question he was most concerned about.