Chu Tianqi motioned for Feng Qiang to sit down, poured a glass of water and put it on the table in front of Feng Qiang, and then said, "Don't worry, speak slowly." ”

"Township Chief Chu, here's the thing, you listen to me from the beginning......" Feng Qiang began to narrate.

Through Feng Qiang's narration, Chu Tianqi thoroughly understood the ins and outs of planting angelica, some things he knew, and some things he heard for the first time.

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In the first month of two years ago, in accordance with the spirit of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Government, Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the Yuchi County Party Committee and County Government formulated the "Yuchi County Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity Outline" in a timely manner.

The "Outline" makes it clear that through three years, the county's fiscal revenue will be doubled, and all townships and towns are required to formulate poverty alleviation measures according to local conditions, strengthen the primary industry, expand the secondary industry, and cultivate the tertiary industry;

The "Outline" sets forth specific requirements: Fiscal revenue should be increased by 30 percent annually, and the target of doubling the per capita disposable income should be achieved in three years, and the per capita disposable income should be increased by 20 percent per year.

Yuchi County does not have such a speed of development in all aspects. However, the county leaders at that time, especially the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate, made such a decision categorically for the sake of their own political achievements. The county also famously said that "if we want to develop for a long time, we must use a long term of means," and it also declared that "the higher authorities have asked us to be bolder when carrying out reforms."

In fact, the county's statement was taken out of context, and the superiors did mention "be bold", but there was a sentence "the pace should be steady", and the county selectively omitted the last four words at that time.

In order to achieve the goal, the county leaders have subcontracted and supported the townships. The county magistrate has introduced two major projects to Qingniuyu Township: high-quality medicinal material planting and pig breeding.

The introduced variety of medicinal herbs is angelica.

When it comes to medicinal herbs, the villagers are no strangers. There are many kinds of medicinal herbs in the mountains of the local village, such as Bupleurum chinensis, Atractylodes atractylodes, Astragalus membranaceus and so on.

In previous years, every summer and autumn, villagers would go up the mountain to planh medicinal herbs. Just bring a pickaxe, a basket or a woven bag, and you will have a lot of gains in more than half a day. These medicinal herbs can be sold at a special purchase point in the village, and the money earned can be used to subsidize the family or pocket money.

It's just that in recent years, there have been fewer planing herbs. The main reason is that after decades of excavation, the perennial medicinal materials have become very rare, and the medicinal materials that are growing are very small and small, almost not mature, and do not meet the acquisition standards. Even if people go to dig for medicinal herbs, the harvest is very small, and there is no place to buy them in the village, so selling medicinal herbs has become a problem.

There are many kinds of local medicinal herbs, but there is no angelica.

When everyone was encouraged to plant angelica in the township, people were unsure. For the locals, the cultivation of medicinal herbs is a new thing, and many people have never even seen angelica, let alone understand its habits.

In the past, people planed medicinal herbs, they all went up the mountain to find wild, without any cost input, even if there was no harvest, they did not lose money, it was nothing more than consuming some strength. For the villagers, going up the mountain is too commonplace.

If you grow your own medicinal herbs, you have to pay from the time you prepare to plant them, and you have to work and pay for them in the process of planting. Moreover, if this kind of thing is three years long, will there be any changes in the middle? Can the medicinal herbs grow well? How much money does it cost? How much money can be earned? Who will the medicinal herbs be sold to? These are all questions that the villagers are worried about.

In response to the concerns of the villagers, the township almost patted its chest to guarantee: from planting to harvesting, there are technicians to follow up and guide the whole process, and the management of medicinal herb planting is completely guaranteed. The county poverty alleviation office will provide interest-free loans for the upfront funds needed to grow medicinal materials, and the loans will be repaid after the medicinal materials are sold. The county will contact a professional medicinal material company to buy it, and the market is not a problem at all.

The township not only gave guarantees to the villagers, but also threatened the village cadres in disguised form, so the village cadres had to spare no effort to promote this matter.

The villagers received verbal assurances from the township, and the village cadres worked hard to do their work, and all but the seven villages where pigs were raised were planted.

From the day of planting angelica, the people have not been down-to-earth, and the village cadres are also worried. It's just that the villagers still have an idea: anyway, the money used now is also an interest-free loan that the county helps to contact, and if the harvest is not good or it is lost, it is okay not to repay the loan in the end.

In October of that year, the county magistrate was sentenced to shuanggui because of economic problems. Before this, the secretary of the county party committee had just been transferred, and the deputy secretary of the county party committee had the right to temporarily take the lead, and the county leaders were all in official positions, and no one cared about it at all. The key is that the township chief also accidentally fell into the water and died two days before the county magistrate shuanggui. Immediately after, the two technicians who were in charge of the cultivation of medicinal herbs were also nowhere to be found.

Later, the pig villagers began to petition the county. The villagers who planted the medicinal herbs did not take action, because the purchase of medicinal herbs would not be until two years later, the loss was not clear, and no one forced them to take out loans.

While waiting, the villagers waited for Chu Tianqi, the newly appointed assistant to the township chief. Chu Tianqi helped the villagers contact the Municipal Agricultural Bureau Section Chief Zhong, who trained the growers and dealt with the problems existing in the growth process of medicinal herbs, and the villagers saw hope.

Later, the villagers who planted medicinal herbs were a little red-eyed when they saw that the original pig farming village had made money by growing celery. Some people even intercepted the female township chief and went to the township and county with Dong Guiying to make trouble, until Dong Guiying was detained by the county public security bureau, and many people stopped.

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Feng Qiang continued: "Last month, Dong Guiying was released, and in the first few days after she was released, she was still relatively honest. However, in the past few days, she has started to be active again, and at first I did not know it, until my nephew came to my house three days ago to tell me something, and I thought that something was unusual. He said that Dong Guiying wanted to buy the medicinal herbs planted by all the families in the village, and also said that even the ones planted in other villages in the township should also be harvested. ”

"Oh, where did she get the money for such a big deal? If she really had the money to buy it, it wouldn't be a bad thing. Chu Tianqi interjected.

"But the problem is that she doesn't have any money at all. Later, Dong Guiying revealed that she was doing this for a company in the county. Dong Guiying took the contract printed by the company, went to each household to do the work of the villagers, and asked the villagers to sign an agreement with the company, as long as the agreement was signed, they would give each household 100 yuan now. These 100 pieces of thread are not included in the future medicinal materials, and they are regarded as the company's reward for the villagers. I thought it was counterintuitive, so I managed to get such a contract. Feng Qiang said, took out a few folded pieces of printer paper from his clothes pocket, and handed them to Chu Tianqi.

Chu Tianqi took the contract handed over by Feng Qiang and looked at it. This contract has a lot of content, and it feels very formal and rigorous, but after a closer look, Chu Tianqi found a problem.

Party A of the contract did not name it, but only wrote "acquirer" in parentheses at the back. The party B of the contract did not name it, but only marked "grower" in parentheses. There are many clauses in the contract, and the rights of the grower are written a lot, but there are a few important clauses that use vague words. For example, when it comes to the price of medicinal herbs, it is only written that it is "5% higher than the market price", but the market price is exactly what it is, and the data of which departments are referred to are not written. Another example: about the payment of goods, only the "use the fastest time" is written. But the word "fastest" is very knowledgeable, whether it is to pay the money in one hand and deliver the goods in the other, or within an hour, or three or five days, or longer.

In the contract, there are seven provisions on the liability for breach of contract, and only one agreement on the grower, which seems to be the grower's advantage. But if you take a closer look, you'll see the problem. The liability for breach of contract agreed upon by the acquirer, although the wording is fierce, is false and cannot be implemented.

As for the breach of contract by the grower, although there is only one clause, this clause is conclusive: "If Party B violates the agreement in Article 7 and Article 8, Party A has the right to directly go to Party B's plot to plant medicinal materials to dig medicinal materials, and all the consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by Party B." ”

Article 8 of the seventh paragraph of the contract is a sentence "Party B must sell the medicinal materials to Party A". However, according to the provisions of this contract, if Party B does not sell the medicinal materials to Party A, then Party A will dispose of these medicinal materials. As for the number of catties and prices of medicinal materials, they only used a sentence of "all consequences shall be borne by Party B".

Looking at this contract throughout, it is an outright overlord clause. But if the villagers don't understand the relevant terms thoroughly, they will think that they are taking advantage of a big advantage, but in fact, they are sticking out their heads and letting the other party slaughter them.

Chu Tianqi raised his head, frowned, and said, "What kind of company is this?

Feng Qiang shook his head and said, "Township Chief Chu, I don't know what kind of company it is, it's just that Dong Guiying once boasted big things in front of people. She said that the medicinal material company is the industry of 'Brother Chao', and he also said that 'Brother Chao' is not an ordinary person, if anyone provokes 'Brother Chao', then there will be good fruits to eat. ”

"'Brother Chao'? Chu Tianqi muttered to himself.

"Township Chief Chu, do you know him, is he the person people say 'on the road'?" Feng Qiang asked with some panic.

"I ...... I don't know, but I've heard of such a person. Don't worry, he won't be able to make a big wave, and I'm thinking I'll meet him. Chu Tianqi said confidently. Then he asked rhetorically, "How could they be eyeing the purchase of medicinal herbs? I haven't heard of him doing this kind of business before?"

Feng Qiang thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Could it have something to do with what happened a few days ago?"

"What's the matter?" Chu Tianqi asked casually.

"That's the case, recently, people often come to the village to inquire about medicinal materials. Some people even had a brief conversation with me, saying that they wanted to buy medicinal herbs, but after they left, they didn't hear from me. Feng Qiang explained the matter, "Last week, another group of people came to the village, old and young, men and women. Not only did they talk to me, but they also went to the site to inspect the herbs, and although I didn't know much about the herb profession, I felt that this group of people was quite like that. Before leaving, an old man said that he would come again. Several other villages also reported that they had seen this group of people. On the third day after their group left, Dong Guiying went to the county seat and came back that day, and when she entered the village, she said that she wanted to collect medicinal materials. I just remembered today that when the group of people left, Dong Guiying was at the scene, and she kept asking when the other party would come, but the other party smiled and didn't answer. Now thinking about Dong Guiying's various abnormalities at the scene that day, I wonder if her doing this is related to that incident. ”

Chu Tianqi didn't speak, but was thinking, and he also felt that it was indeed a little strange.