The varnish tree is suitable for the climatic and light conditions near the Senhua Forest Farm, because the two places are very close, so this plantation is also named Senhua Varnish Plantation.

Planting varnish trees requires careful management and care from growers, so there is a high demand for human resources.

For a local economy, there is a demand for manpower to bring stable and peaceful development.

The more jobs are created, the more employment opportunities can be provided to idle people, the living standards of residents can be improved, and social stability can be ensured.

According to statistics, planting varnish trees is a highly profitable industry, and every acre of varnish trees needs at least one person to take care of and one person to pick them full-time. Extensive planting of varnish trees can bring a large number of jobs to the northwest plateau region.

As the varnish tree grows, a small red bump will grow on the trunk, and the excessive number of such bumps will inhibit the synthesis of varnish in the canopy, which requires manual peeling of the trunk.

This little red bump is not something that is useless. After simple grinding and boiling, a viscous gum is formed, which is the most suitable for repairing the film of varnish trees that have broken after harvesting. After this adhesive fixation, it only takes three or four hours to see no signs of tearing the tree membrane.

This work is very tedious, but it does not require strong labor to carry out, even the old and weak women and children do not have to do it, but the efficiency is a little slower.

Therefore, the first batch of workers to work in the varnish tree plantation are the family members of the employees of Senhua Forest Farm.

Xia Baocheng's wife was also recruited into the plantation, and her income was calculated according to the red pimples peeled off every day, and she could get a salary of 2,000 yuan per month.

This is still Xia Baocheng's old wife's health is not very good, and she has more time to rest every day. If she is a woman with faster hands and feet, she can work eight or nine hours a day and earn three or four thousand a month.

In this area, the per capita income is only 1,000 yuan, and for the elderly, women and children, this income is already very rich, and it is by no means worse than going to the coastal areas to work and make money.

And there is also a cheap staff canteen, which is a local area, and the money you can save is definitely more than going out to work.

Even in today's economic development, the economic level of the east and west of China is still quite different.

The monthly salary in Qinghe City is four or five thousand yuan, and life is still a little cramped, and Xia Baocheng's salary as a forest ranger is only in his early 2,000s, with an extra salary of 2,000 yuan from his wife, and the old couple has a much more comfortable life.

Xia Baocheng was also transferred to the varnish plantation field, but his job was different from that of the old woman, and he was specifically responsible for picking the varnish fruit.

At that time, he saw with his own eyes the harvest of the varnish fruit of the first varnish tree in Senhua varnish plantation. Watching the clear and translucent varnish flow out of the fruit, he was full of love for this strange-looking plant.

After the order to arrange for him to go to the varnish plantation, he let go of his reluctance to take care of the decades-old forest farm and decided to work in the varnish field.

The varnish tree is really special.

Not only is it special, but the varnish it produces is also very easy to use.

In the varnish tree plantation, there are not only planting workers, but also a large number of varnish researchers.

It was originally a bare wasteland, but after two years of construction, in addition to a large area of endless varnish forests, there are also brand-new and shiny staff dormitories, varnish research laboratory buildings, plantation office buildings and so on.

Just like the oil fields discovered in the fifties and sixties, they often led to the development and growth of a city with oil and gas production as the core, and with the increasing number of light oil fields, the vicinity of Senhua Forest Farm gradually prospered.

A few days ago, Xia Baocheng heard the director of Senhua Forest Farm mention that in a few years, this piece of yellow earth will be a fertile light oil field.

Think about it, in this world, which person who relies on the oil field to eat is not making a lot of money.

Not to mention, their oil field is an oil field on a tree, as long as it is properly cared for, it is not a problem for a varnish tree to be harvested for decades.

There is no doubt that their land, which has been bitter for several lifetimes, has also ushered in a new life.

Perhaps, in a few years, it will become a thriving resource-based city.

Xia Baocheng doesn't have that far to see, and he likes his current job.

The work of picking varnish fruits takes a period of training.

Xia Baocheng has been picking varnish fruits from his hands for more than two years for more than two years, and there are no less than 100 varnish fruits from his hands every day.

How to protect the black membrane of the varnish tree to the minimum, how to judge the full maturity of the varnish fruit, how to weigh the varnish fruit and identify the oil content of the fruit, how to repair the black membrane of the varnish tree, these problems in planting, Xia Baocheng has been an expert after more than two years of tempering.

Because varnish is very convenient to use, all kinds of vehicles and production machinery in the plantation farm use varnish energy.

Even the most ordinary users like Xia Baocheng can clearly judge the difference between varnish and gasoline and diesel.

Xia Baocheng has a two-wheeled motorcycle on weekdays, using a diesel engine, going back and forth between Senhua Forest Farm and nearby towns, driving "poof" The exhaust pipe emits black smoke and the smell is also heavy.

According to the standards of some large cities, this kind of vehicle is forbidden to drive into the city, and once it is discovered by the police, it will be confiscated and fined.

However, this Senhua Forest Farm is very remote, where there are so many accountants.

Later, when they came to work on the varnish plantation, there were always some surplus varnish waste materials among the researchers, as well as the lower quality varnish produced by the residue fruit of the varnish tree, which was usually collected directly by the plantation.

Some are used for mechanical work on the plantation, and some are sold to employees at a low price.

This inferior quality varnish is much better than ordinary diesel.

Xia Baocheng didn't count the kilometers, but felt that since he added varnish, his motorcycle could travel a lot longer every time he was filled with fuel.

And when I drove it, I couldn't see a trace of black smoke from the rear of the car.

Originally, my son wanted to buy an electric car, but when he calculated the price, he found that a motorcycle with varnish fuel was more expensive than charging an electric car, and it was full of power, so he didn't need to charge it every day, so he simply got a motorcycle with a gasoline engine.

In the words of the younger generation: "The combustion rate of varnish is too high, the pollution is very small, and the number of oil fields is too large, which is bound to replace gasoline and diesel." ”

In the first year, the fruits of the light oil field were almost completely contracted by the military department.

Every three days, there are exclusive military vehicles that come to transport ripe varnish fruits.

In the past six months, the area of the light oil field has become larger and larger, and some of the clear oil fruits have been sold to the people's livelihood field, and the income of the plantation has also continued to rise.

Even the salaries of their employees have also increased significantly.

The salary of the plantation was already high, and Xia Baocheng's income now is twice as much as when he was a forest ranger.

After the expansion of the light oil field, their growth did not affect the survival of the old forest farm.

On the contrary, because the varnish tree blocks the wind and sand in front, the woodland in the rear is not swallowed by the desert, and it grows better.

Today, many families who have been planting trees and protecting forests from generation to generation in the forest farm, just like Xia Baocheng, have transferred to work in the light oil field.