Chapter 13 Advantages of Chinese Cabbage

I have to say that the sentence of more people is not unreasonable, if there are only Zhang Chuan and Lin Quan, this hundred acres of land, it will take at least half a month to build, or under the condition of hiring a machine, but at this time, because of sixteen more people, the efficiency has become surprisingly high, and it only took two days for the reclamation of the farm to be completed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The land of TSNY is very fertile, although it is not completely black soil, but because of the lush vegetation, and close to the equator, so the light here is very sufficient, so there are many animals and plants and even microorganisms living on this land, although it is not a tropical rainforest, but after hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation, the soil quality of this land is very good.

After testing the land inside the farm with professional analytical instruments, Zhang Chuan is very satisfied with the land he has acquired.

Generally speaking, foreigners in Tanzania cannot directly acquire local land, they can apply for occupation, they can apply for rent, but they cannot buy it, all because of a government decree issued in 1999, when the government took back the ownership of the vast majority of the country's terra nullius land, with the intention of controlling the land and then using it to increase government revenue.

Tanzania is not a state ownership of land, which is very different from China, they don't make money by selling land, but they can rent it out.

Foreigners in Tanzania who want to occupy the land are very simple, just fill out an application form and pay an application fee of 5,000 shillings, you may be able to get the land occupation right for 3-5 years, but this does not mean that you will be able to use the land, during this period, you need to pay a rental fee of 30-70 shillings per square meter before you can use it.

If the currency here is not TSNY shillings, but RMB, it is estimated that many people's hearts will beat the drum, take Zhang Chuan's farm as an example, the area of this farm is more than 100 acres, that is, close to 70,000 square meters, and one square meter is 30-70 shillings a year, that is to say, they need to pay close to 3.5 million shillings a year, if it is RMB, this is not a small amount of money, but these Tanzanian shillings, 3.5 million sounds like a lot, converted into RMB, about 10,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan, 100 acres of land for a year's use right, this price seems not worth mentioning。

However, even if he only pays 10,000 yuan a year, it is estimated that Zhang Chuan's heart will be unhappy, in fact, his land was purchased by him from the previous British, and the ownership of this land has been in the hands of the British, and the British were originally the suzerainty of Tanzania, plus after the independence of Tanzania, they also need the help of the British, so in the but, the land in the hands of the British has not been recovered, so this land is privately owned, and at this time the British sold the land to Zhang Chuan, and the latter also became the owner of the land, but in order to get the landThe price he spent was not low, a hundred acres of land plus the previous manor cost him a total of nearly 300,000 pounds, almost 2.8 million yuan, and this investment almost emptied most of his family funds.

But he doesn't feel a loss in this transaction, not counting the old, but well-equipped manor, just talking about this piece of land, the price per square meter is less than forty yuan, these lands may not be worth this value now, but they will definitely rise in the future, and the most important thing is the ownership of this land, it is in his own hands, this is not the right to use it for 70 years in China, and the real ownership, when he thinks of this, Zhang Chuan's heart is very satisfied, no matter how his investment is calculated, it is not a loss。

Zhang Chuan thought to himself, but although the value of the land can be maintained, if the land is not used to generate new value, it does not seem to be a very cost-effective thing to wait for it to slowly appreciate.

After the farm is reclaimed, the next thing is to sow seeds, before that, Zhang Chuan and Lin Quan discussed, a hundred acres of farm sounds very big, but in fact it is not as big as imagined, so how to use this hundred acres of land, try to create the highest value, that is the most critical.

"It's good to plant Chinese cabbage, this thing is easy to manage, as long as the fertilizer is sufficient, it grows very fast, and the yield is high, the most important thing is that this is in Africa, African Chinese cabbage is a rare thing, don't worry about not being able to sell!"

When discussing before, as soon as he heard that Zhang Chuan was worried about this matter, Lin Quan simply covered his face a little, he didn't have to think about it, he must have chosen Chinese cabbage, he had seen others grow Chinese cabbage when he was at home before, and he knew that the yield of this thing was very scary, and it was said that the yield of rice was high, and the yield of five or six hundred kilograms per acre of land was already the sky, but do you know what the yield of Chinese cabbage is? Saying it scares you to death, the yield of Chinese cabbage in one acre of land can exceed 12,000 catties, that is, 6,000 kilograms, which is ten times the yield of planted rice!

And this is not the key, the key is that the growth cycle of rice is still relatively long, generally speaking, the growth cycle of rice is about four and a half months, that is, about 135 days, and among them, rice seedlings should be raised, and seedlings should be divided into two steps, first the seed stage, then the paddy field stage, and then the rice seedlings that have grown to a foot or so are pulled out of the paddy field, dispersed and transplanted, this process is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, people who have planted the field at home know how troublesome and painful the process is, but Chinese cabbage does not need to be like this, the Chinese cabbage growth cycle is short, only 55-60 days, that is, less than two months, and planting Chinese cabbage is also very simple, first of all, the land is reclaimed, fertilized, and then the ground is pulled out, and then separated from the land to facilitate irrigation and drainage, and then the land is slightly dug up a small shallow ditch, and then evenly sprinkled the seeds in, wait until 10-15 days later, and wait until the cabbage grows up, it is necessary to carry out the seedlings, that is, the seedlings that are too dense are pulled out, the size of the Chinese cabbage determines that they can not be dense in Thailand, otherwise they will be crowded with each other, and the result is that no one can grow big, and generally speaking, the seedlings need to be carried out about 2-4 times, but if the first time to deal with it, the second time does not need to have a big movement, and the interval between normal cabbages is 35-40cm.

After doing these work, you should pay attention to fertilizer and watering, as well as prevent drought and flood disasters, and wait until the eighth to ninth week, after the cabbage growth is completed, you only need to harvest on the line, this step is the most physically demanding, because like cabbage, Chinese cabbage only needs the middle piece, so it takes a lot of labor, but compared with planting rice, planting Chinese cabbage is really much simpler, and this is in Africa, the price of Chinese cabbage is much more expensive than the price of rice!