The hitchhiker that the three of Qiu Hao hitchhiked was a Dongfeng brand six-wheel drive desert off-road truck, with wheels close to one person high, and the driver was an enthusiastic middle-aged Uighur named Azati Hari, according to Uyghur customs, Azati is the first name, and Hari is the surname.

Azati took Qiu Hao and the three of them with him, and even waved his hand to say no, and then the east wind started to move, reaching a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and the sand dunes on both sides of the desert road were quickly thrown behind.

The three of them came to the new province for a short time, but they stayed in the provincial capital Wumuqi for a few days at the beginning, and then they arrived at Minfeng by train to contract the sand, and then they have been nesting in the hinterland of the desert, so they have never visited other places in the new province, and now they finally have the opportunity, and they feel that the sand sea that they are used to seeing in the past has now become fresh again!

All the way to the north, the seven-meter-wide and strong base thin-faced highway is like a black long dragon, climbing in the sea of sand is resting peacefully, and the sand dunes on both sides of the highway are planted with reed grass squares for windbreak and sand fixation, from a distance, it looks like the golden sand dunes are embroidered with beautiful patterns, primitive and full of rhythm, near the green belt of more than 70 meters wide, the strange willows of several meters high bloom with clusters of purple gorgeous flowers, the dense sand dates are also growing tenaciously, and occasionally you can see the small houses with blue walls and red roofs on the roadside, which is the desert road irrigation house specially established by the government... …

Several people were sitting in the front row of the car, a little crowded, and it was already known that Azati was carrying fertilizer on the car, and the destination was Santamu Forest Farm, Qiu Hao looked at the front window and said: "Azati, where is Santamu Forest Farm?"

Azati is still fluent in Mandarin and said: "Follow the highway across the Tarim River to arrive, there is the Tahe oil field near the Santamu Forest Farm, and then there are Lunnan and Luntai!"

He was also very curious about Qiu Hao and the others, and asked, "What about you, where are you going?"

Qiu Hao replied: "I plan to go to the Tianshan Ranch in Northern Xinjiang."

"Oh, let's go play, where the scenery is really good, the natural grassland is comfortable to see, and the smell is fresh!" Azati didn't think much about it, almost everyone who goes to the Tien Shan is for tourism.

"Tourist ......" Qiu Hao smiled, did not forget the purpose of this trip, and subconsciously asked: "Azati, is there an artificial grassland near Santamu Forest Farm?"

Azati held the steering wheel and said casually: "Yes, a lot!" There are many artificial grasslands in Luntai and Shaya, and the slightly larger grasslands are more than 10,000 acres! ”

Qiu Hao's eyes lit up slightly, although he said that he was going to the Tianshan Ranch in Northern Xinjiang, but he knew that this was not inevitable, if he could find enough pasture grass in Luntai, Shaya and other counties, then he didn't have to go so far, of course, if the matter was done, he could also really go to the Tianshan Ranch to travel!

He continued: "We're looking for alfalfa grass, and we're going to have old grass like red bean grass, do you know where it's found?"

"Alfalfa old grass? Do you want them to be green manure? It's easy to find! Azati was slightly surprised, he thought he was going to travel, but he didn't expect it to be not.

Qiu Hao hesitated for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not used to make green manure, but for transplanting, and the roots should be retained!"

"Transplanting...... Herbage! Azati was a little dizzy when he heard this, alfalfa can be planted with seeds, what is the matter of transplanting, and subconsciously said: "How much, transplant and plant in a pot?"

Qiu Hao explained embarrassedly: "No, a few of us have contracted a piece of sandy land, and for some special reasons, we want to transplant the grass that has grown elsewhere directly, and the amount of grass that needs to be transplanted is very large!"

Azati couldn't understand Qiu Hao's thoughts, and frowned: "Mess around, there is no need for this at all, if you want to build a grassland, you either use seeds to sow seeds, or directly contract the grassland!"

Qiu Hao and Nan Chengxian glanced at each other, and said helplessly: "Actually, we are here to control the sand, but the contracted sandy environment is too bad, under normal circumstances, there is no way to plant through seeds, so we plan to directly transplant the grass that has grown, and through some technical treatment, it should be able to plant live!"

"I see!" Azati said suddenly, but he was still not optimistic about Qiu Hao's thoughts.

"Azati, do you know which pasture is renewing the pasture, I want to buy the old grass that has been cleared up!"

Unbeknownst to him, Azati immediately smiled when he heard this: "Heh, it's a coincidence, I have it at home, and the grass will be renewed in a few days, and then I will turn out the old alfalfa grass planted seven years ago from the soil, and then plant red bean grass!"

"You have it at home?" Qiu Hao and the others were surprised, looking at Azati who was driving a desert car, and when he got into the car, he always thought that he was just a truck driver, but he didn't expect that there was a pasture at his house.

Azati thought of the situation of his own pasture, and said embarrassedly: "Well, my home is near the Santamu Forest Farm, there are 2,000 acres of sandy alfalfa old grass, but it is too short of water and drought, and I didn't manage it much before, so the grassland grows sparsely, I plan to re-cultivate these days, and the fertilizer on the car is for the pasture, oh, you said you want alfalfa old grass, if you don't dislike my family's batch of alfalfa old grass does not grow well, then take it!"

Qiu Hao's eyes lit up, and as soon as he went out, he met the main owner, and immediately said: "Don't dislike it!" Don't dislike! Maybe your grass is more vigorous and more suitable for transplanting! ”

"Huh!" Azati's face turned red, his own pasture was obviously not growing well, and it was about to turn into wild alfalfa, but it was indeed as Qiu Hao said, it was more drought-tolerant and frost-resistant than carefully watered and fertilized alfalfa.

Qiu Hao suddenly remembered that alfalfa and other pasture grass could be used to make green manure, and said: "Azati, I want all the alfalfa grass in your pasture, how much does it cost?"

Azati is not hypocritical, if the alfalfa grass is used to fertilize the field, he can save a lot of fertilizer money, and now he gives the alfalfa grass to others, and he should get subsidies, so he said: "50,000 yuan, but after the alfalfa grass is cleaned up, you need to find someone to load the car yourself, and then transport it back by yourself!"

"No problem!" Qiu Hao responded, thought for a while and said, "Is there still old grass in the pasture near your house?"

"There are some, but the two thousand acres of my family are not enough, how much do you need in total!" Azati tilted his head in confusion.

"20,000 acres!"

Azati's jaw was about to drop, and he was stunned: "So much?"

It is easy to sow grass and sow seeds with airplanes and agricultural machines, but if you dig pits and transplant them one by one, as Qiu Hao said, it will be equivalent to planting trees, and the workload will be greatly increased, and it will become very troublesome and laborious.

Qiu Hao nodded and said: "Yes, it doesn't have to be alfalfa old grass, red bean grass, satawang and other pasture grasses, as long as you keep the roots, you can say green manure compensation!"

"In this case, you should be able to find it, I'll help you ask!" Azati said, holding the steering wheel with one hand and patting his chest with the other.

"Thank you very much!" Qiu Hao said happily, and at this time, Nan Chengxian pushed his shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

Nan Chengxian said worriedly: "Mouse, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, things have settled as soon as we go out, but we still can't go to Tianshan Ranch?" While speaking, Luo Suwei on the side also looked at him with two eyes.

Qiu Hao glared at them, and the two of them wanted to have fun, but he knew that it would take time to install the facilities on the farm, so he said: "Well, the grass can be found near the Santa Mu Forest Farm, and after dealing with this matter, we will go play for a few days!"

Azati suddenly asked, "Where is the sand land you have contracted?"

"It's more than ten kilometers south of the Minfeng fork, 100 meters on the side of the road, and it has just been contracted for a month." Qiu Hao didn't hide it either, and replied directly.

Azati's eyes were stunned, and he said in surprise: "Do you have a small poplar sand date planted there?"

"Have you been?" Qiu Hao was surprised.

"I haven't been there, but I'm familiar with this road, you are there to control sand and plant trees, I can tell at a glance!"

Azati looked at Qiu Hao and the three of them inexplicably, and said with emotion: "You guys are really amazing, I have been to Minfeng twice this month, and the first time I saw you planting trees on the side of the road, it was twenty days ago, at that time I thought someone was crazy, until yesterday I went to Minfeng again. The county contacted the chemical fertilizer, and only then did I find out that you actually planted it alive! ”

Qiu Hao smiled, just planting trees, it is estimated that it will only look abrupt in the desert, if it is in the mainland, passers-by are too lazy to take a look.

Next, many cars were encountered on the road, but there was no gas station, and three hours later, everyone saw the Tarim River and the Luntai poplar forest that has guarded the Tarim River for thousands of years!

The Tarim River is the largest inland river in China, with a total length of more than 2,000 kilometers, meandering from west to east in the northern part of the Taklamakan Desert, with a basin area of 198,000 square kilometers, and is regarded as the "mother river" and "river of life" by the locals. Luntai poplar forest is the world's largest, densest, and best surviving poplar forest, with trunk diameters of more than half a meter abounding, but here, Qiuhao did not see the verdant green, only the sighing vicissitudes of withered yellow.

Ignoring these views, Azati drove across the Tarim River Bridge, and twenty minutes later came to a two-story building, which, needless to say, was supposed to be his home.

The four of them got out of the car, and there were a few dog barks from the side of the building, and then two black and white long-haired dogs ran out, Azati waved his hand and greeted Qiu Hao and the three of them: "Let's go, my wife has left lunch for lunch, now let's eat together, and take you to see the pasture in the afternoon, how about it?"

Qiu Hao lifted his backpack, looked around, and found that the environment here was a little yellow and lonely, but it was much better than the hostel at the Minfeng fork, and there was a flat green pasture in the distance, and dozens of large and small Bordeaux sheep were leisurely grazing, and turned around and said: "Then it's bothering!"