Chapter 73: The Farm Commencement
After the lease contract was signed, the registration procedures for the farm had not yet been completed, and Lu Fanhong couldn't wait, so he ordered to start construction first and complete the preliminary foundation work.
The village chief arranged for ten people to come to City C, one of whom was Zhang Mantun, a relative who was engaged in construction.
Zhang Mantun looks very shrewd, with a medium stature, no outstanding facial features, and a very neat speech, unlike a peasant in the mountains.
Da Kui rented a minibus and pulled them to the scene, and Da Kui also prepared some common tools, designated a dormitory building far away from the old street, and began to work.
Lu Fanhong told Zhang Mantun that he would first clean up the houses of the 10 of them, and gather dozens of buildings, some of which had old furniture in some rooms, into this building, and then clean up the entire building and connect all the water and electricity.
Da Kui told Zhang Mantun that he would contact him if he needed anything, and at the beginning of the hard work, he would send some food every day.
Zhang Mantun was very eye-catching, he asked about the project arrangements behind him, and he didn't ask for anything, anyway, he solved their own life problems first.
These villagers from the mountainous areas are very hard-working, and they have heard from the village chief that it was Lu Fanhong who gave them the opportunity to come to the big city, and they came with dreams, and they want to settle down and multiply here.
Among the ten men were carpenters, painters, masons, and plumbers. They have repaired houses, renovated them, and their craftsmanship is very good, and they are especially able to bear hardships and stand hard work.
In three days, the staff dormitory was cleaned up and connected to water and electricity.
They moved in dozens of buildings with usable furniture, and the people in the city thought it was all garbage, but the farmers in the mountains regarded it as treasure.
They also built a makeshift kitchen outside the building and built a firewood stove, where there was no shortage of firewood, and there were weeds and rotten wood everywhere, piled up, and they couldn't burn it for several years.
The food and shelter of the workers were solved, and the next step was to build roads, unclog sewers and clear weeds. These tasks require a lot of labor, and Lu Fanhong informed the village chief and arranged for the villagers to set off.
In the few days that they waited for the arrival of the large army, the ten men also installed and buried the water supply main that came out of the pumping station. Although the previous pipes worked, they were rusted and unhygienic.
The master first transferred 1 million to the female disciple's private account, and before that, he had transferred 10 million registered capital to go through the formalities at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
Da Kui was in charge of cash, reporting accounts at Chen Yuexi, and he was also arranging the scene, he borrowed a friend's van and ran back and forth every day.
I wanted to buy a truck, but he couldn't find a driver, so he first went to the town to book a truck and was on call.
Lu Fanhong also asked Dakui to buy 50 military bedding, mosquito killers, pots and pans and other daily necessities to welcome the arrival of the villagers.
Road repair equipment and power tools for decoration also need to be purchased, Zhang Mantun opened a list.
In mid-August, the brigade drove into this barren land, and they were like soldiers of the construction corps, using their own hands to build a beautiful home.
Lu Fanhong finally got together with his parents, and a few villagers were his childhood playmates, everyone was very happy, building their own home, and they were full of inexhaustible energy.
Lu Fanhong arranged for them to live in the dormitory, the husband and wife lived in one room, and the single two lived in one room, and there were still a few suites left after the allocation, which were used as warehouses first, and he was ready to readjust the housing after a year.
Lu Fanhong negotiated with his father, his father was responsible for agricultural production, and his father had dealt with the land all his life, of course, he was a good hand, his father was uneducated, and what to do could only be dictated and recorded.
Lu Fanhong's mother was older and had a hard time doing manual work, so everyone took care of her and cooked.
Lu Fanhong told the villagers that the first year is the investment period, with full accommodation and board, and a basic living allowance of 1,000 yuan per month.
The villagers have no opinion, and they all know that it is not easy for him to run this farm with such a large investment.
After a night's rest, 50 fathers and villagers, under the leadership of Zhang Mantun, began to reclaim the wasteland.
On the first day, weeds are removed.
The weeds in the wall are taller than people in many places, and several large haystacks are piled up in a day, and Lu's father said with a smile: "These grasses are so fat, they are just right for raising cattle." ”
When Da Kui heard this, he began to ponder the question of what kind of cattle to raise.
Lu Fanhong is also thinking about breeding, he doesn't understand, but he knows that he must consult professionals, who to find?
There is also the problem of planting, you can't plant blindly, his father can do farm work, but whether he can grow good things and the yield is high, it is difficult to say. Science, only science is the primary productive force.
He needs agricultural specialists.
He decided to go to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to find someone.
The next day, 5 kilometers of road were repaired.
Zhang Mantun and Da Kui went to the road and walked two kilometers, Zhang Mantun saw that there were many rocks on the roadside, so he had an idea, he said to Da Kui, just use these stones to fill those big pits, and then buy some stones and stone powder to spread on it.
At the end of the day, the stones and mud debris on the road were cleaned up, the drainage ditches on the side of the road were also dredged, and the pits were all filled.
On the third day, the paving layer.
Da Kui bought dozens of truckloads of gravel in the town's stone quarry, and poured it on the road, and he also rented a dozen small carts in the stone quarry, and everyone worked together, and at the end of the day, the surface layer was also paved.
Zhang Mantun felt that he was not very satisfied, he thought about it, and told Dakui that it would be very flat to pave a layer of cement with stone powder, and when it rained, the cement would solidify, so that the road surface was not easy to accumulate water and be damaged.
Da Kui admires this unattractive Zhang Mantun very much, he has done a lot of work before, and he has many ideas.
After two more days, the 5-kilometer road surface was repaired, Dakui drove back and forth a few times, it was very smooth, the dust was not too big, and after the rain, the road was cleaner and more solid.
In the future, it doesn't matter when the city builds the road.
The final foundation work was to dredge the sewers and improve the drainage facilities.
It took a week, digging what should be dug and dug through, Dakui bought dozens of meters of cement pipes back, they combed the entire drainage system, it happened to be a heavy rain, and it was backfilled after confirming that the drainage was smooth.
Da Kui wanted to go all out and repair the road surface in the field, Zhang Mantun had a different opinion, he said that the excavators, bulldozers, and tractors should be transferred in first, and the road should be repaired only after the functional partitions in the field were completed.
Da Kui asked him why he used these machines, and he said that these fields had been placed for more than ten years, and they had to be deeply cultivated with tractors.
Slopes and uneven farmland for greening should be trimmed with bulldozers, and excavators should be used for transplanting trees and demolishing unwanted buildings.
There is also a pool of several hundred square meters in the field, drain the water, dig down one meter with an excavator, and you can raise fish later. The dug up sludge can be used as organic fertilizer.
But if the road is built first, the entry of these machinery is a problem, and the newly beaten concrete pavement is easily damaged.
Da Kui felt that Zhang Mantun was very reasonable, so he did what he planned.
They did not have design drawings, so they completed the layout of the functional area in the venue according to the floor plan and renderings drawn by Tang Xinrong, plus Zhang Mantun's experience.
The project is progressing smoothly, and everyone is in full swing.
Director Lu, the master and his female disciples all came to inspect on weekends, and they all smiled with satisfaction when they saw the rapid changes in the wasteland.