Early the next morning, I took Bai Zhiming to inspect the land, and he collected and sampled the land on our side, and took several areas of land for survey.

I drove him on a tractor all day, not only surveying the land, but also combining the surrounding temperature and humidity with the weather conditions here, which was quite complicated.

After walking in many places, Bai Zhiming grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and then said to me: "Most of the places you took me to today are mainly this kind of coarse sandy soil, which belongs to warm soil. ”

Naturally, I didn't know what warm soil was, so I asked curiously, "So what is this soil suitable for?" ”

"It's very wide, but based on the weather conditions and average annual temperatures, I think it's a good choice to grow grapes."

"Grapes?" I was surprised.

Bai Zhiming nodded and said seriously: "The growth of grapes requires well-drained soil, which must maintain a certain humidity but not contain too much water, and warm soil is the most suitable." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the mountain not far away, and continued: "This slope is good for the concentration of sunlight and better drainage, which is very suitable for growing vines. ”

I heard it in a fog, but he said that it was suitable for growing grapes, and of course I believed it.

At the same time, I also have a general idea in my heart, it is good to grow grapes, grapes can be made into wine, can also be made into raisins.

I nodded solemnly and asked, "Is it suitable for all the lands?" ”

"Not really," he paused, then pointed to the back of the mountain, "for example, on the back mountain, there is not enough sunlight, the soil is relatively thin, and the bottom is probably sedimentary rock. ”

I carefully wrote down the small notebook, and while I was taking notes, he said: "However, the area in the back mountain is more suitable for planting Chinese medicinal materials, such as Polygonatum polygonatum, Astragalus, and andrographis, which are planted in the hilly area." ”

I wrote them down one by one because every word he said was useful.

He also told me that if I really want to grow grapes on a large scale, I must ask some people who know the relevant skills to train the villagers, because grapes are not easy to grow, unlike Chinese cabbage.

Bai Zhiming stayed in the village for another night that night, and told me a lot of questions about the soil, and we left each other's mobile phone numbers, so that I could ask him any questions as soon as possible.

My harvest was quite large, I knew what was suitable for planting, and I knew how to manage the soil.

The next thing to do is to confirm this matter, and then apply for funds from above, and buy grape seedlings in large quantities.

Naturally, the matter of applying for funds was left to Patriarch Liu and Patriarch Zhou, and what I wanted to do was to register and divide the shares of all the land pulled out by all the peasant households, and formulate the equity book.

The matter of breaking the land boundary and engaging in a collective economy soon spread to the county seat, and the leaders at the top also attached great importance to it, and even came down to inspect it in person.

I also told the leaders all my ideas, and the leaders naturally wanted to make some political achievements, so I didn't say anything and supported it.

It's just that there is still a bit of a problem with the funding, after all, this is the poorest county, and even if the leaders support the project, it will be difficult to allocate a lot of money.

In the end, the county determined that the funds taken out were only 3 million, which was difficult for me, because 3 million was too little, and I was afraid that it would not be enough to buy agricultural machinery.

But this is already the greatest effort of the county leaders, they said that if they can really do the results, then they will apply for funds from the city leaders.

So the problem for me now is to build the orchard so that the upper leadership can see hope, and only then can we get more financial support.

The 3 million allocated by the county has solved some small problems in front of us, such as the purchase of agricultural machinery and the first batch of grape seedlings.

In order to buy good grape seedlings, I even went to the county seat once and asked the county leaders to help solve the problem through government channels.

In the end, grape seedlings from Xinjiang were selected, and Xinjiang grapes themselves are also famous in the country, and they were purchased by the government, so it should not be a big problem.

Everything went according to my ideas, except for a bit of financial difficulties, everything went well.

I also set up a professional production team with Cheng Xiaohu as the core, and the people who joined this team were all young people from the two townships, and the oldest was not more than 40 years old.

The main job of this brother's team is to be responsible for all the production affairs of the orchard, which I directly ordered, and the salary system for this team is 2,000 yuan per month.

Cheng Lu was not idle, I asked her to lead the women in the township to plant grape seedlings at a salary of 80 yuan per person per day.

All this money was deducted from the three million allocated by the county, which was actually very economical, but these were all necessary money.

But rural work is not so easy to do, there are always a few people who are not satisfied, and I even heard some gossip reaching my ears.

Some people say: Why did I, a foreigner, let me take the money allocated by the county and let them work for me?

Some people also said: Why can the team with Cheng Xiaohu as the core get a salary, while others just do the salary day after day?

There are even people who say that they want to drive me out of Qinglong Township, and they don't allow me, an outsider, to point fingers.

Once these rumors spread, even Patriarch Zhou and Patriarch Liu couldn't stop it, and they were also very helpless.

I didn't pay much attention to it at first, because I had already thought of such gossip.

But on this day, these rumors have brought great trouble to our work, causing the production team to not go to work, and also to the grape seedling planting side to strike!

As soon as I found out, I realized that it was because of those gossips that made it difficult for them to continue their work.

The problem seems to have to be addressed, and the spread of these rumours must be stopped.

For this reason, I called the people who usually make trouble to the village, and I wanted to talk to them in person.

These troublemakers are nothing more than some lazy people, most of whom have not taken out the land, but are still talking behind their backs.

I didn't scold Patriarch Liu like Patriarch Zhou, after all, I am not from my hometown, and I believe that most peasants can still understand.

In the yard, I asked them to sit together.

After pouring tea for them, he said: "Calling you over today is actually for your various doubts about me during this time, don't talk about it behind my back, let's all talk about it on the bright side today!" ”

But no one dared to speak first, and they were all silent.

I amused for a moment, and then said, "Don't you know what to say?" Then let me tell you! I've heard people say that I've embezzled the money allocated by the county, right? ”

Still no one spoke, but some people began to talk.

I looked at the villagers who were talking and said, "Say it all, it's okay, I called you here today to solve the problem." ”

A villager in his forties waved his hand and said, "What else is there to say!" Everyone knows that the county has allocated a lot of money to our township, but we haven't even seen a single horse. ”

After someone spoke, someone chimed in: "That's it, that's for us peasants!" Why are you carrying your pockets? ”