Chapter 417: Sand Sea's Results

This withered yellow is not the dull yellow of the desert, nor is it a dark scene. Instead, the sky is bright and as white as snow.

Against this backdrop, the withered and yellow leaves are no longer frightening, but instead make people feel the vitality.

It is the continuous Haloxylon ammodendron forest.

In addition to Haloxylon ammodendron, there are various other tree species mixed under the forest, including sea buckthorn, Caragana korshinskii, Salix babylonica, Styrax truncatula, Populus euphratica, etc.

Occasionally you can see various small animals.

The sand was still there, but it was no longer scary.

Guo Yang replied: "Yes, we are here, Luo Xiu, stop at the higher platform in front."

"Row."

This platform seemed to be a place specially reserved for parking and inspection. The view was also good and one could see the surrounding woodlands.

At this moment, Guo Yao and the other two kept turning around, looking at the woods in surprise.

They were also villagers who had lived in this area since childhood, but now, only the place name remains and all other traces are gone.

Broken walls, flying sand and rocks, abandoned farmlands, abandoned houses...it turned out that this place was completely unsuitable for living.

So there are various types of immigration, including labor immigration, educational immigration, and living with relatives and friends. Everyone who can leave has left.

Guo Rong and his two brothers also left their hometown as labor migrants, while the fourth and fifth daughters married and moved far away, and they had not seen each other for several years or even decades.

Now when I come to this area again, it seems as if the world has completely changed, and all the scenes of decay have disappeared.

Instead, it turned into neat woodlands, and the sky became as clear and bright as that of the northwestern grasslands.

If he hadn't been staring out the car window, silently recalling every road and every canal, Guo Rong thought it would be difficult for him to recognize where this place was.

This is the outskirts of Qingtu Lake, an area that was once covered by the desert.

When no one noticed, Guo Rong gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Guo Yang walked in front and took the three people to the nearest Haloxylon ammodendron forest and introduced some basic information to them.

Afterwards, I visited many places one after another, and visited the main sand control plants such as sea buckthorn, Atriplex canescens, Tamarix, Caragana, Ammopiptanthus mongolica, Lycium barbarum, and Elaeagnus angustifolia.

In some areas with better conditions, economic forests of convolvulus, plums, prunes, pears and peaches can also be seen.

“Haloxylon ammodendron is just one option for sand control. After preventing the sandstorm, we can plant some fruit trees appropriately;
You can also choose to plant Xanthoceras sorbifolia. Both of these are currently Jiahe’s high-quality projects.

Haloxylon ammodendron can parasitize Cistanche deserticola. If it is well managed and enters the high-yield period, the income per mu can easily reach 8000 to 20000 yuan. If it can be processed, the income per mu can even reach to yuan. This has been verified.

In comparison, the current benefits of Xanthoceras sorbifolia are still uncertain, but they will not be too bad.

It depends on your choice.”

Guo Lan said, "Brother, none of us know how to do this. What if we fail?"

Guo Yang pondered and said, "With Jiahe providing technical support, as long as we are willing to put in the effort, the probability of success is very high."

"What if?" Guo Lan continued to ask, "It will take four to five years to plant the trees. We are not young anymore. If we don't make money, we will waste our time."

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, feeling that handling such household affairs was more difficult than managing a company.

At this time, Guo Yao said, "Third sister, you haven't even started yet, but you're already thinking so much. I'll provide all the resources and start-up capital. Aren't you worrying too much?"

"Second brother, it's easy for you to say that. Zhang Zhang and his sister are married and have children, but my Lin Lin is still single!"

Guo Lan muttered: "If you ask me, with this money, why not do anything else? Why do you have to use it to control desertification?"

In fact, what she wanted to say was that since she had money, it would be easier to just give it to them directly, but it was a little difficult for her to say it out loud.

So, she looked at Guo Rong and said, "Sixth brother, do you think this makes sense?"

Guo Rong had already guessed what his third sister was thinking. He shook his head and looked at Guo Yang.

"Little brother, I'm planning to do it. Can you help me choose one? Which one do you think is suitable for me, the Haloxylon ammodendron or the Xanthoceras sorbifolia?"

Guo Yang smiled and asked, "Sixth Brother is in Wuhai, right?"

"Yes." Guo Rong said, "I have been working in a coal factory. I can earn some money, but it is also a life of hard work. Since I am willing to support my career, I will try again while I can still move."

"Old Six, you should think it through." Guo Lan was a little dissatisfied and deliberately reminded him, "You should know how difficult it is to control desertification. After a few years of work, you will be skinned alive even if you don't die."

Guo Rong cursed him in his heart: "What a fool."

His third sister is too calculating. She is the same when it comes to her son's search for a wife. She is very petty. She doesn't like the ones who are attracted to her family, and the ones she likes don't like her. Afterwards, she likes to curse and swear, causing her reputation to gradually collapse.

This time I'm willing to give a helping hand. You're already calculating before it even starts. Do you really think I don't understand?
"I've figured it out a long time ago." Guo Rong said with a smile, "I'm not free in the coal factory either. Just tell me, little brother, what should I do?"

Guo Yang thought about it. Wuhai is a resource-based city with rich coal resources. It rose in the 60s because of the construction of the "Small Third Line".

However, due to industrial development, the local desertification situation is also very serious.

Guo Yang pondered and said, "If Sixth Brother wants to stay in Wuhai, it is better to start with sand control with saxaul. Only when the wind and sand are under control can we think about making money next."

"Okay, then let's plant Haloxylon ammodendron first to control desertification." Guo Rong agreed readily.

Guo Yang felt more favorable towards Guo Rong, and then looked at Guo Yao and Guo Lan.

Guo Yao said: "I'm at Dengkou, so I'll plant some Haloxylon ammodendron first."

Guo Lan hesitated for a while before she spoke: "Baotou is a little far from the desert. I want to try planting trees first."

Guo Yang nodded without any emotion.

Guo Lan added: "I want to try growing pears and peaches first."

"All is fine." Guo Yang said.

Guo Lan's face immediately showed joy. Compared with sand control, planting pears and peaches is undoubtedly easier and it is easier to see results.

In fact, she thought that as long as the orchard looked good, it would be good to use the money saved to live on.

A few people were out for the whole day, and at noon they went to a project department at a base in the sand sea to have lunch.

After lunch, I walked around for another two or three hours in the afternoon.

During this time, Guo Yang also roughly understood the situation of the Shahai base.

The trees on the outer edge of the desert are fine. In six or seven years, they have grown to more than one meter tall. However, the trees near the front of the desert are not so optimistic.

The wind and sand erosion is very severe, and some Haloxylon ammodendron trees have exposed their roots.

But compared to the lifeless desert, it is much better, and these trees are just for blocking the wind and sand.

...

After New Year's Day, Guo Yang did not leave immediately, but went to find Lu Hanbin to discuss the planning and current situation of sand control.

The current agricultural and pastoral area in the desert is large enough, and sand control has entered a new stage.

Pay more attention to the benefits brought by the industry.

At the end of 07, Guo Yang used the seed store to cultivate a lot of desert plants, including edible forage grasses and shrubs, Chinese medicinal materials, fruit trees, etc.

These varieties all have one thing in common.

It has economic value and can conserve water resources at the same time.

Nowadays, they have all been used in sand control in the sea of ​​sand, and some have already produced economic benefits.

Therefore, when Guo Yang learned that Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry’s revenue this year also exceeded 15 billion yuan, he was not surprised.

What surprised him was that Shahai was almost breaking even.

"In addition to Cistanche deserticola, the income from animal husbandry was also quite good last year. The Caragana korshinskii and Ammopiptanthus mongolicus cultivated by the company are both high-quality natural feeds. This year, we not only slaughtered black mountain pigs, but also a lot of cattle and sheep, and the feed can also be sold to the outside."

In the office, Guo Yang and Lu Hanbin were chatting while making tea.

The existing desert area in Shahai exceeds 300 million mu, and more than 100 million mu of it can generate benefits.

Among them, nearly 20 mu of Cistanche deserticola parasitic on Haloxylon ammodendron have entered the high-yield period, and the output value of this part alone exceeds 10 billion yuan.

Animal husbandry also contributed more than 2 million yuan in output value.

Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "The rest was contributed by the coal bosses."

Lu Hanbin laughed and said, "The coal bosses have really made great efforts. The southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert is almost completely occupied by bosses and companies that come to invest in the sand industry. We have collected a lot of seeds, seedlings, and custody service fees this year.

This summer and autumn, Chinese herbal medicines such as licorice, ephedra, and isatis root, as well as fruit trees such as wolfberry and angustifolia, can also generate value.”

"Well done." Guo Yang said.

Lu Hanbin smiled and said, "But we may still not be able to hand over profits to the group. This year, we will also plant Xanthoceras sorbifolia energy forest in Shahai."

"It's okay. I'm already very satisfied with the results I've achieved so far."

In his previous life, Guo Yang seldom heard of huge profits in the sand industry, as most of them could only survive by relying on government subsidies.

Some big investors may have persisted for more than ten years before barely achieving certain results.

Although there are species supporting the sea of ​​sand, the cruelty of the desert environment is there, and it is difficult to ensure the survival of trees and seeds.

It is not easy for Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry to reach this point in more than six years.

Before leaving, Guo Yang promised Lu Hanbin that when Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry made a profit, in addition to the employee dividend plan, he would also be given a certain amount of employee stock ownership.

This is also the first time he has made such a commitment to a company other than Huinong.com.

But he believes that as the group has grown to this point, giving senior executives a small amount of shares, even 0.1% or 0.5%, will bring different management benefits.

He is learning from Cargill, one of the four largest grain traders.

The family of Cargill's founder no longer personally participated in the management of Cargill. Instead, they hired professional managers and gave executives shares after they achieved results.

This management model allows the founder's family to reap profits every year.

Guo Yang will not withdraw from Jiahe for the time being, but he also wants to make himself more relaxed and make Jiahe run more efficiently.

Lu Hanbin was also very excited about the promise he made, which was a recognition and reward for his work.

He was grateful for his persistence over the years.

After staying for a day, Guo Yang prepared to return to Jiuquan. Before leaving, he remembered something, "By the way, Hanbin, I'll send you two addresses. You can send some Black Mountain pork to them."

"no problem."

"Tell me after you send it so I can estimate a time to call and ask." Guo Yang said with a smile on his face.

Lu Hanbin felt that this smile was somewhat intriguing, so he asked, "Boss, who did you send it to?"

"Pig Factory Director."

Lu Hanbin: “?”

"Ding Lei of NetEase." Guo Yang said with a smile, "And Penguin Ma."

Lu Hanbin also laughed out loud. Ding Lei has been talking about raising pigs for so long, but to this day he still doesn’t have a single pig. …

We drove back again, but no longer passed through Wuwei.

But before arriving in Jinchang, Qi Ziwen forwarded a piece of news that the relevant departments announced that the exemption of consumption tax on biodiesel would be officially implemented.

From this moment on, another huge mountain standing in front of the Xanthoceras sorbifolia and Leprosy Tree energy forest was removed.

"It's time to take a break." Guo Yang looked at the withered and yellow earth outside the car window and said, "Luo Xiu, you can rest when you get back. I also need to rest for a while."

Luo Xiu pondered the meaning of this and said, "How long will it take?"

Guo Yang pondered and said, "About a month."

"So long?" Luo Xiu asked in surprise, "Did the boss make an appointment with that person?"

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, "Who?"

"Lin... Researcher Lin."

"No." Guo Yang shook his head. He had been in contact with Lin Keqing these past two days, and the agricultural products such as Lingyan that he brought back were also quite popular.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said, "I plan to go out and play for a while during the Spring Festival."

Luo Xiu: "Then I'll come along."

"No need." Guo Yang said, "You should go home and spend time with your family. You haven't been back home this year."

After a long silence, Luo Xiu said, "Actually, I haven't been back for several years. In the past, I always went back to Jinling for vacation. My brother is going to his girlfriend's house in Jinling to celebrate the New Year, so I will go back alone."

"Where's your mother? She really doesn't care?"

"It's good that she has a new family. She never took care of my brother and me since we were little."

Guo Yang was also very familiar with Luo Xiu's family situation. His father died early, his mother remarried, and the two brothers were raised by their grandparents, but they are no longer alive.

It was for this reason that Luo Xiu joined the Jinling Qianlong Security Company, received mercenary training, and his first job was to be Guo Yang's bodyguard.

Now, it has been several years.

After thinking about it, Guo Yang said, "Okay, it's just for fun anyway."

In the evening, the two arrived in Jiuquan, and Guo Yang resumed his daily exercise.

After arriving at the company the next day, he began to arrange the work for the next month. He held meetings one after another and it took him several days to complete the deployment.

The heads of each subsidiary are given more autonomy, while the headquarters plays a more supervisory role.

In fact, he also wants an agent, but the few trustworthy people he has at the moment are still a little short of what he can offer.

There's no other way, we have to do this for now.

He also wanted to see whether any monsters would appear in Jiahe after he left.

That afternoon, Guo Yang suddenly received a call from Ding Lei, "Mr. Guo, you are here to piss me off, right?"

Guo Yang immediately understood what was going on and was secretly happy. "Just tell me if the meat tastes good or not?"

Ding Lei snorted and said, "It's frozen, so the taste is definitely not perfect."

Guo Yang curled his lips and said, "Okay, you're quite picky. I won't send it to you next time."

"Huh? Shouldn't you invite me to visit you in the desert?" Ding Lei asked doubtfully.

Guo Yang smiled and said teasingly, "Huh? You're dreaming. It's good enough that I can send it to you. I haven't bothered anyone since you created a NetEase Weibo account."

Ding Lei laughed awkwardly and said, "Business matters are business matters, and personal matters are personal matters. Look, Lao Ma and I have a good relationship."

"Yeah, I hope you two can stay together forever." Guo Yang retorted, and then said, "Hang up, there's a phone call coming in."

Hearing the dead tone coming from the phone, Ding Lei cursed, "Damn, it hung up so quickly."

Then he thought of the contrasting pig farming businesses. Jiahe's Black Mountain Pig was highly praised, while Ding's Pig was still in the planning stage, which made Ding Lei somewhat uncomfortable.

On the other hand, Guo Yang received a call from the Fujian Province Excellent New Energy Leaf Event.

Guo Yang was not surprised at all by this call, and he guessed what Ye Huodong wanted to say.

Sure enough, the other party did not shy away and said frankly that he also wanted to participate in the bioenergy industry and needed Jiahe's priority support.

Guo Yang did not break his promise and agreed immediately.

The quick implementation of the exemption of consumption tax on biodiesel is closely related to the '900 yuan' plan.

The fundamental reason was that Jiahe Grain and Oil cancelled the edible oil price war, but the public opinion about the return of gutter oil appeared in more than ten provinces and cities at the same time, most of which were manipulated by Ye.

And it was done in a very secretive manner, so Guo Yang once suspected that it was not Ye who did it.

But during this call, Ye Huodong specifically explained the context in order to get Jiahe to provide more help.

For example, the Gushan Group in Sichuan Province was instigated by Ye Huo. Yu Jianqiu of Gushan has created several incidents in many regions in North China, East China and Southeast China.

Zhuoyue New Energy also made a move.

It is also for this reason that Guo Yang made some promises in terms of seedlings, technology, processing equipment, etc.

After the consumption tax was exempted, various companies came to us, making the demand for leprosy and Xanthoceras sorbifolia seedlings even higher.

Even companies like the three major oil companies have to say good things to Jiahe when it comes to the supply of seedlings.

Although Jiahe has built dozens of nurseries in the southwest and northwest, seedlings take time to grow.

It also takes time for energy forests to bear fruit.

At this time, whoever can get the seedlings first will have the advantage.

Therefore, Ye Huodong was very satisfied with the promise made by Guo Yang, and even Jiahe's reputation was quite good in the original small circle of biodiesel.

Friday, January 8th.

Jiahe once again distributed housing to its employees, distributing more than 2,000 houses at one time.

This time, the leaders of several branches including Muhe, Tianhe, Hexi, Quanwang, Denong, and Jiahe Grain and Oil were responsible for allocating the houses.

After attending for a while, Guo Yang disappeared from the public sight.

However, as online information dissemination became more popular, platforms such as Weibo emerged.

Jiahe's grand housing distribution event caused a sensation across the country, and countless employees expressed their envy online.

A series of titles such as "the company with the best employee benefits" and "the best company" have been given to Jiahe.

There were numerous media reports and celebrity interviews. Some people praised it, some were dismissive, and some were analyzing how much money Golden Harvest made last year.
No one knows the exact data.

But we can make some inferences from the data released by other similar companies.

In the past year, the financial crisis has had a profound impact on the global economy.

The share price of ADM, one of the four major grain traders, has fallen by half. Bunge and Louis Dreyfus are also not favored by the capital market. Even the unlisted Cargill saw its profit data for the first three quarters fall by as much as 60%.

The situation of other agricultural supplies, agricultural machinery and other enterprises is not optimistic either.

The same is true in the country.

Although Jiahe's major businesses such as seeds, agricultural machinery, milk, forage, grain and oil, supermarkets, and agricultural supplies are dazzling, there are also many irrational investments.

When it comes to so-called irrational investments, the media specifically pointed out projects such as Dunhuang West Lake, the National Desert Park, and desert and river management.

Especially the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland, some media went there specifically to see it and took photos and videos.

The Dunhuang West Lake wetland is still dominated by white salt and alkali, and the desolate and lonely Gobi desert, and the wetland seems to have not changed.

Some media wrote:
“During a local interview, some local villagers said that in recent years, apart from the people from the West Lake Administration, Jiahe has not even planted a tree or a blade of grass in the wetland.

I don’t know where the 300 billion yuan investment that Jiahe mentioned was invested was actually invested.

Maybe this is a bottomless pit, and any profits Golden Harvest makes will be buried in it.”

Therefore, most people agree that Golden Harvest did not make much money in the past year.

Furthermore, if Jiahe’s main business performance is not satisfactory, it is likely to face financial difficulties in the future.

When Guo Yang was ice fishing in Xiangyang Lake, he couldn't help laughing when he thought of such remarks.

This was exactly the result he wanted.

If we keep a low profile, there won't be so many people targeting Jiahe.

In fact, all ecological governance investments made by Jiahe will bring benefits.

Jiahe’s performance report for last year hasn’t come out yet, but Guo Yang knows it’s not far off…

"Whoosh..."

The sound of the fishing line being pulled wildly brought Guo Yang back to his senses, and he quickly tried to stand the rod upright.

The fierce fight made Guo Yang clench his teeth. This long-lost feeling made his adrenaline surge and his blood boil!

An hour later, a large pike was pulled up.

He stopped being distracted and focused on fishing. Not far from his fishing spot, there was a video recording device, but it didn't film anyone.

In one day, he and Luo Xiu gained a lot.

In the evening, when Guo Yang saw Luo Xiu start reading books and tutorials about fishing, he knew that he had fallen into the trap.

Two days later, Luo Xiu finally got the hang of it, and his catch began to increase slowly.

So he read more diligently.

Guo Yang also uploaded his first video on the video section of Huinong.com. He plans to upload this month’s travel records to the Internet.

Guo Yang once again spent this Spring Festival fishing.

During this period, Lin Keqing also invited him to go to the capital, but he refused.

If I go to Beijing at this time, I will definitely meet that old man, and I will inevitably have to visit other leaders as well, which is too troublesome.

Even if I go there, I won’t be able to fish so happily.

During the Spring Festival, Guo Yang and Luo Xiu were fishing and their catches were increasing.

On the Spring Festival, Guo Yang tried cooking for the first time in this world, and the stew turned out to be surprisingly good.

Luo Xiu suggested that he become a food blogger, but Guo Yang is very self-disciplined. With his cooking skills, it would be more interesting if he failed.

Before the end of the Spring Festival holiday, Guo Yang contacted Lian Cun from the Tianhe Seed Collection Team.

He was preparing to take a trip to the plateau. After holding back for a year, it was almost time to grow new seeds.

If I have the chance, I will also go to the Bayi Glacier.

(End of this chapter)