Chapter 450: Work after the New Year
"Xinjiang Province plans to build 10 million mu of Xanthoceras sorbifolia energy forest."

"Tongliao region introduced CNPC and determined the development plan of one million mu of energy forest."

"Ningxia Province's Three North Shelterbelt Forest Plans to Plant Xanthoceras Sorbiculata on a Large Scale."

"Yanchang Petroleum plans to build an energy forest base in northern Shaanxi..."

“Energy giants at home and abroad, such as Suntech Power and Baker Hughes, have once again returned to the jatropha energy forests in the southwest.”

During the period before the beginning of spring, negotiations began on one energy forest investment project after another.

Local governments in areas suitable for planting also spare no effort in attracting investment. In the past, planting trees was a political and ecological task.

Now planting trees has become a way to attract investment.

And it’s still very popular.

In the past, apart from minerals and energy, basically no one was interested in anything else in these remote areas.

Although minerals and energy can drive economic development, they also cause serious damage to the local ecology and environment.

Now that planting trees can drive local growth, areas suitable for planting have become popular.

Regardless of whether they have farming experience or not, people are now flocking into the energy forestry industry on a large scale.

Guo Yang calls it wild growth.

Although capital will also bring certain damage to agriculture and rural areas, overall he is happy to see it happen.

If an industry loses the attention of capitalists, it will always be a low-level existence, and this is especially true for agriculture.

Now is a period of capital madness.

Guo Yang hopes that someone will pay attention to the water shortage in the northwest, but not many people have yet realized the seriousness of this problem.

Or do you think this is natural? Hasn't the northwest always been short of water?

Xanthoceras sorbifolia is an extremely drought-resistant variety, and with the success of Jiahe in the Hexi Corridor, this problem must be overcome.

Therefore, various industrial and commercial capitals settled in Xinjiang Province, Ningxia Province, Inner Mongolia Province and other places.

You have one million acres today, and I will have two million acres tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow it may be ten million acres.

The price of Xanthoceras sorbifolia seeds has been hyped up again, and some people seem to not care about the seeds, or pretend not to know the importance of the variety.

Anyway, I promoted it like this, the stock price went up, and the arbitrage was completed.

As for the mess left behind, isn’t it still rotten now?
Jiahe noticed this chaos, but did nothing about it, and couldn't do anything about it. It could only manage its own little piece of land.

At least in the Hexi Corridor and the Loess Plateau in eastern Gansu, Jiahe has a great say in the Xanthoceras sorbifolia industry.

Although there are other companies investing in these two regions, the governments of more than 10 cities and prefectures will basically favor Jiahe.

The rest have not succeeded yet.

And Golden Harvest has already achieved actual results.

Most people are aware of this and hope to develop faster.

There are more than 9000 million mu of forest land and more than 2.2 million mu of wasteland in the province.

Although there are areas that cannot be developed or are difficult to develop, even if only one-tenth of them can be used to grow Xanthoceras sorbifolia, that would still be more than 3000 million mu of area.

These are already extremely impressive data.

Now more than a dozen cities and provinces hope to develop these 3000 million acres of land as soon as possible.

This part of water is not so scarce.

Because on the Loess Plateau in eastern Gansu, what we are afraid of is not water shortage but soil erosion. If we build basic water conservancy facilities, planting trees will not be a problem.

The others are in the Hexi Corridor, but are all attached to the main river basins in the corridor.

The rivers in the corridor are like combs, combing the Gobi Desert, fields and grasslands here, making the blood flow smoothly.

The Shiyang River, Heihe River and Shule River are the three main meridians in the east, middle and west of the corridor, converging large and small blood vessels in the corridor.

Grains and vegetables are grown on the most fertile land.

On the barren slopes and mountains and in the desert areas on the edge of the oasis, rows of Xanthoceras sorbifolia trees are planted.

Xanthoceras sorbifolia trees are also planted in the water conservation forests at the source and tail of the river.

Chinese herbal medicines and other crops are also grown under the trees.

Jiahe has only developed 600 million mu of such areas, of which the net planting area of ​​Xanthoceras sorbifolia is only million mu.

Moreover, as the Xanthoceras sorbifolia trees grow and the plant protection coverage rate increases, the water conditions in these areas are actually improving.

Because the ability of vegetation to conserve water resources is also highlighted.

A virtuous circle has been formed.

Therefore, when it comes to the places with the most power to develop energy forests, they still have to be the Hexi Corridor and the Loess Plateau in eastern Gansu.

Since the end of last year, these regions have also formulated various Xanthoceras sorbifolia development plans.

And they all came to Fang Xiaozhang.

After the Spring Festival, Fang Xiaozhang organized two days of work in Lanzhou, and after Guo Yang returned to Jiuquan, he also followed him to Jiuquan.

"The biggest problem in the north is the supply of seedlings. It will take at least a year to recover."

Jiahe's nursery has been expanding and building new ones, but from sowing to transplanting, even if it is done quickly, it will take a year and a half.

Guo Yang pondered and said, "It's not that easy to use capital to engage in agriculture. Follow Jiahe's pace."

Fang Xiaozhang sat on the sofa, "I'm afraid someone will be cheated by fake seedlings and delay their work for several years."

"It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words." Guo Yang didn't care. "There must be some messes to warn the world."

The seeds of Xanthoceras sorbifolia can be used for seedling cultivation, and the same goes for Glechoma longituba seeds.

Therefore, Jiahe has never thought of monopolizing the seedlings. At most, in a few years, there will be many more people operating Xanthoceras sorbifolia seedlings on the market.

But there are also differences between seedlings.

The first thing is the quality of seedlings. Jiahe has a set of seeds, nutrient soil, tissue culture, and grafting systems, as well as biotechnology to overcome the "one fruit per thousand flowers" problem.

Secondly, it is the production scale. The tissue culture factory is not only highly efficient, but also can reduce the production cost per plant to an extremely low level.

This is Jiahe’s long-term moat.

As for the next two or three years, except for Jiahe's seedlings, most of the seedlings on the market will be crooked and cracked.

Production not only requires the exploration of technology, but also takes time.

In the past two or three years, it has been difficult to bypass Jiahe and buy high-quality Xanthoceras sorbifolia seedlings.

There is a high probability of falling into a pit.

"Fortunately, the big capitals are very sober. The three oil companies, as well as Suntech Power and Baker Hughes, all want to negotiate with Jiahe for the supply of seedlings."

Fang Xiaozhang took a sip of tea and then smiled, "But Tang Weihua told them that according to their current progress, they will have as many seedlings as they want by then."

Guo Yang also smiled, "After all, he has suffered a loss once."

Most petrochemical companies have planted energy forests, so they are very cautious.

On the contrary, edible oil companies such as Guoliang have made rapid progress in the construction of Xanthoceras sorbifolia bases.

Guoliang has already acquired land in Shaanxi Province and paid the first installment of seedling money, highlighting its decisiveness.

Xanthoceras sorbifolia seedlings are also the most urgently needed at present.

The leprosy tree reproduces quickly and the water and heat conditions in the south are better, so the supply has been able to keep up, but infringements have also occurred.

There's nothing we can do about it.

After all, the technology of growing seedlings of leprosy trees is not that difficult. Jiahe can only ensure that its seedlings are the best and have a clear gap with others.

Moreover, Guo Yang also hoped that the leprosy tree would spread faster.

Guo Yang asked again: "How are the sales of Sinochem's B20 diesel?"

"That's great. I was a little skeptical when Huakang raised the average daily volume to 2400 tons, but now I see that this guy is really capable."

Fang Xiaozhang sighed, "Sinochem has already secured a supply of 2400 tons of biodiesel."

The Jiahe Tiandong plant has a maximum daily output of 4200 tons, which means that Sinochem accounts for about 57%.

2400 tons of biodiesel converted into B20 diesel is 1.2 tons, which has far exceeded Sinochem's past sales volume.

This proves that the cooperation between Jiahe and Sinochem is a true win-win situation.

Fang Xiaozhang was also very glad that his boss was decisive enough at the time and gave Sinochem a low enough cost price, which opened up the terminal market.

Guo Yang groaned: "The market is not a problem now, the speed of expansion needs to be increased."

"Mr. Tang went to Lijiang after the holiday. Do you have a map of the southwest region, boss?"

"Have."

Guo Yang asked Qi Ziwen to bring the map and spread it out on the table, and at the same time opened the satellite map on the computer.

Fang Xiaozhang took a pencil.

"The jatropha tree is actually suitable for planting in most parts of the south, but planting it in other areas will compete with food crops for land, which is not a long-term solution."

Guo Yang nodded. The non-grainization of arable land has actually existed for a long time, but it has not been strictly enforced until now. However, Jiahe will not touch it.

Fang Xiaozhang said: "Therefore, the most suitable area is still the dry and hot river valley area, and the country also encourages tree planting in the dry and hot river valley area."

Not only verbal encouragement, but also real money can be obtained.

This is also one of the reasons why Chuxiong and other regions have a long tradition of planting trees.

However, in the past, it was not only difficult to grow, but also had little economic benefit other than ecological benefit.

Of course, things will get better in another two years when capital discovers the natural advantages of growing fruit trees in these areas, but the fundamental predicament cannot be changed.

Fang Xiaozhang drew a big circle on the map and then circled several major cities and states.

Diqing, Lijiang, Dali, Chuxiong Panzhihua, Xichang...

“The dry and hot valleys are mainly distributed on the valley slopes of the Jinsha River, Yuanjiang River, Nujiang River, Nanpan River and other rivers and their tributaries.

Jiahe Biochemical's energy forest base in Chuxiong is mainly distributed near the Longchuan River basin, a tributary of the Jinsha River, namely the five cities and counties of Yuanmou, Lufeng, Mouding, Chuxiong and Nanhua.

It is also an area with convenient transportation.

This is just a small area in the dry and hot valley of the Jinsha River, and even in this area, the planting of energy forests has not yet been completed.”

Fang Xiaozhang drew another line on the map.

"In fact, from Heqing in Dali south of Lijiang to Butuo in Liangshan, it all belongs to the dry and hot valley area of ​​the Jinsha River."

From this perspective, the area under Chuxiong's jurisdiction is not small, but the leprosy trees only cover about one-third of the area.

If we zoom in to the Jinsha River Basin, it's even smaller.

What's more, in addition to the Jinsha River and its tributaries, there are also a large number of dry and hot river valleys in the Yuanjiang River, Nujiang River and Nanpanjiang River.

Fang Xiaozhang glanced at Guo Yang and said thoughtfully, "It is not advisable to develop in high-altitude and cold regions too quickly. The conditions in Qamdo, Tibet, Yushu, Qinghai, and Ganzi, Sichuan are too poor."

"We can't delay even if we are late. The nursery and the base must be advanced simultaneously." Guo Yang did not give in.

"So do you want to go further in this area?"

Fang Xiaozhang pointed with a pencil to the circled hot and dry river valley area of ​​the Jinsha River.

"What do you think?"

"Look, the five cities and counties along the Longchuan River are all prime plots of land, and it's a pity that they have all been occupied by other companies."

"Haha, then take it." Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Although this area is good, it also faces competition from fruit growers."

Fang Xiaozhang said proudly: "What fruit can make as much money as growing leprosy trees?"

"You will see it in a few years. Pay attention to the five acres for a Mercedes-Benz. It will broaden your horizons."

Guo Yang has never doubted the potential of Yunnan fruits, such as Chuxiong Yuanmou identified by Fang Xiaozhang.

This is also a typical dry and hot river valley with many barren hills and slopes, but at the same time agriculture is also doing well.

Vegetable seed production and planting in river valley areas, and fruit trees on river valley slopes.

Especially after Sunshine Rose became popular, this place became one of the most suitable planting areas, and the case of five acres of Sunshine Roses being exchanged for a Mercedes-Benz has appeared many times here.

Therefore, it is not easy to get good plots of land in the energy forest.

But there is no shortage of barren mountains and slopes here.

"There is another issue, which is also about water. The dry and hot valley can only rely on pumping stations to pump water. If it is rolled out to remote areas, how will electricity be solved?"

Guo Yang stared at the map. He agreed with Jiahe Biochemical's expansion of the energy forest.

But even though the Jinsha River is so close, the slope is still dry. There is water, but it is not surprising to see the trees drying up and dying.

Fang Xiaozhang hesitated, and he remembered that this problem did exist.

Especially for the remaining plots, the difficulty will become higher and higher, but he is not familiar with on-site planting.

Guo Yang was also aware of Fang Xiaozhang's abilities.

If Tang Weihua were here, he could come up with some feasible solutions, but Fang Xiaozhang has no first-hand experience and might not notice these details.

Guo Yang pondered and said, "I have an idea. Photovoltaic water pumping may be a good way out."

Fang Xiaozhang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Wonderful!"

The dry and hot valley area has abundant solar energy resources, and using photovoltaic power generation to extract water can indeed solve a large part of the problem.

Fang Xiaozhang said: "In the past two years, the European and American economies have been in recession, and the photovoltaic industry, which relies on exports as its main market, has also suffered a heavy blow. Cost is not a problem."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "Maybe it can be reduced to a bargain price in the future."

“The price of cabbage is too exaggerated.”

"Haha, what if?"

Photovoltaic water pumping in dry and hot valleys will be a relatively mature solution in the future.

It was when Guo Yang looked at the Yuanmou satellite map and saw that the densely packed greenhouses looked like photovoltaic panels that he was reminded of photovoltaic water pumping.

This thing will become cheaper and cheaper in the future, which is a good thing for the development of Southwest Energy Forest.

Guo Yang and Fang Xiaozhang chatted for a long time.

The working guidelines for Jiahe Biochemical this year have been set: expansion and promotion.

Simply put, it is the expansion of our own bases and the promotion of external services.

Fang Xiaozhang and others tend to complete the expansion and promotion in the advantageous areas first, that is, the dry and hot river valley areas, rather than the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet region.

Guo Yang agreed.

But the Sichuan-Tibet region cannot delay either, whether it is nurseries, demonstration bases, or factories.

He had visited 318 many times in his previous life and was very familiar with the local conditions. He knew that growing the second generation of Xanthoceras sorbifolia was absolutely feasible.

However, farmers in the Sichuan-Tibet region mainly derive their income from wild Cordyceps and Matsutake mushrooms, and are not interested in planting trees.

Take apples for example. As early as 1910, missionaries from America planted apple seeds on the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau.

More than 70 different types of varieties have been derived from this.

To this day, there are still apple trees that are nearly a hundred years old growing in Batang.

This place is also an excellent breeding area for apples and is known as the Little Jiangnan on the Plateau.

However, as one of the earliest regions to introduce apples, the apple industry in the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau has never taken off.

The key is that farmers have no enthusiasm.

In the early stages of development, almost all supplies had to be delivered to the farmers' doorsteps, and the promise of guaranteed sales of the fruits was made in order to barely push for growth in area.

The local people here prefer relatively extensive crops that do not require sophisticated management.

The dwarfing and dense planting model for apples, which requires both branch pulling and bud carving, is difficult to promote in Sichuan and Tibet.

Even if the government provides funding and lets the village cooperative run the business, the technology and management are not up to par, and in the end the cooperative has to be subcontracted to an outside company.

This is common in the Sichuan-Tibet region.

If we want to break through the industrial bottleneck, we must rely on external forces, funds, technology, and ideas to fully utilize the unique climate resources of Sichuan and Tibet.

Before Guo Yang's crossing, large tracts of land were being leveled on both sides of the Yajiang-Litang-Batang National Highway 318.

This is foreign investment, growing apples, combining tertiary industry with tourism and camping.

This is true for apples and also for Xanthoceras sorbifolia.

Whether it is to promote local development or to attract foreign capital to invest, there needs to be a local leading demonstration case.

Wherever there is a gold mine, there will definitely be gold diggers.

Therefore, Guo Yang also emphasized to Fang Xiaozhang that it is necessary to pay attention to the development of Xanthoceras sorbifolia energy forests in Sichuan-Tibet and other regions.

Demonstration cases must be created.

At the same time, he also thought of Ruiyang. Xie Hongjiang from the Western Sichuan Plateau Experimental Station had introduced this variety, but he didn't know how it was doing now.

How about building an Apple demonstration case in Sichuan and Tibet, right next to 318?

After thinking about it for a while, he thought he could give it a try.

But in this matter, it would be best to find an "agricultural entrepreneur" to let the five acres of land be exchanged for a Mercedes-Benz and follow up. By then, the effect will likely be explosive.

Just do it.

Guo Yang asked Qi Ziwen to find Xiang Tianshan.

The Spring Festival had just passed, and except for the Beijing branch, the main leaders of other companies had basically come to Jiuquan, including Xiang Tianshan.

After hearing Guo Yang's idea, Xiang Tianshan readily agreed.

"In more than a year, we have published more than 60 issues, an average of one issue per week. Resources may be tight in the future, so the more we cultivate now, the better."

"There's nothing to shoot after only 60 episodes?" Guo Yang twisted his mouth, obviously not believing it.

"Alas, the price was set too high in the early stages, and the name was also set too high."

Xiang Tianshan said with a depressed tone, "Now netizens are complaining that five acres in exchange for a Mercedes-Benz is a gimmick. So far, there has been no example of five acres in exchange for a Mercedes-Benz."

"It's okay, there's no rush."

"Boss, of course you are not in a hurry. I am the one who is in the spotlight. I am old and still being called an old liar."

"Those people are just jealous." Guo Yang said with a smile: "I heard that you have done all the tricks to get rich."

"Can that compare?"

"Why can't we compare?"

"Compared with the "How to Get Rich" course, it lowers the level of exchanging five acres for a Mercedes-Benz."

"..." Guo Yang chuckled and said, "So you don't like the book on getting rich, do you?"

"Five acres for a Benz at least helped a group of people make money. Last year's Suan Ni Hen and Jiang Ni Jun were accurately predicted by Five acres for a Benz, and a group of people made a small profit because of it. There is still a gap in reputation."

He doesn't know whether anyone has made money by reading "The Road to Wealth", but it is a fact that some people have made money by reading "Excerpt from Five Mu of Land" and exchanging it for a Mercedes-Benz.

Netizens can also provide real-time feedback through barrage, making it clear at a glance whether money is being earned or lost.

"The five-acre-for-a-Benz boom has not yet reached its peak. In two years, many projects will see real results."

Guo Yang asked: "Are there many people working on the project of the best fruit?"

Xiang Tianshan said: "Most people are skeptical, but there are quite a few who actually do it, especially those who leave Jiahe to start their own businesses, because it is not easy to buy seedlings."

“Keep following up.”

Buying seedlings is a problem that every top-quality variety will face when it first comes out.

Just like the Sunshine Rose, it is also difficult to buy seedlings at this time.

When that video was released, Sunshine Rose had not yet been introduced into China. Even if it had been introduced, there were still technological breakthroughs and market marketing hype.

Therefore, it is still unknown when it will become popular.

After handing over the task of developing the Ruiyang Apple Base in Sichuan-Tibet to Xiang Tianshan, Guo Yang also conducted some self-reflection.

What conditions are still lacking to promote the realization of Hongqi River?
Firstly, the main supporting industry: energy forestry, is already on the right track, pharmaceuticals are also under development, and capital investment enthusiasm is very high.

However, the new capital has not yet seen any benefits, and the real peak may have to wait another three years.

No one is facing the plight of water shortage now.

Once these people make money and expand, the existing water resources in the Northwest will not be enough no matter how well they are balanced.

Then will be the best time to promote Hongqi River. What we need to do now is to continue to stir up public opinion.

Thinking of this, Guo Yang wrote something in his notebook.

Beyond that is southern Tibet.

In order to reduce the difficulty of the project, this must be taken back and it must be under stable control.

Reclaiming it is not a problem, the difficult part is controlling it. But no matter what, it is definitely right to destroy India's agricultural economy.

By the way, he also wants to disgust the Americans again.

Whether it is the unwarranted seizure of Xinjiang cotton or the restriction on the export of other domestic products, trade conflicts between the East and the West are inevitable.

What made him laugh and cry was that Tianhe and Quanwang seemed to have made a breakthrough in America.

Especially for red fire ants and caltrops, the King of All has found an effective solution, which is quite interesting.

But he would not stop it, and it was even more impossible for him to say that the red fire ants and caltrops were his creation.

Besides, it has delayed the Americans for several years, which is enough.

Over the next day or two, he talked to many executives he hadn't seen for a long time.

Especially Yu Honghai, Yu Xiaochuan and Yang Guocheng who returned from overseas.

Yu Honghai has been in Africa for more than four years, and has made great progress in all aspects of his work, with the most outstanding performance in trade.

The food, fruit and oil palm production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has also improved slightly. The political situation near Kinshasa is relatively stable, and oil palm has also been planted in Mbandaka, Equateur Province.

However, the potential threat remains an unstable environment.

This problem exists with all of China's overseas aid, which is that there is no protection from military armed forces.

Fortunately, with Guo Yang's instructions, Yu Honghai was quite bold in Africa and secretly developed and supported some forces.

For example, the team of Chief Eddie of Equator Province received a batch of "junk" equipment.

While others were fighting in the eastern mining areas, Jiahe was quietly developing agriculture in the Midwest.

This also makes him still have expectations for Africa.

(End of this chapter)