Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 351 The first effect
The local area is very face-saving. Several major leaders from the province and the city have come. ／0.04 of the arable land is short of potassium, and the establishment of Huinong Wanshan Potash Fertilizer Plant has made up for the shortage of potash fertilizers in my country, and can provide high-quality and cheap potash fertilizers for farmers and help them increase their income.”

The three most needed fertilizers for crop growth are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Nitrogen is a component of protein, nucleic acid, and chlorophyll in plants; phosphorus is used to promote crop growth and enhance crop resistance to cold and drought; potassium has the ability to ensure the smoothness of various metabolic processes. These three nutrients are indispensable for carrying out functions such as promoting plant growth, enhancing resistance to diseases and insect pests and lodging resistance.

China has been building nitrogen fertilizer plants since the 50s, and surpassed the Soviet Union in 1990 to become the world's largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers; phosphate fertilizer production has also made rapid progress, and is now at the forefront of the world, and may surpass the United States to become the world's number one in a few years; However, the field of potash fertilizer has grown slowly. Although the country built a potash fertilizer plant in Qinghai Chaerhan Salt Lake in 1958, it is a pity that due to no breakthrough in key technologies, the output has not been able to increase for a long time, and potash fertilizer has long been dependent on imports.

In recent years, people's demand for chemical fertilizers has increased rapidly. Last year alone, the country imported 1574.96 million tons of potash fertilizers, and the gap in potash fertilizers is also increasing. Fearing that China will change from a big importer of chemical fertilizers to a big exporter of fertilizers in the future, China still needs a large amount of foreign exchange to import potash fertilizers from abroad every year, and the annual import volume exceeds 500 million tons.

Like iron ore, soybeans and other resources, foreign chemical fertilizer giants saw that China needed potash fertilizers, and they united to manipulate prices. From 05 to 07, the price of imported potash fertilizers rose directly from 1400 US dollars per ton to 2800 US dollars per ton, a full double Doubled, the four giants, Nutrien of Canada, Mosaic of the United States, Ural Potash Company of Russia, and Potash Plant of Belarus, directly made crazy profits.

And Tongren owns a rare large potash mine in China, with proven reserves of more than 35 billion tons in the future, and it is easy to mine, with stable layers, and can basically be open-pit mined, so when the leader asked him to invest in Guizhou last time, Li Lei thought of this right away. After promising an investment of [-] million yuan, the local leaders took the initiative to help and found a solution to the policy restrictions in the field of chemical fertilizers. Only then did today's results come, making Huinong the first large-scale company in China Large-scale intake of private enterprises in the fertilizer production industry.

Other private enterprises have to wait for more than a year to enter the chemical fertilizer industry. Li Lei can take the lead mainly because he gave too much. Today's [-] million yuan is a big project, let alone Guizhou. How many poor provinces are ranked last in the country in terms of economic level?When the local leaders heard the news, they immediately went to the capital to seek help. The old leaders also missed the development of Guizhou, and they couldn’t bear to let Guizhou miss such a good opportunity. Moreover, the country is really short of potash fertilizers. That’s why Huinong got the early access to chemical fertilizers. field tickets.

After several leaders finished speaking, it was Li Lei's turn to appear on the stage. He began to introduce the situation of the potash fertilizer plant, ".Tongren is the largest insoluble potassium resource in China, which can be used by super-large potash fertilizer enterprises with an annual output of 500 million tons of potash fertilizer for 1000 years. The establishment of Huinong Wanshan Potash Fertilizer Plant relies on this rich resource. The investment of 500 million in the first phase of the project has been fully invested, and additional investment will continue in the future. The total investment will exceed [-] million. The project is adopted by Huinong Group Co-developed with the Department of Chemical Engineering of Chung Yuan University, the low-temperature decomposition of potassium rock technology by fluosilicic acid circulation method has passed the review of the national science and technology department and is in the leading position in the world.”

When the ceremony ended and the meal began, Li Lei invited Professor Tang Liqiang and Professor Bai Wenbo from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Zhongyuan University to the chief seat, and made a grand introduction to several leaders, "Leader, these two are low-temperature Professor Tang and Professor Bai, the inventors of the technology of decomposing potassium rock, we Huinong dared to invest so much money to build such a large potash fertilizer plant, all thanks to the technology provided by them!"

Li Lei first met Tang Liqiang because of a problem with the phosphate fertilizer in the Heyang County Fertilizer Factory. Professor Tang is a well-known phosphate fertilizer expert in China. He sent Jiao Gaoliang to easily solve the problem of poor product quality in the Heyang County Fertilizer Factory. Jiao Gaoliang was also abducted by Li Lei. He was first sent to the United States to study, and then sent to Europe to lead the development of slow-release fertilizers. Now he has achieved great results, and he can return to China to build factories as soon as the policy is relaxed.

Since getting to know Professor Tang, Li Lei and the Department of Chemical Engineering of Chung Yuan University have cooperated more and more closely. According to the information in his mind, Li Lei invested a lot of research funds in them for the development of various agricultural-related chemical products, including chemical fertilizers, Pesticides, veterinary drugs, etc. Among them, Professor Bai Wenbo is in charge of the development of low-temperature decomposition of potassium rock technology by the fluorosilicic acid cycle method. Li Lei provided sufficient funds and used later generations to help him point out the research direction. Therefore, Bai Wenbo The team made rapid progress and made a breakthrough in potash fertilizer production technology, and now this technology can finally be applied.

"This is mainly due to Professor Bai. I'm still doing more research on phosphate fertilizers, and I haven't contributed much to this project!" Tang Liqiang said modestly.

"Since Mr. Li made a special roll call, it means that Professor Tang must have made great contributions! Come on, on behalf of the 500 million people in Guizhou, I will toast the two professors and thank them for their contributions!" The leader of the provincial government is very happy today, Take the initiative to raise a glass to toast the two professors.

The two professors also felt that their faces were bright. After drinking, the leader asked about the research and development of this technology. Bai Wenbo was also full of emotion, "I went to Canada to study and learned the technology of industrial potash fertilizer production. I just wanted to produce results as soon as possible, so as to repay the country’s training; but at that time, the country’s economy was still very backward, and the research funds allocated to me were pitifully small, and I was not even able to buy some basic research equipment. I was powerless! Fortunately, Then I met Li Dong!"

Tang Liqiang helped him explain, "Mr. Li first came to us to solve a small problem about the production of phosphate fertilizer. After we finished, Mr. Li asked us if we were interested in further cooperation? I was curious at the time, thinking that the university There seems to be no chance of cooperation with private enterprises! Unexpectedly, Mr. Li shocked me as soon as he came up. He said he was willing to donate to the research of me and other professors! Huinong Company provides the research funds, we provide the manpower, and we will make it at that time The achievement, the honor belongs to us, and the patent belongs to Huinong.”

"I also explained to Director Li that doing research is very expensive, so I knew that Director Li would immediately ask me, is 100 million enough? As long as the project is suitable, he can send over 100 million immediately! But I thought I heard Wrong, this is 100 million ten years ago!"

"Professor Tang, don't talk about you, I feel incredible! If I remember correctly, in 82, the state allocated an additional 88 million yuan for scientific research to 2000 key colleges and universities affiliated to various departments of the central government. The colleges and universities add up to 88 million, and each school is divided into hundreds of thousands, and Li Dong will give you 2000 million for one department?" A leader from the education department asked in surprise.

Sound pathetic?However, this is the real situation of university research institutions in the 80s. At that time, there were wastes everywhere and money was spent everywhere, and the national fiscal revenue was only so much. Even the 2000 million was picked from the fingers. Even at that time The vice-president of the Government Affairs Council, which is in charge of managing the education field, also specifically explained in the instructions, "The Ministry of Education may feel that there is a little less, but this year's finances are still not well-off, and there are always some at the beginning. In the future, it is possible to consider increasing it year by year."

"That's right, it's 100 million! Of course it's not a one-time payment, but a payment based on the progress of the research! We couldn't believe it when we heard it. It wasn't until Director Li brought the bank deposit certificate that we knew that we had met the God of Wealth." Lord! The department was so happy at that time! The first thing I realized was to block the news, and I must not let other people know. Come here to grab this funding, maybe people from other provinces will come too!" Recalling the events of that year, Tang Liqiang couldn't help but smile.

"I had to grab it when I heard it back then! No wonder the Department of Chemical Engineering of Central Plains Province has made rapid progress and produced frequent results in recent years. It turned out that Director Li helped provide funds! Judging from these and the potash fertilizer plant established today, the money Absolutely no white flowers!" It was still the leader from the education department who spoke. He happened to be the leader of a certain university back then, and he was also troubled by funding issues.

"Well, the 100 million that year has now produced benefits worth tens of millions, and it will increase to [-] million or one billion in the future! This is what Comrade Xixian said, 'Science and technology are the primary productive forces!'" the provincial government The top leaders have a very high theoretical level, and they immediately raised what they said to the theoretical level.

"Mr. Li is generous, but the requirements are also high. For the first time we applied for many projects, Mr. Li called all of them back, saying that these projects are too backward and lack of research value! Then he provided us with international chemical frontiers. The information has helped us delineate some directions, let us choose suitable projects for research from here!" Tang Liqiang continued.

Li Lei has so much information in his mind, and he is very clear about the future development of agriculture-related technologies, so naturally he will not spend money on meaningless things!And with him pointing the way, Tang Liqiang, Bai Wenbo and others can avoid many detours.

"Seeing that the project I applied for was rejected, many teachers thought that Li Dong did not sincerely want to fund our research, so many people backed out; I also had the same idea at the time. I haven't got the project yet, and according to the information I learned outside, these directions given by Li Dong are indeed worthy of research, so I chose the direction of potassium rock decomposition! I reported it with the idea of ​​just in case, but I didn't expect Li Dong to immediately It was approved! The first tranche gave me 10 yuan of funds to buy equipment, and he also helped me solve the problems of exchanging foreign exchange and importing!" Bai Wenbo still remembers how surprised he was when he got the funds. His mind went blank for 5 minutes, and he stood there holding the money in a daze for 5 minutes. Tang Liqiang yelled several times but he didn't hear him.

"At that time in the Special Economic Zone, I heard Mr. Xie from Chia Tai talk about the development history of international agricultural giants. Whether it is American Stanley Fertilizer or Japanese Kubota Agricultural Machinery, every step of the development of these companies is inseparable from technological breakthroughs. So I had this idea at the time, if Huinong wants to grow and develop, it must be inseparable from technological breakthroughs! But at that time, Huinong was still very weak, and the conditions in our country were different, and the college graduates at that time were not Will come to private enterprises! So I learned from the advanced experience of foreign companies, chose to cooperate with universities, and funded them to carry out the research we need!" Li Lei said with a smile.

Back then, he cooperated with many universities and research institutes, which was like sowing many seeds. Now the efforts of those years have finally paid off. With the technical capital to build a potash fertilizer plant, this plant will bring him hundreds of millions of returns every year in the future, and there is almost no risk of return.

The domestic demand for potash fertilizer will continue to grow, and the potash fertilizer that other chemical fertilizer factories can provide is quite limited, which is far from meeting the market demand. As long as they can be put into production smoothly, they can sell as much as they produce. There is no need for instant noodles and ham sausage. Facing fierce competition like that is almost equivalent to building a money printing machine that can be used continuously for decades.

"This kind of experience is really worth learning! Li Dong, can you consider replicating this successful experience in Guizhou? Although the research level of our colleges and universities in Guizhou is far inferior to that of Central Plains Province, we still have some strengths in certain fields. For example, fermentation technology, herbal medicine planting technology, etc., there may not be opportunities to cooperate with Huinong!" The leader with an educational background began to fight for funding for local colleges and universities.

"Even if you don't say it, I will mention it! Now that the cooperation between Huinong and Guizhou is getting closer and closer, it is not appropriate to put all the research in other provinces, so I discussed it with Professor Tang and Professor Bai, and I plan to cooperate with the local people in Guizhou. Collaborate with universities to set up a potassium fertilizer research group in Tongren, which is responsible for researching various problems faced in the process of potash fertilizer production! We benefit farmers to provide funds, and Guizhou will send researchers!" Li Lei also has plans for a long time, Guizhou Potassium reserves are abundant, and it is more convenient for local colleges and universities to conduct research in this field than other places. They have also cultivated some talents over the years. What they lack are funds and clear directions, which Li Lei can provide.

"Okay, then let's make a deal, I'll call now!" The leader couldn't even wait for the meal to finish.

(End of this chapter)