Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 127 Town leaders visit the bee farm! Fang Hongan's shock! (Two in one)

When the old branch secretary came to the mud house of Fang Hongan in Shiwan Village.

Fang Hongan and Lan Wenxiu were having dinner at Fang Hongjiang's house.

During this period, Fang Chengtao worked with Fang Hongan. Not only did he give money to his family several times, he also often brought honey and bee pupae home...

The bigger change is that Fang Chengtao has become more cheerful and confident.

Speaking and doing things are much more efficient.

Fang Hongjiang and Wang Ying saw it all and were delighted.

Some time ago, Fang Hongan asked Fang Hongjiang to help out at the apiary for a few days. The day before yesterday, he sent the wages for those days' work together with the compensation for the wooden house.

Although Fang Hongjiang said he didn't want anything.

But in the end, he was unable to defeat Fang Hongan.

The couple were very grateful to Fang Hongan.

After thinking about it, I felt that I should invite Fang Hongan and his wife to dinner again.

For this purpose, Wang Ying went back to his mother's home yesterday and prepared some specialty dishes and snacks from his mother's home.

Fang Hongjiang also asked someone to go up the mountain and get a snake and two bamboo rats.

Knowing that Fang Hongan was not as busy these days as before, he invited him to dinner that evening.

Of course, Wang Tong and Zheng Quan were also invited.

This dinner was a very enjoyable one.

The old branch secretary, who had come up empty-handed in the mud house, found Fang Hongjiang's house after making some inquiries and walked straight into the main hall.

When the old branch secretary came to visit, Fang Hongjiang stood up hurriedly and asked for more stools and bowls and chopsticks.

But the old branch secretary ignored his enthusiastic greetings and went straight to Fang Hongan. He patted him on the shoulder and said sternly, "You three young men are quite capable! Such a big thing happened, but you didn't even tell me first, right?"

When these words were spoken, Fang Hongjiang and Wang Ying were frightened to death.

This old branch secretary is not a man who easily shows off his power.

I hope Fang Hongan and the other two haven't gotten into any trouble.

"Uncle Xiangshun!" Fang Hongjiang hurried forward and laughed, "Don't be angry! What happened? The three of them are young and sometimes they lack some effort in doing things. If it's not a big deal, please help them cover it up, and then I'll ask you to give them a good beating!"

As he spoke, Fang Hongjiang quickly signaled Wang Ying to take the chopsticks, gave up his seat, and pulled the old branch secretary to sit down.

"It lacks some work?" The old Party Secretary curled his lips. "Hong Jiang! This lack of work has already been reported in the local newspaper. If it wasn't lacking work, it would have been reported in the provincial and central newspapers!"

"What?" Fang Hongjiang was dumbfounded. "In the newspaper? Who? Hongan, Taozi, Heizi and the others?"

He raised a series of question marks.

Then he saw that the old branch secretary had a roll of newspaper tucked between his arms and pulled it out without saying anything.

When I unfolded it and glanced at the large black title on the folded corner page, I was even more dumbfounded.

Looking at Fang Hongjiang's confused look, it was obvious that he had no idea either.

The old branch secretary finally couldn't hold back his smile, and he sat down, muttering in a weird voice: "I'm still responsible for your loss... I guess I'm getting old! My words are useless. Such a big thing happened, and you three devils didn't even say a word in advance!"

After he finished complaining, he continued mumbling, "If I had known this earlier, I would have gone to the secretary and asked him to get you some certificates and bonuses no matter what!"

All his ridicule ultimately resulted in him not getting the certificate or bonus.

It turned out that the newspaper was given to him by the leader of the town government when he went to the town government to do some business today.

It was said with considerable solemnity and joy.

After all, for a small town in the mountains like Qianmaping, it has been a long time since it appeared in regional newspapers.

The town leaders immediately asked the old branch secretary about the situation.

The old branch secretary took the newspaper and was stunned when he saw the report that took up a whole page.

After Fang Hongan and his team went to the school to clean up the poisonous bees, and after Vice Principal Sun made a special trip to his home to express his gratitude, he didn't hear about any follow-up.

How did this suddenly appear in the newspapers?

Fortunately, the old branch secretary knew everything about the cleaning of poisonous bees reported in the newspaper and Fang Hongan’s apiary.

Whenever the town leaders asked questions, he was able to answer them, so he didn't lose face.

After this incident, the old branch secretary found Vice Principal Sun of the central school again.

As a result, people said that someone from the Xiaonan Daily had come to the school and interviewed him.

But he only talked about cleaning up poisonous bees. It was the first time that Vice President Sun heard about getting rich through beekeeping and developing the bee industry!

Moreover, according to what Vice President Sun said, the correspondent from the newspaper originally wanted to go up the mountain to interview Fang Hongan and others, but in the end he was unable to do so due to transportation problems.

After being asked this question, the old branch secretary became even more confused.

The town government subscribes to a newspaper and provides each village committee with a copy.

He also read almost every issue of the "Model in All Industries" module of the "Xiaonan Daily".

This is the first time that an entire large page has been used to report an event like this one.

Moreover, according to the town leaders, this report is taken very seriously.

The county had already called several times to inquire about the situation, and only then did they find him to ask about it.

The main question, which also took up the most space in the report, was about Fang Hongan and his team's plan to build a bee farm and develop bee breeding, relying on the mountain industry to get rich...

According to what the town leader revealed, if the content of this report is true, the county is also preparing to send people to Shiwan Village for an on-site inspection...

The old branch secretary then hurried back to the village and came to inquire about the situation before nightfall.

When Fang Hongan, Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao heard these words, they knew that Du Yuanbo's report had been published.

Wang Tong grinned at Fang Hongan, while Fang Chengtao went straight to his father's side.

Looking at the printed lead words, there was an indescribable sense of satisfaction and pride on his face.

"It's really...really...in the newspaper!"

Fang Hongjiang patted his son in front of him excitedly, then looked at Fang Hongan and then Wang Tong, saying "good" over and over again!
In excitement, he put the newspaper in his arms and put it away.

"Virtue!"

The old Party Secretary pouted as he drank a glass of wine: "It's for you to use as a wall sticker! I also gave one to Hongan's family!"

"Haha! Thank you, Uncle Xiangshun!"

Fang Hongan grinned and quickly handed the newspaper to Wang Ying on the side, asking her to put it away first, and then clean up the wall after drinking, and post the newspaper on the most conspicuous wall of the cafeteria.

After he finished giving his instructions, the old branch secretary had already finished his glass of wine. He glanced at Fang Hongan and the other three, and finally returned his gaze to Fang Hongan: "Hongan! You tell me!"

"Okay!" Fang Hongan nodded. After hearing so much, he basically knew what the old branch secretary wanted to hear. He immediately told him about the last time the three of them met Du Yuanbo in the car, Du Yuanbo interviewed them, and how he gave Du Yuanbo ideas for writing the report here.

As soon as he said this, the whole table fell silent.

Some time ago, I heard Fang Hongan talking about that chance encounter.

Everyone was somewhat amazed at what a coincidence it was.

Fang Hongan said that many of the ideas in this report were even given to Du Yuanbo by him.

The old branch secretary, Fang Hongjiang and Wang Ying were completely stunned.

Completely speechless.

After a while, he slowly came to his senses.

The old branch secretary was fine. From the last two applications, he had some understanding of Fang Hongan's abilities in this area.

Although I was shocked this time, I recovered relatively quickly.

But Fang Hongjiang was silent, and after a long while, he was still muttering and sighing.

The old branch secretary ignored Fang Hongjiang and continued to ask Fang Hongan about the apiary and his plan to get rich by raising bees with the help of the mountains.

The last time he was at his house, Fang Hongan revealed some things to him.

But the content of that report was not as detailed as this one.

Moreover, this is the situation that the higher-ups are asking about, and the town has said that before the county sends people to investigate, the town will send people to scout ahead tomorrow.

In some cases, he wanted to get to the bottom of things, and also wanted to know whether there were any "false claims" in these reports!

Fang Hongan had already had a clear idea about the whole concept.

The old branch secretary's question was answered fluently.

It even expanded on some things that were not explained in the report.

For example, when talking about the driving effect.

Fang Hongan made it clear that next... when the bee farm has the conditions for breeding, it can provide bee species and beekeeping guidance to farmers who are interested in beekeeping free of charge...

As soon as these words came out, Fang Hongjiang was so shocked that he stood up.

Even the old branch secretary's hand holding the chopsticks shook, and the pair of chopsticks fell directly on the table.

There was disbelief in his eyes.

"Don't look at me like that!"

Facing their shock, Fang Hongan was very calm: "I do think so, but... there are some conditions for joining, for example, you have to sign a purchase agreement with me..."

"In short, I'm not doing charity or babysitting. On the basis of ensuring that farmers make money, I also have to make money myself."

Hearing Fang Hongan's words, the old branch secretary was not surprised at all. He just nodded calmly: "Of course! But... you have to grasp the balance between the two!"

"Don't worry!" Fang Hongan nodded, "I'm not really interested in the crude way of making money by reselling! Signing the acquisition plan is mainly to integrate resources and unify the brand!

At the same time, we can also prepare for the next step, which is to build a processing plant!"

"Processing plant?"

Hearing this, the old branch secretary's heart was shaken again.

The look he gave Fang Hongan changed again. While he was shocked by Fang Hongan's ambition, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you... do this?"

“I can do it!”

Fang Hongan nodded and said to the old Party Secretary: "The last time I went to the county, Guangdong Province in the south and Jiangsu Province in the east had already relaxed the policy for individuals to open factories! I heard there are rumors here too!

I estimate that in a few months, the restrictions will be lifted. By then, factories like ours in the mountains may not be restricted, but may even be encouraged and supported by policies! "

"That's it..."

Listening to Fang Hongan's confident words, the old branch secretary fell into deep thought.

After a while, he sighed, "I'm getting old! For many things, I may not think as far as you young people do, and I may not know them as quickly as you young people do!

I still say the same thing! As long as it is not against the law and is beneficial to our fellow villagers, you can do it with confidence!

As long as I am the Party Secretary, who dares to trip you up? I will definitely support you! "

……

Maybe it’s because of happiness and excitement.

This dinner.

The old branch secretary was a little drunk.

Fang Chengtao and Wang Tong supported the old branch secretary and finally sent him back to Shanmuling.

When the two of them came back, the whole Shiwan Village was already talking about the fact that the three of them were in the newspaper.

There was even a rumor that the town leader was going to visit Shiwan Village to inspect their apiary.

The two of them came all the way back.

Many people greeted us warmly along the way.

There were a few people who were enthusiastic and were trying to build relationships so that they could join the apiary.

This made Fang Chengtao and Wang Tong very proud.

Some are happy and some are sad.

at the same time.

At the entrance of Shiwan Village, the three houses of the three brothers of the Xie family were all abnormally closed.

Even the lights in the house were turned off early.

In the backyard behind the house, the three brothers of the Xie family were sitting there, sighing one by one.

"So... this is true?"

Xie Dalabao and Xie Qiangwen returned late and heard little news on the way. When they came to the backyard and listened to what their two younger brothers said, they couldn't wait to ask more questions.

"That must be it!" Xie Qiangwu nodded dejectedly, "This news didn't come from us!"

"Also, the third brother just asked about it, and old man Wang Xiangshun did come to our village! I heard that he came to Fang Hongan's house but found nothing! He was later found at Fang Hongjiang's house, and they had dinner and drank together in the evening!"

After Xie Qiangwu finished speaking, Xie Qiangbin on the side was already gritting his teeth in anger: "Damn it! How come Fang Hongan and the others are so lucky! They can even run into such great fortune!"

His words went straight to the heart of his two brothers.

The two of them couldn't help but grit their teeth and look red in the eyes.

"No!" Thinking of the two times he was stung by the ghost bee, which was a painful and humiliating situation, Xie Qiangbin gritted his teeth and could not swallow this breath. He shook his hands angrily and said, "We can't let the three of them get lucky like this! We must find a way to put a dent in their arrogance!"

"The third one!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Qiangwen quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't mess around! I heard that old man Wang Xiangshun said last time that he would protect the three of them! Besides, Fang Da Jin Gang is not someone you can easily mess with! Don't mess around!"

"Yes!" Xie Qiangwu also agreed, "I think we should stop messing around! No matter how we compare, we can't beat them! Let's just live our lives peacefully! I think we can see clearly that their luck has been good recently, and we can't afford to offend them. If we clash with them, we can't resist them at all, so we won't ask for trouble later!"

"tui! tui! tui!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Qiangwu waved his hands in displeasure: "Second brother! Stop your nonsense! I don't care. I just can't swallow this anger. Even though I can't compete with them, I can't let them have it so easy!"

After saying that, he stood up, took a step angrily, and prepared to walk towards his room.

But he had only taken two steps.

With a whoosh sound, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the chicken coop near his house and ran straight into the pile of firewood on the other side.

"You damned idiot! You come to steal my chickens again!"

Xie Qiangbin was furious when he recalled that a chicken was missing from this family two days ago.

He picked up a bamboo pole and walked towards the pile of firewood angrily.

At this time, Xie Qiangwu, who happened to see this scene, couldn't help but persuade him: "Third brother! Stop it! This yellow-skinned guy can't be beaten! Just drive him away!"

"Why can't I hit it? It's not the king of heaven!"

"If you steal my chicken, you will be beaten to death!"

After saying these harsh words, Xie Qiangbin rushed to the pile of firewood with a stick in his hand.

He had stacked the firewood in neat bundles and he knew the situation inside very well.

Going in, the piles are so dense that even a yellow-skinned fox has no space to hide.

Therefore, the yellow fox could only be in the gaps between the bundles of firewood outside.

Xie Qiangbin was so angry that he rushed to the pile of firewood, picked up the wooden stick, pried the bundles of firewood and threw them on the ground, cursing.

One bundle, two bundles...

When the fifth bundle was pried open, the black shadow jumped out again, and Xie Qiangbin reacted quickly, swinging his stick and hitting it hard.

The black shadow was so frightened that he turned around and jumped back, but the bundles of firewood in front of him had been pried open and there was no gap left for him to squeeze into.

The black shadow could only shrink into the corner, hunched over and let out two meows.

"Damn it, Gan Ni! It's not a yellow fox! It's a wild cat! You stole my chicken too!"

Seeing clearly that the black shadow was a wild cat, Xie Qiangbin became even angrier. He yelled and cursed, took a step forward, and smashed it down hard with his big stick.

I never thought that this step was too big and the stick was raised too high.

The blow was actually blocked by the bamboo pole above his head that was used to dry things and was scratched against the wall of the house.

"when!"

The wooden stick hit the bamboo pole heavily.

The wild cat huddled in the corner was frightened. It screamed, then suddenly kicked up and jumped up, trying to escape directly.

Seeing that he was forced into a corner, Xie Qiangbin was not willing to give in. He turned the big stick in his hand and hurriedly blocked it.

The wild cat that had already jumped up was hit by the big stick. It turned around suddenly and pounced on the wall on the side. It stepped on the wall and jumped, then suddenly turned in another direction and rushed towards Xie Qiangbin's face.

"livestock……"

As Xie Qiangbin uttered a curse, he felt a gust of wind blowing across his face. The next moment, a burning pain spread across the right half of his face.

"what!"

Xie Qiangbin screamed, dropped the stick in his hand, and wiped his face with his hand. The burning pain was excruciating.

He quickly brought the hand close to his eyes and took a look. Even in the dim light, he could clearly see a bloodstain.

"Fuck..." "Ugh! Ah!"

Xie Qiangbin was cursing and shouting again.

Xie Qiangwen and Xie Qiangwu on the other side happened to see the whole process.

When he rushed over, he saw Xie Qiangbin's face with three bloody scratches.

There was a look of shock on his face.

Xie Qiangwu clasped his hands together and muttered to himself for a while, then he sighed and said, "I told you! Fang Hongan and the others are so angry! They have great luck! Don't mess with them! Look, this is their retribution!"

"..."

Xie Qiangbin was filled with anger, but thinking back to what had just happened, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Is this really God's favor to Fang Hongan?

Really... can't afford to offend?
……

……

People who came down from the town to conduct research.

We arrived at Shiwan Village at noon the next morning.

Because last night at Fang Chengtao's house, the old branch secretary told me the rough time.

That day Fang Hongan, Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao did not go out to place the bee traps.

Let Fang Chengtao boil beeswax in the backyard.

Fang Hongan and Wang Tong took a hammer and a wooden board and nailed a simple bee-attracting bucket at the door.

There are currently more than sixty bee-attracting barrels released.

But compared to this big mountain, it is still quite scattered.

According to Fang Hongan's plan, a second apiary will be built immediately after the first apiary reaches saturation.

The scale of this apiary is larger than the first one.

The breeding scale of the apiary must be at least one hundred and fifty beehives.

According to an optimistic estimate, even if the recovery rate of bees can reach more than 60%, the 60 bee-attracting barrels placed in the early stage can only recover more than 30 colonies of bees.

Compared with the number of 150 beehives, there is still a big gap.

Of course, the bee colonies in the new apiary will not rely entirely on wild bee colonies like the first apiary.

Nowadays, many of the beehives in this first batch of bred bee colonies have reached the standards of super-strong bee colonies.

From the perspective of optimizing breeding, it is actually possible to breed new kings and divide the groups.

At that time, we can completely send a swarm of bees over from this side.

But thinking about the beekeeping matter being exposed in the newspaper.

Next, people who want to keep bees will definitely come to us from all over the country.

The more bee colonies there are, the better.

The old carpenter was working hard to make the beehives, so the three of them just found the materials and did the nailing of the bee-attracting barrels when they had time.

After a period of practice and combined with the experience of the previous life, this nailed bee-attracting bucket is no longer restricted to a barrel shape.

Some are just a few simple wooden boards spliced ​​together, which, combined with stone holes or tree holes, can actually achieve the effect of attracting bees.

So, this was nailed pretty quickly too.

When the sound of dogs barking was faintly heard in the village.

The two men have already nailed more than twenty bee-attracting barrels.

Hearing the approaching dog barking, Wang Tong immediately blinked at Fang Hongan with a hint of excitement on his face: "Brother! It should be here!"

"Yeah!" Fang Hongan also nodded.

These days, the dogs kept in the village are all local dogs.

It is equivalent to having spirituality, and each one is an expert in guarding the house.

They can recognize people, and generally they won’t bark in groups like this unless they are strangers.

In other words, if there is a group of dogs barking like this, there is a 99% chance that there are strangers in the village.

And the strangers who can come here at this time are most likely people from the town.

Anyway, it just so happened that all the materials had been ordered, so the two returned to the house, put away the tools, and had just washed their faces when a figure came running into the house.

She was a fifty-year-old woman wearing a floral dress, with big arms and hands, giving the impression of a very capable rural woman.

Xie Qiaomei, people of Fang Hongan’s age generally like to call him Aunt Qiaomei.

She is the only village cadre in the brigade of Shiwan Village and serves as the women's director of Shanmuling Administrative Village.

Because she usually takes good care of Lan Wenxiu, Fang Hongan found an excuse to visit her family some time ago to express his gratitude. He gave them two bottles of honey for them to try.

As a result, Aunt Qiaomei accepted the request, but not long after, she made two kinds of food that Dongling liked to make for pregnant women and sent them to Lan Wenxiu to nourish her body.

The heart is quite enthusiastic.

Seeing Fang Hongan who had just washed his face, he said, "Hongan! The town leaders are here! This time, Secretary Chen is leading the team himself!"

As he spoke, he looked around the room and saw that although it was old, it was clean and tidy. He nodded with satisfaction and just reminded Fang Hongan, "Just tell me what you have to say later. Don't panic! Secretary Chen looks very friendly to me and should be easy to talk to!"

Although she was trying to comfort Fang Hongan, her expression unconsciously became a little excited and nervous when she said this.

The town secretary led the team personally. It was her first time to come to Shanmuling Village since she became the director of the Women's Department.

Not to mention that this time we came to Shiwan Village.

"Secretary Chen?"

Wang Tong was also a little surprised when he heard this: "Didn't Uncle Xiangshun say yesterday that a deputy mayor was coming? Why is the ceremony getting so grand?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Qiaomei was about to explain, but at this moment, a jeep drove over with a rumbling sound.

"I'll explain this later!"

"Anyway, the county and the town have increased their attention!"

Xie Qiaomei hurriedly threw down two sentences.

He then called Fang Hongan and the others to go out and greet them.

"Taozi!"

Fang Hongan called out to Taozi in the backyard, then followed him out with a smile.

When they reached the front of the jeep, the people in the car had already gotten out.

In addition to the old branch secretary Wang Xiangshun who led the way, there were three other people.

The leader, who looked to be about fifty years old, was wearing a short shirt. He looked kind, but also had a hint of majesty.

This person should be the Secretary Chen mentioned by Xie Qiaomei.

On the left side of Secretary Chen, there was a man in his forties, not tall, and a bit like Wang Tong's father, Wang Yonghe. The difference was that his hair was combed neatly, and he was wearing a pair of leather shoes, looking very capable.

There was a sense of familiarity at first glance. When Fang Hongan took a closer look, he immediately remembered that this was the person he had looked for to inquire about the price of honey when he first went to the market.

My judgment that he was a government official was absolutely correct.

Judging from his position and posture, could he be a deputy mayor?

As for the other one, he was a young man in his twenties, carrying a bag in his hand, and a pen and a small notebook in his shirt pocket.

Judging from the look of it, it should be a secretary or clerk.

When Fang Hongan and his friends arrived, the old branch secretary narrowed his eyes and introduced them to the three people beside the car.

"Secretary Chen, Mayor Li, and Secretary Lu, these three young men are here! This one is Fang Hongan, this one is Wang Tong, and this one... is Fang Chengtao!"

After this brief introduction, he quickly said to Fang Hongan and the other three, "Secretary Chen is here to visit you in person today! If he asks you anything later, you must explain it in a clear manner. If you have any difficulties, you can report them to Secretary Chen!"

This is Mayor Li, who is in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the town. You can report to Mayor Li more often in the future!"

While he was introducing them, Secretary Chen also glanced towards Fang Hongan and the other three.

This first glance is a sign of preparation.

I couldn't help but be a little surprised at how young these three people are.

"Young and promising! Young and promising! Thank you for bringing honor to our town!"

Secretary Chen smiled and shook hands with the three of them one by one.

After shaking hands, his eyes swept over the three people one by one, and soon fell on Fang Hongan. Seeing his calm and composed appearance, he couldn't help but sigh: "You are indeed a handsome man! No wonder Sun Yucai praised you so much!"

"Sun..." Fang Hongan was slightly startled, but soon realized that the Sun Yucai mentioned by Secretary Chen was the Vice Principal Sun of the Central School. He smiled and said, "That's because Principal Sun thinks highly of me!"

Secretary Chen was generous with his praise: "Young man, don't be modest! I know Old Sun's character. He doesn't praise people easily! You really did a great job! I heard that this report is not only valued by the county, but also has a great response from the region!"

This was another big news. Not only were Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao surprised, but even the old branch secretary was so shocked that his eyes widened.

"Xiao Fang!"

At this time, Deputy Mayor Li also came over at the right time, stretched out his hand, and winked at Fang Hongan: "You still recognize me!"

"I recognize it! I recognize it!" He quickly stretched out his hand and shook it. "If I hadn't asked you at the beginning, we wouldn't know what price to sell the honey for!"

“Hahaha!” Recalling Fang Hongan’s cleverness, Deputy Mayor Li did not expose Fang Hongan this time. He just sighed and said, “When I heard the news this time, I thought it was you. This time I came and saw that it was you! Hahaha!”

When he smiled, Secretary Chen at the side couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hey! Zhengping, from the sound of it, you and Hongan are old acquaintances!"

"you do not say!"

At that moment, Deputy Mayor Li turned around and briefly told Secretary Chen the whole process of how he and Fang Hongan asked him about the price of honey.

Of course, this time he also did not expose Fang Hong's excuse that he was in a hurry to buy honey.

As soon as these words came out.

Secretary Chen looked at Fang Hongan's expression and couldn't help but be startled again.

Li Zhengping was transferred to Qianmaping Town as deputy mayor, and it was less than a month and a half since he was transferred.

In other words, it has only been a month or so since Fang Hongan and his team started making and selling honey.

But in just over a month, could it have reached the scale reported in that article?
And those assumptions.

Is this something that can be planned by someone who has just been digging honey for more than a month?
This was more than just a shock.

This made Secretary Chen secretly worried.

This can't be like firing a cannon!

At this time, the old branch secretary on the side also keenly noticed Secretary Chen's concerns.

He couldn't help but smile, and quickly winked at Fang Hongan: "Hongan! Please invite Secretary Chen and the others in for a cup of tea first! I'll show Secretary Chen and the others around later!"

When he heard about the tour, Secretary Chen quickly waved his hand and said, "No need to drink tea! Let's go on the tour!"

As he spoke, he glanced around and saw the bee traps that Fang Hongan and his team had just packed up in front of the house. He walked over curiously and asked, "What are these?"

"Bee-luring bucket!"

Fang Hongan explained: "At this stage, we are all luring wild bees to artificial breeding, and these are used to lure bees!"

"Lure bees?" Secretary Chen was even more curious. "How do you lure them?"

"It depends on many factors! To sum it up, you need to apply a substance that bees like in this bee-attracting barrel, and then place it in an environment where bees like to build nests, to induce the bees to build nests! Then you need to collect the bees regularly and transfer them to beehives for artificial breeding!"

After this simple and clear explanation, Secretary Chen and Deputy Mayor Li both nodded.

Fang Hongan could see that the two were still somewhat incredulous, so he directly said, "Why don't we go to the bee farm on the mountain to have a look! It might be more intuitive there!"

"A bee farm?" Secretary Chen nodded. "Okay! Okay!"

On the way here, old Party Secretary Wang Xiangshun had reported to him about this apiary, and this was also the main goal of his trip.

Immediately, the group climbed up under the leadership of Fang Hongan.

It didn't take long before they arrived at the apiary.

Knowing that town leaders were coming today, Fang Hongjiang called people early in the morning to help clean up the mountain road leading to the apiary.

The thatched grass on both sides of the path was cut to a width of two meters, and the uneven places were filled with soil by shoveling over.

Even the cabin was tidied up.

When you walk to the intersection and take a look, you will feel that it looks quite grand.

When we entered the wooden house, we saw sealed boxes, honey buckets, movable frames, and jars of freshly shaken honey...

Secretary Chen's face completely put away his previous worries and was filled with shock.

As an old cadre who had served as the chief executive of a town during the collective era, Secretary Chen had also seen many breeding farms.

Even when he was the mayor of another township, he helped transform a brigade's chicken coop into an advanced professional breeding farm at the regional level.

But compared with Fang Hongan’s apiary, its configuration and facilities look very good.

That's totally inferior.

That’s a large team, and the number of people involved in the breeding farm exceeds hundreds.

When Secretary Chen went out of the back door of the wooden house and arrived at the apiary, he was even more stunned by the spectacular scene before him.

At first glance, there are more than a hundred beehives scattered around!

Fire the cannon?
It doesn't exist at all!
"Come here, Secretary Chen! Mayor Li!"

At this time, Fang Hongan took out a few bee-proof hats and handed them to everyone.

After taking the bee-proof hat and looking at the mesh, they immediately understood its function.

Deputy Mayor Li was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Can we get closer to see it? Won't it sting our hands?"

"No! Bees are quite docile in nature, just be careful not to mess with them and you'll be fine!"

Fang Hongan smiled and turned to see Zheng Quan who had just finished checking the beehives and was just walking back.

He pulled him over and gave him an introduction, then led everyone to find a beehive, took out a piece of honeycomb, and introduced it to everyone.

From the structure of the beehive, the principle of honey collection by the bee colony, the division of the honeycomb, the honey collection cycle of a box of honey and the approximate honey production in each cycle...

Each item was introduced in detail with clear logic.

At first, everyone was somewhat frightened when they saw the honeycombs that were covered with dense swarms of bees.

But then, seeing that the bees were docilely being pecked at by Fang Hongan's hands, he gradually felt relieved.

Although I didn't dare to get started, I started asking various questions.

From the perspective of those in power, most of the questions they ask are about the promotion of breeding technology, replicability and breeding benefits.

Fang Hongan was well prepared for these problems.

Following the line of their questions, I answered them directly without any hesitation.

By the way, he also mentioned that he is committed to promoting bee breeding in the entire Dongling, as well as his subsequent ideas of deep-processing products from bee breeding.

As for matters like setting up a factory, the last time they went to the county town, they found out through asking Liao San that many people in the county town had already heard the news.

As the chief executive of a town, Fang Hongan didn't believe that Secretary Chen hadn't heard any rumors.

And sure enough.

After Fang Hongan said this frankly, Secretary Chen and Deputy Mayor Li looked at each other. They both seemed to be calm, but their eyes and micro-expressions showed that they had already gone through a round of exchanges.

Then, Deputy Mayor Li turned to look at Fang Hongan and said, "Hongan! Did someone teach you how to raise bees, or did you learn it on your own?"

Although he asked this, Fang Hongan understood what he really meant.

He was obviously shocked by what he had just said and thought that Fang Hongan had some background or was guided by an expert.

Fang Hongan smiled and pretended to be confused: "Some people teach themselves, and some people teach them!"

After all, the beekeeping technique was indeed learned from the old master at Fang Hongan’s bee farm in his previous life.

Moreover, if he were to claim that he was self-taught, it would be difficult to explain how he suddenly became an expert in beekeeping from a man who could not even support his wife.

"Who is it?" Deputy Mayor Li couldn't help but continue asking.

"That... I don't know either," Fang Hongan shook his head and said vaguely, "This happened two years ago. It was an old man in his fifties! Judging from his accent, he should be from the north. I happened to meet him outside. I didn't want to become a beekeeper at the time. It was not because of the severe drought last year that I had no choice!"

"What about this factory plan? How did you come up with the idea?" Deputy Mayor Li couldn't help but continue asking.

At this stage, there are still not many people who dare to think so.

"This...is not difficult!" Fang Hongan said with a smile, "Just read more newspapers and listen to more information from outside, and you will know!"

"To be honest, compared to the coastal areas in the south and east, our Hunan Province is still slower in opening up policies in all aspects!"

"As for setting up factories, it is very common in Guangdong Province now. Although it is not clear here yet, I think it will happen sooner or later."

"I heard... even in our provincial capital, they have issued personal certificates... so it will be quick for us to get them here too!"

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