I live in the countryside

Chapter 226 President Liu's Request
Qiao Churan was surprised: "President Liu, haven't you gone back yet?"

President Liu smiled politely: "Little Qiao, I really want to thank you this time, because of you, the supply of red rice in Liujia Town is already in short supply, and the grain merchants who took the initiative to reserve the next season's red rice came to pre-order and collect. Grain, our red rice in Liujia Town, has never encountered such a market.”

Qiao Churan was naturally happy when she heard this: "This is a good thing, it can solve the farmers' sales dilemma."

This is of course a good thing, but President Liu came here today to tell Qiao Churan not just good news, but a plan.

Seeing that the other party hesitated to speak, it seemed that there was something important to say, Qiao Churan smiled and said: "President Liu, do you want to find a place to sit and talk about it?"

"Hey, good."

The two finally went to a morning tea shop next door to the hotel, and found a good place. Then President Liu said embarrassedly: "Actually, I came here today to look for you, and I really did it out of shame."

Qiao Churan smiled slightly and listened quietly.

President Liu simply went all out, and sighed: "In fact, it is like this. You also know that our Liujia Town has been planting red rice for generations. It was not until more than 40 years ago that we responded to the call that white rice was widely planted. But this is a handicraft. , is also a very precious local heritage, after your promotion the day before yesterday, many investors have taken a fancy to this piece of investment."

"It's a good thing for someone to invest. Not only can we keep our specialty products, but the market for farmers is no longer a problem." Qiao Churan laughed.

"Hey!" President Liu sighed: "Good things are good things, but you also know that investors are foreigners, and they want to invest because they are interested in the current dividends of Redmi, but they definitely want to maximize their profits. , if the land is really given to them at that time, it will still be everyone's land that will be damaged in the end. In order to increase production, chemical fertilizers and pesticides will be used to destroy our ecological balance. The red rice produced will not be our Liujia Town For real red rice, our principle is that no chemical fertilizers or pesticides can be used.”

President Liu was distressed: "You guys, don't think that my idea is too naive. For the sake of production, doing so is against the market. The red rice in Liujia Town should be like this. Putting fertilizers to increase production, it is not. That smell, it’s not as good as ordinary white rice. But if you don’t give it to investors, there are less and less red rice planted in Liujia Town now, and the fire is thinking of going out to work. How many acres can the elderly at home plant? Taking advantage of market demand, we I can make some money this year, but what should I do next year, the year after, and after that, I can’t rely on your live broadcast every time to promote it so vigorously.”

Qiao Churan's face gradually became serious: "President Liu, if you have something to say, just tell me directly."

She seemed to have guessed President Liu's thoughts.

Sure enough, in the next sentence, Fang Fang said: "Little Qiao, I know that neither you nor Mr. Qin are simple people. I don't feel at ease if our Liujia Town is handed over to others. I don't care whoever invests." Don't worry, look, you know our red rice so well, and what you do is down-to-earth, so are you interested in investing in our red rice in Liujia Town?"

Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou looked at each other. Although she was a little surprised, she felt that President Liu's words were also expected.

To be honest, she has no plans to make such a large investment at present, because the cantaloupe industry in Qingxi Village has just started, and half of her energy has been given to the Agricultural Economic Society and half to the cantaloupe in the village. Great efforts to make the next investment, but the current situation of Liujia Town...

Qiao Churan was also in a bit of a dilemma, because the red rice in Liujia Town was very valuable no matter from a cultural or commercial point of view.

She herself couldn't bear to see Hongmi in Liujiazhen fall into such a difficult predicament.

Seeing that she was silent and seemed to be thinking, President Liu looked at the two nervously.

He approached Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou today for official business, but he also had selfish motives.

He himself is from Liujia Town. He was born and raised in Liujia Town, and he grew up eating red rice. Now he is well aware of the industrial value and additional cultural value of red rice, but he is worried about others coming. Investment, businessmen value profits, he handed over the Liujia Town to outsiders, so he couldn't feel at ease, worried that others would ruin it at will for immediate benefit, and also worried that the villagers were poor and crazy, and he didn't care about the consequences when he saw other villages transferring land to make money No matter what, he agreed to contract the land out.

Ordinary people, in order to make money, can't think of such a long-term.

But he is the president of Liujia Town's Agricultural Economics Society, so he must think about the entire Liujia Town's agricultural economy.

Taking advantage of the present, he could only think of Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou.

Ever since he came into contact with Qiao Churan, President Liu has believed in her inexplicably, believing that she has the ability to protect the farmland and rice in Liujia Town.

But he didn't know that Qiao Churan hadn't thought about it yet. Even though he knew the value of red rice was high, his current idea was to use his own ability to spread it.

She seemed to understand why President Liu came to her.

No matter how much selfishness President Liu has, if the other party trusts her, she will be grateful in her heart, but...

She turned to look at Qin Muzhou.

Seeing that Qin Muzhou was silent for a moment, he changed his posture, looked straight at President Liu and asked, "President Liu, how much farmland is there in Liujia Town that can be used to grow red rice?"

President Liu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "Currently, the entire Liu family has more than 64000 acres of arable land, including 37800 acres of paddy fields and more than 1 acres of dry land. However, red rice is rarely planted in paddy fields. The planting area is less than 90 mu, and the annual output may be more than [-] jin. Those who are still planting are some old people in the village. "

"Actually, the most important thing is that it is difficult to sell because of the shortage of sales, and the low yield makes it difficult to grow."

It's all rice, if you grow it to eat, it's better to grow white rice that can produce a thousand catties per mu.

Qin Muzhou nodded, "Did all the cultivated land in the past be planted with red rice?"

"Hey, you are still young. You don't know the grand occasion of planting red rice in Liujia Town. The paddy fields in the past were all planted with red rice. At that time, it was not like now. It was still a production team. Everyone planted together. Yes, out of ten acres of land, eight acres are planted with red rice, and later the yield of white rice became higher and higher, in order to solve the food problem, everyone responded to the call and gradually stopped planting red rice.”

Qin Muzhou nodded, and asked again: "How is the paddy field in Liujia Town, and what is the terrain like?"

President Liu heard the meaning of interest in Qin Muzhou's words, and immediately said with great interest: "Thanks to the brigade production back then, the paddy fields in our town are all in one village, and the whole town is under the impact of two rivers. The plains in the area are very open, and a large area of ​​paddy fields used to be flat and connected, which is very conducive to agricultural operations. Basically, the situation in every village is like this. I can assure you that in the entire Chaoyang In the county, there is no town with paddy fields as neat and flat as ours."

Qiao Churan can indeed prove this.

Although the terrain of the entire Chaoyang County is relatively flat, in other towns, paddy fields and dry land have intersected with each other during the long-term development and development, which looks a bit chaotic, just like the dry land behind the village and the paddy field in front of the village like Qingxi Village. The appearance is not as clear as that in Liujia Town.

Qin Muzhou nodded, and he said, "It's a nice place. Unfortunately, I haven't been to Liujia Town since I came here, but I'm really interested in what President Liu said."

President Liu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Qin Muzhou as if he was looking at his long-lost son: "Then... President Qin, do you have any intention to invest?"

He clasped his hands, a little at a loss, as if he had been hit by a huge surprise.

Qiao Churan looked at Qin Muzhou, thinking about it, and had some guesses in his mind, as if he knew what Qin Muzhou was going to do.

She smiled and said, "Well, Muzhou has never been to Liujia Town, why don't we go back to Wuxi Town and drop by Liujia Town to have a look?"

"Okay, welcome!" President Liu said excitedly.

Qin Muzhou nodded.

A group of people from Wuxi Town left Longcheng at noon. Qiao Churan sat in Qin Muzhou's car, separated from the people from Wuxi Town halfway, and turned towards Liujia Town on the national highway.

It was already late October at this time, and even a city as close to the south as Chaoyang County was feeling the coolness of autumn.

At this time, the rice fields in the south have already produced rice flowers, and in half a month, they will be ready for harvest, and a little bright yellow color has appeared in the rice fields.

But this is the second season of rice fields, and the area of ​​red rice planted is half less than that of the first season.

According to the experience of the folks in Liujia Town, the red rice in the second season is not as good as the red rice in the first season, so if you grow red rice, it is mostly planted in the first season, and it will not be planted in the second season. Even some old farmers are reluctant to let go.

President Liu brought Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou into the town, and was thinking of taking Qin Muzhou to a high place to see the conditions of the paddy fields in Liujia Town, when he saw that Qin Muzhou had already taken out a drone from the car.

President Liu let out an ouch, and was a little surprised: "This... did you bring the equipment here?"

This is a special drone placed on the car. Whether it is Qiao Churan's car or Qin Muzhou's car, there is one, so that when you see a suitable scene when you go out, you can fly to take pictures.

Qiao Churan hummed: "I'm used to it, so I can do some basic situation investigation and data collection."

While speaking, the drone has already flown up.

President Liu was also standing next to Qin Muzhou, watching him operate the instrument in his hand, he saw on the electronic screen, the drone camera, the condition of a large area of ​​paddy fields, and a lot of data that he couldn't understand.

But Qiao Churan could understand it.

Qiao Churan watched the data feedback constantly flashing on the screen, and couldn't help laughing: "It's such a good place, no wonder there are still stories about our Liujia Town being the place where emperor rice is grown."

President Liu waved his hand: "That's what happened in the old days. Now, we ordinary people can't afford to support us."

The data of basic conditions such as terrain and weather detected by the special drone are displayed on the screen, and the drone has also flown a long distance. The basic data detected can be seen at present. The town's farmland is in very good condition this generation.

Humidity of the climate, sunlight and water heat, conditions of the paddy fields, conditions of the fields, if the area is further expanded, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rich land of fish and rice.

President Liu took Qin Muzhou and Qiao Churan into the field, and further explained the difference between red rice planting and white rice planting.

In fact, it can be summed up simply, that is, red rice planting has strict requirements on the original ecological environment.

Qin Muzhou learned more about this, pulled out a bundle of rice, and packed it with water and soil into the sample bag on the car.

Later, President Liu took the two of them to a nearby village for a walk.

The general conditions are similar, and they are very suitable for small-scale machine-scale planting.

Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou saw many people who seemed to be collecting grain in the village.

President Liu explained: "Two days ago, you helped broadcast the live broadcast, and the red rice in Liujia Town was selling very well. Some grain merchants value the current value of red rice. Now, they are taking the initiative to come to buy it, to see if they can make money from it."

Qiao Churan understood it, but he heard President Liu say: "Although this is a good thing, but in fact, they are coming late now. Every year, the farmers in Liujia Town don't sell much red rice. That's all, not to mention, it's already this time, the first season has been collected for several months, and the ones that should be sold have already been sold out, but after so many years, red rice is not easy to sell, and the price has dropped again and again, so it's worthless Now in the second season, there is less planting and not much red rice, how much can they sell? They come to buy, I am afraid they will not be able to buy anything, but people in the village know that red rice is easy to sell, and it is estimated that there will be more people planting it in the spring of next year .”

Although President Liu is happy that the current value of red rice has been seen, but in fact, he is clear in his heart. Before planning how to develop this product, it can only be cheap and expensive.

That's why he was so anxious to find Qiao Churan.

Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou walked in Wuxi Town for half a day, and only drove back to Qingxi Village in the evening.

On the way, Qiao Churan asked Qin Muzhou's intention: "Are you planning to invest in the red rice planting in Liujia Town?"

"What do you think of Ranran?" Qin Muzhou asked back.

Qiao Churan thought for a while and said, "Actually, I haven't thought about investing by myself, and I'm worried that I don't have enough energy, but I came here for training before, and I had a preliminary idea."

"Let's hear it?" Qin Muzhou raised his eyebrows.

Qiao Churan smiled and said: "It's actually an investment, but it's not investing by myself, but attracting people to invest. At that time, I was thinking, can I unite some forces in the whole country or Guangxi Province and neighboring provinces to launch similar agricultural public welfare projects?" The red rice planting support plan, for example, we attract capital and make small-scale investments, so that people or teams who need or are interested can invest funds to help farmers here plant red rice, and maintain their original ecological planting methods according to the local In the traditional ecosystem, after the rice matures, the part of the red rice that they invested in planting is all theirs, and they can use it for themselves or trade it as they like."

The main purpose is to enable someone to invest and someone to buy, so as to solve the farmers' problems.

Qin Muzhou nodded, and Qiao Churan smiled and said: "It's just a preliminary idea, because I feel that many aspects have not been considered maturely, so I never mentioned it, what do you think?"

"The idea is good." Qin Muzhou said: "It's a bit like public welfare crowdfunding, but it's easy to cut off investment. Maybe someone invests this year, but no one invests next year."

"Yeah..." Qiao Churan had no choice but to know that it is far from fried rice. Public welfare crowdfunding may stimulate temporary interest, but it is not a long-term solution for Liu Jiazhen.

"Then you..." Qiao Churan blinked: "Are you going to do research?"

Qin Muzhou smiled: "Before the end of the year, there will definitely be a breakthrough in the project of Qingxi Village. I think the geographical terrain and environment of Liujia Town are good. The project back then was aimed at rice first. If possible, let Mr. Tang Let’s also study and study whether the yield can be increased, the planting conditions here are relatively simple, and the operation of the instruments is relatively simple, so it is a good place for experiments.”

Qiao Churan's eyes lit up, "Did you already have this plan?"

Qin Muzhou raised his lips and smiled: "It's not too early. Today, my elder brother's township has a lot more awareness of land contracting and transfer than when we were working on the Qingxi Village project half a year ago. Besides, I am more interested in special plants. .”

Refinement has always been the way of development, which is an eternal truth.

In the future, no matter what industry it is, even agriculture needs to be refined.

Qiao Churan snorted softly, deeply feeling Qin Muzhou's vicious businessman's eyes.

It was not far from Liujia Town to Wuxi Town. After the two returned to Wuxi Town, they didn't even have time to go home, so they went directly to Professor Tang.

(End of this chapter)