Siheyuan: Promoted to engineer, torturing and weeping animals

Chen Guohua nodded, and forced a smile that was uglier than crying from the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you so much then!"

"What are you being polite about, it's just a matter of raising your hands."

Chapter 439 Donations

Chen Guohua and his people hurriedly loaded the 100 lathes sent by Zhang Yi in a truck, and then transported them back to the capital.

Zhang Yi didn't leave in a hurry, took the envelope Chen Guohua gave him, and went to Jingang No. [-] Middle School to find Chen Guohua's younger brother, Chen Guoliang.

On the way, Zhang Yi saw some beggars gathered at the corner of the road, and they all looked like they were dragging their families.

This made him feel a little strange.

After all, Jingang is at the feet of the emperor, and such a situation should not have been allowed.

However, Jingang has all the three religions and nine streams. In this year, there are many people who choose to go out to beg for food because they can't eat enough, so he doesn't pay special attention to it.

In fact, you said that if a family like Qin Huairu really can't get enough to eat later, it is possible to go out to beg for food.

Not to mention places outside the capital.

Zhang Yi came to No. [-] Middle School and told the guard that he was from the capital and wanted to find their principal, Chen Guoliang.

After reporting his identity and purpose of coming, someone came to receive him soon and invited him to the school office.

"Please wait here a moment, I'll ask the principal to come over!"

A female teacher with braids was more enthusiastic about Zhang Yi, poured him tea and told him to wait for a while, and then left.

Zhang Yi drank tea and waited slowly. Before he had drunk half a cup of tea, a thin middle-aged man with glasses walked in.

"Hello, I am Chen Guoliang, the principal of this middle school. You are the deputy section chief Zhang? I have heard of you for a long time!"

Chen Guoliang came over and shook hands with Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Hello, Principal Chen. I was entrusted by your brother Chen Guohua, the deputy head of the district, to come here to give you something. Keep it well!"

Zhang Yi took the envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Chen Guoliang.

After Chen Guoliang took the envelope, he reached out and squeezed the thickness of the envelope, frowning slightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi asked curiously, "Is there any question?"

Seeing this, Chen Guoliang immediately smiled and said, "No, it's just that I thought of some things in my hometown, so I feel a little restless in my heart!"

Zhang Yi asked casually: "Principal Chen, where is your hometown?"

Chen Guoliang replied: "My hometown is Changshan in northern Hebei. Hey, I'm ashamed to say that, you should have heard of that place recently."

Northern Hebei, Changshan?

Zhang Yi sounded familiar, but couldn't remember what it was for a while.

He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I've been busy recently, so I don't know much about the outside world. But judging by Principal Chen's appearance, it should be that something troublesome happened there."

Chen Guoliang nodded.

He heaved a long sigh, "Actually, it's not a special thing. It's snowing this year, and the vegetables in our hometown were all frozen to death."

"Many vegetable farmers in Changshan rely on growing vegetables for a living. Now that this kind of problem occurs, many families can no longer eat. Many people even leave their hometowns to beg for food."

He shook the envelope in his hand, "I told my brother about the matter, and he gave me the money so that I could take it home and help my fellow villagers."

Zhang Yi suddenly became silent.

Hearing such news, combined with the beggars he saw on the streets of Jingang before, he felt very sad.

He has been in the capital all the time, although he can occasionally see beggars on the side of the road, but the number is still rare after all.

Even if most people live in poverty, they can still have enough to eat.

At least, in the capital, he had never heard of anyone starving to death because they couldn't afford food.

However, Chen Guoliang's words reminded him that nowadays, ordinary people are still troubled by the basic food and clothing problems of life.

The auspicious snow is a sign of a good year, but the heavy snowfall last winter was rare in decades, and the temperature in the capital reached minus [-] degrees.

Naturally, the vegetables grown in many farmlands in northern Hebei cannot withstand this temperature, and it is very normal for them to freeze to death.

Zhang Yi asked, "Didn't the higher-ups allocate food for relief?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Guoliang smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"Easier said than done? There was heavy snow last winter, and there were too many places where food production was reduced, and we couldn't support them at all."

Zhang Yi sighed in his heart, a little pitiful.

Because he has lived in the capital for too long, and he himself has never worried about food, so let him ignore the problem of food.

For a long time, he has also focused on developing the country's industrial standards, but he forgot to solve the food rations of the common people first.

Today, his micro-farm has reached Level 5, with a daily grain output of 10 jin.

However, compared with the [-] million people in the country, these grains seem to be a drop in the bucket.

But now, since he knew about the problems of Chen Guohua and Chen Guoliang's hometown, he naturally wanted to give them a favor.

If your abilities are limited, then you should first choose the people who are most useful to you and give them resources. Zhang Yi is still very clear about it.

Zhang Yi immediately said: "Principal Chen, how many people in your hometown were affected by the snow disaster?"

Chen Guoliang didn't know what Zhang Yi was going to do, but he still replied: "The area involved is relatively large, mainly farmers. There are more than a dozen counties with a population of over one million!"

Zhang Yi rubbed his chin, he definitely couldn't afford to support millions of people.

My own micro-farm can produce 10 catties of refined grain every day, and if I replace it with coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and mixed noodles, I can get about 20 catties.

Calculated according to the standard of 1 catty of grain per person per day to survive, he can save the 20 people in northern Hebei affected by the snow disaster from going out to beg for food!

This is a great achievement!

After Zhang Yi figured it out, he immediately said to Chen Guoliang: "Principal Chen, I can help you solve the food problem in your hometown."

Chen Guoliang was stunned when he heard this sentence.

"What? You...you can solve it?"

He couldn't believe his ears.

With such a big problem and such a big food shortage, even the upper echelons in northern Hebei couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.

The main reason is lack of money and food!

Although Zhang Yi is a cadre from the capital, how can he have such a great ability?

Zhang Yi smiled lightly, "I know an overseas Chinese businessman who has been donating to China and constantly delivering food. If you can contact the official person in charge of your side, I believe the food problem will not be a big problem .”

"I don't dare to say too much, but it was possible to donate several million catties of grain in the past."

Chen Guoliang's eyes widened, and he grabbed Zhang Yi's hand excitedly: "Is it true? That's great, the folks in our hometown are saved!"

"Don't worry, the person in charge of our county is my classmate, I can contact him immediately."

Chapter 440 Lathe Experiment

Previously, Zhang Yi's food was stored in the warehouse, and they were all contacted with non-profit organizations in Beijing and Tianjin, and then asked them to donate to people in need.

As for the specific whereabouts of the grain, Zhang Yi was too lazy to ask in detail.

After all, no matter where the food goes, it will definitely flow to the society, which can relieve the pressure on food.

But this time, he has a specific goal to donate.

On the one hand, it can help the disaster-stricken people in northern Hebei, and on the other hand, it can also take this opportunity to give Chen Guohua a favor.

Chen Guoliang promised Zhang Yi that he would immediately contact his old classmates in his hometown, and then discuss the donation with Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi agreed and asked them to go to the capital to find him when the time came.

After all, the transportation and contact methods are not very convenient now, and it will take about a week before they come to find me.

But before leaving, Zhang Yi still went to the warehouse in Jingang and filled up both warehouses!

Here's what his microfarm looks like today:

micro farm

Level: 5

Farmland: 500 mu, yielding 10 jin of grain

Pastures: two, producing meat

jin

Fish soup: one building, 50 mu, fish meat

jin

Agricultural pet: Erha (improve the quality of crops and livestock by 30%, reduce pests and diseases)

Inventory: 200 million catties of rice, 500 million catties of wheat, 50 thousand catties of flour; 200 million catties of potatoes...

Due to the huge output every day, Zhang Yi has to donate food regularly, and use the food to generate electricity to supply energy for micro-factories.

A while ago, because of Li Huairen's incident, he didn't have the opportunity to go to Jingang to clear the inventory, which led to the grain squeeze in the warehouse.

This time, it happened to be possible to donate a large amount of food by taking advantage of the snowstorm.

Three million catties of grain, vegetables, and meat are enough to feed tens of thousands of people in Chen Guohua's hometown for several months.

When the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, the weather will warm up, the spring crops will grow, and the natural problem will be solved.

But on the way back, Zhang Yi was thinking about other issues.

With his current strength, it is not difficult to help 10,000+ people in several counties solve their food problems.

But for the [-] million people across the country, to what extent does his farm need to be upgraded to completely solve their food and clothing?

Sitting on the train, Zhang Yi shook his head helplessly.

"It's impossible to test my micro-farm alone!"