Rebirth to 90s: Start from Scratch

The twenty-eighth month of November in the lunar calendar.

Zhang Qianxiu and his group embarked on the train to Zhongzhou Province.

Tang Hui followed Qiu Xuewen to prepare to shoot the commercial in Shangjing. Everything about the commercial was contracted to Qiu Xuewen, so Zhang Qianxiu didn't have to worry about it.

Yuan Pengchi went with him. He was going to help see the place. He also brought a few students, all of whom were his students, who were studying for Ph.D.

Chen Defu and Chen Desheng were busy taking care of them.

Chen Defu's village is called Chenzhuang, because most people in the village have the surname Chen.

There are many plains in the north, and the terrain is flat. Especially in this season, it looks like a brand-new piece of paper, flat and white.

When I entered the village, someone at the entrance of the village was greeted, and the horizontal bar "warm welcome" was drawn. These four words are practical and can be used by anyone who comes here.

Surrounded by a crowd of people, everyone entered the village. It was already afternoon, and it was impossible to go to see the ground. It was dark early in winter.

The living habits of the North and the South are still very different. In the South, there are many clans. Compared with the North, the villages and clans of the southerners are more united. There may be some noisiness in the village, but as far as the outside is, there are some villages. With a shout, everyone is here, no matter whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, first help the people in my village.

But while the southern villages are united, they are also more exclusive. Even in the 21st century, there are some southern villages. If you want to sell your house and land to others, you must get the consent of the villagers, otherwise you can’t sell it. In other words, there are some villages that are very united internally, but they are very disgusted that outsiders come to live in the village for a long time, and they only recognize their own people.

In this case, the larger the proportion of a certain surname in a village, the more obvious the situation. If there are many surnames in a village in the south, and it belongs to a village built after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, then this is not the case, but if a certain surname in a village accounts for 7% Eighty, there is also an ancestral hall, which has a history of several hundred years, then this village is easier to unite and more exclusive.

The clan concept in the northern villages is not that strong, and the overall unity of the village is not as good as that in the south, but it is more tolerant.

For Zhang Qianxiu's large-scale contract, even if it is beneficial to the village, it may encounter obstacles from many clans in the south.

But there won't be so many problems in the north. After discussing it, you will be willing if you are willing, and you will fall down if you are unwilling.

This is affected by the North and South cultures and social conditions, and does not have much to do with individuals.

The next day, at noon, people from the next few villages also came. We talked about it. A mighty group of people went to see specific places.

Chen Defu specifically answered various questions for Zhang Qianxiu and others.

Zhang Qianxiu asked: "Mr. Chen, how many acres of land you are willing to rent this time? The specific figures."

Chen Defu said: "Boss Zhang, we had an emergency meeting last night. Most people in our villages are still very willing to cooperate with you."

"So this area is slightly larger than what we said last time, more than 16,430 mu."

"Of course, this is the total area, we have probably measured it, the difference will not be very big."

More than 16,000 mu!

Zhang Qianxiu probably figured it out, that is 10,950,000 square meters, which is big to say, but in fact there is not much to be planted. No matter what agriculture does, the numbers seem to be large, but the profits are not that much. .

More than 16,000 acres, which is about a rectangle with a width of 3,000 meters, which is six miles, and a length of 3,650 meters, which is more than seven miles.

If you walk around, it is 13 kilometers and 26 miles. The average person can walk for more than three hours.

Zhang Qianxiu asked, "Are they all fields?"

Chen Defu's face was slightly embarrassed: "Boss Zhang, because we rented it all to you, we counted the total area. There is a road that runs through the entire planting area. We didn't count that area."

This means that, except for the main passage for villagers to enter and leave the village, Tiankan and some trails are counted in this area.

Zhang Qianxiu didn't say anything. There is no concrete road in the village. As for those ridges, if he really rents them, he will definitely push them away.

As for those canals, they may also be re-planned at that time.

Zhang Qianxiu asked, "Is there a map?"

Chen Defu took out a folded red paper: "Boss Zhang, this is our own drawing. It may not be very standard. You can make do with it."

Zhang Qianxiu spread it out on the spot and put it on the snow: "Professor Yuan, come and take a look."

Yuan Pengchi was on the side and called some of his students over to analyze together.

The map is still relatively thin, and there is definitely no printing standard for the scale, but they all mark the width, and you can probably tell which places are rented to Zhang Qianxiu.

Zhang Qianxiu didn't see anything. Yuan Pengchi glanced at the map and the terrain. Finally, he pointed to a corner on the map and said, "This place is not very good for irrigation! The canal is not there. Look at the terrain here." , It’s higher there, it should be where the dirt bag is."

Zhang Qianxiu glanced at the place Yuan Pengchi pointed to, and then looked at the distance. There was indeed a dirt bag. Because it was snowing, the dirt bag didn't seem to be very high, just a little undulating.

Chen Defu said: "There is a vegetable plot over there, but it's actually not very high."

A student from Yuan Pengchi said: "The drop is about two meters, and the water in the canal does not go."

Chen Defu nodded: "I can't go up. They use the water to pour the vegetables, but boss Zhang wants to make rectifications, so he can flatten them."

Zhang Qianxiu asked, "Professor Yuan, if it is flattened, will it cost a lot?"

Yuan Pengchi explained: "The land bag needs to be dug down at least one meter. By then, the canal will be cut down from the highest point and it should be able to be irrigated. That piece of land is about 100 acres. Compared to the whole piece of land, it is true. Not big, but the project is not small."

That piece of land happens to be in the middle, low on all sides and high in the middle, so even if the canal is built up, the water will not go up because the middle is sunken. Only the one hundred acres of land in the middle is raised.

Chen Defu hurriedly said: "This problem is not a big deal. If Boss Zhang thinks it will cost a lot, we can allocate more than 100 acres."

"If Boss Zhang feels that there is a piece in the middle that is a bit in the way, we can mark out the entire corner. That corner is about a thousand acres, and we can plant it ourselves."

Zhang Qianxiu smiled non-committal: "I'll look at it when the time comes. Let's look at other places."

Looking at it in a circle, it's a whole morning, and I haven't finished it all yet.

After eating, and then looking at the places where she hadn't finished, Su Yuwei didn't follow it in the afternoon. She wanted to go to other places, so Chen Defu deliberately arranged a female cadre to accompany her.

In the whole day, I finally made a round of these places. On the whole, Zhang Qianxiu was quite satisfied, but he never gave Chen Defu and the others an answer.

In the evening, Zhang Qianxiu called Yuan Pengchi and some of his students together for a small meeting, while Su Yuwei was listening.

"Professor Yuan, do you see any problems with this place?" Zhang Qianxiu asked.

Yuan Pengchi said: "There is no big problem, but I suggest going to the water source. If there is no problem with the water source, there is no problem with the yield of more than a thousand catties per mu."

"Although we didn't use the soil for testing, I took a look at it and it was quite fertile."

Zhang Qianxiu said, "Then we will go to see the water source tomorrow."

Su Yuwei said at this time: "I've seen the water source. A large reservoir does not have a lot of water in winter. The reservoir is estimated to be several hundred acres and belongs to the public."

"But the area he irrigates is very wide. If there is a drought, it may not be available."

"I went to a few villages around and asked, they said, not to mention the catastrophic drought. If there is a small drought, there will be insufficient water and grain production will be reduced, especially for crops like rice that require a lot of water. "

"But I also heard the news that the government intends to contract out the reservoir. If the reservoir can be contracted out, in a drought year, you can be cruel not to sell the water to the village, or sell less, and irrigate yours. There is no problem with more than 10,000 mu of land."

Zhang Qianxiu didn't expect Su Yuwei to inquire about all this.

"The official won't agree, right!" said a student from Yuan Pengchi: "Even if you contract out the facilities of a reservoir, the government will definitely ask you to release water during the irrigation season."

Yuan Pengchi glanced at his student and said, "Xu Lun, you can leave these things alone, just do your research and investigation."

Xu Lun said nothing immediately.

Zhang Qianxiu was lost in thought. The government would not allow Zhang Qianxiu to do this, but there are many ways to deal with it. For example, if you water your paddy field in advance, there is only so much water left. I will release all the water that can be released. It's okay for you, but the people below are definitely not enough.

Or, deliberately arrange to release water several times for myself, no one can do anything about it.

A reservoir of several hundred acres, no matter too many places.

Zhang Qianxiu asked, "Daughter-in-law, is the only reservoir responsible for irrigation in this area?"

Su Yuwei said: "There is only one reservoir at the moment."

This is actually a dilemma. The problem of renting a reservoir is not big. The problem is that it is a drought year. Can you really ignore other people?

That reservoir is estimated to be in charge of tens of thousands of mu of paddy fields, that is, irrigation water for tens of thousands of people. If Zhang Qian Xiuzhen only cares about himself, regardless of the life and death of others, he is making money, and those tens of thousands do not know how many people there are. To suffer.

Seeing Zhang Qianxiu hesitate, Yuan Pengchi said, "Mr. Zhang, in fact, if it's just a year of water shortage, you can put more water here, and less water in other places, and the impact will not be great. After all, a reservoir also manages such a wide area. "

"If you put a little less in an acre, you will be enough."

"If it is a drought, even if the water is divided equally, most people will not have any harvest, and some will even have no harvest. If you put all the water here, you can at least guarantee your harvest of more than 10,000 acres. ."

Zhang Qianxiu knows what Yuan Pengchi said is reasonable, and Yuan Pengchi's main purpose is actually for the research institute. Only Zhang Qianxiu will continue to do it before the research institute will be opened. If the site is not contracted, he will definitely not continue to pay for the research institute.