Gao Mingcheng found someone from the village committee and asked about contracting the forest.
The village party secretary's eyes immediately lit up and he said: "Gao Mingcheng, you want to contract the forest? Okay! Come on, let's talk about it. Which forest are you going to contract? What will it be used for planting?"
This attitude was so eager that Gao Mingcheng had a bad feeling.
In the previous life, the mountains in their Gaojia Village had never been contracted out!
Although Gaojia Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, some mountains are not suitable for contracting. The short mountains near the village, such as the back mountains, are divided among everyone's heads.
The topography of Xiaoyuan Mountain is actually quite good, but it is a cemetery mountain, where generations of ancestors from Gaojia Village are buried.
The low mountain at the entrance of the village is too small, and in 1996 a highway will pass through it, and that mountainous land will be expropriated.
It seems that if the contract is contracted now, there will be compensation when it is expropriated. However, Gao Mingcheng has no intention of earning that compensation. He wants to study the planting of sugar oranges carefully.
After much calculation, I guess the suitable one is the hill at the foot of Niuweiling Mountain.
"I have that idea. I'm just asking now. It's probably going to be used to plant fruit trees. I haven't decided what to plant yet." Gao Mingcheng didn't finish his words and only revealed one thing.
Then he said: "Village Party Secretary, if I want to contract the forest, how do I calculate the money? How do I give the money? How many years can I contract?"
The village party secretary's attitude was still cordial, and he immediately said: "No one in our village has contracted the forest yet, but someone in the brigade has contracted it. The price is seven yuan per acre of forest. The contract is for fifty years and the contract fee is one yuan." It’s the turn of the year.”
Gao Mingcheng thought for a moment and then said quickly: "Are you talking about the forest in Huanglin Bay?"
Close to Huanglin Bay is Huanglin Village. There are many people with the surname Huanglin in the village, and most of the people in the village have moved from other places. It is said that they moved from AH during the Republic of China. Therefore, The buildings in Huanglin Village have Hui style characteristics, which are different from the houses in other villages that have Gan style characteristics.
The village party secretary said: "Yes. It's that forest. The contractor is a partnership of six people from Huanglin Village. It covers more than 300 acres. After signing the contract, the first year's contract fee must be paid to the village committee. "
More than 300 acres, at seven yuan an acre, it works out to just over 2,000 yuan a year.
Two thousand yuan is not a small amount of money for ordinary people, so there are not many people willing to contract the forest.
Gao Mingcheng said: "The terrain of Huanglin Bay is low, and there is a large area of masson pine growing there. Those contractors can cut the oil directly and earn income that year. Seven yuan an acre is not expensive, but there are few good mountains and forests in our village. According to the If it’s seven yuan an acre, it’s not appropriate.”
The village party secretary pondered. Of course, he knew the situation in the village clearly and knew that what Gao Mingcheng said was reasonable. However, he did not discuss the price directly. Instead, he said: "First of all, tell me which forest you want to contract?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "Just the hill in front of my house, the point at the tail of Niuweiling! It's probably less than 300 acres."
After listening to what Gao Mingcheng said, the situation of the mountain came to the mind of the village party secretary. The mountain was relatively short and covered with miscellaneous trees, but most of them were tree species with little economic value. Mainly low shrubs, with occasional masson pine, wild loquat and camphor trees.
At the foot of that hill, there is a naturally formed depression. If the depression is adjusted, it can be turned into a pond to store water.
This hill also has a disadvantage, that is, half of it is poorly lit and is blocked by the steep peak behind Niuweiling.
The village party secretary said: "The place you mentioned is the best forest in our Gaojia Village. If you really want to contract it, the village committee can hold a meeting to discuss whether the price can be cheaper. In addition, it must be announced to the outside world to see if it is available. No one else wants to contract there.”
Gao Mingcheng nodded, these are normal procedures, and said: "The village committee can hold a meeting and announce it to the public first, but I haven't fully thought about it yet. When the bidding comes, I will submit the bid based on the situation."
Gao Mingcheng still didn't say anything, mainly because he suddenly found that his trouser pockets were empty!
Once the forest is contracted, the contract must be signed and the money paid immediately.
That mountain is less than three hundred acres. If calculated as three hundred acres, it would be two thousand one! If the village committee gave him a discount, it would cost around two thousand.
This is still the contract fee. After the contract is contracted, you have to hire people to cut down trees, prepare the land, dig ponds, etc., which all cost money.
However, the big trees that were cut down could be sold for money, and the small shrubs could be used to burn firewood, so they were all useful.
When I returned home from the village committee, it was already evening. When I passed the old village, I saw that most of the chimneys were starting to emit smoke.
Under the afterglow, the ancient village of Gaojiacun is quiet and beautiful.
All the way back home, Gao Mingcheng began to think about money.
He had not made up his mind before whether to contract the forest, but at this moment he suddenly became more motivated, because if he contracted the forest, there would be many things he could do!
Needless to say, you can grow fruit trees. You can also raise chickens, ducks and fish!
There is a depression at the foot of the mountain, which means there must be a spring below. After digging into a pond, it can be used to irrigate fruit trees, and can also be used to raise fish and ducks. The pond will not be too big, but the fish and ducks raised can be enough for the family.
Nowadays, most of the chickens, ducks and fish are grown naturally without feeding. They taste very good, but it will be difficult to eat food of this quality in the future!
The more I thought about it, the hotter my heart became, so I began to take inventory of my family property.
Almost all the money in his hand was used to build a house in the county. The construction of the house had already started. The construction team hired had a reputation of Gao Guobing. No one dared to cut corners. Gao Mingcheng just finished it. It just needs to be inspected and accepted. It will be completed in about October. Then it will be decorated and ventilated to remove odors. It should be ready for use by the end of the year and make a lot of money before the end of the year.
You know, the reason why this time of year has a strong New Year flavor is because many people may only buy a new set of clothes to wear during the New Year. Only during the New Year will they have big fish and meat to eat, so everyone is looking forward to it. It’s enough to celebrate the New Year.
In later generations, you can buy new clothes and eat big fish and meat every day throughout the year, and the expectations for the New Year have disappeared invisibly.
Last time, he killed Lord Ma and his group in the mountains and obtained some trophies, the first of which were the eight shotguns and a mini submachine gun.
He didn't know how Lord Ma got that miniature submachine gun, but now, it was his!
With this gun, those shotguns became dispensable, so Gao Mingcheng planned to sell them.
In addition to guns, he also found some money on those people, but it was not much. Maybe the bulk of the money was placed somewhere in advance and was not carried with him.
Nothing else but these...oh, and two wild boars!
At that time, Lord Ma and his party were killing and destroying in the mountains, killing twenty or thirty wild boars and destroying many medicinal materials. When he passed by, Lord Ma and the others just shot two wild boars. The two fresh wild boars were naturally carried down the mountain by him. .
One end is packaged and sold at a low price, the other is kept for home consumption, the meat is divided among relatives and friends, and the rest is marinated with salt to make Feng Chui Pork.
The weather is hot now. If you are not good at cooking, the meat will go bad before it is completely dried!
Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng had a big appetite and was willing to give meaty bones to Black Tiger and Elf, so there wasn't much meat that needed to be marinated and dried.
Gao Mingcheng walked around the house and finally stopped at the place where the honey was placed.
After all the calculations, the only property he can still sell for money is this honey! This was harvested from honey before, but I never had time to sell it, so I just piled it up at home.
He himself was afraid of trouble and was willing to give up part of the profits and sell them in one go. But after Duo Mei knew about it, he was reluctant to part with that part of the profit and said he wanted to take it and sell it slowly. However, there were many things to do, and Duo Mei could not go alone. The county sells honey, so I keep it for now.
Honey is high in sugar and has a long shelf life if it is not contaminated, so Gao Mingcheng is not in a hurry to sell it, but he has to sell it now to save money for his trip to Yangcheng.
In addition to the honey, he also has three taels of gold, which Huang Dazhi secretly distributed to him. He originally didn't want to touch this gold for the time being, but now he can consider selling the gold in Yangcheng for money.
"Ming Cheng, come and watch the fire!" Just as he was thinking about it, many beautiful voices came from the kitchen.
When Gao Mingcheng is busy, Dumei can watch the fire and cook alone. However, if Gao Mingcheng has nothing to do, she likes to call Gao Mingcheng to watch the fire, so that she can relax and chat with Gao Mingcheng for a while. sentence.
"Hey, here we come." Gao Mingcheng responded and came to the kitchen. At a glance, he saw many beauties shaving the rind of melon with a knife.
This loofah is not too big. It is the first batch to grow this year. When greenhouse vegetables are not available everywhere, the first batch of fruits and melons are very exciting, because after a few months, they are eaten again. There's a sense of freshness.
With Gao Mingcheng helping to watch the fire, Duomei cooked the dishes very quickly. When the loofah was almost cooked, she quickly chopped up two green peppers and threw them in.
Yes, make a loofah soup and add green pepper. This is very Jiangxi!
(End of chapter)
