Zhou Yang didn't expect to see Wang Ping and his uncle here, so he immediately walked towards them with Zhong Qi and Chen Beixuan.
As soon as they met, Wang Ping asked with a smile: "I was about to go to your house to find you, but I didn't expect to meet you here. What a coincidence!"
"Haha, what a coincidence!"
Seeing that their shoes were covered with mud, Zhou Yang asked again: "Are you going to the fields?"
"Well, let's go to Nanhe and see how the wheat and oats are growing. It hasn't rained for so many days. I'm worried that insects will break out in the ground!" Wang Ping said.
"How's it going?"
"It's not bad. Although the drought is severe, we have drilled so many wells in the past two years and most of the cultivated land has been turned into irrigated land, so it can still be tolerated."
"It's good if you can bear it. With such a severe drought, this year's grain harvest is not optimistic!" Zhou Yang said.
"Who says it's not the case? Let alone the distance, the situation of several nearby brigades is not very good. Although Baofeng Reservoir releases water for irrigation in a timely manner, how many production teams can one Baofeng Reservoir manage?"
Having said this, Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh!
What the rural areas are most afraid of is encountering such an extreme drought disaster. Apart from digging wells to fight the drought, they have no solution at all.
Fortunately, in the past two years, everyone did not share food less. Now every household in Babaoliang Village has a surplus of food, and the mood of the members and cadres is relatively stable.
The uncle on the side said carelessly: "We are just ordinary people, we just need to take care of our own three-acre land. Why worry about it? I think our village is doing well this year."
Wang Ping glanced at Li Jianguo, shook his head and said, "You are a cadre after all. If people hear this, I don't know how to arrange it for you!"
Li Jianguo said nonchalantly: "I'm telling the truth. You, the village party secretary, and I, the deputy village head, can't control anyone except our village's own affairs."
Wang Ping was stunned for a moment, and then said with some dejection: "That's right..."
Zhou Yang interrupted again: "You said just now that you were preparing to find me. Is there something wrong?"
Wang Ping said immediately: "I mainly want to talk to you about things in the village, and I want to hear your opinions and views!"
"What's going on in the village?"
"We plan to reduce the number of large livestock such as cattle, sheep, mules, and horses!" Wang Ping said.
"Why is this?" Zhou Yang asked with some confusion.
"Our feed production can't keep up!"
"Why can't we keep up? Didn't we build two more feed factories this year? Five production teams and five feed factories should be able to meet the needs of each production team!" Zhou Yang said.
"It's not that the feed production plant doesn't have enough, it's that our demand is too high and we don't have that much raw material!"
Then Wang Ping explained: "In the past few years, our feed consumption has dropped significantly in the summer, because during this period, the large animals have gone to the wild to eat weeds, and there is no need to feed them at all."
"Moreover, the weeds and leaves in the fields have grown at this time, and these can be used as raw materials for the production of feed. But this year is really too dry, and the fields outside are all dusty, and there is no growth at all. How much grass is there, so big animals have to be subsidized with a feed when they come back from being outside for a day.”
"In addition, we also need to supply feed to Mr. Qin's pig breeding center. Now the five feed factories are overloaded every day, and some of them are unable to supply, so we are thinking about reducing the number of large livestock. ."
Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, and then asked: "How many livestock do we have in total now, and how many big livestock are there?"
"According to our statistics, there are currently more than 14,000 pigs in our eight pig farms in Lianhe Village, and more than 86,000 chickens in our nine chicken factories. In addition, there are 1,800 sheep, 220 cattle and More than 280 donkeys and mules and 110 horses..."
"So many?" Zhou Yang said in surprise.
"This is more than 2,000 pigs sold in the past two days, otherwise it would have been more!"
Then Wang Ping said again: "It's a good thing to have more livestock, but the demand for feed from these animals is really too great, and the benefits of those large animals are far inferior to raising pigs, so I'm wondering if we can raise less." !”
Zhou Yang nodded and said, "If that's the case, just raise it less!"
In fact, the main purpose of raising those big animals in the village is not to breed and make money, but more to plow fields and pull carts.
But now the village has bought more than 60 tractors, and these tractors are basically doing all the work of plowing and pulling trucks. It really doesn't make much sense to keep so many big animals.
Seeing that Zhou Yang agreed to this, Wang Ping said again: "Furthermore, Jianguo and I visited various production teams today. Everyone has completed their agricultural production tasks in a similar manner. All crops have been hoeed and are growing vigorously. It’s okay.”
"And it's about to enter the dog days of summer, so we discussed it and planned to shift the focus of production to other aspects during this period. What do you think?"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "That's right. It's really not a good idea to go to work in the fields on a hot summer day."
"Well, we plan to expand the agricultural machinery factory. We were too hasty before and the factory was a bit small!"
Then Wang Ping continued: "Then there is the activity center. Now that the foundation has been laid, let's focus on building it. Maybe it can be used this year."
"Okay, just do these things according to your ideas!" Zhou Yang said.
"Well, the other thing is that we have discussed it and want to build a brick and tile factory. Is it possible?" Wang Ping said.
"Why do you suddenly think of building a brick and tile factory?"
"The main reason is that our village has built too many things in the past two years. Building pig farms and chicken farms requires bricks and tiles, and building feed mills and agricultural machinery plants also requires bricks and tiles. In addition, the members and common people have money. I also want to buy a house made of bricks and tiles, but all my money has been taken away by the bricks and tiles factory.”
Then Wang Ping said again: "Besides, it is not difficult to make bricks and tiles. We are not short of loess here, so we are thinking about whether we can build a brick and tile factory in the village. Not only to make money from selling bricks and tiles, but also to make money." At least you don’t have to spend money to buy someone else’s!”
Zhou Yang thought for a while and said, "It's okay to build a brick and tile factory, but you can't build a small brick kiln like that. If you want to do it, just build a big one!"
"How old?"
“Bigger than the county brick and tile factory!”
Hearing this, Wang Ping and his uncle were stunned.
They have all been to the county brick and tile factory. There are more than a thousand workers there. If Zhou Yang wants to build such a large brick and tile factory, let alone investment, the situation in the village alone cannot mobilize so many strong laborers. ah!
"The county brick and tile factory is too big, we can't build it..."
Before Wang Ping could finish speaking, Zhou Yang said with a smile: "I'm not talking about scale, but production capacity."
"Does this...does it make a difference?"
"Of course there is. The county brick and tile factory still uses old technology. Although the scale is not small, the production capacity can only be said to be average."
Then Zhou Yang continued: "We want to build a brick and tile factory that consumes less manpower but has high production efficiency. It only uses one-third of the people to produce the same amount of bricks and tiles!"
"Is this okay?"
"Of course, I've tried this at Dongquan Farm in Huaxian County, and the effect is very good!" Zhou Yang said.
"Hahaha, since it has been tested, what are you waiting for? Let's get this thing started as soon as possible!" Wang Ping said with a smile.
"OK!"
At this time, Zhou Yang suddenly remembered the opening of a high school department, and immediately said: "By the way, you have to allocate some more people, and we have to build a new school!"
"Don't we already have a school? Why do we need to build a new school?" Wang Ping asked with some confusion.
“This time it’s a high school!”
Then Zhou Yang explained again: "Although the family children here at the institute have this need now, after the high school is built, the children in our village will also be able to use it in the future."
"So I plan to ask my employer to pay for it, and we will use people and land from our village to jointly build this high school. What do you think?"
"I have no objection!" Li Jianguo explained his opinion readily.
In his eyes, whatever his brother-in-law says is right and must be supported unconditionally.
Wang Ping thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "I also think this can be done, but I still need to communicate with other village cadres!"
"That's for sure. This matter has been settled. I'll let people come up with a plan, and you can mobilize the manpower to get ready to start work!" Zhou Yang said.
"OK..."
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PS: The first chapter has been delivered!
