"Calcium fruit, also known as Oli, is a very rare wild fruit.
Because the fruit is rich in active calcium that can be easily absorbed by the human body, it has the reputation of calcium fruit.
In addition, the fruit of Calcium Fruit is also rich in mineral elements such as iron, zinc and potassium. It is also known as the world's three most precious health fruits together with the large fruit sea buckthorn in Russia and the blueberry in the United States. "
Chen Mu silently took out his mobile phone and searched for information on calcium fruit. After reading the introduction, he finally had a solid idea. This is obviously another fruit that is like an elixir, and it should still be marketable after planting it.
The leader of City X led the leaders of the province and Mr. Robert, while listening to the explanation of the farmers, while bending down to check the growth of the calcium fruit, they were very focused.
Chen Mu watched from afar, and he actually understood why they valued it so much.
In many people's minds, desertification control may be planting trees, which is to completely eliminate the desert. They feel that as long as a large number of trees are planted to turn the deserted land back to green, it will be successful.
But such a concept is actually a bit biased, because desertification control is a long-term process, and it is impossible to completely eliminate deserts, at least within ten or twenty years.
Because it takes such a long time to control desertification, there are very few people who can persist in doing this.
At the level of the entire country or region, if we want to control the desertification of the land, we need to invest a huge amount of manpower and material resources.
And such a long-term continuous investment will cost a lot, and it will be a heavy burden for any country
Therefore, the ideal situation is to coexist with the desert and manage it bit by bit in a sustainable manner.
In order to achieve such a goal, the state will subsidize and support farmers who plant trees and encourage them to plant trees.
At the same time, it also guides farmers to plant other cash crops to increase their income while planting trees.
Only by allowing farmers to benefit from tree planting and desertification control can they persevere and the country can be more calm.
How to increase farmers' income and benefit farmers from desert control is a major issue all over the world.
Cistanche deserticola, sea buckthorn, jujube, Cynomorium cynomorium, calcium fruit...
These are all ways to increase farmers' economic income while planting trees.
In recent years, the government of Xia State has launched the Three-North Shelterbelt Project, which has achieved great success. The United Nations Environmental Planning Agency has probably seen this, so the individuals or individuals who have won the honorary title of "Guardian of the Earth" Collective is very much.
For example, Xiaguo Youth Federation and its honorary chairman Zhou Qiang, Wang Wenbiao of Yili Group, and Mother Ari’s "Earthworm Forest"...
This time, the big boss of the Environmental Planning Agency came here, probably because he wanted to visit the site, see if Xia Guo really had such good results in sand control, and listen to Xia Guo's experience in sand control.
The leader and the big boss are at the front, and everyone follows closely, hoping to show their faces.
Only a small potato like Chen Mu would hang around behind. After observing for a while, he caught a few fellow villagers walking behind and chatted with them.
"Brother, why are there so many gravels on the ground here?"
While giving smoke to several fellow villagers, Chen Mu asked, "Is it necessary to spread these gravels on the ground to grow calcium fruit?"
He had been observing for a long time just now, and the ground where these calcium fruits were planted were all light-colored stones, which seemed to be specially paved for planting calcium fruits, and there were no such things outside the calcium fruit fields.
Those fellow villagers took Chen Mu's cigarettes, and their impression of this knowledgeable and interesting young man immediately became very good. They lit up and smoked, and asked with a smile: "Leader, have you ever done farm work before?"
They saw the accompanying sign hanging on Chen Mu's chest, which was the same as that of the leaders, and they couldn't tell who he was, so they called him the leader.
Chen Mu smiled, didn't care about the title, but focused on what the farmers said: "Yes, when I was young, my family environment was okay, and I didn't do much farm work."
One of the fellow villagers said to him, "These gravels were left when we planted watermelons before."
"watermelon?"
Chen Mu asked curiously, "Is this kind of gravel needed to plant watermelons?"
In his impression, watermelon is a vine-growing plant that grows all over the ground and is emerald green, but he didn't know that it was paved with gravel.
The fellow was smoking a cigarette comfortably, and began to popularize science: "Placing gravel on the ground can increase the temperature difference between day and night in watermelons, which is conducive to the accumulation of sugar in watermelons. At the same time, because the surface is covered with gravel, it can maintain moisture in the ground. Watermelons like fat and water. This environment is especially suitable for the growth of watermelons after adding gravel, so the watermelons will grow better."
After a slight pause, the fellow said: "The technicians in the village also said that the gravel will slowly weather and become rich. The trace elements infiltrated into the soil can also make the watermelon grow more nutritious."
Hearing what this fellow said, Chen Mu understood a little bit.
He had also heard from a Uighur girl that underground gravel layers are the most important water storage layer. Spreading these gravels on the ground probably has the function of water retention and slows down the evaporation of land moisture.
The fellow said again: "It's a pity that this land is so bad. After planting watermelon for a long time, there will be germs in the field. It is useless, and watermelon cannot be grown.
In addition, the gravel is spread on it, and it is difficult to clean up, and other things cannot be planted.
Fortunately, there are these calcium fruits, and the harvest is not bad after planting. Although it is not as good as growing watermelons, it is still an income after all. "
Chen Mu thought for a while, then asked with a smile, "Uncle, will someone harvest this calcium fruit after it's harvested?"
The fellow said: "When it was planted two years ago, no one harvested it.
The village originally said they would let us plant, and they would contact those fruit harvesters to come to us to collect fruit, but no one came to collect the fruit for two consecutive years, and many families could not grow, so they stopped.
The few of us gritted our teeth and resisted, and the harvest increased. In the third year, the village finally contacted someone to collect it, but the price was not high, barely enough to pay back the cost.”
Chen Mu asked again: "Where did the fruit collectors come from? What price did they give? Is it really 4 yuan per kilogram?"
There are some situations that cannot be found out from the mouths of those officials. Only those who cultivate the land know the warmth and coldness of them. Chen Mu wanted to inquire about these first-hand information.
The fellow looked at Chen Mu hesitantly, and said, "Leader, it's hard to say that."
Sometimes it is asked to encourage farmers to plant, but it is necessary to draw cakes. After the area and scale of planting in the region increase, greater benefits can be produced, and farmers' income can also increase accordingly.
Therefore, at the beginning, it must be very difficult to do things, and the results obtained are often very different from the prospects described in the initial stage, and there is a lot of moisture.
However, farmers are often unable to say anything. After all, they must speak with one voice and get things done as soon as possible, so that future income may increase.
Chen Mu has dealt with farmers all day long, and he knows these things well. The sincere villagers said: "Uncle, I am not a leader. I am actually a person from a forestry company. This time I am here to accompany the leaders. It's... um, look, this is my business card, and I'm from Muya Forestry Company."
"Muya Forestry?"
On the other side, a big farmer's eyes lit up, and he interjected and asked, "Are you from Muya Forestry? Let me see... ah, really... are you the general manager?"
Another uncle farmer also asked: "Is that Muya Forestry who sells saplings?"
All of a sudden, all the farmers came over to look at the business card: "Yo, it's really... the general manager."
Chen Mu originally took out his business card, just to prove to his fellow villagers that he was not a leader, but he didn't expect that they all knew about Muya Forestry, which was completely unexpected to him.
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He was suddenly touched and proud.
A company built by myself can let so many people know that it is really excellent.
Moreover, after hearing Mu Ya's name, the farmers in front of them still acted like this...
This is simply more satisfying than the best compliment in the world.
Chen Mu suddenly had a new understanding of the signboard of Muya Forestry.
For farmers, this signboard represents the quality of saplings, stable income, and a promising future.
It is precisely because of this that farmers have such a sense of identity with this signboard.
The farmers read Chen Mu's business card and handed it back to Chen Mu.
This time, they looked at Chen Mu completely differently. The fellow who spoke to Chen Mu before said: "Young man, you are doing well. It is not easy to breed such a good sapling."
Chen Mu stuffed his business card into the fellow's hand: "Uncle, next time we come to Muya to order saplings, come to me and I'll treat you to tea."
He will not give anyone a discount on the price of the saplings.
However, he was willing to give this fellow a little benefit in other places, but he couldn't say it clearly in front of so many people.
The fellow happily took his business card and put it in his pocket: "Okay, I must find you."
The other farmers looked at him and couldn't help showing envious expressions.
You must know that Muya Forestry is now on the ground of City X, especially in the countryside outside the city, it is definitely a household name.
Basically, there are afforestation families in all towns and villages, and most of them will use the saplings from Muya Forestry.
To be able to get to know the general manager of Muya Forestry, it is absolutely admirable to talk about it, and everyone envies it.
Chen Mu continued to ask what he wanted to know: "Uncle, where do you sell these calcium fruits you planted to the merchants? What price do they usually give you?"
Knowing Chen Mu's identity, the fellow was completely relieved, and said in a lower voice, "They are all businessmen from Xiyuan Province, and they have a processing plant there.
The first time they came to collect calcium fruit from us, they calculated the price at two and a half yuan per kilogram.
When they came back later, they realized that our calcium fruit harvest had increased, so they lowered the price to two yuan. "
"Two dollars?"
Chen Mu frowned, thinking to himself that it was really cut in half.
Moreover, at the beginning it was agreed to be two and a half yuan per kilogram, but in the end it became two yuan. This is a rhythm that can be suppressed as much as possible, and no meat is reserved for farmers.
In fact, this method of collecting calcium fruit is a bit unreasonable.
Normally, the organizers in the village should let the fruit harvesters sign contracts with the farmers early in the morning.
Set a reasonable price at the beginning of planting in spring, and wait until the autumn harvest when the merchants come to collect the fruit. No matter what the price of calcium fruit in the market is, they will be collected according to the price in the contract.
In this way, the farmers' income can be truly guaranteed.
But now, farmers belong to the most vulnerable party, and it is difficult for their income to be truly guaranteed under such circumstances.
Of course, the organizers in the village cannot be blamed for this matter.
After all, in the beginning, the cultivation of calcium fruit could not be scaled up, and they had no way to compete with the merchants who harvested the fruit, because the benefits were not large enough, and if they were too strong, it might backfire and scare the merchants away.
The situation will be even worse when the farmers grow the calcium fruit but cannot sell it.
Chen Mu asked again: "Don't we have a local calcium fruit processing factory?"
The fellow shook his head and said, "No, I heard that there are more calcium fruits grown in Xiyuan Province, so the processing factories are all there. We have just started here, and even if the factory is built, it will lose money."
This is equivalent to the fact that the processing of calcium fruit has been completely monopolized by the merchants in Xiyuan Province.
Because the scale of their planting is large and it is easy to collect calcium fruit, it is only profitable to build a processing plant.
But here, planting has just started, and the harvest can't afford a processing factory at all, so building a factory is completely a matter of losing money from the beginning, and I don't know how long it will take to make a profit.
Therefore, the merchants in Xiyuan Province can come here to lower the price to collect fruits. After a while, the planting here has formed a scale. They will come to build factories again and eat the local people in the township. At that time, the township may have to thank them They can come and invest.
This kind of thing is a normal operation in the market.
Chen Mu would not think that the businessman in Xiyuan Province did anything wrong, even if it was him, he would do the same.
There is no right or wrong to make money reasonably and legally.
However, this made Chen Mu see an opportunity, and felt that the processing products he had been thinking about all along could really be obtained.
He continued to ask a few questions about calcium fruit, he roughly figured out what he wanted to know, and after thinking about it, he asked: "Uncle, if our Muya Forestry also produces calcium fruit seedlings, you Would you like to buy it?"
"ah?"
Hearing what Chen Mu said, the fellow townsman's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Are you Muya also planning to raise calcium fruit seedlings? How is the result? Is the quality good?"
That's what Chen Mu asked, and he didn't dare to make any guarantees at this time, so he said, "We have this plan, so we don't know if we can sell it."
The fellow said: "If you have seedlings from Muya, I'd like to buy some to try."
Hearing what he said, Chen Mu was very happy, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and smoked it around again.
He doesn't smoke very much himself, but there is absolutely no shortage of cigarettes in his pocket, and they are good cigarettes, not too expensive and not too bad, and they are definitely good things for farmers.
The farmers once gave birth and cooked twice, so they don’t feel much pressure when picking up other cigarettes, and they are very relaxed.
While smoking a cigarette, the fellow took the initiative to introduce a lot of information about the calcium fruit seedlings.
"The saplings of these saplings come from Xiyuan Province, some from Dongqing Province, some are tall, some are short, and there are several kinds of saplings from the Agricultural University, such as No. 8, No. 9, No. 10..."
"In our place, where the wind is too strong, it is not suitable to plant tall succulents. We can only grow the short ones lying on the ground, but the succulents that lie on the ground produce straight fruit, which is not as good as the tall succulents..."
"The seedlings we plant here are all from Xiyuan Province. Usually, we don't need too much care, and the harvest is so-so..."
"I heard that in a place in the south of our border, some people have planted tall cassava seedlings. It is said that tall weeds should be planted in the cassava field. If the weeds support the fruit, the fruit will not drop, and the harvest is very good... "
Chen Mu wrote down all the information that the fellow villagers said, and was going to go back and ponder over it with the Uighur girl to see how to do it in detail, so as to get high-quality calcium fruit seedlings, and then go to the horse processing factory as soon as possible.
After visiting the calcium fruit field, the large troops got on the bus and rushed to a farmer's house to visit his forest land.
It is said that the farmer of this farming family is the "benchmark" set by the city as a "benchmark for increasing farmers' income".
When Chen Mu heard that the farmer was so bullish, he was really looking forward to it, secretly prepared a small notebook, and was going to listen carefully to his experience, and then record it.
But what he didn't expect was—
That silly-looking farmer came out and stood in front of all the leaders and the big boss, and the first sentence he said moved Chen Mu so much that he almost cried...
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City X, People's Hospital.
The Uighur girl finally woke up after a deep sleep.
She looked at the unfamiliar ceiling in the ward, and couldn't help but struggle to sit up.
The auntie, a nurse next to her, was sitting and watching TV. When she saw the Uighur girl woke up, she stood up quickly and helped her sit up.
"Thanks!"
The Uighur girl's fever has subsided, but her body is still a little weak, she is too lazy to move, and it is a bit difficult to sit up.
After she sat down, the auntie of the nurse asked, "Are you hungry? How about some porridge?"
"Porridge?"
The Uighur girl was still a little numb, so she repeated a sentence lightly.
The nurse's aunt said, "Umash, it's been hot all the time."
Umash is cornmeal porridge, a kind of porridge food of the Uyghur people.
They usually eat naan and drink tea or "umash" in the morning.
The Uighur girl didn't expect that there was such a thing in the hospital, so she couldn't help saying in surprise, "Why is there such a thing here?"
The auntie of the nurse said: "When Mr. Chen was leaving this morning, he said that you might want to eat this after waking up, so he went out and bought it. He even bought a small electric heating jar to keep it warm."
The Uighur girl was taken aback for a moment, then the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and she whispered, "This man... I never thought he would be so careful."