Continuing to look down, he saw a document sent by Yaoguang Environmental Management Company that caught his attention. This document was not a corporate statement, but an analysis report.
For example, the corporate statements of Yaoguang Environmental Management Company actually do not contain much content, and they basically show losses. It is very difficult to make a profit, at least now or even in the foreseeable future.
The Tarim Basin that they are working hard to manage now will actually be handed over to Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company for management after it is managed. After all, they are professional in agricultural and animal husbandry management.
Although the performance of Yaoguang Environmental Management Company in environmental management is very good, if they are allowed to operate agriculture and animal husbandry, it will not only appear more bloated, but also may not be well managed.
Therefore, it is too difficult for Yaoguang Environmental Management Company to make a profit. Now they no longer have high hopes for the profitability of the company. This idea existed before, but now it is basically gone.
Unless in the future, they are no longer required to carry out governance within the territory, or they carry out more paid governance business, then their profitability will increase significantly.
However, it is not that easy to receive large-scale land management business. Even if you don't want to make huge profits, such projects usually cost a lot of money.
Let alone enterprises to carry out this work, most countries do not have the ability to carry out large-scale land management, because the cost is too great, so much that many governments find it unprofitable.
Even Saudi Arabia, known as the tycoon in the Middle East, only signed a contract with Yaoguang Environmental Management Company for a management area of 10,000 square kilometers, and it was mainly carried out around the city to expand the city boundaries and improve the urban living environment.
Therefore, the land management work in our country is undoubtedly very radical, and it was also promoted by him. If it were left to the government, it would not carry out such a radical plan. It may take tens or even hundreds of years to slowly manage it.
The reason why he is so radical is that, on the one hand, he feels that if the conditions are met, there is no need to procrastinate, and his financial situation is barely affordable. This is the fundamental reason.
On the other hand, it is the need for the development of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company. Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company is naturally at a disadvantage in acquiring land, and they basically have no share of good domestic land, so they can only find another way.
Obviously, desert land has become Zhao Yi's goal. Only this kind of land can be obtained on a large scale. Although the cost of management is also high, once it is managed well, a large contiguous area of land can be harvested.
Just like the Tarim Basin, which covers part of the land in Gansu, if it is properly managed, it will bring nearly 500,000 square kilometers of contiguous land to Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, and at least 400,000 square kilometers of developable land.
With so much land, plus the land they lease, Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company has become the agricultural and animal husbandry enterprise with the most available land in the country, laying a solid foundation for the business development of the enterprise.
The area of available arable land in our country is only about 2 billion acres. This includes land that is difficult to cultivate, such as terraces. Even the high-standard farmland construction of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company cannot be done if the height of the terraces is too high.
The Tarim Basin and the desert land in Ningxia alone allow them to own 600 million acres of land, and these lands are newly available land, which not only has huge benefits for the company's development, but also benefits the country a lot.
In addition, they can also take advantage of the vast maritime territory, which other countries and companies cannot take advantage of. The competition is not very strong. Just like their offshore farms, in addition to certain operating risks, no payment is required. ground rent.
For an agricultural and animal husbandry company, in addition to leading agricultural technology, the most important thing is land. Only with enough land can it produce sufficient agricultural and animal husbandry products.
From here we can see how significant the control of desertified land in the Tarim Basin and western regions such as Gansu and Ningxia is for Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company and the country.
It is also because there is so much land that can be managed and can be managed well that our country has more confidence that it can enable the country's more than one billion people to live a life that is better than that of people in developed countries or even exceeds that of people in developed countries.
It's just that the governance of these places is not all smooth sailing, that is to say, not all is a good thing. This report from Yaoguang Environmental Management Company is a report on some risk issues through data analysis.
Due to the large-scale artificial rainfall carried out in the Tarim Basin this year, not only has the land of 4.5 million square kilometers been turned into green pastures, but also the dry local water systems such as Lop Nur have been rejuvenated.
However, the precipitation in these areas has increased significantly, which has also profoundly changed the surrounding climate. Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other places closest to Lop Nur have seen fundamental changes in rainfall.
In the past, the average annual rainfall in these places could reach more than 400, which was basically very little. Otherwise, there would not be large-scale desertification here, and at least it would be a green pasture.
However, according to statistics from the relevant meteorological departments, in the first three quarters of this year, the average rainfall in these places was more than 500 mm. This rainfall has reached the level of farming.
Although this kind of rainfall does not allow for large-scale rice cultivation like in the south, there is no problem at all for large-scale planting of agricultural crops that do not consume so much water.
This is originally a good thing. After all, the purpose of large-scale artificial rainfall in the Tarim Basin is not only to improve the land and climate of the Tarim Basin, but also to improve the climate and land of other northwest provinces.
Through artificial rainfall, the water that falls to the ground then evaporates, forming a convergence effect with high-altitude water vapor, so that more high-altitude water vapor can fall down instead of floating directly across the land and reaching the ocean, thus wasting this water vapor. .
Gansu and Ningxia, as the Hetao area, are the main outlets of high-altitude water vapor in the Tarim Basin. In other words, the convergence of high-altitude water vapor has the greatest impact on rainfall in these places.
Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places are all in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. These areas were previously relatively dry, resulting in not much water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, so flooding has never been heard of in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
However, according to this year's rainfall and on-site river detection, the water volume in the upper reaches of the Yellow River has increased significantly, even more than double the previous amount, which has to attract enough attention.
Although the current amount of water has not caused a disaster to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, as the climate in the northwest region further improves in the future, the amount of water in the upper reaches will increase greatly.
If adequate preparations are not made, the possibility of floods in the upper reaches is still very high in the future, especially in the plain areas where the Yellow River passes, where there are both cities and agricultural and pastoral areas. If floods occur, the losses will be huge.
Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, has the Yellow River running through the city, and the three major forest farms of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company’s Mu Us Ranch, Tianji Dairy Company’s Tengger Ranch, and Yaoguang Environmental Management Company are all near the Yellow River.
If the Yellow River floods, although it will not submerge all these places, as long as there is flooding in some parts, the losses will be huge.
The forest area is better, after all, the economic losses will not be too great, but the losses suffered by Tengger Ranch and Mu Us Ranch will be huge, and the impact on our country's economic development will also be considerable.
Tengger Ranch can bring more than 200 billion yuan in income to Tianji Dairy Company every year. This is just the income from the dairy industry. If other commercial operations are included, the income will be as high as 300 billion yuan, and it may increase to 300 billion yuan in the future. 500 billion yuan.
The Mu Us Ranch is even more impressive. Their breeding industry income alone is as high as nearly 2 trillion yuan. When including other commercial income, it exceeds 2 trillion yuan.
If these places are affected by disasters, even a partial loss may be tens of billions of dollars. Although tens of billions of dollars may seem small, in fact, it is not small in terms of natural disasters. At least in floods, the losses are huge. .
This is only the damage suffered by his properties. There are many cities and pastures along the Yellow River, so once floods occur, the losses will be more serious, so this is an issue that must be considered.
The runoff of the Yellow River was not high before, and the riverbed was generally not deep, because the previous runoff was enough to cope with the rainfall along the river, but it is obviously not possible now.
This year's rainfall is more than double that of before. In fact, such heavy rainfall may have caused floods in the Yellow River. The main reason why there has not been a flood is that the soil in these places was relatively dry before.
A considerable part of the current precipitation is absorbed by these lands, while the other part is evaporated, and the rest flows to the surrounding low-lying areas to form swamps and lakes.
In the past, these low-lying lands were relatively dry and had great water storage capacity. If this continues for a long time, the water storage capacity of these places will not be as strong as it is now, at least the new water storage capacity will be limited.
At that time, the rainfall that has nowhere to go will naturally flow to major rivers, causing river water levels to skyrocket. A considerable part of them will flow to the Yellow River, causing the water level of the Yellow River to skyrocket, resulting in floods.
Yaoguang Environmental Management Company foresaw that there might be big problems in the future, so it formed this report and sent it to him to see what he thought about it.
In fact, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company has carried out vegetation greening work along the Yellow River with the government, with the purpose of reducing the amount of sediment in the Yellow River and reducing the rate of siltation in the Yellow River.
It's just that this work has only been carried out for a year or two, and the results are not particularly significant, and it is not always rolled out all at once like him, but is carried out step by step.
After all, the government's annual financial budget is fixed, and there is a high probability that there will be no sudden increase. Therefore, the scale of funds used for soil and water conservation is relatively fixed every year.
Moreover, it is not just the Yellow River that needs soil and water conservation across the country. In fact, all major water systems and rivers in our country need to carry out certain soil and water conservation work to make the ecology of these water systems better.
Although it is different now a few decades later, due to economic development and excessive demand for resources, the ecology of many water systems has been destroyed. Strict laws, regulations and policies need to be adopted to protect the ecological protection of these water systems.
However, because there are too many water systems in our country, even if the damage is not that serious, the amount of government investment still required is not small, and when it comes to the Yellow River Basin, it is naturally limited.
Therefore, the current work carried out by them and the government is not particularly effective in soil and water conservation in the Yellow River Basin, and significant effects will only be seen in the next few years.
Moreover, the main purpose of soil and water conservation work is to reduce the amount of sediment entering the water system and make the water system clearer, which is not very helpful in accommodating a larger amount of water.
Therefore, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company believes that if we want to avoid this situation, we must carry out the management of the Yellow River as soon as possible, and the sooner the better.
But the Yellow River is not that easy to manage. If it was really easy to manage, the ancients would have managed the Yellow River properly long ago. Even with modern productivity, it is not that easy to manage it well. At least the funds are a huge number. .
The first thing to control the Yellow River is to reduce the amount of sediment. This has actually had very good results, and it is not just a management project that they cooperate with the government.
In fact, places like Mu Us, Tengger, and Jilin Badaan that were originally deserts have greatly reduced the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River after they were managed.
In previous lives, the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River every year was as high as 1.6 billion tons, of which 1.2 billion tons would enter the ocean with the Yellow River water, and the remaining 400 million tons would remain permanently in the Yellow River waterway and accumulate.
This is why no matter how it was organized in ancient times, the Yellow River always became higher and higher. Some sections of the river completely became an above-ground river. Once a breach occurred, it would be a huge disaster.
But this was the only feasible method in ancient times, and it was also an inevitable choice due to low productivity at that time. Obviously, if modern people want to control the Yellow River, they will definitely not adopt this method. This method treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
With modern technology, the first thing that comes to mind is dredging, which is to dig the river channel deeper so that the Yellow River can accommodate a larger amount of runoff water. This must be one of many management methods.
However, dredging alone cannot completely control the Yellow River, because the lower reaches of the Yellow River are flat and the altitude is very low. If the river bed is too deep, there may be seawater backflow.
This is also the reason why before Zhao Yi was reborn, there were still many river sections in the lower reaches of the Yellow River that were above ground rivers. It was not that there was no ability to dig down, but that there was no way to dig down. This was the problem.
The places where floods occur most frequently are basically concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Therefore, if we want to solve the flooding problem in the Yellow River, the most fundamental purpose is to solve the flooding problem in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Moreover, most of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are plain areas, which are important agricultural planting areas in my country. Once floods occur, it will have a great impact on my country's agricultural production.
The most important thing is that long-term river flooding may lead to salinization of land in flooded areas. Especially for water with a particularly large amount of sediment like the Yellow River, the degree and speed of salinization may be higher and faster.
Yaoguang Environmental Management Company also knows that simply treating the existing Yellow River waterways has a very limited effect. Although it is not ineffective, the effect cannot completely solve the problem.
Therefore, the plan they proposed was to build another Yellow River. From the bend of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, that is, the Yellow River channel near Ordos, they would dig a river channel from Shanxi to Hebei until near Tianjin.
In this way, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River will fork. Necessary dredging of the original Yellow River channel and control of the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River will also increase the amount of water flowing through the Yellow River.
The newly opened waterways can play a diversion role and can also bring a large amount of water to Inner Mongolia, the capital and Tianjin areas, which can solve the water shortage problem in these places.
This plan seems to be very good, but in fact the difficulty also exists, that is, the Taihang Mountains are in the middle, and the only more feasible option is to pass through the northern end of the Taihang Mountains and the western end of the Yanshan Mountains.
However, the terrain in these places is not so easy to deal with. Yaoguang Environmental Management Company only proposed an idea. It is not yet known whether it can be implemented and how large the project volume will be.
In fact, natural selection of watersheds is actually the most economical. Artificial selection is actually contrary to nature. Therefore, regardless of whether it is feasible or not, it is foreseeable that the workload is absolutely indispensable, and the funds required will be very huge.
Here you need to consider whether it is worth it. If the difficulty is too high and the cost is too high, it may not be possible. In response to their proposal, Zhao Yi thinks it is worth investigating first.
Check whether the plan is feasible and whether the cost is within the acceptable range. After these two items are determined, we will consider how to organize it, who will manage it, and how to distribute the benefits.
What he really likes is dredging in the original river channel. As mentioned before, the altitude of the middle and lower reaches is too low and the river channel is dug too deep, which may lead to seawater backflow, which will cause even bigger problems.
This situation will only occur when the water level of the Yellow River remains low for a long time. If the annual runoff of the Yellow River increases significantly and the fresh water level is higher than the sea water level, there is no need to worry about sea water intrusion.
Therefore, when dredging, it is necessary to calculate the altitude of the river bed based on the average annual runoff of the Yellow River to prevent seawater from intruding back.
In order to avoid special situations, for example, during a certain period of time, there is not much rainfall in the Yellow River Basin, which causes the water level in the lower reaches of the Yellow River to lower, even lower than the sea level, causing seawater intrusion.
You can choose a suitable location at the mouth of the Yellow River and build a regulating dam. When the water level of the Yellow River is high, the dam will be fully opened to allow the Yellow River water to enter the sea smoothly.
When the water level of the Yellow River is lower than the sea level, the dam can be closed to prevent seawater from flowing back into the Yellow River. This is a good solution.
Managing the Yellow River is not just about managing the main road, but the entire water system. In other words, the water systems near the Yellow River must also be managed. Otherwise, the main road of the Yellow River will not be flooded, but the major tributaries or inland rivers will be flooded, and the effect will be insignificant. .
The situation we are facing now is that rainfall in the entire north has increased to varying degrees. As the overall climate in the northwest and even the north improves, rainfall will continue to increase until a new equilibrium state is reached.
The Yellow River has as many as 13 main tributaries. Not only does it have a large drainage area, but its total length is also very long. The workload of managing it is no less than that of managing the main roads.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi felt a headache. He didn't expect that the improvement of the northern climate would bring so many problems. If they were not solved, good things would turn into bad things. This was not what he wanted to see.
However, if these are managed well, the benefits will be huge. Not to mention the benefits obtained by his companies, the entire northern region will basically become a land of plenty.
This is of great benefit to the development of agriculture and industry in the north. In the past, the economy of the north was always inferior to that of the south. In addition to the better geographical conditions for international trade in the south, it is also related to the climate of the north.
Developed industry will inevitably bring about population agglomeration. For example, in Guangdong in the past life, industry and commerce were developed, resulting in a population of up to 100 million. Almost a large number of people from all over the country gathered in Guangdong.
If the Guangdong Pearl River Delta did not have the support of the Pearl River water system, it would be basically impossible to support the prosperous Pearl River Delta Economic Zone. With such a high population density, just water use would be a big problem.
Therefore, if the climate in the north does not improve, not only agricultural development will be affected, but also industrial and commercial development will be greatly affected. Especially in the inland areas of the north, it will be more difficult to develop the economy.
In fact, the geographical conditions in the north are better than those in the south. The south is mountainous and hilly, and there are not many places with large areas of flat land. If the climate in the north is greatly improved, it means that the economic development potential of the north is even higher than that of the south.
In addition, the population size will grow very fast in the future. The population of 1.8 billion is only an estimate. The actual situation is even higher than this. By then, so many people will not be able to be mostly concentrated in the south. The north will need to bear the responsibility for more population gathering.
The economy and living environment are important reasons for population agglomeration. If these two aspects are not improved, the population will naturally gather in areas with better conditions, which will put great pressure on local areas.
In any case, the work of climate improvement and governance cannot be abandoned halfway. The many problems arising from it cannot be flinched because of difficulties. Once we have started, we must work towards the final result.
The reason why Yaoguang Environmental Management Company told him about this problem in the form of a report was that in addition to letting him know about this problem, it also wanted to let him continue to invest.
In fact, the areas they have managed have played an important role in reducing the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River, because these areas are already desert areas, and the amount of sediment entering the water is huge.
Moreover, the Loess Plateau they are treating is also one of the important sources of sediment in the Yellow River. Treatment of these places can greatly reduce the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River.
In fact, the pressure on reducing sediment entering the river is not great. The remaining ecological management along the river can be supported by government finances.
Therefore, the main investment is still in the dredging of the Yellow River, and the entire Yellow River has a large river channel drop, so dredging is not that easy to do, and the cost is naturally higher.
Of course, if it is really managed, it will not only solve the problem of flooding, but also promote the development of agriculture and urban industry and commerce along the way. It will also make it possible for the Yellow River to be navigable with large tonnage.
No matter how developed land transportation is, water transportation plays an incomparable role. Low cost, large transportation volume, and economy are important features of water transportation, and it plays an important role in the economy and urban development along the Yellow River.
How to invest is still uncertain. After all, on the one hand, the governance plan and cost need to be determined, and on the other hand, it depends on the attitude of the government. It would of course be better if the government invested in governance itself, which would save it a lot of things.
But if this task is handed over to Yaoguang Environmental Management Company, it will not only be a national governance issue, but also a commercial project without any benefits, even he will not take it on.
Because enterprises are different from the government, the government can continuously obtain financial resources through taxation. If an enterprise does not make a profit or suffers a huge loss, it will go bankrupt. This is not only detrimental to the enterprise, but also to the national economy.
If this project is really handed over to Yaoguang Environmental Management Company, the government will just pay it back. If Yaoguang Environmental Management Company is to pay, then we need to consider how to make a profit.
There are only two aspects he can think of. The first is the dredged Yellow River waterway. He has the commercial operation rights of the waterway. This is the easiest project to obtain profits.
Not to mention that the managed Yellow River waterway can reach only one-twentieth of the runoff of the Yangtze River. If it reaches one-fifth, it will be able to navigate giant ships with tens of thousands of tons for a long time.
By then, the navigation fees alone will bring huge profits to Yaoguang Environmental Management Company. After all, the water system is very beneficial for the transportation of many commodities, and the Yellow River will inevitably become a golden waterway.
The second is the economic management rights of the soil and water conservation areas along the way. Although the width may be only a few kilometers, the length is very long, and the total area is also very considerable.
Moreover, the well-governed Yellow River is a fertile land. There is no need to worry about drought, and the possibility of flooding is also lower. It is a fertile treasure land for agricultural development.
He then sent his opinions and views to Yaoguang Environmental Management Company via email. As for the economic development rights along the river, they can be negotiated, but if the government is determined, it can choose to be flexible.
To be honest, although it seems that there are only a few kilometers of economic development rights along the river, the river is very long and involves tributaries, which is at least 3,000 kilometers. The combined area is actually quite large.
This is why he asked Yaoguang Environmental Management Company to propose this plan, but it does not have to be this way. If it is unusable land, it will be fine, like the desert land they acquired before.
Even if it is given to them, it is equivalent to creating benefits for the country. After all, it was a useless land. Now it is not only managed, but also able to generate huge economic benefits, so I won't care too much.
The land along the river itself is relatively fertile and is very beneficial to the development of agriculture. Moreover, most of this land has been allocated, and harvesting it will face more problems.
Although it is unlikely to agree, the reason why it is proposed is to strive for some compensation in other aspects. If we only rely on navigation rights, it will be difficult to recover the investment, and the return will be seriously inconsistent with the investment.
But he couldn't remember for a moment where he could get compensation. After all, he didn't have much to ask for, so he couldn't get tax relief, and he had no intention of doing so.
Taxation is the basis for the operation of a country. If there is less finance, public investment in many aspects will also be reduced. The investment in welfare such as education that he cares about will naturally be reduced, so he does not care about tax exemptions. (End of chapter)