Chapter 219: Occupying the upstream

Nowadays, anyone who has some skills or techniques will be very cautious, fearing that if others learn them, they will have no food to eat. They thought Xu Lingjun was the same, and they were afraid that selling feed and seedlings to them and teaching them the techniques would affect the sales of Team 5's products.

Unexpectedly, Xu Lingjun agreed without any hesitation, and seemed not to be worried at all that their starting to raise pigs, quails, and grow porcini would have an adverse effect on Team 5.

Such an opportunity is very rare, so they repeatedly praised Xu Lingjun for his kindness, fearing that he would go back on his word.

Zhang Zengxiang's eyes turned, and he quickly added, "Then let's make a deal. When we come over after the New Year, you must not refuse to sell it."

"No way, as long as we have it and as long as you bring the money, we will definitely sell it." Xu Lingjun said firmly.

Zhang Zengxiang immediately said, "Okay, we are all men, we can't take back what we said! Then I will come to you after the New Year! You guys can also be my witnesses!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we will come together when the time comes." Li Xingfa and others hurried to follow.

Director Dong was not too worried. Even though the production quota had been set, he was still Xu Lingjun's direct superior, so it would not be a problem for him to buy some feed and seedlings to take back. He just had to tell Xu Lingjun in advance and ask him to leave some for the farm office so that the other production teams would not grab them all.

As soon as the matter was settled, Guo Zi came over to call people. Aunt Guo had already prepared the dishes and heated up the wine, and was waiting for them to eat.

When they got to the dinner table, Zhang Zengxiang was still a little worried. As soon as the wine was poured, he picked it up and found Xu Lingjun, "Come on, Lao Xu, I have to toast you with this glass of wine. Whether our team can eat meat next year depends entirely on you!"

Hey, judging by the order in which you drank, I'm afraid you can only be a production team leader in this life. Director Dong hasn't even opened his mouth yet, but you spoke first. And the first person you toasted was not even Director Dong. I really don't know what to say.

But judging by the way he is doing, he probably has no intention of making progress, so it’s no big deal even if Director Dong is angry.

He could not care less, but Xu Lingjun could not be so reckless. He also stood up with his glass in hand, "I have only been the production team leader for less than a year. Logically, I should toast you first. Director Dong, Team Leader Zhang, Team Leader Li, welcome to our Team 5."

Xu Lingjun is a warrior who can withstand the test of alcohol. He has seen a lot of tricks in the bar, and he can just use a few of them to make everyone dizzy. In the end, he doesn't need to say anything, everyone starts drinking automatically as soon as he raises the glass.

After eating and drinking to their heart's content, they also saw the hope that life would get better next year. Everyone was very satisfied with the trip of Team 5. Before leaving, they shook hands with Xu Lingjun one by one and said, "Old Xu, I'll come with money when the new year starts."

"I will definitely prepare in advance." Seeing that they still remembered this matter, Xu Lingjun felt relieved. It proved that they were not drunk and could go home safely.

After sending them away, Xiuzhi returned home. She had already cooked some hangover soup. Before she had a few sips, Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan, Haisheng and others came over. They were all confused. "We can do it well on our own, why should we hand it over to them? What if we sell it to them? If they learn how to do it and get the feed and seedlings, will it be difficult to sell our products in the future?"

Xu Lingjun put down the soup bowl and patiently explained to them, "Well, this is how we should look at it. First of all, even if we don't teach them, can they not learn it? I don't think so. As long as they see an opportunity to make money, they will think of ways to figure it out. With a little thought, they will know where to go to learn. Let's not talk about other places. There must be teachers in the county agricultural school who know how to raise pigs, chickens, quails, and grow porcini mushrooms. They can learn it too."

"That's true. Mr. Li from the Department of Agronomy is really amazing." Haisheng had been to an agricultural school and was very clear about the abilities of those teachers.

"So if we don't teach them, we will only be blamed and won't be able to stop them. It's better to teach them directly. At least we can get a favor, right?"

When everyone heard this, they all nodded, "Yes, Old Xu is really thoughtful."

"Secondly, you all know the price of feed and seedlings. A quick calculation will show that we can actually make more money by selling feed and seedlings than by selling live pigs and quail eggs. It's a good thing for us that they are willing to raise pigs. The more they raise, the more we earn." Xu Lingjun did another calculation for them.

In fact, in most fields, the upstream is more profitable and has higher profit margins than the midstream. This is especially true in the breeding industry. Breeding companies and feed companies make much more money than farms.

Now Zhang Zengxiang and Li Xingfa took the initiative to ask Xu Lingjun to squeeze into the upper reaches, how could he not agree? In fact, he reported the results truthfully at the site for this reason.

Otherwise, if the number of pigs slaughtered in the pig farm can be concealed, other data can naturally be concealed as well. If they are shocked right away, isn’t it just to make them raise pigs, chickens, and quails? “So, my idea is that next year we don’t need to expand the scale of raising chickens and pigs too much, just increase it a little bit, and focus on the feed factory and quail farm, specializing in producing feed and breeding quail seedlings to sell to them. If we do this, I estimate that by the end of next year, the dividends that each household in our production team can get will at least double again.”

"So much?" Haisheng's heart began to beat wildly. Xu Lingjun had already done the math for them a few days ago. He and his wife's total income this year was more than one thousand yuan, which was an average of more than the county magistrate's salary per month.

After calculating, he and his wife didn't sleep well that night. Next year's income will double again, so he can get more than 200 yuan a month, which is more than what the regional commissioner gets! How can they sleep that night?

"It's more, less, but you just need to keep this to yourselves. Don't show off for the time being. Not to mention whether it will cause trouble, just those distant relatives coming to you to borrow money will annoy you to death." Xu Lingjun reminded.

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"Haha, I, Old Guo, don't have so many messy relatives, so you don't have to worry about this." Guo Zi laughed and said this, but he had already remembered it in his heart.

"I knew that Lao Xu thought more carefully than us. I'll do as Lao Xu said tomorrow. I'm going back to sleep." Dong Kuan stood up, put his hands behind his back and prepared to leave. Guo Zizi and Haisheng also left with him.

The next morning, Xu Lingjun brought a few people to the pig farm, pulled out the few special pigs that he had hidden away, and used a sharp knife to scald the pigs' hair and cut open their stomachs. Everyone in the production team came to help, and it didn't take much effort to cut them into large strips of fat meat.

Xu Lingjun stood on a chair and shouted, "Is everyone waiting impatiently? Our production team's dividend distribution for this year has officially begun!"

(End of this chapter)