Chapter 227 Merger

"Our team wants to be the same as you. Just accept us. We promise to follow your orders in all actions and will never go against your will." After hesitating for a while, Zhang Zengxiang finally stated the purpose of his trip.

He felt embarrassed when he didn't speak, but he didn't care anymore once he spoke out. Zhang Zengxiang immediately told all the difficulties of the production teams under the ranch.

In fact, it has been a long time since other production teams envied the income of Team 5. They worked hard all year round and only earned three to five hundred yuan. This was thanks to the fact that they could buy quail seedlings and feed from Team 5. Otherwise, their income would have been even lower.

It might have been possible in the past, but now the country is reducing the establishment of cavalry year by year. With fewer cavalry, the demand for military horses is naturally decreasing. Now when the troops introduce new military horses, they mostly go to Shandan Military Horse Farm and other professional military horse farms which are larger in scale and have better horse breeds.

Therefore, the military horses raised on the ranch are gradually no longer wanted, and their superiors require them to find a market for themselves. Zhang Zengxiang and his colleagues are good at raising and grazing horses, but they are not so good at selling them outside. If they are lucky, they will come back dejected with nothing. If they are unlucky, they will send the horses away but cannot get the money back.

With the ranch suffering such losses, the herders' lives have become increasingly difficult. Last year, they could barely get through the new year relying on their past savings. If they don't find a solution this year, things will become even more difficult.

Zhang Zengxiang really couldn't find a solution, so he could only ask Xu Lingjun for help. "I see that you have built a new factory now, so you must be short of manpower. Our team will listen to your command and do whatever you tell us to do!"

Xu Lingjun also had a similar idea. Although the other production teams were having a hard time now, as long as they could hold on, their future development prospects were still very promising. Apart from anything else, the vast tracts of high-quality grassland under their names could generate endless wealth as long as they were used properly.

In the future, these grasslands will be precious resources that cannot be bought with money. If anyone wants to sell them, the livestock and dairy giants will definitely beat their brains out.

If he just accepts it, he will face many problems. Some of them are not suitable for Xu Lingjun to raise first. Now that Zhang Zengxiang brings them to his door, that is great.

Xu Lingjun deliberately looked embarrassed, "We are all production teams under the ranch. What will the ranch office think of you coming over? No, no, I can't make things difficult for Director Dong and the others."

"Let's not worry about that for now. The farm office can't let us starve to death, right? It was agreed upon when we contracted production before. As long as we pay the rent on time, we will have the final say on how to do it. I'll talk to Director Dong. I came here today just to ask, are you willing to accept us?" Zhang Zengxiang quickly patted his chest and made the promise.

Hearing him say this, Xu Lingjun also let out a hint, "As long as Director Dong agrees, and you are willing to abide by our rules, then it is not impossible to discuss it."

"Okay, your words are enough. I'll go find Director Dong right now!" After saying this, Zhang Zengxiang left in a hurry.

As soon as he left, the captain of the second team, Li Xingfa, came over and expressed the same idea. While the two were talking, the captains of the third and fourth teams also heard the news and hurried over.

They all had the same idea. Everyone was having a hard time now, except Team 5, which was thriving and getting better every year. Now the people in Team 5 were all very rich, and even the county officials were not as wealthy as them. They all worked under the same ranch, so could they also live a good life like Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan and others?

Xu Lingjun still said the same thing, as long as the leaders agreed and they were willing to abide by the rules, it would not be impossible to lead them to live a good life together. Anyway, Team 5 also needed to expand its production scale now, so the more people who came and the larger the pasture area they occupied, the better.

When several production team leaders heard this, they immediately went to the site to find Director Dong. When they arrived, Director Dong was chatting with Zhang Zengxiang. He was actually having a headache at the moment.

The reduction in cavalry had a huge impact on the ranch. Except for the fifth team where Xu Lingjun was located, it was very difficult for other production teams to hand over materials and rent. Last year, he struggled very hard to barely achieve the set goals.

The market conditions this year are worse than last year, and it is almost impossible to complete the task. The arrival of Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others has made him see opportunities. In the past, the five teams could complete the task, but that was only the five teams' business.

Now that all the production teams have been merged together, given the current prosperity of Team 5, there will be absolutely no problem for it to help other production teams hand over supplies and rent. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

He thought about it and let out a little, "In principle, we are all employees of the ranch. It's not impossible to accept you back! But this is a big deal and requires the consent of other leaders. You still have to think of a way to convince them!"

Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others saw hope, and hurried to talk to their familiar leaders, and together petitioned the higher management department.

This move was the right one. The superiors actually wanted to facilitate this merger. They had long seen Xu Lingjun's abilities and had wanted to give him more responsibilities before. Unfortunately, Xu Lingjun was unwilling to leave the ranch, so they had to give up regretfully.

Now, the other production teams all want to merge, and Xu Lingjun has no intention of refusing, so why not just merge all the production teams? In this way, wouldn't it be possible to use Xu Lingjun's abilities to improve the overall income of the ranch and the living standards of the herders?

Some leaders have actually long realized that animal husbandry should leverage its scale advantages, and the reason why it was not leveraged well before was a management problem, not a problem with the direction of large-scale operations.

They were not comfortable saying these things to outsiders, but they were in favor of this merger because it would not only solve the management problem but also give full play to the scale advantage of the ranch. Wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone? The superiors were willing, the production teams were willing, and Xu Lingjun was also willing, so this big merger was naturally facilitated. The production teams hurriedly counted their assets and submitted reports for application, and the superiors approved their applications as quickly as possible.

During this period, some nearby villagers heard the news and clamored to merge with the ranch. However, they were different from Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others. They had never been from the ranch before, so there was no reason for them to merge with the ranch.

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This trend was quickly suppressed, and many ordinary people were extremely disappointed.

When the day of the official merger arrived, they could only watch with envy as Zhang Zengxiang, Li Xingfa and others joined happily.

With so many people and so many ranches, Xu Lingjun was full of confidence and ready to do a great job.

(End of this chapter)