Chapter 286 Leader, you should know how profitable this is internationally.
The next morning.
Su Wenchen was still asleep when he was awakened by the noise downstairs.
I looked outside through the curtains and found that it was already getting light outside.
Then he touched the watch on the bedside table.
I realized it was already past seven o'clock.
At this time, Jiang Li was also awakened by Su Wenchen's movement.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"Achen, what time is it?"
After saying that, she put her arms around her man's waist and leaned her whole body on his chest.
When Su Wenchen saw his wife like this, he scratched her nose with amusement.
"Little lazy pig, it's already seven o'clock, get up and clean up!"
"It's still a bit far from here to the Dongcheng District Agriculture and Forestry Department. I can't just go there at noon and wait for lunch!"
"That's not good!"
"However, I don't know if the buses in Beijing will be running today. If there are no buses, we can only borrow a bicycle to get there."
"By the way, do you have a bicycle at home?"
Jiang Li thought about it after hearing what Su Wenchen said.
"My dad bought me a women's bicycle a while ago, but I don't know if it's still there."
"After all, it's been several years. I guess my dad will probably give it to his old subordinates who are in need."
"Because it was like this in the past. Back then, things were worse than they are now. There was not enough food, and the rations in the city were being reduced. My dad and my mom would take out some of the food at home to support his brothers who were struggling."
Then he pointed to the movement below and said.
"Listen, the ones who came to wish my dad a happy new year this morning are his old brothers."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Sister Xiaoli, my uncle asked me to ask you if you guys are up yet."
Hearing the voice, Jiang Li responded directly.
"Get up!"
"Tell my dad we'll be down in a minute."
After saying that, she rubbed Su Wenchen's chest like a spoiled child.
"Let's get up too!"
"Let's pack up and leave soon. We have to squeeze into the bus soon!"
"Although there are buses today, the frequency will be less than usual."
"If we go too late, I'm afraid we'll have to go all the way from West City Station to East City."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he patted Jiang Li’s little head and said, “Why are you still pressing me?”
"Get up!"
"Let's sleep in tomorrow."
Then the two of them put on their clothes, washed up, and slowly walked down from the second floor.
Su Wenchen looked at the sofa in the living room and saw that several people were already sitting on it.
Father Jiang sat on the side, chatting with his old brothers with a happy look on his face.
"Haha, you're the only ones coming this year."
"But don't bring any food with you next time. Life is much better now than before, so you don't have to bring food all the time."
"Everyone was having a hard time back then, so you all brought food here, and I didn't say anything."
"Now that life is getting better, there's no need to bring so many things with you. Just come over here."
"I can still afford a meal."
Hearing what Father Jiang said, someone immediately retorted.
"Old leader, what you said is wrong. How can we come here empty-handed?"
"When I go back and tell my old friends about this, they'll laugh at me to death!"
"We're the only ones who came to Beijing City for business this year, and we're here to see you on behalf of everyone else!"
"This thing isn't just ours! It's just a little token of our appreciation. It's definitely incomparable to what you, old leader, are exposed to now."
Father Jiang waved his hand.
"What are you talking about!"
"I'm telling you, I'm craving this now. I remember back in the southwest, transportation was extremely poor, and logistical supplies couldn't be delivered at all."
"Aren't we just relying on our own abilities to learn from the villagers how to find food in the mountains?"
"Well, let's cook everything you brought at noon and have a nice drink."
While a few people were chatting, they saw Su Wenchen and Jiang Li walking down from upstairs.
Hearing the sound of someone coming down the stairs, Father Jiang turned around.
His face was embarrassed at first, because the memories he had finally forgotten last night began to come back.
Thinking about how I was actually chatting with my son-in-law last night, arm in arm, about being brothers.
Father Jiang wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into, and he had to do it in front of his daughter. He would be laughed at by his daughter for the rest of his life because of what happened last night.
But after all, Jiang's father has been working in the railway ministry for more than ten years.
From being transferred to the Ministry of Railways to where I am now, I definitely have the basic skills to control my emotions.
So he pointed at Su Wenchen and introduced him without changing his expression.
"Let me introduce you to my son-in-law, Su Wenchen."
"You may not know his name, but if I say Blue Water Farm, you might have an impression of it."
"The Yuehua rabbits, and the six-month-old white pigs that have been circulating in various departments at the end of the year, are all bred on their farm."
Seeing Father Jiang introducing himself with a bit of pride, Su Wenchen also smiled modestly and took the initiative.
"Happy New Year, uncles and aunts!"
"Hello! Hello!"
After a moment, someone reacted.
"Oh! I was just saying that our son-in-law looked so familiar! I didn't think of him at first."
"Old leader, now that you mention it, isn't this the young man we saw at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry meeting at the guesthouse last night?"
"That's right, I said that at the time!"
"This lucky guy, Old He, must have gotten a great bargain. Now the whole country knows about the existence of Lanshui County."
Then he looked at Jiang's father with some resentment.
"Old leader, your son-in-law is really holding it tightly!"
"This girl didn't even tell the brothers about her marriage!"
"No, I have to have a drink with our son-in-law at noon today."
Father Jiang waved his hand.
"Xiaochen is also going to pay New Year's greetings to the leaders of their department this morning."
"When there's a chance in the future, I'll definitely let him have a few drinks with you guys."
"But I'm afraid you're no match for me, so I'll drink with you at noon today."
"I'm telling you, my alcohol tolerance has improved now."
"Last night, my son-in-law and I opened three bottles of Fenjiu, and I was fine in the end."
Hearing this, several people rolled their eyes.
"Leader, why am I so unconvinced?"
"You only drank half a bottle, and there are three bottles. Don't tell me your son-in-law drank two and a half bottles!"
When Father Jiang heard this, he immediately became anxious.
"What are you talking about? How many times do you drink with me in a year? You don't know shit."
"I can drink a bottle and a half now and I'm fine. If you don't believe me, ask my son-in-law."
The others looked at Su Wenchen suspiciously and shook their heads.
"That's your son-in-law, he will definitely be on your side!"
"And, old leader, you've been transferred to the local government for more than ten years, how can you still use foul language!"
"You're getting anxious!"
Father Jiang said unhappily.
"Who's in a hurry? It's you, a bunch of rough guys, who brought me here."
Then, seeing Su Wenchen was about to speak, Father Jiang quickly interrupted him.
"Xiaochen, didn't you say you were going to the leader's house this morning? Dongcheng District is not close. I notified the driver this morning and he will take you there later."
Su Wenchen looked at Jiang's father and felt a little amused as he seemed to be afraid that he would tell what happened last night.
But I still thanked him directly.
"Okay, Dad, you and the uncles have a good lunch! I won't accompany you today."
Father Jiang waved his hand.
"We don't need you. We're a bunch of old guys, and it's boring to drink with you."
Obviously, Jiang's father also knew that when he was drunk, he liked to pull people over and call them brothers.
There is nothing wrong with drinking like this with old friends, but it is very embarrassing to drink like this with son-in-law.
Then I remembered something.
"By the way, do you want to bring anything?"
"Just go to the small warehouse and get it."
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"Dad, no need. Our leaders told us not to bring anything, so I thought I'd just bring our homemade smoked chicken."
Father Jiang also nodded.
Just like when his old brothers come to visit him and bring some local specialties from their hometown, he will accept them, but if they really bring things that cost a lot of money, he really won't accept them.
"Okay, you can do it yourself!"
"But that smoked rooster you brought last night was really good."
“It also tastes like a light pine aroma.”
Then he introduced him to his old subordinates.
"You're in for a treat today. I'll let you try some smoked blue moorhen at noon. Do you know what blue moorhen is?"
"This is now Lanshui County's signature rooster. It used to be available on the black market in Beijing. I thought it was a scam that came out of nowhere!"
"As a result, my son-in-law gave me a few at the end of the year, and last night I realized that this thing really tastes different."
"I'll give you a taste at noon."
"To be honest, if you guys hadn't come over, I wouldn't have been willing to take it out!"
Su Wenchen shook his head and watched as Father Jiang, like a child, showed off to his old brother some information he had learned from drinking with him last night.
It is obvious that they are showing off to their friends that their children have made great progress.
However, Su Wenchen didn't stay in the living room for long. He went directly to the small warehouse at the back with Jiang Li to pack up his things.
Dongcheng District.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry staff housing compound.
After more than half an hour's drive, Su Wenchen and Jiang Li arrived at the family compound.
Since cars had to be registered separately, they just walked in.
Since it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were still many people coming out to pay New Year’s greetings, so Su Wenchen made some inquiries.
We found our destination quickly.
In front of a small red brick building, Su Wenchen confirmed the house number on it.
He whispered to his wife beside him.
“It seems to be this one!”
Jiang Li looked around.
"Are you sure you're asking the right question?" Jiang Li said hesitantly, looking at the exposed red bricks outside.
Su Wenchen looked at the house in front of him and was a little unsure.
But it is certainly not the case that the house in front of me is that bad.
As a stand-alone small building, it is definitely equipped for leaders of a certain level.
However, there was not even a layer of ash on the outside of the red bricks, which made Su Wenchen undecided.
Apart from anything else, just looking from the outside, it is definitely not as good as the buildings in the Ministry of Railways staff housing compound.
Of course, Su Wenchen also knew that the place might have been built with aid from the Soviet Union, so the various buildings and decoration styles were very Soviet.
Those built later are definitely not as good as those built back then.
But Su Wenchen really didn't expect the difference to be so huge.
Just then, a voice came from behind.
"Xiao Su? What are you doing standing at the door?"
Hearing the sound, Su Wenchen turned around and saw an old man leading a child, who seemed to have just returned from a walk in the morning.
"Boss, Happy New Year! I just came to confirm the address."
"Don't go to the wrong place then."
The old man walked straight forward, opened the door and said with a smile.
"Haha, you too! I see you can't believe it, right?"
"I'm just saying, this red brick wall is so beautiful and festive!"
"Applying a layer of whitewash is not only a waste of manpower, but also requires frequent repairs, otherwise the wall paint will easily fall off."
"It's still more labor-saving and more beautiful this way."
He walked into the yard with Su Wenchen.
I heard the old man's low voice in the yard, and then a slightly old woman's voice came from the room.
"You're so good-looking, you're always the special one. You took my eldest grandson out for a walk early in the morning. Don't you know how many people came to wish you a happy new year?"
"If you don't want to receive me, then receive me, right?"
The old man said directly.
"Didn't I tell you to tell me I'm gone? Apart from the ones I told you to stay, you can just send everyone else away."
Then he opened the door to the house.
"Xiao Su, come inside and warm up first!"
"This is your lover! Come in quickly!"
Su Wenchen also introduced it.
"Leader, this is my lover Jiang Li!"
As if they heard that there were outsiders, when a few people walked into the house, the leader's wife also came out from the inner room.
His voice was no longer as hurried as before, and his face was kind.
"Xiao Su, right?"
"The old man has been nagging you many times. Come on, come in and sit down. Come in and warm up."
When the old man saw his wife coming out, he also introduced her.
"This is my wife, Zhang Qiuhua. You can just call her Aunt Zhang or Aunt Qiuhua."
Su Wenchen also smiled and nodded.
"Okay, Aunt Qiuhua, Happy New Year!"
"This is my love Jiang Li."
Hearing this, Jiang Li also shouted calmly.
"Aunt Qiuhua, Happy New Year!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he immediately turned around.
That's not right!
Why do I call you auntie and you call me auntie?
But the other party just smiled and replied.
"Okay, okay, all good, come in first, come in and sit down!"
"I'll go get you some hot water."
Then he led the two of them into the living room.
After sitting down, the old man saw the things Su Wenchen received wrapped in oil paper, and immediately pretended to be angry.
"Didn't I tell you that it would be OK if someone came over here?"
"Everything is in short supply during the Chinese New Year, and prices are high. Why are you buying anything?"
"I told you I don't need anything, just take it back when the time comes!"
Su Wenchen smiled and shook his head.
"Boss, it's not bought, it's smoked with pine wood!"
“The chickens are also raised at home!”
"And you've seen us before. Almost every household in our brigade raises several chickens, so it really doesn't cost anything."
"If you don't believe me, just take a look."
"Besides, if you really let me come here empty-handed, I would be too embarrassed to come to your house!"
As Su Wen said this, he handed over the cured chicken wrapped in oil paper.
When the old man heard this, he took it, turned around and handed it to his wife.
"In that case, let's add a dish to lunch!"
Jiang Li saw Zhang Qiuhua go to the kitchen and stood up.
"Aunt Qiuhua, let me help you!"
The child on the other side, who had been silent, immediately trotted after his grandmother when he saw her walking towards the kitchen with something.
"Granny, what is this? It smells so good!"
"Can we have this for lunch?"
When the old man heard what his grandson said, he shook his head helplessly.
"My little grandson can't even walk when he sees something delicious!"
"But Xiao Su, don't tell me, the ones you smoke yourself are delicious, and they are also smoked with your local blue water chickens!"
"Since the meeting a few days ago, the department cafeteria has cooked the blue water chicken brought from your farm."
"Several farms have told the ministry they want to import these blue water roosters from you!"
“But I pushed it back.”
"The fertilizer production line hasn't even been built, and grain production hasn't increased. How can we have extra grain to feed the roosters?"
Su Wenchen nodded when he heard this.
"It's really not appropriate to raise this on a large scale right now."
"But if a farm raises a few on a small scale, it's not a big problem."
"Recently, Qianjin Farm in Shanghai has also been discussing the introduction of blue moorhens with us!"
The old man glanced at Su Wenchen, as if he remembered something.
"I remember that the white pigs in your farm were originally imported from them, right?"
"Is this a way of repaying their favor?"
Su Wenchen thought about it and shook his head.
“Not really!”
"It's like giving you some benefits in advance!"
"Because I have a new idea, and I don't have much time to spare right now, I need their help, so it can be considered as a favor."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this.
A hint of joy suddenly flashed in the old man's eyes.
"Could it be that you have made some progress in breeding meat rabbits?"
For the elderly, although white pigs are good, it takes a long time to promote pigs.
So at the moment, it is really not as fast as Rabbit's promotion.
Moreover, rabbits mainly eat grass and currently do not compete with humans for food.
Therefore, the elderly believe that if there are mature meat rabbits at this stage, the meat supply for the people will be greatly improved.
In this way, we can gradually transition to the full deployment of white pigs, and by then every household will have enough meat to eat.
At least it is much better than eating it only a few times a year now.
Su Wenchen scratched his head when he heard this.
"That's not the case. I have to wait until I get back to the farm to breed meat rabbits. I'll try it out there slowly."
"But our branch farm has already started collecting excellent breeding rabbits from all over the place."
"That's why I said it would be difficult for me to get out next year, because our main task next year is to breed a meat rabbit breed with a high fat content."
The old man nodded.
"That's good, that's good!"
"If you need anything, please let the department know. Your farm is still a leader in rabbit breeding in China."
But just after he finished speaking, he felt a little confused again.
"No, in that case, what is this new idea you just mentioned?"
Su Wenchen straightened his body and said seriously.
"I was just about to report this to you!"
"Well, during the meeting, we were chatting over dinner, and I discovered that we have Dengchuan cattle here, with a milk fat content of over 6%."
"However, at present, although the milk fat content of Dengchuan cattle is high, the milk yield is very low."
"Although the production of domestic black and white cattle has increased slightly, the milk fat content has dropped by almost half."
"So I thought of collaborating with Eryuan Farm and Qianjin Farm to see if we could breed a breed of cattle with better milk fat and yield."
The old man listened to Su Wenchen's words and nodded, but still couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him.
"Xiao Su, I know you have good intentions."
"But cattle are different. For one thing, you haven't had much contact with them on your farm, so you don't know them well."
"In fact, your idea has been raised more than once by comrades in the department."
"Even we in the ministry have tried it many times ourselves."
"I can tell you a statistic: Jersey cattle currently have the highest milk fat content in the world, at 5.5 percent."
"And according to the highest data provided by farms in Yunnan Province, our Dengchuan cattle have a milk fat content of up to 6.8!"
“It’s at the world’s leading level.”
"It's just that as a plateau cattle breed, its milk production is too low, and it's also difficult to promote it in plateau areas."
"A high milk fat percentage is good, but for us, a high milk yield is more practical."
"In addition, the ministry has tried several times, but found that these Dengchuan cattle often have various unexpected problems after leaving the plateau, and their milk fat content and milk production will decrease."
"So now the ministry is prioritizing the protection of the Dengchuan cattle, as well as other livestock on the plateau."
Su Wenchen knew what the old man meant, but he still said it.
"Leader, if we were to slowly transition to the plains over several years through a stepped elevation change, has the ministry ever tried this approach?"
When these words came out, the old man was stunned at first, then his eyes frowned slightly.
"Stairway elevation? A little excessive?"
After he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly became serious.
"Xiao Su, tell me your thoughts in detail."
Seeing this, Su Wenchen picked up several empty teacups on the table and arranged them in a straight line.
Then pick up the teapot.
"Leader, this is what I think."
"Currently, the Dengchuan cattle live on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, at an altitude of over 2,000 meters."
"It's normal to feel uncomfortable with this sudden change."
"Even if we ourselves haven't adapted to the weather, many people will experience altitude sickness if we suddenly go there."
"So I thought of using Sichuan Province as a transition zone."
While speaking, Su Wenchen also took the teapot and poured tea into each teacup in a stepped manner.
Finally, he pointed at the cup.
"That's what the leader wants. We should establish a transition base at each altitude transition zone."
"From the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it connects to the Sichuan-Yunnan border area, then to the Sichuan-Shu Basin, and finally out of Sichuan to the North China Plain."
"Descend from 2,000 meters in altitude step by step."
"Although it will take several years, I believe that transporting them down from the plateau in this way will minimize stress reactions and adaptability."
"Then we can use the Dengchuan cattle as the core female stock and breed them with the Black and White Friesian cattle, which currently have the highest milk production."
“Try to breed cattle with high milk fat percentage and high yield.”
"Also, I've learned that the Dutch Holstein cattle currently hold a virtual monopoly in the international dairy market."
"The black and white cattle introduced into our country are also crossbreeds of this type of cattle and local yellow cattle."
"Although this type of cow produces a lot of milk, its milk fat content is average."
"If we can breed a breed with a high butterfat content and a milk yield similar to its, we can break its monopoly. We have also introduced many excellent livestock breeds from abroad."
"Leader, you should know how profitable this is internationally."
When the old man heard Su Wenchen say this, his eyes flickered.
He knew too well the profits involved.
Because at present, many countries have offered hundreds of millions of dollars to import a few pairs of breeding rabbits for the top-quality Yuehua rabbits alone.
It’s just because Yuehua Rabbit is currently related to their diplomatic strategy.
Therefore, there was no consideration of exporting breeding rabbits.
Even in Lan City and Lanshui County, their security departments have arrested many remaining foreign agents and spies.
However, since the Blue Water Farm never recruited anyone again, no one was sent to the Blue Water Farm for an inspection.
Even so, the security personnel have actually been checked.
However, the security personnel at Lanshui Farm are basically retired military personnel.
So it is much easier to check, and that is why we have not changed people.
(End of this chapter)
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