Chapter 292 Xiao Su, I, an old man, really can’t keep up with your tricks, you have to give me a break!
By the time Su Wenchen was taken back to the compound by Lei Bailiang on a bicycle, it was already dark.
Walk across the bluestone path in the yard.
As soon as Su Wenchen opened the door of the house, warm yellow light mixed with the faint sour smell of hangover soup hit him in the face.
At this time, Father Jiang was wearing reading glasses and reading a newspaper, while Jiang Li was sitting on the sofa next to him, flipping through a magazine that was almost torn to pieces.
After hearing the muffled sound, he immediately looked towards the door.
After Su Wenchen came in, he changed his shoes and spoke directly, feeling a little drunk.
"Dad, Ali, you guys haven't slept yet! Didn't you say not to wait for me?"
Father Jiang glanced at Su Wenchen.
"How can I sleep if you haven't come back yet?"
"Don't even call back in advance."
"If we go to bed, you'll be drunk and staggering, and I'm afraid you'll fall down the stairs halfway."
"Your aunt is making some hangover soup in the kitchen. Xiaoli, help Xiaosu get a bowl!"
Su Wenchen simply waved his hand.
"No, I can just get myself a bowl."
Father Jiang slowly folded the newspaper in his hand and pointed directly at the sofa in front of him.
"Come and sit down, I have something to tell you!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he sobered up immediately. He thought his father-in-law was going to scold him for coming home late!
After he sat down, Father Jiang asked directly.
"When will you return?"
Su Wenchen paused for a moment, then spoke.
"I discussed this with Ali yesterday. After I report my work tomorrow, if nothing unexpected happens, we should leave the day after tomorrow."
Father Jiang nodded. He knew in his heart that neither his son-in-law nor his daughter could stay in Beijing for long.
"I understand. I'll book you train tickets for the day after tomorrow at noon."
After saying that, he pushed a piece of paper on the table in front of Su Wenchen.
"Please keep this! This is the contact information for Ruth Dang, the stationmaster of Xuzhou Railway Freight Terminal. The Longhai, Jinpu, and Beijing-Shanghai railway lines all pass through their station.
"I've looked at the map. Your branch isn't particularly far from their train station. It's only an hour or two away by car."
"I heard that you're going to start construction on your branch. If you need anything, you can contact him."
"I've already told him. As long as it's not prohibited items, it shouldn't be a problem for me to help you carry some."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he cleared his throat.
To be honest, this matter is of great benefit to their branch, after all, these railways are important routes now.
One is the Beijing-Shanghai line that runs through the north and south, and the other is the Longhai line that runs across the east and west. With these two lines, he can transport his output to most parts of the country at the fastest speed.
This way, at least we can be self-sufficient and there won’t be any problems!
Su Wenchen was about to say something when Father Jiang saw him, waved his hand and stood up.
"You don't have to thank me. I was instructed by the higher-ups to have the railway department take care of your farm as much as possible, as long as the route allows."
"This is also what your farm has fought for!"
"Do your best. I don't know much about pig farming, but eating meat is the most earnest wish of the people across the country, so this will benefit you, and the benefits will become more apparent over time."
Su Wenchen knew what Father Jiang meant.
Tell him not to be stingy or deliberately block other units. Try to spread out the White Pigs as much as possible. The faster they spread out and the wider the area they cover, the greater the benefit to him.
Su Wenchen naturally understood this truth. As long as he influenced more people, his reputation would gradually increase.
"By the way, when it comes to transporting white pigs from various places for promotion, our department has also prepared special trains."
"By then, I guess the people at Lan City Railway Freight Station will come to your station to make contact."
"Now you can just go back and arrange for someone to check if it's suitable. Okay, it's getting late. You and Ali should go to bed early!"
After saying this, Father Jiang went straight back to the house.
After a while, the sound of slippers was heard in the corridor, and Jiang Li came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of sobering soup. She frowned and looked at the empty sofa and Su Wenchen who looked thoughtful!
"Hey, where's my dad!"
"Why did he say that to you? Don't pay attention to him. We're leaving the day after tomorrow anyway."
Su Wenchen came back to his senses and smiled.
"No, it's a great thing for me!"
After saying that, he stood up and took the hangover soup from Jiang Li's hand. The strong sour taste made him frown slightly, but Su Wenchen drank it all in one gulp.
"Let's go back and rest!"
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the holly trees in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry building were covered with a thin layer of frost.
Su Wenchen walked into the building on the icy blue brick steps. The corridor was still filled with the atmosphere of the New Year. Many people in each office were still cleaning and greeting each other.
He had just turned the corner of the stairs when he saw Guo Xiangyang standing at the end of the corridor like a telephone pole, holding the meeting minutes book in his hand and constantly looking at his watch.
Seeing Su Wenchen coming over, Guo Xiangyang took two steps at a time and immediately went up to him.
"Brother Su, you're here! The leaders are all here and are already having a meeting in the small conference room."
"You're the only one missing. The leader specifically told me to wait for you here. I'll go straight over after you get here!"
"Come on, come on, I'll take you there!"
After saying that, without waiting for Su Wenchen to speak, he turned around and trotted with Su Wenchen, heading straight to the small meeting room.
Su Wenchen didn't expect that the leader was so anxious that he called everyone to a meeting early in the morning. Isn't this a bit too anxious!
Soon, Su Wenchen followed Guo Xiangyang to the door of the small conference room.
After opening the door of the conference room.
Suddenly, a strong smell of smoke emanated from inside. At this moment, the old man was pointing at the map on the table and saying something to the leaders of the Animal Husbandry Bureau and the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau.
Seeing Su Wenchen come in, the old man immediately waved.
"Xiao Su, you're here just in time. I've already explained to them the step-by-step training plan you mentioned to me a few days ago."
“But there are still many things I don’t understand.”
"I just asked those two to speak, but one of them stuttered and couldn't explain clearly, and the other was completely clueless about the data."
"You've come just in time, it's a good opportunity for you to speak!"
At this time, Zhang Qianjin and Yang Fusheng, who were sitting below, sat upright. Su Wenchen didn't know when they started.
But judging from the way the two people were sitting and the slightly sweaty foreheads, it seemed that it had been a while.
Obviously, these two people were asked a lot of questions, but they probably couldn't answer many of them.
However, Su Wenchen could understand Yang Fusheng to some extent. As the leader of a county-level farm, he reported directly to the leaders of the ministry. If he said he was not excited at all, he would definitely be an anomaly.
Of course, it is probably because I didn’t make a mental plan in advance.
Because they talked about this at dinner last night.
At that time, it was said that Su Wenchen came to report this morning, and after the meeting, the leader might meet with the two of them to ask about some specific details.
In this way, the two of them can naturally take time to prepare during the day.
But Su Wenchen had never expected that his leader was so anxious, and he hadn't even come to report!
The two of them were taken to a meeting early in the morning.
Su Wenchen estimated that the two of them must have been stunned when they were called out from their beds in the guesthouse!
Hearing the old man say this, Su Wenchen walked over and found a seat below their Agricultural Reclamation Bureau leader Lu Anguo.
Just as Su Wenchen sat down, Director Xu of the Animal Husbandry Bureau sitting opposite him touched his chin and said.
"Xiao Su, your plan of descending from an altitude of over 2,000 meters in Eryuan County to over 500 meters in Ya'an, after adapting to various transition stations, is indeed feasible."
"but."
As he said this, he pointed to the border between Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province on the map on the table.
"The transportation conditions in the Yalong River valley between Panzhihua and Shimian are poor. What if the cattle develop altitude sickness and can't retreat in time?"
Su Wenchen took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase.
This was the climate data provided by the meteorological bureaus in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan that he asked Yang Fusheng to help him find during a meeting before the New Year.
At that time, this route was also formulated by him and Yang Fusheng after checking some data, because Su Wenchen was not a local there, and was definitely not as good as the locals in this regard!
Then he answered directly.
"Leader, Comrade Yang Fusheng and I conducted several simulations on this issue before the New Year. Here's the weather data from there. According to the local meteorological bureau, there's basically no extreme weather in the river valley from February to April each year."
"So as long as our transportation time is within this period, there is almost no chance of transportation problems."
"In the next few months, it will be easy to tell whether you are adapting or not."
"Since we are at a stepped altitude, each descent is not particularly fast. Even if we experience discomfort, it won't be a big problem in the short term."
"In addition, our transition stations have also set up 20 percent vacant cattle pens."
"That is to say, if there is a problem at the next station, the patient can be immediately isolated and transferred back to the previous station."
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, the leader of the Agriculture Bureau on the other side shook his head.
"If you ask me, Old Xu, you're worrying too much. Even if they can't adapt, the most they'll have is a few more sick cows. When you were transporting them down there yourself, I didn't hear you mention anything about what to do if there were any reactions."
"The route has already been mapped out, and you're still fussing over this? I'd say this project is a no-brainer."
"There's no problem with people. I think the biggest problem is funding—" He turned directly to the old man and said.
"Leader, from what we can see now, this project will require the construction of at least three to five transitional stations."
"This would require at least 300,000 yuan in special funds! Which department would provide this money?"
"Anyway, our Agricultural Bureau is broke. This year, they've introduced fertilizer production lines and are building factories all over the place, which has almost wiped out our little savings!"
"And the Ministry should be very clear about this."
Obviously, he knew very well that this was indeed a good thing, but it had little impact on their Agricultural Bureau. Calling him to a meeting was probably because he would have to pay money.
So he took the lead in expressing his opinion, saying that he supported the plan, but they didn't have the money.
As soon as these words were spoken, the leader of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau next to him continued.
"Leader, the ministry has always been critical of our slow progress in promoting agricultural machinery, so we have to put our funds into promoting agricultural machinery this year. We don't have the money in the bureau!"
It's just that he just finished crying poor.
Lu Anguo, the leader of the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau next to Su Wenchen, couldn't help but say.
"Old Zhao, back in 1968, when your bureau's No. 122 Factory was being built, you didn't say that when you begged our bureau!"
"Back then, you kept saying that our brother units needed to support each other!"
"Why, now that our Agricultural Reclamation Bureau needs us, we are no longer our brother units, right?"
Obviously, Lu Anguo knew very well that the plan was proposed by Su Wenchen. If the project was finally approved, their bureau would most likely have to pay for most of the money.
This is not a small amount of money, so of course we should save as much as possible.
If you can get some old brothers to help support you, that will definitely be better than paying for it alone.
However, after hearing Lu Anguo's words, the other party also refuted.
"Old Lu, you can't say that. The situation is different. Besides, in the past two years, your agricultural reclamation department has asked for farm machinery. Have we ever refused?"
"Old Yu from the Agriculture Bureau is here today. Ask him how many times he's come to see me about farm machinery."
"I distributed it to your agricultural reclamation department first!"
Lu Anguo said unhappily.
"That's what we should have been given, otherwise we in the agricultural reclamation department would have to reclaim the land by hand!"
"Their agricultural bureau is in charge of cultivated fields, which are already cultivated, so it is only natural that agricultural machinery should be allocated to our land reclamation department first."
"Bah, do you have any shame, Old Lu? We are all familiar with the place, right? Aren't you?"
"Except for the one in the Great Northern Wilderness, aren't all your other farms cultivated land? You really have the nerve to say that."
Lu Anguo raised his eyebrows.
“Why am I embarrassed to say it? Not to mention the distant places, most of the saline-alkali land over there in Xiao Su’s Blue Water Branch is barren!”
"How much has been reclaimed and reclaimed? Just tell me, is this wasteland?"
The other party obviously did not expect Lu Anguo to say this.
He paused before speaking.
"Blue Water Farm doesn't count. I'm talking about the other state-owned farms under you!"
Lu Anguo continued.
"Why not? Why? Blue Water Farm isn't a farm under our Reclamation Bureau!"
"You know what I mean. Other state-owned farms haven't opened branches in the Yellow River flood area!"
"I don't know!"
"Leader, I knew it. Our Agricultural Reclamation Bureau is in such a bad state! We have already donated all the money we have to support our sister units."
"Even the few chickens we bought for the Lunar New Year to give out as welfare to the bureau's cadres had half of them taken away by the ministry!"
“How can we live like this?!”
When the old man heard this, he was also very confused.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
He knocked on the table directly, interrupting Lu Anguo's complaints.
"Alright, this is a meeting to discuss the Dengchuan cattle breeding program, not a grievance meeting for your Reclamation Bureau."
"If you keep crying poor, I'll make you cry at the door of the building!"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Anguo stopped instantly, because it would be too embarrassing to leave the meeting room.
The old man obviously knew the character of his subordinates, and turned to look at the leader of the Animal Husbandry Bureau who had remained silent.
"How's your Animal Husbandry Bureau doing? Do you have any money? Don't say you don't contribute a penny."
"The relationship between these departments is not that big. I understand that. It's impossible for your animal husbandry industry to not get a cent."
Hearing the leader's words, the leader of the Animal Husbandry Bureau responded directly.
"Boss, it's no problem for us to pay. Just give us the Blue Water Farm, and our bureau will cover the entire amount! The Agricultural Reclamation Bureau won't have to pay a penny. How's that?"
"Also, Blue Water Farm used to be a livestock farm, so it makes sense for our Animal Husbandry Bureau to manage it."
As soon as these words came out, before the old man could say anything, Lu Anguo next to him could not help but speak.
"Not good! Old Xu, you are too shameless! You are taking advantage of others' misfortune!"
"We just allocated various agricultural machinery and grain resources to Lanshui Farm. Now they are transferring them to the Animal Husbandry Bureau. Leader, our bureau absolutely disagrees."
"And the state-owned farm sector has always been managed by our Agricultural Reclamation Bureau!"
"If we really follow what Old Xu said, those large farms were originally production teams from various places!"
"Does that mean we all have to be managed by the Agriculture Bureau?"
"In that case, our Agricultural Reclamation Bureau can just disband right here!"
As soon as Lu Anguo said this, the leader of the Agricultural Bureau nearby immediately agreed, eager to watch the fun.
"I think it's okay. After the dissolution, the land of state-owned farms across the country can be managed by our bureau."
"The animal husbandry department of the farm is assigned to the Animal Husbandry Bureau, and the agricultural machinery department is assigned to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau."
"It just so happens that our department is streamlining its organization!"
Seeing this, Lu Anguo spoke directly to the old man.
"Leader, look, they've even thought of a division plan."
"This is simply too much! Our Agricultural Reclamation Bureau is in such a plight! Not only do our sister companies not provide any support, but now they're even discussing dividing us up!"
The old man also spoke directly to the other people in a bad mood.
"As soon as I ask you to pay, you start talking about other things. Stop talking nonsense."
Obviously, the old man knew that it was impossible to directly disband the agricultural reclamation department. In that case, it would be a big hassle just to resettle the farm workers after the disbandment.
Moreover, compared with local people's communes, state-owned farms can implement the above policies more quickly, and a large part of the emergency food allocated to various places is also provided by state-owned farms.
There are even special materials such as rubber and lint. If they are all handed over to the production teams, the production efficiency will not be as high as that of the farms.
Obviously the other leaders knew this as well, so this was just their tacit agreement to change the subject.
The old man also knew that it was probably impossible to ask them to pay money on their own initiative, so he spoke directly.
"The hospital is already aware of this, so this project must be carried out."
As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room suddenly became quiet and the old man looked around at everyone.
"Also, when I went to report, the senior leader said something: the supply of fresh milk is closely related to the physical quality of our next generation of children."
"So this project must be given enough attention by everyone! Because children represent the future of our country."
Then he looked at the leader of the Animal Husbandry Bureau and said.
"So, the project is now led by the ministry to establish a Dengchuan cattle breeding project."
"The Animal Husbandry Bureau and the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau each contribute half of the funds and provide policy and financial guarantees."
"For this project, Eryuan Farm is responsible for the early stage transfer work, while Qianjin Farm is responsible for the mid-term site construction and local coordination work."
"Blue Water Farm is responsible for taking over the specific breeding and cultivation work after the cattle are planted on the plateau."
After saying that, he looked at the others.
"If you have any opinions, please feel free to raise them. If you don't have any, just do it."
Obviously, after the old man finished speaking, the other departments definitely had no objections.
Since it has little to do with them, and they don't need to pay for it, they naturally have no objection.
When the leader of the Animal Husbandry Bureau heard this, he knew that this was the end of the matter. Because they were in charge of the animal husbandry industry, he knew that he could not escape from this matter.
However, since this matter was initiated by Blue Water Farm, if he did not fight for it, he would end up becoming a pawn of the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau.
Now the ministry is taking the lead, and they are paying together with the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, which he thinks is okay.
Because the breeding was successful in the end, their Animal Husbandry Bureau can also share half of the credit, which is better than letting the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau take the limelight alone.
So just say it directly.
"Leader, our Animal Husbandry Bureau has no objection and will fully cooperate with this project to complete the relocation."
Lu Anguo also knew that the leaders had said that although they asked for opinions, it would be uncomfortable to give opinions at the right time.
"We have no objection, but once the cultivation is successful, the final promotion plan will be led by our farm department."
The leader of the Animal Husbandry Bureau nearby immediately retorted.
"No, you guys should just focus on developing the farmland. Why are you always trying to take our livestock farming business away from us?"
The old man rubbed his head.
"Alright, we haven't even started cultivating yet, and you're already dividing the credit!"
"This matter will be developed later and then decided based on the actual conditions of each place."
Then he looked at Su Wenchen and the other two.
"Do you farms have any opinions or demands you can raise?"
Su Wenchen himself didn't, because he was not responsible for the preliminary work at all, so he said it directly.
"Leader, we at Blue Water Farm are responsible for the later stages of the work. We don't need anything upfront."
After saying that, he looked at the two of them and indicated that if they had any needs, they could ask, because if they missed this opportunity, they would miss it.
Because after today's meeting, although there will be cadres from the ministries and commissions to contact the two people, the demands raised at that time will definitely not be given as much attention as those raised now in the meeting.
Seeing everyone looking at them, the two of them shook their heads.
Zhang Qianjin was the first to make the assurance.
"Leader, we will go to the farm and do our utmost to complete the construction of the transition station and safely transport the cattle down the plateau."
Yang Fusheng also took a deep breath.
"Leader, I, our Eryuan Farm, will definitely complete the initial transfer and care work."
Seeing this, the old man stood up and said.
"Alright, that's it for today! After you go down, wait for the list of personnel assigned by your respective departments. Then report directly to the ministry and wait for the political work team to send someone to review your family background!"
"After the review is completed, you must begin as soon as possible, and all departments must cooperate with each other to fight this tough battle that requires joint efforts!"
"This is not only about building a strong physical fitness for you, but also for the future of the country and for all the children."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone made their promises.
"Don't worry, leaders. All our departments will definitely give their full support."
"Okay then, if there's nothing else, let's just adjourn!"
"You guys are giving me a headache this morning! You're all like stingy people, and every time you talk about money you start talking nonsense!"
After saying that, he began to close the notebook on the table and stood up to leave.
Seeing this, Su Wenchen followed and whispered a little embarrassedly.
"Boss, do you have time? I have something small to report to you!"
The old man looked at Su Wenchen suspiciously.
"Don't come up with any new tricks for me!"
"I, an old man, can't keep up with your tricks. You have to give me a break!"
Su Wenchen nodded seriously.
Then he stretched out his little finger and measured it!
"Don't worry, Boss. This is just a minor matter. I'm just giving you a report in advance."
"I guarantee that the ministry won't have to spend a penny this time!"
When the old man heard that he didn’t have to pay, his expression immediately relaxed.
"Then let's go! Let's go to my office."
(End of this chapter)
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