Chapter 338 This is clearly a reflection of our agricultural progress!
Inside the auditorium.
The huge ceiling fan hummed, and the hot air was filled with the scent of slogans with wet ink.
After all the cadres took their seats.
Su Wenchen sat on the podium. After checking that it was almost time, he raised his hand to signal for silence.
Then he looked around the room and spoke in a steady voice.
"Comrades, we have called this emergency meeting because our farm has received an important task from our superiors."
After a pause, Su Wenchen raised the newspaper in his hand.
"Some of you may have read this morning's newspaper, and some may not have, so I'll repeat it again."
"Our national leadership has already extended an invitation to the US president, who has agreed to visit us by May next year at the latest."
"Our farm has been selected by our superiors as a national agricultural demonstration area. During the US President's visit next year, we will also be showcasing our country's agricultural development achievements!"
As soon as the words fell, the entire auditorium fell silent.
But soon, the audience couldn't help but hear whispers of discussion.
"What does the director mean by that? Can the president really come to this shabby place like ours?"
"Nonsense, why else would they be holding a meeting? But I can't understand why the president doesn't come to a big city back home and come to us! Is he here to watch us harvest the wheat?"
"Why are you harvesting wheat? The wheat is still green in May! How can we harvest it?"
"I think they're here to see our alkali-removing rabbits. Maybe they just want to buy some of our fertilizer that can remove alkali!"
"Oh my goodness! Are we going to be on international news?"
"Of course! Maybe the president will take a fancy to our golden rabbits, and our branch farm will be able to earn foreign exchange. And then we won't sell rabbits anymore, just fertilizer. Wouldn't that mean we can keep making money?"
"Besides, we're representing our country this time, so we have to prepare well, otherwise we'll be embarrassed abroad."
At this moment, a cadre couldn't help but stand up and spoke in an excited tone.
"Director, just arrange it!"
"Yes! Director, just make the arrangements. We promise to complete the task assigned by our superiors this time!"
Su Wenchen nodded in satisfaction, but continued speaking.
"The timeline for this reception is very tight, even though they said they'd be here by May next year at the latest."
"But there's no way that much is left for us!"
"Our superiors have only given us six months, that is, by the end of this year, all the reception work must be arranged in place."
"So everyone must be prepared for a tough battle!"
"Everyone, remember this—from today on, you will no longer represent just Blue Water Farm, but also the level of modern agricultural development in our country!"
"This time, we will also let the whole world see how we can turn a barren land into a national granary!"
After Su Wenchen finished speaking, all the cadres stood up in unison, followed by thunderous applause, as if it was going to overturn the entire roof.
After the applause died down a bit, Su Wenchen also made a direct announcement.
"That's all for today. This meeting is mainly to announce the news and initially unify our thoughts."
"After the meeting, the heads of each department will stay to discuss the specific division of labor!"
"The former production team leaders who came here, who are now the leaders of the farm production groups, must fully communicate this matter to all employees when they return."
"Let's work together to complete this important task assigned by our superiors!"
"Meeting adjourned!"
As the farm cadres stood up and slowly left, Liu Guangde and his group also hurriedly stood up and walked towards Su Wenchen.
"Director Su, we have to go back soon. If your farm needs anything in the future, please feel free to contact us directly."
Su Wenchen also knew that after knowing the news, they would probably be anxious to go back and think of countermeasures, so he did not try to keep them.
Just shook hands and said.
"Don't worry, Director Liu. We'll definitely need you for a lot of other things later."
At this time, Liang Huashu next to him also spoke at the right time.
"Director Su, we in Suxian can also help. If you need saline-alkali land later, just let us know."
"The two counties below us will definitely cooperate unconditionally!"
Su Wenchen also smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party.
"With what Director Liang said, we will certainly not be polite, but we still need to discuss the specific amount of land needed in the future."
"After all, this is the first time that our country's agricultural development has been showcased through foreign cameras, so we still need to discuss and decide on the subsequent planning and which parts should be displayed."
After hearing Su Wenchen say this, Liang Huashu also knew that he had missed the opportunity in the morning, and it would all depend on luck from now on.
He even felt a little regretful. Why didn't he take a newspaper to read in the car on the way here?
But he also knew that even if he really saw this news.
He probably didn't expect that Blue Water Farm would be directly selected as the reception farm.
If he had been allowed to choose before, he felt that the chances of being selected on the other side of the home court would be higher than on the side of the score court.
Sending off a group of people with mixed feelings.
Su Wenchen didn't have time to think about anything else, so he called the heads of each department to the conference room for a meeting.
Discuss follow-up and how to maximize the display of their agricultural development results.
Su Wenchen was also thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity to make their farm develop faster.
After thinking for a moment, Su Wenchen stood up and started writing on the blackboard at the back of the conference room with chalk.
"Since we are presenting this to the outside world, we cannot just focus on one aspect."
As he spoke, he drew three concentric circles on the blackboard.
"My initial idea is to present it in three directions."
"First and foremost, our salinization and alkali treatment achievements are the most important reason why our farm was chosen."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the people below nodded frequently and took notes in their notebooks from time to time.
"The second direction, I think, should be biogas recycling."
As soon as the words fell, everyone present was confused.
Hou Guozhong simply raised his hand.
"Director, aren't we trying to showcase our country's agricultural development achievements to the rest of the world?"
"Isn't this biogas tank just a manure pit? What's so good about it?"
"And he was introducing it to a foreign president. That's too much!"
After hearing what Hou Guozhong said, everyone else looked at Su Wenchen seriously. It was obvious that they were also a little confused.
After all, biogas digesters are still being promoted in their country!
So everyone is a little confused as to why Su Wenchen brought this up.
Su Wenchen said with a smile.
"If you think biogas digesters don't sound good, how about calling them ecological recycling systems? Or maybe calling them agricultural recycling concepts would be fine, too."
"Wouldn't it be easier to say the name this way?"
"Wouldn't that raise the bar?"
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Hou Guozhong scratched his head.
"It sounds nice, but is it necessary?"
Su Wenchen first glanced at the closed door, then spoke seriously.
"Let's talk here, behind closed doors."
"During this reception, we must showcase the agricultural development of our country."
“At the same time, we must also make good use of this opportunity to give our farm room for further development.”
"Look at what you guys said earlier."
"Lianlian raised seedlings in other places, and then temporarily concentrated all the output on one acre of land."
"Who are you trying to fool here?"
"You think everyone is a fool, don't you?"
"Or are you all blind to think that the president's accompanying advisors and technical experts are blind?"
"With your two tricks, I don't think you can even fool the press corps. We'll be embarrassed abroad then."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the cadre who made the proposal immediately lowered his head.
Seeing this, Su Wenchen did not continue to point it out, but said directly.
"So this time we must not only complete this reception mission perfectly, but also use this opportunity to lay a solid foundation for our farm in the future."
"You only have one chance, if you don't seize it."
"It's highly likely that there will never be another opportunity like this to mobilize national resources to help our farm develop."
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Ren Dachuan immediately spoke.
"Director, I think what you said makes sense. I agree with your idea."
"Director, I agree, but honestly, I'm a little confused about biogas tanks. Can't we just build them ourselves?"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen explained directly.
"You're only talking about the small biogas digester built by your production team."
"I'm talking about large-scale biogas projects."
"To be honest, small-scale biogas projects are difficult to operate, with simple equipment, and manual feeding and discharging are very troublesome, dirty and tiring physical work."
"And the gas production rate is even lower in winter."
"Large-scale biogas projects are much better in this regard, both in terms of gas production rate and equipment stability."
For Su Wenchen, their farm was actually short of fuel afterwards.
The main fuel consumed by people here is grain straw.
This is also the reason why the scale of breeding here has always been small. The main reason is that there is not enough straw to burn, and there is no way to collect wood in the mountains.
In order to deal with this situation, Su Wenchen thinks that biogas tanks are a good solution at the moment.
In this way, straw and alfalfa can be used to feed pigs, and pig manure can be used to produce biogas and biogas liquid.
Biogas can be used as fuel and biogas liquid is also high-quality fertilizer.
In Su Wenchen's opinion, if this cycle continues, the utilization rate of resources will definitely be greatly improved.
However, after inspecting the biogas tank at that time, Su Wenchen gave up the construction of a small biogas tank.
The main problem is that the design and construction quality are too uneven.
If it was before, he would have planned to wait until the branch farm developed a little bit, and then try to find an expert in biogas engineering to help with the design.
But now that he has this opportunity, he naturally won't hesitate.
Because this was a national mission at the time, he didn't need to ask anyone for help.
After hearing Su Wenchen's explanation, others thought that it would be great if a large biogas tank could be built.
But I'm still a little worried.
"Director, if we report this to the higher-ups, will they approve it?"
"Will this show that we have selfish motives?"
Hearing this, some people nodded in agreement.
Obviously everyone is worried about this.
Su Wenchen simply waved his hand and spoke righteously.
"Who said we were selfish?"
“We’ve always been thinking about reception!”
"For example, this biogas project is a way for us to showcase our country's concept of environmentally friendly agricultural development to the outside world."
"We're doing this to reduce chemical inputs and improve the health of the nation's soils for future generations, which will also help produce safer, higher-quality agricultural products."
"This is clearly a reflection of our agricultural progress!"
Although Su Wenchen knew very well that they clearly did not have much chemical fertilizer to use at that time.
Can you say that when introducing it to the outside world?
It is necessary to promote the concept of environmentally friendly agricultural development, which is synonymous with advancement and environmental protection.
As for whether they will use chemical fertilizers in the future, who knows after the president is gone!
But at least he could take this opportunity to leave a reputation as an advanced and environmentally friendly farm.
This will be of some benefit for entering the international market in the future!
At this time, the others also really admired their director.
It is clearly for the sake of the farm, but they insist on saying that it is for the sake of the country's image.
They really feel that they are too far away from being the director.
The meeting lasted into the afternoon.
Until Su Wenchen's entire notebook was filled with various suggestions.
There were some suggestions during this period, and Su Wenchen would combine them with some ideas that would appear later and make appropriate improvements.
Sudden!
In the conference room, there were bursts of loud rumbling sounds coming from outside!
The door of the conference room was also knocked quickly at this time.
"Director! Director!"
"Come out and see! There's a helicopter flying over here!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he subconsciously looked out the window.
However, although he did not see the helicopter outside, he could still hear its huge roar very clearly.
And he knew who would come later.
But he really didn't expect that he would be in such a hurry and come here by helicopter.
So he closed the notebook and said.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go out and take a look. I think it's someone sent from above!"
By the time Su Wenchen walked to the yard of the field office, many cadres had already come out of their offices.
Everyone stretched their necks to look at the helicopter in the sky.
Obviously, airplanes were a very novel means of transportation for most people at that time.
Most people can hardly even see it, let alone ride it.
Su Wenchen looked up at the helicopter in the sky. After hovering above the site for a while, it slowly flew towards the north.
At this time, discussions were also heard around.
"Hey, what's going on? Why did it fly away?"
"Are you stupid? There's no way to stop the plane at this venue. They must have found another place to land!"
"Oh, I see! What do you think this plane is doing here? Could it be related to the reception for foreign leaders that the director mentioned this afternoon?"
"Needless to say? Have you ever seen a plane parked above our base?"
"Could it be that they're sending us supplies? I heard from the director that even though we're very tired in the second half of the year, we'll still get some supplies!"
"Get lost. All you do is eat. This is a major international news story. It's unpromising of you to be so preoccupied with food all the time."
"Humph, even if you don't care about me, I haven't seen you skipping meals. The director said that only when you're full can you have the energy to work!"
Su Wenchen didn't have time to pay attention to the various discussions in the field office at this time.
Look at the direction the helicopter is flying above.
He shouted directly to the security personnel and part-time bodyguard assigned to him.
"Lao Zhou! Drive!"
"They should have landed in the uncultivated land to the north. Come with me."
Su Wenchen had just finished speaking.
"laugh--!"
The jeep drove out of the parking lot quickly, braked suddenly, and stopped cleanly in front of Su Wenchen.
Su Wenchen looked at the other person in surprise.
I thought to myself.
The bodyguards arranged here have sharp eyes!
He estimated that the other party just took a few glances at the plane in the sky and then went directly to the parking lot to pick up the car.
Otherwise, the car would have driven over as soon as he finished speaking.
Quickly open the car door and drive into the driveway.
"Let's go!"
"I guess we should park in the open space to the north."
"Drive faster, don't keep people waiting!"
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Zhou Qiang's dull voice rang out.
"Director, please sit down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the car drove out of the venue like an arrow.
When Su Wenchen arrived at the wasteland in the north, two military green helicopters had already raised a cloud of yellow dust.
The roar of the propeller was so loud that it startled flocks of sparrows that flew up nearby. A dozen employees wearing straw hats were standing on tiptoe, looking over here curiously.
The helicopter's door had just opened when the jeep drove over.
Su Wenchen sat in the passenger seat and took several deep breaths before he calmed down his internal organs that had almost been thrown out of the air.
He decided not to let Zhou Qiang drive too fast from now on.
No matter how urgent it is, a few minutes won't make a difference.
In fact, Su Wenchen felt that the speed was not so bad. After all, no matter how fast the car was at that time, it would only be this fast. However, the road on their side was too broken.
There are even many bumpy dirt roads.
If the speed was a little faster at this time, he would really feel like his whole body was flying up and down in the car!
After Su Wenchen calmed down, he got out of the jeep and walked towards the helicopter door.
A middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples but a straight back, wearing a black Zhongshan suit, just jumped off the gangway, and the accompanying personnel got off the plane one after another.
The other party's eyes first swept across the saline-alkali land like an eagle.
When he saw Su Wenchen coming over, the corners of his tense mouth finally relaxed a little.
Then the other party strode over.
"Is that Director Su?"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen immediately reached out his hand.
"Hello, I'm Su Wenchen from Blue Water Farm!"
When the other party heard this, he immediately reached out and shook hands with Su Wenchen.
"Hello, Chen Guodong, Deputy Director of the Protocol Department!"
"During the next period of time, I'll be troubling Director Su and your farm!"
"Our company sent me here this time to connect with your farm and assist you in completing the subsequent reception work."
Su Wenchen felt the strength of the other party's handshake and could not believe that the other party was actually a leader of the Protocol Department who had been in civilian work for many years.
But he still smiled and nodded.
"This isn't a problem for us. I'll need Director Chen's guidance in the future! After all, this is a matter of concern for our international image."
At this moment, after everyone got off, the hatch slowly closed.
Chen Guodong waved towards the plane and watched it slowly take off again.
He said to Su Wenchen with a smile.
"Director Su, you don't have to be so polite with me."
"For this reception, the Director of our Protocol Department is personally responsible for the arrangements and reception in Beijing. We have sent three Deputy Directors to take charge of other areas. One went to Shanghai and one went to Hangzhou. I will be in charge of your side."
"So I'm tied to you."
"If you make any serious mistakes, I won't be any easier off than you!"
"You can still make excuses by saying you don't have reception experience, but this is my job. I can't find any excuses even if I want to."
"So I'm more worried than you!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen also said with a smile.
"Well, I won't be too polite with Director Chen. Let's work together to complete this reception."
After saying that, he pointed the way towards the jeep.
"Director Chen, let's get in the car first!"
"I'll take you to our branch to settle down first!"
Chen Guodong nodded, and then followed the traveling staff to load the luggage into the jeep!
"Okay, but Director Su, do you have any ideas for agriculture in the future?"
"We're really pressed for time this time!"
"Especially your agriculture takes a long time."
Su Wenchen nodded when he heard this.
"We have a preliminary plan. When we get to our branch, Director Chen, please give us some advice."
As he spoke, the car started slowly.
Su Wenchen looked out the car window at the distance, and saw the gradual transition from saline-alkali land to the black soil that they were currently managing.
Suddenly I had some ideas.
"Director Chen, what do you think about us leaving some of the saline-alkali land?"
"When the convoy arrives, we'll gradually transition from the white saline-alkali soil to improved black soil, and then to the greenery that radiates hope!"
"This visual contrast is more impactful than a thousand words!"
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Chen Guodong watched as the jeep drove closer and closer to the site. In some plots of land, workers were already busy in the fields.
Even in some plots of land where soybeans were planted earlier, there are already some bean sprouts growing on the surface of the soil.
Listening to Su Wenchen's introduction and looking at the greenery in front of him, Chen Guodong couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.
"Director Su, this is a good idea!"
"From white to green, it not only reflects our spirit of man conquering nature, but also serves as clear evidence that we have not engaged in fraud."
After saying that, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Director Su, to be honest, I was really nervous before coming here!"
"Compared to the military and industry, the progress of our agriculture is still a little behind. I don't even know what to show for it."
"To be honest, when we were planning our trip earlier, we also discussed whether we should find a commune and build a model commune."
"But it was at this time that news suddenly came out that your farm had developed a new model for saline-alkali land management."
"We later went to the Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to confirm it."
"To be honest, if your work hadn't come up, we would have been forced to find a commune to come up with a similar model."
Su Wenchen also smiled when he heard this.
"So our announcement is quite timely!"
"If we were any later, we might have missed this opportunity."
Chen Guodong shook his head.
"No, even if it's later, in the end, the opportunity will basically still fall on your farm."
"Your farm is unique in terms of innovative achievements."
"Because even if we can come up with a prototype, it will only barely pass!"
"After all, no matter how good our prototype is, or how much agricultural machinery we put together, it's just that in the eyes of others. Their mechanized agriculture is far more advanced than ours. There's no way we can compare in this respect."
"On the contrary, it's your method of treating alkali with microorganisms this time!"
"Even internationally, this is unique. I heard others are still in the theoretical stage!"
"We've gone straight into the application phase, which will at least help us regain 10% of our farm output!"
"In fact, we are not the only country with a large amount of saline-alkali land. Do you think there are no such lands in other countries?"
"They use much more chemical fertilizers than we do. They are really effective, and the grain yield is indeed high after using them."
"But land damage is unavoidable, so it's not just our country, most countries in the world are facing the problem of serious farmland degradation."
"The more developed a country is, the more frequently it uses chemical fertilizers, and the more degraded its land becomes."
"So this time, your farm, I can only say that the timing is perfect!"
(End of this chapter)
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