The wind blew through the bay, shaking the bamboo leaves and breaking the smoke from the cooking fires.
The scattered smoke from cooking filled the air, covering the people who were still toiling in the fields, like a gentle comfort or a kind call.
Professor He couldn't help feeling a little drunk. The place where he grew up was also such a typical small village in Sichuan. Every wisp of smoke seemed to be pulling him back to his childhood.
“Ahem.”
Huo Qianli couldn't help but cough twice, waking Professor He from his thoughts.
Professor He calmed down and said, "There are many reasons for poverty and backwardness. Therefore, the first principle in solving rural problems is to adapt to local conditions."
He then used many cases to explain in detail to Huo Qianli the different reasons why different regions fell into poverty and backwardness. At the same time, he emphasized the various dangers of empiricism, dogmatism, and rigid and one-size-fits-all policies.
This is the general outline.
Then he traced the outline of Hushan Village with his fingertips. "I have looked up the information. The soil conditions here are good. There are sufficient fast-acting phosphorus, effective iron, manganese, and copper. It is more suitable for growing Chinese medicinal materials. Crops such as Salvia miltiorrhiza are quite famous in Shuzhong."
Or planting medicinal herbs...
Huo Qianli was slightly disappointed. He told Gu Daqiang about the conversation between him and Gu Daqiang, choosing his words carefully. "I'm afraid this road won't work. We can't find a sales channel, and the villagers have a very low risk tolerance. This is a dead end."
Professor He smiled faintly, as if he had expected this. "Drug dealer? Humph! Why don't you just cooperate with pharmaceutical companies and do contract farming?"
One sentence instantly opened up my thinking.
Huo Qianli stood there in a daze, his brain started to work rapidly. The information he had read these days flashed in his mind, and then was captured and mixed.
Zhang Chi, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, suddenly interrupted and asked worriedly, "Will the pharmaceutical company be interested in this amount?"
Professor He shook his head, confirming Zhang Chi's concerns. "These farmers grow their own crops, but the quantity and quality control are problematic. Pharmaceutical companies will naturally look down on them."
"Then what else is there to say!" Zhang Chi muttered.
Professor He rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, then turned to look at Huo Qianli, whose face was gradually showing a smile, and said, "You must have found a solution, right?"
Huo Qianli nodded. Zhang Chi was startled and heard Huo Qianli utter five words, "large-scale planting."
Professor He nodded and smiled, showing a gratified expression, "Well said."
He glanced at Zhang Chi inconspicuously, as if he was explaining to him or arguing the details with Huo Qianli. "Pharmaceutical companies have a long-term demand for medicinal material bases. Almost all ambitious and large-scale pharmaceutical factories have their own Chinese medicine planting industry. This is based on multiple considerations such as controlling costs and controlling quality. Places like Hushan Village, which have large-scale suitable conditions, can plant suitable medicinal materials specified by certain pharmaceutical companies for a long time. Pharmaceutical companies are actually very willing to cooperate. The things grown in this way will not have to worry about sales at all, and there is no need to worry about price fluctuations. I have had a brief chat with the heads of one or two medicinal material companies these days, and they are all very happy."
Huo Qianli nodded again, "Yes, I have seen sporadic cases in this regard before, but they were all on the Northeast Plain, and I never associated them with the fragmented land of Hushan Village. When you mentioned the pharmaceutical company just now, my mind was twisted."
“That’s not right!”
The two of them were talking with smiles on their faces, but Zhang Chi on the side was confused. He looked at Huo Qianli and said, "Brother Huo, you have twisted your mind, but this village is still this village, and our family is still on this piece of land. Isn't it useless?"
Although Marxism-Leninism talks about subjective initiative, this is really going against your will!
He couldn't understand how his mind suddenly came to a change, as if everything was solved. What's more, his teacher looked very pleased.
Huo Qianli looked at Professor He with a smile, he knew that Zhang Chi was going to be scolded.
Professor He looked at Zhang Chi with an undisguised look of disdain, "You've been with me for two years, and you're not as good as Xiao Huo who read a few books at the last minute to cram for an exam?"
Seeing Zhang Chi still frowning and thinking hard, Professor He couldn't help but give him a slap, "The land transfer should be centralized!"
The chestnut seemed to have opened the door to Zhang Chi's stupid brain, and he slapped his thigh in excitement, "Yes, we can do land transfer and concentration! This way, we can concentrate the scattered land of each household, and we can barely build a large field!"
Huo Qianli then continued, "If land transfer can be centralized, we can implement mechanized operations, unified management, and quality control. We can then realize the idea of cooperating with pharmaceutical companies to engage in contract farming. Sales can be guaranteed, and the villagers' income will increase without risk, so there will naturally be no problems!"
He looked at Professor He with admiration, "Thank you Professor He for your guidance. You really helped me and the people of Hushan Village a lot!"
Professor He smiled and said, "That's because you have accumulated enough knowledge on your own. I just gave you a few words of advice."
After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Chi beside him. Zhang Chi lowered his head silently and dared not say a word.
"No, no, no!" Huo Qianli waved his hands firmly and sincerely, "Without your words, I would never have thought of this. You are the one who knows where the line is drawn."
This is a common joke that intellectuals are proud of. Professor He did not shy away and just laughed, expressing his appreciation for it.
He pointed to Hushan Village in front of him and said, "The benefits of this model go far beyond this."
One finger was raised. "If pharmaceutical companies can negotiate well or get subsidies from higher-level governments, the initial seeds, fertilizers, equipment, etc. can be provided free of charge or paid in advance, and the cost will be greatly reduced."
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