Chapter 203 On-site inspection of the forest to be contracted
Before going to Guangzhou, Gao Mingcheng still has some things to do.
The work in the fields and the livestock at home have been entrusted to others, but the beehives in the mountains have to be managed by him himself.
Originally he made twenty beehives, and later he made twenty more. These forty beehives were scattered in the mountains, and he would go to check on them every few days.
It depends on whether there is a nectar source nearby. If not, you have to move the beehive and look for a new nectar source. Otherwise, if there is not enough nectar source, it will cause bee fights.
It also depends on how well the bee colony develops. If there are too many bees in a beehive and a new queen bee is bred, then you have to be prepared for a split to prevent the bees from running away.
In addition to these, you also have to observe whether there are hornets coming to eat the honey. If there are, do not show mercy when you see them, you must kill the hornets!
Gao Mingcheng checked the beehives one by one and observed the situation inside. If there was enough honey, he could find time to shake the honey.
There are many nectar sources in the mountains recently, and Italian bees are actively collecting nectar. There is a lot of honey on the beehives, and there are also many bred bees. These are newly bred little bees.
During the inspection, Gao Mingcheng appropriately moved some beehives and killed any hornets he saw. He had good eyesight and accurate hands. With a single move of his stick, a hornet fell to the ground and lost its life.
Ever since he killed the black bear, the beehives in the mountains had no more honey stolen. He went up the mountain several times afterwards and went out of his way to look for the black bear cub and the injured tiger. As a result, these two guys, which later became protected animals, disappeared in the forest.
Maybe he left here, or maybe he died in some unknown corner.
From then on, there were no more black bears and South China tigers in the mountains on their side.
Gao Mingcheng was quite moved when he heard the news, but he also felt a little excited when he returned to this special time point and experienced some things he had never experienced in his previous life.
After checking the beehives, Gao Mingcheng took the opportunity to check the growth of the Poria cocos. When the Poria cocos was first planted, some seedlings would die and need to be removed in time, but the plants that were still alive were growing very well and did not require much care. They only needed to wait for time to allow the Poria cocos to continue to grow, absorb the nutrients in the pine wood, and then grow mature Poria cocos.
After finishing all these, Gao Mingcheng couldn't rest yet. He came to the hill he planned to contract.
This hill has no special features. It is just a small hill of neither big nor small. If you look down at it, this hill is like the end of a cow's tail.
Walking towards the hill from where Gao Mingcheng lives, you will encounter a depression at the foot of the hill. Because of the obstruction of this depression, very few people in the village go into the hill to get firewood. Therefore, the hill is overgrown with vegetation and there is almost no way to walk.
Gao Mingcheng took the path he could, crossed the depression and entered the mountain.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on, so he came with a machete and cut down the wildly growing grass and trees as he walked, clearing a path that was only wide enough for one person to pass.
Before, he had only looked at it from a distance and had never come to check it out in person. However, when he proposed that he might want to contract this piece of forest, people from the village committee came to see it, and the village party secretary also talked to him, saying that if he was willing to contract it, the village could give him a preferential price of 6.5 yuan per acre.
The price in Huanglin Bay is seven yuan per acre, while here it is six yuan and fifty cents, which is fifty cents cheaper. It may not seem like much, but when you calculate it all, you can save a lot in a year.
Now the village committee has spread the word about bidding for contracting the forest. As long as there are people in the village willing to contract, they can tell the village committee and submit a bid. If many people submit bids, there will be a final bidding.
But Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry at all. In his previous life, the entire forest of Gaojia Village had never been contracted by anyone, and everything grew naturally.
This hill is the most suitable for contracting afforestation, but this is only for Gao Mingcheng. For other people in the village, this hill does not have much economic timber. After cutting down the timber, they don’t know what to plant. Even if they do plant something, they don’t know how to sell it.
Money is hard to earn at this time, and contracting a forest requires a large sum of money. Most people don't have the courage to do it.
If they really had the money, they would use it to build houses, find wives for their children and grandchildren, etc.
Gao Mingcheng was walking in the mountains, and as he walked, he carefully looked at the original vegetation in the mountains.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a large area of bamboo. It is the kind of thin bamboo, not nan bamboo. The economic value of this kind of bamboo is far lower than that of nan bamboo.
There are similar bamboo leaves growing on the edge of the bamboo. The bamboo leaves are used to make rice dumplings. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people in the village would go to the mountains to pick bamboo leaves, and either use them to make their own rice dumplings or take them to the county to sell.
For villagers, bamboo leaves can be found everywhere, but for city people, many things have to be bought with money.
The academic name of this thing is bamboo leaf, but people in the village call it zong leaf because it is used to wrap rice dumplings.
In addition to wrapping rice dumplings, it can also be used as the lining of a bamboo hat.
Bamboo, indigo leaves and some unknown low shrubs grow together in a disorderly manner. After passing this area, you enter the hillside. There are finally tall trees on the hillside. After careful identification, there are tung trees, locust trees, camphor trees, papyrus trees, and a lotus tree.
This lotus tree belongs to the Theaceae family and the Schima superba genus. It can bloom and the flowers are quite beautiful. During the flowering period, the tree is full of bright flowers, which is quite pleasing to the eye.
With tall trees blocking the sunlight, there were fewer weeds on the ground and the road was relatively easier to walk on. Walking all the way to the top of the mountain, Gao Mingcheng finally saw some valuable trees - fir trees.
There are three fir trees growing in an interlaced manner, one large and two small. They are still of some use after being cut down.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, you can see several wild loquat trees, mulberry trees, hairy chestnut trees, and taro trees. These are common tree species in the village and they cannot be sold after being cut down.
He paced in the mountains, feeling the real terrain, and many images kept flashing through his mind, all of which were images of how to cut down trees and prepare the land, and how to plant sugar oranges.
"Oh, it's such a big project! But it's also very exciting when it's completed. In the future, I can raise a group of free-range chickens and ducks in the mountains, buy some fish fry and put them in the pond, and then I can catch a chicken in the mountains to eat when I have nothing to do, and I can also go fishing to kill time, which is also very good." Gao Mingcheng murmured to himself. When these pictures appeared in his mind, he suddenly realized, isn't this the life many people dream of after retirement?
There is a vegetable patch, a pond, an orchard, a flock of chickens and ducks, and a few small houses.
Such a life scene will definitely be loved by people who have no pressure to survive.
When Gao Mingcheng felt that this kind of life was pretty good, he realized that he was a young man again and had lost the drive of his real youth.
Young people in rural areas are eager to leave here and go to the big world to experience more levels of life and gain more money and career. Only when they have got what they wanted and are getting older, will they miss the small mountain village they have left behind.
Isn't this also the case with Gao Mingcheng? In his previous life, he pursued fame and fortune in a frivolous way. Although he gained a lot, he also lost more. However, despite this, his heart was still wandering outside. Only when he settled down did he suddenly wake up.
(End of this chapter)
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