After hearing this, everyone finally understood what Lugou Village oranges were. But so what? How did this relate to the final topic of the meeting?
"Young comrade, what does this have to do with employment?"
"Of course it is related!" Zhang Xingrong began a long speech. "First, oranges generate income and bring tangible benefits to the villagers. Secondly, the oranges need to be sold, which requires talent. So, can we let educated youth do this job? The oranges produced by a production team don't require many people, but what about a brigade? I don't know if you know, a production team in a rural area is usually based on a village. A large brigade is based on a dozen or twenty villages, and a small one is based on several villages. If oranges are planted as a brigade, how many oranges will be produced? In this case, how many talents will be needed? Can these talents sell the oranges to the county, city, provincial capital, or even open a grocery store specializing in fruit? The goal is to even sell them outside the province. There are large areas in the north where oranges cannot be grown. Doesn't this require talent?"
After hearing what Zhang Xingrong said, everyone finally understood what he meant.
This is a method, but it is not easy to operate.
Zhang Xingrong was surprised to see that everyone listened to her and didn't argue with her. Some grown men would definitely have raised objections to what she said before.
This method wasn't actually her own idea; it borrowed from a later era's poverty alleviation policy. This policy was so great that she felt excited every time she thought about it.
"This method is good. It can be used by farmers for generations and can bring practical benefits!" Li Zhiyong said happily.
Zhang Xingrong nodded. "It's not just about growing oranges. There's a lot we can do. We can adapt to local conditions and plant fruit without occupying land used for food. We can also grow tea for export and earn foreign exchange. Europe and the United States have a huge demand for tea. We can even grow mushrooms and open a mushroom sauce factory. These things generate income for the people, solve employment problems, and enrich people's material lives, which are all beneficial. Of course, doing these things requires talent. For planting, we need agricultural experts to help. Opening a factory requires factory talent. All of these things require people to do it. It's just that no one has thought of doing it now, so we need government officials to guide and direct them."
In fact, at that time, people still ate from the same pot and individualism was not as strong as in later generations, so it was easy to guide and instruct.
"It turns out that the young comrade is very smart!" Li Zhiyong led the applause.
So let's have a new round of discussion on this method.
Although this sounds like a good idea, its feasibility still requires various discussions.
The meeting lasted until the afternoon.
On the other side, Zhang Hechen and Xu Danhua drove back in the morning. They took gifts to see the old man and wanted to ask when Rong Ya would come back. They wanted to meet Rong Ya.
But unexpectedly, Rong Ya was attending a meeting at that time and no one knew when she would come back.
"What a coincidence!" Zhang Hechen couldn't help but feel distressed. He really wanted to meet Rong Ya before going to Xidu to see how the little girl was doing.
But he didn't expect that this little girl was even busier than him. She was either going to the Northeast, or going to school, and now she had to go to the provincial capital conference hall for a meeting. This little leader was doing a very good job.
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