Ouyang Zhenyu and Minister Li made a special trip to inspect the subordinate logistics units.
Without seeing the situation on-site, I wouldn't know how to proceed.
Ouyang Zhenyu had two plans in mind.
The most conservative approach is to first reform and improve the technology in chicken farms, pig farms, and other livestock industries.
Didn't they say it was swine fever or chicken plague?
Let's increase production.
Furthermore, we will provide them with technical support in terms of epidemic prevention.
This can solve a large part of the problem.
With technological advancements, production will naturally increase, thus reducing the shortfall that needs to be made up.
Of course, in the end, it can not only make up for the difference, but also supply other markets.
On the other hand, it's natural to deal with the backlog of goods.
Currently, transportation is inconvenient, making it impossible to travel to inland areas.
We followed Minister Li to the warehouse of the cotton quilt factory.
The warehouse manager opened the warehouse for them. The warehouse was quite large. There was no way around it; the Northwest lacked everything except land, and there was a large land area but a small population.
This warehouse is really big. I only realized it after I went in. I thought such a big warehouse would be empty.
But who would have thought that the pile of cotton-padded clothes and quilts, tightly wrapped and packed together, would be here?
When the warehouse manager saw Minister Li, he thought the Minister of Protocol had come to help them deal with the backlog of products, and hurriedly began to complain.
"Leader, you don't know that some of these goods have been stockpiled for three to five years. We produce a lot of cotton here, but we can't transport this cotton out of the area."
They can only produce and sell their own products.
"Look at these quilts and cotton-padded clothes, they are all very thick."
"These are all good things."
"But we just can't sell them. Now every year we have to get the factory workers together to dig these things out and air them out."
"To prevent dampness from causing insects to emerge."
Ouyang Zhenyu carefully flipped through it; in fact, things made these days are very solid.
While it may not necessarily look good, this place serves the military reclamation area, and is mainly used by military personnel and their families, as well as many locals. However, generally speaking, blue and military green are used for making quilts and cotton-padded clothes.
The quality is absolutely top-notch, and it's unlikely to make any mistakes.
"And who is this comrade?"
The factory manager of the clothing factory saw that Ouyang Zhenyu was such a young man, and he had come with the leader.
He looks like he should be a leader, but I don't know what he does.
"This is the expert I invited back to specifically solve the backlog problem in our factories. He's incredibly capable."
Li Kaiyuan hurriedly flattered him, even though he was of a much higher rank than Ouyang Zhenyu, he still had to adopt the attitude of someone asking for a favor.
What if this kid has connections?
Even without connections, Ouyang Zhenyu would be too embarrassed to ask him for money after being praised to the skies.
Anyway, once the money's in his pocket, it's like saying, "I'll give you my life, not your money." Ouyang Zhenyu, you can decide what to do.
"Oh, you're an expert! Expert, do you have any solutions for dealing with our goods?"
"You don't know, all the factory's capital is tied up here. Now we can't even pay wages; we're relying entirely on government subsidies. Otherwise, this factory would have shut down long ago."
Ouyang Zhenyu smiled.
They neither said yes nor no. Then they visited several other factories and seriously said that, apart from the clothing factory's products which were relatively easy to handle, the clothes produced by the other factories were obviously not up to par.
After all, I wanted to go through foreign trade, but these days there's no such thing as foreign trade.
After all, their border friction is still quite serious right now.
The other party occasionally resorts to various tactics and schemes.
I doubt anyone would think in that direction.
They also visited some other subordinate units.
When Ouyang Zhenyu arrived at the chicken farm, pig farm, cattle farm, and sheep farm, he realized that the technology was at a bottleneck stage and the chicken farming was not modern.
This is not scientific farming.
Therefore, there are definitely problems with mixed-species farming and ensuring the survival of these livestock and poultry in a certain proportion, in addition to the serious losses.
For example, these chicken farms don't raise chickens in cages; everyone builds a large shed, and the chickens are raised in enclosures inside the shed.
The place where the chickens lay their eggs is a nest made of straw. When it's time to collect the eggs, you have to drive the chickens away and then go into the nest to collect them.
But if the hen doesn't go back to the nest to lay eggs, it's normal for the eggs to fall to the ground and get damaged.
Moreover, once chickens are infected with diseases like plague, the transmission rate is very fast.
Since they're all kept together, it's difficult to isolate them.
No wonder we've been investing in it every year, yet the supply is still insufficient.
Needless to say, pig farms have terrible environments and are incredibly filthy.
These farms are generally off-limits to the general public; the fumes can drive you right out.
Li Kaiyuan went in covering his nose and came out covering his nose.
She looked at Ouyang Zhenyu with anticipation.
"To be precise, Minister Li, my only thought after the visit was that it would be strange if your farm could meet the supply requirements. There's something wrong with your current farming methods."
Ouyang Zhenyu didn't hold back at all. After saying that, he ran half a mile away, otherwise the smell against the wind would have made you throw up on the spot.
The environment is so bad.
How could these poultry and livestock not get sick?
People at this time don't have that concept, and of course, they don't have the means. Without the concept, without the awareness, and without the means, they can't just put in a lot of investment every year and raise the animals to death, and in the end, they can't even get any.
It's like throwing a lot of money into this, but in the end, it doesn't even make a splash.
Twenty minutes later, they were sitting in the chicken farm's canteen. There were six workers in total, and the chicken farm looked quite large.
The workers live and eat here.
Fortunately, the cafeteria and dormitory are sheltered from the wind, otherwise just living here would be enough to make me sick.
The chicken farm manager looked like an honest, unassuming man in his thirties. He wasn't tall, but he had a scruffy beard and a hunched back, clearly someone who had weathered many hardships in life.
Just as it was lunchtime, the food served to them included a lot of eggs—a large plate of scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, and salted eggs.
Li Kaiyuan stared blankly at the table full of eggs, then looked up at the chicken farm manager.
"Li Zhengang, what are you doing? Doesn't the chicken farm always have a shortage of eggs? What are you trying to do by giving us this whole table of eggs?"
"Minister, I'm not bribing you, nor are we taking advantage of the chicken farm for our own benefit."
You wouldn't believe it, although this chicken farm lays eggs, the eggs often break, and these broken eggs can't be preserved, so we have to eat them ourselves.
Otherwise, we could try negotiating with the local residents to get a discount.
Don't just take the eggshell and bring back the egg white.
"It's not our fault. We've tried many methods and laid out a lot of straw, but we can't solve the fundamental problem. Every year, the breakage rate of eggs alone is about 20%."
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