Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Minister Wang hadn't expressed his opinion yet. Lin Qi, who was standing by, couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing He Yuzhu's bold words. He was surprised and thought to himself, "This Director He is so bold! He actually set his goal on 10 million acres of land!"

You know, such a large-scale farmland reclamation project requires unimaginable manpower and material resources. If someone else said this, Lin Qi might think that person is fanciful, but when He Yuzhu said it, he had more expectations. After all, although he had not been at the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant for a long time, after working together for a while, he deeply understood that He Yuzhu was a pragmatic person who never talked nonsense. All the goals designed by He Yuzhu were eventually achieved as scheduled, and often exceeded.

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Minister Wang nodded slightly and said, "Director He, it is commendable that your factory has such great ambitions. As the Minister of Agriculture and Reclamation, I will give you my full support. Tell me, what kind of support do you need? As long as I can, I will do my best."

After hearing Minister Wang's words, He Yuzhu was delighted, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal a barely perceptible smile. He had been talking for so long, waiting for Minister Wang to say this. Since Minister Wang had already spoken, He Yuzhu said without hesitation: "Minister Wang, thank you for your recognition of this project of our factory. Although we are confident that we can complete our plan, we do need support and help from our superiors to realize our plan. The country is in a difficult period now, so we hope that the country can give us some policy support, and we will find ways to solve the funds and materials needed for farm construction."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, everyone was stunned and the conference room fell into silence. Minister Wang frowned and looked at He Yuzhu in confusion. He wondered if He Yuzhu had said something wrong, so he confirmed again: "Director He, are you sure you only need policy support and not funds and materials?"

He Yuzhu nodded seriously and replied with a firm look: "Yes, Minister Wang, I am sure we only need the country's policy support, and we will find a way to solve the rest ourselves." His voice was sonorous and powerful, revealing great confidence and determination.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They couldn't understand why He Yuzhu made such a decision. After all, the construction of a large farm requires a lot of money and material investment, but He Yuzhu chose to give up these resources and rely solely on national policy support to promote the project. This surprised everyone present, but at the same time they also admired He Yuzhu's courage and responsibility.

"Then tell me what policies you want?" Minister Wang said seriously.

"First, the farm opened by our factory in Western Region Province is not under the jurisdiction of the local Western Region Province, but is managed by our factory. Second, the household registration of the farm workers recruited by our factory from Sijiu City will be temporarily retained in Sijiu City, and will not be moved to Western Region Province for the time being. The workers can decide their own household registration location later." After saying this, He Yuzhu looked at Minister Wang.

Minister Wang asked, “Are these two policies all we need?”

"There are definitely more than just these two policies. These two policies are the most critical conditions. Only after these two conditions are met can we promote the development of the farm as planned."

Minister Wang hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I promise you, but let me make it clear that I will only give your factory 10 years. I won't say you need to reclaim 10 million mu of land within 1000 years. As long as your factory farm can reclaim 500 million mu of land, I will continue to support you. But if you can't even reclaim 10 million mu of land in 500 years, then your factory's farms will be under the management of the Western Region Province just like the Western Region Construction Production Corps. Now, what are your factory's other requirements?"

"The third policy is that we beg our superiors to agree to exempt our newly reclaimed land from agricultural taxes for five years. Fourth, although we do not need financial and material support from our superiors, we ask our superiors to coordinate a bank loan for our factory so that we can have start-up funds for the initial material purchases and farm construction. Fifth, we beg our superiors to provide certain conveniences when purchasing materials and machinery and equipment on the farm. Sixth, after the grain produced by the farm is handed over to the state, we beg our superiors to allocate 5% of the total output to our steel plant." He Yuzhu stated all the remaining conditions in one breath.

"Director He, the requirements your factory has asked for are not low. Although we don't ask our superiors to provide supplies, it's not any easier than providing supplies."

"Minister Wang, we just want some policy support. With these policy supports, we can realize the scale of 10 million mu of land reclamation in 1000 years. For example, the reason why we want the superiors to exempt the agricultural tax for the newly reclaimed land in the first five years is because we use the money from paying agricultural taxes to purchase agricultural machinery and build water conservancy projects. Moreover, according to our factory's plan, the farm we established does not need any money from the state. We even plan to borrow the start-up capital of the farm from the bank. After the farm grows grain, we will sell it to the state and use the money from the sale of grain to repay the bank loan."

"Director He, if your factory really reclaims 10 million mu of land within 1000 years as you said, the grain grown from this 1000 million mu of land should be at least 50 billion catties. If 10% is allocated to your factory as you requested, that would be 5 million catties of grain. Can your factory consume all that grain?"

"Minister Wang, how can we possibly eat all this food? Our factory doesn't need this much food to eat, but to set up pig farms and chicken farms. And we currently have nearly 20 workers in our factory, and the number may increase to 30 in the future. So many workers need a lot of meat every day, so we want to apply to our superiors for 10% to be allocated to our factory. Besides, this amount of food is only allocated to our factory, and we will also pay for it when we buy it from our superiors, it's not for nothing!"

"Although the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation is responsible for managing farmland reclamation, the last few requests you made involve other departments. I cannot make the final decision on my own. I need to coordinate and communicate with other departments. So I cannot give you an accurate answer for now, but I will try my best to communicate with other departments and strive to meet the four requests you raised."

"Thank you very much, Minister Wang. By the way, Minister Wang, in addition to these requests, I have another small request."

"What requirements?" Minister Wang asked curiously.

He Yuzhu quickly replied: "Do you have a map of Western Region Province or hydrological data of various places in Western Region Province? If so, could you give us a copy so that we can check the data of Western Region Province and determine the location of our future farm. In this way, once you approve our farm, we can go straight to the destination and start the construction of the farm." His tone was full of expectation and sincerity.

Minister Wang smiled and replied, "Well, your factory doesn't need to bother with that. When the project is approved, the department will recommend several places for your factory to choose from."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu felt relieved and said with emotion: "That's great. We don't have to bother looking for it. After all, we are not familiar with the Western Region Province."

Minister Wang nodded, then looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "Director He, do you have any other requests or comments?"

He Yuzhu thought for a moment, shook his head, and replied with a smile: "No more, I have said everything I need to say."