The meeting had just ended. Daya was driving Liu Xia Lian out of the gate of the Animal Husbandry Bureau when a jeep next to them kept honking its horn. A man got out of the car. Who was it? My second uncle.

That is the director of the Forestry Bureau. My second uncle waved his hand and said, "Xia Lian."

"Uncle, why are you here? What's the matter?"

"Your aunt missed you, and she finally came to the city to have a meal at home."

"Okay, uncle, you drive ahead and we'll follow."

"Don't lose me."

"Don't worry, I've been to your house."

My second uncle must have something going on, but it’s definitely not convenient to talk about it on the street.

There was not only a large spray gun in the trunk of the business car, but also pheasant eggs in a gift box, which he just happened to be taking to his second uncle's house.

My second uncle's apartment is a dormitory of the Forestry Bureau. Needless to say, it is a leader's room with three bedrooms and a living room, 80 square meters of fine decoration. The children are all grown up and have their own jobs, so only my aunt and uncle live here.

"Uncle, aunt, we came in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts, so we just brought some pheasant eggs."

"Sit down, sit down, I'll pour you some tea." My aunt enthusiastically went to the kitchen to make tea.

My uncle gave some tangerines to Liu Xia Lian and Daya. After chatting for a while, my aunt enthusiastically went to the kitchen to cook.

Liu Xia Lian asked her uncle: "Uncle, what's the matter with you?"

"Of course I have. I'm fifty years old this year, and the possibility of taking another step is very small. But I can't just sit there in obscurity for a few years without making any achievements. Forestry is very difficult now. Cutting trees is not allowed. Almost all large and small forest farms have stopped logging. However, people have to eat, and illegal logging has continued despite repeated bans. Now the forestry industry needs a pillar industry to increase income so that workers can have a normal income and don't cause trouble every year. You have a lot of ideas and abilities, so help your uncle and see if you can come up with any good ideas."

This is my second uncle, so if he asks me, I will definitely help you think of a solution.

"I opened a decorative board factory in Shandong. There are no forests there, so all we use are fast-growing poplars. Farmers plant some fast-growing poplars by the edge of fields and rivers. They will mature in seven or eight years, or at most ten years, and then they can be cut down and sold without applying for a permit. Can we follow suit here? Villagers can cut down the trees they planted in front of and behind their houses without having to apply for a permit, or simplify the process?"

My second uncle nodded and said, "There are a lot of conflicts every year over this issue. We are helpless. The law stipulates it that way. I will make a suggestion to the province to see if the relevant regulations can be improved. It's time for me to retire from promoting fast-growing tree species to harvesting them. You should think of other ways."

"Forestry, anything involving saplings and trees is inherently slow. There's a lot of woodland in the forest farm, and since they don't allow cutting down trees, can we use the economic forests?"

"Of course you can. Economic forests are in compliance with the law. Your blueberry garden is an economic forest. Others have copied your planting method, but most of them have lost money. Not many people can afford to eat blueberries."

"There is no need to grow blueberries, as the yield is low. Apples and pears are adapted to our climate and can bear fruit normally and safely overwinter. These popular fruits are very easy to sell. Choose some fertile forest land to plant them. They will bear fruit in three years, which is very good. Another is the planting of ginseng and American ginseng. The price has been very good in recent years, and the sales volume is also large. As long as the Forestry Bureau promotes it appropriately, an industrial chain can be formed immediately. The third is the forest frog. As a specialty of our Northeast, the forest frog is very expensive. With the government's promotion and the formation of an industrial chain, the market will be hot immediately."

My second uncle calculated, "Too many, fruits, ginseng, American ginseng, and forest frogs. What a great industry, no need to cut down trees, and still make money. I'm just worried that these people will take bribes and affect development. It seems that as long as the industrial chain is formed, it will be difficult for it not to develop."

In fact, there are some issues that Liu Xialian did not mention. It is not appropriate for the forest farm to do such delicate work as collective labor to grow fruit. Instead, the production contract model is more suitable because fruit takes too much time. Fertilizing, spraying, thinning, bagging, watering, picking, etc. The income from one mu of fruit can be equivalent to that of three or four mu of corn, and the labor required is also equivalent to that of three or four mu of corn.

In comparison, Shandong has less land and a suitable climate, which is more suitable for growing fruits. The climate here is more advantageous for growing American ginseng and ginseng, and the wood frog is also a major industry, which will bring good returns if it can be developed.

"Uncle, find some forestry workers. They know what to plant to make money, but they just don't express it. Ginseng, American ginseng, Schisandra chinensis, Acanthopanax senticosus, Gastrodia elata, Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus, Epimedium, Gentiana scabra, Asarum, Bupleurum chinense, etc. are all good projects to plant."

My uncle looked puzzled and said, "Why don't these forest farms plant crops? They always cause trouble every day."

"People who want to plant have no right to do so. The forest farm management has a lot of money at home, so why would they bother? Planting or not planting has no impact on them. We can try to contract the reclaimed forest land to the forest farm employees, and then the problem will be solved."

My uncle is a smart man. He understood the problem immediately. It seems that if we want to solve the last problem of the forest farm, we must implement the contract system for the employees. The employees will carry out planting management and utilize the land according to the agreement, and the benefits created will be very high.

Now we have the basic idea. One is the medicinal materials. Ginseng and American ginseng are

In Lijiatun, Li Xiaofei brought his wife Xu Xiaoyan to the turkey shed, which marked the official start of his work.

The two women who were growing vegetables in the greenhouse went to do other things. Xiaoyan was even a little scared when she saw the turkey weighing more than 20 kilograms.

"Wife, can you do it? If not, let's go home. My income is enough to support my wife and children. I see you are a little afraid of this turkey."

Xiaoyan's fingers were creaking as she pinched them. "I'm just playing. Do you think I'm a delicate little girl? I'm a Siberian tiger girl. Am I afraid of raising chickens? What does the storytelling say? The boss treats me like a national hero, so I will repay him like a national hero."

"Okay then. You work hard. We don't have a chicken coop for now, so this one-acre greenhouse will be the chicken coop. I'll recruit two new people for you later. You can take them with you. In a few days, I'll arrange for you to go to the city for training on the basics of breeding."

"Okay, go back, I'll take care of it."

Li Xiaofei told his wife all the precautions and emphasized: "We have a bottom line here and you must not cross it. One is to extort money from your subordinates. If you find out, you will be fired. Another is that you are strictly prohibited from taking public property, whether it is eggs or feed, you must not take it for private use. Of course, your salary and benefits will not be reduced by a penny, so you must pay attention."

"Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."

After Li Xiaofei left, Xiaoyan began to count the turkeys, a total of 32 roosters and 80 hens. She even found a dozen eggs in various corners, which were larger than duck eggs and had many spots on them.

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