Great Power Army Reclamation

Zhao Ling'er naturally knew Zheng Shengsheng's depression. This phenomenon is not unique here, but is common in the Corps.

Since the reform and opening up, with the rapid economic development, the saying that you can't go anywhere and live the same life has disappeared.

The take-off of several cities in the south has left the mainland behind a gap of several decades. Although this also has policy reasons, it is more about the emancipation of people's minds.

Take Guangzhou as an example. Not to mention the large influx of foreigners, the thinking and work methods of Hong Kong and Taiwan businessmen have completely broken people's perceptions.

When people in the mainland still get a salary of tens of dollars, they calculate that they can save ten dollars this month and two hundred by the end of the year.

The wages of people in Guangzhou have reached thousands of dollars. This is because Hong Kong businessmen are harsh, because if they open a factory in Hong Kong, each labor force will be at least 3,000 yuan.

Businessmen pursue profit, and they will not do anything that is not beneficial. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are here just to extract more value.

But everything has two sides, because while they are extracting surplus value, domestic workers also receive wages that are unimaginable in the mainland.

Therefore, everything has its two sides, and we cannot judge anything simply from a certain vantage point. To be fair, everyone can only get what they need.

The same is true for the people of the Corps. Nowadays, Junken City has gathered a large number of Junken children and inland workers.

These people are completely different from the old army. The first generation is completely sentimental. With just one sentence of taking root in the border and defending the motherland, they can dedicate their lives. But in this era, it can no longer be done.

Because the second generation of military settlers already have more choices. Their parents come from various provinces in the mainland, including developed areas such as Guangdong and Shanghai.

You can understand everything clearly by spending time visiting your home. Then you stay in your place of origin and go work to earn money. Can you say that they are wrong?

After all, today's corps is also a contract system and is responsible for its own profits and losses. How different is this from going out to work?

Before the reform and opening up, as long as people had a job, their family would live peacefully. Although they are relatively poor in material terms, everyone is like this, and people are used to it. They have no ambitions and no need to compare.

But how can it be the same now? If someone earns one thousand, you can earn one hundred. If someone else buys a car or a house, you can barely ride a bicycle. Which young man can be willing to do this?

Zhao Ling'er could even imagine how many people there would be in the former Ninth Division if there was no military reclamation city? To be precise, how many young people will be left? The conditions there are much better than here!

After chatting all afternoon, Zhao Ling'er finally understood Yilian's situation very clearly. In fact, to put it bluntly, there is less land and poor quality pasture.

Strictly speaking, there is not much land, but there is not much grass growing there. The small amount of pasture given to each family is only enough to feed dozens of sheep. In winter, all hay has to be purchased, otherwise the sheep will starve to death.

Therefore, most of the companies are slaughtering large numbers of sheep for sale before winter comes, so that they can save a lot of fodder money in the following winter.

Only one ram and pregnant and capable ewes are left, so as to effectively ensure the number of sheep next year.

With such numbers and feeding costs, a company of soldiers could only maintain food and clothing. But there is a saying that if a family has a lot of wealth, it does not count the hair.

What this sentence means is that although domestic animals are also property, there are too many uncertain factors. Plague, disease, and hunger can cause their numbers to plummet at any time.

Zhao Ling'er recalled in her mind the management method of Juncun City. There was originally such land and pasture there. For this reason, the establishment of two companies was also abolished.

Zhao Ling'er's eyes lit up. Yes, the land was transformed. The agricultural company transformed the Gobi Desert into a high-quality winter pasture base. It must be possible here, too? So, she expressed her thoughts.

Zheng Zhansheng smiled bitterly, this political commissar is really too young. He actually talked about land transformation so lightly.

He naturally knows the experience of Junken City, and the deeds there have appeared in the Junken News more than once.

However, there are prerequisites for land transformation. The first is water source, and the second is money. The water source is ranked first because it is the most basic condition. If there is no water source, no matter how much money is spent, the transformed land will only be desert.

Although Lao Zheng's words were sincere, Zhao Ling'er was still unconvinced. Apart from feelings, she has never suffered any setbacks in her life. In Junken City, from the district leader to the city leader, I still have the ability and courage. If she can be frightened by a few words, then she is not her.

So in the next few days, Zhao Ling'er kept riding around on horseback. This is the only horse in the company, and it belongs to Lao Zheng. Now she has commandeered him.

It can be seen that this horse must have been very powerful when he was young. But now that he is almost catching up with Lao Zheng in age, Zhao Ling'er doesn't dare to let him run at top speed.

Zhao Ling'er was looking for water sources, and her inspections over the past few days made her feel a little chilly. The thick snow that had covered the whole winter on the Junken side turned into patches here, and could not cover the grass at all. It can be seen that the snowfall here is pitiful.

It seems that the only solution that can be thought of is to use underground water or divert rivers. She searched around the continuous grassland for fifty or sixty miles, but could not see the shadow of the river.

When she returned to the company headquarters that evening, Zhao Ling'er was so tired that she didn't even want to move her toes. I lay on the bed with my clothes on, squinting my eyes and going to sleep.

The door creaked open, and Zheng Zhansheng's wife walked in with food. In fact, she was very beautiful, but the wind and sand had completely destroyed her skin, and the only thing left was her big, lively eyes.

Zhao Linger quickly stood up and called aunt. The woman's face was a little confused, and she quickly waved her hand: "I don't dare to call you that. You are the big leader, and I am just a family member."

Only then did Zhao Ling'er find out that Zheng Shengsheng's wife didn't even have a job. He has always been in the company as a family member.

Zhao Ling'er's nose felt a little sore, and she was a little in awe of Zheng Zhansheng. In recent years, the Corps has provided many naturalization quotas to the following units. It is so that these veteran regiment soldiers can live a stable life.

As a company commander, how could Zheng Zhansheng have so few opportunities? If there is no arrangement even for his wife, there is only one reason, and that is that he gave up all his places to his comrades.

Zhao Ling'er took out a thousand yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into the woman's hand: "Auntie, this is my food expenses. I want to live here for a while."

"I don't dare, I don't dare." The woman refused with an anxious expression, as if she had made some mistake.

"If you don't want me to stop eating from your house tomorrow." Zhao Ling'er looked serious.