I have a portable farm

Luozhuang, which guards the only road in and out of Lop Nur, is not as bustling as Lop Nur, but it is still full. There are almost no vacancies in the parking lot outside the resort.

At this moment, the farmland around Luozhuang, although there are no food crops in sight, is still lush and lush. Even if the land here is barren, the alfalfa that can be planted is only one meter three to four meters. The stretching alfalfa rises and falls with the wind, and hidden among them are pheasants, sika deer, The yellow sheep are revealed. Anyone who sees this scene can think of an ancient poem, the wind blows the grass and the cows and sheep are seen.

There are no delicious fruits here, and there are no large lakes with rippling blue waves. However, on the way to the depths of the alfalfa fields, tourists who are temporarily resting in Luozhuang Resort can be seen taking photos.

In a deep alfalfa field where no tourists could be seen, Zhao Xinyu squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, squeezed it hard, and then let go. The light black soil slipped from his hands, which made Zhao Xinyu couldn't help but nod.

Over the past few years, although the farmyard manure invested here is far less than the area developed in Lop Nur, over the past few years, alfalfa has been planted every year to increase the fertility of the land. Over the past few years, the once-poor soil fertility has also continued to improve. With the increase, I dare not say that it has reached the standard of fertile land. If you plant it, you can expect a good harvest as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters.

"Let's go and see other places."

"Boss, I didn't expect that you still have such an area to be developed here. It should be very easy to develop this area."

Zhao Xinyu smiled faintly, "This place is different from Lop Nur. Although the land is barren, people were planting it every year. In recent years, the development of Lop Nur has weakened the wind and sand. Otherwise, this place would have turned into a desert. I also I didn’t expect that the soil here would change so much in the past few years. Once there is water here, we can plant it here.”

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"Let's go and look at other areas. Those areas are also contracted by outsiders."

Galloping on the edge of the alfalfa field, Zhaoye looked into the distance, "Boss, there seems to be a lot of farmland here in Luozhuang."

Zhao Xinyu smiled faintly, "The northwest region is vast and sparsely populated. Although Luozhuang is just an ordinary village with many villagers, when I came here, the villagers with the least farmland had more than 100 acres of land. Counting farmland It covers an area of ​​more than 90,000 acres. However, the land was too barren at first and it was not profitable to plant and breed. Moreover, there was very little precipitation here. There was almost nine droughts in ten years. Farming was not profitable at all, so many people would rather abandon the land. Going out to work."

"There are so many, so if we plant them here, there will be enough vegetables and fruits to satisfy an area."

Zhao Xinyu looked in one direction, "Let's take a look at the situation of the contractors around us first."

"Boss, why are so many sours grown here?"

Zhao Xinyu looked at a sour belt with a width of more than 100 meters and sighed slightly, "I have planted 100-meter-wide sour belts on the land bordering Luozhuang and other villages. Firstly, it is to reduce the invasion of wind and sand. The most important thing is not to prevent What’s the conflict with them?”

After walking through the sour belt, Zhao Xinyu couldn't help but shake his head. He saw that the fields separated from the sour belt were full of weeds. At this time, the sour and alfalfa in his development area were growing well, but only the weeds in the fields across the road were sparse. .

There are barbed wire fences on the outside of those fields, and groups of semi-large chickens and ducks can be seen inside looking for food. The land has no fertility and there are sparse grasses, but the chickens and ducks are not small. This made Zhao Xinyu shake his head the moment he saw it. He grew up in the village and has been engaged in breeding and planting in the past few years. , but he knew that such fat chickens and ducks could not be raised in such land.

"There is nothing in this land. The chickens and ducks they raise are about the same size as those you raise over there. They..."

"They must have fed them. I'm going to see their land."

For a moment, Zhao Xinyu shook his head. He saw that the land had been severely desertified, which was even worse than when he first came to Luozhuang. If they continued like this, these farmlands would turn into desert in at least five years.

Zhao Xinyu went to several more places. Almost every place was similar. The contractor did not invest. The land in each place was degrading, and small patches of desert had appeared in some areas.

Seeing the degradation of the land, Zhao Xinyu was also very distressed. He was angrily cursing those in power. They just contracted the land, but they did not supervise it and allowed the land to degrade. Don't they know that once the land turns to desert? , if you want to change it, it will be difficult to turn the sand back into soil even if you spend a lot of manpower and material resources.

Following the low roars of the protective wolves, Zhao Xinyu saw a group of older workers coming from a distance. From their clothes, Zhao Xinyu could tell that they should be villagers from a nearby village.

Those people came over and were slightly startled when they saw Zhao Xinyu. A middle-aged man in his fifties looked at Zhao Xinyu and said, "You are Zhao Xinyu."

Zhao Xinyu nodded and pointed to the severely degraded land on the roadside. "It seems that this farmland was not like this a few years ago. If it is not treated properly, in a few years this land will become a desert."

When Zhao Xinyu asked, the group of people couldn't help but shake their heads. They looked around a few times. When you took Luozhuang, many people thought that as long as you developed Luozhuang, you would develop the surrounding areas next. So They all swarmed to contract all the land around them that could be used to develop villages. You have been here for a short time, and you also know the situation here. We grow our own crops, and after a busy year, we can only get some rations. The above operations all sublease the land.

"It doesn't mean that they will continue to invest after contracting. Now..."

"In the first few years, they also planted some alfalfa, but they didn't invest as much as you. Planting alfalfa can indeed prevent wind and fix sand, but they raise more cattle and sheep, which also makes the alfalfa they plant eaten by cattle and sheep in summer. There is no light, no fodder, and the alfalfa roots are eaten by cattle and sheep. Planting and maintenance require manpower, and they are unwilling to invest. In the past few years, they have still raised seeds, but they only sow some seeds in the spring. If they don’t invest, there will be alfalfa and cattle. Sheep trample it, which also causes serious degradation of the land.”

"Up there?"

"They have all received benefits, so they don't care about this. They come here several times a year. They always eat and drink before leaving. The photos and videos they take are all taken from your side."

Zhao Xinyu frowned, "These damn bastards."

"Zhao Xinyu, there are now small patches of desert in many areas. You have not developed Luozhuang in these years. They have actually backed down. If you are willing to sublease from them, they will definitely be willing."

"They are all waiting for me to find them."

"Then let's see. Now there is no grass in large areas. Although there have been several rainfalls this year, the grass does not grow. They are not fools. Once these areas turn into deserts, they will all have to bear legal responsibility. According to If they develop it now, within one or two years, this place will become a barren land.”

Zhao Xinyu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "They are all flies. Even if I can contract farmland in these areas close to the desert, they will contract other areas and wait for me to take the bait."

"Don't worry about this. Which areas have been included in the planning and windbreaks, and the land of the five villages around us has been contracted in advance. Our five villages are not included in the planning. The farmland of those villages that were planned the year before last Trees were planted.”

Zhao Xinyu couldn't help but shake his head, "It seems that you still suffered a big loss because of me."

Those people couldn't help but shake their heads, "In those years, everyone in the village went out to work, but in the past few years, many people have come back. Every year when I work part-time there, I earn more than what I earn outside."

Zhao Xinyu took a deep breath and looked at the looming mountains in the distance, which was the end of the Altyn Mountains. "I'll go back and think about it."

"What are you considering? Just come here and sublease. If in a few years, this place will become like Lop Nur, the cost of development by then will not be a small sum."

"You are sure that those developers have the intention to sublease."

"Now these lands are hot potatoes in their eyes. Once there is a problem with the land here, not only will they have to pay a large amount of money, but they will also be jailed. As early as the year before last, they started looking for people After taking over, some people came to take a look, but when they saw the land degradation and you had no idea of ​​developing this place, they left immediately. Not even a single person came here in the past two years. Just some time ago, there were people from Shalin Village. He said that the contractor negotiated with the village and wanted to transfer the land back to the villagers, as long as they paid half of the original contract fee. However, because the land was seriously degraded and the villagers were worried about taking responsibility, they did not dare to take over. "

Zhao Xinyu nodded, "I'll go back and find someone to find out."

Leaving Luozhuang and entering the desert, Zhaoye stopped and looked into the distance, "Boss, which areas do you want to contract?"

Zhao Xinyu took a deep breath and said, "Everywhere is farmland. If it can be contracted, it is not impossible. Once contracted, we can borrow water from the Altyn Mountains to irrigate the farmland here. In three to five years, it will be turned into a plantation." Base, and this is the choke point for entering and exiting Lop Nur. In time, this will become a base connecting Lop Nur with the outside world. "

"Boss, you are interested in the large farmland in this area."

Zhao Xinyu laughed and said, "You are indeed right. There is a windbreak forest in the distance. The farmland here is very large, with several villages covering hundreds of thousands of acres. It is close to Lop Nur, and I don't need to consider developing other areas. ”

"So this trip here is really rewarding."

"Maybe they just heard it from hearsay. I'll ask someone to inquire later."