Siheyuan: I am protecting Shazhu, who dares to object?

After Cuigu Village achieved great success at the agricultural product fair, the village's development seemed to be smooth sailing. However, the changes in the 1960s were always beyond imagination.

Early in the morning of that day, before the sun had completely dispelled the mist in the mountains, Wang Dashan had already stood up and walked slowly along the village road.

He was thinking about the village's next development plan. Although the walnut industry has opened up a larger market, how to further improve quality and expand scale, and how the tourism industry should continue to innovate and attract more tourists, these issues always linger in his mind.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the tranquility of the early morning.

Wang Dashan looked up and saw the village accountant Xiao Li running towards him in a panic.

"Uncle Dashan, something bad has happened!"

Xiao Li said breathlessly.

Wang Dashan's heart tightened, and he asked hurriedly: "Don't worry, tell me slowly, what happened?"

Xiao Li calmed down and said, "I just received news that the county has issued a new environmental protection policy, which has set higher requirements for the pollution discharge standards of our walnut processing plant. If we fail to meet the standards, we may have to suspend production for rectification."

Wang Dashan's brows frowned instantly, he knew very well what this meant for the village's walnut industry.

"Let's go to the processing plant."

After Wang Dashan finished speaking, he and Xiao Li quickly walked towards the walnut processing factory.

When he arrived at the processing plant, Wang Dashan called together all the management personnel and technical backbones.

After explaining the new policy to everyone, he asked, "Everyone, what is our current pollution discharge situation like? Can we meet the new standards?"

Old Chen, who is in charge of technology, shook his head and said with a worried look on his face: "Dashan, our current sewage treatment equipment was installed a few years ago and is relatively backward. To meet the new standards, I'm afraid we have to spend a lot of money to upgrade the equipment."

A manager also said worriedly: "But given the current financial situation of our village, how can we afford so much money to upgrade the equipment? If we stop production and rectify, what will happen to our orders?"

After hearing this, everyone fell silent, and an atmosphere of anxiety filled the conference room.

Wang Dashan pondered for a moment, raised his head and said firmly: "Don't be discouraged, there are always more solutions than problems. Let's first conduct a detailed inspection of the current sewage discharge situation to see how big the gap is. Then we can find a way to raise funds to transform the equipment."

Under Wang Dashan's arrangement, the village quickly invited professional inspectors to inspect the sewage discharge of the walnut processing plant.

The test results showed that the processing plant's pollution emissions did indeed far exceed the new environmental protection standards.

To meet the standards, a new set of sewage treatment equipment needs to be replaced, and the estimated cost is as high as more than 100,000 yuan.

These tens of thousands of yuan were undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Cui Gu Village at that time.

Wang Dashan ran around trying to find a solution to the funding problem.

He first came to the township and explained the situation to the township leaders, hoping to get some financial support.

After listening to Wang Dashan's report, the township leader said, "Comrade Wang Dashan, we understand the situation in your village. But the township is currently short of funds and cannot afford to support you with so much money. However, I can give you some information. The county recently launched a project to support the environmental protection upgrade of rural industries. You can apply for it."

After hearing this, Wang Dashan felt a glimmer of hope.

He hurried back to the village and organized people to prepare application materials.

While preparing the materials, Wang Dashan discovered that applying for this project required providing detailed project planning and economic benefit analysis.

This stumped him because he had a low level of education and knew nothing about these professional things.

Just when Wang Dashan was worried, a young man from the village who was studying at a university in the city came back.

This young man is called Li Qiang, and he majored in agricultural economic management.

After Wang Dashan learned about it, he immediately found Li Qiang.

"Li Qiang, you are finally back. I am in a big trouble now, you have to help me."

Wang Dashan said anxiously.

Li Qiang said quickly: "Uncle Dashan, don't worry, just tell me what's the matter."

Wang Dashan told Li Qiang in detail about the situation in the village and the project application.

After hearing this, Li Qiang said confidently: "Uncle, I'll take care of this. I've learned project planning and economic benefit analysis. I'll help you."

With the help of Li Qiang, Wang Dashan successfully completed the preparation of application materials.

He brought the materials to the county and found the department responsible for project approval.

After carefully reading Wang Dashan's application materials, the staff in charge of approval said, "Your village's project is still very promising, but there are many villages applying for this project, and the competition is fierce. You go back and wait for news, we will review it as soon as possible."

Wang Dashan returned to the village with a nervous mood.

During the days of waiting, he worried every day that the project application would not be approved.

Finally, a week later, good news came from the county. Cui Gu Village's project application was approved and received a support fund of 100,000 yuan.

After obtaining the funds, Wang Dashan immediately organized personnel to upgrade and renovate the sewage treatment equipment of the walnut processing plant.

During the renovation process, Wang Dashan stayed at the construction site every day to supervise the progress and quality of the project.

After more than a month of hard work, the new sewage discharge equipment was finally installed and debugged, and the sewage discharge from the walnut processing plant met the new environmental protection standards.

After solving the sewage problem, Wang Dashan began to think about how to further enhance the competitiveness of the walnut industry.

He heard that the neighboring village had introduced a new walnut variety with high yield and good quality.

So he decided to go to the neighboring village for investigation.

After arriving at the neighboring village, Wang Dashan was warmly received by the village chief.

The chief of the neighboring village brought Wang Dashan to the walnut plantation and introduced to him the characteristics and planting techniques of the new walnut varieties.

"Village Chief Wang, this new variety of walnut has strong adaptability and is less susceptible to diseases and pests. Most importantly, its oil yield is much higher than that of ordinary walnuts."

The head of the neighboring village said.

Wang Dashan carefully observed the growth of the new walnut varieties and asked the growers some questions about the planting process.

He thinks this new variety is really good. If it can be introduced to Cui Gu Village, it will definitely be of great help to the development of the village's walnut industry.

After returning to the village, Wang Dashan convened a villagers' meeting and introduced the new walnut variety to everyone.

After hearing this, some villagers expressed support while others expressed concern.

A villager said: "Dashan, it's a good thing to introduce new varieties, but we have never planted them before, will it work? If the varieties are not good, the loss will be huge."

Wang Dashan patiently explained: "I understand everyone's concerns. But we can't just stick to the old varieties. If we want to develop better, we have to dare to try new things. Moreover, I have consulted the growers in the neighboring villages, and they will provide us with technical support. As long as we plant according to scientific methods, there will be no problem."

After some discussion, the villagers finally agreed to introduce new walnut varieties.

Under the organization of Wang Dashan, the village set aside a piece of land and began to trial-plant new walnut varieties.

At the same time, he also invited technicians from neighboring villages to provide technical guidance to ensure that the new walnut varieties could grow smoothly in Cui Gu Village.

Thanks to Wang Dashan's efforts, Cuigu Village not only successfully broke through the challenges brought about by the adjustment of environmental protection policies, but also found a new direction for the further development of the walnut industry.