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Yuan Ning returned to the provincial capital and approached Du Jiancheng.

Du Jiancheng is a busy man, but he takes Yuan Ning very seriously, and Principal Fei has revealed his truth to him. Regardless of Yuan Ning's young age, there are many people who want to pull Yuan Ning over!

I'm afraid Yuan Ning, like his elder brother, has made an appointment for a certain department before graduation—and more than one.

Looking at this little brother, it always makes people feel that they have lived in vain for so many years!Although Du Jiancheng was emotional, he still met Yuan Ning in person.

Knowing that Yuan Ning wanted to borrow the inspection center, Du Jiancheng readily agreed, greeted the inspection center, and gave Yuan Ning a copy of the urban and rural map of Changcang that Yuan Ning wanted.

Yuan Ning went straight to the inspection center and handed over some of the water samples he had taken back.There are certain standards for water sample testing, but what Yuan Ning wants to know most is only one of them. After communicating with several inspectors, he asked them to do what he wanted to know first, and the scope of testing was greatly reduced.

The inspectors breathed a sigh of relief. They were very worried when they heard that this was the task assigned by Du Jian. After all, it is very scary for laymen to guide experts.

For example, many people came with a sample, and waved their hands to ask them to test all the indicators!Each indicator requires a certain amount of sampling, not just a single sample can be fully tested!

Fortunately, Yuan Ning didn't have that kind of whimsical idea, and judging from the discussion process, this kid's professionalism was no worse than theirs.

The inspectors took the samples and went to work.

The test cannot be done in a short while, and now that the matter has been handed over to professionals, Yuan Ning no longer stands in the way.

Yuan Ning took the atlas given by Du Jiancheng, turned to the northwest, and studied the terrain there.

Over the past few years, there has been an upsurge in growing cotton, and some herdsmen have been encouraged to grow cotton, so there are more cotton factories and pesticide factories in that area.

Changcang used to have underdeveloped agriculture. In order to encourage the development of agriculture, the higher authorities greatly adjusted the preferential policies and focused heavily on agriculture.

Under this deliberate guidance, many people began to feel that cattle and sheep were worthless, and converted grassland into agricultural land.There are also some people who have seen Changcang's vast land and sparsely populated areas, and came to buy land for development, basically they didn't take the environment here seriously, and basically came here to spoil it.

This area of ​​the Northwest is the result of this development.

There is a small town between Agula and Hulagen's ranch. The leader of this small town is very powerful. In the past few years, many investors have been attracted, and chemical factories, large and small, have settled there.

With Changcang's vigorous promotion of agricultural development in recent years, this humble town has become the "pesticide center" of Changcang. One of the pesticide factories was set up as a model there, and the factory manager was promoted as the "pesticide king". .

This is also recorded in the atlas.

Yuan Ning closed the atlas, and was more sure of his conjecture.

There are arsenic mines in this place, so the pesticides produced by most pesticide factories probably contain arsenic.Wastewater containing arsenic may pollute water sources if it is not properly treated, and pesticides containing arsenic will remain in the ground and plants.Cotton is grown on a large scale here, and the cotton factories are also very prosperous.The arsenic remaining in the cotton will diffuse into the air during the process of cotton processing in the cotton factory-that is to say, the water source, land, and air here may be polluted. Judging from the distance between Hullegan's pasture and this place Look, the pollution level is probably more serious closer to the pesticide factory and the cotton factory.

This small city supports the pesticide factory as a pillar industry, and almost absorbed the entire pesticide market in Changcang.But the economy has improved, what about other aspects?

Yuan Ning sighed, and could only temporarily put this matter aside until the test results came out.He went to meet Luo Yuanliang first, and met with the owner of the second ranch to discuss buying the ranch.

The owner of the ranch has a sailing dream in his heart, and he has been planning to develop a sailing business in the coastal areas for many years.Hearing from Agula that someone wanted to buy a ranch, the other party couldn't sit still, and took the initiative to lower the price to sell quickly.

The purpose of the two parties was very consistent. Luo Yuanliang walked around the ranch carefully a few more times, and on the third day he made a final decision, and went through the purchase procedures with Yuan Ning.

With the new ranch in hand, Yuan Ning should have cleaned it up with Luo Yuanliang, but the testing center called—the test results had come out, and the arsenic content in the water sample was obviously exceeding the standard.

Yuan Ning's heart skipped a beat.Without hesitation, he called Principal Fei and asked him to help find two people who could take the lead. One was responsible for taking samples at fixed points along the coast to determine the source and degree of pollution; Individuals with signs of arsenic poisoning were sampled to determine prevalence.

Principal Fei was very dissatisfied with Yuan Ning for running out again, but after hearing what Yuan Ning said, he also became serious.He said, "Are you in trouble again?"

Why does everyone often greet him with this sentence, the frequency is almost the same as "have you eaten?"!Yuan Ning retorted: "No!" He was a little worried, and added, "I just read some research, and when I bought the ranch, I found that many people had the same symptoms. I checked the situation there, and I was generally sure. I know where the source of pollution is, but this kind of thing cannot be judged subjectively, so I want a professional to do it.” Principal Fei is good at doing research and investigation.

Principal Fei pondered for a moment, then agreed: "That's fine, I'll find someone for you."

This may be a bit difficult for others, but it is easy for Principal Fei. That afternoon, Principal Fei asked Yuan Ning to contact people on both sides. He can approve the project and apply for funds, but can we negotiate? Success depends on Yuan Ning's own ability to fool.

After listening to what Yuan Ning said, the two people recommended by Principal Fei looked serious. They have seen too much of this. They treat people as human beings and ruin their hometown for the sake of petty gains. Make people angry.

But what about anger?

The arms can't twist the thighs!In a period when everyone is in full swing for development, whoever jumps out and pours cold water is the target of public criticism.They also want to stand up straight and not be afraid of power, and reach out to block the rolling wheels of economic development when they find a problem-but it is difficult!

Projects that are easy to make money and easy to succeed are given green lights everywhere, and there are a lot of people who are willing to invest and approve funds; the opposite is true for some sensitive projects. It is easy to be blocked, and the results cannot be published.

If you want to break through these obstacles, you must have strong support from behind.

They were originally pure academic researchers, but they had to compromise in the face of reality and do some "useful" and "beneficial" research.

The two sighed and confessed to Yuan Ning: "We can leave the sample survey to us, but we are really not good at some things. Even if we investigate the matter clearly, the matter may not necessarily result in results."

Yuan Ning followed Zhang Xiuyan to rectify all the polluting enterprises in Huaiqing, how could he not understand the key points?He did not pull out his background to fool others, but said seriously: "Even if some things are difficult, someone must do them."

Seeing that Yuan Ning couldn't find a word of assurance, the two looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

Yuan Ning said slowly: "The two teachers should know better than I what the result of letting some things go. Yes, you don't care, and I don't care. When you close your eyes, the world is peaceful, and life is naturally very comfortable. But," He pointed to the village circled in red on the map, "They don't know anything. They suffer from the pain of the disease, but they don't know why the disease was born. They work from sunrise to sunset, work hard every day, A family or even a village has worked so hard to provide for them, and maybe they can only support one high school student. It is a rare thing to produce a college student in three to five years. So they don't know the water they drink, The food they eat — and even the air they breathe — can be the source of their pain.

The two fell silent.

"No one told them." Yuan Ning said, "No one is willing to tell everything to the people who should know the most. Even if many people are tortured to death by illness, they don't know why death happened. Because it is too difficult to tell the truth. --not worth it."

The three words "not worth it" hit the hearts of the two of them, and when they met Yuan Ning's bright eyes, they immediately understood.

The boy saw all the hesitation and temptation just now.

This young man is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, but he sees all the tricks clearly, but he still has to do it.He is not from Changcang, and he even only met Hu Legen once, but he is still willing to do it.

One of them spoke first: "Leave the water survey to me, and I will start preparations immediately."

Another person also seriously agreed, saying that he would organize people to take samples in the circled villages one after another.

Yuan Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

What he said were all true thoughts in his heart, but he also knew that saying such things might make the person recommended by Principal Fei go away - they are telling you about difficulties, but you are telling them "should we do it"?

Yuan Ning can spend money on many things, but without the participation of professionals, he is also blind as a layman.

Neither he nor Du Jiancheng has Zhang Xiuyan's influence on Changcang's side - after all, Zhang Xiuyan is the sure heir of the Zhang family, but he is not.

As for doing things under the banner of the grandson of the Han family, Yuan Ning never thought about it.

Hearing that the two professionals agreed to join, Yuan Ning felt relieved and said, "Don't worry about the funds, the two teachers. If the amount is too large and the application cannot be completed, I will make up the difference. I will definitely not embarrass the two teachers."

A large-scale investigation took a long time. After two days of follow-up, Yuan Ning felt relieved after confirming that the investigation was on the right track. He had a thorough understanding with Hu Legen before he had time to visit his new pasture.

The winter here in Changcang is very long, and we will begin to store grass for the winter in autumn.Luo Yuanliang ran to several pastures these days, and even walked around, analyzed the pros and cons of various grass species, and picked some seedlings to study.

Yuan Ning returned to Pasture, and found three people around the table: one was Luo Yuanliang, and the other was Enhe, who had found Ai Yan after he knew that Ai Yan was going to settle here. He came over here and said that anyway, many people can do the accounting work on the pasture.

The other is Nuo Min, the daughter of the old pasture horse breeder, who is only eighteen or nineteen years old, with bright and beautiful eyes, and her whole body is like a fully blooming flower, exuding a charming fragrance all the time.

The three of them were all immersed in analysis and calculation, only Nuo Min in the middle glanced at Luo Yuanliang and then at Enhe from time to time, the other two were weirdos, neither of them liked to talk.Fortunately, she likes and is good at arithmetic, so she doesn't find it boring.

Luo Yuanliang was the first to discover Yuan Ning's return.He raised his head to look at Yuan Ning, without saying hello.

Nuo Min is an enthusiastic grassland girl. When she met Yuan Ning, she introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Nuo Min! You are the new owner of this ranch, right? I saw you from a distance last time when I came back with my grandpa. , You are so young, you look younger than me!"

Yuan Ning said with a smile: "How come? I should be older than you."

Nuo Min pushed Luo Yuanliang next to him, and asked suspiciously, "Is he older than me?"

Luo Yuanliang pursed his lips. Although he didn't want to talk too much with others, he still answered, "I'm not of age."

The lie was exposed face to face, Yuan Ning didn't care, sat down and asked them what they were doing, and found that they were finalizing the amount of livestock, and based on this, they calculated how to mix various pastures, corn and other straw crops better. Hit the grass to store enough forage for winter animals this winter.

Enhe has strong calculation skills, Luo Yuanliang knows the growth of plants best, and Nuo Min has a better understanding of the climate and animal habits in Changcang, but there are too many types of pastures to choose from, and it will not be possible to calculate a result for a while.

Yuan Ning felt that Luo Yuanliang had gone crazy since he learned scientific research skills from the people at the Agricultural Research Institute.He hesitated and said: "Whether it is the climate or the growth conditions of animals and plants are full of variables, it is enough to focus on the general direction and the daily management in place. There is no need to compare how many tons of grass are stored in each hybrid method?"

Luo Yuanliang said, "No."

Yuan Ning asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Nuo Min replied for Luo Yuanliang: "He said that after you bought the ranch, you became poor. The pasture must turn losses into profits this year. You can only make money and not lose money."

Yuan Ning: "..."

Yuan Ning: "...Have I become a pauper?" He remembered that he still had a lot of money!

Luo Yuanliang nodded firmly, and said how poor Yuan Ning is now: "There are only a few million left."

Nuo Min: "........."

Nuo Min decided not to help Luo Yuanliang do the math!

Seeing that Nuo Min ran out angrily, catching up with the old horse breeder and saying that they would go to herd the horse together, Luo Yuanliang was a little surprised: "What's wrong with her?"

Enhe, who had been silent all this time, said, "I'm probably mad at you..."

Can a few million be called poor?A few hundred yuan is not poor!Enhe looked at Yuan Ning and Luo Yuanliang with complicated expressions, and felt that these two guys were simply class enemies hidden among ordinary people.

Luo Yuanliang glanced at Yuan Ning and said nothing.Although it was just such a simple look, Yuan Ning suddenly understood what Luo Yuanliang meant.

Yuan Ning said: "Because I want to buy two ranches at once, and I have started two investigation projects with Principal Fei, Brother Luo feels that I spend too much money." According to his spending method, he really can't save much money.

Enhe helped Agula with accounts for half a year, so he naturally knew how much it would cost to buy two ranches.He went over what Yuan Ning had done in his mind, and found that many of them had to be invested with large sums of money, but the proceeds were not even seen!

Enhe nodded and said, "That's true."

Yuan Ning: "..."

He usually saves _(:з)∠)_

In the evening, Nuo Min and the old horse breeder returned with the herd of horses. Yuan Ning was feeding the lambs.

Nuo Min is a happy little girl, don't look out that she was very angry when she went out, after riding out for a trip, she has forgotten what she was angry when she set off.

After seeing the lamb that Yuan Ning was feeding, Nuo Min said in amazement: "This lamb can't even be handled by Brother Luo, but it is willing to eat the fodder you gave!"

Yuan Ning fooled around: "I picked the best grass." He touched the lamb's thick fur, "It has a lot of personality, and it may become the most dignified head sheep in the future."

The lamb seemed to understand Yuan Ning's praise, bleated high-spiritedly, and continued to gnaw the grass in Yuan Ning's hand.Seeing Xiao Yang so close to Yuan Ning, Nuo Min was very envious.

This lamb was born of a heroine among the sheep. The ewe was so powerful that even the head sheep could almost defeat it. Later, it fell in love with the head sheep and gave birth to such a lamb.As a result, not long after the lamb learned to walk, the ewe encountered a wild wolf when she was playing with it, and the wolf was thrown to death under the fight.

It's a pity that the ewe's neck was also bitten by a ferocious wolf, and the bleeding could not be stopped, and she died immediately.

Fortunately, the wild wolf was haunted alone, otherwise the lamb would not have survived.

The lamb grows up day by day, and now it is not as strong as the adult sheep, but it is already capable of defeating most of the adult sheep!

Probably because it inherited the aggressive gene of its parents, it has always been a loner, not close to other sheep, and even less close to people. The only way to get in touch with other creatures is to fight!

I didn't expect it to be so close to Yuan Ning.Envious and jealous at the same time, Nuo Min talked to Yuan Ning about the origin of the lamb.

In fact, Yuan Ning already knew the deeds of Xiao Yang's parents just now—he even knew that Xiao Yang had a heart to dominate the pasture.

Yuan Ning couldn't help touching the lamb's head again, and said seriously: "It will definitely be stronger than its parents."

Nuo Min looked at the hot eyes, and stretched out her hand to the lamb: "Can I touch it too?" Unfortunately, when her hand was about to touch the lamb, the lamb quickly turned his head away, and his moist eyes were full of dissatisfaction. Expressing that he doesn't like being touched on the head is completely different from the intimacy of rubbing Yuan Ning's palm just now.

Nuo Min: "..."

Very irritating!

After nightfall, the grassland is extremely quiet, with no mountains or hills to be seen around. From a distance, the surrounding fields are full of heavy night.It is obviously an empty and quiet wilderness, the sky is vast, and the wilderness is vast, but it has an indescribable beauty.

Looking at the distant night sky, Yuan Ning suddenly thought of the matter of following Mr. Huo and the others up the mountain to see the stars more than a year ago.At that time, he felt that the universe was vast and lofty, and it was frightening to watch.

But Yuan Ning felt very calm now.

Yuan Ning returned to his residence and lay down on the bed to sleep.Dimly, he returned to the spring.The green grass grows on the river bank, with a special fragrance, which seems to come from the soil, or the grass blades - or the spring water that makes a clear and pleasant tinkling sound.Yuan Ning felt something hard close to his neck, opened his eyes, and met Lamb's moist eyes, which were black and bright, like beautiful gems.

Yuan Ning raised his hand and hugged the lamb: "You came in, too?"

The lamb bleated twice, walked around Yuan Ning a few times, and stopped when Yuan Ning was almost fainted. He turned his head and stared at the ivory with white flowers.Although the lamb's eyes were beautiful, the ivory still felt an inexplicable panic. It said angrily, "You actually want to eat me!"

The lamb stared wide-eyed, then walked over and circled the ivory, as if wondering where to start.Yuan Ning got up quickly, ran over and said, "Little lamb, you can't eat ivory!"

"Can't eat! Can't eat!" The ginseng babies ran over when they heard Yuan Ning's voice, surrounded the ivory with white ginseng roots, and tightly protected the ivory with flowers.

The lamb's eyes widened, and it raised its front hoof to poke the belly of a baby ginseng.

The ginseng baby got angry: "No! Don't poke! Stomach, don't poke!"

The lamb circled around the ginseng babies again.

Ginseng babies: "..."

This new member is not cute at all.

Seeing that the tassels of the ginseng babies were about to droop, Yuan Ning was happy and told the lamb not to turn around.The lamb listened to Yuan Ning very much. The grass Yuan Ning fed to it outside was really delicious. Yuan Ning said that he would give it to him again in the future!Xiao Yang looked at Yuan Ning with sparkling eyes.

Yuan Ning smiled and asked Baby Ginseng to lead the lamb to eat the newly cultivated pasture.An excellent head sheep is very important to the flock, as long as the head sheep is strong enough, there is no need to worry too much when shepherding the sheep.The lamb is his key training object, so it is natural to feed it the best grass.

The ginseng babies glanced at the lamb, and felt that the lamb was not so scary anymore, and immediately returned to their usual enthusiasm and liveliness. The lamb was standing on its back, and one of the baby ginseng was lying on the lamb's head, guiding the lamb in a decent manner.

Baby ginsengs are naturally endearing, and the lamb happily ran to the field, sniffing this and sniffing that under the proud introduction of the baby ginsengs.The ginseng babies noticed the lamb's intentions, and began to take strict precautions: "You can't eat this! You can't eat this! You can't eat that! You can't do anything!"

Yuan Ning watched from afar with a smile on his face.Just as he was about to step forward, he felt a gaze from the other side of the house fall on him, calm but hot.

Yuan Ning turned his head, and saw that the red walls and green tiles of the house were covered with a faint halo under the bright sunlight, and the weeping willows that had gone through thousands of years brushed against the wall with the wind, gently shaking the soft wicker.Zhang Xiuyan was standing under the willow sticks, the wind gently brushed over his black hair and his eyelashes, making the eyes that seemed to have been ironed carefully deep and soft.

Yuan Ning ran over, threw himself on Zhang Xiuyan like countless times in the past, and hugged Zhang Xiuyan's neck tightly: "Brother!" He kissed Zhang Xiuyan on both sides of the cheek, "Brother, let me tell you , I found a very powerful lamb today, its parents are very good..."

The old willow tree tried its best to let the branches fly up, looking at everything outside the wall.I saw the boy holding the young man's hand, telling the details of what he had seen and heard during the day, and leading the young man to run to the field, his voice and footsteps were filled with obvious joy and excitement.

It seems that as long as the two meet, there will be endless words and unspeakable joy.

"Silly boy."

The old willow tree sighed.

After a long time, it looked at the young man who was smiling and talking to the ginseng babies on the ridge of the field, and added regretfully: "Good boy."