blogombal Chapter 946 Land Transfer
Chapter 946 Land Transfer
“For example, the new idea that has just been proposed in the past two years is ‘If you want to get rich, build roads first.
I agree with this point of view. The road from our village to the old city is not very good.
Many vegetables will be damaged during transportation. If there is a good road, a lot of losses can be avoided.
Not only the township government, but even the villages below are calling for road construction.
Who doesn't know that building roads is good? It can solve the people's travel problems and give me face in front of my superiors. But the question is where does the money come from?
Not only that, after the township government was established, the land was distributed to farmers.
You also know that our township has always been mainly engaged in growing cash crops.
Now that the land is in the hands of the farmers, some people no longer want to grow cash crops.
Some people don't want to grow vegetables anymore, and think it's more cost-effective to grow wheat. Some people grow potatoes, and some people grow radishes.
As a result, the previous advantage of concentrating land on growing cash crops has suddenly disappeared.
For example, the cabbage this time. In the past, a large area of land was planted with cabbage. When it was needed, it was simply pulled out and sent away, and the empty land was used to plant cabbage again.
But now, not to mention the patches here and there, the planting levels of each family are also uneven, and the quality and size are all different.
You can't say anything, because once you mention it, the farmers will think that the land is theirs and they can plant whatever they want.
If this continues, our township will lose its former advantages. So this time I came here to ask Director Chen how to solve these problems. "
Chen Changan knew that it would not be easy to get the bargain of cabbage. Sure enough, Village Chief Shao immediately gave Chen Changan a difficult problem.
"Hey, Mayor Shao, I'm just a factory manager. The problem you raised has not been solved by most local leaders across the country, so what can I do?
You came to ask me, but I'm afraid you've found the wrong person. I've never been a local official for a day."
"Director Chen, please help me. If it were somewhere else, the emperor would be far away and there would be no point in doing anything.
As long as you don't want to make progress, no one can do anything to you, but this is the Forbidden City.
Our village used to supply vegetables to the city of Sijiu. When it was still a commune, we were able to provide a stable supply of vegetables.
Now that the commune has been abolished and turned into a township government, there is more freedom, but the result is that there is no longer a stable supply of vegetables.
Tell me, how will my superiors view me? Do you want me to say that the township government is not as good as the commune? Isn't this openly contradicting my superiors?
I have heard of some of your deeds and witnessed them with my own eyes. If there is anyone in this city who can help me, it is only you, Director Chen.
If you help me this time, I will never refuse any mission you may have in the future."
Looking at the sincere face of Township Chief Shao in front of him, he almost knelt down to Chen Changan.
Chen Changan also knew that what Mayor Shao said was the truth. Such things were happening not only in Sijiqing Township, but all over the country.
In the past commune era, what to plant and how much to plant on a piece of land was decided by the commune.
Now the land has been distributed to farmers. Your family grows sweet potatoes, my family grows corn, and his family grows wheat.
Your family grows crops and my family grows vegetables. There is really everything planted on the entire land, which leads to many things happening.
First of all, it is impossible to use mechanized equipment, such as harvesters and seeders, and it is simply impossible to do the work.
We cannot use any machines and have to rely on manual labor, which is totally inefficient.
Each family chooses their own seeds and buys their own fertilizers, so the cost is naturally high.
Some people are conservative, and some are radical. They think some new crops will definitely make money.
But what they don’t know is that without any planting experience and stable sales channels, the consequence of blindly following the trend will most likely be losing all their money.
Finally, the middleman will give you a lower price, and you again: don’t know how to negotiate the price, the final result may be that you will lose everything.
What's worse is that cotton is planted next to corn fields, and vegetables are planted next to cotton fields. In this way, you have to water more, and I have to water less. The insects in your field will run to my side, and the insects in my field will run to your side. There will be endless disputes.
The last and more important issue is that some people have insufficient labor in their families or choose the wrong seeds, which leads to the land being left abandoned.
Then there are some mountainous areas. Originally, growing tea is a good choice, but some farmers neither know how nor dare to do so, so they simply focus on growing corn, just enough to make a living.
This is not an isolated case, but a true reflection of the situation in most parts of the country.
"Actually, this is an easy problem to solve. All you need to do is for your township government to step in and contract out the land, and that will solve a large part of the problem.
First discuss with the farmers how much money their family can earn per acre of land per year.
The money given to the farmers is calculated clearly and the land is then subleased to the township government. The corresponding government will also give the funds for the land to the farmers every year.
The township government can cooperate with companies or individuals and then contract the land to them.
In this way, farmers benefit and the land can be handed over to contractors for unified operation and management.
Although farmers have lost their land, they don’t need to work in the fields and can get money directly every year. Why not do it?
The contractors have land, and they can also make money by planting crops together. Isn’t this a win-win situation? "
Mayor Shao thought for a long time and then asked.
"Isn't it hard to find a contracting company? They cultivate the land, select seeds, and apply fertilizers. Can you make money after working all year?"
“Whether they can make money or not is their own ability, you just need to collect your rent.
Of course, we cannot kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, and the contract period can be appropriately relaxed.
Try to give the contractors some necessary conveniences. After all, only when they make money can the farmers get the rent, right? "
"I'm afraid these issues still require policy support from above. I'll draft a document when I get back and report this to my superiors."
“In addition, your township government can establish several township enterprises based on actual conditions.
Isn't there a lot of vegetables in your village? I heard that the instant noodle factory needs a lot of dehydrated vegetables.
You can cooperate with instant noodle factories, whether they contract the land or provide technical support, or you build the factory yourself, these are all good ways of cooperation.
At the same time, we can also investigate the market and cooperate with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to grow some cash crops.
For example, watermelon, strawberry, flowers, Chinese medicinal materials, peanuts, or various fungi.
With the improvement of people's living standards, people have long since changed from eating enough to eating well.
Simple greenhouses and ground covering technologies must also be kept up to date.
If we find cooperative enterprises or individuals, we can offer them some preferential conditions. Then, I don’t believe that Sijiqing Township will not become prosperous.”