Chapter 420 The Envious Back FlagSeveral cars were driving on the grassland. In February, most areas of the Urat grassland are covered in white and gray, and the grassland looks desolate and cold. But the blue sky is different from many years ago. In the memory of Qiao Feng, a senior livestock breeder at the Bameng Grassland Station, the westernmost grassland of Urad should be a scene of rolling yellow sand and flying stones every spring. It is rare to see the grassland covered with thick white snow like today. But he felt that all this was not surprising. In the five or six years since Jiahe took over, the degraded grassland had been best managed and the most severe sandstorms had been blocked. If there were no Jiahe, the grassland might still be degrading, and poisonous weeds such as Daphne chamaejasme might really become the last grass on the grassland. The two leaders of the municipal party committee may be aware of all this, but the leaders from the autonomous region may not be very clear about the reasons behind it. But this time he couldn't bring himself to speak up. He has no right to speak. I just hope there can be a proper solution, otherwise both sides will suffer and no one will feel good.

In the convoy that Qiao Feng was in, there were leaders from the Ba League and leaders from the autonomous region. One of them is Siqinbatu, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau, one is Zhou Lin, director of the Autonomous Region Party Committee, and the remaining two are local leaders of the Bameng League. After an unknown amount of time, the convoy stopped on a street at a T-junction. There are only a few scattered buildings on the street, but there is a large construction site, but the construction has been suspended. This is Huhewenduergacha, which is equivalent to an administrative village, where farmers and herdsmen choose to live. The total population of the gacha is 210 households, 462 people, 173 of whom are Mongolians. The total grassland area is 22 mu and the arable land is 7700 mu. Director Zhou Lin from the autonomous region recalled the information here in his mind, but did not get off the car and asked, "Is this the location of Jiahe Falcon Town?" Ren Yiqing, the leader of the Ba League, said, "Director Zhou, this is it." The gacha is located between the canyons of two mountains. It leads directly to the grassland to the north and there should also be grassland over the mountains to the west. This location is pretty good. Zhou Lin nodded and started observing from the car. In the gacha, in addition to several new buildings, there are also obviously several newly opened construction sites, which should be invested and built by Falcon Agriculture. However, judging from the situation at the scene, the situation is not very good. The construction site was in a mess, with obvious signs of damage, probably the result of the herdsmen causing trouble. All of this points to the pasture. Huhewenduergacha nominally has only 22 mu of grassland, but before the grassland degradation, the amount was far more than that. A few years ago, grassland degradation caused a serious ecological disaster, with rampant rodent infestation and sandstorms. After that, herders abandoned the grasslands. Subsequently, in order to control rodent infestation on tens of millions of acres of grassland, the autonomous region reached a deal with Jiahe, exchanging 60 acres of severely degraded grassland for Jiahe’s support in terms of materials, funds, agricultural machinery and other resources. These 60 acres of degraded grassland are just west of Huhewengduergacha. Today, after several years of management, the situation of these 60 acres of grassland has improved significantly.

As a result, the herders became tempted again and frequently crossed the border to graze, resulting in conflicts with falcon farming many times. At this time, seeing that the grassland ecology has recovered and herders are causing trouble again, Falcon plans to launch the long-planned Falcon Town project. According to the plan, this project involves relocation and fencing. However, soon after the launch, more intense conflicts broke out between Falcon and local herders because the villagers were dissatisfied with Falcon's resettlement compensation conditions. Afterwards, Mr. Bao of Falcon Agriculture asked the Bameng League to coordinate with the herders. After communicating with the herders, the Bameng League proposed the condition that the herders would have no stable jobs after relocation, and required Jiahe to invest in the construction of a 5-ton biodiesel refinery in the Bameng League to solve the herders' employment problem. Of course, this is the explanation given by the local authorities. After thinking for a while, Zhou Lin said, "Let's keep going forward and see what magic the Jiahe grassland has that makes the herdsmen care so much about it." After these words were spoken, Ren Yiqing of the Ba League raised his eyebrows imperceptibly. The car crossed the mountain basin, and what came into view was an endless expanse of snow, under which you could vaguely see various colors of grass. The sky was also blue as if it had been washed. Everyone in the car got off and gathered at the edge of the grassland. The surprise in the eyes of Siqinbatu, deputy director of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau, became more and more intense. "I remember that the Bayin Wenduer Desert should be further west of the grassland!" "Has Director Batu been here before?" Zhou Lin pretended not to know. "I've been here. I have a deep impression." Siqinbatu also said very cooperatively. In fact, the reason why he accompanied them was because he was familiar with this place. A few years ago, he was an employee of the autonomous region's grassland station. At that time, rodent infestation was rampant on the grasslands, and hundreds of millions of acres of grasslands were affected throughout the autonomous region. At that time, he was in charge of the Urat grassland, and he participated in the introduction of Jiahe and Falcon Agriculture. "A few years ago, there was garbage sand everywhere here, making it impossible to graze. Zokors gnawed and dug holes in the grass, leaving large areas of bare land." Siqinbatu pointed to the mountains and rivers in the distance and said, "Only if we drive the cattle and sheep to those hillsides will we have some grass to eat." Zhou Lin said: "And then Jiahe came?" "Yes, at that time Jiahe was doing a great job in the saline-alkali land of Wuyuan, but the rodent infestation on the grassland also spread to Wuyuan, so Jiahe participated in the rodent eradication." Siqinbatu pointed to the scaffolding on the snowy grassland and said, "The scaffolding on the grassland was built by Jiahe." "At that time, in order to eliminate rats, Jiahe also brought in hundreds of deep tillers, which plowed every area with serious rodent infestation, leaving the rats nowhere to hide. They also selected the main grass species that are suitable for the local ecological environment, which can not only allow the grassland to recover quickly but also have high feeding value. " Siqinbatu dug in the snow and quickly pointed to a kind of green grass and said, "This ice wolf grass was cultivated by Jiahe. It is not only a fast-growing and excellent forage grass, but also can inhibit the growth of poisonous weeds. It is precisely because of it that the 60 mu of degraded grassland of Falcon Agriculture can be restored so quickly." Zhou Lin praised: "Jiahe is quite good at growing grass!"

"After all, this is a company that started with forage seeds." “It’s a rare large enterprise that has a special interest in ecological governance and is very wealthy. It doesn’t seem like a company that would make a fuss about compensating herders.” "Well, I'm not sure about that." Zhou Lin and Siqinbatu spoke in unison, and what they wanted to express was very clear: I know the specific situation very well. Are the herders dissatisfied with the compensation and resettlement, or do others have other ideas? Ren Yiqing standing aside looked normal. Zhou Lin and Siqin Batu acted out a bit of a scene, and seeing that Ren Yiqing was pretending to be stupid, they asked directly: "Old Ren, what do you think?" "Ah? How do you see it?" Ren Yiqing asked. Zhou Lin laughed twice. "I saw the relocation compensation Jiahe gave. It's quite generous. Why are there still a few herders dissatisfied?" "It's not just a minority, at least 30% of the herders are dissatisfied." Ren Yiqing pondered, "It's mainly about employment. As long as Jiahe agrees to build a biodiesel refinery in Bameng, I guarantee that this matter can be properly resolved." Zhou Lin said: "A biodiesel refinery requires at least hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and herders have a big appetite." "Hey, we are from a minority tribe." Ren Yiqing sighed, "It's not easy for us to do our job." Looking at Ren Yiqing who refused to give in, Zhou Lin basically understood the attitude of the leadership of the Bameng. To be honest, it's a bit mixed. There are only 210 households in total. If Jiahe vigorously builds the Falcon Town, this employment problem can be completely solved. What's more, most of the arable land and grassland in Huhewenduergacha still belong to herdsmen. The relocation is just because the falcons don't want to have any interloper households or interloper lands, but the Bameng League was able to unite with the herders to do this. It is no wonder that Jiahe has always been reluctant to increase investment in Meng Province. Tongliao is like this. The Bameng has obviously had successful cooperation with Jiahe, but now it has caused such a mess. Jiahe directly submitted the report to the autonomous region’s district committee. It just so happened that Mongolian Province was also interested in developing the Xanthoceras sorbifolia industry. If we fall out with Jiahe because of this, the Xanthoceras sorbifolia industry will probably be even more unlucky. So he was sent down to mediate. Zhou Lin thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Lao Ren, give me a list of the herdsmen tonight." "What list?" "Didn't you say that 30% of the herders did not cooperate? How come that wasn't the case? Didn't the city's working group keep any records?" Ren Yiqing was stunned for a moment. Where does he get the list? Isn't it obvious that the city wants to use this incident to control Jiahe and make it pay to invest in a biodiesel refinery? In their opinion, Jiahe's original intention was to vigorously develop the energy forest industry, and Bameng was indeed suitable, so why not just invest directly in it? Investing in a factory can drive the development of the surrounding Xanthoceras sorbifolia industry, which is a win-win situation.

Why is it getting more and more troublesome? It would be fine if it was just people from the autonomous region, but now you want a list? Facing Zhou Lin, who represented the autonomous region, Ren Yiqing was in a dilemma. "What? There is no list? Does that mean the 30% of herders causing trouble are fabricated?" Zhou Lin said with a stern face. Ren Yiqing quickly said, "Yes, but I'm in a hurry tonight and can't take it out." Zhou Lin said, "Then give it to me tomorrow morning. I happen to be visiting Mr. Bao tomorrow." "Okay." Ren Yiqing had no choice but to agree. After a walk around the grassland, Zhou Lin and Siqinbatu led the working group back to the hotel, and they gathered together to discuss the results of their understanding. Siqinbatu smiled and said, "I guess the people in Houqi will have to stay up late tonight to prepare the materials." "According to what he said about 30%, there are more than 100 people in total, which is not a small number." Zhou Lin said: "They have to go to each one of them to vent. I guess they won't be able to sleep all night." Someone asked: "Do we really have to take this list and visit everyone one by one?" Zhou Lin smiled and said, "How can that be possible? But only with this thing can I report to Jiahe!" The next day, Zhou Lin saw Ren Yiqing with bloodshot eyes. "This is the information we asked the working group to compile last night. Please review it, Director Zhou." Ren Yiqing pointed at a pile of documents on the table. He basically didn't sleep all night last night because he was worried about making mistakes. Now that everything was sorted out, he felt more confident when he spoke. "It's not easy." Zhou Lin smiled, walked to the table and flipped through it, then nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad, the comrades from the Bameng are really serious. There is not a single typo in the records they made on the spot. Our comrades in the district committee should learn more from the Bameng!" "Yes, yes, Director Zhou, I also noticed that not only are there no typos, but even the punctuation marks are correct." Someone echoed. "Director Zhou, what do you mean by this?" Ren Yiqing's face suddenly turned dark. "We are praising the comrades of the Bameng League for their hard work." Zhou Lin smiled and said, "By the way, can you give us a copy of this list?" Ren Yiqing handed over a booklet, "It has been copied." "Thank you very much." After getting the list, Zhou Lin did not delay any longer and took his men to Falcon Agriculture. When they arrived at Falcon's project department, they saw several people already waiting. "Director Zhou, Director Batu, we've been waiting for you to come." "Mr. Bao, right? On behalf of the autonomous region, I have been trying my best to coordinate this matter. Today, I got the list from the city and plan to go to the village with it to talk to the herders who have concerns and see if I can convince them." Bao Xinyu, who had gained some weight, sighed, "Director Zhou, it's useless to talk to the herdsmen about this. The root cause is still in the city!" "Alas, it's not easy for the district committee to handle this matter." Zhou Lin said helplessly: "Boss Bao, can you report to the group leader again? Otherwise, why not invest in a factory in Bameng? Anyway, Jiahe also wants to vigorously develop energy forests, so why not do it?" "No, this matter is not negotiable." Bao Xinyu was very determined. If he gave in on this matter, there would only be countless troubles in the future. "The working group can only do some ideological work on the herders first. If that doesn't work..." Zhou Lin's eyes narrowed, "the working group will ask the leaders to take tough measures." "Then I'll trouble you, Director Zhou." "It's my job." Zhou Lin pondered, "Then I and the comrades in the working group will go visit the herdsmen first and try to do more ideological work."

After the working group led by Zhou Lin and Siqinbatu left, Bao Xinyu turned back to look at an inconspicuous young man in the corner. "Boss, this is the situation." Bao Xinyu said: "Since the local authorities won't cooperate, we are trying to force investment." Guo Yang arrived in Urat yesterday. He had heard Bao Xinyu explain the whole story several times. The ethnic issues here are even more difficult. Guo Yang smiled and said, "Do you want me to go find a higher-level leader?" "No, not yet." Bao Xinyu said: "Our project is on someone else's land. Now we have a dispute with them. When we need to resolve it, we can neither take it lightly nor take it too seriously. If an administrative order is issued directly, the district committee can actually do it, but this will offend people and it may not be effective. Others will also target Falcon and cause trouble in the future. But if we agree to the Bameng’s request to build a factory, more people will follow suit.” This time, not only Luo Xiu came with Guo Yang to Urad, Qi Ziwen and Xie Shijie also came. In addition, Yuan Peiyun, manager of the administrative department of Falcon Agriculture, and Zhong Jin, manager of the forage department, were also present. Now we all gather together to analyze it. Although everyone felt that this matter was troublesome to deal with, no one suggested giving up. Instead, Guo Yang mentioned the withdrawal of investment. "I can't withdraw my investment. If I withdraw, all the money I invested in the early stage will be wasted. Boss, even if you sell my 100-plus kilograms of meat, I can't afford the compensation." "Muhe has done well in Wuyuan, and many counties and districts in Bameng have benefited from it. The other party certainly doesn't want to offend us completely." “It’s just that this method of attracting investment is questionable.” "Perhaps the Bameng was also dragged into it." Yuan Peiyun suddenly said: "It has always been the herdsmen and Houqi who have been causing trouble. The Bameng suddenly jumped out." Xie Shijie's heart moved, and he said, "But it really started from the bottom up." Bao Xinyu asked: "What do you mean?" "Wuyuan has done so well in recent years, or the changes in Qianqi, Zhongqi, Hangjin and Houqi in recent years have stimulated Houqi." "Damn, you're not really right, are you?" Bao Xinyu cursed, "Fuck, some ethnic minority herders are just ungrateful wolves who can never be fed. The per capita income level of Houqi is the highest in Bameng!" The Bameng League consists of one district, two counties and four banners. The two counties are Wuyuan and Dengkou, and the four banners are Urad Front, Middle and Back Banners, as well as Hangjin Houqi. In terms of natural conditions, they are actually not that good, but with the support of the country, life is not bad. However, since Wuyuan joined forces with Jiahe, its development speed in recent years has been obvious to all, and the lives of the grassroots farmers have been prosperous. Jiahe's saline-alkali land improvement project of more than 200,000 mu in Wuyuan has long become a benchmark project, and people from all over the country come to visit and learn. Moreover, not only the alfalfa industry is booming, but other planting industries have also been driven along. This is due to soil improvement.

In Wuyuan, alfalfa rotation has become the first choice for farmers. The original saline-alkali land and low-yield fields have all been transformed into high-yield fields with fertile soil. Not only alfalfa can bring income, but crops such as corn, wheat and sunflower also bring amazing profits to local farmers. This trend soon spread to the entire Hetao region. Qianqi, Zhongqi, Hangjin...millions of acres of saline-alkali land with compacted soil, low fertility, and poor water and fertilizer retention capacity have spontaneously participated in this reform. The second phase project that Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry promised to Wuyuan had no chance of being implemented at all. Over the course of a few years, millions of acres of poor-quality farmland were transformed into fertile fields. The reputations such as "The Yellow River is the only river in the world that makes people rich" and "The granary outside the Great Wall" are more worthy of its name. The Hetao area has a small population and a lot of land, and it is normal for a household to have thirty to fifty acres of land. In the past, fields were scattered, the terrain was uneven, and the yield was low. In addition, there were serious salinization of the land, inadequate irrigation and drainage, and a lack of infrastructure, which resulted in low efficiency for farmers. But now, these thirty to fifty acres of land have become a solid wealth. You can easily earn tens of thousands of yuan a year just by farming. With a little luck and skills, a hundred thousand will not be a problem. But all this has little to do with the people of Houqi. Houqi is mainly engaged in grazing, and thanks to its vast land and sparse population, its per capita income can actually be said to be quite rich. But Bao Xinyu guessed that Houqi was just jealous. Falcon Agriculture acquired hundreds of thousands of acres of degraded grassland in Houqi, but it did not bring any benefits to the local government and people of Houqi. There weren't even a few jobs available. In the past two years, these 60 acres of grassland have become increasingly lush and rich. In summer, it is an endless expanse of green grassland, but there are not many livestock on the grassland. Some Mongolian herdsmen in Houqi started to think about this, and the Houqi government, in order to gain more benefits or investments, also allowed and even instigated this behind the scenes. Bao Xinyu sorted it out in front of everyone and felt that the possibility was not small. The herdsmen and Houqi started to instigate the project, and then they contacted the city to attract energy and forestry investments. Jiahe's large-scale development of sand industry and energy forest industry in the Hexi Corridor had long made the Ba Meng jealous, and then they got on board without knowing why. Guo Yang, who was standing by, listened to everyone's analysis and shook his head, "Don't make blind guesses. The key to solving this problem is actually four words: be cautious before you act. The mice that come to steal things must be driven away, but they cannot smash the pots and pans, which makes it very difficult. Lao Bao, can you solve this problem?" "Yes, it must be possible." Bao Xinyu felt depressed thinking that the boss had come to Urat so rarely, and it was because the construction site was demolished. Could you please stop messing with me like this? Bao Xinyu said: "There is a saying that goes, if you seek peace through struggle, then peace will survive, but if you seek peace through compromise, then peace will die. We must fight them on this matter."

Xie Shijie was not afraid of the trouble and said with a smile: "Old Bao, I support you in this matter. I am still waiting for your falcon town to open. I will bring my family here to train hawks and hunt rabbits in the future." Bao Xinyu said, "Okay." Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Since we are going to fight, my suggestion is to use force first and then courtesy. First, give them a hard beating so that they dare not easily reach out for the project. Then, we can ask Muhe to coordinate the group's investment in building a factory." "Do we still want to build a factory?" asked Xie Shijie. Guo Yang said seriously: "The biodiesel plant can be built, but it is not forced to be built by a knife on the neck, but Jiahe took the initiative to invest." "If we have to build it, we can't build it in Houqi," Bao Xinyu suggested. "I never thought of building it in Bameng." Guo Yang said with a smile: "Let's build it in Wuhai. This face is for the province." Guo Rong is in Wuhai. Although his plan is to plant Haloxylon ammodendron to develop the sand industry, it is also possible to plant Xanthoceras sorbifolia. Wuhai also happens to be adjacent to Dengkou, a county town under the jurisdiction of Bameng. This layout can barely take care of part of Bameng’s Xanthoceras sorbifolia industry. "If Falcon Agriculture doesn't cause any more trouble, we can build another small factory in Dengkou." "Why are we talking about building a factory?" Bao Xinyu said blankly, "We haven't even found the soldiers who will be sent first and then the gifts!" Everyone smiled. Qi Ziwen pondered for a moment and asked, "If the province doesn't cooperate with this 'soldier', where are you going to find it, Mr. Bao? We have to have soldiers first and courtesy later!" Bao Xinyu's face was solemn. "Let's first see the effect of Director Zhou's ideological work. If it doesn't work, we can only ask the provincial government to take tough measures." "Hey, Mr. Bao, Brother Bao, we have to be cautious when it comes to minority groups." Xie Shijie said a little worriedly. "It's already this time, we can't be cowardly." Guo Yang thought about it and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the capital and see if I can get some help." Bao Xinyu was surprised and said, "Well... Boss, you just got here and haven't played yet, so you're leaving now?" "I just happened to go out and do something. I'll play again when I come back." After this kind of thing happened, Guo Yang just wanted to resolve it as soon as possible. After all, many people are eyeing the energy forest project, and ethnic minorities are involved in the northwest and southwest, so this problem is unavoidable. It would be best to make some noise, to scare the enemy once and for all. (End of this chapter)