The day after Li Chen and others left Jincheng, that is, the afternoon of the day when they arrived in Changba, the Bashu Provincial Youth League Committee imposed the first payment of 160,000 yuan on the account of the Changba Township Government, and purchased 100 tons of potatoes at a price of 0.8 yuan per catty.

With this money, Changba, which is short of money, is more confident when implementing transportation and other matters. More importantly, this money has completely disappeared from the last doubts in Xu Ping and others.

When the people knew about it, they became more motivated.

In the past few days, the whole township of Changba has been in full swing, no longer as bleak and dismal as before.

"Comrades, the first batch of 1,000 tons of potatoes have been loaded on the train and will arrive in Jincheng tomorrow. I hope everyone will continue to work hard and complete the potato harvest and sales work this year as soon as possible." Three days later, Xu Ping returned to Changba from Pingshuzhou and immediately convened the township cadres to hold an extraordinary meeting.

Li Chen, a member of the township party committee, heads of various departments of the township party committee and township government, also attended the meeting. Compared with the previous few meetings, the atmosphere at the venue was quite relaxing. No matter which side of the cadres, there were smiles on their faces.

Xu Ping's speech was not as strict as before. He waved his hand and said, "For this incident, I would like to thank Comrade Xiao Li, a volunteer. He found a way out for tens of thousands of tons of potatoes in Changba under extremely difficult circumstances and made great contributions. For such a comrade, the village must reward you with heavy rewards."

You Kuangdi frowned inadvertently and rewarded Li Chen. There was no problem, but Xu Ping raised it with great fanfare, which obviously made other suggestions.

This time the potato problem was unexpectedly solved. Xu Ping and his people, who were originally forced to the corner, were both in the limelight. If they were rewarded for their merits afterwards, the people of the Xu faction would definitely gain a lot.

"Secretary Xu said it well. Comrade Xiao Li is very capable. He almost solved the things that tens of thousands of cadres and the masses in our township can't do with his own efforts. Comrade Xiao Li, are you introducing us to some experiences so that we can learn and learn, and fortunately improve in our future work?" You Kuangdi smiled and said lightly.

Xu Ping glanced at You Kuangdi with dissatisfaction. This guy was incompetent in his work, but he was good at fighting. He was disconnected from the topic of good work.

Xu Ping was not good at opposing: "Xiao Li, then you can talk."

"Haha, Secretary Xu, Township Mayor You, all leaders, this matter must be said, mainly because the leaders of the Bashu Youth League Committee were too enthusiastic. When their Secretary Li heard about the difficulties in our Changba Township, he promised to solve them very righteously. We should thank you and should also thank Secretary Li," Li Chen said with a smile.

You Kuangdi nodded immediately: "Yes, we should send a thank-you letter to the Bashu Provincial Youth League Committee and send a banner to thank the Bashu Provincial Youth League Committee, especially Secretary Li, for their support for our work."

Several people in the township party committee immediately nodded in agreement, and they gave him a peach and rewarded him with plums. This should be done.

Li Chen resisted the urge to roll his eyes and stopped him with a smile: "I don't want any thank you letters, banners, etc. Secretary Li resisted the pressure and helped us. There are still many people who have opinions. It's not good to be too high-profile and the impact is not good."

"I think we can provide such news material to the central media for them to report it," Li Chen said.

Xu Ping nodded immediately: "Well, this is great. The secretary of the Provincial Youth League Committee, a serious department-level cadre, a banner thank you letter, etc. are all too ridiculous."

You Kuangdi was traumatized and his face became a little gloomy. Even his eyes looked at Li Chen were a little harsh.

"For Secretary Li and Xiao Li, please do this. If you have any needs, even if we have helped us solve the big problem, we must do our best," Xu Ping waved his hand and confirmed the matter.

Li Chen nodded: "In addition, I think the potato problem this time has been solved, but it doesn't make much sense, because the method this time cannot be copied. So will we still plant potatoes next year? If we plant, what will it be tomorrow? If we don't plant, what should we plant?"

"I have been thinking these days that we should prepare for this matter now so as not to have similar situations next year." Li Chen said.

This is also the problem that Li Chen is most worried about. Changba Township is very poor, with basically no industry and commerce, and they all rely on agriculture. The weather is not good, and the crops are bad, so life is not easy. When the weather is good, there is a bumper harvest, but it may not be sold. The low grain is harmful to farmers, which is also difficult to live.

Everyone present looked at each other in an instant. Everyone was still happy that the potatoes were sold this year, and they were preparing to reward them according to merit or celebrate them in a big way. However, Li Chen raised the question of what to plant next year at this time.

It's a bit unsuitable and inappropriate.

In addition, now this matter is a bit of a slap in the face, such as accusing this year's potato problem, the cause is the lack of research in advance.

You Kuangdi's face looked even more ugly, and he kept his head muffled and didn't say anything.

You Kaizhi, director of the Finance Institute, said unevenly: "Is this a little too early to talk about it now?"

"As early? I think it's time," Xu Ping immediately took over the conversation and said loudly: "Comrades, this lesson is really too profound for us."

"Just as Xiao Li said, we cannot forget the mistakes we have made just because the problem is solved. We must sum up the experience and lessons to ensure that we will not make similar mistakes in the future," Xu Ping seized this opportunity and once again hit the village chief You Kuangdi.

You Shihai, a member of the Discipline Inspection Commission, nodded: "Well, Secretary Xu said it well. We cannot make the same mistake twice."

You Kuangdi was unhappy: "You Shihai, when the village wanted to grow potatoes, it was also implemented in the spirit of the county's document and passed it at the township party committee meeting. No one knew the subsequent market changes. This cannot be called a mistake, right?"

You Shihai was bored for a moment, but Li Lihong jumped out: "Guard You, no matter who made the decision, since he was wrong, he had to correct it, and he had to summarize the lessons. He should not conceal his illness and avoid medical treatment."

"Yes, our township party committee should review this," Ji Chengdong, deputy secretary of the township party committee, unexpectedly helped You Kuangdi and attributed the mistake to the township party committee, not to someone.

If you want to hold the responsibility accountable, the township chief responsible for economic construction will obviously bear the greatest responsibility.

Seeing that everyone was happy, it was about to become a power struggle among several factions, Li Chen couldn't help but frown and found an opportunity to interject: "Yesterday, the Bashu Provincial Youth League Committee called me and said that the Bashu Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences tested our potatoes and found that the potatoes we produced here had a high starch content and were of higher quality than other excellent varieties. The Academy of Agricultural Sciences concluded that the climate and soil conditions here may be more suitable for the growth of potatoes."

When Li Chen said this, everyone was surprised.

Peng Fei said: "Yes, the entire eastern region of Pingshuzhou is more suitable for potato growth. This year we introduced high-quality varieties. If it were not for the market change, according to the situation in the past few years, this kind of potato should be very popular."

Peng Fei’s words mean that the decisions in the village were originally good, but he didn’t expect that the market would change too quickly, which was not a crime of war.

Seeing that the topic he raised was reversed again, Xu Ping seemed very unhappy.

Li Chen said again: "Yes, the market is changing rapidly and it is difficult to grasp. If you always rely on external markets, there will definitely be problems. There are too few industries in the village, so we can try to develop deep processing of agricultural products."

Everyone was stunned again. Li Chen's topic was too jumpy and he was always able to lead the meeting's nose.

"Deep processing? What can potatoes be made? Isn't it just for eating? No matter what they make, they still have to be sold outside!" Li Lihong said angrily.

Everyone also thinks that Li Chen's proposal is not feasible. After all, potatoes are eaten, and there are many ways to eat them. You can cook, fries, potato chips, and make starch, but they all have to be sold outside, and the local consumption is extremely limited.

These things can be made in Changba and others can do them. After they are done, they still have to be transported out. With the location of Changba and the traffic conditions, they still cannot compete with others.

What's more, Changba does not have the conditions to run a factory, so at most it can set up a small workshop.

Li Chen smiled and said, "I thought potatoes had no processing value, mainly because the added value of potato products was too low and it was not suitable for us to do it."

"However, after I communicated with experts from the Bashu Academy of Agricultural Sciences yesterday, I realized that my original idea was very wrong," Li Chen said.

"Hey, what did you say? Is this potato really a big deal?" Peng Fei asked curiously. As the deputy township chief in charge of economy, Peng Fei has always wanted to improve the economy of the village, but he has never been able to do so.

Everyone's curiosity was also aroused by Li Chen.

Li Chen said: "It's a big deal. Experts told me that potatoes actually have many uses. For example, starch produced from potatoes can not only be eaten, made of vermicelli and raw powder, but also made of glue. It is a relatively high-end, non-toxic wallpaper glue. This is used a lot outside."

"Make glue? Is it okay?" Everyone knows that starch can be made into paste, but it seems that the paste and glue cannot be compared. Unexpectedly, the glue is also made of starch.

"It is certainly possible to do it, but whether we can do it will still need to be investigated before we know," Li Chen said. "In addition, high-quality starch can also be used in many aspects such as pharmaceuticals, new materials, food industry, etc., and has a wide range of uses. Since we have good conditions to grow potatoes, can we study it to see which processing is suitable for development, so as not to be subject to severe fluctuations in the agricultural product market."

Li Chen gave you many examples, such as the common high-priced pills, whose main ingredients are not those drugs, but starch.

The difference between fake medicine and real medicine can also be said to be the amount of starch content. The higher the starch content, the less obvious the efficacy.

By the same token, it can also be used on ham sausages. Nowadays, the starch content of ham sausage is getting higher and higher, and some are almost just a starch sausage.

Everyone felt that it was open to their eyes and couldn't wait: "Xiao Li, tell me what is suitable for production here?"
Chapter completed!