Chapter 52 The production brigade is very supportive
When Liu Limin got home, it was already past three o'clock.
Many farmers have already started working in the fields, but Liu Limin is not in a hurry because he plans to plant most of the soil at home with Chinese medicinal herbs this year.
Of course, another thing is to mobilize more farmers to grow medicinal materials, but this also requires the support of the brigade and the commune.
Liu Limin planted the wild ginseng he dug up from Qingyun Mountain on the edge of his own dam. Although he was not afraid of being noticed by anyone or damaged by sparrows, it was safest to plant it in front of his home.
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When this wild ginseng blooms and sets seeds this fall, it will be time to harvest. With the seeds, Liu Limin will have a way to make these seeds grow more wild ginseng. Of course, that is artificially planted forests.
It’s time to ginseng.
The medicinal effect is definitely not as good as that of wild ginseng, but as long as no chemical fertilizers and pesticides are applied, it is not much different. The medicinal value is very high, and if sold, it can be sold for a lot of money. However, the growth cycle of understory ginseng is also very long.
More than ten years.
Ten years from now, it will be the 1990s.
But at that time, wild ginseng was even more valuable, because with the development of the economy, people had money, especially the emergence of many rich people. At that time, whether it was ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, or all kinds of tonic Chinese medicinal materials
They will all be valuable.
Nationwide, Sichuan and Anhui provinces were the first to start household-based production contracts. However, around 1980, they were all done secretly and were in the exploratory stage. So now, in name, they are only contracted to production teams.
Woolen cloth.
Without the support of the production team, the production brigade, and the commune, Liu Limin would not be able to plant medicinal materials.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Limin came to the home of production team leader Zhang Banchi.
When Zhang Banchi saw Liu Limin coming, he quickly came out to greet him and said with a smile: "Xiao Liu, you are such a rare visitor!"
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Captain, I'm here to wish you a happy New Year!"
Zhang Banchi said with a smile: "Okay, I know you come to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. It must be for planting medicinal materials, right?"
Liu Limin nodded and said, "That's true. I wonder if anything happened after you reported it to the superiors last year?"
Zhang Banchi said with a smile: "Actually, the brigade still supports you, because you are a celebrity in our Panlongba Production Brigade, but this still requires the support of the commune leaders. How about this, I will go to the brigade party secretary and captain with you and see.
See what they say!”
Liu Limin said: "Okay, it shouldn't be too late to do this!"
The two came to the brigade headquarters and found brigade party secretary Wan Jinshan and brigade captain Xu Jicai.
They have known Liu Limin's name for a long time. In Dingxin Commune, they may not know who Panlongba Party Secretary is, but they will not not know who Liu Limin is.
Wan Jinshan said with a smile: "Comrade Liu Limin, your suggestion is very good. Although our policy above is mainly to develop grain production, we also said that we can actively develop the production of other cash crops based on local conditions.
Make full use of local natural resources. Of course, planting medicinal materials is quite special and needs to be discussed and approved by the members of our production brigade. At the same time, the commune also needs the support of the leaders."
Liu Limin nodded and said: "Thank you Wan Zhishu, I am fully confident, and the several Chinese medicinal materials I selected this year do not require very fertile soil. I can completely use the barren mountains and bamboo forests, which are relatively shady places.
Even if there are some problems when planting, it will not affect the overall production plan of our entire production team."
You must know that in this era, every production team must pay public grain, so the grain production plan must not be affected.
Liu Limin did not say that he would work hard from the beginning, but promoted it step by step, because although the members now believe in his little miracle doctor, food production is the foundation and no one can touch it.
This time was not like later generations. If Liu Limin had money in a few decades, it would be no problem at all to contract the land of the entire production brigade to grow medicinal materials. Moreover, the government would be eager to do such a thing.
Because at that time, many farmers did not farm much. In addition to a large number of young people going out to work and not having much labor force in the countryside, another important reason was that growing food was not valuable at all, so later there was a lot of rural land.
In circulation, there are many agricultural companies contracting large amounts of land to grow cash crops.
Next, Liu Limin introduced his plan to the brigade leaders. You must know that the cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials, if done well, will be the political achievements of the brigade leaders and will also become the political achievements of the commune leaders.
Therefore, the leaders of the brigade were tempted by the fact that Liu Limin was making a profit.
Liu Limin calculated an account for them. For example, if wheat is grown on an acre of land, the yield per acre is about 300 kilograms. A pound of wheat only costs more than 10 cents. After calculation, the wheat on this acre of land is sold for
It costs about forty yuan each. If you exclude the cost of chemical fertilizers, it’s even less.
As for growing Chinese medicinal materials, for example, growing rhizome Chinese medicinal materials such as Ligusticum chuanxiong or rhubarb, if the output after processing is about 200 kilograms, it can be sold for one yuan to two yuan per kilogram, which can be sold for 200 to 300 yuan.
You must know that in the early 1980s, the supply and marketing of this medicinal material was relatively balanced, and the price was relatively stable.
By the late 1990s, Ligusticum chuanxiong would have reached its peak, selling for 40 yuan per kilogram.
Therefore, Liu Limin calculated this account very clearly. The several Chinese medicinal materials he selected were more than three times higher than growing grain, and some were even five times higher.
So this still makes the party secretary and the team leader very excited.
There is no problem if you give it a try. If the planting area is not so large first, say twenty or thirty acres, it will not have any impact on the entire brigade's grain production plan.
Liu Limin has now begun to make preparations. To develop the cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials, you must first have seeds. Some seeds can be bought in the provincial capital, and some can be found from Qingyun Mountain.
The new year has begun, and great changes are taking place throughout China.
Especially in rural areas, the household contract responsibility system developed in Anhui Province has also been established in Sichuan Province and is spreading to all parts of the country.
Liu Limin remembers very clearly that the household registration in Longdu City started this year, while the nationwide comprehensive household registration will not be until 1982.
The cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials has actually been around since ancient times. After the founding of New China, many places started to cultivate Chinese medicinal materials. For example, Dujiangyan is the main producing area of Ligusticum chuanxiong, but now it is also called Guan County. The seeds of Ligusticum chuanxiong are
, you can buy it there.
As long as the commune and the production brigade decide to plant Chinese medicinal materials, Liu Limin will be ready to take people to purchase some seeds.