The Pretty Military Wife

The man didn't know if he understood or not. He looked at the records in Liang Xinyue's hand again and nodded frequently.

Director Ren who came with us also took the opportunity to introduce the underground river discovered during this exploration.

He personally took them to see a secret passage in the underground river over there.

Because the secret passage is too low and covered with silt, no one has ever entered it. But just looking at the loaches here, you can tell that there are probably even more of them inside.

Because it was impossible for them to climb the mountain to see the panoramic view, Liang Xinyue brought a lot of information in her bag, including the mountain topography map of the area surveyed that day.

Liang Xinyue provided it to Director Ren. It was obvious that Director Ren was trying hard to focus on the matter of the underground river in front of this middle-aged man.

Liang Xinyue also appropriately talked about the situation of the pilot greenhouse in the village outside this time. It was the lack of water.

As far as this village is concerned, they do not lack drinking water, but they lack too much water to meet the needs of farming.

"Look at this valley. We can grow two crops of rice. Although I want to try growing it in a greenhouse next season, it is impossible to do it outside because there is no water."

"So, we mostly grow some vegetables in the greenhouse outside, and they have to be vegetables that don't like water that much."

Liang Xinyue calculated the situation in Xihuai County. If there was water, the grain grown by the people here would be enough to meet their living needs.

Such a skilled recitation of data made Director Ye and the other person laugh:

"Xiao Liang, you are very familiar with your homework. How did you come up with this calculation?"

Liang Xinyue smiled shyly and took out another notebook from her bag, which contained some analysis and records.

Director Ye took it and looked through it:

"You are our real researcher."

Director Ye handed it to the man to look at. The man nodded first and said:

“This is good handwriting.”

Liang Xinyue smiled slightly, thinking that all the calligraphy she had practiced in her previous life was not in vain.

The middle-aged man looked at Liang Xinyue's information carefully, and Liang Xinyue explained the parts he didn't understand.

After checking in the valley, we returned to the yard and found that Sister Yang and the others had moved the table over.

These tables were put together to form a temporary conference table. Everyone sat down and talked about the development of the place.

Director Ren once again spread out the mountain map of the entire county and focused on the preliminary plan for how to use this underground river.

There is only one river running through the entire county, which just passes by the edge of the county, and the land on the other side of the river is the richest part of the county.

But 80 percent of the county is short of water, and 40 percent of it has completely turned into desert and Gobi.

"Everyone, every time I go to those places, my heart aches. I also grew up in Xihuai. When we were young, the elders told us that Xihuai would be gone one day."

"At that time I didn't understand why it disappeared, but now I understand. The valleys in Xiaoliang can be successfully cultivated because there is water and it is surrounded by mountains, which creates a climate similar to that of the Yangtze River Delta."

"It's the same method Xiao Liang used, but the ones planted outside didn't grow as well. Lack of water became the key point."

The middle-aged man turned around and looked at Liang Xinyue and said:

"Then if we open up the underground river, can we grow the same kind of rice that you grow in the valley? Can we still have two crops a year?"

"That may not work. Farming has to be adapted to local conditions. If it's on an island in the south, where the temperature is high, there's plenty of water, and the sunshine is long, you can grow crops for three seasons."

"But the soil here is different. If you want to grow two crops of rice here, you need to cultivate the land for at least ten years, provided there is water. There is very little real mud on the ground here, but mostly gravel."

"If you really want to choose to grow something here, I would suggest growing Chinese medicinal herbs, but this requires some planting adjustments made by the people above."

"There is no perfect plan for the planting of traditional Chinese medicine in our country. So, I personally plan to try planting traditional Chinese medicines such as Chinese angelica, codonopsis, pinellia, astragalus, wolfberry, and bupleurum in Xihuai next year. Some of these herbs need to be harvested every two or three years after planting, while others can be harvested in the same year they are planted."

"If the land is used to grow something planned, the lives of local people will have to be adjusted. The crops grown must be purchased by a unit, and there must be professionals to teach how to grow them and provide medicinal seedlings. After the harvest, the funds must be guaranteed to reach the people. Only in this way can the people's survival in the next year be guaranteed."

One of the experts nodded and said:

"I have thought of such a plan before, but the people have a problem with food. The first thing to solve is the food problem."

Liang Xinyue nodded and said:

"Yes, the first thing we need to solve is food. I have seen the topographic map of Xihuai County. We only have 20% of the land where we can grow food normally. So we have to think about how to use this 20% of land to feed the entire population of our county without external help."

"The only way is to increase production. We need to raise the yield of all grains per mu to a higher level. We need to plant two crops if possible, and we need to plant some food that can resist hunger first so that the people can have enough to eat."

"But from our current perspective, this 20% of land cannot support 80% of our population. What should we do? We can only ask for external assistance. Our Ling County is different from us. Because of the mountains blocking the way, they are less affected by the wind and sand, and they have two rivers in their territory."

"So, the food they grow should be enough to feed themselves, but if they also increase their production, can our county buy back their extra food? And can we also sell the Chinese medicinal herbs we grow to those in need?"

"And Chinese medicinal herbs are needed all over the country. Comrades, don't underestimate any medicinal herbs. Our country has been really poor since its founding, extremely poor."

"If the people are hungry, they will be in poor health. If they are in poor health, they will not be able to work. If they cannot solve their problems through work, their productivity will be low. If their productivity is low, their output will not be high. If their output is low, the people will not be able to eat enough."

"This forms a cycle, and what we need to do is to change this cycle into an upward one. We need to ensure that people have enough to eat and are in good health, and then we can change this vicious cycle. So, the root lies in people."

"To be well-fed and healthy is to ensure a healthy body. In addition to food, medicinal herbs are also important. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have begun to appear in the south, so they need a lot of medicinal herbs. It is impossible to rely on herbalists to climb mountains and cross rivers to dig them like before. We have to grow them."