Chapter 1381

Su Xinghui said, "Chairman Shao, I heard that the Jiangcheng Meat Processing Group intends to build another slaughtering base in the province, is that right?"

When it came to the group's business, Shao Dejin immediately perked up: "Yes, our Jiangcheng Meat Processing Group plans to increase the output of various meat products to over one million tons within a few years. Our ultimate goal is to become the largest meat processing enterprise in Asia. Therefore, we have been laying out our presence throughout the province in recent years to establish slaughtering bases."

Su Xinghui said, "Chairman Shao is ambitious; that is a very grand goal."

Shao Dejin nodded to thank Su Xinghui for the compliment, but he still didn't understand what this had to do with Su Xinghui, and even less why Lu Zhenghong would bring him here for this matter. Could it be that he wanted to contract some engineering work? That wouldn't be impossible to consider; the face of a Vice Governor was quite valuable.

While Shao Dejin was letting his imagination run wild, he heard Su Xinghui say, "Chairman Shao mentioned various meat products, so that should be more than just pork, right?"

Shao Dejin nodded and said, "Yes, it also includes the meat of other livestock and poultry, including cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and so on."

Su Xinghui asked, "The habit of raising cattle and sheep is not common in Hudong Province. It shouldn't be very easy to find a place in the province to raise cattle and sheep, right?"

Shao Dejin said, "Indeed. Raising cattle and sheep is more common in the north. Our province has many lake areas, and there aren't many places that can raise cattle and sheep on a large scale. Most are raised in small, scattered numbers, which cannot meet our needs. Therefore, we mainly build slaughtering bases in pig-producing areas."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Chairman Shao, if I said that our county could reach an output of over 200,000 head of cattle and sheep next year, and after a few years, could reach an output of over 500,000 head, would you be interested in building this slaughtering base in our county?"

Shao Dejin was immediately startled. In order to establish slaughtering bases, their Jiangcheng Meat Processing Group had almost investigated every county in the province over the past few years. How could he not know there was a county raising cattle and sheep on such a large scale?

Waves rose in his heart again. So Lu Zhenghong and this young town Party secretary brought him here for the sake of building a slaughtering base?

He nodded and said, "Although 500,000 head of cattle and sheep still cannot fully meet the needs of a slaughtering base, we could consider it."

Su Xinghui said, "What if the surrounding counties, added together, could reach an output of over one million head of cattle and sheep within a few years?"

Shao Dejin blurted out, "Secretary Su, are you telling the truth? But our group has investigated the situation in the surrounding counties. Although they also raise some goats, the slaughtering volume is at most ten thousand head a year. How could the output of cattle and sheep increase so much all of a sudden?"

Su Xinghui said, "I only took office this year. After taking office, I discovered that we have a tradition of raising Matou goats there, but the reproduction rate of Matou goats was a bit low. I invited experts from Jiangcheng Agricultural University to solve the problem of the low reproduction rate, and they recommended the improved beef cattle breed 'Jiangnong No. 1' to us. Through scientific breeding, our town can form an output of tens of thousands of cattle and sheep next year, and we are promoting the raising of cattle and sheep throughout the county."

"'Jiangnong No. 1'?" Shao Dejin nodded and said, "That is indeed an improved breed of beef cattle; the meat quality is excellent."