Chapter 1633

That evening, Su Xinghui stayed at the County Committee guesthouse to accompany these guests. Although the guests were all quite tipsy, they were still in high spirits as they came to Su Xinghui's room, saying they wanted to "seek scriptures" from him.

The "scriptures" they wanted to seek from Su Xinghui were, naturally, how to develop the animal husbandry industry in their respective counties.

In the past few months, some farmers in their counties had spontaneously followed Changshan County's lead in raising cattle and sheep. Originally, their counties also had a tradition of raising Matou goats, but the scale of farming was not large. Now, seeing Changshan County vigorously developing the livestock industry and building a slaughtering base without worrying about sales, they all wanted to expand their farming scale.

Although they had the desire to expand their farming scale, they lacked capable organizers and support in capital and technology. Expanding the scale was not an easy task, so, up to now, the development of their animal husbandry industry had not been smooth.

These county magistrates certainly hoped to develop the animal husbandry industry. If they could develop it to the level of Changshan County, it could become one of the pillar industries of their counties. However, they had no ideas before, and asking to "seek scriptures" from Changshan County made them feel a bit embarrassed, after all, Su Xinghui was just a young man.

But now it was different. Their counties had jointly established a joint-stock company to build roads and were already partners, so the relationship was naturally different. Therefore, taking advantage of the alcohol, they came together to seek scriptures from Su Xinghui.

As they sought scriptures from Su Xinghui, he naturally would not hide anything. Letting these counties vigorously develop animal husbandry was part of his strategy to begin with; otherwise, why would he spend so much effort building these roads? This was to tie these counties to Changshan County's chariot.

Therefore, Su Xinghui answered every question asked.

Lai Bin asked, "County Magistrate Su, the conception rate and lambing rate of the Matou goats in our county are both very low. Is there any way to improve them quickly?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course there is a way. This is a method taught to us by experts from Jiangcheng Agricultural University. How about this: your county can send agricultural technicians to our county to learn. They will be able to master it very quickly, and then you can have them promote this technology throughout your entire county."

Lai Bin was very happy. In this way, the scale of Matou goat farming in their county should be able to expand rapidly.

Guan Deyi and Wan Ping were naturally very happy too. Since Su Xinghui let Lai Bin send people to learn, there was naturally no reason not to let them send people to learn. They certainly wanted to follow such a good path for economic development.

Su Xinghui simply explained the entire process of developing animal husbandry to them, such as establishing cooperatives, building cattle and sheep sheds, introducing breeding cattle, planting forage grass, and so on. He explained it very clearly, and the several county magistrates were all beaming with joy as they listened.

Su Xinghui said, "After you go back this time, you can select and send cadres to our Changshan County for inspection. You can take a look at how our Changshan County develops animal husbandry. You can follow our example; the natural environments of our counties are quite similar, so your animal husbandry will definitely have very good development prospects."

Wan Ping nodded and said, "Okay, I will organize cadres to go to your Changshan County for inspection and study immediately after I go back."

Guan Deyi said, "This funding issue, we apply for loans from the bank, right?"

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, you can apply for some low-interest loans from the Agricultural Bank and the Agricultural Development Bank. The loan amount doesn't need to be very large; about tens of thousands of yuan per cooperative is enough to start operations."

Lai Bin said, "But the banks in our county may not be willing to lend. The economic situation in the county is not good, and the banks have a lot of bad debts, so banks are very cautious about lending now. State-owned enterprises might still be able to get some loans from them, but for these cooperatives to get loans, I don't think it's easy."

What Lai Bin said was the truth. In this day and age, which bank didn't have a mountain of bad debts? With loans not being recovered, would banks dare to lend money out casually? Moreover, these were cooperatives, organizations established by farmers themselves, without any accumulation. Wouldn't the banks consider the risks?

Besides, lending to cooperatives involves many households and small amounts, making management costs too high. For banks, it is a thankless task. After spending so much effort, if the money cannot be recovered, the person in charge will also have to bear certain responsibilities.

As for the Changshan County Agricultural Bank, if it weren't for President Tang's relationship with Su Xinghui, they might not have been willing to lend to the cooperatives either.