Chapter 2284

Time came to the end of December. The work of returning farmland to lakes in Chongjin County had progressed to a very deep degree. More than half of the immigrants had moved into new homes, and more than half of the enterprises in the Economic Development Zone had been completed and put into production. The labor force among the immigrants could basically enter these enterprises to work.

During this period, many people from other counties and districts came to Chongjin County for visits and inspections. What they visited and inspected was, of course, Chongjin County's resettlement work for immigrants. Chongjin County's work of returning farmland to lakes was highly praised by Governor Ke Zhifang, and they naturally all had to come to learn.

The work of returning farmland to lakes was the most important work for these lake area counties and districts in the second half of this year, and it was a work that Premier Nan focused on. If it was not completed well, it would be a big deduction item for the leaders of these counties and districts, and if it was completed well, it would be a big bonus item. Who dared not to pay attention to these leaders?

Su Xinghui's expected goal was to let all immigrants move to the new area in January, and by then, the dikes in the new lake area of Chongjin County would also be completed. At that time, the sluice could be opened to release water, announcing the formal completion of Chongjin County's work of returning farmland to lakes.

The dikes in the new lake area were actually the original dikes abandoned after enclosing the lake to create farmland, but they had not been demolished. Now they only needed to be reinforced, and they could be reused, so it didn't take too long and didn't need too much money.

After the sluice was opened to release water and the new lake area stabilized, after the spring of next year, the common people in the lake area could be organized for special breeding. This was also an important economic growth point of Chongjin County in Su Xinghui's vision and an important step in the agricultural industrialization of Chongjin County.

Chongjin County, with the Yangtze River and lakes, had fertile land, pleasant climate, and good water and soil quality, so it was a good place to develop ecological agriculture. When Su Xinghui first came to Chongjin County, because he knew there would be this big flood, his first step was not to vigorously develop agriculture, but to focus on the Economic Development Zone.

Now the Economic Development Zone had taken shape and had entered a virtuous cycle in development. After the return of farmland to lakes was completed, the threat of floods to Chongjin County was greatly reduced, and now it was naturally time to vigorously develop ecological agriculture.

In Su Xinghui's vision, Chongjin County's ecological agriculture would be a three-dimensional, large-scale industry with Yanglan Lake as the core, including planting, breeding, fishing, processing, and other various industries.

Yanglan Lake was truly the greatest wealth given to Chongjin County by nature. The Yanglan Lake area available for use in Chongjin County reached hundreds of square kilometers. In Yanglan Lake, fishing operations could be carried out, and various special breeding could also be carried out.

The animals that could be bred included various economic fish, crabs, crayfish, ducks, etc. Because Chongjin County's water quality was good, whatever was bred would be of high quality and become a hot commodity in the market.

With such a large lake surface, the breeding scale would be huge. Coupled with chickens, pigs, etc., that could be bred on land, this would also promote the great development of Chongjin County's feed industry.

In addition, Chongjin County's soil quality was also very good. Because chemical fertilizers and pesticides had not been used on a large scale, the soil here had not been polluted, which was very suitable for developing ecological agriculture.

Ecological, as the name implies, meant producing pollution-free food crops. Chongjin County had been relatively backward in agricultural production in the past and didn't use much chemical fertilizer and pesticide. This was mainly because they couldn't afford it, but now, this had become a natural advantage of Chongjin County.

Su Xinghui planned to promote the use of organic fertilizer throughout the county and then promote the technology of fish farming in rice fields, which could greatly reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and improve soil quality.

Organic fertilizer didn't just refer to the farm manure that farmers themselves used various green manure and poultry manure to compost, but rather a kind of fertilizer produced by organic fertilizer factories using various organic raw materials plus various nutrients required by crops in a scientific ratio.

The formula of this fertilizer was more scientific and more in line with the soil structure. Because it was organic raw materials, applying this fertilizer wouldn't cause problems such as soil compaction, and the absorption of crops was also better, and organic raw materials also ensured that it wouldn't cause any pollution to the environment.

And fish farming in rice fields was also a good technology that killed several birds with one stone. Putting fish fry in rice fields for breeding, the fish fry could eat the pests on the rice and the weeds in the rice fields, which could avoid the use of pesticides and didn't need to put in any feed. When the rice matured, the fish also grew up, which could increase income for farmers.

Not using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the rice yield was certainly not as high as rice fields using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but with the compensation of these fish, the total income would not be lower than other rice fields.

And because these rice didn't use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, they would be pollution-free organic crops, with better quality and higher prices, so the income brought to farmers might be higher.

Of course, this technology also needed special agricultural technicians to teach farmers, such as when to put fish fry, how to prevent fish from eating seedlings, etc., all of which needed to be learned.

Adopting such technology, rice planting and special breeding and fishing relying on Yanglan Lake could also be organically combined. For example, the manure of poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks, and pigs produced in the breeding industry could be used as raw materials for farm manure or organic fertilizer, and the by-products produced by rice could also produce feed for these poultry and livestock, so that a complete ecological chain could be formed.

And to form a complete industrial chain, the most critical thing now was, of course, to introduce an organic fertilizer factory and a feed factory.

The feed factory was actually already under construction. That was just after the flood fighting and disaster relief ended last year, Su Xinghui talked to Luo Hansheng and asked him to build another feed factory in the Economic Development Zone. This was also a major business of the Luo Group, and they occupied the main share of the feed market in Indonesia.

He didn't have the intention to build a feed factory before because Chongjin County didn't engage in any large-scale breeding industry, and after Su Xinghui talked to him, building another feed factory was not a big deal. Building such a factory didn't cost much money, and Chongjin County's market prospects were good, so building such a factory could also make money.

Chongjin County had a total area of more than 3,000 square kilometers, of which 500 to 600 square kilometers of lake surface could be used. If such a large area was used for breeding, the demand for feed in the future would be a huge number, and his feed factory wouldn't worry about sales at all.

And the raw materials for the feed factory didn't need to worry. Chongjin County was located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the surrounding counties and cities were major grain-producing areas. After the Luo Group purchased grain, it first processed it into various grain products in the processing plant, and the by-products produced could be used as raw materials for producing feed.

Coupled with the fact that various aquatic products in Chongjin County were also very rich, raw materials such as fish bone meal required for producing feed were also abnormally rich and not lacking, so building such a feed factory in Chongjin County was the most appropriate.

Luo Hansheng did things vigorously and resolutely, and he had always remembered Su Xinghui's feelings, so he was not ambiguous about taking money. He built another feed factory next to his processing plant. Currently, the feed factory was under construction, and it was expected that the first phase of the project would be completed and put into production after the spring.

And the organic fertilizer factory was also a very important part of this plan. Su Xinghui personally went to Jiangcheng. This time he went to Jiangcheng Agricultural University again. Jiangcheng Agricultural University was leading in the country in organic fertilizer technology. Su Xinghui hoped to cooperate with them to build an organic fertilizer factory in Chongjin County.

Su Xinghui came to Jiangcheng and went directly to Jiangcheng Agricultural University. He first went to Professor Rao's house. Professor Rao was now over sixty years old and had retired from school, but he still taught a few classes every week and brought some graduate students. After all, he had been active outdoors for many years, and his body was still very good.

Su Xinghui hadn't seen Professor Rao for more than half a year. This time he brought some gifts and came to Professor Rao's house.

Su Xinghui called Professor Rao before coming. Professor Rao waited for Su Xinghui at his home. Seeing Su Xinghui, Professor Rao was also extra affectionate. He said, "Our flood-fighting hero is here. This really makes the humble house shine!"