Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 318 Seed

The grain company did well under the management of Li Zhonghua, Zou Jie and Shen Lin. Zou Jie and Shen Lin only owned 5% of the shares, but they received hundreds of thousands of yuan in dividends last year, and Li Zhonghua received even more. This was definitely ahead of the general public in the s, so they worked very hard.

Li Zhonghua said: "Chairman Wen, our Northeast Branch encountered some resistance in purchasing grain this year, and the grain purchase price is also higher than last year. I am worried that it will affect this year's profits."

Wen Qing frowned and asked, "Have you found out the reason?"

Li Zhonghua replied: "I checked. Those foreign bastards not only snatched our purchase contracts, but also the grain seed market. It is said that foreign seeds are particularly good, with high yields and resistance to diseases and pests. Moreover, if farms use their grain seeds, they will buy them at a high price."

Wen Qing was happy and asked, "Could it be that they are doing charity, and there is such a good thing?"

Li Zhonghua explained: "Although they are purchasing grain at a high price, their seeds are not cheap, and we have to use their pesticides, all of which cost money. If we withdraw, even the purchase price will be decided by them."

Wen Qing nodded and said, "Go find some of their seeds and give them to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to see if there are any problems. As for the purchase price, we will offer the same price as they offer."

She sent the 1 tons of grain harvested in the space this year to the grain company's warehouse to ensure the supply of raw materials to the winery and feed factory. The grain purchased locally was supplied first to grain processing plants in the Northeast.

Wen Qing told Li Zhonghua about the cooperation model between Ping An Electric Motor Factory and the university. Li Zhonghua calmed down and went to find Beijing Agricultural College. They had always had dealings with each other, and the grain company had also bought seeds from them, so they had a basis for cooperation.

After negotiations, the two parties signed an agreement to jointly establish a grain seed research laboratory. Changxia Grain Company will provide the Agricultural College with a certain amount of financial support every year, and will build a high-quality seed breeding laboratory and high-quality seed testing base for the Agricultural College.

The Agricultural College lacks funds, and because plants require a certain period of growth, the entire experimental cycle is relatively long, and R&D work often runs into difficulties. Now that there are companies willing to invest, they are very welcome.

The investment from Changxia Grain Company helped them out of their urgent need. At the establishment ceremony of the improved seed laboratory, Li Renjie, the leader of the Agricultural College, said to Wen Qing: "Chairman Wen, you are far-sighted. Now foreign companies are entering China one after another. If we let them develop, it will definitely harm our country's food security."

Wen Qing agreed, "Principal Li, I am also worried about this, so I decided to start researching it. I hope our cooperation will be fruitful."

They agreed that the research results would belong to both parties and each would receive 50% of the profits.

After returning to the company, Wen Qing told Li Zhonghua that seed research was not so easy and he should be prepared for the possibility of his investment going down the drain. Li Zhonghua nodded, but in his heart he still believed that he would feel more at ease only if he had the technology in his own hands, so he sent his confidant to participate in the laboratory work.

In early July, Wen Qing set out for Wenshui again. After Dawson's design draft was finalized, the construction team accelerated the construction speed. The foundation of the winery has been completed, and some buildings have begun to pour cement.

Liu Honggang told her that Dawson and his team had come here half a month ago, and now they have opened an office in Pingjing, leaving one person there while Dawson and another person returned to the United States. They left a message saying that the brewing equipment she needed would be shipped in September and would arrive in China around October.

They had three months to complete the infrastructure. Wen Qing asked Liu Honggang to hurry up and ensure that the winery could be completed on time so that the equipment could be installed.

Liu Honggang told Wen Qing that the local government was very supportive of their construction of a winery and all their requests were given the green light. A few days ago, an official even came to ask if they wanted to buy a vineyard.

Wen Qing was stunned. Can the farm land be bought and sold now? After asking, she realized that it was the land of the winery, not the vineyard. Wen Qing's winery is not big. It only has a winemaking workshop and a four-story hotel, covering an area of ​​about 10 mu, about 6600 square meters. If the land can be bought and the land is changed to commercial use, Wen Qing will feel more at ease. As for the price of the land, Liu Honggang said it would be 5 yuan per mu.

The price was indeed a bit high. The land in some small cities was only 5 yuan per mu. Wenshui County asked for 5 yuan per mu just because they saw that she had already started building the house and were raising the price. Wen Qing asked Liu Honggang to negotiate. Anyway, her contract period was 30 years, so it wouldn't matter much whether she bought it or not.

Wen Qing registered a winery in Wenshui, mainly engaged in crop planting, wine production and sales, hotels and restaurants. This winery is her sole proprietorship. The main reason is that wine has never become the mainstream of the market and it is not easy to make money. She is worried about making other shareholders lose money, so she doesn't mind investing herself.

The weather in July was hot. The construction team started working early in the morning and evening, and took a break at noon when the weather was hottest. On this day, the sun was high in the sky, and the only sound at the winery construction site was the chirping of cicadas. Wen Qing was wearing a straw hat and patrolling the vineyard alone.

Many weeds grew on the vineyard's land, and wild flowers bloomed sparsely. Wen Qing checked the soil conditions of each plot one by one, took samples, and took them back for testing.

The rainfall in Wenshui is concentrated in spring and summer, and there is relatively less rainfall in autumn and winter, so the land is relatively moist in this season. Wen Qing pulled out the weeds on the ground and dug them out to observe the growth of plant roots. Wen Qing found that the root systems of most plants were well developed and was very satisfied.

Wen Qing pulled out the weeds, dried them, and burned them, then sprinkled the ash on the ground. She took out the unused farming machinery in the space. There were not many workers in the vineyard now, and they did not come to work often, so they were not very clear about what equipment was in the vineyard. She could use these farm machinery in the vineyard first.

After testing the soil, Wen Qing found that after the improvement of the terroir here in the spring, the conditions for growing grapes were basically in place. She drove the tiller and began to deep plow the land, turning up the soil underneath, taking the opportunity to bury the wood ash deep into the soil, and then after being exposed to the sun in the summer, kill the pests in the soil.

The saplings planted in spring have grown alive. The boxwood and mountain pepper trees are shrubs, while the ginkgo and camphor trees are trees. They have all grown taller and cast a green shade on the edge of the fields. Wen Qing also analyzed the soil underneath and found no harmful substances, so it is estimated that it will not have an adverse effect on the grapes.

She stayed in Wenshui for a week. Seeing that the construction project was progressing in an orderly manner, the underground wine warehouse had been topped off, and the construction of the above-ground buildings had begun, Wen Qing told Hu Dingze, the captain of the construction team, and Liu Honggang that she would be away for a while and would come back after a while.

Wen Qing is going to Ping'an County, which should not be called Ping'an County, but Ping'an City. Ping'an County was upgraded to a city, and the happiest people are the county cadres, as they have all been promoted accordingly. Of course, with the administrative division being upgraded to a city, the government's construction funds will increase, which will also be more beneficial to local development.

Director Huang welcomed Wen Qing's arrival, but he also complained that she didn't care enough about his business.