Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 122

Chapter 122: He Felt Like He Had Struck Gold

Before coming to this County Town, Sheng Qingyang didn’t understand many things and had never been exposed to them.

Although his previous life wasn’t extravagant, it was relatively carefree and comfortable.

However, he was always someone who strived to do well in everything he did, and he didn’t want to become a laughingstock for those people in the Imperial Capital.

Therefore, after being transferred here, he abandoned his previous comfortable life and personally led people down to the communes and villages, visiting various factories to understand the situation.

He hoped to find a suitable economic development path for Nan County, not only for himself but also to make a real contribution during his time here.

However, this place was too backward and impoverished compared to Kyoto. He couldn’t find any suitable development opportunities in the County Town.

He did have some ideas, but implementing them would encounter considerable obstacles, so he wanted to try starting from other aspects first.

After hearing Huo Kai praise how good and well-organized Song Chu’s breeding farm was, he became interested in inspecting it.

After visiting that day, not only was he not disappointed, but he was pleasantly surprised, and today, that surprise was further confirmed.

He never expected that such a village could build such a good breeding farm. Although scientific breeding methods had always been advocated, very few places could actually implement them.

Song Chu chuckled lightly, “Thank you for the compliment. We still have many areas that need improvement. We can only keep working hard and making progress.”

“Leaders, now that the tour is over, please come to our meeting room to rest,” she said, gesturing invitingly.

Sheng Qingyang smiled and nodded, “Okay.”

The construction of the breeding farm was entirely planned by Song Chu, so a meeting room that could accommodate dozens of people was also built.

Office chairs were also exchanged from the furniture factory and placed there, giving it a very professional feel.

As soon as Sheng Qingyang and the others sat down, Song Ping led people in, serving freshly brewed tea.

After a few sips of tea, Sheng Qingyang looked at Song Chu and said, “Comrade Song, your breeding farm is very well-run and successful. You’ve done a great job, and it’s very worthy of being a model for other breeding farms.”

Song Chu smiled and replied, “Thank you, leader, for your affirmation. The success of the breeding farm today is inseparable from our workers. If there’s anything worth learning from for other breeding farms, we won’t be stingy and will share and exchange breeding experiences with everyone.”

She never intended to monopolize the breeding farm industry. After achieving the goal of leading the entire village to prosperity, with enough food and clothing, she wouldn’t mind helping other villages, and even the entire county, to develop as well.

Sheng Qingyang was quite surprised. He didn’t expect Song Chu to have such high awareness. Before he could even bring it up, she had already voiced his thoughts.

Having interacted with so many outstanding female comrades, he felt that Song Chu was the most charismatic and open-minded.

Otherwise, in many other places, the director of a breeding farm would only want to keep their methods secret and wouldn’t share or exchange them.

“Comrade Song’s awareness is very high, and I’m very moved.”

“Then I’ll organize the people from the other two large chicken farms in the county to come visit, exchange, and share experiences. What do you think?” After comparing Song Chu’s breeding farm, he felt that the other two large chicken farms had many areas that needed improvement.

Song Chu generously nodded, “No problem, just let me know in advance.”

Sheng Qingyang smiled and said, “I’ll thank Director Song on their behalf in advance.”

“Director Song, do you think it’s possible to open a few more similar chicken farms in other villages in the county?” he asked for her opinion.

Song Chu thought for a moment and said, “More can be built. After all, the market for meat products is currently very tight.”

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“However, if we want to build more, we must do a good job in all aspects, especially sanitation and disease prevention. Otherwise, once chickens and ducks get sick, the infection and mortality rates are very high.”

“Our chicken farm sprinkles medicine to prevent bacteria growth every week, and we also regularly feed the chickens medicine to prevent diseases.”

“By the way, we also need to consider the feed. We use oil residue and bean dregs from the oil pressing workshop to feed the chickens, ducks, and pigs. We also use cow dung to raise a lot of earthworms. The nutrition is sufficient, which is why they grow so well.”

Opening a farm was easy, but Song Chu also needed to point out the main reasons for their success.

Sheng Qingyang personally took out a notebook and pen to jot down these issues, “The issues you mentioned do require careful consideration.”

It was evident that Song Chu was genuinely sharing without reservation, which further elevated his impression of her.

“Director Song, if we open a few more similar breeding farms in our county, could you send a few technical consultants to provide guidance?” Sheng Qingyang felt that opening breeding farms was a viable development path.

Song Chu chuckled lightly, “Yes, we strongly support the county’s decision. The development of just one village isn’t much. If the entire county develops, I believe it will be even better.”

“If we are to build breeding farms, we can actually develop some additional industries, such as soybean product factories and wineries. Bean dregs and wine lees can be used to feed livestock, creating a cyclical utilization chain,” she suggested after some thought.

Sheng Qingyang wrote it all down, “Tell me more.”

He discovered that Song Chu was exceptionally insightful, and her ideas were quite practical. He felt like he had struck gold.

Song Chu wasn’t intimidated and spoke eloquently.

“Many villages in Nan County produce soybeans. We could open a soybean product factory in the County Town. This would not only purchase the soybeans from the villages, giving the peasants more disposable income, but also provide feed for the breeding farms.”

“The soybean product factory can produce dried tofu sheets, dried bean curd sticks, and fermented tofu, which are all shelf-stable. Fermented tofu can be further divided into plain and oil-preserved varieties.”

“If the flavor of the fermented tofu is well-adjusted and packaged in glass bottles for sale, it might even become a special food product for our county, developing it into a brand.”

“For example, in the future, when people from other places, or even the whole country, mention fermented tofu, the first thing they’ll think of is Nan County Fermented Tofu.”

Just like in later generations, when mentioning chili bean sauce, everyone thinks of Lao Gan Ma.

Sheng Qingyang felt that Song Chu’s thinking was very clear, and it suddenly gave him a lot of inspiration. He listened with great interest, “Go on.”

The others who came with him initially didn’t pay much attention, thinking that it was already quite impressive for such a young woman to run a breeding farm.

But they never expected her to be able to express such insightful and forward-thinking opinions.

Even now, when they imagined the day when people all over the country would think of Nan County Fermented Tofu when fermented tofu was mentioned, they couldn’t help but feel excited.

Song Chu smiled, “Actually, the idea for other factories is the same. For example, a winery could also be developed into a brand. It doesn’t have to be just baijiu; it could also be beer, wine, and so on.”

“If done well, there might even be export opportunities. Foreigners can earn our money, and we can also earn theirs in return.”

At the mention of this, Sheng Qingyang and the others all revealed looks of yearning on their faces. If that were truly the case, it would be wonderful.