Nowadays, it is the peak period of harvesting goldenrod chrysanthemums. At the golden silk imperial chrysanthemum planting base of the gushan tea farm ecological farm in Aikou Township, pieces of chrysanthemums are competing to open, and the picking team composed of women and the elderly is busy in the sea of flowers.
"Every three or four days, the base organizes more than 100 workers to pick chrysanthemums in a concentrated manner, and each time it is picked centrally, it can produce more than 10,000 kilograms of fresh chrysanthemums." Deng Zheng is the person in charge of the golden silk imperial chrysanthemum planting base of the ecological farm of Gushan Tea Farm, since the end of October this year, he and his family have been busy every day between the golden silk imperial chrysanthemum planting base and the golden silk imperial chrysanthemum processing factory, organizing workers to pick chrysanthemums, transport chrysanthemums, sort chrysanthemums, dry chrysanthemums, and package chrysanthemums... Be the whole thing you work every day.
"Don't look at the beauty of this place now, it used to be a barren mountain wasteland overgrown with weeds, and it didn't produce any economic benefits at all." Pointing to the golden chrysanthemum planting base and the green ecological tea garden, Deng Zhengze looked proud.
It is understood that in order to revitalize the idle barren mountain wasteland resources in his hometown, in 2016, Deng Zhengze, who successfully started a business in other places, actively responded to the call of the hometown party committee and government, resolutely returned to Gushan Village in Pass Township, transferred the idle 75 acres of ancient mountain tea farms, and 150 acres of wasteland, relying on rich tea tree resources to develop chickens under the forest. After the success of raising chickens under the forest, in order to drive more local villagers to employment, in 2019, he introduced high-quality goldenrod chrysanthemum varieties from other places and built a golden silk imperial chrysanthemum planting base.
"Why did you choose to grow chrysanthemums?" "First, its economic benefits are high, and the output value per mu can reach more than 50,000 yuan; second, its labor volume is large, and it requires a lot of labor from picking to processing, which can solve the employment problems of many rural people; and then it has driven the development of rural tourism, and the tourists who come here every day for sightseeing and tourism are endless." Last year, Deng Zhengze planted 13 acres of golden silk imperial chrysanthemums in the base, with a net income of 300,000 yuan. Perhaps he tasted the sweetness of planting, and this year he planted a total of 25 acres of goldenrod chrysanthemums in the base. The golden silk imperial chrysanthemum not only broadened the road of Deng Zhengze's career development, but also broadened the employment channels of the surrounding villagers. Zhu Jinlan, an old man in his 60s this year, is a native of Gushan Village, Pass Township, and after sending his grandson to school every morning, he came to the chrysanthemum base at 9 o'clock to start working, finished work at four o'clock in the afternoon, went home to pick up his grandson from school, and also had an income of seventy or eighty yuan a day.
"There is work here all year round, busy picking tea in the spring, busy field management in the summer, busy picking chrysanthemums in the autumn, working for a few hours a day, nothing delayed, the work is not tired at all, everyone likes to work here." Zhu Jinlan said with a smile. In Gushan Village, a total of 60 villagers like Zhu Jinlan can earn more than 10,000 yuan in economic income every year by working in the ecological farm of Gushan Tea Farm for many years.
"Picking chrysanthemums on the banks of the ancient river, leisurely seeing the account mountain." To the left of the Golden Silk Imperial Chrysanthemum Planting Base is an ancient river called the Changxi River, the river is clear to the bottom and has been endless for many years; on the right side of the Golden Silk Imperial Chrysanthemum Planting Base, there is a hillside called Account Mountain, with dense vegetation and pleasant scenery on the slope. Deng Zhengze said that the unique geographical environment makes him more confident in the future development of the gushan tea farm ecological farm.
Chen Dasheng, mayor of Pass Township, said that rural revitalization and industrial revitalization are the foundation; Pass Township will closely focus on the ecological farm of Gushan Tea Farm, vigorously promote the construction of farmers' paradise, green garden and industrial orchard, promote more villagers to increase production and income, and at the same time deeply integrate the breeding industry with rural tourism to empower rural revitalization. (Susong County Rong Media Correspondent Sun Chunwang)