On the white fruit tree outside the window, two spotted doves flew from nowhere, chattering on the tree early in the morning. Yes, since the Yangtze River flooded in 1998, the state issued a "ban on logging" on the forest, and the implementation of the closure of mountains for afforestation, now the ecological environment has been greatly improved, birds have a larger habitat, even Zhou Xing and the community where they live, birds have begun to flock.
Push open a window door, and a few rays of spring sunlight shine through the gaps in the trees and into the house.
After Zhou Xinghe returned from Canada, he received a special letter from the A government. This letter of entrustment, signed by the Prime Minister himself, was entrusted by Country A to Zhou Xinghe to give opinions and suggestions for the social and economic development of their country in formulating the national economic development plan. The special letter earnestly said: "You are a very strategic entrepreneur, the most sincere friend of our country, and the most respected and trusted guest of the mainland people. In the past few years in country A, you have made outstanding contributions to the development of the social economy, and you are also the person who knows the national conditions of the mainland best, how can we achieve national prosperity and strong people when we draw up our future national economic development plan, according to the instructions of the president, I want to listen to your opinions and suggestions specifically..."
Be entrusted by others, be faithful to people.
After dozens of days of hard work, I am finally seeing results. This "Proposal" is full of pictures and texts, spilling nearly 100,000 words, and embodies the painstaking efforts of Zhou Xinghe and more than 20 experts and scholars. To be honest, when Zhou Xinghe had just received the entrustment of the A government to let him make a proposal on how to achieve a prosperous and strong people's country based on the successful experience of mainland economic development and the actual situation of their country, he was still very hesitant and worried. The development of a country's political economy and the survival and well-being of tens of millions of people are the top-level design of a country, and it should be the business of those politicians and economists! And he, just a private entrepreneur with a peasant background and primary school education, can he be qualified for this important job?
"This is a great trust placed in me by the A government, an affirmation of my work in their country, and a symbol of friendship, full of trust and sincerity like friends." Zhou Xinghe looked at this issue this way, so when he received a formal "power of attorney" from Government A, he thought twice and took this matter down.
A few years ago, before Zhou Xinghe arrived in country A, in order to carry out his work smoothly, he carefully understood the basic national conditions of the country from experts. After arriving in Country A, he repeatedly studied the mountain situation, climate environment, political system, economic situation, as well as various resources, human customs, ethnic religions, etc. After living there for a while, Zhou Xinghe did not say that he knew the situation of country A well, at least he knew it in his heart.
Country A occupies most of the land mass of the "Horn of Africa". Among the more than 80 million people, 77% are farmers, so the country's level of industrialization is very low, and the annual added value of agriculture accounts for about 60% of the gross national product. Farmers are scattered self-sufficient, most of them live at an altitude of 1500~3000 meters, the level of education is very low, and most of them still live below the poverty line set by the United Nations - there is no doubt that this is still a developing poor agricultural country, according to the strategic division, it naturally belongs to the category of "third world" countries. According to the idea that "only by liberating all mankind can we finally liberate ourselves", we have been assisting them since the 60s of the 20th century.
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As mentioned earlier, everything that Zhou Xinghe saw there, especially in some remote mountainous areas, often reminded him of the broken cellar when he was born, the dilapidated grass hut where he lived as a child, the hungry peasants during natural disasters, and the previous poverty and backwardness of his hometown.
Now that our country is strong and the economy is developing, we should certainly help them when we can. In order to fulfill this trust of country A, Zhou Xinghe invited more than 20 leaders of relevant government departments and relevant experts in a short period of time to set up a special drafting research group. Based on the experience of the mainland's reform and opening up and the basic national conditions of country A being an agricultural country, they carefully analyzed the current situation of the "three rural areas" in country A, as well as the land, climate, population, resources, plants, and even the types, functions, technologies, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides in country A, and unreservedly put forward a series of suggestions and measures for the prosperity of the country and the strengthening of the people.
In the preamble to the Recommendation, the experts provided a reference for country A based on the course and experience of the mainland's development. When talking about the basic situation before the liberation of the mainland, as well as in the early days of liberation and before the reform and opening up, he said matter-of-factly: "In the 50~70s of the 20th century, due to backward science and technology, grain output was also very low, and the people did not have enough to eat, wear and warm.
Before 1978, Mr. Zhou's production team had a total population of about 140 people, and 55 percent of the labor force was young. Before 1970, the daily labor output value of collective labor was only 0.08 yuan per day, and there was little grain harvest after a year's work, and no matter how hard it tried, it could not solve the problem of famine and hunger. However, by 1981, after the reform and opening up, the young and middle-aged people in the production team could go out to start businesses, and only 59 old, weak, sick and disabled people were left working in home farming, but the grain output had more than doubled, and people's lives were better every year. One of the very important reasons for this, in addition to the liberation of productive forces, is the practice of scientific farming. ”
The sun is still shining outside the window and the birds are still chirping in the trees. Zhou Xinghe looked out the window and pondered for a long time, he turned around, walked to the desk, spread out the manuscript paper, and then sincerely wrote a few "special tips" in front of the "Recommendation":
"After this "Recommendation" is decided by your government, our company will organize experts from the agricultural project team to go to your country for soil sampling and testing, and then further provide implementation proposals.
Your government can set up a national training center in the China-Africa Science and Technology Park, and I will organize various experts to compile teaching materials, combine the successful experience of the mainland with the actual situation of your country, and train talents and agricultural technicians in various fields.
"It is recommended to build dozens of small fertilizer factories across the country, and chemical fertilizers can increase crop yields; However, pests and diseases will endanger food and crop yield, it is recommended to build 2~5 supporting pesticide small factories across the country to treat diseases and insects for crops to ensure a bumper grain harvest; Weeds will absorb a lot of nutrients, resulting in crop yield reduction, it is recommended to build 2~3 herbicide plants in the early stage of the country, removing weeds can make crops grow luxuriantly, which is 100~200 times the efficiency of manual weeding; The construction of water conservancy facilities is the guarantee of drought and flood protection, and the mainland had the Dujiangyan water conservancy project in Chengdu as early as 2,000 years ago, so Sichuan is called the 'country of heaven', and your government should plan and build water conservancy facilities as soon as possible.
Writing here, Zhou Xinghe put down his pen and fell into a long period of contemplation.
As an entrepreneur who has also grown up from poverty and misery, what can be done for them? Throughout the process of drafting the Recommendation, Zhou Xinghe always had a special emotion stirring in his heart. This emotion is probably that they have broken free themselves from the shackles of suffering, and should help others to relieve themselves of the impulses and obligations of suffering.
"Due to the high price of steel, cement and other materials in your country, our company has successfully developed the use of crop straw to build houses without reinforced cement, which can reduce the cost of the project by 40~60%, and this technology can improve the living environment of rural people in country A." Zhou Xinghe wrote, "I suggest that your country first take a regional pilot, farmers can use straw and trees to exchange houses in our company's park at a discount, part of the government subsidy, and part of our company's subsidy." I believe that in the near future, your country will be able to realize the scene of building a new socialist countryside..."
After the completion of the "Proposal", Zhou Xinghe asked someone to translate it into English and submit it to Government A. The Prime Minister, Ministers, and Chief Executives of the A Government have almost one copy, which has attracted great attention from government officials at all levels, and some of them have been implemented as the national policy of the country.
The setting sun has tilted to the west. Zhou Xinghe slowly walked out of the house, and he looked up at the sky. The sky is calm, and the returning pigeons with whistles fly far away through the treetops and gradually disappear.
However, under this calm sky, deep in the center of the Longmen Mountain Range in western Sichuan, a disaster that has not been met in a thousand years is quietly brewing...
