Everyone says that they are poor for half a year and poor for three years. The fear of the unknown road ahead deters most people who want to change careers. But the protagonist today, he is not only not afraid to change careers, but also in just three years, he created an annual sales of 50 million, and successfully promoted the development of an industrial chain, let's see how he operates.
Mine owner change careers to plant trees?
Li Maoquan, a native of Xihedi Village, Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, after graduating from junior high school, he thought about starting a business. In 1990, Li Maoquan found that someone was collecting stones at a high price in the village, and this kind of licking the stuck stone with his tongue was aluminum ore, and Li Maoquan, who saw the business opportunity, has been engaged in the aluminum ore business since then. More than 20 years of aluminum ore business has done well, but also for Li Maoquan to accumulate tens of millions of wealth.
In 2012, Li Maoquan, who wanted to expand the scale of mining, heard that there was aluminum ore in Pu County, Shanxi, so he found the local government to understand the situation, but after some detailed talks, Li Maoquan no longer mentioned the matter of mining, but was ready to change to agriculture! Everyone is a little confused, how to do a good aluminum ore business, say change the line? Originally, the local bauxite in Puxian was scattered, which was not conducive to centralized mining, but the land resources were rich in barren mountains, and the local government hoped that Li Maoquan could engage in new planting and ecological breeding here. Li Maoquan thought for a moment that mining consumes a lot of resources, affects the environment, and has a wide range of prospects for ecological agriculture, so it is better to stay and engage in agriculture, not to mention that the local government also recommended a "secret weapon" to him: a magical tree that can be "eaten".
At the end of 2015, Li Maoquan stopped the mineral business and completely changed careers. He circulated more than 2,000 acres of barren mountains in Rujiaping, Pu County, Shanxi Province, to try to raise black chickens, goats and black pigs, and at the same time began to plant magical trees that could be "eaten". This kind of tree, called the tree, is not only adaptable and fast-growing, but also has branches and young leaves that can be used as feed for pigs and sheep. In order to plant trees, Li Maoquan went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences three times before and after to study and consult, and finally bought more than 100,000 tissue culture seedlings at a price of 10 yuan per plant. According to the guidance of experts, Li Maoquan built a nursery greenhouse and hired a technician who claimed to know how to raise seedlings at a high salary.
But not long after, Li Maoquan found that there was a large number of deaths in the seedlings in the shed, and he questioned the technical staff about the reason, but the other party refused to admit his mistake, and the next day he did not quit, and the phone text message could not be contacted. Due to the lack of technical management, li Maoquan bought more than 100,000 tissue culture seedlings that only survived less than one-tenth. The previous investment in the treatment of barren mountains has cost tens of millions of yuan, and this time the seedlings have failed, and Li Maoquan's savings in the mineral business have bottomed out. Although he did not understand Li Maoquan's behavior, seeing Li Maoquan's embarrassing situation at that time, his relatives and friends around him still stood up and gave him encouragement and support. With the help of everyone, Li Maoquan regrouped, hired reliable technicians, and re-invested in the cultivation method of tree seedlings.
At that time, Li Maoquan and the technicians took root in the planting base for the successful cultivation of seedlings, carefully cared for day and night, and lived in an abandoned cave at night, and when the seedlings were busiest, even a paper shell was used as a quilt cover. Despite the harsh conditions, more than 4 million seedlings were finally cultivated in 2016 and transplanted to the already treated mountains.
Developing a Harvester Racing Tank?
The framing protein content is high, and contains flavonoids, terpenoids, has a certain antibacterial and antiviral effect. It is greener and healthier to feed the livestock and poultry that grow up, and when Li Maoquan inspected Sichuan that year, he found that the selling price of pork was very high, which was one of the important reasons why he decided to switch to ecological breeding. But at that time, there were very few people who deconstructed tree feed, but Li Maoquan chose to boldly try to make it, he thought that this was a good opportunity, it was meaningless to follow others to do things, only by making a way out of his own could he really walk in the forefront of the industry.
At the end of July 2016, Li Maoquan's more than 2,000 acres of saplings in PuXian county grew to 80 centimeters high, and they could already be harvested to make feed, but a problem appeared that made Li Maoquan very big. Tree feed, need to use its fresh young branches and fresh leaves as raw materials, if the tree is more than 80 cm high, it is easy to lignify, it can no longer be used; and when harvesting young branches and leaves, can not be cut at the same root, because the stubble left behind needs to be left, more new branches. The planting area is large, the harvesting technology requirements are high, only with a sickle or ordinary harvesting machine, more than 200 employees a day at the same time to harvest will take more than a month to complete. The first batch has not yet been collected, the second batch has grown again, originally able to harvest three stubble trees a year, Li Maoquan can only barely receive two stubble.
Looking at these trees that could not be collected, Li Maoquan was anxious, and he ran all over the country to consult and could not find a harvester specifically for tree construction. Instead of waiting for the results of others, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and Li Maoquan, who was forced to be helpless, gritted his teeth and decided to develop his own harvester. He took time every day to observe the planting environment of the tree, learn the habits and knowledge of the tree, and spent more than a year finally researching the design of a tree harvester and handing it over to the manufacturer. Not only that, Li Maoquan also specially invited the staff of the manufacturer to come to his own planting base to check and propose modification suggestions. In the end, he designed and produced a harvester specifically for tree construction at a price of more than 400,000 yuan. Li Maoquan's three tree harvesters, designed according to the local terraced terrain, the track-type rudder is like a tank, the stability is extremely strong, and it only takes about ten days to collect more than 2,000 acres of trees.
Stinky feed to fragrant feed?
Successfully harvesting more than 2,000 acres of trees, Li Maoquan could not wait to use the young leaves and branches of the tree to make tree feed, but the result disappointed him, the feed was made in three days to grow hair, and there was a smell as soon as it approached. Tree feed needs to be finely crushed by the young branches and leaves of the tree, and then the soybean meal, corn, lactic acid bacteria, etc. are mixed together in a certain proportion and fermented. However, its ratio of composition and distribution is very important, the proportion is not correct, and the resulting feed is easily spoiled.
Li Maoquan, who is in the spirit of putting everything first, decided to try to match the feed himself, but dozens of experiments ended in failure. Batches of long-haired and smelly failed feed were all thrown away, and Li Maoquan felt that there would be no progress in trying like this again. With nothing to do, he only had to inquire about the news about tree feed, and finally let him know that there was a soil expert named Yan Jie in Yibin, Sichuan Province, who had achieved preliminary results in the research of tree feed. Li Maoquan immediately invited Yan Jie to visit the tree planting base and promised to give 10% of the shares and ask him to cooperate with him.
Li Maoquan has raw materials and production places, Yan Jie has technical blessings, the two hit it off, and soon joined forces to produce ecological antibiotic-free tree feed. This tree-making fermented feed has a unique fragrance that can be preserved for more than 3 years, and the livestock grow very robust after eating. By feeding his own black pigs and goats, Li Maoquan also found that this tree-building feed can save 20% of traditional feed. Not only to save costs, the quality of the livestock and poultry fed is good, and other surrounding farmers are also moved to see it, and they have purchased Li Maoquan's tree feed.
Li Maoquan raised more than 5,000 chickens, more than 1,000 sheep, and more than 2,000 pigs on the mountain are grown up eating leaves and tree feed, which is ecologically green and healthy. Especially pork, the snowflakes and beef after slicing are not divided, the tendon fat is more, the meat quality is good, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it is.
Goal to earn $1 in 1 year?
In 2018, Li Maoquan was busy in the mountains for more than 3 years, and black chickens, goats, and black pigs could finally be listed, but he was not in a hurry to sell money, but instead sent his products out for free. This year, Li Maoquan often organizes activities to gather friends and customers in his own farm, and sends the products to everyone for free to taste, which is more than 400,000 yuan. Li Maoquan said that this year can earn 1 yuan on the line, in fact, he feels that his products go to the market in the first year, the capital can be protected, the key is to play a reputation to open the market. Unexpectedly, the effect of this "sending out" is very good, and many customers have taken the initiative to find Li Maoquan to discuss cooperation.
In the promotion of supermarkets, Li Maoquan will always deliberately put the tree construction next to the stall, while explaining the role of the tree, while introducing his own pork, always successfully attract the attention of consumers. Relying on this trick, the average price of Li Maoquan's pork can sell for more than 50 yuan and 1 catty, which is 3 times that of local ordinary meat; eggs can be sold for 3 yuan a piece. In 2018, Li Maoquan's pig, sheep, chicken and tree feed generated sales of more than 50 million yuan. His tree planting base and industrial chain have also attracted the attention of Academician Li Defa of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and have cooperated together to set up a tree construction academician workstation in Puxian County, borrowing the scientific research advantages of the academician expert team to promote the rapid development of the tree construction feed industry.
At present, the planting area of trees in PuXian County, Shanxi Has reached tens of thousands of mu, and Li Maoquan is also building a new pig farm, planning to expand the scale of pigs to tens of thousands of pigs within two years. He said that he was originally white and handsome, but now because of this barren mountain and trees to raise sheep and pigs, he has become black and not handsome, but since he has chosen to change to agriculture, he will continue to bury his head in it.