Chapter 189 Proposal to Open a Bee Farm
"Team leader?"

"What team leader? When did I ever say that I came to see you for the leader of the Educated Youth Group?"

When Li Guoqiang heard Xu Guangfu's words, he raised his eyebrows and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Forehead"

Xu Guangfu was slightly stunned, then asked in astonishment: "Then why did you come to see me now?"

Originally, he thought that Li Guoqiang came to him to talk about this matter because he heard that Shao Ruian had become the leader of the male educated youth group and was worried that he would be controlled by others in the future.

Unexpectedly, Li Guoqiang didn't seem to take this matter to heart at all.

This actually makes him seem lacking in vision.

“Beekeeping!”

Li Guoqiang straightened his expression, and then said seriously: "Uncle Fu, I came here this time to discuss beekeeping with you."

"Beekeeping?"

Xu Guangfu's eyes widened, and then he asked in surprise, "You can also raise bees?"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then explained softly: "I learned from others for a period of time before, but I never had the opportunity to do large-scale breeding. Now I am here, backed by mountains, with a very good breeding environment."

"So I thought about whether I could lead people to set up a bee farm to create more income for our village."

"you"

Xu Guangfu frowned slightly, then asked hesitantly, "Are you sure this can be done?"

"can!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded seriously and said, "As long as you and the team can fully support me, I promise that everyone will see the benefits this year."

After he finished speaking, he saw that Xu Guangfu didn't say anything, so he hesitated for a moment and then said, "You should know that the country now encourages everyone to keep bees, and the honey on the market costs at least 3 yuan per pound. The better quality ones can even sell for more than 5 yuan."

"In addition, beekeeping requires little other cost except for preparing beehives and some medicinal materials for disinfection and disease prevention. It can be said to be very profitable."

"Normally, here, a group of bees can collect honey twice a year, and can produce 20 to 30 kilograms of honey each time. Two times means 40 to 60 kilograms, which is equivalent to about 150 yuan."

"With the beekeeping techniques I have mastered, I am confident that I can raise at least 30 groups of bees this year and generate more than 5000 yuan in revenue for our village."

"By then, the bee farm alone will be able to increase the income of every household in our village by 50 to 60 yuan, which is equivalent to earning an extra adult laborer's work points."

"That's it. It's the first year."

"If everything goes well, within a few years, we will be able to expand the bee colony tenfold, making the bee farm the pillar industry of our village, and allowing every household in the village to live a good life without having to worry about food and clothing."

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu couldn't help but reveal a look of longing on his face. Then, after hesitating for a while, he still asked with some concern, "Well, are you really sure?"

"Have!"

Li Guoqiang nodded vigorously, and then said with certainty: "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have come to tell you about this."

"If you feel uneasy, we can adopt a planned production method, just like raising pigs."

"In other words, you can entrust the apiary to me first, and then assign a few people to me. By the end of the year, I guarantee that I can produce at least 1500 kilograms of honey."

"If we fail to complete the task by then, you will deduct our work points in proportion."

"This way, we don't have to worry about the villagers complaining, nor do we have to worry about being held accountable by the higher-ups."

"this."

When Xu Guangfu heard the idea proposed by Li Guoqiang, he was instantly tempted.

In his opinion, running a apiary only requires a few people, some space and some wood, and will basically not add any burden to the brigade.

The potential profits brought by the apiary are very considerable. Once it is completed, the Jinshanbao Production Team will make a lot of money.

Moreover, he also knows that the country is indeed encouraging everyone to keep bees, so there will be no policy risks in doing this.

The only key question is whether Li Guoqiang has the beekeeping skills?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but recall Li Guoqiang's various talented displays in learning marksmanship, knife skills, carpentry, and cotton-fluffing, and he instantly made a decision in his mind.

"Okay, then we'll do as you say. I'll find other brigade cadres later and hold a meeting to discuss this matter in advance. I'll notify you when there's a result!"

"Got it!"

When Li Guoqiang saw that Xu Guangfu agreed, he felt slightly happy, then hurriedly agreed, and then said goodbye and went home.

In fact, he is not sure whether the nectar source in the mountains behind Jinshan Fort is enough for him to raise so many colonies of bees.

But the existence of Jin Dad is enough to give him the confidence to overcome all difficulties.

Under normal circumstances, if he wants to hand over 1500 kilograms of honey, he must have 30 groups of bees working hard for more than half a year. However, with the buff of "one pain, ten gains", he actually only needs to ensure that there are 3 groups of bees, which is extremely easy.

In addition, if there is really a shortage of nectar sources, he can just use the teleportation of the small world to place the beehives in various corners of the mountains, and then regularly take care of and harvest the honey to ensure that he can get the reward from Gold Daddy.

Just this alone was enough for him to obtain an unknown amount of honey, and he didn't have to worry about not being able to complete the task at all.

In short, he has secured the position of the director of this apiary.

When Xu Guangfu saw Li Guoqiang leaving, he did not waste any time and hurriedly asked someone to invite other brigade cadres over, and then told them everything about Li Guoqiang's plan to build a apiary.

When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately lit up.

Although they were all country people, they were very aware of the value of honey and had no doubt about the huge profits that could be brought by the construction of the apiary.

It can be said that as long as they can produce honey, they don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it at a high price, let alone not being able to sell it.

In fact, because honey is a long-lasting food, when the market environment is bad, they can choose to temporarily store the honey and sell it when the market environment improves.

Alternatively, you can sell the honey to other provinces and cities.

Thinking of all these benefits, they can't wait to set up a apiary.

However, someone soon raised the most crucial question, which is, can Li Guoqiang do it?

Faced with this question, before Xu Guangfu opened his mouth to explain, Xu Guanglu and Xu Yuliang immediately spoke up to support him, and even Ma Yumei and Ma Changshun said that they could let Li Guoqiang try first. Seeing this, Sun Maocai could only shut his mouth in dismay.

Then, they began to fight over Li Guoqiang's ownership.

"Captain, Li Guoqiang belongs to the male educated youth group, and the male educated youth group is our second team. Logically, the apiary should be handed over to our second team."

"No! The apiary belongs to our entire production team. No matter what, we can't hand it over to your second team."

"Yes! I think we should do the same as the pig pen and sheep pen and put the bee farm under our brigade, let Li Guoqiang be the director, and then assign him a few people to help him. The work points can also be based on the pig and sheep herders."

"I think it works!"

"Just do it!"

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Not long after, the arrangements regarding Li Guoqiang and the apiary were finalized with Sun Maocai looking depressed.

He also didn't expect that after he had taken great pains to help Shao Ruian become the team leader, before he could start to let Shao Ruian force Li Guoqiang to contribute to their second team as planned, the duck in his mouth flew away.

This made him feel very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Faced with the huge profits that were about to come, even though he was the leader of the Sun family and even though he was the second largest tycoon in the village, he did not dare to raise any objections openly.

Fortunately, he was not a young man and he quickly adjusted his mood and immediately thought of the benefits he could gain.

"Well, now that this matter has been decided, let's discuss who should be asked to help out!"

"Based on what the captain just said, I don't think we will need that many people at the beginning. Besides, beekeeping doesn't involve much physical labor, so I suggest that we limit the number of people to three, and each family can provide one person."

"can!"

"I agree!"

"I think this is good!"

Soon, Sun Maocai's proposal was unanimously agreed upon by everyone else present. They agreed to decide on the candidate in a few days, and then went their separate ways.

Before long, the news about Li Guoqiang's plan to start a bee farm spread like a whirlwind throughout Jinshan Fort.

Among them, some were surprised, some were confused, and some were jealous.

When it comes to the three spots to help out, everyone has different reactions.

Some people immediately went to the team leaders to recommend themselves, some people scoffed at this, and some even avoided the quota for fear that they would be chosen.

After all, if the task is not completed by then, work points will be deducted.

Moreover, they did not believe that such a young man like Li Guoqiang could run a bee farm in their village. They just thought that Li Guoqiang was young and ambitious, so he did this.

It’s just like when Li Guoqiang participated in a shooting competition last time, didn’t he fail to get first place in the end?
It has to be said that the failure in the shooting competition made many people begin to doubt Li Guoqiang's ability.

Of course, this does not include Shang Xiuzhen, but also Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others.

That afternoon, Shang Xiuzhen once again went to Li Guoqiang's house and asked to join the apiary as soon as she opened her mouth.

When Li Guoqiang heard Shang Xiuzhen's request, he immediately shook his head to indicate that he was powerless, and then asked Shang Xiuzhen to find Xu Guangfu.

In fact, he had originally planned to arrange both Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng to work in the apiary, but after knowing Qu Yinfeng's thoughts, he gave up this plan and instead handed the quota over to the brigade to handle.

Because he knew very well what it meant that a great kindness would turn into an enemy, and what it meant to be the farmer and the snake, so from now on, apart from basic living needs, he would no longer continue to improve the living standards of Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng, nor would he take the initiative to seek any benefits for them.

He even planned to build a few houses there after the apiary was established, using the excuse of needing to take care of the bee colonies, so that he would have a home that completely belonged to him.

When Shang Xiuzhen heard Li Guoqiang's reply, a look of disappointment instantly appeared on her face.

Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that being an apprentice on a farm is definitely easier than working in the fields.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people wanting to be pigherds and shepherds.

Even once the apiary is really established and expanded, it is not impossible for it to become a collective enterprise in the future, just like the brick kiln factories, wineries, and handicraft workshops in the commune.

In this way, the people in the bee farm can be transformed directly into workers.

Afterwards, Shang Xiuzhen asked a few more questions somewhat unwillingly, and finally, after Li Guoqiang repeatedly stated that it was useless to look for him, she could only turn around and leave with a look of disappointment.

Soon after, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, Xu Yuchang, Ma Hongying and others came to him one by one, wanting him to help them get a spot in the apiary.

But he never gave in and rejected them all.

By the evening, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping couldn't help but talk to him about the quota and asked him if he could arrange for them.

He was not vague about this and directly told Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping not to think about it anymore, which made them quite disappointed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third day.

That day, Li Guoqiang had just gotten up and finished his breakfast when Xu Guangfu called him over.

As soon as he walked into Xu Guangfu's house, he saw three young women sitting on the kang.

One of them is Xu Guangfu’s younger daughter-in-law, Xu Yusheng’s wife Li Xiuqin; one is Sun Maocai’s eldest daughter-in-law, Sun Jingui’s wife Ma Guifang; and the other is Ma Changshun’s eldest daughter-in-law, Ma Jiefang’s wife Zhang Mei’e.

Among them, Li Guoqiang had only had some dealings with Li Xiuqin in the past, and was somewhat unfamiliar with the other two.

But there is no problem with this, as long as they listen to him and do the work he assigns them to do.

Soon, with the introduction of Xu Guangfu, Li Guoqiang got to know Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e briefly.

Afterwards, Xu Guangfu repeated to Li Guoqiang in detail what the team had discussed.

After hearing that the apiary only needed to obey the brigade's orders, Li Guoqiang felt relieved instantly, and then hurriedly told Xu Guangfu about the plan to open a apiary, as well as the support and supplies that would be needed.

Then, he took Xu Guangfu, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, Zhang Mei'e and others to the small valley that had been selected earlier, explained his plan for the apiary on the spot, and asked Xu Guangfu to arrange for people to deliver the supplies there.

Just as he was working hard to open a bee farm, an uninvited guest came to his home.

(End of this chapter)