Chapter 236 It’s done
In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

After waking up, Li Guoqiang took the opportunity to go to the toilet and teleported to a private bee farm in the mountains, as well as the homes of Erniu and Sanwazi, and quietly checked the situation to prevent any accidents.

After finding out that there was no problem, he returned home with peace of mind and had breakfast with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping.

After breakfast, he went to Xu Guangfu's house alone to discuss with Xu Guangfu about opening a second apiary.

"Uncle Fu, I checked carefully yesterday. A small half of the beehives have produced new queen bees. We must open a second apiary as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, if the old queen bee and the new queen bee fight and flee with the swarm, it will be troublesome."

"Okay! I'll arrange the work later and then go to the apiary with you to finalize this matter."

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu nodded and agreed without even thinking.

Although his cultural level was not high, he had been the production team leader for so many years that he still understood that it was a taboo for an amateur to guide the professionals in getting things done.

Therefore, he has always followed Li Guoqiang's opinion on matters concerning the apiary.

To put it bluntly, he does whatever Li Guoqiang says.

If you don’t know, you might think that Li Guoqiang is the production team leader of Jinshanbao!
Soon, Xu Guangfu went to the threshing ground to arrange the production tasks, and then ran back and went to the apiary located in the back mountain with Li Guoqiang.

At this time, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e were all busy with their own affairs.

The most important thing is to open the hive and observe the progress inside the hive, such as checking the queen bee and its egg laying, paying attention to how much pollen and honey the worker bees have stored, observing the temperature and humidity in the hive, preventing and reducing the impact of pests, and adding or removing beehives and other equipment as appropriate.

After several months of practice, the five of them have apparently become qualified beekeepers.

Therefore, when they heard that Li Guoqiang brought Xu Guangfu here to open a second apiary for swarming bees, they immediately felt excited and gathered around him, wanting to learn the swarming technique as well.

In this way, except for not going into the mountains to look for wild beehives, they have basically learned all other conventional beekeeping techniques.

Seeing how eager they were to learn, Li Guoqiang did not hold back and taught them everything he knew, to avoid anyone suspecting that he was giving special treatment to Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping behind their backs.

Before long, under the watchful eyes of them and Xu Guangfu, he completed the work of dividing a hive of bees and carried the new hives to the other side of the yard to prevent the bees from re-colonizing.

At the same time, he also got an additional ten beehives.

Then, he continued to repeat the previous work until all the bee colonies that produced new queens were dealt with. In the end, he piled up 42 new beehives in the yard, and got an additional 420 beehives, which was enough to set up two more private apiaries in the mountains.

What's more, he can get at least thousands of beehives through his first private apiary.

If all goes well, he will soon have a dozen large apiaries and more than 1500 beehives.

Based on the calculation that a hive of bees can produce at least 30 kilograms of honey, that is 45000 kilograms. Then, through Jin Die, 450000 kilograms of honey can be produced, which together is almost equal to 50 kilograms.

If it sells for 5 yuan per pound, that would be 250 million.

Thinking of this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help feeling numb in his heart.

Today, there are still nearly ten years before the reform and opening up. Even if he does not expand the scale of his private bee farm next year, based on the annual output value of 250 million, he will have at least 2500 million in assets by the time the reform and opening up begins.

With so much money, what can't he do when the time comes?

Perhaps, he can even enjoy the feeling of being a super rich man!

It must be said that for a time traveler like him, money is probably the easiest thing to obtain!
So, for the rest of his life, his main goal is to have fun and enjoy himself, and try to try out all the things and things that he has not played in his previous life, so as to make the most of this life.

However, for now, he still has to deal with the apiary matters first.

"Uncle Fu, let's go! I'll take you to see the second apiary."

"to make!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu nodded hurriedly and agreed.

After saying that, he followed Li Guoqiang toward a mountain path east of the First Bee Farm.

After walking for more than half an hour, they suddenly saw a small hill covered with flowers in full bloom. Not far away, there was a small mountain stream with the sound of rushing water.

The next moment, Li Guoqiang pointed to a piece of flat land at the bottom of the hill and said with a laugh, "Uncle Fu, look, that piece of land is the one I picked out after careful selection."

"It is not only leeward and sunny, but also close to many high-quality honey sources and a small mountain stream as a water source. Apart from being far from the village, it has no disadvantages."

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu took a few steps forward and carefully checked the situation around him. He found that it was exactly as Li Guoqiang said, and a very satisfied smile immediately appeared on his face.

Then, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to continue explaining the situation, he nodded and said, "I think this place is pretty good, and it's quite convenient to live here."

"In addition, the field of vision is wide enough. As long as we put up a fence around it, we don't have to worry about being attacked by wild animals at night."

"That's right!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and praised, "I was originally planning to say it, but I didn't expect you to see it directly."

"what!"

Xu Guangfu was delighted, and then he quickly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Actually, I just said that casually. As for the specifics, I still have to listen to your opinion as a technician."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then said softly: "Well, since you think this place is okay, let's arrange for someone to come and clean up the site and build a house!"

"Okay, I'll arrange this when I get back."

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu agreed without any hesitation.

After that, he pondered for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "Qiangzi, who do you think would be a better person to be the branch director of the First Bee Farm?"

"Well!" Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then laughed and said, "I can only say that except for Aunt Yinfeng, the other four people are qualified. The team can choose anyone to be the branch manager."

"Oh, you really are a little rascal!"

When Xu Guangfu heard Li Guoqiang's answer, he couldn't help but laugh and curse.

At the same time, he vaguely understood what Li Guoqiang meant.

Although Li Guoqiang did not seem to have given a candidate, in fact, he had already given the answer after he eliminated Qu Yinfeng.

This person was none other than Qu Yinfeng's daughter Xu Yuping.

Because if the brigade gave the position of branch chief to any one of Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e, they would inevitably have to face the pressure from Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping with the support of Li Guoqiang.

There may even be some inevitable conflicts that will push Li Guoqiang to the opposing side.

In this case, it would be better to use this position of branch chief to do Li Guoqiang a favor, so that he can remember the good things about Jinshanbao Brigade and make greater contributions to Jinshanbao.

Moreover, at the First Bee Farm, everything was on track. Even if any one of Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang or Zhang Mei'e was appointed as the branch manager, they would not be able to do a good job.

More importantly, neither Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai, nor Ma Changshun could guarantee that their daughters-in-law would be able to obtain the position of branch manager 100%, which might even cause conflicts among them.

Therefore, it would be better to directly transfer Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e to the second apiary and let them be responsible for various preparatory matters.

At that time, whoever performs better and makes the greatest contribution will be able to become the director of the second apiary.

The remaining two people will temporarily stay in the second apiary to help out, and next year they will be responsible for setting up the third and fourth apiaries respectively.

As for the educated youth who took turns to come to the apiary to study and help with work, we will have to wait until the year after next.

Li Guoqiang was naturally well aware of this.

After all, he had handed over the management rights of the apiary, so the brigade had to give him some recognition.

As for those educated youth friends, he could only wish them good luck.

If they can work harder and be more sensible, they may be able to become formal workers in the bee farm. If not, they can only continue to take turns to come and learn.

After finishing their business, Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu did not waste much time and hurried back to the First Bee Farm to arrange the next work.

Soon, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these few days, the site of the second apiary has been successfully cleared and all the new beehives have been moved there.

At the same time, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e were persuaded by Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai and Ma Changshun to go to work at the second apiary.

And Xu Yuping was very pleasantly surprised to become the director of the first apiary.

As the position of branch manager was settled, the First Bee Farm also welcomed three new people, and one from each of the Xu family, the Sun family, and the Ma family.

In response, Li Guoqiang did not say anything, but just told Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng not to take it too seriously and to follow the rules in everything. Then he focused all his energy on the private apiary in the mountains.

After a few days of busy work, he not only swarmed most of the original bee colonies, but also selected a good location in each of the four directions of east, south, west and north to place new beehives and set up a new apiary.

In addition, he took into consideration that there were only three people, including Erniu and Sanwazi, plus Liang Xianglian who had just recovered from a serious illness, and it would be difficult for them to take care of so many apiaries. So he directly found Zhao Liming and asked him to bring his wife over to help take care of them.

Since Zhao Liming had witnessed Li Guoqiang's terror, he did not dare to refuse Li Guoqiang's request at all. He and his wife packed their luggage that day and moved to the stable in Liang Xianglian's yard to stay temporarily. Then they cut wood to build a house while taking care of the apiary.

At the beginning, he was a little worried that he would not perform well and would be suddenly killed by Li Guoqiang.

After a few days, after receiving all kinds of enviable supplies such as flour, rice, pork, vegetables, fruits, etc. from Li Guoqiang, he finally felt relieved and even felt a little happy about it.

After all, in the past he had to risk his life to make a living in the mountains, but now he only needs to help take care of the apiary every day, and he can easily get so many supplies that are difficult to buy with money, and live a life without worries about food and drink.

In comparison, this is simply smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

From then on, in addition to fear, he couldn't help but feel a little more respect for Li Guoqiang.

However, Li Guoqiang did not completely trust Zhao Liming. He directly obtained three Browning pistols through Xu Guanglu and gave them to Erniu, Sanwazi and Liang Xianglian for self-defense.

Moreover, he secretly promised Zhao Liming's wife that as long as she could ensure that Zhao Liming would help him conscientiously, he would reward her with a watch, thus planting a thorn in Zhao Liming's side.

In addition, while he was busy, he often took Erniu with him to teach her new knowledge, which allowed her to undergo a transformation from the inside out. Her brows became less cold and more gorgeous, and she gradually changed from a wild girl in the mountains to a fair-skinned, beautiful and charming young lady, which often amazed Sanwazi and Liang Xianglian.

And most of this is due to the watering skills.

That day, Li Guoqiang arranged everything in the mountains, and then teleported back to the No. 1 Bee Farm in Jinshanbao. When he was about to find Xu Guangfu to ask about the bee farm's transformation into a business run by the brigade, he learned from Xu Yuping that the enterprise qualification of the bee farm had been approved.

Suddenly, his heart was filled with joy, and he hurried to Xu Guangfu's home to verify the good news.

Not long after, Xu Guangfu took out the documents approved by the county and the commune, as well as the corporate seal of the apiary in front of Li Guoqiang.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang felt relieved, and then asked hurriedly, "Uncle Fu, has my application to set up an office in Sijiu City with Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia, Pan Qiaoyan been approved?"

"Ah!"

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu couldn't help but laugh and joked, "I knew you would ask this, and I've prepared it for you a long time ago."

After saying that, he took out four more certificates from the drawer.

One of them proves that Li Guoqiang went to Sijiucheng to set up an office on behalf of Jinshanbao Bee Farm. The remaining three prove that Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan were employees of the bee farm and were sent to work in the Sijiucheng office.

At this point, Li Guoqiang finally achieved his goal of bringing Mei back to the city.

(End of this chapter)