bonanza

Chapter 420 Northwest
Mongolia is a very magical province, with a length of more than 400 kilometers from east to west, making it the longest province in China.

The cities in the east belong to the northeast, while the cities in the west belong to the northwest.

This time, Hedong City and Hexi City, which invited Dongsheng Food Company, are all western cities.

Except for Madu, the other cities in the eastern part of Mongolia have relatively abundant rainfall, and their population exceeds that of Qingcheng, the provincial capital. It is also an economically developed area in Mongolia in the 90s.

In contrast, several cities in the northwest are more miserable.

They are deep inland, with little precipitation every year, large evaporation, and harsh environment. The wind blows once a year-from the beginning to the end of the year, without interruption.

In the previous years of geological exploration, although a pile of mines were discovered, they could not be dug out, so it was useless.

Moreover, food is imported from the outside every year, and the city leaders are criticized for this every time they go to the provincial meeting, which has also become a stain on the performance of the leaders of the two cities.

Due to inconvenient transportation and poor information circulation, it was not until the year before the year that Hedong and Hexi knew about Madu, and the two cities immediately sent invitations to Dongsheng Food Company after the new year.

Isn't it a mine?So do we.

What disappointed Yang Dongsheng was that Yishi, the richest and most famous city in Mongolia, never sent an invitation to Dongsheng Food Company from the beginning to the end.

With enough manpower, Yang Dongsheng rushed to Mongolia before the weather got warmer.

For the first batch of land contracted in Mongolia, Yang Dongsheng wanted to plant all the wheat—if it was just grass, everyone could grow it here, how could it highlight the capabilities of Dongsheng Food Company?
Given the climate of these cities in western Mongolia, most areas can only grow spring wheat. If you miss this season, you will have to wait until next year.

In addition, Yang Dongsheng wanted to save the snow water before the snow melted.

Neither Hedong City nor Hexi City has an airport. Yang Dongsheng and his party took a dilapidated small plane and flew from Shanghai to Fengcheng, the capital of Ning Province.

Although Qingcheng, the provincial capital of Mongolia, also has an airport, Qingcheng is about [-] kilometers away from Hedong City, which is comparable to the distance from Guazhou to Huajing.

On the contrary, Fengcheng, the capital of Ning Province, is very close to Hedong and Hexi.

The plane landed at Fengcheng Airport, and Yang Dongsheng was startled when he got off the plane.

I saw that the runway of Fengcheng Airport turned out to be a gravel road, and the small plane carrying them was equipped with a jet engine. If a stone fell into the engine, the engine would be reimbursed.

The Hedong city government had already sent people to wait for them at Fengcheng Airport, and their first stop was Hedong.

In the third largest province in the country, a city can easily cover 10,000+ square kilometers, and in Mongolia, which is 10,000+ square kilometers, Hedong City can be called a clean stream—its total area is less than [-] square kilometers.

In the west where the land is vast and sparsely populated, some natural villages cover an area larger than it.

Due to its small size, the resource reserves of Hedong cannot be compared with other cities in Mongolia. The geological reserves of coal in Hedong are "only" about [-] million tons, but it is the most important coking coal production area in Mongolia, accounting for more than half.

This is why Yang Dongsheng chose Hedong as his first stop instead of the much larger Hexi City.

As usual, there was a warm welcome ceremony first, and Yang Dongsheng soon finished drinking again.

Fortunately, this time he had experience and told Manager Jiang in advance that as long as he was drunk, he would be sent back to the room, so he didn't say anything serious.

The land problem in Hedong is that desertification is serious on the one hand. The whole city is surrounded by desert on three sides, and only the south is an oasis. It is difficult not to be assimilated by desert.

On the other hand, there is a lack of water. Although the east of the river is next to the Yellow River, the country has strict control measures for the water of the Yellow River. It is not possible to pump as much as you want.

Yang Dongsheng inspected it, and finally chose a flat desert land of hundreds of square kilometers beside the Yellow River.

First remove the excess silica, then make a large stone tray underground, and finally set up a row of stone ditches with water retaining dikes below the river surface leading to the depths of the land.

Although the altitude of the ground is much higher than that of the river, after improving the soil quality, the water can slowly seep into the ground by itself through capillary action. Coupled with the retained rainfall, there is basically no need for watering.

As a reward for contracting such a large desert, Yang Dongsheng obtained two coal fields at a low price, one is main coking coal and the other is fat coal, with a total geological reserve of about [-] million tons.

Under the contracted land, some small metal deposits were also discovered.

After finishing the trip in Hedong, Yang Dongsheng and his party rushed to the next stop, Hexi City.

On the way, I passed by Helan Mountain City in Ning Province again. Today is a sunny day, and I can clearly see a faint layer of smoke rising from the mountain not far away.

Helanshan City has the best anthracite coal in the world - low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus, high calorific value...

When the Japanese were at their best, they bought anthracite coal from here, wrapped it in tin foil, and then airlifted it to Japan for barbecue.

As far as Yang Dongsheng knows, the coal in the world can enjoy this kind of treatment, and this is the only one!
Although Helan Mountain has excellent anthracite coal, there is a huge problem-spontaneous combustion.

A large part of these precious anthracites are spontaneously burned every year, not only causing huge waste, but also polluting the environment.

Yang Dongsheng asked people to get off the car to contact the Helanshan Municipal Government and related coal companies. He was able to solve the problem of spontaneous combustion of Helanshan anthracite.

Although Yang Dongsheng can't control the fire, he can control the coal. Only coal will spontaneously ignite. If the coal is removed, the remaining pile of stones will not ignite!
A group of people arrived in Hexi.

Hexi is one of the largest prefecture-level cities in China. The city covers nearly 30 square kilometers, but the population of the entire city is not as large as that of many towns in the east. Even so, Hexi is still not self-sufficient in food.

The land in Hexi City is either desert or Gobi, and there is almost no land suitable for farming!
Moreover, the climate here is harsh, and various disasters continue. Even if there is some arable land, the yield is pitifully low.

The whole city of Hexi is dominated by animal husbandry, but the breeds of animal husbandry are not very good.

While Yang Dongsheng was inspecting Hexi, the people sent to Helan Mountain City came to Hexi.

"In the beginning, they were very enthusiastic when they heard that we could solve the spontaneous combustion problem, but their attitude changed when they heard that we are a private enterprise!"

"It's okay, go down and rest!" Yang Dongsheng waved his hand.

As long as they are willing to let others solve it, don't they look down on private enterprises?Yang Dongsheng found someone they liked and went to put out the fire for them.

In the end, Yang Dongsheng also chose a piece of land near the Yellow River. This is a desert area in Hexi City. The land is not only desertified, but also saline-alkali, with a thick layer of salt crust forming on the ground.

(End of this chapter)