Chapter 326 A Year of Great Development

Liu Zhiye knew that although North China suffered a rare flood last year, other parts of the country would also suffer from flood disasters this summer.

“After a long drought, there will be floods!” Last year’s floods are still fresh in our memory. Liu Zhiye did not need to remind us again, as the relevant departments had already made preparations in advance.

From the autumn harvest of 1963 to the spring of 1964, the state launched a large-scale water conservancy construction campaign in the Haihe River Basin, Huaihe River Basin and the Yellow River floodplain.

In order to completely eradicate the floods in these areas, the country organized several water conservancy "battles", mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources, and invested all its efforts in this battle.

We must initially change the situation of “heavy rain causing major disasters, light rain causing minor disasters, and no rain causing drought disasters”.

The drought and flood of farmland in the above-mentioned areas are still determined by nature, and floods and droughts occur from time to time. The phenomenon of "waterlogging cannot be drained, drought cannot be irrigated, tides cannot be prevented, and alkali cannot be removed" still plagues these areas, and the drought and flood problems have not been fundamentally solved. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the basic construction of farmland water conservancy.

Since 1964, drought and flood disasters in China have decreased year by year, and the national situation has gradually improved.

After several years of hardship, the common people finally had a chance to breathe, the burden on their shoulders was gradually lightened, and their lives slowly returned to their former tranquility.

The six years since Liu Zhiye's rebirth were a period of frequent natural disasters. Fortunately, this period of hardship has finally passed. Although the people are still poor, they can now eat their fill in peace.

Since the beginning of this year, the shadow of food shortage has gradually dissipated, and people have finally gotten rid of this long-standing top priority.

As the food problem eased, people's attention began to shift from survival to development and refocused on the tide of economic construction.

Liujiazhuang is undoubtedly a model of economic development. Here, factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, forming a vivid industrial picture.

The successful completion of the second phase of the "Wild Mountain Fruit Wine" project has added a strong and colorful stroke to this picture.

It not only symbolizes the increasing richness of the full range of "wild fruit wine" product lines from low-alcohol to high-alcohol wines, but also represents Liujiazhuang's firm steps on the road of economic development.

The newly launched "Yeshan Shaojiu" series includes three products with their own characteristics: "Taoyuan" with 41 degrees, "Yanshan" with 52 degrees, and "Taihang" with 65 degrees.

These three wines have a mellow, soft and fragrant taste, which is not inferior to Red Star Erguotou, and meet a variety of needs in the market.

The Yeshan Winery in Liujiazhuang is no longer what it used to be. Today, the winery has received strong support from major wineries in Beijing and has specially invited winemaking masters from Beijing to come and provide guidance.

At the same time, they also hired experienced craftsmen from Fenjiu Factory, whose superb skills injected new vitality into the winery.

In addition, the winery also actively introduces college students majoring in brewing. Their professional knowledge and innovative thinking have injected new impetus into the development of the winery.

Today, the "Yeshan Winery" has been completely renovated and has become one of the leaders in the brewing industry in the Beijing area.

Moreover, "Wild Mountain" wine is affordable, but its taste is comparable to some old famous wines.

Because of its excellent cost-effectiveness, "Yeshan" wine has rapidly expanded its sales channels in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and won the favor of more and more people. With its unique charm, "Yeshan" wine has become the choice of fine wine in the hearts of many people.

Not only that, the supply and marketing cooperatives in Dongshan Province and even the four northern provinces also heard the news and came in an endless stream to discuss business.

They were eager to introduce "Yeshan Liquor" and hoped to open up sales in the local market. This news was like a spring breeze, bringing unlimited business opportunities to "Yeshan Liquor".

Liujiazhuang and the supply and marketing cooperative system have maintained a close cooperative relationship for many years, and they have a tacit understanding like brothers.

The large number of products produced by the village's factories are widely sold thanks to the channels of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

This deep foundation of cooperation not only allows the villagers of Liujiazhuang to obtain a stable income, but also brings considerable profits to the supply and marketing cooperative. The two sides are mutually beneficial and win-win, jointly writing an economic legend.

In early March this year, a delegation from the Eastern European "Socialist Union" countries visited China, and the two sides successfully signed a series of friendly cooperation agreements.

According to the agreement, the "Social Alliance" countries will obtain Xia's light industrial products in exchange for heavy industrial products.

This move not only promoted economic exchanges between the two sides, but also injected new vitality into the friendly relations between the two countries.

With the signing of the agreement, trade between the two sides will become closer.

Xiaguo's light industrial products are very popular in the "Socialist League" countries for their low prices and excellent quality.

The heavy industrial products of the "Socialist Alliance" countries provided strong support for the industrial development of Xia State.

As trading volume increases, more and more light industrial products are beginning to go abroad and move towards Eastern Europe.

Among these dazzling array of commodities, there is one type of product that has won the favor of countless foreign consumers with its unique charm, and that is Xiaguo’s "wine" products.

Especially in cold areas such as Northeast Europe, these people, nicknamed "Russians", have a special liking for Xiaguo's alcoholic products.

Whenever night falls, they sit around the fireplace, toasting their glasses and enjoying the warmth and comfort brought by the fine wine from the far East.

Although "Yeshan Wine" is still a new brand among domestic brands, it has unexpectedly won the favor of people in these friendly countries. This brand of wine has gradually emerged in international trade with its unique taste and quality.

At the end of April, the orders from the Ministry of Foreign Trade arrived as expected. Unexpectedly, the Socialist Alliance countries actually proposed to increase the export volume of "wild mountain wine".

In order to meet this demand, Liujiazhuang urgently added 1000 tons of production tasks.

This was the first time that the "industrial products" produced in the village went abroad and won the favor of overseas consumers. This is undoubtedly a moment worth recording in bold.

The export task of 1000 tons of high-proof liquor will bring 200 million rubles of foreign exchange to the Xia Kingdom.

PS:国内42度的“桃园”一斤装1.2元，52度“燕山”售价1.4元，62度的“太行”售价1.6元。

Currently, 1 ruble is approximately equal to 3 RMB.

With just one business deal, Liujiazhuang successfully earned 600 million yuan in sales. Combined with the sales performance in the domestic market, the "Yeshan Wine" factory is expected to achieve sales of more than 2000 million yuan this year.

This achievement not only proves the excellent quality of "Wild Mountain Wine", but also demonstrates the growing economic strength of Liujiazhuang.

Liu Yuanhai and other village cadres were shocked by the good news. According to this trend, the total industrial and agricultural output value this year is likely to break through the 1.5 million yuan mark.

This news was like a spring breeze, blowing the seeds of hope in their hearts and making them more expectant and longing for the future.

Ladies and gentlemen, 1.5 million yuan is really a lot nowadays. Last year, that is, in 1963, the national economy of Xia country temporarily climbed out of the quagmire and saw a ray of light. According to estimates, the country's GDP for the whole year was 1168.06 billion yuan.

Liujiazhuang's feat, which is equivalent to one thousandth of the national GDP, has attracted worldwide attention. The achievements of this village have even surpassed many prefecture-level cities and become a leader in local economy.

In last year's district GDP statistics, Liujiazhuang's performance was outstanding.

The district's GDP has just exceeded 200 million yuan, but Liujiazhuang's contribution accounts for half of it, or even more.

With the arrival of this huge order, the newly completed second phase of the "Yeshan Liquor" factory fell into production difficulties again, and had to work overtime, with people stopping machines to continue production.

In order to seize this opportunity, the winery had to decide to continue to make additional investments and start construction of the third phase of the project.

This decision is a huge challenge for the winery, but it is also a rare opportunity. They must seize this opportunity. Only in this way can they soar to success.

Once the third phase of construction is completed, the "Yeshan Wine" factory will be completely renovated, covering an area of ​​more than 300 acres, and the number of employees will grow to more than 1,500. By then, it will become a large-scale enterprise with an annual output of 30,000 tons of various wines, and its strength should not be underestimated. The "Yeshan Wine" factory has also become the leading enterprise in the village. This winery was originally established to solve the problem of deep processing of local fruits, but now it has become the mainstream industry in the village.

With the continuous expansion of the wine industry, the fruit planting industry has also ushered in a more prosperous. Today, within dozens of kilometers of Liujiazhuang, there are fragrant flowers and fruits and pleasant scenery.

"The Flower and Fruit Mountain in the Capital" is not just a name, here you can find all the fruits suitable for growing in the northern region.

Such as apples, peaches, pears, apricots, plums, crabapples, pomegranates, dates, strawberries, cherries, mulberries, persimmons, figs, watermelons, melons, grapes, hawthorns, loquats, kiwis, blueberries, etc., simply too numerous to count.

After years of unremitting efforts, fruit cultivation in Liujiazhuang has become spectacular.

Today, this place is not only a well-known fruit producing area in the surrounding areas of Beijing, but also a must-go place for purchasing fruits in major farmers' markets, supply and marketing cooperatives, and enterprises and institutions in Beijing.

Whenever Liujiazhuang is mentioned, people always think of the rich and diverse fruits and rich life there.

Because the fruit planting industry in Liujiazhuang is huge, it is obviously difficult to support it with the village’s labor force alone.

Therefore, during the busy seasons of flowering and pollination, fruit falling, and branch pruning, Liujiazhuang always attracts thousands, sometimes even tens of thousands, of people from the surrounding areas to come and work.

In some villages, almost the entire village mobilized. It can be said that Liujiazhuang not only achieved its own prosperity, but also led hundreds of thousands of people in the surrounding area to move towards prosperity together.

With the booming development of the wine industry, the aquaculture industry has also ushered in unprecedented prosperity. Jiucao, a byproduct of wine making, has unexpectedly become the new favorite of the aquaculture industry.

For pig farming, wine canal is undoubtedly an economical and efficient feed. It is rich in nutritional value and tastes good. Pigs eat it with relish and grow rapidly.

As a result, a close industrial chain has been formed between the brewing industry and the breeding industry, which have prospered together and injected new vitality into the rural economy.

The huge livestock industry produces countless sewage and feces, which in turn provides a steady supply of raw materials for the biogas digesters.

After being processed in the biogas digester, the useless waste becomes a valuable resource. Biogas, an environmentally friendly energy source, can not only drive generators to provide sufficient and cheap electricity for life and industrial production, but also be converted into gas to bring clean flames to people's kitchens.

After the sediment is fermented, it is rich in nutrients and serves as a natural fertilizer. It can also be returned to agricultural production, allowing crops to thrive.

In addition, due to the low cost and abundant supply of biogas power generation, the village was able to build a large-scale cold storage.

The establishment of this cold storage not only solved the storage problem of meat, vegetables and fruits, but also brought more convenience to the villagers.

Today, the village’s food reserves are more abundant, and villagers’ lives have become more convenient and comfortable.

This is a perfect closed loop. Liu Zhiye, with his experience, foresaw that the integration of these industries would jointly promote development. Each industrial link would be closely connected, jointly building a dynamic ecosystem.

With sufficient electricity, the village’s street lights can stay on until ten o’clock every day.

Therefore, Liujiazhuang is bustling even at night. When night falls, thousands of lights flicker, factories are still brightly lit, and workers are busy working overtime. Night schools and commercial streets are also bustling with people and bustling.

The village's commercial street has now been completely transformed from the simple appearance of a cross street in the past to many spacious and well-planned streets today.

These streets are like the arteries of the village, flowing with busyness and vitality, witnessing the development and changes of the village.

Here, there are all kinds of living facilities such as hospitals, supply and marketing cooperatives, agricultural machinery stations, grain and oil stores, non-staple food stores, restaurants, barber shops, pharmacies, hardware stores, etc. There are also all kinds of public service facilities such as police stations, village committees, bookstores, credit unions, post offices and purchasing stations.

In addition, recreational facilities such as stadiums are also popular places for people to go at night. Whenever night falls, a group of energetic figures gather here, immersed in the joyful atmosphere of fitness and partying.

As the population grew rapidly, Liujiazhuang also expanded. The village stretched four miles from east to west and three miles from north to south, and its size grew day by day.

It feels like some of the sixth-tier remote mountainous small counties in China decades later.

Liujiazhuang is no longer the unknown village it once was, and even the size of the town can hardly cover its current prosperity.

With a booming economy and a thriving population, it has become a place full of energy and opportunity.

As the residential area continues to expand, the village committee has also realized this serious problem. If it is not restricted, I am afraid that in the near future, the arable land area will face a serious shortage.

Therefore, Liu Zhiye made a suggestion: the village should strictly review the application for private residential land and consider uniformly building multi-story commercial housing to meet the housing needs of villagers.

This not only makes effective use of land resources, but also provides villagers with a more convenient and comfortable living environment.

Liu Zhiye originally thought that the proposal would be resisted by the villagers. However, to his surprise, the villagers were more enthusiastic about the proposal than he had imagined, and they all expressed their willingness to live in the building.

Even if there is no urgent need for housing, people have expressed their willingness to purchase commercial housing and plan to sell their own bungalows.

In this era of change, commercial housing has become a symbol of people's pursuit of a better life, while bungalows seem to have become a symbol of the past.

This change not only reflects people's pursuit of quality of life, but also reveals the inevitable trend of social development.

This is the process of urbanization, and its pace is accelerating as the economy booms.

However, the changes in Liujiazhuang are just the tip of the iceberg. The vast rural areas of Xiaguo are still developing at a steady pace. If you want to witness similar changes, you may need to wait patiently for decades.

The rise of Liujiazhuang naturally attracted the attention of the upper echelons. Various departments sent representatives, along with some well-known experts and professors, to conduct frequent investigations. However, despite their many in-depth visits, they still failed to fully understand the complex relationship.

However, regarding this remarkable economic phenomenon in Liujiazhuang, top decision-makers have reached a consensus and decided to remain neutral, neither interfering nor setting up obstacles, but choosing to let nature take its course and allow it to develop on its own.

After Liu Zhiye learned the news from some sources, he couldn't help but feel relieved. To be honest, he had never expected that the economic unbundling would release such a huge amount of energy.

His original plan was to quietly help Liujiazhuang accumulate strength, and when the time was right, he would be reborn like a phoenix and soar into the sky.

However, contrary to his expectations, due to the deliberate connivance of the higher-ups, Liujiazhuang actually came to the fore ahead of time and made a big splash early on.

This made him feel dangerously out of control, and he was deeply afraid that Liujiazhuang's business would be ruined.

The "Mountainous Area Population Poverty Alleviation" policy is an important policy introduced in the western Beijing area after May 1964, , aimed at improving the poverty situation in remote mountainous areas.

These mountainous areas are sparsely populated, with inconvenient transportation and difficult living conditions. The policy plans to merge these mountain villages into economically developed areas, such as Liujiazhuang, to promote resource sharing and economic development.

Liujiazhuang fully supports this move. If seven or eight more villages are merged before the end of the year, bringing in 3,000 to 4,000 new residents, plus the natural growth of the local population and foreign immigration, the total population here will exceed 20,000 ahead of schedule.

The Liu family, as the main body, together with the Liu family branches from other villages that have been merged, will account for one-third of the population, and Liujiazhuang will still be under the strong control of the Liu family.

In just six years, the population of this mountain village has undergone a dramatic change. From a quiet village with only about 2,000 people, it has rapidly expanded to a prosperous town with more than 20,000 people. This growth rate is amazing, a full tenfold increase.

In other places, the population is generally on a downward trend, and with the addition of 20,000 migrant workers and students, the sudden rise of this small town is even more eye-catching.

"Oh my God! This means that by the end of the year, there will be nearly 40,000 people living, studying and working in our village!" Gan Ning said in great shock. It was simply unimaginable.

She was not an ordinary housewife with limited knowledge, but a section-level cadre with real power. Therefore, she found everything that happened in the village unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)