The snowflakes fell down one after another, which made Li Zheng very excited.

Born in the north since childhood, he has never seen a few snowfalls. When I was very young, there were a few light snowfalls on the prairie on the east coast, and a thin layer was laid on the ground. He and his brothers and sisters rolled in the snow like a joyful thing, until his parents pulled their ears home and beat them up one by one.

As he grew up, the winter became warmer and warmer every year, and the number of snow gradually decreased to a certain extent. It seemed that the entire climate was slowly warming. When he was a child, Li Zheng once thought worriedly that the weather would not keep warming until it was so hot that people could not stand it? Fortunately, nature is not as he was worried about. Warming is a very slow process, and there are repetitions in the middle. In some years, winters will be very cold. Not only will it snow, but a thick layer of ice will also form on the river surface, just like when he was a child.

Now Li Zheng has left his hometown and came to the Pampa area thousands of miles away, becoming a glorious - well, many people do not recognize how glorious it is, because with the development of industry and commerce and the increase in the number of non-agricultural work, more and more young people are reluctant to go to reclaim land and farm land - pioneers are developing land and planting crops in an almost primitive and wild environment.

To be honest, the pastoral life of farming and shepherding is not as beautiful as the poet wrote. On the contrary, life in the countryside is very difficult. It is far away from big cities, and supplies are small, so many things have to be done by themselves. For example, you have to pick up water by yourself, and you have to run away to the countryside. The environment is harsh, mosquitoes are everywhere, there is a shortage of doctors and medicine, and there is no entertainment. Children may not have to go to school, or the teacher level is very low and they cannot get a good education. Not to mention, there is still a very heavy physical labor in the countryside, which is enough to squeeze out most of the energy of a farmer and make him not very interested in doing other things.

Therefore, rural and urban life are really not of the same level. The gap between the two is beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Even in countries like the East Coast Republic, where the income of farmers in farmers is relatively high. This seems to be one of the main reasons why East Coast farmers complain that their income from industrial and commercial positions is gradually exceeding their own - we are already working hard to open up borders for the country, but now our income and actual living standards are not as good as you, so what else can we do?

The lives of farmers on the east coast have improved, and it is still the case that farmers' cooperatives have been widely established in various places. With cooperatives, they have the right to bargain when selling agricultural products. When purchasing seeds, building materials, daily necessities, agricultural machinery, and even insurance, they can also get a discounted discount price. This is equivalent to reducing their expenditures and expanding their income. It is no wonder that farmers across the country have devoted themselves to the cooperatives, so that the power of the village chief has been greatly impacted.

Now, former peasant children who retired from the army are also a little willing to return to their hometowns in the countryside, rather than staying mostly in the city like before (a small number returned to their hometowns to be village chiefs and militia directors). They use the rich income they received during their service to buy a house in the city, find a job, and live a comfortable life. Many of these veterans who returned to their hometowns (some are even officers) have the energy to serve overseas, have extensive knowledge, and have good connections. After returning to their hometowns, they join farmers' cooperatives. Even if they don't know how to operate, they still have some use.

Li Zheng and his friends are now developing in the dry Pampa area. In fact, there are still many preferential policies, such as issuing bonuses, buying a house with loans, giving priority to selling high-yield seeds, etc., preferential conditions that were only available in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which can be regarded as disguised compensation from the state for pioneering farmers. The three tiled houses where Li Zheng and his wife and children live were obtained from the East Coast Agricultural Bank (free down payment), and the repayment interest was very low. He was still very satisfied with this, and he was not so resistant to coming to Zhongxing Township, a place where birds do not shit.

"Xiaoshan, go to the chicken coop. The snow in the south is heavy, don't put the chicken coop on the couch." After standing outside for a while, Li Zheng walked towards the sheep pen and said to his eldest son who was playing with his sister in the yard.

There are more than twenty chickens in the chicken coop, not for meat. The people in Pampa's east coast are not short of meat, but mainly to make money by selling eggs. Eggs are not worth more than beef in the market, at least much more expensive than beef. Many government officials, engineering and technical personnel, school teachers, soldiers, small businessmen, etc. who have some spare money at home are willing to consume a lot of money, and the market prospects are still very good. Therefore, Li Zheng attached more importance to it and asked his son to see if there is too much snow on the top of the chicken coop.

The Li family also has a sheep pen, which raises seven or eight sheep in the pen, all of which can get wool. In the Pampa area, raising cattle is basically destined to lose money, and the cost of raising horses is too high. For ordinary farmers who are not well-off at hand, it is the most cost-effective to apply for physical loans from the Agricultural Bank of China to raise some sheep. This can not only increase their cash income, but also promote the development of the local wool textile industry in Yancheng County, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Li Zheng also planned to go to the village market to catch a few ostrichs and raise them to get more income. Recently, people from the State Administration of Development frequently appeared nearby, and convoys transporting building materials were one after another, and it seemed that a group of settlements were set up again. There were too many people, and the demand for meat, eggs and milk would definitely rise sharply. Although Li Zheng’s educational level was not high, he still had this little mind, not to mention that the president and committee members of the Farmers’ Cooperative also advised everyone to do this, so that would be even more OK. The cooperative would not deceive everyone!

In fact, the settlement setting in Dry Pampa mentioned just now is not groundless, but a plan that has been effectively formulated by the General Administration of Development of the State. These settlements are basically located on both sides of the first-class national highway from Yancheng Port to the new capital Luoyang Prefecture, which is under construction. They are Liqiu Township (near Tonkist City in later generations), Yinmi Township (near Santa Teresa Town), Hongshi Township (near Kuchiyoko Town in later generations), Gaoqing Township (near Makachen Town in later generations), Ningshu Township (near Santa Rosa Town in later generations), Xiaowu Township (near Chachalamendi Town in later generations), a total of six settlements to make full use of this high-level highway and the possible transportation capacity of the Luoyan Railway in future.

Of course, the railway has not yet been seen, and the national highway is in a difficult process. Therefore, the expansion progress of the East Coast people in the dry Pampa area is destined not to be very fast. The newly established six settlements are already very radical. If they are set up more, the marginal cost will increase without limit. The General Administration of Development of the State is destined not to bear such heavy expenses.

Their expansion focus is still on both sides of the Bian River. For example, recently, in Xinbian Port, six settlements have been set up in one go, namely Zhongcheng Township (located near the town of San Andres de Siles in later generations), Linbian Township (located near the town of Atucha), Xiaochang Township (located near the town of Arecifes in later generations), Shuangting Township (located near the town of Pergamino in later generations), Huangchi Township (located near the town of San Pedro in later generations), and Fantai Township (located near the town of Perlano in later generations). In addition, the transformation of the original colonial town of Rosario in the Spaniards was initially completed and was officially named Hening Port. Officials of the General Administration of Development of the State predict that more than 80,000 residents will be moved to settle in the next three years. This development intensity is naturally not comparable to the dry Pampa area in the south, and is far inferior.

But no matter what, it is impossible not to develop the dry Pampa area. There are still certain immigration indicators allocated every year, at most, it is less than elsewhere. Otherwise, how can the core area of ​​the local area be connected from land to the south in the future? How to build railways and highways to the south? Connecting the various places into an organic whole has always been an important goal of the East Coast government. In the past, La Plata was not in hand and there was no such opportunity. Now it has been bought from the Spanish, so we naturally have to start the action.

As a small commoner, Li Zheng naturally did not know much about the highway networks and railway networks of superior officials. He only knew that the nearby areas would enter a new wave of construction in the next few years. The side jobs he invested in should not be wasted and would continue to bring a stable income to the family, which would be enough. He would not expect anything to study in his life, but his son Li Xiaoshan was smart since he was a child. Even the teachers in elementary school praised him for his "mathematical talent". Naturally, he had to earn more money and then go to middle school to go to the city to go to middle school, otherwise it would only waste his talent, which Li Zheng could not accept.

"Recently, some Spanish and Portuguese have come to the village. It seems that they have come to invest. After this winter, after the militia winter training, I will go to the village to see if there is any chance to do odd jobs. It is too hard to build roads on the construction site and it is very dangerous. Lao Zhang, the village, was injured there, and his legs are not smooth yet. It is better to go less in the future." After checking whether the sheep pen is strong and whether the cold and warm measures are effective, Li Zheng lit a cigarette for himself.
Chapter completed!