Although villagers are generally not optimistic about the wine business, the preparations have not stopped because of everyone's discussion.
Soon, employees were recruited, and the water diversion project was carried out simultaneously with the recruitment work.
The annual rainfall in Ninh Province is less than 200 mm, but the evaporation is as high as 800 mm. Without enough water, it will be difficult for the grapevines to survive.
The water diversion project of the winery is divided into two parts. One part uses the Yellow River water from the Qingtongxia Water Pumping Station, which is the water source for irrigation of crops in the village. The workload of this part is not large, and only an additional diversion canal needs to be built.
The other part uses groundwater. Compared with Yellow River water, collecting groundwater is more difficult because not every place can drill wells.
Fortunately, before choosing the land, Li Jie had inspected it and found that the land he had acquired now had abundant underground water resources. The government also allowed the winery to dig its own wells, but the quantity was limited.
Although Ma Debao holds the largest share in the winery, he does not pay special attention to the winery. After all, he still has projects to take on.
Therefore, Mai Miao is basically in charge of the winery. Ma Debao only ran more frequently in the first month or so. In the rest of the time, he would only visit once every half a month.
Mai Miao did not disappoint Debao. Although she was a newbie, she adapted quickly. In just one month, she stabilized her position and managed the manor in an orderly manner.
If she encountered any difficult problems on weekdays, if it was not too urgent, Mai Miao would usually wait until Ma Debao came back in the evening, and the two of them would discuss it together. If it was an urgent matter, she would go back to the village to ask her father-in-law for help.
In fact, there were basically no major events in the early stage of vineyard planting. For example, the construction team of Ma Debao was working on the water diversion project, and by the way, they also drilled a well.
Therefore, since the construction started, Mai Miao has not asked for help from her family once.
It wasn't until the construction of the water diversion project was completed and land preparation officially began that Mai Miao asked Li Jie for help.
Before planting grapes, you first need to prepare the land and dig trenches. Moreover, trenching for grape planting and trenching for growing grain are not the same thing. Hole planting is best for sandy soil structures, while furrow planting is best for areas with sticky texture.
The land in the Yuquanying area has a typical sandy soil structure, so it is natural to use hole planting. Although Mai Miao has written many related books, and the vineyard has also hired grape breeding experts, but the omnipotent father-in-law is not around, she still feels a little uneasy.
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After receiving his daughter-in-law's request for help, Li Jie went to the vineyard the next day to take a look.
In fact, from Li Jie's point of view, it didn't matter whether he came this time or not, because there was an expert on site, and this grape breeding expert was hired from Dynasty Winery with a lot of money.
The other party not only has rich brewing experience, but also has a lot of management experience. He is a rare talent in both scientific research and production and promotion and sales.
If the time goes forward ten years, this person will probably not look down on Helan Winery at all, because by that time he has already become famous, and he will not look down on the salary of more than 100,000 yuan a year.
Unless Li Jie goes out in person and invites people to his door, he might still have a chance.
Since there was too much land, Helan Winery adopted a fully mechanized model in order to save time and labor costs. The work of land preparation and trenching was carried out very quickly. In less than a month, all 2,500 acres of land were dug.
After preparing the land, a series of tasks such as applying base fertilizer, planting, building sheds, erecting surfaces, etc. were carried out.
Busy time always flies by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the next autumn is here.
Winter is approaching, and in order to protect the seedlings from surviving the cold winter, the winery has begun large-scale mulching work.
This time, we couldn't use machinery to complete it and had to rely on manpower. However, with 2,500 acres of land and only dozens of employees in the winery, it was impossible to complete it.
At this time, the autumn harvest has passed and a large number of farmers are idle. Therefore, Helan Winery has recruited a large number of temporary workers.
Jintan Village, no, it should be called Minning Town now. At the beginning of this year, Jintan Village was officially renamed Minning Town.
Ma Defu and Ma Debao are celebrities in the town. One is the mayor and the other is the biggest boss in the town. Everyone in Minning Town knows that Helan Winery is the Ma family's business.
This time last year, when the news spread that Ma Debao had purchased 5,000 acres of land to grow grapes, many people were not optimistic about this business.
As time goes by, not only have the negative voices not decreased, but they have increased in number. Especially in this autumn, public opinion has reached its peak.
Autumn is the harvest season in the eyes of farmers.
But what about the Ma family’s vineyard?
This has been planted for a year. Not to mention the fruit, no one has even seen the peel. So far, the grapevine is still bare.
On this day, Li Da had a family.
Li Dayou, who had just returned from a walk, saw his son at home and immediately called him to him and asked mysteriously.
"Shui Wang, has Debao ever mentioned to you how much money his family lost on their vineyard?"
"Um, I don't know!"
Although Shui Wang knew the inside story, he had no intention of telling his father this time. He knew very well that if he told his father today, everyone in the town would probably know about it tomorrow.
Brother Debao has lost so much money, how can he cause trouble to the other party at this time?
"snort!"
Li Dayou snorted dissatisfied and muttered.
"If you don't know anything, what's the use of a son like you?"
Upon hearing this, Shui Wang couldn't help but smile and shake his head, deliberately pretending not to hear, turned and left the scene.
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At the same time, every household in Minning Town was having similar conversations, even Old Han Li's house.
"Shui Hua, I recently heard someone say that Depot is going bankrupt. Is this true?"
Looking at her gossipy father, Shui Hua smiled helplessly.
"Dad, who did you hear this from? It's completely unfounded."
Old Man Li said euphemistically: "Didn't he use 5,000 acres of land to grow grapes last year? He even went to see it a few days ago. It's been more than a year and the grape trellis is still bare. His factory has been growing dozens of acres in vain.
Person No. 1, including salary, land, etc., isn’t it a huge loss?”
Helan Winery is the property of the three brothers and sisters of the Ma family. Shuihua is the daughter-in-law of the Ma family. Although she rarely goes to the winery, she has a good relationship with Mai Miao. Regarding the winery, she is afraid that her father-in-law will
Not as clear as she is, let alone the outsider's father.
"Dad, it doesn't matter. The winery is doing very well now."
Halfway through the words, Shui Hua paused slightly, and then felt that there was no need to tell her father these things. Even if she did, he probably wouldn't understand them.
"Forget it, this matter is quite complicated to talk about. Anyway, you just need to know that this business will not lose money."