I Have A Space For Planting - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Recruitment

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“You want to grow ginseng here?” The village chief of Reliance Village looked at Zhang Cheng in surprise.

Although they were close to Changbai Mountain, it was not suitable for ginseng to grow here.

Therefore, they could only watch on and other places relied on ginseng to make a fortune.

“I have a batch of ginseng seeds. I plan to find a place to plant them and see how the results are,” Zhang Cheng said.

Village Chief He Damao sized up Zhang Cheng. This young man in front of him was not playing with him, right?

He exchanged a look with Deputy Director Yang Qi.

He planned to see what the situation was like first.

“Then where do you want to plant them?” Village Chief He Damao said.

“That barren mountain.” As he spoke, Zhang Cheng raised his hand and pointed at a short mountain about two kilometers away from the village.

The mountain was about 300 meters high and covered an area of 700 to 800 meters. It could be considered a branch of Changbai Mountain. Although the mountain was not completely bare, it did not have much soil and water.

It was also during these years that the country began to pay attention to the environment. Otherwise, the few remaining forests on the mountain would have been cut down long ago.

Therefore, if one wanted to grow ginseng on the mountain, they would need to add soil to the mountain and replant the forest. The investment would definitely not be small.

Seeing the barren mountain that Zhang Cheng pointed at, He Damao heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that the possibility of him being a swindler was not high.

After all, that barren mountain had been there for many years. It was basically impossible for anyone to work on it.

After thinking for a moment, He Damao’s eyes flashed with determination.

“If you really do grow ginseng, I can make the decision to contract the Barren Mountain to you for 20,000 yuan a year.”

Of course, the village chief could not make the decision to contract the mountain forest. However, as a mountain village with a population of only 200 people, and more than half of them were old people and children, the village chief and the county chief were afraid of him.

He Damao still had some hope.

After all, this place was poor and dilapidated. Every year, the village chief and the county chief would be afraid of him for asking for subsidies from the town and the county.

Therefore, as long as there was a possibility of generating income for the village, in principle, they would not suffer any difficulties. After all, the country’s development had been getting better and better over the years, but there were still many poor places.

“But when you recruit workers, you need to prioritize recruiting people from our village,” He Damao added.

Zhang Cheng pondered for a moment.

“Even if I use workers, I can only do some physical labor, such as filling up the soil and planting trees. After doing all this, I basically only need a few rangers. Moreover, I prefer to recruit retired soldiers to work as Rangers.”

He Damao could not help but be happy when he heard this.

Although these words sounded a little disappointing, it proved that this kid wanted to do something. The possibility of him being a swindler had decreased by a lot, so He Damao was instead happy.

“Okay, this will do.”

With He Damao’s help, Zhang Cheng received the contract for the mountain forest contract in less than three days.

However, the contract fee for a year was not 20,000, but 60,000, which was higher than the initial agreement.

After all, this barren mountain could provide for more than 100 acres of land.

Although 20,000 yuan was more appropriate, it was still a bit low.

Moreover, 60,000 yuan was 60,000 yuan. Zhang Cheng did not have the intention to haggle and directly transferred the money to the official account of the village committee of Reliance Village.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng had paid so cleanly,..

He Damao’s mouth was almost crooked from laughing.

It was not easy. They had been relying on the mountain village for many years, but they had never received such a large sum of income.

Zhang Cheng did not have any intention of mocking or belittling He Damao for being so easily satisfied. After all, he had never been in the other party’s environment, so he naturally did not know the difficulties the other party was facing.

He contracted the barren mountain.

Zhang Cheng directly returned to the city and met up with a civil engineering company. He stated that he needed to fill up the soil and plant trees on a barren mountain.

After investigation, there were about 70 acres of land on the barren mountain. The area that was suitable for filling up the soil was about 100 acres.

After formulating the plan, the next step was to buy the soil.

The soil now was not cheap, especially the soil that was suitable for planting.

Although it was only laid on the mountain and the requirements for planting some trees could be slightly relaxed, the price was still several hundred yuan per ton.

Therefore, even if the most suitable and easiest to fill was less than twenty acre of mountain forest, the cost of slightly filling it was still more than a million yuan.

When Village Chief He Damao heard the price, he immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. Then, he made a decision and decided to take soil around the mountain village.

By doing so, he might go to prison and eat rice, but it would bring a large amount of income to the village. The risk was worth it.

After Zhang Cheng learned of this situation, he immediately fell silent.

Even though he knew that he could negotiate a lower price now, he ultimately decided to buy the soil at the market price.

On the third day of construction, the project was stopped.

The people from the town and county rushed over after receiving the report.

However, after checking the corresponding situation, they also scratched their heads.

Zhang Cheng did not buy the from soil far away. It was piled up on the mountain and the price was adequate. Therefore, even if there was a problem with the procedure, they still made the decision not to punish him. At the same time, they made it clear that… they must not affect the surrounding farmland.

Zhang Cheng naturally had no objections to this.

He even had some plans for the big pit that would be left after the soil was taken.

That was to create a fish pond.

This naturally made the town and county even happier.

After all, in doing so, even the only problem there would be solved.

As for the water problem, there wouldn’t be a lack of it. There were still a few rivers nearby, so attracting water wasn’t a problem.

It was just that Zhang Cheng had a headache after staring at it for a while. After all, this was only a remote mountain village. It was far less prosperous than S city, especially when Xiang Xiang and Zhao Shengnan were not around, which made Zhang Cheng miss them very much.

In the end, after Zhang Cheng considered it, he decided to recruit a few long-term employees first. He would let them keep an eye on the progress here, and he would come over occasionally to take a look.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng came to the county’s labor bureau.

As for the target of his recruitment, Zhang Cheng already had a target.

The veterans.

The soldiers in the country had always lived up to the title of junior soldiers. Whenever there was a disaster, there would always be people in training uniforms who rushed to the front line.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng naturally had a good impression of the soldiers.

Now, for the recruitment of future ginseng farms, the first thing that naturally came to mind was the veterans.

After the staff of the labor bureau verified Zhang Cheng’s situation to a certain extent, they gave him permission to recruit workers and let him conduct the recruitment in the Labor Bureau’s talent market.

After thinking about it, Zhang Cheng asked someone to write a poster.

The recruitment notice with red paper and yellow words was posted.

It immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Because Zhang Cheng’s salary was really not low.

8,000 yuan a month.

And looking at the work content, the jobscope was only to supervise the filling of the mountain field, planting trees, and so on. In the future, it only involved patrolling the mountain field.

It could be considered a relatively easy and well-paid job.

However, there was only one clause that required them to be a veteran, which made people feel somewhat helpless.

Currently, the treatment given to soldiers who joined the army in the country was gradually improving. Regardless of whether it was the salary of a soldier or the pension of a veteran, the conditions of a veteran would not be too bad. After all, regardless of whether it being a small business or going to work, their passing days would be quite good.

“Boss, is it okay if I’m not a veteran? It’s also okay if you give me 6,000.” A man in his thirties came up and asked.

Zhang Cheng sized up the man and shook his head. “No.”

The man was slightly disappointed, but he was still a little unwilling. “4,000 yuan?”

But Zhang Cheng still shook his head.

The man could only leave helplessly.

While Zhang Cheng was surrounded by many people watching the show, some of the people who were looking for jobs began to call their relatives and friends.

After all, although they had never served in the army, they had friends who had returned from serving in the army..