Li Ming, Ma Qing, and others inspected the grasslands for more than a month, and they also had a general understanding of the situation of the grassroots herdsmen detachments in various localities, and they were basically satisfied. In particular, they are very pleased with the support of the vast number of herdsmen for the Far East.

At least at this stage, the vast number of Mongolian herders in the Far East-controlled areas have a strong sense of belonging to the Far East. As for the future, who knows, anyway, the Far East Company has already taken a series of measures to deal with the various problems that may arise in the various ethnic minorities in the Far East-controlled areas.

By the time Li Ming and his men finished their inspection of the grassland area and returned to the Hetao area, the Hetao base area had already begun to actively prepare for this year's spring ploughing work.

After several months of winter training, a large number of military households in Ningxia Town in the Hetao base area, displaced people in the Shanxi region, and Han people outside the border wall have all undergone radical changes. They have all been properly resettled, and the detachment has been working as a unit to reclaim wasteland on both sides of the Yellow River in preparation for this year's spring plowing and production.

After the Ningxia Campaign, a large number of materials were seized from the Hetao base area, and the company survived the difficult period, and the support for the Hetao base area was also increased, and several long-distance transportation was organized to send a large number of materials to the Hetao area.

Therefore, at present, the Hetao area is relatively rich in materials, and the resettlement standard for new immigrants has been improved a lot. Although it cannot be compared with Liaodong and Outer Northeast, it is already good in this era.

At least each household can ensure a ploughing cow, as well as basic production tools and daily necessities, in addition to seeds and surplus grain. The Guihuacheng Machinery Factory is producing all kinds of agricultural tools day and night to ensure spring plowing production in various parts of the country this year.

The newly resettled migrants in the Hetao area, like the Liaodong region, are supported in the form of loans, and the new migrants will gradually repay the loan with food crops over many years.

At present, the Hetao base area is full of lively and lively scenes, and all departments in the base area and various units of the Northwest Field Army have all gathered on both sides of the Yellow River. Helping newly resettled migrants to reclaim wasteland.

The company not only provided a large number of materials to the Hetao base area, but also transferred a lot of outstanding talents from various positions, including grassroots management cadres, political workers, health workers, educators, agricultural technicians and experts and technicians in various positions. It has greatly strengthened the strength of the Hetao base area.

A large number of steam-powered pumping units are now being assembled along the Yellow River, and after spring plowing begins, these newly installed steam-powered pumping units will continue to pump water from the Yellow River and irrigate the newly cultivated land along the Yellow River on a large scale.

A large number of Mongol captive laborers were busy day and night. At present, the project is progressing smoothly, and the irrigation channel network is constantly spreading to the surroundings.

Of course, this is only a temporary response for now, and there is now less new arable land in the Hetao base area, and it is all along the Yellow River. With the large-scale arrival of the Shanxi displacer, more land will be developed in the Hetao Plain and the Tumochuan Plain. Relying only on steam-powered pumping units cannot guarantee the irrigation of a large area of cultivated land.

Zhou Lin has submitted a plan for the construction of the Hetao irrigation area to the company. This was a few months spent by Zhou Lin. After a lot of field surveys and data, a plan was carefully formulated according to the characteristics of the ancient irrigation area of the Hetao and the large irrigation area in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in modern society.

This year, the company will dispatch experts and technicians from water conservancy, engineering and other related departments to form an inspection team of the Hetao Irrigation Area to inspect the Hetao Irrigation Area plan proposed by Zhou Lin. During this period, they will study Zhou Lin's plan with relevant personnel from the Hetao base area, and formulate a plan for the deployment of the Hetao large irrigation area in the future.

The future Hetao irrigation area is located in the alluvial plain on the north bank of the Inner Mongolia section of the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River, with the alluvial fan at the southern foot of the Yinshan Mountains and Wula Mountains in the north and the Yellow River in the south. It is bordered by the suburbs of Baotou in the east and Ulan Bu and the desert in the west. There are seven levels of ditches, namely the total trunk ditch, the trunk ditch, the branch ditch, the bucket, the agriculture and the wool ditch, with an actual irrigation area of 483,700 hectares and a yellow diversion control area of 17.43 million mu.

Of course, this is the final size of the Hetao Irrigation District, and it is important to achieve this grand plan. It may take decades of continuous effort to finally realize this great engineering idea.

Beginning this year, the Hetao base area will begin to organize personnel to carry out construction work and increase input year by year to ensure that the irrigation project will irrigate the gradually increasing cultivated land in the Hetao base area. We will spare no effort to carry out large-scale excavation, and strive to complete the first phase of the Hetao irrigation area within a few years.

The conditions for cultivated land reclamation in the Hetao area are much better than those in eastern Liaoning and the outer northeast region. Because the Hetao area began to immigrate to Shibian in the Han Dynasty, Henan was also a key area for the Chinese dynasties and the northern nomads to compete for. Therefore, the land in this area has been reclaimed many times, and the land currently reclaimed in the Hetao base area is along both sides of the Yellow River, and the speed of reclamation is relatively fast.

Thanks to the efforts of all the people in the Hetao base area, it took just over a month to reclaim 600,000 mu of new cultivated land, and with the addition of the newly reclaimed cultivated land last year, the cultivated area of the Hetao base area has reached nearly 1 million mu. The accompanying water diversion and irrigation project was also completed in the busy day and night of a large number of Mongol prisoners.

Since last year, various grassroots herdsmen detachments on the grassland have begun to continuously transport all kinds of cattle and sheep manure to the Hetao area. All kinds of compost at various soil-made organic compost production sites on both sides of the Yellow River have long been piled up, effectively ensuring the fertilizer demand of the Hetao base area this year.

Grass-roots agricultural technicians from various brigades and detachments in the Hetao base area are also busy in the fields every day, communicating face-to-face with the vast number of peasants in the base areas, and explaining and demonstrating various scientific agricultural planting techniques to the peasants.

Although the Hetao base area has just been built, the foundation in all respects is extremely weak, and the conditions are also very difficult, thanks to the efforts of the departments at all levels and the leading cadres at the grassroots level in the Hetao base area, all work has been done with great success.

In particular, this year's resettlement of new immigrants and the preparatory work before spring ploughing have a heavy workload and cumbersome difficulties, but the vast number of employees and leading cadres in the base areas can actively work hard to face them in an orderly manner, and all links can face all kinds of complex tasks in an orderly manner and deal with them reasonably and effectively.

It took a full ten years for Far Eastern Company to formulate and improve a complete set of management mechanisms, and established a training mechanism for management personnel, forming a virtuous circle, and every year this assembly line will train a large number of leading cadres with rich experience in grassroots management. This has also enabled the Hetao base area to make very adequate preparations for spring plowing this year. (To be continued.) )