Chapter 306 - 156: Progress on Various Fronts

Chapter 306: Chapter 156: Progress on Various Fronts

"What about the farmland after it’s been improved?"

Jiang Miao shook his head. "After the farmland is improved, United Mining Company can manage it themselves. There’s no need to lease it out; it wouldn’t be cost-effective."

"I understand."

"Third, regarding United Mining Company’s employees: aside from some of the management, all other employees’ contracts will be transferred to United Mining Company. Those employees whose contracts are transferred can receive virtual shares in United Mining Company, but not in Hailufeng Company."

This was a necessary measure and a clause that had been established when United Mining Company was founded.

After all, United Mining Company wasn’t a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hailufeng Company, so it naturally needed a clear separation from the parent company to avoid financial entanglements.

In the future, all of Hailufeng Company’s non-wholly-owned subsidiaries would be handled this way.

This not only simplified management but also prevented the number of Hailufeng Company’s virtual shareholders from growing too large, which would excessively dilute the company’s profits.

As for executives of non-wholly-owned subsidiaries like Lin Yonghua, they would remain employees of Hailufeng Company and could continue to hold its virtual shares. The arrangement was similar to employee secondment.

After settling these matters, Jiang Miao, along with Li Zixuan, Ke Yong, and the others, hastily took the high-speed train south.

They departed from Zhelimu City by high-speed train at 4:00 PM on March 25th and didn’t arrive at Shanmei High-speed Railway Station until 2:30 PM the next day, a journey of 22 hours.

Back at home.

Shuya, who was focusing on her pregnancy, now only worked four hours a day. The rest of her time was spent helping Jiang Miao with the company or teaching He Youwei a few things.

He Youwei’s application to become Shuya’s doctoral student had already been processed. A while ago, she had taken a trip back to the Capital City to file for a leave of absence from Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Wudaokou University.

Shuya, who was reading a book, looked up at the sight of him, her eyes filled with pleasant surprise. "You’re back..."

"Don’t get up." Jiang Miao tossed his jacket onto the coat rack, then wrapped an arm around Shuya’s shoulder. "Did you miss me these past few days?"

"Who would miss you? Look at you now, you’re starting to look like a middle-aged man." Shuya joked, placing the book on her lap. She gazed at his face, weathered by the wind and sand, which carried a trace of world-weariness and exhaustion.

Shuya leaned gently against his shoulder, slowly recounting the little things that had happened over the past few days.

Jiang Miao, in turn, told her about what he had seen and heard in Monan.

"I was originally thinking of going to Monan with you, but now I’m glad I didn’t. Otherwise, all my hard work getting my skin fair would have been for nothing, and I’d have ended up a sallow-faced hag."

"Haha... We can go in a few years! Once the new soybean variety is widely planted, the sandstorms over there will be much less frequent."

"Stop fidgeting." Shuya swatted at his mischievous hand.

Jiang Miao glanced around and suddenly asked, "Why don’t I see An Ning and Wenna?"

"An Ning’s sister is getting married, so she’s gone to be a bridesmaid. Wenna’s on her period, so I told her to go home and rest."

Jiang Miao massaged her shoulders and arms for a moment before saying, "We should adjust your diet a bit to prevent postpartum depression."

"How could that happen? I don’t feel anything now," Shuya said, a little surprised.

"It’s normal not to feel anything yet! Your belly hasn’t gotten big, and the baby is still in the early stages of development. It hasn’t entered the rapid growth phase. Once it does, its nutritional demands on your body will increase, so we still need to make gradual adjustments."

Shuya nodded slightly. "Alright! You’re the expert. I’ll listen to you."

Jiang Miao stood up and stretched. "I’m going to take a shower and sleep for a few hours this afternoon. I’ve been on that train for over twenty hours. Even in business class, it’s exhausting."

"Go on, then."

The night passed in the blink of an eye.

Early the next morning, a fully revitalized Jiang Miao finished his run, took a shower, and had breakfast with Shuya and his parents.

First, he went to the salmon breeding base at South Lake.

After a month of recuperation, out of the more than ten thousand salmon of various types, only 87 had died from illness. The rest were all lively and energetic.

He once again adjusted the feed for the five species of salmon to enhance the accumulation of specific nutrients in their bodies. This was to ensure they could spawn successfully this year and produce as many healthy salmon roe as possible.

Of course, since the seawater temperature, salinity, and lighting in the indoor farm were all adjustable, when these salmon would spawn was ultimately up to Jiang Miao.

Since the terraced farm at Chicken Cage Mountain and the Zhe Lang Breeding Farm were not yet complete, Jiang Miao wouldn’t have the salmon spawn so soon, lest there not be enough ponds to raise the fry.

After checking on the salmon breeding base, he drove to the strawberry processing plant in Red Grass Town.

On the way, he passed Yandun Mountain Farm. Its more than four thousand acres of terraced fields had all been fully improved and planted with floss silk trees. Many farm workers were busy grafting them. Most of the grafts were for genetically modified floss silk trees, while a smaller portion involved grafting old branches of Monthong durian.

Meanwhile, the Purple Alfalfa on Yandun Mountain had begun to flower and form pods ahead of schedule, thanks to this year’s warm winter and the characteristics of the new variety.

Some of the farm workers were using small alfalfa harvesters to quickly cut down the alfalfa.

Jiang Miao glanced at the harvestable alfalfa and, using his appraisal panel, determined the exact area: a total of 1,279 acres.

Purple Alfalfa can produce 120 to 150 kilograms of seeds per acre, and that amount is enough to plant another 100 acres.