Qin Zhizhang: from a demobilized soldier to a "king of plum blossoms"

Plum blossoms cultivated in Qin Zhizhang's plum blossom base.

The fruit of a plum tree.

Qin Zhizhang is introducing the cultivation process of plum blossoms to media reporters.

Media reporters interviewed at Qin Zhizhang's plum blossom base.

"the wind and rain send spring back, and the flying snow welcomes the spring. It is already a hundred feet of ice on the cliff, and there are still some flowers. Pretty does not compete for spring, only report the spring. When the flowers are in full bloom, she smiles in the bushes. " Qin Zhizhang, a farmer in Hengjian Village, Hengjian Township, Lushi County, Henan Province, who is known as the "King of Plum Blossom", blurted out this song "Pu operator Yongmei" when talking about the original intention of studying and cultivating plum blossoms.

Qin Zhizhang, 73, a former soldier who served in the border areas for six years, was appointed secretary of the party branch of Hengjian brigade (now Hengjian village) after changing jobs. Since 1983, Qin Zhizhang no longer served as the party branch secretary of Hengjian Village, determined to "take advantage of the good policy, first blaze a way to get rich, and then lead the masses to get rich together."

Qin Zhizhang was puzzled for a moment about where to start if he wanted to get rich. "after six years as a soldier in the frontier, I like the poem" Pu operator Yong Mei "best, and I also like plum blossoms deeply." Qin Zhizhang, who knew almost nothing about the cultivation techniques of plum blossoms, plunged into it with enthusiasm, not only solved many difficult problems in the industry, such as "moving south plum to the north", but also contracted land in a large area to cultivate plum blossoms.

It is understood that at present, Qin Zhizhang's plum blossom base has reached 500mu, with an annual output of more than 10000 pots of potted plum, and more than 500,000 finished and semi-finished seedlings of plum blossom, driving more than 60 households to plant plum blossoms and solving the problem of idle labor employment.