Abandon the doctor and lead the villagers to become rich together from the "crab king".

Hairy crabs

"Dr. Liu, you are now treating both people and crabs." Liu Kesong, a villager of Anle Village, Xijiashan Town, Jiang'an County, said on March 6 to Liu Qiang, head of the "ink-fragrant clear-water hairy crab" breeding base, which is carrying out field water level management. "as long as you eat the green aquatic products I raise, you won't get sick. As long as I raise the crabs well and lead everyone to get rich, it's more meaningful than being a doctor." Liu Qiang talked with a smile.

Every day, Liu Qiang goes to the field of the base to check the growth of 100000 crab seedlings not long ago. Once upon a time, it was his ambition to save lives and heal the wounded, but now it is his wish to lead the villagers out of poverty.

Abandon medicine and seek industry from agriculture

Liu Qiang and his wife were doctors and were loved by the villagers. For many years, the people who came to him for medical treatment were the villagers who were tired of heavy farm work. Liu Qiang was anxious in his eyes. Especially after being elected as the party branch secretary of Anle Village by the villagers, his strong sense of responsibility made it even more difficult for him to eat and sleep. "after discussion, I decided to abandon medicine and agriculture and lead the villagers to engage in industry so as to shake off poverty and become rich." Liu Qiang said.

In order to lead the villagers to shake off poverty and become rich, Liu Qiang entrusted his wife with the heavy burden of curing illness and saving lives. "as long as I can lead my fellow villagers to become rich, I will support him no matter how hard and tired he is." His wife's words moved Liu Qiang and increased his confidence. He was able to devote himself to the development of the industry.

In order to get rich, the industry must be chosen correctly in order not to take detours and to be worthy of the villagers. Through long-time research, combined with the local good ecological environment, water resources and location advantages, through the market and other demonstration and analysis, it is concluded that Anle Village is very suitable for the development of aquaculture. The hairy crab is extremely delicious and is a famous delicacy for a long time. Liu Qiang decided to lead the villagers to develop aquaculture dominated by hairy crabs, raising silver carp and shrimp between flowers, so as to increase the added value of the industry.

Demonstration leads to gather the hearts of the people

But the good things are full of tribulations, and at the beginning of Liu Qiang's call, because the villagers were not sure, most of them took a wait-and-see attitude. Liu Qiang knows very well that "the strong twist is not sweet, and the homeopathic sail is far away". In order to convince the villagers to work with themselves, they must take the lead to achieve results and let facts speak louder than words.

In the first half of 2016, after full preparation and drawing lessons from the breeding experience and technology of hairy crabs in Dipeng town, Liu Qiang tried to raise 10 mu of hairy crabs and achieved success. Once raised, hairy crabs were in short supply, and major restaurants, farm music and businesses in surrounding counties and cities rushed to buy them when they heard the news.

The villagers' concerns were gradually dispelled, and they voluntarily transferred out of the land or joined the family farms. "raising hairy crabs in paddy fields is better than growing rice." Zou Guangren, an old man in his 70s, said, "my family has 3 mu of land transferred out, with a net income of 1500 yuan a year. The children also feel at ease to go out to earn money, so they no longer have to worry about us old people going to do heavy farm work."

Today, nearly 40 villagers have been transferred out of the fields, and the scale of the breeding base of "ink fragrance clear water hairy crab" has reached 120 mu. In addition to the annual turnover fee of 500 yuan per mu, the villagers can also earn work fees in the construction and management of the base, so as to truly realize the organic integration of resource intensification, modern agriculture and modern service industry, and the villagers can get more benefits. "the workers who need to be hired by the farms are given priority to employ transfer households, and villagers who are willing to join the shares are welcome to seek joint industrial development. In the next step, I am also going to transfer land and lead the villagers to grow ecological rice. " Liu Qiang said.

In recent years, Xijiashan Town has made great efforts to develop modern agriculture, and a large number of leaders of modern agricultural development like Liu Qiang have emerged to lead farmers to increase their income and become well-off.