As swineherds, the two brothers hope to turn the barren mountain into a "bank".

The picture shows Lu Huaijun driving the pig out of the pen and up the hill. Photo by Li Zhongyong

??? In the tide of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, how can aspiring people in urban and rural areas explore and develop? The brothers Lu Ruijun and Lu Huaijun in Gulan Village, Cangyan Town, Jingxing County, Hebei Province, decisively changed their careers, returned to their hometown to contract barren mountains to raise black pigs, and found a way to provide green pork, which was spread by local cadres and masses.

On the 3rd, I drove from Jingxing County, Hebei Province, southbound along Yisha Highway, turned southwest through Jingzhuang Village, entered a deep gully where I could see Yi Xian Tian (One-Line-Sky), and went all the way in. Lu Huaijun, who was herding pigs on the mountain, was found on a slope and a half. He is not tall, chubby body wearing a work coat, holding a pig stick, kept shouting.

??? "all of a sudden, I'm not prepared, so I'll just say what I think of." In the face of the reporter's visit, while releasing pigs, Lu Huaijun told about his entrepreneurial experience with his brother Lu Ruijun.

??? According to Lu Huaijun, his brother Lu Ruijun started coal transportation when he bought a car in 2000. After he was laid off, he also started coal trading. After more than ten years of hard work, the two brothers have developed into "small bosses" and lived a rich and comfortable life. In recent years, with the development of the economic situation, the two brothers began to consider changing careers to explore long-term ways to make money without polluting the environment.

In 2013, I traveled to Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, and found that yellow cattle were raised in the mountains. Later, I heard that some black pigs were raised in captivity in the village, which sold well. " Lu Huaijun said that he came up with the idea of contracting the barren mountains of his hometown to raise black pigs and produce green ecological meat. As soon as he told his brother Lu Ruijun, his brother gladly agreed, and his elderly parents were also very supportive.

??? Lu Huaijun told reporters that the two brothers returned to the village in 2014, applied to the village committee and negotiated, and signed a contract to contract 2000 mu of barren mountains. "before the troops move, food and forage comes first." The infrastructure project plans to invest more than 1 million yuan, which will cost money as soon as the construction starts. The two brothers took out their belongings, borrowed some of them from relatives and friends, and applied for loans on their own property as collateral.

??? Recalling his original venture, Lu Huaijun still remembers it. He told reporters that at that time, there was nothing on the mountain and there was no place to stay. They found corn stalks and set up shacks. They not only ate and lived in the mountains themselves, but also moved their parents, uncles and other families into the mountains to set up camp. In the course of construction, the two brothers drove tricycles to pull materials. On one occasion, on the way back, because the road was narrow and steep, the vehicle overturned, Lu Ruijun was pressed under the car and could not move, and the boiling water in the machine flowed to his leg, causing third-degree burns.

??? "after a year and a half of intensive construction, the basic project was finally completed, with a total investment of more than 3 million yuan, and began to raise a large number of black pigs and wild boars." Lu Huaijun said that the two brothers also carried out a rough division of labor. Lu Ruijun is in charge of pig production, and he is in charge of breeding technology and sales.

??? In the interview, Lu Huaijun said that to raise black pigs in bulk, epidemic prevention and disease eradication is the key. At the beginning, because of not knowing the feeding technology, the mortality rate of piglets was very high. To this end, he specially went to the county agriculture and animal husbandry department to participate in veterinary training, modestly consulted professionals, and invited animal husbandry experts to come to the pig farm to help formulate a plan for raising black pigs and the immunization process, and in accordance with the requirements of the experts, set up separate files for each pig, timely vaccination, and carefully recorded the growth situation, so that the survival rate of piglets reached more than 90%.

??? "after raising and breeding, the number of black pigs has reached 400 and dozens of wild boars have been raised at the same time. These black pigs are short and smart, mainly wild food in the mountains, environmentally friendly, pure, pollution-free and nutritious. " Lu Huaijun said: last year, 100 heads were listed, and the market was in short supply.

??? For the future, Lu Huaijun is full of confidence and expectation. He plans to raise pigs while making use of mountain farm resources to cultivate wild tea and forsythia herbs, so as to really turn barren mountains into "rich mountains" and give play to greater benefits. "people should have pursuits and dreams. It is my dream to build free-range black pig farms in the mountains and valleys, provide green meat for the public, and turn barren mountains into development 'banks'." (Li Yang, Li Zhongyong)