Qin'an has a "post-80s" and "scorpion king"

Nowadays, with the introduction and implementation of a series of national poverty alleviation policies, a large number of rural young people have invested in the spring tide of entrepreneurship and embarked on the road to become rich. A few years ago, Li Xuhong, a young farmer in Qin'an County, raised money to raise scorpions. After several years of wind and rain, now he has become the local famous "scorpion king".

What is the enlightenment to the rural youth entrepreneurship behind the success of the Scorpion King? Recently, the reporter visited this "post-80s" rural entrepreneur.

The first person in the county who dared to "eat" scorpions

Li Xuhong lives in Qianhu Village, Qianhu Township, Qin'an County, where the mountains and ditches are deep, with many people and little land. In order to make a living, many young people have to go out to work.

Born in 1980, Li Xuhong went out to work after graduating from junior high school. He built tall buildings, paved the road, and finally returned to his hometown. Around 2008, he tried to sell pepper locally, but didn't make much money.

In the summer of 2009, a business opportunity "broke" into Li Xuhong's life: someone out of town bought wild scorpions in Qin'an, with a price of more than 200 yuan per jin of live scorpions. At first, a villager could catch more than a jin of scorpions a day, but later, more and more people were caught, while scorpions became fewer and fewer.

"can scorpions be farmed artificially? If you can, it's a good way to get rich. " Li Xuhong found the vendor who bought the scorpion. The other party told him that scorpions can be used as medicine or edible, and the market prospect is very good, but the technical requirements of artificial breeding scorpions are very high, and the market risk is also very high. They can make money, but they may lose all their money.

"as long as you can raise it artificially, why not give it a try?" According to the information provided by the vendors, Li Xuhong went to Shandong and found a scorpion breeding base and spent money to learn scorpion breeding techniques.

In June 2010, Li Xuhong brought in 1000 scorpions from Shandong and raised scorpions in his dilapidated house. Tens of thousands of yuan were spent on pre-study, introduction, renovation of venues and purchase of equipment.

Raising scorpions at home, Li Xuhong not only became the first person in Qianhu village, but also the first person in Qin'an County who dared to "eat" scorpions.

Succeed after two failures

"this doll is so bold, isn't it a waste of money to lose money in it?" At that time, many people in Murakami were not optimistic about the industry, and their families were even more worried.

According to the skills he learned, Li Xuhong used bricks, asbestos tiles and eggs to buy a nest for the scorpion and found a coal stove to heat the breeding room to keep the room at a constant temperature. In order to solve the scorpion's "eating" problem, Li Xuhong artificially raised yellow powder insects in other rooms.

In about 40 days, the first batch of little scorpions were born, and Li Xuhong was overjoyed. Scorpions go out day and night and like to eat yellow pink insects. Every night, Li Xuhong did not bother to eat by himself, took a flashlight, watched the little guys running around, and then grabbed the yellow powder worms to feed them.

Then, within a few days, Li Xuhong discovered the problem: the number of little scorpions is getting smaller and smaller. Why is that? For several nights in a row, he was too anxious to sleep. Finally, late one night, Li Xuhong saw a tragic scene in the scorpion's nest: when a small scorpion shed its skin in the nest, a big scorpion suddenly broke in and ferociously ate it!

Why do scorpions kill each other? Li Xuhong called the Shandong teacher. The teacher told him that there were two reasons for this situation: first, there were too few yellow powder worms, and the scorpions did not have enough to eat; second, there was a problem with the production of scorpion nests.

The first batch of farmed scorpions ended in failure, but Li Xuhong was not discouraged. According to his teacher's suggestion, he expanded the breeding scale of Tenebrio Molitor and made technical improvements to the scorpion nest.

Soon, his second batch of little scorpions were born again. This time, the problem of scorpions not having enough to eat and killing each other has been thoroughly solved, but this batch of scorpions grew very slowly and did not grow up in the end.

Li Xuhong pondered and searched again and found the root of the problem: the scorpion's growing environment was very harsh, and the indoor temperature in the breeding room must be about 35 degrees Celsius, while his coal stove was so cold and hot that it could not keep the temperature constant, affecting the scorpion's growth.

"what should I do? Is it not suitable for us to raise scorpions? " After two failures, Li Xuhong was a little discouraged. He learned from farmers in other parts of the country through a scorpion farming QQ discussion group.

Through study, Li Xuhong found a way to solve the problem of constant temperature in the breeding room, and invested money again to introduce scorpion and make a comeback.

In May 2012, after several twists and turns, Li Xuhong's third batch of scorpions finally succeeded in breeding. This time, he only sold a small part of it, and the rest was used as a scorpion to expand the scale of breeding.

In 2013, Li Xuhong raised more than 500,000 yuan to expand the scorpion breeding farm to more than 1000 square meters. In that year, the purchase price of a jin of live scorpions reached 450 yuan, and Li Xuhong made a profit of more than 400,000 yuan at a time. In 2014, his annual income exceeded 500000 yuan.

How can success be achieved without experiencing failure? After several twists and turns, Li Xuhong finally became the famous "Scorpion King". Now, he has not only built a small foreign building in his hometown, but also bought a building in Tianshui, and his life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Want to make more people rich.

A few days ago, when the reporter saw Li Xuhong, he was busy with bank loans. "I intend to develop local eco-agriculture to make more people rich." During the interview, Li Xuhong told reporters that now, his scorpion breeding technology has been very mature, and it is enough for the farm to be taken care of by his parents and cousins. He wants to free himself up and do some other things.

"now many young people in rural areas go out to work, leaving only the elderly and children at home, bringing a series of social problems. In fact, the world in rural areas is even broader." Li Xuhong said: take Qianhu Village as an example, although there is very little land here, there are still many opportunities for planting and breeding. In August this year, together with several young people from the same village, he set up an agricultural cooperative.

"the quality of our apples in Qin'an is very good, but for many years, we can only sell them on the market with the help of brands such as Jingning and Tianshui. Why don't we make our own brand?" Li Xuhong said that right now, he is looking for a local trademark suitable for Qin'an, and after registration, he will push the local Apple to the national market.

"the market for agricultural products is very broad. In addition to apples, the quality of our Qin'an pepper, honey and other products is also very good, which can completely gain a foothold in similar products throughout the country." Li Xuhong is full of confidence in his future.

"at present, many people in rural areas are starting a business, but most of them end up in failure. Why is it difficult for them to succeed?" During the interview, the reporter raised his own questions.

After analysis, Li Xuhong believes that the difficulty for rural youth to start a business lies in the low level of education, the lack of professional advantages, the inability to find suitable investment projects and product sales channels, and their own weak funds, which often encounter capital chain breaks. At the same time, after experiencing some setbacks, many people are frightened by the difficulties and cannot persevere.

"in fact, as long as the prospect of the project is good, as long as you do it attentively, you can achieve success." Li Xuhong said.