Sand makes towers, armpits make fur. Behind these green report cards are the persistence of countless sand control people in China around the clock, and Wang Wenbiao is one of them.
From the "salt digger" in the depths of the desert to the "earth guardian" of the United Nations, he spent more than 30 years leading Kubuqi people to turn more than 6,000 square kilometers of desert into an oasis, depicting the world-famous Kubuqi model. Along the way, countless times, countless times, countless times, Wang Wenbiao insisted on going his own way.
"Dinosaur eggs for salted duck eggs, all stupid."
In the 1980s, the Kubuqi Desert, known as the "Sea of Death". Source map
"You go to saltworks, many colleagues don't like it. They said that after three years, you will have to come back depressed. Some people say that in less than three months, you have to come back crying! "
"The mouth grows on others, and I don't care what they say."
This is a conversation with Wang Wenbiao, the flag bearer, before he went to Hangjinqi Salt Factory.
As the son of Kubuqi Desert, Wang Wenbiao experienced too much poverty and despair. 1988 hangjinqi government of Ordos city, inner Mongolia autonomous region decided to openly recruit contract workers of hangjinqi salt plant. "How do you know success or failure if you don't try?" At this point, Wang Wenbiao, who is already a civil servant, is eager to try. He wants to fight this desert and make his own way.
Wang Wenbiao planted trees in the desert. Source map
Hangjinqi Salt Factory is located deep in the desert. At that time, the salt lake with a debt of 5 million yuan 18 square kilometers was covered with yellow sand, making production unsustainable. The "county magistrate" refuses to do it, but wants to be a "salt miner" in the desert? No one can understand. "Dinosaur eggs for salted duck eggs, all stupid." Facing the cynicism of people around him, Wang Wenbiao is very firm.
The wind whistled and blew the sand, hitting the face like a needle. The off-road vehicle drove into the desert, and Wang Wenbiao plunged into Yanhaizi, who had wanted to escape for generations. Sitting in a tattered office, Wang Wenbiao is still optimistic when faced with the problems of no roads, no electricity, no water, no communication, no talents, no technology and no funds in the salt plant.
In the early 1990s, the old salt factory collected nitrate on the spot. Source map
"If you want to keep the salt plant, you must control the sand!" Wang Wenbiao firmly. "Sand control? The Kubuqi desert is so big, there are dozens of people like us, and the sand has not been cured. In turn, the sand has cured us. " In doubt, Wang Wenbiao started a project: for every 1 ton of salt sold, 5 yuan money will be used for desert control.
He selected 27 workers to form a forestry team, which was responsible for clearing sand and planting trees. Because the sandstorm is too big, the sand will come again when it is clear, and it will be clear when it comes. There is no mature experience to learn from. When the willow dies, it will be replaced by poplar. If the leeward slope is not alive, plant it on the windward slope; We won't plant it this year, but we will continue to plant it next year ... After repeated efforts, the trees are alive and the grass is green, and the salt plant has turned losses into profits.
"Can you do what no one dared to do for hundreds of years in Wang Wenbiao?"
"If we don't treat the desert well, the desert will eat us. Being eaten by the desert is death, and fighting against the desert is death. It is better to let go. " Seeing that transportation roads are blocked by sandstorms again and again, products can't be shipped out, and enterprises are facing production suspension again and again. Wang Wenbiao made an even crazier decision: to build a sand road.
An old worker said, "Can you do what no one dared to do for hundreds of years in Wang Wenbiao? I think it's either ecstasy or something wrong with my brain. " "Yu Gong can move mountains, why can't I build roads in the desert?" He decided that the sand-crossing highway must be built!
Sand-crossing highway construction site. Source map
The road construction fund needs at least 70 million yuan, while the annual income of the salt plant is only 40 million to 50 million yuan. where is the money to come from? Wang Wenbiao went to financial lending institutions again and again, and was rejected again and again. Seeing that the road to making money was blocked, he was in a hurry. Later, with the support of the government, Wang Wenbiao borrowed from the east and the west, and finally made up 75 million yuan for road construction.
On April 3rd, 1997, Wang Wenbiao and the employees of the salt plant walked into the desert hinterland with dry food, dragged their tents against the wind and sand, and started to build roads with the construction team. There is a big sandstorm in the desert, and there is no technology and no precedent. Overnight, yellow sand covered all the newly dug subgrade. They pushed and pushed, and after three months, the road made no progress.
The first sand-crossing highway in Kubuqi Desert is a sharp weapon for local people to solve the survival crisis, and it also engraves the green mark of the next generation of sand control people. Source map
Drips of sweat and grains of sand, under the leadership of Hangjinqi government and with the support of hundreds of thousands of cadres and masses in Hangjinqi, 199 10 months, after more than 1000 days and nights of efforts, a sand-crossing highway known as the "desert miracle" was finally completed and opened to traffic! "This 65-kilometer road has been built for three years. We have built roads in the desert! " At the opening ceremony, Wang Wenbiao choked.
This road carries the dreams of generations in Kubuqi Desert. Wang Wenbiao said with emotion, "This is my greatest comfort and my lifelong dream. I was born in Kubuqi Desert. When I was a child, I lived the same life as people here. I have also suffered from it and know its suffering, but I also deeply love this land. "
"In the desert woods? I want to be crazy in the Woods! "
Today's Kubuqi Desert. Source map
"It is a very painful thing for the people downstream to guard the Yellow River, but they can't drink the Yellow River water." This has always been Wang Wenbiao's heart. Is it possible to lock the sand in the Yellow River by building a forest around the Yellow River to prevent sand and protect the river? Wang Wenbiao wants to make a fuss about the Yellow River! Everyone thought it was incredible. But Wang Wenbiao has made up his mind to cross the rubicon, and no one can stop him from locking the border forest with the Yellow River.
Every year, hundreds of millions of tons of yellow sand can be prevented from invading the Yellow River's river-protecting and border-locking forest. Source map
In 200 1 year, a large-scale afforestation project was started and a large-scale sand control operation was fully rolled out. The northern edge of Kubuqi Desert and the southern bank of the Yellow River are more than 240 kilometers long, and it took two months to enclose them. There are dozens of herders scattered in the desert. Wang Wenbiao and his team went door to door to do ideological work, and finally all the herdsmen moved away.
What should I do if the road is blocked and the seedlings can't get in? Wang Wenbiao and his staff leveled the sand at the edge, sprinkled clay on it, sprinkled water on it, and then rolled it, thus rolling out a road. In this way, Wang Wenbiao has been fighting the desert for many years.
In 2004, the lock-edge forest project was completed, which not only locked the wind and sand flowing to the Yellow River, but also further restored the ecology of the Kubuqi Desert. Large-scale economic and ecological forests with licorice, Salix psammophila and poplar as the main materials not only bring rich profits to enterprises, but also drive local farmers and herdsmen to get rich together.
Today's Kubuqi Desert. Source map
After 30 years of afforestation, more than 6,000 square kilometers of land in Kubuqi Desert18,600 square kilometers have been managed, and the green area has reached more than 3,200 square kilometers. Kubuqi Desert has changed from "chloasma" in the north of China to "emerald".
We should hold every inch of land and make more deserts green. Today, Wang Wenbiao and countless "Wang Wenbiao" never stop greening the desert. The bloodiness of "persistence, tenacity and persistence" has become something in their bones and will never change.
Wang Wenbiao has obtained the certificate of "global leader in sand control". Source map
20 13 On September 23rd, the 11th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in Windhoek, Namibia. Wang Wenbiao stepped onto the podium attracting worldwide attention with solid steps, and accepted the medals and certificates of "Global Leader in Sand Control".