1964, Ren Haikang county (1992 county changed to city: Leizhou city) county magistrate. At that time, the Leizhou land before Chen Guangbao was a scene of severe famine! On both sides of Nandu River, there are yellow leaves that can't be seen at a glance; Drought, yellowing, injury and death occurred in 220 thousand mu of early rice in east and west fields. Some fields cracked and were abandoned.
At the beginning of taking office, Chen Guangbao walked around and walked around every village on both sides of Nandu River with solid steps. Whenever I hear "the fields are bare, everyone lives in huts and eats potato porridge for three meals." When Chen Guangbao sang Song of Thunder, he felt a twinge of heartache.
Nandu River runs through the hinterland of Leizhou Peninsula, which is a river with frequent disasters in history. From 1900 to 1950, there were 30 typhoons and tides in Nandujiang. Governing Nandu River is the Millennium dream of Leizhou people.
In the early 1950s, Ke, the chairman of the old peasant association in Daqun village, dug up a bag of soil from Nandu River every year and gave it to Chairman Mao, asking for the governance of Nandu River.
"I'm sorry guys. Believe me, support me, and with the leadership of * * *, we will definitely cure Nandujiang and let everyone live a good life. " Chen Guangbao's words ignited the enthusiasm of farmers.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/970, Chen Guangbao shouted in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Nandu River Interception Project: "Cut off Nandu River and build a new Haikang!" This slogan shocked the ancient land of Leizhou and excited tens of thousands of Leizhou children. Carrying hoes, dustpans and simple luggage, they gathered from all directions to the bank of Nandu River, and flags fluttered and trumpets thundered on dozens of kilometers of levees. Digging, moving earth, hitting stones, moving stones and blocking the sea are crowded with people. Chen Guangbao took the lead, eating and living on the construction site. He has a hoarse voice, red eyes and swollen feet. He refused to leave the line of fire when someone advised him to rest.
In September, 197 1, plugging entered a critical moment. The mouth is getting heavier and heavier, the rapids are like tornadoes, and the whirlpool rapids are thrilling. When a pile of stones is pushed into the mouth, they will disappear in the blink of an eye. A huge tripod full of stones is as light as a leaf when it is pushed down. At the most dangerous moment, he stood on the most dangerous road section, commanding to block the mouth and move the stone to fill the soil. When the wrecked ship was in serious danger, Chen Guangbao jumped into the whirlpool without saying anything, and built a human wall with his body hand in hand with more than 200 people to rescue him bravely and tenaciously. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the roaring tide was finally tamed, and the north and south levees closed! There was jubilation on the construction site.
After 10 years' efforts, the blue sea levee was built across Nandu River. The levee is impregnable and can resist the once-in-a-century tide. In the past, the unruly Nandu River became the "mother river" of Leizhou, and 220,000 mu of oriental ocean field became the "golden granary" of Guangdong.
1983, Chen Guangbao was promoted to secretary of Haikang County Party Committee; 1985, member of the Standing Committee of Zhanjiang Municipal Committee and secretary of Haikang County Committee; 1992 Chairman of Zhanjiang CPPCC and Secretary of Haikang County Committee. "Being an official is not for Fu Lushou, but for the country and the people." For more than 30 years, he has integrated his personal struggle into the interests of the people and worked hard to change the poverty and backwardness of Haikang. For more than 30 years, he has traveled all over the beaches, harbors and villages of Leizhou, and watered thousands of miles of bare land with sweat. For more than 30 years, he has led and participated in more than 2,000 county and township highways in Haikang. More than 280 bridges; Build more than 20 small and medium-sized reservoirs. For more than 30 years, he went deep into the masses and tried to plant sugar cane, mango and pearl in Qin Dou, Liusha, Jijia, Wushi and Beihe, respectively, and gradually implemented the strategic concept of "planting cash cows in the mountains and digging coffers in the sea". From 65438 to 0986, there were 260,000 beef cattle in Haikang, ranking second in non-pastoral areas in China. 1986 As for 99 1, Haikang planted 1.4 million mu, ranking first in the country. 199 1 year, Haikang produces 330,000 tons of sucrose, ranking second in the country. 1992, the annual per capita income of farmers in the county reached 1055 yuan, an increase of 4.7 times over 1979. It has always been Bao Bo's long-cherished wish to do some practical things for poor villages. At the end of 1994, Chen Guangbao stepped down as the chairman of Zhanjiang CPPCC: "I am the son of a farmer, I know rural farmers and have a good relationship with ordinary people. I really can't stay in the city after I retire. This red land always worries me. I decided to take root in the red land and die of old age. "
1995, "Bao Bo" and his wife, Zhang Shaoqiao, bid farewell to the superior life in the city, rolled up their bedding and came to take root on the barren slope of Xiangongling in Beihe Town, Leizhou, which is more than 0/00 kilometers away from Zhanjiang/kloc-0. Once again become the watcher of the red land.
Spring comes early in Leizhou Peninsula 1995, and the smell of spring is everywhere in Fairy Ridge in March. Mango trees bear fresh and tender fruits, litchi flowers are fragrant and intoxicating, banana trees are covered with crescent-shaped bananas, and new seedlings in sugarcane fields sway with the wind. However, who can imagine that it used to be a barren hill with rugged rocks and overgrown with weeds. ! Despite the mobility difficulties, Chen Guangbao is still in a wheelchair to inspect the land and production. Bob said, "Employees will never retire."
"Develop barren hills to grow fruits and create a way to get rich." It is an inexhaustible motive force for the result of "Bao Bo" land reclamation. 1996, "Bao Bo" laid a battlefield for digging stones and planting fruits in Xiangongling. Under the hillside, hoes and broadswords flashed everywhere; Busy figures are everywhere. As a result, hills were pushed down, gullies were filled, hard rocks were removed, and wasteland was transformed.
Through thick and thin, "Bao Bo" came all the way. In 2000, mangoes were covered with branches. Just at the moment when the harvest was in sight, a rare cold wave in a hundred years raided Xiangongling, and the fresh mangoes could not resist and were all frozen to death. In 2003 12, the typhoon swept through Xiangongling, and 2000 acres of bananas were all broken by the waist. Bob couldn't help crying. Looking at Zhang Shaoqiao pushing a tricycle to sell bananas, Bob's heart ached. This clanking man who came in the rain of bullets really hurt this time!
However, "Bao Bo" has not been knocked down by "natural disasters". I heard that Xuwen has a good farm for growing sisal. I went to investigate and learned that sisal is not afraid of cold, heat and typhoon, so I replanted more than 2000 mu of sisal. But in the harvest season, the price of sisal dropped again and again, and finally no one was willing to pay. After several natural disasters, Bob suffered heavy losses and owed a huge debt of more than 20 million yuan.
"The house leaked rain and it rained all night." Just when the farm was almost desperate, creditors began to come to collect debts.
It never rains but it pours. In 2006, Chen Guangbao was disabled due to a failed lumbar surgery, and he had to live in a wheelchair since then. One by one, almost all are devastating blows! Anxiety, guilt, remorse, physical and mental exhaustion. In those most difficult days, "Bob" and Zhang Shaoqiao often cried. He was advised to give up and get it over with. "no! I can't break the road of getting rich for the masses! " When the sun sets, "Bob" often sits in a wheelchair and looks at the Sanyuan Tower in Leizhou with ecstasy: "I am a member of the * * * coming from the war. What difficulties can't be overcome? I'm not afraid of the wind and thunder of Sanyuan Tower. What am I afraid of? Undaunted, "Bao Bo" began to plant trees, sugar cane and bananas again ... After suffering, "Bao Bo" finally ushered in a bright future. In 2007, the orchard turned losses into profits. Xianguoling 1 10,000 mu of wasteland has been completely reclaimed, and four villages, Hejia, Hejia, Xianyang and Ge Tan, have made a fortune by farming. The village eliminated thatched houses and built "banana houses" and "sugarcane houses".