Early the next morning, as soon as the genius was dim, Ye Yaodong got up.
He stood at the door of his house and watched the tide on the sea rise and fall, and also saw that the kelp in the open space next to it had dried on the beach.
The village cadres listened to what they said yesterday morning. Those who didn't have enough space to bask in the sun slowly moved down to the beach and basked on the beach.
There were people drying them there early in the morning. I don't know if they worked all night or got up early to work.
"Are these people asleep or not?"
The old lady also came out and took a look, "Someone was doing it there when I got up, I don't know."
"Really hard work."
At this time, Chen Shi had arrived at the gate of his courtyard while munching sweet potatoes.
He asked Chen Shi to stay yesterday and went fishing with him this morning. The workshop transferred a person to follow his father out to sea.
"It's so early and you haven't eaten yet? How can you eat sweet potatoes? Come in and have a bowl of porridge to fill your stomach."
"It's too late...to cool down, so just...eat sweet potatoes."
"Could it be that it was cooked for the pigs and you just took it?"
"It's not... I put it on... last night. I heated it up and it was hot."
Seeing the honest and honest look on his face, Ye Yaodong shook his head and put him in to eat a bowl of porridge before taking him out to sea.
It was already the end of April and almost May, and the temperature had risen, but he still had to wear a thin cotton-padded jacket when going to sea.
When they pushed the cart outside the pier and listened to others, they found out that the people drying kelp had taken turns to do it all night.
The tide was low last night, so they happened to collect kelp to sell to him and took a rest.
When the tide comes in at night, they all get up all night to collect vegetables and dry them. If the fresh kelp is not dried in time, it will easily spoil, so they are still drying it even after dawn.
Moreover, they also have to race against time to work on sunny days. Sunshine is precious to everyone, and it rains from time to time during this season.
In addition, he needs a boat this morning, so the boat must be freed up for him.
When he arrived at the dock, the boat was already anchored on the shore, and he didn't know whether the harvesting at the breeding base had been completed or not.
After replenishing the oil, he sailed out directly, curiously driving to the breeding base first.
At first glance, as expected, the sea area was already bare. Everyone had been busy for several days and had harvested all the kelp overnight.
"It's pretty fast too."
"Haha, can you make money..."
"Yes, everyone really needs something that can make money stably."
Chen Shi nodded.
The wind was strong on the sea, so Ye Yaodong stopped talking after a few words. He had to speak with his back to the wind, otherwise his mouth would be filled with wind.
After driving for nearly an hour, he arrived at a familiar sea area. When he was still approaching his destination, he saw two fishing boats. He took a closer look and found that they belonged to little Azheng.
Unexpectedly, they are now trawling the surrounding area.
The fishing boats were all working, so he didn't bother them. He just waved the flag as he drove past them, taking it as a greeting.
After finding a good spot near the reef, he and Chen Shi put down longline fishing basket after basket.
Then I threw the remaining ground pots and shrimp pots around the reef around the reef.
The tide was high at this time and the reef was not exposed to the sea, but he was familiar with this location and it was impossible for him to run aground on the rocks.
After throwing down the last buoy, he clapped his hands and said, "Stop it and go back."
"What...when will you come...collect it?"
"Let's do it tomorrow morning. I'm not free today. I have to take kelp to the city later, and there are a lot of things I have to do in the city."
"well."
Before Ye Yaodong went back, he went for a walk around the nearby islands. Looking at the densely packed barnacles and spat on the rocks, he felt that he would have to bring two people to dig them out in two days.
It would be a pity not to dig it up, since it will grow again anyway. This is a renewable resource.
After reading it, he immediately returned.
After a trip to the sea, I did some longline fishing and ground traps, and it wasn’t even 9 o’clock when I got back.
He first went to the workshop and asked someone to move the kelp collected yesterday to the tractor. He went home first and changed into his work clothes.
If it was just a normal delivery to the market, it wouldn't matter if he wore work clothes, but he had to go to the Ocean Bureau and the Fisheries Association office to file an application report, so he had to dress decently.
A large bundle of kelp wrapped in nylon weighed at least 200 kilograms, and it took several people to lift it out and put it on the tractor.
The load-bearing capacity of the tractor is about five or six tons. It is fixed high with ropes and the goods collected yesterday can be pulled away in one truck, so it will not be a problem.
Just when the last bag was about to be carried, Ye Yaodong asked someone to open the bag and push the scale over.
"Yesterday, I weighed 620 kilograms more and weighed 520 kilograms. I didn't put them together for packaging."
Boss Zhou happens to want 5 tons first, and he will send 100 kilograms to his godfather. He can take out the remaining 520 kilograms and hang them on the car for advertising, and then sell them in the market.
After weighing out 520 kilograms, the last bag was carried onto the car.
He asked people to tie up the scattered 520 kilograms of kelp with ropes, distribute them evenly on the top, and cover the nylon bag.
Then someone used ropes to tie up the high pile of goods to prevent them from falling due to bumps along the way.
"Brother Dong, why do you have to go to such trouble to spread the kelp on top? Wouldn't it be more convenient to put it in a bag and take it away together? It also saves you having to take down the scattered items when unloading." Pei Dongqing asked in confusion.
road.
"You don't understand this, don't you? If I don't take out the kelp and spread it on the top, and hang it all over the car, will others know that the dark stuff in my bag is kelp?"
"Oh, do you want to go out of your way to show it to others?"
"Of course, I have to go around the main street a few times to let everyone know that my cart is full of kelp, and then I will take it to the market gate and sell these hundreds of kilograms in pieces. This is not appropriate.
Propaganda?”
Waiting until tomorrow to pull a cart and place it in front of the store will attract more people.
Pei Dongqing's eyes were filled with stars and she looked at him with admiration, "You are so smart. Then we won't have to worry about selling the kelp. A few kilograms of scattered kelp will be sold very quickly, and it can also attract wholesalers."
"Yes, smart."
"And the one that has been disassembled is easier to weigh. You can use the remaining 5 tons for delivery, and the weighing will be faster."
"Well, work hard and let's go."
Ye Yaodong started the tractor with the crank handle, then threw the handle under the seat, sat on it, and quickly turned around and left.
He had already planned it well, and he did the same thing when he went to the city.
The tractor was driving on the streets of the busy city. It could not go very fast and could only move slowly. However, when the people saw that he had a whole truck of kelp, they came to the front of the truck and asked him at a trot whether he could sell this truck of kelp.
.
Not just one or two, they were traveling all the way. As soon as the tractor slowed down, a large number of people came up to ask.
Ye Yaodong always said that this cart of goods has been ordered and there will be more tomorrow. He will take another cart to the aquatic product wholesale market at noon tomorrow and ask them to come over then.
He also said that 1 pound is 2.5 cents, and one pound can be soaked in about five or six pounds.
He thought that if he came back tomorrow, he could use a loudspeaker and bring someone other than Chen Shi with him to shout and attract people while driving, which would be more effective.
Driving all the way, the city slowly cleared out of the traffic jam, and the tractor became able to speed up a little, but not much faster, with so much cargo.
A truckload of kelp was waiting for him at the door of the wholesale market. The salesmen and merchants around him were all attracted by the truckload of goods. They all gathered around and asked him if he had brought it here to sell it.
Here, a whole truckload of goods is either brought here for sale or purchased from here. It is obvious that there are no other stalls in the market that sell large quantities of kelp.
"Only a few hundred kilograms are for sale, and the rest have been reserved. One kilogram is 25 cents, and more than 20 kilograms is 20 cents. No bargaining."
"One pound is soaked in five or six pounds. Actually, it only costs three or four cents per pound. It's cheap."
"Only 500 catties, only 500 catties, sold out."
Ye Yaodong shouted while asking someone to climb into the car to untie the rope.
Father Lin also saw the movement at the door and hurried out, then hurried in to get the scale.
"Give me 20 pounds!"
"I also want 20 pounds..."
"Have you ever come together to buy 20 pounds?"
"I, I, I...can I fight for 5 pounds?"
"I will also fight for 5 pounds..."
Ye Yaodong looked at them shouting and looking for someone to fight for the order in the crowd, and thought to himself, he didn't have the chops here.
There are a lot of people gathering here, and Chinese people like to hang out wherever they like. The more people and the crowds, the more attractive it is.
However, in less than an hour, all the 520 kilograms of goods were sold out. If it hadn't been a waste of time to weigh the goods and collect money, they would have been gone long ago.
There are still some people who haven't bought anything yet and are still asking. They are all ordering together. Ye Yaodong asked them to come over at this time tomorrow.
"Comrade, how many tons does your truck have?"
Ye Yaodong looked at some young men holding a 20-pound bundle of weighed kelp in their hands, and said casually: "A truck of 5 tons has been reserved."
After that, he said to the crowd who had not dispersed: "If you haven't bought it yet, don't worry. These goods have been ordered and cannot be unpacked. Come back at the same time tomorrow. A cart will be brought over tomorrow."
The young man did not leave and continued to ask: "Did you order this car from the same person? Can such a large quantity be cheaper?"
Ye Yaodong only looked at this young man seriously at this time. He just saw that he was young, maybe not even older than him, so he didn't take it seriously and only said a perfunctory sentence.
Hearing this, it seems that he is asking for a price. Sure enough, people should not be underestimated just because they are young.
He smiled and said: "Of course, it will definitely be more favorable if you buy a few tons in large quantities at a time. Does the boss want a large quantity? How much quantity is required? The price is easy to negotiate."
"You can call me a layman." He picked up the kelp in his hand and gestured. "I'll take it back to check the quality and we'll discuss it tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong's smile deepened, "Okay, okay, I'll bring a few more tons over tomorrow. The quantity is large and the price is good. The price is easy to negotiate."
"Originally, tomorrow's goods have also been ordered, but the other party is not in a hurry. If we can agree, I can give it to you first. If we can't agree, I will send it to the next person."
"You can also go into my shop and look at the dried fish and fish sauce. They are all fresh sea fish, caught by our own fishing boats, which is even fresher."
Call him a layman, a monk or an acquaintance, anyone who can buy his goods is a good person.
It seems that this name was chosen casually while walking outside.
It seems like he really is a potential boss.
"Okay, let's take a look at the quality first. It turns out that store is yours."
"Don't worry, these are just exposed for fun in the past two days. The white frost on them is mannitol, not dirt. A layman will think it is dirt. This can lower blood pressure, diuresis and reduce swelling. Eating more kelp can prevent it.
Iodine deficiency big neck disease, this is a good thing."
These days, not many people know that the frost on kelp is mannitol, and they all think it is dirty. People at the beach think so too.
There is no comprehensive science popularization yet. Even if there is information for popularization, most people will not know it.
"So that's it. I didn't know that the white frost on it was a good thing. I really thought it was dirty stuff, but I also thought it should be like this naturally. Just wash it off."
"You must wash it, but the layer of frost also shows the quality of the kelp. You will know it after you take it home and eat it. It is thick, fresh and chewy."
The layman smiled and said, "Thank you, your explanation makes kelp a good thing."
"It is a good thing. Anything that can prevent diseases is a good thing, and the price is cheap. It only costs a few cents per kilogram to soak it. If you get sick, you will have to spend money to take medicine to treat the disease."
"That makes sense, then I'll leave first."
"Okay, let's go slowly without seeing you off. Let's talk again tomorrow."
The layman nodded and walked toward the crowd carrying a bundle of kelp tied with a rope.
Ye Yaodong also withdrew his gaze, looked at the people around him who had not yet left, and waved hello.
"Everyone, come back at this time tomorrow and pull another car tomorrow."
Father Lin wiped his sweat and asked with a smile: "It's quite easy to sell. The starting price is 20 kilograms, and it was sold out in a short time."
Ye Yaodong asked Chen Shi to go up and tie the rope again, secure the cart of goods on it, and answered smoothly.
"If it's one pound for one pound, how long will it take to sell it? It's easier to pack twenty pounds together. It can be sold out earlier. I would rather sell it cheaper, and everyone will feel that they have made a profit."
"That's true. I couldn't tell you clearly on the phone how much kelp your village has planted? This truck must have several tons, right? Will there be more kelp tomorrow?"
"Yes, I will collect them for several days in a row. I will be fishing for squid at home for the next half month. The Dongsheng has been left to my father to drive out. I happened to be at home to process the recently collected batch of kelp. There should be about 30
ton."
"Thirty tons!" Father Lin was shocked.
He only knew that last year Ye Yaodong suggested that the village committee cultivate kelp, and everyone was happy with the harvest this year. But he didn't know that just trying to cultivate it could yield such a big harvest in the first year.
I heard that only a few people can do it, and the enclosed trial breeding base is not that big. After all, it is just a try.
"There are so many, so everyone in the village is very happy these two days."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is a great thing. If the whole village is farming together, wouldn't we all make money together? This is better than anything else, but everyone is happy."
"Well, I'll send this batch of goods first and come back later."
"good."
The goods on the car had been tied up and fixed again, and Ye Yaodong continued to drive the tractor to deliver goods to Boss Zhou. This was also agreed in advance and would be delivered today.
The 5 tons were packed in nylon bags. He had already weighed them in advance. If he re-weighed them and sent them to the warehouse, the quantity would only be much higher because the weight of the added nylon bags had exceeded the net weight.
Doing business with Boss Zhou has always been done on a cash basis, with one hand paying the money and the other hand delivering the goods. There is no such thing as a deposit or balance payment.
After putting it in the warehouse and taking the money, he saw that the time was still only 2 o'clock. It was just time to go to work, so he went to the Fisheries Association to report first.
It's close to the city, so he often comes here to report and take a look around, and learn about what the fishery association is currently doing.
When it was first established, most of the rules and regulations were laid out there, but in fact nothing substantial was done.
He proposed that the city’s expansion of sea cucumber and abalone farming would probably be the first big deal.
You still have to discuss it with the leader first, and then get support before discussing it with the fishery association. It takes several meetings to make it happen, and then you can apply for a report.
Ye Yaodong went to sit in the association, which was actually just a small facade, and then went to the nearby Ocean Bureau.
Of course, official matters must be discussed in the workplace.
Director Chen was not surprised to see him coming. Anyway, Ye Yaodong would come to his door every now and then.
"Here you come? Sit down. You are dressed so cleanly today. It doesn't look like you just came back from the sea."
"Haha, I can't embarrass you. You must be neatly dressed when you come to work."
"You have something to do when you come to work, right?"
"Nothing can be hidden from your discernment."
"Stop wearing a high hat and talk about it. If it's a private matter, you must be waiting for me at home."
"It's like this. I think we are a coastal city here, close to the sea, but not everyone can go out to fish. I think Wenzhou has already studied jellyfish farming, so as not to sit back and eat nothing. I think here we
Breeding should also be carried out to improve the national economy..."
He talked nonchalantly, and then talked about the success of kelp cultivation in his village last year and how amazing the output was. Today he brought the goods to the market and was robbed like crazy.
He talked about a lot of concepts that he thought about, most of which were based on what he knew in his previous life.
“So you want to promote kelp farming throughout the city?”
"No, no, no, I'm thinking of filing an application report, sending people to visit the institute, and then apply for breeding species suitable for our surrounding sea areas. It doesn't have to be kelp. Kelp has requirements for the tide of the sea. It can't be grown anywhere. We
You have to choose the right one. The institute must be studying a lot of species, we can apply for a visit, and then ask the institute to send people over to check the experiments."
Director Chen was thinking silently.
Ye Yaodong continued his efforts, "It's okay to give it a try, but even if it doesn't work, you can expand your knowledge by going for a visit. If it can be developed, wouldn't it be a great achievement? It can improve the labor productivity of the entire people, increase marine resources, and satisfy the production of the working people.
Compared with daily needs, this is still long-term.”
"It's okay if this works, but if it fails..."
"So we invite researchers here. Of course, professional things have to be done by professional people. We just propose a plan, and the professional people will solve the plan and go to production and testing. It doesn't matter if it fails. We just continue to test. People who do research don't
Are we just going to study these species? Our field experiments also support research, and if they can be produced, it will also be an affirmation of their research results."
Director Chen thought thoughtfully, "This is not a trivial matter. Your idea is a good one. Marine research has always existed. It is only a matter of time before we promote something that can be cultured."
"I'm thinking about it. You should make an application report first, and then hold an internal discussion meeting later to see what other people think. If it's unanimously approved, you can try submitting the application again. The boss may not necessarily approve it."
Ye Yaodong didn't expect to be convinced so easily, and said happily: "Okay, as long as you try to apply and make a sound and well-founded statement, the superiors will definitely hope that there will be a breakthrough in the breeding field."
"By the way, I also brought a big bag with about a hundred kilograms of dried kelp. You can give some to your relatives and friends as you like. Although it's not worth much, it's still a good taste."
"Also, sea cucumbers, abalones, and many kinds of fish also grow in the waters around us. I was thinking that if we start breeding, we can try high-end ingredients like sea cucumbers and abalones. They feed on kelp and are cultivated
If so, you don’t have to think about what to feed, haha.”
Director Chen chuckled: "You also want to solve the kelp sales problem?"
"You can't say that. There is absolutely no need to worry about selling kelp. It has a lot of advantages and is easy to store and transport. However, when deciding what to promote breeding, researchers still need to make an inspection and decide what is suitable for us to raise here. We can't make blind decisions. I just mentioned
A suggestion.”
"Well, okay, I know what you think. Carrying out full-scale breeding is indeed a good proposal."
"Okay, I'll write a report when I get back, and I'll show it to you then. I don't know how to write it, so I'll just write down my thoughts. You can give me some guidance then."
"For this meeting, you simply write one first, and after the meeting passes, you can sort it out and write it again and submit it."
"good."
He proposed the idea of ​​breeding, and the subsequent discussion is not his consideration, it depends on the leaders' ideas.
After all, the fishery association has just been established and does not have any rights yet. It has to obey the leaders no matter what. Only when it matures can it have an independent system and independent decision-making.
After he settled the matter, he placed the sack of kelp he had brought with him at the doorman, told Director Chen and asked him to arrange the matter, and left first.
He was in a hurry, the traffic was really bad, and all his time was wasted on the way back and forth.
I don’t know when the expressway will be opened. If you want to get rich, build the road first.
He still has to go to the market to get money, get the store's sales turnover during this period, and then rush home.
It will be dark if we get home at this time, so we will definitely not be able to collect kelp in time.
But fortunately, I was weighed yesterday and Ah Qing will know the arrangements.
He came and went in a hurry, even briefly strolling around the factory, taking a look, asking if everything was okay, and then returned immediately.
By the time we got home, it was completely dark, and even the kelp had been weighed and put away.
He got off the tractor, went straight to the warehouse, and asked Lin Xiuqing.
"The speed was so fast today? How many tons were collected?"
"More than three tons were collected. In the afternoon, the villagers brought over their own sun-dried goods early in the afternoon. After lunch, they were delivered one after another, and the village committee also hurriedly collected the dried goods. So.
I started working on it early, and it was already put away as soon as the sun went down.”
"It's not much more than three tons. It's less than half the difference from yesterday."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Yesterday we collected everything we could, and some of the first batch had already been harvested, so the quantity is a bit larger."
"That's fine. Anyway, it's enough for tomorrow."
"All sold out today?"
Ye Yaodong patted the bag hanging inside his clothes, and the coins clanked.
"It's not enough to sell them all. It was quite late when we arrived and the market was almost closed. I didn't expect it to sell out very quickly. It was mainly because it was cheap and there was a lot of people. Tomorrow we will be able to pull in the quantity."
"As long as it sells well, I'm afraid it won't sell well, so I have to hoard it to occupy space."
"No, there will probably be more people tomorrow. When I went there, I walked around the downtown area. The car drove slowly. People came to me along the way and asked me if I would sell it. They all wanted to get in my car."
"This kind of bulk sale probably won't be sold out in a day."
"I started selling 20 kilograms today, and the sales were very fast. I haven't stopped in the downtown area yet, and I met someone who asked about the price. Maybe I can sell them all tomorrow."
"That's it, then we really don't have to worry about selling." Lin Xiuqing was happy, but she was worried that the quantity would be too much and she would lose it.
"You're just worried that no one will want the food?"
Ye Yaodong walked to the door and waited for Lin Xiuqing to unlock the warehouse door. Before the lights were turned on, he smelled the strong smell of kelp.
The bag is obviously tied tightly, but the smell is still strong.
"It smells weird. This is the smell of the sea."
"The smell of the sea is fishy, ​​and the smell of kelp is quite fresh, with the smell of the sun. We are used to smelling the sea, so when we smell it, we find it fragrant. Others may have to pinch their noses to point it out."
"Have you checked the quality? What I'm talking about is that everyone brought it here and there."
"Definitely. When we weighed them, we grabbed them one by one and bundled them up. I know it after passing them. With so many people watching, no one dared to pass them off as good ones. They are all good ones. Bring them to us. Keep the bad ones for yourself.
have eaten."
"good."
Ye Yaodong casually opened a bag and looked at it before tying it up again.
"You've been running around all day, go and eat quickly."
"Um."
Lin Xiuqing felt a little sorry for him running back and forth. There were obviously many workers on hand, but he had to do many things himself before arranging others to do it. After all, this year's kelp production was so large for the first time.
"If it's going to be this late tomorrow, I might as well spend the night in the city. Anyway, I can take care of the goods at home. On the second day, let them sail directly to the city dock. You can just stay in the city and save the money.
Running back and forth.”
Ye Yaodong thought about it and thought it was feasible.
Anyway, the nylon bag is waterproof, so it’s no problem to bundle it up and transport it on a fishing boat.
"I'll think about it later and make a plan. Tomorrow I'll go out to sea to collect some longlines, and then I can haul the goods to the city. I'll stay overnight tomorrow and pick up the goods you arranged at the dock early the morning after tomorrow. It can also be connected directly.
There are more people in the market in the morning than at noon."
Chapter completed!