Chapter 1242: Proposal

Early the next morning, the sky was just barely bright, and Ye Yaodong got up.

He stood at the door of his house watching the tide rise and fall on the sea, and also saw that the kelp on the empty lot on the side had already been dried on the beach.

The words he said yesterday morning were listened to by the village cadres. Those that didn't have enough space to dry were slowly moved down to the beach and dried on the beach.

Early in the morning, someone was drying there. I don't know if they worked all night or got up early to work.

"Are these people sleeping or not?"

The old lady also walked out and took a look. "When I got up, someone was already working there, I don't know."

"Really hardworking."

At this time, Chen Shi was already at his courtyard door, gnawing on a sweet potato.

He called Chen Shi to stay yesterday, and he would go to put longline fishing gear with him early this morning. He transferred one person from the workshop to follow his father to sea.

"So early, didn't you eat? Why are you eating sweet potatoes? Come in and eat a bowl of porridge to get full."

"Too... too late... cold, just... eat sweet potatoes."

"Could it be that you cooked it for the pigs, and you took it by hand?"

"No... last night... heated it up, hot."

Ye Yaodong looked at his honest look, shook his head, let him in to eat a bowl of porridge, and then took him to sea.

It was already late April and almost May, and the temperature had risen, but he still had to put on a thin cotton jacket when going to sea.

When they pushed the flatbed cart to the pier and heard people say it, they knew that those who dried kelp had worked in turns all night.

Yesterday evening to night was the ebb tide, and they just happened to collect kelp to sell to him, and took the opportunity to rest for a while.

At night, the tide rose, and they all got up to collect and dry the vegetables overnight. If the fresh kelp collected wasn't dried in time, it was very easy to spoil, so they were still working even until dawn.

Moreover, they also had to race against time to work when it was sunny. Sunshine was very precious to everyone, and it would rain from time to time in this season.

Plus, he had a need for a boat this morning, so he definitely had to clear the boat for him.

When he arrived at the pier, the boat was already docked at the shore. He didn't know whether the kelp in the farming base had been harvested or not.

After replenishing the oil, he drove the boat out directly, and curiously drove to the farming base first.

Looking, it was just as expected. That piece of sea area was already bare. Everyone had been busy for several days and had already harvested all the kelp overnight.

"The speed is also quite fast."

"Hehe, can... can earn money..."

"Yes, everyone needs something that can earn money stably."

Chen Shi nodded.

The wind was strong at sea, and Ye Yaodong said two sentences and didn't say anything more. He had to speak against the wind, otherwise his mouth would be full of wind.

After driving for nearly an hour, he arrived at the familiar sea area. When he was approaching the destination, he saw two fishing boats. He took a closer look, and it turned out to be Xiao Xiao and A Zheng's.

Unexpectedly, they were trawling in the surrounding area now.

The fishing boats were all working, and he didn't disturb them, just drove around them, raised a flag, and considered it a greeting.

After finding a good spot near the reefs in the surrounding area, he and Chen Shi put the longline fishing gear down basket by basket.

Then he threw the remaining ground cages and shrimp cages left at home around the reefs.

At this time, the tide was rising, and the reefs were not exposed to the sea surface, but he was familiar with this location and it was impossible to hit the reefs.

After throwing the last buoy, he clapped his hands. "Work finished, go back."

"What... time, come... collect?"

"Tomorrow morning, I have no time today. I still have to pull kelp to the city later, and there are a bunch of things to handle in the city."

"Good, good."

Before returning, Ye Yaodong also wandered around the surrounding islands. Looking at the barnacles and young shellfish densely packed on those reefs, he felt it was a pity not to dig them. They would grow out again anyway, and this was a renewable resource.

After watching, he returned immediately.

After a trip to sea and putting down longline fishing gear and ground cages, it wasn't even 9 o'clock when he returned.

He went to the workshop first, called people to move the kelp collected yesterday onto the tractor, and went home to change the clothes he was working in.

If he was just sending goods to the market normally, it wouldn't matter if he wore the clothes he was working in, but he still had to go to the Ocean Bureau and the Fishery Association office to file an application report, so he had to dress decently.

A bundle of kelp wrapped in nylon bags weighed at least 200 jin, and it had to be carried out by several people together and lifted onto the tractor.

The tractor's load capacity was also about five or six tons. Stacking it high and fixing it with ropes, pulling the goods collected yesterday in one trip was no problem.

It was just that when the last bag was to be moved up, Ye Yaodong asked people to dismantle the bag and push the scale over.

"Yesterday, the weighing was 620 jin more. Weigh 520 jin out, don't pack it together."

Zhou Laoban wanted 5 tons first, 100 jin he would send to his godfather, and 520 jin he could take out first to hang on the car to advertise, and then sell it in the market.

After weighing 520 jin, the last bag was also lifted onto the car.

He asked people to tie the scattered 520 jin of kelp with ropes, distribute them evenly on the top, and cover them on the nylon bags.

Then he asked people to tie and fix the piled-high goods with ropes, to avoid falling during the bumpy journey.

"Dong Ge, why do you have to go through the trouble of spreading the kelp on top? Isn't it more convenient to put it in the bag and pull it away? It also saves the trouble of having to take the scattered ones down when unloading." Pei Dongqing asked suspiciously.

"You don't understand this. If I don't take the kelp out and spread it on the top, filling a car, how will others know that the black things in the bag are kelp?"

"Oh, do you want to let people see it on purpose?"

"Of course. I also have to circle around the main streets a few times, let everyone know that my whole car is kelp, and then pull it to the market entrance and sell the few hundred jin of scattered ones. Isn't this proper publicity?"

Pulling another car tomorrow and placing it at the door of the shop would attract more people.

Pei Dongqing's eyes were full of stars, looking at him admiringly. "You are really smart. We won't have to worry about selling kelp in the future. Selling a few jin of scattered ones will sell very quickly, and it can also attract wholesalers to come."

"Right, smart."

"And this one that has been dismantled is easier to weigh. The remaining 5 tons of whole numbers you take to deliver goods, weighing can be even faster."

"Hmm, work hard, go."

Ye Yaodong took the rocker to start the tractor, then threw the rocker under the seat, sat on it, and drove away skillfully.

He had already planned everything well. Going to the city was also done like this.

The tractor drove on the busy streets, and the speed couldn't be fast, so it could only move slowly. The masses looked at his whole car of kelp, and even specially ran to the front of the car, running and asking him if this car of kelp was for sale.

It wasn't one or two. Driving all the way, as long as the tractor slowed down, a large group of people crowded over to ask.

Ye Yaodong said uniformly that this car of goods had already been ordered, there would be more tomorrow, and another car would be pulled to the aquatic wholesale market tomorrow noon, letting them come over then.

He also said 2 cents 5 per jin, and one jin could soak five or six jin.

He thought, if he came again tomorrow, he could take a loudspeaker, take someone other than Chen Shi, and shout while driving to attract people, and the effect would be better.

Driving all the way, slowly blocking out of the urban area, the tractor could speed up a bit, but it couldn't be fast, with so many goods.

When the car of goods stopped at the door of the shop in the wholesale market, the vendors and merchants around were all attracted by the whole car of goods, and they all crowded over to ask if he pulled it over to sell.

Here, a whole car of goods was either pulled over to sell, or imported from here. Obviously, no other stalls in the market had large quantities of kelp for sale.

"Sell, there are only a few hundred jin, others have been ordered, 2 cents 5 per jin, 2 cents 2 for more than 20 jin, no bargaining."

"One jin soaks five or six jin, actually one jin only costs three or four cents, cheap."

"Only 500 jin, only 500 jin, sold out and gone."

Ye Yaodong shouted while asking people to climb onto the car to untie the ropes.

And Lin Fu also saw the movement at the door, and quickly came out, then quickly went in to get the scale.

"Give me 20 jin!"

"I also want 20 jin..."

"Is there anyone who wants to buy 20 jin together?"

"Me me me... can I piece 5 jin?"

"I also piece 5 jin..."

Ye Yaodong watched them shouting to find people to piece orders in the crowd, thinking that he didn't have any 'cut one knife' here.

There were many people gathered here. The Chinese people liked to crowd where it was lively. The more people, the more crowded, the more attractive.

However, in less than an hour, 520 jin of goods were all sold out. If it weren't for the time wasted weighing goods and collecting money, they would have been gone long ago.

There were still some people who hadn't bought it, and they were still asking. They were all piecing orders. Ye Yaodong let them come over at this time tomorrow.

"Comrade, how many tons are in this car?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the somewhat young man. He was holding a bundle of 20 jin of kelp weighed in his hand, and said casually: "5 tons per car, already ordered."

After saying that, he continued to say to the crowd that hadn't dispersed: "Those who haven't bought it don't worry, these goods have been ordered by someone, can't be dismantled, come again at the same time tomorrow, another car will be pulled tomorrow."

The young man didn't leave and continued to ask: "Is this car ordered by the same person? Can such a large quantity be cheaper?"

Ye Yaodong then seriously looked at this young man. Just now, seeing that he was young, maybe even younger than him, he didn't treat him seriously, so he just brushed him off.

Listening to this, it looked like he was asking for the price. Sure enough, one shouldn't judge a person by their appearance, and one shouldn't look down on people just because they were young.

He smiled and said: "Of course, buying a few tons of large quantities every time is definitely more favorable. Does the boss want a large quantity? How much quantity, the price is easy to talk about."

"You can call me 'Vulgar Person'." He picked up the kelp in his hand and signaled. "I'll take it back to check the quality, and come back to talk tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong's smile deepened. "Fine, good, come back to talk tomorrow, I'll pull a few more tons over, large quantity and good price, the price is easy to talk about."

"The goods tomorrow were also ordered by someone, but the other party is not in a hurry. If we talk it over, I can give it to you first. If we don't talk it over, I will send it to the next family."

"You can also go into my shop and take a look at the dried fish and fish sauce. They are all fresh sea fish, caught by our own fishing boats, and fresher."

Whether he is called a vulgar person, a monk, or an acquaintance, anyone who can buy his goods is a good person.

Looking at this name, it was taken casually while walking outside.

It seems he is really a potential boss.

"Good, then I'll take a look at the quality inside before talking."

"You can rest assured, these were all dried in the past two days. The white frost on it is mannitol, not dirty things. Outsiders will think it's dirty things. This can lower blood pressure, diuresis and reduce swelling. Eating more kelp can prevent iodine-deficiency goiter. This is a good thing."

In this era, few people know that the white frost on kelp is mannitol, and they will think it's dirty things. People by the sea also think so.

It hasn't been fully popularized. Even if there is data popularization, most people won't know.

"So that's how it is. I didn't know the white frost on it was a good thing, and I really thought it was dirty things, but I also felt it should be natural like this, just wash it clean."

"Washing is definitely necessary, but having this layer of frost also shows the quality of the kelp. You'll know after taking it back to eat, it's thick, fresh, and chewy."

"Vulgar Person" smiled. "Thank you. Your explanation makes kelp a good thing."

"It was originally a good thing. Anything that can prevent diseases is a good thing, and the price is cheap. After soaking, one jin only costs a few cents. If you get sick, you'll have to go bankrupt to see a doctor."

"Makes sense, then I'll go first."

"Good, walk slowly, I won't send you off, come back to chat tomorrow."

"Vulgar Person" nodded, carrying a bundle of kelp tied with ropes, and walked into the crowd.

Ye Yaodong also withdrew his gaze, looked at the crowd that hadn't left, and waved to greet them.

"Everyone come again at this time tomorrow, another car will be pulled tomorrow."

Lin Fu wiped his sweat and asked with a smile: "It sells quite well. It was sold out not long after selling 20 jin at a time."

Ye Yaodong asked Chen Shi to go up and tie the ropes again, fix the car of goods on top, and answered casually.

"If you sell one jin by one jin, when will you sell it? Packing twenty jin together is so easy, you can sell it out sooner. I'd rather sell it cheaper, and at the same time, everyone will feel they earned it."

"That is indeed the case. It's not clear on the phone. How much kelp did your village plant? This car must be several tons, right? More tomorrow?"

"Yes, it will be collected continuously for a few days. I will be at home catching squid for the next half month. The Dongsheng was handed over to my father to drive out. I just happened to be at home to handle this batch of kelp collected recently. There should be 30-plus tons."

"30-plus tons!" Lin Fu was shocked.

He only knew that Ye Yaodong suggested the village committee to farm kelp last year, and there was a bumper harvest this year, and everyone was happy. But he didn't know that it was just trial farming, and they could harvest so much in the first year.

I heard that only a few people worked, and the trial farming base circled out wasn't that big. After all, it was just trying to do it.

"It's just this much, so the whole village is very happy up and down these two days."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is a great thing. The whole village follows suit to farm, then everyone follows suit to earn money? This is better than doing anything, isn't everyone happy up and down."

"Hmm, I'll send this batch of goods first, and come back later."

"Good."

The goods on the car had already been tied and fixed again. Ye Yaodong continued to drive the tractor to deliver goods to Zhou Laoban. This was also agreed in advance, and it was sent over today.

5 tons were all packed in nylon bags. He had already weighed them in advance. Re-weighing for the other party to enter the warehouse, the quantity was only more, not less, because the weight of the added nylon bags had already exceeded the net weight itself.

Doing business with Zhou Laoban here has always been cash on delivery, money for goods, and not following this set of deposits and final payments.

After entering the warehouse and getting the money, he looked at the time and it was only 2 o'clock, just the time for work, so he went to the Fishery Association to report first.

The city is close, and he often comes to report for a turn, and by the way, understands what the current Fishery Association is doing.

Just established, most of them are planning rules and regulations, and they haven't done anything substantial.

His proposal to expand the farming of sea cucumber and abalone in the city will probably be the first heavyweight.

Still have to discuss with the leader first, and after getting support, go to discuss with the Fishery Association, and hold a few meetings to realize it, and then file an application report.

Ye Yaodong went to the association to sit for a while. It was actually a small storefront, and then immediately went to the nearby Ocean Bureau.

Official business must be said in the unit.

Chen Juzhang wasn't surprised to see him come. Anyway, now every few days, Ye Yaodong would come to the door.

"Here? Sit, dressed so cleanly today, doesn't look like you just returned from the sea."

"Hehe, I can't lose face for you. Coming to the unit, I must dress cleanly and neatly."

"There must be something to come to the unit, right?"

"Nothing can hide from your magic eyes."

"Don't put on high hats, say it. If it's a private matter, you would definitely be waiting for me at home."

"It's like this. I think we are a coastal city here, relying on the sea to eat the sea, but not everyone can go to sea to catch fish. Thinking that Wenzhou has already researched sea cucumber farming, to avoid sitting and eating the sky, I think we should also carry out farming here to improve the national economy..."

He babbled on, and talked about the success of his village's kelp farming last year, how amazing the yield was, and how his goods pulled to the city today were snapped up.

He talked about a long string of concepts he thought of, most of which were combined with what he knew in his previous life.

"So you want to promote kelp farming in the whole city?"

"No, no, I'm thinking of filing an application report, sending people to visit research institutes, and then applying for species suitable for farming in our surrounding sea areas. It doesn't have to be kelp. Kelp has requirements for sea area tides, not everywhere can be planted, we have to choose the right ones. The research institute must have researched many species. We can apply to visit, and then let the research institute send people to check and test."

Chen Juzhang thought silently.

Ye Yaodong made persistent efforts. "Trying is nothing. At worst, go visit, and you can also expand your horizons. If it can be developed, isn't that also a big achievement? It can improve the national labor production capacity, increase marine resources, and satisfy the production and daily needs of the working people. This is still long-term."

"This is fine if it succeeds, but if it fails..."

"So invite the researchers over. Professional things must be done by professional people. We just propose a plan, and professional people will solve it and test it. If it fails, it's nothing, just continue testing. Don't the people who research research these species? Our field test is also support for research. If it can be produced, this is also an affirmation of their research results."

Chen Juzhang thought about it. "This is not a small matter. Your idea is good. Marine research has always existed, and promoting some that can be farmed is sooner or later."

"I'll ponder it. You file an application report first, and later hold an internal discussion meeting to see what others think. If it passes unanimously, then submit the application to try. The higher-ups may not necessarily pass it."

Ye Yaodong didn't expect it to be so easy to persuade, and said happily: "Good, as long as you try to apply, if you speak with reason and evidence, the higher-ups will definitely hope that farming can have a breakthrough."

"By the way, I also brought a large bag, about a hundred jin of dried kelp. You can handle it and send some to relatives and friends. Although it's not worth much, it's also a fresh taste."

"Also, there are sea cucumber and abalone growing in our surrounding sea areas, and many kinds of fish. I'm thinking, if we carry out farming, we can try high-end ingredients like sea cucumber and abalone. They feed on kelp. If we farm them, we don't have to worry about what to feed them, hehe."

Chen Juzhang laughed: "You are also thinking about solving the sales problem of kelp?"

"I can't say that either. Kelp is definitely not worried about selling. It has a lot of advantages, and it is easy to store and transport. However, deciding what to promote farming still requires researchers to investigate what is suitable for us to farm. We can't decide blindly. I'm just making a suggestion."

"Hmm, fine, I know your idea. Carrying out farming comprehensively is indeed a very good proposal."

"Good, I'll write a report when I go back. I'll show it to you later. I don't know how to write it. Anyway, I'll write down the ideas, and you can guide me later."

"This will be done. You write a simple one first. After the meeting passes, organize and write it again and submit it."

"Good."

The idea of farming, he proposed it. The discussion that follows is not his consideration, it depends on the leaders' ideas. After all, the Fishery Association was just established and has no power. How can they listen to the leaders? Only after it matures can it have an independent system and independent decision-making.

After discussing the matter, he put the bag of kelp he brought to the guard, told Chen Juzhang to handle it, and left first.

He was in a hurry. The traffic roads were really too poor, and his time was wasted on the road back and forth.

I don't know when the expressway will be opened. If you want to be rich, build roads first.

He still has to go to the market to get money, get the sales turnover of the shop during this period, and then rush

I don't know when the expressway will be open. If you want to be rich, you must first build roads.

He still has to go to the market to get the money, take the sales revenue of the shop for this period, and then rush home.

By the time he rushes home at this time, it will be dark, and he definitely won't make it in time to collect the kelp.

But fortunately, after weighing it yesterday, Lin Xiuqing will know how to arrange it.

He came and went in a hurry, even in the factory building, he just took a quick look, asked if everything was normal, and immediately returned.

By the time he got home, it was pitch black, and even the kelp had already been weighed and put away.

He got off the tractor and went straight to the warehouse, and asked Lin Xiuqing.

"The speed was so fast today? How many tons were collected?"

"Collected over three tons. In the afternoon, the villagers brought over the goods they had dried themselves early on. After finishing lunch, they sent them over one after another, and even the village committee side hurriedly collected the dried ones. So they started working early, and it was already collected just as the sun went down."

"Over three tons isn't much, it's almost half less than yesterday."

"There's no help for that. Yesterday, everything that could be collected was collected, and the first batch also had some that had dried long ago, so the quantity was a bit larger."

"That's fine, anyway, it's enough to cope with tomorrow."

"Did everything sell out today?"

Ye Yaodong patted the bag hanging inside his clothes, and the coins clinked.

"It all sold out and still wasn't enough. It was quite late when I arrived, and the market was about to close. I didn't expect it to sell so fast, mainly because it was cheap, and there was also foot traffic. These quantities tomorrow will be just right to pull over."

"As long as it sells well, I'm just afraid it won't sell and will have to be stockpiled and take up space."

"That won't happen. I estimate there will be even more people tomorrow. When I went, I circled the busy market once, the car was driving slowly, and all the way, people ran over to ask me if I was selling, wishing they could climb onto my car."

"This kind of scattered selling probably won't finish selling in a day."

"I started selling from 20 jin today, and it sold very fast. I didn't even stay in the busy market, and I met someone asking for the price. Maybe tomorrow it can all be sold out too."

"Is that so? Then we really don't have to worry about selling." Lin Xiuqing was happy; she was just worried that the quantity was too large and would be stuck in her hands.

"I told you you were worrying blindly. Are you afraid that no one will want food?"

Ye Yaodong walked to the door, waiting for Lin Xiuqing to open the warehouse door. The lights hadn't even been turned on, and he smelled the rich scent of kelp.

Even though the bags were tied tight, the scent was still rich.

"It smells quite fragrant; this is the taste of the sea."

"The taste of the sea is fishy. This kelp taste is still quite fresh, and it carries the scent of the sun drying it. We are used to the smell of the sea, so we think this smell is fragrant; others might have to pinch their noses."

"Have you checked the quality? I'm talking about the ones people brought over scattered."

"For sure. When weighing, grabbing and bundling them up, I knew after passing through my hands. With so many people watching, everyone didn't dare to pass off inferior goods as good ones. They are all good; they gave the good ones to us, and kept the bad ones to eat themselves."

"Good."

After Ye Yaodong casually opened a bag to look, he tied it up again.

"You've been rushing around all day, hurry up and go eat."

"Mm."

Lin Xiuqing felt a bit sorry for him rushing back and forth. Even though there were many workers in his hands, many things still required him to do them personally first, and then he could arrange for people to do them, after all, this year was the first time kelp had produced so much.

"If it's this late tomorrow, just stay overnight in the city. Anyway, I can handle the goods at home. The next day, just let them drive the boat to the city pier, and you can just stay in the city, saving you from running back and forth."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt it was feasible.

Anyway, nylon bags are waterproof, and there's no problem with tying them up and transporting them by fishing boat.

"I'll think about it later and plan it. Tomorrow, I'll go out to sea to collect the longline fishing gear first. Only after collecting it can I pull the goods to the city. Tomorrow, I'll just stay overnight, and the day after tomorrow, I'll go to the pier early in the morning to pick up the goods you arranged. That will also work, and it can connect directly. There are also more people in the market in the morning than at noon."

"Mm."