Chapter 2162
Chapter 2162
Chapter 2162
At present, there are more bayberry fruit forests in Gaoxie Village than rice fields, and the planting and picking of bayberry is no longer a "sideshow" of local agricultural production, but has gradually become a major income-generating item for Gaoxie Village and even the entire Baiquan Town. .
The scale of planting in Gaoxie Village is increasing year by year, and the local labor force is no longer enough for the picking season every summer.After all, after picking these red bayberry fruits, they must be processed within a short preservation period, otherwise they will easily spoil and lose their value, so a lot of manpower needs to be concentrated during the picking period to complete the work.
In the past few days, besides mobilizing the whole village, young and old, to join the battle, Wang Dagui also invited many helpers from nearby villages to complete the picking work with low technical content.As for "free helpers" like Xiu Nian, Wang Dagui naturally took advantage of the opportunity.
Xiu Nian was also somewhat curious about the deep processing of red bayberry, so she proposed to Wang Dagui that she wanted to see the processing place.Wang Dagui felt that Xiu Nian was an official sent by the town government, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with this request, so he took him to the village after finishing the work at hand.
Xiu Nian noticed that the houses in Gaoxie Village were almost all tile-roofed houses, and there were even some brick-and-tile houses that are rare in rural areas, which shows that the economic situation here is indeed not bad.He then asked Wang Dagui whether new immigrants could have such living conditions in the future.
"According to the regulations above, the village must provide basic housing for new immigrants. The standard in our Baiquan Town is a unified thatched house. The place has already been selected, and it will be built when the busy days are over. They just need to work hard. One or two After a few years, you can spend some money to renovate it into a tile-roofed house. As for the brick-and-tile house and the big courtyard, the cost of construction is high, so it will probably take a few more years." Wang Dagui didn't hide it, and said straightforwardly Tell Xiu Nian the actual situation.
In fact, there is no need for Wang Dagui to lead the way at all, as long as you follow the cart that transports red bayberries, you will find a place to process red bayberries.This place is a row of large tile-roofed houses. The picked bayberry will be sent here for concentration. After cleaning, it will be processed into different products, and then sent to different rooms for storage. After a few days, businessmen will come to the village to deliver Money picked up.
Because the labor intensity is relatively lower than that of picking, almost all the people working here are women. They clean up the bayberries that have just been picked, and then proceed to the next step of processing according to different uses.
"Let me take you to see the production of canned red bayberry! This is a high-end product exclusively for the capital!" Wang Dagui proudly dragged Xiu Nian to one of the processing points and explained the production process to him.And Xiu Nian didn't know what the canned food was, so she was very curious at the moment.
Farmers remove the branches and leaves from the bayberry fruit, wash them with clean water, and then soak them in light salt water for a stick of incense.After that, put the bayberry into the steamed jar, add the boiled sugar water, then screw on the iron cover, then put it in the steamer and steam it for a stick of incense, take it out and put it while it is hot Tighten the towel again, and it's done.
"After these cans are made, they are placed in a cool place to dry. When the iron cover collapses by itself, it means that it is sealed. However, we usually turn it upside down to see if there is any water leakage. As long as there is no air leakage, If the lid does not bulge, this can can be stored for at least half a year, enough to be sent from Zhoushan to Beijing for sale." Wang Dagui introduced the production process in detail.
Of course he doesn't understand the various scientific principles involved in this production process, but this is the "secret method" taught by the agricultural technician. If Xiu Nian is not from the town hall, he will not explain the details to Xiu Nian .
Of course, although Xiu Nian could see and hear clearly, like Wang Dagui, he knew what was happening but didn't know why, and he didn't understand the principle of keeping the canned red bayberry fresh.However, Xiu Nian noticed that there are two types of containers for this can, one is a clay pot, and the other is a completely transparent glass jar that looks very extravagant, so she curiously asked Wang Dagui what is so special about it.
"The pottery jars are from Baiquan Town. It's nothing unusual, but this glass jar is a high-end product brought from the south. It's all thanks to General Shi's face. It's custom-made from China. The glass jar is the best. The number of red bayberry fruits is limited every year, and they cannot be bought in the market." Wang Dagui said, while throwing a "you understand" look at Xiu Nian.
But Xiu Nian really didn't understand, and then asked: "This kind of high-quality goods will definitely sell for a good price, so why not sell them on the market?"
"This is a special offering!" Wang Dagui could only shake his head in contempt for Xiu Nian's shallow knowledge: "This is for the dignitaries in the capital to enjoy, without that status, even if you have money, you can't eat it!"
"So that's it!" Xiu Nian suddenly realized.
In fact, similar things are not uncommon in Hirado. Some high-end goods imported from foreign countries, such as high-end silk products from Daming and glass crafts from Haihan, are sent to the capital or Edo first for the upper class. enjoy.This is a manifestation of class differences in material life, and no country is an exception.
Of course, not being sold on the market does not mean that these high-end agricultural products have no income. In fact, these high-end agricultural products that are not sold publicly bring much higher income to Gaoxie Village than ordinary goods, because these goods are produced in Sanya. It is ordered by the logistics department of the company, and it is specially provided for the travelers to enjoy, so they only look at the quality, and do not consider the cost at all. In addition, Shi Diwen also deliberately strives for some conditions for the local industry, and the profit margin of the processing fee is still very considerable. of.
And similar product classification methods also appear in other deep-processed products.Dried fruit, jam, and fruit wine are divided into several grades and supplied to different markets and consumers.
This relatively mature agricultural product development and experience model is far ahead of the social development of this era, and Haihan is unique in this field.And these operation methods have opened up a whole new world to Xiu Nian, who had a little business knowledge before.
"Village Chief Wang, may I ask a question, how much of the income of the people in Gaoxie Village can be accounted for by the income from processing red bayberry fruit?" Xiu Nian thought about it, but still raised a bold question.He reckoned that he was an official post anyway, presumably Wang Dagui would not blame himself for being too abrupt.
Sure enough, Wang Dagui only hesitated for a moment, and then answered his question straightforwardly: "It's hard to say how much, the rice grown in our village is barely self-sufficient, ensuring that all villagers will not go hungry. As for income, it basically depends on Yangmei has been planted."
Seeing that the other party was willing to answer, Xiu Nian continued to ask: "Then there must be some differences in the output of each family. How should we distribute it?"
"The bayberries in our Gaoxie Village are all public property. How much money is sold every year is shared equally according to household registration, so every household and every able-bodied person contributes." Wang Dagui paused, then added He said: "Part of the grain-growing fields are privately owned, but when it's time to harvest bayberry, you have to finish your work on bayberry before you can take care of your own fields."
Like most overseas colonial areas in Haihan, Zhoushan's agricultural production is still mainly in the form of collective farms.Although immigrants who are naturalized and settled can also be allocated private land, they still have to give priority to completing corresponding labor for collective farms in order to enjoy the various benefits of being Haihan nationals.As for the [-] Japanese immigrants who were assigned to Gaoxie Village yesterday, they are not yet qualified to obtain private land. Only when you are naturalized can you put it under your personal name.
There has never been a large-scale plantation or farm with private capital in Gaoxie Village, thanks to Shi Diwen's control of the local agricultural development process in Zhoushan.A planting project like Gaoxie bayberry with stable profit has long been thought of, but just as Wang Dagui showed off, the variety of Gaoxie bayberry is suitable for the water and soil environment, and the entire Zhoushan Island is only on the hillside near Gaoxie village. Bayberry fruit of this quality can be produced in the world.Businessmen who want to build bayberry plantations have only one way to go by contracting out the local forests.
However, Shi Diwen considered that this kind of agricultural product with local characteristics is one of the few special commodities in Zhoushan, so it should not be allowed to become an industry under the control of individual businessmen, so as not to affect the stability of the annual supply to Sanya. sex.Therefore, although the bayberry fruit forest in Gaoxie Village is well-known, it is not anyone's private property, and the local farmers can also rely on the production of this fruit forest to obtain rich income.
The reason why Shi Diwen did this is of course not clear to the people below, but the actual benefits brought about by it can be felt by everyone.Although ordinary people are not very good at expressing, they know what they should do. As long as they follow the arrangements of General Shi and the government, they will be right.
Xiu Nian has just arrived here, and she doesn't know much about the agricultural development model and the government's power structure in the Zhoushan colonial area, so naturally she can't empathize with the people of Gaoxie Village.However, from what she saw and heard in Gaoxie Village, Xiu Nian realized that Haihan is not a reckless man who only knows how to send troops to fight. Even in the area governed by a military officer like Shi Diwen, agricultural production is still going well Closely combined with Haihan's best at ocean trade, this is a development method he has never heard of in Hirado before.
However, Xiu Nian regretted that Wang Dagui did not invite him to taste these very attractive red bayberry products.According to Wang Dagui, these semi-finished products in the process of production are not in the best condition, but Xiu Nian thinks that he should be worried about money and doesn't want to let himself continue to prostitute these good things for nothing.
Xiu Nian's idea is obviously a bit of a villain's heart to judge a gentleman's belly. After visiting this bayberry processing site, Wang Dagui took the initiative to invite Xiu Nian to stay for dinner, and claimed that he would try the locally produced bayberry wine.
Xiu Nian thought to herself that she could save a few steamed buns from the town, but this red bayberry wine is absolutely undrinkable, and she has to go to the next village today, if she drinks too much at noon, it will definitely cause trouble. He couldn't go back and return Jiang Zian's life.
Eat the mountains by the mountains, and eat the sea by the sea. Gaoxie Village is located in the coastal plain, and the ingredients on this table are mainly seafood.Before Xiu Nian left Seogwipo, she already had the idea of returning to vulgarity, so she didn't have to eat meat, and she could eat freely.However, he firmly declined Wang Dagui's persuasion, which made Wang Dagui think highly of him.
"Monk, don't worry about those people who came to Gaoxie Village yesterday. They won't starve to death or freeze here. I still count on them to work. I will definitely let them live and eat without worry. Don't you say that you will have to eat in the afternoon?" Are you going? After dinner later, I will take you to the ancestral hall where they live temporarily, so that you can rest assured."
After hearing this, Xiu Nian quickly thanked Wang Dagui, thinking that the first village she came to had completed her errands very smoothly, and the village head was easy to talk to, so it seemed that she was lucky.Immediately, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "Mr. Wang, I have to go to the nearby Fuqiang Village in the afternoon. Can you tell me about the local situation?"
Wang Dagui nodded and said: "Fuqiang Village is very close, more than three miles to the southeast. Those who came to pick the fruit today are helpers from Fuqiang Village. Later, find someone to take you there."
"In Fuqiang Village, including the village head, most of them are immigrants. Their village head is an immigrant who escaped from Shandong. He used to make pottery. Pots and pots. The various pots and jars you saw at the bayberry processing place just now are basically produced in Fuqiang Village."
Xiu Nian said: "Then speaking of it, Fuqiang Village has followed Gaoxie Village to get rich!"
"That's not necessarily true!" Wang Dagui didn't appreciate Xiu Nian's flattery, he shook his head and said: "The pottery made in Fuqiang Village is not only supplied to our village, but also sold outside, and there are all kinds of pottery and jars. Seasonal, can be produced and sold all year round, so their business is better than our village selling red bayberry, and there are more wealthy households than our village.”
Every village has its own industry!After hearing this introduction, Xiu Nian couldn't help feeling a little bit moved by Haihan's agricultural development model. He remembered that when he was in Pinghou, the farmers seemed to have no other work except to take care of the farmland. They really had some free time and had to finish it. The corvee of the government is a little turbulent and even conscripted as a farmer and soldier. Unlike this farmer in Haihan, he still has the energy to run some sideline businesses that can make money.
"Village Chief Wang, don't the villagers need to serve corvee?" Xiu Nian couldn't help asking.
Wang Dagui replied: "The fields and fruit trees we usually plant are all owned by the public, so we are already doing corvée! We also dig ditches, repair roads, and build some public facilities, which are also corvée. I know you want to ask What, the corvee belongs to the corvee, but generally it will not delay everyone's work and earn money. Otherwise, do you think that such a big Dinghai Port in the south can come out of nowhere?"
(End of this chapter)
At present, there are more bayberry fruit forests in Gaoxie Village than rice fields, and the planting and picking of bayberry is no longer a "sideshow" of local agricultural production, but has gradually become a major income-generating item for Gaoxie Village and even the entire Baiquan Town. .
The scale of planting in Gaoxie Village is increasing year by year, and the local labor force is no longer enough for the picking season every summer.After all, after picking these red bayberry fruits, they must be processed within a short preservation period, otherwise they will easily spoil and lose their value, so a lot of manpower needs to be concentrated during the picking period to complete the work.
In the past few days, besides mobilizing the whole village, young and old, to join the battle, Wang Dagui also invited many helpers from nearby villages to complete the picking work with low technical content.As for "free helpers" like Xiu Nian, Wang Dagui naturally took advantage of the opportunity.
Xiu Nian was also somewhat curious about the deep processing of red bayberry, so she proposed to Wang Dagui that she wanted to see the processing place.Wang Dagui felt that Xiu Nian was an official sent by the town government, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with this request, so he took him to the village after finishing the work at hand.
Xiu Nian noticed that the houses in Gaoxie Village were almost all tile-roofed houses, and there were even some brick-and-tile houses that are rare in rural areas, which shows that the economic situation here is indeed not bad.He then asked Wang Dagui whether new immigrants could have such living conditions in the future.
"According to the regulations above, the village must provide basic housing for new immigrants. The standard in our Baiquan Town is a unified thatched house. The place has already been selected, and it will be built when the busy days are over. They just need to work hard. One or two After a few years, you can spend some money to renovate it into a tile-roofed house. As for the brick-and-tile house and the big courtyard, the cost of construction is high, so it will probably take a few more years." Wang Dagui didn't hide it, and said straightforwardly Tell Xiu Nian the actual situation.
In fact, there is no need for Wang Dagui to lead the way at all, as long as you follow the cart that transports red bayberries, you will find a place to process red bayberries.This place is a row of large tile-roofed houses. The picked bayberry will be sent here for concentration. After cleaning, it will be processed into different products, and then sent to different rooms for storage. After a few days, businessmen will come to the village to deliver Money picked up.
Because the labor intensity is relatively lower than that of picking, almost all the people working here are women. They clean up the bayberries that have just been picked, and then proceed to the next step of processing according to different uses.
"Let me take you to see the production of canned red bayberry! This is a high-end product exclusively for the capital!" Wang Dagui proudly dragged Xiu Nian to one of the processing points and explained the production process to him.And Xiu Nian didn't know what the canned food was, so she was very curious at the moment.
Farmers remove the branches and leaves from the bayberry fruit, wash them with clean water, and then soak them in light salt water for a stick of incense.After that, put the bayberry into the steamed jar, add the boiled sugar water, then screw on the iron cover, then put it in the steamer and steam it for a stick of incense, take it out and put it while it is hot Tighten the towel again, and it's done.
"After these cans are made, they are placed in a cool place to dry. When the iron cover collapses by itself, it means that it is sealed. However, we usually turn it upside down to see if there is any water leakage. As long as there is no air leakage, If the lid does not bulge, this can can be stored for at least half a year, enough to be sent from Zhoushan to Beijing for sale." Wang Dagui introduced the production process in detail.
Of course he doesn't understand the various scientific principles involved in this production process, but this is the "secret method" taught by the agricultural technician. If Xiu Nian is not from the town hall, he will not explain the details to Xiu Nian .
Of course, although Xiu Nian could see and hear clearly, like Wang Dagui, he knew what was happening but didn't know why, and he didn't understand the principle of keeping the canned red bayberry fresh.However, Xiu Nian noticed that there are two types of containers for this can, one is a clay pot, and the other is a completely transparent glass jar that looks very extravagant, so she curiously asked Wang Dagui what is so special about it.
"The pottery jars are from Baiquan Town. It's nothing unusual, but this glass jar is a high-end product brought from the south. It's all thanks to General Shi's face. It's custom-made from China. The glass jar is the best. The number of red bayberry fruits is limited every year, and they cannot be bought in the market." Wang Dagui said, while throwing a "you understand" look at Xiu Nian.
But Xiu Nian really didn't understand, and then asked: "This kind of high-quality goods will definitely sell for a good price, so why not sell them on the market?"
"This is a special offering!" Wang Dagui could only shake his head in contempt for Xiu Nian's shallow knowledge: "This is for the dignitaries in the capital to enjoy, without that status, even if you have money, you can't eat it!"
"So that's it!" Xiu Nian suddenly realized.
In fact, similar things are not uncommon in Hirado. Some high-end goods imported from foreign countries, such as high-end silk products from Daming and glass crafts from Haihan, are sent to the capital or Edo first for the upper class. enjoy.This is a manifestation of class differences in material life, and no country is an exception.
Of course, not being sold on the market does not mean that these high-end agricultural products have no income. In fact, these high-end agricultural products that are not sold publicly bring much higher income to Gaoxie Village than ordinary goods, because these goods are produced in Sanya. It is ordered by the logistics department of the company, and it is specially provided for the travelers to enjoy, so they only look at the quality, and do not consider the cost at all. In addition, Shi Diwen also deliberately strives for some conditions for the local industry, and the profit margin of the processing fee is still very considerable. of.
And similar product classification methods also appear in other deep-processed products.Dried fruit, jam, and fruit wine are divided into several grades and supplied to different markets and consumers.
This relatively mature agricultural product development and experience model is far ahead of the social development of this era, and Haihan is unique in this field.And these operation methods have opened up a whole new world to Xiu Nian, who had a little business knowledge before.
"Village Chief Wang, may I ask a question, how much of the income of the people in Gaoxie Village can be accounted for by the income from processing red bayberry fruit?" Xiu Nian thought about it, but still raised a bold question.He reckoned that he was an official post anyway, presumably Wang Dagui would not blame himself for being too abrupt.
Sure enough, Wang Dagui only hesitated for a moment, and then answered his question straightforwardly: "It's hard to say how much, the rice grown in our village is barely self-sufficient, ensuring that all villagers will not go hungry. As for income, it basically depends on Yangmei has been planted."
Seeing that the other party was willing to answer, Xiu Nian continued to ask: "Then there must be some differences in the output of each family. How should we distribute it?"
"The bayberries in our Gaoxie Village are all public property. How much money is sold every year is shared equally according to household registration, so every household and every able-bodied person contributes." Wang Dagui paused, then added He said: "Part of the grain-growing fields are privately owned, but when it's time to harvest bayberry, you have to finish your work on bayberry before you can take care of your own fields."
Like most overseas colonial areas in Haihan, Zhoushan's agricultural production is still mainly in the form of collective farms.Although immigrants who are naturalized and settled can also be allocated private land, they still have to give priority to completing corresponding labor for collective farms in order to enjoy the various benefits of being Haihan nationals.As for the [-] Japanese immigrants who were assigned to Gaoxie Village yesterday, they are not yet qualified to obtain private land. Only when you are naturalized can you put it under your personal name.
There has never been a large-scale plantation or farm with private capital in Gaoxie Village, thanks to Shi Diwen's control of the local agricultural development process in Zhoushan.A planting project like Gaoxie bayberry with stable profit has long been thought of, but just as Wang Dagui showed off, the variety of Gaoxie bayberry is suitable for the water and soil environment, and the entire Zhoushan Island is only on the hillside near Gaoxie village. Bayberry fruit of this quality can be produced in the world.Businessmen who want to build bayberry plantations have only one way to go by contracting out the local forests.
However, Shi Diwen considered that this kind of agricultural product with local characteristics is one of the few special commodities in Zhoushan, so it should not be allowed to become an industry under the control of individual businessmen, so as not to affect the stability of the annual supply to Sanya. sex.Therefore, although the bayberry fruit forest in Gaoxie Village is well-known, it is not anyone's private property, and the local farmers can also rely on the production of this fruit forest to obtain rich income.
The reason why Shi Diwen did this is of course not clear to the people below, but the actual benefits brought about by it can be felt by everyone.Although ordinary people are not very good at expressing, they know what they should do. As long as they follow the arrangements of General Shi and the government, they will be right.
Xiu Nian has just arrived here, and she doesn't know much about the agricultural development model and the government's power structure in the Zhoushan colonial area, so naturally she can't empathize with the people of Gaoxie Village.However, from what she saw and heard in Gaoxie Village, Xiu Nian realized that Haihan is not a reckless man who only knows how to send troops to fight. Even in the area governed by a military officer like Shi Diwen, agricultural production is still going well Closely combined with Haihan's best at ocean trade, this is a development method he has never heard of in Hirado before.
However, Xiu Nian regretted that Wang Dagui did not invite him to taste these very attractive red bayberry products.According to Wang Dagui, these semi-finished products in the process of production are not in the best condition, but Xiu Nian thinks that he should be worried about money and doesn't want to let himself continue to prostitute these good things for nothing.
Xiu Nian's idea is obviously a bit of a villain's heart to judge a gentleman's belly. After visiting this bayberry processing site, Wang Dagui took the initiative to invite Xiu Nian to stay for dinner, and claimed that he would try the locally produced bayberry wine.
Xiu Nian thought to herself that she could save a few steamed buns from the town, but this red bayberry wine is absolutely undrinkable, and she has to go to the next village today, if she drinks too much at noon, it will definitely cause trouble. He couldn't go back and return Jiang Zian's life.
Eat the mountains by the mountains, and eat the sea by the sea. Gaoxie Village is located in the coastal plain, and the ingredients on this table are mainly seafood.Before Xiu Nian left Seogwipo, she already had the idea of returning to vulgarity, so she didn't have to eat meat, and she could eat freely.However, he firmly declined Wang Dagui's persuasion, which made Wang Dagui think highly of him.
"Monk, don't worry about those people who came to Gaoxie Village yesterday. They won't starve to death or freeze here. I still count on them to work. I will definitely let them live and eat without worry. Don't you say that you will have to eat in the afternoon?" Are you going? After dinner later, I will take you to the ancestral hall where they live temporarily, so that you can rest assured."
After hearing this, Xiu Nian quickly thanked Wang Dagui, thinking that the first village she came to had completed her errands very smoothly, and the village head was easy to talk to, so it seemed that she was lucky.Immediately, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "Mr. Wang, I have to go to the nearby Fuqiang Village in the afternoon. Can you tell me about the local situation?"
Wang Dagui nodded and said: "Fuqiang Village is very close, more than three miles to the southeast. Those who came to pick the fruit today are helpers from Fuqiang Village. Later, find someone to take you there."
"In Fuqiang Village, including the village head, most of them are immigrants. Their village head is an immigrant who escaped from Shandong. He used to make pottery. Pots and pots. The various pots and jars you saw at the bayberry processing place just now are basically produced in Fuqiang Village."
Xiu Nian said: "Then speaking of it, Fuqiang Village has followed Gaoxie Village to get rich!"
"That's not necessarily true!" Wang Dagui didn't appreciate Xiu Nian's flattery, he shook his head and said: "The pottery made in Fuqiang Village is not only supplied to our village, but also sold outside, and there are all kinds of pottery and jars. Seasonal, can be produced and sold all year round, so their business is better than our village selling red bayberry, and there are more wealthy households than our village.”
Every village has its own industry!After hearing this introduction, Xiu Nian couldn't help feeling a little bit moved by Haihan's agricultural development model. He remembered that when he was in Pinghou, the farmers seemed to have no other work except to take care of the farmland. They really had some free time and had to finish it. The corvee of the government is a little turbulent and even conscripted as a farmer and soldier. Unlike this farmer in Haihan, he still has the energy to run some sideline businesses that can make money.
"Village Chief Wang, don't the villagers need to serve corvee?" Xiu Nian couldn't help asking.
Wang Dagui replied: "The fields and fruit trees we usually plant are all owned by the public, so we are already doing corvée! We also dig ditches, repair roads, and build some public facilities, which are also corvée. I know you want to ask What, the corvee belongs to the corvee, but generally it will not delay everyone's work and earn money. Otherwise, do you think that such a big Dinghai Port in the south can come out of nowhere?"
(End of this chapter)