Chapter 2161
Xiunian did not dare to complain at all about receiving such a difficult problem when he took office. He also understood that his boss was probably testing his ability and deliberately asked such a question to test himself.
Although the time they got together was short, Xiunian could already feel that Jiang Zian was an official who paid great attention to practical ability. If his ability did not meet his expectations, there was a real possibility that Jiang Zian would be replaced from his current position. Kick it off.
Jiang Zian asked him to visit two villages where Japanese immigrants were resettled every day to understand the progress of these new immigrants settling in the local area, but he did not explain where to start, how to proceed, what specific information he should have, and what to do if he encountered problems. How to deal with this, Xiunian, who had only received a few days of preliminary training in the immigration camp, really needed to be well prepared.
A letter of introduction stamped with the seal of the town office was the only support measure Xiu Nian received from Jiang Zian. The rest of the work needs had to be solved by Xiu Nian on his own. He even had to go to the courtyard of the town office and look at the map of Baiquan Town painted on the wall to know exactly which direction the target he wanted to visit was located.
Fortunately, the terrain under the jurisdiction of Baiquan Town is not complicated. All the villages are distributed on the seaside plain of more than ten square kilometers on the north coast of Zhoushan Island, and the town office is located in the middle of these villages. As long as you know the general direction of your destination, you're basically unlikely to get lost along the way.
However, after carefully looking at the map of Baiquan Town on the wall, Xiunian seemed to be able to better understand the purpose of his boss's assignment of this task. Since I am responsible for assisting in the management of the two hundred Japanese immigrants assigned to ten villages under Baiquan Town, of course I must first understand the specific conditions of these ten villages, and visiting these places on the spot is probably the fastest and most intuitive way. There's a solution.
Just having to start working alone in a foreign environment, Xiunian still felt a little uneasy. He was a little worried that his new immigrant status would make him look inferior in front of the people who really had Haihan nationality. If the local government did not cooperate with his work at all, then he would probably just stare.
But work is work, and Jiang Zian did not leave him any room to escape. He could either complete the task and continue to stay in the town hall and enjoy good living conditions, or he could pack up and go play in the mud with other immigrants. There was no need to choose between these two paths before him. Xiunian knew very well which one he should take.
Hirado Port is in chaos, Seogwipo is short of food and clothing, and the immigration camp has an uncertain future. The more difficult situations in the past have been overcome step by step. Now that they have just embarked on the right track of a new life, how can Xiunian be willing to do so? Stop there.
Early the next morning, Xiunian went to the collective canteen to have breakfast. She packed a few steamed buns from the canteen with her letter of introduction, then filled a pot of cold water and set off from the town office.
Xiunian's first destination was Gaoxie Village. The reason why she chose this place was because when she was eating in the cafeteria last night, she heard other people say that the bayberries in Gaoxie Village had reached the ripe season for picking. The village chief told the town The town office has submitted an application, requesting that a carriage be dispatched from the town office to transport the bayberries. This application was approved by the town office yesterday, and a carriage will be dispatched today.
Yes, that's right, being able to take a ride from the town office was the reason why Xiunian chose Gaoxie Village as his first destination. This not only allows him to save physical exertion and time on finding the way, but also allows the locals to confirm Xiunian's official identity - although he is only a new Japanese immigrant, he also represents the town office. Official errand.
Gaoxie Village is located in a ravine on the west side of Baiquan Town. In fact, the group of Japanese immigrants Xiunian was on passed by on the official road next to Gaoxie Village on their way from the immigration camp in Dinghai Port to Baiquan Town. once.
Before entering the village, Xiunian, who was sitting cross-legged on a cart, saw bayberry trees all over the mountains and plains, with red bayberry fruits dotting the branches. It was already the harvest season, and many farmers were picking fruits in the fields.
Xiunian had never seen bayberry trees or bayberry fruits before, so this was a completely new experience for him. He heard from the driver that this was a specialty fruit of Gaoxie Village, and he was even more interested in trying it.
After asking several times from farmers picking bayberries on the roadside, Xiunian finally found Wang Dagui, the head of Gaoxie Village, who was also busy in the fields, and showed him the official documents from the town office.
However, Wang Dagui glanced at the official document in Xiunian's hand. He probably only had time to see clearly the seal of the town office on it. He didn't read the text at all, so he said to Xiunian: "Monk, please lend a hand first and help me pull it." Hold this branch.”
Xiunian didn't take it personally, but still followed Wang Dagui's instructions and reached out to grab the branch. Wang Dagui told him to hold on and hold on while he reached out to pick the bayberry fruits on the branch.
Xiunian couldn't laugh or cry when she saw this. She didn't expect that she had just arrived in Gaoxie Village and before she could take a breath, she was recruited as a migrant worker by the village chief. This was not the purpose of her coming to Gaoxie Village.
Xiunian was not sure of Wang Dagui's temper, so she had to say cautiously: "Village Chief Wang, I am sent by the town office to verify the placement of new immigrants..."
"I know you are from the town office. Didn't I see you yesterday?" Wang Dagui responded nonchalantly, but did not stop working at all.
Xiunian looked carefully and found that he had indeed seen Wang Dagui at the site where immigrants were allocated yesterday. However, he was too busy at the time and Xiunian couldn't remember what the people from each village looked like. I only noticed this when prompted.
Xiunian asked again: "What happened to the twenty people that Village Chief Wang brought back yesterday?"
"How about what? It's good. Yesterday we arranged for them to live in the village ancestral hall. We'll wait until the bayberry fruits are almost harvested in the past few days, and then we can gather manpower to build a few thatched houses for them... I ate today We have already started working after breakfast, and we are all picking fruits on this hillside!" Wang Dagui explained the situation of Japanese immigrants to Xiunian in a few words.
"You got it back last night and went to work this morning?" Xiunian couldn't help but be a little surprised at the efficiency of Gaoxie Village.
"It's not like they come to the village to live and eat for free, so why don't they go to work quickly?" Wang Dagui said confidently: "You have to work when you come. People with good hands and feet, how can they not work?" After that, He also stared at Xiunian, who swallowed back the words that came to her lips and silently grasped the branches tightly.
Xiunian didn't think there was anything wrong with Wang Dagui's words. He just wanted to explain to the other party that he didn't come to Gaoxie Village specifically to help with farm work, but had official duties. But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to say so. Jiang Zian asked him to go to various villages to understand the resettlement situation of Japanese immigrants. Isn't the farm work he is doing now what other immigrants are doing?
First, build a relationship with the village chief through work, so that you can learn more about the situation from the other party. Otherwise, if you look down on yourself and make a small report in front of your boss, you will really be left with nothing to eat.
After picking the bayberry fruits on the branch, Wang Dagui motioned to Xiunian to let go, and then pushed the basket of bayberries in front of him: "Try it, this is a specialty of our Gaoxie Village! The gentlemen of Dinghaigang It’s a bit tricky, you have to soak it in salt water before eating it, but we don’t have that much trouble, so it’s the same just eating it!”
Xiunian was not too polite. He picked up a bayberry fruit from the basket and put it into his mouth. He bit it gently and the sweet and sour juice immediately spread in his mouth. It was indeed a taste he had never tasted before. With a little force of the tongue, all the fruit pulp was rolled off the core. The aroma of the fruit penetrated from the mouth to the nasal cavity, making Xiunian feel very comfortable. There is a saying that "it is as sweet as honey when spoken by many people, but it is better to know the strangeness" It’s slightly sour.”
"What a good thing!" After Xiunian finished boasting, he took another one and put it into his mouth, chewing and savoring it slowly.
"The bayberries we have here have large fruits with fine cores, juicy meat and tender meat. They were included in the local chronicles of Zhoushan hundreds of years ago. Even the adults who came to Zhoushan from the capital said they were good after they tasted them!"
Wang Dagui proudly boasted about the glorious history of Gao Xie Yangmei.
It's just that his education is limited, and he can't speak of specific documents such as "Yuan Da Dechang Guozhou Illustration", nor can he recite elegant sentences such as "The countryside is full of beauty in May, only the red bayberry branches are full of red", so he can only give Xiunian talked about the saying "A man full of peaches and plums will kill his life, but bayberry can cure all kinds of diseases".
Of course, in Wang Dagui's view, neither historical books nor poems can compare with the praise from high-ranking officials in Haihan. After all, the people in charge of managing this empire are all fairy-like figures, and the opinions they express can best prove the value of Gaoxie Yangmei. If senior officials say yes, then that is really good.
Xiunian didn't have such a deep understanding. He simply thought that this sour and sweet fruit was quite delicious. After eating five or six pills in one go, he said to Wang Dagui with a sense of satisfaction: "It's a pity that my hometown doesn't have this kind of delicious fruit."
Wang Dagui said: "This thing requires attention to water and soil. On the entire Zhoushan Island, the bayberry produced in our mountain is the most delicious. Even if you have this fruit in your hometown, it may not have the same taste."
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Xiunian nodded and said: "Village Chief Wang is right. Moreover, this fruit is soft and juicy. It must be difficult to store it for a long time after being picked. It should be difficult to traffic it to other places. It can only be enjoyed near Zhoushan Island!"
Wang Dagui said: "In the past, there was really no way to sell it to other places. In some years, the harvest was so good that we couldn't sell it all, and we could only let it rot on the branches. But it was different after General Shi took over Zhoushan. What we produce here The red bayberries can be sent to the capital thousands of miles away by ship for sale.”
"Thousands of miles...then it won't break if it has to walk on the sea for a month?" Xiunian asked in disbelief.
"The agricultural technicians sent by General Shi taught us how to use bayberries to make cans, dried fruits, jams, juices and fruit wines. In this way, they can be stored for a longer period of time." Wang Dagui paused and added : "And after processing, the price of these things can be much higher than fresh bayberry!"
The deep processing of agricultural products can be regarded as a special industry of Haihan. Almost all agricultural areas under Haihan's rule have corresponding industries, and Zhoushan is naturally no exception. The Ministry of Agriculture also has an office in Zhoushan, where a group of agricultural technicians are responsible for teaching deep processing technology in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fishery and other aspects.
Processing bayberries into various agricultural and sideline products is of course not Haihan's first initiative. Similar processing methods have long been available among the people. It is just that Haihan scientifically made these processing methods scientific, standardized, and mass-produced, allowing farmers to process small amounts produced and sold by themselves. It has been upgraded to large-scale production, and channels and markets have been provided for it, so that these bayberries can go out of the small mountain valley and become commodities circulating in the external market.
No matter how delicious the bayberry produced in Gaoxie Village is, due to its limited shelf life, it can only be famous near Zhoushan. Naturally, no businessmen will go to Baiquan Town to purchase bayberry by-products. However, Haihan has a mature operation plan for the development of agricultural products. On the one hand, it guides farmers to deeply process bayberries, and on the other hand, it allows the commercial department to arrange export routes. Not to mention the local farmers in Zhoushan, even the government of the Ming Dynasty did not have such operational capabilities.
When these deeply processed agricultural products are transported across the ocean to other markets, the prices will naturally increase exponentially. The merchants who handle them will benefit from it. In the next year, they will go to Zhoushan to place orders without the need for the Ministry of Commerce to take the lead. . The farmers in Gaoxie Village will also get practical benefits from the operation of export channels, giving them more motivation to engage in bayberry planting and deep processing.
How this system works specifically, village chief Wang Dagui is not very clear due to his limited vision. But one thing is certain, that is, this business model has brought very practical benefits to the people of Gaoxie Village.
Therefore, in Wang Dagui's eyes, when it comes to the bayberry harvest season, other things must be postponed and priority should be given to completing this year's picking and processing tasks. This is not only a matter for the villagers of Gaoxie Village, but also involves a large number of commercial orders to be completed this year. If the goods cannot be delivered by then, it will not only affect the income of the villagers this year, but also affect the business of Gaoxie Yangmei. Credibility has been somewhat damaged.
Wang Dagui promised Ding Zian at the beginning of the year that this year he would complete the dual goals of increasing production and income in Gaoxie Village. If he failed to complete the task by then, the one-armed mayor would definitely come to Gaoxie Village to cause trouble for him. So yesterday, he went to the town to pick up the new immigrants. After completing the formalities, Wang Dagui hurried back with his people. Early this morning, he drove all the new immigrants into the orchard and put them into use immediately.
Even for officials like Xiunian who came to Gaoxie Village from the town to do business, Wang Dagui did not let go. He would catch them first and use them later. However, after the conversation between the two started, Xiunian helped while listening to Wang Dagui talk about the development status of the local bayberry industry in Gaoxie Village. She was also very interested in listening and was no longer in a hurry to meet those who were also busy picking fruits. Americans immigrated.
(End of chapter)