In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Time passed quickly, and more than two months passed in the blink of an eye. The sea was filled with the sounds of piling.

"Yohohey!"

Up to now, the total kelp cultivation area of ​​Dandan Island has reached more than 9,000 acres.

This scale is already quite large. Even in the previous life, the peak breeding scale of Dandan Island was only about 20,000 acres.

At present, it has almost reached half. The number seems to be a lot, but compared with the sea area around Dandan Island, nine thousand acres is not that big.

In addition, Li Duoyu made a relatively scientific planning for the breeding area, and all the kelp breeding areas were concentrated in a sea area called [Xiao Leiyang].

Villagers on the island cannot raise pets at will, they must report to the village first.

So even though nearly 9,000 acres of kelp have been cultivated, the sea surface of Dandan Island still looks quite open and not very messy.

If you stand on the top of the highest mountain on the island and look down, you can see the criss-crossing kelp farming areas, and when the boat passes by, you can see obvious waterways.

It is early December, and it is almost the season for growing kelp seedlings. The cold air came relatively late this year.

Li Duoyu estimated that it might be around New Year's Day before they could start picking kelp, and it just so happened that all the work was concentrated during that time.

At that time, he will not only start catching eel fry, but also the tilapia raised in the eel farm in Nanri Town will also be harvested.

In addition, the bamboo products from Dazhu Village will be exported soon. In fact, blue crabs are already available for shipment.

But Li Duoyu plans to wait a little longer and put the products on the market in the month before the Chinese New Year.

Now Li Duoyu just wants to take care of the kelp fields first. The sea surface in December is already very cold when the wind blows over.

But the people working at sea seemed to be working in full swing. There were a total of eight boats and nearly fifty workers driving piles on the sea.

Strips of kelp ropes tied with plastic foam floated on the sea, and the entire sea surface looked like a large field on the sea.

If there were someone who could write prose and poetry, perhaps he could produce a lot of excellent works.

This is true. Since Dandan Island became famous, some literati and poets have come to Dandan Island to collect folk songs.

But there was a condition, which was that they hoped their village could provide food and accommodation, but Li Duoyu rejected it on the spot.

I have such a beautiful island and such a wonderful sea pastoral theme, and I want to provide you with food and accommodation. That is absolutely impossible.

Because Li Duoyu refused so harshly, there was even an obscure poem in the poetry magazine "Poetry" that was specifically used to satirize Li Duoyu.

Say he is a miser.

That he is a capitalist.

After learning about this, Li Duoyu laughed so happily, but Zhou Xiaoying thought he was crazy!

Today is the last day of piling, and Lao Li specially prepared a large wooden stake tied with red cloth.

This time the scale is relatively large, and most of the kelp piles are made of bamboo piles, but Li Duoyu still uses large wooden piles at the head and tail positions.

After all, wooden piles are relatively resistant to wind and waves. Even if you encounter sudden bad weather and really need to pull out the piles, they will not be pulled out all at once.

As Li Duoyu slowly placed the wooden piles into the sea, Master Zhang, who was driving the piles, started the net-lifting machine.

Nowadays, pile drivers use modified net-pulling machines for pile driving, which is very efficient.

In the past, piling was done by manpower, and it took nearly ten people pulling the rope together to pull up the hammer head.

Now we use a net lifting machine to pull the net directly, and the overall efficiency is more than five times that of before, and it is also very labor-saving.

With a clanging sound, the big wooden stake tied with red cloth was driven into the seabed.

When everyone saw the hammer head covered with mud and sand being fished out of the sea, Lao Li was holding up a long bamboo pole.

There was a string of firecrackers hanging on it, and then he took the cigarette butt in his mouth and lit the fuse of the firecrackers.

Master Zhang, who was driving the pile, said, "Congratulations, Director Li! You will make a fortune this year!"

Shirtless and several shades darker, Li Duoyu grinned and said to everyone, "Thank you very much for this time. Don't leave later. Let's go to our Dandan Island. I'll treat everyone to a meal."

A worker who was driving piles said:
"Director Li, do you have any wine?"

"Of course there is. I will get you drunk 100% of the time."

"Then we won't be polite."

Li Duoyu was just a low-level handyman in his previous life, so he got along very well with these people.

He did not put himself on a pedestal just because he was a big boss and a millionaire.

On the contrary, he particularly liked being with the fishermen. During the two months of piling, Li Duoyu also ate from the same big pot of rice and soup, and did not cook for himself.

To Li Duoyu, people do not become noble and unattainable just because they are rich. Being rich is good, of course, but it is quite bad if after becoming rich, one starts to look down on others and puts oneself in another class.

Li Duoyu, who has lived two lives, knows very well that the souls of rich people are not really that noble, but rather very dirty.

These low-level workers just look dirty, they haven’t received a good education, and some of them swear.

But most people are not bad, and their thoughts are relatively simple. When you really get along with them, you will find that they are quite loyal.

Sometimes, after you have a few drinks with them, they will really treat you as a brother. Unlike in the business world, the more you drink, the more you may be cheated.

Of course, this group is so large that there are definitely some bad apples, such as those who specialize in repairing leaks in houses and those who specialize in begging.

Li Duoyu finished the last puff of his cigarette. Instead of flicking the cigarette butt directly into the sea, he placed it on the boat and stepped on it to put it out.

He looked at the kelp fields in front of him. He now had about 3,500 acres of kelp fields.

This is already a very large scale, one person can even support more than an entire village.

His uncle's family has a total of about 1,200 acres, his third uncle's family has 500 acres, and the Li family has nearly 5,000 acres in total.

This year, the Zhao brothers gritted their teeth and directly purchased 200 acres, Wang Jinshan directly purchased 300 acres, and Old Lu's family also purchased 500 acres.

Almost all the villagers on Dandan Island took out all their savings, and some even took out loans from banks, all ready to give it a try.

Chenjia Village, seeing that Xiasha Village was so confident this year, directly increased the scale of kelp farming to 2,000 acres.

The combined kelp farming scale of the entire Dandan Island has exceeded that of other villages in Shangfeng Town, and even reached half of the entire county.

At this moment, there was a person who was almost exhausted, and that person was Zhao Jialu.

Due to the explosive growth in kelp farming this year, the kelp farming area is directly three times that of last year.

Zhao Jialu directly separated the kelp seedling cultivation from the seedling center and specially set up a kelp seedling factory.

Nowadays, he spends almost all his time eating and sleeping at the kelp seedling factory. Although Chen Dongqing helps him occasionally, he is still exhausted every day.

In addition, because of being often exposed to the wind at sea, Zhao Jialu's lips are all cracked. When he was still a pretty boy, he would pay attention to his image.

What's the point of paying attention now? He has a cigarette in his mouth and a bamboo hat on his head. His leather shoes will be broken if they are soaked in the sea for two days.

He now wears Liberation shoes, which are the best for work. They are not afraid of getting wet and the soles are particularly non-slip.

The Liberation shoes he wore were specially supplied by the army, and of significantly better quality, and he got them from the army through his grandfather's connections. Now, all the employees of the Fisheries Research Institute were wearing the shoes he got.

Even the pair of shoes on Li Duoyu's feet are his. Today, this bastard came to their kelp seedling factory.

Seeing Zhao Jialu looking more and more like a fisherman, Li Duoyu smiled and said:

"Director Zhao, long time no see. Why do you look thinner? I brought you three pounds of pork belly."

Zhao Jialu looked at Li Duoyu with disdain. He didn't know why, but every time he saw him, he couldn't help but want to kick him into the sea.

The nursery center has indeed achieved a lot of results, and now his family members have changed their opinion of him.

I used to think he was a hopeless case, but during the last Mid-Autumn Festival when our family reunited, I gave him a calligraphy piece.

【Late bloomer】

But it’s really too tiring. I have to keep an eye on it all the time and nothing can go wrong, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

After all, if the kelp seedlings are not grown well, and so many kelp piles are driven down, the loss will be huge.

So, during this period of time, he was so stressed that he couldn't sleep, and often stayed awake late at night.

Another reason why he couldn't sleep was that there was not a single beautiful woman to be seen in the nursery center after staying here for too long.

Zhao Jialu even felt that Sister Li, who was known as "Da Lei" in the factory, looked quite pretty.

In the past, Zhao Jialu would not even look at a woman of her beauty.

Looking at the raw pork belly that Li Duoyu brought over, Zhao Jialu said disdainfully, "Can't you just braise it before giving it to me?"

"I always eat in the cafeteria, how can I cook?"

"Why don't you just ask the canteen to make it for you separately?"

Zhao Jialu sighed, as if there was nothing wrong with what he said, seeing his smiling face.

"Tell me what you want from me."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Director Zhao, since you have already pointed it out, I will say it clearly. The scale of kelp cultivation on Dandan Island is so large this year. Can the price of kelp seedlings be cheaper?"

"Impossible, this is already the lowest price. If it goes any lower, our nursery center will lose money."

In the past, when Zhao Jialu was not in charge of any specific project, he would definitely help Li Duoyu without hesitation.

But now it’s different. He is in charge of the entire nursery center, so he must achieve results.

After all, the more money he makes, the more dividends his workers will get, so he can't possibly do business at a loss.

Li Duoyu said: "Twenty yuan for one mu of kelp seedlings is really too expensive. We kelp farmers also need kelp ropes and kelp stakes. We also have to do daily management and worry about typhoons. It's not easy.

For example, I have 3,500 acres, and the price of kelp seedlings alone is more than 70,000 yuan, plus the cost of piling and palm ropes, so the initial investment adds up to more than 200,000 yuan."

Zhao Jialu gave him a look of disdain: "Why didn't you tell me that you could make more than a million when the kelp is harvested?"

Li Duoyu laughed and said, "Who knows what will happen next year?"

"This price is really the lowest. If it were any lower, my kelp seedling factory would not be able to continue operating."

Li Duoyu sighed and said, "How about this? I won't make it difficult for you. I'll give you a flat price of fifteen dollars."

"Eighteen at least."

Li Duoyu made the decision on the spot:

"Okay, eighteen is eighteen."

Zhao Jialu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help cursing: "Fuck you, can you please behave like a human being?"

Li Duoyu brought three pounds of pork belly and cheated him out of a lot of money. Dandan Island has a total of 9,000 acres. If he lost two yuan per acre, he would have lost nearly 18,000 yuan.

No wonder his cousin Chen Yuansu once said that Director Li was a very shrewd person and it was not easy to make money from him.

Zhao Jialu gritted his teeth and said, "No, three pounds of pork belly is definitely not enough. You have to provide us with the pork and seafood for our cafeteria this month, otherwise the people below will have complaints."

"That's no problem. We don't have pork on Dandan Island, but we have plenty of seafood."

Zhao Jialu snorted, "It's pork and seafood, not just seafood."

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "Jialu, you haven't had a rest for a long time, why don't we go to the county and relax."

"Go on your own."

Zhao Jialu had been cheated once, and what he meant by "relaxing" was actually just asking him to accompany the leader to drink and chat.

While Li Duoyu was checking the kelp seedlings, Zhao Jialu really couldn't control himself and the corners of his mouth became more and more crooked as he smiled.

He kicked Li Duoyu on the butt and kicked him directly into the sea.

When Li Duoyu emerged from the sea, there were still several kelp seedlings hanging on his head and one sticking out of his mouth.

"You did it on purpose."

Zhao Jialu smiled and said, "No, it was an accident."

"Come and pull me up, sir."

Zhao Jialu, who had no guard against the attack, just stretched out his hand and was pulled into the sea by Li Duoyu.

Not long after.

The two shivering people on the boat started to giggle. Zhao Jialu suddenly said, "In two years, I will be transferred back. You won't be able to get such cheap kelp seedlings anymore."

Li Duoyu replied: "After you leave, I will take over the entire nursery center, and I will have the final say on the price from now on."

Zhao Jialu was stunned for a moment: "You are still the best."

He took out the pack of cigarettes that was mostly soaked by sea water from his pocket, and finally found a dry one, but found that his lighter could not light it.

"Brother Yu, you are the first true friend I have ever met. In the future, no matter where I am, we will always be brothers."

Li Duoyu took out a chicken lighter from his pocket and gave it to him: "From now on, no matter how big a mistake you make, I will find a way to save you."

* Zhao Jialu, who took the lighter, was stunned for several seconds after hearing this. Although he was a little uneducated, he had seen too many monkeys scattering when the tree fell in their circle.

"I'm so fucking touched. Give me a hug."

"You're a pervert!"

"This chicken explosion lighter is given to me."

"I bought it in Hong Kong Island. It's very expensive. I'll charge you two hundred dollars."

"Are you brothers?" (End of this chapter)