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Chapter 645 Palau Village Official (Third update, please subscribe)

In the early morning, when the sun shines on the big island of Palau, several trawlers are moored quietly at the pier, gently swaying with the waves.

The air at the dock is filled with the salty and fishy smell of sea water, which is a unique smell of fishing ports. As usual, the fishermen started busy early in the morning. They used iron hooks to drag the ice blocks into the cold storage. These small trawlers did not have refrigeration equipment, so they could only rely on ice blocks to preserve their catch.

There are also some fishermen on the shore who are skillfully inspecting the fishing nets, repairing the damaged areas, and preparing for the upcoming fishing trip.

On the sparkling sea, seagulls hovered in the air, making crisp calls. Occasionally, a gust of sea breeze blew by, bringing a little coolness.

Standing on the fishing boat, Zhao Feiyun looked at the getting closer and closer to the dock, with a faint smile on his face. Last year he was a sailor on the "Family Joy", but now he is the captain - he has his own fishing boat. .

Although this steel-hulled trawler weighs 125 tons, for Zhao Feiyun, he is already very satisfied. After all, few sailors on the same ship can own a boat of their own.

Smelling the strong fishy smell on the boat, Zhao Feiyun grinned. To other people's noses, it smells like fish, but to his nose, it smells like money.

"If this continues, it will take at most two years to repay the loan for this ship."

Zhao Feiyun bought the boat with a bank loan. In order to support the development of Nanyang fisheries, banks, shipbuilding companies and fishery associations in Nanyang signed a tripartite agreement to provide fishermen with low-interest loans to purchase fishing boats. Not only is the interest rate very low, but it is even With zero down payment, any fisherman with more than two years of fishing experience can apply for a loan as long as he is willing.

Although there are such favorable conditions, not everyone dares to use a loan to buy a boat. After all, not many people dare to take the risk. However, even so, preferential loans stimulated the rapid development of Nanyang's fishery, and the fishing volume exceeded 70 tons in just half a year.

"Captain, we are docking."

"Ah."

Nodding his head, Zhao Feiyun said.

"After the company collects the fish, everyone will go to the tea room to relax for a while. I'll treat you."

When the sailors heard this, they all cheered. The most popular thing among the fishermen on the dock was the "Special Tea Room". Besides, except for Zhao Feiyun, all the sailors on the ship were laborers from Japan.

After the "Fishing Zone Conflict", the shrinking of Japan's fishing zones left many Japanese fishermen unemployed. In order to promote the development of the fishery and ease the labor shortage, fishing companies began to introduce Japanese fishermen. Now there are almost 7 ocean-going fishing boats in the South China Sea. Most of the sailors were Japanese laborers. On Zhao Feiyun's "Feiyun", of course, it is no exception.

The favorite place for these single workers is the "special tea room". However, because of their limited income, they don't go there often. Now that the captain is treating them, how can they not be happy.

Soon the "Feiyun" sailed into the fishing port. As soon as the ship entered the port, the company's inspector came on board to inspect the catch.

"Captain Zhao, look at the draft of the ship, this trip will be a bumper harvest."

"About that, only 78 tons!"

Zhao Feiyun said with a smile.

"That's quite a lot, what kind of fish are they..."

Soon baskets of fish were carried out. After the baskets of fish were weighed, the inspector recorded the weight of each species in the account book one by one. The catches caught by fishing boats in Nanyang were all underwritten by the fishing company, and the price was public. Yes, the price is adjusted every day according to the species. After several years of development, the island of Palau has become a fishing base in the Southeast Asia. Fishing boats from the Southeast Asia gather here and deliver hundreds of tons of catch to the port. These fish will be It is sent to the freezing workshop to be frozen, and then loaded on a refrigerated ship to be transported to farmers' markets in Chang'an and other places. Some of it is made into canned fish and then exported to all over the world.

When the fishing boats were entering and leaving the port, in a building not far from the fishing port, Wang Wende was standing by the window, lighting up a cigarette, taking a puff, then looking at the round tin can in his hand, and said.

“After all, everyone still likes to eat fresh fish!”

Canned fish in Nanyang, like canned fruit, are mainly exported. Unlike canned fruit, which is very popular in Europe and the United States, canned fish was not popular in the market at the beginning. Everyone liked to buy fresh fish. However, due to the shortage of meat, many Europeans have to choose canned fish to eat.

But as the meat supply situation improves in European countries. Canned fish is no longer a must-have for people, which naturally affects the sales of canned fish.

The sales volume of canned goods seems to have nothing to do with Wang Wende, the civil affairs officer of Palau, but for him who is committed to developing local industry and commerce, the fish cannery seems to be the only enterprise that can develop here. After all, there are abundant fish resources here.

"If canned goods are not easy to sell, is it necessary to introduce canneries?"

With a helpless sigh, Wang Wende put the canned fish and meat in his hand on the table. The idea in his heart of developing local industry was once again killed by the market.

In fact, for an overseas island like Palau that is far away from the mainland, developing industry itself is not realistic. After all, the population here is limited and the land resources are also very limited. Instead of developing industry, in the future such islands should develop tourism. Lord.

However, for the world of the 1950s, it was also extremely unrealistic to develop tourism for a small island like Palau located deep in the ocean.

For this small island with only a few thousand people, what can be done now? It is nothing more than relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and developing fisheries.

Apart from that, everything else is just a wishful thinking. After all, no matter what kind of economy is developed, the local environment, population and other issues need to be taken into consideration.

In other words, being an official in a place like this... you don't need to think about how to develop local industry at all.

Because this official... is basically just a village official. There are only a few thousand residents, and there are some fishermen from Southeast Asia. As for the foreign workers, they are just foreign workers.

Finally, after putting the cans on his desk, Wang Wende faced the reality again - it is not easy to develop fisheries in this place. As for other things, there is no need to think about it. Just when Wang Wende put away those thoughts I wanted to work hard, determined to face reality, and when I was about to pick up the fishing rod and go fishing at the beach, the office door opened, and the assistant brought a telegram and said.

"Director, a telegram from Dongning City."

"Oh?"

Putting down the fishing rod in his hand, Wang Wende took the telegram and looked at it. Then, with a puzzled look on his face, he said to himself.

"Expanding the airport? What are Dongning thinking? Isn't building a large airport in a place like this a waste of time?"

Palau's airport was a military airport built during the Japanese mandate. Although it was bombed and shelled many times during the war, the airport was further repaired after the US military occupied it. However, due to the size of the airport, it is now only It can take off and land twin-engine aircraft such as DC3.

But now this sudden telegram made Wang Wende have many questions in his heart.

(End of this chapter)