Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 267 Leizhou Sugar Company

Chang Shide half-lyed and half leaned on the bed, drank some hangover soup, although he was dizzy, he was very happy.Just about to go to bed, Wenxiu came into the room quietly, wearing only a close-fitting gown, her hair was untied and combed back, her face was full of peach blossoms, and her almond eyes were full of spring.Chang Shide was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was doing with his appearance.

I saw Wenxiu beating Wanfu like a woman, and said in a low voice: "Wenxiu will serve the master to bed." Then she came up to undress him, and gently rubbed him with a pair of soft and small hands, calling softly :"master--"

Chang Shide stayed for about five seconds, and suddenly the wine all over his body escaped from his pores, and a chill rushed from his heels to his forehead, and goose bumps suddenly appeared all over his body.

"No—" He groaned, quickly pushed Wenxiu away, and rolled down from the bed.Mamma Mia, what era is this? A servant sexually harassed his master—it would be fine if he was sexually harassed by a maid, but he was actually a man—no matter how beautiful Wenxiu was, he was still a man.

This small commotion led to chaos, Zhou Shizhai broke into the door at the first time, seeing this scene, the bodyguard's complexion changed drastically, and he hurriedly said: "Master, please slow down." He headed back out.

"No, Lao Zhou, listen to my explanation—" Chang Shide didn't even put on his shoes, and hurriedly chased him out. Outside, Li Biao was poking his head, and several bodyguards gathered in the yard, holding knives and sticks.

"What are you looking at? Go back!" Zhou Shidi waved his hand impatiently, and then hurriedly said to Chang Shide, who was disheveled, "Chief Chang, you're such an eyesore—"

"Yes, yes, I see." He hurried back to put on his shoes.

Wen Tong also came out here. He was drafting a report on improving sugar production under the lamp. When he came out of the room, he suddenly misunderstood, and his face sank:

"Old Chang, I always knew you were a playboy, but I didn't expect you to have this habit!" Wen Tong doesn't discriminate against gays, but he despises people who eat both sexes for physical pleasure.

"Nothing!" Chang Shide scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, wanting to die.It's obvious that this dead ladyboy is trying to harass him, so why do everyone think that he is plotting against other people's chrysanthemums?

"Old Wen, you have to trust our revolutionary comrades, you will never disbelieve me, right? We are in the same dormitory in Lingao! You know what kind of person I am!"

"It's hard to say. Once you leave the collective, many ugly natures of people will be exposed."

"I've been wronged—" Chang Shide pointed at the sky, swearing and explaining, so that Wen Tong could barely believe that it was Wenxiu who harassed him.At this time Hou Liao Dahua came, and Chang Shide was depressed that he had taken the blame for nothing, so he couldn't help complaining about Liao Dahua.He even scolded Guo Yi - why did a rabbit come to serve them.

Liao Dahua said with a smile: "Master Chang, don't be angry. This is because the boys will make a mistake. It is common for them to serve the uncle during the day, serving tea and sleeping at night. The shopkeeper Wen said yesterday not to buy it. Maid, it is convenient to use the boy servants on the journey, probably there is a misunderstanding on this. Since the master didn't mean it, I will reprimand them properly."

"What? There's such a thing?" Chang Shide immediately overturned the ancients' sexual concepts in a shocking way.

"It's normal. Sour scholars often carry a book, sword, and piano case to study abroad, and they bring a little boy with them. First, it's convenient when they go out, and second, they use it to relieve fire when they can't bear it at night. The imperial court The high-ranking officials in the village also have specially raised ones, and there are those who are intimate, and they love them better than maids and concubines."

"Damn it, what kind of society is this!" Chang Shide couldn't help cursing.

Liao Dahua only smiled apologetically from the sidelines, knowing that this kid Wenxiu was too eager to flatter and invite pets, so he came to "self-recommended pillow mat", and now he was flattering.Neither of them seemed very masculine.In my heart, I planned to find a few maidservants as soon as possible.

The storm that night was over.Originally, Chang Shide was a little suspicious, fearing that his stalwart image would be made fun of.It was later discovered that the natives were not interested in gossiping about this matter at all, and even Wenxiu came to bring him face washing water the next day as if nothing had happened.Probably just as Liao Dahua said: This kind of thing is not a thing at all.

The next day, the two continued to sit in the sedan chair, protected by a group of Qiwei Escorts, and spent almost half a month inspecting the various sugar cane farms and sugar houses under their name.Get a preliminary understanding of the situation.Needless to say, the journey was tiring and dusty, and I also encountered robbers blocking the road several times. Fortunately, there were powerful bodyguards to protect me, so I passed without any danger.

The situation in each Zhuangzi and Tangliao is similar, some still leave a few long-term workers, and some simply leave the building empty.Wen Tong now knows the sugar production situation in Leizhou: it is a typical combination of villages and Laos.There is no Tutangliao that is solely engaged in processing.They are all established by a certain sugarcane farmer or landlord with more sugarcane fields, attached to the sugarcane farm, or jointly established by sugarcane farmers.Tutangliao mainly processes sugarcane produced in its own fields.Taking into account external processing.The utilization rate of the equipment is very low, so all of them are small in scale and crude in equipment.

The cultivation of sugarcane fields is not a common tenancy system in rural areas. Small pieces of land are planted by the sugarcane farmers themselves, and a few short-term laborers are hired when the farming is busy; prototype.

Therefore, once the land changes hands, all the labor force on the land will disappear, which is completely different from changing the landlord or not changing the tenant under the general tenancy system.This puts forward urgent requirements for supplementary labor force.

This day, the group returned to Xu Wen's Zhuangzi.It happened that Zhang Xin also came to Xuwen as the liaison officer of Guangzhou station.As the main future seller of Leizhou white sugar, Guangzhou Station also attaches great importance to this.

According to the proposal of Guangzhou Station and the approval of the Executive Committee, Wen Tong and Chang Shide formally established Leizhou Sugar Company in Xuwen.The capital for starting a sugar company is allocated by Guangzhou Station.The sugarcane farm outside Xuwen City will serve as the company's headquarters.Wentong plans to carry out a pilot project of improving the sugar industry in Xuwen.

"Can sugar be produced?" Zhang Xin was very concerned about this question and asked again and again.

"No problem, we can produce sugar that is better than any other company in Guangdong." Wen Tong is very confident about this, "However, if we want to have an advantage in price, it depends on whether the machinery department can help us manufacture equipment."

"Some British people have recently arrived in Guangzhou." Zhang Xin told him a message, "They are very careful and are looking for goods to buy. White sugar is also a large quantity. If the sugar can be produced before April, it will not be a problem to sell [-] to [-] tons .”

"Yes, but I need enough manpower from the Guangzhou station." Wen Tong said, "It is very difficult to supplement the labor force locally."

"How many people do you want?"

"At least 300 people." In Wen Tong's plan, this group of people will be the first batch of workers in sugar cane farms and sugar factories.Each Zhuangzi needs to supplement at least [-] laborers, and Zhuangzi with Tangliao needs more.

"Do you want a strong workforce?"

"Women and children are also needed. This can tie young and middle-aged people. Besides, the peasant women in Guangdong and Fujian are very capable and physically strong. I don't think they are inferior to men. By the way, find about ten more people who have experience in raising cattle."

"Okay. I can give you 500 people." Zhang Xin agreed without hesitation.Due to the continuous progress of immigration work, there has been a gap in Lingao's receiving capacity.A purification cycle is 40 days, and the quarantine camp in Lingao can only accommodate about 400 people at a time.Many immigrants who have been recruited can only be resettled in Guangzhou, waiting to be shipped.For this reason, Guangzhou Station set up a village in the suburbs similar to an isolation and quarantine area, where some preliminary "purification" work was carried out.There are more than 1000 people stranded in the camp. In order to prevent the local government from becoming suspicious, Guo Yi is already trying to send some of them away as soon as possible.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to accept 500 people." Wen Tong said, "Let's start with 300 people. There are too many complicated things here, and I still want to ask some more cadres from Lingao."

"It's difficult for cadres." Zhang Xin said, "The people who are powerful are very reliable. You can choose some backbones from them to be military cadres." Seeing Wen Tong's stunned expression, Zhang Xin added: "Leizhou is a mess. , you are such a big sugar factory owner, you will naturally be envious of all kinds of heroes, not to mention bandits, and the local tyrants may also be troublesome. To protect your personal and property safety, you must be armed. Get a militia team up first. Weapons will be replenished for you from Lingao."

"Okay." Wen Tong thought that this matter should be left to Chang Shide - anyway, he can play tricks.

"I plan to build a sugarcane combination here in Xuwen first, and then expand to places like Haikang and Suixi."

"Continue to buy sugarcane land to expand the plantation?"

"I hope to build a plantation," Wen Tong said. "The current business model here is still dominated by small farmers, and the level of planting and management is too backward."

During the half-month trip, Wen Tong has already got a good idea of ​​the sugarcane planting here.The cultivation of economic crops under the small-scale peasant economy is very random: there are varieties of fruit cane and sugar cane. As for field management, some can be seen to be very careful, while others are careless. It is completely dependent on the weather.There are people growing sugar cane even where it is not suitable for growing sugar cane...

For a commercial crop like sugarcane, the best business model is naturally a large-scale plantation: these small pieces of land are combined to form a large sugarcane plantation.Regardless of whether it is the employment system or slavery, the production efficiency is much higher than that of the current small farmers.

But acquiring the land of sugarcane farmers is not easy.Sugarcane farmers seldom went bankrupt or struggled to manage their business. Even if they paid the terribly high interest, planting sugarcane fields was still profitable.It is difficult to annex land without natural disasters and man-made disasters.Unless the traversers manipulate the price of sugar, forcing all these small farmers to go bankrupt, and then buy them one by one.Wen Tong didn't agree with this plan, not because he had much kindness, but because he felt that the Time Travel Group didn't have the ability.

"My idea is to combine sugarcane." Wen Tong came up with his plan: organize all the growers who produce the same crop, and under their auspices, conduct unified technical guidance on the use of improved varieties, unified purchase of fertilizers, and unified production of sugarcane. Sugar, unified sales.Reduce costs and increase profits.Wen Tong estimates that this program will attract many small growers to participate.

"This plan will definitely not produce much results in the first year, but after a long time, farmers will naturally be willing to participate as soon as the benefits come out. There is no way, we are not the government and cannot enforce it, we can only rely on the benefits of word of mouth. Achieve their goals."

"Then you have to take root in Leizhou." Zhang Xin looked at his huge plan, "This plan will not produce benefits in three to five years, just to convince the farmers of this family, and the dividends after the harvest... well done A group of people will assist you."

"Is it okay to take root? Enjoy the life of a big landlord." Wen Tong is very interested in his career, "I have applied to the Education Committee for the managers and technicians here. How many can be matched? If it’s not enough, I plan to do training myself. As for persuading small farmers to join, how much can be persuaded. After three to five years, if everything goes well, I will be the largest sugar supplier in Leizhou. The sugar is both plentiful and good. At that time, there will be a price dump, and the purchase price in the market will be smashed, and all those who refuse to join the rural cooperative medical system will go bankrupt, and I will buy people and land."

Zhang Xin nodded repeatedly, never expecting that a technician like Wen Tong could use such vicious methods.

"Just ask what you need, and Guangzhou Station will definitely cooperate."

"We are just a sugar production base here, and we don't have any intelligence personnel, but I really want to know the specific situation of Haian Street. This place is called 'Sweet Harbor' by the locals. Sugar is exported from here. There are still There are quite a few sugar shops. These merchants from Chaozhou and Shantou will sooner or later be our opponents—"

"It's easy to say, we will arrange people to go undercover in the local area. At that time, if we really can't get it done by normal means, it will be something abnormal. The people of the special investigation team are itching."

"Hehe, it's best not to. But we have limited time, and we can't start any business wars. It's better to be quick and messy."

The two parties agreed on a series of contact methods, because Leizhou is not considered an official dispatch station, but a second-level stronghold. There is currently no radio station for distribution, and the contact with Lingao mainly uses carrier pigeons as a tool.In addition to using carrier pigeons, the connection with Guangzhou can also use the Wei Escort's dart route to deliver letters.According to the instructions of the Executive Committee, unless it is absolutely necessary, don't directly send people to cross the sea to contact Lingao - the less direct contact between the two parties, the better.

The Executive Committee also had a line in Leizhou with Liu Gang, a salt merchant, who lived in Haikang County. However, after consideration, the Executive Committee decided that the two parties should contact each other individually and avoid contact.Liu Gang is an important channel for them to smuggle salt to the mainland, so we should focus on protecting it.

(End of this chapter)