When Jiang Huashu was just notified of his transfer to the commune, the couple had planned how to boost the county's economy and ensure that the people had enough food to eat without being accused of speculation. Later, the two unanimously decided to develop breeding.

It is now the golden month of October, and the Chinese New Year is more than three months away. The animals that are sold quickly are chickens, ducks, and mushrooms.

Shorter-term options include tofu, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, and leeks.

Jiang Huashu stocked Warehouse No. 1 with beans, garlic, leek seedlings, chicken and ducklings, enoki mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, shimeji mushrooms, white fungus, and other fungi. He then sold them to the commune. There were vendors selling these seedlings at the salted fish market, promising instruction. Fifth Grandpa gave the farming manual to two of his henchmen and instructed them to master the techniques within a few days.

Anyone who caught the Fifth Grandfather's eye must have something special. These two lackeys had finally found their feet, having been recruited into Jiang Huashu's newly established aquaculture technology department and now had jobs. One specialized in mushroom farming, the other in meat farming, and both became technical team leaders. The delighted parents of these lackeys stopped Jiang Huashu at the commune gate as he was about to go to work, insisting on bowing in gratitude, leaving Jiang Huashu in a state of confusion.

Jiang Huashu revealed his connections to the gang leader, saying he had connections. According to reliable sources, the gang was so large because bad people were in control, but that this would last for ten years at most, after which the market would be free. The gang leader was a qualified henchman; he didn't need brains; he just had to listen to his boss and do whatever he was told.

Jiang Huashu had already written out his one-year, three-year, and five-year plans and locked them in a drawer two weeks ago. No longer afraid of being watched and caught by his eldest brother-in-law, Jiang Huashu dispatched several small teams to learn about crab farming. Fifth Grandfather retrieved the chicks, ducklings, and mushroom seedlings that Shui Shui had purchased from his space and placed them in Warehouse Number One. The gang leader and his men then sent them to Dongfeng Commune. Jiang Huashu then arranged for the adoption process for each production team. Once everything was settled, he personally led another team to learn about crab farming.

This time the letter of introduction was issued in Hongze Lake, Jiangsu.

Why Jiangsu?

Because Jiangsu is a major province for hairy crabs in China: Suzhou Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, Taizhou Anfeng Town red crabs, Yangzhou Gaoyou Lake crabs, Wuxi Taihu Lake hairy crabs, Huai'an Hongze Lake hairy crabs, Suqian Luoma Lake king crabs, Nanjing Gucheng Lake crabs. The crabs represented by these seven cities are the fattest and have the most extensive breeding experience, so if you want to learn about breeding, you have to come to Jiangsu.

What's so famous there? It has to be the hairy crabs! It's October, the time when hairy crabs are at their juiciest! He definitely didn't go there because he loves hairy crabs; he went there because he needed to meet with the person in charge.

In those days, hairy crabs were not readily available for purchase. The communes and villages strictly monitored the crabs, with militiamen stationed on the lake weirs day and night. These crabs were intended for export, contributing significantly to the country's foreign exchange reserves.

I took a 10-person breeding training team and traveled thousands of miles to Jiangsu Province by train.

When he arrived at Huai'an Bus Station, he saw a big crab painted on the wall of the bus station. Jiang Huashu slapped his forehead and remembered that there were not only crabs here, but also the crayfish farming in Xuyi County was very successful.