Chapter 467 Growing Oysters

Wen Zhenyi shook his head gently: "No, I want to go and see the situation."

"Okay, be careful on your way."

Wen Zhenyi said something to Shen Hanxing, and told the two children to be obedient, and then asked Lin Jie to drive the carriage to take her to Hougang Village.

"Brother Lin, how is Uncle Lin doing?"

"It's the same as always. I cough a few times when the weather changes."

"Have you asked Doctor Song to take a look?"

"I've seen it. His diagnosis is the same as Shi Xuan's."

"You should pay more attention to it in normal times."

"We know. Miss, how long will you stay this time?"

"I don't know yet. After you drop me off, go and do your own thing. If I want to go back, I'll go back by myself."

"good."

Wen Zhenyi went to Hougang Village to find the village chief Haiyun: "Village chief Haiyun, is there anything I can help you with?"

“Mrs. Shen, the shrimp cakes we put down earlier have changed. We don’t know if they are the oysters you mentioned, so we wanted you to come and take a look.”

"Let's go and take a look."

Village chief Haiyun and a villager rowed a boat with Wen Zhenyi to the place where the bamboo raft was previously placed.

Wen Zhen stood up and stepped onto the bamboo raft. He picked up a bunch of shrimp cakes soaked in sea water and found that oysters had grown on them, and they were growing quite well.

She went to other places and pulled up a string, and found that they were all the same. She asked Village Chief Haiyun and others to take her to other bamboo rafts to check, and found that all the shrimp cakes they made already had oysters.

This result is gratifying. If the oysters only relied on the reefs, there would be no way to build a workshop.

Village chief Haiyun and the others were anxiously waiting for the result. When they saw him sitting back on the boat, they spoke: “Mrs. Shen, is that right?”

“Yes, and it’s growing well.”

Village Chief Haiyun finally felt relieved: "Is this a success?"

“If it’s successful, you can use this method to expand aquaculture and also boost surrounding fishing villages.”

“Can they be raised too?”

"They may not have the same good conditions as you do to cultivate oyster seedlings, but you can sell these oyster seedlings to them and cultivate your own."

"That's one way."

"By then, as long as they successfully cultivate oysters, the workshop will be able to purchase them and make them into the things they need, and the entire harbor village will be wealthy."

"We will go back now to inform the people in other villages."

"Okay, but you have to ask someone to go to town and ask Master Chang to come over."

"I'll go, I'll go." The villager rowing the boat said immediately.

Wen Zhenyi smiled and nodded. It takes a certain amount of time for oysters to mature. Since this method is feasible, she can build a workshop to process the fish, shrimp and crabs they raise.

Master Chang came driving a carriage, and when he saw Wen Zhen, he smiled and said, "Mrs. Shen, when did you come back?"

"I've been back for a while, and I've been so busy that I haven't had time to visit you."

"Why do I need you to come and see me? Are you asking me to build another house this time?"

"Yes, I came to you this time to build some workshops."

“Are they planning to develop Hougang Village?”

"It's not just the harbor village, I plan to integrate all the fishing villages."

"That's great, that's great! This way everyone can have enough to eat and won't have to worry about going hungry."

Wen Zhenyi handed the previously prepared blueprint to Master Chang: "Here are the blueprints, take a look."

As soon as Master Chang saw the blueprint, he knew it wasn't drawn recently: "Was this prepared a long time ago?"

"I had this plan before, but the timing was never right. Now it can come in handy."

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare the materials right away."

Wen Zhenyi called out to Master Chang who was about to leave: "Master Chang."

Master Chang stopped and looked at him: "Anything else?"

"There are still some places where workshops need to be built, and I'd like to trouble you for help."

"Somewhere else?"

Wen Zhenyi told him about the locations: "There are several workshops that are not in a hurry. I have to wait for their fruits to mature, which may take about one to two years."

"It won't be long. These fruit trees were planted before you left. Now it's only been a year. It's just the right time for me to build these workshops and then build those other places."

"Okay, just take care of the arrangements. I didn't bring that much money this time, so I'll have to trouble you to go to Xinglin Village to look for Xiaoman."

"It's okay, it's just a small matter."

Village Chief Haiyun came back just in time to see Master Chang leaving: "Master Chang, wait a minute."

Master Chang looked at him with a smile: "Village Chief Haiyun, you are not going to let me go today, are you?"

"If you still want to stay, I'd be delighted."

"Okay, just tell me what's going on. I still have to order some materials."

"Come in with me first. I need to discuss this with Madam Shen."

“Whatever it is, you still have to discuss it with Mrs. Shen.”

"You'll know once you come in."

Master Chang had no choice but to drive him back into the house.

Wen Zhenyi saw the two people who had gone and returned: "What happened?"

Master Chang looked at Village Chief Haiyun and said, "He said he had something to discuss with you and asked me to wait. So I had no choice but to follow him back."

Wen Zhenyi looked at Village Chief Haiyun and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I also want to build a yard like yours in our village for retired veterans. Although they can't go out to sea, they can do things within their ability. They can also work in the workshop in the future. Even if they can't work, they can still go to school."

Wen Zhenyi finally understood his thoughts: "Is your school short of teachers?"

"Yes, we are short of people of all kinds in our school. If the workshop is established, we will have the money to hire teachers."

"There are no retired veterans in An County now. We need to ask other counties."

"It doesn't matter. As long as they are willing to come, we can give them a job anyway."

"Let me ask for you, but building this yard is not a small amount of money."

"I've just discussed this with the heads of other villages. We'll build it after we make some money."

"Okay, when you make some money, I'll ask for you."

Master Chang didn't say anything, but stroked his beard with a smile. With such a person managing their county, the lives of the people below would definitely get better and better.

After getting the answer, Village Chief Haiyun said to Master Chang, "Master Chang, I'll have to trouble you again when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll make it for you according to Xinglin Village's specifications when the time comes."

Village Chief Haiyun came back after sending Master Chang out: “Mrs. Shen, the village chiefs of the other villages said they would come over soon.”

"Okay, let them come over later." Wen Zhenyi handed him a few sheets of paper. "Take a look, these are just some simple methods for cooking shrimp and fish. As for crab, I still need to think about it."

Village Chief Haiyun sat aside and slowly read the recipes for baking dried shrimp, fish fillets, shredded squid, and dried fish. "Can I take it home and try it?"