Chapter 222

As long as they build and develop according to the plan Jiang Ning gave them, perhaps within two years, the entire Wucheng will be transformed.

Jiang Bai needed to stay in Hangzhou for filming, but Jiang Ning did not. After filming with the crew for a while, Jiang Ning said goodbye to He Xiaofang and the others, left the crew and returned to her hometown with the mission of transforming her hometown.

After returning to Wucheng, before I even went home, Secretary Song once again went to the station to personally receive me warmly, and we went back to the county party committee compound together.

It was different from the last time when my son and his girlfriend went to meet her parents, where they were received in a polite manner. Last time, they were in the role of elders, but this time, they were like facing their peers, and their attitude was very cordial and kind.

Originally, their family had already paid enough attention to Jiang Ning, but they didn't expect that this little girl had much more energy and ability than she had shown before. As soon as she came, she directly changed a city and its economy from the fundamental issues.

He invited Jiang Ning to Wucheng, of course, to hear Jiang Ning's specifics, as many things could not be explained over the phone.

Jiang Ning talked about a series of fishery economic publicity plans with Wugong Mountain as the core, and this time they talked about it in more detail.

Song Peifeng's mother also got involved.

Song Peifeng's mother was not interested in working within the system, but was very interested in business. In the 1980s, she took a leave of absence from her job and went into business with her friends. So the Song family was actually in very good financial condition, but it was just low-key.

If Wucheng is to be developed according to Jiang Ning's plan, the money obtained from closing down underground casinos and cracking down on the trafficking of women will not be enough to build Wucheng. This requires financial support from Song's mother to open a factory around Wucheng.

Song's mother had never done this before because people in small places have too strong a sense of group building. If you are not a local, even if you come here to contract Shahe and cultivate pearls, by the time the pearls are ripe, the surrounding people will have scooped up all the pearls.

These things must be done by local people with enough weight and influence. Song's mother only holds shares, and the shares cannot be in her own name.

She immediately proposed that all the shares she had invested be registered in the name of Jiang Ning.

According to the new marriage law, this would mean giving Jiang Ning her pre-marital property. This also shows how satisfied and trusting Song's father and mother are with her.

However, Jiang Ning still refused with a smile. She had no intention of participating in the benefits of this series of construction projects in her hometown, which made Song's mother appreciate her even more.

It has to be said that Song's father and mother were also here with Jiang Ning, which added a lot of points for Song Peifeng.

People are not afraid of dealing with smart people, but are afraid of encountering fools who are confused.

After leaving Wucheng, Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng separated at the Shuibu Town Pier, and Jiang Ning took a boat back to his hometown again.

Different from the disappointment she felt the last time she returned to her hometown, this time she returned with confidence and enthusiasm. The excitement and satisfaction of being able to change the local economy through her own efforts and making a city a better place because of her participation and efforts completely overwhelmed the slight disappointment that occasionally emerged in her heart.

She stood at the bow, the cold wind from the boat blew her hair back wildly. When they arrived at the embankment of Xujia Village, Jiang Guotai and Mayor Jiang were already waiting there, along with his son Jiang Xin and daughter Jiang Miao. When he saw Jiang Ning, he opened his arms and came towards her, patting her on the back. His eyes were full of admiration and praise for the younger generation of his family, and he said, "Ningning is getting prettier and prettier. Not to mention the surrounding area, there's no one in Wucheng who's better than Ningning! The whole city is full of spiritual energy, it's really all about Ningning!"

Jiang Guotai was not exaggerating, but he truly felt this way. In Jiang Guotai's opinion, he had never seen a more outstanding next generation than Jiang Ning, Jiang Bai, and his own children and future daughter-in-law.

He was also never stingy with praise and affirmation. He often praised his younger generations like this when he was outside. Every time he heard it, Shen Hongyun was speechless and complained: "You can praise Ningning just like that. Why do you praise your own children like this? Wouldn't others laugh at you if they saw it?"

Jiang Guotai smiled with unusual satisfaction and pride and said, "Why can't I brag about it? The fact is the fact!"

Everyone he knew knew that he had a junior named Jiang Ning who was studying at Peking University.

Jiang Guotai had known that Jiang Ning had brought her boyfriend home during the past two days since he came back. He wanted to ask her what was going on, what the boy was like, and where he was from, but many people had come out to watch, so it was not convenient for him to ask. He could only suppress his doubts in his heart and wanted to wait for Jiang Ning to arrive at Jiang's house and then ask her behind closed doors.

Jiang Ning, who was becoming taller and taller, walked among the crowd. Her energetic look made her look like she was glowing, and she could be seen at a glance.

This time, there were more migrant workers returning to their hometown to celebrate the New Year, and many young people came to their doorsteps to look at Jiang Ning.

Many of them were living in other places and had not experienced the flood in their hometown, nor had they seen Jiang Ning's flood prevention and disaster relief work. But after returning, everyone's topic was about the siblings Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai from the Linhe Brigade of Jiangjia Village.

There is no need to talk about Jiang Bai. "The King's Guards" is the most popular TV series this year since "Little Swallow". It is so popular that even Jiang's father, who is far away in Shenzhen, has heard about it.

The evening broadcast time of "The King's Guards" just happened to conflict with the time when they sold lunch boxes, which was their busiest time. By the time they finished their work, packed up their stalls and went home, the TV series had already ended.

The next day, the drama was rerun and they were busy again, so they had no time to follow it. When Jiang's father heard Jiang Guotai calling him and saying that his two children were very successful but he couldn't see them, he was itching to buy them a TV. However, Jiang's mother objected, as she thought that they were too busy to watch TV and buying a TV would be a waste of money.

Dad Jiang was very angry because of Mom Jiang's opposition. When he was about to come back at the end of the year, he bought a mobile phone and hung it on his waist. He came back proudly.

Jiang's mother was also nervous about the new mobile phone.

Doesn't she want to show off and hide it? It's because there are too many thieves stealing. Showing off your wealth is seeking death. From now on, there will be an endless stream of thieves patronizing them.

It was not until they arrived at Shuibu Town that they felt at ease to take out the mobile phones they had bought, put a mobile phone bag on their belts, put the mobile phones in the bag, and hung it on their belts.

Even in the freezing winter, Jiang's father would wear two more sweaters and leave his outer coat and down jacket open. He has maintained himself pretty well over the years and has not gained weight. He has no belly, but he wants to stick out his belly to show off the mobile phone on his waist.

Dad Jiang is now particularly envious of others who have gained weight in middle age and have a pot belly. That big pot belly is so prominent and the mobile phone hanging on the waist is so obvious!

During the Spring Festival this year, a lot of people made phone calls. Anyone who had a cell phone would take out their cell phone and make calls loudly in a thunderous voice, even if they didn't have to make calls.

Father Jiang was no exception. He stood on the high platform with the most people and shouted, "Hey! My eldest nephew is getting married on the 26th of the year. Are you coming to the wedding banquet?"

"Yes, yes, I bought a cell phone. You can write down the number and call me from now on!"

"Yeah, yeah, I bought a cell phone! No one is getting rich, no one is getting rich, but everyone is getting rich!"

He beat all the relatives, and those who didn't know thought it was his son getting married.

He also successfully let all his relatives know that Jiang Guoping bought a mobile phone! The mobile phone number is also known to everyone.

Even the people in Jiangjia Village looked at Jiang Dad as if he were a foreign spectacle. They knew that the big guy had really become rich. Not only did he build such a big house, he also bought a mobile phone. Those who had looked down on him in the past because he owed a huge amount of foreign debt and thought he was useless, all gathered around him again, complimenting Jiang Dad in various ways, mainly bragging about the fact that he had a pair of good children.

"During the summer vacation, your Ningning brought back several boatloads of rice and clothes to give to the people back home. It would have cost tens of thousands of dollars!"

Some people couldn't bear to see Jiang's father showing off so much, and said sourly: "Your family is really rich. Your son is on TV and your daughter is a money-spending virgin. You two are capable. You built such a big house. Now you can just sit back and wait for your grandchildren to come!"

Jiang Guoping still doesn't know what the supplies donated by Jiang Ning are. He still doesn't know that those supplies were donated by Jiang Ning personally. He thought that she organized students from Peking University to raise funds from the society and was led to her hometown by Jiang Ning.

He smiled and said: "My hometown was hit by a disaster, and Ningning was thinking about the folks in my hometown. I organized people to come back to provide disaster relief. That is to build my hometown and give back to my hometown. It is what I should do."

Jiang's mother was in a complicated mood. In the past, when these people mentioned her eldest son, they praised him endlessly, saying that Jiang Song was so handsome and would definitely have a bright future when he grew up.

Now no one mentions Jiang Song anymore, and all they praise are her youngest son Jiang Bai and youngest daughter Jiang Ning.

She never thought that everyone in the village was praising her for being blessed, and that this blessing was brought to her by her youngest son and daughter who had always been unknown.

Especially Jiang Bai.

Jiang Guoping and his family have just returned for two days. This year is different from last year. It is more lively this year. Even though his children are not at home, there are constant stream of guests at home. They all come to visit his big house and praise his son Jiang Bai. Many people want to come and see Jiang Bai up close.

Originally, the movie "White Snake" directed by Jiang Bai was good enough, but movies are not as popular as TV series, so many people have only heard about Jiang Bai's movie, but actually don't know much. After all, not every village has its own movie theater where you can watch movies for free during the Chinese New Year.

But "The King's Guards" is different. In this age without much entertainment, the TV dramas on TV are the only entertainment for the common people.

So all the relatives and friends of the Jiang family knew that the silent, cold and loyal male second in "The Commander of the Imperial Guards", who only loved the commander but loved him secretly and was in pain, was Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai in the drama is so handsome that he reaches a new level.

After all, his character is good, and he is really young and handsome!

Dad Jiang has been praised by everyone these days and has a smile on his face all the time. The same goes for Mom Jiang. They earned a little more money this year than last year. Dad Jiang bought himself a mobile phone and wanted to buy Mom Jiang a gold necklace. Mom Jiang couldn't bear to spend the money, so she bought herself a pair of gold earrings to wear on her ears.

She actually wanted to buy a gold necklace, but she had gotten used to saving money over the years. When she saw that the money she had worked hard to earn all year could not be spent on a gold necklace that she could not eat or wear, she was reluctant to spend that money.

Jiang Ning and the others were still walking on the embankment. The villagers saw Jiang Ning and Jiang Guotai from afar and said, "Ning Ning is back!"

"Hey, big guy, your Ningning is back!"

"Oh, Cathay went to pick it up personally!"

"He's a very busy man. It's rare for him to come back to the village, and he even went to pick up Ningning in person!"

Who in the village doesn’t know how powerful Jiang Guotai is? They contracted three large sand factories quietly, and there was no news from the people. However, huge cargo ships were sailing on the surface of their Sha River, carrying away hundreds of ships' worth of river sand every day.

It's no use getting jealous. In the surrounding area, if anyone wants to build a house and needs to fetch river sand, Jiang Guotai doesn't care. As long as you don't use a tractor to fetch sand, he doesn't care if the sand is for building your own house.

Many people nearby who did not go out to work this year and suffered from the disaster went to work in his sand factory. He hired them all and treated them very well. Not only were their meals provided, but they also had meat for every meal.

Therefore, all the sand digging workers in his sand factory were villagers from the surrounding area.

Jiang Guotai said, "I, Jiang Guotai, am from Jiangjia Village, Linhe Brigade. Jiang Ning is my niece. You all watched me grow up. When have I ever treated people from my hometown badly? We are fellow villagers. We make money together and eat meat together! When our sand factory is built in the future, I will build the road from Shijian Township to the neighboring city for you, so that the villagers will not suffer from the mud!"

"But if outsiders come to contract our sand factory, how will they treat you? Will they hire you to dig sand? Will they provide you with meat every meal like I do? Will they be willing to build roads for our hometown like I do? How many of you fellow villagers present here have worked outside? What do you eat outside? What do I, Jiang Guotai, give you to eat?"

He was a man who was very good at winning people's hearts. By giving out a little bit of benefits, he would make the villagers in the surrounding area take the initiative to protect Jiang Guotai. If outsiders wanted to come in and seize the sand factory, Jiang Guotai would be able to get everyone to respond, making it impossible.

As a result, Jiang Guotai's influence in the surrounding area increased rapidly. It can be said that he became the number one person in the area. Anyone who heard Jiang Guotai's name had to give him some face. If they had some kind of relationship with Jiang Guotai, that would be even more amazing. It would be a lot of bragging.

Many people in the village actually don't quite understand why Jiang Guotai values ​​Jiang Ning. In their opinion, even if Jiang Ning is a college student, a student of Peking University, and works as a civil servant with a stable job, it is impossible for him to become the mayor right after graduation, right? When Mayor Jiang came back, he never went to pick her up in person. Ningning was just a little girl, a junior, but she was still such a bother for him to go and pick her up in person.

But when they saw Jiang Ning, they were all extremely warm and polite, and shouted affectionately: "Ning Ning is back?"

“College students are becoming more and more different!”

"She's really tall, just like her dad!"

The friends who had played with Jiang Ning when they were children, and who later went to study and work, all stood in their own yards and watched from afar, not daring to get close.

Some are already engaged and will get married at the end of this year or the beginning of this year.

Jiang Guotai waited until the crowd had dispersed before he brought his two children to the reception room upstairs in the Jiang family's home.

Mother Jiang and Shen Hongyun were preparing dinner downstairs, while Father Jiang prepared a fruit plate and went upstairs to listen to their conversation.

Father Jiang originally wanted to come up and hear Jiang Guotai bragging about his daughter, but it turned out to be a complete opposite. They only talked about serious matters.

First, Jiang Guotai told Jiang Ning about the division of tea land in the tea mountain this year: "Before the end of November, all the tea leaves will have been planted, and the first batch of tea will be harvested next year. You mentioned before that you would participate in a tea expo, and this is what I think."

Jiang Guotai had unconsciously placed Jiang Ning on an equal footing, or even a higher position, and asked, "Aren't there people from the CCTV crew coming here to film 'Wugong Tea'? We'll keep a little of this year's Mingqian tea for ourselves and give away the rest. Everyone from the CCTV crew will give 10 kilograms."

Jiang Ning emphasized: "The packaging must be exquisite, with a 'logo' that is unique to our Wugong Mountain, highlighting the five great sages of our Wugong Mountain, and writing the stories of the five great sages of Wugong Mountain and their relationship with Wugong Tea on the back of the packaging."

Jiang Miao said: "I'll take care of this. I know someone who majors in fine arts."

Jiang Guotai didn't know what the logo was, but he understood the general meaning of what Jiang Ning said.

If Jiang Ning hadn't mentioned it, who among the people present would have thought of such a detailed issue?

Jiang Guotai took notes and continued, "My opinion is that we should send it to the people at CCTV first. Didn't these Wugongshan specialties get promoted in CCTV's TV series? After the promotion effect comes down, we will send this year's new tea to the city leaders and tell them that this is the tea that the leaders of the central government are drinking and that was promoted by CCTV."

Jiang Ning said: "It is best to take the Wugong tea from our mountain to a professional testing agency for testing, and compare the specific amino acid content and other elements beneficial to the body in the Wugong tea of ​​Wugong Mountain with other teas of the same type. We not only want to create a brand effect, but also have specific scientific data to let people know more intuitively what is good and expensive about our Wugong tea from Wugong Mountain."

Several people were taking notes again.

Father Jiang, who had originally come up with a fruit plate just to hear praise, suddenly stood there in silence.

It was as if a barrier was silently erected between him and them. He had been pulled away and could no longer fit in. He had no part in many things.

Jiang Guotai then talked about lotus root planting on the river beach.

"It is unrealistic to artificially plant lotus on such a large river beach with the funds from the brigade. This year, in order to invite experts to investigate and purchase suitable tea varieties, the villagers' money has basically been used to purchase tea trees. It is a bit difficult to ask them to pay for planting such a large area of ​​lotus on the river beach," said Jiang Guotai.

This is indeed a problem.

Jiang Guotai said: "I have discussed this with your fourth uncle and your aunt. What do you think? Let's not let the brigade take over the river beach collectively. I will personally invest and take over the land."

Although the three sand factories did not officially start construction until the floods receded in the second half of the year, those sand factories were natural gold mines. He was also working in a neighboring city contracting highway construction projects, and all the people he came into contact with had connections in this field. The money he earned from the several sand factories in the second half of the year alone was several million.

Of these several million, excluding the one he promised to give to Jiang Ning and the one hundred thousand invested by Jiang's father, his net profit was still three or four million.

This is just the beginning. As the river sand from his sand factory is sold more and more widely, he will make more money in the future.

He said: "I don't want any shares in the river beach I have contracted. I will put it in the name of you, Jiang Xin, and Jiang Miao. You get 40%, and Jiang Xin and Jiang Miao each get 30%. "

Seeing that Jiang Ning was about to refuse again, Jiang Guotai stretched out his hand to interrupt her and continued, "You can say no, but as an uncle I have to give." He looked up at Jiang Xin and Jiang Miao and said, "Don't think that Dad gave Ningning more and you got less. Let me tell you one thing. Without Ningning, I wouldn't have my three sand factories, the tea mountain land would not be divided, and there would be no so-called river beach contracting. You can't see anything now, but in the future, you all have to remember to thank Ningning for her contribution and promotion to us and our hometown today. Although the shares I gave Ningning are not written in black and white, what belongs to Ningning is what belongs to Ningning. You have to remember this."

Thinking of the daughter of the former captain Jiang Changhe, Jiang Guotai said, "Remember, you will always be close brothers and sisters. To the outside world, we can only stick together and work together. There is no point in fighting at home. If you want to fight, fight with people outside." He looked at Jiang Xin and Jiang Miao sternly, "Do you understand?"

Jiang Xin has been with Jiang Guotai since he was a child, so he naturally understands all this. Jiang Miao is a little naive, but they all listen to Jiang Guotai's words and nod when they hear him.

Jiang Guotai continued to say to Jiang Ning: "Don't be anxious, just listen to me."

"I heard you propose to your fourth uncle's Yaoba Town to build a tourist town that integrates tourism, leisure, and entertainment, such as pearl farming and aquatic products. In fact, it is not only your fourth uncle's Yaoba Town that has these conditions. The conditions of our Linhe Brigade are no worse than those of Yaoba Town."

Although Yaoba Town has a natural geographical advantage because it is very close to Wucheng, the location of their Linhe Brigade is right between Wucheng and the neighboring city, and it is only two or three hours' drive from the provincial capital. Shuibu Town is an important intersection of water transportation. Although the land transportation of Linhe Brigade is not so good, the water transportation is still quite developed. Whether it is to Shuibu Town or the neighboring city, as long as there is a boat, it will be fine.

Their Linhe Brigade has one more advantage over Yaoba Town. The mountain stream in Shijian Township is only five miles away from their Jiangjia Village. If this tourist spot is developed, it will actually be more "entertaining" than the flat waterway in Yaoba Town.

Jiang Guotai said: "According to your plan, the river beach can not only plant lotus, but also pearls, crabs, and even the crayfish you mentioned, in fact, they can all be turned into an ecological zone. When the time comes, I will also contract the mountain stream in Shijian Township, and then build a farm leisure tourism resort integrating rafting, lotus ponds, fishing, and lobsters."

The concept of farm stay was proposed to him by Jiang Ning. Otherwise, how could he, a person who grew up in the countryside and longed to make a living in a big city, have thought of farm stay?

It is very easy to contract these unwanted things now. Can you make money from these unwanted junk? The township and town governments probably can't wait to package up all these river beaches and mountain streams and hand them over to Jiang Guotai.

In a few years it might become difficult.

The only person in the area who happened to have enough funds to get this done and could keep it was Jiang Guotai.

Jiang Guotai is different from Mayor Jiang. As a member of the system, Mayor Jiang is thinking about the economic development of a town or even a county, and he truly cares about the people.

As a businessman, Jiang Guotai is very selfish. He cares more about the interests of the Jiangjia Village family and himself. So when Jiang Ning was planning the future development prospects of Yaoba Town for Mayor Jiang, he was already thinking about turning Jiangjia Village into a tourist and leisure area like Yaoba Town.

He even wanted to get ahead of Yaoba Town and build up the tourism and leisure industrial park of their Linhe Brigade first to make it famous.

Jiang Ning wanted to give the money to people in his hometown, but Jiang Guotai wanted to make money for himself and his people.

Such a big hen that lays golden eggs only requires some initial investment and will bring endless profits in the future. Why should he let others do it?

In the past, he had been competing with others for projects, and it was a battle of wits and courage, with real swords and guns. Those who were not very smart could not get the projects. Now his eldest niece has put the golden rooster in front of him, but he still gave it to others. Jiang Guotai, who already knows how hard it is to make money outside, how can he be willing to give up this huge cake?

Yaoba Town is very close to Wucheng and can attract tourists from near Wucheng, but their Linhe Brigade is also very close to neighboring cities and counties.

He continued, "When the time comes, I will open a tea processing factory, a lotus root powder processing factory, and a pearl processing factory in our village."

When these factories are established, they will still give priority to hiring people from his hometown, not only the villagers from Shuibu Town and Shijian Township, but even from more towns and villages. With these factories as the center, he will further bring together the interests of all the villagers.

As for the people in the more central Jiangjia Village, the large stretch of rice fields along the riverbank that Jiang Guotai did not contract was the way for the people in Jiangjia Village to make money.

If the villagers become jealous and want to get in on the action, all the rice fields, whether they are raising lobsters or something else, will gather around Jiang Guotai. Everyone will make money and get rich, it's just a matter of how much.

According to Jiang Ning's plan, in the future almost every household in Jiangjia Village will be able to live with an annual income of one million.

Jiang Guotai's plan also includes some tea-related drinks, which he also wants to try, but one must eat one bite at a time and take one step at a time.

What he needs to do now is to contract the endless river beach and the mountain stream in Shijian Township, which is less than five miles away from them, and then form a complete farm tourism industry chain integrating leisure and entertainment.

He stood in front of the window, looking at the vast river beach and river surface outside, pointing his arm outside and said: "When the time comes, I will build a pier there and open a special line from Linhe Brigade to the neighboring city to pick up tourists." He turned to look at Jiang Ning, his eyes full of ambition, and then smiled at Jiang Ning in a very friendly manner: "Ningning, do you think your uncle's idea is feasible?"

Jiang Ning didn't expect that she only proposed a construction plan, and Jiang Guotai would immediately grasp it and start to act in a planned manner.

With such strong execution and courage, in this era, Jiang Guotai really deserves to be the richest man in the neighboring city.

Thinking that he even wanted to contract the mountain stream in Shijian Township, Jiang Ning said, "Since you have contracted the mountain stream in Shijian Township, why not also contract the mountain tops? We can plant tea on the mountain tops here. If the mountain tops in the neighboring township are not suitable for growing tea, we can raise free-range chickens and build a villa on the mountain."

She remembered the hill next door. It was not until twenty years later that someone realized its value and developed it into a tourist area, raising various free-range chickens, edible peacocks and the like in the mountains.

It's a pity that there are no hot springs in their area, otherwise they could build a hot spring villa. Plus it's close, so in the summer they can go rafting, and a group of people can drive down to the river beach to fish, pick lotus pods, pick water chestnuts, and cut water chestnuts, and eat fresh river food, crabs, and lobsters. In the spring they can experience tea picking and speedboat surfing on the river.

"By the way, uncle, don't you have three large sand factories now? We can also build an artificial beach here, and then arrange some slides, swings and other recreational facilities that children like to play on. We can provide children with a beach they like to play on, and attract family tour groups mainly composed of children!" In this regard, Jiang Guotai, who owns three large sand factories, has an enormous advantage over others.

Jiang Guotai's eyes lit up, and he directed his two children: "Did you hear that? Write it down! Write it down quickly!"

It is estimated that it will cost a lot of money to build this series.

But Jiang Guotai, who contracted three large sand factories and made a lot of money after the flood receded, now has nothing but a lot of money!