Just two minutes after Liu Jingang left, the phone rang. Upon seeing the caller ID, Deputy Township Head Li, Chen Jinhai's heart skipped a beat; it was a call to criticize him.
"Boss, you wanted to see me?"
"Chen Jinhai, you've done a good job." The authoritative voice of Deputy Township Head Li came from the other end of the phone.
"Boss, I... I don't know what happened." Chen Jinhai was on the verge of tears. He still didn't know what had happened. Liu Jin, who knew the truth, had already left.
Damn! This feels so frustrating.
"Hmph! You have the nerve to say that? You don't even know what's going on in the village. I think your time as village chief is over."
"Sir, please let me explain. There are too many troublemakers in our village..."
He was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"Bullshit! They are all our people. What do you mean by 'troublemakers'? Your thinking is problematic, very problematic."
Deputy Township Head Li's tone was very harsh. "Damn it, what era are we living in? It's one thing for troublemakers to talk about it in private, but you dare to say this when I call you formally?"
Besides, these are just troublemakers, not good comrades who want to revitalize the economy.
Chen Jinhai was sweating profusely, not daring to refute, and could only nod and agree repeatedly.
"I'm asking you, did someone in your village want to rent land for livestock farming, and you deliberately made things difficult for them?"
"Huh? Renting land for aquaculture?" Chen Jinhai looked shocked.
grass!
Isn't that Ye Cheng?
Damn it, that bastard Ye Cheng actually reported me to the township government.
Now that he finally knew what had happened, Chen Jinhai quickly explained.
"Boss, listen to me, about that Ye Cheng."
"Wait! Who?" As soon as Deputy Township Head Li heard the name Ye Cheng, he felt something was wrong. The two people who came today were not Ye Cheng.
"It's Ye Cheng, the one who caused trouble in the last election."
"You mean he wants to get into aquaculture?"
"Yes, he said he wanted to raise crayfish, and I said I needed to do some research. I really didn't mean to make things difficult for him," Chen Jinhai began to protest on the phone.
Damn it, you came to rent land this morning, and this afternoon you've taken it to the township government. Who's making things difficult for whom?
At this point, Deputy Township Head Li finally understood why Chen Jinhai refused to lease the land to others; it was a win-win situation.
It seems that the four elderly people who came to the door today are also backed by Ye Cheng.
This kid, hmm, is kind of interesting.
That was a ruthless move.
Now that he knew it was Ye Cheng, he didn't want to say anything more.
"You're the village chief, you need to have a broader perspective. Don't let personal grudges escalate to the township level, understand? Hurry up and process their paperwork. Economic development is the most important task right now."
After giving Chen Jinhai a long talk, Deputy Township Head Li hung up the phone.
Chen Jinhai stood in the village committee office feeling wronged. Damn it, other people's village chiefs are all tyrannical, but when I'm the village chief, I'm either beaten or scolded.
It's so frustrating.
Although he felt aggrieved, he didn't dare to ignore his superior's words. He found Lao Xing and asked him to notify Ye Cheng to come and handle the land rental procedures.
As for the money, it will be rented at the price of wasteland.
He really didn't want to see Ye Cheng.
Also, judging from the tone of the leader just now, he seems to care quite a bit about aquaculture. When my Chen family's aquaculture farm is completed, I'll invite the leader over, which will make me look good.
Old Xing was overjoyed to have a task so soon after taking office in the village committee, and he eagerly came to find Ye Cheng.
When Lao Xing asked him to handle the formalities, Ye Cheng smiled; the matter was settled.
After completing the formalities, he successfully rented the 50 acres of land by the river. The price of wasteland was similar to that of mudflats, but slightly more expensive. It cost a total of 160,000 yuan over 30 years, which used up most of Ye Cheng's cash.
After finishing his business, Ye Cheng gave Lao Xing two packs of cigarettes, which made Lao Xing very happy. Being a member of the village committee is great, you even get to collect cigarettes.
After the four elderly people returned, Ye Cheng prepared a gift for each of them and sent it over.
Then came the preparations for raising crayfish, a task Ye Cheng entrusted to Duan Yong.
If you want to raise crayfish in the future, you only need to dig two ponds. One is a nursery pond, which is smaller and mainly used to raise smaller crayfish.
The other is the finished product tank, which, as the name suggests, is for raising slightly larger crayfish.
However, there is still a problem with shrimp farming now, which is that there are no ready-made shrimp fry for sale, so a special shrimp fry breeding room needs to be set up.
So right now, there are two things to do: build houses and dig ponds, both of which require physical labor.
Ye Cheng was too lazy to deal with the preliminary matters. He roughly calculated that he should be able to get it for under 50,000 yuan, so he directly gave Duan Yong 20,000 yuan to start the project.
However, all expenses must be recorded, just like Widow Zhang's.
One is to cultivate Duan Yong's comprehensive abilities, and the other is that he himself needs a means to check and balance Duan Yong.
After all this, Ye Cheng currently has 35,000 yuan in savings, 30,000 yuan in debt, 300,000 yuan in mortgage, and will need to invest another 30,000 yuan later.
With his savings essentially depleted, Ye Cheng got back to work on the clam business after explaining everything.
The next day, Ye Cheng went to the dock to find someone to collect clams.
Ye Guowei is raising clams this time. According to the conventional yield per mu, one mu can produce 3,000-6,000 jin, but with his own breeding bonus, the yield per mu could be as high as 10,000 jin.
So, at most, 50 mu (approximately 3.3 hectares) could produce more than 400,000 jin (approximately 200,000 kg).
However, this is the first batch, and they haven't fully grown yet. Ye Cheng estimates that only about 30% of them are still around 100,000 jin.
With such a large quantity, it's impossible to sell it individually; we'll have to find someone to collect it.
The first person I thought of was Lao He; he's the smartest and quickest-witted guy.
When we arrived at Lao He's shop, Lao He was still resting there. The fishing boats that had gone out hadn't returned yet, so there was nothing to buy.
Seeing that Ye Chengkong had arrived alone, Old He was a little surprised, but he still got up and greeted him.
"Second brother, it's been a long time since you went out to sea."
"Yes, I haven't been out to sea lately. I've been busy with other things. I came to talk to you about something."
"I only buy seafood. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Old He poured Ye Cheng a cup of tea, and the two sat down.
"Knowing you buy seafood, I came to ask if you buy clams."
"Clams, huh? You're a veteran at the docks, why are you even asking? But since you're not bringing your goods, I can't offer a price."
Ye Cheng slowly took a sip of tea before speaking.
"I might have made a lot this time, can you finish it?"
"A large quantity?" Boss He looked at him suspiciously. "How much? Hundreds of kilograms? Or thousands of kilograms? You didn't go beachcombing and get a bunch of this again, did you?"
"50,000 to 100,000 jin, and there's more to come," Ye Cheng said casually.
"How much? How much did you say?" Boss He jumped up from his chair, looking at Ye Cheng in shock. The number he had just heard was a bit frightening, and he was afraid that he had misheard.
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