Chapter 114 Looking to the Future, Planning for Hongfeng Mountain
After sending the two people who were selling mulberry fungus away, Lin Heng returned to the house, took out paper and pen, and began to write the layout and planning of the fish pond and shrimp pond.
Whether it is a fish pond or a shrimp pond, it is not as simple as digging a hole. Issues such as how deep to dig, how to prevent water leakage, the design of the water inlet and outlet, whether to build a pool or not, etc. all need to be considered.
Because all the twenty acres of land in Hongfeng Mountain were going to be dug into fish ponds, he also had to consider the location relationship, spacing, etc. of these two fish ponds and the remaining fish ponds.
Lin Heng doesn't just want to dig a fish pond and raise fish. He plans to build a modern fish pond. Later, when he has money, he will build a road up the mountain, add aerators, water quality testing systems, etc.
Only if you think it through and lay a solid foundation now, you won't have to start over in the future.
In order to complete the blueprint of the super manor in his mind, Lin Heng first found a piece of A3-sized white paper and went out with a pencil.
"What are you going to do?" Xiulan asked.
"I'm going to go draw a picture. I'll be back soon while Xiaoxia isn't paying attention."
Lin Heng went out with a book.
He came to the foot of Red Maple Mountain, then crossed the river and went up the mountain. He climbed for forty minutes, sweating profusely, before he reached a high enough position to see the entire Red Maple Mountain.
Looking from a high vantage point, the lower part of Hongfeng Mountain is quite flat with a shallow slope. But when you reach the top one-third of the way, the slope suddenly changes from more than ten degrees to thirty or forty degrees.
Lin Heng estimated the size of each piece and drew them in proportion on the blueprint.
After drawing and marking, I looked at the entire side of the mountain and made a rough plan.
The bottom twenty acres of the entire Red Maple Mountain are reclaimed land.
In the middle, there is about eighty acres of area covered with low shrubs, thorns, vines and thatch.
The top 120 acres is a large forest, with red maple and pine trees being the most common, followed by chestnut, boxwood, cotinus, locust and some other species.
After some thought, Lin Heng's initial plan was to leave the top 120 acres of forest intact, and later build a high mountain villa on it, and renovate the forest to make it into a park.
The eighty acres in the middle, which were covered with thorns, shrubs and vines, were developed and built into a one hundred-acre pond for raising fish and shrimp, just like the twenty acres below.
The mountain stream nearby also needs to be rearranged and built into a four-level earth-rock dam. Each dam will be small, about ten meters high, and can store five or six meters of water. The mountains on both sides will be excavated, and one dam will only need an area of one or two acres.
Two-thirds of the pond is used for shrimp farming, and the remaining one-third is used for fish farming.
When raising shrimps, raise green shrimps first, and then you can raise crayfish and other fish later. As for fish, grass carp and carp are the main fish in the early stage, and some are reserved for research and breeding of fish.
On the fourth-level reservoir side, the deep and cold water is used to raise Qinling salmon.
He plans to complete the transformation of this super estate within three years. By then, not counting the salmon in the reservoir, the fish ponds and shrimp ponds alone will be able to bring him an annual net profit of 200,000 yuan.
The calculation here is still based on the lowest output. If it is well managed, three hundred thousand can be easily earned per year.
And this is just the income from breeding alone, not including the fact that he may also be planting other Chinese medicinal herbs such as Dendrobium officinale, or cash crops during this period.
It also does not include the income he may have earned from leading other villagers in breeding, or from investing in other industries such as brick factories and feed factories.
Lin Heng estimated that according to his plan, it would be easy to earn a million dollars a year in five years.
In the 1980s, earning a million a year was definitely considered a big boss. With enough original capital and relying on the foresight advantage brought by rebirth, one could become a billionaire by investing in the future with his eyes closed. With some effort, having assets worth hundreds of billions is not a dream.
After all, he knows clearly the changes in the domestic and even international situation in the next forty years. It is not a dream for him to become a billionaire or even a trillionaire by investing only his own money. It will be even more terrifying if he raises funds.
However, Lin Heng does not have much desire for these things and is not interested in playing with financial leverage or the like.
He is content with a small fortune and wants to spend more time with his family, so that his descendants can also be born in Rome and have the cost to make mistakes in pursuit of their dreams.
More importantly, he felt that even if he could get so much money, he wouldn't be able to manage it.
It is true that I was reborn and my memory has improved, but my IQ has not changed. It is far behind those geniuses who stand at the top of the world and stir up the world.
He never thought that he would be invincible after his rebirth. He had lived for sixty years and had experienced too much. There were some gaps that could not be made up even by rebirth.
This is a reality that we have to accept when living in this world. The gap between people is often even greater than the gap between people and dogs.
He would be satisfied as long as he could build his own business in this life so that his family and descendants would not have to worry about survival.
Lin Heng’s goal this year is to open at least ten acres of shrimp ponds, raise shrimp next year, and improve his life step by step.
First make sure your family is well fed and well clothed, then think about those more distant things.
After drawing the map and determining the location of the future highway and the approximate building layout, Lin Heng put the map away.
The sunset has dyed the sky red and the sun is about to set.
"it's beautiful!"
Lin Heng took a deep breath, looked at the sky and smiled.
Although the sun in the sky is setting, the sun in his heart is rising with unstoppable force.
“I don’t understand!”
An old man working in the fields not far away shook his head, thinking that today's young people are really weird.
He drew the mountain with paper and pen for a long time, and suddenly he started to smile foolishly. I really don't know what he was thinking.
When he returned home, Lin Heng heard Xiaoxia crying. She was crying and shouting for her father, and Xiulan was comforting her.
"It's okay, Dad is back."
Lin Heng opened the front door and walked in quickly.
Xiaoxia got down from Xiulan's arms and rushed over to hug Lin Heng's thighs.
Lin Heng picked her up and smiled to comfort her, "Dad didn't leave. He just went out to pick something delicious for you."
As Lin Heng spoke, he took out an orange-yellow apricot from his pocket, squeezed it open, removed the core, and fed it to his daughter.
This was given to him by Uncle Liu San just when he was walking there. He said that his son picked them in front of Wang's house in Xiahe today.
"Wife, open your mouth." Lin Heng handed the other half to Xiulan.
When Xiulan wanted to speak, Lin Heng had already stuffed the apricot into her mouth, causing her to roll her eyes.
“Is it sweet?”
Lin Heng asked with a smile, many fruits have ripened recently, and apricots and plums are at their sweetest.
"Sweet." Xiaoxia puffed her cheeks.
Xiulan ate the apricots, looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Why did you go for two hours?"
"I climbed up the hill on the other side of Red Maple Mountain and drew the picture again. It took a lot of effort."
As Lin Heng spoke, he handed the finished drawing to his wife.
When Xiulan took the drawing, she was stunned. The drawing was so complicated and there were so many annotations.
"Is this Red Maple Mountain?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"Yes, this is my future plan. I will write a plan and tell you about it in detail later."
Lin Heng smiled and said that the picture was very messy and only he could understand it.
"Okay, then I'll put it down for you first." Xiulan nodded, folded the papers, turned around and put them on the cabinet.
"Are you in the house?" At this time, there was a knock on the yard door.
When Lin Heng heard the voice, it was Wang Qin, the wife of the village party secretary. He quickly opened the door and said with a smile, "Auntie Wang, why are you here? Come in and sit down."
Wang Qin walked into the yard and said with a smile: "I came to call you for dinner. Your uncle Tian was busy playing chess with Tian Yan and couldn't get away, so he asked me to call you.
Did you make the osmanthus soap yourself this morning? It’s really useful.”
"Xiu Lan made this. Uncle Tian is so polite. I should treat you guys to a meal." Lin Heng said politely.
"Oh, Xiulan is really skillful." Wang Qin was surprised for a moment, then said, "Let's go quickly, I still have to cook when we get over there."
"Okay, I'll be right there. Aunt Wang, have a drink of water and wait a moment." Lin Heng said as he walked into the room to pour water for someone.
"I don't want to drink anymore. Let's go quickly." Wang Qin shook her head.
Helpless, Lin Heng could only urge Xiulan to go with him.
Wang Qin saw Xiulan still holding a piece of pork and waved her hand quickly: "I asked you to come to my house for dinner, but I didn't ask you to take anything. Put it back quickly."
"It's nothing to take away. Lin Heng and I both want to eat it, but my cooking skills are not good. Aunt Wang, everyone in the village praises your cooking. I'll take it over and let you cook so that I can learn from you."
Xiulan came over, took Wang Qin's hand and said with a smile.
Xiulan's words surprised Lin Heng. She had touched Wang Qin's heart. The corners of Wang Qin's mouth couldn't help but rise.
"Oh, what you said, my cooking is just average..." Wang Qin fell in love with Xiulan and thought she was too sweet.
After a while of tugging, Xiulan was walking in front, carrying the meat and talking and laughing with Wang Qin, while Lin Heng was walking behind, holding his daughter.
Soon, they arrived at Tian Dongfu's house. Tian Dongfu was playing chess with his daughter Tian Yan. When he saw Lin Heng, he waved his hand and said, "Do you know how to play chess? Come over and play a few games."
Xiulan and Wang Qin were walking in front and had already entered the house, so Tian Dongfu didn't see Lin Heng take the meat.
"Yes, but my skills are just average." Lin Heng said with a smile while hugging Xiaoxia.
"Then come and play a couple of games with me." Tian Dongfu urged his daughter to get up because he was totally defeated by her and wanted to find someone who was equally good at playing.
"Well, Uncle Tian, please be more tolerant of me." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"I told you to take the red piece, come on." Tian Dongfu gave him the chess piece, and after placing it, Lin Heng started the game directly with a cannon.
After a few moves, both sides played the classic opening of the central cannon against the screen horse, and then Lin Heng played the straight chariot against the opponent's double horizontal chariots.
As the attack and killing began, both sides gradually moved away from the chess record and entered the middle game, which is the time when calculation ability is most tested.
Lin Heng has a good memory. In his previous life, he had learned a lot about chess playing methods in the era of supercomputers. This made Tian Dongfu gradually unable to understand and he fell into deep thought.
"Haha, then Uncle Tian, I'll gladly accept your horse." Lin Heng laughed and shot the horse away with a cannon.
Even though the opponent thought for a long time, he was still hit by his flying knife.
"Oh, you are so modest. Your technique is not bad." Tian Dongfu was not angry but very happy.
He hated it most when playing chess and his opponent had to give in to him, which made the game unenjoyable.
As the game went on, Lin Heng was careless and lost Jingzhou, allowing the opponent to take back the lost piece. Then the two sides were in a tense situation for more than ten minutes, and finally Lin Heng won with a slight advantage.
"Haha, this game is so cool, let's do it again!" Tian Dongfu laughed and wanted to do it again.
"Okay, Uncle Tian, you are too experienced. I almost lost." Lin Heng shook his head and said with a smile.
"Haha, you were careless, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat it back." Tian Dongfu shook his head.
Both sides started to place their chess pieces again and began the second game.
Xiaoxia pointed at the chessboard and whispered, "Dad, what is this?"
"This is chess, and this is a cannon." Lin Heng explained to his daughter with a smile.
Xiaoxia would ask every time Lin Heng made a move, and Lin Heng would always tell her patiently and was never impatient.
Tian Yan on the side was a little uneasy. She was a little shocked. How could Lin Heng have changed so much? He was completely different from the second-rate guy in her memory.
Not only did he speak appropriately and remain calm in the face of praise or criticism, but some of his chess moves also opened her eyes.
Moreover, he was so skilled in letting the opponent win that ordinary people couldn't even see it. If he hadn't let the opponent win, her father would have been killed without a single piece of armor left.
But what she found even more incredible was Lin Heng's attitude towards her daughter. He was full of patience, which was not like the mentality of a 20-year-old boy.
If she had been asked this question by a child, she would have been annoyed a long time ago, but Lin Heng was not annoyed at all. He was very happy and repeated it over and over again.
How could she know that this twenty-year-old body contained a sixty-year-old soul that had experienced the ups and downs and hardships of life.
So he has patience and perseverance that young people do not have.
In the second game, Lin Heng played the black side and still won with difficulty.
He continued to play black in the third game, and this time the game ended in a draw.
Lin Heng didn't lose on purpose, he just wanted to make the chess game tense so that both sides could enjoy the experience.
"I didn't expect you to be so skilled. It's such a pleasure playing chess with you." Tian Dongfu took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
"I have also read a few chess books, but playing chess with you, Uncle Hetian, is still too stressful." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Dad, let me play a game with Lin Heng." Tian Yan said at this time.
"Okay, come here." Tian Dongfu was also tired, so he sat aside and watched the chess game.
"Lin Heng, you have to be careful. Every time I play against her, I am killed until only two soldiers are left. She is very powerful."
Tian Dongfu reminded again with a smile.
"Then Uncle Tian, you have to remind me." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Lin Heng didn't dare to be careless when playing chess with Tian Yan. After all, this was the person who practiced chess with his cousin Lin Hai every day.
Sure enough, after a while he felt the sharpness of the opponent's attack, but it was still inferior to that of his cousin Lin Hai.
A few minutes later, Lin Heng was defeated regretfully. Both sides were attacking each other and had already made their killing moves, but he was one step slow.
"Come again! Use all your strength." Tian Yan glanced at Lin Heng and felt that he was letting us win.
"This is already my best effort. I can't win. If I don't come down, my head will hurt." Lin Heng shook his head and said.
He could still win if he tried hard, but he was not interested. If he beat Tian Yan, Tian Dongfu would definitely realize that he had let her win.
Secondly, his cousin Lin Hai was pursuing Tian Yan, and he would not force himself to be in the spotlight or show off in front of her.
"Haha, that's true. The meal is almost ready. Let's go inside and eat."
Tian Dongfu said with a smile.
Tian Yan had no choice but to give up and glanced at Lin Heng, somewhat confused as to what had made him change so much.
When I walked into the house, Xiulan was helping Wang Qin. The meal was almost ready and was brought over.
"Come on, Lin Heng, let me toast you first to thank you for saving my life." Tian Dongfu poured the wine and picked it up first.
"No, you are my elder and I should respect you." Lin Heng quickly returned the greeting.
"Hey, why is there wild boar meat? Did you get it, Lin Heng?" After taking a bite of the dish, Tian Dongfu suddenly became unhappy.
"Xiulan and I wanted to eat it ourselves, but it would go bad if we leave it out tomorrow. Xiulan also wanted to learn some cooking, so she brought it here." Lin Heng explained with a smile.
"Don't do this next time, otherwise I will be really angry." Tian Dongfu shook his head helplessly.
"well."
At the table, Tian Dongfu started chatting after drinking a few glasses. Lin Heng listened quietly while feeding his daughter or picking up food for his wife, his eyes were on his wife and children.
Occasionally, when he needed to answer questions himself, he would look at Tian Dongfu and express some opinions that had no impact but were still sharp.
After dinner, Tian Dongfu sent Lin Heng and the other two out of the yard before going back.
"This Lin Heng is very different from before. I think he will definitely achieve great things in the future. What do you think, daughter?"
Tian Dongfu sighed, looked at his daughter Tian Yan and asked with a smile.
"He's changed a lot compared to before. He's considered a good man now." Tian Yan said casually.
"I think Lin Heng is a good guy. He speaks nicely and kindly, and he can hunt. His family is also well-off now. His wife Xiulan is also smart and clever. They are a perfect match."
Wang Qin smiled and said that she even felt that Lin Heng got married too early, otherwise she would have wanted to marry her daughter to Lin Heng.
"It's really good. He doesn't act like a youngster in his actions and behavior. He even deliberately played chess like that with me. It's very interesting."
Tian Dongfu smiled, he was very clear about his level. Lin Heng's letting water was also the kind that he couldn't find fault with, not the kind of low-level intentional wrong-stepping obvious letting water.
Lin Heng was also very happy on the way home, counting stars with his daughter.
If he wants to do business in Murakami, he must establish good relations with the officials in Murakami, otherwise many things will be difficult to handle.
Fortunately, the village party secretary of their village is honest and dedicated to leading the rural revitalization.
He doesn't need to give any big gifts, he just needs to make people see his value, feel that he is someone they can get along with, and leave a good impression.
"Dad, why is it dark?"
"Because the sun has gone to sleep, you should also start to sleep."
"If you don't sleep, there's still the moon and stars!" Xiaoxia shook her head with a smile.
"If you don't sleep, you won't be able to get up tomorrow. We're going to the street to buy candy tomorrow. Don't you want to go?"
Lin Heng touched his daughter's little face.
"I want to go! I can't sleep." Xiaoxia said excitedly.
After returning home, he washed her face and feet and put her on the bed. Lin Heng took out a fairy tale book and read a story to her.
Naturally, my daughter didn’t understand a lot of what I said, but the hypnosis effect is better if she doesn’t understand.
It’s just like when you are in advanced math class. You understand every word, but when they are connected together, you are speechless and fall asleep in no time.
"Are you really going to town tomorrow? Tomorrow is not a market day."
The daughter fell asleep, and Xiulan came in after taking a bath and asked.
"Really? I'm going to buy some supplies to dig a fish pond. If there's nothing in town, I'll go to the city."
Lin Heng smiled and said that digging a fish pond also requires a lot of materials.
"Okay, then go to bed early." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng went out to take a shower and then came back to rest. It was too hot in the summer and he couldn't sleep without a shower.
Sorry, I got up late today. I was not feeling well, so the update is late.
(End of this chapter)
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