Chang Shide was half lying on the bed. After drinking a little sobering soup, although I felt dizzy, I felt very relaxed. Just as he was about to go to bed, Wenxiu walked into the room quietly, wearing only a close-fitting gown, her bun untied and combed behind her, with peach blossoms on her face and almond-shaped eyes. Chang Shide was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he looked like this.
I saw Wenxiu beat him like a woman, and whispered: "Wenxiu will wait for the master to go to bed." After saying that, she came up to undress him and take off his belt. A pair of soft little hands gently massaged his body, calling softly with all her charms. :"master--"
Chang Shide stayed for about five seconds, and suddenly all the wine in his body escaped from his pores. A chill rushed from his heels to his forehead, and goosebumps suddenly appeared all over his body.
"No -" he wailed, quickly pushed Wenxiu away, and rolled down from the bed. Mamma mia, what kind of era is this? The servant sexually harasses the master - forget it if he is sexually harassed by the maid, he is actually a man - Wen Xiu is still a man no matter how beautiful he is.
This little commotion led to chaos. Zhou Shizhai broke through the door immediately. Seeing this scene, the bodyguard's expression changed drastically, and he quickly said: "Master, please use it slowly." He bowed his head and retreated.
"No, Lao Zhou, please listen to my explanation -" Chang Shide didn't even wear shoes and hurriedly chased him out. Outside, Li Biao was looking around. Several bodyguards had gathered in the yard, holding knives and sticks.
"What are you looking at? Go back!" Zhou Shizhai waved his hand impatiently and quickly said to the disheveled Chang Shide, "Chang Chang, you are such an eyesore -"
"Yes, yes, I know." He quickly went back to put on his shoes.
Wen Tong also came out here. He was drafting a report on improving sugar production under the lamp. When he heard the noise, he didn't understand what was going on. He saw Wen Xiu in disheveled clothes and humiliatingly following Chang Shide's instructions. When he came out of the room, he suddenly misunderstood and his face darkened:
"Old Chang, I usually know that you are carefree, but I didn't expect you to have this habit!" Wen Tong does not discriminate against gays, but he despises those who take both men and women for physical pleasure.
"It's nothing!" Chang Shide was so anxious that he scratched his head and even wanted to die. It's obvious that this damn shemale is trying to harass him, so why do everyone think it's him who's plotting something against his wife?
"Old Wen, you have to believe in our revolutionary comrades. You can't disbelieve me, right? We were in the same dormitory in Lingao! You know what kind of person I am!"
"It's hard to say. Once you are dragged away from the collective, many of people's ugly nature will be exposed."
"I was unjustly accused -" Chang Shide pointed to the sky and the earth, swore and explained, and finally Wen Tong reluctantly believed that Wenxiu was harassing him. At this time, Hou Liao Dahua came. Chang Shidezheng was depressed and took the blame for nothing, so he couldn't help but complain about Liao Dahua. He also scolded Guo Yi - why did he bring up a rabbit to serve them?
Liao Dahua smiled and said: "Master Chang, there is no need to be angry. This is what the boys would have mistakenly meant. It is common for children like them who specialize in serving the uncle to serve tea during the day and serve as maids and concubines in the evening. Yesterday, shopkeeper Wen said not to buy Maid, it is convenient to use a boy servant during the journey. There must be a misunderstanding. Since the master doesn't mean this, I will give them a good scolding."
"What? Is there such a thing?" Chang Shide suddenly had a shocking subversion of the ancient people's sexual concepts.
"It's very common. Scholars who carry books, swords, and piano cases often take a small child with them when they go out to study. Firstly, they can do things when they go out, and secondly, they can use it to relieve anger at night when they can't bear it anymore. In the imperial court The high-ranking officials also have their own special breeds, and some of them are affectionate and dote on them better than their maids and concubines."
"What kind of society is this!" Chang Shide couldn't help but cursed.
Liao Dahua only smiled apologetically, knowing that Wenxiu was too eager to be flattered, so he came to "recommend himself as a pillow mat", which was considered as flattering him. Neither of them seems to be very masculine. I was thinking about finding a few maids to come over quickly.
The storm that night was over. Originally, Chang Shide was still a little suspicious. I am deeply afraid that my majestic image will be made fun of. Later, I realized that the natives had no interest in gossiping about this matter. Even Wenxiu came to bring him face wash as if nothing had happened the next day. Probably as Liao Dahua said: This kind of thing is nothing at all.
The next day, the two continued to ride in the sedan, protected by a group of people from the Qiwei Escort Bureau. They spent almost half a month touring various sugar cane farms and sugar houses under their names. I initially understood the situation. Needless to say, I was tired from the journey and traveled a lot. I also encountered several roadblocks and robberies by bandits. Fortunately, I was protected by powerful bodyguards, and all the incidents were over without any danger.
The situation in each Zhuangzi and Tangliao is similar. Some still have a few long-term workers left, while others are completely empty. Wen Tong now knows the sugar production situation in Leizhou: it is a typical combination of Zhuangliao and Zhuangliao. There is no Tutangliao that is solely engaged in processing. They are all founded by sugarcane farmers or landowners with a large number of sugarcane fields and are dependent on sugar cane farms. There are also sugarcane farmers who jointly set up joint ventures. Tutangliao mainly processes sugar cane produced in its own fields. Taking into account external processing. The utilization rate of equipment is very low, so they are all small in scale and crude in equipment.
Sugarcane field cultivation is not a common tenancy system in rural areas. Small plots of land are planted and harvested by sugarcane farmers themselves, and a few day laborers are hired during busy periods. Large plots of land are completely cultivated and managed by landowners hiring long-term workers. There is already a system of agricultural hired labor. prototype.
Therefore, once the land changes hands, all the labor force on the land disappears, which is completely different from changing landlords but not tenants under the general tenancy system. This puts forward urgent requirements for supplementary labor force.
That day, the group returned to Xu Wen's Zhuangzi. It just so happened that Zhang Xin also came to Xuwen as the liaison officer of Guangzhou Station. As the future major seller of Leizhou white sugar, Guangzhou Station also attaches great importance to this.
According to the proposal of the Guangzhou Station and the approval of the Executive Committee, Wen Tong and Chang Shide officially established the Leizhou Sugar Company in Xuwen. The capital for starting a sugar company was allocated by the Guangzhou Station. The sugar cane farm outside Xuwen City will serve as the company's headquarters. Wen Tong planned to conduct a pilot project to improve the sugar industry in Xuwen.
"Can I get sugar?" Zhang Xin was very concerned about this issue and asked repeatedly.
"No problem, we can produce better sugar than any other company in Guangdong." Wen Tong is very confident about this. "But if we want to have an advantage in price, we have to see if the machinery department can help us build equipment."
"Some British people have arrived in Guangzhou recently." Zhang Xin told him a message. "They are very careful and are looking to buy goods. White sugar is also a big deal. If the sugar can be produced before April, it will not be a problem to sell 20 to 30 tons. .”
"Yes. But I want Guangzhou Station to give me enough manpower." Wen Tong said, "It is difficult to supplement the local labor force."
"How many people are needed?"
"At least three hundred people." In Wen Tong's plan, this group of people will be the first batch of workers in sugar cane farms and sugar mills. Each Zhuangzi needs at least twenty additional laborers, and those with Tangliao need even more.
"Do you want to strengthen the labor force?"
"Women and children also want it. This can restrain young adults. Besides, farm women in Guangdong and Fujian are very capable and have good physical strength. I don't think they are any worse than men. By the way, let's find about ten more people with experience in raising cattle."
"Okay. I can give you five hundred people." Zhang Xin agreed. Due to the ongoing immigration work, there has been a gap in Lingao's reception capacity. A purification cycle lasts for 40 days, and the quarantine camp in Lingao can only accommodate about 400 people at the same time. Many immigrants who have been recruited can only be placed in Guangzhou, waiting for their fate. For this purpose, Guangzhou Station set up a village similar to an isolation and quarantine area in the suburbs, where some preliminary "purification" work was carried out. There are now more than a thousand people stranded in the camp. In order to prevent the local officials from becoming suspicious, Guo Yi is already trying to send some of them away as soon as possible.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to accept five hundred people." Wen Tong said, "Let's start with three hundred people. There are too many complicated things here, and I also want to recruit more cadres from Lingao."
"It's very difficult to be a cadre." Zhang Xin said, "People who are powerful are very good. You can choose some of the backbones to be military cadres." Seeing Wen Tong's stunned look, Zhang Xin added: "Leizhou is a very chaotic place. , as a big sugar factory owner like you, you will naturally be jealous of all kinds of heroes, not to mention bandits, but it may also be troublesome if the local tycoons get interested. To protect your personal and property safety, you must be armed. First, gather a militia team. We will replenish you with weapons from Lingao."
"Okay." Wen Tong thought that he would leave this matter to Chang Shide - he knew how to play the ghost sword anyway.
"I plan to start a sugarcane combination here in Xuwen, and then expand to places like Haikang and Suixi."
“Will you continue to buy sugar cane land to expand plantations?”
"I hope to start a plantation." Wen Tong said, "The current business model here is still based on small-scale farming, and the planting and management levels are too backward."
During the half-month trip, Wen Tong had already got a feel for the sugarcane planting situation here. The cultivation of cash crops under the Qiqi agricultural economy is very random: there are varieties of fruit cane and sugar cane. As for field management, , some can be seen to be very attentive, while others are careless and just relying on the weather. There are people growing sugar cane even in places that are not suitable for growing sugar cane...
For a cash crop like sugar cane, the best business model is naturally a large-scale plantation: combining these small pieces of land into a large sugar cane plantation. Whether it is wage labor or slavery. The production efficiency is much higher than that of small farmers today.
But acquiring land from sugarcane farmers is not easy. Sugarcane farmers rarely go bankrupt or have operational difficulties. Even if they pay the horribly high interest rates, planting sugarcane fields is still profitable. It is difficult to annex large tracts of land without natural disasters. Unless the time travelers manipulate sugar prices, force all these small farmers to go bankrupt, and then buy them one by one. Wen Tong does not agree with this plan, not because he has much kindness, but because he feels that the Time Travel Group does not have the ability.
"My idea is to create a sugarcane combination." Wen Tong came up with his plan: organize farmers who produce the same crop, and under their auspices, provide unified technical guidance on the use of improved seeds, unified purchase of fertilizers, and unified production of sugarcane. Sugar, unified sales. Reduce costs and increase profits. Wen Tong estimates that this program will attract many small growers to participate.
"This plan will definitely not have much results in the first year, but as time goes by, once the benefits come out, farmers will naturally be willing to participate. There is no way, we are not the government and cannot enforce it. The benefits can only be achieved by word of mouth. Purpose."
"Then you have to take root in Leizhou." Zhang Xin looked at his huge plan, "This plan won't be effective in three to five years. It just convinces each farmer and there are dividends after the harvest... That's good. A group of people will assist you.”
"Is it okay to put down roots? Enjoy the life of a big landowner." Wen Tong was very interested in his career. "I applied to the Education Committee for some of the managers and technicians here. How many can I match?" . If it’s not enough, I’m going to do my own training. As for persuading small farmers to join, I can do as much as I can. After three to five years, if everything goes well, I will be the largest sugar supplier in Leizhou. Sugar is both plentiful and good. When the time comes, there will be a price dumping, the purchase price on the market will be beaten to pieces, and all those who refuse to join the rural cooperative medical system will go bankrupt, and I will buy out the people and the land."
Zhang Xin nodded repeatedly, never expecting that a technician like Wen Tong could use such vicious methods.
"Just ask if you need anything, and Guangzhou Station will definitely cooperate."
"We are just a sugar production base here, and we don't have intelligence personnel or anything like that, but I really want to know the specific situation of Hai'an Street. This place is called 'Sweet Harbor' by the locals. Sugar is exported from here, and there are also people on the street. There are many sugar shops. These businessmen from Chaozhou and Shantou will be our opponents sooner or later——"
"It's easy to say. We will arrange people to be undercover in the local area. When the normal methods are really difficult to deal with, something abnormal will happen. The people of the special investigation team are itching."
"Haha, it's best not to do it. But our time is limited and we can't afford to start a commercial war. It's better to make quick cuts and mess around."
The two parties agreed on a series of contact methods, because Leizhou is not an official dispatch station, but a secondary stronghold. There is currently no radio station, and the communication with Lingao mainly uses carrier pigeons as a tool. In addition to using carrier pigeons to communicate with Guangzhou, you can also use the escort route of Qiwei Escort Bureau to deliver letters. According to the instructions of the Executive Committee, do not send people directly across the sea to contact Lingao unless it is absolutely necessary - the fewer direct contacts between the two parties, the better.
The Executive Committee also has a line in Leizhou with the salt merchant Liu Gang, who lives in Haikang County. However, after consideration, the Executive Committee decided to keep separate lines of contact between the two parties to avoid contact. Liu Gang is an important channel for them to smuggle illegal salt to the mainland and must be protected! ~!
