Then comes consumption.
Yangmei is free, the food and accommodation are the same, and it’s not too expensive. Of course it’s a little more expensive than usual, but it’s definitely much cheaper than eating out in the city.
Farmers' agricultural products are very popular, and the best-selling among them is cured meat, especially aged hams and the like, which are particularly popular.
The leaders of several towns were watching, and there was a meeting that night. There was no money to be made from Yangmei, so they had to try to make as much as possible in other areas.
Since people in the city like cured meats, they should get more of them. If they are not available in this town or county, they will go to other counties to collect them. If the old ones are not available, they will be served fresh, freshly killed and smoked.
It touched people's hearts. On this night, Hushan, which has been remote for thousands of years, had unprecedented excitement - because they really saw tourists and money.
Shu Xin and the others did not return to Dongcheng until after eight o'clock, but now is the information age, and the content they shot was sent back in advance. Whether it was an exclusive interview with Zhu Zhiyuan or a video of tourists picking bayberries, they were all made into programs and were broadcast on the news Broadcast after simulcast.
Regardless of Dongcheng TV or Dongzhou Satellite TV, this is the best time slot. It is impossible to get this time slot with money. This is a requirement of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee.
This is political treatment. In this political country, some things take precedence over everything else.
In capitalism, money is everything, not here, at least not entirely.
Regarding the Hushan Bayberry Festival, many people actually have doubts about the so-called free bayberry festival - is this such a good thing?
Therefore, even if the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee turned on the machine, newspapers and television even sent letters to various cities and towns asking for cooperation, not many people came on the first day.
Eight thousand people, to be honest, is a bit too few.
It's a joke that there are only 8,000 people for such a big show. Even if a second-tier star comes to Dongcheng to hold a concert, the number of people will be far more than this.
To put it bluntly, there is a lack of trust.
But on the first day when the news about tourists picking bayberries was broadcast, more people believed it.
Of course, some people still don't believe it, but the problem is that the people who picked the bayberries really took the bayberries back with them. If they saw it with their own eyes or even tasted it with their own mouths, this cannot be true.
For a time, you spread the word to me, and I spread the word to you. Neighbors spread the news to each other, and people in the workplace also rushed to tell each other. The number of believers doubled or even tenfold.
As a result, a large number of tourists came to Hushan early the next morning, and many people even arrived at dawn.
This is because I am afraid that if I go late, the good bayberries will be picked by others, so I will leave before dawn in the nearby counties and cities.
By about ten o'clock, the crowd was even more crowded.
When Zhu Zhiyuan received the report, he immediately knew something was wrong: "The reputation has gone bad."
Fortunately, in his two lifetimes, he knows that there are many Chinese people, and he also knows that the Chinese people like to join in the fun.
He made preparations and asked Wanqianshan to transfer all the other hundreds of electric vehicles. Didn't the Hongyang Factory produce a thousand electric vehicles before? There are still a few hundred left. He needs to urgently add a frame and shed and weld them. It's not difficult if you're familiar with it.
Zhou Yun also mobilized everyone up and down Hushan Mountain. Anyone who has a car, no matter what kind of car you have, will requisition them all to pick up people.
It's not free of charge, the driver will give you a sign, just like the previous driver, pick it up and register it, five yuan per person.
Who wouldn’t want this?
Even if I have money to take it, I still want to talk about it - to contribute to the Hushan Yangmei Festival.
Everyone strives to be first.
It took almost the entire city's mobilization to manage the process of leaving as soon as people came and not keeping tourists waiting.
After arriving in the town, a tour guide was required, so to speak. Yang Tong mobilized all the able-bodied people in the town and villages to divide the villages into sections, distribute signs, pick up the people, and take the tourists up the mountain.
There is only one request, take the tourists to have fun, take them to pick bayberries, and help them carry them back. That is a complete mission.
It’s also not a white guide, one head costs five yuan.
These five yuan are a little harder to earn than the driver's five yuan. You have to climb a mountain on two legs.
But one good thing is that you can take more people with you at a time, or even a dozen people. You just need to take them to a designated forest. You don't have to follow each other. It's also worthwhile. A trip costs dozens of yuan.
Therefore, people in the village are willing to do it. Anyway, they run to the mountains every day. A trip now can cost a few dozen yuan. Isn’t it money?
There are even many old men and women vying to be tour guides, and they are more diligent than young people.
Poor old men and women in their fifties and sixties can't go out to work. Where can they make money? Now that money is coming to their doorsteps, they are far more enthusiastic than young people.
Although there were many tourists, but with strong mobilization, many drivers, and many tour guides, it actually came next.
The subsequent eating, drinking, and diarrhea must also be increased. Tourists who have picked bayberries and come down the mountain must be hungry and need to eat.
Just having a meal isn't enough. I have a lot of money, so I have to find a way to get them to buy something back.
Regardless of Zhou Yun's greetings, the town leaders of the other five towns are all in charge. There are not enough sheds, so they are built on the spot, there are not enough cooks, they are caught on the spot, and there are not enough vegetables, so they are picked from the soil.
If you don’t have enough cured meat, you are a pig. It’s a rare opportunity. Tourists come to give you money and you don’t have any. Then go away and stay cool and watch others make money.
As long as there is money to be made, there is no fear of shortage of people or goods. The five towns plus Yangmei Town and Tiger Leaping Gorge Town have spent all their money to build a market that is several miles long.
Tourists also like it. They are all city dwellers. It is impossible for people from the mountains to come here to pick bayberry. There is no bayberry tree on any mountain. It is wrong to spend the fare to pick the bayberry you have at home.
Those who come here are all from the city. There are no bayberry trees in the city, and there is no cured meat in the city. There is no way the city will allow you to smoke it.
People in the city like cured meat very much, and it is naturally very popular. There is no old ham anymore, and freshly smoked ham will do, but there is a cured meat that is not.
In mountainous areas like Hushan, most people have a habit of killing pigs during the Chinese New Year, hanging them up and curing them to last for a year.
The custom has been around for a long time, and the cured meat here is very good. Many people who went back yesterday had a taste of it, and it also has a good reputation, so it is even more popular.
Surprisingly, the best-selling items are not bacon, chicken, or rabbit, but pig blood meatballs.
Pig blood balls are a specialty here. After killing the pig, add the blood, tofu and part of the meat, beat them together and stir well, squeeze out the water, and then put them on the fire to smoke.
The smoked pieces were about the size of a man's fist, and they looked black and red. When cut into pieces, they looked similar to sausages.
Add some chili, celery, etc., stir-fry it together, add tofu, pork, pig blood, and cured meat, and the taste is very unique.
And it’s not expensive either. One kilogram only costs about ten yuan, which is about the same as the price of one kilogram of meat. It’s completely acceptable, so anyone who sees it will basically buy a few to try, and some people know about Hushan pig blood. The meatballs are so famous that you can even buy them for several kilograms or more.
And the farmers are happy with it. They add pig blood to tofu and add a little meat. The cost of a pound of pig blood meatballs will not exceed two yuan, because the main ingredient is tofu, which is beans, and they are not expensive.
Even if it is dry goods, the profit can be several times higher. This kind of business, and it is delivered to your door, is so happy.
