"It's estimated to be five to six thousand acres. In addition to the land allocated to him at the time, the city government later released it for reclamation. He applied for new land licenses several times, which totaled at least three thousand acres. His family has always been a local household.
The second largest household is indispensable for land." Yuan Fei said.
To cultivate and cultivate 6,000 acres of land in Sanya is indeed a lot. Xu Yanliang nodded secretly, Hu Wumei is a business talent.
In fact, if Xu Yanliang is more concerned about the external situation, he should know that Hu Wumei has always been a typical figure of the "new farmers" established by the Senate. Not only did her relevant deeds appear in the "Lingao Times", but she also participated in a commendation meeting in Lingao and attended
Hainan Provincial Advisory Bureau Representative Conference is a rising star.
In a short while, Hu Wumei had already changed her clothes and came out of the inner house.
He wore a half-worn short-sleeved shirt, linen trousers, and barefoot cane sandals, which was solemn and simple. He had a pen in his coat pocket and a watch on his wrist - this watch was not allowed.
Yes, it was him who participated in the Senate Agricultural Front Commendation Conference as a prize for winning the title of "Agricultural Leader in the New Era".
The entire attire and his hairstyle make him look like a Senate "cadre". This is also the image he specially created for himself - unlike many members of the Council of Ministers who more or less retain, or even deliberately retain, their past clothing.
Hu Wumei tried her best to wash away everything in the past.
He was originally supervising the work in the newly opened coconut plantation today. His family sent a child to call him back and said that a patriarch had arrived. At first, he was a little confused, because there was only one elder in Sanya, Mayor Tang. Before that,
Mayor Tang just came to his village a few days ago. He would not just come to his village without any reason.
So there is a new elder. Hu Wumei made a mental calculation on the way back to Zhuangzi. He is an old man who has taken root here since he landed in Sanya. He has experienced the whole process of Sanya from the hustle and bustle to the current loneliness.
Since Mr. Wang left office and Mr. Tang took over, the development of Sanya has become slower and slower, and can even be said to have stagnated. Along with this, there are fewer and fewer elders in Sanya, and the original elders have been replaced one after another.
left office, and almost no new senators took office.
When he went to the Sanya Conference Bureau meeting last Monday, Elder Tang did not mention that a new elder was coming to take up his post. If it was a short-term business trip, the most likely elder was the elder from the Agricultural Port - otherwise he would not be able to think of anything.
Why do you want to see him.
However, the child who came to deliver the letter was so young that he couldn't even tell the elder's surname. He only knew that he was a "man" and that he "came by bicycle." This range was too large, covering almost 70% of the elders.
Sure enough, he didn't know this elder - he was obviously not from the agricultural industry, and he said he was "just transferred" - but Mr. Tang didn't say that a new elder was coming... [Man]... What happened to this elder who suddenly arrived?
Who is he and what are he planning to do? Hu Wumei felt somewhat uneasy.
But one thing he could confirm was that Elder Xu was not an important figure in the Senate.
He changed his clothes and hurried back to the courtyard to meet Xu Yanliang.
"Hey, you don't have to be so polite. I just walked by and took a look." Seeing him being so respectful, Xu Yanliang felt frightened and a little uncomfortable, "Are you doing well here? Yuan Fei said you are still a model for agricultural exports? Demonstration
Where’s the farm!”
"It's all thanks to the kindness of the Senate. I'm just trying my best." Hu Wumei said modestly.
Despite Hu Wumei's frightened appearance when seeing the elders, she has actually seen a lot of elders. She has also been a guest of Wen Desi, Wang Luobin, Wu De, Wu Nanhai and others. You can visit Tang Menglong's official residence at any time.
. He has a clear mind about the three, six, and nine people in the Senate. But he is sure of one thing, that is, when facing the senators, he never shows the slightest bit of arrogance, and always has a "tears of gratitude" expression.
"... The policy of the Senate is better. Speaking of me, Hu Wumei, I am also good at farming in my hometown. If the Ming Dynasty was not too chaotic and pirates plundered, I would not be a pirate." Hu Wumei said to him.
The history is not taboo, "As long as the court can achieve social peace, the people will naturally be happy. No matter how poor they are, they will not be desperate? There is always a glimmer of hope."
These words were a subtle flattery to the Senate. Everyone loves to hear flattery, and Hu Wumei's flattery was much more subtle than praises such as "recreating parents"? Xu Yanliang was immediately "long-faced with joy".
"You're right. A government should be able to do this!" Xu Yanliang said, "When you go to this farm - I think it's called Baocheng Company?"
"Exactly? Baocheng is the name of my former hometown village. The naming can be regarded as 'not forgetting the roots'. Although I have taken root in Sanya and will spread my branches in the future? But this 'root' is in
Don’t forget. As for registering a company? That was suggested by Dawan, the leader of Tiandihui? He said that now that my family business is big, it is better to register a company. It will be convenient for diversified businesses and it is also convenient to apply for loans and so on - no need to go there specially.
Loans for small farmers can be based on the qualifications of agricultural enterprises."
"Dawan?"
"That's Wan Lihui Wan, the founder of the agricultural industry." Yuan Fei explained.
"Oh, it's him." Wan Lihui is the eldest among the Wan brothers, so he is naturally "Dawan". Judging from this description, the owner of Hu Village has a lot of property.
"So you have opened quite a few factories." Xu Yanliang said, "Can you tell me in detail?"
Hu Wumei's heart tightened, what kind of idea is this? But when she thought about her little family background, the Senate knew very well that there was nothing to hide. She immediately put on a calm look and smiled: "It's too much to talk about the factory.
They are arrogant, they are just small workshops."
It turns out that in addition to the mill, his village also has several small factories such as a hemp rope factory, a palm mat factory, and a dried fruit preserves factory.
"...There is also the newly opened aquatic products processing factory at the port. It is said to be a factory, but it is actually just a few workshops. There are only a dozen people at least, and there are no more than thirty or fifty people at most. And it operates seasonally. Such workers
There is work to do all year round.”
These are agricultural product processing companies, and Xu Yanliang is a little disappointed. But after thinking about it, the Senate has not spread any decent light industry to Sanya. It is good for a private company like his to achieve this level.
"Who is responsible for technical guidance?"
"They are all hired through Tiandihui." Hu Wumei said, "Installation of machines, debugging, production... one-stop service. There is no problem. It's just troublesome when the machine breaks down. The repairman has to go to Tiandu, and he has to go to Tiandu as soon as he stops.
a few days."
"It will require a lot of workers. How many workers are employed on the farm?"
"It's not too many. Not counting the Nanyang slaves, there are about 200 male and female workers, and more than 300 people including children and elderly people."
"What? You still use slaves here?"
"Of course it is used," Hu Wumei looked at Xu Yanliang strangely, "All the large-scale farms here use it."
Xu Yanliang knew very little about the slave issue in the Senate. He only knew that a large number of slaves were used when developing Tiandu and Taiwan. He did not expect that slave labor would also spread to the people.
"How many slaves are there?"
"About fifty. Originally there were more. Last year, all the female slaves were assigned as workers. They were deregistered."
"What do you do with all these slaves?"
"It can be used anywhere, farming, clearing land, and working in factories. To be honest, I'm not very good at work, and my physical condition is also poor. I dug drainage ditches last winter, and I exhausted seven or eight people in one go! What a huge loss!"
Xu Yanliang looked at his indifferent face and felt cold: These are the "new citizens" we have cultivated! But he also understood that human nature is unreliable in the face of interests, not to mention that the man in front of him was once a murderous pirate.
"So the death rate is quite high."
"They are taller than farm workers, but not much higher." Hu Wumei said, "I paid for them all. If they die, I will lose money. To be honest, if they weren't cheap enough, I wouldn't be that big."
Willing to use..."
"Oh, why?"
"The physique is not good - I just said this; and they are also people with hands and feet, and they were captured, so they are always dissatisfied. Treat him too well, he will be lazy at work, and treat him harshly
, will run away again, forget about running away, and gang up outside to rob, kill, and steal things..."
"No wonder you are heavily guarded here."
"Don't dare not be on guard. There was a riot here last summer." Hu Wumei seemed to be still frightened. "More than one or two hundred slaves in the mine killed the guards and ran away. They robbed small farms in remote local areas, killed people and set fires, and the situation spread.
It didn’t take long for the team to number between three and four hundred people. By the time the Yulinbao garrison wiped them out, dozens of families had been harmed and more than a hundred people had died..."
Xu Yanliang had a shocked expression on his face. He did not remember this incident. After trying hard to recall it for a long time, he vaguely remembered that he had seen several related news in "Weekly News". However, there were no specific details.
He asked Yuan Fei: "How often does this happen?"
Yuan Fei nodded and said: "There have been many sporadic incidents, but none of them have been on such a large scale. Thanks to the local militia, several large local farms have been used as shelters. Otherwise, the losses will be even greater. This time
After the riots, every farm has stepped up security."
"So that's it." Xu Yanliang murmured to himself. Hearing these things shocked his heart. In fact, he did not agree with slavery in the first place. At first, he considered that the losses to the naturalized people of Tiandu and Kaohsiung would be too great.
I thought it was "tolerable", but now it seems that this system is not only cruel, but also has various negative effects.
It seems necessary to promote the abolition of slavery as soon as possible. He thought to himself. Otherwise, if we continue like this, there will be endless consequences.
At this moment, he did not discuss this issue with Hu Wumei in depth. He then asked, "Do you have enough labor force here?"