Chapter 396 Red Tide Breaks Out, and the Road to Aquaculture Is Not Smooth Sailing (1/2)

Li Duoyu thought that the installment payment would not be so smooth and would be blocked by the leaders.

But he didn't expect that within three days, the agricultural machinery factory held a leadership meeting and finally agreed to it in order to increase sales.

The credit union was even faster. It had long been troubled by the low enthusiasm of everyone to take out loans and the failure to meet the loan targets set by the superiors.

This time, it was a perfect match. They were willing to act as the middleman just for a symbolic interest.

In order to make the installment payment and purchase procedures more convenient, the agricultural machinery factory and the credit union simply sent people to Dandan Island.

At the village committee, a few simple tables and chairs and a banner of [Dandan Island Net Lifting Machine Purchasing Conference] were a simple service point.

There were a lot of fishermen at the scene, and some people had already started queuing up to handle the installment payment procedures for the net lifting machine.

In the past, fishermen did not dare to take out loans. One reason was that they felt there was no need, and the other was that the people demonized loans.

What they said was that the father borrowed and the son paid it back. The interest was very high. If the money could not be repaid, it would not only affect the work, but also the relatives and children.

Before the application, the fishermen asked the most about matters related to the loan. Although there was an instruction manual on the table, most of the islanders were illiterate and could not understand it at all.

The first thing Director Zhang of the credit union did when he arrived on the island was to keep popularizing the relevant knowledge about loans.

"Your installment payment is collateral, and the collateral is your net-lifting machine. At that time, if something happens... If you really can't pay the money back, we will only take away the net-lifting machine, and we will not poke your tiles, nor will it affect your children, so please rest assured, fellow villagers."

However, not all fishermen can buy net-lifting machines in installments. They must have a letter of introduction from the village committee.

In a sense, the village committee of Xiasha Village is to endorse this installment payment, so the qualification review is still quite strict.

Lao Lu, Shitou, Zhao Dahai, Wang Jinshan and other fishermen who have boats and diesel engines naturally have no problem.

But some fishermen who don't even have boats are definitely not qualified, such as the "stinky feet" who specializes in selling dogs, who also mixed in the crowd and wanted to buy a net-lifting machine in installments.

After seeing him, village cadre Zhang Jinsha scolded him on the spot: "Stinky feet, you don't even have a boat, why do you buy a net-lifting machine."

Stinky feet said shamelessly: "Just because you don't have one now doesn't mean you won't have one in the future. I'll buy a net-lifting machine first, and when I have a boat in the future, I'll install it directly."

Zhang Jinsha said with a dark face: "Hurry up and leave. Everyone in the village can get a loan, but you can't. Next one."

Seeing that he was driven away, Stinky feet slammed the table on the spot and said: "You are discriminating, this is individualism, and abuse of rights."

Seeing someone slamming the table.

Stone, Wang Jinshan, and Zhao Dahai nearby all looked at him kindly.

Since Director Liu was taken away for investigation, everyone soon found out that Stinky feet had run to Chenjia Village in the middle of the night some time ago, and took a fishing boat from the next village to the county to complain, which led to Director Liu being taken away for investigation.

It is said that Stinky feet also volunteered to be the director of the Planning Commission of Dandan Island, replacing Liu Xiuzhu to manage *** affairs.

Recently, Zhao Dahai, who was holding back a lot of anger, smiled at Stinky feet and directly hugged his neck.

"Stinky Foot, I heard that your dog meat is delicious. Do you want to treat the brothers to a good meal?"

"Dahai, don't mess around."

Zhao Dahai narrowed his eyes and said, "Who is messing around? I heard that you are very active recently."

Shitou also rubbed his hands and cursed, "Although some people have many dogs, they are really worse than dogs."

Wang Jinshan said, "How about I go get the sack first like last time, so that he doesn't know who beat him, that should be enough."

"Okay."

Stinky Foot was surprised and said, "What do you want to do? There are so many leaders here. Do you still have discipline?"

Li Duoyu, who was working, just glanced at them. As the village director, he said seriously, "Just have fun. Don't go too far, okay?"

"Got it. We are very sensible."

In addition to the people from Xiasha Village, many people from Chenjia Village came here to buy net machines.

Even Li Duoyu's cousin Liu Meifeng came, but they only had one boat, and they didn't even have a diesel engine.

Finally, the heads of the agricultural machinery factory and the credit union held a simple meeting and decided to pay for diesel engines in installments.

Throughout the day, more than 30 net-lifting machines and more than 10 diesel engines were sold on Dandan Island.

The next day, the technicians of the agricultural machinery factory were stationed on Dandan Island for a period of time to install and debug net-lifting machines for fishermen.

For a while, Dandan Island seemed to be injected with new vitality. Before dawn, everyone ran out to cast nets and catch fish.

Old Chen, who works in the second-hand fishing gear shop, has been laughing in his dreams these days, because just as he expected, the more fishermen who buy net-lifting machines, the better the sales of his sticky nets and ground traps.

"Old Chen, do you have any more goods? I'll give you 30 ground traps."

"Yes, yes."

Seeing that everyone used the net-lifting machine, the villagers on the island who didn't have a boat were all anxious.

Because they could clearly feel that the gap between Li Duoyu and the village director in the past two years was getting bigger and bigger. If he didn't work hard to buy a boat, he would probably only be able to work for others.

After seeing the fishermen from Dandan Island using the net lifting machine to collect the nets, the villages along the coast all became restless.

Shangqi Village also bought it, and even the fishermen in Nanri Town also wanted to buy it. In less than a week, the agricultural machinery factory received more than a hundred orders.

It turned out that there were too few workers to complete the work, and there were not enough imported rubber pipes.

Later fishermen who wanted to buy a net machine were unable to do so even if they had cash in hand. Because of this and the installment payment concept he proposed, Li Duoyu once again appeared in the Rongcheng Daily.

And on the day it was published, the newspaper happened to appear on the boss's desk.

After reading the newspaper, the senior leader asked the secretary next to him: "This guy is quite good at troubles."

Secretary Huang smiled and said: "No, people from the bank even came to see me. They said that this installment payment concept is very useful and may greatly increase farmers' enthusiasm for loans."

"This boy's trip to the island country was not in vain. In the second half of the year, he will have a trip to Hong Kong Island. I think he can go and see the world."

Secretary Huang nodded and said: "I will arrange it now. There is one more thing. The leader, Director Zhao, asked if the wind turbine matter has been finalized."

The big leader took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry. Why is he in a hurry? If he asks again, just tell him, don't go through the back door and act according to the rules."

"Understood."

And during this period.

A red tide broke out.

The days when the outbreak happened were the first few days of the Ghost Festival. Looking from a high place, it seemed as if a huge red ribbon was floating in the sea.

The old man on the other side of the square looked at the red sea and sighed: "I haven't seen sea blood for a long time."

Some children asked: "What is sea blood? Is it delicious?"

The old man said disgustedly: "You know how to eat all day long. Sea blood is not for us to eat. It is specially for us. Let me tell you, many people have died on our island before. Do you know why we have to go to Pudu?"

A group of children shook their heads.

Little Fatty grinned and said, "I know, it's to treat my good brother to dinner."

The old man nodded: "Yes, Pudu just wants to invite good brothers, but do you know why you want to invite good brothers?"

Little Fatty scratched his head.

"I don't know about this." The old man said calmly: "Let me tell you secretly, a major event happened that year. The first one was the sea relocation order. At that time, a village on our island was completely wiped out."

After hearing this, a child puffed his mouth and said angrily: "Braid Army, you are so bad."

The old man sighed: "They don't have the same ancestor as us, so we don't care how many of you die."

"Anyway, let me tell you, sea blood has appeared. This year's Ghost Festival must be particularly fierce. Those who were killed back then will definitely come out to swim in the sea.

There is a 100% chance that something big is going to happen, so don’t go out at night to find out. "

"knew."

After hearing the story, Little Fatty was also frightened. Now he finally understood who Pudu was doing.

The old man in the village said this.

The children spread the word to each other, and at night, there was really not a single child visible on the other side of the pier. All of them were hiding under the covers and sleeping.

And with the emergence of red tide.

At night, the sea surface is particularly gorgeous, even the moonlight eclipses it. When the wind blows, the waves will even emit a faint blue light.

This is the largest blue tear Li Duoyu has ever seen.

In a previous life, Dandan Island would have been crowded with tourists, all the B&Bs would have been packed with people, and maybe even the beach would have been full of tents.

For tourists, blue tears are really beautiful, but for fishermen and farmers, they really hate this thing.

The day after the red tide broke out, just as the old people in the square said, something big happened.

There are a large number of dead fish floating on the pier, tidal flats, and beaches. The white flowers are constantly rising and falling with the waves, and many of them have begun to rot.

Some old people frowned when they saw these dead fish and said, "All the dead fish are small fish. I'm afraid this year's harvest will be bad."

There are also some village women carrying bamboo baskets on their backs rummaging through the piles of dead fish, intending to pick up some fresh ones and go back to dry them into dried fish.

Marine fish that died due to red tide are poisonous, but Li Duoyu did not stop them from picking up fish. Their generation is accustomed to poverty, and it is difficult to change their "not wasteful" mentality.

Li Duoyu said to the village women:

"You can just pick up the fish and dry them in the sun. Be sure to clean the gills and intestines, otherwise they will be poisonous."

"I understand, village director."

Looking at the dead fish all over the pier, Li Duoyu went to the oyster field with anxiety.

When he pulled up the oysters, Li Duoyu smiled bitterly. This time, he was quite lucky. He won the bet, but he also lost the bet.

The winner is,

Not all the oysters are dead;

The loser is,

The oysters were half dead.

In order to prevent dead oysters from contaminating the breeding area, Li Duoyu had to hire people to knock out the dead oysters.

Lao Li, his second brother, Chen Wenchao, Zhang Mingsheng, and the villagers who came to watch, all fell silent when they saw the pile of oysters as high as a mountain, which could hold several boats.

Seeing these dead oysters, it felt like a basin of cold water was poured on their heads that day.

Li Duoyu had been telling them before that breeding was risky, but they still didn't believe it until they saw so many dead oysters.

They finally understood that breeding is not a profitable business. Just like fishing, they also rely on God for their livelihood.

Li Yaoguo and Chen Wenchao looked at the pile of dead oysters in front of them and suddenly recalled the scene of the first large-scale eel death.

After following Li Duoyu for a while, they finally realized how difficult it is to breed.

To be honest, if the things that happened to Li Duoyu in farming were done to other farmers, they would probably lose all their money.

This time, in addition to Li Duoyu, there was another victim on Dandan Island, Lao Sha, who was engaged in clam and razor clam farming.

Seeing the open-mouthed clams all over the beach, he was completely stunned. However, seeing that Li Duoyu had suffered more losses, Zhang Jinsha didn't seem to feel that bad anymore.

"Let's go and buy you a drink."

Lao Li said angrily: "Half of us are dead, how can you still be in the mood to treat us to a drink?"

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "Dad, God is asking me to pay some tuition fees. Do I dare not to pay it?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

If he had seen so many dead oysters in his previous life, he would have been heartbroken and reluctant to part with them. In all likelihood, he would have boiled these dead oysters into oyster sauce, packaged them into traditional oyster sauce, and sold them to the rip-off to reduce losses.

But in this life, Li Duoyu felt it was unnecessary, because now he could afford to lose.

Next, he sold these dead oysters at a very cheap price to an old man in the village who specialized in burning oyster ashes.

After a group of people finished drinking.

Li Duoyu suddenly said: "I may not continue to be the village director."

After hearing this.

Zhang Jinsha, Li Shuguang, Li Yaoguo, Chen Wenchao and Shitou were all stunned.

"Brother Yu, are you kidding me?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "I'm not kidding, I'm giving you a vaccination in advance."

As the breeding business got bigger and bigger, he found that his energy was really not enough. If he had to run from both ends, he would be too busy.

Li Duoyu plans to submit his resignation application to the village committee after the wind power project is completed.

Next, he plans to become a farmer and become a teacher when he has time.

Originally, Li Duoyu ran for director of this village just to bring down the Wang brothers and allow Dandan Island to develop in a normal direction.

Now that the Wang brothers have fallen and Xiasha Village is on the right track, it's almost time for him to leave this position.

Li Duoyu also knew very well that Wang Dapao had wanted to leave his job before, and it was the village committee who deliberately prevented Wang Dapao from leaving.

Now, as long as he resigns, Wang Dapao will most likely also retire, and two positions will be vacant in the village.

After getting along with each other for more than a year, Li Duoyu feels that Zhang Jinsha and Tang Ping are good people, and his cousin Li Shuguang is also very responsible.

Even if he is no longer in this position, these people can still support him.

Seeing that Li Duoyu really wanted to resign, Zhang Jinsha, who had competed with Li Duoyu for village director, couldn't help but curse:

"Damn it, you've done such a good job as the village director. Now you won't do it if you don't want to. Who dares to be the village director now? Whoever becomes the village director will definitely be compared with you. If you don't find it appropriate, scold."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "Lao Sha, why are you so anxious? I didn't tell you to resign now."

"If you don't resign, you're just telling the truth. When will you be ready to leave?"

"About that time."

After drinking some wine, Zhang Jinsha suddenly wanted to hit someone. (End of chapter)