Weijiatun is less than 40 kilometers away from Tianjin. Like Liu Jin's hometown, Xiahetun, it is also a village close to mountains and the sea.
The village is not small, with more than 30 households. However, because it is close to the sea, there is very little land, and much of it is saline-alkali land. There is no way to grow food. Therefore, Weijiatun is also a famous bachelor's village in the surrounding area. Only girls are married off, and few are married off.
The kind where a girl marries in.
At this time, there were more than a dozen young people from Weijiatun gathered in the grain drying field in Weijiatun Village. Each of these ten young people had short hair, clean shaven beards, and the same style of clothes they were wearing.
There are also the words 'Tianjin Port'.
Everyone gathered together and seemed to be discussing something.
"Our Weijiatun is a famous bachelor's village in the surrounding areas. There were dozens of bachelors in the previous generation, but we can no longer do this in our generation."
Wei Xiaoming looked at the villagers around him and said very solemnly.
During this famine, everyone in Weijiatun also fled to Tianjin early. They happened to catch up with the large-scale construction recruitment at Tianjin Port, so they were lucky enough to join the recruitment.
Although Weijiatun is poor, the people are relatively simple and willing to work hard, so the dozen or so young people from Weijiatun were left to work at Tianjin Port.
Now that the famine has passed, Tianjin Port has begun to give its employees holidays one after another. Because it is close, these people also make an appointment to return to Weijiatun.
Weijiatun is back, but Weijiatun is very poor. Most of the houses here are mud houses, which are very low. Many of them are still dilapidated. The roads in the village are also very muddy, which I have become accustomed to.
People living here in Tianjin are very uncomfortable.
Therefore, Wei Xiaoming also gathered the young men who were going to Tianjin and prepared to discuss it with the big guys to find ways to change the appearance of Weijiatun.
"Brother Xiaoming, are you still afraid that you won't get a wife?"
Wei Xiang looked at Wei Xiaoming and said with a smile.
There are more than ten people working in Tianjin Port, and only Wei Xiaoming has become the steward. Needless to say, the salary of the steward of Tianjin Port is five taels of silver a month, which is considered a high salary in this era.
Line up.
"Of course I don't have to worry about not getting a wife, but what about the other people in the village?"
"There are hundreds of young men of our age in the village, but so far, not even half of them have married."
"Those of us have gone out to see the world, and we all took night classes. Now we have turned over. Naturally, we don't have to worry about getting married and starting a business. But we can't forget the folks in Weijiatun and our own
brothers and sisters."
"Do you think so?"
Wei Xiaoming looked at Prime Minister Wei and said to everyone.
"Brother Xiaoming is right~"
"Brother Xiaoming can be a steward. This awareness is different."
"Brother Xiaoming, just tell me what to do, and we will all listen to you."
When the others heard this, they immediately nodded.
"We in Weijiatun are close to the sea. We couldn't go fishing in the sea before, so being close to the sea not only has no advantages, but has become a fatal point for our village."
"But it's different now. Now the court allows us to go fishing in the sea, so I'm wondering if we can take advantage of this advantage of our village. We can rely on the mountains to eat, the water to eat, and we can make a fortune by relying on the sea.
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Wei Xiaoming looked at everyone, thought for a while and said.
"You mean we go fishing in the sea?"
"But fishing in the sea requires a fishing boat. I also know the fishing boats here in Tianjin Shipyard. This one costs 20,000 taels of silver, and we can't afford it."
"Yes, this boat is too expensive. The money is really good. You can catch more than 100,000 catties of marine fish in a day at sea. Fishing at sea is not difficult. We see a lot here at the port every day."
"Even if we sell ourselves, we can't raise 20,000 taels of silver."
After hearing Wei Xiaoming's words, everyone immediately expressed their opinions on each other.
It is a good idea to go fishing at sea. Everyone knows this. Working in Tianjin Port, they have seen too many sea fish. Next to it is the Tianjin Shipyard. They will also go to the shipyard to see it when they have nothing to do.
See, so I am very familiar with this area.
But precisely because they were so familiar with it, they felt that Wei Xin's proposal was really unrealistic. The fishing boat was too expensive and they simply couldn't afford it.
"Of course I know about this fishing boat. We will definitely not be able to afford a fishing boat for a while, but we can learn from Tianjin Port. We will also build some piers and the like to berth the boats. When the time comes,
, we can collect parking fees, and people in the village can also help unload the ships and so on."
Wei Xiaoming smiled slightly and said confidently.
"Build a pier?"
"Open a port?"
When everyone heard this, their eyes widened slightly.
"Yes, build the pier. As for opening a port, it's a bit far away. We don't have that much strength to build a port now. Let's first raise funds to build one or two small piers to attract some ships to dock."
"When we have funds in the future, we can build larger wharves and ports. Then we will pave the road with cement and connect it to Yongping Prefecture. The business of this port will be completed. In the future, our Weijiatun will be able to communicate with the Tianjin Port.
Same, sit and collect money."
Wei Xiaoming slowly spoke out the plans and blueprints in his heart, and his words made everyone present take a breath.
Wei Xiaoming's idea is really surprising. No one thought that Wei Xiaoming would actually want to build Weijiatun into a place like Tianjin Port in the future.
What kind of place is this Tianjin Port? This is everyone's paradise now. It's easy to make money, it's clean and tidy, and even the voices everyone speaks are better than other places.
What kind of place is Weijiatun? This is the poorest place in the ten miles and eight villages. But now Wei Xiaoming is thinking of making Weijiatun the same as Tianjin Port. This is really fantastic.
"Brother Xiaoming, isn't this plan too big? It has seriously strayed away from the matter of finding a wife for our young men."
Wei Xiang couldn't help but said.
"That's right, this is simply impossible. Here at Tianjin Port, Mr. Liu and the Crown Prince don't know how much money they spent to get where they are now. Where do we have so much money?"
"No, this is too whimsical."
Others also shook their heads. Wei Xiaoming's plan was too huge and far beyond their capabilities.
"What everyone said makes sense. I also know that this requires a lot of money."
After hearing what everyone said, Wei Xiaoming nodded and said.
"I have conducted research on the area around Xiahetun. Our place is not too far from Yongping Prefecture. The straight-line distance is only tens of kilometers. This is very similar to the relationship between Tianjin and the capital. The two
Since we are so close, if we can open up the situation here, we can spread it to the entire Yongping Prefecture."
"In addition, the geographical location of Xiahetun is very special. Do you think it looks like a horseshoe shape? This is a natural port mentioned in the book. At the same time, the water here is deep, so it is very suitable for building a port."
"Another point everyone knows is that ocean fishing is very prosperous now. In the past, only the boats under Liu Gongzi were fishing, but as the fishing boats built in the Tianjin Port continued to be sold, these fishing boats became more and more popular.
It’s a lot.”
"In the past, there were only a dozen fishing boats going out to sea for fishing, but now there are more than 20, and everyone has seen the speed of the Tianjin Shipyard. New ships are launched every day. I estimate that from now on, we will go out to sea."
There will be more and more ships, and Tianjin port will become busier and busier."
"This means that if we also build a dock here, we will have the opportunity to have some of the ships come to our place to dock and unload cargo."
"We have to compare ourselves with Tianjin Port, but by relying on this, we, the people of Xiahetun, will definitely have no problem living a good life."
Wei Xiaoming obviously didn't act aimlessly. He had done sufficient research in advance and considered everything very carefully.
"After listening to what you said, Brother Xiaoming, I immediately felt that this was feasible."
"I think so. Tianjin Port is much busier here. Every day, more and more ships go out to sea and return to the port. The sea fish is also very popular, so it should be okay."
"As expected of a steward, Brother Xiaoming's knowledge is different."
After listening to Wei Xiaoming's analysis, everyone felt that this was indeed a skill. Once it was done, Xiahetun would really be developed in the future.
"I've already calculated it. Let's all pay for it first and build a pier first. The people in our village will get the stones, sand, etc. by ourselves. It only requires strength and doesn't cost much at all. The cement is also very cheap, thirty cents.
You can buy a barrel, and after all, you can get started with just a hundred taels of silver."
"As for the stopped ship, it is said that there is a ship at Tianjin Port that sells marine fish specifically to Yongping Prefecture. They have to travel dozens of miles more to take it from Tianjin to Yongping Prefecture.
It's much closer to our place, and I'm very confident that I can pull this ship to our place to dock first."
"According to the charging standards at Tianjin Port, this ship will charge five taels of silver for one docking. If you include the loading and unloading fees, etc., a ship can bring several taels of silver to the port."
"It will be cheaper for us then. When this boat is berthed, it will bring in at least three taels of silver. Over the years, this will be a very considerable income. Besides, the fishing boats will become more and more popular in the future.
