Ye Yaodong just played with Ye Xiaoxi for a while, watching Lin Xiuqing sitting there knitting sweaters in the sun without even raising her buttocks or moving when she told her to clean up the workshop, so he had to stand up and take a look.
Really impatient.
At that time, a row of houses was built next to the fish sauce workshop, and they were planned to be used as warehouses to store wooden barrels for fermentation. Finally, he checked and found that there was space, but he felt that it might not be enough.
Because I asked Ah Qing to order some more containers some time ago, they will probably be delivered one after another. They also need a place to store them.
He stood at the door and thought for a while, and planned to build another row along the corner. Although there are now large water tanks on the open space, they are also regular, and they are all neatly arranged in rows around the corner, so in addition
One corner is still empty.
But his venue is really not enough now.
He thought that after the walls of the vacant lot in the city were built, he might just move the drying work to the city. After all, the dry goods would be sold in the market.
And before their fishing boat comes back, they must sell their goods first, and they have to go ashore in the city. Then they can also get the groceries in the city and slaughter them and dry them in the city.
Then I sent two or three of my younger brothers over there to guard the workshop.
The land over there has been bought and surrounded by walls. It would be a waste if such a large open space is not used. There is indeed too little land in the house.
Calculating, it shouldn't take long, and the wall over there should be built. It's been over 12 months now.
Before he came back last time, he had seen that the wall was almost finished. The only thing that needed to be done was to mix yellow mud with sand and level it a little to prevent overgrown weeds.
After he finished thinking about it and went back, he told Lin Xiuqing about it.
"In such a hurry, why did I think you were going?"
"Didn't I see that you haven't moved for a long time? Then I will go by myself."
"Isn't it that your machine is coming back right now? I'm thinking that after I finish knitting the last bit of thread I have, I'll show it to you. There's not much left. I can knit two more rows at most.
If you want to continue building walls, then go ahead."
"Well, let dad go call the workers during lunch. If the machine comes back by then, it will be installed in other rooms first."
She nodded and had no objection. It wouldn't cost much to build a few more houses.
Now she spends tens of thousands to jointly purchase machinery and other things. She doesn't feel bad about the few thousand anymore, so he can just do it if he wants to.
Ye Yaodong rested at home for two or three days, watched the workshop start working there again, and helped with the work for two days.
As a result, Ah Hai told him that his boat was almost ready in the factory. If the boat the three brothers jointly built could be delivered, they could also deliver two more small boats at the same time.
There are three boats, one big, two small, and we can sail back together when the time comes.
This is a good thing. Four of the seven originally scheduled boats have been delivered one after another. If two more boats are delivered, only the last one will be left. It will probably be completed by the end of the year.
If all of his trawling boats were obtained, there would be a total of 17.
I first bought a second-hand boat, but later pirates bought one from Luzhou Island, and Bureau Chen helped him get one at a cheap price.
Later, because of the sale of 110,000 kilograms of plum blossoms, pirates in the city were attracted. The pirates and the harvest boat divided another one between them. Then the shipyard ordered another 7 fish, and Zhejiang Province bought 6 fish, for a total of 17 fish.
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Now the boat that the three brothers jointly have can be obtained immediately, and by then they will be able to catch a lot more groceries.
The big boat that Zhou Da and the others are partnering with next door is probably just behind them, and they can be pulled into the circle to collect their groceries when the time comes.
Ye Yaodong had a good idea. The reason why the output did not increase was because of the long fermentation time and because there were too few groceries. If there were more goods, the amount of fermentation at one time would be larger, and the output would be larger.
Or you can directly arrange for someone to collect the groceries at the city dock. Since they will be dumped into the sea anyway, you might as well give them to him and get some money in exchange.
His machine will be available soon, and he will definitely be able to produce bags in batches 24 hours a day. Based on the amount of fermentation he is producing now, he will definitely have to stop work in a short time.
Now increasing production is also his top priority.
He just did what he said. Thinking of this, he said hello to Lin Xiuqing the next day, and simply got on his motorcycle and went to the city dock to stay there.
The weather has been gloomy and windy these past two days, which allowed him to rest at home and think about these things.
He did nothing all day long, just sitting on his motorcycle and watching the fishing boats coming and going on the pier, and the tractors pulling goods back and forth.
By the way, when his second brother-in-law was free and the tractor was parked at the dock, waiting for cargo to be hauled, we had a chat to see if there were many ships docking that day and how much money he could earn from hauling cargo in one day.
He was doing this to study the market.
After all, they now have an aquatic products wholesale market in the city. Most of the surrounding fishing boats like to dock in the city. It is easier to trade directly in the wholesale market than in other places. Some small docks can't handle the large amount of goods.
The most important wholesale market prices are transparent and more fair.
I stayed there all day and watched the pier being busy all day long. There were fishing boats docking at any time, the most common ones were at night and early in the morning because it was the time when the morning market opened.
There are also fishing boats docking during the day. These are small boats that go back and forth on the same day. The goods can be sold directly to the dock without being taken to the market.
If the quantity is too small, the market has to charge a commission. It would be easier to sell it to the terminal at a slightly lower price. Otherwise, it would be more troublesome to haul the goods to the market when there is not much goods.
Ye Yaodong watched it all day and stayed in the city for one night. After checking the progress of the construction site, he went back directly the next day.
Then he went to discuss it with Lin Xiuqing.
"I plan to send Wang Guangliang to the city's wharf to collect undesirable trash fish. No matter the size, the price will be fixed at a few cents. When the time comes, we will take it back and ferment it at home."
"We haven't even got the boat yet, so I'm worried that the production won't be able to keep up. If we harvest a little more, fermentation will take time. I guess we'll have to harvest for a long time and ferment for a long time in the future to keep up with the production."
Lin Xiuqing had talked with him in the past two days and knew his thoughts, but she didn't expect that he was still an activist and would put it on the agenda so soon.
"Are we in such a hurry? I'm afraid there won't be enough containers."
"Didn't we have it ordered a few months ago? It will be delivered soon, right? Then there should be some empty containers that have been fermented one after another. Let's use it first."
"That's fine, just do whatever you want."
Anyway, he doesn’t have to worry about selling, and he now firmly believes that after the machine arrives, his own goods will not be enough for production, so he can increase the fermentation in advance.
The wooden barrels they use for fermentation are constantly being upgraded and enlarged, and the skills of their carpenters are also becoming more advanced.
Nowadays, a wooden barrel can hold ten tons. When the goods are poured in for fermentation, a staircase has to be built to climb to the top of the barrel, and people have to climb in and spread salt.
In fact, the simplest and most cost-effective method is to directly dig a few holes in the ground and smooth the four sides and bottom with cement, which can also be used for direct fermentation.
It's just that this method is too unhygienic and looks too dirty. Ye Yaodong, who has done it all over again, is still a bit picky.
When he had no money, he would still use wooden barrels and big vats. Now that he has some money, he is willing to spend money to make it cleaner and more hygienic.
At least, people in the village can gain reputation in the eyes of others. Otherwise, when you become famous in the future, it will only be revealed as black material.
"However, I won't be so anxious about this for a while."
"Aren't you in a hurry? I saw you in a hurry just now, and thought you were going to send someone out tomorrow."
"It's not that urgent. We have to have a ship to transport the groceries. After the two new ships from the shipyard are delivered, we will keep one on hand for people to transport the groceries back and forth. I happen to be alone.
One person receives the goods at the dock and drives the boat back. If there are not enough manpower, the village recruits a few more people to move the goods, which can increase the employment rate in the village."
"Okay, you start making arrangements."
Ye Yaodong thought deeply for a while, and felt that there would be no problem, so he settled on this for the time being, and then took advantage of his free time to talk to Wang Guangliang again.
Everything that Wang Guangliang has now is given by him. There is no way to say no, he will do whatever he is asked to do, and he will pat his chest and promise that he will take office whenever he wants.
Originally, he thought that the machine would arrive in about a week, so he took advantage of the bad weather to wait at home for a few days, but unexpectedly, there was no news after three days.
The weather happened to be nice again, and just as Father Pei came over to call them to go out to sea at night, he was thinking about whether to just go out to sea at night. The old man who was the gatekeeper of the village committee ran out and told him that he had his phone number.
He was immediately pleasantly surprised and ran away in a hurry.
As expected, it lived up to his expectations. It was Ye Yaohai who called, saying that the goods he wanted had arrived and asked him to take the time to move there in the next two days.
He immediately agreed. When he got home, he asked Lin Xiuqing to count the money and asked her to prepare 10,000 yuan. In addition to paying for the machine, he also had to order the packaging bags.
The next day, he took a boatload of boatmen and drove the Dongsheng to the provincial capital.
The semi-automatic filling machine was placed in Ye Yaohai's small shop on the pier. He saw it as soon as he stepped ashore and entered the shop.
The machine wasn't very big, only about four or five square meters, but compared to the simple half-person-high machine, it was quite big.
Although what he wanted was a filling machine, he actually also brought a sealing machine that can seal automatically.
But now that the technology is not up to par, he only needs one that can be used anyway. He has to take his time in everything, and technology also needs to progress slowly.
"Brother, you are still the best. You got it for me now. Thank you for your hard work."
"It doesn't matter. You have to go to the provincial capital to inquire for a few days and you can get it, but it will be a little more expensive."
"It's too expensive to be expensive. You know I'm poor. I'd rather spend more time waiting. I'm not in a hurry anyway."
"Haha, you, President Ye, are so poor."
"President Ye can't be used as food."
"That's hard to say. Come on, come over and inspect the goods first."
"This brand new one is very shiny and reliable at first sight, but you have to teach me how to use it. Let's go to the factory to get some plastic bag samples first so that we can test it."
"That's right. Then go to the packaging bag factory first and bring two bags over to test them out. As for how to use them, I don't know. There is only an instruction manual. You can study it yourself."
After Ye Yaohai finished speaking, he handed him a thin instruction manual.
Ye Yaodong took the manual, turned it in one direction, and then looked at him in surprise.
Ye Yaohai was also a little embarrassed, "Ahem, you study it carefully, I can't understand it."
"Do you think I can understand? If I can understand, how can I still fish here? I've already gone directly to Tsinghua University and Peking University. I just graduated from the literacy class, brother."
"Keep your voice down. Graduating from a literacy class is not a very honorable event, yet you still shout so loudly."
"That's better than being illiterate, and it also gives you confidence."
Ye Yaodong flipped it over a few times, and found that they were all tadpoles with big heads. He hadn't fully learned Chinese characters yet. How could he recognize this?
"Will you help me with my research?"
"Ahem, I haven't graduated from elementary school yet. If you look at it again, aren't there pictures on it?"
Ye Yaodong glanced at him and said, "Unreliable."
"Let's get the packaging bag first, and then we can figure out how to pack it. If we can't study it together, go to the machine factory and ask a master. I'll spend some money to hire someone to come and take a look at it for me."
"Okay."
The two of them rode the tractor straight to the machine factory, said hello, took a few unmarked packaging bags as samples, and returned to the dock without stopping.
Once you have the packaging bag, you can use it for testing. The liquid can be directly replaced with water.
The power supplies are readily available in his shop, and they are not very powerful. The button lights up when the power is plugged in.
"There is a handle here, which should be used to control start and stop... This is semi-automatic..."
"This funnel-like opening should be where the container is placed..."
Ye Yaodong looked at the pile of English words on the machine, and then referred to the pile of English words on the manual. He could read the pictures, but he couldn't read the English.
"This seems to require adjusting settings, adjusting parameters, filling volume and filling speed..."
Several heads kept whispering among themselves, and a manual was passed around to more than a dozen people, but they couldn't come up with a single English word they recognized.
"I only know the 123 above..."
"Who isn't?"
"I also know Abbots from above..."
"That's called abcd..."
"You are still educated..."
"I still have some foreign ink at home..."
Ye Yaohai patted them on the head one by one, "Don't be poor, forget it, let's ask a master to come over and take a look."
Ye Yaodong looked straight at him.
"Okay, I'll go, who asked me to fix this thing for you, I have to figure it out for you."
He immediately smiled easily and said, "Thank you."
"Just wait here. It shouldn't be long before you get off work at this time. I'll go find out. I'll wait a moment and bring him over after get off work."
"OK."
He was not in a hurry to go back. He had to figure it out anyway, set up the parameters and adjust the things so that they could be used directly when he moved them back. Otherwise, he would have to move them around.
Father Ye said with emotion: "These foreign things are so complicated and troublesome."
"But it's cheap. You can save a little bit."
After all, formal channels have to pay taxes, and informal channels can save part of this money.
A bunch of them sat in the shop and waited until dark. Fortunately, Ye Yaohai's small shop didn't do much business.
Fishermen who often go to sea know his family and avoid them. Only when they occasionally encounter ships from other places can they receive their goods.
However, when fishing boats from other places dock, they always carry large quantities of goods, and a single harvest is enough to make a living, and they don’t rely on this to make a living anyway.
Ye Yaodong was bored and chatted with Ye Yaohai's other younger brothers.
"The overseas Chinese in the village said they also set up factories in the provincial capital. Have they opened one?"
"Yes, it was done a few months ago. We have brothers and relatives working there."
"They are not only setting up factories, they are also opening hotels and are starting construction."
"It's so rich."
"Isn't that so? But fortunately, everyone has benefited from it, and most of the young people in our village have gone to work for them."
"It's better to have a clan."
"That's for sure. If my family can make a lot of money, those who are lucky and of the same clan will also benefit a little bit. At least they can earn wages along with them."
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It was not boring for everyone to chat together. Ye Yaodong's boatmen were very envious when they listened to them talking about the various realities and benefits of their overseas Chinese.
After returning home, there was another round of propaganda, which they heard with their own ears.
Ye Yaohai waited until dark before bringing a master over to debug them.
If someone knowledgeable comes to debug it for them, it will be much smoother. There is no need for a manual, just teach them how to use it step by step.
It doesn't take much effort, it's all done in half an hour, and the machine can run.
Just place the empty container in a fixed position under the filling head and press the button to start the filling process.
At this time, the filling head will also drop to the vicinity of the container mouth and start filling liquid.
When the liquid reaches the preset filling volume, the machine will stop filling and then automatically seal.
These were also the parameters they needed to set at the beginning, and were set by the master they called over.
Then this machine needs to manually remove the filled packaging bags, and someone needs to be there to take over.
The removed package must be replaced with a new one to connect. This will not automatically connect.
Ye Yaodong watched it from beginning to end, understood the explanation, and understood how to do it, and thanked him profusely.
Of course, he was also very sensible and directly gave the fee for the master's visit. He also asked for their home address and wrote it down.
If the machine breaks down in the future, he can go directly to the door to hire someone without having to trouble Ye Yaohai.
"But I finally got it done. I've been running back and forth all day, and I have to treat me to dinner tomorrow."
"It's simple. I'll treat everyone to dinner tomorrow, haha."
"On the road, I didn't let me run for a day in vain."
Ye Yaodong paid him the money for the machine again, and then temporarily stored the thing in his shop, and would move it onto the ship when he leaves tomorrow, otherwise he would not have room to put such a tall and big thing on the ship.
Throwing it directly on the deck, he was worried about it being stolen. Even though everyone on the boat was sleeping on the boat, he didn't feel so reassured.
The next day he had to go to the packaging bag factory to order packaging bags. After inviting a bunch of people to lunch, he went there by himself. He didn't bother Ye Yaohai. Anyway, he went there two or three times and was familiar with the business.
Familiar with the road.
He was not familiar with it at the beginning, so he conservatively ordered 10,000 packaging bags for only a few dozen yuan, and he also decided on the name of the product.
It’s called Dongsheng Fish Sauce, it’s simple and easy to make, and it doesn’t take a lot of brain work.
His Dongshenghao, Dongsheng wholesale shop, now has another Dongsheng fish sauce.
He also left his address, phone number, and contact person on the outer packaging.
He thought he was just short of a trademark, but it didn't matter, there was no rush.
After finishing everything, it was almost evening when we returned to the dock. Father Ye had already asked people to move the filling machines onto the ship in advance.
When he arrived, he boarded the ship directly, checked that nothing was damaged or had any problems, and then sailed back directly.
Chapter completed!