Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

"A farm?"

Ma Hou became somewhat interested.

The village has a fishing team, but the catch along the coast has been almost completely depleted.

The fishing fleet's boats were mostly wooden, which were no match for the steel boats and could not be used for fishing at sea.

If the brigade starts a breeding farm, it will have a stable output. The state also advocates that state-owned and collective enterprises should develop on two fronts.

Unfortunately, no one in the village had the talent to lead the team in this task.

"Okay, but have you calculated the breeding, sales, and profits?"

Yang Bai nodded and listed them one by one with his fingers.

"For breeding, I'll go to Widow's Seafood; for sales, I'll rely on the seafood company; as for profits? That depends on how big the Party Secretary's operation is."

"But, this year's production targets..."

This is what Ma Hou is most worried about, but he can ask the higher-ups to let this go for now.

But raising livestock takes a long time; if he can't get it going next year, he'll be the first to suffer.

Yang Bai naturally had a solution to this problem.

"We can start by raising a batch of mud crabs and prawns, which have short growth cycles. These are expensive but yield good results."

Ma Hou raised the most crucial point.

"Talent, Yang Bai, we don't have any talent in aquaculture in our village. As far as I know, raising mud crabs and shrimp has strict standards for environmental conditions and diseases. It's not something you can just talk about."

In his previous life, Yang Bai was a big shot who made his fortune in the sea, so he naturally owned several large seafood farms.

With standardized procedures, environmental control is a breeze.

"I'm familiar with these things, but when it comes to controlling the disease, it depends on how big the project is. If it's small, we can do whatever we want. But if it's big, we'll have to bring in an expert from outside."

Ma Hou took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and after thinking for a long time, slowly spoke.

"One should eat one bite at a time, and take a steady approach, starting with small tasks to gain experience before tackling larger ones."

Let's build a 40-acre breeding farm, and use public funds for it.

He patted Yang Bai on the shoulder, a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"Yang Bai, I'll leave this matter to you."

You will be the owner of the collective breeding farm in our Haiba Village.

I'll be the nominal Party Secretary; all decision-making power will be yours.

Yang Bai waved his hand, "It's nothing, Secretary Ma, you're too kind. Just take care of the house for me."

Once the aquaculture farm is established, the profits will be no less than those from developing the Widow Sea.

Moreover, Widow's Sea will eventually be fully developed and transformed into a tourism industry, and the farm is a goose that can keep laying golden eggs.

When the spring breeze of reform blows across the land, the breeding farm will be able to soar to new heights.

The current collective breeding farms are paving the way for the future.

Yang Bai never expected that a series of tricks would not only get him the land for his house.

The village secretary still owes others favors, yet he also owns a collective breeding farm.

Today was very fruitful.

Seeing his straightforwardness, Ma Hou also readily agreed.

"This is no problem at all. Once the three-day prayer ceremony is over, construction can begin. You can take these gifts back with you."

Yang Bai wasn't that foolish; he forcefully returned the gift and shook his head vigorously.

"Secretary Ma, there's no reason to take back a gift once it's been given. Please accept it."

Ma Hou paused, then nodded with great appreciation in his eyes.

"Okay, don't see me off next time. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can discuss them with me."

Yang Bai mounted his bicycle and waved to Ma Hou, who was watching him leave.

Go home.

The two women, who were waiting for news, immediately crowded around.

Zhang Ning asked, "How did Yang Bai handle things?"

Yang Bai sat in the chair and nodded.

"I certainly did that as a husband, and the village is about to set up a breeding farm, and the Party Secretary asked me to be the farm owner."

The two women were extremely surprised to hear this news. Why would they approach Yang Bai about starting a breeding farm?

Yang Bai recounted the story in detail.

Su Wanqiu asked with some concern, "Yang Bai, will this work?"

Even though it's a collective farm, if things go wrong, the blame will still fall on Yang Bai.

It's better to focus on fishing; that provides a stable source of income.

The current environment is really not suitable for holding an event.

The most tragic end was like that of her father.

Yang Bai held Wanqiu's hand and smiled.

"Don't you trust your husband? Once the farm is up and running, it'll be a hen that lays eggs. I'll have to take this step sooner or later, so I might as well do it now."

Su Wanqiu naturally trusted him, but one should always be wary of others.

"Okay, I support it."

"I support it too."

Zhang Ning raised his hand and said.

The next day.

Since we're going to set up a farm, we need to choose a location first.

He took Liu Dade and Yang Jun to the seaside to choose a location.

Yang Jun stared at the boundless blue sea, still unable to believe it.

"Brother Yang, I never imagined you'd be the owner of the farm! How about I be the assistant owner?"

Yang Bai smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, the deputy farm manager gets 300 work points a month, and you can do the work for a total of 28 yuan a month."

Yang Jun's face darkened instantly. Twenty-eight yuan was less than half an hour on the boat.

He wasn't very educated, but he could still figure out the math.

"No way, I'm not doing it. Yang's farm isn't that profitable, why do you want to start one?"

He was puzzled; it would be more practical to catch a net full of fish.

Liu Dade has lived for forty years and has seen all sorts of human relationships and social customs.

He hit the nail on the head.

"Xiao Jun, one is the Party Secretary's request, and the other is that the widow will eventually be swindled out of everything."

"This farm is going to become more and more popular, and the profits will only increase, you understand?"

Yang Jun scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

Yang Bai turned to look at the mountain and said.

"You shouldn't even think about becoming the deputy farm owner. You should learn the skills by my side first, and then go and take a look in the mountains."

The three of them climbed up to the halfway point of the mountain.

Yang Bai looked down and saw a piece of wasteland on the west side where a church had been demolished years ago. He nodded slightly and pointed in that direction.

"I think that place is quite nice. What do you guys think?"

Liu Dade nodded. "It's good that the land is hard and close to the sea, making it convenient to transport things and change the seawater."

"Then let's go down and take a look."

The three arrived at the wasteland.

Yang Bai surveyed the area; it was roughly enough to create a 40-acre plot, with the potential for further expansion.

"It's settled here, Xiaojun. Go tell the Party Secretary that I've chosen a spot. Take my tricycle there."

"Okay."

Yang Jun immediately rode away on his tricycle.

Not long after, Ma Hou arrived.

"Xiao Yang, have you found a place?"

"Hmm." Yang Bai pointed to the wasteland. "Just this one plot, forty acres. I'll go back and design the blueprints, and we can start construction in a couple of days."

Ma Hou looked at the site and nodded, saying, "Alright, as you say. Establishing a breeding farm is the top priority for the village right now, so let's get things done quickly."

One advantage of entrusting the task to Ma Hou is speed; the drawings were decided on the same day and construction began the next day.

The fishing grounds haven't been established yet, so there's no need to catch the corresponding fish species immediately.

Yang Bai arrived at the county town's grand hotel.

Today is completely different; Manager Hou invited me to be his guest.

Yang Bai had no idea what was going on behind the scenes.