Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 239, let's build a port too
Weijiatun is only less than [-] kilometers away from Tianjin. Like Liu Jin's hometown Xiahetun, it is also a village surrounded by mountains and sea.

The village is not small, with more than [-] families, but because it is close to the sea, there is very little land, and most of it is saline-alkali land, so there is no way to grow food at all, so this Weijiatun is also a well-known single village in the surrounding area. The kind where girls marry in.

At this time, there are more than a dozen young people from Weijiatun gathered in the grain drying field in Weijiatun Village. All of these young people have short hair, clean shaved beards, and the same style of clothes on their bodies. And the words 'Tianjin Port'.

Everyone gathered together, as if they were discussing something.

"Our Weijiatun is a well-known bachelor's village in the surrounding ten miles and eight townships. There were dozens of single people in the previous generation. We can no longer do this in our generation."

Wei Xiaoming looked at the villagers around him, and said very solemnly.

During this time of famine, everyone in Weijiatun also fled to Tianjin early, just in time for the construction of Tianjin port, so they were lucky to recruit together.

Although this Weijiatun was poor, he was relatively simple and willing to work hard, so the dozen or so young people in Weijiatun were left to work in Tianjin Port.

Now that the famine is over, the Tianjin port has also started to give its employees vacations one after another. Because they are so close, these people also met back to Weijiatun together.

Weijiatun is back, but Weijiatun is very poor, most of the houses here are mud houses, not to mention very low, many of them are still dilapidated, and the roads in the village are also very muddy, which makes people used to it People living here in Tianjin are very uncomfortable.

Therefore, Wei Xiaoming also gathered all the boys who were going to Tianjin, and prepared to discuss with the big guys, and work together to find a way to change the appearance of Weijiatun.

"Brother Xiaoming, are you still afraid that you won't be able to marry a wife?"

Wei Xiang looked at Wei Xiaoming and said with a smile.

There are more than a dozen people working in Tianjin Port, and only Wei Xiaoming is 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. The ranks are up.

"Of course I don't have to worry about not getting a wife, but what about other people in the village?"

"There are hundreds of young lads our age in the village, but so far, not even half of them have married wives."

"Those of us can be considered to have seen the world outside, and we have all attended night classes. Now we can be considered turned over, and naturally we don't have to worry about getting married and starting a business, but we can't forget the old folks in Weijiatun and our own. brothers and sisters."

"Did you say so?"

Wei Xiaoming looked at Wei Xiang and said to everyone.

"Brother Xiaoming is right~"

"Brother Xiaoming can be in charge, this awareness is different."

"Brother Xiaoming, just say what to do, we all listen to you."

When the others heard it, they immediately nodded.

"Our Weijiatun is close to the sea, and we couldn't go fishing in the sea before, so not only does it not have any advantages, but it has become the fatal point of our village."

"But it's different now. Now the imperial court allows us to go fishing in the sea, so I wonder if we can give full play to the advantages of our village, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to eat water, we rely on the sea to make a fortune .”

Wei Xiaoming looked at the crowd, thought for a while and said.

"You mean we go fishing?"

"But you need a fishing boat to go fishing in the sea. I also know the fishing boat here in Tianjin Shipyard. This one costs [-] taels of silver, and we can't afford it."

"Yeah, this boat is too expensive. The money really makes money. You can catch more than [-] catties of sea fish in one day. It's not difficult to go fishing. We see a lot here at the port every day."

"Even if we sell ourselves, we can't raise twenty thousand taels of silver."

Hearing Wei Xiaoming's words, everyone immediately expressed their opinions on you and me.

Going out to sea to fish is a good idea. 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 are free. Look, so I am very familiar with this piece.

But it was precisely because they were so familiar that they felt that Wei Xin's proposal was unrealistic. The fishing boat was too expensive for them to afford.

"Of course I know about this fishing boat. We will definitely not be able to buy a fishing boat for a while, but we can learn from the port of Tianjin. We will also build some wharfs for mooring ships. When the time comes , we can collect berthing fees, and the people in the village can also help unload the ships."

Wei Xiaoming smiled and said confidently.

"Build a pier?"

"Open the port?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened slightly.

"Yes, repairing the wharf. As for opening the port, it's a bit far away. We don't have the strength to build a port at all. Let's raise funds to build one or two small wharfs to attract some ships to berth."

"When we have funds in the future, we can build larger piers and ports. At that time, we will use cement to pave the road and connect to Yongping Prefecture. The business of this port will be completed. In the future, our Weijiatun will be able to communicate with Tianjin Port. Same, just sit and collect the money.”

Wei Xiaoming slowly expressed the plans and blueprints in his heart, and his words made all the people present couldn't help but gasp.

This Wei Xiaoming's idea is really surprising, no one thought that Wei Xiaoming would actually think of building this Weijiatun into a place like Tianjin Port in the future.

What kind of place is this Tianjin port? This is the paradise in everyone's mind now. It is easy to make money, clean and tidy, and even everyone's voice is better than other places.

What kind of place is Weijiatun? This is the poorest place in ten miles and eight townships, but Wei Xiaoming is now thinking of making Weijiatun the same as Tianjin Port, which is really fantastic.

"Brother Xiaoming, isn't this plan too big? It has seriously deviated from the matter of marrying us young and old wives."

Wei Xiang couldn't help but said.

"That's right, it's simply impossible. Here in Tianjin Port, Mr. Liu and the crown prince don't know how much money they have spent to get what they are now. How can we have so much money?"

"Isn't it, this is too whimsical."

Others also shook their heads one after another. Wei Xiaoming's plan was too huge, far beyond their capabilities.

"What everyone said makes sense, and I also know that it will take a lot of money to do it."

Wei Xiaoming nodded after listening to everyone's words.

"I have done research on the area around our Xiahetun. We are not too far away from Yongping Prefecture. The straight-line distance is tens of kilometers. This is very similar to the relationship between Tianjin and the capital. Those who are close, if we can open up the situation here, we can radiate the entire Yongping Prefecture."

"In addition, the geographical location of our Xiahetun is very special. Do you think it looks like a horseshoe, which is the natural port mentioned in the book. At the same time, the water depth here is very suitable for building a port."

"Another point is also known to everyone. Ocean fishing is very prosperous now. In the past, only the boats under Mr. Liu's command were fishing, but as the fishing boats built in Tianjin Port continued to be sold, the fishing boats A lot."

"In the past, there were only a dozen fishing boats going out to sea for fishing, but now there are more than [-], and everyone has seen the speed of Tianjin Shipyard. New boats are launched every day. I estimate that they will go to sea in the future. There will be more and more ships, and Tianjin Port will become more and more busy.”

"This means that if we also have a wharf here, we will have the opportunity to assign some of the ships to come to our shore to unload the cargo."

"We are different and have to compare with Tianjin Port, but it is definitely no problem to let the people of Xiahetun live a good life by relying on this."

Wei Xiaoming obviously didn't aim for nothing, he had done sufficient research beforehand, and considered everything very thoroughly.

"Hearing what Brother Xiaoming said, I immediately felt that this is feasible."

"I think so, but Tianjin Port is much busier. There are more and more ships going out to sea and returning to the port every day. This sea fish is also very popular, so it should be possible."

"As expected of being in charge, Brother Xiaoming's knowledge is different."

After listening to Wei Xiaoming's analysis, everyone felt that this is indeed a will, and if it is done well, Xiahetun will really send it out in the future.

"I've already figured it out, we all pay first, and build a pier first, the stones, sand and so on, we villagers can get them by ourselves, it only takes strength, not much money at all, the cement is also very cheap, thirty yuan You can buy a barrel, and after calculation, the big guys can do it with a hundred taels of silver.”

"As for the boats that are parked, it is said that there is a boat in Tianjin Port that sells sea fish to Yongping Mansion. They have to travel dozens of miles to Yongping Mansion from Tianjin. It is much closer to our place, and I am sure that I can pull this ship to our place first to dock."

"According to the charging standard at the port of Tianjin, the ship will charge five taels of silver for one call. If loading and unloading fees are included, a ship can bring several taels of silver to the port."

"We will be cheaper at that time. This boat will be moored, at least it will bring three taels of silver. After a long period of time, it will be a considerable income. Besides, the fishing boats will be more and more in the future. More and more..."

　Does anyone know how much it costs for a ship to berth to the port~~I just write it down here~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)