silent farm

Chapter 251 Necessary Feasibility of Building Towns (Guaranteed One)

The arrival of the rainy season really makes the farm busy for a while.But Zhang Feng and the others already had experience in dealing with the rainy season, so they didn't need to bother Li Sheng about anything.

After more than ten days of heavy rain, the forest was full of water again, and the water level of the port rose rapidly to a height of less than one meter from the shore due to the water from the Mapuela River and the Siparu River.This allows the loading and unloading capacity of the terminal to reach the highest level in an instant.

This can also be regarded as alleviating the tight pasture inventory outside the farm.However, although this will no longer be continuous heavy rain, there will still be several convective rains every day.The weather has kept hay harvesting from being able to proceed.Even in this kind of weather, the pasture can also be dried, but it takes a long time.But there is no guarantee of dry quality in this way.

Therefore, at present, the farm can only temporarily transport the pasture in stock.The forage reserves in the warehouse are insufficient to support the entire rainy season. Li Sheng can only hope that the weather will be better in a month, at least it will not rain every day.Maybe by that time, some grass can be harvested barely.

This matter depends on God's face.Li Sheng also had no choice.But to his relief, the Xiangxi rose and mulberry trees are still up to par, and they can accept the diluted Xiangxi water.Otherwise, Li Sheng would have to go to the trouble of building several pools to store some Xiangxi water.

Farm work is no longer easy these days during the rainy season.A large number of workers who used to harvest grass were pulled by Li Sheng to dig bamboo shoots.

In a bamboo forest of [-] square kilometers, one-third is rice bamboo, and some of the bamboo will probably produce bamboo rice next year.And this piece of bamboo is already dense enough.If they continue to grow their bamboo shoots, they will take up a lot of nutrients.

If you want to get more bamboo rice, and the bamboo still survives after the bamboo rice is finished, you must let the nutrients be stored.And the bamboo shoots of this kind of bamboo are also very good things.

However, the output of bamboo shoots is much larger than Li Sheng expected.After the rain, bamboo shoots popped up one after another.Li Sheng recruited more than 500 people from various departments of the farm that were relatively free during the rainy season, but he still couldn't dig out the bamboo shoots in time.

This is a physical labor, and transportation can also use relatively powerful tools.But to dig out the bamboo shoots, you can only use a hoe or a shovel.These workers were not skilled at digging bamboo shoots, so the slow efficiency made Li Sheng helpless.

When Zhang Feng learned that the farm was going to dig bamboo shoots, he followed suit for two days.Li Sheng watched the scene for a while that day. At this speed, at most, less than one-third of the newly grown bamboo shoots can be dug out every day.

"Let's recruit more people." Li Sheng could only think of a way from this direction.Although bamboo shoots are not expensive, but if the quantity is large enough, it is also a good industry.

Compared with other bamboo shoots, this kind of bamboo shoots is relatively simple to make.Once dug out, they can be sliced ​​right away.Then boil it in boiling water for about a quarter of an hour, then soak it in clean water for an hour or two, then dry or sun-dry it to make dried bamboo shoots.The dried bamboo shoots made like this kind of bamboo shoots are full of the fragrance of bamboo, and they are very crispy, and the taste is still very good.There is not enough manpower now, so there is no way to dig them all out.It not only wastes resources, but also affects the quality of bamboo rice.

Zhang Feng said: "It's not difficult to hire people. Sandro asked me a few days ago that the farm needs to hire people. It is said that many Caboclos and other Indians in Manaus hope to work on the farm."

Upon hearing this, Li Sheng said, "Then let them come. I think we need at least 1000 people here. Although we can't do it for a long time, we still need it in three or four months."

"I'll tell Sandro right now. But what kind of treatment will you give?"

"Sixty reais per ton, and the transportation is done by another person." Each bamboo shoot can weigh more than [-] kilograms. If it is one ton, skilled people can dig two or three tons a day without any problem.

"Then I'll go find Sandro first."

"I'll go back too. Stop by to see if there is any problem with the bamboo shoot workshop." In fact, there must be a problem. The speed of digging here has accelerated, and the speed over there must not be able to keep up now.

Machines are used to cut bamboo shoots, but a lot of manpower is required for boiling and drying.And machinery may not be enough.After the bamboo shoots are dug out, they can only be kept for two days at most, otherwise they will become old.After the number of workers digging bamboo shoots increases, the efficiency must also be accelerated.

After seeing the process of making dried bamboo shoots, Li Sheng felt that at least two more such workshops would be needed to keep busy.

And he finally decided to build a settlement.

Hundreds of workers are needed to process one bamboo shoot, although this job usually only lasts for three or four months.But next, there will be bamboo rice.The harvesting and processing of those bamboo rice also requires a lot of manpower.That is to say, just to ensure the production of one bamboo rice farm requires two small factories.

Another kind of bamboo can probably be harvested in the next year, which requires sugar production.Although the sugar in sugar bamboo does not need to be squeezed, it still needs to be processed.This is another factory.

After the roses are planted, he needs a factory for preliminary processing.In addition, a rose balm refining factory is required.There are other productions that require factories.For example, the packaging of red wine, the processing of flour, the pressing of oilseeds, the spinning of silkworms after they are raised, and other agricultural products can also be processed before they are sold.

After all, he could build a small industrial zone relying on Silent Farm without handing over the processing of the products to outsiders.Doing so saves shipping costs and some processing costs.Before, I thought that I only needed one or two thousand formal workers, but now that I think about it, it may be more.

After he returned to the office, he called the legal counsel.Asked about what needs to be paid attention to if building a large settlement.

But understanding what the law stipulates is not enough. The rules of this world are not just laws.

Li Sheng called Raimondo again and asked him, "If I plan to build a settlement with a population of more than 1 people, what approach might the government take?"

Raimondo actually heard Fernando mention Li Sheng's idea.Now that Li Sheng finally called to ask about this matter, he knew that Li Sheng had probably made a decision.So he didn't persuade him to think about it.

He pondered for a moment and said: "If it is such a large residential area, the government will definitely pay attention to it. However, if it is a farm dormitory, the government will only supervise the safety aspect, and may also intervene in the security aspect. But if you If you plan to develop a settlement into a city, the problems will be more troublesome."

"I heard that as long as there is no application for the establishment of a town, the government will not interfere too much."

On the other end of the phone, Raimondo said with a smile: "The law does stipulate that. But it's human-made. If you really don't want the settlements to be controlled by the government, it's actually not that difficult. As long as you don't apply, the government has no position to do so." Interfere in the specific management inside. But if your settlement has commercial activities, they have the power to set up some government structures, such as taxation and industrial and commercial inspections."

Li Sheng probably understood what he meant: "That is to say, no matter whether it is a residential area or a town, the government can get involved."

"That's for sure. But there is a difference between the two. If you want to build an incorporated town, you need the approval of the state council. If it's just a settlement, you only need to get approval from the relevant department. If it's a town , Part of the taxes collected there will be returned for the construction of public facilities. If it is only a residential area, it is impossible to return the taxes. In other words, you need independent support.”

Li Sheng pondered for a while, and then asked: "Is there no way to control the town?" Since there will be interference regardless of whether the town is built or not, Li Sheng also wants to build a town.Of course, he didn't want the town to be controlled by outsiders.

I just heard Raimondo say: "The mayor of a town is elected by the citizens. Other officials can also be appointed by the mayor. If you can control the hearts of the people, it is not difficult to control."

Li Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "You mean, if a town is built, as long as our people become mayors, the town will actually be in the hands of the farm?"

"That's the theory." Raimondo said after pondering for a moment. "But if you want to get approval, you have to have a certain scale. When you have scale, people will want more. Maybe you need to pay something to get approval, such as some key positions."

Li Sheng understood what he meant, it was indeed a relatively risky exchange.Even if the farm builds a town in the future, it will not be very big in terms of administrative level or income.The only advantage is being able to meddle in the affairs of Silent Farm.If Li Sheng agreed, he would actually be looking for trouble for himself.

He said unwillingly: "Do you have a way in this regard?"

Raimundo pondered again, and said after a long time: "I can't do this with my personal ability. And I can only use the power of my family. I can try my best not to affect your plan, but it's beyond my control when the time comes. .”

After hanging up the phone, Li Sheng looked at the map for a long time, and he still felt that building a town would be the best choice.Although that will allow the Brazilian government, or some people will use the Brazilian government to reach out to the farm.

For example, administrative land acquisition may cause him to lose some land.But the farm is more than 2 square kilometers, and he is not worried about this problem.Plus, as Raimondo said, maybe the town will serve as a bridgehead for others to covet Silent Farm.But he can't give up eating because of choking.

If a small town can be built, it will be of great benefit to Silent Farm.If there is a town with a population of more than 2 or [-] on the banks of the Mapuela River, then it should be no problem for this town to apply for the construction of an external road.And his eyes were fixed on a small town on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Amazon River.

Although Obidos is only a small town with a small population, there is only one floating pier, and there is no external contact with any land transportation.However, it is close to the Amazon River, and it is on the left bank, so a port can be built there.If the farm can build a road to connect there, he will build a port there, so that the farm's goods don't have to worry about transportation even in the dry season.And he believes that such a port can berth [-]-ton seagoing ships.

If you look farther, the town of the farm can extend the road eastward to Macapa at the mouth of the river.

(End of this chapter)