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Chapter 229 Cainan Industrial Zone

The third day of July.

It has been more than [-] days since the flood occurred, and the camps for victims scattered in Caizhou, Zhenyang, Pingxi and other counties accommodated a total of [-] to [-] victims during the peak period.

Such a large population size is like a powder keg that will explode at the sight of a spark.

Fortunately, with the full support of the Sihai Commercial Bank and the Caizhou government, the victims who were able to feed their hunger finally passed the initial period smoothly.

Now that the flood has receded, 5000 or [-] of the victims were recruited by the left-behind department of Caizhou, and they stayed in the school ground in the south of Caizhou for training.

The people recruited are all young and strong, and young and strong are the main force of instability. Conscripting them into the army, allowing them to have food to eat and pay for their wives and children is equivalent to stabilizing thousands of families.

This method of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot was commonly used by Ding Weiqian and Da Zhou.

Now that Daqi has no financial resources to support this approach, the government government and the left-behind department jointly implement this method, which is considered an important measure to stabilize the place, and others can't say anything.

In June, after receiving some relief rations by household, the victims of Caizhou returned to their hometowns one after another to repair their houses and rebuild their homes.

But the camp was not vacant, because there were bandits in the eastern prefectures and counties, and a large number of victims flooded into Caizhou.

The camp was once again used to house disaster victims from other places.

After a little stabilization, Maoer asked young and strong people to organize several engineering teams from the disaster victims in other places. They provided food and wages, and went to the disaster-stricken counties of Caizhou to dredge rivers and repair roads to cooperate with the reconstruction of local victims.

When Maoer wrote to tell Chen Chu, Chen Chu praised the lady for her intelligence in the reply, saying that it was 'relief with work'.

At the beginning, she said that if the camp is not empty for a day, I will not return for a day. She really did what she said.

For more than 50 days, except for occasional visits to other camps, I almost never left Zhenyang.

Only when there is someone safe, everyone can rest assured.

Mao'er knows everyone's thoughts, no matter how busy she is every day, she will take time to walk around the camp so that everyone can see her.

Occasionally, I also drop by. If a sister-in-law or aunt invites her to drink a bowl of water or something to eat, the cat never shows any disgust. Alright, let's chat about homework.

In June and July, with the influx of disaster victims from other places, the local people heard that there were bandits from the foreign government everywhere, and the thieves killed the people, and the officers and soldiers also killed the people.

Shouzhou, which was killed directly, has no rooster crowing for a hundred miles and no smoke for ten miles. I heard that the thief still eats people
As for Caizhou, although everyone was also affected by the disaster, it is better to be at home in the camp than to be free.

But compared to Shouzhou, our place is like a paradise.

Whenever it comes to this time, the old ladies in the camp will hold the cat's hand and say grateful words over and over again, "Thanks to Anren and He are protecting us, let there be a big disaster. The dead people in the village and the village, on the night of the water, the old woman thought that she would not survive. She was rescued by the soldiers led by the commander, and she was still eating and drinking in the camp for more than a month. When I returned home, I said nothing. Give Anren and Dutong a longevity card."

On the third day of the lunar new year, the last group of nearly a thousand victims returned to the camp of the victims in Zhenyang County.

When seeing each other off, the victims kowtowed to the ground and cried together.

"Your Majesty, live a hundred years."

"An Ren is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, our Liu family will go back and build a shrine for the empress"

"Anren, if you have time, come to Zhenyang to see us."

With a sincere cry, Mao'er saluted the victims who had been with him day and night for more than a month, and hurried into the carriage before tears fell.

That evening.

Maoer rushed to the camp for the victims of Nanwaifu in Caizhou to have a look, but unexpectedly met Chen Jinyu and Grandma outside the camp.

These days, Grandma Tai wanted to go to Zhenyang County to visit Mao'er several times, but Mao'er was worried that Grandma Tai, who was already old, would contract the disease, and said she would not allow her to go at all.

I haven't seen her for many days now, and Mao'er also misses the only old man in the world who treats her like a child.

Under the setting sun, the cat laughed and ran over.

Rare romance.

Over there, the old lady who hadn't seen the cat was supported by Chen Jinyu, and Ayu said something, which made the old lady smile.

When a petite figure ran close, Li Cuilian who was following behind thought that the villain was going to kill the old lady, so she almost punched her.

It was only later that he realized that the person who came was his eldest wife.

"Hahaha, Grandma, the cat misses you so much"

"Hey~ Whose girl is this? Oh, I'm going to strangle my grandma to death. Let go."

The grandparents joked a few words, the old lady pulled the cat's shoulders and pulled a little distance away. Taking advantage of the evening sun, she glanced at the cat, and her eyes immediately turned red, "Oh! My cat has lost weight and its chin is pointed. What's the matter with my son-in-law, arrange so many errands for my cat, let's see how tired I am."

"Grandma, the official didn't order me. The cat did it voluntarily. The official is fighting the battle ahead, and it's harder than the cat."

Mao'er hugged Grandma and said coquettishly.

"You will protect him."

"Hey, that's the cat's husband, how can the cat not protect him."

"Got it, got it, I know my grandson-in-law is good. Let's go home with my grandma, and my grandma will make you delicious food."

"Uh, I can't go now, I have to go to the sugar mill to have a look."

"Okay, grandma will accompany you."

After the grandparents and grandchildren finished speaking, they went to the east side arm in arm.

Chen Jinyu stood where she was. The old lady was chatting happily with her just now, but when she saw Zhao Anren in a blink of an eye, she forgot herself.

"Ayu, if you have nothing to do, why don't you come over and have a look together?"

Unexpectedly, after the cat walked a few steps, it suddenly turned around and shouted with a smile.

Although she is not at home these days, someone will naturally tell her about the family affairs.

The cat knows that Chen Jinyu has been going to Sajin Lane all day during this time, talking with Grandma, chatting with Yu Nong who is getting bulky, and teaching Hutou to read
I even learned how to make sesame cakes, a snack in Tokyo, from my grandma.

This is the most intriguing.

The cat's favorite snack is the sesame cake from my hometown.Besides, Ayu, who had never been in the kitchen before, just wanted to learn a certain kind of pastry, so there is no need to ask the old lady to learn it, right?
Doesn't her family have a cook?
With Ayu's mind, she must have guessed that she made cats' favorite cakes at Chen's house, and the latter would definitely know about it.

This is very similar to a signal she deliberately sent out to please the cat, and it also has a subtle meaning of being low and small.

Mao'er naturally knows what Chen Jinyu is thinking, but Mao'er can't figure it out. You are the daughter of an aristocratic family, even if you want to, can your family agree?
However, as long as the little goldfish doesn't play tricks with her like it did when he came to Caizhou early last year, then he is a good goldfish.

Everyone has such a low profile, Mao'er will save her face.

Mao'er held the old lady's left arm. After Chen Jinyu said a few words to Mao'er, taking advantage of the harmonious atmosphere, he said, "It's getting dark, grandma, be careful when walking", and took the opportunity to take the old lady's right arm .

The old lady took a peek at the good-looking grandson, seeing that she was not angry or dissatisfied, and then asked with a smile, "Good-looking grandson, what is the purpose of the big houses built along the river?"

"Grandma, this is the Cainan Industrial Zone planned by the officials. Do you see the chimneys and kilns in the distance? That's the Iron Works, a joint venture between our family and Mrs. Cai San. It's trial production"

The cat pointed to a row of chimneys spewing black smoke in the twilight.

"A joint venture?" the old lady asked.

"Well, our family shares [-]% of the profit, and Mrs. Cai San takes [-]% of the profit."

"Is she so clearly separated from us?" The old lady had already seen that the relationship between Cai Wei and the Chen family was unusual, so she asked with a smile.

"Hey, grandma doesn't know something. This elder sister of the Cai family has a big temper and a strong temper."

Speaking of this, Mao'er pursed her lips and smiled, lying next to Grandma's ear and whispering: "However, her [-]% interest will belong to the Chen family sooner or later."

"Hahaha" The old lady naturally understood what it meant and couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that the grandparents and grandson were chatting happily, Chen Jinyu interjected at the right time: "Anren, what's here?"

"This way, it's the sugar mill."

"Is it the sugar workshop that can turn brown sugar into white frost sugar?" Chen Jinyu looked at the unremarkable building in surprise.

She had heard for a long time that there was a secret method in Luliuxu that could decolorize brown sugar, but the yield was not high. After the frosted sugar came out, the price was comparable to silver.

The reason for the low yield is that the decolorization of brown sugar requires the use of internal porous bone charcoal to absorb impurities in brown sugar.

But bone charcoal is not easy to do. At Luliuxu, pigs were slaughtered every day in Zhuangzi. Firstly, it was for food. It is to use pork bones to burn charcoal to make frosted sugar.

Today, the Zhenhuai Army and the Wuwei Army consume a large number of live pigs every day, and pig bones are naturally better obtained, which is the condition for expanding the production of frosting sugar.

However, in the past year, due to the sharp increase in pork consumption in the army, the price of live pigs in the surrounding area has more than doubled.

At Luliuwei, Uncle Yao has bred a fine breed of Huai pig and Luchuan pig, which was distributed to some soldiers' families and raised in a cooperative mode.

I wanted to continue to attract more retail investors to participate in breeding this summer, to stabilize the price of meat, and to supply sugar workshops and fragrance workshops for a long time. I didn't want this flood to interrupt Maoer's plan.

Only when the sugar workshop expands its production scale can it produce the canned food that the official said. What the canned food is, the cat does not know, but the official said that the fresh fruit is washed and canned, and then sterilized by the "pasteurization method" and then dried. Inject high-concentration sugar water into the tank to inhibit bacteria, and finally wrap the cork with wax to seal it. The fruit can be kept for one year.

The cat knew it was a good business as soon as he heard it. Xiaqiu fruits are not worth much when they are on the market, but if they are made into cans according to the official's instructions and stored in winter, how much will they be sold for?

For this flood, the Four Seas Commercial Company and Luliuwei Agricultural Reclamation Co., Ltd. have spent a lot of money.

Although Cai Yuan, Xu Bang, Ximen Gong, Chen Jingyan and other bigwigs didn't say anything, some people's family children were quite critical, and some small shareholders expressed their dissatisfaction.

The cat pretended not to hear it at all, the official needed her support at this time, so she would not hold him back.

But in terms of business and business, it is indeed inappropriate to use a large amount of money from a commercial bank to subsidize a local disaster relief.

The stock price of the firm has also been affected by this in the past month, and the stock price has fallen from more than 30 cents per share to 25 cents per share, so Maoer wants to fiddle with these money-making things as soon as possible.

While meeting the expenses of officials and people, it is also necessary for commercial banks to earn money.

At Xu time, it was completely dark.

Mao'er, Grandma Tai, and Chen Jinyu returned in a carriage together.

On the way, the cat suddenly remembered something, turned around and opened a piece of flower cloth, revealing a bamboo basket, which was full of beautiful round, green or red fruits.

When Chen Jinyu got into the car, she smelled the fruity scent in the compartment, and now guessed that the sweet smell should be due to the round fruit.

"Grandma, try it quickly! This is the apple planted by the officials back then, and after waiting for three years, it finally bears fruit. Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang in Tongshan picked a basket and specially asked Xiao Zhuzi's motorcade to deliver it to me. Positive."

The cat grabbed two of them at once, one was given to Grandma Tai, and the other was given to Chen Jinyu.

"Uncle Yang, Aunt Yang?" Grandma took it, but didn't eat it right away, she asked first.

"Well, Dalang's parents treated me and the officials very well. When we lived in shacks on the mountain, it was uncle who took the lead in building us a new house."

"That's really a good person. I will meet him in the future. I have to thank him very much. Hey, my cat suffered a lot when I was young, but when I grow up, I meet all good people. I finally made it through."

The old lady sighed, took a bite with her side teeth which were relatively intact, her eyebrows raised involuntarily, "Hey! It's delicious, sweet and crispy"

Mao'er smiled triumphantly, took out a few calico pockets from the car, and picked out some to pretend, "I'll have someone send these to Zhuangzi tomorrow for our family to taste."

Seeing that the cat has good things and does not forget the clansmen, the old lady smiled very comfortably.

"Give this bag to my uncle, and take out another bag to sister Cai. This bag is light and slightly sour. Yunong likes sour food recently, so I leave it to her."

The old lady nodded frequently. My kitten is not jealous, and the daughter of the Cai family who didn't come in, and the pregnant aunt are all in mind, and they really have a big lady.

Thinking of something, the old lady turned her head and glanced at Chen Jinyu, only to see that she was holding an apple in both hands, and she was dazed in a daze with long eyelashes drooping as thick as small brushes.

The old lady couldn't help but smiled, and said, "Ayu, why don't you eat it? You eat what the cat gives you."

"Uh"

Chen Jinyu, who had been called back to God, took a bite. Even though she was well-informed among women, it was the first time she had tasted this sweet and sour fruit.

However, she felt a bit sour. Among the fruits that Zhao Anren gave out, there were Cai Hua's and Yunong's. They all had one thing in common, they all met Chen Chu at a young age.

Didn't you hear it just now, Uncle and Zhao An lived in a shack on the mountain and planted fruit trees.

If it was before, Chen Jinyu must have felt that kind of life was leisurely and comfortable, but after she had truly seen the sufferings of the people in the past six months, the first thing she thought was that An Ren must have suffered a lot with her uncle back then.

No wonder she was so important to my uncle.

Those are all the past that Ayu didn't have time to participate in.
The cat, however, gave Grandma a coquettish look, and then picked out another bag of apples, "Ayu, this is yours, why don't you take it home and give it to your family?"

"Uh"

Since the cats were only distributed to her own family, Chen Jinyu didn't expect to have one for herself, so she subconsciously felt flattered and flustered, and said, "Xie Anren."

Chen Jinyu wanted to have the courage to say 'thank you sister', but in the end she didn't.

(End of this chapter)