After being intimate with Nan Ruoqiong for a while, Nan Yi asked her to leave first. With her around, Wu Xiaowei might not be embarrassed to continue the story.

Wu Xiaowei's throat was filled with smoke, but he was too embarrassed to mention it, and no one else mentioned it either. Everything was left to Duke Zhou's arrangement.

Duke Zhou said to rest, so everyone took a rest. There were vendors on the road who were still running in the scorching heat. Everyone bought bread and orange soda and hid in the shack. Wu Xiaowei was very thirsty, so he opened the cap of the soda bottle and poured it into his mouth. The soda was sour.

It's hot and tastes weird.

When I went to the hawker, there were no other tricks, only biscuits and beer, which were also hot.

Back at the shack, Wu Xiaowei had no choice but to ask for water from the fishermen. Although the water looked unclean, with thread-like debris suspended there, and water worms could be seen, he was too thirsty to care and kept gulping it in his mouth.

Fill it in.

After drinking a lot of water, I didn't have to endure the direct sun. I sat in the shack and enjoyed the gentle sea breeze blowing from the sea, which made people moan in pleasure.

Strange to say, after being scorched by the scorching sun, the sea breeze actually lost the fishy smell of sea and blood, and even had a faint fragrance.

Just when everyone was enjoying a refreshing break, Ah Xin suddenly asked, "Duke Zhou, didn't you say that the ban will not be officially lifted until July 7? Isn't it still the ban period?"

"It's still during the ban period, and the ban hasn't been lifted yet..." Duke Zhou was a little embarrassed and hesitated.

Ah Xin: "Then...what's going on with the jellyfish in the cement pool?"

Duke Zhou smiled awkwardly, "It happens every year. At first, the fishermen went out to catch fish secretly, and within a day or two they turned into a collective action. Now there are still a few days before the ban stipulated by the local government is lifted, and all the jellyfish have been replenished. Look at this

Aren’t there jellyfish in half of the cement ponds that are more than ten miles long?”

"The government doesn't care?" Ah Xin didn't understand.

"Of course they control it, but they can't control it. They only have a few speedboats and they can't control it at all. Besides, all the fishermen are violating the ban, so who can they control? This is the so-called law that does not blame everyone."

After staying in the shed for a while, Duke Zhou shouted to everyone to continue moving forward.

On the road, you can meet small groups of girls, wearing bright summer clothes, sleeves and scarves covering their bare faces, necks, and arms. According to Zhou Gong, these girls are all from the city, looking for processing

You can earn twenty yuan in a few hours of jellyfish work.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, a milky white band appeared on the distant coastline. Duke Zhou said that it was the head of the tide. As time went by, the milky white became turbid. At the end of the road, the water level in the open water rose rapidly, and the place seemed increasingly empty.

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This milky white color is getting wider and turbid. On the other side of the "road", the originally open water surface looks increasingly empty due to the rapid rise in water level!

"The sea whale is swimming across the sea with its back exposed, and the sea waves are divided into two places." Looking at the sea tide, Wu Xiaowei couldn't help but think of Yuan Zhen's "Xia Ke Xing".

On the sea, fishing boats chased the wind and lightning, and before the tide came, they arrived at the coast loaded with jellyfish called jellyfish.

The fishermen in the cement pond and the fishermen on the boat raised their hands to talk, and made movements with their fingers to represent various numbers. If the numbers represented by the movements were beautiful enough, loud shouts would immediately sound.

The numbers do not represent the quantity harvested, but the price. The fishermen on the boat and the fishermen on the cement pond are not the same family. Those who catch fish are in charge of fishing, and those who process are in charge of processing.

A boat negotiated the price, and fishermen immediately boarded the boat from the cement pond. Together with the fishermen on the boat, they carried the fresh jellyfish onto the pond, weighed them, and the girls who just saw them immediately came over and used bamboo knives to cut open the body and head of the jellyfish.

Open and sort the jellyfish into the pond, then sprinkle alum and salt into the pond in a certain proportion to pickle the jellyfish.

This was the first time that Wu Xiaowei saw the appearance of jellyfish when they first came out of the sea. Before, he had only seen them in the animal world and in movies and TV dramas. They were completely different from the finished jellyfish. Although the ones he saw now were soft but not loose.

The beautiful girls were cut open, and jellyfish blood flowed everywhere, pool after pool, gathering together, and finally flowing back to the sea.

Wu Xiaowei saw what three-alum jellyfish are called in the bloody processing plant. The scraped and cleaned sting head and skin are soaked in alum water for several hours to get the first alum; the first-alum jellyfish is pickled with a salt-alum mixture for several

The sky is the two-alum jellyfish. The two-alum jellyfish is salted with a salt-alum mixture for several days, and the final product is the three-alum jellyfish.

After secretly tasting a piece of three-alum jellyfish and feeling salty in his mouth, Wu Xiaowei carefully understood what constitutes a good jellyfish. He did not forget why he came to Qingsongling.

Of course, he did not forget to pay attention to Nan Ruoqiong. Before, he had seen that Nan Ruoqiong would often stop by the three-alan jellyfish pond, look into the pond, and sometimes pick up a jellyfish and pinch it with his hands.

Once in a while, the fishermen would be called out of their huts, pointing to the pool, and muttering a few words.

The faces of the fishermen she called out would often be filled with joy. Wu Xiaowei boldly guessed that this probably meant that Nan Ruoqiong had bought the jellyfish in the pond.

As long as they are not bad goods, there is no need to worry about selling jellyfish, but no one can afford a higher and more stable purchase price than the reclamation group. If it is not good, the price will be high for a while, but the second time will be smashed. Fishermen have been fooled.

After suffering losses, only the reclamation group follows the market, and it is a long-term acquisition. When the market is not good, it will not lower the price. Fishermen with a long-term perspective will naturally know who to sell the jellyfish to.

When it was almost time for dinner, Duke Zhou and Nan Ruoqiong sent a few people back to Xiuzhen Hotel and then left. They made an appointment to take Wang Rongsen and others to several processing plants to buy jellyfish tomorrow.

But as soon as Duke Zhou left, Wang Rongsen and others started chatting.

Wang Rongsen said that last year he followed Duke Zhou on the acquisition, and the service fee he paid to Duke Zhou was more than 100,000. The money was too much, and he was basically familiar with the process. This year he will find a place to acquire by himself.

Nan Yi listened to Wu Xiaowei's description of Wang Rongsen. It was not the first time for him to be a millionaire and a big boss. He suspected that he earned his money from jellyfish and was stingy about food and accommodation. Now he wanted to get rid of the existence of a partner, and felt in his heart

I guess that Wang Rongsen will probably fall into trouble this time and lose all the money he earned based on luck.

Also, Nanyi paid attention to Wang Rongsen's follower, a man named Han Xin, who Wu Xiaowei had not mentioned much, and reminded Wu Xiaowei to talk more about this Han Xin in the later stories.

Wu Xiaowei was surprised. Han Xin was the protagonist of what he was about to talk about.

Meizhe County, next door to Gaiping, is also a place with many jellyfish processing factories. A millionaire from Shandong Province started his business by purchasing jellyfish from there. The purchase price of jellyfish there is often cheaper than that of Gaiping.

A few cents.

Yesterday, Wang Rongsen said he would get rid of Duke Zhou, and today, he actually did it.

Han Xin is Wang Rongsen's follower, or more appropriately called a worker. He works beside Wang Rongsen and does all the dirty work.

He tried to persuade Wang Rongsen not to go to Meizhe County, saying that the main reason why the millionaire from Lu Province had unimpeded access to Meizhe County and was sure of victory was that the millionaire from Lu Province had a big backer in Meizhe County - Lu Province

The rich man's two comrades held high positions in various counties in Meizhe.

However, Wang Rongsen was determined and said with great ambition that if everything went well, the purchasing point would be moved from Qingsongling to Meizhe counties.

In Wang Rongsen's mind, Meizhe County is a good place, a place where his wealth can greatly increase again. Naturally, he cannot bring Wu Xiaowei, who is still a stranger, with him.

Wu Xiaowei did not go to Meizhe County and was lucky to escape.

It is said that Wang Rongsen hired two trucks and went to Meizhe counties more than a hundred miles away to purchase jellyfish.

Although the price of jellyfish in Meizhe counties is a few cents cheaper, the quality is far inferior to that of Qingsongling. Wang Rongsen thought that since he came here, he would buy some because he was worried about the cost of hiring a truck. One truck costs more than 200 a day, and two are four

It’s more than a hundred dollars, so it’s really not worthwhile to go back with an empty car.

Wang Rongsen purchased 270 barrels from various counties in Meizhe and packed them into two trucks. When everything was ready, he drove back to Qingsongling.

The road from Qingsongling to Meizhe counties has many hillside bends and is deserted for dozens of miles. There are few vehicles on the road, making it very convenient for robbery.

Afterwards, Wu Xiaowei heard from Ah Xin that before setting off, Han Xin said that their trip to Meizhe County would not go smoothly. Not long after they left Meizhe County, something was reflected in the car's reflector.

There were several motorcycles following them. If the truck was fast, the motorcycle would be faster, and vice versa.

People who often drive cars outside can already realize that the motorcycle is clearly aimed at them, but it is a pity that among the four of Wang Rongsen and his party, only Han Xin is the one who often drives cars. The other three, Axin said, include herself.

Wang Rongsen and Lao Zhu had never run a car outside and couldn't react at the time.

Han Xin warned the truck driver that there was a problem at that time and asked the truck driver to speed up. Others, who were a little uncomfortable with the jolt, blamed him for making a fuss.

Needless to say, the four were robbed in the end, but Han Xin saved the day. However, Wang Rongsen was slightly injured, and the two trucks of jellyfish were not brought back, and the truck driver had to pay for the broken glass.

At Xiuzhen Hotel, Wang Rongsen, who was injured and lost two trucks of jellyfish, vented his anger on Han Xin, and blamed Han Xin for taking the initiative to rescue him, but his behavior of losing two trucks of jellyfish was all kinds of abuse and disgust.

At that time, Wu Xiaowei felt that Wang Rongsen was a man who gave up his life rather than his wealth. Such a person did not know how to judge the situation and did not know how he earned his money.

When Nan Yi heard Wu Xiaowei's muttering, he thought to himself: "Silly boy, why don't you think about Han Xin?"

When he went to Meizhe counties, Wang Rongsen suffered heavy losses. After hearing the news, Zhou Gong came over. He did not blame Wang Rongsen for his betrayal, nor did he take pleasure in his misfortune.

To Duke Zhou, Wang Rongsen was a big customer after all, bringing him a lot of labor fees every year. He encouraged and comforted Wang Rongsen to take a longer-term view. As long as the subsequent business was done well, the money lost could be easily recovered.

Duke Zhou's kind words did not make Wang Rongsen feel any better. After Duke Zhou left, Wang Rongsen immediately became crying. He lost hundreds of thousands on this trip, as if this little money would kill him.

If ordinary people lose so much, it's okay to be rude, but businessmen are not good at it. Spending time regretting and heartache thinking about how to make money back is what a businessman should do.

Wu Xiaowei didn't like Wang Rongsen's womanizing, and neither did Axin, who came with Wang Rongsen. Axin moved to a hotel in Gaiping County that night, but made an agreement with Xiuzhen's mother that the jellyfish she would collect in the future would be

Stored in the courtyard of Xiuzhen Hotel.

Storing jellyfish costs three yuan per square meter a day, which is more cost-effective than earning room rent. Although Xiuzhen's mother is a little bit sad to lose a guest, she has no choice but to stop it.

Ah Xin left, but Wu Xiaowei did not leave. Although he also wanted to stay in a hotel with better conditions, he has found that Xiuzhen Hotel is really safe. Xiuzhen's eldest brother came just now, wearing a police uniform and a belt on his waist

Gun, Xiuzhen's mother didn't lie. Xiuzhen's eldest brother is really the head of the town police station. With him in charge, Xiuzhen Hotel is safe, and the gangsters in the town will never dare to come and cause trouble.

We suffered heavy losses on the first day. On the second day, Wang Rongsen did not go out. Lao Zhu, an old pervert, went out to the south of the town, where the red light district of Qingsongling is located. Han Xin also went out, not knowing what to do.

Wu Xiaowei didn't go out either. After getting up, he thought about what he should do. Then when he was having breakfast, he was pestered by Xiuzhen. He asked all kinds of questions, rushed to help him wash clothes, and even asked about Wu Xiaowei's life.

Family environment, and how big the business is.

No matter how slow he was, Wu Xiaowei could sense Xiuzhen's intentions. Xiuzhen was not beautiful and could not arouse his lust at all. Wu Xiaowei directly told Xiuzhen that his business had just started and he only had 20,000 yuan in capital, and it was borrowed.

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Xiuzhen confirmed again and again, and Wu Xiaowei promised again and again that she was not lying. Seeing that Wu Xiaowei was a poor man who was not as wealthy as her own, Xiuzhen immediately lost interest in him.

Xiuzhen stopped pestering her and made Wu Xiaowei feel relaxed. It was so sticky that he couldn't bear it.

On the same day, several new guests came to Xiuzhen Hotel. There were five people in the group. They were carrying tools on their backs. Their accents sounded like they were from Hui Province, and they were engaged in the business of sharpening scissors and kitchen knives.

The layout of Xiuzhen Hotel is like this. Xiuzhen’s family lives in the south. There are three rooms in total, two of which are for personal use. One is a luxurious independent room where Wu Xiaowei lives. The other guest rooms are in the north. There is a large room separated by a broken reed mat.

into small cubicles that are ventilated, light-transmissive, and not soundproof.

Wang Rongsen and the other two lived there before, but now Wu Xiaowei and Wang Rongsen have moved to another place.
To be continued...