The arrival of the rainy season does leave the farm busy for a while. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But Zhang Feng and they already have experience in dealing with the rainy season, so they don't need to bother Li Sheng about anything.

After more than ten days of heavy rains, the forest was once again filled with water, and the water of the Mapuera and Ciparu rivers caused the water level in the port to rise rapidly to a height of less than a meter from the shore. This allows the terminal to reach its highest loading and unloading capacity in an instant.

This also alleviates the tight situation of forage stocks outside the farm. However, although it will no longer be a continuous heavy rain, there will still be a few convective rains every day. This weather makes it impossible to harvest the pasture. Even if the weather is like this, the grass can be dried, but it will take 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 not enough to support the entire rainy season, and Li Sheng can only hope that in a month, the weather will be better again, at least there will not be rain every day. Maybe by that time, some grass can barely be harvested.

This matter depends on whether God gives face. Li Sheng didn't have anything to do. However, he was pleased that Xiangxi roses and mulberry trees were still competitive and could accept the diluted Xiangxi water. Otherwise, Li Sheng would have to trouble building a few pools to reserve some fragrant stream water.

During the rainy season, farm work is no longer easy. A large number of workers who had been harvesting forage were pulled by Li Sheng to dig bamboo shoots.

One-third of the 300 square kilometers of bamboo forest is rice bamboo, and some of the bamboo will produce bamboo rice next year. And this piece of bamboo is already dense enough. If you continue to let their bamboo shoots grow, they will take up a lot of nutrients.

If you want to get more bamboo rice, and the bamboo will still survive after the bamboo rice is born, you must let the nutrients be stored. And the bamboo shoots of this bamboo are also a good thing.

However, the production of bamboo shoots is much larger than Li Sheng expected. When it rains, bamboo shoots pop up. Li Sheng brought in more than 500 people from various departments on the farm that were relatively idle during the rainy season, but he was still unable to dig out the bamboo shoots that came out in time.

This is a physical work, and transportation can also be carried out with the help of a tool that has a relatively large role. But to dig up the bamboo shoots, you can only use a hoe or shovel. These workers were not skilled in digging bamboo shoots, and the slow efficiency made Li Sheng helpless.

Zhang Feng learned that the farm was going to dig bamboo shoots, and he also followed it for two days. Li Sheng watched the scene for a while this day, and at this rate, less than one-third of the newly grown bamboo shoots can be dug up every day.

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

This kind of bamboo shoot is relatively simple to make bamboo shoots compared to other bamboo shoots. Once dug out, you can slice it right away. Then boil it in boiling water for about a quarter of an hour, and then soak it in water for an hour or two to dry or dry it into dried bamboo shoots. The dried bamboo shoots made like this bamboo shoot are full of fragrance and crispy, and the taste is still very good. Now there are not enough people to dig them all out. Not only is it a waste of resources, but it will also affect the quality of bamboo rice.

Zhang Feng said: "It's not difficult to invite people. Sandru asked me the other day if I needed someone on the farm. It is said that many Cabocros and other Indians of Manaus wanted to work on the farms. ”

When Li Sheng heard this, he said, "Then let them come." I think there are at least a thousand more people needed here. Although it can't be done for a long time, three or four months are still needed. ”

"I'm going to talk to Sandru. But what treatment?"

"Sixty reais per ton, and the transport is done by someone else. "This bamboo shoot can have more than 20 catties, and if you have one ton, a skilled person will not have a problem digging two or three tons a day.

"Then I'll go to Sandru first. ”

"I'll go back too. By the way, go and see if there is any problem in the bamboo shoot workshop. "Actually, there must be a problem, the speed of digging here is accelerating, and the speed over there will definitely not be able to keep up now.

Bamboo shoots are cut using machines, but it takes a lot of manpower to cook and dry. And machinery may not be enough. After the bamboo shoots are dug up, they can only be left for two days at most, otherwise they will get old. After the number of workers digging bamboo shoots increases, the efficiency must also be accelerated.

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

And he finally decided to build a settlement.

It takes hundreds of workers to process a bamboo shoot, although this work usually only takes three or four months. But next, there will be bamboo rice. Harvesting and processing the bamboo rice also requires a lot of manpower. In other words, two small factories are needed just to secure one bamboo rice production farm.

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

To grow roses, he needed a factory for preliminary processing. A rose oil refining plant is also required. There are other productions that require factories. For example, the packaging of red wine, the processing of flour, the pressing of oilseeds, the silkworm is spun, and other agricultural products can also be processed and sold.

In the end, he could build a small industrial area on the Silent Farm, without having to hand over the processing of the products to outsiders. Doing so saves transportation costs and some processing costs. I used to think that only one or two thousand regular workers were needed, but now that I calculate it, it may be more.

When he returned to his office, he called his legal counsel. I asked what I need to pay attention to if I build a large settlement.

However, it is not enough to understand what the law says, the rules of this world are not just laws.

Li Sheng called Raimondo again and asked him, "If I were going to build a settlement with a population of maybe more than 10,000 people, what might the government do?"

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

He pondered for a moment and said, "If it is such a large settlement, the government will definitely pay attention." However, in the case of farm dormitories, the government will only regulate the security aspects, and may also intervene in the security aspects. But if you're going to develop a settlement into a city, it's going to be a bit of a problem. ”

"I've heard that as long as you don't apply for a town, the government won't interfere too much. ”

On the other end of the phone, Raimondo smiled and said, "That's exactly what the law says." But it's man-made. If you really don't want your settlements to be controlled by the government, it's not that hard. As long as you don't apply, the government has no position to interfere with the specific management inside. But if you have commercial activities in your settlement, 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, whether it is a residential area or a town, the government can intervene." ”

"That's for sure. However, there is a difference between the two. If you want to build a town within a structure, you need to approve it from the state legislature. If it's just a settlement, you just need to get approval from the relevant authorities. In the case of towns, part of the tax collected there will be refunded for the construction of public facilities, and if it is only a residential area, the tax will not be refunded. That is, you need to support independently. ”

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

I only heard Raimondo say: "The mayor of the town is elected by the citizens. Other officials may also be appointed by the mayor. If you can control the hearts and minds 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 can actually be in the hands of the farm?"

"The theory is like that. Raimondo muttered and said. "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 approved, like some key positions. ”

Li Sheng understood what he meant, it was indeed a risky exchange. In the future, even if the farm builds a town, it will not be much in terms of administrative level or income. The only good thing is to be able to meddle in the affairs of Silent Farm. If Li Sheng agrees, he is actually looking for trouble for himself.

He was a little reluctant to say, "Do you have a way in this area?"

Raimondo groaned again, and after a long time, she said, "I can't do that with my own abilities. And I can only use the power of my family. I can try not to interfere with your plans, but that's beyond my control. ”

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

For example, administrative land requisition, that may cause him to lose some land. But with a farm of more than 20,000 square kilometers, he is not worried about this problem. Also, as Raimondo said, maybe this town will become a bridgehead for others to covet Lonely Farm. But he can't choke on food.

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 10,000 or 20,000 on the banks of the Mapuera, then the town should have no problem applying for a road to the outside world. And his eyes are fixed on a small town on the north bank of the middle Amazon River.

Obidos, although only a small town with a small population, has only one floating dock and no land transport links to the outside world. But, there is next to the Amazon River. And on the south coast, where a port could be built. If the farm could build a road to connect there, and he would build a port there, the farm's goods would not have to worry about transporting them even during the dry season. And he believes that such a port can completely berth 10,000-ton sea vessels.

If you look a little further afield, the farm towns can stretch the road all the way east to Macapa at the mouth of the river. (To be continued.) )