Wu Nanhai stood in front of a kapok sapling, which he had just planted more than ten days ago. The saplings were taken from the nurseries of the farmstead's plantations, and the trunks were already fist-thick. At the time of transplantation, some of the wilted leaves had turned green. The tree has been planted with haode fertilizer under the roots, and this tree will surely grow into a towering tree in the future, witnessing the happy life of him and Hatsuyan.

A majestic wind blew, and the technical leaves rang in clusters. The corners of Wu Nanhai's mouth showed a smile of ambition.

"Master" Chu Jing called him behind him, "The weather is still cold in the morning and evening, and I have to add some clothes." As he spoke, a folk version was draped over his shoulders.

"No matter how cold the weather is, it has to be seventeen or eighteen degrees, what are you afraid of?" Wu Nanhai held Chu Qing's little hand, the skin on his hand was rough, and there were calluses. As the earliest employee of the farm, she has always been Wu Nanhai's right-hand man, not only personally involved in the management work, but also did a lot of manual work. The farm café has been transformed from scratch into an unofficial leisure spot that the elders loved to come to.

Chu Yan is not only responsible for the management of the farm's tertiary operations, but also responsible for the logistics management of the farm workers: but also to take care of the daily life of the animal world who eats, drinks and withdraws from the farm, and treats the farm as a hotel: Zuihou is the "master" Wu Nanhai of all the trivial things in life, from getting up to wash his face to sleeping with him at night to meet all his needs and.

Wu Nanhai felt that if Chu Jing couldn't get a suitable name after doing so much, he really couldn't face his conscience, so he decided to officially marry her. This is not only the gratitude and admiration for the first eye, but also contains practical considerations: let a woman who was born as a maid, has no worries, and doesn't even know anything about her surname as the main room" exempts herself from all obligations to his wife's mother's family, and his wife's background is too good, and her mother's shili is too big, and it is likely to become a time bomb for the old people's home in the future.

"Master" lowered his head a little shyly, but did not withdraw his hand. A few days ago, she had officially married Wu Nanhai in the newly completed chapel, and the wedding was held under the auspices of He Ying, and Xiao Zishan, the Wanjia brothers in Nongkou, Ye Yuming, Dugu proposed marriage, and others "led by Huang Dashan, who have been eating, drinking, and living on the farm for a long time, as well as several fellow Christians: including Wren."

The backbone of the farm's naturalized migrant workers headed by Wang Tian...... Zuihou was a representative of the Catholic Church who attended the wedding and presented a hardcover edition of the Bible in leather with Wu Shimang's signature and Jesuit sponsorship printing.

The wedding ceremony was very simple, at the request of Wu Nanhai, the husband and wife pressed the Bible with their left hand and the "Common Program" with their right hand, and then read the vows together. The oath was drafted by Wu Nanhai himself:

In the presence of God and all the Witnesses who are here today, I am Wu Nanhai. Chu Qing is willing to marry, marry you as my wife, husband. Now and forever "in good times and in bad times, rich and poor, healthy or sick, happy or sorrowful, I will always love, cherish, and be faithful to you forever and ever." Amen.

Both parties sign the oath. Subsequently, Xiao Zishan issued a dumb "veteran marriage certificate" issued by Liu Muzhou, deputy people's commissar of civil affairs. After the ceremony, a simple banquet was set up at the Farm Café for the guests. The next day, Wu Nanhai personally distributed joy candy to all the veterans in Lingao, and at the same time distributed joy candy to the naturalized migrant workers of the entire agricultural mouth. And they were all happy.

"Don't call me master" call me Nanhai. Wu Nanhai whispered, "We are now husband and wife, not old man." ”

"Hmm." Although the first eye is no longer the first rain and dew, this time it is famous, and the nourishment of rain and dew is naturally different from the past, "the face is like a peach blossom, the eyes are like spring water, and it is indescribably tactful and charming." She let out a low cry, "Nanhai." ”

"That's right." Wu Nanhai put his arm around the bride's shoulder. Although the meat in his arms is very familiar to him, "the feeling now is different from the past."

Behind them was a newly-built Protestant chapel. It was built at Wu Nanhai's own expense, and there were a few Christian Protestants among the senators, so from the beginning Wu Nanhai positioned the farm chapel as a joint worship service, "not just a denomination of his own."

Wu Nanhai knew that there was a strong anti-religious tendency in the Senate, and that "monotheism is all a cult" was a mantra of many old people. If it weren't for the fact that colluding with the Jesuits brought many practical benefits and benefits to Lingao, and considering the need to prepare a religion for the Li and Miao people in the hinterland of Hainan Island, "this kind of cooperation would have been difficult to tolerate."

Therefore, Wu Nanhai was extremely low-key about the problems of his church, and he built this small church out of his own pocket and talked with Mei Wan at the dinner table. Mei Wan heard that it was a small project, and Wu Nanhai paid for the construction costs by himself, so he immediately agreed that as long as it did not involve the use of control materials and tools, Lingao Construction Corporation had the right to undertake local general construction projects by itself.

The church is a colonial-style wooden house, with a single story with a small bell tower, which was designed by Zhang Xingpei, an American architectural engineer and an authentic American sea turtle. It is very small and can only accommodate 50 people at a time. The stained decorative glass was bought from Mo Xiao'an, and the cross was made by Wu Nanhai by himself by a carpenter. Other than that, there is no other decoration, but fortunately, in the Protestant denominations, except for the Anglican Church, they do not pay much attention to decoration, because it is simple and simple.

There is a sign nailed to the door of the church, which is a "religious site permit" issued by the religious office. All religious sites have to register with the Religious Affairs Office of He Ying, and after paying the registration fee, information collection fee, and license production fee collected by the office, they sign a pledge to pay the "three taxes" of religious tax, religious site use tax, and poll tax for believers. At the same time, he signed a declaration agreeing to accept the "Senate Religious Affairs Officer" as the "patron" of the Church. "Registration is legal only after paying the "management fee" every year.

Wu Nanhai ran for a day for this matter, and invited the sign marked "006" back to the farm. Give this chapel an official identity. The night before the wedding, in the presence of several parishioners, Wu Nanhai performed a Protestant baptism ceremony for Chu Jing in the chapel. Of course, he had made a report to He Ying in advance, and the believers had to report and register one by one as the basis for collecting the religious poll tax.

"Dean Wu is very unhappy." He Ying said with a smile after completing the report.

"He's a hypocrite," Wu Nanhai scoffed, "I don't bother to pay attention to whether he's happy or not." He just wants to build a state church, and if he really wants to be the Pope, he will have to barbecue with me and Wren. ”

He Ying Haha smiled, and the matter passed. However, this incident reminded Wu Nanhai that it would not be good for him to make a big noise. It's time to keep a low profile and keep a low profile.

"Chief, Chief Ye is here, waiting for you to go to the meeting." A maid appeared from beside the church and said in a respectful manner.

"Okay, you tell him to wait a while, I'll be there shortly." Wu Nanhai agreed and let go of his first gaze.

Ye Yuming sat in the small conference room of Nanhai Farm, Wu Nanhai is not divided into farms, and it is not so much that the farm belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture, but that the Ministry of Agriculture is located in the farm. This small conference room is where the core meeting of the entire Crossing Group Agricultural Mouth is held.

Ye Yuming, as the head of the Tiandihui, has an independent Tiandihui office in Dongmen City, but the roots of the Tiandihui are in the farm, and he himself still mainly works in the farm.

"Lao Wu, you are really in good spirits at happy events." Ye Yuming noticed the joy on Wu Nanhai's face and quipped.

"Don't make fun of me, let's get down to business." Wu Nanhai sat down and found that there were only two of them in the conference room, "What?" The two of us had a meeting. ”

"Dugu and the Wanjia brothers will come in a while, I'll talk to you first." "Hong Kong's development projects have already been approved at the Executive Committee's working meeting. It was decided that the Ministry of Colonial Trade would take the lead in the development for the time being. The Qige Institute is in the process of compiling the entire Guige. ”

"Isn't that the old division's business?" Wu Nanhai doesn't remember any modern agriculture in Hong Kong, "I have been to Hong Kong many times, and this place is short of water and is not suitable for large-scale agriculture. ”

"It's not suitable for it, but it still has to be done. Skade meant that there should be some agricultural settlements, proper agricultural development, and an increase in Hong Kong's self-sufficiency ratio. ”

Wu Nanhai nodded: "There is enough sunshine for agriculture in Hong Kong, and there is still some land suitable for planting." The key is to build reservoirs to store water. This is not a matter for our Ministry of Agriculture alone. I think we still have to start with the production of non-staple foods: growing vegetables and raising chickens. ”

"Why don't you raise it..."

"You're still in charge of the Heaven and Earth Society. Pig farming is a water-intensive industry, and there is not enough water to raise it at first. "But Hong Kong has the advantage that it is backed by the Pearl River Delta, which is a developed agricultural region in this time and space, so it is very convenient to obtain feed, and we can carry out large-scale aquaculture in the local area." Let's start with poultry like chickens and ducks. I think the plovers are very good and easy to raise. Intensive farming can be promoted in Hong Kong. ”

"I won't mention what kind of agriculture you are engaged in for the time being." Ye Yuming saw that the problem began to turn to the professional field, for fear that as soon as he talked about it, he would be boundless, "I want to build a farming system." ”

Wu Nanhai came to the spirit, but on the surface he was silent: "Oh, engage in farming? ”

Ye Yuming nodded excitedly: "Isn't farming just right for the development of a place like Hong Kong?" ”