Resource Tycoon Reborn

With Qian Jia's guarantee and the two hundred yuan, Zhang Bengen would naturally not refuse Fang Mingyuan and the others to board the ship and have a look at his own ship. After chatting for a while, he would be able to get the two hundred yuan. This way

A good thing is like pie in the sky. ○If it were possible, he hoped that such a thing would happen every day. In that case, the mother's medical expenses and the children's schooling would no longer have to worry.

"It seems that we have reached an agreement over there. Let's go over and have a look." Su Aimin noticed that Qian Jia's conversation over there had come to an end.

Seeing Fang Mingyuan and the others walking over, Qian Jia hurriedly came forward and said, "Mr. Su, Mr. Fang, you can get on the boat for a visit. However, he said that the boat next to him is where his mother lives. The old man is not in good health these days.

It’s not very good and the weather is bad, so can you just take a look at this ship?”

"Oh, it doesn't matter, we won't disturb the old man." Su Aimin waved his hand and said, "You did a good job!" He just wanted to use Zhang Bengen's family to understand the living conditions of the Lian family boat people on the spot, and it was not to raid their homes.

Fang Mingyuan, Su Aimin and Guo Qing'er got on the boat. Zhang Bengen called his wife out and asked her to accompany them. It was worth tens of thousands to break the family. Although he didn't think these people would take anything from his house, there was still someone watching.

You will feel more at ease.

The boat is not big, only about six meters from beginning to end, and about three meters at its widest point. In this small place, it is where Zhang Bengen and his family live. There are no electrical appliances in the boat, the only ones that can be called electrical appliances.

I'm afraid they only have a radio and a flashlight. However, it can be seen that Zhang Bengen's family still likes to be clean. Although the things in the house are tattered and some are even called antiques, they are all relatively clean and there is no strange smell.

.But being on the water all year round, things will inevitably be damp.

"Is it convenient for you to be on the boat?" Guo Qing'er asked Li Youmei curiously. The stern of the boat looked completely unobstructed. She couldn't imagine what it would be like for people to squat there.

"Generally, we will go ashore if we can, only when we have to." Li Youmei, standing next to her, said cautiously, "And our boat is too small. Some people have bigger boats, so they will get one behind." Guo Qing'er stood there.

Next to her, Li Youmei didn't even know where to put her hands, she was just like a big star on TV.

"There are no electric lights, no TV, and no mobile phones. What are you doing when it's dark at night?" Guo Qing'er looked around. Looking around, it would take a long time to walk to the nearby villages and towns.

"Of course we are sleeping. When we really can't sleep, we sit on the bow and count the cars passing on the bridge." Li Youmei pointed to the highway bridge in the distance. Although you can listen to the radio, it also costs money to buy batteries.

Money. Guo Qing'er was stunned for a moment. She didn't know what to say for a moment. For people who have become accustomed to nightlife, it is unimaginable to go to bed as soon as it gets dark. There is no TV, no computer, and no life outside for fun.

What is it like.

"Is that your child? How old is it? Has he gone to school?" Guo Qing'er's eyes fell on the Zhang Hu brother and sister who were standing on the bow of the boat looking at them curiously, and she asked casually.

"Well, one is ten years old and the other is seven years old. They are not in school." Li Youmei bowed her head and said.

"Why aren't you going to school?" Guo Qing'er asked in surprise, "Is it because you don't have money? You can't even afford the expenses for your children's schooling?"

"Qing'er!" Fang Mingyuan called back, shook his head slightly, and signaled her not to ask such provocative questions again. Although nine-year compulsory education is implemented in China, when it is implemented in local areas, there are still

Many discounts. Not all local governments have the courage and financial resources to support compulsory education. Various requirements such as designated enrollment, nearby enrollment, school selection fees, etc., exclude children who have no background, no financial resources, and are not smart enough.

In addition, fishermen like the Lianjia boat people have no fixed location on their boats, and their children sometimes move with them. Going to school is indeed a headache. No school likes its students to travel frequently during the semester.

Land increases and decreases.

Guo Qing'er stuck out her tongue playfully, and Fang Mingyuan made a face. Fang Mingyuan smiled, turned back and said: "Brother Zhang, how is your fishing harvest this year? I heard it is compared with previous years.

Get up, the harvest is getting less and less?"

"Yes, compared with previous years, there is no way to compare." Zhang Bengen sighed, "We go out on the boat early in the morning and don't come back until the afternoon, but the fish we catch are getting fewer and smaller.

Take the saury in the Yangtze River as an example. Do you know saury?"

"You know, one of the four delicacies of the Yangtze River lives at the junction of fresh water and seawater at the estuary of the Yangtze River. It is famous for its fresh and tender meat." Su Aimin said with a smile, "However, in recent years, the output of Yangtze saury has dropped significantly."

Zhang Bengen slapped his hands and said: "You couldn't be more right. I have been fishing on the Yangtze River with my parents since I was a child. It has been about thirty years now. During the saury fish season in the 1980s, our family

We can catch sixty or seventy kilograms every day, and the largest swordfish weighs one kilogram. In the 1990s, we could only catch about twenty kilograms. This year, during the entire saury fish season, my family caught a total of eight.

There are nine ounces of saury fish per catty, and the largest one is just over three taels. After deducting the cost and the cost of obtaining a saury fishing license, my family earns less than 500 yuan."

Su Aimin turned his head and said to Fang Mingyuan: "According to ministry data, in the 1970s, the annual output of saury in the Yangtze River was between 3,500 tons and 4,000 tons. By 1988, the output was

It dropped to 300 tons, and last year, the output was less than 100 tons."

"If nothing changes, there may be no Yangtze saury in more than ten years," Fang Mingyuan said.

"To be precise, there should be no more wild Yangtze saury. I heard that some research institutes are studying how to artificially breed Yangtze saury, and it seems to have achieved results." Su Aimin said.

"We are still breeding giant pandas and Siberian tigers artificially, but can they be the same as wild ones? The Siberian Tiger Breeding Center is now worrying about how to restore the wild nature of Siberian tigers." Fang Mingyuan said disdainfully, "Artificial breeding can only be said to be a last resort.

If artificially raised turtles are the same as wild ones, why do people like to eat wild turtles?"

"Hey, by the way, do you two want wild turtles?" Zhang Bengen suddenly thought of it and took out the turtle that his son Zhang Hu had just caught from the boat and said, "My son was lucky enough to catch this by the river.

, the real Yangtze River wild turtle, you can tell by looking at the carapace and claws." At first glance, these people are not ordinary people. If they like it, they will definitely give you a lot of money.

"Why can you tell whether a turtle is a wild turtle just by looking at its claws?" Su Aimin asked, "This guy is quite big. He must weigh three or four pounds, right?"

"It's over four pounds. Look at these claws. If the claws are blunt if they grow to a certain height, they must be farmed. Because the farmed turtles are all in cement ponds, and the claws of the turtles rub against the cement floor all year round.

, blunted. And wild turtles are in the water, and the mud in the water is not as solid as the cement floor." Zhang Bengen explained, "The carapace and plastron can all be distinguished. Now in the Yangtze River,

There are not many turtles that can grow to more than four kilograms. You two are lucky, my son came here just after he was caught."

Fang Mingyuan smiled and said: "Let's talk about this later. I still have something to ask you. Are there many Lianjia boat people like you in Yicheng City today? Are everyone's lives not good?"

Zhang Bengen put the turtle on the board of the boat and said with a smile: "I don't know the specific number of people, but it must be seven or eight hundred people, right? The days are about the same for everyone."

"The life is so hard and there are so few fish, why don't you think about living ashore?" Su Aimin asked.

"Alas..." Zhang Bengen sighed, "I thought, over the years, my income has been getting worse year by year, and the fish are getting less and less, but..." Zhang Bengen seemed to have started talking all at once, and he was full of words.

He poured out all his heartache and pain and continued talking. Su Aimin and Fang Mingyuan did not interrupt him, but only asked some questions.

"Agricultural tax on aquatic products, resource fees, port fees, education surcharges, military service fees, seawall fees, public fees..." Fang Mingyuan calculated it in his mind. Although he didn't remember clearly, there seemed to be more than a dozen types.

"The most cruel thing is to meet the fishery law enforcement officers. As long as we do something wrong in our fishing, the fine of a few hundred yuan will be light. They will arrest the boat. But if they arrest the boat, we want to do it again."

It's impossible to come back without getting a few thousand yuan," Zhang Bengen said.

Su Aimin nodded slightly. This situation does not only exist in Yicheng City. In many places, the fishery law enforcement teams have not yet been included in the establishment of civil servants, and their work funds cannot be included in the financial budget, and allocations are often insufficient, especially for grassroots fisheries.

In the government departments, many places can only rely on charging fishermen and fines to maintain the operation of the institution. The more fees and fines, the more the institution can operate and the employees can be paid. This undoubtedly makes the fishery law enforcement teams impose heavy fines on fishermen who violate regulations.

.This has increased the burden on these fishermen. But this is the reality of China, a very cruel reality!

Chen Zhong, who had been standing on the bow of the ship, noticed a fishing boat coming from a distance and headed straight for this side. He immediately increased his vigilance. When the fishing boat came closer, he deliberately blocked Fang Mingyuan and Su Aimin behind him.

"Zhang Bengen, Zhang Bengen, are you on the boat?" the visitor suddenly shouted. (To be continued...)