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Chapter 466 - 161: Collective Wisdom and Effort_1

Chapter 466: Chapter 161: Collective Wisdom and Effort_1

Yan Fei rode around in his cart, informing all the guests he wanted to invite that there was a big issue to discuss. By the evening, the large tent was full of people seated around a table.

Other than Brother Fa, Uncle Ming, and Uncle Baoguo who were invited, there were also Old Cheng, Miss Xu Xiaoyan, and Heizi. Including Yan Fei, there were exactly seven people.

Why was Old Cheng invited? He was a veteran, well-versed and wise. The more people, the more ideas. The more people, the greater their strength. Aren’t three cobblers as good as Zhuge Liang!

Yan Fei had barely explained his plan when those who hadn’t heard it before began to ponder deeply over it.

Then, Lin Baoguo slammed the table: "Good! Good! Xiao Fei, you are doing a good thing! You risk your money, and the cattle raisers work. This is a win-win! No, this is a good method, definitely a good method worth promoting! It’s much better than begging for poverty alleviation funds everywhere and directly giving money to poor households! We don’t have to worry about them using the money to buy meat anymore, I’m going to report this to the township and let the whole town promote this good method..."

Ma Yongming quickly stopped him: "We are discussing this! What’s the hurry? And who will you find to promote this, beside Xiao Fei, who else understands cattle raising, and has money to buy so many calves? If the township does this, not to mention whether the township can come up with so much money to buy cattle, do you believe that those who receive the cattle would dare to kill them and eat them? It’s only Xiao Fei who can do this, deterring some people with other intentions! Can you sit down and have a nice conversation?"

What he said was truthful; farmers may feel that the cattle issued by the township are free. A year is too far away, what if something unexpected happens in the middle, won’t it all be for naught?

Better to take care of now, butcher it and eat it! — Truly, this is a highly probable possibility, even if one household kills a cow, it might influence the whole village to kill, and then further influence the whole township to kill.

You might say that killing the cows should be prohibited, and that deliberately killing these distributed cows would be illegal? But what if people lead the cows to the edge of a ditch, and ’accidentally’ let the cow fall in, don’t you think ordinary people would be ’wise’ enough to do that?

This kind of thing has actually happened in other places, it’s just that now the information is not widespread, and the people in Sancha River are not aware of it.

Now all over the country, economic development is being aggressively pursued, with everyone being encouraged to become rich and reach a modestly prosperous society.

In Tanghe County, it is now the county that leads in fruit tree planting. In other places, it is the county and township that take the lead in organizing everyone to engage in animal husbandry. Of course, if every poor household is asked to raise cattle, the investment is too high. The local government simply can’t afford it, so everyone raises pigs and sheep instead.

But after getting everyone to raise animals, they found that the piglets and lambs were slaughtered and eaten before they were fully grown. As for those sows and ewes given to the poor for them to breed, they were even more unfortunate! The people who distributed these pigs and cows had just left when someone immediately slaughtered them to eat — by the time it was discovered, even a trace of bone couldn’t be found!

Moreover, this often resulted in one person leading the whole village by example, and the whole village leading the entire county by example. Once a trend is formed, even the highest-ranking officials are powerless to prevent it. People can always think of various "accidents" to turn these pigs and sheep from alive to dead.

Hearing Ma Yongming’s explanation, Director Lin immediately sat down with embarrassment and said apologetically, "I’ve gotten used to it. To get funding, our department has to go to the township and pretend to be poor, and the township has to go to the county and pretend to be poor. We’re used to living in poverty. Every time a meeting of any sort is held, it turns into a misery competition to see who is worse off. Everyone knows our town is impoverished, and we have no face. Even if we wanted a cultured police officer in our department, no one would be willing to come. Now, hearing about an opportunity for everyone to earn money, I couldn’t help but get excited!"

Ma Yongming interrupted him: "What are you getting excited about? It’s too early to talk about that! We’re here to help him brainstorm, so let’s not talk about that distant future event! Let’s talk about the present first!"

Lin Baoguo expressed regret: "Alas, why are things so strange these days? Things that individuals can handle well, the township government might not necessarily handle well if they intervene. If this method could be promoted, it would be great!"

Ma Yongming retorted: "There are many good things, but the key yet lies in how to handle them."

With that, he turned to look at Yan Fei: "Xiao Fei, if you sell the bezoar and make money, can you also give out some cattle for the people in my construction team to raise? Their men can come out to work, and the women can take care of the cattle at home. Besides, if they take the cattle back, I can help you supervise it, and let them supervise each other. You won’t have to manage anything."

Why wouldn’t that work? Isn’t it just raising cattle no matter who does it? Yan Fei immediately nodded.

Ma Yongming was pleased: "This way, I don’t have to worry about them slacking off in the future! Whoever dares to slack off again, not only will I not let him work, but I will also not give them cattle to raise. Maybe in future, there will be a line of people wanting to work for my little construction team!"

"You’re good at counting your chickens before they hatch!" Lin Baoguo first cast him a contemptuous look, then nodded his head. "This is not impossible. We can’t give the cattle to just anyone. Even if we’re not afraid they’ll sabotage things, it will still be trouble once they all have cattle. All the headaches should be solved first if we want to get things done. There are actually quite a few problems in between. Let’s distribute some cattle first and see how it goes. Initially, the cattle can be issued to the people in the militia and the construction team. We know them well, so it would be reassuring to give it to them. Once we have gained experience, we can distribute them on a larger scale."

Ma Yongming added: "Correct, experience is the most important. Xiao Fei’s work is something no one else has ever done or even ever thought of. No one knows how to do it, and whether it will work. Everything has to be figured out from scratch. We’re here to discuss now, and we won’t be able to come up with any result, we can only wait to encounter problems and then brainstorm on the solution. Xiaofa, why are you not saying anything?"

Pang Fa looked at him and Lin Baoguo: "What to say? Haven’t you two already agreed on this?"

At this, everyone broke into laughter; Yan Fei had invited everyone to discuss whether this plan could work. But before they even started eating, with only a few words spoken, they all agreed on it.

When the food was ready, and everyone sat down to eat, the discussion was no longer about whether or not it could happen. Instead, they began to speculate or predict potential problems that might arise during the actual operation.

The issue was that they had never done this before. Although it was said that once the cows were given to others, they wouldn’t have to worry about it, that was impossible. Of course, they would need to monitor it. After all, where there is interest, there are desires. In matters concerning money, it was essential to nip problems in the bud, so to speak.

For instance, in the future, if someone raised a particularly excellent breeding bull, and they knew that they had to give the farm half of its profits, they might decide to switch it out. They could substitute an ordinary bull, secretly sell the excellent breeding bull, and that would have the cow farm at a loss.

That problem was simple to solve since all you needed to do was mark the cows. It’s incredibly simple, just hang a marker on the cow’s ear and assign a number. Doing so would also facilitate management and prevent these kinds of occurrences.