Chapter 17 Disputes
After several years of development, the East Lakeside Wharf in Badongcheng has become a lively fish market. Every day, fishing boats transport all kinds of aquatic products from the lake, dock at the dock, unload the goods, and then negotiate prices with the buyer to transport them to various restaurants.
Xiyang City is becoming more and more prosperous, and merchants are coming and going to support the sale of wine shops and food shops. The number of people settled in the house is increasing. As they eat and drink, there is a greater demand for aquatic products. Therefore, the sale of fish market in Badongcheng is getting bigger and bigger.
There is a big lake in the east of Badong City and a big lake in the north of Xiyang City. However, the lakes in Badong City are larger and produce more, accounting for more than 60% of the Xiyang aquatic products market. Although the transportation distance is a little longer, aquatic products are still popular.
Not all aquatic products have to be transported to Xiyang City. Bakou Port is berthed with a large number of ships. Many merchants directly complete transactions at the port, bartering the goods they brought to exchange for a large amount of cloth, and then spend a night in Badong City nearby, and return home the next day. Therefore, the number of small wineries in Badong City gradually increases, and aquatic products are also needed.
Not only fresh aquatic products, but lotus roots are also in short supply. Because military weapons supervision requires a lot of fish bladders to make glue, fish people in Badongcheng will remove the internal organs and make fish after the fish bladders into fish balls and fish noodles, which are also widely praised by the wine shops.
There are more opportunities to make money, and more people gather in Badong City, and disputes will follow, and the main disputes are around the fish market dock.
The residents of Badong City were mainly naval troops and their families. Even though many people later divided the fields with military merits, fishing was still a way to make money. In the scattered villages deep in the lake, their villagers also began to fish and transport them to Badong for money.
Therefore, the original small dock was not enough. After several expansions, it was donated by residents of Badong City. Therefore, facing more and more foreign fishermen who berth, there were more and more conflicts between the two sides.
The dock was expanded by neighbors in Badongcheng donated money. Guan Er and other things are not allowed to berth or sell fish!
Why! We are also good people under the government's rule, and we also pay rent. Badong City is the government's territory. Why don't fishing boats berth? You are bullying and dominating the market. I want to find Mingfu to uphold justice!
Disputes continue to occur, and the result is a mess. The county magistrate Xu Shao has the responsibility to coordinate disputes, but it is easier said than done. This kind of thing is reasonable and the mother is reasonable, but if you are not careful, it will be unpleasant.
There is nothing impossible when you are young, just like the young General Manager Yuwen always has a way to solve problems. The young Xu Mingfu is not just a simple conversation. To solve problems, you have to communicate. There is nothing that cannot be communicated.
If so, continue to communicate.
Xu Shao visited various villages by the lake many times and listened to the opinions of villagers and fishermen. Of course, the opinions of fishermen in Badong City also collected a large basket, and then asked all parties to recommend representatives to sit together to "communicate with each other".
This communication was one after another. After all, all the persuasion finally reached an "understanding" under the leadership of the county government and obtained the best solution.
The wharf was expanded by locals in Badongcheng responded to the call to donate money, so the interests of these people (fishermen) must be considered. Badongcheng is not a private fort, so it is wrong to exclude foreign fishing boats from berthing.
The key to the matter is the word "profit". Not allowing fishing boats from other places to be moored is just an appearance. Not allowing fishermen from other places to sell fish in the fish market to avoid damage to their own interests. Although some fishermen have made contracts with the wine shop and can make money for long-term supply, most fishermen still have to rely on the fish market to produce aquatic products.
Fishermen in Badongcheng have to protect their interests, so they are excluding outsiders. If they indulge in this dispute, they will really become bullying and domineering the market. Xu Shao knew that this kind of unhealthy trend must be stopped, but it is better to be relieved than to block it.
The dock has been re-widened and divided into two areas: unloading and mooring. Whether it is local or foreign fishing boats, if unloading aquatic products, they must go to the remote mooring site and must not be left. Foreign fishing boats have a daily "mooring fee".
The fish market is re-planned and the township shops are built uniformly. The fish market has 50% of the shops in Badongcheng, and the other lakeside villages are divided into 50% of them. Everyone bears the reconstruction costs together. The top ten people with the most investment can give priority to "lottery" and choose shops.
All kinds of fish, whether caught in the lake or raised in the pond, can only be sold in the fish market.
Only fishermen with shops are allowed to sell fish in the fish market, and another location is set up in the fish market to allow fishermen who do not have shops to rent simple stalls to sell fish. The lowest price is definitely good, and no one is allowed to maliciously compete at the price.
It seems very simple, but it took Xu Shao a lot of energy to finalize it one by one. Today is the day when the new fish market is completed and opened.
The flowing mats were lined up, and Xu Shao and the county yamen officials were witnesses, and they had a drink with local, foreign fishermen and merchants to celebrate. The government had already done its best. If anyone else did not know how to be slandered, it would not be so easy to talk to.
Local and foreign fishermen who had originally had a tense relationship were calm after communication. In the newly established fish market, they could not bully the market. They could only bargain with customers by talking, not to mention that they did not have to worry about selling aquatic products.
"Come on, everyone raise their glasses and wish the fish market opens... don't be so restrictive."
While everyone was drinking, Yu Wen Wen was drinking and drinking on his own, as he was near the second floor of a small winery. He was inconvenient to show up to avoid everyone being really stuck. Xu Shao was able to settle this headache, which was a relief for Yu Wen Wen's worries.
When he took office, Badongcheng (called Bahecheng at the time) was a place occupied by the local tyrant Lu family. In fact, it was not under the jurisdiction of the government, did not serve as a military service, and did not receive land tenants to transfer.
Later, the Lu family was eradicated by him, and Bahe City was redesigned. The new residents were Hulin Army and the newly formed Bazhou Naval Army. Over the years, the scale of Bahe City doubled, and there were many more residents in the city, but the fishermen were still mainly naval army and military families.
They fought many times to kill the enemy and laid the foundation for the victory of the official army. Therefore, soldiers and their families need preferential treatment to avoid being heartbroken. After all, even the watchdog has to give them a bone, let alone the fighting man.
However, fishermen in other lakeside villages are also people under the rule of the government. They cannot say that when they pay rent, they think of them, and they are kept away on weekdays. Everyone relies on the lake to fish and support their families. There is no reason not to let people come to Badong City to sell fish.
How to coordinate the interests of all parties tests the ability of local officials, so Yuwen Wen is very satisfied with Xu Shao's performance. He is not just sitting in the government office and thinking, but "going to the grassroots" to visit public opinion.
‘I usually talk about my heart and mind, and I will die in danger and repay the king’s words. He doesn’t need such empty talk about Qingliu!
Except for a very few geniuses, no one is born to be an official and handle civil affairs, so he must continue to learn and improve. This is true for Yuwen Wen, and he hopes that his subordinates will be the same, especially dealing with such disputes of interest that are constantly being broken down and messy.
The mother said that the mother had the right reason, and the local officials who were mediated wanted to not offend both sides, but in the end they would definitely offend both sides. How to grasp the standards is the problem that the county magistrate and the governor need to face.
Whether in the south or north, prefectures and county officials must lie with local tyrants, big families and other interest groups, fight wits and courage. The fish market disputes such as Badongcheng are just a piece of cake and are just a piece of cake to practice.
Chapter completed!