Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

The agricultural and forestry specialty product tax, which is also a part of agricultural tax, refers to the tax levied on income from agricultural and forestry specialty products.

For example, orchards and aquatic products.

For example, if Liangjia Village collective and Liang Ming jointly contract the orchard, they need to pay about 5% of the harvested lychees to sell.

However, the village collective has already taken care of the money, so Liang Ming doesn't need to worry about it.

Wild agricultural products from the mountains, such as wild mushrooms and wild vegetables, are not artificially cultivated, so it is difficult to define the tax on these mountain products.

In general, the local government turns a blind eye and lets the villagers earn some extra money on their own.

However, Liang Ming led his fellow villagers to buy large quantities of mountain products and then sell them in the city.

If the amount is large enough, Liang Ming and his fellow villagers will face some trouble if the matter is investigated.

"Don't worry, everyone. The township head isn't here to interfere with our buying and selling of mountain products..."

Seeing the villagers' worried expressions, Liang Ming smiled and briefly explained to them that Mayor Jiang had come specifically to support the expansion of the cannery.

The villagers were all shocked after hearing this.

“Liang Ming’s business is growing bigger and bigger. Even the sale of the cannery has caught the attention of the township head.”

"From now on, Liang Ming's cannery will definitely be the largest factory in our Taoyuan Township, no, in our Taoyuan County!"

"Liang Ming has made something of himself! Thank goodness our ancestors in Liangjia Village have blessed him!"

Hearing the villagers' simple and honest words, Liang Ming smiled.

Some villagers, thinking further ahead, murmured, "Liangji Canned Food Factory is expanding its production scale, so won't they need to hire workers? Can people from our village go?"

These people, of course, will continue to dig for mountain products to make money.

But which family doesn't have a few children, like nephews and nieces?

In the past, people had no other choice. Apart from a few acres of barren land, they had no other means of livelihood and could only go to the city to work.

But if Liang's Canned Food Factory hires workers, their children and nephews can all return to the village and work in the township.

More and more villagers realized this and all turned their attention to Liang Ming.

Liang Ming guessed what the villagers were thinking and said, "Fellow villagers, I know what you're thinking. I can give each of you one spot!"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, the villagers' faces all showed excitement.

Being able to work at Liang Ming's cannery meant that you wouldn't have to worry about food and drink.

Everyone can see that Liang Ming is a very capable person, and his factory will definitely get better and better in the future.

Seeing the villagers' excited faces, Liang Ming thought for a moment and decided to give them a heads-up beforehand, saying:

"Dear uncles and aunts in the village, I have something to say upfront."

“Our Liangji Canned Food Factory is indeed short of staff, but we don’t hire just anyone.”

"The factory is on the rise, and every worker must be hardworking and able to endure hardship."

"But all must be done in accordance with this requirement."

"If any of the people recommended by this company turn out to be lazy and good-for-nothing, don't blame me for turning my back on them."

Although Liang Ming's words were harsh, the villagers understood and nodded in agreement.

"Liang Ming, don't worry. It's a blessing for my son to work in your factory. If he doesn't do a good job, I'll break his legs."

"That's right, we'll break his legs!"

After hearing what the villagers said, Liang Ming nodded.

After weighing and paying the villagers' produce, they dispersed to go home and discuss their happy news of becoming workers at Liang's Canned Food Factory with their families.

Chicken Boy, Dog Egg, and Ama stayed behind to help load the goods onto the truck.

"Mom, how's the fishpond digging going?"

While moving the goods, Liang Ming asked Ama.

Upon hearing this, Ah Ma quickly replied, "Brother Liang Ming, I've only just chosen the location for the fishpond."

"It's just a small pond at the foot of the mountain!"

"I've already hired people to start dredging, weeding, and cleaning the water in the next few days before buying fish fry."

Seeing that Ama already had a plan to dig a fishpond, Liang Ming nodded.

He thought for a moment, then asked another question: "Have you thought about what kind of fish you mainly raise?"

Ama was taken aback by Liang Ming's question and said, "In a fishpond, you don't just raise all kinds of fish, counting as many as they survive, right?"

Hearing Ama's words, Liang Ming shook his head. It seemed that Ama still didn't have the idea of ​​raising fish.

However, we can't blame Ama, after all, it's still the 1980s, and many industries are still in the early stages of development.

"Ama, your idea is wrong!"

"Different fish have different living habits and different requirements for water quality, and the yield per acre is not high."

"If you raise them together, it will not only be detrimental to the breeding, but it will also be troublesome to harvest and sell them when they mature."

"If you sell all the fish together, they'll just be miscellaneous fish, and the price won't be very high."

Liang Ming decided to give Ama some pointers, he said.

When Ama heard Liang Ming's words, she also began to think about them seriously.

A few seconds later, he looked at Liang Ming seriously and asked:

"Brother Liang Ming, what should I do?"

"Since it's fish farming, it must be standardized, unified, and scientific," Liang Ming said slowly.

"The more varieties of fish in a fishpond, the better; the key is quality, not quantity."

"If you ask me what kind of fish to raise, I recommend tilapia!"

"Tilapia?" Ama looked surprised when she heard this.

The fish that people eat nowadays are mostly grass carp, crucian carp, common carp, and grass carp.

Tilapia, although it is a type of crucian carp, is still a relatively niche fish species.

Seeing Ah Ma's surprised expression, Liang Ming was not surprised.

After all, tilapia was not a very common fish species in Taoyuan City at that time.

However, in later generations, this tilapia became the official fish of Taoyuan City.

Tilapia were widely cultivated and farmed by fishpond merchants in Taoyuan City in the 90s because of their good meat quality, ease of farming, and high yield.

In just a few years, tilapia became the main farmed fish in Taoyuan City.

The catering industry in Taoyuan City has also introduced various creative ways to eat tilapia because of it.

By the turn of the millennium, Taoyuan City had earned the reputation of being the "hometown of tilapia".

Every year, hundreds of millions of tilapia are sold from Taoyuan City!

"Ah Ma, are you wondering why I asked you to raise these tilapia?" Liang Ming asked with a smile.

Ama nodded and said, "Brother Liang Ming, the fish that are selling well in the market right now are grass carp and crucian carp..."

"But their yield is not as high as that of tilapia!"

Liang Ming analyzed directly:

"Other fish species can only produce 1 to 2000 catties of fish per mu of fishpond."

"Tilapia, on the other hand, can yield 4000 catties per mu."

"Moreover, tilapia have a short growth cycle and two breeding seasons a year."

"These qualities are unmatched by other fish species."

Because we know how hot the tilapia market will be in the future.

That's why Liang Ming wants Ama to raise tilapia now, in order to seize the farmed fish market ahead of time!

He hoped that Ah Ma wouldn't be just a small-time fishmonger, but a fish business owner!