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Text 1085 The road ahead is long

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    Winter days are boring and boring, but there are exceptions.  After a few snowfalls, the temperature dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. Wherever there was water, a thick layer of ice was frozen. A group of people held various tools and jingled on the ice.

    Ice mining is a very old profession.  It is said that there were relevant records in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was included in the national system and carried out in an organized manner.  At that time, the ice pickers had a special name called "Lingren", which was passed down from generation to generation, and this is where Ling's surname came from!

    The time for ice mining is generally in the middle and late December of each year, that is, around the Laba Festival. At this time, the temperature is the lowest, and the ice layer is the thickest, the strongest and the most transparent.

    First find a piece of ice, and draw a grid on it, the size is determined by the thickness of the ice.  Thicker ice grids are smaller, and vice versa.  This is for the convenience of transportation. The ice cubes are too large to be moved by manpower alone.

    After drawing the grid, first use a long-handled metal chisel to chisel the grid line to a depth of one or two inches, and then drill holes at the intersection point to penetrate the water surface, and then use a tool like a large shovel to force along the grid line.  After a few chops, the neat ice cubes will be separated from the ice surface, hooked by iron hooks, and dragged up the river bank along the pre-set wooden boards.

    These ice cubes will be transported to the ice cellar for storage, waiting to be used in the coming summer.  An ice cellar is similar to a basement, the deeper and more sealed the better.  First use wooden planks and hay mats on the ground as a heat insulation layer. After stacking the ice cubes neatly, cover them with quilts or hay, and seal the door, which can keep the ice cubes from melting for more than a year.

    This year, there were also traces of ice pickers on the Liangshui River in the self-administered area. They stood on the ice and waved their tools vigorously against the cold wind, sending crystal clear ice to the river bank, and watering it while putting it on the carriage.  This is for quick freezing and prevents slipping while transporting.

    The carriages drove into the building on the west side of the business center. There was a parking lot four floors deep underground. There were many small single rooms separated by bricks and stones. The inside was covered with thick bedding and straw, which was a ready-made ice cellar.

    "I'm talking about the shopkeeper, is it possible to sell so much seafood in winter?" There was also a convoy from the east that intersected in the market with the vehicles transporting ice cubes. You don't need to just look and smell to know what goods are loaded.  It's so fishy!

    After checking the shipping documents, the leader of the handlebar asked curiously while accepting the cigarettes handed over by the shipper.  They are special vehicles for transporting seafood, and they are very familiar with the market conditions of the seafood market.  Autumn seafood is the most plump and best-selling in a year, followed by spring and summer, and winter is the down season.

    Due to the low temperature and poor transportation conditions, many seafood that could have been alive will soon be frozen to death, affecting sales.  At this time, the vendors in the market are all buying in small quantities. Anyway, it is not far from Jinmen Port, and there is always a supply of goods.

    But today's batch of goods went in the opposite direction, not only a lot, but also much more than usual. Except for alliance bases and holidays, no private vendor would buy so much seafood at once.

    "Not much at all, as long as the price is right, I plan to buy another batch before the Spring Festival. Come here, unload, unload, don't block the road, you will be fined!" The seafood vendor did not explain why he had to buy so much at once  Overstock, just keep urging unloading.

    Not to mention commercial secrets, even if the secret is small, it is still a secret. If you can keep it secret for one more day, you can eat more meat.  Winter is the off-season, and the sales are not good, so the price will be much lower. If you can properly store the seafood and sell it next spring when the seafood is scarce, you can definitely make a profit.

    In fact, everyone who is engaged in seafood trading understands this truth, but it is useless to understand it, and no one can store seafood on a large scale.  But with the official establishment of the icehouse in the self-management area, the idea can become a reality.

    Just pay a little storage fee, and any merchant can store goods that require low-temperature storage, such as seafood, meat, eggs, milk, and vegetables, in the ice cellar.  If you are willing to spend more money, you can also rent a small ice cellar to store your own goods.

    This is also one of the services provided by the Market Management Office to merchants. A few merchants alone cannot afford the construction cost of an ice cellar, but it is much easier for the Market Management Office to raise manpower, select venues, and arrange management personnel.

    Although it is not free, it is still a great thing for merchants in need.  It is only natural to spend money on renting, and that little money is not a big deal if it is integrated into the cost of goods. At that time, it will be fully earned back by selling a few cents per catty.

    In addition to the ice cellar, there are several other such services, such as escort and delivery services.  In the past, when a large number of or high-value goods came in and out, it was up to the merchants to figure out ways to ensure safety, which not only cost money but also had no guarantee.

    Well now, the crossroads market provides escort services.  The commission is paid according to the price of the goods, and the market management office will provide armed guards to escort the car, as many as you want.  butThe current scope of escort business is limited to the east and south safety areas of the city, and the north safety area requires a pass to enter.

    The delivery service is a supplement to the escort service. If someone wants to buy some kind of goods, but he is too lazy to go there, and the quantity is not too high and the value is not high, then he only needs to call the special channel of the crossroads market management office and explain the goods clearly.  The type, price and address, there will be a special person to deliver the goods to the door, and the charge is relatively cheap.

    Although these facilities and services are just small things and do not seem to have much room for profit, they actually provide the merchants operating in the crossroads market with visible convenience and attract more customers.  , Increase sales in disguise.

    At the same time, it also provides many jobs for the refugees in the self-administered area, so that more people can rely on their own labor in exchange for remuneration.  For example, ice pickers, ice cellar staff, escorts and delivery people.

    ? When more refugees have income, there will naturally be a need to spend money, which will drive the prosperity of the local market and economic growth.  Then, a thriving market and a growing economy create more jobs.  And then This is a virtuous circle, one ring after another, which continues for a relatively long period of time.

    In fact, this is not a very clever trick, and it belongs to the most basic common sense in economics.  But knowing and doing are two different things. There are more opportunities for the same in other safe zones, but a virtuous circle has not occurred over the years.

    Could it be that the high-level leaders of the East Asian Union don't understand economics and didn't think of this method?  The answer is obviously no. Economics is Hong Tao's weakness. He has never studied it systematically.

    On the contrary, there are many relevant professionals in the top management of the alliance, and they don't know how much better they are in terms of pure knowledge.  It's not that they didn't think of this method, but they couldn't do it!

    Why, because of power, or interest.  It is not in line with the concept of traditional culture that government agencies provide services and try to make life better for refugees.

    Since ancient times, officials have ruled and managed, and they have no concept of service at all, and they are not used to put themselves in the shoes of the people at the bottom.  In the same way, the lower level has no idea of ??letting officials serve them. Officials and officials are all masters. Naturally, they are superior, so how can they become grandchildren.

    In addition, the short-term effect of this type of service is very limited. In other words, you can't make quick money or get immediate results.  In this way, both capital and officials have lost the motivation to think and act with their hearts.

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    Refugees do not have the right to vote, and their lives have nothing to do with the appointment and promotion of alliance officials.  The ancients said it well, whoever does not want to get up early gets up early!  Businessmen value profits, and officials value profits even more. They will not do anything that is not good for them, unless it is impossible to do it.

    However, refugees in the self-administered area have the right to vote, and most of the positions of the management committee are voted by them one by one.  If they want to be re-elected, gain power, and not be cast aside, the officials here must rack their brains and rack their brains to think about a problem: how to get the refugees to vote for themselves!

    There seems to be only one answer. Try to change the life of refugees as good as possible. You must not rush for quick success, but you must consider the long-term. Otherwise, even if you step down, you will be held accountable and your reputation will be ruined.

    See it, this is the motivation, but also the benefit.  Everyone understands that being an official is good, because if you can get power, no matter how honest you are, you will benefit from it. This is an indisputable fact.

    Human beings have been groping through innovation and failure for how to allow officials to use power reasonably since the establishment of the country. After thousands of years of summarization, there is only one way so far.  Make power as public as possible, and at the same time make property private. As long as these two things do not meet, everything will develop towards a good trend.

    Is it the best way, obviously not, but at this stage Hong Tao can only do so.  He can neither innovate nor break through, and can only find some inspiration from the long river of history.  As for how to develop in the future, to be honest, he himself doesn't know, so let's take the first step first, and explore as we go.
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