The Oujiang River in Wenzhou flows into the sea with great strength, and its source is in Longquan. Longquan enters Yandang Mountain and is called Nanxi River. It is a clear stream that flows leisurely around the mountain. The origin of Ou Cai is also very long, and many dish names are in ancient Chinese. However, "Duck Money" is contemporary, and it is said that its rise occurred around the 1980s.

Wenzhou is a water city with Oujiang River and close to the sea. Even in the mountains, the water system is developed. Xie Lingyun, who served as the prefect of Yongjia and pioneered Chinese landscape poetry, is also a paradise for ducks.

There are ducks in Shuicheng. After large-scale duck farming, Wenzhou's non-staple food processing industry rose. The famous brand "Xian Bali" decomposed ducks and duck tongue became a famous dish. I have eaten duck tongue several times in Wenzhou. It is a cold dish. The duck tongue is braised and air-cooked until it is semi-dry. When you chew it carefully in your mouth, it is full of toughness and quite chewy. However, I met Nanfang Shuo, a Wenzhou native, on the Internet. He told me that Wenzhou people call it "Duck Money", not "Duck Tongue". This situation is very serious. I did not expect that such a major mistake would occur, because I always thought that I was familiar with Wenzhou, so I was cheating.

What is said is that in Wenzhou dialect, the pronunciation of tongue is actually the same. In this way, eating duck tongue is eating duck tongue. Wenzhou people, whose every sweat pore is full of commercial cells, will not be happy "Eating a duck to lose" simply changed it to "eating a duck to make a profit", and treating guests became "eating a duck to make a profit". As for pig tongue, it is called "Kou Zheng" as usual, only the name of human tongue remains unchanged. "Duck to earn" and "Kou to earn", such dish names can indeed reflect the character of Wenzhou people. They are unpleasant, unpleasant, and most importantly unlucky, so why not change it and call it "Zhuang"?

Wenzhou people are at the forefront of industry and trade, and their grasp of details is superb. In addition to changing the name of duck tongue to "duck earning", Wenzhou people are also amazing in other aspects. For example, when people in Wenzhou want government officials, they simply say: take people's money and help them eliminate disasters. It means that since your government has collected our taxes, you have to solve our problems. In recent years, Wenzhou City has fallen behind Ningbo in the economic ranking of Zhejiang Province. This is related to the fact that many Wenzhou businessmen are dissatisfied with Wenzhou's investment environment and have moved to Shanghai. Wenzhou businessmen felt that investing in Shanghai would be done in one go and would be too troublesome in Wenzhou, so they moved to Shanghai one after another. This also forced the Wenzhou government to launch an "efficiency revolution" to improve service efficiency.

Looking at the word "duck earns" from a plate of duck tongue, you may be able to see the thinking of Wenzhou people. Does the original homophonic sound mean "loss"? Just change the name to "earn", and you can also gain something from it. Fun. In recent years, a cold dish has appeared on the public dining table - duck tongue. This dish is purple in color, has a fragrant aroma, and has a mellow and sweet taste. It is a perfect accompaniment to wine.

The little duck tongue is no longer than an inch and weighs no more than two feet. Who would value its economic value? Some people just throw it away because they find it too dirty and troublesome. But now it is very expensive to separate and process it separately. The market price of 1 kilogram is around 160 yuan to 200 yuan, and at the banquet table, the price is even higher. A dozen tongues, less than 50 grams, cost more than 20 yuan. It costs two yuan each. When asked about the origin of this dish, it comes from Wenzhou, the originator of the market economy. I couldn't help but feel that maybe only a business-oriented place like Wenzhou in China would consider making big money from "throw away" duck tongue.

Wenzhou duck tongue shows that demand can be created and value can be created. Before this dish appeared, many people looked down upon it. However, the shrewd Wenzhou people made it separately and carefully marinated it to become a delicacy.

It can be seen from Wenzhou Duckbill that the finer and more specialized the division of labor, the greater the value created. Go to the market and take a look. A duck, including its head, tongue, fur and skin, only costs about 20 yuan. Compared with a duck tongue, the difference is huge. It can be said that the small duck tongue creates more added value than the whole duck.

In fact, in the past, many of our enterprises, especially state-owned enterprises, were defeated by many "small but sophisticated" private enterprises due to their pursuit of "big and comprehensive". This is similar to Wenzhou Duck Tongue. .

Zhejiang’s economy is famous for its block economy, with “one county, one product”, “one town, one product” and even “one village, one product”. Professional collaboration supports each large industry. Industrial clusters with a clear division of labor promote the rapid development of Zhejiang's industrial economy. Some economists call it the "puppy economy." The puppies have a clear division of labor and work together to defeat the beast in the end. Survey statistics show that the industrial output value of Zhejiang Province’s “block economy” currently exceeds 1.8 trillion yuan, accounting for nearly 61% of Zhejiang’s total industrial output value.

In Zhejiang, a large number of companies make a lot of money by making screws and selling buttons. For example, Supor (23.91,0.01,0.04%), the largest cookware manufacturer in the country, started by manufacturing pressure cooker accessories for others. Even the bamboo skewers used in Xinjiang mutton skewers are wholesaled from Yiwu Small Commodity Market. A vendor told reporters that such a bamboo stick could be sold for 1 cent at the beginning, but now you can buy 10 bamboo sticks for 1 cent. Even so, you can still make money due to the large wholesale volume.

“Don’t do good deeds because they are small.” Wenzhou duck tongue illustrates this truth, and the shrewd Wenzhou people have taught us another lesson.