In the era I live in now, tractors are still purely imported, and they are extremely expensive!

It will take five to eight years before our first-generation domestically produced "Dongfanghong" tractors will officially roll off the assembly line.

The Dongfanghong tractor is an imitation of Sulian's "Dete May Fourth" model.

This type of tractor is divided into crawler type and four-wheel nose tractor type.

But whether it is the "Det" imported from Big Brother or the "zetor" tractor imported from the Czech Republic, they are all tractor-type tractors driven by a steering wheel.

This kind of tractor is difficult and expensive to maintain.

The same goes for domestic tractors.

Because when Dongfanghong tractors first started to be produced in China, the technology was not very mature, so the early products had many defects and were difficult to repair.

Luo Xuan didn't want to spend a lot of money to buy a pile of scrap metal, which would be troublesome!

Just in case you label yourself a "waste of collective property".

It can make people feel sore all over and make them unable to turn over for three lifetimes...

Fortunately, when Luo Xuan asked if there were any walk-behind tractors, he heard Ji Xuyuan accidentally mention: Walk-behind tractors?

have!

It's just that... this kind of walk-behind tractor is imported from the United States.

Ji Xuyuan is worried that there will be certain risks in using it in the future...

According to Ji Xuyuan: Before liberation, Ji Xuyuan was considered one of the few people in Rongwei County, and even in Jiangnei, who had the ability to buy cars and tractors.

so,

What Luo Xuan is now encouraging Ji Xuyuan to buy is the batch of walk-behind tractors that our country imported from the United States before liberation.

As early as 1947, our country introduced a batch of walk-behind tractors and conducted adaptability tests in southern provinces.

A truly domestically produced walk-behind tractor will have to wait five to seven years, that is, next year, before it can be successfully trial-produced at Wuhan General Machinery Factory.

It took five to eight years until mass production for the first "Gongnong-7" to officially roll off the assembly line.

only,

Currently, there are several walk-behind tractors imported from the United States stored in the warehouses of the Provincial Agricultural Machinery Station in Bashu Province and the Agricultural Machinery Station in Jiangnei, and they have been gathering dust in the warehouse.

In the early years, the entire Bashu Province was in a state of war and chaos.

As a result, Dongguang and Xiguang provinces took most of the tractors imported before liberation.

Then the Guomin Mansion at that time, considering that hundreds of thousands of important personnel and family members suddenly flocked to live in the mountain city, the food problem in the future would probably become more serious.

Therefore, in order to support agricultural production in Bashu Province, Guominzhengfu plans to use mechanization to improve the efficiency of agricultural production.

Therefore, the remaining tractors were brought over by the Guo Min Government who had fled to Bashu Province for refuge.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is nothing but chicken feathers.

The grassroots organizations of Guominzheng government are weak and corruption is rampant.

When many local officials at all levels saw these "foreign machines", the first thing they thought of was to take these tractors for themselves.

Then he slowly sells it privately to line his own pockets.

But then there was a melee between warlords, bandits were raging, and our army was about to attack again.

So at that time, the entire Bashu Province was in chaos from top to bottom!

Finally, after sorting it out, these batches of tractors were transported to Rongcheng and Jiangnei City respectively, and then they were piled up in the warehouse.

Nothing more to say since then...

After all, love a house and a bird.

Don’t underestimate the determination of our club members who have clear distinctions between likes and dislikes: no matter what, we are determined not to use the things of the corrupt Mi Emperor!

——Although, they actually don’t know the origin of that tractor.

When I saw the nameplate on the car, everyone didn’t recognize the earthworm writing on it.

The walk-behind tractor is great and has a solid leather!

Even if it breaks down, it's easy to repair.

Even if the engine oil leaks, you can still use it by cutting a piece of paper and putting it on the pad.

During this period, due to the backward transportation facilities in Bashu Province, even if the walk-behind tractor overturned, it would take a few strong men to lift it back.

If you buy a crawler tractor like that, it can really make people blind.

"A walk-behind tractor costs 3,700 yuan, and adding a body seems to cost 980 yuan."

Ji Xuyuan understood these market conditions better than Luo Xuan. He just listened to him calculating the accounts, "One bicycle costs 157.3 yuan... Oh, why did you buy two bicycles at once?"

Luo Xuan asked back: "You have the nerve to equip the sand quarry with business bicycles, but you just watch the brigade captain Liao and the old party secretary walk to the countryside to do things?"

Isn’t that just asking for trouble! Hey, how do you know the price of the tractor?”

Ji Xuyuan smiled and said: "Don't talk about the price of tractors, I know the prices of American Ford cars and Big Brother Gas trucks."

Seeing Luo Xuan's confusion, Ji Xuyuan explained, "Do you believe that the County Transportation Service Co., Ltd. has a gas truck in it, which belonged to Dongsheng Dyeing House back then?

only,

After liberation, I donated a fifth-hand Ford car and a second-hand Gas car. It's useless for us to keep that guy."

Luo Xuan glanced at Ji Xuyuan and couldn't help but admire him secretly: He's good at it, my brother!

Before liberation, there were probably no more than 500 cars in the entire Bashu Province.

Most of the cars were brought over by the group of dignitaries who retreated to the mountain city.

As a businessman, Ji Xuyuan actually owns one of these fifth-hand "Ford" cars, which is already a great thing.

To open a sand quarry, a tractor is a must. Using a wheelbarrow to deliver sand to the unit makes me feel weak just thinking about it.

Bicycles are also essential.

After all, during this period, everyone’s cultural level was limited.

When many people need to calculate the amount of sand and gravel, they simply don't know how to calculate it, so they have to send someone from the sand quarry to help them estimate it.

and,

You can't really follow the example of the masters of state-owned units and collective enterprises: wait for customers to come to your door every day, right?

Tractors and bicycles, the two most expensive equipment, have been decided.

Then you need to buy wood and hire someone to build a simple wooden boat.

Sand mining was easy in the early days. A large amount of alluvial river sand was piled on the beach by the river. All you had to do was pick it back up.

But when you get to the back, you have to go to the middle of the river to wash sand, so wooden boats are indispensable.

After doing the math, Ji Xuyuan estimated that building a small wooden boat with a load of about 80 "materials" would cost 670 yuan.

[Material, the unit used to calculate the load capacity of ships in ancient my country and modern times, 1 material = 1 stone ≈ 92 kilograms.]

Shovels, hoes, dustpans, ropes... and a springboard for getting on and off the boat, etc.

In the end, Ji Xuyuan calculated that the entire sand mining field required an investment of 6,300 yuan!

"Why, your flesh hurts?"

Luo Xuan glanced at Ji Xuyuan, who was silent, and said, "If you don't want to pay, forget it! I'll do it slowly by myself. I won't buy a tractor at first. When I use the tractor, I go to the agricultural machinery station to find someone and spend money to hire someone from their unit.

help.

I don’t want to buy a bicycle either... What kind of bicycle do I need for a small business? I won’t buy a boat either. We’ll talk about that later.”

Ji Xuyuan shook his head, "It's not about money. I just don't understand why you want to build a sand quarry?"

Luo Xuan smiled slightly: "You have too much money. How can I not help you spend it? I am here to serve the masses, so that they can have another way to make money to buy food."

Ji Xuyuan snorted coldly, "Don't play erhu on the grave here. You are talking nonsense. I spent so much money, I should have some right to know, right?"

Considering Ji Xuyuan's rich life experience, it is also a valuable asset.

and,

Perhaps he can still use his hidden strength.

So Luo Xuan didn't want to hide it too closely from him.

So Luo Xuan opened his mouth and explained honestly, "It's mainly about raising people and maintaining relationships with various units in the township. These two points are the most critical. By the way, it can also accommodate the spare labor force in the production team as members of the commune.

It is also a good thing to increase the income of the production team."

Luo Xuan said: "Anyway, you need to strive for performance and actively move closer to the organization. In the future, you will understand how worthwhile it is to spend this money."

When Ji Xuyuan heard this, he stared at Luo Xuan for a moment and said slowly: "That's it, I will go back to the county town tomorrow and come back after finishing the matter."

"Two grasshoppers?"

Ji Xuyuan stretched out two fingers and kept rolling them up and down, making gestures.
To be continued...