Chapter 166 [Dongfanghong] Tractor

Liu Zhiye walked into the office with a big smile on his face. Li Ming asked curiously, "Boss, what's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

"Here! Take a look!" Liu Zhiye said as he handed the People's Public Security magazine to Li Ming.

He opened it and took a few glances without knowing what was going on, then said in surprise, "Wow! Leader, our team is published in a journal?"

Then, Li Ming flipped through the magazine carefully. He saw that the magazine contained news reports about the brigade, and he couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Liu Zhiye couldn't help laughing at Li Ming's smug look. He said, "Okay, it's no big deal. Get ready, we're going to the Red Star Factory."

After a while, he waited for his driver, Comrade Yu Miao, to arrive. Yu Miao appeared sweating profusely, apparently having just come down from the training ground.

He is a big man with a strong face, giving people a sense of determination.

In order not to waste Yu Miao's driving skills, Liu Zhiye asked him to serve as a driving instructor in the training camp.

Yu Miao greeted: "Leader, I'm here." Liu Zhiye smiled and replied: "Go wash up first, we will leave soon."

"Yes!" Yu Miao responded and left.

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Security Department of Red Star Factory.

As soon as Liu Zhiye came back from the deputy director's office, he called the purchasing department of Kelu Dachuan.

"Lao Lu, I'm back. Please come to my office."

Then he hung up the phone, looked out the window and thought for a while.

In the Logistics and Purchasing Department, Lu Dachuan hadn't seen Liu Zhiye for a while and missed him very much. So after receiving the call, he immediately rushed to Liu Zhiye's office.

"Thum!" "Thum!" "Thum!"

"Enter!"

As soon as Lu Dachuan entered the room, he smiled and said, "Leader! Are you back?"

"You, Old Lu, are you shivering with cold? Come and sit down..." Liu Zhiye scolded with a smile.

He took out cigarettes and threw a box to Lu Dachuan. "Oh! You changed your cigarettes? Why did you change to 'Peony'?" Lu Dachuan took it, took out a cigarette, lit it with a stick of firewood, took a deep puff, and then said, "This cigarette is good."

Liu Zhiye smiled, didn't say anything, just nodded silently. The topic ended there, and the two talked about other things.

"Old Liu, what do you want to talk to me about today?" Lu Dachuan continued.

Liu Zhiye hesitated for a moment and then said, "Lao Lu, how is your relationship with Luoyang First Tractor Factory?"

Lu Dachuan was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand what Liu Zhiye meant. Why did he go to Luoyang with one stick?

"Excuse me for asking, what do you mean by inquiring about the First Tractor Factory?" Lu Dachuan asked curiously.

Liu Zhiye smiled and said, "I want to help Liujiazhuang get a tractor. Do you have any connections?"

Lu Dachuan smiled and said, "Hey! You found the right person to help me with this matter. We have two ready-made tractors in our factory, and they are now under the management of our logistics department."

When Liu Zhiye heard this, he was cheered up. It was like hitting the pillow while dozing off - it was a coincidence.

"Come on, I'll take you to have a look." Lu Dachuan said with a smile.

Liu Zhiye said anxiously: "Let's go quickly..."

So the two of them chatted and laughed all the way to where the tractor was parked.

When they arrived, Lu Dachuan pointed to two brand new red crawler tractors and said with a smile, "Look, this is the Dongfanghong-54-modified prototype that the First Tractor Factory gave us last year. It's brand new and has never been used!"

He continued to introduce: "This is the most advanced mass-produced tractor in our country..."

According to Lu Dachuan, the Dongfanghong-54 tractor is 3.6 meters long, 1.8 meters wide, 2.3 meters high, and has a ground clearance of 0 meters.

It is equipped with an AE-54 four-cylinder four-stroke water-cooled diesel engine with a rated power of 54 horsepower, a rated speed of 1 rpm, a cylinder diameter of 300 mm, a piston stroke of 125 mm, a compression ratio of 152:16, and a maximum traction of 1 kg.

Gears: five forward gears, one reverse gear, minimum speed: 3.59 km/h, maximum speed: 7.9 km/h.

Empty weight is 5.1 tons, working weight is 5.4 tons. This tractor can plow 120 mu of land every day, which is more than times more efficient than cattle plowing land.

Since the production started in 1959, several thousand units have been produced. Dongfanghong-54 horsepower tractors have been put into the battle of agricultural technology transformation in batches, and have been continuously encouraged and praised by state-owned farms, people's commune tractor stations, brother factories, colleges and universities, and scientific research institutions.

"Okay, okay!" Liu Zhiye rubbed his hands and looked at the tractor in front of him with anticipation on his face. With these two tractors, Liujiazhuang's production efficiency will really increase many times.

"Old Lu, is there any way to resell it to Liujiazhuang Brigade?" Liu Zhiye looked at Lu Dachuan expectantly. Lu Dachuan pondered for a moment and said, "It's not that there is no solution. Liujiazhuang is an important source of materials for our factory. I believe it will not be a big problem to support Liujiazhuang's agricultural production. However, this requires the director's consent."

"You mean that as long as Director Li Huaide agrees, this can be done." Liu Zhiye said with a gleam in his eyes when he heard the news.

Lu Dachuan nodded and said affirmatively: "These two tractors are really useless to us. They can't compare with the cargo capacity of the Jiefang, and their speed is slow. They are only suitable for agricultural production. It's a waste to leave them idle..."

After hearing what he said, Liu Zhiye felt relieved. As long as he could deal with Li Huaide, he would be successful.

Liu Zhiye invited Lu Dachuan: "Come on, accompany me to talk to Director Li." Lu Dachuan did not hesitate, and the two went to the logistics office building again.

When he arrived at Li Huaide's office, he was surprised to find the two of them coming together. "Hey! Director Liu, what brings you here?" Li Huaide warmly invited them to sit down and asked about the purpose of their visit.

Liu Zhiye smiled and said frankly: "I am not here for no reason, but I have come to ask a favor of you, a great man."

"Oh! Tell me about it!" Li Huaide motioned for the two to sit down and talk.

"It's like this..." Liu Zhiye told Li Huaide the whole story in this way.

Li Huaide responded with a smile: "This matter is not difficult to handle. Liujiazhuang's contribution to our Red Star Factory is obvious to all. It can be solved by submitting a report." His words were concise and clear, and he directly expressed his attitude.

When Liu Zhiye heard this suggestion, he was overjoyed: "Great! Thank you for your trouble. Well, I'll treat you to lunch today..." He sincerely expressed his gratitude and decided to treat Li Huaide and others to a big meal at noon.

Li Huaide is a hospitable person, especially fond of eating and drinking. Hearing this, he happily responded: "That's great! When Director Liu is not at home, we are almost fed up with food."

"Hahaha..." Liu Zhiye and Lu Dachuan found what he said interesting and burst into laughter.

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Li Ming and Yu Miao were extremely confused. They didn't understand how their leader could bring back several net bags of seafood, a chicken and half a lamb after just going out for a walk.

They didn’t dare to ask!
He had no choice but to follow Liu Zhiye in silence and deliver these things to a cafeteria.

Seeing this, Lao Ma, the canteen director, said with a sigh, "It's you again, Director Liu! Let's not talk about the seafood. This half of a wild yellow sheep is not easy to prepare! To be specific..." He paused, looked at the yellow sheep, and then looked at Liu Zhiye, "The meat is really delicious, worthy of being a delicacy on the grassland."

"Please tell Zhuzi to do it carefully. I'm going to entertain some friends today..." Liu Zhiye instructed Lao Ma.

Liu Zhiye has been busy with training camps recently and has not interacted with these people for a while. So he decided to take this opportunity to treat them and have a good exchange with them. He firmly believes that interpersonal relationships need to be maintained frequently in order to be maintained for a long time, which is beyond doubt.

Liu Zhiye carefully arranged the food and drinks, and then said to Lao Ma: "I'll go to your office to make a few calls."

"You can use it as you like..." Lao Ma waved his hand and responded to him.

Afterwards, he went to Lao Ma's office and picked up the phone and started talking.

"Hey! Please transfer me to Jiaodaokou Police Station..."

"Hey! Lao Zhang! It's my Zhiye. Yes, I'll treat you at noon. Come to the Red Star Factory..."

"What? Maotai?"

"no!"

"Do you drink Erguotou?"

"..."

"Hey! Director Bai! Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch. I'll treat you..."

"Hey! Sister Dong..."

"Hey!……"

He put down the phone and fell into deep thought. The tractor was ready, but the matching agricultural machinery had not yet arrived, which made him think of looking for Director Li of the supply and marketing cooperative.

So he picked up the phone again and called Director Li of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Director Li's hearty voice came from the other end of the phone, which instantly shocked his heart.

"Director Li, sorry to bother you. This is the situation...but we are still short of some matching agricultural machinery and equipment, you..." He briefly explained the situation.

"Hey! Thank you so much for your great support!"

"Hey! Don't hang up yet. Are you free at noon?"

"It's okay, it's my treat, hey! Come on!"

After hanging up the phone, Liu Zhiye was extremely satisfied. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly. According to Director Li, they had business dealings with the agricultural machinery company and could help purchase agricultural machinery.

(End of this chapter)