Chapter 111 Diversified Business
At the same time, Xu Qiang, who was working in the factory, had no idea what was happening in the village. He was still thinking about the research and development of new batteries.

In the afternoon, Xu Qiang went to the information department and finally found some important information about electronic fuses.

Currently, electronic fuses still use lead-acid batteries, and the maximum storage temperature is between 35 degrees and minus 30 degrees Celsius, which is actually the maximum storage temperature of most domestic weapons and ammunition.

However, in Xu Qiang's opinion, such storage performance is obviously still unable to meet the needs of some special battlefield environments.

For example, the hottest place in China is Turpan in southern Xinjiang, where the highest temperature can reach 49.5 degrees Celsius. In the extremely cold Northeast region, Heilongjiang, known as the Snow Town, has a number of cold areas such as HH City, Mohe County, and Huma County. It also borders a country that uses vodka as its water of life. The coldest temperature can reach more than degrees below zero.

The coldest city among them, Genhe City in Hulunbuir, is located on the western slope of the northern section of Greater Khingan Range, in the north of Hulunbuir City, bordering the ELC Autonomous Banner to the east, Ergun City to the west, Yakeshi City to the south, and Mohe City in the Greater Khingan Range region of Heilongjiang Province to the north.

The average annual temperature in this area is minus 5.3℃. Due to its relatively high altitude, the lowest temperature in history has reached minus 58℃!
Therefore, under such extreme temperatures, ordinary weapons cannot be stored in the wild, and may even directly cause weapons to malfunction. This is undoubtedly a very fatal flaw!

If Xu Qiang wants to develop a fuse battery that can adapt to this extreme weather, he must use some new technologies and raw materials.

By this time, Xu Qiang already had a design plan for the new battery in his mind.

However, all research and development steps must be carried out step by step. After the sample is successfully developed, it needs to be repeatedly verified, which is obviously impossible to complete in a short period of time.

After get off work, Xu Qiang left the factory and went straight back to the peat field.

"Today, the pump irrigated 28 mu of land. Excluding the cost of gas, I made a net profit of 40 cents per mu, which is 11.2 yuan a day. The tractor made 17 trips. On the way back, I also brought back raw materials from the supply and marketing cooperative. Excluding the cost of gas, I made a total of 117 yuan..."

In the mud house in the peat field, Liu Jun began to calculate Xu Qiang's income for the day.

Since it is the busy farming season, the income these days is quite good, almost the same as the profit from the previous production of humic acid. Xu Qiang is very satisfied with this result.

As for the production of soap and shampoo, Xu Qiang only needs to prepare the essence in advance every week and leave the rest of the work to Da Hei Niu.

During the day, Erhu is responsible for pumping water in the village, Liu Jun drives a tractor to help the villagers transport goods, and Da Hei Niu stays alone at the peat field, specializing in the production of shampoo and soap.

Recently, Xu Qiang ordered a batch of new molds from a village carpenter, which increased the production of soap. Now, the profit of soap and shampoo produced every day has exceeded 150 yuan, exceeding the profit of humic acid fertilizer.

In fact, it was thanks to humic acid fertilizer that Xu Qiang earned his first pot of gold after his rebirth. Although the total amount of money was not much, it allowed Xu Qiang to buy a water pump, a generator, and a tractor. Such a fortune is considered very wealthy in the local area.

Even if the humic acid fertilizer business becomes more and more competitive in the future, Xu Qiang will continue as long as there is profit. After all, with the cooperation with Xiazhuang Village, Xu Qiang can hire more people and continue to increase the output of fertilizers. Even if the competition is fierce, he can still make small profits but quick turnover. Moreover, keeping the brand of the village-run fertilizer factory is very important for Xu Qiang to produce other products in the future. At least the land used for his workshop must be legalized, although the business project is no longer just fertilizer.

In fact, the business operations of village-run enterprises are strictly regulated. Products that are not within the scope of the production license are not allowed to be sold on the market. However, Xu Qiang's soap and shampoo are not sold through traditional supply and marketing cooperatives and stores. He has his own channels, so even if they are not sold in stores, he can still sell his products.

In addition, due to economic and employment pressures, local governments actually have very loose management over self-employed individuals and village-run enterprises. At the beginning of reform and opening up, the business scope of many self-employed individuals quickly exceeded the scope permitted by the government, but only a few were actually held accountable.

If Xu Qiang was timid these days, he would not be able to accomplish anything. The brave will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation, which is a true portrayal of businessmen in this era.

Of course, if Xu Qiang has accumulated enough capital in the future, he will definitely choose to open a formal factory. Many well-known entrepreneurs in later generations also rose to fame in this way.

"Very good." Xu Qiang nodded with satisfaction after taking the money handed over by Erhu and Liu Jun.

"This money is only a part of it. A few families have written IOUs, saying that they will settle the money with us by the end of the year. You also said before that the elderly and five-guarantee households in our village who have no money can owe them first. Here are the IOUs they wrote..." At this time, Liu Jun took out a few IOUs from his pocket and handed them to Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang took it and looked at it. After just a glance, he knew that the people who wrote the IOUs were all elderly people and five-guarantee households in the village. As for the others, they had to pay in cash.

The total amount of the IOU was not much, adding up to less than twenty yuan.

"Just do this in the future. Also, don't push them for money. If they have money, give it to them. If they don't, just keep owing them." Xu Qiang paused, then continued, "Also, Liu Jun, you should bring more mud bricks to the village recently and deliver them to an elderly widow and a five-guarantee household in our village. Just consider it as doing a good deed. Anyway, you can't bring more mud bricks every month."

"I have been delivering bricks to them. I estimate that the mud bricks in the homes of the elderly in the village should be enough to last for one or two months," said Liu Jun.

"Uncle, the autumn sowing is about to end. Should we come back and continue producing fertilizers?" Erhu asked.

Erhu has always been obsessed with producing fertilizers. After all, working in the peat field is more leisurely, especially with the water pumps and tractors. In addition, Erhu also loves the food in the peat field. Da Hei Niu is a great cook, and there is meat in every meal, which is much better than what he eats in the village.

"Not yet." Xu Qiang shook his head and continued, "Before your village chief helps us complete the formalities, we should not produce fertilizers. The less work in the village, the better. After the business license is issued, we will continue to produce fertilizers."

Xu Qiang has always maintained a strong sense of crisis. The last time the peat field was attacked at night, it had already sounded a strong alarm for Xu Qiang. It was obvious that he was being targeted. In this case, Xu Qiang must not allow anyone to catch him with any evidence during this period. He only needs to wait until Xiazhuang Village gets the business license, and then he can return to continue production with a legitimate reason...

(End of this chapter)