"I'm really sorry that I came back late today. How was your talk with my parents?" Li Lin asked as they walked in the corridor.

"Your parents are mainly worried that Wang Yongsheng has no job and cannot support the family. Also, being the son-in-law of a labor camp prisoner has a bad reputation," said Xu Qiang.

"Yeah, who knew that the Great Sage would cause such a big trouble..." Li Lin sighed softly, and then said: "My parents have been honest and decent all their lives, and they really can't stand being laughed at behind their backs."

"I've already told your parents that when Wang Yongsheng is released, I will take care of his job and make sure his income is no less than what he earned in the factory." Xu Qiang pondered for a moment, then said, "The key lies in you. Can you give Wang Yongsheng a chance?"

"I can wait for him..." Li Lin said, biting her lower lip lightly.

"That's no problem." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "I can assure you that when Wang Yongsheng comes out, I can give him a brighter future. As a friend, this is all I can do..."

"Thank you!" Li Lin looked at Xu Qiang and said with gratitude.

With Xu Qiang's current fame in the factory, everyone knows that his future prospects are almost limitless.

Therefore, when Wang Yongsheng is released in the future, as long as Xu Qiang can lend a helping hand, his life will definitely not be bad.

Besides, Xu Qiang has a very good reputation and is a very upright person. Li Lin feels quite relieved to have Wang Yongsheng be friends with someone like Xu Qiang.

"You're welcome. We're all friends. I'll help you if I can. There's nothing much to say." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "If you and Wang Yongsheng need any help in the future, you can write to me directly. I'm currently at Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering. You can just mail the letter there."

"Ok."

"goodbye!"

After Xu Qiang finished speaking, he strode out of the family building and disappeared into the night...

……

The next day, after resolving Wang Yongsheng's issue, Xu Qiang returned to the village early in the morning.

As the saying goes, a mother's status depends on her son.

Zhang Fenglan now lives a very comfortable life in the village. Xu Qiang gives her more than 200 yuan a month, which she cannot spend at all. Moreover, the villagers now know that Xu Qiang is doing very well outside and has even been to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to receive an award. So when the villagers see Zhang Fenglan, they are very enthusiastic and someone will take the initiative to help her with both big and small things.

Even the village chief Zhao Fugui was very caring towards Zhang Fenglan and did not dare to offend her in the slightest. Although Zhao Fugui was sometimes overbearing, he was definitely not stupid. He understood that Xu Qiang was no longer the same person he used to be and was someone he could not afford to offend.

Therefore, she would be informed first if there was any good thing in the village. Even if there was a movie or a play in the village, the best seat in the first row would be reserved for Zhang Fenglan. As for the previous grudge between the two families, it had disappeared.

After having lunch at home and asking about his mother's current living situation, Xu Qiang, completely relieved, immediately rushed to the peat field.

Nowadays, except for Xu Qiang's dye workshop, all other work in the peat field is managed by the village chief Yang Dong.

I haven't been back for a few months. Now the fertilizer business here has shrunk across the board. Since large-scale peat mining has a great impact on the local environment, the county government has formulated a series of management policies for the local peat fertilizer industry. Not only has the mining scope of each peat fertilizer plant been restricted, but there are also very strict requirements on the mining volume. This has dealt a heavy blow to the humic acid fertilizer industry, which already had very meager profits. The peat field that was hot for a while has now become much calmer, with only twenty or thirty people gathering here to mine peat every day. Compared with the original scale, it has shrunk by at least dozens of times.

In fact, if Xu Qiang and his colleagues had followed their original method, they would not have caused major damage to the local environment and profits would have been guaranteed. The bad thing was that after discovering that this industry was profitable, more and more people participated in peat mining. In some places, even the entire village was mobilized, including Xiazhuang Village, which cooperated with Xu Qiang, in order to grab resources and make more money. Naturally, this operation attracted the attention of the local government, and the end result was the complete annihilation of this industry.

However, it was fortunate that Yang Dong and Xu Qiang started cooperating early, so their village still made some money from it. In addition, under the guidance of Xu Qiang, they switched to dye production in a timely manner, which also enabled them to have sufficient technology and capital to transform from the humic acid fertilizer industry to the production of industrial dyes. Many of the other villages that later joined the humic acid fertilizer business actually lost money.

As soon as Xu Qiang appeared in the peat field, Yang Dong, who was directing people to work, saw Xu Qiang at a glance, and immediately trotted over to meet him.

"Xu Qiang? Why are you back?" "I went back to the factory to do something and came to visit."

"Come, let's go inside and talk." As he spoke, Yang Dong led Xu Qiang into the house in the peat field.

Everything here has not changed much from when Xu Qiang left. The only change is that there are two simple factory buildings outside, which are mainly used to shelter equipment and finished products from wind and rain. Not far away, there are rows of electric poles. Now the peat field has electricity.

Although Yang Dong is currently mainly engaged in the dye business, the technologies provided by Xu Qiang are all the most basic industrial dye processes. Xu Qiang obviously will not teach him the most profitable indigo powder production process. Therefore, although Yang Dong has a lot of manpower, the monthly profit is not as good as that of Xu Qiang's stall. Moreover, Yang Dong's factory has to give Xu Qiang half of the profits every year, so Xu Qiang alone earns more than all the villagers combined!
Even so, Yang Dong did not dare to make any plans against Xu Qiang. The last time he went to Shanghai, he saw with his own eyes the director of a Shanghai state-owned enterprise personally driving to pick him up for dinner. In addition, Xu Qiang's award at BJ was also reported in the newspaper. Now he is the person in charge of a national key project. The disparity in status made Yang Dong very awed of Xu Qiang. So much so that when facing Xu Qiang, Yang Dong acted as if he was facing his superior and did not dare to disobey in the slightest.

"Uncle is back!"

"Hi boss!"

As soon as he reached the door, Liu Jun and Da Hei Niu, who were working, saw Xu Qiang and were immediately surprised and hurried over to him.

Now in the peat, Liu Jun, Da Hei Niu and Erhu's cousin Kang Jian have been working here all the time. As for Erhu, he is now outside discussing business and has been out for three days.

The lives of these people are now quite comfortable. The salary Xu Qiang pays them every month is almost several times that of the workers in Xiazhuang Village, and the bonuses are even more exaggerated. They are at least several hundred yuan every month, and during festivals, they can even be as high as a thousand yuan.

Among them, Liu Jun is Xu Qiang's "steward". He is responsible for the payment of wages and bonuses every month. Da Hei Niu is still the best chef and can protect the factory at critical moments. With him here, there has never been a theft of equipment or products in the factory. Moreover, many people here now have become picky eaters because of Da Hei Niu. Even if there are weddings or funerals in the village, they will ask him to help.

As for Erhu's cousin Kang Jian, he has performed very well in the past few months of work and is very attentive to the care and maintenance of the equipment. Therefore, in such a long time, production has never been delayed due to equipment reasons, which makes Xu Qiang very satisfied.

Moreover, Kang Jian has always regarded Xu Qiang as his idol, especially Xu Qiang's story of starting his career through technological research and development, which has had a great influence on him. So when he is not busy at work, he basically spends his time reading and studying. He even built a mud house for himself as a study, which he placed many technical books in.

It can be said that the people who started the business with Xu Qiang have all made a lot of money now. Although they have not yet reached the threshold of a ten thousand yuan household, they are not far from it.

For a moment, the room where Xu Qiang was was crowded with people. Everyone was very happy about Xu Qiang's sudden return.

By chatting with these people, Xu Qiang learned about the current situation of the workers. At the same time, he also learned about some of the difficulties currently faced by the peat field.

Although Yang Dong currently focuses most of his energy on dye production, due to lack of technology, they can only produce the four most common industrial dyes previously developed by Xu Qiang. In addition, the output is limited, so the profit is not high.

In the afternoon, Yang Dong asked all the workers to finish work and go home early, while he stayed to have dinner with Xu Qiang.

"Old Yang, my suggestion is that we should further reduce the production of humic acid fertilizers in the future. The government is too strict and the profit is too low." Sitting at the top of the table, Xu Qiang said to Yang Dong: "So I hope you can invest more funds in the dye factory and buy more equipment..."

"Boss Xu, actually, when I visited you in Shanghai last time, I wanted to discuss this matter..." Yang Dong smiled and continued, "I also think that we should increase investment in the dye factory, but I don't have enough funds on hand, so I wanted to talk to you..."

"I don't have much money, so I can't help you invest." Xu Qiang said bluntly.

"Uh..." When Yang Dong heard Xu Qiang say this, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

"But..." Xu Qiang changed the subject and continued, "I can provide you with a few more production technologies and processes for dyes. This way, the dye factory will have a wider market."

Xu Qiang would never invest a penny in Yang Dong's factory, because from the very beginning, he only invested in technology. Apart from providing product technology and dividends, he didn't care about anything else.

But Xu Qiang's technology is absolutely crucial to this factory. If it weren't for the dye production technology provided by Xu Qiang, Yang Dong would not be able to run this dye factory even if he had money. While other villages in the surrounding area were fighting for peat resources, he could still make a lot of money from the dye factory and solve the employment problem of half of the village... (End of this chapter)