Chapter 37 High Price
"I have read the information and I have drawn the blueprints. Is it possible to give up now?" Xu Qiang spread his hands and said, "Captain Sun, if I give up, can I become a regular employee?"

"This...can't..." Sun Yulin didn't expect Xu Qiang to say that. He was stunned for a moment, then he said, "But as long as you work hard in the future, you still have a chance."

"What chance can there be? My father worked as a rotation worker in this factory for more than ten years, and until he died in the line of duty, the problem of rural-to-urban transition was not solved." Xu Qiang's tone was somewhat disapproving, and he continued: "Whether I can become a regular employee, you know it very well, but I promise to complete my work on time and in quantity every day, and try not to cause you any trouble. As for this event, even making a broken sofa can participate, so there is no reason why my plan cannot. Besides, the factory also encourages employees to actively participate..."

"But……"

"It's not the first time that our factory has held such an event, and experts from the province have served as judges more than once. How could they not know the level of our factory's civilian product collection?" Xu Qiang paused, then continued: "You think my proposal will embarrass the factory, but if it really catches the judges' attention and is selected as a prize, wouldn't it also bring honor to our workshop..."

"You still want to win the award?" Hearing this, Sun Yunlin was so angry that he almost laughed.

Sun Yulin has seen many people with high expectations but poor skills over the years, but this is the first time he has seen someone as imaginative as Xu Qiang.

You know, once the factory's military-to-civilian product collection plan is recognized by provincial experts, it can not only win an award in the factory, but more importantly, with this product plan, the factory can formulate relevant product projects and report them directly to the Provincial Defense Industry Office. After approval, it can obtain a large amount of relevant funding.

As for the winner himself, he will definitely continue to participate in the follow-up work of the civilian product project. If he is a non-technical personnel, he will be directly promoted to a technical personnel, or even the leader of the technical team!
For rotation workers like them, as long as they can win the award, it will be a step-up to success, directly promoted from rotation workers to cadre positions. Although there are some procedures to go through in between, at least the problem of farmers becoming non-farmers can be solved!

Back then, Sun Yulin was just a local militia platoon leader. He followed the factory director Liu Biao through mountains and rivers, and slept in the open air. He suffered a lot and sweated a lot to get his current position. Usually, Sun Yulin is an honest man who likes to work hard. But now, a rotation worker under him wants to get promoted overnight by participating in a factory activity. In Sun Yulin's view, this is simply a pipe dream. This is the kind of person he despises the most!
"If those experts really know what's good, I will definitely win the prize!" Xu Qiang said with confidence.

"Okay, okay! Go ahead!"

Sun Yulin really didn't want to argue with Xu Qiang anymore, so he waved his hand and asked him to leave.

"Remember to submit the plan for me!"

After Xu Qiang finished speaking, he turned around and left the workshop...

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In the next few days, Xu Qiang was busy with production in the peat field.

On Tuesday, Xu Qiang continued to deliver goods to the supply and marketing cooperative.

With the pumps and the expanded sedimentation tanks, the output of Xu Qiang peat farm has been increased, and naturally more money has been earned.

After a few days, the peat field had three tons of finished products, which were packed into sixty bags. All of them were taken to the supply and marketing cooperative in one morning, and the total amount was 720 yuan.

Excluding the 72% kickback of yuan given to the supply and marketing cooperative, Xu Qiang purchased more than a dozen bags of caustic soda and six barrels of hydrochloric acid through Wang Zhong, spending another yuan, and finally received less than yuan.

After cost accounting, Xu Qiang has roughly grasped the profit of producing humic acid by traditional methods. Excluding the cost of oil for the pumps, the consumption of caustic soda and hydrochloric acid, and the kickbacks from the supply and marketing cooperatives, the average profit per ton can reach about 150!

The daily output of the renovated peat field is 500 kilograms, no more, no less, which means 2250 tons a month, and the net profit can reach an astonishing yuan!
As for labor costs, they account for the smallest proportion. Liu Jun, Erhu and Da Hei Niu, the basic salary of the three people combined is less than 100 yuan a month, less than one twentieth of the monthly profit. Of course, Xu Qiang's bonus is calculated separately, and the food at the peat farm is also very good. Xu Qiang promised them meat every meal, but in any case, labor costs are always just a small part.

"Director Wang, do we have a diesel generator here?"

After receiving the payment for the goods, Xu Qiang asked Wang Zhong, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative.

With money in his pocket, Xu Qiang was still very clear-headed. He did not plan to use the money for drinking and having fun. Instead, he planned to continue to expand his investment in the peat field and add more mechanical equipment. After all, the better the degree of mechanization, the higher the production efficiency, and the more money he could make.

With limited money, Xu Qiang could only purchase the equipment one piece at a time. There was a priority, so he would buy the cheapest equipment that would most increase production first.

Among these, the generator is undoubtedly a very critical device, because other equipment needs to be driven by electricity, including grinders, water purifiers, temperature-controlled water tanks, etc. Without electricity, these machines are just decorations, so buying a generator became Xu Qiang's top priority.

Until now, most villages in Jiangxi still have no electricity supply. Village lighting usually relies on flashlights, oil lamps, flint lamps and the like. At night, large areas of the village are shrouded in darkness.

In fact, it was not until 1987 that the State Grid was able to connect all villages, and it was not until 2006 that it was able to connect all villages.

This is the case for the village, and the peat field is located in the wilderness, so there is no hope. Therefore, if we want to get electricity, we can only use a generator.

"How much power do you want?"

"How powerful is it?"

Xu Qiang himself didn't know much about generators, so he wanted to buy a small one temporarily to solve the lighting problem first. In this way, he wouldn't need a dim flint lamp when working in the peat field at night. It must also be able to drive some agricultural machinery and equipment, such as crushers, compressors and the like.

"We only have a 30-kilowatt unit in the warehouse. If you want one, you can get it cheaper."

“Is 30 kilowatts enough?”

"It is enough to drive ordinary agricultural machinery."

"How much does this machine cost?"

"I guess you can't afford it for now." Wang Zhong smiled and said, "A 5300-kilowatt generator costs 5800 yuan, and I'm giving you the cost price. If I sell it normally, it would cost yuan."

"So expensive!?"

Xu Qiang took a deep breath. He originally thought that the generator was just a diesel engine with a reverse electric motor, and the price should not be much more expensive than a water pump. However, he did not expect it to be so much more expensive.

(End of this chapter)