Chapter 293 Expansion

Great struggle itself is not a problem, because it is followed by another sentence: the more, the better, the cheaper.

It also follows: compress the air, keep a low profile, and don’t pursue fame but receive the real goods.

But no one listened.
But as Yin Mei said, if everyone else is shouting slogans and you don't, won't you fall behind? Anyway, the slogans have been shouted out, so you just have to work hard. As for whether you can succeed or not, that's another matter. It's like this anyway.

It’s just like when I was working in my previous life, I set targets every year. At the beginning of the year, I didn’t care whether you could complete the target or not. I just thought, come on, our expected growth this year is 50%.

The task indicators and performance are based on this. As for failure to complete the task, isn't it because you guys don't have the ability to do the job?
Ever since he saw the news in the newspaper, Wang Deming has been feeling anxious. In his previous life, he had read novels that said that future natural disasters would inevitably be linked to next year’s great struggle.

Some even say that it was caused by great struggle. All we can say is that such people have no basic judgment ability and cannot make sense without considering the facts.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, while if you are rich, you should help the world.

Wang Deming thought he was still an expert, but now there was only a report in the Masses Daily and there were no other signs. It was not so urgent because there was something at home that was worrying him.

"Mom, how old are you this year? Do you still want to go back to the countryside to participate in water conservancy construction? That's for young people to do!" Wang Deming tried his best to dissuade his godmother Wang Shuqin.

Although the country began to build water conservancy projects and transform farmland after liberation, it was not until the initial distribution of land to households and the comprehensive establishment of rural cooperatives in 56 that it was truly able to organize the masses to carry out large-scale farmland water conservancy construction.

From the perspective of previous lives, it is because the masses lack organization and enthusiasm after subcontracting and working independently.

"Isn't it possible for me to go to the dam to light a fire and cook at my age?" Wang Shuqin was determined to go back to Changping to build a reservoir. "Think about the increase in grain production over the years since liberation, from 160 kilograms per mu to more than 400 kilograms now. How could we do without fertilizer and water?"

"If we don't build a reservoir, what will we do during droughts? In the past, farmers depended on the weather. What is the weather? Isn't it water?" Wang Shuqin educated Wang Deming earnestly: "Deming, Mom knows that you know a lot, even about farming. But the more you know, the more you should realize the importance of building a reservoir!"

"Mom, I'm not saying that building a reservoir is not important. This is the most important thing." Wang Deming smiled bitterly, "But you are already this age, isn't it good for you to enjoy life with me in the city? Now that society is so stable, there is no need for you to leave a way out for me and my sister in the countryside. Look at your granddaughter, how cute she is, don't you want to play with her every day?"

"Think about it again. Shouchun and Yuqing are pregnant now. Who knows, they might give you a grandson someday! Aren't you looking forward to this day?"

"If you really want to help build a reservoir for the village, I will support the village with a tractor! I just received a manuscript fee of more than 1 yuan!"

"This..." Wang Shuqin didn't listen to anything else, but the grandchildren made the old lady interested, "What about the house in the countryside?"

"That's easy!" Wang Deming was delighted when he heard it. "Just leave the house there. When the children grow up and have holidays, we can arrange for them to go back to their hometown to live for a while. We can't let them grow up to be lazy and ignorant, right?"

"Besides, they will have fun in the vast countryside during their holidays, with clear skies and bright clouds, right?"

"Then let me think about it again?"

"Mom, don't even think about it. I have to ask someone to order a tractor from the Dongfanghong Factory through some connections, otherwise you can't buy one now. As long as a tractor has enough fuel, it can do as much work as a hundred strong men in a day."

"Ah, ah!" The granddaughter's babbling on the kang attracted the old lady's attention. Finally, the old lady softened her attitude and said, "Okay, you go buy a tractor and I'll go to the city." "Yeah, that's right!"

In fact, there was another reason why godmother Wang Shuqin wanted to return to the countryside. She didn't say it, but Wang Deming guessed it.

If the local township cadres had not come to see the old lady, the old lady would not have been tempted. The township cadres were not looking for the old lady in name only, they really wanted Wang Deming, the new Youth League Secretary, to be their backer.

Because at that time, the advanced rural cooperatives were divided into large and small cooperatives, with an average of about 200 households in one cooperative; and if a reservoir was to be built, it would be necessary to organize multiple cooperatives to work together, only in this way would there be enough manpower.

If there is not enough equipment, we can make up for it with manpower, which is a limited number of low-end laborers.

But when the reservoir is built, whether your cooperative can get the most benefits, such as building the first phase first, depends on many factors. The earlier the construction, the earlier the benefits.

Without further ado, Wang Deming called Alexei at noon the next day and said, "Please help me find Soviet comrades from the Shanghai Dongfanghong Tractor Factory and leave a tractor for me and send it to Changping."

"Okay, wait." Alexei is still living a life of drunkenness and debauchery in Yongkang Hutong, along with many people from the Soviet Embassy.

He called back a little later and said, "It's settled. You can just wire the money over. It's 1 yuan. However, the Dongfanghong tractor won't be officially launched until next year. What I'm sending you now is a prototype shipped from the Soviet Union, which was disassembled and reassembled."

"I see. Soviet stuff is big, black and rough. It won't break down. It just consumes a lot of oil. That's not a big problem." Wang Deming suddenly had an idea. "Hey, Alexei, how much money do we have in our Soviet account?"

"There are still a lot. What's the matter? You know, raw diamond ore itself is not worth much. We can't buy all of it. We can only buy a part of it. It will only cost 1000 million rubles a year."

"The rest can be used to buy tractors and cars, and shipped to China! Then we can exchange them for Chinese local products and sell them in Hong Kong. Wouldn't it be possible to make a profit in Hong Kong? And we can directly exchange them for British pounds or US dollars!" Wang Deming's eyes lit up as he spoke. "China is in great need of this kind of transport machinery now. We can make a profit by shipping it from the Soviet Union, and another by exchanging it for local products and selling them in Hong Kong."

"Add to that the profits from Siwu Tang beverages and ginsenoside nutritional supplements, and we'll make at least three times the profit after going through this whole process!"

Alexei on the other end of the phone was stunned by what Wang Deming said and was speechless.

"Hey, are you still there?"

"I'm here. I feel a little dizzy. Let me think about it."

"What the hell are you thinking about? Let me see if Diana has come to the steel mill today. We'll go to Yongkang Hutong tonight and talk about it in detail. After we're sure, I'll ask the real boss to sign the note!"

"Oh"

Wang Deming rubbed his hands excitedly. What is the domestic demand cycle and side supply?
That's what I mean. And if I remember correctly, Daqing will produce oil soon, so there will be no shortage of oil for these domestic iron guys, so go ahead and have fun. Just like the teacher said: the future of agriculture lies in mechanization.

I can’t do other things, but I can help with mechanization. If I build one more reservoir, I’ll have more confidence in dealing with natural disasters in the future!

(End of this chapter)