The person who stopped Li Long was the older brother who came out of the agricultural machinery factory earlier and told Li Long that he couldn't buy a harvester.
The eldest brother was in his thirties and wore a half-worn cotton hat. He stopped at an intersection where he turned out of the agricultural machinery factory. He was surprised to see Li Long driving the tractor over.
He hurriedly got off the tractor and stopped Li Long.
"Hey, little brother, I was thinking that you would come out soon and stop you to go find Li Long from Ma County. But it turned out that you were lucky enough to pull out so much. Tell me how the agricultural machinery factory was sold to Yours?”
The elder brother also took out a box of Hongshan cigarettes, took one out and handed it to Li Long.
Li Long turned off the engine and got off the tractor. At this time, it didn't matter whether it was blocking the road or not. To be honest, no one cared about it and there was no one on the road.
"Because I am Li Long." Li Long took the cigarette and lit it, took a puff and said with a smile.
"What did you say?" The old man looked in disbelief.
"Because I am Li Long." Li Long said happily, "That's why they sold it to me!"
"Then...then why?" This old man still looked unconvinced, "Why do I have to buy it from you?"
"Because I figured out this harvester." Li Long explained, "I told people that Ma County and Shicheng are for sale by me, and I don't care about other places."
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"Then why?" The old man had a persevering spirit and broke the casserole to ask the end.
"Let me tell you this, brother, where are you from?"
"Shicheng," the old man said, "but I'm not from the Corps, I'm from Shicheng Township, and I also farm. I didn't know about such a good thing until I read the newspaper before the Chinese New Year this year, so I thought I could get one."
"That's right." Li Long took a puff. The smoke smelled bad, so he stopped smoking and just held it. "Because I have set up a cooperative here, and we want to harvest the nearby wheat fields slowly. Come down.”
"Does that mean I can't buy it?" The elder brother said in a bad tone.
"Why can't you buy it? It's okay." Li Long waved his hand and said, "What we mean is that it is best to unify the harvest price, otherwise, there will be malicious price reduction.
In addition, we also need to have a general understanding of the scope of harvesting. For example, if you harvest in Shicheng Township, that’s no problem. If someone else comes to buy from Shicheng Township in the future, I will have to ask them which villages they are in and tell them which villages in Shicheng Township. Someone has already harvested the harvest in every village, let's not make it too serious. ”
"This... is not bad, very good." The elder brother understood and his expression softened, "Then how do you price it?"
"Two pieces per acre."
"Two yuan? This price..."
"Think about it, it takes a strong laborer three hours, maybe more, to cut an acre of land on a hot day. If you finish cutting for him in five minutes, how much work you save." Li Long explained, "These two dollars I have also considered it carefully. I have cut thousands of acres of land last year and everyone can accept it.”
"That's...ok." The elder brother pointed to the harvester on the tractor and said:
"Then sell me one. I will unload it and load it into the car now."
"Okay, by the way, you don't want to ask about the price either?"
"Yes, yes, how much does it cost?" The elder brother was stunned for a moment before reacting, "It's too expensive, I can't afford it."
"Six hundred units." Li Long said, "Last year's first-generation machine was five hundred and fifty, and this year it was changed to a second-generation machine. Some minor problems I found during harvesting have been dealt with. I will take them back for trial use. If you have any questions, come here. Find me.”
"Six hundred units, are you sure? Not bad, not bad." The elder brother was happy, "I thought it was at least one thousand!"
The two people threw away their cigarettes, untied the rope together, unloaded the harvester, and carried it to the front of the elder brother's tractor.
Li Long showed his elder brother how to install it and how to start it.
This elder brother was also prepared. He took out a pencil and a notebook and wrote down what Li Long said bit by bit.
"After you get home, you can put the harvester up and try it idling," Li Long said. "If you have any questions, come to Ma County to see me."
"Okay, okay." After leaving Li Long's address, the elder brother happily paid the money and drove away on the tractor.
Li Long also shook the tractor and was about to go back. Then he realized what he was doing, turned a corner, and ran to the agricultural machinery factory again, where he bought another one from Director Du.
"Comrade Xiao Li, you can sell one before we leave Kuitun. It seems that the prospect of this harvester is really good!"
"It will last ten years." Li Long said, "In ten years, the market for harvesters will still be very good."
"What about ten years from now?" Director Du still attached great importance to Li Long's words and asked, "What about ten years from now?"
"At that time, there will be more new types of Comine, and they will be cheaper. In other words, some farmers will get rich and will not buy harvesters. After all, this will have to be fought in the end. So Comine will eventually It’s more convenient than this.”
Director Du nodded, that's the truth.
"It's a pity that our factory won't be able to produce such complicated agricultural machinery for a while." Factory Director Du's originally happy face showed a bit of bitterness, "It's too complicated and requires technical strength and machine workshops that we can't afford. ”
Li Long smiled:
"Big has big benefits, and small has small benefits. Just like this harvester, look at it, in the past ten years, your profit from selling harvesters may not be worse than that from selling tractors. Your factory can also sell small The development of chemical agricultural auxiliary machinery.”
"That's the truth." Director Du pondered.
Li Long was not too thorough. Today's incident made Li Long further trust Factory Director Du, but there were some things he couldn't say here yet.
Now is not the time.
When Li Long pulled a batch of five harvesters back to Ma County, the sun was already setting in the west.
When Gu Boyuan came over for dinner, he and Li Long unloaded the harvesters and placed them on the wall. Li Long found something to cover them with.
"I will go to Kuitun twice tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to bring back a few more cars." Li Long said during dinner. "There are only seven or eight people who have come to order from me during this period. These five units are not enough. Moreover, We still have a few more in the team.”
This is business and no one will object.
Only Gu Boyuan couldn't help but ask:
"When you went and came back, did you encounter any herds of yellow sheep on the road?"
Apparently, he still remembered the last time he hunted.
"No, not one." Li Long shook his head and said, "Maybe their transition has ended, and now their range of activities has been fixed. Or maybe they won't rush from the mountains to the desert Gobi in the north until spring."
Gu Boyuan was obviously disappointed, but there was nothing he could do.
After all, this kind of thing is not subject to human will.
"Then be careful," Gu Xiaoxia said even though Li Long had run there many times, "you have to pass through no man's land there, who knows if there will be bad guys."
"Okay, I understand." Li Long responded.
Xiaoxia is a pregnant woman. Li Long will not say that he has a gun or security. He agrees to her advice and just remembers it.
After breakfast the next day, Li Long failed to make the trip.
He added hot water to the tractor and charcoal underneath to heat the fuel tank and engine. While he was shaking the tractor, there was a knock on the door outside.
Someone comes to buy a harvester.
The person who came was not from out of town, but from Letuyi in the east of Ma County. In the 1980s, this town was the richest town in the northwest, and its per capita income was the first in the northwest at a certain period.
Of course, during this special period, the number of tractors per capita ranked first in the county.
Today, a farmer from this township who owns a tractor came to buy a harvester.
Li Long naturally welcomes customers when they come to his door. But this uncle, who is nearly fifty years old, is very careful.
He drove the tractor to the door and explained his purpose. He carefully inspected the harvester that Li Long lifted for him, and then asked Li Long to help him get on his tractor. Every step was recorded.
Including tightening screws, attaching belts, starting, stopping, etc.
After these processes were completed, he also asked Li Long about the easily broken parts and after-sales issues.
Li Long answered them one by one, and the uncle recorded all these contents in his notebook.
Then I asked the price.
When I heard it was 600 yuan per unit, I even negotiated the price with Li Long. Li Long didn't negotiate the price, so the uncle said that 600 yuan was actually quite cheap.
After paying the money and asking Li Long to write a receipt, this transaction was finally concluded.
Li Long looked at the time and saw that two hours had passed.
Fortunately, it was not possible to come back on the same day after going to Kuitun, so after sending the uncle away, he drove his tractor again and drove out of the gate. At this time, Sister Yang and Han Fang were pushing the cart over.
Li Long did not lock the door, signaled to them, and then drove the tractor west.
When he arrived at Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory, Li Long found that there were a few more harvesters in the place, just enough for five. When Director Du saw Li Long, he complained a little:
"I was originally thinking of calling the customers who placed orders in the past two days and asking them to come and pick up the goods. It's better for you to clear out my inventory directly."
"Then when will I come next?" Li Long asked with a smile.
Director Du couldn't do anything to him and said:
"At least until the end of February. I have to let some of my customers who have placed orders early get the harvester first. After all, some customers have already paid their deposits."
"Okay, then after I take you away this time, I'll come back at the end of February."
Li Long thinks that it will be enough to come here every half month. The production level of agricultural machinery factories should be two to three units per day. For the current market, it can only be said to be barely enough.
Factory Director Du also said that temporary workers will be recruited after spring to expand production capacity. The harvester is a product that has been proven to have broad market prospects. There is no reason for them not to occupy this market as soon as possible.
Li Long is also very happy. He built this harvester in advance. It is convenient for him and the people around him will make money together. At the same time, it also solves the troubles for many large farmers in advance.
After pulling up the harvester, Li Long didn't go to his second brother Li Anguo, but went to the KT City Guest House. There was a yard here, and it was safer to put the tractor inside.
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After having breakfast in the guest house the next day, Li Long drove the tractor back to Ma County.
In mid-to-late February, all ten of Li Long's harvesters were sold in less than ten days.
The net income was more than two thousand.
This income rate is a bit fast.
Li Long went to Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory again on February 28th, when the middle school had already started and the elementary school still had to wait two days, and brought back five harvesters.
Two days later, he made another trip and brought Wutai back.
That's it, I'm not sure yet.
By this time the snow on the road had begun to melt. It's better in the city, at least it has hardened roads, and at worst it's gravel roads.
But in rural areas, for example, the section of road from Team 4 to the countryside is completely dirt road.
The snow has melted and there is mud on the road.
Li Long didn't remember when this road was paved with gravel. At least the gravel road would not get so much mud on his shoes when walking on snowy or rainy days.
At times like this, Li Juan and Li Qiang were unable to ride bicycles to school because the mud would quickly fill up the tiles on the bicycles, and then they would no longer be able to ride.
Only walking.
And the floods are coming down soon.
Li Long went to the mountains again and brought the furniture he ordered last time to Harimu.
To be honest, the trip his tractor made was almost as good as the four teams of people riding bicycles to the countryside.
It's better to cross Wuyi Road from the county to the intersection of Qingshuihe Township. Going up from the intersection is a muddy road. When the tractor passes by, mud particles will fly around. The page board cannot completely block these mud particles, and the tractor will be thrown off. It was everywhere, and Li Long himself was not immune.
Fortunately, he had anticipated it and covered the furniture with plastic sheets in advance, otherwise the furniture would have been covered as well.
The tractor drove all the way up to the Qingshui River. As we approached the mountains, things got better.
The snow on the edge of the mountain hadn't melted much yet, and there were no traces of mud as the tractor drove over. The snow on the road slowly took away the mud from the tractor's tires. When Li Long drove the tractor to Harimudong's nest, the tractor's The tires are already clean.
But the dirt on the side of the car, the front of the car, and Li Long's body were all there, and some of them had already dried up.
Harimu was grazing cattle and sheep near Dongwozi. When he saw Li Long's image, he couldn't help laughing.
Li Long also knew that there must be mud spots on his head, face and body. He smiled, got out of the car, took off his hat first, wiped his face, and moved the furniture down with the help of Nathan and Susken.
The furniture was covered with plastic sheets and was intact. After Li Long unloaded the furniture, he went to the small stream at the bottom of the slope and began to wash his face.
The water was cold, even a bit biting, but what surprised Li Long was that he saw small fish at the bottom.
These little fish are really tenacious.
At present, the ice in Xiaohaizi has not yet melted, so fish cannot be caught yet, and the laying of water pipes cannot be carried out here.
Judging from the ice melting conditions here, it's at least late March.
Li Long was not in a hurry. Anyway, the supplies (water pipes) at the supply and marketing cooperative were ready, so he was just waiting for the opportunity. After the ice and snow melt, we have to wait for the ground to dry before construction can begin.
For a while, it was impossible for Harimu and the others to transfer to the summer pasture immediately, so it was still early.
You can wash it off on your face and hands, but you can only pick it off on your hair. It's impossible to wash your hair here in such cold water.
Fortunately, Li Long was used to having a crew cut and his hair was not long. He could clean it up by picking out the hard mud that had caked on his hair.
There's nothing you can do about the clothes, just go back and wash them.
Harimu called Nathan and Susken to herd the sheep. He rode his horse back to Dongwozi. After shaking hands with Li Long, he took him into the house.
I drink milk tea as usual, the milk skin on it is very fragrant.
As the saying goes, when it snows and it doesn't get cold, it becomes cold when it snows. The temperature was not too low at this time, but everyone was slowly taking off their clothes. The sun looks very exciting. The sun is much higher than in winter. You can feel the temperature of the sun even when you lean against the wall.
But when I stretched out my hand, there was a little bit of wind in the air, and it felt very cold and gloomy.
"Talihar is much better." Harimu told Li Long the good news. "He encountered a wolf while herding sheep a few days ago and asked him to kill it. After the beating, he felt much better."
"Good thing, good thing." Li Long smiled, "It will be good if he gets better."
In fact, Li Long has always been worried about this young man. Now that he heard that things are getting better, he is naturally happy.
"I will ask people to take away these furniture tomorrow. Will you come over tomorrow?"
"But I can't come." Li Long shook his head, "You see, I almost turn into a mud man when I come here. It's too difficult to leave. Let's come back when the road opens."
"Okay. By the way, the leader of our animal husbandry team said that the harvester you helped us cut grass last year was very good. He was thinking about buying one so that when we cut grass in the fall, we can use it to cut grass. Beat the grass in several small tribes.”
"Okay." Li Long said, "That harvester is not expensive, a few hundred yuan."
"Well, then I will tell them that when they want to buy it..."
"Just ask me. I'm the only one who can buy it in Ma County, Shicheng." Li Long smiled, "I took over the job of buying the harvester from the factory here."
"Okay, okay."
The matter was settled.
Li Long thought that the leadership of their animal husbandry team had a good vision. I just don’t know if I know that one.
Harimu's mother said something, and Harimu translated, meaning to ask Li Long to take off his coat and wash it for him.
Li Long quickly refused. Just kidding, if I have to wash it, I guess I have to stay in the mountains tonight. He smiled and said:
"I'll go back and change it so I can wash it. I'll go back in a while. Besides, I still have to walk through the mud again. It's better not to wash it at all."
This is true. Everyone laughed and passed.
It was already afternoon when he returned to the county. Li Long originally planned to go to the county to find publicity officer Ma Xiaoyan, but these dirty tricks made him give up the idea.
After sending Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau the next day, Li Long went to the county.
When I found Ma Xiaoyan, she was writing materials related to the meeting.
As a publicity officer, she not only has to write press releases, but also some publicity and education materials.
Li Long explained his purpose of coming. After understanding the process in detail, Ma Xiaoyan readily agreed and asked Li Long to tell her in advance before going.
The matter was settled like that.
After coming out of the compound, some of the original sense of mystery in Li Long's heart disappeared slightly.
It's almost like an ordinary agency unit.
When I returned to the big courtyard, I met a stranger waiting.
Li Long guessed that he was here to buy a harvester again. (End of chapter)