Rebirth of the New Farmers in the 1980s

After returning to Wa, Luan Feng got off at the team headquarters, while Wan Feng rode to the brick and tile factory and told Zhang Hai the news.

Zhang Hai told Wan Feng that he didn't have to go to school in the afternoon, and he even carried his schoolbag back for him.

Look at this whole thing, let him take a leave of absence and he even carried his schoolbag back.

If someone asks him to watch the object, can he even bring the child back?

Since the people who make molds will come tomorrow, what shape of tiles to make will be on the agenda.

The most common tiles that can be seen in rural areas in the 1980s are the small square arc-shaped tiles with a length of 200 to 250 mm and a width of 150 to 200 mm, also called butterfly tiles. When it is fired in the kiln, it is so gray and autumnal that it doesn't look good at all.

Wan Feng has seen all kinds of building tiles of later generations, long, short, large, small, round, square, and triangular, from the smallest piece of decorative tile to asbestos tiles with a size of two meters.

So he knows what tiles look good.

So at the team headquarters of the Wahou team, he took a pen and designed on straw paper. He drew a total of four kinds of tiles, all of which were rectangular flat tiles.

In terms of size, they are all 300.400X200.250, and he also designed patterns on the tile surface for two of them.

Zhang Hai looked at the shape of the tile drawn by Wan Feng and fell into a state of confusion: "What kind of tile are you?"

"Pingwa."

"I know it's a flat tile, but I've never seen one like this."

"It's right if you haven't seen it. This will be the most popular tile on the market, but it's just an ordinary tile. When we have a certain amount of savings, we can also spray paint on the surface of these tiles to make colorful tiles. It’s more beautiful if it’s colorful, you said if you were a house builder, would you buy this tile?”

"Of course I will buy it. How beautiful it would be to build a tile-roofed house with these tiles." Zhang Hai's eyes lit up and he was full of praise.

"This is just the style of the tiles. There are many types of tiles, such as steel wire tiles, asbestos tiles, etc. The area of ​​asbestos tiles is very large, and one piece is one to two meters long. It is the best choice for factory building tiles. In the future, we can expand the type and scale of production after we have the foundation.”

Zhang Hai looked at Wan Feng's drawings and couldn't put them down: "I said nephew, it seemed that I was right to find you at first, but I didn't expect you to have already started planning the future of the brick and tile factory. How do you know so many things? If your brain Isn't it unreasonable not to be admitted to university?"

Wan Feng was a typical dutiful farmer in his last life, and he was an expert at doing rural work, and almost none of the rural goods he hadn't worked on existed. What he said just now is just the accumulation of knowledge, and has no technical content and has nothing to do with whether he can be admitted to a university.

Wan Feng was well aware of the difficulty of getting into a university in the 1980s, but it was a real thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge, so let's forget it after thinking about it.

"After you have the mold, you have to take the time to test the product. The main thing is the bearing capacity of the product. This is related to the quality of the product and directly related to the fate of the brick and tile factory. Don't be sloppy."

In this regard, with Zhang Hai's personality, Wan Feng felt that he should rest assured.

"When the cement tile mold is solved, it's time for me to solve the machinery for pressing bricks. I found out that there is indeed a factory in Dongdan City that produces small compacting machines. Buy the machine back."

Xiao Dexiang will bring someone here tomorrow morning, so Wan Feng will be at home anyway.

So when it was dark, Zhang Hai took Wan Feng to Zhou Xiaowen's house and asked Wan Feng to leave for tomorrow morning.

On the way home, Wan Feng asked a few practical questions.

"How do you solve the coal thing?"

This is very important. Coal was a very scarce thing in the era of ticket payment. The quota of heating media for urban residents in winter was no more than 100 catties. Wan Feng didn't think it was a simple problem.

This was also when the project was first established,

The reason why he erected cement bricks at the same time.

Once the coal supply is not available, cement bricks will be produced.

"Now the higher authorities are very supportive of the sideline business in rural areas. There are many preferential policies, and there is a big preference in terms of funds and materials. The secretary of the commune said that he has already made a report on the coal issue, and he will definitely give us a satisfaction. answer."

Judging by the attitude of the commune, the spring breeze of the Third Plenary Session is almost blowing to the countryside.

"Nephew! Just imagine, if the brick and tile factory starts in August, will the members of the commune see the benefits by the end of the year?"

"Why can't I see you?"

"Nephew, now there are no outsiders between the two of us, let me tell you the truth. Don't look at me in front of others. I give people a confident look, but I don't have any confidence in my heart. I often can't sleep at night, because I'm afraid I might mess up the inside. , This is a loan of several thousand yuan. If it is over, the queen will be devastated, and I am afraid that she will not be able to recover for many years."

Zhang Hai’s thinking is normal. Those who started their businesses in the early days of the reform did not enter the sea with the idea of ​​success or success, because no one knows what is waiting for them ahead, whether it is a stormy sea or a bright future. clear.

"Uncle Zhang Hai, let's settle an account and you can sleep in peace. Let's not talk about cement bricks and tiles, let's talk about red bricks. From entering the kiln to firing to leaving the kiln, the bricks in a kiln usually It takes 25 to 30 days, that is, the kiln can be produced once a month. Our small kiln can produce more than 60,000 red bricks at a time, and after removing the defective products, there may be 50,000 bricks left."

"Maybe there are not left, after all, we have never done it before, and the mastery of the technology will not be good." Zhang Hai added.

It makes sense, everything is groping at the beginning, and there will inevitably be some losses in the process.

"Then let's count it as 40,000 yuan, okay?"

"almost."

"The price of red bricks on the market is between three and four cents. This is differentiated according to grades. First-class red bricks and second-class red bricks are calculated according to the second-class three cents. Forty thousand red bricks can be produced. Gross profit of 1,200 yuan. Now let’s assume the cost. It takes about nine taels to a catty of media to successfully fire a red brick. Of course, this value will decrease with the accumulation of experience of the brick burner, and it can be reduced at the lowest time. To six or seven."

In his previous life, Wan Feng had worked in the Red Brick Factory for two years as a kiln producer, and he was no stranger to the various processes in the brick factory.

"We are not skilled in technology now, so we calculate according to the amount of media used for one brick per catty. The supply price of coal in the market is ten yuan per ton, but this is definitely not a price we can enjoy. There must be some coal used by enterprises. For the premium, let’s calculate it based on fifteen yuan per ton, so a catty of media will cost seventy-five percent, plus the water and electricity costs for manual mechanical wear and tear. Initially, I estimate that the cost of a brick can’t be less than a penny.”

"Ah! It's only a penny!" There was an element of surprise in Zhang Hai's tone.

"Yes, there will be a small fluctuation up and down, but it will not exceed much. You can calculate how much profit we will make from one kiln of bricks."

Thus, Zhang Hai began to settle the accounts: "Five to five, five to two hundred and five..."

What is this? Count yourself as two hundred and five?