Chapter 189 Parade

Longyang Town, early morning.

At dawn, Luo Cheng's uncle had had breakfast and was about to return to his home.

After Luo Baotian and Luo Wen came back yesterday, the superiors had already asked the commune radio station to announce the team-up. Luo Baotian became the captain of Longyang Town, and Luo Wen became the deputy captain.

This time it is considered a reasonable arrangement. Although Luo Baotian is still the captain this time, if there is a normal merger, he will only have a one-eighth chance of becoming the captain.

The production brigade captains in townships are on a rotating system, and the brigade captain and deputy brigade captain are rotated every two years. Therefore, there is no distinction between the positions of deputy captain and captain. To put it simply, they are still farmers, not even stock-level cadres.

The team leader is mainly responsible for the production of grain and vegetables, planting grain and vegetables to open up wasteland. The deputy team leader assists and is in charge of some side businesses, such as feeding cattle. In the past, the production team raised pigs, and was even responsible for releasing water and fishing in areas with reservoirs. If there are deep mountains and old forests in some places, and there are specialized hunters, they will also need to be managed.

Not only was the merger of the town's brigade announced, but the merger with the neighboring town ~ Changjin Town was also announced. Taking into account some special circumstances, I am afraid that some people will say that most of the leadership team in Hezhen Town are from Changjin Town. Therefore, after the real chief from Changjin Town comes over, he will temporarily take up the positions of secretary and real chief. In a few days, he will It's really long to land one in the air.

At that time, we won’t be able to say who we really favor. This Longyang Town can actually be regarded as Longjin Town now. Longjin Town is the name of the merger of two towns.

Early this morning, there was a meeting to ask people from the town team to report statistics on people who can do carpentry. The other step is to set up a timber felling team. Each team will send two people every day to cooperate with the Forestry Bureau staff to cut down suitable trees and transport them. It's all based on work points.

The other thing is about raising chickens and ducks. Just like the third team before, each team counts the old and young in their own village, and then collects the chickens and ducks and then distributes them for adoption. To be honest, it is convenient to raise chickens and ducks in a centralized manner. This is not a professional chicken and duck breeding. It really can't be done like this. If there is no problem, it is fine. If there is a problem, the disease will be contagious. Thousands of chickens and ducks, all for several days Just dying is normal.

In recent years, few towns have had extra funds. Otherwise, chickens, ducks and pigs, worth more than 2,000 yuan, would still be in arrears.

Veterinarians are cooperating in raising pigs, and pigs have stronger resistance than chickens and ducks. Twenty or so pigs are not kept in a pen, so it's not a big problem.

This also allows the small team to take turns sending people to feed them, and the big team can just record the work points. In the past, raising pigs did not require this. Young people could cut pig grass for feeding, and work points were recorded according to the amount cut. Or if your family is in good condition, you can pay to adopt the pigs yourself. When the time comes, the production team will grade the pigs based on how fat they are. The fatter the pigs, the higher the price.

In Longyang Town, there used to be fish farming as a sideline, but the water level dropped and it has long since dried up. So when it comes to side jobs, they really have unreliable backers, they are all small hills. There is not much water available, so a small reservoir is barely enough to sustain watering, which is good.

Therefore, the former deputy captain actually had nothing to do except assisting the captain in land reclamation and production. But it was different when Luo Wen became the deputy captain. He didn't have to go to the fields at all. He was just responsible for the production of wooden pallets and the farming of the village.

From now on, if we go to the city to collect feed, Luo Wen will be responsible for the basic work. It's just that it's not easy to be the deputy captain. He has just been appointed, and other things are fine. Just which village to cut down the trees near first becomes a problem. A brigade is a brigade, and a village is a village. Some trees are within the scope of a certain village. If they are cut down, the village must pay for the wood.

Rural people basically live on the edge of ravines, and the flat areas have long been cultivated into fertile fields. Those who don't live near ravines will usually move. I haven't seen any houses built near fields. Therefore, except for the residents of the town, almost all other production teams have trees nearby.

This tree cannot be eaten or drunk, and the bark is secretly eaten by beggars from out of town. Therefore, every village wants to cut down the forest within their own area first. In exchange for some money, each family can share some food rations.

There are also workers. Not long after the announcement, the threshold of the Luo family was almost broken. This guy has done some carpentry before, so he has no problem sawing wood. Then there are those whose families really can't make ends meet and hope to be given a chance to earn work points, such as the man in the family who has died.

In these days, it is normal for a man to die in the family, and he will die after getting sick. I can't get up due to heat stroke, various natural and man-made disasters.

Luo Wen is also thinking of arranging some tasks that do not require skills and are not very hard work for the relatives of the Luo family. But he had just become the deputy captain, and he was asking for so much. It is now the slack period for farming, and there is not much work to be done in the fields except clearing wasteland and growing vegetables. If it gets colder, the countryside will basically stop.

This year's grain has been distributed. The chickens and ducks are raised to take care of the old and the young. There are no children or young people at home, and they don’t get a single egg. Raising pigs counts work points, but not much. They all want to work in a more stable and rewarding job. Even if I can only work for a month or two, it is better than having no work to do at home in the cold weather.

Moreover, rural people often kneel down when asking for help, and it is very difficult to refuse. Especially a widow with two children, all kneeling for you. As the saying goes, being a mother means being strong, and kneeling down for the sake of children and family is really nothing to a woman.

Although if there are children at home, they will have chickens and ducks to raise. But there is no man in the family, so they may not have received any rations before. It is also very difficult to raise chickens and ducks.

You must know that when working in the fields, men are counted as ten work points, while women are only counted as seven work points, let alone children. The older ones are counted as five work points, and the younger ones are counted as two or three work points.

As the deputy captain, Rowan also felt a little aggrieved. He wanted to get some privileges to take care of his relatives, but it was so difficult. He really doesn't care, his conscience is uneasy. Originally, the work of hammering nails and laying hands could take care of many Luo family members. In this case, the care can still be taken care of a little bit, but it is much less.

However, the matters of raising pigs and wooden pallets should be taken care of separately, and it is not expected that they can all be taken care of. The relatives in the Luo family who are in need should be taken care of first. For example, Rowan feels that his two younger brothers are in difficulty.

Ngee Ann City, automobile manufacturing plant.

Today is a good day for the car factory. The tires were delivered at around eight o'clock last night. There are only ten square cars. There are so many workers in the factory who know how to install tires. Now there are so many people in the factory. Several people are installing tires on one car at the same time. It was completed within an hour in the morning.

And as required, the purchase tickets printed by the printing factory as required also came. The bills are relatively large and printed on thick paper. The content is similar to that of local bills, but the font is larger, and there is a square car body pattern in the middle. One hundred and fifty sheets were printed at once, and the minimum printing cost was 100 sheets. Moreover, the typesetting fee plus the printing fee are included, so it is not cost-effective if you print less. So I might as well print more.

Eight of these ten cars are considered the first batch of cars produced by the automobile factory. Of course it is gratifying to produce it, but with ten gasoline engines a month, this production task is not stressful at all for the automobile factory. And they are all assembled. Even if other car factories initially produce only a few dozen units, they process all the parts themselves, and the meaning is different.

Of course, the production of the ten three-wheeled trucks at the automobile factory has been completed, and now we only check that a few trucks do not have rear compartments installed. Because there is no windshield anyway, the front of the car is just like an ordinary tricycle, without a windshield or the like.

Because it is not an electric car of later generations, the front end of the car is not driven by a gear chain, but relies entirely on the thrust of the rear drive wheels. Therefore, the front of the car is mainly used to control the direction and support the frame. The supporting part is the wheel hub of the car. Anyway, the front of the car does not accelerate or brake. It is just like a car. Acceleration depends on pressing the accelerator and shifting into gear, and braking also relies on the foot. However, the direction is turned by the handle, not the steering wheel. It is easy to drive this car, and ordinary people can do it with a casual lesson.

And there is no car cover, so there is no need to look at reflectors. Just like a farm vehicle, you can just look at the road conditions, turn sideways, turn your head, etc. Making it too complicated will only make it more difficult for uneducated rural people to get started. Moreover, this car was originally intended for rural areas or for work units to haul goods.

It is still a hand-cranked engine, but there is actually a way to change it to a key-operated engine. This is already possible abroad. But I have never used it, mainly because the keys are easy to replace and the car is easy to be stolen. It was later that the double-headed key was developed, and with the advancement of electronic technology, the use of keys to control switches became popular.

However, Luo Cheng is now very familiar with the principles of engine ignition, and the new engine is easier to ignite gasoline, in accordance with domestic public security. Nowadays, few people dare to buy and sell things privately. If this car uses a key lock in China, it feels like nothing.

And just because the rocker lock is difficult, there are almost no women driving. If you use a key to start the car, and the difficulty of turning the steering wheel is solved, it will be easier for women to drive in the future.

Tricycles are used to pull goods, so the rear body is about the same size as a cube cart. With the front end included, the overall length is much longer than that of a cube cart.

After adding all kinds of engine oil and diesel, Luo Cheng was naturally the first one to test drive. The rocker key starts first. According to the performance of the diesel engine, it starts slowly. Because the diesel engine needs to rotate for a while before the power is sufficient, but normal starting is still enough. It will definitely not reach the speed of 100 meters in seconds for those cars, but except for starting on a slope with a full load of things, once the engine starts, the car actually It's time to move.

The driving style is similar to that of a car, but at least the brake is specially placed on the right foot. As long as the operation is wrong, just press the brake with your right foot.

The three-wheeled truck soon started to run normally under Luo Cheng's operation. Because it was a diesel engine, there must be some vibration. But instead of putting them under the seat, the car is also equipped with hydraulic shock absorbers. It feels good to drive, but the gear changes are a bit slow.

Luo Cheng asked the logistics staff to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy dozens of firecrackers, and arranged for five people who could drive, and asked Xu Haitang to pick two more people to ride in a three-wheeled truck to go parade.

When you go to a street, set off a bunch of firecrackers, ask the logistics department to plan a route, and try to go to places where there are units and factories. Someone in the car held up a blackboard and wrote the words "car manufacturer" on it.

Luo Cheng can guarantee that many people will come to the factory in the afternoon. As for notifying local units, that's not interesting. They will give you another production plan. After they take it, they will provide it to the Ministry of Agriculture or some local department. The money will certainly not be less, but the additional benefits are gone.

Moreover, now the automobile factory does not need so much planned production. The factory workshop has not been built yet, and the workers have no place to stay. Today, many technicians who were transferred from other factories came here. With a day or two, the handover is usually completed. There will be people coming over to report in the next two days.

For the production of manual forklifts, for the stable order of 100,000 yuan, the personnel department has already taken the contract to the personnel bureau. Wang Hui from the Finance Department also went with her. Her uncle was in the Personnel Bureau and was easy to talk to.

"Director Luo, it's cold outside, why do you want me to go?"

"You are from the Propaganda Department. This three-wheeled truck is a product of our factory. You shouldn't go. I'm just asking you to ride on the truck and shoot some firecrackers. If you have the skills like Li Xiaotong and can give people injections and see a doctor, you don't have to go."

"But I'm a broadcaster. I'm not just responsible for broadcasting."

"This~~." What he said seemed to make sense. Luo Cheng glanced at Old Wei. What on earth was this guy doing in the Propaganda Department? He just wrote an announcement once in a while. But this matter still had to be dealt with by Xu Haitang, so he continued: "You are the only good-looking person in this factory. You represent the image of the factory when you go out."

When Luo Cheng said this, Xu Haitang felt that it made sense. There was nothing he could do about it. Being good-looking was also a sin. It's just a little colder.

"Okay, let me tell you, I am contributing to the factory, not just because you, the factory director, told me to go."

"Okay, we will distribute them tomorrow. I will reward you with a foot of cloth as a reward."

"It's true. Well, I've just started working for a few days and I'm pretty well distributed."

"Yes, not just you, but all the employees in the factory."

Luo Cheng said with a smile that the factory will pay wages tomorrow. When he came this morning, the cashier came to him with the salary slip for him to sign. Now the financial teller asked people from the security department to accompany him to the bank to withdraw money, but Captain Zhang went with a gun.

"Director Luo, I'm going too. Can you reward me with a foot of cloth?"

When he heard that there was a reward, Li Xiaotong's eyes lit up while he was still watching the fun while sitting in the office. Although one foot of cloth is not much, and it is still defective, who's family is not short of cloth nowadays.

You are such a snobbery. If you, Li Xiaotong, look like this in future generations, without your beauty, you will be at least 80% beautiful. Forget it, for the sake of the factory's image, go ahead. I, Luo Cheng, do not sympathize with you just because I see you are beautiful.

Lao Wei didn't leave him idle either. He held up the sign and rewarded him with a foot of cloth. Reading newspapers in the office every day is easier than when he was the factory director.