Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long drove a jeep back from the mountains and took a brief rest in the big yard. Then he went to Team 4 in the afternoon.

The jeep first stopped at Laomahao, turned off the engine and got out of the car. Li Long carried some things into Laomahao to see Professor Luo and the others.

The college students were doing something in the fields. They saw the jeep when it arrived, but didn't come over.

Uncle Luo and his friends were busy in the yard. Some were feeding the animals, some were cleaning the straw in the shed, some had already let the sheep out, and some were preparing dinner.

After Li Long greeted them one by one, he went to find Professor Luo.

Professor Luo was in the vacated laboratory, mixing something in a pile of soil with a shovel. This action surprised Li Long a little.

"Do you think we should be more meticulous when doing experiments, wearing white coats and using test tubes, beakers, etc." Professor Luo asked with a smile when he saw Li Long's expression.

"Yeah, that's what I thought."

"We are engaged in agronomy, especially soil research, and we can't do such delicate work," Professor Luo said as he worked. "The improvement of saline-alkali land, especially soil testing and fertilization, cannot be done with just a little soil. Although the salinity of this piece of land is roughly the same, we took soil samples from more than a dozen points on the same piece of land and found some differences.

When you apply fertilizer to a piece of land, you can't apply different fertilizers to different pieces of land, right? So you have to take an average. Now we just want to measure this average..."

"It's okay, just follow your own ideas." Li Long also listened half-understandingly, and then said, "Some time ago, I was helping herders renovate their winter huts in the mountains, and then I was involved in the work of carrying the leader, so I didn't come here. I came here today to give you some things and see if you need anything else. I will go to the county to buy them when the time comes."

"I don't need anything, everything is fine." Professor Luo said with a smile, "My students should need something. I'll call them over later and you can ask them."

"Okay, okay." Li Long responded, "How about giving them a holiday and taking them to the county? Although the situation in this county is not as good as Wucheng, it is definitely better than the village."

"That's fine, but let's do it tomorrow." Professor Luo thought for a moment and said, "It's already afternoon today, and we can't stay in the county for long. I'll tell them later. If they want to go, let's see if you can take them to the county tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

Since it was Professor Luo who went to tell the students, Li Long did not stay here for long. He went to see the wild boars, red deer and roe deer raised by Uncle Luo, and then drove the jeep to Xie Yundong.

Xie Yundong came back with the truck in the morning and was resting at home at this time.

Hearing the sound of the jeep, he hurriedly got up and opened the door, just in time to meet Li Long who was getting off the car.

"Brother Yundong, I'm here to settle the accounts of the gang leaders in our group." Li Long said straight to the point, "I'll give you the total account, and then you can check the accounts with them one by one."

"Okay." Xie Yundong said with a smile, "Then I'll accept this favor."

This was of course a joke. Everyone knew that Li Long was in charge of the job, so Xie Yundong actually didn't get any favors from others, but was more likely to be scolded. After all, he was the one who managed people, and managing people was a job that was often complained about by others.

"What kind of favor do you want? You're lucky enough not to be scolded by others." Li Long smiled and said, "When you calculate your share, remove my eldest brother's share. I'll give him the money later."

"Row."

Both of them took out their notebooks and checked the general ledger.

"Brother Yundong, the total number on your side is 1,422. Minus my brother's 148, there are still 1,274. The handles are five yuan each, which is 6,370 yuan."

"Well, let me calculate, one four hundred and two two minus one four hundred and eight, yes, that's one thousand two hundred and seventy-four, multiplied by five... six three seven zero, correct."

"I'll give you 6,500 yuan, and the 130 yuan is your management fee." Li Long went to the jeep and got his backpack. He took out stacks of money from it and counted out 6,500 yuan to Xie Yundong.

When the group was formed last year, Li Long said that if Xie Yundong was in charge, he would be paid.

You can't ask someone to work for nothing. Xie Yundong took the money and said with a smile:
"My salary for the past half month is quite a lot." He did not refuse.

Following Li Long, he also understood the situation thoroughly. He should take the money he deserves and should not hide the effort he deserves.

"Brother Yundong, you take a rest first. I'll go find the navy." Li Long said while carrying his bag. "I guess those of us who came from the mountains are all wondering when we can get the money. I have to distribute the money today."

"Okay, okay. Go do your thing first, I'll go give them the money one by one later."

Li Long drove his jeep to his eldest brother's yard. When he arrived, he saw his parents, eldest brother and his wife were all there. His parents were picking up nets, and his eldest brother was sitting on a bench in the middle of the yard with a piece of clothing around his neck. His wife was cutting his hair with a clipper.

At that time, ordinary farmers rarely went to the barber shop to get their hair cut. There were always neighbors who had clippers, so they would borrow one and get their hair cut by themselves. Some had good haircuts, while others had average haircuts. At that time, manual clippers would pinch the hair if not used properly, so they had to endure it.

Li Jianguo's family had a clipper, and everyone's hair, including Li Long's, was trimmed by his sister-in-law Liang Yuemei. Liang Yuemei's hairdressing skills were pretty good, at least Li Long had never had his hair clipped before, and he was not like some other children whose heads looked like they were bitten by dogs after being trimmed by their parents - once Liang Yuemei didn't have time, so Juan trimmed Li Qiang's hair, and then he was laughed at at school.

"Xiaolong is here." Du Chunfang was very happy to see her little son. "Did you just come back from the mountains? You must be exhausted these days, right?"

"I'm fine. I drive around everywhere. It's not tiring. But my elder brother is really tired. He's weaving the bandits every day. You can see his hands and face are blackened by the smoke." Li Long said with a smile.

"I'm used to it, I'm used to it." Li Jianguo couldn't move, he just opened his mouth and said, "Everyone is the same."

"My sister-in-law has been working hard," Li Long said as he took over the bag. "Working in the fields is not easy. It's getting hot. Anyway, I can't do it now."

"That's nothing. Standing here, I have a future and I am motivated to work." Liang Yuemei said as if it was a matter of course, "I can earn money by the end of the year. It's much better than the old days when everyone had their own meals from the same pot."

"I came here to give money to my eldest brother." Li Long took out a wad of money from his backpack and looked around. "Brother and sister-in-law, I put it in your room, on top of the chest of drawers. It's too conspicuous outside."

"Okay." Li Jianguo responded.

Li Long deposited 1,350 yuan with his eldest brother to make the total amount.

Less than ten minutes after his jeep stopped, Lu Yingming came over. Lu Yingming didn't even have a cut on his hair. He just washed it briefly, but it wasn't dry yet and you could see the water marks on it. He shaved his beard clean. Sister Lu followed behind him, and her voice was still loud:

"Juan's mom, when you're done with your haircut, lend me the clipper so I can cut Tietou's dad's hair as well."

"Okay, we'll be done soon." Liang Yuemei said as she sorted things out.

"I've finished the work. I felt like time was going so slowly while I was working, but now that I'm done, I feel like half a month has gone by in the blink of an eye." Lu Yingming pulled a wooden block to sit down in the yard and said, "It went by so fast."

"Brother Lu, I've given the money for your work on the porters to Brother Yundong." Li Long came out of the house and saw Lu Yingming, and said to him, "He will come to each of you to settle the bills and pay you later."

"Why are you so anxious?" Lu Yingming said with a smile, "You haven't settled the bill with the supply and marketing cooperative for the last load of goods, right?"

"That's fine. I work for the supply and marketing cooperative anyway, and the cooperative can't hold back on settling my bill." Li Long said, "Many people in our team are waiting for money. You guys talk, I'm going to the navy to settle the bill now."

"Okay, okay, go do your thing."

Li Long drove away in the jeep, and Du Chunfang muttered:

"He's in such a hurry, he left before he could even say a few words..."

"It's not that your Xiaolong is promising, he's busy. There are so many people in the team who want to be as busy as him, but they don't have that ability." Mrs. Lu said with a smile, "So many people rely on him to make money, and it's your Xiaolong who is responsible. If he doesn't care and delays paying the money for three or five days, no one will dare to say anything to him."

Du Chunfang was very happy when someone praised Li Long, and the unhappiness just now disappeared. Mrs. Lu was already thinking about how to use the money after getting it. Although she was gossipy, she didn't ask how much money Li Jianguo paid. This was Li Long's family, so the money they got must be different. Everyone could think of this, but they wouldn't ask.

Li Long arrived at Xu Haijun's house and saw Xu Haijun repairing his 28-inch bicycle in the yard.

Seeing Li Long getting off the jeep, Xu Haijun took the initiative to say:

"I haven't oiled my bike for a few days. The chain is a little dry and it squeaks when I ride it. I'll add some oil."

"Didn't you go to the Old Horse House to have a look?" Li Long asked half-jokingly, "You were pretty quick. I saw that you had even finished styling your hair and beard."

After Li Long finished speaking, Xu Haijun blushed. Li Long was a little confused. Why did his face turn red when he just said one sentence?
Li Long then realized that Xu Haijun had finished trimming his hair and beard and was now repairing his bicycle. He must be going to Laomahao later, right?

Seeing through it but not saying it, Li Long did not continue the topic, but took out the notebook and said:

"I'm here to settle the bill with your group. Come, let's count the money you five people have earned as the gang leader. I won't settle with them one by one, I'll just settle the total bill with you and give you all the money, and you can settle it with them one by one."

"Okay." Looking at girls is important, but collecting money is equally important. Xu Haijun stood up, pulled a towel from the iron wire stretched across the yard to dry clothes, wiped his hands, and then went to the house to get a notebook.

Li Long took out the notebook he had read earlier, and after Xu Haijun opened it, he said:
"I'm writing down the numbers here. The five of you have compiled a total of 617 qualified bearers these days. Each one is five yuan, which is 3,085 yuan. Do you think the numbers are correct?"

"Yes, yes, no problem." Xu Haijun took a glance and nodded.

Li Long glanced at his notebook, which already had the total and the amount of money calculated on it.

The preparation work was done well.

"I'll give you 3,150 yuan," Li Long said as he took out the money, "and the extra 65 yuan is your management fee."

"Management fee?" Xu Haijun was a little surprised.

"It's the management fee. The five of you are out here to do work, and these people need you to coordinate and manage them. You have to prevent them from doing anything out of line. It's a lot of time and effort, so you must pay management fees." Li Long was also impartial. After all, it was the last time, and such an event would not be organized next year.

"Hey, Xiaolong," Xu Haijun took the money, counted it and said with emotion, "I used to be dissatisfied with you. I thought you just caught up with the right time, seized the good opportunity, and were lucky to develop to what you are now. I think if it were me, I would be able to do it with so many opportunities. Now it seems that I thought too much. I didn't think of paying the management fee.

I tell you, I once thought about whether I could pry some of the work of making porters from the supply and marketing cooperative and do it on my own with my own people. Now I think that I was a despicable person.

You trusted me so much, and I almost stabbed you in the back. To be honest, I was a bit of a jerk."

Li Long didn't expect Xu Haijun to expose his shortcomings and tell all these things.

He could feel that what Xu Haijun said was from his heart, and he was quite touched.

But to be honest, these so-called threats and backstabs from Xu Haijun really couldn't hurt Li Long at all.

The two of them are no longer on the same level.

Li Long joked:

"Nothing, I just want to make more money, it's not shameful. This thing itself is whoever has the best ability will do it. I have to remind you, don't bother with this, starting from next year, this job of making up the handle will no longer exist.

Just based on what you said today, I tell you, you can also think about it carefully. If you want to do it, just calm down and curb your ambition. I can find you a job with a stable income.

Of course, given the current situation of our team, there is a good future for you to work in the team. You have to think about this yourself."

Xu Haijun is a talented person and he was honest with him today, so Li Long thought it would be good if he could get him over to work for him.

He had several jobs outside and needed someone to take care of them. Among the people he trusted, whether it was Tao Daqiang, Xie Yundong, or Liang Dacheng, their minds were mainly on the team and they didn't want to come out.

Asking them to come out to work, especially Tao Daqiang and Xie Yundong, who have families with them, are really reluctant to do so.

This is also normal. At this time, most of the team members had similar ideas to Li Jianguo. After all, they could make money in the team, the food produced in the fields was enough to eat, and it was good for the family to live together.

If they go out to work, unless they become a state cadre like Gu Xiaoxia, or a formal worker in a state-owned unit like Li Anguo, then they can be regarded as honoring their family and leaving the peasant class. Otherwise, they may not be interested in doing business, working, or being an apprentice.

Once you have some money in your hands, your vision and pursuits will be different.

Perhaps the special region of Northern Xinjiang makes the people of Team 4 think differently from other places in this era.

Li Long's words made Xu Haijun fall into deep thought. Li Long ignored him and asked him to sign the notebook, then drove away in the jeep.

Liang Wenyu's situation was relatively simple. In addition to the money for being the leader, Li Long also gave him 100 yuan as management fee.

Liang Wenyu was still a little embarrassed and didn't want it, but Li Long let him accept it openly.

"There will be no more broom weaving jobs next year. If you still want to make money, in August or September, if you have free time, you can organize people to drive tractors to find places to cut Achnatherum splendens to make big brooms." Li Long said, "This job of making big brooms can last at least ten years. Each big broom is three yuan, and the capital is at most one yuan. If you are skilled at it, you can make a lot of money."

Liang Wenyu will definitely have a bright future. What Li Long is doing now is just to give him a push, so that he can gather his network of contacts in advance and improve the situation at home.

"If you can make money by making big brooms, then cutting Sphagnum splendens shouldn't be easy." Liang Donglou was quite interested in this topic. "I'm very familiar with making big brooms. I can make seven or eight brooms a day, not to mention ten."

"Uncle Liang, I have very strict requirements, Wenyu knows this." When Li Long saw Liang Donglou wanted to participate, he immediately explained in detail, "You need to use red willow branches to tie the edges, otherwise the sedge will not fall off, and the poles must be two meters long - but as long as the results are qualified, I will take as many as you tie."

The production of brooms made of Stipa sphagnum is a long-lived industry that can be continued from now until forty years later.

Now, Li Long has taken over the local cleaning industry with his high standards and extraordinary quality, blocking the monopoly of imported bamboo brooms. The demand will surely increase.

This industry has not been interrupted even when bamboo brooms have already dominated the market. It has supported many craftsmen in inconspicuous corners and made many people rich and become middle class.

The dominance of bamboo brooms has been interrupted before they have even taken off. Li Long thinks that he can make good use of it and take the initiative in production while industrialization and branding have not yet taken off. When it is really commercialized, he will have the first-mover advantage and will definitely have greater development.

Even if it wasn't for development, just to make a few more bucks, he wanted to get Liang Wenyu and the others to work with him. Anyway, it was the off-season at that time, and the Liang family had a tractor, which was an advantage for cutting Achnatherum splendens, and Liang Donglou could weave it, so wasn't that enough?

After leaving Liang's house, Li Long felt relieved. He had paid the money to the porters, and the rest was his profit. He had settled accounts with the supply and marketing cooperative twice. He was not in a hurry for the last time, but he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he simply went to the supply and marketing cooperative again.

At the supply and marketing cooperative, after Li Long met Li Xiangqian, he went to the finance department. The warehouse manager had already handed over the warehouse entry form, and Li Long just needed to sign and receive the money.

The supply and marketing cooperative also acted quickly. The goods were not even unloaded from the truck when they were brought back. Li Xiangqian had the driver take them to the state cooperative that same day - after all, it was their warehouse manager who inspected and accepted it, so there was no doubt that the quality was good.

Li Long received the last batch of money from the 1,400 or so porters, more than 10,000 yuan, and it was all his.

Now that he has ample cash flow, Li Long has an urge to do something.

But after thinking about it, I decided to save the money and buy a high-horsepower tractor.

From the current perspective, the money he earned in the previous three years may not be as much as he earned this year.

But even so, if you want to buy a large horse-drawn tractor, the money you make this year may not be enough.

A high-horsepower tractor, plus its supporting facilities, would still cost more than 300,000 yuan, even if the 13% agricultural machinery subsidy was deducted.

It’s really amazing, but also really expensive!

In both of his lives, Li Long was not used to taking out loans to buy things, so he planned to save up enough money in advance.

To be honest, if you can buy the first high-horsepower tractor in the whole township or even the whole county, money will really come like water - think about it, compared with the current Dongfanghong 1024, which has a plowing speed of less than 1254 kilometers per hour, a high-horsepower tractor like 1504, , or can plow acres in one day and one night... The plowing fee per acre will be yuan, then...

I can’t count them all, there are so many!
Li Long remembered that at the beginning of the next century, when high-horsepower tractors first became popular, the cost of plowing the land had reached 16 to 20 yuan. The problem was that farmers not only had to plow the land, but also cut and harrow. They didn't need to sow, but if these three items were added together, it was easy to recover the cost in one year.

After all, in the end, after planting the land and plowing, cutting and harrowing, one acre of land will cost between fifty and seventy yuan, and the fourth team alone has 7,000 acres of land - how much money is that?

This is the age of mechanization.

But this is not the end. A cotton picker costs two million - how many years of work do you have to do to buy one? (End of this chapter)