The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 61 The First Tractor [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

As soon as the last hammer blow was delivered, everyone in the workshop shouted with joy, "It's done! Team Leader Zhou, we've finished manufacturing it!"

"Finally finished! It wasn't easy. This little guy took us so long to make!"

"Let's start it up and see if it works; that's the important thing."

"Don't rush, the team leader will definitely be the one to start it up. We're sure there won't be any problems with what we've done!"

The speaker was very confident and had no doubt about their newly manufactured hand tractor.

This is normal, though. The diesel engine was running normally a while ago, so there's even less of a problem now.

"Come on, make way, comrades, let me in and take a look."

Zhou Zhiqiang also rushed over upon hearing the news. After pushing aside the onlookers, he saw the results of their project team's hard work over the past two months.

This behemoth, with 14 horsepower and nearly 400 kilograms, is actually quite small compared to the Dongfanghong.

Both paddy fields and dry fields can be worked on, but if you are cultivating paddy fields, you can probably only cultivate eleven or twelve mu a day at most. If you work all night, you can only cultivate twenty or thirty mu at most.

But that would wear out the diesel engine too much, so they don't recommend running it continuously.

Zhou Zhiqiang calculated that if the farming environment is good, this tractor can cultivate 14 to 18 mu in a day.

They can finish all the farming work in a village in just a few days, saving a lot of time.

After examining the exterior from top to bottom and inside to outside, Zhou Zhiqiang said with satisfaction, "Come on, let me test and start it up. Let's open the door!"

At this moment, someone next to him asked, "Team leader, you can drive a tractor too?"

Zhou Zhiqiang said with a smile, "I figured this out myself. Do you think I can't do it? It's a piece of cake."

He was extremely familiar with the power structure; as long as he controlled the direction and didn't crash into the wall, driving a tractor wasn't too difficult.

After starting the tractor, Zhou Zhiqiang sat on it and began to operate it.

Although it's called a handrail, a seat has been installed on the small wheel at the back, making it easier for the driver to operate from there and also requiring less effort.

dong dong dong
The sound of a tractor immediately filled the workshop, and then everyone saw Zhou Zhiqiang driving the tractor out of the workshop.

Upon seeing this, the project team cheered with joy: "It moved! It's really working!"

How could there be a problem with the fruits of our hard work?

Some people even chased after him, shouting to Zhou Zhiqiang, "Team leader, let me drive the other one, I can drive a tractor!"

They produced not just one, but three at the same time; if it were just one, it wouldn't have taken so long.

The other two tractors are still in the workshop, but no one dares to start them without Zhou Zhiqiang's permission.

Zhou Zhiqiang turned his head and said, "Wait a moment, I'll drive to the factory office building and let the factory manager take a look. If there are no problems, then you can drive it."

Upon hearing this, Miao Hongyu temporarily suppressed his excitement and then jogged to follow behind Zhou Zhiqiang's tractor.

The tractor arrived at the factory office building quickly, and the tractor's thumping noise alerted the security department.

However, after the security team saw that the person driving the tractor was Zhou Zhiqiang, they lowered their guard and followed behind. They were already patrolling the factory, and now that they saw something new, they were curious and wanted to take a look.

Upon arriving at the factory office building, Zhou Zhiqiang instructed Miao Hongyu, "Go and call Director Zhao and Deputy Director Liu down. Tell them that the technical department's project team has achieved results."

"Yes, team leader." Upon hearing this, Miao Hongyu ran upstairs.

Less than ten minutes later, Director Zhao and Deputy Director Liu were called down by Miao Hongyu.

Just as they stepped out of the factory office building, the two of them saw Zhou Zhiqiang driving a small hand tractor.

"Deputy Section Chief Zhou, is this the project team's result?"

Factory Director Zhao asked with surprise, "It is indeed quite small, and you can also see the lever for manual operation."

At that time, they did not have their own tractors and used tractors imported from Russia and other brother countries.

They're huge, and they weigh several tons; you could fit several people standing on one of those tractors.

However, the tractors they developed were incredibly small compared to those from the Russians; the difference was like that between an adult and a child.

"Factory manager, don't underestimate this small tractor. It has about fourteen horsepower, which is enough to meet all the field operations in the village and town."

Moreover, it can also handle other tasks such as pulling and transporting goods, and its energy consumption is excellent, much lower than that of Russian tractors. This is the kind of agricultural machinery that is suitable for the development of farming in our country.

After Zhou Zhiqiang's introduction, he quickly informed Factory Director Zhao and Deputy Factory Director Liu that their factory's first tractor...
No, we should say that the country's first domestically produced tractor has finally been completed!
I heard a while ago that YTO Group was about to start manufacturing tractors and had been assigned a bunch of production tasks.

As a result, things went wrong at the beginning of this year. There was a problem near the last step; the imitation was not complete, and their tractors will have to wait a while longer before they can leave the factory.

As a result of this delay, Dafeng Machinery Factory was able to produce the first tractor in China ahead of schedule.

"Good! Very good! Deputy Section Chief Zhou, you're very good!"

Seeing the tractor making a continuous 'thump-thump' sound, Director Zhao said with a flushed face, "You have really done a great service to our factory. All of you, the entire project team, have done a great service to our factory!"

"Deputy Section Chief Zhou, is there anything that needs improvement in this tractor? And how many units can our factory produce per day?"

"Factory manager, don't worry, it's only just been manufactured."

Before Director Zhao could finish speaking, Zhou Zhiqiang quickly interrupted him.

The factory manager was a bit too excited. He had just finished building the first floor and was already thinking about selling all the houses. He was too impatient.

"The factory has only produced three units so far. I think it would be best to take them to the fields in the countryside and let the hand tractors work for a while."

This allows us to test its performance in actual field operations, as well as identify any potential problems with the tractor. If any are found, we can continue to improve it!

After listening to Zhou Zhiqiang's words, Director Zhao calmed down a bit. However, after thinking for a while, he felt that he still couldn't be so sure. Why hide the tractor for a month after it had been made?
"Comrade Zhiqiang."

Factory Director Zhao even changed his form of address, going directly from Deputy Section Chief Zhou to Comrade Zhiqiang, and asked seriously, "Give me a heads-up, how likely is there to be a mistake?"

"This"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Zhiqiang said to Director Zhao, "Director, I have been personally overseeing this for more than a month. I can't speak for the others, but these three tractors are definitely fine."

I personally inspected and confirmed every single part before assembling it.

"Okay, that's good!"

Factory Director Zhao nodded and said, "Alright, let's drive the tractor to the Industry Bureau and report this good news to Deputy Director Cai."

Then you should also mention the rural experiment to Deputy Director Cai, and then you should offer your support, right? Just mention it all at once, and Deputy Director Cai will definitely get it done for you within three days!

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