Chapter 1479: Want to Build a Factory

"Water!"

"Water is coming out!"

Baidian Brigade had already dug the fourth well under the guidance of experts, each well dug down more than one hundred meters, and the deepest had already reached one hundred and eighty meters.

This fourth well was also dug one hundred and sixty meters. If this well still didn't produce water... the Baidian Brigade wouldn't stop and would still continue to dig until water came out.

In Old Old Liu's words, this was a major event for future generations. If there were no conditions, it would be fine, but now that there were conditions, the first thing was to solve the water problem. If it couldn't be solved in one go, and it continued to be delayed, then no one knew when water would be used.

The experts from Yan University were also quite capable, having investigated for a month, collected quite a bit of data, and selected six points to dig wells.

The experts were also under great pressure.

The equipment brought for digging wells, various pipes, and concrete-poured well rings—the donkeys couldn't work, so all of them were carried up from Linping by the old and young men of the Baidian Brigade shouting slogans.

The villagers of the Baidian Brigade were united, full of infinite expectations. As a result, three wells in a row didn't even see a drop of water. Every time after the hard work, there was nothing to gain, and the villagers' eyes fell on the experts, making the experts feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on their backs, like a fish bone in their throats.

By the fourth action, the experts were already sweating profusely with anxiety.

The fourth well digging finally brought up mud slurry along the pipes. The villagers of Baidian Village cheered, not to mention, but the experts who came here breathed a sigh of relief.

You know, Wang Yan was going to write an article. If he had marked six points and not a single point produced water, then he would be in trouble. A big scholar couldn't fix a well in the village. If Wang Yan wrote an article and published it in the People's Daily, he would probably be finished.

Now it was finally settled. At least he came to support and indeed dug a well in the Baidian Brigade, which hadn't solved the problem of eating and using water for hundreds of years. If Wang Yan wrote an article and brought him along, that would be a good thing.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Wang Mouren, who was taking photos with his camera, and couldn't help but puff out his chest and wave his hand: "Dig another ten meters, see the water volume, and see if it can be used as a water well."

The result was naturally very good. Wang Yan grabbed the expert's hand, his face full of excitement: "Thank you, Expert Liang. Don't worry, when I write the article, I will definitely write about your spirit of working hard and dedicating yourself to our Baidian Brigade, so that the people of the whole country will know that in our Yan University, there is an expert like you, Expert Liang, who overcomes difficulties, has solid knowledge, and can combine with practice, a good expert, a good scholar."

"Hey, I'm just doing solid academic work, it's not good to be too exaggerated."

Saying it wasn't good to be too exaggerated, the corners of Expert Liang's mouth couldn't be pressed down no matter what.

It had to be too exaggerated!

Wang Yan laughed: "Doing solid academic work is even more reason to let people know. Comrade Lei Feng specifically does good deeds without seeking fame or profit, but our Party makes him famous. Why? To promote this spirit. Bowing down to be a willing ox for the children is a good thing, but letting more people know is not a bad thing.

I see you are a down-to-earth person. No matter how big the reputation is, you will definitely not forget your original intention, struggle hard, and not be burdened by fame. You are only thirty-five years old this year, and I believe that in time, you will also be a generation of masters."

"Oh my, I don't dare to take it. Academic work isn't that easy to do."

"You are just too modest. Academic work isn't easy to do, but as long as today is better than yesterday, you are always moving forward. How can there be so many things that happen overnight? Just say our well digging, without the first section of pipe being driven down, how could it reach the one hundred and seventy meters now? You, sooner or later, will be one thousand, one hundred meters, ten thousand, seven thousand meters."

Expert Liang couldn't hold back anymore and laughed out loud: "You young man, you are quite capable. No wonder so many people are waiting to read your articles. Just listening to you talk is impressive. You will definitely have great achievements in the future."

"I don't want great achievements. I just want our Baidian Brigade to get better and better, and at most, make the entire Hechuan Commune get better and better. How big the butt is, how big the pants are. I know my own family's affairs, but moving to this point, what ability do I have?"

The two complimented each other for a while and then dispersed. At this time, the pipe of more than one hundred meters was also pulled out section by section from the ground, bringing up a large piece of mud slurry to the ground.

The experts went up and sprinkled a circle with lime. The men who had been waiting couldn't wait any longer and started digging pits with picks and shovels, wanting to dig one hundred and seventy meters, expanding the well, and constantly lowering the well rings into the pit during the digging process to prevent collapse and protect the water source from being polluted by falling soil.

The anxious villagers didn't even allow it to be idle for a moment, organized four groups of people to rotate, worked twenty-four hours a day, and it took half a month to dig the well, and even used cement and bricks to build a very beautiful wellhead.

At this time, the hardworking and simple Chinese people had already shown the quality that a infrastructure maniac should have. Nothing else, just anxious, couldn't wait at all...

After applying the last shovel of cement, the villagers of Baidian Village changed into yangge costumes and held a grand event in the village with gongs and drums.

The old people were moved to tears. This well was not easy; it was a difficult problem that their ancestors hadn't been able to solve for generations.

Linping people relied on a well and had been arrogant for hundreds of years. Every year for the sake of water, I don't know how many armed fights broke out in Linping, and I don't know how many people were killed or injured.

Previously, when getting water in Linping, everyone was harmonious. But when it came to using water for farming, everyone's temper flared up, and they would start a conflict in a few words.

But now the temper is very small, because the commune solved this problem. For example, during spring plowing, the commune brought a diesel engine to pump water, which was much faster than shaking the windlass bucket by bucket. The speed went up, and the temper naturally went down. Pumping water twenty-four hours a day, pulling it to the village cart by cart.

In water-rich areas, you can't experience the difficulty and despair of using water in arid areas. Naturally, you can't empathize with this situation now.

In the final analysis, the Baidian Brigade has water!

Wang Yan took photos of the whole process from the start of construction to the end of the yangge dance celebration, and also took photos of the serious and busy figures of Expert Liang and his students, and the moment the first bucket of water was lifted, and Old Old Liu grinned and was happy.

He wrote another report, explaining the achievements and various good changes made by the Baidian Brigade over this period of time, and as always, attached photos to the letter.

The photos he sent were indeed printed in the newspaper, letting the people of the whole country see some of the situation here.

Especially the photo of Old Liu and the other four people that Wang Yan took earliest, carrying shoulder poles and laughing on the endless yellow land. The editor of the People's Daily wrote back saying that people in art colleges who engage in film and photography, as well as some news photographers, had a very high evaluation of the photos.

The high evaluation was correct. Wang Yan's photography skills had long reached the master level. Not only taking photos, but also shooting videos was a master-level camera level...

After having water, the matter of planting fruit trees was also put on the agenda.

A batch of saplings had been ordered, and it was expected to be planted in September. Two hundred apple trees would be planted in the early stage, and the situation would be looked at next year. Either change the tree species or plant more fruit trees of the same variety.

The road had also started to be repaired. The construction difficulty was actually not great, and there was no complex terrain. It was just widening the originally narrow mountain road and then doing hardening treatment. It was a labor-consuming and material-consuming job, and there were no technical difficulties.

Now in the gap of spring plowing, the mountain road was being widened and leveled. People were working on the forty-plus li mountain road, men, women, old, and young all went into battle, and the children who were not looked after were also playing at the construction site on the road.

It was truly a good scene of vitality and everything competing for development.

At this time, Wang Yan was also looking for various materials, leading some women in the Baidian Brigade to do various weaving and sewing work, making sofas, mattresses, etc.

Compared to simply making furniture, rising to the level of home furnishings represented a broader market and stronger profitability. He had to integrate resources, do home textiles together, and widen the road.

Currently limited by materials, he couldn't make so many patterns and could only ask for some cotton and linen synthetic materials from the textile factory in the county, trying to make some finished products.

Of course, it could be done together by the textile factory, but Wang Yan was from the Baidian Brigade, so he had to purchase materials from the textile factory, return to Baidian Village, let the women sew by hand, and record work points for everyone, so that the Baidian Brigade could be richer.

Completely entrusting the textile factory to produce, although it saved time and effort, it was also earned more money by the textile factory. This money was still very important to Baidian Village.

It was still that sentence, people's labor was not worth money. Being able to earn more than farming through labor, being able to tear a few more feet of cloth, and eat a few more pieces of meat, people were happy and willing.

As for the harm to the body, etc., now even many people decades later didn't take their own physical health as a factor to consider. Earn money when you can earn it, and if you can't earn it, then die, whatever.

"The well is dug, you will be good for farming and using water in the future."

Secretary Zhang personally lifted a bucket of water, took a sip of the cool well water with a scoop, and grinned. "Sweet!"

He turned to look at Wang Yan, who was taking photos, and said with a smile, "Wang Yan, you have great ability. How long has it been? Seven months! You led the Baidian Brigade to live a good life, you are capable!"

"Even if I have the ability to reach the sky, I can't do it if I want to sell furniture in batches, dig wells, repair roads, and plant trees. Without the Party's care and help, how could our Baidian Brigade go to the county? Without the hard struggle of the villagers of the Baidian Brigade, how could we produce things?"

"You kid, you have a level in speaking." Secretary Zhang laughed. "Have you ever thought about coming to the commune to exert your intelligence and let the people of our Hechuan Commune live a good life?"

"There are too many things in the commune, and there are many troubles." Wang Yan shook his head. "I saw it when I reported before, it's omnipotent. I have a bad temper. Whoever uses rules or seniority to suppress me, I can't stand it. If I break someone's leg, I won't end up well in the end."

"Don't say, your kid's courage is truly great."

"Know it?"

Secretary Zhang couldn't laugh or cry: "The articles you wrote are serialized in the People's Daily, and the people of the whole country read them as stories. I heard that you received quite a few letters here, urging you to write more. The People's Daily in Beijing received even more than you, asking if the People's Daily intercepted the articles you submitted, and many were not published.

Tell me, who isn't curious about you, this young man? You did a great thing, turned Beijing upside down, and you know it as soon as you ask. However, the news here is indeed a bit slow. The county knew about it when they went to the city for a meeting, and I knew about it when I went to the county for a meeting. No one expected that your kid could cause so much trouble."

"Uncle, you are wrong. I am not causing trouble, I am self-defense. Two or three hundred people want to kill me, I counterattack, and they are still unhappy. Tell me, where is such a reason?"

"Fine, you have many reasons." Secretary Zhang asked unwillingly, "Really not coming to the commune? I'll give you a deputy director."

"Really not going. I can do things in the Baidian Brigade just the same. Once it develops, more people will definitely be used, sooner or later."

"That's the truth, then I won't force it. What other problems do you have? If you can solve them, the commune will help think of a way."

"There really is one."

Wang Yan said, "The place where we produce furniture is too small. I drew drawings before and asked the machinery factory in the county to make them. They..."

"I know about this. It was said when I went to the county for a meeting. You designed these tools well. The salesmen of the machinery factory ran out and sold quite a few, enough for the machinery factory to eat for two years."

"With tools, production efficiency has increased quite a bit. We have over ten thousand orders, and the processed wood has nowhere to put. There is no electricity in the brigade, and it can't be processed here. I want to build a factory and put all our apprentices there, so production speed can be much faster."

Secretary Zhang thought for a while and said: "Still in the county? Is the commune okay?"

"Okay, the place is big enough, electricity can be supplied, and the apprentices have a place to eat and live. It's ten li from the commune to the county, and the road is easy to walk. When the time comes, we will produce finished products in the commune and transport them anywhere, which is convenient."

Secretary Zhang was happy: "I thought you had to run to the county. It's good in the commune. The young people in our brigade have all learned carpentry. Just right, go to the commune, and we will allocate some spots to the various brigades below, let them work with you, what do you think?"

"I think Comrade Liu Hanwen is a good cadre with firm ideological awareness and diligent service to the people, and should be in a more suitable position to lead the villagers to live a better life."

"You kid." Secretary Zhang shook his head with a smile and patted Wang Yan on the shoulder. "You are a smart one, you see things clearly. This matter is settled."

The good situation was fought out by the Baidian Brigade. The relationship in the commune was chaotic, and there were many things. So, in the leadership layer, naturally, there had to be people from Baidian Village who could speak. Without a doubt, Liu Hanwen was the best candidate.

"Anything else?"

"Yes."

"You are really not polite, say it."

Wang Yan said: "Uncle, you know, the furniture I made before could be exported. Although our materials are not good and our craftsmanship is not high, it is still mass production and manufacturing, and the styles are novel. I think we can walk outside."

"How to walk? Now the orders in the county can't be finished, where else do you want to go?"

"The orders can't be finished because there are few people. If a factory is opened in the commune, people from all brigades will come. After learning for three to five months, they can work, and production will be fast."

"But at that time, what should be bought and what should be changed in the county will be finished, and only some small orders will be done. It is impossible to have such a grand occasion as now. We must have a sense of worry, Uncle. I think we should go up again and open our furniture shop to the city. If possible, we should also go to the Canton Fair to see if we can sell to foreign devils.

Of course, I know the spots for the Canton Fair are relatively rare, and various units have fought for their dog brains. We don't want spots, we want to let the top know that we have been there, have orders there, and can communicate with them, so that we can earn this money."

"Our county can't even find a translator, let alone the Canton Fair. You really dare to think."

"I can." Wang Yan didn't prove it and waved his hand. "Uncle, anyway, you just work hard on these two points. Whichever one is done, we can earn big money. When the time comes, there will be tens of thousands of orders, more than ten thousand, and we will expand the scale of breeding and planting, then our Hechuan Commune will be rich."

Secretary Zhang was silent and didn't answer, but his eyes were incredibly bright...

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