Chapter 200: Material Distribution

"Fourth Brother, a batch of good stuff arrived recently, aimed at overweight people, and it's especially friendly to women."

"I saw the effect with my own eyes; a woman weighing over 160 jin slimmed down to about 110 jin in just three months, and there were basically no side effects; it even beautifies and nourishes the skin."

Zhang Ping'an wasn't lying either; it wouldn't be a bad thing for women to drink it as it increases estrogen secretion, and it wouldn't do any harm for men to drink it either—after all, they all drink Tiger Penis Wine, so surely it could neutralize and offset it, right?

"Hmm?" Tong Siye looked at his own big belly and thought of the homes of several noble people, all of whom were a bit bloated.

"Really?"

"Naturally. How about this: the old rules, try it first, and we'll talk if it works well."

"Done."

Afterwards, Zhang Ping'an handed Tong Siye two bottles of Wild Honey, about one jin each.

"This is honey?"

"Not entirely. It's based on wild honey with other rare medicinal herbs added; just like the Tiger Penis Wine, it's a prescription from an old Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner."

"Done, I trust you." Tong Siye didn't hesitate anymore, quickly took them, and gave eight Small Yellow Fish.

A month later, Tong Siye ran over with a face full of joy the moment he saw Zhang Ping'an.

"Little Brother, how much more of this honey do you have?"

Seeing Tong Siye like this, Zhang Ping'an knew this old boy must have received many benefits from above again, and his own belly had slimmed down a circle as well.

Just as Zhang Ping'an thought, Tong Siye's younger sister was the third concubine of a noble person; she was in her early thirties, and due to long periods of sitting and lying down without exercise, she had developed a "swimming ring" around her waist.

After drinking the Wild Honey for a month, not only did the swimming ring disappear, but she was glowing with health and had regained the noble person's favor, so he had to hurry and buy a few more bottles back.

He himself was the same; after going back and drinking the Wild Honey, he passed several jin of black stool the next morning, and his body felt unprecedentedly light. Now, a month later, his belly was smaller, and he could even see "that thing" when he looked down.

Now, the ladies who were on good terms with his sister were all scrambling to buy it, and once the noble person found out, he naturally told him to buy more.

"Same as the wine, about a hundred jin or so; there isn't much more."

"Done, I'll take it all. Find time to get more for me."

"Alright, but Fourth Brother, there isn't much of this stuff in total, and it all has to be shipped from Jilin Province."

"Understood, thank you for your hard work, Little Brother, please help out more." Tong Siye shoved five Small Yellow Fish directly into Zhang Ping'an's hands.

"That's fine, Fourth Brother, I'll try my best to get more stock over."

"Hahaha, good."

After the two traded one hundred jin of Wild Honey, Zhang Ping'an harvested another forty Big Yellow Fish.

"Sigh, when will I be able to hollow them out?"

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Time returns to the present; watching the piglets grow day by day, Zhang Ping'an still didn't know that those above had already begun discussing the distribution of this batch of pigs.

Although the pigs were raised by the Rolling Mill, the Rolling Mill couldn't obtain full ownership; getting one-tenth was already thanks to the efforts of Xu Qianshan and the group of leaders from the Ministry of Heavy Industry.

When the Rolling Mill first started the pig-raising plan, other heavy industries knew about it too, like the First and Second Rolling Mills, the Steel Mill, etc., but they didn't think highly of it and even mocked it in private, saying it was neglecting their proper work.

Now that they'd been slapped in the face, they were all shamelessly running to the Ministry of Heavy Industry to ask for a share; this move was truly something else.

"Ahem, Huaide, you and Comrade Zhiguo must put in some effort; we can't let the results we worked so hard to produce be taken away by others."

"Factory Director, it's not up to us to decide; it depends on how much Minister Xu and Minister Lü can fight for."

"Sigh, I feel heartbroken thinking about the child I raised with such hard work being taken away by someone else."

"……"

"Factory Director, did those above say how much of a share we can keep?"

"No, but I estimate one-tenth at most. Of course, if other mills want to take a share from us, they'll have to leave something behind."

"Right, Factory Director, we can't let go easily; we must knock out some good things, otherwise we'll suffer a huge loss."

The twenty old sows at the current pig farm had already farrowed two litters; nearly a thousand piglets had been successfully raised and grown, and they were now over ten jin each.

It's estimated they will farrow another litter by the end of the year, and they will be able to achieve self-reproduction next year; the year after, they can expand the scale of the pigsties, and four thousand head can still be supplied.

The fermentation area has also been expanded; there were originally less than a hundred large vats, but now there are over three hundred, supplying through rotational fermentation.

"These guys from the Light Industry Ministry only know how to pick up ready-made results. Sigh, Old Xu, since those above have decided, we can't go against it, but we must knock them for a heavy price."

"Right, we absolutely cannot let them have it easy." Thinking that his side could only retain a one-quarter share, Xu Qianshan felt a pang of heartache.

"And the First and Second Rolling Mills, even the Steel Mill wants to raise pigs and is asking us for planting and breeding plans."

"Give it to them; the palm and the back of the hand are both flesh. Let Zhang Ping'an go over to provide some guidance, and divide the grass seeds harvested by the Rolling Mill among them equally."

The grass seeds from three hundred mu of pasture were only over nine hundred jin; each family could get over three hundred jin, enough to plant one hundred mu of pasture.

"That's good too; we might be able to keep a bit more of a share then."

"Indeed."

Nowadays, the entire Ministry of Heavy Industry only kept a one-quarter share, which was eight hundred pigs. The Third Rolling Mill (i. e., Lou Steel Rolling Mill) was the original unit and had contributed too much, so the lion's share was definitely theirs.

Thinking of all the units coming to them to complain, the two ministers also had a headache; yet they were all stubborn, refusing to leave if they didn't get what they wanted.

"Issue the proposed distribution share, and then leave it to Old Nie and the others to have a headache."

"Ahem, that's good."

In Sijiucheng, there were thirteen major heavy industry factories in total. Out of eight hundred fat pigs, the Third Rolling Mill kept one hundred, and the remaining were divided equally among the twelve.

Nie Haiquan was dumbfounded when he received the document; he had estimated at least two hundred, but it was cut in half directly.

"Huaide, Zhiguo, take a look."

"No, this is too unfair."

"Is this an official red-headed document?"

The three were silent; there was clearly no room for maneuver. Afterwards, they looked at each other and smiled sinisterly. At this moment, the leaders of the twelve steel mills all shivered in unison.

"Ahem, let's discuss where their bottom line is and how to bite off a piece of meat without making them feel the pain."

"Zhiguo, you are in charge of production; leave the important materials like parts, steel, and coal to you. Huaide, logistics materials are yours. I'll go and sound out those guys."

"Good."

Both of them were sharpening their knives, especially Li Huaide; it could be said that this Pig Farm was the lifeblood of their Logistics department, and now that it had almost been completely wiped out, someone had to pay a price so they could recoup their losses.

Zhang Ping'an didn't care about any of that; as long as he grew this batch of forage and raised this batch of pigs well, the rest was none of his business, and the position of Logistics Director was within reach in the coming years.

In the blink of an eye, it was August; the family of the second uncle and second aunt had long since returned, having stayed at her maiden home for three days before returning after leaving behind most of their Grain Coupons, though the family of five found that the joy of reuniting with relatives had been significantly diluted by what they had seen on the road.

"Ping'an, how is it back home now?"

"The situation is alright; they might not be full, but they definitely won't starve to death."

The second uncle nodded and said nothing more; this situation was already very good, and there were now quite a few refugees in Sijiucheng.