Era: Winning since educated youth went to the countryside

"You think this biogas can be used to generate electricity?"

After hearing Zhou Ziwen's explanation, Wu Dagang and the team leader both felt like they were not keeping up with the times.

They have been working in the fields all their lives, and it was only two years ago that the village installed electrical wires and used electric lights.

They also only have a partial understanding of the principles of power generation.

Now Zhou Ziwen said that biogas can be used to generate electricity, which is simply a fantasy to them.

Wu Dagang frowned and asked doubtfully: "Ziwen, is this biogas power generation reliable? Let's not waste time and energy on useless things."

The captain also agreed: "Yes, Ziwen, this sounds too mysterious. Although we don't understand these new things, we can't try them blindly."

Zhou Ziwen smiled and explained, "Uncle Wu, Captain, I know you are worried that it is unreliable. In fact, biogas power generation has a scientific basis."

"The main component of biogas is methane, which is a combustible gas. As long as there are suitable equipment and conditions, it can generate electricity."

He continued patiently: "Of course, we don't need to be too anxious to realize biogas power generation now."

"We are building the biogas digester first, and then we will consider generating electricity after we have accumulated some experience. Moreover, even if we don't generate electricity, biogas can be used to boil water and cook."

After listening to Zhou Ziwen's explanation, Wu Dagang and the team leader felt a little more at ease.

The captain nodded and said, "Ziwen, what you said makes sense. Then we will build the biogas digester according to your plan. We can talk about the future later."

Wu Dagang also agreed: "Well, let's do the current work first. If this biogas tank can really come in handy, it will be a good thing."

After handing the design drawings to Wu Dagang, Zhou Ziwen had nothing to do here.

With Wu Dagang and the captain watching here, he can focus on other things.

The pig farm here has already started construction, and he should get busy with the pig feed issue.

It would be troublesome if he hadn't prepared the feed by the time the piglets arrived.

The raw materials of biological feed are very common, just some corn stalks, soybean stalks, and common rice straw, wheat straw, etc.

When making feed, you just need to dry these raw materials and then crush them into fine bran.

Then use biological fermentation agents to mix it with grass in a certain proportion for fermentation.

There is no need to worry about raw materials. There is a shortage of everything in the countryside, except various kinds of straw.

The key is the configuration of the biological fermentation agent.

This is also very simple for Zhou Ziwen. He has the recipe and can easily prepare it.

Biological feed is also the reason why Zhou Ziwen dared to let the production team raise pigs.

But crushing the hay is also a problem.

If we do it manually, it will be too troublesome. It would be much better if we have a crushing machine.

"Uncle Wu, Uncle Zhou, there is something I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter? Tell me." the captain asked.

Zhou Ziwen organized his words a bit, and then said: "Uncle Wu, Captain, in order to prepare pig feed, we need to crush a lot of grass. Manual crushing is too inefficient and too tiring. I was thinking, if we can have a crusher, it can greatly improve our work efficiency."

"A crusher! This is not easy to get. How about I go to the commune and ask President Fu later? He has many connections and should be able to find resources in this area."

Wu Dagang took a few puffs of his pipe. "Is the crusher expensive?" the captain asked.

"Equipment like a crusher shouldn't be very cheap, but we won't buy a new one. It would be great if we could buy a second-hand one. Even if there's a problem, we can fix it ourselves!"

Zhou Ziwen said, "We are rich now, so we might as well spend our money wisely."

"How much does this cost?" Wu Dagang felt a little distressed when talking about money.

However, although they felt sad, neither Wu Dagang nor the captain refused.

Their village is now considered rich, but the reason for this is thanks to Zhou Ziwen.

If Zhou Ziwen hadn't taken the lead in growing mushrooms, their village wouldn't have had so much income.

Therefore, they attached great importance to Zhou Ziwen's suggestion to purchase a crusher.

Wu Dagang thought for a moment and said, "Ziwen, what you said makes sense. Let's go to the commune first to ask about the situation. If the price is right, we will consider buying one."

If it was someone else who said he wanted to buy a crusher, Wu Dagang would have scolded that person, but if it was Zhou Ziwen, Wu Dagang's attitude would have been much gentler.

The team leader also nodded and said, "Yes, Ziwen is a smart kid, and his idea must be right. Let's go to the commune to see the situation."

Wu Dagang took Zhou Ziwen's matter seriously. He chatted with Zhou Ziwen for a while and after asking about the requirements for the crusher, he turned around and went home and rode his bicycle to the commune.

As for the pig farm, the team leader is watching over it.

"Uncle Zhou, please arrange a few people for me!"

Zhou Ziwen definitely cannot make biological feed alone.

Besides, he didn't plan to do any work himself. He could just arrange for other people to do it. He would only be responsible for the command and key technical parts.

"Okay, how many do you want?" The team leader also knew that Zhou Ziwen wanted to make biological feed, so he readily agreed to his request.

Zhou Ziwen thought for a moment and said, "Assign me about ten people first! They will be mainly responsible for collecting and drying the straw, and assisting me with some simple operations."

The team leader nodded and immediately assigned ten young and strong members to Zhou Ziwen.

These ten members all have great faith in Zhou Ziwen. After all, he has established a high prestige in the village.

Zhou Ziwen brought this group of members to the village mill and prepared to start operations there.

Zhou Ziwen brought the ten members to the mill, which had a spacious space and was suitable as a temporary feed processing point.

He first explained to the members in detail the entire production process of biological feed, from collecting straw to crushing and then to fermentation, each step was explained clearly.

The members listened attentively and nodded from time to time, indicating that they understood the production process.

Zhou Ziwen continued, "We started by collecting straw. We divided into several groups and went to various places in the village to collect corn stalks, soybean stalks, rice straw and wheat straw. We must be careful to select straw that is not moldy or deteriorated.

After they are collected, they are placed outside the mill to dry in the sun.”

According to Zhou Ziwen's arrangement, the members were divided into several groups and quickly went to every corner of the village to collect straw.

Before long, a large amount of straw was transported to the open space outside the mill.

Zhou Ziwen instructed the members to spread the straw neatly to ensure that every straw could receive sufficient sunlight. (End of this chapter)