The sun never sets in America

Chapter 258 Infrastructure: Steamroller and Entrepreneurship

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A train that looks like an earth dragon, billowing with thick smoke, is traveling on the rugged land of Jiuyuan. (Arizona)

At present, the length of railways in Han Dynasty has exceeded 40,000 kilometers, which is almost doubled compared to the 20,000 kilometers in the eight years of Longwu.

The railway has become an important promoter for the rapid growth of the Han country's economy during this period.

Along the long and dense Han Railway Line, the Han Dynasty was developing this American land that had been wild for tens of thousands of years at the fastest speed.

Just like what was written in the book about the 30th year of Longwu in the 12th year of Longwu:

(When the copper mines, coal iron, cotton and Hanzhou, the heavy industrial products of the cotton, the tea in Lingnan, the seafood in the West Sea, the grains of Monan in Youzhou, the wood, minerals, and even the cattle and sheep in Mobei in the three provinces of Oregon When they came together, through the long railway line, they formed a real Han State, an unprecedented Han Empire!!)

As the book said, the development of the Han Dynasty has taken off thoroughly with the help of the railway.

According to the latest statistics, the most densely populated places in Han are generally along railway lines, which are the so-called railway economic lines.

Continuing along this railway line, there are factories, mines, farms, and thousands of small workshops in Han Dynasty.

These family-style workshops and even local small factories formed a complete Han Dynasty.

A Chinese country that has never existed in the original time and space. (As long as you marry a Chinese, you will be classified as a Chinese, Han's alternative assimilation plan)

The Han Kingdom was like a huge meteorite that fell into this time and space, leaving a deep imprint on this time and space.

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Rumble…

A road roller with a roller in front rolled over the newly smoothed dirt road.

"Cough cough..."

"Cough cough..."

The dust brought up by the road roller and the black smoke rising from the exhaust pipe caused a fit of coughing among the surrounding construction teams.

"Damn it, I would have worn a mask if I had known better."

"It's fine now, it's really turned into carbon dust!!"

Lu Dayou, who had just reported for work, was leaning against a tree to avoid the dust and black smoke. Just now, he was curious about how this roller compacted the road, and despite the dissuasion of the old people, he insisted on standing next to it, saying it euphemistically, to observe and learn. He was so shocked that he couldn't raise his head because of the ridicule of the old men on the construction team. He hid under the crooked neck tree by the roadside and poked his head to observe the situation on the road.

Opposite Lu Dayou, the Hercules II road roller continued to work, leveling the land that had not been completely sorted out. Wherever it went, gravel was crushed into slag and soil clods turned into dust.

This type of Hercules II road roller, which sells for up to 5,000 yuan, is the latest product of Hongshan Machinery. (In addition to producing military products, the company also produces civilian infrastructure products, and road rollers are just one type)

"Gululu..."

The Dali Pressing machine rolled the black smoke, along the five -kilometer -long mountain road, and crushed the surrounding crushed rocks, soil blocks, and poor and humble flowers into residue.

Then, it stopped moving! !

"Quickly, see if there is something wrong with the steam engine of the roller."

"Hurry up and take a look, this thing is not cheap!!"

The contractor surnamed Wu from the construction team was squatting in front of the earth bag to smoke. While smoking, he admired the power of his own road roller in the distance.

With the help of the steamroller he bought with a loan, he was able to live in a respectable manner in Ba Shi Township, and he was considered a figure who would be handed cigarettes when he went out. (There are more immigrants from Bashu)

Among the girls and wives around him, no one would call him Angkor when they saw him.

Especially that Widow Zhang, with two children, not to mention, don't say it... so smooth! !

Just when Wu Baogong was imagining what he called the great show of a golden dragon fighting a river clam, the steamroller that he regarded as his lifeblood stopped. This shocked him. It was not a steamroller, it was him. Dear father! !

"How about it??"

"Old Sun, are you saved??"

Contractor Wu took out a cigarette from a pagoda-like cigarette case and handed it to the repairman Lao Sun who had just been hired from the town.

(Baota brand cigarettes are medium cigarettes. Because Jinda is moderately priced, it is more suitable for old smokers who have smoked too much and feel nothing, similar to Liqun in later generations)

Snapped……

A ball of fire emerged from the silver-plated lighter, and the flying crane logo on the lighter was very conspicuous. (Feihe brand lighters are a lower brand than Jinlong brand. Because of the silver plating, the price is not cheap. They are a tool for wealthy people like Wu Baogong to show off their wealth.)

"Whoosh..."

"I just looked at this machine. It's not an ordinary problem. It needs major repairs."

Lao Sun took a puff of cigarette leisurely, blew out the smoke ring, held the cigarette between his fingers, and replied to Bao Gong Wu.

"What??"

"Needing major repairs??"

"Master Sun, we can't be so deceptive and don't know. Repairing this machine is extremely expensive. It can easily cost several hundred yuan. A major repair may cost more than a thousand yuan!!"

"In this case, I will give you some more money, and you will repair it. After it is repaired, I will invite you to my house to eat Shaobai. Let me tell you, my mother-in-law's Shaobai is so comfortable!!"

When Wu Baoguo heard that major repairs were going to be carried out, he felt as if his eyebrows were burning. He spit out a series of Bashu tunes, which was very different from his original way of speaking Mandarin in front of the workers.

After hearing this, Lao Sun shook his head, looked at the anxious Bao Gong Wu, and said:

"Boss Wu, it's not that Wu doesn't want to help you, it's that he doesn't have a way to help. It's true that repairing the machine is my job, but the engine is broken. What should I do? Where can I fix it for you..."

"As for burning white, I'm afraid I don't have the means to take it orally!!"

"Ugh……"

At the end of the sentence, Lao Sun sighed heavily.

When Wu Baoguang heard this, his heart sank to the bottom of his heart. He thought something would go wrong, but he never thought it would go so big. That steam engine costs two thousand yuan each. He has spent all his money recently on the project. Why? Maybe it can be repaired? ?

If it can't be repaired, the project will have to be delayed, and if it is delayed, you will have to pay liquidated damages. This was the agreement signed when bidding in the town.

At that time, he relied on having a road roller to win this project worth tens of thousands of dollars from several other local contractors.

For this, he had to run away from the relationship. Now that the machine has stopped, the relationship has been wasted. Maybe the whole deal will have to be lost.

Boss Wu finally gritted his teeth and asked Lao Sun: "Is there any other way to make this machine better?"

Lao Sun looked at Contractor Wu, then at the steamroller lying on the roadside, frowned, and finally answered in an uncertain tone:

"Sometimes, I have a steam engine that was originally equipped with a crane. It's many years old and big, but it can be added to it, that is..." At this point, Lao Sun stopped talking. (The models of the two steam engines are similar)

"Just what??"

"Old Sun, you say it and I listen!!"

Seeing that Old Sun had a solution, Contractor Wu directly took out a pack of high-grade hookah from another pocket and stuffed it into Old Sun's pocket. He moved quickly. It seemed that he did this kind of thing frequently.

Lao Sun felt the bulge in his pocket, narrowed his eyes, and finally said:

"Although that engine is a few years old, it is still good. I will modify it in a few days, because it can be combined with this roller. But it is not the original engine. I estimate that it will last seven or eight days at most. Once the time passes, I'm afraid it will yes……"

When Lao Sun said this, he stopped talking, but Wu Baogong already understood.

"it is good!!"

"I bought it, how much did it cost??"

Contractor Wu finally agreed to Lao Sun's opinion under the pressure of reality, and then asked about the price.

"It's not expensive. Now a new one costs at least two thousand. Boss Wu, can you just give me this number?"

Lao Sun used a number.

"What, seven hundred??"

"Master Sun, are you kidding me? Do you treat me like a melon?"

"You haven't sold that machine for several years. You want to sell me a short-term one for 700. With this money, I can just buy a second-hand one. Buying it from you is a joke!!"

When Wu Baogong heard that he wanted seven hundred, he jumped up and fired like a machine gun from his mouth.

"Hey, Boss Wu, you can't just keep saying it. The so-called jianghu business is between you and me, and it's not like I'm begging you to buy it??"

"This way, six hundred, six hundred, you take it and I will bring it to you without saying anything!!"

"Why not six hundred? Six hundred, three hundred, I want three hundred. With the money, you can have a good year and buy some chocolates for the baby..."

"Three hundred, why don't you grab, the minimum is 500, not selling less at one point!" "Three hundred and fifty, I add 50, it is important enough, you look back with this money to go to the city to be red and romantic. You can play for more than two months !!! "

"Four hundred, any less, I will leave without taking my head back!!"

"Okay, four hundred is four hundred, I'll do maintenance and assembly, and I'll replace a chain by the way, I'll do it!!"

"Smoke, smoke, stop talking!!"

In the end, a steam engine that was almost scrapped and worth only a few days of life was sold to Baogong Wu for 400 yuan by Lao Sun. Of course, a chain belt worth 50 yuan was added.

Both parties believed that they had made a profit. Contractor Wu could quickly end the construction period, get the project payment, and even put up a chain belt.

Lao Sun sold the steam engine that he had saved for several years and was about to recycle, discarded the chain belt worth dozens of yuan, and the rest was basically pure profit.

And all this was seen and kept in mind by Lu Dayou, who was only 18 years old and working for the first time.

Turning his attention to the road roller that was still lying on its nest, Lu Dayou suddenly realized that this machine was so charming and full of beauty.

One day, he will also design such a machine! !

Lu Dawang, who was working hard and studying hard, swore secretly while looking at the road roller not far away.

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Tongshan City... Tornado Machinery Factory.

This is a start-up company, and it is called a start-up because its so-called factory was converted from a welding rod factory.

As for the boss of the welding rod factory in front, he was also very cruel. He staged a Chinese version of the story and ran away with his sister-in-law.

Finally, it was sold to several shareholders of Tornado, or several founders, for 200,000 yuan.

Now the owner of the welding rod factory may be already on an island in Penglai Province, wearing a floral shirt, wearing flip-flops adapted from Japanese clogs, holding his flowery sister-in-law, living a beautiful and moral life on the beach. The lowly world of two people! !

(This island vacation style shirt and shorts are one of Liu Peng’s many gadgets)

As for this coolly named Tornado Company, at best it is a manufacturing company, but at worst it is just the so-called fantasy of a few young people who don’t know the heights of the world, have a little money in their pockets, and dream of doing great things.

As for those young people who have no money, they may be practicing the pastoral life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, right? ?

"I have long said that it is simply impossible to build this kind of machine now. The power of the steam engine has actually been reached to its limit..."

"If you do this now, you will die!!"

In a factory where the tornado was not too big, a young man with black-rimmed eyes was pointing at the steam engine on the drawing and retorted loudly.

Opposite him was the designer, Hua Wenfeng, who had drawn this machine that was said to be able to save 15% of coal and have the same thermal efficiency as the original.

"Our factory is a new factory. If we want to gain a foothold in this cruel market, we must come up with products that are more reliable and energy-saving than others. If we want to develop and grow, we can only take the wrong approach. If we..."

Hua Wenfeng talked about a lot of academic issues, but the young man opposite him wearing black-rimmed glasses named Huang Shijun interrupted impatiently:

“Let me ask you one thing, how much does it cost to make something like this??”

“After it’s built, how much will it cost to set up a production line and recruit people??”

"Or are you, BGI engineer, just a monk living in an ivory tower? You only know how to chant sutras and don't know how to do charity??"

(Liu Peng once warned students at Imperial University not to be monks in the ivory tower, but to unite knowledge with action)

"you……"

Hua Wenfeng was speechless by Huang Shijun's words.

"Okay, okay, let's put this picture down for a moment. I have something to announce."

At this moment, Huo Junling, who had just walked in, said with a red face.

Huang Shijun and Hua Wenfeng looked at Huo Junling in front of them, wondering what they were playing at.

"Cough cough..."

“We got the investment!!”

Huo Junling raised his head high and looked at the two people and said, but the response to him was not cheers, but indifference.

"Did you make a mistake? Investment, investment. Last time you said there was investment. What happened in the end? I went to the factory to clean up at five o'clock in the morning. What happened in the end? These old guys ran away and left them behind. One sentence: Young people, don’t aim too high and be down-to-earth!!”

Huang Shijun imitated the emphasis of those old guys and said to Huo Junling, with a touch of sarcasm on his face, as if he was laughing at Huo Junling for not overestimating his abilities.

Hua Wenfeng on the side also said:

"Jun Ling, he's not the same kind of swinger you met at Chunlou, is he? Let me tell you, the one last time was said to have the disease, so you must be careful!!" After saying that, Hua Wenfeng looked at Huo Junling. , revealing a hint of worry.

"You guys, this is how you look at me!!"

Huo Junling was about to be furious with these two guys. Why did he go to a fireworks place like Chunyu Tower every day? Was it really for those sisters who spoke nicely and had graceful figures? ?

It's not just for Tornado Machinery Company, it's so that they can have more funds to do really big things.

Now these two guys actually think that they are doing some kind of fan-trading with those old guys.

"Could it be??"

"Isn't it??"

Hua Wenfeng looked at the angry Huo Junling and answered suicidal with some fear.

This sentence is like a sharp sword shot to Huo Junling. If he can't get up in the comics.

However, this is reality, so:

"You two, do you know whose investment I got this time? Tycoon Jin's investment!!"

"He promised to invest one million to buy new machines!!"

Huo Junling mentioned the golden tycoon he met at the cocktail party with the same respect as he mentioned his own father.

"You mean, Jin Guangrong, who started out selling sugar cane and is now in the building materials business?"

Huang Shijun reacted the fastest and immediately thought of the current influential figure in Jiuyuan's business world, a newly emerged company after the collapse of Northern Mining.

Jinsheng Building Materials! !

This company basically monopolizes the building materials market in the entire Jiuyuan and even several surrounding areas. It can be described as a real building materials giant.

So much so that its boss Jin Guangrong is also known as the King of Building Materials.

“But why would he invest in us??”

Hua Wenfeng asked Huo Junling somewhat confused.

After all, they are engaged in machinery and have nothing to do with those engaged in building materials. If there is a relationship, it must be something else.

"I don't know about this, but it should be related to that business plan."

Huo Junling actually didn't understand why the other party wanted to invest in these young guys. In the end, he could only blame it on the entrepreneurial plan released by the cabinet at the end of last year.

According to the provisions of this business plan, any new enterprise established within three years and meeting the standards can enjoy tax exemptions, tax rebates and other preferential treatment. If the results are qualified, it can also be listed in advance and obtain funds to develop the enterprise.

(The rules mainly favor manufacturing and new technology industries)

"I want to see, no matter what the idea of ​​this gold tycoon has, we have money, it is always a good thing."

"As long as you have money, you can do things. If you succeed, everyone will get rich!!"

Huang Shijun is very open-minded. He is a person who only looks at the results and does not care about the process.

At this time, Huo Junling suddenly asked: "With money, what can we build?"

Huang Shijun and Hua Wenfeng looked at each other. Just when Hua Wenfeng was about to take out the drawing, Huang Shijun ran out of the room, panting, holding a newspaper and handed it to Huo Junling.

Huo Junling took it and took a look:

(Oil was dug out in Beifeng Town, Xijing City, Hanzhou Province. It is reported that lighting companies are currently preparing to use oil to make lighting lamp oil. Experts say: oil is a lighter and better lighting energy than kerosene)

Huo Junling looked at Huang Shijun and asked with some confusion: "What to build??"

"Building machines to dig out and refine oil, I'm sure you will make money, make a lot of money!!"

Huang Shijun answered firmly.

Huo Junling and Hua Wenfeng looked at each other and could see two words:

"Idiot!!"

(End of this chapter)