1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 169: Qingmiao Law? No, this is the Resource Reversal Law! (2)

In later generations, it was very common to use small harvesters to harvest crops in the southern region, especially in the southwest.

In fact, due to the complex terrain and scattered farmland in my country, the miniaturization and specialization of agricultural machinery has always been considered one of the important development trends.

Therefore, after entering the millennium, various self-propelled small agricultural machinery have emerged one after another. Matching models for paddy fields, dry land, mountainous areas, and sandy land have begun to appear on the market. Some small hand-held harvesters even weigh only about 6 kilograms, while the engine of the more efficient backpack automatic harvester weighs only about 10 kilograms on the operator's back.

It can be said that the emergence and gradual popularization of various terrain-specific and crop-specific small-scale agricultural machinery has not only reduced the labor burden of farmers; more importantly, it has greatly reduced the difficulty and cost of crop harvesting and avoided economic losses for small farmers... For a long time, crop harvesting has been one of the most troublesome problems in many rural areas. Many times, the reason why they would spend money to invite those village helpers to help is not because they are too tired, but because they have to race against time with God.

Some people may start to yell when they see this, it’s 1989 now, why are you talking so much nonsense?
Ok……

It is true that the booming development of small agricultural machinery is something that happened after the millennium; but in fact, similar machinery had been developed and designed as early as the 1970s, and was even used to support Africa;

If you have been to Tanzania and Zambia, or watched their videos, you will be surprised to find that among the antique agricultural machinery with "Made in China" written on them, in addition to the giant tractors with wheels more than two meters high, there are also many small and medium-sized harvesters.

That’s right, they are the famous “BJ-2.5 Self-propelled Grain Combine Harvesters”!
This small-to-medium-sized harvester was designed by the Imperial Capital Agricultural Machinery Bureau and finalized in November 1975. Although it was very popular in Africa and Southeast Asia over the next twenty years, it did not become popular all over the country as originally envisioned due to various reasons.

However, its production technology principles and even the manufacturing drawings have long been shared with state-owned agricultural machinery factories in many parts of the country, and a number of derivative models have been developed on this basis.

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Therefore, when, at Yang Mo's signal, Chen Feiyu took out three drawings from his backpack and nailed them on the blackboard in the courtyard of the village committee, the eyes of the seven villagers who were invited and the more than 20 villagers who came over to join in the fun all lit up.

"The Hongguang brand small mounted harvester, manufactured by Linyi County Hongguang State-owned Machinery Factory No. 3.2, is 1.5 meters long, 1.1 meters wide, and weighs tons. It consists of a machine and a small hand tractor, and can be disassembled in parts;"

"The working parts weigh 21 kilograms each, and the working speed is about 4500-5000 rpm. Currently, it can carry and replace four types of blades: three-tooth blade, 40-tooth blade, 60-tooth blade, and 80-tooth blade. The cutting width can also be controlled at 1.2-1.5 meters according to demand. It has a good performance in cutting and shrubbing operations in plains, hills, terraces, triangles and other large and small fields and muddy fields;"

"During operation, the tractor moves in reverse at a working speed of 5 km/h, and can complete harvesting, threshing, sorting and selecting operations at one time. The feeding amount is 1.5-2 kg/second. It can harvest 400-600 mu of wheat/rice fields with an acreage yield of 6-8 jin per mu per hour. After replacing the blade, it can also be used for land reclamation and sawing down shrubs with a diameter of 10 cm."

After introducing this small harvester in the simplest language, Chen Feiyu immediately introduced two other products with similar sizes and performances:
"Panhe brand suspended small and medium-sized harvesters, manufactured by Linyi Zhujiacun Township Agricultural Machinery Factory..."

"Kowloon brand small mounted harvester, manufactured by Linyi Kowloon Agricultural Machinery Factory..."

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In less than ten minutes, Chen Feiyu finished introducing the products of the three agricultural machinery factories attending the meeting. His efficient speech was completely different from the talkative hosts in the agricultural supplies promotion meetings that the villagers had seen in the past. Chen Feiyu also recited the core parameters of the three harvesters by heart, and it was hard to tell that he had not done this before.

As expected, he is an intellectual from the competent unit, and he speaks so clearly and neatly!

Although Cheng Feiyu's words, which were almost dry and without a trace of water, were difficult for the villagers to understand, he unexpectedly gained a lot of trust.

Since the early 80s, many "experts" have appeared in rural areas, selling fake seeds, fake fertilizers and fake pesticides in the name of agricultural inputs. The people of Shiping Village have been fooled twice, so they have no good feelings towards those passionate guys who talk big. On the contrary, people like Chen Yufei, who are obviously specialized in technology and not good at bragging, are more likely to be recognized by them.

Besides, didn’t you see that all the leaders were sitting here? Even the two teams in the village only dared to sit at the edge. How could this gentle-looking young man deceive us?

Several villagers bravely asked Chen Feiyu the meaning of some parameters that they did not quite understand. After receiving serious replies from him, they could not help but turn their eyes to the village director.

Shiping Village was hit by a disaster in the second half of last year. Many farmers suffered heavy losses due to the delay in harvesting and the weather.
Seeing that the weather this year is similar to last year, they are really worried... If they hadn't suffered enough last year, why would they harvest the early rice before it is fully ripe?
Now that they have such a good thing, how could they not be tempted?
Last year, the village also planned to borrow a few harvesters from the farm to harvest the crops, but unfortunately the farm only had large combine harvesters, which could not be moved around in the scattered land in Shiping Village, and in the end they had to return empty-handed. But if they had small harvesters like the ones they have now, it would be completely different.

Seeing more and more villagers turning their eyes to them, the village director and the village secretary looked at each other, their faces full of bitterness and helplessness.

The villagers' intention was very clear. They wanted to see if the village could pay for two or three of these small harvesters so that everyone would not have to live in fear and have to watch the weather at any time.

In fact, if possible, wouldn’t they also like to get a few machines and place them in the village?

Shiping Village is not rich, and it is not realistic to ask the villagers to buy such a big thing with their own money, so they can only hope that the village committee will step in.

Although they believe that they are not good cadres who serve the villagers wholeheartedly, and it is common for them to yell at the villagers on weekdays...but they still have at least some conscience, and they really have no intention of slacking off on things like the rush to harvest, which is related to everyone's food.

But the problem is...

What about money?

Thinking of this, the village director quietly glanced at Luo Yong and several other leaders sitting next to him.

The leaders of the county agricultural bureau and the supply and marketing system have all shown up, and they are accompanied by a large group of people. Looking at the situation, if I don’t claim a few machines, I’m afraid I will suffer the consequences in the future!

Hey……

It looks like we can only squeeze it out of the remaining funds. Maybe we'll have to talk to someone and ask the village committee to write us a few IOUs!
After exchanging glances with the village party secretary, the village director wrinkled his face and smiled: "Little leader, can I ask...how much do these small harvesters cost?"

Chen Feiyu reported a set of data without any hesitation: "At present, the market price of Hongguang brand small-scale hanging harvesters is 5.8 yuan per unit, the market price of Panhe brand small-scale hanging harvesters is 6 yuan per unit, and the market price of Jiulong brand small-scale hanging harvesters is 5.4 yuan per unit."

After quoting the market price, Chen Feiyu glanced at Yang Mo and continued, "However, after coordination among various departments and preliminary consultations, the three manufacturers agreed to adjust the price of their harvesters to 4.5 yuan per unit during this large-scale agricultural assistance event... At the same time, they also provide three years of free after-sales maintenance services. In other words, as long as there is no deliberate damage or replacement of important parts, the manufacturer can help you repair it for free!"

Three years of free maintenance! ?
Hearing these words, not only the village director and the village party secretary, but also the rest of the villagers took a deep breath.

There was no after-sales service these days, let alone free after-sales service. No matter what agricultural implement it was, it was purchased and sold, and the manufacturer was not responsible for any quality problems afterwards. The three-year free after-sales repair service was only granted after Yang Mo pressured Miss Mu to do so... Due to the extensive management, agricultural machinery these days often had problems with uneven quality. It was normal for some of the agricultural machinery sold to have problems every now and then. Therefore, the promise of three years of free after-sales repair was not insincere.

only……

"Forty-five thousand per unit... this, this..."

The village director hesitated for a while, glanced at the faces of Luo Yong and others, and was about to go all out to order one when Yang Mo suddenly stood up.

"Uncle Nan, don't rush to make a decision. Let me add a few words."

Yang Mo handed over a cigarette with a smile, and then passed it around the chairs, and a nearly full box of Hongtashan cigarettes was suddenly reduced to only three. Just as Yang Mo took out a match and wanted to light it for the village director, he found that the matchbox was empty.

Seeing this, Luo Yong immediately took out the diesel lighter from his pocket with a smile and stood up and handed it over: "Xiao Yang, it's the same. It's so inconvenient to always use matches... Keep this lighter, it will be more convenient for you to light cigarettes in the future."

As Su Yu's uncle, he has benefited a lot from Yang Mo in the past six months. He has even been nominated as the deputy director of the County Agricultural Bureau this year. Therefore, facing this agricultural assistance activity that may greatly add points to himself, he naturally has to stand up for Yang Mo and show certain people their close relationship.

As expected, when they saw Luo Yong stuffing the old-looking kerosene lighter into Yang Mo's hand without any explanation, the faces of the people traveling with him changed, and the village director named Du Laonan also looked at Yang Mo with more awe.

Yang Mo glanced at the old-fashioned metallic lighter in his hand, smiled, and then lit it up, lighting a cigarette for Du Laonan like an ordinary young man, and then continued: "Uncle Laonan, Secretary Cheng, and all the uncles and aunts, we came here this time to sound the call of the county and ask everyone to come and help."

Glancing at Liu Guifen who was sitting obediently on the small stool, Yang Mo put the cigarette box back into his pocket and said, "Since it is called an agricultural assistance activity, it is certainly not for the purpose of making money. It is also impossible to ignore everyone's actual situation and force you to buy things that everyone can't afford...even if this small harvester is what everyone needs right now."

Yang Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "As far as I know, there are second-hand harvesters from the Northeastern state-owned farms for sale at the Shanghe Distribution Center... I have also inquired about the price. An old Dongfeng-5 harvester only costs about 1 yuan... Although that thing is a bit big and not suitable for the terrain of Shiping Village, as the old saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems. If the situation is really urgent, we can dig up the ridges and move that big guy over to work. It is not impossible!"

"Then the question is, even when Shiping Village was hit by a disaster last year, the villagers didn't think of doing this. I guess the village's finances are indeed in trouble. Otherwise, given the temperaments of Uncle Nan and Secretary Cheng, they would never stand by and watch people die... I'm not saying this in a nice way. We Qilu people have a lot of other problems, but we can definitely stand firm when it comes to major issues!"

There is not much water in this statement. In recent years, the second-hand agricultural machinery brought by the traders from Northeast China, the largest heavy industrial base in China, has caused a huge impact on the local machinery manufacturing plants in Qilu.
The reason why the agricultural machinery produced by these machinery factories in Linyi is difficult to sell is that, in addition to their own substandard cost control and the reasons for the mountains in various places, it is difficult for them to move beyond their own small area. The second-hand antique machinery, which is often only 1/4 or even 1/5 of their own price, is also an objective fact that cannot be avoided... Again, different levels of per capita GDP have different demands. In Linyi, where the current per capita GDP has just exceeded US$1000 and the rural per capita GDP is even less than US$400, it is good enough to have these core means of production. Who cares about your new or old condition and actual quality?

Upon hearing this, Du Laonan and Secretary Cheng almost shed tears.

What this young man said is fair!
Last year, the village suffered a disaster, and many people in the village almost broke his spine. Some blamed him for not quickly organizing a harvesting team to collect the grain, some blamed him for not being able to deal with the grain station staff, and some blamed him for being reluctant to take money from the village public account and buy a harvester to race against God.

But the problem is, whether it is organizing people from several nearby villages to form a harvesting team or buying a harvester, it costs money!
But what about money?
Seeing this, Yang Mo's smile disappeared. He squatted down, lifted the bowl of well water from under the bench and handed it to the elderly village director, motioning him to drink some water to calm down. "In front of all the leaders, we from Southwest Drilling Company still say that our special working group is here to help farmers, not to make money... Since we can't even afford a second-hand Dongfeng 5 for yuan, we don't have the nerve to force you, Uncle Nan, to pay yuan from the village account to buy a brand new harvester!"

As he spoke, Yang Mo swept his eyes across the faces of the villagers with different expressions, and said in a deep voice: "So, after the special working group's research and decision, the materials and equipment that everyone urgently needs but cannot afford to buy, including small harvesters, will be paid for by our special working group first, and then under the supervision of the County Agricultural Bureau and the supply and marketing system, we will adopt the form of renting instead of buying, so that everyone can use them for a fee until the money is paid off!"

Looking at the confused villagers, Yang Mo smiled softly and said in a louder voice: "In other words, as long as everyone feels that they need it and is willing to sign their names on the IOU issued by the village, we can deliver the small harvesters you like tomorrow and start using them... You don't need to pay a penny now. After a few years, when the money is paid off, these things will be yours!"

Can I buy a harvester and use it right away without having to pay money now?

The villagers were stunned and looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen in heaven.

These days, no one wants IOUs. The IOU default phenomenon in rural areas is even more serious than the triangular debts between enterprises. Some people even bring pesticides to collect debts... Are this so-called special task force and Southwest Drilling Company crazy? They dare to accept IOUs for such an expensive thing?

Unlike the villagers who were secretly excited, Du Laonan and Secretary Cheng, the village director, were much more cautious in this regard. After hesitating for a while, they asked, "Leader Yang, I want to ask, how should this note be written? Whose name should be written as the debtor? Who is the guarantor? How many years should it take to pay off? How much interest? ... And, what should I do if I can't pay it back?"

These questions go straight to the core, and each one is the link where traps are most likely to occur.

It is conceivable that this village director has suffered a lot of setbacks in the matter of IOUs over the years.

Yang Mo glanced at Miss Mu, who had a complicated expression, and smiled: "Since these materials were purchased jointly by villagers in need, although the note must be signed by the village collective, the main debtor is the villagers, not the village office;"

"As for the guarantor, in addition to the village collective, the signature of the county agricultural bureau is also required... But don't worry, we have already communicated with Director Luo and his team. In the next three months, the county agricultural bureau will open 1 to 3 special windows in each township and temporarily delegate the guarantee authorization to the township level. As long as the cadres of each village take the slip and the materials on the slip are produced by the designated unit, no matter how much the amount is, they will immediately sign and stamp to become the guarantor... And Director Luo guarantees that the signature will be effective and the business processing time will never exceed half an hour!"

Luo Yong stood up and nodded to everyone with a serious face, indicating that this was true. Yang Mo continued: "As for the term on the note... we divide it into three levels according to the amount of money, 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years... In other words, for agricultural materials like small harvesters with a unit price of more than , as long as you pay back the principal within five years, it will be fine!"

Five years?

principal?

Du Laonan looked at Yang Mo in disbelief, his mouth trembling: "Little Leader Yang, are you saying...?"

Yang Mo smiled and nodded: "That's right, no matter what kind of materials it is, as long as you write this IOU, you can repay the principal according to the regulations when the time comes. And in order to take care of all the uncles and aunts, we will follow the usual practice and repay them in batches within a month after the spring and autumn harvests... Remember, we don't charge any interest, and we will definitely not charge any service fees!"

Yang Mo smiled and said, "I know that in this year of rising prices, our special working group will inevitably be called idiots for doing this, but I still say that... This is a large-scale agricultural assistance activity jointly initiated by the local competent authorities, central enterprises in the Qilu Petroleum System, and local state-owned enterprises... As long as we can help all uncles and aunts to truly implement the benefits and solve everyone's current difficulties, we are willing to be this idiot!"

Shrugging at the stunned villagers, Yang Mo looked at the leaders with complicated expressions and shrugged: "Who told us that we are a central enterprise? Who told us that we are a state-owned enterprise? The big words "Serve the People" written on the door of every unit are sometimes not just for show!"

Du Laonan and Secretary Cheng looked at each other and fell silent.

They were not the villagers who were ignorant of the changes in the outside world. They naturally knew that what the special working group did was tantamount to giving them money... According to the current rate of inflation, the principal will be repaid after five years, which is equivalent to using ten or twenty thousand yuan to buy a new harvester worth forty-five thousand yuan!
more importantly……

You don’t have to save up enough money to buy these things, but you can get them now as long as you open your mouth... When it comes to core production materials, the difference between these two payment methods is a world of difference for rural people!

really……

In difficult times, the country can still be relied upon!
Thinking of the various unbearable difficulties and hardships in grassroots work in recent years, not only Du Laonan and Secretary Cheng, but also several village office staff members sitting in the back could not help but shed tears... In the current era of urban-rural dualism, the chain pressure brought about by the rising costs of various social materials is much greater for rural people than for urban people. They have been feeling the suffocation brought about by the huge pressure all the time in recent years.

Seeing this, Yang Mo smiled and said, "Dear uncles and aunts, I also came from the countryside, so I know that everyone's life is difficult now. What we need is far more than just a small harvester. From small things like seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, mulch, new clothes, new sheets, quilts, pots and pans to large things like village roads, electric poles, diesel generators, small seed drills, harrows, large flour mills, dryers... We are in short supply of everything! And the shortage is severe!"

After sighing, Yang Mo looked around at everyone and said, "With our current income, we can't afford all those big machines. Even the small harvester we just mentioned, if not many people come to invest, it will be hard to pay back the principal within five years... We are not city dwellers who get paid every month. There are only two harvests a year, and the daily expenses of the village are far from what those office workers think."

The villagers nodded one after another, feeling that the young man's words really touched their hearts. Who says that the expenses in the countryside are really low? Why don't you let him come and live in the village for a year or two and see?
Seeing this, Yang Mo smiled at first, then his expression became serious again: "Our special team's activities this time not only linked more than 200 local state-owned enterprises, and provided products covering all aspects of everyone, but also..."

"In order to prevent this large-scale agricultural assistance activity from becoming a superficial effort, and to ensure that the benefits enjoyed by all uncles and aunts are truly implemented, we propose two purchasing methods on the premise of respecting the wishes of all uncles and aunts!"

"The first way is to follow the old rules in our rural areas. You write an IOU for a certain amount of money, and when the time comes, you just need to pay back the principal. We won't charge you any interest. If your family is really in financial difficulty, you can report to the village director and secretary and apply to the county agricultural bureau for a two-year extension... As long as the county agricultural bureau approves, I promise we won't hesitate!"

"As for the second one..."

Yang Mo laughed: "Uncle and aunt, I actually recommend the second method. This second payment method is also a preferential policy that our special working group has applied for for you after spending a lot of effort... To be honest, when we communicated with various units about this matter in the past few days, we were scolded a lot, and some units almost wanted to take action!"

Seeing the young man's face showing a hint of grievance and pride, the villagers were curious and stretched their necks in anticipation...

(End of this chapter)