Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 15 Returning home and starting to manufacture the pot-carrying machine

The next morning, repeat what happened in the previous days.

After having breakfast, I handed over the money and clock base to my father, and went to Cheng Hongbing's house to hand over the air gun.

After doing this, Wang Jiankun began his journey of collecting iron elements to make pot-camel machine parts.

In fact, the soil here contains quite a lot of iron. We found the red soil, collected the iron from deep inside, and mixed it with carbon to make steel parts.

Under Wang Jiankun's super power control, the boiler began to take shape slowly.

It's like a seed is planted and then a big ball slowly grows out of the soil.

Next are the combustion tube, crankshaft, gas valve, etc. The gas valve also uses some copper for sealing.

After making these parts, Wang Jiankun found that he could no longer mobilize the elements. It seemed that his abilities for today had been used up.

Considering that he would be going home tomorrow, Wang Jiankun took the finished parts to the bridgehead and hid them, and would ask his father to help him pull them back with a truck tomorrow.

The chicken bus is called a wheelbarrow in some places. The whole vehicle is made of wood and is very convenient for transportation on narrow roads.

I told my father this morning to use the truck to deliver the wooden base tomorrow, and to help carry the things when he goes back.

Back at the blacksmith shop, Cha Xiaoming was not polishing parts but making sand molds.

Wang Jiankun then joined in and made sand molds for air gun parts because there were 9 new orders that needed to be completed.

Originally, I was going to go find iron elements today and use my superpowers to make it directly, but after thinking about it, I decided to give up. I haven't produced much in total. If Cheng Hongbing comes to the blacksmith shop to inquire about it, it might be exposed. It's better not to take the risk.

I helped with the pouring in the afternoon. After this batch of guns are finished, we will no longer make air guns as the orders are almost full.

In the evening, after casting 100 sets of clock parts and 9 air guns, everyone was exhausted and stopped work early to go home and rest.

During dinner, Wang Jiankun told Master Quan about going home and asked him to confirm the day he would help buy the glass and spring.

Master Quan said the day after tomorrow, tomorrow you go home and bring the money to your father, and the day after tomorrow bring back the glass and clockwork.

That night, Master Quan gave 700 yuan to Wang Jiankun.

Wang Jiankun collected the money and went back to the blacksmith shop to rest.

On July 1981, 7, Wang Jiankun went to the morning market for breakfast. Seeing that a cow was being slaughtered, he bought three pounds of beef. He also went to a bun shop and bought ten large meat buns.

After arriving at the bridgehead and waiting for his father, Wang Jiankun gave his father the beef, buns and money, and took out the hidden pot-carrying machine parts and put them on the chicken bus.

Wang Jiankun asked his father to go home first while he went to hand in the clock base before going home.

After putting the clock base back to the blacksmith shop and leaving a note for Master Quan to keep an account, he went to Cheng Hongbing's house, handed over the air gun, and told him that he could not hand over the air guns tomorrow, and would hand over 10 at a time the day after tomorrow.

Cheng Hongbing agreed, saying that it would be better if it was delivered faster as some of his friends couldn't wait any longer.

Before going home, Wang Jiankun went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a pound of White Rabbit milk candy, as well as some fruit jelly and sour plum powder. He hurried home and arrived at the same time as his father.

When my sister saw my father and Wang Jiankun bringing so many things home, she jumped up and down and ran around him.

The mother said unhappily, "It's not like you're short of food. You've had pork every day these days, and you've had steamed buns several times. Why are you still so greedy?"

"Of course, the beef is delicious. I haven't eaten it for a long time. White Rabbit milk candy, sour plum powder and fruit jelly are all delicious."

"Then have you done the exercises well? I will check it later. If you don't do well, I won't give you any food." Wang Jiankun said.

"I studied hard and did the exercises carefully. I'll get it for you now." After saying that, he ran home to get it.

The father gave the beef and buns to the mother who was waiting on the side, and asked her to steam the buns and stir-fry a plate of beef at noon.

Wang Jiankun gave the White Rabbit milk candies to his mother and grandmother.

They were both reluctant to eat it and said they were saving it for their brother and sister.

By this time, my sister had already brought out the exercise book and held it high for Wang Jiankun to see, while her eyes were fixed on the candy and snacks.

Wang Jiankun handed her a candy and asked her to go aside while he checked it first.

The other candies and snacks were given to my mother to put away, for fear that my younger sister would eat them all at once.

Wang Jiankun projected the exercise book in his hand into his mind and asked Chieko to help correct and evaluate his sister's learning progress.

The evaluation results this time were much better. My sister got almost all the basic knowledge questions correct, and her understanding and comprehensive application also improved a lot, with more than 85 points.

So Wang Jiankun asked Chieko to continue to generate 10 sets of exercises, focusing on testing the knowledge points that were not fully understood, so that his sister could deepen her understanding.

There is no rush to take out the generated exercises now. Wait until tomorrow morning and use your super powers to reproduce them in the real world.

At this time, my father parked the chicken bus and asked Wang Jiankun to go to the kiln factory.

I am planning to fire a batch of tiles today, and it would be safer to have Wang Jiankun’s guidance for the first time.

When we were firing bricks earlier, thanks to Wang Jiankun’s guidance, the first kiln was successful.

When I arrived at the kiln factory, I found that there were a dozen fewer people than last time.

My father explained that two families had already paid for the bricks and were laying the foundations to build houses.

Moreover, in the next six months, more than a dozen households will prepare to build new houses.

Your grandfather and I have discussed this and we will start building a new house after the autumn harvest. The foundation will be next to our house.

Wang Jiankun thought that the pot-carrying machine had to be built as soon as possible, otherwise there would be fewer and fewer people working in the kiln factory, and the speed of producing bricks and tiles might not be able to keep up with the needs of the people in the team.

At this time, grandpa was checking the tiles that were drying in the shade to see how dry they were.

Seeing Wang Jiankun coming over, he hurriedly said, "Kun, come and see if this is ready to be fired in the kiln?"

Wang Jiankun walked over and touched it with his hand, actually using his super powers to analyze the water content.

It was found to be within the ideal range and suitable for firing in the kiln.

So he said, "Grandpa, these tiles can be put into the kiln for firing. Let me show you how to place them."

So he called over the young men who were in charge of making bricks last time, took out the blueprints and taught them to look at them, explaining as they watched.

The next step is to move the tiles and firewood into the kiln.

Because tiles are much thinner than bricks, there are many differences in the placement methods.

Under the guidance of Wang Jiankun, several young men placed the tiles and firewood little by little, and it was almost noon when they had finished placing the 5 tiles.

There will be no ceremony this time. After everything is set up, one of the young men will light the fire.

When the smoke coming out of the chimney turned white and faint, Wang Jiankun had the kiln entrance sealed.

He then instructed the two young men who stayed behind to look after the kiln to seal three air inlets after an hour and a half, and then the remaining three air inlets after three hours.

Wang Jiankun went home for lunch and had a meal of beef stir-fried with red peppers. It was so delicious that he felt a little full. So he took a longer rest at noon.

When I woke up and saw the time, it was almost 3 o'clock, so I went to the kiln factory to see how the tiles were being fired. As long as there was nothing wrong with the kiln, I would do it according to today's method and there would be no mistakes in the future.

I arrived at the kiln factory and used my super powers to explore inside. Just like what Chieko had simulated, the tiles had been sintered and were slowly cooling down. I'd probably be able to open the kiln and take out the tiles early tomorrow morning.

Since there was no problem, Wang Jiankun took the drawings to find a carpenter and asked him to make a few wooden molds to prepare the parts for the pot-carrying machine.

I took the blueprint to the carpenter's house and saw three apprentices sawing and planing wood in the yard, and Master Wang was marking and cutting the wood.

Wang Jiankun walked up to Carpenter Wang and said, "Hello, Grandpa Wang. I have a few wooden parts that need your help to make. I wonder if you have time."

Carpenter Wang saw that it was Wang Jiankun and said hurriedly, "It's Jiankun. Whatever you want to do, I'll do it for you first. You found me a good job, and of course I'll arrange it according to your requirements."

"I have brought the blueprints. Please make it according to the size and shape on the blueprints. Use dry wood. These will be used as molds. Then you can calculate the price."

"Okay, let me take a look at the blueprint and see how long it will take to finish."

Wang Jiankun handed the blueprint to Carpenter Wang. He looked at it, calculated in his mind and said, "Since you said you need it urgently, I will finish the work tonight and you can come and get it tomorrow morning. You can just give me 8 yuan for it."

"Okay, I'll come get it tomorrow morning. Here's 8 yuan, please keep it safe. Thank you, Grandpa Wang!" "You're welcome. I want to thank you for taking care of my business."

After leaving the carpenter's house, Wang Jiankun walked towards the mountain in front of the brigade with an air gun.

In front, near the road, Wang Jiankun planned to find some iron on the mountain, and then use his superpowers to generate a set of parts for a pot-carrying machine, as well as make a large saw blade and an iron platform to make a machine for sawing wood.

Just now I saw several people in Carpenter Wang's family were busy using axes and hand saws to process the logs into wooden blocks and boards. If a sawing machine driven by a pot-camel machine could be used, the efficiency would be increased dozens of times.

Wang Jiankun walked towards the area with more red soil.

According to the parts drawings in his mind, he used his super powers to extract and combine iron, carbon and copper elements.

Parts flashing white in the sun appeared on the red soil.

Wang Jiankun walked over and picked up the parts one by one, moved them to the grass not far from the road, and then covered them with weeds.

I'll take these parts out when I come back from Fengshan one day.

As it was getting dark, Wang Jiankun found a hillside planted with beans and saw several paths often walked by rabbits extending into the bean sprout field.

Wang Jiankun chose a position with a good view and prepared to wait for the opportunity.

The sun was about to set, and the bean sprout field was blocked from the sunlight by the mountains in the distance.

At this time, a hare with gray fur walked out from one of the animal trails.

If Wang Jiankun hadn't been aiming the air gun at that place, he might not have seen it.

Wang Jiankun held his breath and waited for the moment when the rabbit paused at the edge of the bean sprout field. Then he pulled the trigger and the hare fell down.

Wang Jiankun put away his gun, stood up, and trotted over to pick up the rabbit.

It was discovered that the shot had hit the hare’s head and the lead bullet had sunk into it.

It seems that I am quite accurate in shooting fixed targets, Wang Jiankun said proudly.

As he walked quickly, some people on the road saw him shoot a hare and congratulated him. They also asked him how much the air gun cost and if they could help buy it.

Wang Jiankun said it cost 80 yuan per stick.

When they heard that it would cost so much money, they shook their heads and left, because this much money could buy the meat of a pig.

After returning home and asking grandpa to skin the rabbit, the rabbit meat was taken to the kitchen for my mother and grandmother to prepare.

The dinner was very sumptuous, including rabbit meat and beef, and the whole family enjoyed the meal very much.

After dinner, Wang Jiankun talked about his plan to go to Fengshan again tomorrow to make other parts of the pot-carrying machine.

And this time when he goes to Fengshan, he will push the chicken bus from home with him, so that he can bring back some good luck parts.

His grandfather and father asked him to calculate the cost carefully, and then the team would pay to buy the pot-carrying machine.

Wang Jiankun agreed and said that if this machine was successfully manufactured, he would build another one and combine it with the machine for sawing wood boards. Then the team would open a sawmill and provide wood sawing services to nearby teams.

When my grandfather and father heard about this arrangement, they asked, "Can we make money by sawing wood with this machine?"

"Of course. Nowadays, wood is cut manually with axes and hand saws. Cutting wood to make boards is the most labor-intensive. Many people build houses slowly because they are slow at processing wood. If machines are used for this step, it will not only speed up the construction of houses and furniture, but also save money. Using machines is cheap and fast, so the business will definitely be good."

"Then I will discuss with the team leaders and find a site to build a timber processing plant. We will first build a shed with wood. If business is good, we will build a warehouse and factory with bricks."

"This arrangement is good. We can build the wooden shed after the brick-making machine is ready. But we need to select a good site and level it first, and then we can assemble the machine directly there."

After discussing this matter, Wang Jiankun went back to his room to rest. Before going to bed, he used his super powers to copy the 10 sets of exercises into his exercise book.

The next morning, Wang Jiankun went to the carpenter's house, took back the finished wooden molds and the bases of 10 clocks, and tied them to the bus.

After breakfast, I went to the kiln factory to watch the tiles coming out of the kiln. Just like what I saw with my superpowers yesterday afternoon, the tiles were of very good quality and had to be dropped hard to break.

I went home and got on the bus. Before leaving, I told my sister to do her homework well.

Push the chicken bus all the way to Fengshan.

First go to the blacksmith shop and hand the base to Master Quan, then tell Master Quan to ask Cha Xiaoming to help make the sand mold. Record the materials and labor used first, and deduct them from the share later.

Master Quan agreed to his arrangement.

He was in a good mood and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, I will ask them to help you make these parts. I will find a few more people to help in the next few days."

"Are we going to add more people now? No more waiting?"

"No need to wait. Sales are very good. I will take 20 units to Dexing tomorrow and buy some more raw materials."

"That's great. The machine I made can also process wood. Then the production capacity of the carpenters in our team can be increased." "Oh, so if that's the case, helping you is also helping myself!"

Wang Jiankun chatted with Master Quan while assembling the air guns. Practice makes perfect, and he assembled 10 air guns in no time.

I told Master Quan that I was going out for a while, and then I went to find Cheng Hongbing with my air gun.

When I arrived at Cheng Hongbing's house, I saw him chatting with the two brothers of the Cha family.

It was quite heavy for Wang Jiankun to carry 10 air rifles on his back. He put the guns against the wall, panting, and asked Cheng Hongbing to come over to check.

Cheng Hongbing, Cha Jianjun and Cha Jianguo all picked up the guns to check them out. After looking at them, they told him to wait while they went to get the money.

Cha Jianjun and Cha Jianguo chatted with Wang Jiankun and talked about the blacksmith shop's new product, the table clock.

The Cha brothers asked Wang Jiankun if it was possible to sell table clocks wholesale in other places.

Wang Jiankun said that it should be easy to sell in Huangshi, Qixian, Leping, Cidu and other places in Anhui Province. After all, Master Quan's factory price is relatively cheap.

If they want to make some quick money, they can try selling some goods.

The Cha brothers were a little tempted, but it still takes courage to do business now. This place is still relatively conservative and the policies have not been relaxed yet, unlike the two neighboring provinces by the sea where people have already made a fortune by doing business.

Wang Jiankun did not persuade him and went to the blacksmith shop with the money given by Cheng Hongbing.

When I arrived at the shop, I found Cha Xiaoming was already making sand molds.

Wang Jiankun told Cha Xiaoming to make two sets of sand molds, and Uncle Bing said that he and Yu Jianmin would arrange the pouring in the afternoon.

Wang Jiankun expressed his gratitude and joined in making sand molds and polishing clock parts.

In the afternoon, Wang Jiankun watched the pouring and then pushed the chicken cart out. Because the parts poured this time were relatively large, it took a long time to cool down.

After Wang Jiankun pushed the chicken bus to the place where the glass and clockwork were hidden last time, he went to the river again to find sand to synthesize glass.

He tried to use up all his abilities today and synthesize more glass.

Wang Jiankun found a place away from the main road and turned a pile of river sand into more than 400 pieces of glass, which he also found a place to bury.

After several uses, Wang Jiankun's ability to mobilize elements has increased to 8000 cubic centimeters (the size of a cube with a length, width and height of 20 centimeters).

At present, manganese is difficult to get. Last time I went to buy potassium permanganate, I was questioned by the salesperson. Next time I will ask someone else to help me buy it.

When it was almost time to get off work, Wang Jiankun took 100 sets of glass and springs back to the blacksmith shop.

Master Quan helped to take it into the blacksmith shop and keep account, and then asked Wang Jiankun to go home for dinner.

In the evening at Master Quan's house, Wang Jiankun mentioned that the two brothers Cha Jianjun and Cha Jianguo wanted to wholesale table clocks and sell them in other places.

Master Quan said that as long as the two of them came, he would sell it to them wholesale.

Because the brothers' father was a cadre in the commune, Master Quan also knew him.

Wang Jiankun did not discuss the price and let Master Quan negotiate it himself.

Master Quan said that as long as the commune comes to wholesale, as long as there are more than 10 units each time, it will be charged at 25 yuan.

Wang Jiankun did not comment and went back to the blacksmith shop after dinner. He wanted to polish the parts as quickly as possible and take them home the next morning.

(End of this chapter)