Chapter 1512: Prosperity 3
A human-powered flatbed truck can carry more than 1,000 kilograms of things at most. A mule-drawn cart or horse-drawn cart is larger and can carry twice as much things. A tractor can carry twice as much things as a mule-drawn cart or horse-drawn cart.
Xibao is good at arithmetic. A tractor can do seven or eight trips of a human-powered flatbed truck.
The most important thing is that it does not tire people.
Xibao was young and of course could not think of this, but Father Lu did. The storm outside was not over. If the Lu family wanted to gain a firm foothold, everyone in Wanglou Brigade had to be the beneficiary.
It was Father Lu who taught him to say this, and it was Father Lu who asked him to ask for the tractor on the premise that the state would reward him.
In fact, Huaihai City has always had quotas for agricultural machinery, but there are too few, so Wanglou Brigade did not get a turn.
For such good things, basically whoever has a strong relationship can get benefits for his commune or brigade. Cheng Baoguo thought about getting a hand tractor for Wanglou Brigade to change the situation of human and livestock farming, but he failed several times.
Huaihai City is not his one-man show.
Although some people think that Wanglou Brigade is in good condition and has a good reputation in front of the old leader, they should be supported to develop better and bring greater glory to Huaihai City, but some people think that it is because Wanglou Brigade has developed well and does not need the help of the country, so other backward production brigades should be supported.
Now Xibao wants a tractor. Wang Zhengguo, who was present at the time, was overjoyed. He did not expect Xibao to ask this, but thinking of Lu's father, he did not find it strange.
Seeing Xibao's clear black and white eyes full of expectation, what can the two old cadres who met him with Cheng Baoguo say? Of course, they praised him. They felt that he was young and was thinking about the collective, with advanced thinking and selflessness. They immediately applied for a new model of hand-held tractor that was put into use for them. It was fully equipped and could be used for farming and transportation.
In view of the great contribution of handing over hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of gold to the country, the meeting voted to find a way to get another thresher for Wanglou Brigade, which could be driven by a tractor.
So, the relevant departments wrote reports and applications while taking people to the place where Xibao found gold to continue digging to see if there was any gold underground. After digging for many days, they dug a lot of holes and finally found nothing, but the tractor and thresher were delivered.
The tractor and thresher with big red flowers were sent to Wanglou Brigade, and the only thing left was to beat the gongs and drums.
Xibao became a big celebrity all of a sudden, and became very famous.
Cheng Baoguo was very considerate and specially arranged experts to teach them how to use tractors and threshers. The first tractor driver of Wanglou Brigade was Wang Chengkun, the eldest grandson of Wang Zhengguo. This kid learned quickly and was bold, and he quickly got the hang of it.
Of course, Cheng Baoguo was entrusted by Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue to arrange work for Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu after the busy farming season.
Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu knew more than Wang Chengkun, so they didn't get ahead.
After Cheng Baoguo and the experts left, the newspaper staff who followed them to take pictures also left. The men, women, and children of Wanglou Brigade surrounded the tractor and thresher, and the atmosphere was as lively as eating meat during the Chinese New Year.
"Build a house, build a house, we have to build a house for the tractor and thresher to protect them from the wind, rain, and sun!"
I don't know who proposed this, and everyone responded positively.
"Yes, yes, yes, these things are precious, we have to take good care of them, the animals are our fathers, and these two things are our grandfathers!"