After returning to Wa, Luan Feng got off the bus at the team headquarters, while Wan Feng rode to the brick and tile factory and told Zhang Hai the news.

Zhang Hai told Wan Feng that he didn't have to go to school in the afternoon, and he even carried his schoolbag back for him.

You see, this is a serious matter. I asked him to take a leave and he even carried his schoolbag back.

If someone asked him to look after the target, would he even be able to take the child back?

Since the mold makers are coming tomorrow, what shape of tiles to make has to be put on the agenda.

The most common tiles that could be seen in rural areas in the 1980s were small square curved tiles that were about 200 to 250 mm long and 150 to 200 mm wide. They were also called butterfly tiles. They were made of mud as raw material and passed through the soil.

When it is fired in a kiln, it looks gray and does not look good at all.

Wan Feng has seen various types of building tiles from later generations, ranging from long, short, large, small, round, square, and triangular, from the smallest decorative tiles to asbestos tiles measuring two meters each.

So he knows what beautiful tiles look good.

So at the Wahou team headquarters, he took a pen and designed on the straw paper. He drew a total of four kinds of tiles, all of which were rectangular flat tiles.

The sizes are both 300. On two of them, he also designed patterns on the tile surfaces.

Zhang Hai looked at the tile shape drawn by Wan Feng and fell into confusion: "What kind of tile is this?"

"Pingwa."

"I know it's a flat tile, but I've never seen a flat tile like this."

"If you haven't seen it, you are right. This will be the most popular tile on the market, but it is just an ordinary tile. When we have a certain amount of savings, we can also spray paint on the surface of these tiles to make colored tiles.

It would be more beautiful if it was colorful. If you were a house builder, would you buy this tile?"

"Of course I will buy it. It would be so beautiful if I used these tiles to build a tile-roofed house." Zhang Hai was full of praise with his eyes shining.

"This is just the style of tiles. There are many types of tiles, such as steel wire tiles, asbestos tiles, etc. Asbestos tiles are very large, one to two meters long, and are the best choice for factory tiles.

In the future, we can expand the type and scale of production once we have the foundation."

Zhang Hai looked at the drawings drawn by Wan Feng and couldn't put it down: "My nephew, it seems that I was right to find you at the beginning. I didn't expect that you have already started planning the future of the brick and tile factory. How do you know so many things? What if you have such a brain?

Isn’t it unreasonable to fail to get into college?”

Wan Feng was a typical dutiful farmer in his previous life. He was very good at rural work. There was almost no rural goods that he had not done. What he just said was just the accumulation of knowledge, and there was no technical content or whether he could pass the exam.

There is no connection with the university.

Wan Feng knew how difficult it was to get into a university in the 1980s. It was really like having thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Thinking about it, he might as well forget it.

"After you have the mold, you must seize the time to test the product. The main thing is the bearing capacity of the product. This is related to the quality of the product and the fate of the brick and tile factory. You must not be careless."

In this regard, Wan Feng felt that he should feel relieved based on Zhang Hai's character.

"When the mold for cement bricks and tiles is finished, it's time for me to fix the machinery for pressing the bricks. I found out that there is indeed a factory in Dongdan City that produces small compacting machines. I'm going to get up in the next two days and try to finish it within ten days.

Buy the machine back."

Xiao Dexiang will bring people here tomorrow morning, and Wan Feng will be at home anyway.

So when it got dark, Zhang Hai took Wan Feng to Zhou Xiaowen's house and asked Wan Feng for leave tomorrow morning.

On the way home, Wan Feng asked a few practical questions.

"How do you solve the coal issue?"

This is very important. Coal was very scarce in the days of vouchers. Urban residents' quota for heating coal in winter was no more than 100 kilograms per person. Wan Feng did not think this was a simple problem.

This is also the reason why he also erected cement bricks when the project was first established.

Once the supply of coal fails, cement bricks will be produced.

"Now, the higher authorities are very supportive of side businesses in rural areas. There are many preferential policies, and there is a big tilt in terms of funds and materials. The commune secretary said that he has already reported the coal matter and will definitely give us a satisfactory answer.

's reply."

Judging from the attitude of the communes, the spring breeze of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has almost reached the countryside.

"Nephew! Just imagine, if the brick and tile factory starts construction in August, will the members see profits by the end of the year?"

"Why can't I see you?"

"Nephew, now we are the only ones with no outsiders, so let me be honest. Even in front of others, I look confident, but in my heart I don't have any confidence at all. I often can't sleep at night, just for fear of screwing up the inside.

, this is related to a loan of several thousand dollars. If it is over, the company will be in ruins and may not be able to recover for many years."

Zhang Hai's idea is very normal. Those who were the first to start a business in the early days of reform and opening up did not go down to the sea with the idea of ​​success or failure, because no one knew what was waiting for them ahead, whether it was a stormy sea or a hidden future.

clear.

"Uncle Zhang Hai, let's settle the accounts so you can sleep peacefully. Let's not talk about cement bricks for now. Let's talk about red bricks. From the moment a kiln brick enters the kiln to is fired and leaves the kiln, usually

It takes 25 to 30 days, which means the kiln can be produced once a month. Our small kiln can produce more than 60,000 red bricks at a time. Even if we remove the defective products, we can still have 50,000 bricks left."

"Maybe there won't be any left. After all, we haven't done it before, and we don't have a good grasp of the technical skills." Zhang Hai added.

It makes sense. Everything you do is a trial and error process at the beginning, and there will inevitably be some losses in this process.

"Then let's calculate it as 40,000 yuan. Is that okay?"

"almost."

"The price of red bricks on the market is between three and four cents. This is divided according to grade. For first-class red bricks and second-class red bricks, we calculate it based on second-class red bricks and three cents. Forty thousand red bricks can be produced.

Gross profit of 1,200 yuan. Now let’s assume the cost. It takes about ninety-two to one kilogram of media to successfully bake a red brick. Of course, this value will decrease with the accumulation of experience of the brick-burner. It can be lowered at the lowest.

To six or seven taels."

In his previous life, Wan Feng worked in a red brick factory for two years, and was not unfamiliar with the various processes in the brick factory.

"We are not technically proficient now, so we calculate the amount of media per brick per kilogram. The current supply price of coal on the market is ten yuan per ton, but this is definitely not a price we can enjoy. Enterprises must use some coal.

Let’s calculate the premium based on fifteen yuan per ton, so one kilogram of media will cost seven and a half cents. Add in the water and electricity charges for the wear and tear of manual machinery, and I initially estimate that the cost of a brick cannot be less than one cent.”

"Ah! It's only a penny!" There was an element of surprise in Zhang Hai's tone.

"Yes, there will be a small fluctuation, but it won't exceed much. Calculate how much profit we will make after one kiln of bricks."

So, Zhang Hai began to settle accounts: "Five delivery five, five five two hundred and five..."
Chapter completed!