Coming out of home, Liu Ashui had already pulled a rickshaw and was sitting in the square outside the guardhouse at the entrance of the community, waiting. This is a human-powered rickshaw, a research and development test product of the Vehicle Factory of the Ministry of Light Industry. Currently, only a few are in trial production. Because there is no rubber,
Therefore, the wheels made are relatively large, close to the original parent model "Toyo Car".
Originally, the vehicle factory wanted to promote Dongfeng two-wheeled carriages according to Hong Yuanlao's idea. After the Jeju Island Raiders, the supply of horses was no longer tight. A large number of horses were shipped from Lingao for service.
However, raising a horse specifically to pull a carriage takes up space, people, and a lot of food. It is too expensive for private use, even for the elders, so it is a bit of a luxury for guest carriages except for a few Lingao "
Except for "nouveau riche", it is only used by various departments for official business.
However, there is still a huge demand for cheap short-distance transportation. Whether it is a public carriage or Lingao subway, there is a last-mile problem.
The vehicle factory then settled for the next best thing and instead designed and manufactured a rickshaw. The rickshaw has a simple structure and is easy to repair. It does not need to eat feed and occupies a small area. Not only does the driver eat less than the horse, but he can also do other things besides pulling the cart.
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This kind of car is named "Type Zero". The Type Zero uses new technologies developed or better called "restored" by the machinery factory, especially the new shock absorber suspension system, which minimizes the damage caused by hard wheels.
Bumpy feeling. Because it is towed by human power, the Zero faced the problem of insufficient output power from the beginning. In addition, the new shock absorber system has a heavy weight. How to reduce weight has become the main topic for Jiang Muzhi and Li Chiqi.
In order to make the car body as light as possible, the two racked their brains when designing and tried to reduce weight wherever possible. The first step was to change the wheels to steel - which is lighter and stronger than the wooden structure; because it is
Human traction is mainly used on the road, so the strength of the body does not need to be too high. The original design of the iron frame wooden structure carriage was canceled and the body frame was made of hollow iron tubes instead, and the rattan woven body was used. However, this
The car body is prone to water intrusion, so the improved design uses bamboo chips.
The Zero's standard interior features include a retractable tarpaulin awning and bells, while the deluxe version also comes with kerosene lamps and footbells. Because the deluxe version has a golden five-pointed star as a symbol on the rear, it is also called the "Venus Star."
Zero type".
Wu Nanhai thinks this kind of bicycle is good - he has to travel to and from the fields all the time, and has a great need for short-distance transportation. The bicycle he used to ride was the official bus of the Agriculture Committee, but now there are more agricultural technicians and the daily work is busy, which is inconvenient for him.
For a long time, I occupied the few public buses for my own exclusive use, so I simply ordered a luxury version as a private car.
The dormitory area is quite far from the Agricultural Committee office, which is equivalent to walking from one end to the other. The Nanhai Experimental Farm where the Agricultural Committee is located has now expanded to a large area. Especially taking advantage of the last typhoon attack, the Agricultural Committee annexed a large number of
The scattered land has been extended to the school fields around the county, connecting these lands together.
With the land in hand, the Experimental Farm carried out extensive construction and added many new infrastructures. Now the entire Nanhai Farm directly under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Committee has more than a dozen entities: rice farms, dry farming farms, vegetable bases, and economic forest plantations.
, orchards, hot crop gardens, medicine gardens, nurseries, freshwater aquaculture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms, breeding livestock and breeding poultry farms, bacterial breeding farms, crop breeding farms, biochemical laboratories, sewage treatment plants, pesticides and fertilizers
Experimental factory, tea factory, veterinary station, etc. There is also a dairy farm and vegetable garden specially provided for the office to serve the Senate.
Various units and a large number of farm workers gathered here, actually forming a quite prosperous satellite town on the bank of Wenlan River.
The rickshaw pulled us to Agricultural Committee Street, which is the main street of the entire Nanhai Farm. Four branch roads radiate from the center, connecting all the units and institutions of the entire farm. After several years of development, the population of the farm has increased sharply.
As a result, the commercial activities on this street have become very lively. Most of the newly built commercial buildings on both sides have been rented out, bringing a considerable amount of income to the Committee of Agriculture.
The shops on the street have been closed for business. Wu Nanhai sighed with regret. Originally, he wanted to set up a rural commercial cooperative under the Agricultural Committee, but the executive committee strictly prohibited each department from running its own business in order to curb "
"Small but comprehensive", eliminate the seedlings of enterprises running the society. Only state-owned commercial enterprises and private enterprises in the commercial sector are allowed to conduct commercial operations.
It seems that only the Tiandihui system, a "civilian cooperative organization under the guidance of the government", can "save the country" through curves. Wu Nanhai calculated that Ye Yuming had discussed with him several times the plan to expand the business scope of the Tiandihui. See
You have to seize the time to implement it.
Although it is still 7:30 in the morning, small stalls have been set up on the street one after another, and there are also vendors carrying shelves and starting to sell along the street.
All hawker shelves are hung with a uniformly made standard wooden sign. This wooden sign is the mobile vendor business license newly launched by the State Administration of Taxation, which must be held by all mobile hawkers in towns within Lingao County.
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The activity areas are divided according to the color of the wooden sign. Red means that all areas can be sold, yellow means that it can only be sold in the county, blue means that it can be sold in Dongmen City, and so on. Depending on the industry and area in which the vendor is engaged, a fee of 7
The fixed sales tax is divided into circulation coupons ranging from 20 cents per day.
There is also a monthly card attached to the back of the business license. Every time taxes are paid on a day, the police responsible for collecting the taxes will stamp the corresponding day on the calendar. Taxes can be paid on a daily basis, or on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis.
Each year has a different discount rate for payment. However, if it is found that the payment is overdue for 3 days, once seized, it will be sent to the magistrate's court for disposal. According to the "General Principles of the Provisional Tax Law", the number of days of tax evasion multiplied by 3 will be sentenced to a certain number of days.
Labor camps punish labor, so vendors are very enthusiastic about paying taxes in advance.
Rickshaws rolled on the road. Except for the living area of the farm, both sides of the Agricultural Committee Street became empty again. The people running on the road were farm workers, farm carriages, and machinery heading to their working places. As far as the eye could see on both sides, there were carefully crafted
Large tracts of fields, ditches and woods are maintained. Every time Wu Nanhai drives by, he has to pay attention to whether the land on the roadside is fully utilized and whether the basic farmland facilities such as windbreaks, ditches and roads are in good condition.
Liu Ashui walked quickly, and soon the courtyard of the Agricultural Committee appeared in front of him. The farm office space has been expanded recently, and several new two-story and three-story buildings have been built. The entire building has a field-shaped layout, with the side facing the street being used for farmers.
It is the office building of the Committee, the Experimental Farm and the Tiandihui. The back building is the biochemical laboratory directly under the Committee of Agriculture and the warehouse of primary and secondary controlled items in agriculture - as usual, it is managed by personnel sent by the Planning Institute.
Wu Nanhai liked this place very much, so he continued to green the surrounding area over the years, planting a large number of economically valuable trees, fruit trees, and bamboo forests. He also opened flower beds - in addition to planting ornamental plants, he also planted various plant spices.
: Oregano, basil, thyme, perilla...
These years of operation have made the agricultural committee and the farm office area surrounded by green trees, fragrant fruit trees, the lotus root pavilion with green leaves, and floating ducks playing in the water. The natural environment is very beautiful. Nanhai Cafe is located in this farmhouse scenery
Of course, he also has a little selfishness. The small church he built is also hidden in the bamboo forest here. In addition to holding small-scale religious activities, it is also his small villa. He sometimes brings Chu Qing here.
Take a break and enjoy a rare moment of relaxation.
Entering the courtyard of the Agricultural Committee, Wu Nanhai got out of the car, thanked Liu Ashui, said hello to the workers sweeping the floor in the yard, and walked to his office with steady steps.
Wu Nanhai held many positions, but the most important "property" was that of the People's Commissar of Agriculture. He was responsible for agricultural matters and was a ministerial leader who could participate in the State Council. In the Lingao regime, a veteran held a high position of authority.
This means that there is countless work to be done. Therefore, Wu Nanhai needs a large number of administrative staff to help him handle specific affairs, forming a large administrative team, referred to as: "Wu Ban".
At this moment, Zhang Xingjiao, director of the "Wu Office", and Wang Tian, deputy director of the Nanhai Experimental Farm, were already waiting at the door of the "Wu Office" holding folders as usual.
Zhang Xingjiao and Wang Tian were both among the earliest naturalized citizens. Zhang Xingjiao had contributed a lot to the Senate since he surrendered in Goujiazhuang. However, he never had a fixed position and had long served as a translator and consultant. In the end, Wu Nanhai
Get him: Zhang Xingjiao is a scholar, able to write and do calculations. He is also from a farmer's family. He has personally participated in labor and is no stranger to agricultural production. He can be the penholder of the Agricultural Committee and the chief clerk is barely enough. As for Wang Tian,
When the farm was first established, he was the leader of the agricultural workers and the captain of the production team. In terms of ability, he was a capable and competent "leader". Over the years, Wu Nanhai, Wan Lihui and other agricultural veterans have taught him a lot of agricultural science and technology knowledge step by step, and also given him gifts.
He went to a training class for cultural courses, and Wang Tian was successful and got a second-class diploma. Wu Nanhai appointed him as the deputy director of the farm, responsible for the daily production of the farm.
But Wu Nanhai is not satisfied with these two people - after all, they are "re-educated" by adults. It is difficult to completely transform their ideas and thoughts. Although they absolutely obey orders, there are some deviations in their execution. Sometimes
I don't fully understand. In contrast, he still values the current group of young people under the age of 20 who have come out of administrative training classes. However, they are still a bit young and need some time to train. (To be continued.