Zhang Laosan was very straightforward on this issue. He said: "I am just contacting Mangu. This knife must be made by you. Firstly, I don't have such good steel, and secondly, I know how to temper it."
My skills were all taught by Master Xiao Qin, so how can I compete with Master Xiao Qin for business?"
"Well, if you are making a dagger, the steel material and heat treatment process must be different, different from what we made yesterday." Qin Hai said.
"Really?" Zhang Laosan was a little bit nervous again, "Master Xiao Qin, can you also teach me when the time comes?"
Qin Hai shook his head and said: "These technologies are not considered secret technologies, but there are some methods of smelting metal that you cannot do with your blacksmith furnace, so it is useless for you to learn these things."
"Yeah, I understand." Zhang Laosan didn't insist, he knew what Qin Hai said was the truth.
Qin Haidao: "Master Zhang, did you just say that that person wants a good knife and is willing to pay any amount of money."
Zhang Laosan said: "Yes, Man Gu told me that his nephew likes knives very much. He paid a high price to have this knife made for him, so if you can get him a better one,
Knife, he is willing to pay some money."
"In this case, if I make him a good knife that is ten times stronger than the farm tools yesterday, I don't know what price he can pay." Qin Hai smiled and threw out a bait.
"This..." Zhang Laosan hesitated. The other party's request was just to be as good as Mangu's shovel, but Qin Hai claimed that he could make it ten times stronger than that shovel. What a big deal.
It's a divine weapon that defies the heavens. And such a divine weapon must cost a lot of money. Can Mangu's nephew afford this? For a moment, he began to regret that he had said too much before.
"How about this, Master Zhang, you ask Master Mangu to bring his nephew over, and we can talk face to face. We will be able to deliver whatever goods he can pay, and we will never let him suffer." Qin Hai
Finally, he said this.
That's enough. Zhang Laosan promised to send someone to send a message to Mangu tomorrow to see if his nephew, who was a soldier, was willing to come to the county seat and communicate with Qin Hai and the others face to face. After talking about this matter
, Zhang Laosan drank with Qin Hai and the others for a while, chatted some gossip, and then left in a hurry on the pretext that he had something to do at home.
Seeing Zhang Laosan walking away, Ning Mo asked Qin Hai eagerly: "Qin Hai, do you plan to make money from that soldier?"
Qin Haidao: "Yes, isn't this an opportunity?"
Yu Haitao said: "How much money can a soldier have? Besides, this dagger should be the equipment issued by their army. How could he pay for it by himself and find someone to make it?"
Qin Hai shook his head and said: "This dagger is not standard equipment. I have seen several military daggers, but they are different from his. I thought that this person should be an equipment fan and I don't know where to find help.
I made such a dagger myself. A person like this will definitely be unable to move when he sees good equipment, so it won’t be a problem for him to pay for it.”
"But, how much can you charge for a dagger? 20? 50? Besides, they are soldiers, so it's not appropriate for us to rip them off like this, right?" Ning Mo said, he always had some respect for soldiers.
, I always feel that it’s a bit bad to blackmail a soldier.
Qin Hai smiled and said: "You remember a saying, everything is possible. Since we want to make money, we can't just focus on a few hoes. How much money can we make? I asked the soldier to meet, mainly
I want to know if there is any channel to contact the troops. If I can make some small equipment for the troops, it will be much more profitable than making hoes and shovels. Don’t worry, I will not cheat our troops. This is a
A win-win outcome.”
"Qin Hai, how did you grow your brain and why are you so smart?" Ning Mo looked at Qin Hai with admiration, "I just wanted to ask him to pay 10 yuan and we would give him a dagger.
You have set your sights on the army. However, the army's equipment is all made by military factories, and their technology is much better than our Qingfeng Factory."
Qin Haidao: "A ruler is short, an inch is long. We also have our strengths, and we are not necessarily inferior to them in everything. Don't worry, I will always find a way to make them admire us."
"That's natural. Once Qin Hai takes action, there's no reason why it won't work." Ning Mo laughed. Qin Hai's confidence was also contagious.
"When you're full, where can we go for fun?" Miao Lei put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and asked the three friends.
"How about we play cards? Landlord, Qin Hai, do you like it?" Yu Haitao asked in a flattering tone.
Qin Hai shook his head and said: "I haven't played cards for a long time, and I can't even remember how the cards are played. By the way, isn't there a steel factory here? Let's go to the steel factory while it's not dark yet.
Bar."
"How has the steel factory gotten better? They have been closed for more than ten years." Yu Haitao said casually.
Ning Mo raised his hand and knocked Yu Haitao on the head and said, "What do you know? Qin Hai said that he must have a plan if he wants to visit the steel factory. How do you understand? Right, Qin Hai?"
Qin Haidao: "I don't have any specific ideas yet. However, I just heard you talk about this steel plant, which made me somewhat interested in it, so I want to go in and take a look while it's still early."
"Let's go and have a look together." Ning Mo responded positively.
The four people stood up together, and under the leadership of Ning Mo, walked towards the gate of the steel plant, or more precisely, towards the gate of the steel plant site.
The Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant was built in an era of striving for the top. It was the product of steel production surpassing that of the United Kingdom and the United States. After spending a lot of money to build it, the steel plant faced shortages of raw materials and backward technology, and has been operating at a huge loss.
.
The main raw materials required for making steel are iron ore, coal and limestone. The latter two items can be met locally in Pingyuan, but the first item is quite difficult. That year, Pingyuan County organized a large number of people to go
Searching in various mountainous areas within the territory, some iron ore was found, but the grade was surprisingly low, and the other elements doped in the iron ore were very complex and difficult to remove during smelting, seriously affecting the quality of the steel products.
In terms of technology, Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant is a typical "home-grown" method. All kinds of equipment are very backward, resulting in high production costs. The price of locally produced cast iron and steel is actually higher than that of products from other provinces that have been transported over long distances.
In the spirit of pretending to be fat, Pingyuan County managed to keep the company alive until the early 1970s. Finally, it could no longer survive and had to announce the shutdown of the factory, and the original workers and cadres were transferred to various companies.
A few people were left guarding the large factory area and the equipment that was gradually rusting.
In the early years, Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory also used the products of Pingyuan Iron and Steel Factory under the high pressure of the county government. As a result, Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory almost dragged the Qingfeng Factory into the abyss. Later, Ning Zhongying followed the county government and caused a big fuss.
factory, promised to compensate the steel factory with 5,000 yuan every year, on the condition that the county would never force fake and inferior steel products to Qingfeng Factory again. This subsidy continued for several years, until the steel factory closed down.
Just now, when Ning Mo took Qin Hai to the stall at the entrance of the steel plant to eat fried rice noodles, he had already told Qin Hai about the past and present life of the steel plant. Of course, Ning Mo was not aware of some technical issues.
Qin Hai could only supplement it with his own imagination.
After listening to Ning Mo's introduction, Qin Hai has been thinking about this factory. He wanted to see if there was any potential to be tapped in such an abandoned factory.
If we want to select the material that has made the greatest contribution to human society, steel should undoubtedly be ranked first. Perhaps it is because steel is so common in people's lives, so many people feel that it is not worth paying attention to.
Things. But as a materials expert, Qin Hai has done the most research on steel in his previous life, and his mind is filled with countless wisdom about steel. Things that others cannot find value in, in his eyes, may be able to change
Become miraculous.
"Where are you from!"
As soon as the group of people walked into the gate of the steel plant, an old janitor came out of the gatehouse and shouted to them. The old man was wearing a faded old military uniform and a red sleeve band on his arm, which looked a bit old.
The style of the guards was great, but it was a pity that the one he held in his hand was not made in Hanyang, but a cooking spoon that he couldn't put down in time.
Ning Mo responded carelessly: "We belong to Qingfeng!"
Ning Mo and others ran out to eat right after work, so they didn't have time to change out of their work clothes. Everyone's work clothes had the words "Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory" on the chest. This couldn't be fake. The old man's gaze
After walking around a few young people for a few times, his attitude became a little more friendly and he asked, "What are you going to do?"
Ning Mo replied rather nonsensically: "Can we go in for a walk and fall in love?"
"You four... are in love?" The old man was a little confused. What kind of lineup is this?
Ning Mo walked forward, took out a cigarette from his pocket, stuffed it into the old man's mouth without any explanation, and said with a smile: "Okay, Old Man Wang, the steel factory has been closed for decades, how can we still have something?"
What was stolen? Don't worry, we just have enough to eat and have nowhere to go. We can go around the factory and take a walk, so we won't steal anything."
The old man was defeated by Ningmo's cigarette. He took the cigarette from his mouth, looked at the brand, and then carefully clipped it to his ear, intending to keep it for a while and enjoy it slowly, while still muttering softly in his mouth.
He said: "How can this shabby factory get better... Are you really not here to steal iron?"
"Are we stupid?" Ning Mo said disdainfully, "These iron lumps left over from your factory were given to me for free and I don't want them. Just go ahead and cook. I can smell the food in your pot from here."
Burnt."
"You can just walk around, don't mess around!" The old man obviously smelled the burnt smell coming from the guard room, so he hurriedly warned him and ran back to continue cooking.