When he got up that morning, Gu Laoer ate the fried dough sticks and soy milk that his wife bought on the street as usual, then sat on the table and spread out that day's Tianjin Daily.
The headline on the front page caught Gu Lao'er's attention, and his eyes lit up.
"The third, fourth, and seventh state-owned factories began to produce agricultural machinery."
The content under the title was very short, and Gu Laoer read it in just a few glances. It was about the state-owned factories that stopped producing rifles and tanks and started producing agricultural machinery. The newspaper said that there were farms where agricultural machinery could not be purchased from private factories.
Owners can go to state-owned factories to buy agricultural machinery.
Before Gu Laoer finished reading the newspaper, he was so excited that he slammed the table and ran out the door.
Gu Laoer's daughter-in-law shouted loudly: "Master, are you not going to eat?"
Gu Laoer said loudly: "Go grab the harvester! It was published in the newspaper today. There must be a lot of people going to grab the machine. If they go late, they will be gone."
Gu Laoer's wife grabbed the fried dough sticks on the table, rushed to Gu Laoer who was unlocking the bicycle, and stuffed the fried dough sticks into Gu Laoer's mouth.
"Eat fried dough sticks on the road, while riding a bicycle. If you don't eat breakfast in the morning, you will be weak."
Gu Laoer unlocked the car, took off the fried dough sticks from his mouth, and shouted: "You woman, you are really troublesome. If you don't eat breakfast for one day, will the sky collapse?"
Gu Lao Er's wife ignored Gu Lao Er, turned around and walked back to the villa.
Gu Laoer had no choice but to bite the fried dough stick in one mouth and ride his bike towards the textile factory. Today was not a holiday and Gu Laoer was going to work. He rushed to the workshop of the textile factory and wrote a request for leave.
After putting the article on the manager's desk, he rode to the third factory that produced agricultural machinery.
It was only seven o'clock in the morning, and the factory reception room at the entrance of the No. 3 Factory was already crowded with people. Farmers who had seen the newspaper introduction rushed here, waving banknotes to buy agricultural machinery.
When Gu Laoer saw that scene, he felt a little nervous, secretly wondering why there were so many people? He wasn't going to leave empty-handed again today, was he?
After a while, the door to the factory reception room opened, and an old man with a gray beard came out and waved to everyone.
"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet! Listen to what I have to say."
The customers looked at the old man's aura and knew that he must be the leader of the factory, so they all fell silent.
The old man said: "Our third factory originally produced rifles. The machine tools in the factory are very precise. Now there are no problems at all in the production of agricultural machinery parts. After half a month of assembly line transformation, mass production and harvesting started yesterday.
machine. The output of one of our factories is comparable to that of a private factory with 7,000 employees."
"So don't be anxious, everyone can buy agricultural machinery. So old man, I hope that everyone will not rush to buy, but let the farmers who are really in urgent need of machinery buy it first. Everyone should show their courtesy and prioritize."
After hearing the old man's words, everyone blinked and gradually became quiet.
In fact, among those who buy agricultural machinery, not many of them really need it urgently. Most of them are preparing for the next year's farming, and they became anxious when they saw that the agricultural machinery was out of stock on the market.
At this time, when the old man said that the state-owned factory had sufficient output, none of them were so anxious.
Gu Laoer squeezed his way forward from the crowd and shouted loudly: "Old man, I'm in a hurry. The spring wheat in Liaodong will be harvested soon. Two of the original harvesters are broken, so I need to use them urgently."
The old man nodded and said: "Okay, let's count two harvesters for this young man."
Seeing that the old man was willing to sell the harvester to him, Gu Laoer suddenly smiled brightly. He asked, "Old man, how much does a harvester from this state-owned factory cost?"
The old man stroked his beard and said: "I'm afraid our quality is better than that of private factories, and since it delays the production of firearms, the price will be higher. Our pricing is eighty-seven taels for a Type 3 harvester and 87 taels for a Type 4 harvester.
Ninety-nine and two units!”
After hearing the old man's quotation, the crowd buying agricultural machinery looked at each other for a while.
This price is more than ten taels more expensive than the agricultural machinery from private factories. Although the quality of state-owned factories may be better, this is agricultural machinery after all, not a complex steam engine. No matter how good the quality is, it cannot be much better. Some people are not in a hurry to buy it.
The people hesitated.
The prince has just promulgated the "Anti-Monopoly Law", and the private enterprises of the Fanjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce are expected to resume production soon. It seems more cost-effective to buy cheap goods from private factories by then.
Gu Laoer was eager to use it. He quickly took out the banknotes from his pocket, counted one hundred and fifty taels and said: "I will buy two Type 3 machines! Old leader, the state-owned factory really saved my family this time."
urgent!"
Everyone looked at Gu Er's happy look, and everyone burst into laughter.
The old man looked at the crowd and asked, "Is there anything else urgently needed?"
A man in his thirties stood up and said angrily: "My water tanker in Liaodong has broken down. I can't buy it now. What should I do?"
The old man stroked his beard and said: "The cannon foundry has started casting water carts now, and sales will start in the next few days. If you are impatient, go to the cannon foundry today and ask about it and try your luck."
The man's face lit up with joy, he agreed loudly, and ran to the cannon foundry.
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On the third day of July, Hua Kefang and a dozen businessmen who produce agricultural machinery stood at the entrance of the "Third State-owned Factory", looking at the harvesters being shipped out one after another, with a gloomy look on their faces.
Hou Dingping said: "Tsk, tsk, this prince's state-owned factory really doesn't produce weapons anymore."
"According to my observation, the prince's machine tool factories that produce rifles, cannons and tanks have all stopped production and switched to producing planters, harvesters and waterwheels. The glass factory has stopped part of its production capacity and transferred its manpower to the formerly abandoned state-owned cement factory.
The factory produces cement.”
"Only dyes are something that the prince's state-owned factories cannot temporarily switch to production, but the state-owned textile factories have already stocked up on dyes for half a year, which can last for a few months. Seeing that private textile factories are short of dyes, the state-owned textile factories still have
If we take the initiative to sell the dye, it seems that there will be no problem in supporting it for two and a half months."
Yan Yishan, the owner of Yan's Agricultural Machinery Factory with white beard and hair, shook his head and said: "President Hua, we have suffered a lot from this suspension of production. However, for the prince, it is just a matter of converting the state-owned factory to production. I'm afraid we will use the suspension of production to force the prince.
This method won’t work.”
Sighing, Yan Yishan said: "It's been half a month since the Anti-Monopoly Law was promulgated, and it will officially take effect in another two and a half months. If we don't resume production, I'm afraid the prince will strictly inspect our company and put us under
The punishment will be ruining everything."
The businessmen looked at each other for a while, feeling a little frightened.
Hua Kefang waved her hand to the businessmen around her and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone. Your Majesty is very capable, but our strength is not weak either. Since Your Majesty does not allow us to stop production to impact the market, we will not stop production!"
"But the prince will not give us official status! We will not give in easily."
After glancing around at the members of the Fanjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce, Hua Kefang said loudly:
"Fanjiazhuang's monthly income level is too high, let's transfer the industry!"
