In Zhangbaqiu Village, Huangzhuang Township, Gangcheng County, on the edge of the Muwen River, more than 40 small iron-making furnaces have been built since the first half of 1995 and into the winter of 1995. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Half of these iron-making furnaces were invested and built by people from Dazhai Township, and the other half were invested by bosses from other townships.

These 40 or so small iron-making furnaces have brought huge profits to investors, and the furnaces spit blazing flames, turning the scrap iron, coke and wood blocks swallowed into pieces of steel-making pig iron. The steel-making pig iron will be purchased by Luzhong Iron and Steel Plant, and then stuffed into the blast furnace to be refined into wire rod, strip, H-shaped steel and other steel.

In the westernmost part of Zhangbaqiu Village, there are two small iron furnaces side by side, both belonging to the same person. The boss of these two small iron furnaces is the village chief of Taohualing Village, Ma Huanchang.

Originally, Ma Huanchang's capital was only enough to open a small iron-making furnace, but later he compensated part of the money after the iron-making furnace in Taohualing Village was dismantled, and then transported the furnace from Taohualing Village to Zhangbaqiu Village, and he built two iron-making furnaces.

Two iron-making furnaces, if the raw materials are sufficient, can bring him an income of two thousand yuan a day. At the end of this year, his family will be able to earn seven or eight hundred thousand.

Ma Huanchang's son is now driving for the newly appointed county magistrate Sun Hao, and he can be regarded as having a head and face in Gangcheng County, so among the more than 40 farmers engaged in iron-making furnaces, Ma Huanchang is a leading big brother.

Today is the heavy snow season, the weather is very cold, it is snowing, in the morning, Ma Huanchang's son Ma Donghua drove the county magistrate's special car, and hurriedly came to the courtyard where the Ma family's iron-making furnace was located.

Ma Huanchang saw his son coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

Now Ma Donghua's family of three lives in an apartment building behind the county government building, and Ma Huanchang's wife is living with Ma Donghua because she wants to coax Ma Donghua's children.

Usually, on the side of the iron-making furnace, only Ma Huanchang guards it alone, and Ma Huanchang also lives here at night, and on the Taohualing side, although he is still the village head, he only goes there once or twice a week to take a look at it as a routine.

"Donghua, aren't you going to work now?"

Ma Donghua hurriedly got out of the car, then ran to the trunk and took out a thermos bucket, handed it to his father and said, "Dad, your daughter-in-law stewed a chicken, send me to send you some." ”

When Ma Huanchang heard this, he happily took the thermos cup.

In 1995, it was a great pleasure to be able to eat chicken during the New Year's holidays.

To say that Ma Donghua's daughter-in-law Qi Xiaoling is also a filial daughter-in-law, knowing that her father-in-law has a lot of strength under this small iron furnace, she has to get some chicken, duck and fish meat for her father-in-law every once in a while, so that her father-in-law can make up for his body.

Ma Huanchang took the thermos bucket, Ma Donghua turned around and was about to leave, Ma Huanchang hurriedly asked, "Donghua, why don't you eat some together?" ”

"Dad, eat it yourself, I've eaten it. At noon, County Magistrate Sun wants to use the car, and Dad, I have to go back quickly. ”

"Okay, okay, then you can go quickly."

got into the car and started the car, Ma Donghua suddenly thought of something, hurriedly rolled down the window, and said to his father: "Dad, you must be happy to tell you something." ”

Ma Huanchang smiled, looked at his son and asked, "What can make your father happy?" ”

Ma Donghua looked back and forth, then covered his mouth and said to his father: "Dad, the twelve ginger wine chiefs of Wang Xiangzhong's family have to be turned off next spring!" ”

When Ma Huanchang heard this, it was really a thing that made him happy, and he hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

"Okay Dad, I have to leave if it's not early, you just wait to watch the show! I'll come over for a drink with you in the evening, and I'll talk to you about it when the time comes. ”

Ma Donghua did not explain the reason to his father in detail, so he started the car and drove away from Zhangbaqiu Village in a puff of smoke, heading towards Fuqian Road, where the county government is located. At noon today, Li Dagang, the boss of the Luzhong Iron and Steel Plant, wanted to invite County Magistrate Sun Hao and Wang Xiangzhong to have a drink in the Xinxing Building, and to talk together about the conflict between Wang Xiangzhong's construction of the ginger distillery in Gangcheng County and the reconstruction and expansion project of the Luzhong Iron and Steel Plant.

As Sun Hao's driver, Ma Donghua was also invited this time. Although he said that he couldn't follow Sun Hao to the private room during the meal, under normal circumstances, the people who invited guests would arrange a private room for the drivers and secretaries to eat.

Xinxing Building, is the official reception hotel of Luzhong Iron and Steel Plant, the level is higher than Gangdu Hotel, is one of the four four-star hotels in Luzhong City, and the only four-star hotel in Gangcheng County. Although Gangdu Hotel is also known as a four-star hotel, compared with Xinxing Building, you will know which is real and which is fake.

However, Xinxing Building is an official reception hotel belonging to the steel plant, and many times the people of Gangcheng County can't go to it for a meal even if they have money. Xinxing Building belongs to Taidong Service Company, which is a department-level unit within the steel plant.

Seeing his son's car go away, the corners of Ma Huanchang's mouth twitched twice, and he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

"Oh, Wang Xiangzhong, Wang Xiangzhong, you make our family so ugly, I, Ma Huanchang, can't swallow this breath in my life. Hum! Do you also have today? ”

Although his son did not explain to him why Wang Xiangzhong's factory was closed, Ma Huanchang still believed his son's words.

Ma Donghua drove Sun Hao, and he easily knew what news was above and below than others.

Ma Huanchang carried the thermos bucket sent by his son and walked to the courtyard.

Their yard was twice as big as the others, and there were two iron-making furnaces built in the yard. In the northernmost part of the courtyard, there is a row of three simple board houses, and Ma Huanchang now lives in these three board houses.

Seeing Ma Huanchang coming over with a thermos bucket, Shen Tenggang, a worker in charge of ironmaking hired by Ma Huanchang's family, took a sip of cold water from the house and said with a smile: "Uncle Ma, your son has brought you delicious food again?" ”

Ma Huanchang lifted the thermos bucket, pointed to it and said, "Shen Teng, work hard, let's eat chicken at noon." ”

When Shen Teng heard this, he grinned happily, and a mouthful of white teeth appeared on his dark face.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to tell them about this good thing!"

The Ma family hired a total of six workers who opened the furnace to make iron, all of whom were apprentices taught by Ma Huanchang, and were paid fifteen yuan a day.

Seeing that Shen Teng happily ran to continue his work, Ma Huanchang walked into the house with a smile, poured the chicken sent by his son into the pot, and then cut two cabbages, grabbed a large handful of salt, and boiled it.

Seeing that there was not much wine at home, Ma Huanchang turned the fire in the stove smaller, took the money, carried a ten-pound plastic bucket, and planned to go to the village to drink wine.