The Brazilian plateau in the middle of summer was a little hot, but Liu Houfei was still sweating profusely with excitement, and his eyes were staring at the batch of equipment in front of him.

This is a batch of machinery and equipment borrowed from the Ministry of Science and Technology in the south or some large machinery factories for trial, thanks to the good fortune he has formed over the years, some factories are willing to ship the equipment to the Bac Ninh area for "trial", and then transfer the payment after the Bac Ninh area has raised enough money. To put it bluntly, this is to allow the Bac Ninh area to take credit, which is the only one in today's East Coast China, the first heavy machinery factory, the second heavy machinery factory, Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, Nanfang Vehicle Factory, Tieling Boiler Factory, railway machinery processing plant and other enterprises, have always been cash to get the goods, to the East Coast domestic banks to provide payment guarantees, to ensure that the installment money can be received in time. It is really rare for a telegram like the Bac Ninh Regional Administration to be able to purchase a large amount of machinery and equipment on credit, which shows Liu Houfei's ability, and of course consumes a lot of human affection.

The largest proportion of these equipment should be the lathe for processing wood, and there are also some agricultural machinery, automatic brick machines, cranes and other equipment, which are basically used in Bac Ninh County. Along with them, there are also many equipment installation and commissioning personnel from the south, who are ready to assemble and debug these equipment in the area of Bac Ninh County.

All the people and goods were disembarked at Changshun Port, and then through the sheep's intestine trail that changed the color of everyone, the equipment was transported into the mountains, transported to the plateau, and transported to Bac Ninh County little by little. During this period, many transporters and animals from Bac Ninh accidentally fell down the valley or were killed or injured, and many of the equipment that had been completely dismantled into parts were also lost, which shows how difficult it is for these machines that symbolize modern civilization to come to Bac Ninh.

In fact, strictly speaking, these equipment is not much advanced things, a few sets of equipment produced by the first heavy and Tieling boiler factory with a bit of technical content are also for the processing of some parts and components in the region, and the vast majority of the rest are relatively backward equipment in the east coast, that is, the things that are upgraded on the basis of the technology introduced from Europe in the early days, because they are cheap, not only exported to European countries and overseas colonies in large quantities, but also have a large market in some less financially wealthy areas on the east coast. For example, Bac Ninh.

These things are produced by the small objects and small commodities that the people urgently need every day, such as lathes specializing in processing wood, bones and ivory, lathes specializing in turning threads, such as lathes specializing in processing gears, conical wheels and other small parts with a wide range of uses, and so on. Just like what Liu Houfei said in the Hongli Reservoir in Yimin County before, what is needed now is not a high-tech equipment manufacturing industry, but a primary processing plant established under the guidance of the principle of comparative advantage - newly established agricultural counties such as Yimin, except for a few low-level mechanical processing industries, the large-scale development of food processing industry has a comparative advantage, because the raw materials come from the local area, and the market is also around; Bac Ninh County also has a comparative advantage in the development of advanced machinery processing industry, because it is very difficult for external goods to be transported in, and the price is expensive, Bac Ninh County has developed for many years, with a certain accumulation, it can be used as one of the regional economic centers in the southern half of the Brazilian plateau, and can develop a certain scale of mechanical processing and equipment manufacturing to supply the whole region, but it must also meet the market demand development.

When Liu Houfei was running these machines in the south, others also jokingly asked, now that the treasure of Zhenguo has carved a line machine (two kinds of engraved straight lines and engraved discs, which are very precious), many units have been manufactured, do you want to raise money to build one? When Liu Houfei heard this, he laughed directly and left directly.

Speaking of the more and more widely used engraving machines in the field of precision manufacturing (manufacturing precision nautical instruments for the navy), we cannot fail to mention the persistent efforts of the Engineering Technology Research Institute of the Republic of China on the east coast of China for many years. This feeling is born to be short of the natural science research institute of the head of the large-scale scientific research, teaching institutions, now the tinkering out of the precision instruments is more and more, the elimination of chromatic aberration of the higher precision telescope, not to mention, in the field of machining that everyone is most concerned about, in recent years they have also withdrawn some new interesting small things, such as dilatometer, comparator, collimator and so on.

Among them, the dilatometer is used to measure the thermal expansion of metal, which is in demand for the manufacture of marine clocks with higher precision requirements, of course, in recent years, with the prosperity of people, the sales of personal table clocks have increased significantly, and Mo Dashuai's wholly-owned Haidiao Watch Factory has purchased a lot of dilatometers.

In addition, the demand for comparators (lever comparators and microscope comparators) and collimators is gradually increasing. These sophisticated scientific instruments are basically made out step by step by skilled craftsmen after the development of the East Coast machinery industry to a certain extent, under the huge demand of the market. These things were not available in Europe at this time, because they did not have this kind of market demand, so they naturally could not give birth to these easy-to-use precision tools. And the successive invention of these instruments, but also shows that the progress of the machining industry has never been achieved overnight, not a certain traveler said that I come from the later generations I have a vision beyond the times can be made, which requires the accumulation of time, the overall level of progress, especially the progress of the craftsman level. Without these, you say that all of a sudden the machining accuracy is an order of magnitude higher, who believes it? Do you know how many years it takes to train a high-level mechanic who can make these precision instruments? How low is the yield rate? And without these useful tools and high-precision scientific instruments, how can you process something very high-precision? By the mouth of the cannon?

High-precision marine clocks, a new generation of quadrants, octanes, new theodolites, reflecting telescopes, precision balance instruments, and now there are many manufacturers in China, but they are relatively scattered. The Ministry of Science and Technology does not see this as a solution, and intends to change this kind of straggler-style production and manufacturing pattern, so two years ago in the capital Dongfang County set up a state-owned scientific instrument factory, specializing in the production of all kinds of precision instruments, for the production and life services, especially navigation instruments and geodesy instruments, has begun to mass production, the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of Geology, the War Department and some schools orders like snowflakes, showing the strong market demand.

In addition, the scale of the state-owned scientific instrument factory is actually not small, in addition to the production of the above-mentioned professional instruments that require higher precision, the factory also produces instruments including barometers, thermometers, flowmeters, ordinary microscopes, ordinary balances, etc., which are sold throughout the country. Liu Houfei even heard that the state-owned scientific instrument factory is still working hard to develop interesting "gadgets" including gas meters and gyroscopes, further enriching the product category, which shows the ambition of the factory.

Speaking of which, many people who like to boast about other people always stare at Ping An Iron and Steel, Tieling Special Steel, Tieling Boiler and other enterprises that produce steel and steam engines, but they don't know how vital the state-owned scientific instrument factory has played behind the new products they have withdrawn from generation to generation.

Okay, let's go back to the mechanical equipment in front of Liu Houfei. These things will be moved to various factories in the western suburbs of Bac Ninh County in two days, and the manufacturer's engineers will be responsible for installation and commissioning, and then delivered to the user unit for acceptance. These machines are not very sophisticated and high-end, and they are also suitable for the relatively backward status quo in Bac Ninh today, and they are more resistant to tossing in the hands of low-quality Bac Ninh workers, and I believe that they can be used for a long time.

"Machine tools are the cradle of industrial civilization. Without machine tools, it would not be possible to build many of the machines needed in the production process or the engines that drive them. I don't believe that a skilled craftsman can make a lot of advanced machines with a few very rudimentary tools, that's legend, and that's nonsense. All I know is that you can't do anything without a machine tool like a good machine, not even a poor quality pendulum clock. Liu Houfei held a pipe in his mouth and said in a slightly mocking tone: "I only believe in machines." Even in woodworking, which requires little precision, I believe in machine tools more, because the efficiency of the high-speed machining tools is better than that of any skilled craftsman, and it can save a lot of labor and time, which undoubtedly means money. So, rabbit cubs, remember for me, these machines must be carefully served after they are separated, and they are not allowed to come nonsense. ”

"Commissioner Liu, Beining County has brought in so many machines, which is clearly to be a regional leader, an industrial belt, and to be independent." A director of the Ministry of Science and Technology, who is in charge of transporting machines, laughed and joked: "I only believe in machines and science, Commissioner Liu's idea is right, so our department's support for Bac Ninh is also sufficient." Minister Qiu said that these are the machines that have been sent to the ministry for testing by various factories over the years, and they are also gray and rusty when they are placed there, so it is better to use them. The Bac Ninh area is so difficult, the transportation is inconvenient, and we are all old friends, so I will lend it to you in the Bac Ninh area, which can be regarded as giving full play to the value of these machines, otherwise it is a pile of wrought iron, brass or something. ”

"Minister Qiu's help to the Bac Ninh region is really great. Although the current focus of development in Bac Ninh is agriculture and animal husbandry, this does not mean that there is no need for industry at all, at least, Bac Ninh County, as the regional capital, has to shoulder this list. Liu Houfei said: "If possible, I think we can hand over the light parts and components needed for various machines in a series of processing plants in Changshun County in the east, to produce them." Why let other regions earn this money? I've been telling these bunnies that it's really hard to introduce some machine tools to produce bevel gears, bevel gears and the like? Is it really hard to produce springs with a spring reel bought from the south? Like more ordinary nuts, bolts, iron nails, etc., do they really have to be imported all from the East Coast prairie? There's no need. Comparative advantage, comparative advantage, I have always said to give full play to comparative advantage, these small parts are transported from Bac Ninh County to Chang Thuan, although the road is difficult to walk, but it is close. Shipped from the south, you have to wait for the shipping schedule, because no one will let the ship run for you for a box or a few boxes of spare parts, sometimes this wait is a week or two, we compare with them is this cost, logistics cost and time cost, which one is cost-effective. Moreover, taking 10,000 steps back, even if our products in Bac Ninh County really can't compete with the outside goods from afar, then so many counties and townships and so many people on the Brazilian plateau are our backing, our confidence, our market, and enterprises will not close their doors or go bankrupt, and will continue to exist. ”

"Director Wu, don't worry, these machines are of great use to us, thank you very much. As for the payment, wait a little bit, I will be cheeky to continue to use the borrowed things from the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the equipment sent by other factories will wait for half a year to a year or so, and when some accounts in Changshun County are straightened out, I will arrange for someone to make a 30% payment, and the remaining 70% of the balance may not be until the second half of the next year. We're in a bit of a tight financial situation, you know, it's building everywhere, it's spending money. For these equipment, my Lao Liu also sold his old face to make an installment payment, or took the money from Changshun County, hey, they have money, it is the richest county in the whole region, and the money from developed areas is transferred to underdeveloped areas, which is right. However, I also have to take care of the emotions of the whole county of Changshun, there are also many projects in the county that have been put on hold, the city's water and sewerage facilities have only been partially built, and the plan to build a large hospital and more primary schools is also waiting for funds in the long distance, and I can't draw blood from their county indefinitely, which is not suitable and unsatisfactory. Therefore, please also ask Director Wu to be more responsible, help me bring a message to those factories, the money will not be less, just wait, I Liu someone will count. Liu Houfei patted his chest and said.

"Understand, understand, Commissioner Liu." Director Wu nodded and said, "In fact, once the tax reform (including tax changes and the reform of tax distribution between the central and local governments) that has begun to be rolled out in many parts of the country is also carried out in your region, local governments will have greater financial powers, and the fiscal situation will undoubtedly be greatly improved." At that time, what can be calculated for a little purchase of machinery? No matter how difficult it is in the Bac Ninh area, can't it raise 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in cash? It's impossible to think about it! ”

"The reform of the tax sharing system, hehe, I don't know when it will be piloted to us. Besides, we still have to live a hard life at the moment. Liu Houfei waved his hand and said meaningfully: "I don't know if the central government will reduce investment at that meeting, it's hard to say." The reform of the tax-sharing system is a good thing for the wealthy areas of the steppes on the east coast, but it may not be for us. ”