Chapter 217: Simon's Age of Internal Combustion Engines
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On January 2, 254 (1913), Wanmei Township, Langzhong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province.
At this time, at the end of the autumn harvest, the rice fields in Wanmei Township have been harvested, and diesel trees are now being harvested on the hillside.
"This is the first large-scale harvest of diesel fruit in our township, our hard work in the past few years depends on this experience, everyone has worked hard these days, take advantage of the help of God these days, the weather is good, just grab the ......" Ximen Fuxue Township Mayor in front of the largest diesel forest in the township, cheering up the villagers who are ready to harvest. Today, he, the secretary of the township party committee, and other staff members of the main ministries and township offices all went to the villages to participate in the harvest.
"Township Chief, I think there is no problem. Look at the growth of this diesel melon, it must be a bumper harvest," the local village chief said with a smile. The direction he was pointing to was the large diesel grove, and now the diesel fruits on the trees were ripe, and each tree was hung with hundreds of small pumpkin-like fruits, which had changed from the blue of the past to the golden yellow of the present. Because the fruit of the diesel tree is very similar to a small pumpkin, it is also called the oil melon tree by the folk.
Nanchong City is mainly mountainous and hilly, and there is not much arable land. Baiyun Township is no exception, the areas on 6 are all mountains and shallow hills, and the plains suitable for cultivated land are less than 2, and the government of the Socialist Party of Science and Technology is extremely strict on the opening of terraces on the shallow hills on the slopes, in principle, it is not allowed to open new terraces, and the original terraces must be gradually returned to forests.
If you rely only on traditional agriculture, there is no future for this little arable land. Therefore, after taking office, the head of Ximen Township introduced all kinds of high-quality crops on the one hand, and relied on forests and shallow hills to engage in forestry and aquaculture, planting a large number of cash crops such as medicinal herbs and fruits, and at the same time, he used the bank's low-interest loans for rural development to set up several township enterprises such as food factories and plum wineries. In the past few years, Wanmei Township has become prosperous.
Diesel trees are also a project strongly supported by the head of Ximen Township, who planted 2o acres of experimental forest when he was the village chief in Baiyun Township, but was promoted to township chief before the saplings could grow into harvest. After arriving in Wanmei Township, he continued to vigorously promote this new type of cash crop, this time not only planting 2o acres, he planted 30,000 acres in one go, because there are many mountains and hills here, but not as few mountains as Baiyun Township. In addition to the original plum groves, there are also many barren mountains, which can be used to grow cash crops.
To be honest, Simon felt that planting the 30,000 acres of diesel trees was also a risk, although the experts all made a package ticket and said that there was absolutely no problem. But this thing is a new thing, no one has ever grown it before, and if the harvest is not good, or it can't be sold at a price, even if he is the head of the township, he will be scolded by the villagers. If the pressure from the people is too great, I am afraid that his future will be over.
But he also gambled on it, because he was professionally trained and had a long-term vision than ordinary people. When he was studying in school, he listened to the professor repeatedly emphasize that the traditional reciprocating steam engine has reached the end of its development, and the future will be the era of steam turbines and internal combustion engines, and the fuel of steam turbines will also transition from coal-fired to oil-fired type. In other words, the future will be an era of fuel boom.
At least for the time being, this kind of thing is separated from oil, and China is a well-known "oil-poor country", most of the oil is imported, and imported oil accounts for about 6% of the annual consumption of self-produced oil. The diesel tree is a new crop specially developed by the Central Committee of the CSSD in order to improve fuel safety
From some government documents, it is obvious that the central government attaches great importance to the promotion of this kind of thing. Seeing this, Simon decided to give it a go
For the villagers, who use a large number of new harvesting tools, the harvesting of diesel fruits is very convenient. Because the tree is not tall, only more than three meters high, and the tallest is only five meters, it is easy to harvest a tree by standing on the ground with a fruit picking pole, and a person can collect a tree in a few minutes at most.
Simon Blowing Snow is also harvesting fruit, and he holds the fruit picking pole and holds the handle at the root of a diesel fruit, and the scissors on it are closed to cut the fruit stalk. The diesel fruit fell into the fruit box under the scissors and slid down a linen hose into a bamboo basket on the ground. Simon had used this tool before, and he was so skilled that he had finished picking a tree in less than ten minutes.
After harvesting a few more trees, Ximen Fuxue stopped to wipe his sweat and said to a staff member: "Lao Cai, first select the fruit of 1oo trees and send them to the oil mill to extract oil and see the yield." At the same time, please ask the township agricultural technology station to test the ingredients......"
"Yes, village chief. I'll send it over immediately......" Lao Cai agreed, and called a few guys to randomly select 1oo trees of diesel fruit, and loaded them into the agricultural vehicle waiting next to him.
Seeing that the car was about to start, Ximen Fuxue rushed over and ordered: "Lao Cai, remember the measurement of one tree after another, and the number of jΓΉ must be recorded, I want to count jΓΉ accurately...
"Got it, village chief. Don't worry, you can ...... to ensure that it will be done properly" Lao Cai smiled and drove away.
Afternoon.
Everyone is still continuing to harvest quickly, and the latest weather forecast from the county just now says that there may be rain in three days. So everyone mobilized all the family members, and the entire Wanmei Township, except for the old, young, sick and disabled, or those who had important tasks, as long as they could move, all went up the mountain to pick fruits. Comrade Ximen set an example and called his two wives, Zheng Xiuyan and Zheng Xiujing, to go up the mountain to help.
Simon thought of a way to divide the group into a group, two people were responsible for high-altitude picking, two people were responsible for ground collection and basket loading, and the other two people were responsible for sending the fruit to the roadside in the forest, and six people took turns. There is also a special shipping team that is responsible for delivering the baskets that are filled on the side of the road to the truck, and then putting the empty baskets back in their places. After such a division of labor, the efficiency has really increased.
"Township chief, township chief" At this time, Lao Cai came back. I saw him waving a piece of paper with a look of surprise on his face, and running over sweating profusely. β...... The oil melons sent to the oil mill have been squeezed, and the inspection report of the agricultural technology station has also come out......"
"Big ...... A bumper harvest, the township chief squeezed an average of 13 oil from each melon tree. 6 kilograms, the most one has 15 kilograms, and the smallest one has 11 kilograms......" Lao Cai said with a red face, and handed over the inspection report as if offering treasure: "The agricultural technology station said that the oil of 1oo trees has been sampled, and all the ingredients are up to standard." Stationmaster Zhang also said that this oil has passed the above standards and can be rated as excellent. β
"Oh, I'll take a look......" Simon was overjoyed and hurriedly took the report and looked.
Lao Cai said excitedly next to him: "We have planted an average of 114 trees per mu, so that 156 kilograms of oil can be extracted per mu." The 30,000 acres of oil melon trees in our township are 45,000 tons of oil every year. Moreover, the director of the agricultural technology station, Mr. Zhang, said that the yield in the first year was the lowest, and the yield will gradually increase as the age of the tree increases in the future. β
Simon Fuxue quickly read the report, and the large string of numbers in the middle had a tick after each item, which he knew meant to be qualified. When you see the final test result column, it reads: "1oo samples have all the ingredients up to standard, and according to the relevant standards, they can be rated as excellent." When he said this, he immediately laughed.
"Yes, it's really good" Ximen Chuixue smiled and put away the test report, calculated it in his heart and said: "I called yesterday to ask, the purchase price of the county refinery is 1o yuan per ton, and this year we have 450,000 yuan in the account, excluding various costs such as seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, etc., we can probably earn 20,000 yuan." Hehe, there are 66 households in our township, and each household can get more than 4o yuan. This is still the first year, and when we wait until next year, we don't need to count the money for the saplings, even if the output is still so much, we can still earn 30,000 yuan, hehe......"
Half a month later, the final output of diesel trees harvested in various countries was reported to the central government and sent to the desk of Premier Zhang Lizheng as soon as possible. Zhang Lizheng was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately reported to Wen Desi.
"Mr. Wen, good news, this year's diesel tree harvest is 3.46 million tons, and the national raw oil output is 3.46 million tons," Zhang Lizheng smiled and handed the report to Wen Desi. "Most of the diesel trees are still bearing fruit for the first time, and there is still a lot of room for growth in yields, and in some areas where the promotion is late, the fruit trees are not yet ripe. According to our experts' estimates, by next year, production will increase by more than 660,000 tons......"
When Wen Deji saw this, he also stood up happily and said loudly: "Great, so that our fuel problem will be completely worry-free." Although the international oil price is cheap now, with an average of 7 US dollars, which is about 14 Chinese yuan a ton, the transportation cost is very high, and after shipping to China, the price will reach 18 yuan to 2 yuan a ton. When it is refined into fuel, the cost will increase to more than 3 yuan per ton. β
Zhang Lizheng also nodded: "Yes, the current refined oil rate of crude oil is less than 55, and the raw oil of the diesel tree is much purer than the crude oil, the refined oil rate can reach 95, and the remaining waste oil can also be made into soap and glycerin, there is almost nothing to discard, the utilization rate of health and environmental protection is high, and the ex-factory price of the refined oil refined from the raw oil of the diesel tree can be compressed to 2 yuan, and the price is also very advantageous." What's more, our diesel oil can be made into cooking oil, which is not as good as rapeseed oil and sesame oil, but at least much better than palm oil. That's something that can't be compared to oil, hahaha......"
Wen Desi nodded again and again and sighed: "Yes, in our time, this kind of tree is really not born at the right time. In the era we came in, what hydrogen energy, magnetic field energy, solar energy and other new energy sources were used in a large area, and the oil-fired internal combustion engine had almost completely withdrawn from the stage of history, and this kind of tree had almost no use. Since there were no outsiders present, there was nothing taboo about him.
Zhang Lizheng joked: "Mr. Wen, but now it's different, now is an era of internal combustion engines." β
"Hahaha, yes, that's right. Now is the era of internal combustion engines," Wen Desi laughed, and then he suddenly remembered something, and said to Zhang Lizheng: "Oh, I saw that the report said that the national unified purchase price of diesel tree oil is ten yuan per ton?"
Zhang Lizheng hurriedly said: "Yes, Mr. Wen." It's this number. Please rest assured, I have given a death order that all purchases of diesel oil are absolutely not allowed to be white, and must be paid in cash or cash checks. β
Wen Deji waved his hand and said, "No, I'm not talking about payment. I mean, the price is a bit on the low side. I know that when this price was set, the cost of processing was taken into account. However, it has now been proved that the processing cost was too high at that time, and the purchase price can now be appropriately raised. This can increase the enthusiasm of the people, and the difference between industrial and agricultural scissors is certainly unavoidable, but we can't pit our own people too much, we want to pit those white skins of foreign countries, anyway, they have money......"
"Yes, Mr. Wen, I will discuss with everyone when I go down and increase the purchase price appropriately. I'll report back to you tomorrow," Zhang Lizheng hurriedly agreed.
"By the way, how are the temperate rubber trees doing now?" said Wen Desi, remembering the temperate rubber trees that had been promoted along with the diesel trees.
"Because of the age of temperate rubber trees, it is not yet time to tap a lot of rubber, and we will not be able to start tapping until at least next year. β
"Well, this is also the focus, natural rubber is a very important strategic resource, and your State Council should pay attention to it. β
Both of them talked for a while, and Zhang Lizheng talked about the issue of officials who had lost their homeland.
Zhang Lizheng said: "Mr. Wen, the lost territories such as Korea and the Ryukyus that were taken back from Japan this time are still under military control, and now the social situation in various places has basically stabilized, and it is time to establish a formal local government. The comrades' opinion is that, in view of the special characteristics of those areas, the first few batches of local chief officials at and above the county level will still be transferred from the Sixth Division, and the deputy posts can be selected from the locality. At the township level, it is half and half, and if a local person is used as the chief officer, the deputy post is dispatched from the big 6. β
Wen Desi nodded: "I know, I have no opinion on this matter, your State Council has arranged it." But have you chosen the right officials?
"Well, after summarizing the situation of the Organization Department, the Supervision Department, and the Central Social Affairs Department in various places, we have preliminarily selected a list, you can take a look at it," Zhang Lizheng said, opening his briefcase and taking out a copy ......of the document.
"Okay, I'll take a look......" Wen Deji took it and looked at it.
After looking at it for a while, he laughed: "Hehe, the new county magistrate of this Ryukyu County you are proposing is called Ximen Fuxue?"
"Huh. Yes, there is not only the West Gate blowing snow, but also a Ye Lonely City...... Of course, 6 Xiaofeng is our people, and coincidentally, they are all now serving as local ministers in Langzhong County. This Ximen Chuixue is currently the head of the township, and according to the organization's investigation, his situation is very suitable, capable, has a position, has firm beliefs, and has a lot of ideas."
"Okay, I'm okay. Then let this Ximen blow snow and go to Ryukyu. Moon nodded with a smile.
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