Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 395: Another Year of the Harvest Rush
It’s currently noon, and the male educated youths are either trying to mediate or running to call the team leader. Lu Mingxu, holding a cat, stands at a distance, coldly watching Lu Mingqiu being pinned to the ground by Duan Qingmei.
Duan Qingmei grabbed her hair, banging the back of her head against the ground.
Although Lu Mingqiu is ruthless, her strength is no match for Duan Qingmei.
Force overcomes skill; she is currently in the position of being passively beaten.
Three days later, Zheng Manhua arrived in Yan City and called Xu Qinghuan to report her safety. Over the phone, she told Xu Qinghuan, "The Lu Family has completely fallen; when the old master died, the authorities were initially considering pardoning Lu Ranglian;
Our Old Qin handed over the evidence, which didn’t actually play much of a role, but it’s all thanks to Ye Xiumei. She directly provided a list; these people couldn’t withstand investigation, all of them engaged in dirty and rotten deeds for the Lu Family. Now they are all locked up, and many matters have enraged the authorities. Lu Ranglian couldn’t survive either."
Among the names on the list, Liu Qidong and Liao Yongqiang were the two at the forefront.
Liu Qidong didn’t have time to take Lu Mingqiu away before being arrested.
After investigation, it was found that Lu Mingqiu hadn’t committed any wrongdoing; she was just a girl. Lu Mingxu was a minor, so nobody would trouble them. The organization also considered their wellbeing and sent them to the countryside.
In the city, their lives wouldn’t be easy.
Although Lu Ranglian wasn’t tried for collaborating with the enemy, the situation became the talk of the town. The locals cursed the Lu Family’s ancestors, and every day, someone would throw bricks and stones at the house where the Lu siblings lived.
Xu Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief.
If Lu Ranglian didn’t face trial, it would be a source of great discontent.
This year’s autumn harvest is scheduled for August 20th. For the Shangjiang Team, there’s no rush; they let the crops bask in the sun a bit longer in the field, making harvesting easier, avoiding the trouble of spreading them out to dry afterward.
Before this, Jiang Xingye had already delivered all the machines Wolfgang ordered. This man from Country D placed an additional order, but the delivery date is required to be in January of next year, leaving ample time. The Shangjiang Team’s machinery factory and furniture factory take turns speeding up the harvest.
This year, the production team bought a few tractors, which means they don’t have to carry the straw and wheat stalks all the way from the fields to the threshing ground. Instead, they place them on the tractors and then transport them back.
When the roads were being built, Jiang Xingye considered the matter of harvesting and made adjustments to several main roads leading to the field ends, which now prove to be useful.
"This year’s straw is heavier than previous years, and the ears of wheat have really grown well!" Lin Yonggui, a master at the furniture factory, hadn’t been to the fields for a long time. As he started working hard, he found himself not quite adapting yet.
"The fertilizer was applied well this year!"
"It’s a bumper year this year!"
"The people from the Liaozhong Team and New United Team are here again. What are they here for?"
Chatting while working can alleviate fatigue.
Seeing Liu Qingsong and Wei Qimin approaching, everyone craned their necks to watch. Jiang Liangcai came over, shouting, "Keep working! If you don’t finish, your group will continue tomorrow. Let’s see if it affects your earnings."
This statement was more effective than anything, and without listening to gossip, everyone bent down and worked diligently, bustling with activity.
Someone among them shouted, "Liangcai, ask Xingye to come up with a method. Can we get a machine that can thresh the grains directly in the fields, leaving out the wheat straw?"
"Wishful thinking, is there really such a powerful machine?"
"Without wheat straw, what will we use for cooking fuel?"
Jiang Liangcai proudly said, "Xingye is already thinking about it. It will take some time, but the machine will surely be expensive, and even if we make it, it might not sell."
Jiang Xingye was indeed pondering the matter, considering how exhausting it was to carry the straw bundles.
But at that moment, he was called over by Dong Liangcheng to deal with Liu Qingsong and Wei Qimin. With the harvest season upon them, to prevent last year’s incident from occurring, they were here to buy harvesters and threshing machines this year.
"We barely made it through last winter and this spring," Wei Qimin said. "Although you came up with the idea of setting up a food processing factory, not only was the benefit not substantial, but one food processing factory can’t possibly support so many people."
Liu Qingsong said, "Buying food also costs money. Last year, we experienced a disaster year, and the production team is truly without money. We are terrified of another year like that. If it happens again this winter, people will definitely starve to death."
"It’s not that scary!" Jiang Xingye replied.
Dong Liangcheng, not very eloquent, listened silently from the side.
"How is it not scary? It really is terrifying," Wei Qimin threatened. "Xingye, if you don’t open this door for us, this matter will surely trouble the commune. Let’s see what you’ll say then."
The head of the commune is Jiang Baohua.
Setting up those two factories nearly exhausted Jiang Baohua, and Zhou Guiying regretted it deeply, thinking he shouldn’t be so power-hungry to insist on taking that position.
But after Jiang Baohua took that post, he felt the exhaustion was quite worth it.
Few men lack ambition for a position of power.
Jiang Xingye smiled, "Then go find the commune!"
Liu Qingsong didn’t want to escalate matters to that extent. They were here to solve problems. "Xingye, you shouldn’t say that. We’re all from the same commune, and when it comes down to it, our team and yours are adjacent, related by marriage numerous times.
If our team’s days are hard, wouldn’t your team also have to support us?"
Wei Qimin added, "I was just saying. Did you really take it to heart? If we took this to the commune, wouldn’t Baohua have to come to you then?"
Jiang Xingye said, "I mentioned last year, if you can’t afford to buy, you can rent. Our team has ten harvesters and ten threshing machines this year, waiting for you to come rent them.
If you can’t pay, you can use grain to cover the costs. During threshing, we can collect the grain directly, eliminating the need for you to deliver it. The service will definitely be the best, and we’ll provide the machine operators ourselves."
Seeing that this was the best understanding they could reach, Liu Qingsong asked, "Then tell us, how much is the rent for the machines per day?"
Jiang Xingye said, "One machine, operating eight hours a day, costs one yuan and fifty cents per hour. Tractors don’t include fuel costs, and threshing machines don’t include electricity costs. It’s not expensive."
"One yuan fifty cents? That’s twelve yuan a day per machine. Xingye, this price isn’t fair!" Wei Qimin felt it was robbery.
Jiang Xingye remained silent.
Wei Qimin and Liu Qingsong exchanged glances, both left in anger and resentment.
The Shangjiang Team was clearly taking advantage of the situation.
Zhang Changqing and Jiang Baohua personally came over to negotiate with Jiang Xingye, who lowered the price to one yuan, which was the initial price set by the Shangjiang Team.
"Secretary, we only have ten machines in our team, and we haven’t finished our own harvest. Plus, we’re short-handed—it’s unrealistic to rely on us entirely. The commune could organize its own rapid harvest team, which would create revenue for the commune and help each production team."
Jiang Baohua also found the idea feasible. The commune could organize a rapid harvest team using the harvesters returned by each production team last year.
Zhang Changqing had another purpose in coming this time, "Xingye, you still need to work with Xu Zhiqing. Old Tang’s food factory can’t really close down entirely. See if you can support with a few more formulas, and feel free to propose any requirements!"
