Chapter 31 The Controversy of the Seeder - "At the beginning of the 1970s, I made a fortune by buying goods for zero yuan"

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As soon as Director Zhao and the other three returned to the flag, he jumped out before the car stopped.

"You two move the things down, be careful, don't knock them!" Director Zhao explained, turned around and strode towards the office building.He was holding the drawing in his hand - the one drawn by Wang Jianxin. It was folded squarely and he kept it in his arms without letting go.

The office building is not big. It is a two-story building that was built with Soviet aid. There is a wooden sign hanging at the door.Director Zhao took three steps at a time and climbed up to the second floor. He pushed open the door of an office and shouted breathlessly: "Good news, Secretary, look at what this is?"

The secretary's name is Liu Jianguo. He is in his fifties, wearing a Chinese tunic suit and sitting steadily behind his desk.His face was also black and red—it was very windy here and the sun was poisonous, and no one could escape.He adjusted his glasses, took the drawing handed to him by Director Zhao unhurriedly, unfolded it, and squinted at it for a long time.

The drawings are very detailed, the dimensions are clearly marked, and the names of the components are clearly written.Secretary Liu looked at it for a while, raised his head, and asked curiously: "Where does this come from? This seems to be a seeder, right?"

"Yes!" Director Zhao responded quickly, "This is a hand-push seeder designed by a young educated youth. The effect is particularly good. I have tried it!"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Liu stood up and asked, "Do you have a sample?"

"Yes! He's back, in the car!"

"Show me quickly."

Secretary Liu grabbed the hat on the table, put it on his head, and strode out.Director Zhao followed behind and said as he walked: "Secretary, you haven't seen it. Although that thing is made crudely, it really works. Push it in a circle, dig trenches, plant seeds, cover soil, and suppress it all at once. Two acres of land were planted in less than an hour. Let me tell you, it is not an exaggeration at all..."

The two came to the yard. The driver and the young comrade had carefully unloaded the push seeder from the truck.Each of the two people raised their heads and held it gently, as if they were holding a precious treasure, just to avoid bumping into each other.

Secretary Liu hurriedly walked to the seeder, squatted down, and looked up and down, left and right.

It was made of wood, crooked, unpainted, and the boards were not planed, and the nail caps were still exposed in some places.The seed box is made of several wooden boards nailed together, with sawdust embedded in the gaps.The wheels were sawn from thick wooden boards. They were not round but square, but they turned fairly smoothly.The holes on the seeding wheel are large and small, and it looks like they were drilled by hand, and they are very rough.

But Secretary Liu didn’t dislike it at all.He reached out and touched it, patted it, and shook the armrest to test its firmness.Then he stood up and said to Director Zhao: "Demonstrate."

Director Zhao understood, immediately held up the hand push seeder and began to explain to the secretary.

"This is the seed box, which holds the seeds. This is the seeding wheel, from which the seeds fall. This is the trencher, which makes trenches in the soil. This is the earth-covering board, which pushes the soil back to cover the seeds. This is the suppressing wheel, which compacts the soil." Director Zhao pointed and said, turning the wheel a few more times. "As soon as the wheel turns, the seeding wheel will also rotate, and the seeds will be sown evenly."

Secretary Liu nodded and motioned to Director Zhao to push him a few steps.

The yard was not cultivated land, and the soil was so hard that it could not be pushed.Director Zhao pushed hard a few times, and the trench opener only made a few shallow marks on the soil surface, but the seeds did not fall out - there were no seeds in the seed box.But the secretary already understood the general meaning. The angle of the trencher, the shape of the earth covering plate, and the position of the suppression wheel could all be seen to be designed and not fooled around.

"Let's go and try the fields." Secretary Liu waved his hand.

Everyone scrambled to lift the hand push seeder and came to the field at the door.There is a field right in front of the banner government, and sowing has begun now. The ground has been plowed, and the soil is soft and suitable.

Director Zhao called the herdsmen brother and asked him to get some seeds from the warehouse.The herdsman ran away and came back after a while carrying a pot of wheat seeds.Director Zhao poured the seeds into the seed box, clapped his hands, and then pushed the seeder to a field that had not yet started sowing.

"Watch it." Director Zhao held the armrests with both hands and pushed forward.

The wheels turned and creaked.The trencher draws four shallow trenches in the soil. The seeds fall from the seeding wheel and fall into the trench. The earth-covering board pushes the soil back to cover it. The compactor wheel passes over it, leaving the soil flat and smooth.Four rows, neat and tidy, at a glance, evenly spaced and consistent in depth.

Officer Zhao pushed more and more smoothly, and walked faster and faster, walking back and forth in the field.In less than half an hour, a large area of ​​land was planted.He stopped and said, "Secretary, look."

Secretary Liu has been squatting on the ground for a long time.He dug up the soil and took a look. The seeds were buried at just the right depth. He then walked a few steps along the furrow. The seeds were evenly spaced and there were no missed spots.He stood up with a smile on his face and kept chanting: "Okay, okay, okay!"

The herdsman who sent the seeds was also stunned.He took the hand-push seeder from Director Zhao's hand, looked at it over and over again, squatted down and dug up the soil to see the effect of sowing, his eyes lit up.

"Let me try!" The herder didn't wait for Director Zhao to agree, then added some more seeds to the seed box and pushed the seeder forward.

It was a bit unfamiliar at first, the walking was not straight and the furrows were winding.I got used to it after walking a few times. The straighter I walked, the faster I walked.He walked back and forth in that field for more than two hours and planted all the remaining land.The land was about fifty acres, and it took about four hours.

Everyone stood on the ground and watched, extremely excited.

"This tool is so useful!" The herdsman came back pushing the seeder, his face covered with sweat, but he was smiling from ear to ear. "I have lived for more than 40 years and have been farming for half my life. This is the first time I have seen such a useful tool! In the past, I had to bend over to spread seeds. I couldn't straighten my waist after a day of spreading, and the seeds were spread unevenly. This is just a push, it's not tiring, and it's fast!"

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