Out of worry, after Liu Yu left the first factory, he visited other factories in the base area and even had lunch with his fellow workers.
Liu Yu didn't find fault with the food. Everyone was eating meat and vegetables. Although the meat dish was just potato stew and there were only one or two pieces of meat, considering that supplies are still somewhat scarce and the price of meat is high, this is not a problem. Already very good.
Afterwards, Liu Yu exclaimed that he was lucky. All factories had problems with production qualification rates before, but the American engineers ruthlessly eliminated the defective products.
It’s not that Americans are rigid. If a worker who understands English really gives them money, they may just turn a blind eye. However, the only people who understand English in the factory are translators, and there are only a few of them. There are only a few in the factory. Engineers are equipped with translators, which the American technicians do not have. They teach their disciples through gestures and work demonstrations.
And translators do not participate in production, so the rejection of products has nothing to do with them.
As for bribery, if you can't find a connection and find an introducer to get to know you, it's okay, but in the actual process, there is a messenger, so how about bribery?
Therefore, despite the language barrier, Americans have shown a selfless working attitude...
After working all afternoon, it was already after dinner when Liu Yu returned to his office.
After thinking about it carefully, he wrote a detailed report and sent it to Yan'an and the headquarters via telegram, hoping that they would also solve the problem of factory production standardization.
In the report, Liu Yu pointed out the problem and explained the serious consequences that this problem may cause in the future, and pointed out: Our workers should not only have product awareness, but also have work awareness, and treat every workpiece as their own work. Strive for excellence! On the premise of ensuring quality, go for quantity!
Liu Yu said it seriously, and both parties immediately paid attention to it, and quickly gave Liu Yu a positive reply.
It is said that two commendation telegrams came from Yan'an. The latter one was a commendation for Liu Yu's contribution of 40 tons of gold to the organization. He was awarded a notebook signed by his parents and a pen he used.
After the last trip to Yan'an, everyone knew that Liu Yu was a loyal fan of his parents, so they discussed giving Liu Yu such a reward.
Not to mention, it was exactly what Liu Yu wanted, and he was very happy to see the reward.
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The next morning, Liu Yu took the new guard He Xiaohua and drove to Yuci. He looked at the new batch of recruits who were training enthusiastically and gave them a few mouthfuls of poisonous chicken soup. When those recruits trained in the morning, they worked hard with gritted teeth.
After looking at the new recruits, it’s natural to look at the veterans.
After leaving Yuci, Liu Yu came to the military breeding base in Jingxing.
When he reached the door, even Liu Yu was stopped and his ID was checked.
The soldiers at the guard booths at the entrance have been changed. The army no longer provides security. The breeding base will set up its own security force and pay its own wages.
Let's just say that the security guard currently on guard is a retired veteran with only one arm.
After checking the documents, the veteran saluted Liu Yu with his remaining right hand.
Liu Yu looked at the veteran's face and found it very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered who it was.
"Grains full of warehouses?"
Gu Mancang was a little excited when he saw Liu Yu, but he was even happier when he heard Liu Yu call out his name.
"Commander, do you still remember me?"
Liu Yu also smiled: "You veterans of the 364th Brigade were all trained by me. It would be bragging to say that everyone knows them, but I will definitely remember you guys!"
"Hehehehehe..." Gu Mancang smiled naively, recalling how they gave Liu Yu a lot of trouble when he was a recruit.
Liu Yu slowly put away his smile and pulled Gu Mancang's empty left sleeve: "How did you do this?"
Gu Mancang was stunned for a moment, then he smiled nonchalantly and said: "Hey, the last time I fought with the 41st Division on the bayonet, I faced a Japanese official. That guy was really good at it, and his knife was also sharp. I fought him However, he had to take off one of his arms. But he didn’t want to please me either, and I bit his throat through it.”
Liu Yu frowned: "Are you stupid? Just pick it up after your arm is removed. Maybe you can reconnect it after the battle. It's not like those foreign doctors in our military region don't have this ability!"
Gu Mancang curled his lips: "I was so scared at the time, how could I have expected this? Besides, it's not a big deal to have blood flowing. I just followed the method taught by the company commander, biting open a few bullet heads, and scattering gunpowder. Go up, stop the bleeding and then chop the devil. Don't tell me, this method is so effective. Other brothers were injured and had to recover for more than a month. I then had a fever for two days, and the hospital nurse gave me a few injections. Acupuncture, whatever, it’ll be fine in a few days.”
Liu Yu suddenly choked and opened his mouth but could not speak.
After a while, he asked again: "Have you received this month's welfare payment?"
"I got it. I have one yuan." Gu Mancang nodded, and then complained, "Commander, you too, what are you doing with this welfare fund? We already have wages here, so why don't you give me that much money?" Make a few more bullets in the arsenal! I have calculated that one dollar can make dozens of bullets!"
"Your fart makes sense, but don't do it again in the future." Liu Yu retorted, "Stand on your guard, I'll go in right now."
"Okay." Gu Mancang said, and handed Liu Yu a cotton mask.
Liu Yu took it, looked at Gu Mancang again, and then stepped into the breeding farm.
Walking into the farm director's office, he found Zhou Wangcai doing accounting.
Seeing him scratching his head and ears, Liu Yu also laughed, took off his mask and shouted: "Old Zhou!"
Because it was Liu Yu's sudden inspection, Zhou Wangcai was not informed in advance to greet him, so when Liu Yu appeared at the door of his office, he looked up and was a little surprised to see Liu Yu.
"Commander?"
After saying that, he stood up quickly, walked quickly to Liu Yu, stood at attention and saluted.
Liu Yu pulled down his saluting hand and cursed with a smile: "How about beating Xing? How are you doing lately?"
"Hehehe, it's pretty good." Zhou Wangcai smiled naively, and then his face turned bitter, "It's just that there are more and more animals here recently. You said that I didn't know a single word at first, so I joined our team and went to night school to learn it. Knowledge, if I have to settle the accounts now, it’s really hard for me to do it.”
"If you can't figure it out, just do it slowly and don't make mistakes." Liu Yu reassured and asked, "I haven't been here for a long time and I don't know what's going on at the farm. How about your brother taking me around?"
"You have to have it!" Liu Yu had no airs and Zhou Wangcai was not restrained and replied in Sichuan dialect.
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Under the leadership of Zhou Wangcai, Liu Yu walked around the entire breeding base and expressed condolences to other disabled veterans.
Zhou Wangcai has done a really good job. In just over half a year, the breeding base has gone from nothing to now having more than 5,000 pigs, 1,530 sheep, and 121 cattle. After capturing Taiyuan and Jinzhong, Zhou Wangcai personally rushed there and bought piglets, lambs, calves, etc. from every household here who raised pigs, whatever the villagers were willing to sell, at a high price.
Nowadays, livestock are put out of the breeding base every day and sold to newly built vegetable markets and military canteens in Yangquan, Taiyuan and other places. It is currently one of the most profitable industries in the entire military region.
In the past, the industries belonging to the Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region were basically operated in a "family" style. How should I put it? For example, the firearms produced by the arsenal were handed over to the military region's equipment department, which then distributed them to the troops and arsenal workers. His salary also goes to the military region’s finance account.
Other raw materials needed for the arsenal are also collected directly by the military region government from the steel mills and explosives factories, and then transferred to the arsenal.
Even the breeding base is the same. If any unit does not have enough meat, it will directly come to the breeding farm to collect it, and never have to pay.
Later, it was Liu Yu who "went his own way" and engaged in "dictatorship", ordering the military region government to stop interfering in all aspects and let each enterprise operate independently and be responsible for its own profits and losses.
At the same time, the military region allocates funds for the daily needs of the troops, except for weapons and ammunition, military uniforms and uniforms, etc., allowing them to purchase them themselves.
At that time, some people criticized Liu Yu for practicing capitalism in the base area, but Liu Yu responded by criticizing them as economic idiots.
Liu Yu forcibly changed the economic operation mode of the base area, and the benefits were quickly reflected. First, the wages of workers in various factories were getting higher and higher. From the original 1 yuan per month set by the military region government, it gradually increased to 2 yuan. .
With higher wages and enough money to maintain daily necessities, workers began to think about improving their quality of life.
Consumption desire brings demand, and demand stimulates production. If someone wants to buy, someone will naturally sell it.
Not to mention anything else, the demand for fruits, vegetables, and meat in the base area has now doubled than before. This naturally makes several planting and breeding bases affiliated to the military region profitable, and they are very profitable.
When the taxes of the military region government became higher and higher, and the money originally spent slowly returned to the account, Lao Song and others gave Liu Yu a thumbs up.
Those wealthy landowners were so sorry that Liu Yu called them to a meeting more than half a year ago and advised them to engage in breeding together. At that time, they all sneered. After all, in their eyes, land is king.
Now if they want to engage in breeding, they can only start with piglets, lambs, and calves. It will take a long time to seize the market share of military breeding farms.
As for planting, now that the original tenants have their own land, who will help them plant? If you hire people, labor costs are a big cost. In addition, the land tax on private land of large landowners is far higher than the contract payment of middle peasants on contracted land. Therefore, the competitiveness of their products cannot be compared with the military region planting bases and those retail farmers who plant their own crops. .
In short, Liu Yu just said that those landowners just couldn't change their minds. They were holding on to the land deeds in their hands and the ocean in the cellar and refused to let go. It would be over to see if they could be killed.
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