binnovel Chapter 207 Northeast
Chapter 207 Northeast
The more cellars a winery puts into production, the greater the demand for grain.
After the autumn harvest, according to the contract signed with Secretary Ma, the grain planting area near Yunlin Town was more than 5000 acres. In addition to paying public grain, Changxia Grain Company purchased 2800 tons of various grains. Wen Qing calculated that these grains still could not meet the needs of the winery and feed factory.
She worked around the clock with Li Zhonghua from the grain company to purchase grain in several nearby provinces. Rice was bought from Anhui and Hubei provinces, 1200 tons of glutinous sorghum and 800 tons of wheat were bought from Shanxi Grain Company, and 1700 tons of corn were bought from eastern Shandong. Wen Qing asked local grain companies to ship some of the grain in batches, and some was brought back and stored in the warehouses of several factories.
Wen Qing now has 1100 acres of land. She has bought a lot of large agricultural machinery, including tillers, rice transplanters, seed drills, and large combine harvesters. These agricultural machinery have greatly reduced her burden and shortened the planting and harvesting cycle. Now she can harvest once every two and a half months, 2 to 6 times a year, and produce 8 tons of grain annually.
After signing the grain purchase contracts with the surrounding villages and towns, she discussed with Li Zhonghua a trip to the Northeast. The Northeast is China's granary, and the Sanjiang Plain has fertile land and abundant products.
Wen Qing and Li Zhonghua took a train straight to Jiamusi. Li Zhonghua had comrades in the Jiamusi Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, and they planned to purchase grain directly from the farm or local grain station.
After a day and a night, the two arrived in Jiamusi and found a hotel to rest. Li Zhonghua called his comrade-in-arms and made an appointment to visit him.
Li Zhonghua's comrade-in-arms was originally the director of a farm in the Construction Corps, equivalent to a regimental-level cadre. Later, when the Corps was disbanded, he transferred to the agricultural reclamation system and became a section chief in the Jiamusi Agricultural Reclamation Bureau.
Wen Qing followed Li Zhonghua to find his comrade-in-arms Ji Mingan. Ji Mingan was in his forties, tall, a little fat, and his square face showed the tenacity of a soldier.
After Li Zhonghua met him, the two hugged each other, patted each other on the back, and laughed happily. Li Zhonghua said with a smile: "Brother, you haven't come to see me for so many years."
Ji Mingan also laughed and said, "Old man, you're still talking, but you didn't come to see me either. Who is this?"
Li Zhonghua said hurriedly: "This is my current boss, Comrade Wen Qing, the boss of our grain company."
Ji Mingan asked in surprise: "You don't work in the steel factory anymore?"
Li Zhonghua served in the army for ten years and was demobilized in 79. He remembered that he was demobilized to Pingjing Iron and Steel Plant. Everyone was very envious of him at that time.
Li Zhonghua said: "Well, it's hard to put it into words. I left the steel plant many years ago. I started to work here and there. I only came to Changxia Grain Company three years ago."
Wen Qing only knew that he had been a soldier, and did not ask about his experience or the reason why he left the steel plant.
Wen Qing smiled and said, "Director Ji, our Changxia Grain Company specializes in supplying grain to the Changxia Winery and Changxia Feed Factory, and has played a very important role. Now Zhonghua is the backbone of the company."
Ji Mingan: "Is it the Changxia Winery that brews the Changxia Special?"
Wen Qing asked in surprise: "You also know about Changxia Special Brewing?"
Ji Mingan: "I saw the Changxia Special Brewing, which won the National Silver Award for Excellent Wines this year, in the newspaper not long ago."
Wen Qing said modestly: "Changxia wine is still very young. Compared with those gold medal products, there is a big gap. It still needs to stand the test of time."
After chatting for a while, Li Zhonghua and Ji Mingan made an appointment to have dinner together, and then they left the agricultural reclamation building with Wen Qing.
Li Zhonghua went to the local grain station and grain store, while Wen Qing went to a nearby department store.
After separating from Li Zhonghua, Wen Qing went to an empty place, entered her space, put on makeup, and dressed like the locals. She took out her tricycle and went to the nearby farmer's market to sell the chickens, rabbits, and eggs in her space. The income of people in Northeast China is still relatively high, and winter is coming soon. The locals have the habit of storing food for the winter, so the meat they buy back can be made into cured food and eaten until the next spring.
Wen Qing doesn't make money from these things, so her selling price is slightly lower than the market price. The things sell out very quickly, and she smuggles goods from the space while selling. At noon, she hurriedly bought two sesame cakes and a bowl of hot and sour soup to fill her stomach. By 3:30 in the afternoon, she had sold more than 4,000 kilograms and earned more than 10,000 yuan.
It gets dark early in the Northeast, and it starts to get dark after 4000 p.m. Seeing that there was still unsold grain in the market, Wen Qing began to buy it in large quantities. No matter whether it was ground or unground grain, rice or corn, soybeans or peanuts, she bought them all and offered generous prices, all in cash. By the time the market closed, she had purchased more than kilograms of various grains and beans. She rode her bike around the city, inadvertently putting the grain into the space, then stopped in an alley, and entered the space with the bike, washed off her makeup, and restored her appearance.
When they arrived at the agreed dinner place, Li Zhonghua was already there. Wen Qing took out four bottles of liquor, two bottles each of Changxia Qingniang and Changxia Tejiu.
After a while, Ji Mingan arrived and the three of them ordered food.
Wen Qing poured wine for everyone and introduced: "Director Ji, these wines are all produced by our winery. This bottle is our award-winning Changxia Special Brew, which is a strong-flavored liquor, and this bottle is Changxia Qingniang, which is a light-flavored liquor. Let's try both today."
Ji Mingan was very generous and did not refuse. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all, saying, "Comrade Xiao Wen, this is Changxia Qingniang, it is mellow and fragrant, it is a good wine."
Wen Qing smiled and said, "Director Ji, the last time we participated in the evaluation, it was our strong-flavor liquor, mainly because strong-flavor liquor is more popular. In fact, the quality of our light-flavor liquor is also very good."
Li Zhonghua got straight to the point and asked, "Old Ji, we are here to buy food. Can you give us some advice?"
Ji Mingan said: "There are many farms under our State Farm Administration. There are 7 or 8 near Jiamusi alone. The grain from the farms is usually sold to the state grain station, but the grain station has a certain limit on the amount of grain it can purchase at the guaranteed price. The rest is purchased at the market price, which is sometimes lower than the guaranteed price. You can go to the grain station to ask, they usually have unplanned storage."
Li Zhonghua nodded, "Is it okay if we entrust the grain station to purchase it?"
Ji Mingan said, "We need to discuss this with the grain station. How about this? I'll call the grain station tomorrow and you can contact them later."
Wen Qing asked, "Director Ji, is there any way to buy tillers and seed drills?"
She has several agricultural machines that she modified herself when she went to the countryside. Now they are very old and have many faults. She only bought a combine harvester in Gangcheng and several types of agricultural machines in Luoyang, but they are still not enough, so she wants to replace them.
Ji Mingan said: "You need to go to the repair shop or the agricultural machinery station to inquire about this."
Ji Ming'an told Wen Qing the address, and the three of them drank until after nine o'clock in the evening. They only drank two bottles of wine, and the remaining two bottles were given to Ji Ming'an.