Cao An's trip to the north wasn't just to deliver machinery. His greenhouse vegetable production in Baoshi had garnered attention from higher authorities, and he wondered if he could also use greenhouses to grow seedlings in the Greater Khingan Range, so they could be planted directly when temperatures rose.

This time he went there to survey the terrain, and tried to cultivate the land with machines and then grow seedlings in greenhouses.

Last year's autumn harvest, that batch of grain seeds once again broke the record. This time, they were used as grain seeds and distributed to various production brigades in the Great Northern Wilderness.

He took two assistants with him and followed the train towing the machines all the way north. He had already reported to the train station. After stopping, it took an hour to unload all the machines.

This machine includes not only agricultural machines, but also several excavators.

Earlier, each production brigade had selected people to go to the factory to learn how to operate the machines. So, as soon as they arrived at the train station, hundreds of people gathered around and, under the command of Cao An, drove away all the machines.

The roads nowadays are definitely not as good as those in later times. They are narrow and bad. It is just spring, but the snow has not melted yet.

Cao An deliberately made the tires higher and larger to avoid the problem of difficulty in moving.

After settling down at the farm, Cao An led the team to start clearing the land the next day. The bulldozer shoveled away the snow, revealing a thick layer of black soil inside.

The land was turned over with a harrow, and an excavator followed to level the land. Cao An arranged for people to set up the frame of the greenhouse.

The next day, five greenhouses were built.

With the machines, the efficiency is naturally high, which shocked those who came to watch from other farms.

In the past, they had to wait until March just for the snow to melt. Now it was only February, and the snow was hard and thick, making it absolutely impossible to do it with manpower alone.

Now that we have machines and high-yield rice seeds, we will never have to worry about food shortages in the future!

Everyone was so excited that their blood boiled. When they saw the greenhouse was completed, they cheered together.

Cao An heard the noise and looked back with a smile. Everyone's face was filled with excitement, but their eyes were red.

His heart was filled with heat, and he finally found his own value at this moment.

He was full of energy and asked people to grow the seeds in the greenhouse and led them to the next farm.

This was just a trial planting, and there were no plans for other farms yet. So, after spending half a month safely delivering the machines to each farm, he returned to the farm where the greenhouse was being tested.

Only when he saw the seeds sprouting did Cao An feel completely relieved.

The seeds of later generations are indeed strong, each one is plump and easy to germinate.

After greeting the farm manager, Cao An wrote the materials overnight and boarded the train back to Beijing the next day.

This back and forth took a month.

Qi Siling went to Pengcheng half a month ago, and only Xiao Hai was left at home to take care of the family.

As soon as Cao An came back, Xiao Hai felt relieved to prepare for graduation and plunged into his thesis.

That night, Qi Siling took the time to come back and brought good news.

Several people sat down in the conference room of the guesthouse, and this time even Naru participated.

She didn't want to, but Cao An and Xia Youyou forced her to come up.

Xia Youyou thought that they were already a family. Although she had concealed the fact that she had been to the future, the people in the company could still listen to it.

Qi Siling held Xia Youyou's hand under the table and started talking about what happened in Pengcheng.

"I went to Hong Kong and showed our PHS to several jewelers. They were very interested and wanted to buy it from me at a high price."

He glanced at the expectant faces of the crowd and said, "I think selling it for 10,000 yuan per unit is also possible!"

"Ten thousand!" Xiao Hai almost jumped up. He felt that selling it for five thousand was too much. If it sold it for ten thousand, then...

Not only Xiao Hai was surprised, even Cao An felt it was a bit exaggerated.

"Why is it 10,000? Don't those people think it's expensive?"

Qi Siling looked at Cao An with a smile, "It's not expensive! Not expensive at all!"

Thinking about what he saw, ten thousand was nothing to those Hong Kong businessmen!

"Mobile phones abroad usually sell for over 10,000 yuan. That's what the jewelers told me. They can definitely afford it."

"Also, we talked to the Ministry of Communications last time. To support the subsequent construction of signal towers, we will pay 30% of the construction fee for each unit sold."

"30%!" Xiao Hai almost jumped up again, "Doesn't that mean each unit will be 3,000?"

"No, it's 30% of the cost." Qi Siling corrected him.

"That will cost two thousand!" Xiao Hai felt painful just thinking about it, but it was just a thought.

Xia Youyou had no objection. It was just that there was no industrial tax yet. Once the tax regulations came out in 1982, taxes would have to be paid later.

Cao An also understood that even if they gave away 30%, they would still make a profit.

"Can it be sold?" This is what Xiao Hai cares about. He also wants to go there and show his skills!

"Yes, those who are really rich don't care about this at all." And those are the people who can really use it.

"What does the factory produce now?" There are only so many rich people, and the factory is always running. It can't just produce PHS!

"There are a lot." Qi Siling counted them one by one.

"Although we can't produce computers yet, we can make chips. Televisions need chips, and so will all kinds of electrical appliances in the future. Even if we don't sell them domestically, we can sell them abroad."

"Will the higher-ups allow this?" Xiao Hai was skeptical.

"We want to earn foreign exchange, so that must be possible!" Qi Siling had known about this a long time ago, otherwise he would not have opened this factory in Pengcheng.

"Okay, I'll graduate next month and go to Pengcheng to help you sell mobile phones right away!" Xiao Hai rubbed his hands in anticipation, wishing he could graduate right away! It was too hard!

The meeting was adjourned only after the pricing was agreed upon.

Na Ru just felt like he was standing on clouds, feeling a little dizzy.

In those lean times, when the highest wage for workers was only 30, they were actually negotiating a business of selling mobile phones for 10,000 yuan each.

She suddenly felt that the pager in her pocket was a little heavy, and she wanted to hold it in her arms and worship it.

Cao An noticed her abnormality and put his arm around her waist and went back to the room on the fourth floor.

"What's wrong?"

"You..." Na Ru looked at him with suspicion, and seemed to wonder if she had heard it wrong.

"Hmm?" Cao An pushed her down to sit on the edge of the bed, put his big hand on her belly which was not yet pregnant, and leaned forward to speak softly to the unformed fetus inside.

"My dear, do you miss your daddy?"

Such as:......

"It's only been over two months!"

"That's also a baby. Talk to him more. When he comes out, he will recognize his father!" Cao An looked disapproving, touching her belly and coaxing her softly.

Na Ru was so confused by his actions that she forgot what she was going to say. She could only lower her head and gently watch him chatting with the ball of flesh in her belly.