Wan Feng suddenly remembered something that his uncle had mentioned inadvertently last night.

"I heard that the Second Construction Company is also asking us for bricks and tiles?"

"That's true. They mainly want tiles, but they also want bricks. The prices of bricks and tiles have gone up now."

"Oh! How much has it increased?"

"Red bricks are now five cents a piece, and tiles have gone up to ten cents."

In this way, bricks and tiles become interesting, at least the profit can be split in half.

"Didn't they say how much they could take?"

"The people who came to negotiate said that all the tiles will be from us in the future, and they also need some bricks. Nephew, do we need to expand the scale of our brick and tile factory again?"

After a year of production and continuous adjustment of the tile production formula during the production process, the tiles produced by Wahou Brick and Tile Factory not only have a good surface finish but are also very strong.

Hongya opened a new road this summer, which is a street about four miles long from Erbai to the bus station.

Therefore, several construction companies in the county have been fully booked with various construction tasks since the summer.

Wan Feng also knew that after the new road was opened, many shops, department stores, schools, hotels, etc. would be built around this road in the next few years, and the bus station would be moved to the suburbs in the future.

Bricks and tiles have a golden period of at least ten years in which they will have no worries about sales.

With this prerequisite, it is not impossible for the brick and tile factory to expand its scale again?

Wan Feng calculated the clay situation near the brick and tile factory. The existing clay is estimated to be able to be used for fifteen years based on the current production scale. The brick kiln now produces 1.4 million bricks a year, which means about 20 million red bricks can be produced in fifteen years. In addition, if some more digging is done at the junction of Nanling and Dongling, it is estimated that another 5 million red bricks can be produced.

If we expand it further and increase the annual output to two million, we can still do it for twelve years.

Twelve years later was 1993. At that time, there were dozens of brick factories of all sizes all over Hongya. The brick and tile factory in Wahou happened to be out of clay and could directly switch to cement bricks.

"Sure, we can expand the six-hole kiln there, right?"

"That's all. At most, it can be expanded once more."

"Then arrange for more people to expand. It won't delay production too much. By the way, expand the tile-making workshop as well. It would be fine if we can expand it to produce at least 500 tiles a day."

Zhang Hai immediately went to find someone to expand the kiln.

It would be difficult for people who have not experienced the Great Leap Forward to understand the meaning of the four words "high enthusiasm".

Even Wan Feng didn't understand that the era had ended when he was born.

Although he didn't know what people's enthusiasm was like during the Great Leap Forward, Wan Feng understood the meaning of this spirit from people like Xiao Dexiang.

The production task was issued around noon yesterday, and today Wan Feng saw the finished product, the trailers of two four-wheel tractors.

The machinery factory produced two trailers in just one afternoon, which made Wan Feng rub his eyes hard for a long time. He thought there was something wrong with his eyes.

The trailer was being painted, that blue color.

"Uncle Xiao, you guys built this trailer really fast, didn't you?"

"Not fast. The wheels and axles are all bought ready-made. We just welded a carport, made a drawbar, and installed two stacks of bows. Once we have special truck wheels, we will have to make the axle hubs ourselves. That will be slower, but it will save a lot of money."

What Xiao Dexiang said was true. This set of tires and axles were integrated and were originally used for horse-drawn carriages. This way, the speed is guaranteed, but the cost is also high. This set of things costs 150 yuan.

If they could do it themselves, they could probably save at least thirty yuan on this set of things.

This is not a small amount.

"Where's Zhang Hai?"

"I heard he went to the commune this morning."

This guy must have gone to the commune to ask for a phone number.

Wan Feng stayed in the machinery factory for the whole morning, watching the people making trailers until all three trailers were finished.

Wan Feng felt that he should make another trailer. For the earliest prototype, Wan Feng believed that it was necessary to equip it with a trailer to deliver bricks and tiles to the county town. That prototype used an old hand-held engine and could not be sold, so it was better to keep it for his own use.

At least it's much faster than a horse-drawn carriage.

It was almost noon when Xiao Jun's tractor came back. Seeing Wan Feng standing at the gate of the machinery factory, Xiao Jun stopped the tractor.

Wan Feng waved to Xiao Jun, and Xiao Jun got off the tractor.

"Do you plan to buy a car for yourself?" Wan Feng asked directly when Xiao Jun came to his side.

"Buy a car?" Xiao Jun asked doubtfully.

"The four-wheeled vehicles in our machinery factory are now on sale. Are you interested in buying one and driving it for fun?"

"How much is it?"

"The normal retail price of the truck with the trailer is 3,800 yuan. If you buy it, I can give you a discount of 400 yuan."

Xiao Jun shook his head: "Fuck, spending three or four thousand yuan to buy this thing? I can't afford it."

"Of course I'm not letting you play around. You can pick whatever bricks and tiles you want from the brick factory and have them delivered to the county town."

"You're right, but giving away a brick is two cents, and giving away a tile is three cents. Even if this four-wheeled vehicle can carry a thousand bricks, it only makes two yuan. I only make six yuan for three trips with one vehicle. Even if I don't eat or drink for a year, I can't earn back the two thousand yuan. When can I earn back the license for the vehicle?"

Wan Feng chuckled, "You forgot that brick and tile prices have gone up, so naturally, shipping costs will have to follow suit. The shipping cost of red bricks is going to be adjusted to 5 cents, and the shipping cost of tiles is 7 cents. We'll calculate it later."

Xiao Jun calculated for a long time: "If I deliver bricks to the county town three times a day, I can earn 15 yuan. If I work ten months a year, I can make 4,500 yuan. This seems to be interesting."

"Don't dream. There's no such thing as a good thing. Maintaining a car has costs. You don't get every penny you earn. You have to consider fuel consumption and wear and tear. According to current prices, if you make 15 yuan a day and you have to pay about 5 yuan in expenses, you can only make 10 yuan a day."

Xiao Jun calculated for a long time: "That way, I can earn 3,000 yuan a year. The car loan will be almost paid for in more than a year."

Wan Feng nodded. "You can work in the brick and tile factory in spring, summer and autumn. In winter, you can also do some smuggling. It will be around 3,000 yuan a year."

Xiao Jun was obviously tempted, as this was a business that could earn him three thousand yuan a year, but then he became frowning again.

"Even if I wanted to buy my house, I wouldn't have that much money. This is 3,400 yuan!"

Having no money is not a big problem.

"Go back and talk to your parents. If they agree to let you buy some and borrow some, I'll fill in the gap for you."

"Okay, I'll discuss it with my parents when I get home tonight."

Wan Feng was not fooling Xiao Jun. From now on, owning a car has become a shortcut to get rich quickly, but the prerequisite for owning a car is that the car has to have a job to do.

Wahou has a brick and tile factory, which is a unique advantage. It can guarantee Xiao Jun a job for at least ten years. Why not keep it? Logically, he should also own a big truck.

But if he wants to support the truck, who will he sell the tractor behind the depression to?