Chu Tian explained with a smile, "Actually, the difference is the horsepower. Xinjiang-28, Xinjiang-120, Xinjiang-150. The greater the horsepower, the higher the price..."
"The price ranges from 6,800 to 8,800. There seems to be only one size of truck bed available, 1,000..."
After hearing Chu Tian's words, everyone took a deep breath. Thousands of dollars...
Captain Sun was silent for a moment after hearing this. If he wanted to buy one, he would definitely buy a high-horsepower one. However, this was a lot of money. Including the truck bed, it was 10,000 yuan. If he asked if the team could come up with 10,000 yuan, they could, but once they did, there wouldn't be much left in the team...
Seeing that Captain Sun didn't say anything, Chu Tian knew that he was hesitating. After thinking for a while, he said, "Captain, this money does seem to be a lot, but as long as you spend it, it's worth it. Spending this money is equivalent to solving the problem once and for all."
Captain Sun looked at Chu Tian, "What do you mean?"
Chu Tian pointed to the undeveloped wasteland in the distance and said with a smile, "Captain, if we have a tractor and some farming tools for tractors, our work efficiency will be twice as good with half the effort. In this way, after we quickly finish the work on the original land, we can continue to develop other wastelands. That way, every year everyone can..."
Captain Sun was not stupid either. He smiled after hearing Chu Tian's words and said, "Chu Tian, I understand what you mean. It's just that I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I still need to report to the company commander."
In fact, the division headquarters should have issued tractors to their companies, but the conditions in the production and construction corps in remote areas were more difficult.
Therefore, even if there are one or two vacancies every year, they are given to the more remote and more difficult corps. Corps like theirs, which are close to the city and have relatively better conditions, have not had a single vacancy in the past ten years.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that you are not allowed to have it if there is no quota. It’s just that if you want it, you need to pay for it yourself in the company!
Time waits for no one. That night, Captain Sun took the team leaders and Accountant Xu, and ran to the company commander's house with a bottle of wine and a small bag of fried peanuts. Early the next morning, he got a ticket and took Chu Tian, Accountant Xu and Li Jianmin to the Xinjiang October Tractor Factory in the city.
Chu Tian was still a little unresponsive when they arrived at the agricultural machinery factory. He watched the team leader bring Accountant Xu into the factory gate and say something to the guard. At this time, he nudged Li Jianmin's arm with his elbow.
"I say, I understand the captain brought you and Accountant Xu, but why did he bring me along? Just to be Accountant Xu's driver?"
Li Jianmin clasped his fists and coughed, then whispered, "Maybe the captain feels that something is missing without you. Brother-in-law, don't you think about the fact that the captain has always looked for you for every major event our team has undertaken in recent years..."
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Chu Tian looked up at the sky speechlessly, thinking to himself, does the captain treat himself as a mascot?
After thinking for a moment, Li Jianmin continued, "However, I think the most important thing is that after we buy the tractor, I'll let you drive it back, right? After all, you're the only one in our team who can drive!"
Chu Tian looked at Li Jianmin in shock, "Jianmin, are you stupid? Just because I can drive a truck doesn't mean I can drive a tractor!"
Li Jianmin smiled and said, "In the eyes of the captain, trucks and tractors are all cars anyway!"
Chu Tian, "..."
Finally, the tractor and the truck bed were bought, and even the big iron four-share plow for plowing the land was bought. The most important thing was that Captain Sun actually let him drive it.
"Chu Tian, you drive it. Let's go back quickly now. We can try it in the field."
Chu Tian stared at the brand new tractor in front of him. After a moment of silence, he looked at the old master at the agricultural machinery factory and humbly asked, "Master Li, how do you operate this tractor?"
The other party looked at Chu Tian in shock, "You can't drive? But didn't your captain just say that you can drive?"
"...I'm a driver for the transport team. I only know how to drive a truck and have never driven a tractor!"
"Oh, a truck? If you can drive a truck, then this should be even easier. Let me teach you..."
"First you should do this, secondly, and finally..."
"Do you understand?"
Chu Tian nodded and said hesitantly, "Master Li, let me try it first. Can you watch from the side?"
Master Li nodded, "Sure, sure, go ahead and try it!"
"Boom..."
Chu Tian drove the brand new tractor carefully, made a small circle in the factory and returned to where he started. Before he could say anything, he heard Master Li and Captain Sun laughing.
"I told you! If you can drive a truck, you can definitely drive a tractor..."
Captain Sun also grinned, "Yes, yes."
I was thinking in my heart, that's great, Chu Tian can drive a tractor, then their brigade doesn't need to hire people from the tractor factory to teach him. Although hiring people from the tractor factory to teach him doesn't cost money, he will have to eat and live in the brigade while he's teaching. Although he won't be served with big fish and meat every day, you can't feed him bran and pickled vegetables every day, right?
For example, when the Sixth Company bought a tractor, they invited people from the tractor factory to come and teach them. It is said that during the few days of teaching, they ate a lot of fine grains and two chickens, which almost made the captain of the First Team of the Sixth Company heartbroken. However, there was nothing they could do. They had to provide them with good food and drink, for fear that they would not teach them attentively...
On the way back, Captain Sun sat on Chu Tian's left, touching left and right, looking as if he couldn't let go of it.
Chu Tian looked at it funny, thought for a moment and asked loudly, "Captain, you need to find someone to open this, right?"
Captain Sun nodded and said, "We need to find someone to open it. Actually, you are the most suitable person, but you don't have the time..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Well, Captain, you'd better find someone quickly. We can't rest for a few days this time. Before we go back to work, I'll teach him first. Otherwise, when I leave, no one will know how to drive a tractor."
"Well, you're right. Let me think about who is suitable..."
Captain Sun nodded and began to think seriously. Suddenly, he heard Li Jianmin explaining the differences between the major tractor factories to Accountant Xu behind him. He turned around and looked at Li Jianmin.
"Jianmin, why don't you learn from Chu Tian?"
Li Jianmin was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand, "Captain, I know you trust me, but I don't think this is appropriate, so let's forget it."
Captain Sun frowned, "Why not? You can still get work points driving a tractor. I'll give you ten full work points every day!"
Li Jianmin smiled and said, "It's not about the work points. The main reason is that I'm just an educated youth, not only am I not suitable for it, but also, I'm already managing the work point ledgers with Accountant Xu. Except for spring plowing and autumn harvest, I rarely go to the fields, which has already made many team members dissatisfied."
"So, let the members of the team do this job!"
Captain Sun understood what Li Jianmin said. After a moment of silence, he said, "Okay then. I'll go back and see which kid is suitable."
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