Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

The cotton harvest season is coming soon.

In the garage of an armored regiment of the Production and Construction Corps, several soldiers are cleaning tanks.

Footsteps came from a distance, and Squad Leader Niu came over with big strides.

"Squad Leader, are you back from the meeting?"

"Squad Leader, what are the latest instructions from the company?" Everyone stopped what they were doing.

Squad Leader Niu shouted at the top of his voice; "Stop what you are doing, let's have a short meeting first."

Everyone immediately gathered in front of Squad Leader Liu and stood in line consciously.

"At ease." Squad leader Niu cleared his throat and said, "I just went to the company for a meeting. The main purpose of this meeting was to arrange the task of picking cotton this year.

The cotton season is coming soon. Like in previous years, our regiment still has to go to the farm to help pick cotton. It is estimated that our company will still go to Jinlinzi Farm.

It used to take two months to go there. This time, we will pick cotton for two consecutive months without rest time. We will eat and live on the farm.

So the regiment has decided that all comrades who participate in the cotton picking activity will have a day off tomorrow. It is also to give you time to prepare your luggage. We will set off the day after tomorrow!"

"Report!" A young soldier suddenly said.

"What's the matter?" Squad leader Niu asked.

"Squad leader, don't we drive tanks? Why do we have to pick cotton?" The young soldier asked.

Squad leader Niu looked at the voice and saw that the soldier who spoke was named Zheng. He was a soldier who had just been assigned this year and his family was in the south.

So squad leader Niu explained: "We are the Production and Construction Corps. We not only have to undertake national defense tasks to defend the country, but also participate in some production and construction activities. Picking cotton is a kind of production activity. Cotton is the main economic crop grown here. When cotton is harvested, it must be picked quickly. If it is out of season, the quality of cotton will decline. There are enough people in our Corps' farms at ordinary times, but when it comes to picking cotton, there is a shortage of manpower, so we need to support them and help them complete the cotton picking work as soon as possible." "Report to the squad leader, I don't know how to pick cotton!" The soldier named Zheng Qing continued. "I forgot about this. You are from the south. You don't grow cotton there, right?" Squad leader Niu asked. The soldier answered: "Report to the squad leader, the cotton in our place grows on trees." "You have kapok there, which is different from the cotton in our northwest, but don't worry, I have picked cotton for several years, and I will teach you step by step when the time comes. Xiao Zheng, do you have any other questions?" Squad leader Niu asked. "Report to the squad leader, I have never picked cotton before. What should I bring when I go to pick cotton? Do I need to bring bedding?" Xiao Zheng asked.

"What bedding? In a cotton-producing area, can you still be without your quilt? Just bring basic necessities such as toothpaste and toothbrush. Also, bring a few sets of old clothes. We are going to do farm work this time, and it would be a waste to wear new clothes."

Squad leader Niu paused and continued, "The living conditions on the farm are much better than here. Their farm not only grows cotton, but also various fruits and vegetables.

They also raise chickens, sheep, and cows. Every time we go to the farm to help When picking cotton, the farm will kill chickens and sheep to entertain, and there will be delicious food every day. Some farms also raise dairy cows, so you can drink fresh milk every day!

The Jinlinzi Farm we went to in previous years has an uncle named Nigmaty, who roasts mutton very deliciously. Every time we go there, Uncle Nigmaty will personally roast mutton for us.

When the time comes, ask the farm to kill two sheep, cut the mutton into large pieces, pierce it with red willow, and roll it in a bag when it is roasted. It is simply a delicacy on earth! I am drooling just talking about it..."

Two days later, the soldiers boarded the military truck early in the morning and prepared to go to the farm.

"It's not a short journey. We probably have to wait until dark to get there." Squad Leader Niu said, looking at the young soldier Xiao Zheng, and then said: "Xiao Zheng, you are from the south and have never picked cotton. I will teach you how to pick cotton now.

First of all, you must remember that you must wear gloves when picking cotton, and you can't pick it with your bare hands. Although the cotton is soft, the outer shell is still quite hard. Without the protection of gloves, it is easy to hurt your hands.

When picking cotton, you will be given gloves. Don't be reluctant to use them. There are enough of them. Protecting your hands is the most important thing. I still expect you to drive a tank with your hands when you come back!

At that time, each person will be given a snakeskin sack, which you carry with you. After picking cotton, just throw it directly into the snakeskin sack. When the snakeskin sack is full, change it to a new one.

Next, let's talk about the technique of picking cotton. When picking cotton, grab the whole cotton boll and pull it down directly. This process must be fast enough to improve the efficiency of picking cotton..."

Squad Leader Niu said while demonstrating the action with his hands.

Next to him, squad leader Wang from another class said, "Old Niu, stop gesturing. There is a saying that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. You can say it dozens of times here, but it is not as good as picking a few bags of cotton in the farm. Let Xiao Zheng stay in the cotton field. In less than three days, he will be an expert in picking cotton."

"I am teaching the soldiers in our class, don't bother me!" Squad leader Niu snorted coldly.

"With your two brushes, you are still teaching others. Aren't you afraid that the wind will bite your tongue!" Squad leader Wang said with a smile.

The two men were comrades who joined the army in the same year and were relatively familiar with each other. Now that they were sitting in the same car, they naturally wanted to bicker and expose each other's background.

There were two monitors bickering, so it wasn't a lonely journey.

"I said, Lao Niu, this route seems wrong. I didn't take this route to Jinlinzi Farm before." Squad Leader Wang said and looked out the window.

Monitor Niu immediately put his head out of the car and looked around.

As a tank soldier, Squad Leader Niu was very sensitive to roads and directions. In that era without navigation, he needed to use maps to identify directions and roads.

Senior tank soldiers like Squad Leader Niu can basically imprint the road conditions in their minds just by looking at the map. As for the road he has traveled before, Squad Leader Niu will not forget it so easily.

Squad Leader Niu has been to Jinlinzi Farm several times and has already memorized the road leading to Jinlinzi Farm. At this time, he discovered that this road did not lead to Jinlinzi Farm, and it was not even in the right direction.

"This is really not the way to Jinlinzi Farm. Are we not going to Jinlinzi Farm this year?" Squad Leader Niu murmured to himself.

Squad Leader Wang said, "Looking at the route, it seems that we really won't be going to Jinlinzi Farm this year! It's a pity that we won't be able to eat Uncle Nigmat's roasted lamb this year."

The young soldier next to him, Xiao Zheng, suddenly became nervous. He asked, "Squad leader, if we're not going to Jinlinzi Farm, then where are we going?"

Squad leader Niu said with a smile: "Don't worry, if we act with the large army, we can sell you out!"

In the evening, everyone finally arrived at their destination.

It was said to be evening, but it was actually past ten o'clock in the evening. However, in the northwest, it was just dark at this time.

"Welcome, welcome!" The director of the farm, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him enthusiastically and said, "Dinner is already prepared. I asked the kitchen to specially prepare fried rice and thin-skinned buns stuffed with mutton.

In addition, I also informed the boiler room to boil hot water so that the soldiers could take a shower after eating. Although the dormitory was a Datong bunkhouse, the bedding was all new. Instructor Chen, don’t think our conditions here are poor! "

Instructor Chen, who was leading the team, said, "You have meat to eat, new bedding to sleep on, and hot baths to take. How is this so shabby? I went to other farms before and didn't have such good conditions as you have here!"

The field commander said, "The commander specifically told me that the tank soldiers who came this time are precious talents in our army, so I have to take good care of them!"

We are a farm, and the most important thing is food, so among other things, a big meal of fish, meat, and various seasonal fruits are definitely indispensable. "

Instructor Chen was slightly startled. When he led the team to Jinlinzi Farm before, he was also a group of tank soldiers, but he had never heard that they were given special care.

So Instructor Chen said: "Director, you don't need to eat and drink every day. We can just eat the same food as usual. No special treatment is required."

"That's not possible!" The field director shook his head: "You are tank soldiers, a technical position, and you are different from others."

Instructor Chen was slightly stunned and thought to himself, although driving a tank is a technical job, but you don't have to drive a tank to collect cotton, what kind of technical position is it?

However, since the farm is willing to give better treatment, Instructor Chen will not refuse, but will happily accept it.

Everyone ate, bathed and slept. Early the next morning, they gathered after breakfast to prepare to pick cotton.

"I came late yesterday. It was already dark when I arrived, so I didn't take a closer look. Now it seems that this farm is really big!" Xiao Zheng looked around curiously.

Monitor Niu said: "Xiao Zheng, watch and learn carefully. After you receive the gloves and snakeskin sack, follow me and see how I pick cotton!"

"I understand, monitor, I will definitely study hard with you." Xiao Zheng said.

"Take a break, stand at attention, turn right, and walk together!" Under the command of instructor Chen, everyone set off in the direction of the cotton field.

Soon, endless cotton fields appeared in front of everyone, and there were also ten cotton harvesters lined up.

Next to the cotton harvester, there were several men wearing blue overalls with the words "Fukang Agricultural Machinery" printed on the chest.

Just listen to the factory director's introduction: "These are cotton harvesters. The 100,000 acres of cotton that our farm will plant this year will definitely not be harvested by manpower, so we are counting on these newly purchased cotton harvesters!"

Next to them are technicians from the manufacturer who are responsible for the follow-up care and maintenance of the cotton harvester. They will also teach everyone how to operate the cotton harvester.

Our Corps spent a lot of money to buy these harvesters. I heard one machine costs one million! This is a treasure of our farm, and I’m afraid that someone else might damage it and I won’t be able to afford the compensation.

So I specifically applied to the chief to mobilize tank soldiers to drive this kind of cotton harvester. Instructor Chen, you can even drive a tank around. You can definitely learn how to drive a cotton harvester like this in no time! "

Director Chen finally realized that the farm director had been emphasizing technical work before, and it turned out to be this reason.

Among the team, Squad Leader Niu and Squad Leader Wang looked at each other. They did not expect that they would drive a cotton harvester to harvest cotton this time.

"Old Niu, I thought I was going to the fields carrying snakeskin sacks like before, but I didn't expect that this time I would be using a machine to collect cotton. Sitting in the car is much easier than picking cotton by hand," said Squad Leader Wang. .

"Not necessarily. Is it easy to drive a tank? I think it's more tiring than picking cotton. Picking cotton doesn't require using your brain, just use your strength. Driving a tank requires various tactical operations, but it's much more troublesome than picking cotton." Squad Leader Niu said said.

"You can drive a tank, why are you afraid that you can't drive a cotton harvester?" The squad leader smiled slightly and then said, "Look, the instructor asked us to come over. Everyone in the first class went over to visit the cotton harvester."

"Class 2, let's go over and get familiar with it." Squad Leader Niu also said.

Everyone immediately stepped forward, except Xiao Zheng who was still looking around.

"Xiao Zheng, what are you stunned for?" Squad Leader Niu frowned, thinking that this new recruit was really dull.

Xiao Zheng asked stupidly: "Squad leader? Where are the gloves and snakeskin sacks?"

"I still have gloves and snakeskin sacks!" Monitor Niu sighed helplessly, and then said, "Follow me, watch and learn!"

Monitor Niu was sitting in the cab of the cotton harvester, holding the steering wheel nervously.

The technician of Fukang Agricultural Machinery stood on the pedal outside the cab and said: "Comrade, don't be nervous, look ahead, lower the harvesting table, and use the first gear to harvest...not the gear handle, but the one next to it... Just break it off once, you don’t need to break it all the way down..."

Team Leader Niu was in a hurry under the instructions of the technician, and then made various mistakes while busy.

In the tank regiment, Squad Leader Niu is an absolute technical leader. He is very good at the tank commander, gunner and driver. He can be said to be an elite talent integrating vehicle, gun and driving.

But for some reason, Captain Niu was at a loss when he got into the cotton harvester. There were five control levers in the entire cotton harvester, which was much simpler than a tank, but Captain Niu was always confused.

It seems that the Niu Squad Leader is really only suitable for driving complex tanks, but not a simple cotton harvester.

The technician taught for a long time, but Monitor Niu still made a mistake, and the technician was helpless. Both of them were sweating profusely.

At this time, someone outside shouted: "Old Liu, there seems to be something wrong with the transmission of this cotton harvester. It seems like something is stuck. Come and take a look."

"I'll be there right away!" the technician responded, and then said to Squad Leader Niu: "Comrade, I have to go take a look at that machine. Why don't you practice it yourself first?"

Having said this, the technician shook his head and said, "Forget it. You are not yet proficient in the operation. Let you practice by yourself. Don't let anything happen! I'd better find someone to come over and practice with you." I can rest assured too.”

The technician jumped off the harvester and shouted to Xiao Zheng not far away: "That young comrade, yes, it's you, come here!"

Xiao Zheng walked over immediately.

The technician said to Xiao Zheng: "Little comrade, I remember that you are already very skilled in operation. How about you come up and have a while, and by the way, you can also demonstrate to this comrade how to operate the cotton harvester correctly."

The technician looked at Squad Leader Niu again: "Comrade, you have to follow this little comrade, watch and learn hard! Try to learn to drive a cotton harvester as soon as possible!"

After the technician finished speaking, he turned and left.

Xiao Zheng suppressed a bad smile and looked at his monitor.

"Monitor, watch carefully and study hard!"

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