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Chapter 84 Agricultural Cooperatives

After completing the research and development of the hot-rolling mill, the next series of machines is the plate rolling mill. With the experience of the hot-rolling mill, such a machine with a similar structure is not a problem at all.

The free-fall forging machine is also very simple. In a word, a huge forging hammer is slowly lifted by hydraulic power, and after the forging hammer is lifted to a certain height, it is made to fall freely downward through a clutch device, and the forging is forged by using the gravitational potential energy of the forging hammer. hit.

The precision of this kind of forging machine is not high, and the processing difficulty is also very low. The only problem is that it consumes a lot of materials. After the other parts have been manufactured, the huge steel forging hammer weighing 0.5 tons has to wait for other machines to complete the research and development. Recast the installation.

The problem is that the shearing machine designed by Xia Lin can't meet the requirements at all, also because of the power.

Heavy machinery like this explosive work, without strong power, is impossible to achieve the design purpose. Although water power can also cut into the steel plate for a certain distance, it is still far from completely shearing.

For this reason, Xia Lin can only use the sawing machine of the machine tool factory to cut the steel plate. Although the efficiency is low, it is still a solution.

Next is the most critical pipe rolling machine.

Originally, Xia Lin thought that with the precision of the optically calibrated machine tool, it was still possible to process skewed rolls, but even Master Fine was helpless with such a pair of slanted and complicated rolls.

Although a pipe rolling machine has been successfully processed and installed, the accuracy is not up to the requirements at all. It is okay to use the steel pipes produced to replace cast iron water pipes in daily life. If you want to use them as gun barrels, that is a great idea. .

There is no way, Xia Lin can only go to another round steel rolling mill, and insert a 100mm diameter steel core into the 10mm long tube billet after drilling, and put it into the round steel rolling mill slowly as a round steel. rolling.

This method is feasible. Xia Lin obtained a short steel pipe with a length of 700 mm and a very high precision, with an error of no more than 0.1 mm. It has basically reached the current limit level of the industrial system established by Xia Lin.

It's just that the efficiency is relatively low, and only twenty such short steel pipes are rolled in one day. If you want to manufacture rifles on a large scale, you need to build several more machines like this.

After completing the research and development of such a series of machines, Xia Lin immediately arranged for the machine processing factory separated from the machine tool factory to start producing various agricultural tools with steel and pig iron to supply the needs of the plan, and the remaining factory equipment is also needed Use these produced steels for production.

On the other side, the business alliance also began to concentrate its strength, convening personnel to build agricultural cooperatives in small towns around the imperial capital.

On December 12, winter had come to Helgana, and the cold wind made people wear thick clothes. Benefiting from the drop in the price of coarse cotton cloth, even poor people with a little savings around the imperial capital could wear simple rough clothes. Cotton coat.

About 80 kilometers south of Helgana, there is a small town called Rumbo, which is an important member of the conservative faction, the territory of the Viscount Chester family, which operates manors, timber business and land trade.

This small town is not too far from the imperial capital. At the same time, there is a branch of the Seine River flowing through it. It has developed commerce and trade. There are many free peasant households around it. It is one of the pilot agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks selected by the alliance's top management.

In this bustling town, a new shop suddenly opened in the cold and windy weather.

However, this store looks quite strange. Although there are brand-new agricultural tools in frames, it is not a blacksmith shop or a shop of any chamber of commerce. The sign of "Agricultural Bank Branch in Bo Town" made passers-by feel a little puzzled.

Just opened, the agricultural cooperative in Lumbo Town is still not well-known, but Xia Lin has prepared a series of means for this, the purpose is to expand the reputation of the agricultural cooperative, and sell their cheap farm tools and other steel products.

"Come and see! Come and see! The new farm tools, iron hoes, shovels and plows are all cheap!
In addition, there are new iron pots, axes, sickles, knives, saws, hammers, and iron hooks all sold at a low price!You can get steel tools for a little extra!
The Agricultural Cooperative of the Commercial Alliance has sold all kinds of agricultural tools at a low price!And today's opening big bargain, buy three get one free of similar products!Buy three get one free! "

On the cold and windy busy street, the crisp voices of two children suddenly sounded. The passers-by looked around curiously, and saw the specially-made wooden shelves behind them, with all kinds of iron and steel goods hanging on them.

These two children were born as newsboys, and their courage has been tempered, which is suitable for this kind of task of standing at the door of the store.

Seeing those iron and steel farm tools and tools, and hearing the slogan of buy three get one free, many passers-by became interested, and the crowd could not help but gather at the entrance of the agricultural cooperative.

However, I just saw such a novel way of selling, and people were just discussing with each other in low voices, and some didn't dare to go forward to ask.

After a minute or two, an old farmer in the crowd, carrying bamboo baskets filled with cabbage, looked at the two children and yelled for a while, looking at the high-quality agricultural tools and various tools on the wooden shelves behind the two children with a cold light on the front. , finally couldn't bear the desire in my heart, stepped forward and asked cautiously:

"Son, how do you sell your hoes and axes?"

“铁锄头一把1银玛尔23铜比斯，钢锄头一把3银玛尔12铜比斯，铁斧头一把2银玛尔55铜比斯，钢斧头一把4银玛尔12铜比斯！”

Seeing that someone was finally willing to inquire about the price, a child who had just turned from a newspaper boy to a salesperson put on a joyful smile on his face flushed from the cold, and said skillfully.

These prices were memorized by them hard, and for the reward of 30 copper pes a day and the high commission, they all remembered these prices more firmly than their own birthdays.

"A hoe can be bought for 1 silver Mal 23 copper bis? So cheap?"

"And there's also a steel hoe, which is actually only less than two silver Maars more expensive than an iron hoe! How could anyone use steel to make agricultural tools?"

"How much does that iron pot cost?"

When the people around heard that the price was at least 20 copper pes lower than similar products on the market, they suddenly became noisy. A man squeezed out of the crowd and couldn't wait to ask the little salesman.

"Iron pots cost 6 Silver Mal 51 Copper Biss. We can buy three and get one free today. If you want to buy them, you can buy them together. It will be much cheaper!"

"Buy three get one free? Does it mean that if you buy three hoes, you get one free?"

When the old farmer heard this novel statement, his mind moved and he asked quickly.

"That's right, but this buy three get one free can only be given when you buy three copies of one product, not this one when you buy three other products!"

The little salesman skillfully answers the customer's questions.

"My God, wouldn't that mean that your strangely-named chamber of commerce is going to lose money?"

"The four hoes only cost 3 silver Maar and 69 copper pess. After I buy them, I will transport them to the countryside and sell them. Wouldn't I still make a lot of money?"

"Hey! Lute, do we want to buy three axes together? Then we will have two axes for each of us. If we sell one, we might get back a lot of money!"

Realizing the astonishing profit margins, the onlookers were immediately moved, and they began to unite with each other, preparing to make a big deal.

As the first person who ate crabs successfully bought three axes and got a gift ax, but more than ten minutes later, amidst the rush to buy, the shelves that were already full behind the two small salesmen quickly changed. Get empty.

More people began to follow the guidance of the small salesmen who received high commissions and smiled, and entered the agricultural cooperatives to buy various agricultural tools and tools piled up in mountains.

During this session, they were also promoted by the tellers of the Agricultural Bank of China as small low-interest loans for purchasing these agricultural tools or purchasing seeds for planting in spring.

For freedmen farmers, borrowing is something that accompanies them all their lives.

Because once the year is bad, such as a flood in the tributary of the Seine River, or a drought, they have to find ways to survive the disaster year without much savings, and sometimes even have to eat seeds as rations.

After finally surviving the famine, they had to borrow seeds and rations from the manor owners. In the process, some wealthy free peasant households became poor, and even changed from farmers who owned their own land to tenant farmers. Finally, they "voluntarily "Become serfs to the manor owners.

Therefore, when they heard that the annual interest rate of the small loans of the Agricultural Bank of China was only 5%, which was almost the same as the interest rate given to them for free, the old farmers who counted with their fingers for most of the day were shocked.

What's even more exaggerated is that the tellers explained that this kind of small loan actually allows them to return it with agricultural products after it expires. They only need to sign a supply contract with the corresponding chamber of commerce of the business alliance according to the specified type of agricultural products, eliminating the need to pay for the harvest after the harvest. There is a layer of hidden loss when agricultural products are exchanged for money, which makes the shrewd old farmers even more unbelievable.

Although farmers have not immediately applied for this kind of loan due to various concerns, the two new concepts of agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks have also entered their lives for the first time following today's experience.

"President Ruide, won't your cooperative be losing money by selling these agricultural tools and tools like this? The funds allocated to you by our bank seem to be only 100 gold lunds?"

On the second floor of the agricultural cooperative, two men wearing silk jackets and woolen shirts stood by the window and looked at the bustling scene on the street below. A man with curly brown hair was worried and curious about the obese man beside him. asked.

"Don't worry! President Berkeley, do you know how much our cooperative buys from Xinglan Industrial Park?"

Facing President Berkeley's worries, President Reid smiled honestly and said mysteriously.

"How much is it? It can't be cheaper than our current price, right?"

Seeing President Reid's appearance, President Berkeley asked curiously.

"Of course it is cheaper than the price, and the price of basically every kind of agricultural tools and tools is more than 5 copper bis cheaper than the price.

It is said that this is because the newly built steelmaking plant in the Xinglan Industrial Park has adopted a new technology, and the cost of smelting a pound of steel through this new technology is less than 12 silver mares, which is much higher than the steel on the market. The price is 8 silver mals lower!

Therefore, although the prices of pig iron and wrought iron have not changed much, the Xinglan Industrial Park has also brought down the prices of pig iron and wrought iron products through subsidies for steel products!
Even if we buy three and get one free on the first day, we won't lose money. On the contrary, through this method, our agricultural cooperative will soon be famous around Lumbo Town!

At that time, there will definitely be a lot of farmers looking for low-interest loans from your agricultural bank to buy farm tools and tools!You gotta get your tellers ready! "

“There’s nothing wrong with us for sure, but giving farmers small low-interest loans so they can buy these implements and implements and then pay off the debt with the required crops.

Councilor Xia Lin who proposed this plan to tie the peasants to our carriages is really a wise man!I just don’t know if these farmers can afford these loans! "

After a moment of surprise, President Berkeley looked at the noisy crowd below and sighed with admiration.

"Otherwise, how could Congressman Xia Lin propose that terrible coalition countermeasure proposal?
Tut tut!I heard from my father that the members of the alliance in the venue that day immediately became silent when they heard the plan. It never occurred to them that they could defeat the conservatives in this way! "

Chairman Reid shook his head and said with some admiration, Xia Lin's three countermeasures were too terrifying, it could almost be regarded as awakening the original ignorant business alliance, and it was the first time for this giant beast to find its own way forward direction.

Because of this, during this period of time, the most frequently discussed name among alliance members is Charlene Karl. Everyone has been quite convinced of this 15-year-old mage, and some people even gave Xia Lin'an the title of "the wise man of the alliance" .

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