The buyer nodded and said, "Plastic bags and vacuum packaging lines are no problem. We can ship the goods as soon as the payment is received. I will go there specially and have them ship the goods after the inspection. It's not difficult. The only problem is what to use to cook the corn. It's a problem with such a large quantity."

Xu Changyuan thought for a long time and suggested: "Cooking corn is easy. Use a huge stainless steel pot, put a stainless steel basket inside, keep the water running, and use no steel cables to lift it. Workers pull it by hand. It will be cooked in minutes after it is put into the pot. Let it cool before putting it into vacuum packaging. After the packaging is complete, sterilize the outer packaging."

Liu Xialian looked at her makeshift team and was satisfied. It had only been a few months and the output had reached thousands, and the quality was excellent. However, there were still two imperfections. One was a dedicated sales department. Currently, Liu Xialian had found several distributors from the provincial capital, all of whom were large units with tens of thousands of employees, so she had no worries about sales. However, this was just the beginning. What would she do if the output increased in the future? She couldn't just rely on a few large factories. If they didn't want the goods, what would she do? She had to find another way out. Therefore, a sales department was imperative and needed to be established as soon as possible, but it was difficult to find the right person. There were many people who worked hard, even risking their lives, but it was hard to find sales talent.

The second is the Quality Inspection Department, which is now under the charge of Xu Changyuan. However, this is not in compliance with regulations. How can one produce and inspect quality by oneself? There will definitely be no problem if the quantity is small, but problems will arise sooner or later if the quantity is large.

"Is Cui Yongchuan from the first team here?" Liu Xia Lian asked Assistant Xiao Ma.

Xiao Ma ran out happily to call for help. After a while, Xiao Cui was wearing a white T-shirt, and his chest and back were soaked with sweat.

"Director, what's the matter?"

"How many experienced people are there who can drive a 50-ton tractor now?"

"When we first practiced driving, we all used Type 50 tractors. Now everyone has driven one before, and with me, there are no problems with 11 or 12 of us."

Now the first fleet has three Large 50 tractors and ten 25-horsepower tractors, and the second fleet has six 25-horsepower tractors. The transportation capacity is still acceptable, but the loading time is too short.

"Xiao Cui, please arrange for a pickup. Take five people to the provincial capital tomorrow and drive five Type 50 tractors back. We will be transporting corn these days, and a 25-horsepower vehicle is obviously not as useful as a Type 50."

"Okay, I'll arrange the ticket right away." Cui Yongchuan had an illusion. The Type 50 tractor, which cost more than RMB 10,000 per unit, seemed to be a piece of cake. He could buy it whenever he wanted. Was it really cheap?

A 50-ton tractor can easily carry 10,000 jin, and it is not a problem to carry 20,000 jin on a flat road. Twenty-five horsepower is a lot less, and it can normally carry 5,000 jin. Even if it is overloaded, it can only carry 6,000 jin at most, after all, the truck bed is small.

Liu Daqiang suggested: "I feel that the tractor we use is useless. It doesn't plow the land. We can just make the front and the bed one. It saves energy, is easy to drive, and can increase the speed. A 25-horsepower single-cylinder diesel tractor can be converted into one with a bed and can easily pull 6,000 kilograms."

Xu Changyuan said: "What you said is nonsense. If a vehicle is to be put on the road, it must pass the national quality inspection. You can't just do it and drive it. A truck is what you said, with a front and a body integrated. A truck costs 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, which is too low in cost performance. You can buy five 50 tractors with the money of one truck."

Liu Daqiang's suggestion was very good, but Liu Xia Lian didn't take it seriously. After all, this was a kimchi factory, not a vehicle factory. Once things were done, everyone was busy with their own things, and Liu Xia Lian became the person with the least time.

The team of porters heading south to Pengcheng has also been selected. They are Li Meng, who borrowed money a few months ago. His family was extremely poor at the time, and his wife had to do farm work to earn money when she was seven or eight months pregnant. Now his son is two months old, and Li Meng has also come to work to pay off his debts.

Liu Xialian and Daya returned home. As soon as they met, Daya pulled Liu Xialian and said, "Sister, sister, come with me. I will show you my fungus garden."

This trip lasted more than a week. The original half-acre wood ear garden has grown even bigger, but the newly added dead tree trunks are all newly grown little ears, and there are traces of human intervention.

"Arya, this doesn't look natural. How did you do it?"

Erya took out a hand drill and said, "I used this to drill holes in the wood, and then used a small iron awl to move the small wood ears from other tree trunks, and then sprayed some water on them. I didn't expect it to work."

Liu Xia Lian gave a thumbs up and praised: "Er Ya, you are really talented. You have learned how to grow wood ear mushrooms artificially. That's amazing."

Erya scratched her head, looking embarrassed.

"Hey, you guys are not at home and there is no one to play with me. I was bored, so I made some black fungus. Come and see." Erya went back to the house and took out a bag of black fungus, which were all dried black fungus.

"You made all this? It must weigh more than ten kilograms. It's incredible."

Liu Xia Lian thought that growing wood ear mushrooms was the way out. In the area of ​​dozens of miles nearby, only about one or two thousand kilograms of wild wood ear mushrooms were purchased every year. The price was quite expensive, only six or seven yuan per kilogram. Ordinary people could not afford it, so it was all transported to the interior.

But there is a problem with wild wood ear. Since it relies entirely on rainfall for watering, it grows unevenly and is small and thin. Its taste is far inferior to that of cultivated ones, which are sprayed with water every day and grow fast.

It’s just too troublesome to water the plants every day. Erya’s family has a well, and the village just got electricity last month.

"Er Ya, when you have nothing to do, get some more and plant the two acres of land in your backyard with wood ear mushrooms. I'll ask Liu Daqiang to design you an electric pump to spray water. You can water the land by just pulling the switch, and you don't have to use a watering can to water the land every day. It's very troublesome."

Erya looked incredulous: "I thought you would scold me, but I didn't expect you to support me so much."

Each nearby village has its own firewood forest. Trees as thick as an arm are used for burning. Such trees are perfect for growing black fungus. Liu Xialian plans to let Erya do an experiment first. If it succeeds, she will promote it on a large scale. Moreover, black fungus is not picky about trees. Cut down discarded fruit trees that have no use can be used to grow black fungus, turning waste into treasure. Even sawdust, corn cores, and crushed peanut shells can be used as planting materials.

"Daya, I don't have much to do recently. You should accompany Erya and play at home for a few days. I will be harvesting corn at home these days and will not go out."

The next morning, at dawn, more than 20 people gathered at Li Erleng's house, with an old donkey cart. There were no outsiders, only relatives. Zhang Erni's mother-in-law came home to cook, while Li Erleng and Zhang Erni led the people to their corn fields.

The boundaries of the land are simply divided by small stones. If I weren't there, I would really have no idea how to figure it out. Sometimes, after working for a long time and breaking off someone else's boundaries, not only do you get no credit, you may also end up in a fight.

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