Chapter 55 Planning

Rural people are poor and rural people are suffering. If he can find a way to help villagers get rich, Hou Lihua will never let it go. The production process of tofu is not complicated, and many people can make it at home. Moreover, the output of soybeans in Shuling Township is really high. Nowadays, the general practice of villagers is to keep enough for their own use. Other soybeans are sold to grain stations, and the purchase price of one catty of soybeans is only 30 to 40 cents. And the price of a catty of tofu can also be sold for 30 or 40 cents. You should know that 30 kilograms of soybeans can make 100 to 110 kilograms of tofu. In this way, the value of soybeans will immediately be tripled or four times after processing.

"So, the sales of tofu is not a problem?" Hou Lihua looked at Zhu Daidong eagerly. Just now, Zhu Daidong recommended the tofu factory to him. Now the situation has quietly turned around. Hou Lihua is going to pull Zhu Daidong to help him set up a tofu factory.

"If Secretary Hou doesn't believe it, we can go to the city together on Sunday. You can make some dried incense at home first, and we can sell it together, and then you will know it more." Zhu Daidong smiled. He was very confident. As long as Hou Lihua really went to the farmers' market in the city, he would definitely be moved.

"Well, Chairman Mao also said that there is no right to speak without investigation, so we will go this Sunday?" Hou Lihua's dark face smiled like a flower. Zhu Daidongken went to the city with him and went to sell dried incense, which made him more sure that this young man was not a person who only said and did nothing.

"Dad, this tofu factory costs 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. Don't be happy too early." Hou Yong saw his father's eyes shining and kindly reminded him.

"Where is the output without input? As long as you can make money, these 40,000 to 50,000 yuan can be collected in the village," Hou Lihua glanced at his son and hummed.

"Daidong, can we invest less first, wait until we see the profits, and then expand and re-production?" Hou Dare inserted a sentence aside.

He hasn't said much on the wine table, but it doesn't mean he doesn't have his own opinions. In fact, he is quite a smart person. The most important thing is that he has perseverance, otherwise his house could not be built. Although Zhu Daidong only met him for the first time, he also had a good impression on him. Now that I see him raising such a question, I am even happier. With intelligence and perseverance, coupled with caution, there will be a leader in the tofu factory in Houjiatang Village in the future.

"It's okay. We can first adopt family workshop-style production, which will be acquired and sold by the village, but in this way, the cost will be higher." Zhu Daidong thought for a moment. If the villagers have scruples, this is also a compromise. The only thing that needs to be invested may be wooden boxes and boards for tofu. These things are not available in every family, and if they are sold uniformly, the specifications must be unified.

"It's okay if the cost is higher, as long as it can be sold, even if it doesn't make money at the beginning." Hou Lihua nodded. He could test the water first. As long as there was a market, and then let the villagers raise funds, he didn't have to talk much. Otherwise, 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. Although his secretary has high prestige in the village, it is not easy to convince everyone.

"But there is one thing that must be bought first, that is, the paddle grinding machine. You can't let the villagers use the stone to grind the paddles, right? This is too time-consuming. Now, the stone mill in the village is not enough. Zhu Daidong said again.

"Okay, the paddle grinding machine will be bought by our family's advance payment first, and then if we start a factory, we can calculate it into the factory." Hou Lihua made the decision on the spot, and this matter was decided.

After dinner, Hou Lihua immediately gathered the village cadres for a meeting and unified his mind first. As long as he persuaded them first, he could talk about it before convincing the villagers. Because Zhu Daidong is the de facto initiator, Hou Lihua also invited him to join the village committee.

"I would like to introduce you to the secretary of the township government, Xiao Zhu and Zhu Daidong. Today, I received a notice from the township that Xiao Zhu was promoted to the director of the Enterprise Office. He came to our village today to discuss with us about the village's collective enterprise. Hou Lihua pulled Zhu Dai to the front of the crowd and introduced.

There are five people in the village committee of Houjiatang Village. In addition to Hou Lihua, the other four are Hou Shangshang, the village director, Hou Feng, the accountant, Hou Jianguo, the militia company commander and deputy village director, and Liu Dan, the women's director. Hearing that the young man was a village cadre and a director, their eyes were suddenly full of awe and applauded and welcomed him.

Zhu Daidong quickly smiled and shook hands and greeted everyone, but soon, he automatically retreated to the back. Today, this meeting is the villagers' committee of Houjiatang Village, not his inspection work report meeting, the protagonist is Hou Lihua.

Next, it became Hou Lihua's solo introduction. His original prestige in Houjiatang Village was like the sun, in a word. In addition, Zhu Daidong is on the front today, so other members did not raise any objection. The reason why Hou Lihua has high prestige is that he thinks about the interests of the villagers in advance and does things fairly and cleanly. For decades, he has never had a word of gossip for others to say.

It's the same this time. First, he personally went to the city with Director Zhu to inspect the market, and even brought some dried spices to sell. Then they organized the villagers to produce at home, and waited until the results were achieved before they officially raised funds to run the factory. The risk that the villagers need to take may be dozens of catties of soybeans and more than a dozen wooden box boards. This is also acceptable for the villagers. If the tofu is not sold, why don't you just take it back and eat it at home? Those wooden boxes and boards will also be used to make tofu at home in the future, and there is no need to borrow them from others.

Among them, the biggest investment is the paddle mill, but Secretary Hou bought it out of his own pocket first. If he doesn't run a factory, even if he runs a private factory, even if he runs a factory, he will buy it from the factory. In this way, no one else can say anything.

The next day, Hou Lihua was ready to hold a villagers' meeting. Zhu Daidong came back with Hou Yong first because he had to work. After the village committee last night, Zhu Daidong knew that in Houjiatang, as long as Hou Lihua nodded, the matter was basically stable. Now all he has to do is to help Hou Lihua contact the sales department of the paddle mill. Thinking of going to the city on Sunday, Zhu Daidong mainly contacted several mechanical sales departments in the city.

In the morning, Zhu Daidong "heard" Liu Wei's voice in the township government. Zhu Daidong drank more than five bottles of fine old white dry last night. He felt that the wine was completely worth the price. One night, a box of wine was gone. He wanted to buy a few more boxes from Liu Wei. These wines can't be bought in the market, and the taste is almost as good as Wuliangye. If he hadn't had so much money on hand, he would have even wanted to buy all the fine products in the winery.

Zhu Daidong was about to find Liu Wei. Suddenly, he "heard" his footsteps and went towards Yuan Ping's office. Zhu Daidong, who had already walked to the door, stopped again. If he wanted to buy wine, he had to wait for someone to finish the business first.