pertwk Chapter 0092 Steel Behemoth, 0 Shattered and Cracked
Chapter 0092 Steel Behemoth, 0 Shattered and Cracked
Liu Tiezhu is also a major alfalfa grower in the village. He has contracted 500 mu of land to grow alfalfa and handed over the harvesting service to Honghe beforehand.
Gu Tong, Ma Dongwen, and Dong Jun exchanged glances. They all wanted to know what Hong He was up to, so they followed everyone to the fields.
Then they saw a “steel behemoth” – a self-propelled silage harvester.
This machine is much larger than a regular hay harvester, and a single unit costs over a million yuan. It can complete the harvesting, picking, crushing, and baling of hay into silage bales in one go.
The massive harvesting platform devours the entire row of hay, then spits out silage bales at the rear and tossssss them directly into the cargo compartment of the transport vehicle.
The efficiency is astonishing.
Gu Tong stared blankly at the "steel behemoth" at work, feeling a rare sense of frustration.
This is the power of capital—powerful, ruthless, and so suffocating that it can make you give up the struggle altogether!
Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen stared at the large harvester in front of them, speechless for a long time.
The scene was truly breathtaking. The harvesters of the four-person team looked like toys in comparison to them.
"Brother Gu..."
After a long while, Dong Jun licked his dry lips, and the few words that came out of his mouth were trembling.
Ma Dongwen's face flushed red. He secretly pinched his thigh, thinking: I'm doomed. How the hell am I supposed to compete with them now?
Needless to say, the major growers all had their eyes shining, and two of them immediately decided to sign contracts with Honghe.
At this moment, Li Yong walked over from a short distance away and stood in front of Gu Tong:
"Gu Tong, I admit you're a thoughtful and capable person, but so what? Come on, bring your bunch of monkeys to Honghe." With that, Li Yong pointed to the silage harvester: "That's your stage to showcase your talents!"
"Thank you! But we have our own path to walk, and one day, we too will possess the same steel behemoth."
Perhaps it was Li Yong's words that spurred Gu Tong on, and he quickly rallied.
He still chose to refuse Li Yong's renewed offer.
People with different values cannot work together. He would rather guard his 80 acres of land than accept Honghe's offer of amnesty.
"Heh, you won't have that day."
Li Yong said no more, simply uttered a sentence, and then turned and walked towards where several large-scale farmers were standing.
"Brother Dong, Lao Ma, it's nothing, don't look so gloomy. I picked some mushrooms today, come over to my place for dinner."
The competition for the harvesting service orders has come to an end, and the four-person team has clearly been eliminated.
Gu Tong patted Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen on the shoulder, and the three of them then went to the village and left Xinfeng Village in their respective vehicles (motorcycles).
After returning home, Gu Tong cooked stir-fried mushrooms with pork, stir-fried mushrooms, and stewed chicken with mushrooms. The three of them then sat down to eat.
After a while, Aikebai arrived as well. Ma Dongwen had already told him about Xinfeng Village on WeChat.
Gu Tong went to get a set of tableware, but Ai Kebai didn't touch his chopsticks; he had already eaten lunch.
"Don't be intimidated by Honghe's impressive appearance. Although the silage harvester is very advanced and highly efficient, it's also expensive. Moreover, this behemoth has a fatal weakness: it's not suitable for farmland with complex terrain or small fields."
While cooking, Gu Tong came to her senses and had to admit that Hong He's move was brilliant.
That huge machine, the silage harvester, is sure to attract a lot of attention once it's running.
The business world is like a battlefield, where there are no fixed strategies or constant changes in the situation. Flexibility and adaptability are the best responses, rather than always having to confront the other party head-on.
"Right, right, look at my brain! Didn't Brother Gu mention the 'surrounding the cities from the countryside' strategy before? We should start with small plots and focus on customers who only have a few dozen acres of farmland."
Upon hearing Gu Tong's words, Dong Jun slapped his forehead.
Perhaps they've been having too much luck lately, and they've become a bit arrogant. They only came to their senses after being hit hard today.
"Sigh, one can't get carried away. A client from Dalak Village contacted me before, but they only had 30 mu of alfalfa land, and I didn't even want to take the order."
Ma Dongwen also began to reflect on his actions, and everyone's emotions gradually calmed down.
Ai Kebai doesn't care about taking orders; he just goes wherever Gu Tong tells him to go, and he never knows what fear is.
"That's settled then. From now on, we'll focus on taking smaller orders. If we don't get any, that's okay. Let's focus on preparing for the rapeseed harvest season. Also, how's Lin Hao's managed land going?"
Gu Tong finally set the tone as the strategy for the near future.
Then he suddenly remembered Lin Hao's fully managed farmland. The field management of that land was handled by Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen, and he rarely interfered.
"The rapeseed over there is growing well, but Lin Hao does things in unconventional ways and doesn't follow the rules. He didn't even tell us before installing an integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation system in the field, which cost over 100,000 yuan."
When it comes to Lin Hao, neither Dong Jun nor Ma Dongwen knew how to evaluate him.
Although the man acted somewhat arbitrarily, since his actions not only did not harm the interests of the group of four but were actually beneficial to them, neither of them bothered to bring it up.
The task of full trusteeship is to ensure the crops grow strong and healthy. The efforts of the owners are of great benefit to agricultural production. What else can they say?
"Wow, they've gone straight for an integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation system? Looks like Lin Hao is really rich! I'll go take a look later and broaden my horizons."
Gu Tong couldn't help but sigh. He knew nothing about this matter. Lin Hao was unwilling to talk about it, and Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen were too lazy to talk about it, but it was ultimately a good thing.
He now understood why Lin Hao couldn't get along with anyone in the village. To put it bluntly, Lin Hao had a very "isolated" personality and wouldn't even ask for permission from people he was close to.
Drip irrigation is certainly a very advanced irrigation method, and the integration of water and fertilizer even solves the problem of fertilization (topdressing) all at the same time.
But that thing is very expensive, and Gu Tong can't afford it with his current financial situation.
After lunch, Ma Dongwen and Dong Jun got to work, taking on even small orders of 20 or 30 mu, and in one day they had collected orders for harvesting 180 mu of alfalfa.
One downside of having small, fragmented orders is that it requires more travel and wastes time.
However, thanks to Gu Tong's overall planning and arrangement of the work route, the four-person team was split up, with Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen in one group and Gu Tong and Ai Kebai in another. In particularly small plots of land, one person could even complete the work alone.
Using a cannon to kill a mosquito is also a waste; agricultural machinery needs to burn fuel when it's in use, and burning fuel incurs costs.
Therefore, a scientific and reasonable work arrangement is also very important, as it can save a considerable amount of costs.
The harvesting of alfalfa on 180 mu of land was carried out separately. Today, Gu Tong was the only one to cut the alfalfa on the two plots of land, totaling 40 mu.
After completing his task, he had lunch at his second employer's house and then drove the harvester home at a leisurely pace.
When he passed through Kurdai village, he saw an elderly couple harvesting alfalfa by hand in the field.
The two men were nearly 70 years old, holding sickles and bending over, wondering when they would finish harvesting this alfalfa field.
"Uncle, Auntie, how many acres of alfalfa did you plant in total?"
Gu Tong parked the harvester on the farm road beside the field, then jumped off and asked loudly.
"We're too old to work, so we planted 8 mu of alfalfa and 5 mu of rapeseed. We also raise a few sheep. We've leased out the rest of our land to others."
The old man straightened up and responded with a smile.
Looking at the other person's deeply lined face, Gu Tong couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy: "I'll help you harvest it; it'll be done in no time."
The old man and woman exchanged a glance, then said, "That's wonderful! Others complained that our plot of land was too small and wouldn't help with the harvest. You're a very kind young man."
Without further ado, Gu Tong got into the truck and started working, quickly finishing the harvesting of 8 mu of alfalfa.
After finishing his work, he didn't get out of the car, but prepared to leave without taking any money.
"Young man, wait a moment, take this money."
The old man refused to accept this and stood directly in front of the car, blocking Gu Tong's path.
Gu Tong had no choice but to get down and explain to the other party that she had just helped out and didn't want any money.
But the old man was stubborn. He took out a handful of loose bills from his pocket and stuffed them directly into Gu Tong's arms.
Looking at the old man's bulging veins and earnest eyes, tears welled up in Gu Tong's eyes.
In the end, he symbolically collected 50 yuan for gas and then fled.
The elderly couple stood by the field watching Gu Tong leave, and it was a long time before they finally left.