After upgrading these two items, Fang Wei stopped.

As the brigade's facilities gradually improved, more and more facilities became available for designation, such as mills, bamboo factories, granaries, agricultural machinery factories, and rice mills.

The team has a small repair shop that can repair agricultural machinery, farm tools, tractors, etc.

This was the foundation laid by Engineer Luo and his team when they were here. Minor problems can be repaired, but major problems require returning to the factory for repair.

The reason why it was not designated before was that it was unnecessary. For example, a mill is generally used to grind tofu, and is actually not used very often throughout the year.

Another example is the rice mill, which is used by the members to grind rice.

In the past, due to the tight budget and the need to use the best steel on the blade, these inconspicuous auxiliary facilities were ignored.

"Now that the bamboo factory has slowly developed, I can try to designate one later."

Fang Wei suddenly had an idea and decided to designate a bamboo factory.

So he left the team headquarters and came to the factory.

"Third brother, how come you have time to come to the factory?"

Pan Lianhua saw the man and smiled and joked.

She didn't really wrong Fang Wei. He rarely came to the bamboo factory now and basically left the factory to Fang Ping, Pan Lianhua and Lin Hanyang.

Lin Hanyang is growing very fast. He is not only responsible for the design, but also for the craftsmanship. His status in the factory is even higher than Pan Lianhua.

"I'll just take a look, you go ahead and do your thing."

Fang Wei smiled and gestured to his wife.

Pan Lianhua was too lazy to pay attention to him and went about his own business.

The factory has added a lot of machinery and equipment, which has greatly improved labor productivity and reduced defective products. Best-selling products include bamboo mats, bamboo cushions, bamboo pillows, and bamboo chopsticks. Bamboo furniture and other bamboo products are also selling well.

The machines are running fast and the employees are working attentively.

Fang Wei then went to his eldest brother's office and saw Fang Zheng discussing something with Lin Hanyang.

"Secretary, you're here? You two can chat first."

When Lin Hanyang saw Fang Wei, he greeted him and then took the initiative to avoid him.

In fact, Fang Wei came here for nothing. After sitting down, he asked about the situation in the factory.

"Third brother, our situation this year is pretty good, with both production and sales booming. We expect the full-year net profit to be between 160 million and 180 million yuan, and our production schedule is already scheduled until the end of the year."

Fang Ping is very proud. The factory has developed rapidly in recent years. Its products are sold both within and outside the province and have gained a certain degree of fame in many places.

He plans to purchase some more machinery and equipment next year to expand production.

The brigade's bamboo factory ranks among the top in economic indicators among all the commune-brigade enterprises in the county.

"That's right. When the time comes, please submit a report. Expanding production is not a problem, but sales must keep up."

Fang Wei nodded, feeling very satisfied with the development of the factory.

Afterwards, he and Fang Ping chatted about some trivial matters, then stood up and left, walking out of the factory.

The moment he walked out the door, he had completed the designation of the bamboo factory.

Temporary facilities → Production facilities → Bamboo products factory

【Facility Level: (Level 1, 0\10)】

[Facility attributes: Improve labor productivity, improve process level, improve yield rate, reduce production costs, improve management level, and improve the success rate of design and development.]

[Producing labor in this building will increase all attributes by an additional 5%]

Fang Wei pushed his bicycle slowly forward, secretly studying the properties of the newly designated facilities.

Judging from the displayed attributes, the designated facilities are extremely powerful for the bamboo factory. Whether it is machinery and equipment, production personnel, management personnel or design and R&D personnel, all will receive attribute bonuses.

For example, improving labor productivity and process level is aimed at both machinery and equipment as well as production personnel. Improving business management level is undoubtedly aimed at management personnel, while improving the success rate of design and development is aimed at design and development personnel.

The benefits are obvious. After the bamboo factory enters the fast lane of development, the added effect of the attributes will become stronger and stronger.

Next.

Fang Wei spent 6666660 points to upgrade the level of the [Bamboo Factory] to level 13.

Temporary facilities → Production facilities → Bamboo products factory

[Facility Level: (Level 13, 0\1000 million)]

[Facility attributes: Improve labor productivity, improve process level, improve yield rate, reduce production costs, improve management level, and improve the success rate of design and development.]

[Working in this building increases all attributes by an additional 65%, and explosive items +1]

Total points: 6825920.

This time the upgrade has once again brought out a big gift package, [Hot Seller +1] refers to the products produced by the bamboo factory, and one of them will definitely become a hot seller.

Fang Wei thought it was quite interesting. He would wait for a while and verify it again. It might bring him a surprise.

three days later.

Xiatang Brigade held a groundbreaking ceremony for the "new residential" project.

The team allocated 500 million yuan for project construction in the first phase, and more funds will be invested in the future.

This area is located on a relatively high ground and has three existing wells, with more water sources nearby. It's also not far from the river and the entrance to the mountain, so the location is quite good.

Wu Yaoyang and Zheng Xianfa both came to the team, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and cut the ribbon.

The long-awaited "New Residential Housing" project was gradually becoming a reality, and everyone was delighted. As for the strong laborers needed, there was no need to mobilize them at all; they were filled up in an instant.

The members who didn't get a spot beat their chests and stamped their feet, as if they had suffered a great loss.

The first phase of 100 residential units will be completed around the autumn harvest next year. Nearly 400 people will then move into their new homes, with the specific allocation of those units to be determined later.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, Wu Yaoyang and others left in a hurry.

The brigade canteen then started serving meals. Men, women, young and old in the brigade could all come to eat. There were a variety of dishes, and it was similar to a buffet. You could take as much as you could eat to prevent waste and no takeaways were allowed.

This is equivalent to eating a big pot meal, but it is simpler than a banquet.

On this day, everyone was in high spirits from morning till night. Some people had been wandering around the project since it started, and they would feel like something was missing if they didn't come and take a look every day.

Fang Wei rarely went to the construction site. The team had assigned someone to be in charge of this matter, so he didn't have to worry too much.

"Huzi, let's divide the rations later. As for the standard, we'll distribute them based on an average of 500 kilograms of rice per person."

There were still nearly 80 kilograms of rice in the granary. The brigade had received quite a few visitors this year, and food consumption had skyrocketed. Of course, the brigade also accepted cash and food coupons, so they certainly weren't at a disadvantage.

The amount of food distributed this time was not much, because food had already been distributed once last season, so there was no problem of not having enough food.

Zheng Hu then contacted the grain purchasing department and sold all 418 million kilograms of this season's [Nanguang No. ] rice seeds to the purchasing station. Their service was excellent, and they purchased directly from him, saving him the trouble of transportation.

The brigade earned 535.04 million yuan in cash and a parity supply quota of 418 million jin of rice.

The 400 million catties of rice from last season have not been purchased yet, and the quota will be invalid after the end of the year. After discussion, the team cadres finally decided to buy back 200 million catties of rice and give up the remaining 200 million catties of supply quota.

This is also the idea of those who make policies, because real money is needed to purchase food. If there is enough food, the general production team will buy too much and store it.

Food has a shelf life, and no one likes to eat stale food.

The same goes for Xiatang Brigade. If it weren't for the construction project the brigade was undertaking, they might have bought less.

The expenditure for 200 million jin of rice is more than 20 yuan, which is not a small amount.

In addition, the rice supply quota of 418 million jin that we have just obtained is valid until July next year, so there is no need to rush.

After the rice was purchased, it was immediately distributed to the members. A total of 100 million jin of rice was distributed, and 180 million jin of rice remained in stock.

The day after the rations were distributed, Wang Liang brought a convoy to transport breeding materials.

"Secretary Fang, there's no need to continue cultivating breeding materials next year. I've written an official letter to your brigade. Can you take a look and see if there are any problems?"

After the breeding base receives this batch of breeding materials, they will no longer be needed next year.

So, Wang Liang issued an official letter to the Xiatang Brigade to avoid further disputes. "Okay, we will suspend the cultivation of breeding materials next year. If you need them in the future, please come and discuss it in advance."

Fang Wei nodded, took the official letter, took a look at it, and then put it in the drawer.

Wang Liang chatted with the other party for a while, then asked someone to load the goods and paid 135 million yuan for the goods.

Zheng Hu called a group of strong laborers to help. After they loaded the goods, they returned directly to the breeding base.

"Third brother, next year we will lose more than one million yuan in revenue."

Zheng Hu felt it was a bit of a pity. Cultivating breeding materials would bring greater benefits, but the problem was that the other party didn't want that much.

Fang Wei smiled and shook his head. The extra 400 mu of paddy fields could be used to cultivate rice seeds, which could bring in hundreds of thousands of yuan. As for the initiative in breeding materials, it wasn't in the brigade's hands, so overthinking it was pointless.

As the two were talking, someone from the commune came and delivered the latest documents.

"Are there more job openings? This time there are quite a few. Our commune alone has 80, and each brigade has at least four. Huzi, I'll go to the commune now."

After reading the document, Fang Wei immediately got up and rode his bike to the commune.

He had to fight for this quota for the educated youth in the team, even if it was just one more spot.

Zheng Xianfa couldn't help laughing when he saw Fang Wei. "I knew you would come. This time, I'll give you five recruitment quotas for the team. Take them back quickly, or I won't regret it again."

"That can't be done. You're our veteran captain. It would be unreasonable for us not to help you! Thank you, Director Zheng. I'll give you more tea next year."

Fang Wei took the file bag and ran away, without forgetting to make a promise to the other party.

The tea he picked from the mountains became a hot commodity, and many people often hoped to get more.

But there is only so much tea every year, so it is definitely impossible to divide it all.

Now it depends on the quality of the tea trees that will be transplanted next year. If the quality is good, the taste of the tea will definitely be good, and then there will be enough for everyone to drink.

After returning to the team, he handed the recruitment quota to Zheng Hu and asked him to call a meeting of the brigade cadres and captains of each team to discuss how to divide these quotas.

He won't participate.

The next day.

The coal mine delivered coal for the winter. I originally wanted to buy some live pigs, but the brigade's pig farm now mainly produces high-quality pigs, and now there are only a few left, which cannot be sold.

If I sell more, it will be enough to cover the cost of slaughtering the New Year pig.

So the coal mine bought 2000 chickens, 3000 ducks, and 20000 kilograms of eggs.

Two days later, Chenzhou Textile Factory and Cement Factory came to buy supplies, and a new unit, Hengzhou Iron and Steel Factory, also came.

The steel mill had established contact because the brigade needed steel for the construction of new residential buildings. The other party was wealthy and wanted to buy more chickens, ducks, and eggs.

But the team's output was not that large for the time being, so Fang Wei told the other party to take some first and come back around New Year's Day.

In the end, the three companies bought a total of 6000 chickens and 5000 mallards.

[Produce broiler chickens, points +32000]

[Produces Mallard, points +36000]

[Produce eggs, point +20000]

Total points: 6913920.

These days it is still very easy to use various materials to build relationships with others, because although the current supply of materials is better than in previous years, it is still relatively tight.

The steel mill brought the chickens and ducks back and divided them among the workers. They went back and killed the chickens and ducks, making various dishes that were highly praised by everyone.

The chickens and ducks brought back were delicious and tasty. Everyone said that the factory's logistics department had done a good thing this time.

The opinions were fed back to the leadership, who immediately made a decision that if the Xiatang Brigade needed steel in the future, the supply must be guaranteed at all costs.

Director Wu of Chenzhou Textile Factory also received similar feedback, saying that the quality of this batch of chickens and ducks is better than before, and that such good chickens and ducks cannot be bought outside.

Wu Di has always maintained a good relationship with Fang Wei. After hearing everyone's opinions, he approved several trucks of cloth scraps and defective cloth and sent them to the Xiatang Brigade.

When the convoy arrived at the brigade, Fang Wei happened to be in the office.

"Thank you for your hard work! I've received a call from Director Wu, and I'm really grateful. You guys take a break first, I'll go arrange for your meal, and by the time you're done eating, the truck will be empty."

Fang Wei was naturally very happy. The members' consumption level was very low now. They could choose not to buy industrial products or buy less, but one thing was certain: people had to wear clothes. What could the few cloth coupons issued each year do? Even if the whole family pooled their money, it wouldn't be enough to buy a set of clothes.

The textile factory has been of great help to the team over the years. A piece of cloth with some defects is nothing at all, and the members like it very much.

Because defective products and scraps of cloth are very cheap, they have become a fixed benefit in the team.

"Secretary Fang, the factory director asked me to tell you something. We'll have another batch of cloth delivered to you after New Year's Day. I hope you can bring some chickens and ducks with you on your way back."

The team was led by a staff member from the textile factory office, and Wu Di also asked him to give Fang Wei a message.

Fang Wei understood, nodded, and quickly arranged for people to unload the truck.

After eating and drinking their fill, the visitors prepared to return with an empty vehicle. The team’s supplies were very tight and it would take two months to replenish them.

This is how we raise chickens and ducks. We will replenish the stocks as soon as they are sold.

The time it takes for chickens and ducks in the poultry house to be marketed has dropped to about 52 days, and the team purchased several incubation equipment because of the last chicken plague incident, so the chicks and ducklings can be hatched at any time.

"Secretary Fang, we're leaving now. We'll come back after New Year's Day."

"Okay, next time you come, I won't let you go back empty-handed. Here are some local specialties for you to take home and try."

Fang Wei delivered some dry goods to the people coming from the textile factory and also gave two packs of cigarettes to each of the drivers.

The convoy drove away into the distance. Zheng Hu and others could no longer wait and shouted for them to disperse quickly.

Accountant Liu and others calculated that if the cloth was distributed among the members and educated youth, it would be enough for everyone to make a set of clothes.

Fang Wei set the standards and then asked Zheng Hu to organize and implement them.

The cloth needs to be paid in cash, and even now, there is no one in the entire brigade who can come up with even this little money.

The brigade pays for the cloth distributed to the five-guarantee households. This is a common practice and no one will say anything about it.

After receiving the cloth and returning home, Pan Lianhua began to measure the sizes of her elder sister, grandfather and two little ones.

The cloth allocated to the family was only enough for two children and two adults to make a set of clothes for each of them. They would focus on making clothes for grandpa, sister and two children first, and would leave it to Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua after New Year's Day.

The cloth sent by people after New Year's Day will be given to the Yao village. Then grandpa and sister will receive the cloth and use it to make clothes and pants for both of them.

The sewing machine at home has played a great role. Clothes for the whole family are made with it.

Nowadays, Pan Lianhua and Ajie have both learned how to cut, and their sewing skills have reached perfection.

Especially for Pan Lianhua, she can learn any skill quickly and can easily open a sewing shop.

"Third brother, tomorrow you will accompany me to the construction site of the new residential buildings. I was very envious when I saw the blueprints before. I wish we could do the same in our village someday."

After Grandpa took the measurements, he sat down and chatted with Fang Wei.

He had been in Xiatang Brigade for so long and was deeply shocked.

I used to think that the Yao village was well developed, not too bad but better than the others. But now it seems that it is far behind the Xiatang Brigade.

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow. But don't be envious. I've already made some preliminary plans for the village, and I'll tell you about them now."

Fang Wei couldn't bear to let the old man always envy others, so he told him his plan.

He felt that there was no need for the Yao village to compete with the Xiatang Brigade, and that if it wanted to build new houses, it must incorporate its own characteristics.

Later, the village can pay for the renovation of the entire village.

The houses in the village should highlight the local characteristics, that is, the characteristics of stilt houses, and try to make everyone live more comfortably while maintaining the traditional style.

There were some things Fang Wei didn't say. It was important to maintain the traditional style. After all, this was a Yao village with a history of hundreds of years. Demolishing and rebuilding it would be a waste of natural resources. It would be better to renovate and renovate it.

This is also a precious treasure left for future generations. When people's living standards improve, the tourism income alone will make the village a lot of money.

Having lived two lives, Fang Wei has always had a long-term vision. (End of this chapter)