Chapter 63: More than 63 again

Luo Yihang and Li Zheng strolled to the end of the field.

That is the original reservoir, now the fish pond.

Luo Yihang pointed at the fish pond and asked, "Brother Li, can the water in this fish pond be used to irrigate the land?"

Li Zheng looked up at the large fish pond in front of him, thought for a moment, and replied, "Why not? It's all good water. We just need to put up a net at the outlet to block the fallen leaves and mud, so that it won't clog the canal over time."

Looking at the silt that had accumulated in the fish pond for several years, Li Zheng licked his lips.

It's really tempting. I'm tempted by the money for dredging.

He suggested again, "Boss Hang, don't you want to raise fish? This fish pond looks really good, and there's running water. You can make a lot of money by cleaning it up."

"I don't have any plans for now." Luo Yihang waved his hand and said with a smile.

I asked this question while eating buns yesterday.

The village head's grandmother said that this fish pond was built five years ago by a boss from Sichuan Province, who said he wanted to catch some high-altitude cold-water fish.

It cost a lot of money to dig a fish pond, sow fish fry, and buy machinery.

The fish we raise are sold at a very high price and yet they can’t be sold. No one even recognizes the fancy heads of the alpine cold-water fish.

You want to lower the price, but the cost of transportation on the mountain is much higher than that at the foot of the mountain, and you can't compete with others even if you lower the price.

I only raised it for a year, but lost everything, so I just abandoned the pond here.

"When he left, he still used a truck to transport things. He had to load 10 tons on a 20-ton truck, and even damaged the road." Speaking of this village chief, the grandmother was still very angry and remembered him for several years.

Raising fish is not profitable. Besides, fish are neither soil nor wood, so they are useless. Luo Yihang is not interested.

They definitely won’t raise fish there, this pond will just be used as a water source.

Luo Yihang changed the subject, "Brother Li, let's discuss the price. How much does it cost to open up the wasteland and how many days will it take?"

"Okay, I'll calculate it for you." Seeing that Luo Yihang was really not interested, Li Zheng didn't say anything more and took out his small notebook again.

While explaining to Luo Yihang, he wrote down everything one by one.

All the money is earned in the open.

There are 5 laborers, each earning 200 yuan a day, a total of yuan.

Two tractors, including oil and labor, 1000 yuan per worker for each tractor.

Add to that 8 mosquito repellent lamps at 460 each, for a total of 3680.

If there are 50 bags of cement, each bag weighs 20 kilograms and costs 50 yuan, then the total cost is 1000 yuan.

These are pretty much all the labor, machinery, and large materials needed.

As for the construction period.

"Boss Hang, let me explain to you that digging is the slowest process. A tractor can dig two acres in an hour. Your 36 acres needs to be turned twice, which is estimated to be 36 hours. One worker works 8 hours, which means four workers. Other weeding and ridge making are counted as two workers. I will finish it for you in three days."

"Then there is food money. You have to pay for one meal. You can cook it at home, or I can bring it up in the morning. If I bring it, it will be 20 yuan per person per day. I won't count it, so we'll count seven people, so for three days."

"I bought the weed-proof cloth from Mr. Luo anyway. You guys recognize it. You can discuss the specific price separately. I'll bring it up and lay it for you."

"So totaling up, the laborer costs 3,000 for three days, the tractor workers cost 6,000 for six people, the light poles cost 3,600, the cement cost 1,000, not counting the meal cost 13,680, including the meal cost 14,000."

"Boss Hang, what do you think?"

What does Luo Yihang think?

Paving the road cost 21,000, plus reclaiming the land cost 14,000, which makes a total of 35,000.

To be honest, this price is within Luo Yihang's acceptable range.

Not too exaggerated, nor too cheap.

……

At this time, a voice came from far behind: "What do you think?"

Luo Yihang and Li Zheng turned their heads in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Qiangwa, who was swaying his fat body and moving towards them along the ridge of the field, panting.

He's so fat and he pedals so slowly. We've all finished watching here and he just got on.

As for how Qiangwa could find the place so smoothly, Luo Yihang sent the real-time location.

"I've finished reading it all." Luo Yihang and Li Zheng walked over.

Li Zheng also took the initiative to hand the small notebook to Qiang Wa, "Come, Boss Luo, take a look and see if this price is suitable."

Qiang Wa was not polite either. He took the notebook and read it one by one, commenting on it in front of Luo Yihang.

Just highlight who is far away and who is close.

"The labor costs are about the same. You're going to have to put in a lot of effort. 200 is the normal price. Brother Li, it's ok. 20 for a -ton dump truck? Where did you find the connections?"

"Hey, the boss of the quarry over at Xiaba is my cousin."

"Okay, the one at Xiaba. I'll buy stones from there in the future. Brother Li will give me a discount."

"No problem." Li Zheng smiled naively, with a hint of pride in his eyes.

Qiang Wa continued to read a few more, and asked Li Zheng for a pen to cross out the mosquito lamp. "I have an insect killer pole, 430 each, newly released by Yinhe, in addition to the frequency vibration and high pressure, it also has wind suction."

Yinhe is a factory that makes agricultural supplies. After the promotion of solar panels, agricultural supply factories in various places have put into operation various equipment using solar energy. New products emerge every few days, reducing costs while piling up functions, and the competition is very fierce.

"Boss Luo has another good product?" Li Zheng was very happy to hear that. "Give me twenty. I've been using this a lot recently."

"no problem."

Luo Yihang hadn't finished his discussion yet, so Qiang Wa took the opportunity to do some business.

Finally, Qiangwa saw something wrong.

"Brother Li, why are big machines so expensive? I remember that at the beginning of the year, the excavator cost 1100 yuan."

"The price of oil has gone up. At the beginning of the year, diesel was less than 7 yuan, but now it's yuan. Large machines are all fuel guzzlers, so the wages have to go up as well."

"That's true. Alas, it's not easy to do."

"Not bad."

The two of them went off topic and started criticizing oil prices, but they finally found common ground.

All in all, Li Zheng gave fair prices and he did not rip people off.

Luo Yihang counted the money in his hand and became interested.

Just ask, it doesn’t cost any money.

"Brother Li, you can put up a shed there, right? What if I put up a shed all over my land from here to the end?"

Luo Yihang pointed to the ridge between his own land and Sanwang's land as the starting point, and pointed all the way to the fish pond in the distance.

The 20 acres of my own land are dedicated to growing peppers, and I can plant another crop in the fall and winter without having to cover the greenhouse for now.

"We need to build a shed on this piece of land?" Li Zheng asked in surprise. He was so happy that he blurted out the price, "Forty yuan per square meter."

40 per square meter, 666 square meters per acre, this piece of land is 16 acres...

"Is this expensive?" Luo Yihang asked in surprise, but he was only surprised and not happy.

"It's not expensive. I won't deceive you." Li Zheng's tone was full of earnest advice.

"If you want to make money, you can make money in any way you want. You can make money by earning 20 yuan per square meter, but can you accept that?"

"The greenhouse film I used for you for 40 yuan is 0.1, 95% transmittance hydrophobic film. If you want to cheat me, I will use 0.06 thick 80% transmittance ordinary film. You can't see it at the time, but when you plant things and water them, it will crackle like rain when the sun shines. Wait for a strong wind in winter and it will all rot overnight. Then you will have to ask me to repair it, and I will make another fortune."

"You also need a roller shutter. You need a cheap one. I'll give you a manual one for 20 yuan. For a dozen sheds, it takes two hours a day just to open the vents, and another two hours to close them. You won't be able to do anything else in the whole day."

"I'm going to use an electric one for you. Connect a thermometer and the vents will open and close automatically. You don't have to use it, which saves a lot of trouble."

"And this is not the biggest part. If they want to cheat you, they will use thinner square steel for the skeleton, use non-standard steel pipes instead of national standards for the horizontal pull, make one less row of retaining springs and slots, use plastic ropes instead of flat tapes for the film pressing lines, and use 12-needle sunshade nets instead of 3-needle ones so that you have to replace them once a year."

"I can make 20 or 25 yuan by doing this, but you can't spend it."

"Also, Boss Hang, you are not afraid that I have no say. I have to get all these things, such as greenhouse film slots and roller shutters, from Boss Luo. You can talk about which ones are useful and which ones are not. "

It seems that Li Zheng really likes to take the job of fixing the shed. Not only does he persuade us earnestly, but he also explains everything and even reveals the inside story of the industry.

But how much does this cost?
(End of this chapter)