Chapter 67: Impulsive and Anxious about Money

I made another phone call to the village chief's wife and asked about the price and subsidies.

Luo Yihang returned home holding a piece of paper.

Sad.

The price quoted by the photovoltaic manufacturer is RMB 10 for a set of KW photovoltaic panels plus matching batteries, including installation.

There are subsidies from the city. If the power is connected to the grid, the subsidy is 20 cents per kilowatt.

For those like Luo Yihang who are not connected to the grid, they can only use the money to offset part of the equipment cost. For 10KW, it can be offset by yuan, or they can replace it with a set of additional equipment, including a distribution box, voltage stabilizer, transformer, safety valve, converter, and phase-shifting capacitor to convert two-phase electricity into three-phase electricity.

On the way back, Luo Yihang searched for diesel generators again. A 10KW generator costs more than yuan and it needs to burn oil.

It feels not as cost-effective as photovoltaics.

This is another 30,000 yuan.

"What? More money. Don't worry, I still have money for you to spend."

As soon as he entered the door, Qiangwa pulled up sarcastically and threw a piece of paper full of words to Luo Yihang.

Above are the unit prices and quantities of various vegetable seedlings that he asked about.

There is also the biggest deal, which is the price for twenty acres of Qin pepper seedlings.

One mu of Qinjiao seedlings costs about 20 yuan, and mu of seedlings alone cost yuan.

Vegetable seedlings are either expensive or cheap, and the total price is about 1,800 yuan per mu. 16 mu costs 28,000 yuan.

And fertilizer.

Since we no longer grow soybeans, we have to use organic fertilizers to cultivate the soil.

Even if Qiangwa gave a discount out of friendship, one acre would still cost five hundred yuan.

Alas, this is the price of saving trouble.

A few days ago, I spent only 410 on seeds and fertilizer for more than three acres of beans.
Now, buying seedlings and ecological fertilizers costs nearly three thousand per acre.

Thirty-six acres of land, seedlings and fertilizer, another ten thousand yuan will have to be spent.

The big tents are all out.

Luo Yihang and Qiang Wa made a list first to see how much it would cost.

But before settling the bill, Qiang Wa still asked, "Do you really want to raise crayfish? Will it cost money if you look at the bill?"

"I can't lose money." Luo Yihang said affirmatively, "The vegetables I grow can be sold for 15 yuan, so can the shrimp I raise only be sold for 10 yuan?"

Qiangwa savored the lunch, smacked his lips, and felt that the logic made sense, so he stopped worrying about it.

Luo Yihang counted the money in his hand.

The largest amount was 22 from the sale of Poria cocos, plus from Sichuan pepper sprouts, and the he had in his hands.

There is a total of 260,000 yuan on hand.

Expenses.

The land was 16 acres of farmland and 7 acres of fish pond, with a rent of 53,000 yuan for five years.

The crayfish costs twelve thousand excluding the equipment.

The equipment you just need is a feeder and an aerator, which are not cheap. Qiangwa asked about them, and according to the specifications in the booklet, the total cost is 3,000 yuan.

Buy other equipment when you need it.

There are also 78,000 vegetable seedlings and 8,000 fertilizers.

Photovoltaic power generation 30,000.
Li Zheng spent 21,000 yuan on road construction and 14,000 yuan on land reclamation.

That’s two hundred and ninety thousand.

"More than that." Qiang Wa poured cold water on him again, "Pipes for irrigation, water pumps, power lines, and fish ponds, Li Zheng will have to make new prices. At least tens of thousands of dollars will be needed."

That's right, it's useless to calculate now.
Whether it is possible to raise shrimps is still unclear.

Let’s do it right away. Didn’t Technician Zhou say that we could try it through a video call first?

Put it together.

……

It's back in shape.

Luo Yihang and Qiang Wa went up to the platform over the pond and made a video call to Technician Zhou.

I just took a quick look around and they said that the environment here was completely suitable for raising crayfish.

He also promised to come and take a look at the site tomorrow.

Luo Yihang simply called the photovoltaic manufacturer on the stage and made a video.

They said that the installation would be no problem, there was enough space up there, and there was no need for anyone to come to the site to inspect it, so it could be installed directly if needed.

Photovoltaic panels that integrate wind power were also recommended.

It's just that a small windmill is added to the board.

People said, "We don't have enough sunlight, especially in autumn and winter when there are many cloudy and rainy days. It rains for many consecutive days every year. Pure photovoltaic power is not very effective, and we can use wind power to supplement it."

It's very well thought out, and most importantly, the price remains the same.

this……

That's quite good.

Okay, let’s call him Li Zheng again.

Luo Yihang called Li Zheng who had come in the morning.

"What's up, Boss Hang? I haven't gotten the order yet. I'll do it for you when I get home tonight. Don't worry." Li Zheng was making a lot of noise, and it sounded like he was at a construction site. He hadn't forgotten about the roof covering yet. "Or have you decided to do it?"

"No, no, I plan to plant vegetables outdoors on that piece of land first, and then consider covering it with a shed in the fall. Now I want to discuss with you about helping me clean out a fish pond, the one we saw this morning. Help me clean out the pond, and my work here will be yours."

Luo Yihang shamelessly overturned the promise he had made in the morning.

He even used this matter to "take advantage of" the situation.

This is called learning from the advanced experience of business partners.

But Li Zheng didn't take the bait at all and was very resistant, "No, no, no."

Even through the phone, I could hear him waving his hands anxiously, "It would take at least four people on the excavator to dig up that fish pond of yours, and it would cost several thousand dollars. I'm losing money."

As expected, it didn’t work. Luo Yihang was just saying it casually. What if?

Unfortunately, he was unwilling to do a business that would lose money without any possible risk.

"It's okay, it's okay. There's a change of plans. Could you please come back tomorrow?"

……

Turn around.

Luo Yihang, accompanied by Technician Zhou and Li Zheng, stood by the pond.

Qiangwa is here too.

The water quality has been tested, as has the heavy metal content in the nearby soil.

I was using a bamboo pole to poke into the bottom of the pond to check the thickness of the silt.

Luo Yihang exerted force with both hands and pulled the bamboo pole out in one swipe. The suction force of the mud underneath was quite strong, so it was quite difficult to pull it out.

Li Zheng saw the end of the bamboo pole stained black by the mud and was envious. "Wow, it's 50 centimeters long. How much compost can be made from this thing? As the old saying goes, pond mud grows for half a year and becomes fertilizer for two years. This thing is growing fat."

"About one or two thousand tons," Technician Zhou answered casually, "Where can we pile up so much fertilizer? I just heard you say that we still need to weed. A little fertilizer from those weeds and rotten branches will be enough for a long time."

"The mud down here is useful."

Technician Zhou pointed to two locations in the pond and said, "The silt layer is too thick. Just leave 20 centimeters as a water-retaining layer. Use the cleared silt to build two partitions at these two locations, dividing the pond into three."

"Open two more water channels on the side, make three water inlets and three water outlets, and completely separate the areas."

"The partitions can be equipped with feeding machines and can also be used as partitions. If the shrimp get sick, they can be controlled in one area to reduce losses. In the future, they can be divided into echelons, and the shrimp fry can be released in batches and matured in batches."

"But in this case, the pond cannot be used as an irrigation water source. We need to dig two small ponds elsewhere, each five meters long, wide and two meters deep. One will be used as a filtration pond and the other as a sedimentation pond. Leave a waterway between the two ponds and install a screen."

Luo Yihang smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, you also know about irrigation."

"Hey, I didn't know it at first, but there are so many people who want to use the pond as a water source, so I asked others for advice. It's okay not to dig these two ponds, but sometimes the pond water and irrigation water will compete with each other, which is very troublesome. You have a large place here, so if you have the conditions, you should dig two, which will save you trouble."

"That's about it. I'll come again when the pond is filled with water and when the shrimp fry are planted. If you have any questions at other times, feel free to call me."

What I mean is that I have said everything that needs to be said here, and now it depends on how Luo Yihang implements it.

As for the implementation, it depends on Li Zheng. After thanking technician Zhou, Luo Yihang asked Li Zheng, "Brother Li, you have done pond engineering, right?"

"Yes." Li Zheng nodded in response.

"That's good. What do you think I should do with this pond?"

Li Zheng opened his little notebook again.

He also listened to the whole process today and remembered everything he needed to do.

The math is this: "For a seven-acre pond, four excavators are needed. It takes one day to reinforce the pond wall, one day to clear the silt and build barriers, and one day to dig two filter pools. Twelve more shifts are needed."

"Then there's the installation of equipment and water pipes. I'll bring five workers with me, and we'll need help digging the pond. Let's just make it four days, and I'll use the extra time to plant the seedlings for you."

Luo Yihang understood, "One Taiwan Affairs Office is 1,200 yuan, and five workers are 1,000 yuan a day, which is an extra 15,000 yuan."

"And four days' meal money for the excavator master." Li Zheng added.

"That's another 500, including the extra meal expenses for the five workers."

"It's about the same. I'll make you a detailed list when I get back." Li Zheng replied.

……

Another fifteen thousand more.

"Hiss...this..." Trouble.

It's basically cleaned out.

Qiangwa could see that Luo Yihang was worried about money.

Without stuttering, he said directly, "What? Not enough money? You can use the things I have here first, and you can pay me later. If it's still not enough, I'll lend you some first."

A good friend is someone who, if you need something and I have it, you take it.

Including things, including money.

Does not include daughter-in-law.

Speaking of which, there are quite a lot of things that we need to take from Qiangwa this time, including fertilizers, lamp poles, machines, water pipes, nets, and other miscellaneous things worth more than 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

Actually, Luo Yihang is not without money, he just feels uneasy because he lacks reserve funds.

Moreover, there will definitely be additional items during this project.

After interacting with Li Zheng, Luo Yihang discovered that this man could always speak to your heart's content and make you willingly take money out of your pocket.

I don’t know how much the additional items will cost.

But there is no need to borrow from Qiangwa, nor is there any need to delay his payment for the goods.

If you want to delay it, you have to delay the public ones first.

and so.

Luo Yihang stood up, went out, and went to the village head lady to act cute.

As a result, when I arrived at the village committee, not only was I asked to fill out a bunch of forms, but I was also laughed at by the village head's grandmother and the accountant Uncle An.

"What? Don't you know? If you are a villager who rents land, you only need to pay the contract fee in three months. If you are not doing well, you can delay it for half a year. We are all villagers, how can you run away?"

Luo Yihang scratched his head.

...No one told me.

Oh, my family hasn’t rented land for many years.

"Hang, are you okay the day after tomorrow? Come with me to the town to complete the formalities." The village head's grandmother felt sorry for her eldest grandson, so she made a few jokes and changed the subject.

"It's all right, I'll go check on the seedlings tomorrow and follow you the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, my dear grandson, go play."

Luo Yihang was very obedient and went to play by himself happily.

Twenty-one thousand plus thirty-two thousand, the total rent of fifty-three thousand can be delayed for three months, and I will have much more money.

In fact, it won’t take three months, just one month will be enough, and the food expenses are 135,000 yuan a month.

In the evening, Qiangwa had another free dinner.

The order from Li Zheng has also arrived, and the total wages are 40,800. In addition to what he mentioned, there are also some additional cement, sand, bricks, steel plates for making water gates and other small miscellaneous items.

Then the meal expenses for the workers and equipment drivers are 800 yuan, 20 yuan per person per day.

Luo Yihang reviewed the quotation and found no problem.

I called Li Zheng and made an appointment to start work three days later.

The main reason is that Li Zheng has another job, and the big machine can only be freed up after three days.

It's just right, I can take advantage of these few days to order the things I need and complete the procedures for leasing the land.

Ugh.

Open up wasteland and cultivate land.

These four words are easy to say.

When we really start to do it, there will be countless troubles.

Fortunately, Luo Yihang had been back these days and had managed to solve the most difficult problem of money by scraping together some money.

He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Fortunately, most of it is initial investment, so you won’t have to spend so much if you want to expand the scale later.

Let me comfort myself like this for now.

I made an appointment with Qiangwa to go see the vegetable seedlings tomorrow.

Then send the person away.

Luo Yihang went back to his room and lay down on the bed. This day, he finally felt at ease...

No, there is also Ding Xiaoman.

It's already eight o'clock in the evening and Ding Xiaoman hasn't come back yet.

Could it have been taken away by an eagle?

That shouldn't be the case. With Ding Xiaoman's fighting ability, if he encounters an eagle, the eagle should be carried away by it.

Think of this.

Luo Yihang jumped up from the bed.

Go out and call mom.

"Mom, have you seen Ding Xiaoman?"

"No, where did that little cat go?"

Luo Cheng and Zhang Guiqin, who were watching a melodrama on TV in the living room, also reacted at this time.

There is still a living creature in the house that hasn't come back yet.

Zhang Guiqin immediately stood up with her cell phone in hand, and Luo Cheng even took a flashlight from the cupboard.

The family of three used flashlights, while others used cell phones to light up.

Go out of the hospital and look for it.

result.

Just came out.

Then I saw Ding Xiaoman rolled in mud, walking with his head held high and chest puffed out, his tail raised high like a flagpole, and he came up the village along the main road.

"Where have you been running to, little cat?" Zhang Guiqin grabbed the collar of the mighty cat as soon as it arrived at the door.

"Oh my god." Zhang Guiqin hadn't even grabbed it yet.

Meow--meow--

Ding Xiaoman screamed miserably.

　The first few chapters need a major overhaul, I'll try to be quick.

　　It will not affect the update, but the content of the update may also need to be changed.

　　If you are interested, you can go back and take another look after I have made the revisions.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)