Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

On the afternoon of April 4, Hu Zhenhua left the machinery factory.

He stayed there for two days. If he hadn't had so much to do, he wouldn't have wanted to leave.

Only when he was with the engineers did Lao Hu feel that his life was more meaningful.

In two days, he gained a lot.

The machinery factory has launched several projects, among which Hu Zhenhua is most interested in two: full-rotation hydraulic excavator and shield machine!

The most difficult part of an excavator is the full rotation, and Hu Zhenhua happened to know the principle.

As for the shield machine, there were engineers in the factory who had worked on similar projects. After everyone discussed it and pooled their expertise, they decided to start the project.

In addition, Hu Zhenhua provided more than 30 types of machinery, such as cement mixers and miniature harvesters.

As for small things, I took even more, nail clippers, soy milk makers, apple peelers, etc.

Friendship Store.

Xu Youcai was holding a little girl with a doting look on his face.

He saw Hu Zhenhua from a distance, quickly put the little girl down, and went to meet him.

"Sir, we've finally got you!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at Xu Youcai's cheerful face and knew that his candy-making business must be doing well!

"Uncle Xu, business is booming!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Xu Youcai turned sideways, a little reserved, and said with a flattering smile,

"Sir, let me introduce you to someone from a few villages next to ours. They also want to open a small factory!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at those people. There were six of them in total. They stood with their hands behind their backs, looking very reserved. When they saw Lao Hu, they just smiled foolishly.

Xu Youcai looked at one of the middle-aged men for a long time before he realized what was happening and said,

"Hello, boss. My name is Wang Shitou, and I'm from Xujiazhuang!"

Hu Zhenhua stretched out his hand and shook it with him.

"Hello, my name is Hu Zhenhua. Welcome to Chongming. It's our first meeting, so I'd like to treat you all to a meal!"

Xu Youcai is from Xiaowangzhuang.

Wang Shitou is from Xujiazhuang.

Old Hu seriously suspected that they were related.

Before everyone could react, Hu Zhenhua and Xu Youcai had already walked towards the noodle shop a few hundred meters away.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in Lao Hu's ears.

"Uncle, do you want candy?"

She was a little girl of two or three years old, following behind Xu Youcai. She spit the candy in her mouth into her palm and handed it to Lao Hu.

Xu Youcai quickly explained,

"Sir, this is my eldest granddaughter, Xu Lulu! She insisted on coming out with me!"

He turned to the little girl and whispered,

"It's all covered in saliva, how can you give it to someone else?"

Xu Lulu said innocently,

“Everyone loves it!”

"That's what you little brats like!"

Xu Youcai raised his head and smiled.

"We were making candy in the village, and kids would often come and steal it. We kept a close eye on them, and the little rascals would instigate Xiaolu to steal it. She would often take the candy in her mouth and then spit it out to other kids!"

Hu Zhenhua burst into laughter. He bought a string of candied haws and handed it over.

"You treat me to candy, and I'll treat you to candied haws, okay?"

"Great!"

The little girl cheered and took the candied haws, while Hu Zhenhua took the half-eaten candy with his handkerchief.

Lao Hu suddenly had an idea. It seemed that lollipops had not appeared in this era?

He looked at Zhuge Lin and asked,

"Do you have this kind of candy for sale?"

Hu Zhenhua asked the vendor for a bamboo stick and stuck it into the candy.

"That's it!"

Zhuge Lin shook his head and turned to look at the others.

"Have you seen it?"

Everyone shook their heads.

The lollipop originated in Spain in 1958. Enric Bernat noticed that eating candy was unhygienic for children, as they would spit it out on their hands and then eat it again. So, he came up with the idea of ​​attaching a small stick (palo) to the candy so that children could hold it and eat it, thus inventing the lollipop.

It’s just adding a stick to a candy block, such a simple thing, but it has never happened before. Isn’t it strange!

Hu Zhenhua laughed heartily.

"Xu Lulu, how old are you?"

The little girl bit a candied haws, her mouth was so swollen that she couldn't speak at all. Xu Youcai smiled and replied,

"Three years old!"

Hu Zhenhua raised the candy in his hand high up.

"I will invest in a sugar factory in Chongming, specializing in the production of lollipops. The brand will be called Lulu. Well, let's give it an English name, Lucy."

Xu Youcai stared at the candy in Lao Hu's hand and asked in a low voice,

"Why add such a small stick?"

"Look, kids often spit candy onto their hands. How unhygienic! Our Lulu brand candy is all about hygiene. Uncle Xu, you have to be extra careful with everything you put in your mouth. I'll send someone to inspect your candy factory. If the hygiene isn't up to par, I'll immediately withdraw my investment!"

Xu Youcai was frightened and asked quickly,

"What is hygiene?"

"Simply put, it's clean! When you're boiling the sugar, you're supposed to sweat, and the fire is supposed to smoke. Sweat, dust, and other debris are absolutely not allowed to get into the sugar."

"Also, your candies must be stored in a way that protects them from insects and moisture!"

Hu Zhenhua said seriously,

"If your candy is not clean and it harms the children, don't you feel guilty?"

Xu Youcai understood and said quickly,

"Sir, our sugar factory is absolutely clean!"

Hu Zhenhua waved his hand.

"Some bacteria are invisible. You must fumigate and disinfect the factory regularly!"

Xu Youcai shuddered when he heard the word "bacteria". He grabbed Hu Zhenhua's arm and asked,

"The bacteria you're talking about are the bacterial bombs and poison gas bombs used by the Japanese?"

It took Hu Zhenhua half an hour to explain clearly what bacteria and microorganisms are.

Xu Youcai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Scared me!"

He turned his head and shouted,

"Fellow villagers, please pay attention! If you make candy in the future, please pay attention to hygiene. Also, when I get home, I'll remind everyone to boil the water before drinking it! Don't just pick the fruit and put it in your mouth. Wash it thoroughly before eating!"

Hu Zhenhua gave him a meaningful look.

This Xu Youcai is such a fool. They are all from nearby villages, but he actually asked them to make candy as well. Isn’t this just creating competitors for himself?

In fact, this is very common in society.

We often see a phenomenon: if someone opens a restaurant, then his relatives and friends are likely to also open restaurants.

If someone works in logistics, then his relatives and friends will most likely also work in logistics one after another.

Why is this so?

This is because human vision is limited, and the information they see is only around them!

The first person to do it is equivalent to a leader. Once everyone sees that this path is feasible, they will naturally follow suit.

After everyone arrived at the restaurant, Hu Zhenhua shouted,

"Everyone gets a big bowl of noodles, and ten kilograms of mutton and ten kilograms of mutton offal!"

"okay!"

The restaurant is very simple, with just a simple shed.

After sitting down, Hu Zhenhua looked at Wang Shitou and asked,

"Uncle Wang, what do you want to produce? Is there anything you like?"

Wang Shitou scratched his head and asked,

"Can I make candy too?"

Hu Zhenhua refused outright.

"Competitors are enemies. If you also make candy, you will compete with Uncle Xu in the future, and you may even become enemies. You should do something else."

Hu Zhenhua thought for a moment and said,

"For example, can you produce furniture, cigarettes, bricks, glass, and canned goods? Can you make farm tools, pickle vegetables, roast melon seeds and peanuts? Sweet potatoes are grown in rural areas, and I can teach you how to honey them..."

Wang Shitou suddenly said,

"Sir, I want to roast melon seeds and peanuts!"

Hu Zhenhua was not surprised because they had never seen anything else.

There is a saying that goes, you can never make money beyond your knowledge!

"Uncle Wang, what do you need me to do? Should I lend you some peanuts and sunflower seeds, or lend you some money so you can buy them yourself?"

Wang Shitou shook his head.

"No need for that. We have peanuts in our village and we have a pot. We can fry them ourselves!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at the other villagers and asked,

"What about you guys? What do you want to do?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to choose!

Xu Youcai got anxious and shouted,

"When you meet the gentleman, your ancestors are so proud of themselves. If you hesitate, just speak boldly!"

After a long time, a young man stood up and whispered,

"Is it expensive to make glass?"

Hu Zhenhua suddenly became energetic and shouted,

"Don't worry about the money. I won't charge you interest for Uncle Xu's sake. Besides, you can pay me back slowly when you make some money! Then I'll teach you how to can food. You should have a lot of mountainous land there, planted with fruit trees. If you can't sell the canned food, I'll buy it in full. If you're worried, I'll give you a deposit right now!"

The young man's name was Guo Mancang, and at the moment he was a little confused.

I'm here to borrow money, why do you still want to give me a deposit?

Xu Youcai, out of trust in Hu Zhenhua, poked Guo Mancang.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot, express your opinion!"

Guo Mancang still didn't understand, but under Lao Xu's urging, he nodded.

"All right!"

In this way, a giant in the glass industry and a giant in the food industry were born in a muddle.

Hu Zhenhua was very happy.

The human body needs a lot of nutrients. If any of them is lacking, it will cause disease.

For example, the night blindness that occurred among the volunteer soldiers was caused by a lack of vitamin A.

Canned fruits can supplement vitamins.

The Volunteer Army now has one more type of logistical supplies.

"Here comes the noodles! Be careful, they're hot!"

The boss is from Shanxi. He moves swiftly and places the mutton and mutton offal in the middle of the table.

The noodles are served in a large bowl.

Hu Zhenhua picked up a bowl, stirred it, and drank,

"Eating noodles without garlic will make them less fragrant. Boss, give me some garlic!"

Seeing that Zhuge Lin seemed a little uncomfortable, he smiled and said,

"Zhuge, there are countless delicious foods in the world, you must try them all. Let me tell you, if Xiaodou is..."

When talking about Qu Xiaodou, Hu Zhenhua couldn't continue.

The guy left yesterday and is probably already in Hong Kong. He will go upstream along the Pearl River and then take a plane to Yangon, while Xue Lei will go straight to Savage Mountain.

Hu Zhenhua ate slowly, while Xu Youcai and others devoured the food.

Plenty of meat, this is the life of a rich landlord.

The little girl Xu Lulu had just eaten a candied haws and a few pieces of meat. No matter how Xu Youcai persuaded her, she stopped talking and her eyes rolled around. She saw the notebook next to Hu Zhenhua, which had many shapes drawn on it.

Ball-shaped lollipops, bear, five-pointed star, Mickey Mouse, round, square, triangle, heart, cube...

Xu Lulu stretched out her little fist and shouted,

"The Iron Fist of Justice!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at her, laughed, took out a pen and drew her little fist.

A child nearby saw the notebook and shouted,

"I love big cocks!"

Hu Zhenhua used only a few lines to outline the shape of a rooster.

However, patterns that are too complex may not be possible.

It took the kids more than half an hour to finish making this lollipop shape.

After dinner, another villager said,

"We don't know what to do, sir. Would you mind showing us the way?"

Hu Zhenhua shook his head.

"You have to walk your own path, I only give you suggestions!"

After a long time, a villager said,

"Will you accept the pickles?"

Hu Zhenhua grinned and said,

"Yes, but it must be clean and hygienic. Once you've pickled them, put them in glass jars and seal them tightly. After I inspect them and see if they're acceptable, I'll take as many as you want. I'll take all the radishes, cabbages, and so on!"

Another villager said,

"A few women in our village want to get some sewing machines to make clothes. They're the ones from the catalog that Old Xu sent us!"

Hu Zhenhua immediately agreed.

"No problem. I'll lend you 50 sewing machines and a few hundred bolts of cloth. Is that enough?"

"That's enough! That's enough!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at the sky and said,

"Come on, I'll take you to the bank to get a loan, and you can buy the supplies you need at the Friendship Store!"

He was in a good mood. With these villages taking the lead, more villages would surely be attracted to develop township enterprises in the future.

This is the demonstration effect!

Xu Youcai quickly called on everyone to follow.