The strongest production soldier, awarded first-class merit for feeding pigs.

If relying solely on human labor to raise them, Chen Jun's idea would indeed be difficult to realize.

It's hard.

It's not that it's impossible.

As a man with "money power," Chen Jun's solution to this problem is not particularly difficult; it's not much harder than drinking water.

"Foreman, if we can't do it by manpower, then we'll use machines. There are already many breeding-related equipment on the market. We'll buy them all for him. If three people still can't manage it, then we'll go straight for full automation."

Chen Jun was worried about how to spend his money, so he decided to use it to buy breeding equipment. He could both raise animals to get treasure chests and earn more treasure chests by spending money.

A perfect two birds with one stone!

"Machines replacing manual labor? That's a good idea, but these machines aren't cheap. I applied for a forage crusher last year, but it still hasn't come through, so I'm stuck using that old grass cutter."

If you want to replace most of the manual labor with machines, you'll definitely need to buy a lot of equipment. I think it's probably unlikely; the company officers won't agree.

Zhang Lianwen shook his head with a wry smile, having no hope whatsoever.

Available in the next second.

He suddenly looked up again.

With a mixture of surprise and anticipation in her eyes, she stared intently at Chen Jun and said nervously, "Um, Chen Jun, you wouldn't be thinking of... buying the machines needed to expand the business as well, would you?"

"Yes! We bought them all together, is there a problem?" Chen Jun nodded.

"Are you serious? You're not kidding, are you? I know you're rich, but this is no small sum. You don't seem to care about the cost. Besides, the donated items are too expensive; the company might not even accept them," Zhang Lianwen said seriously.

"fine."

Chen Jun waved his hand dismissively and said, "This amount of money is just a drop in the ocean for me. If the company is willing to accept it, then donate it; if not, then consider it my personal property. I bought it for my own convenience."

"There's no rule in the military that says soldiers aren't allowed to buy agricultural or livestock equipment during their service, squad leader, am I right?"

"Well……"

Zhang Lianwen wanted to say something in rebuttal, but after opening his mouth for a while, he found that he couldn't refute it.

What Chen Jun said.

There really is nothing wrong with it.

Two years ago, the production team of the Second Company had a precedent: in order to make it easier to haul green fodder from outside, the whole team pooled their money to buy a tricycle worth more than 10,000 yuan.

Being able to travel dozens of kilometers to the mountains to collect green fodder significantly reduced the workload.

At the time, it made the other production teams extremely envious.

You should know that when there is not enough green fodder in the vegetable fields, the production team has to go into the mountains to find a way to ensure the supply of feed for poultry and pigs.

When they're unlucky, they sometimes have to run several kilometers and carry back a couple hundred pounds of weight.

This back and forth can be exhausting.

If there were a car waiting by the roadside, the feed brought from the mountains could be easily loaded onto the car and brought back.

If a car can make work so much easier, then machines could certainly be added to tiring jobs like farming and animal husbandry...

Zhang Lianwen couldn't even imagine how awesome it would be!

Zhang Lianwen originally wanted to ask what would happen if too many poultry were fed, making the already insufficient green fodder even more scarce.

But he swallowed the words back down.

Because there's no need to ask anymore.

With a big spender like Chen Jun in the production team, buying hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of breeding equipment wouldn't even bat an eye, let alone buying feed.

After this exchange, most of the problems that could be thought of have been resolved.

Zhang Lianwen only has one question left.

To be precise, it's a question.

"Chen Jun, I don't know why someone as rich as you would join the army, but I'm even more curious why you volunteered to join the production team and even requested to expand production, investing money and effort. What are you after?"

It's normal for Zhang Lianwen not to understand Chen Jun's baffling actions these past two days; it would be strange if he could.

"What are you after?"

Chen Jun certainly couldn't reveal the real reason, as drawing prizes for opening treasure chests would be too outrageous. But if he didn't come up with a reason, Chen Jun would seem very strange.

He needs an external "name" to better exploit the treasure chests.

I thought for a few seconds quickly.

Chen Jun came up with a reasonable and legitimate excuse, and deliberately gave an awkward smile, saying, "Squad leader, I do have selfish motives; I want to stay in the army."

It would be even better if I could be promoted to officer; if not, I'll become a non-commissioned officer.

The competition in the regular class was too fierce, and I couldn't make the most of my strengths, so I thought of taking a roundabout approach and coming to the production class to give it my all.

Having money is my biggest advantage, and I want to turn that advantage into leverage for promotion.

I believe that as long as I do a good job in production, and become a model worker in the entire regiment or even the entire division—the most outstanding kind—I will definitely achieve my goal.

As highly emotional beings, humans inevitably develop desires when they have emotions.

When a person no longer pursues money, they will definitely pursue other things, such as beautiful women, power, or freedom.

There will always be a new pursuit that will replace his desires.

Chen Jun had more money than he could ever spend in a lifetime. In order to stay in the army and be promoted, and to pursue glory in the military, he spent so much money on production.

That sounds perfectly reasonable.

"I understand."

Zhang Lianwen believed Chen Jun's words, and there was no longer any doubt in his eyes. His expression turned serious as he said, "Since you want to do it, I support you. Anyway, I'm only providing one person; you'll have to handle the rest yourself."

Zhang Lianwen's quick agreement was actually due to his own ulterior motives.

If Chen Jun, as a member of the production team, could successfully expand the scale and accomplish something spectacular, he would truly realize his dream of being promoted.

As the deputy leader of the production team, he will surely get a share of the profits.

If I could become a non-commissioned officer, that would be a huge windfall.

Zhang Lianwen was well aware of his own abilities; once he entered the workforce, he could only join the ranks of food delivery workers, which was nothing compared to being a non-commissioned officer in the military.

"Okay, thank you for your support, Vice Squad Leader. Your support is the first step to success."

Chen Jun was genuinely excited to have secured his first supporter, so he shared his future plans with Zhang Lianwen as well.

The first thing to do is definitely to persuade Liu Dazhi and the quartermaster Wang Aiguo.

As the squad leader, Liu Dazhi was in charge of all affairs of the production squad. Without his approval, Chen Jun's plan to expand the scale of production could not be carried out.

The quartermaster is the head of the entire logistics department, equivalent to a platoon leader who manages a platoon in a regular squad.

Normally, all kinds of supplies that the production team needs to purchase must be reported by the team leader Liu Dazhi to the quartermaster, and only after the quartermaster approves will they be sent to the company headquarters.

If Chen Jun wants to make a name for himself in the production team, he will inevitably have to deal with the quartermaster.

Therefore, bringing Wang Aiguo and Liu Dazhi into the team with Chen Jun and Zhang Lianwen was an essential part of Chen Jun's entire plan.