The Brazilian plateau in midsummer was a little hot, but Liu Houfei was still sweating excitedly, staring at a batch of equipment in front of him with bright eyes.

This is a batch of mechanical equipment borrowed from the Southern Ministry of Science and Technology or some major machinery factories. Thanks to the good relationship that Liu has made over the years, some factories are willing to load the equipment and send it to the Beining area for trial use. After the Beining area has raised enough money, they will transfer the money and pay. To put it bluntly, this is to allow the Beining area to take credit. This is the only one in the East Coast today. The awesome first heavy machinery factory, the second heavy machinery factory, the Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, the Southern Vehicle Factory, the Tieling Boiler Factory, the railway machinery processing factory and other enterprises have always obtained the goods in cash. At the disadvantage, they also need payment guarantees from banks in the East Coast to ensure that the installment payment can be obtained in time. It is really rare that a telegram can be used to purchase a large amount of mechanical equipment on credit, which shows that Liu Houfei's ability has certainly consumed a lot of favors.

The most common of these equipment should be the lathes that process wood. At the same time, there are some agricultural machinery, automatic brick making machines, cranes and other equipment, which are basically used for Beining County. As well, there are also many equipment installation and debugging personnel from the south, preparing to assemble and debug the equipment in the Beining County area and then complete the commissioning.

Everyone and the goods landed ashore at Changshun Port, and then through the path that discolored everyone, they transported these equipment into the mountains little by little, transported to the plateau, and transported to Beining County. During this period, many cargo transporters and animals from Beining area accidentally fell into the valley and died or were injured. Equipment that had been completely dismantled into parts was also lost. It can be seen how difficult it is for these machines that symbolize modern civilization to come to Beining.

In fact, to be strict, these equipment are not very advanced. A few of the equipment produced by Yichung and Tieling Boiler Factory with some technical content are also used to process some parts in the region. Most of the other equipment is relatively backward in the East Coast, that is, things upgraded from the early technology introduced from Europe. Because of the low price, they are not only exported in large quantities to European countries and overseas colonies, but also have a large market in some areas with less financially prosperous areas in the East Coast, such as Beining.

These things produce small items and commodities that the people urgently need in daily life, such as lathes that specialize in processing wood, bones, and ivory, lathes that specialize in turning threads, lathes that specialize in processing gears, conical wheels and other small parts that are of wide range of uses, etc. Just as Liu Houfei said before at the Hongli Reservoir in Yimin County, what is needed now is not high-end equipment manufacturing industry, but primary processing plants established under the guidance of the principle of comparative advantages - newly established agricultural counties such as Yimin, except for a few machinery

In addition to low-level mechanical processing industries, the large-scale development of the food processing industry has comparative advantages, because the raw materials come from the local area and the market is also around. Beining County also has comparative advantages in developing a higher-level mechanical processing industry, because it is very difficult to transport external commodities and is expensive. Beining County has developed for many years and has accumulated a certain amount of accumulation. It can be one of the regional economic centers in the southern half of the Brazilian Plateau. It can develop a certain scale of mechanical processing and equipment manufacturing to supply the entire region, but it must also be in line with market demand.

When Liu Houfei was running these machines in the south, others joked that the treasure line engraving machines of the country (two types of straight lines and round discs are very precious) have already made many units. Do you want to raise money to get one? Liu Houfei laughed and left directly after hearing this.

Speaking of the line-cutting machine that is now increasingly widely used in the field of precision manufacturing (making precision nautical instruments for the navy), we must mention the persistent efforts of the Institute of Engineering and Technology of the East Coast of China over the years. This large-scale scientific research and teaching institution that feels naturally short of the Natural Science Institute, has now produced more and more precision instruments. Let’s not talk about telescopes with higher precision that eliminate color aberrations. In the field of mechanical processing that everyone is most concerned about, they have also withdrawn from some new and more interesting small things in recent years, such as expansion instruments, comparators, meters, etc.

Among them, expansion instruments are used to measure metal thermal expansion, which is a high demand for manufacturing navigation clocks with high accuracy requirements. Of course, with people's wealth in recent years, the sales of personal clocks have increased significantly, and Mo Dashuai's sole proprietorship of the sea eagle watch factory has purchased a lot of expansion instruments.

In addition, the demand for instruments such as comparators (lever comparators and microscope comparators), eye-catching instruments and other instruments has also begun to increase gradually. These precision scientific instruments are basically produced by skilled craftsmen step by step after the East Coast machinery industry developed to a certain level under the huge market demand. These things were not available in Europe at this time because they did not have such market demand, so naturally they could not give birth to these easy-to-use precision tools. The continuous invention of these instruments also shows that the progress of the mechanical processing industry has never been a single moment.

And that's not what a certain time traveler said that I came from later generations and had a vision beyond the times. This requires time accumulation and overall level of progress, especially the level of craftsmen. Without these, you said that the processing accuracy was suddenly one order of magnitude higher. Who would believe it? Do you know how many years it takes to train a high-level technician who can make these precision instruments? How low is the yield rate? Without these easy-to-use tools and high-precision scientific instruments, why can you process something with high precision? Do you rely on your mouth?

High-precision navigation clocks, new generation quadrants, octagonists, new theodolites, reflective telescopes, precision balances and other instruments are now produced in China, but they are all relatively scattered. The Ministry of Science and Technology believes that it is not a solution and intends to change this kind of scattered and brave production pattern. So two years ago, it established a state-owned scientific instrument factory in Dongfang County, the capital, specializing in the production and life service, especially navigation instruments and geodescending instruments. It has begun mass production. Orders from the Navy, Geology, Army and some schools are flying like snowflakes, showing strong market demand.

In addition, the scale of the state-owned scientific instrument factory is actually quite large. In addition to producing the above-mentioned professional instruments that require high precision, the factory also produces instruments including barometers, thermometers, flowmeters, ordinary microscopes, and ordinary balances, and is sold nationwide. Liu Houfei even heard that the state-owned scientific instrument factory is still working hard to develop interesting "gategories" including gas meters, gyroscopes, etc., further enriching the product types, which shows the factory's ambition.

Speaking of which, many people who like to praise others always stare at Ping An Steel, Tieling Special Steel, Tieling Boiler and other companies that produce steel and steam engines. They don’t know how crucial the state-owned scientific instrument factories play behind the new products they have withdrawn from generation to generation. What is that nonsense when doing production does not pay attention to instruments?

Well, the topic is too far-reaching. Let's go back to the mechanical equipment in front of Liu Houfei. These things will be moved to various factories in the western suburbs of Beining County in two days. The manufacturer engineers are responsible for installation and commissioning, and then delivered to the user unit for acceptance. These machines are not very precise and high-end, and they are just suitable for the current backward situation in the Beining area. They are more resistant to trouble in the hands of low-quality Beining workers. I believe they can be used for a long time.

"Machine tools are the cradle of industrial civilization. Without machine tools, many machines or engines that need to be used in the production process or engines that drive machines cannot be manufactured. I don't believe that any skilled craftsman can tinker with many advanced machines with just some very simple tools. That's legend, and it's even nonsense. I only know that without machine tools, you can't make anything, and you can't even produce a poor pendulum clock." Liu Houfei held a pipe in his mouth and said in a slightly mocking tone: "I only believe in machines. Even in a business like wood processing, which requires low precision requirements, I believe in machine tools, because its high-speed machining tool efficiency is better than that of any skilled craftsman, which can save a lot of labor and time, and these undoubtedly mean money. So, bastards, remember them well. After these machines are distributed, they must be careful to serve them, and they are not allowed to do anything."

"Commissioner Liu, Beining County has created so many machines, which is obviously a regional leader, industrial belt, and independence." A director of the Science and Technology Department who was responsible for transporting machines smiled and said with a smile: "I only believe in machines and science. Commissioner Liu's idea is correct, so our department has enough support for the Beining area. Minister Qiu said that these are machines sent to the Ministry for inspection over the years. It is also a waste of dust and rust there. It is better to use them. The Beining area is so difficult and the transportation is inconvenient. We are all old friends again, so we lend it to you in Beining area for use, which can be regarded as giving full play to the value of these machines, otherwise it would be a pile of wrought iron, brass, etc."

"Minister Qiu has really helped Beining. Although the current focus of the development of Beining is agriculture and animal husbandry, this does not mean that there is no need for industry. At least, Beining County, as the capital of the region, has to bear this order without hesitation." Liu Houfei said: "If possible, I think the lightweight parts required by a series of processing plants in Changshun County, Dongbian can be handed over to Beining County for production. Why do other regions earn this money? What I have always told these bastards is that it is really difficult to introduce some bevel gears, bevel gears and other things produced by machine tools? Is it really difficult to produce springs with spring rolling machines bought from the south? For more ordinary nuts, bolts, nails, etc., they really have to be all from the east coast grass.

Is it imported there? It is unnecessary. Comparative advantage, comparative advantage. I have always said that we should give full play to the comparative advantage. These small parts are transported from Beining County to Changshun. Although the road is difficult to walk, they are better. When ships come from the south, you have to wait for the ship date, because no one will let the ship run for you specifically for a box or a few boxes of parts. Sometimes this wait takes one or two weeks. What we compare with them is this cost, logistics cost and time cost. Which one is more cost-effective? Moreover, if we take a step back, even if our products in Beining County really cannot compete with external products from afar, there are so many counties and townships on the Brazilian Plateau, and so many people are our backing, our confidence, our market, enterprises will not close, and will not go bankrupt, and will continue to exist."

"Director Wu, don't worry, these machines are of great use to us. Thank you very much. As for the payment for the goods, I will wait a moment and continue to use the borrowed things from the Ministry of Science and Technology. For the equipment sent by other factories, wait for another half a year to a year. When some accounts in Changshun County are sorted out, I will arrange for someone to pay 30% of the money. The remaining 70% of the remaining balance may be in the second half of the year after. Our financial situation is a bit tight, and you know that it is being built everywhere and spending money. For these equipment, Lao Liu, I sold my old face to get an installment payment, and I still took the money from Changshun County.

Hey, they are rich, they are the richest counties in the region. It is justified to transfer money from developed areas to underdeveloped areas. However, I have to take care of the emotions of Changshun County. There are many projects in their county that are shelved, and only a part of the city's water supply and drainage facilities have been built. Plans to establish large hospitals and more primary schools are also waiting for funds in a long time. I cannot draw blood from their county without restrictions. That is not suitable, and it is not worth it. Therefore, Director Wu is asked to wait a little longer and help me bring a message to those factories. The money will not be small, just wait. I, Liu, keep my word." Liu Houfei said with a pat on his chest.

"Understand, understand, Commissioner Liu." Director Wu nodded and said, "In fact, the tax reform (including tax changes and tax sharing reforms by the central and local governments) that have begun in many places across the country (including tax changes and tax sharing reforms by the central and local governments) will also be launched in your region, and the local governments will have greater financial power, and the financial situation will undoubtedly be greatly improved. At that time, what can some cost of purchasing machines be counted? No matter how difficult the Beining area is, can't it raise 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in cash? It's impossible to think about it!"
Chapter completed!