Zhao Zhengzhi was a senior garden engineer when he was working, so he was good at grafting and planting fruit trees.

At its peak, Zhao Peng had more than 40 different fruit trees inside and outside the house, and more than a dozen apricot trees alone.

Through grafting with different trees, the apricots produced have completely different tastes and different shapes and sizes.

In the ditch east of the village, that is, in the ditch east of the land contracted by Zhao Peng, the mountains and fields are full of wild apricot, peach trees, and jujube trees.

Because the soil on the Loess Plateau is loose, no one picks the fruit trees in half of the ditch. Year by year, they all bloom and bear fruit and fall, and continue to reproduce. Gradually, the fruit trees grow all over the entire ditch.

Therefore, this section of Zhaojiazhuang is also called Guozigou.

The Sanqin Group of Qinshiguan chose to build a small project here, so naturally it also attracted the unique fruit and vegetable resources here.

Although they are all provinces in the northwest, Qin Province is obviously more advanced in thinking than Long Province and has a more developed economy. Therefore, people from Qin Province can only go to Qingcheng to run factories, while people in Qingcheng can only guard the precious finances all over the mountains and fields and suffer poverty.

In addition to producing apricots, Qingcheng is also the hometown of apples, plums and peaches.

The apples in Qingcheng are also particularly sweet due to the above reasons, especially the Red Fuji, which is no less than some famous apple varieties in Qin and Lu provinces.

But apples in Qingcheng are cheap.

The best Red Fuji only costs a few cents to go out of the cellar.

If you have a little black spot or if you are too big or too small, you will be sold as a snakeskin bag. One bag costs only a few yuan, which is basically the bargain price.

Plums, peaches and pears are also similar.

The biggest trouble with things like fruit is how to keep fresh.

At this time in 1998, Qingcheng had only a provincial road outside, which was winding and extremely difficult to walk.

The closest big city to Qingcheng is Chang'an City in Qin Province, which is only more than 200 kilometers away. However, to go to Chang'an, you have to pass the famous Liupan Mountain in the middle.

The car needs to be driven on the winding road for more than a day, which not only seriously affects the transportation effect, but also is particularly dangerous.

There are dozens of traffic accidents every year.

Especially in winter, if you are not careful, the car will go down the mountain and the car will be destroyed and people will die.

Therefore, throughout the winter, as long as there is a snowfall, the people of Qingcheng can basically not go anywhere and are completely isolated at home.

It is said that to become rich, roads should be built first. The problem of transportation is the biggest stumbling block that restricts the people of Qingcheng to live a good life.

This situation lasted until 2015 or 2016, and Liupanshan was opened, and vehicles could pass through the tunnel and build highways.

The 10-hour hiking journey was shortened to 2 hours, and the car became much safer.

Later, even the high-speed rail passed through Qingcheng, further improving transportation convenience.

Qingcheng's economy has also jumped from the last few in Long Province to the best economy outside the provincial capital city.

Of course, this is all a story.

In 1998, Zhao Peng did not have such conditions now.

At this time, the people of Qingcheng almost lived a comfortable life like a paradise.

Many people have never left Qingcheng City in their entire lives.

It is precisely because things cannot be transported at all, if they are barely transported to other cities or even other provinces, the cost of transporting things is far greater than the goods themselves.

A typical head is heavier than a body.

For example, a pound of apples is only a few cents wholesale from a fruit cellar, but if you want to transport them to places where you really need apples in the south, the shipping fee will be much more than 1 yuan just now.

Then, the cheap and discounted price of this Apple is no longer competitive.

No one wants to do such a loss-making business.

This is why when it comes to apples, people only know certain apples in Lu Province and the apples in Qin Province, but they don’t know that Long Province is also a big apple province.

The Sanqin Group, where Qin Shiguan is located, naturally understood this truth, so they were preparing to build the factory here.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are difficult to transport, but if processed into semi-finished products or canned foods, they will not be affected by the transportation period, and can effectively utilize the inherent advantage of low raw materials prices.

Zhao Peng is actually very interested in this business, but it is not something he can do now.

He looked at the Qin Shiguan’s factory from the perspective of future people, but there were actually many disadvantages, and they did not understand it at all.

That's why their factory went bankrupt in less than a year.

A bunch of equipment was left behind and no one wanted it, and the people in the village gradually stole and sold scrap iron.

"Boss Qin, I have a question to ask. You said that your water source needs to be built from the hillside of the ditch and then use a water pump to drive it. Have you ever calculated how to deal with your daily water use, the derived electricity use, and your wastewater?"

Zhao Peng was in charge of chemical workshops in his previous life. He knew very well that a factory was not only about the main production line, but also about public works, namely water, electricity and gas.

To extend it a little further, it also includes environmental protection.

The processing of fruits and vegetables does not produce serious pollutants, but the amount of water is used, and the used water can easily become odorous because it is stained with biological materials.

If it is not handled, it will not take long before the ditch is covered with stench and no one can gain a foothold.

In terms of cost, the ditch is more than 100 meters deep. Even if a platform and reservoir are built from the springs halfway up the mountain and water is drawn to the flat ground, it is at least fifty or sixty meters.

To raise the water from a distance of fifty or sixty meters, 10 tons of water will probably require one kilowatt-hour of electricity. So how much water they need and how much electricity they need every day needs to be carefully calculated.

Opening a factory is not just about going to the production line.

Qin Shiguan didn't seem to want to talk too much about this issue with Zhao Peng, so he said with a smile: "Our company has someone else responsible for how to operate it, and I am just responsible for acquiring the land."

"So that's it." Zhao Peng also smiled.

I don’t know if they are already confident or they really don’t care about these things.

Since I don’t want to talk, then I won’t talk.

Anyway, he can just get his 750,000 compensation now.

As for the factory going bankrupt after more than half a year, it has nothing to do with him.

Half an hour later, the car arrived in the city.

A certain bank.

The three got out of the car, Qin Shiguan walked in front, Zhao Peng and Wu Qing walked behind.

When Qin Shiguan found the account manager who made an appointment, Zhao Peng quickly briefly told Wu Qing about the whole story, so that he could pay attention to the process and not make mistakes because of his lack of experience.

Wu Qing was surprised that Zhao Peng had so much compensation to get, so he nodded in agreement.

It means he is professional and cannot deceive him.

Qin Shiguan and the bank manager had already contacted him, and Zhao Peng and Wu Qing followed Qin Shiguan to the second floor of the bank.

Meet the account manager.

Zhao Peng glanced at the account manager, then looked at Wu Qing, and couldn't help but laugh.

These two people dressed almost exactly the same.

Even glasses are very similar in style, and they are obviously the kind of capable and capable person who is capable at work.

Zhao Peng looked at him, and the account manager also looked at Zhao Peng and Wu Qing.

His eyes quickly swept over Zhao Peng's face, stopped at Wu Qing, slightly surprised.

Then he thought for a moment and turned his attention to Zhao Peng again.

He came over with a smile and stretched out his right hand: "Hello, Mr. Zhao, I am Xu Le. I will serve you when you handle your business in our bank. I hope we can cooperate happily."

Zhao Peng smiled and nodded, and naturally held his hand, "Manager Xu, I'll do it."

Xu Ledao: "Mr. Qin has communicated with me about your business. Now I would like to ask you whether you plan to withdraw all the funds or transfer them to your account?"

"Just transfer to my account." Zhao Peng had already thought about it in advance. He didn't need so much cash, and he had no place to store it when he asked.

"Okay, then please give me your bank card in our bank and also your ID card."

"Bank card?" Zhao Peng suddenly thought that he did not have a bank account in this world, so he smiled and said, "I don't have an account yet. I'll get a copy in the afternoon... Lao Wu, you don't have to follow me, just stay here and wait for me."

After Zhao Peng finished speaking, he smiled at Xu Le and Qin Shiguan and went to the first floor with his ID card.

After he came down, he realized that such a big customer could not say that he had a VIP channel, and he didn't ask Xu Le.

Now that I have come down, I feel embarrassed to go up again.

Unlike twenty years later, all banks are bright and clean, spacious and generous.

At this time, the bank had an average decoration design, a bit like a pawn shop on the TV.

There are three windows left in a row of counters, two are responsible for saving money and one is responsible for withdrawing money.

Of course, there is no lobby manager to guide the business.

Zhao Peng stood beside him and observed for a while, but he didn't know which window to apply for the card.

After thinking for a while, I finally stood behind the line to save money.

Only if you have a card can you apply for a card, this logic should be fine.

When queuing up, Zhao Peng came to a conclusion that people in this era like saving money.

At this time, most banks in Qingcheng did not have an ATM, and they had to withdraw and save money at the counter.
To be continued...