As far as solar terms are concerned, the beginning of spring and the end of the rain are the Jingzhe. The Jingzhe has also ended a few days ago. The fourth solar term of this spring, the Vernal Equinox, is just around the corner.

During the Waking of Insects, the East China Sea warms up, spring thunder roars, and green mountains appear on the islands with green water outside the islands. The flavor of spring becomes more and more intense.

This is especially evident on the mangrove islands.

Mangrove Island is close to the sea and has lush vegetation and wild flowers. It was first moistened by the dense water vapor, and the green gradually appeared in the fields, and the colorful colors began to bloom.

The spring island grass is growing and the orioles are about to bloom, white flowers are flying on the sea waves, the warm current of the treasure island is coming, the spring sea water begins to layer, and the winter gloominess becomes clear.

The weather was warm. Wang Yi looked at the seawater denaturation equipment and inspected the color steel tile workshop. Then he stood in the sunshine and watched the workers dismantle the filling machine equipment and picked up the instructions to prepare for assembly.

The spring breeze brings warmth, blowing the branches that have just sprouted, swaying and rubbing, making a sizzling sound.

Farming is busy inland and fishing is busy at sea. Fishing boats, large or small, are rippling on the sea, and some fishing boats appear around the mangrove island.

After reading the instructions, Wang Yi looked at the fishing boat in the distance. Wang Qianli said beside him: "It's for pomfret fishing."

He was a little reluctant: "There are a lot of fish in the sea around Mangrove Island. We contracted this island, but in the end we gave away the fishing ground outside. Hi!"

With a strangled sigh, he punched his palm.

Wang Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Being kind to others means being kind to yourself. We already have so much property, why do we have to fight with others about everything?"

Wang Qianli nodded and said, "I just couldn't bear to see so many fish taken away by them."

"Teacher Wang, you said there are many birds on the island now. Can we get some eggs and catch some birds to eat?"

Wang Yi waved his hand: "Forget it, these birds are beneficial birds. Look at those birds, called purple-winged starlings. There are one or two thousand in each group, and they can eat ten or twenty tons of locusts a year."

Wang Qianli scratched his nose and said, "I know this. I heard it said on the radio that the mice an owl kills in one year is equivalent to protecting a ton of grain."

"They were rats that were eliminated in one summer!" A member of the commune also heard this broadcast and raised his head to correct him.

Wang Yi said: "In short, don't catch the birds on Mangrove Island. They are all small birds. How much meat can one bird have? There is no need."

Spring is here, and there are so many birds on the mangrove island.

Wang Yi wanted to organize a spring bird watching excursion for students, so he bought a book on common birds in the Jiangnan area and got to know some birds.

But if he suddenly saw these birds, he wouldn't be able to recognize many of them:

Needless to say, there are seagulls and sparrows. In addition, the small birds know kingfishers, cuckoos, chickadees, wild ducks, and the big birds know egrets, night herons, black-faced egrets, white cranes, and white swans.

The members knew more birds than he did, but they only knew their common names, and they didn't understand the scientific names.

They introduced to Wang Yi the many species of lovebirds, small-billed owls, black water ducks, etc.

Wang Yi thought of the sand at home.

I don’t know whether that bird is a migratory bird or a resident bird. Anyway, it is quite listless this winter. It is not as busy as when the weather is warm. In winter, it keeps huddled in the house waiting to be fed.

It no longer has any ferocious characteristics!

There are many birds on the mangrove island, and flocks of them fly up and down at every turn, creating a spectacular sight.

This is a great place for bird watching.

The grass and trees are sprouting wild flowers**, and there are so many birds flying around. The smell of spring on Mangrove Island is clearer than on other islands.

The spring breeze stirred up the mountains and seas, blowing away the prosperous scene of the outer islands. Wang Yi took a deep breath.

It will soon be the first anniversary of his arrival in 1983.

Time flies so fast.

Fortunately, he felt that he had not wasted his time and lived a fulfilling life in 1983.

As the machine began to be assembled, he had no time to express his feelings. He had to direct it.

In fact, it is not difficult to assemble this machine. For the current era, the domestic production of this kind of industrial machinery is extremely complex and difficult.

But in the 1923s, this kind of machine was very simple.

Several main machines are connected front and back, and then the transmission wheels, conveyor belts and other accessories are assembled, and you're done.

After installing a transformer, Wang Yi had all the machines in the maintenance team cut off power, and the power in the UPS was used exclusively to supply power to the canning installation production line through the transformer.

Then the machine ‘Caracara’ started and started running smoothly.

The members who saw this couldn't help but applaud and cheer: "It's installed, we have a cannery!"

"This is serious industry. Our team has an industrial project!"

"Teacher Wang, when can cans be produced?"

The machine roared, but Wang Yi couldn't hear it clearly. He waved his hand as a greeting, and then sent the tinplate sheet into the production line. The roar suddenly became louder.

The iron sheet slowly slid through the rolling mill, and the crisp sound of kacha kacha was heard endlessly. Finally, each tin can was formed...

The degree of automation is very high.

The canning production line ran continuously for half an hour and ran normally, producing a total of 120 cans.

A production line is processed by two opposite machines at the same time, and tin cans always appear in pairs.

Basically, each machine takes thirty seconds to make a tin can, so the production line can produce four cans in one minute.

The machine he bought is not very efficient. There is a more efficient canning machine that can smash out tens of thousands of cans an hour!

But he couldn't use the machine, and the installation had to be done by the manufacturer's technicians. When it was actually used, the power consumption was also troublesome.

This production line is just right for Tianya Island’s own use.

The members were already full of praise for this efficiency. They counted on their fingers and found that if the machine was run for twelve hours a day, it would produce 2,888 cans.

Nowadays, canned goods are in short supply and the price is quite considerable. Canned smoked fish like this can be sold for two to five yuan per can in the small commodity market in Shanghai.

Taking the cheapest price of two yuan per can, the canning production line can bring more than 5,000 yuan to the commune and team enterprise in one day!

You can make a household worth ten thousand yuan in two days!

After calculating this account, some members of the commune were shocked and gasped: "Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, these machines alone can produce more than 180 households worth ten thousand yuan. Every household in our team can get a share of ten thousand yuan."

There will be dozens more Yuanhu!"

Wang Yi said: "You can't settle the accounts like this. There is still money for materials and labor..."

"The materials are not valuable. Are they just the fish and shrimps from our outer islands? How simple is this? We go out to sea to catch them for our own use." Wang Qianli said immediately.

"Labor is even less valuable. How much does the labor of our own production team cost throughout the year?"

"It's great. As soon as this guy comes out, our team will become really prosperous!"

The members were overjoyed and filled with emotion.

Wang Yi nodded with a smile: "It's certain, the next step is to open the market. Once the market is opened, this production line alone can help every household in our team earn a fortune worth ten thousand yuan."

A member of the club came up and smiled at him: "Doesn't this mean that every household in our team is a ten-thousand-yuan household?"

Wang Yi said: "That's right, every household is worth ten thousand yuan!"

Wang Qianli stroked the fine steel machine and looked excited: "No wonder the country wants to vigorously develop the secondary industry. This primary industry has become a secondary industry through machines, and the value has suddenly increased so much!"

The fish they catch are worthless and not easy to sell, except for the state which will purchase and digest a batch, while the rest will have to be sent to the dock to be sold casually.

The state purchases high-quality fish, and the rest is of similar quality, not to mention smelly fish and rotten shrimps. There are piles after piles on the pier every day, and even if you don’t want tickets, it’s still hard to sell.

But once this canning production line came out, everything changed drastically.

Fish and shrimp became canned fish and shrimp.

The value increases sharply, and sales can also increase significantly.

The members discussed excitedly, and the discussion came up again and again and the question came up: "Our can is bare, shiny and silver, with nothing on it. Can this be regarded as a commodity?"

Wang Yi said: "You must have label paper, which must have a brand, LOGO, production date, and shelf life. Our commune company also has to apply for the qualification of a food factory."

"But these are all trivial matters. As long as we can produce cans, with my personal connections with the captain, aren't these all trivial problems?"

The truth is exactly this.

The members who entered the workshop nodded repeatedly after hearing his words, whispered to each other, talked about it, and even looked forward to the future.

Wang Yi put the cans into cartons and stored them. He waved to everyone and said, "Okay, the trial operation of the production line was successful. Turn off the power supply and the transformer. It's time to withdraw."

Before leaving, the finished tin cans must be sent to a high-temperature sterilizer for sterilization and disinfection.

This machine is not a set with the production line. Wang Yi bought it separately.

The sterilizer uses steam for sterilization and can be powered by coal. They happen to have no shortage of coal in the team, so it is very suitable for this production line.

The cans were packed and sent into the workshop, and now there was really no life in the workshop.

The members happily walked out of the colored steel and tiled houses. The sun outside was bright and full of vitality.

The withered mountains and fields in winter are slowly turning green again, and the flowers are still sparse in color, but the vitality they bring can already be felt, making people feel comfortable just looking at them.

The flying seabirds add a lot of vitality to the mangrove island. The golden sunshine shines on the blue sea, and the fishing boats slowly cut through the water and crash into the waves as they pass by.

Some people cast nets, some fish, and from time to time the sound of shouts and trumpets blows to the island with the sea breeze.

The fishermen have just celebrated the New Year. They have good food and drink, and they are strong but have nothing in their pockets, so they have to take advantage of this spring to work hard to replenish their pockets that were emptied during the New Year.

Wang Yi and the others were about to sail away when a fishing boat approached.
To be continued...