Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 42 A fulfilling weekend

1981年9月20日，农历8月23日
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Wang Jiankun got up and washed at dawn, then went to a bun shop near Yuyu Garden and bought three tofu buns, three radish buns, and a steamed cake and took them back to his residence.

After the meal, he took 2 yuan, put on a gold belt, and rode a motorcycle to Dexing Copper Mine.

When I arrived at the rare earth mine, I discussed long-term procurement with the person in charge.

"Director Zhu, hello. I have bought ore from you several times before. I plan to purchase from you on a long-term basis in the future. Can we sign a long-term purchase agreement?"

"Of course, how many tons do you need every month?"

"About 75 tons a month, 2 tons every two days. Can you give me a discount for this amount?"

"How about I give you a 9% discount based on the previous times?"

"You sell it to foreigners at a much lower price, maybe 2% or 3% off? Why can't you give me this price even if I place a long-term order?"

"Those foreigners gave me foreign currency. You know that foreign currency is valuable now. Although the discount is low, it is still not low after conversion."

"Then lower the price a bit. I will place long-term orders in the future, and I will have at least this much every month."

"Then 8% off? It can't be any less."

"75% off. I always pay in cash. I make long-term purchases and never default on payments. It's hard to find such a customer, right?"

"Okay, then sign an agreement and pay the first deposit."

Wang Jiankun requested that every 50 kilograms of ore be packed in a wooden box. Wang Jiankun would pay for the wooden box and entrust factory director Zhu Qingshan to find someone to make it, and the factory director agreed.

It doesn't take much effort to ask people in the team to make wooden boxes, and you can also find them something to do. You can also get more support from people when mining on the mountain in the team.

So the two of them signed a long-term purchasing agreement in duplicate, with both parties signing and fingerprinting.

After paying the deposit and the money for the first batch of 100 wooden boxes, Wang Jiankun went to find Du Weiqiao again and asked him to order two tons of each of the five metals, namely copper, zinc, manganese, antimony and tin, and also asked him to pack one wooden box for every 5 kilograms.

Du Weiqiao said that there were several types that he needed to search for and order, and he didn't have any in stock.

Wang Jiankun said that copper and zinc will be shipped away before next Thursday, and the other three must be collected by next Sunday at the latest.

Du Weiqiao said it was no problem and asked if he would need it in the future so that he could prepare in advance.

Wang Jiankun asked him to leave his phone number and call him to place orders in advance.

Then Wang Jiankun asked him to help find a cargo yard here. It would be best if he could buy it, but if not, he could rent it.

It is best to be close to a hill, with access to water and electricity, and the place should be large and a bit remote.

Du Weiqiao said that it was no problem and he would telegraph Wang Jiankun once he found one and then see if it was suitable.

Originally, Wang Jiankun planned to look for it himself, but he was unfamiliar with the place and the accent was very different, so he didn't dare to take over even if he found it.

It would be best to ask for help from the local Du Weiqiao. I have dealt with him several times and I feel that besides being smart and capable, he is also quite honest. Otherwise, his business would not have been able to get better and better.

I originally wanted to go to Raozhou to check out the production situation at the steel plant, but it would take several hours to go there and back, and I had to rush back to school for classes in the evening. It was very tiring to ride for so long.

So I decided not to go and wait for my father to go to the county town to check the iron bars he had transported. If it doesn't work, I'll find time to go there again.

After visiting Dexing Copper Mine, I had to take a close look at the mineral resources under this land.

Now Wang Jiankun can project objects within the range of a cube with a side length of 30 meters, so if he is exploring for minerals, he can detect anything within a depth of 30 meters.

We first went to the Fujiawu Mine, where open-pit mining was ongoing.

Wang Jiankun rode a small path around halfway up the mountain and looked down. The entire mine sat on the ground like a big bowl.

Along the edge are circles of mining surfaces and roads, spiraling upwards.

The bottom of the bowl is a large flat area, about the size of 6 or 7 football fields.

Looking down from halfway up the mountain, the heavy trucks looked like small wooden boxes. At this moment, several trucks loaded with ore were slowly circling up from the bottom of the bowl.

Wang Jiankun estimated the speed of the truck and found it would take more than an hour to transport the ore from the bottom of the bowl.

After walking around the edge of the mine, I found that the hills surrounding the mine also contained a lot of copper, but the content was lower than the ore I had just checked at the exit.

In addition to copper, Wang Jiankun also detected gold, silver, molybdenum, iron, and a metal with a very small content, rhenium, mixed with molybdenum.

At present, this metal is mainly used for high-temperature resistant components. Since no rich mines with large reserves have been found in China, it is still under scientific research and has not been used on a large scale. However, it has begun to be used in fighter jet engines abroad.

Wang Jiankun walked around the periphery of the mine for a while and collected about 2 kilograms of rhenium metal in total, and also enriched about 10 kilograms of molybdenum metal. He planned to take them back for research, and left the rest untouched, and he could buy them from outside if needed.

At noon, Wang Jiankun ordered two dishes at the Huaiyang restaurant, one was Longjing shrimp and the other was crystal braised pork, and the staple food was the classic Yangzhou fried rice.

I chatted with the boss while eating and learned that he had brought his wife and children with him, and also invited a chef from his hometown to come and cook.

Because he was too busy as the chef for that evening meal, and most Huaiyang dishes are time-consuming to prepare, if the guests have to wait impatiently, it will affect the restaurant's reputation.

He also plans to rent the two storefronts next door, expand the restaurant, and invite all his relatives to help.

Wang Jiankun heard happiness and pride in his boss's words, and guessed that there must be more and more small workshops making wedding bronzes in Jiangsu Province, otherwise why would so many customers come to his restaurant to eat.

Wang Jiankun thinks that the pace of development needs to be accelerated, as the coastal areas are already moving forward in small steps.

However, electricity is a bottleneck in the team. The hydropower should be enough to add another generator in spring and summer, but it will shut down in autumn and winter due to insufficient water. Therefore, adding generators is not a good idea. It is impossible to operate for half a year and rest for half a year.

The commune will have surplus electricity, so we can consider letting it build a spring and clockwork factory.

At that time, we can use a small electric furnace for smelting, a small extruder for extrude steel wire, a small machine tool for winding springs, a small forging machine for rolling springs, and then build a set of tempering and quenching equipment.

After dinner, Wang Jiankun rode his bike to the county town.

When he arrived at the scrap recycling station, Wang Jiankun sent a message to his father, asking him whether he had retrieved the iron coils and steel bars.

I sent the message but didn't receive a reply, so it must be because I have left the communication range of the Raozhou base station.

So he sent a message to Cheng Xing, and Cheng Xing said that his father had rushed back from Raozhou after lunch, and should arrive in Wuyuan County in more than an hour.

So Wang Jiankun waited at the scrap yard. When he saw the recycled scrap copper and iron, he used his superpowers to turn them into two sets of stamping equipment.

Together with the 3 sets made a few days ago, there are 5 sets in total.

This time we will see if there is space on my father and Hu Xiyang’s car. If there is, we will take the animals back and put them in the team. If there is no space, we will wait two days before transporting them back.

Considering that rare earth elements and some precious metals would be stored here in the future, Wang Jiankun decided to renovate the yard at night.

The courtyard wall made of stone slabs and bamboo fences was replaced with a brick wall, and the wooden door was replaced with an iron door.

So I asked Chieko to help design the courtyard wall and door, and I would ride my bike to the brick factory to buy the bricks. After the bricks were transported over, I would stack them up layer by layer and use my super powers to glue them together. This way, things would be much faster.

The sound of a horn outside the door woke Wang Jiankun up. He had just fallen asleep while thinking about the renovation of the yard.

When we opened the gate, my father and Hu Xiyang had already turned off the car and got out, and Wang Liping also got out from the other side.

Wang Jiankun walked over and said, "Dad, Brother Hu, Wang Liping, is the delivery to the steel plant going smoothly?"

"It went smoothly. They loaded the goods for us as soon as we got there. They also reserved 5 tons of steel bars, 500 kilograms per roll. Their factory has a small crane, and they lifted all the goods onto the truck in a short while."

"I'll get on the car and check the iron bars and rebars to see if they are of the same quality as the samples I made last time."

After saying that, Wang Jiankun climbed into his father's car to look at the iron bars, then got out of the car and got into Hu Xiyang's car to look at the steel bars.

Use super powers to analyze the elemental composition and structure of the iron bars and steel bars.

The composition of the iron bar is within the expected range, although there is a slight deviation, it has no impact.

The strength of the steel bars was a bit poor, as there were too many phosphorus and sulfur elements in them. Of course, building a house at home had to be done according to the best standards. So Wang Jiankun used his super powers to draw the phosphorus and sulfur elements from the steel bars to the surface.

When the steel bars are straightened, the phosphorus and sulfur on the surface will fall off naturally. Even if they do not fall off, it does not matter as it does not affect the strength.

It only took a few seconds to do all these things. Wang Jiankun got out of the car and said it was okay. He asked to take it back to protect it from rain so that it would not get wet and rust.

My father said he would pay attention to it. How could iron, which is so expensive, be allowed to rust? He would definitely preserve it well.

We welcomed the three of them in to have some water, rest, and chat.

"Brother Hu, how is it working alone for a while? You are busy recently, right?"

"It's much better than before. Although the fixed tasks at the cement factory don't make much money, it can guarantee enough to maintain the car. Other business outside is much better. Those who want to transport goods have to tell us in advance, otherwise they can't be arranged."

"Oh, it seems like you've made the right choice to go out on your own. Do you have any friends who can drive? Our team is planning to buy another truck. Do you have any friends who can drive to recommend one to you? The salary won't be low."

"Let me think about it. There is indeed one. He is from Sikou Commune. His name is Dong Zhenjun. He was also a retired car soldier. He couldn't find a job that allowed him to drive. Now he works as an ordinary clerk in the commune. His life is very hard. I will contact him when I go back."

"Okay, tell him that if the test drive is OK, the basic salary will be 80 per month, and the bonus will be discussed after we meet."

"Okay, I'll call him when I finish delivering your cargo. It shouldn't be a problem. When I was drinking with him a few months ago, he even said he wanted to find a job that required him to drive, and asked me if he could work at the cement factory."

"Dad, when Brother Hu is contacted, you and him can go talk to Dong Zhenjun. There should be two cars available next month. Let Dong Zhenjun drive one then."

"Okay, I'm still worried about how to drive the three cars next month. It would be great if I had an experienced driver. I'll ask Wang Liping to practice harder and try to drive them back in one go."

"Cousin, do you have the courage to open it?"

"Yes, I have been with the car several times, and I have started the car at home and practiced in the yard several times. It doesn't seem very difficult."

"It's easier to drive than to repair a car. There are fewer cars on the road now, so you need to practice more. Practice more on days when you don't have to deliver goods, and try to drive the car back home from Raozhou next month."

"Okay, I will try my best."

"Don't forget your cultural knowledge when you go back. Ask more teachers. I'll ask my dad to give you my junior high school textbooks. You need to learn more cultural knowledge and don't just think about being a driver."

"I still have to read books. I am most afraid of reading."

"Reading can train your thinking and logic. You don't have to learn English, but you must learn other subjects, especially mathematics and physics."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

"Dad, there is one more thing I need to tell you. Starting the day after tomorrow, you will have to go to the Naikeng Rare Earth Mine of Dexing Copper Mine on your return trip to transport 5 tons of ore. I signed the agreement with the factory director Zhu Qingshan today. Take a look at the agreement." After saying that, he went to the room and took out the agreement and gave it to his father.

My father took the agreement and read it before saying, "Rare earth ore? Do we have to bring back 5 tons every time we return and unload them here?"

"Yes, I asked them to pack them all so that it will be easier to unload and stack them. Also, I have ordered a total of 10 tons of various metal raw materials from a Du Weiqiao over there, and you will also have to ship them back in batches when the time comes."

"Are they also transported here? What are they used for?"

"Don't worry about how to use it. I've found a processing factory. I'll ship it back home when it's done."

"Okay, I don't understand what you're saying. I'll start shipping it back the day after tomorrow."

After resting for a while, the three of them got in the car and headed home. It was getting dark much earlier now, so they had to go back quickly as it would take a while to unload the goods.

Wang Jiankun also rode his motorcycle to the brick factory, found the factory manager and ordered 3 bricks. He paid a little more and asked the manager to expedite the delivery. The factory manager agreed and found a tractor to transport the 5 bricks to the recycling station.

Then I went to the cement factory without stopping to find the sales department, paid a few packs of cigarettes and the expedited fee, and 400 kilograms of cement were transported back to the recycling station on a flatbed truck.

Originally, he was planning to use his superpowers to do the gluing, but he misjudged the workload. He would tire himself out just stacking the bricks, and he couldn't finish it in one night. It would not be good to leave the half-finished project here for Ye Wei to see.

I'll come back tomorrow at noon and tell Ye Wei to find someone to build the yard. Please refer to the blueprint for instructions.

Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to synthesize the iron door, so Ye Wei only needed to find someone to build the wall and supervise the installation of the gate.

For dinner, Wang Jiankun went to a restaurant near the school gate and ordered braised yellow croaker.

According to the restaurant owner, all the fish were collected from fishermen on the Le'an River during the day, and they are all fresh.

It was fresh and fragrant when it was served. Green and red peppers were used as side dishes, and basil was added. This kind of coriander neutralized the fishy smell of yellow croaker very well. I think some lard was also added. I started drooling just by smelling it before I finished eating it.

There are a total of 3 yellow croakers on the plate, one big one weighing more than 4 taels, and two small ones weighing about 3 taels each.

Wang Jiankun ate the big one first, cut the fish in the middle and ate the tail first.

The yellow catfish has no thorns, and the fish tail only has a spine in the middle.

It is chewy and fresh, spicy and delicious.

He sucked up all the fish meat in a few bites, leaving only a spine.

Then eat the fish head. The belly of the yellow croaker is soft and chewy, and the taste is even better.

I finished three bowls of yellow croaker with three bowls of rice. I ate all the perilla and chili peppers, and even the soup base. I added half a bowl of rice and ate it all.

The boss was very happy to see Wang Jiankun finish eating all the food, which meant that his cooking skills were recognized.

Knowing that Wang Jiankun was Wu Xiaoyi's friend, he gave him a 7% discount.

Wang Jiankun felt a little full and walked slowly to the classroom.

"What's that smell on you? It smells so good. What delicious food did you have for dinner?" asked my deskmate Yu Zirun.

"Have you ever tried braised yellow croaker?"

"I haven't eaten it for a long time. A few years ago, when I went to my grandmother's house in the countryside, my cousin and his friends went fishing in the river. They happened to catch a big yellow croaker. I ate half of it. When I was catching the fish, I got pricked by the thorns of the yellow croaker and it bled."

"Then you eat it, and that will be your revenge."

"Where did you eat? Can you take me there next time?"

"I'll ask the boss to keep an eye on it then. It's not every day that we get the right size of yellow croaker."

"Well, just remember it."

"Jiankun, shall we come to your place for lunch tomorrow at noon?" the squad leader came over and asked.

Wang Jiankun knew that the squad leader wanted to ride a motorcycle, so he replied: "Okay, ask the boss to check if there is yellow croaker. If there is, you can bring some. Our deputy squad leader wants to eat it. Do you mind?"

"No problem. I'll tell you when I go to order food tomorrow." Before leaving, he gave Wang Jiankun a look, but he didn't understand.

After the evening self-study get out of class, Wang Jiankun first went to the scrap station to check the information of the machine below, answered some questions, and then went to Yuyu Garden.

First, wash up with water, then turn on the radio and tune the receiving frequency to 7.00085MHZ.

What appeared at this time was not background noise, but long and short beeps. After a moment's pause, I realized that it was Morse code.

I quickly found the banknote records and recorded about 7 or 8 signals. Suddenly, the signal disappeared and returned to the background noise. It seems that the power generation was exhausted this time.

Wang Jiankun looked at it for a while and found that he could not see it, so he told Zhizi the recorded signal. Zhizi analyzed it for a while but had no clue and said that the signal was too small. If more signals could be recorded, it should be possible to decode it.

Wang Jiankun thought to himself that he couldn't keep watch on this frequency all day long. It would be great if there was a machine that could record automatically. He hoped that his uncle could contact this frequency as soon as possible so that he wouldn't have to keep watch on this frequency and monitor it.

After a long time without hearing any Morse code, Wang Jiankun guessed that it might have been sent out today. From now on, he would monitor it for an hour every day. It would be best if he could get something, but it didn't matter if he didn't.

Then I started searching for radio signals at other frequencies. I wrote down any interesting ones I found and contacted them one by one after I got my license.

Some people may not contact unfamiliar call signs, so you have to look for more, hoping to meet more "hams" who are willing to teach others.

At 11:45, Wang Jiankun closed the radio station and took a rest.

(End of this chapter)