Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 78: Okinawa Trip (asking for monthly ticket)
Early in the morning on the seventh day of the first lunar month in 1982, Wang Jiankun put on a windproof jacket, filled the box on the back of his motorcycle with delicious food prepared by his grandmother and mother, left the production team which was still immersed in the New Year atmosphere, and started a new journey in 1982.

Because there were two light snowfalls on the third and fourth days of the Lunar New Year, the ground was wet and there was no snow on the roadside. Only on the Gaohu Mountain in the north was there snow. From a distance, the snow on the top of the mountain reflected the white sunlight, and the melted snow formed waterfalls in the mountain stream.

The road hardened with pebbles and sand is easier to ride on, and the wet road surface does not stir up dust, so Wang Jiankun rides very fast.

It was just around 9 o'clock when Wang Jiankun arrived at the county town. After putting his luggage away, he checked the monitoring system and defense system and found that they were both intact.

Because the courtyard wall has been raised and some anti-climbing glass shards have been inserted on it, ordinary petty thieves cannot get in.

After checking, Wang Jiankun found nothing abnormal, and then prepared to go to the computer room to make three computers.

Wang Jiankun plans to send two of the three new computers home after they are manufactured so that his mother can use them to process financial data. He had been thinking about making them before, but was always busy and forgot.

This time when I went home, I saw that my mother was also checking the accounts during the Chinese New Year. She was holding a thick account book and flipping through it, which was time-consuming and laborious, and her efficiency was very low.

This is just a small factory. If the accounts of the companies cooperating with my uncle are also taken to my mother for inspection in the future, it will be very tiring. Now that there are not too many accounts, we should quickly digitize them to make it easier for my mother to do the accounting and calculations.

Moreover, these data can be stored, making it very convenient to check and call them up in the future without having to look through them one by one, because the software has many calculation, screening and analysis functions.

Because it was modeled after the previous one, the drawings were all ready in my mind, and I started with the most sophisticated chip.

Wang Jiankun extracted the silicon he had collected previously, and then extracted silver, copper, aluminum, nitrogen, phosphorus and other elements, and placed these elements in their respective positions according to the drawings in his mind.

It took a total of more than 3 minutes to make the processor chips on the three computers and the other chips on the circuit boards.

The other parts were delivered quickly, and the three computers appeared in the computer room in half an hour.

The system and software had not been installed at this time. Wang Jiankun opened the previous computer, which contained the Chinese-translated system and office software. He copied them onto a floppy disk, took them out and installed them on the new computer.

The system and corresponding software modified by Zhizi for Chinese translation were very streamlined and installed quickly. Wang Jiankun opened them one by one to test them and found that they all ran well.

While his classmates had not arrived yet, Wang Jiankun made two more packing boxes, packed the two computers in them, and then sent a message to his father using a text machine, asking him to bring the two computers back to the county town when he delivered the goods the next day, and let his mother arrange the installation and use of the computers.

Wang Jiankun had taught his mother how to use this computer before, and there was also a detailed instruction manual in the box so she could check it if she encountered anything she didn’t understand.

After finishing the computer matters, Wang Jiankun went to the market to buy some meat and vegetables. The Dongmen Market at this time was not as lively as it was before the Chinese New Year. There was only one meat stall, and the vegetables on the vegetable stall were only cabbage, radish and potatoes. Wang Jiankun could only buy these. Fortunately, his family brought sausages made before the New Year. They would be delicious if he steamed some and eaten with rice.

There were not many people walking around the market. The temperature did not rise quickly after the snow, so everyone stayed at home. Only the stalls selling firecrackers were surrounded by many children. Most of them did not buy anything, but just watched from the side. When they met someone they knew who bought firecrackers, they would follow them and play with them.

After buying things, Wang Jiankun returned to the recycling station. He first washed the rice, then marinated the ribs he bought, and then steamed them together with the sausages, and put potatoes at the bottom.

When processing potatoes, Wang Jiankun wanted to save trouble and directly used his superpowers to decompose and remove the surface molecules, leaving behind potatoes with no dead corners.

Because these are potatoes that the farmers grow themselves, they are relatively small. The largest ones are only as big as eggs, and the smallest ones are only as big as quail eggs.

And it is not freshly dug, so when eating it, the skin usually needs to be scraped clean one by one with broken porcelain pieces. Otherwise, the taste will be very bad if the skin is not processed, and there will be small sand in the skin that is difficult to wash clean.

After processing the potatoes, cut them into pieces and put them into the steamer, you can steam them when everyone arrives.

At 10:, Zheng Qian and Yu Zirun arrived first. They saw that Wang Jiankun had already prepared several dishes, so they started to prepare the cabbage and radishes attentively.

At about 11 o'clock, five people from Zheyuan Commune arrived. They were carrying large and small bags and seemed to have walked a long way.

Wang Jiankun asked them to go into the house first, put their luggage, wash up and get ready, as their bodies were covered in mud.

As they cleaned up the place, they said, "Jiankun, we didn't expect to be so late. We went to the road early to wait for the bus. It was still early when we arrived at Tsinghua University. We took the tractor from your team, but we waited for a long time at Tsinghua University. The bus that used to leave at 8 o'clock didn't leave until 9: this time. The driver waited on the road until it was full."

"Yes, we were supposed to arrive at 9:11, but this time it took us until o'clock, and the truck driver dropped us off at a far place. He said he was going to pick up some goods there, so we had to walk on a muddy road."

"I was wondering why you guys are so late this time. Okay, after washing up, let's get started and prepare the food first."

"Okay, Jiankun, I'll do the fire. I light fire every day when I go home, and I'm very skilled at it." Hu Chunming said.

"I'll come too. I like to make fire at home too." Cheng Ming said.

"You two are good at picking and choosing your own tasks. In the summer, you are also responsible for making fire!" Zheng Qian joked.

Since the dishes are all prepared, just heat the oil in a pan, steam the vegetables and cook the rice. It will be ready in more than half an hour.

Everyone went into the house to get their own stainless steel bowls and chopsticks to eat.

The small potatoes tasted particularly good because they had absorbed the juice from the steamed sausages and pork ribs. Wang Jiankun scooped up half a bowl of potatoes and ate them.

After the meal, Wang Jiankun asked the five latecomers to wash the dishes and clear the table, while he, Yu Zirun and Zheng Qian checked the patent documents and papers they had written at home.

After reading it for a while, I felt it was okay. Although the choice of words and sentences were imitated from the examples, it was good enough that I could write like this for the first time.

In the English version, Wang Jiankun checked and corrected several incorrect words, as well as some places where the two girls said they could not find the corresponding words in the dictionary and left them blank.

This is the bad thing about English. Every time a new thing appears, a new word has to be created, and some words are very long. It is not like Chinese, where one can write an article just by knowing 2 commonly used Chinese characters.

The English vocabulary learned in high school is not enough, and there are still a large number of words in the professional field. However, Wang Jiankun has no way to change this situation. Currently, most international scientific journals and communication documents are still in English, so he can only let himself and Zheng Qian learn and memorize more.

Professional Vocabulary Wang Jiankun plans to ask Peter and his uncle to think of a way to buy a few professional dictionaries and put them in the recycling station.

Keep the revised papers and patent documents safe, and when you come back after a while, send them to the company in Hong Kong for processing.

In the afternoon, Wang Jiankun told everyone that another computer had been installed and asked them to use it according to their needs. For example, experimental records could be made and saved on the computer, and papers and patent documents could be written using the office software on the computer. Some icons that could not be made could be left blank and wait for Wang Jiankun to process them.

The previous computer had been occupied by Lang Junjian to develop game software, so they were of course very happy to have an extra one available for them to use this time.

Because school starts on the 16th of the first lunar month, the seven disciples will stay in this waste recycling station for 7 days. Wang Jiankun still has important things to do, so he explained the arrangements for the coming week to them again.

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That night, after Wang Jiankun excavated a 200-cubic-meter underground base, he took some precious metal elements and towed them to the temporary dock. The speedboat is still parked at the temporary dock. According to the draft, it could have docked at the dock of Dongmen Market, but thinking that the conservatives had the upper hand, Wang Jiankun couldn't use it in the name of a gift from Hong Kong businessmen.

They loaded more than 300 kilograms of precious metals onto the speedboat, hid the motorcycle, and drove to Sizhou Town.

Wearing a windbreaker and a motorcycle helmet, Wang Jiankun drove the speedboat at a speed of 35 knots across the Le'an River. It took only more than 20 minutes to reach Sizhou Town.

At this time, Experiment 2 is docked at the Sizhou Town Pier. According to the sailing plan, it will depart at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning and arrive at Hukou Town around 9: in the morning.

Wang Jiankun got off the speedboat and asked Wang Huawei to lower the gangway. He went on board and had a chat with him, asking him to train his deputy well. Once he was trained, he would have the opportunity to take a rest.

At the beginning, the eight people thought it was good that they went to work every day, drove the boat, served on the boat and earned wages and bonuses. However, during the Spring Festival, they saw the passengers talking about going home, and after the Spring Festival, the passengers talked about the lively Spring Festival scenes, they all felt a little homesick. So now the training assistants are more attentive and hope that they can pass the training as soon as possible to share their pressure, because they think it is boring to only make money without time to spend it.

After talking with the crew, Wang Jiankun got off the boat and drove the speedboat to Hukou Town, because he didn't want to miss the departure of C201 tomorrow morning. It was too tiring to drive the speedboat to Shanghai, so it would be better to use C201 to tow it to Yangzhou.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when they arrived at Hukou Town. Wang Jiankun did not get off the speedboat, but rested in the small cabin on the speedboat.

At 5 o'clock the next morning, the lights in the captain's room on C201 were turned on. The captain and the first mate had to get up first to check the power compartment, then turn on the diesel engine to preheat it, and then go to the dock to have breakfast.

Wang Jiankun woke up when he heard the noise, got off the speedboat and chased after Wang Yongjin and five other crew members who were going to the cafeteria at the dock to have breakfast.

"Wang Yongjin, wait, why are you walking so fast?" Wang Jiankun shouted
"Jiankun, why are you here?" Wang Yongjin turned around and saw Wang Jiankun and said
"Later, you can use C201 to tow my speedboat to Yangzhou. I will also board C201 and go to Yangzhou with you."

"Okay, no problem. Let's go eat first. After we finish eating, we'll use the boat to pull the speedboat with a rope. The speedboat is relatively light and won't affect the speed of the boat."

"There is still one person left on the boat, right? I see only five of you are going off to eat."

"Yes, there was a privately-contracted ship before. Because no one was left on board, the captain went home for a few hours and the ship was visited by thieves. Although the loss was not much, the thief was very mean and broke the rudder of the ship. He might have been venting his anger because he didn't find much money. Since hearing that information, we always leave someone on the ship when we get off the ship."

"Well, it's right to be careful. Add this to the navigation regulations and training materials. You will be responsible for conveying it to the people on the other two ships. What do you want to eat? This meal is on me."

"I want shredded pork noodles, I want steamed dumplings, I want soy milk and fried dough sticks." When the few people heard that Wang Jiankun was treating them, they all started ordering food without hesitation.

"Okay, waiter, please take down the things they just reported, and I'll pay for them together."

Several people took the ordered breakfast one by one and placed it on an empty table, waiting for Wang Jiankun to pay before eating together.

They were all young people from rural areas. They didn't care much about eating and just ate voraciously. Wang Yongjin was a captain for a while so he was a little better. While eating, he reported his recent work situation to Wang Jiankun.

"Jiankun, our ship business is getting better and better during the New Year. Many people would rather wait to take our ship. When will we get the second batch of ships?"

"Oh, why do you ask? Aren't the tickets selling out just right now? Standing tickets aren't selling much either."

"It's like this. Our ship only docks at four ports: Hukou, Anqing, Nanjing, and Yangzhou. So passengers who want to go to other smaller cities along the river are wondering if we can also dock at those ports. In this case, two ships are not enough now."

"Wait for more than a month until the captains and crew members of this batch of training are competent for their posts. Then we will have the ship. However, I do not plan to let you stop at those small cities this year. After the people are trained, we will open a line to Wuhan, Yichang and Chongqing upstream. The next batch will open a special line to Shanghai. Next year, we will consider opening ports in small cities along the river."

"That's why. I heard many passengers say it would be great if they could go to a certain place. It would be much more convenient."

"Just observe the situation and don't think too much. I will make arrangements for the route opening."

"Okay, I will definitely train the new guy."

After everyone finished breakfast, Wang Jiankun brought four large meat buns and a large fried dough stick for the guards on the boat.

Captain Wang Yongjin directed three newly trained crew members to tie up Wang Jiankun's speedboat, and then asked the waiter to lower the gangway for the passengers to board.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, C201 sounded the whistle and set sail on time.

Along the way, they kept overtaking cargo ships and passenger ships. At this time, the captains on the Yangtze River were no longer surprised, because they knew that this was a collective transport team that had obtained this fast transport ship through overseas connections.

Wang Jiankun got off the ship at Nanjing Station and found Mr. Huang's son Huang Zhongmin. He gave him some imported goods brought from Guangzhou, including iron-boxed cigarettes, chocolates, and two bottles of red wine.

He was very happy after receiving it, and felt that Wang Jiankun was a good person. He helped the transport team to gain a foothold in the ticket office at the dock. He also helped introduce many small bosses who resold steel, so that Wang Jiankun's fleet could start to make money from freight.

There is a large steel plant here. Except for the steel within the plan which has a special sales channel, the rest of the steel outside the plan has been taken by small emerging bosses. Most of them are shipped out for sale. Wang Jiankun's ship can lift it by itself and is fast. After introducing the sources of goods to several bosses, some people gradually came to Wang Jiankun's fleet to transport goods.

The ship arrived in Yangzhou at around 6 pm. After arriving in Yangzhou, Wang Jiankun got off the ship to look for Hu Yuefei and Ge Tianwei. The shipping was managed by the captain and he did not need to worry about it.

Because they didn't come before the Chinese New Year, I had to come to Yangzhou to see them after the Chinese New Year.

The two families each gave two bottles of imported red wine and two cans of tin-box cigarettes. We had dinner at Ge Tianwei's house in the evening. His old man was very hospitable. He said that he did not accompany us well last time, so we must drink well this time. As he said this, he brought a 10-jin jar of rice wine.

During the dinner, Ge Tianwei thanked Wang Jiankun repeatedly, saying that his lighter had brought him a good fortune and he hoped that he would continue to support him in the future.

Wang Jiankun naturally had no objection and promised to send him as much as he could as long as he was able to sell it. The only thing he hoped was that he would exchange part of the payment for the goods for gold, because that would be easier to carry. Now, a bag of tens of thousands of yuan with a maximum denomination of 10 yuan would be a very large bag, and it would be very troublesome to collect the payment every time.

Ge Tianwei's hometown is in Shandong, where there are gold mines, so Wang Jiankun suggested that he exchange some of the payment for gold.

The same goes for Hu Yuefei. He is smarter and has more friends, so exchanging gold is not a problem for him. Finally, he reaches an agreement with the two that half of the payment will be exchanged for gold, and the price and purity will be calculated according to the three nines gold on the market.

That night, Wang Jiankun left Ge Tianwei's house with unsteady steps. After arriving at the dock, he used his superpowers to decompose the alcohol in his body, and then drove the speedboat downstream to where the submersible was hidden.

After arriving at the location, Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to dig a small cave to hide the speedboat in, and then used his superpowers to start making a submarine that could support diving for more than 10 days.

This submarine is nearly 9 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. It has two diesel engines of the same design as last time. The propeller is a 7-blade variable pitch propeller. The designed speed at surface snorkel depth is 30 knots and the underwater electric drive is 8 knots.

After the manufacturing was completed, Wang Jiankun tested it in the Yangtze River and spent more than three hours leaving the territorial waters.

He raised the submarine to the surface of the sea, measured the latitude with a compass and sextant, and then, guided by the stars, Wang Jiankun steered the submarine southeast, his destination being the U.S. military base in Okinawa.

(End of this chapter)