Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 80 Shanghai Layout
On the way back from Okinawa, Wang Jiankun was not so anxious. He ordered the submarine to sail slowly at a low speed of 15 knots, and surfaced from time to time to test the improved model of the DH-1 missile at sea.

The improved air defense missile has better performance, with a firing height of up to 3500 meters, a range increased to 8500 meters, and a maximum speed of Mach 2.1, while the length and weight of the missile have not increased.

This is because Wang Jiankun referred to the engines, propellants and missile shapes of many missiles in his mind, and under the simulation calculation of Zhizi, he created the most advanced individual air defense missile in the world.

Based on the air defense type, Wang Jiankun also designed a missile to attack low-speed armored targets. Wang Jiankun built a target ship at sea that can attack targets within a range of 4 kilometers.

The range is not that long because to attack armored targets, an armor-piercing warhead or a high-explosive warhead is needed, which weighs more than twice as much as an anti-aircraft warhead, so less weight is left for propellant. In addition, to attack low-speed armored targets such as patrol boats, tanks and armored vehicles, such a long range is not required. A range of 4 kilometers is enough. After firing the missile, the soldiers have plenty of time to leave the launch site with the launch device.

Now that such advanced missiles have been designed and manufactured, individual rockets will certainly not be a problem.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to come to this testing sea area, Wang Jiankun imitated a US military M72 LAW rocket launcher.

The U.S. military's M72 LAW has a maximum range of 1000 meters and an effective range of 150-170 meters. This weapon was found in the arsenal on an aircraft carrier and should be used by the Marine Corps, otherwise this type of individual rocket would generally not appear on an aircraft carrier.

Wang Jiankun asked Zhizi to combine the currently collected engine styles, materials, and aerodynamic shapes of various missiles to design a more powerful rocket launcher, which he named HJ-1. The maximum range can reach 1200 meters and the effective range is 180 meters to 200 meters.

Based on the information and samples found in the aircraft carrier's ammunition depot, four types of rockets were manufactured: anti-armor rockets, high-explosive rockets, white phosphorus rockets, and napalm bombs. Each type was tested in the vast East China Sea.

In order to see the effect of live ammunition, Wang Jiankun made an air defense radar during the day. When he detected that there were no low-altitude aircraft patrolling within 200 kilometers, he conducted target shooting tests on several missiles and rockets he had manufactured.

Seeing the fireballs exploding on the target ship hundreds of meters away, Wang Jiankun seemed to have awakened something. He always wanted to make more powerful weapons and seize a piece of land to develop the military. This might be what the old saying means when you have a sharp knife in your hand, you will naturally want to kill.

Fortunately, he still had some sense and knew that even a powerful country like the United States in today's world could rarely escape unscathed after launching a war of aggression. After each war, its domestic economy would suffer internal damage and would take a long time to recover.

With Wang Jiankun's manufacturing capabilities, although he might be able to fight a major battle in the early stage with the stockpiled equipment, he would definitely be besieged and killed afterwards, because the current daily manufacturing capacity is very limited, and the types of elements in one place are also very limited. Without a stable territory, he cannot obtain a steady supply of rare and precious metals, so his weapons and equipment will only become less and less.

After having enough fun on the sea, he turned his attention to underwater, because there was still a weapon called torpedo that he had not tried underwater.

At present, weapons such as torpedoes are of no use to Wang Jiankun and his uncle's base. Wang Jiankun currently has no plans to develop the military industry. His uncle's base is in the mountainous area of ​​northern Myanmar, and the rivers in the area are only that big, so torpedoes are completely useless.

But since he was already here, if he didn't take this opportunity to try it, he would have to wait a long time in the future. So in a shallow sea area, Wang Jiankun extracted some elements and made torpedo tubes and torpedoes in front of the submarine.

According to the information on the submarine, this heavy torpedo called MK-48 has a long range and great power, and is currently standard equipment on all US military attack nuclear submarines.

Its guidance method is wire guidance plus active and passive sonar self-guidance. The wire guidance conductor is a two-way transmission. Not only can the launching boat transmit the target to the torpedo, but the torpedo's movement trajectory and navigation parameters can also be transmitted back to the launching boat. The submarine can monitor and correct the torpedo's course at any time.

The "Otto" type fuel used in its power system has the advantages of high energy density, low noise and no wake.

The warhead has a large charge, and a single torpedo hit is enough to sink a large submarine or medium-sized surface warship.

This time, Wang Jiankun did not ask Zhizi to help modify and redesign the torpedo. He copied one exactly as it was, and then used seabed elements to build a 100-meter-long hollow-hull submarine as a target. He installed a low-speed diesel engine on it to allow it to sail in the -meter deep sea.

Then the small submarine was driven 20 nautical miles away and the active sonar imitating that of a nuclear submarine was used to search for the target. After the target information was confirmed, the torpedo was activated. In an instant, an extremely huge force pushed the small submarine back dozens of meters. If Wang Jiankun had not been prepared, he would have suffered a bloody head injury in the submarine.

Fortunately, the wire was made strong and did not break at the moment of launch, otherwise all the preparations would have been in vain.

After stabilizing the small submarine, Wang Jiankun began to monitor the torpedo and correct the course from time to time according to the operating manual.

A few minutes later, a loud rumbling sound came from the bottom of the sea, causing the walls and pipes of the small submarine to creak, and the submarine began to sway left and right, back and forth.

The explosion of explosives on the seabed is indeed louder than that in the air or on the ground, and it can have an impact even at such a long distance. This shows that high-powered torpedoes are particularly threatening to underwater and surface ships.

It is a pity that Wang Jiankun cannot use it now. Even if he has it, he dare not use it in the coastal areas of the mainland, otherwise it will cause regional instability and be a serious crime. The environment for peaceful development that has been achieved in the country in recent years has not come easily.

After being shocked by the power of the torpedo for a while, Wang Jiankun drove a submarine to check the results, only to see that the target ship was broken into two sections. The broken end was a twisted steel structure, and there were large numbers of dead fish around it, because this batch of sea areas was close to the Zhoushan fishing grounds.

Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to cut the target ship into small pieces of steel. Some rare and precious metals were extracted into a small submarine to be taken back inland. The dead fish on the seabed were also roughly decomposed to prevent passing trawlers from catching a large number of dead fish and arousing suspicion.

The mainland coastline here is more than 180 kilometers long. Wang Jiankun looked at the position of the sun, calculated the approximate direction, set the speed to 20 knots, and prepared to sail directly to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

At around 6 o'clock in the evening, the small submarine driven by Wang Jiankun arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The speed of the submarine was reduced to 5 knots. He used his superpowers to detect the terrain of the riverbed and compared it with the previously recorded terrain. After a long time, he finally matched them. Then, according to the topographic map, he carefully sailed into the Yangtze River.

It was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the night when Wang Jiankun arrived at the submarine underground base. He was very sleepy, so he heated up two cans of food at the submarine base, made a temporary bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

After sleeping for 10 hours, Wang Jiankun woke up because he had to urinate urgently. Looking at the faint light of an incandescent lamp in the darkness, it took him a while to remember that he was at a submarine base because he was too sleepy to fall asleep.

Looking at the luminous watch, it was 9 o'clock in the morning on the th day of the first lunar month. It would be too late to catch the morning boat to Yangzhou, so Wang Jiankun decided to take a speedboat to Shanghai to take a look.

I returned to the submarine, used the microwave inside to heat up two cans of food again and ate them to fill my stomach first, then drove the speedboat downstream.

After driving for more than 60 kilometers along the south bank of the Yangtze River to Baoshan, Wang Jiankun slowed down, slowly passed the Baosteel base under construction and its supporting freight terminal, then drove a few kilometers downstream and entered the muddy Huangpu River.

Along the winding Huangpu River, Wang Jiankun slowed down and observed the buildings on both sides of the river.

At this time, the houses on the west side are densely built, while those on the east side are much more sparse. The buildings are mainly shacks and low houses, and tall buildings are rarely seen.

Since there is no bridge across the river on the east side, it is very troublesome for people living there to cross the river. However, people usually go to Puxi to do their shopping, so most of the people who settle there are poor families.

If Pudong wants to develop, it must build a bridge, otherwise logistics and transportation will be a big problem. There is no place to build a deep-water port on the side close to the sea and the Yangtze River, so shipping is impossible.

Because Puxi could transport supplies from Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places by land, all the concessions before liberation were established in Puxi.

After sailing for more than 10 minutes, they arrived at the famous Bund. On the speedboat, Wang Jiankun saw Western-style buildings standing on the banks of the Huangpu River.

Wang Jiankun had seen pictures in history books and some books introducing Shanghai, and matched them one by one with the information in his mind. He saw the Banque de l'Indochine, the Yokohama Specie Bank, the famous Peace Hotel, the China Development Bank, the Shanghai Customs Building, the Great Northern Telegraph Company, the HSBC Bank, and so on.

Looking at the buildings along the old Shanghai Bund, I found that most of them were banking buildings. It seems that this city has the foundation for developing the financial industry.

After driving a little further, we arrived at Shilipu Wharf, where some small ships were docked, as well as some foreign ships that entered Shanghai after the reform and opening up.

After Wang Jiankun's speedboat docked, the dock boy nodded and spoke to him in Japanese because he thought Wang Jiankun was Japanese.

Because Wang Jiankun was dressed very fashionably, with a long trench coat modeled after the ones in magazines, a white shirt underneath, grey plaid trousers and a grey jacket, and shiny leather shoes on his feet, the boatman thought he was Japanese.

He replied in standard Mandarin in a bad mood: "I am Chinese, keep an eye on this ship. You can't afford to pay for anything that goes missing."

I heard that it was Chinese, and it was not pleasant to hear, but the professional quality was really good. He still greeted me with a smile and said, "Hello, sir. I will definitely take good care of your boat. How long will you stay here?"

"It will take me a few hours to see the scenery of the Bund and stroll along Nanjing Road. How much do you charge?"

"Hello sir, according to the size of your boat, the starting fee is 20 yuan, which allows you to dock for 2 hours. After that, it will be charged 2 yuan per hour, and any time less than an hour will be counted as a full hour." I was a little shocked to hear that it was so expensive to dock a boat, but it was understandable. Since the construction of this city, all services have never been cheap. So I readily paid the 1 yuan docking fee and got a license plate with the starting time of the docking written on it. When I leave, I will look at the table below to calculate whether I have to pay additional fees.

"Sir, is this your first time here? Do you need a guide? I can introduce you to the guide who knows this area best. I'll call him over if you need him."

"Oh? You're taking on a part-time job. How much do you charge as a guide? What if the guide doesn't lead the way well?"

"Sir, don't worry. You can decide how much to pay. If the explanation and guidance are good, you can give more. If you are not satisfied, you can give him a hard work fee. You drive such a good speedboat, I think you will not treat him badly."

"Okay! Call him over, quickly, I'm in a hurry."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Sure enough, in less than a minute, a short young man dressed neatly ran up to Wang Jiankun. He looked to be around 1 years old.

"Hello, sir. I am Ding Shengli. I grew up by the river and am very familiar with this area. I will take you to visit the foreign land and Nanjing Road!"

"Well, okay, my last name is Wang, and I'm going to check out the environment here and see if there's any good business to do. It's too far to walk here, do you have any suggestions?"

"Mr. Wang, the tram stop is about 100 meters ahead. We can take the tram, or we can call a three-wheeled rickshaw."

"Then let's go take the tram first, hurry up, it's almost noon now, let's find a place to eat first."

"Okay, please follow me, I'll lead the way."

The two of them came to the station near Shilipu Wharf. After a while, the tram arrived. It felt very novel to see the tram that they had seen on TV so close in front of them.

After Wang Jiankun got on the car, he projected it into his mind and planned to study it further when he returned. He felt that small trams could be installed in the underground passages in the future to facilitate quick travel, and when the circular particle accelerator was built, it could also be installed on the side to facilitate inspections.

While waiting for the bus, Wang Jiankun gave Ding Shengli 20 yuan and asked him to be responsible for buying tickets on the road and paying for small items, so he saved a lot of trouble.

The tram was not fast, traveling only about 25 kilometers per hour. Wang Jiankun took a close look at these buildings from the last century from south to north. He also used his superpowers to look inside and found that most of the buildings were empty, and some were dilapidated and no one used them.

When they arrived near the Peace Hotel, Ding Shengli called Wang Jiankun to get off the tram. Nanjing Road is right next to the Peace Hotel.

The Peace Hotel was open at that time, and Wang Jiankun was about to go in to have a meal, but the doorman stopped him, because he could not be received immediately without a reservation. Even if he wanted to pay in US dollars, it would not work because the receptionists there were not ordinary people and would not receive anyone without a reservation.

There was no choice but to let Ding Shengli lead the way to a restaurant serving local cuisine on Nanjing Road. After the dishes were served and he took a few bites, he felt they were just so-so, with a light taste and a little sweet, but different from Huaiyang cuisine. Wang Jiankun couldn't get used to it as it was his first time eating it, so he just ate a little of everything. In the end, the dish of salted shrimps was quite delicious and he ate most of it.

After the meal, the two of them strolled along Nanjing Road. Ding Shengli explained to him the history of certain buildings, the owners and ancestors of certain shops from time to time. Wang Jiankun found that it was not easy to open a shop here. After the reform and opening, those people took back the houses and shops and made a fortune quickly. It should be that they must have hidden a huge fortune before, otherwise how could they have risen so quickly in just a few years.

When Wang Jiankun came to the department store here, he went in to take a look and found a long line in the area selling electrical appliances. He stopped and watched for a while and found that the mall had newly imported a batch of black-and-white and color TVs from Japan. Black-and-white TVs did not require tickets, just payment, but color TVs required tickets, but if you had foreign exchange coupons or foreign currency, you could also buy them. The mall accepted US dollars, Japanese yen, francs and British pounds, and the price was calculated according to the official exchange rate.

In order to see the purchasing power here, Wang Jiankun looked for a long time and found that there were quite a few wealthy people. The black and white TVs that did not require tickets were priced at 1200 yuan each and were sold very quickly. More than 30 sets were sold in a short while, and more people continued to line up.

Many people also bought color TVs, with about half paying with tickets and half paying with foreign exchange coupons. During the half hour that Wang Jiankun stayed there, more than 10 TVs were sold. According to the RMB price, the value of each TV was 3500 yuan excluding the tickets. Those who bought them were quite happy and did not feel any pain at all.

With such strong purchasing power, Wang Jiankun wanted to open a store selling televisions here. However, it was too troublesome for him to use his superpowers to manufacture the products, and Xingyao Electronic Manufacturing still needed them to train their workers.

Considering this year's plan, we will buy some shops in several major cities after the expansion of the electronic watch production line is completed and the dealer channel is initially established.

In the mall, Wang Jiankun bought some local specialties, preparing to take them back to his family and classmates. He also had two sets of summer clothes made for each member of his family at an old tailor shop, according to the most popular styles in Shanghai. He paid the full amount, got the ticket and wrote down the delivery address, and asked the shop to mail the clothes to Wuyuan County after they were made.

The further you go into Nanjing Road, the simpler the buildings become. I heard from Ding Shengli that these were all built after the liberation, and they were mainly built for practicality without considering aesthetics. Because it is far away from the Bund, the things sold in the shops here are much simpler, mostly condiments such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and small household items. So I planned to turn around and walk back.

When I passed by a closed store, I saw a sign on it saying "For Sale"! If you are interested, please go to No. **, ** Lane to negotiate the sale.

"Ding Shengli, it says here that the shop is for sale. Is this true? Can the shop here be bought and sold?"

"Buying and selling houses and shops has always been possible, but it was very strict for a period of time before, and the source of money was investigated, resulting in almost no house buying and selling during that period. In recent years, it has gradually increased, especially last year, when many people sold their returned houses and went abroad. This shop said it was for sale, and most of them wanted to go abroad, so it should be true."

"Well, this place is quite remote, a little far from the Inner and Outer Bund. Ding Shengli, I have something to ask you. I want you to help me find out if there are any shops, houses or stores for sale within two kilometers of the Outer Bund for less than 5 yuan. Please keep an eye on them and send me a telegram as soon as you get the news. I will rush to make the deal as soon as possible. If it is a large house that can be sold for around 10 yuan, you can also help me find out and send me a telegram as well."

Seeing Ding Shengli's thoughtful look, he thought he would not agree, so he continued, "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss. I'll give you an extra 20 yuan as the cost of inquiring and running errands. If the deal is successful, I'll give you 1% commission. If it's a 5 yuan house, you can get 500 yuan at once, which is much more than what you earn from the jobs you take from time to time."

"Mr. Wang, I agree. I am familiar with this area. Please tell me your requirements for houses and shops so that I can find out more and report back to you, so that you don't have to make a wasted trip."

"Well, the store should be between 20 and 50 square meters in size, and it must be on a main road, within 2 kilometers of the foreign buildings on the Bund. The house does not have to be on a main road, but it must be a single-family house or a single-story house. Don't buy a house that is built together and sells a part of it separately. If it is a single-family house, it can be within 200 square meters, and a single-story house can be 40 to 160 square meters."

"Okay, sir. I'll look for it according to your criteria and send you a telegram when I find it."

"If you have other friends, you can help me look for one. I can accept a house in Huangpu District, but it's too far from the bustling area, so I can't afford a very high price."

"Okay, I have some friends who often hang out in Huangpu District. I'll ask them to help find out and try to find it for you as soon as possible."

"Well, it's getting late, let's call a tricycle to go to the pier!"

Ding Shengli has good eyesight. He saw a tricycle waiting for work in the distance and called him over in Shanghai dialect. Looking at this tricycle with a sense of history and the tanned face, Wang Jiankun felt a little emotional. No matter what time, there are always people struggling.

Although this bike is a bit old, it has been well maintained by the master cyclist. There is no unusual noise when you sit on it, and the master rides very smoothly.

More than 20 minutes later, Wang Jiankun arrived at the dock, and Ding Shengli paid the fare and let the tricycle go.

When preparing to pay the tour guide, Wang Jiankun roughly calculated the expenses for most of the day, including the tickets for visiting several old buildings and the cost of some small items. Considering that he would have to trouble him to help find a house in the future, he gave Ding Shengli 20 US dollars. One reason was to give him more hard work fee, as 10 US dollars was almost 200 yuan according to the black market here. The other reason was to tell him that he had money and foreign exchange, and he should put more effort in finding a house, and that he was not joking with him.

Seeing the green US dollars handed to him, Ding Shengli was so happy and excited that his hands were shaking. He picked up the US dollars, touched them roughly, and put it in his arms. He kept thanking and saying that he would definitely help him find a good shop and a good house.

The $20 was worth two months of hard work for him. He no longer had to worry about his younger sister’s schooling money, and the family’s meals could be improved. Except for the New Year’s meal, they could only buy some cheap vegetables at the market when it was about to close.

This time, Lao Xu introduced him to a good job. He will have to pay him more commission after the money is exchanged. It seems that it was right for him to come to the dock to find a job before the New Year.

Although he had only taken three jobs in the previous ten days and earned about 10 yuan, which was barely enough to make ends meet, he met a wealthy customer and got a large sum of money. Moreover, it seemed that the 3% commission he asked for in finding shops and houses was very reliable and no joke.

Before, I was thinking of just looking for them when I passed by those places, but now I have to change my mindset. I have to spend more time every day to inquire about them. One successful deal can keep me busy for several months.

Moreover, it is not just Mr. Wang who can be found, other wealthy people can also be introduced, which greatly increases the probability of failure to close the deal.

Not to mention that Ding Shengli had so many ideas about making money in his mind, after paying the berthing fee, Wang Jiankun started the speedboat and rushed to Yangzhou. He was going to take C202 home. On the way, he also had to go to the submarine base to bring back the uranium extracted from the sea.

(End of this chapter)