The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 125: Bringing Apprentices to Follow the Car

Jiang Cheng took the certificate and went to the dispatch room to pick a delivery order. This time he didn't want to get any benefits from the order, just find a city that was close to him.

This time, by coincidence, Jiang Cheng saw a delivery note from an enamel factory, which was sent from Changcheng to Jiujiang. The enamel factory was where his neighbor Zhang Yang worked, a medium-sized factory.

But sometimes a small factory does not mean a small output, just like a match factory. The matches produced by hundreds of employees in a match factory are enough for the people in an urban area, so it cannot expand even if it wants to.

The same is true for enamel factories. An enamel factory in one place may supply several surrounding urban areas, but its scale is that of a factory with less than a thousand people.

Enamel factories produce bowls, basins, cups, etc., all of which are iron products. If they fall to the ground, at most they will lose an enamel mark, and any of them can be used for many years, even decades.

If it is only supplied to one urban area, this kind of product, which is not consumable and can be used for many years, may not even reach a medium scale.

All enamel factories are not very large, but they often have shipping orders to surrounding cities. The delivery orders from enamel factories are actually good orders. When the driver goes there and asks to buy something, the factory will basically give him face.

Jiang Cheng planned to take his apprentice Feng Hua with him this time. Now he didn't need to think about how to use space to make money every time he went out. It was okay to take his apprentice with him on a short trip, and having an apprentice in the car would save trouble.

Jiang Cheng took the order and went to the logistics department again to ask the clerk in the logistics department to issue a diesel approval slip. This kind of approval slip can be issued by the subordinates and Director Liu, so for some things, it is better to ask ordinary staff to issue it.

With the gun certificate, delivery note, and diesel approval slip, Jiang Cheng left the office building. The enamel factory still said that he would arrive there around three o'clock, and this little time was enough for them to sort out the goods.

You can go there directly after receiving the order, but you may still have to wait for the goods to be delivered to the warehouse.

As for how to distribute the wild boars that Jiang Cheng sent today, whether to let the employees buy them or something else, it has nothing to do with him.

Drivers are like this. If they encounter this kind of company welfare that is difficult to preserve, they will basically lose it if they are not in the company. The benefits that drivers can get outside are enough. They cannot want everything.

If the wild boar is not all processed before tonight, it may have to be pickled with salt or something, otherwise it will go bad.

Feng Hua already knew that his master Jiang Cheng had come to the company, but Jiang Cheng was busy and didn't follow him. Now seeing Jiang Cheng coming out of the office building, he ran to him.

Being an apprentice is like this, you have to be smart and capable, and always appear in front of your master. Don't think of you when there is something, and go find you.

"Feng Hua, go prepare the tools to remove the hood and give the car a quick check. After we go to the gas station to refuel, we will go to the enamel factory to load the goods." Jiang Cheng gave the order directly. No matter what his character was like, at least if he was called for help, he would really do it.

Even Zhou Lingying, the 18-year-old master's wife whom he had only met once, asked him to throw manure. It was already very good for someone to bring his own tools and manure to do it that night.

"Got it, Master." Feng Hua responded excitedly after hearing Jiang Cheng's arrangement, and then trotted back to the repair workshop to get the tools.

Jiang Cheng also drove the car from the back of the kitchen to the door of the repair shop and asked other apprentices who had nothing to do to clean the car. The apprentices were like this, as long as the master who taught them was not there, any driver could command them.

Of course, while cleaning, these apprentices will also put what they have learned into practice on the car, such as measuring the air pressure.

While his apprentice was removing the hood and other apprentices were cleaning the vehicle, Jiang Cheng went to the security department.

A captain here took him directly to a warehouse next to the lounge, where some labor protection products were placed, and many guns were placed randomly in a corner.

These guns are only worn when there are local patrols. They are not used at other times, and the bullets must be registered. Even if they are not used, the security department must conduct training every quarter to practice shooting.

It's a very simple truth, just like the post-era funding, if you don't use it, it means there is too much, and it will be reduced next year. So even if it is a waste, it can be used for shooting, and it won't be left in the warehouse to get moldy.

You can pick any gun you want, and just register it. Each gun has a number. Guns can break, but they cannot be lost. At least if they are lost, they must be reported.

Many units' security departments have to collect broken guns together and turn them in when they reach a certain number. Anyway, each security department has its own management process for guns to ensure that they are not lost at will.

Jiang Cheng picked out a gun that was about 90% new, registered the serial number and personal information, and was ready to go. He also received a box of bullets, twelve in a box.

Rifle bullets were not available for sale in the supply and marketing cooperatives, so if Jiang Cheng wanted to replenish them, he had to explain where they were used. This was a bit troublesome, but just because there were no rifle bullets for sale in the supply and marketing cooperatives did not mean that they could not be obtained elsewhere. They could be obtained in the army and the militia of the commune.

With the gun and bullets in hand, Jiang Cheng returned to the repair shop. The engine cover had been opened by Feng Hua, and they were waiting for Jiang Cheng to teach them.

Jiang Cheng also learned the way of the army. Anyway, he had already explained it once before. It was impossible to expect the apprentice to be able to do it after just one explanation. But it didn't matter whether the apprentice could do it or not. He had to check whether he could do it or not.

"Follow the process and check it for me." Jiang Cheng said directly to Feng Hua.

"Okay, Master." Feng Hua replied seriously.

Feng Hua knew that it was time for the master to assess his apprentices, a step that many new apprentices were both looking forward to and nervous about.

Start by checking everything, including engine oil, water tank level, and engine appearance to see if there are any obvious problems.

After a round, Feng Hua was kicked twice by Jiang Cheng, one of which was to tell him that he was too rigid. Now the engine is not started, some things do not need to be checked, for example, if the car is not powered, can you check whether the car headlights are on?

The other kick he received was for not checking the exterior carefully. He should have inspected the exterior of the truck to see if there were any obvious collision deformations, paint loss, rust, etc.

Also check the tire pressure and wear. Use a special tire pressure gauge to measure the tire pressure and ensure that the pressure meets the standard. At the same time, check the depth of the tire tread. If the wear is serious, the tire needs to be replaced.

As an apprentice, with the master by my side, even if there are no problems with the parts, why do I have to explain it? I have to answer the questions like writing an inspection report.

For example, when checking the water level in the water tank, we need to tell Jiang Cheng where the water level is and whether it is within a reasonable range. If it is not within a reasonable range, how much should be added.

Jiang Cheng didn't know how local drivers were taught, but when doing vehicle inspections in the army with instructors present, even if the vehicle was deformed, you had to answer what it should have been like originally, what it was like now, and how you should deal with it.

If you just say that this place is deformed, even if the problem is found, you will be kicked in the ass.

Now the car just hasn’t started. After the car starts, we need to check something else.

What instruments should be paid attention to during driving, and how to accelerate and reduce the speed to feel the power of the car, turn a corner, etc. Apprentices are not able to feel whether there is any problem with the car by listening to the sound, so they need to do more inspections. Don't find out that there is a problem with the car not long after you go out.

(End of this chapter)