The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 157: Dacron is not popular yet

After breakfast, Jiang Cheng went out with the cakes, mutton and other things he had made yesterday, and put all the things into the space in the car.

It was only 7:40 when Jiang Cheng arrived at the transport team 3 for work, but he found that he was the last one to arrive. It seemed that everyone was very serious about the work they were going to do today. Although everyone had arrived around this time before, this was the first time that Jiang Cheng arrived last.

The driver colleagues didn't play cards this morning, they were all discussing transportation issues. In the entire transportation team, except for Jiang Cheng, Li Jun, who was transferred from the previous transportation team, had done long-distance driving, and they always drove long-distance driving with the purchasers.

Jiang Cheng was probably the only one who could travel long distances alone and take the list to meet the goods. So even Li Jun from the second team was a little anxious.

As for the others, they were also in a state of anxiety and excitement. They had never traveled long distances before, and the goods they were dealing with were mostly in short supply, so they were afraid that something might go wrong during transportation.

When Jiang Cheng arrived, he had been on a long-distance trip alone for two months, and he became the person that everyone asked for advice. What should you pay attention to when traveling long distances?

In the lounge, Jiang Cheng was being handed cigarettes and poured water.

As for what to pay attention to, Jiang Cheng did give some practical advice, based on his own experience and what other masters in the transport team said.

One is the road aspect. If you are not familiar with the route and the weather is bad, try not to take the country roads, even if you have to take a detour.

In terms of safety, if you are only transporting goods from foreign trade to domestic sales, Jiang Cheng feels that there is no problem. Because it is mainly some cities with ports, it is better not to go to some inland cities, such as Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Xi'an and other places.

It’s not that the place is not good, but there were many bandits in those places in the past.

Although it is all right now, the descendants of those bandits always want to awaken their bloodline. Some young people are obviously cowards, and they often talk about doing something when chatting. And when there are many cowards, there will always be one or two people who are not cowardly.

So when doing transportation in inland cities, try to take the main roads. Rural roads, in some poor places, are prone to unruly people. Therefore, it is necessary to carry a gun in the car.

After all, Transport Team 3 is not only responsible for transporting products from foreign trade to domestic sales, but may also be responsible for procurement tasks when there are no task orders.

In addition to paying attention to road and local safety, the remaining thing is to pay attention to women. The identity of a driver is quite attractive to women. Although people in this era are conservative, many women are willing to be lovers with drivers in order to live a good life, even if they know that the driver is married.

The projectionist Zhang Tong whom I met last time did not have a higher status than the driver. He already had a lover in the countryside.

Speaking of women, some people became excited, proving that what Jiang Cheng said was right.

Zhang Kun and Xu Liang, both masters, came from the Construction Bureau. They used to go to some remote brickyards to pull bricks. They didn't flirt with young girls, but they knew which widows were in some villages near the brickyards.

It must be said that the driver industry is really popular. For example, Xu Liang is in his forties, and his son and daughter are married. He said that in a village, there was a girl younger than his daughter. If he asked him to divorce his wife, she would be willing to follow him.

Jiang Ben originally wanted everyone to be careful not to mess with women, but after this opening, everyone started to pay attention.

In the end, Jiang Cheng discovered that he, a person born in the 21st century, was actually a conservative person.

A little after eight o'clock, Captain Du came over and took a lot of lists. Some lists even required several drivers to go together because of the large amount of goods.

This is a good thing for other drivers, who are worried that they may not be able to adapt to driving long distances alone for the first time.

"Jiang Cheng, although you have not been driving for a long time, you have good skills and have driven long distances at the transport station. Our team three has just been established, so you should take the lead in some individual transport orders. Here are several external-to-internal cargo orders that need to be brought back, and you be the first to choose one." Captain Du said to Jiang Cheng in front of everyone.

As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Captain Du really thinks Jiang Cheng is very capable. He has just become the captain and hopes that capable drivers can help him. If these three teams perform well, expansion is a matter of time.

Jiang Cheng originally thought that if Captain Du distributed the list, he would also look at the addresses and then communicate about changing the address. After all, Zhou Lingying was pregnant, and he wanted to go to Zhou Lingying's home in Nanjing again to talk to her family. And to be honest, Jiang Cheng was more friendly to Zhou Lingying's family than to his own family.

After all, Zhou Lingying's parents are Jiang Cheng's biological father-in-law and mother-in-law, while Jiang Cheng's own family is more of an emotional memory.

Jiang Cheng checked the list and found that Guangzhou had the most. It might be because the Canton Fair was well held there this year, with tens of thousands of foreign merchants participating. The other cities were Shanghai, Tianjin, Dalian, and Qingdao.

Tianjin and Qingdao are both northern cities, so it would be a long trip. Jiang Cheng also took a curious look at the orders for domestic sales from foreign trade in Dalian, and they were all canned goods. If they brought back a whole truckload, the so-called domestic sales would probably be consumed by the internal staff of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Of these places, Jiang Cheng wanted to go to Guangdong the most, as it was close to Hong Kong, and he wanted to see if he could do something there. But now he planned to continue to Shanghai, as the products he was going to bring this time were a little interesting to him.

It is a batch of "Dacron" fabric, a kind of synthetic fiber material. It was introduced from Guangdong in the early days and is now mainly used for export. Currently, it is only produced in Guangzhou and Shanghai. "Dacron" has not yet become popular in China.

The name "Dacron" actually means that the clothes made of this fabric are really beautiful. When it spread to other cities, it became the name "Dacron".

There is no "Dacron" fabric on the domestic market, but it was indeed a popular product in the 1970s and 1980s. Now that Jiang Cheng has stayed in China, he can witness how popular this product is in China.

Jiang Cheng received the order to go to Shanghai. Captain Du gave him the list and signed a form. Then he went to do some preparations and set off.

The so-called preparation work is to go to the gas station. Like the transportation station, the Supply and Marketing Cooperative is also a designated cooperative unit of the gas station. As long as you register your work permit and get the approval slip from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, you can buy diesel.

In fact, the diesel consumption of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative is much greater than that of the transport station. The diesel used by many rural communes for agricultural machinery is purchased as additional supply by the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

If you want a diesel approval slip from the Transport Team 3, you can just go to Captain Du directly, instead of going to the Logistics Department like at the Transport Station. In addition to the approval slip, the Transport Team 3 here is a converted warehouse.

This is equivalent to the logistics supply of the transport team, water tanks, oil tanks, and various repair tools and auto parts. You can take whatever you need, just register.

Jiang Cheng got everything ready, went to the gas station to fill up the gas and went home, planning to have lunch and rest before setting off again.

After returning home, Jiang Cheng told Zhou Lingying the good news that he was going to Shanghai again and would make a detour to her house to tell her family about the pregnancy.

When Zhou Lingying heard that Jiang Cheng was going to her house again, she wanted to bring something for her parents.

"Jiang Cheng, can you bring the chickens I raised to my parents?" Zhou Lingying said flatteringly while giving Jiang Cheng a shoulder massage in the room. She also looked for other things, but nothing was suitable, so she thought of the chickens she raised.

"Okay, then you have to agree to one of my requests." Jiang Cheng said while hugging Zhou Lingying's waist.

"I don't agree~."

Zhou Lingying smiled and refused, because Jiang Cheng's tone was not right. If there was anything serious, Jiang Cheng would arrange it for her, and would not ask her to agree to anything. Zhou Lingying guessed that this request was another shameless one.

But it was useless for Zhou Lingying to refuse. Jiang Cheng begged her twice in her ear and she softened her heart. Then there was no chicken sent to her home. Zhou Lingying could not resist the pleas of the man she loved.

At noon, Zhou Lingying prepared another sumptuous meal. After eating, she asked Jiang Cheng to go back to the room and wait for her, and told Jiang Cheng not to be so anxious, and that she would serve him after he cleaned up the dishes.

Then at noon, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying closed the door and went to sleep in the room again.

At about 2:00 p.m., Jiang Cheng left the house, taking some clothes with him but not the chickens Zhou Lingying had raised. He told Zhou Lingying that he would go to the farm when he went to Shanghai and bring two chickens from there, so she didn't need to take any from home.

(End of this chapter)