Chapter 173 Finally made a discovery!
At noon, Jia Dongming had lunch in the canteen of the Security Department. Considering that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, he said hello to the office and rode his bicycle towards the outside of the steel rolling mill.
Yesterday, Jia Dongming went to the blacksmith shop for reconnaissance. Through his eagle eye skills, he discovered that there was a high-power radio station in the underground secret room under the blacksmith shop. This alone was enough to prove that there was something wrong with this blacksmith shop. .
When Jia Dongming communicated with Zhang Huanchun yesterday, Zhang Huanchun told him that the branch had been investigating this blacksmith shop for more than a month, but no results had been obtained. This forced Jia Dongming to come here again to see. See if you can find some valuable clues.
After riding for about twenty minutes, Jia Dongming finally arrived near the blacksmith shop. He immediately found several subordinates from the security department scattered not far from the blacksmith shop, watching every move in the blacksmith shop.
When he found his subordinates, Jia Dongming pretended not to know them. He still rode his bicycle, centered on the blacksmith shop, and circled the surrounding area. Finally, he stopped at the door of a teahouse diagonally opposite the blacksmith shop. .
"Comrade! Welcome. Our store has the best Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Pu'er tea, green tea, scented tea and high broken tea. I wonder what kind of tea you want to drink?" Jia Dongming parked his bicycle and just walked into the teahouse. A shopkeeper The staff immediately came forward and promoted the tea in their store to Jia Dongming.
Jia Dongming heard the clerk's inquiry and first found a seat near the window. Then he smiled and asked the clerk: "Comrade! Please bring me a pot of green tea and a plate of melon seeds."
When the clerk heard what Jia Dongming said, he immediately said to Jia Dongming: "Comrade! A pot of green tea costs 85 cents, and a plate of melon seeds costs 5 cents. The total is 90 cents!"
When Jia Dongming heard the price quoted by the clerk, he took out a dollar from his pocket and gave it to the clerk. Then he sat down and looked through the window at the traffic and people on the road.
"Comrade! Your tea is here, and here is a dime for you! Please keep it." Not long after, the clerk came to the table where Jia Dongming was sitting, carrying tea and melon seeds, and placed the things on the plate. After putting it on the table, he placed the dime in front of Jia Dongming and said to Jia Dongming with a smile.
Jia Dongming saw the dime the clerk put in front of him, picked up the money and put it in his pocket. Then he picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. Then he sipped melon seeds and drank the tea, looking at From time to time, he looked at the blacksmith shop diagonally opposite.
While Jia Dongming was sitting in the teahouse drinking tea and observing the blacksmith shop, a security guard squatting on the roadside suddenly showed admiration on his face when he saw Jia Dongming sitting comfortably in the teahouse drinking tea. Expression, deep in heart He murmured to himself: "The director is worthy of being a director. He can find such a comfortable method even when he comes to set a location. This is the correct way to start the tracking work. I will have to learn from the director in the future."
Just as Jia Dongming was sitting in the teahouse drinking tea with a comfortable look on his face, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer walked into the blacksmith shop with a cloth bag in his hand. He smiled and shouted to the master in the blacksmith shop: "Ye Ye!" Master! When I was cutting down a tree two days ago, my hatchet accidentally cracked a stone. How much would it cost to repair it?"
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Master Ye heard the middle-aged man's inquiry and took the hatchet from the other man's hand. After taking a serious look, he smiled and said to the middle-aged man: "Comrade! This hatchet of yours needs to be remade. The maintenance fee is It takes a dollar.”
When the middle-aged man heard what Master Ye said, he touched his pocket with embarrassment, then took out a few cents and said coquettishly to Master Ye: "Master Ye! One dollar is too much, you Let’s see if it can be cheaper. After all, it’s not easy for us country folk to make some money.”
When Master Ye saw the few cents the middle-aged man took out from his pocket, and saw the middle-aged man's squirming expression, there was a troubled expression on his face, and he replied: "Comrade! It's not that I don't want to take advantage of you. Yes, our blacksmith shop is public and everything is clearly priced, so there is no way I can give you a cheaper price.”
When the middle-aged man heard what Master Ye said, he had a troubled expression on his face. It wasn't until a moment later that he counted out fifty cents and handed it to Master Ye. Then he replied: "Master Ye! I'll give you fifty cents first. I’ll settle the remaining money with you when I come to get the hatchet. Do you think that’s okay?”
When Master Ye heard the middle-aged man's request, he couldn't help but sigh and replied: "Oh! It's not easy for anyone these days, so I'll charge you fifty cents first, and you can come tomorrow for the rest." When taking the hatchet, be sure to remember to refill it. "When the middle-aged man heard Master Ye's answer, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly thanked Master Ye: "Master Ye! Thank you then. When I come to pick up the hatchet tomorrow, I promise to give you the money. ”
Jia Dongming, who was sitting in the teahouse, saw the middle-aged man walking into the blacksmith shop. He used the eagle eye skills and the wind ear skills to monitor everything that happened in the blacksmith shop. Through the conversation between the two, Jia Dongming did not I found something unusual, so I moved my gaze from the blacksmith shop back to the teahouse.
At the intersection next to the blacksmith shop, a security guard saw the middle-aged man walking out of the blacksmith shop, then looked at his colleague not far away, then picked up an empty load and walked away from the blacksmith shop. The ground followed the middle-aged man.
Jia Dongming sat in the teahouse for about half an hour. Seeing that there were no customers at the blacksmith shop, he planned to go back to the steel rolling mill first.
"Comrade! Why are you leaving before you finish your tea?" When the clerk in the teahouse saw Jia Dongming preparing to leave, he immediately came forward and asked Jia Dongming enthusiastically.
Jia Dongming heard the clerk's question and replied with a smile: "Comrade! My wife used the kitchen knife at home to chop bones, but the knife was broken. I saw there was a blacksmith shop opposite your teahouse, so I wanted to go and see it. Let’s see if there are any thicker kitchen knives and buy one to cut vegetables for my wife.”
When the clerk heard what Jia Dongming said and learned that Jia Dongming was going to the blacksmith shop to buy a kitchen knife, his face showed a hesitant expression. Finally, he couldn't help but suggested to Jia Dongming: "Comrade! If you want to buy a kitchen knife, I suggest you go to the supply and marketing cooperative. The things in that blacksmith shop are simply extremely expensive.”
When Jia Dongming heard what the clerk said, he seemed to have grasped very important information. He quickly asked the clerk: "Comrade! Is there anything special about the kitchen knives in this blacksmith shop? Why are they sold so much? Expensive? ”
When the clerk heard Jia Dongming's inquiry and thought of the changes in the blacksmith shop over the past year, he subconsciously shook his head and replied: "Comrade! Actually, I don't know the difference between the kitchen knives in this shop and those from the supply and marketing cooperative." .”
"When Old Fengtou was running this blacksmith shop, the business was very good. Three months ago, Old Fengtou returned to his hometown in Shanxi to take care of himself."
"The new Master Ye doubled the price of iron products in the blacksmith shop within a few days after he arrived. Since then, the business of this blacksmith shop has been declining day by day. If it were not a public-private partnership, this blacksmith would I’m afraid the shop has closed down a long time ago.”
After hearing the situation introduced by the clerk, Jia Dongming finally understood what was wrong with this blacksmith shop, and then replied with a smile: "Comrade! It is better for our D and the government! If it were during the period of the National D , this blacksmith shop will definitely close down.”
When the clerk heard Jia Dongming's words, thinking about his current life, he immediately smiled and agreed: "Comrade! You are right. Before we opened a teahouse, those black men would come to the teahouse to ask for money. If they didn't give money, they would let Our teahouse cannot continue to operate.”
"Although our teahouse is now a public-private partnership, our teahouse is protected by the government. We no longer have to worry about extortion. Although we make less money, it is more stable than before. We don't have to worry about doing business all day long like in the past. .”
After Jia Dongming heard the clerk's words and said goodbye with a smile, he habitually looked at the blacksmith shop with eagle eyes. As a result, he found that Master Ye was already in the secret room underground, holding a note in his hand. He was holding a thick book and comparing the contents on it. On the table next to him, there was a wood-chopping knife with a disassembled wooden handle.
(End of chapter)