Chapter 263 The second ship
December 19.
At the same time that the second Blue Whale Airship No. 1002 was put into trial operation.
Jiang Miao and his wife also secretly left from the capital, but they did not take the same high-speed rail.
The Blue Whale No. 1002 also flew from Minqin Airport all the way to the northeast, crossing the Tengger Desert, the Loess Plateau, and the Yanshan Mountains, and arrived at Mulan Farm in Zhelim City.
In Zhelimu Airport, after replacing the battery box, six refrigerated containers were lifted, and 177 tons of frozen beef and mutton were loaded.
The airship No. 1002 heads south from Zhelim Airport, crosses the eastern part of the Yanshan Mountains, flies directly to the Bohai Sea, and then crosses the Jiaodong Peninsula, adhering to the coastline, and crosses the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Ryukyu Strait.
After entering the South China Sea, go straight to Qiongzhou Island.
Because it is winter and north winds are prevalent in East Asia, the airship No. 1002 heading south is flying down the wind all the way, and its speed can basically be maintained at 120 kilometers per hour.
The entire flight mileage is about 3189 kilometers.
The total time took 26 hours and 33 minutes.
One container charges RMB 20,409.6.
The average transportation cost per ton of chilled beef and mutton is about 691.8 yuan, equivalent to about 0.69 yuan per kilogram.
Qiongdong Coast Airport has not been officially completed at present, but this does not hinder its entry into use.
This is also another major feature of airship transportation, which is that it can be parked, loaded and unloaded under simple environments.
The reason why the airship is specially planned and built is, on the one hand, to plan the airship transportation system; on the other hand, to reduce the energy consumption of the airship itself.
After all, temporarily park and load and unload in places with incomplete supporting facilities. For safety reasons, the airship must lower the height to a height of about 20 meters close to the ground, and the floating posture auxiliary control system needs to operate with all efforts.
At this time, the airship No. 1002 was forcibly parked on the open space of Qiongdong Coast Airport in this way.
The temporary convoy assisting parking and loading and unloading around was also very nervous at this time because the wind was a bit strong today.
Fortunately, the airship is heavy, and the sunlight in Qiongzhou during the day is strong, and it shines on the silicon carbide tube photovoltaic panels on the upper half of the airship, producing a large amount of electricity, and the posture control system is operating at full speed.
As the shelves are unloaded, six refrigerated containers land on the platform of the tractor together with the shelves. The special tractor pulls the shelves to the container loading and unloading yard one kilometer away. There is a special container crane there, which can quickly transfer containers to ordinary tractors.
In the small town near the airport.
Many people have seen this behemoth floating in the air.
The black and blue airship can be seen at the entrance of a cigarette hotel.
The boss held a cigarette in his mouth and watched the shelves slowly descending from under the abdomen of the airship with containers. He let out a sip of cigarette: "Huh... this thing is so big, why do you pull six containers?"
The owner of the lottery store next door also came out: "Yes! This is a bit of a bad taste!"
"Old Liu, give me 100 yuan in the Double Color Ball, this is the number." The owner of the Yan Hotel took out an expired lottery ticket from his wallet.
A taxi driver also leaned against the street lamp pole beside him: "You don't understand, this airship flew from Monan."
"Monan? So far?" Old Liu of the lottery shop took over 100 yuan.
The taxi driver took his cell phone and replied, "I watched the live musical notes yesterday. The people from Hailufeng Company said that this is the second Blue Whale Transport Airship. If you look at the number LJ1002, it means it is the second one."
The owner of the tobacco hotel handed a cigarette to the taxi driver: "It's flying so far, and it's only six containers. Isn't the cost cheap?"
"Let's take a look." The taxi driver turned the cigarette on his ear, then opened the note platform, and found the video introduction of Hailufeng Company at Zhelimu Airport yesterday. After a while, he raised his head:
"A container from Monan to Qiongzhou costs more than 20,000 yuan."
The owner of the tobacco hotel scratched his temples: "More than 20,000? Is this too high?"
"Not high." The taxi driver who had worked as a large truck driver in the past shook his head: "Their 20-foot container can hold 29.5 tons, and an average of only 600 yuan per ton is only 600 yuan. This weight comes to Qiongzhou from Monan to this south, and the cost is more than that."
"Why don't you go to a big truck?" The owner of the tobacco hotel met the taxi driver.
The taxi driver smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not that the family has a lot of work. I've been working in the truck for a few days all year round."
"Old Wu, give it, I'm not responsible if I lose it." Old Liu of the lottery store handed the lottery ticket to the owner of the cigarette hotel, Lao Wu, and then turned his head and smiled, "Your taxi company will be bad sooner or later, you'd better find other jobs!"
"I want to do it too! But there are few jobs left in the local area!" The taxi driver took Huazi from his ear and lit it, and took a beautiful breath: "Huh..."
"Why don't you try it at Hailufeng Company?"
The taxi driver still shook his head: "Hailufeng Company? They do recruit truck drivers, but many of them have to go to other places!"
"Don't you be so dying! Look, this airship's airport is not recruiting ground staff." Old Wu from Yan Hotel took out a stack of recruitment advertisements.
"Airport ground staff?" The taxi driver took the recruitment advertisement and looked at it for a while, and felt a little moved.
Among the ground staff of the airport, there are many tractor drivers, who happen to have work experience. Moreover, the tractor drivers inside the airport do not need to go to other places, but only need to drive the shelves internally to the designated berths and cargo loading and unloading yards.
The middle-aged driver who felt that he had not made any progress in driving a taxi and was even at risk of unemployment had been thought about for a few minutes before making up his mind to go to the local airport to apply for an internal tractor driver.
It's at this moment.
Several tractors pulled the containers and came out from the airport exit.
Then the road passed by in front of a few people.
"Awei, what is the container loaded?"
The taxi driver Awei shook his cigarette: "Huh... it's chilled beef and mutton. The fresh meat just came out of the slaughterhouse in the south of the desert yesterday."
Lao Wu looked at these black and white containers: "If you say, a ton is only more than 600 yuan, and a pound is almost more than 30 cents more freight?"
"How is that possible?" A Wei explained with a smile: "The airship has no way to fly directly from the factory to the market, from the slaughterhouse to the airport, from the airport to the market. This also requires road transportation, but the overall transportation cost can be reduced a lot."
"That's not bad. With so much beef and mutton, the meat price can be cheaper. My grandson likes to eat braised beef the most. I don't know where these meats are sold?" Lao Wu asked curiously.
Awei, who often sports cars, is clearer about the surroundings: "We should not have one in Tanmen Town. We have to go to the Hailufeng franchise store in the city, or the Hailufeng warehousing supermarket in Tayang Town."
Old Wu crushed the cigarette butts: "Tayang? It's a little closer than the city."
at the same time.
The airship No. 1002, which had 177 tons of chilled beef and mutton, did not stop much. After pulling the eight containers prepared in advance together with the shelves, it was re-employed and then returned to the wind.
The reason for these eight containers is mainly because the things that are transported back to the air are abaca products and tropical fruits.
Tropical fruits need to be packaged and are relatively light goods, unlike abaca products that can be compressed and stacked together.
The transportation of airships is not calculated by volume, but by weight, so the container volume must be increased to achieve a weight close to takeoff.
These things are also what airship transport companies and airports need to calculate in advance. They cannot waste the airship's payload and cannot be overweight.
While half an hour was parked at Qiongdong Airport, airship No. 1002 did not replace the battery.
Because yesterday, when the flight was charged by solar energy and flying downwind, the overall power was about 82%.
Although heading north is flying against the wind, the photovoltaic panels will continue to charge during the flight, and the battery will not be stored at night.
In other words, the remaining power of the airship at this time can theoretically support the airship to fly about 3,690 kilometers under full load.
The return distance is 3189 kilometers, and half of the time does not require the battery reserves to consume electricity, so it is more than enough to return to Zhelimu City from Qiongzhou.
The airship left Tanmen Town in Qiongdong.
I returned to the north with a large amount of abaca products and tropical fruits.
The sun sets.
The owner of the smoke hotel drove to the nearby Tayang Town.
I saw the Hailufeng Storage Center in Tayang Town on the roadside, which is also the location of the storage supermarket.
I just parked the car.
I saw many people pushing shopping carts out of the supermarket door. While walking, he glanced at the shopping carts of these people and found that there was a lot of beef and mutton on the shopping carts.
Many customers speak Mandarin with a strong taste, obviously the Northeastern people are relatively high.
There are many people in Northeast China who go south to Qiongzhou for winter. Although Zhelim City is part of the southern desert, it actually belongs to a part of the Northeast in terms of geographical division and cultural traditions. Therefore, the chilled beef and mutton transported from Zhelimu is very popular among these migratory bird-type Northeastern people. You can eat beef and mutton from your hometown in Qiongzhou thousands of miles away. In addition, the cost-effectiveness is very high. Many people start by buying it for more than ten pounds. Some families with more family members have even purchased dozens of pounds.
Old Wu followed the abortion and came to the meat area.
Just as soon as I wanted to see the price of a pack of steak, another customer took the last pack of steak.
Fortunately, he came just right. The supermarket waiter knew that there was a shelf's product empty, so he quickly transferred a batch of steaks from the temporary warehouse.
Lao Wu, who was watching beef brisket next to him, saw a pack of 10 kilograms of iced beef brisket, which was priced at 500 yuan: "Twenty-five pounds? 10% off for members?"
He searched for a while and found a pack of 5 kilograms of chilled beef brisket on the shelf next door, which costs 249 yuan per pack.
So he picked up a bag and put it on the shopping cart.
The waiter pushed the shopping cart and passed by him, then put a bunch of steaks on the empty shelves.
Old Wu walked over.
While loading goods were loaded, the waiter smiled and introduced: "Does Uncle want steak? This is just airlifted from Monan. They are all very fresh, only 10 kilograms are only 249."
The newest ⊥Xiao⊥Speak⊥Send⊥Six⊥9⊥Book⊥⊥⊥⊥Back⊥⊥⊥⊥! "Is there any small package?" Lao Wu asked with a headache. "Yes, here." The waiter pointed to another empty shelf and then pulled out several packs of 2.5 kilograms of steak from the bottom of the cart. "Thank you, pretty girl." Old Wu took a pack of 2.5 kilograms of steak, and the price was 128 yuan.
I thought that his wife didn't eat beef, so he hurried to the area where he sold mutton and got a pack of 2.5 kilograms of lamb leg meat, which was even cheaper, only 75 yuan.
This price is much cheaper than the local one.
In fact, as domestic feed problems are solved, especially the soaring capacity of feed and forage production in the south and northwest of the desert, the cost of raising cattle and sheep in the local area has plummeted.
The current price of beef from the origin is generally between 18 and 20 yuan per pound; the price of mutton is between 11 and 12 yuan per pound.
In the north, the price is generally two or three yuan per catty.
Hailufeng Company uses airships to reduce the price of beef sold in Qiongzhou to 25 to 26 yuan per catty, and the mutton to 15 to 16 yuan per catty.
This price is basically the same as retail in the northern region.
And this price will soon sweep the entire southern market.
With the emergence of airship transportation, the restrictions that plague the southward movement of beef and mutton in the northwest, northeast and deserts will be broken.
In fact, the cost of cattle and sheep breeding in the southern breeding industry has also dropped a lot, but the local area is mainly small breeders. In addition, the breeding technology is not as good as the large-scale breeding in the north, and they will soon face fierce competition.
Overall, the future development trend of the domestic market should be that cattle, sheep and soybeans go south, seafood goes west, and tropical fruits go north.
Lao Wu applied for another membership card and then added the WeChat official account of the local Hailufeng store, which was a little cheaper.
"Freshly baked fresh dried holland beans."
Lao Wu, who had just planned to go to check out, stopped and saw a waiter introducing a new product that he could taste for free. He squeezed over and got a few slices of green holland beans.
Click click...
Huh? This is really Dutch beans. Apart from the slight saltiness, it is the sweetness of Dutch beans.
A young man asked curiously: "Beautiful girl, how do you make these Dutch beans?"
The waiter smiled and introduced: "Our Dutch beans adopt the latest room temperature drying technology, which retains all the nutrients and flavors of vegetables and fruits, and can taste the most authentic vegetables and fruits. Now we are doing activities. A pack costs only 20 yuan and contains 200 small packets..."
"Give me three packets!"
"I also want two packets."
"Don't squeeze!"
"Ahhh...Who stepped on my feet with high heels..."
Old Wu was quick-eyed and quickly took two packs and pushed the shopping cart to check out.
After paying the bill, I opened a packet of fresh dried holland beans, and couldn't wait to tear a small packet open.
Chakkakkakkakka...Fresh dried holland beans are very crispy in the mouth, not as greasy as fried puffed food, but more of the sweetness of vegetables.
This thing is a dry product of boiled Dutch beans, which is better than freeze-dried Dutch beans.
In the afterglow of the sunset.
Old Wu drove back to the door of his home.
The little grandson ran out of the door and shouted, "Grandpa, I'll help you carry it."
"Okay, okay, Xiaozhi is so good." Old Wu smiled and lifted the heavier meat, and handed the bag of fresh dried holland beans that had not been opened to his grandson.
"Grandpa, what did you buy?"
"It's all what you like to eat." Old Wu took the meat into the refrigerator. "Dad, what meat did you buy?" My daughter-in-law Zhou Suqin walked over curiously.
Old Wu patted the packaging bag: "This bag is beef brisket, this bag is stewed, this bag is lamb leg meat. You can stew a pot of beef brisket tonight and then fry a few pieces of steak."
"I can't finish so many at once, I want to divide it into several portions." Zhou Suqin picked up the scissors and cut the packaging bag and found that there were small bags filled inside, almost a small bag per pound, which made her convenient.
Xiao Zhi, who was already stealing food, held a small bag of Dutch beans and said in a vague way: "Grandpa, this Dutch bean is delicious."
When Zhou Suqin saw what was in her son's hand, she said helplessly: "Dad! Don't buy this fried food for him in the future. Children should not eat too much of this junk food." "Aqin, don't worry, this is not fried food." Old Wu shook his head. "Is that true?" Zhou Suqin was skeptical.
After more than an hour, the whole family gathered next to the dining table.
Old Wu's eldest son Wu Xiuyue took a bite of curry beef brisket: "This beef is good."
"I went to Tayang Town in the evening to buy it. It was only twenty-five per catty. Old woman, eat lamb legs." Old Wu picked up a piece of stewed lamb for his wife Lin Miaoying.
"You eat too." Lin Miaoying picked up the piece of stewed mutton and took a bite: "Huh? This mutton is not stinky?"
Zhou Suqin, who often shops online, said: "It should be mutton from Hailufeng Company, right? Mother-in-law, do you still remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my sister-in-law bought mutton, which is mutton from Hailufeng Company."
"I bought it at their house." Lao Wu also thought that this mutton was good. For those who cannot accept the mutton smell, this kind of mutton is what they want.
Wu Xiuyue stopped chopsticks: "Our unit has been busy with Hailufeng Company recently."
"Xiuyue, your unit has business dealings with Hailufeng Company?" Lao Wu was puzzled. "It's mainly a problem of road renovation, because Qiongdong Airport is in our city, and the airport connects the city to a township highway, which is definitely not enough in the future. Therefore, the city is preparing to plan a new road with six lanes in both directions." "Where is the road passing by?" Old Wu's eyes flashed. "It's just upgraded and renovated based on the original township highway." Lao Wu asked quickly, "Will our old house be requisitioned?"
"No, it's just in the alley of the third uncle's house."
"What a pity." Old Wu sighed regretfully: "It's just a one-alley."
However, Wu Xiuyue smiled and shook his head: "Dad, now we are just making a preliminary plan. Don't forget that there are a few more difficult guys on the road across the old house. Maybe they ask for a lot of prices at that time, which will lead to a change in the route."
"Yes, there are indeed a few guys who are not easy to talk to over there." Old Wu also feels that he still has hope: "You pay more attention. If there is no agreement there, it is recommended to favor our old house."
"Yes."
Children who are not interested in adult affairs are now working hard.
(This chapter ends)