Chapter 486: The wagon plan is in hand, goodbye Fatty
To transport bananas to the north, the most economical and convenient way in these days is railway transportation.
People are often accustomed to calling freight vehicles in railway trains wagons, among which the most commonly used ones are gondolas, boxcars, tank cars and container cars.
Yangcheng Railway Station Freight Station is located at the South Railway Station. It was built in the late Qing Dynasty and is also the largest railway freight station in South China.
Early in the morning.
The freight station of South Railway Station was buzzing with people. The leaders and individual cargo owners in the factory gathered at the freight station, hoping to get the train plan as soon as possible to transport their goods.
Railway trains are very nervous these days.
The relevant railway station masters, freight workshop directors and freightmen who are specifically responsible for handling the freight train business are undoubtedly the most popular and powerful figures at that time
The station master's office, freight room, multi-channel office, etc. are under the control of The planning department was full of people coming and going.
Liu Zhi, the director of the freight room, had just kicked away the cargo owner who had taken a large bag of cash, and called several freight workers into the office with a dark face. Had a short meeting.
"Those individual cargo owners are rushing to contribute money, people, materials, and efforts. Generous gifts, free vehicles, and items in short supply are all actively dedicated to you.
What they are looking for is not in your hands. The power is in your hands!
Railway transportation is related to the country’s economic production. The railroad cars are a means of transportation for the country, not a tool for personal gain.
For individual cargo owners who do not meet the regulations. Plan, you must keep your eyes open. Anyone who dares to mess up will not be tolerated.
I will send him to the disciplinary inspection and supervision department!"
The freighters all nodded in agreement. , saying that they must strictly control their work and eliminate personal transportation plans.
They are not talking perfunctory.
In just half a year, the freight room and the multi-channel office have arrested seven freight workers for illegally handling freight trains.
“The meeting is dismissed!”
After the short meeting.
Director Liu Zhigang waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting.
Seeing Xiao Xie, the freightman, was about to go out, he called out to Xiao Xie again: "I asked for leave yesterday and was not in the office. Is there anyone from Beijing looking for me? By the way, his surname is Li, and he is a train driver. "
"No."
Xiao Xie looked at Liu Zhigang's confused look and wanted to ask a few questions, but he didn't dare, so he had to leave the office.
Liu Zhigang was sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette, his brows furrowed tightly.
"The teacher said that my junior brother is going to Yangcheng to rent a train, but he hasn't seen anyone yet."
Liu Guozhang was Liu Zhigang's old mentor. He studied in the capital before liberation.
Due to the turmoil in the current situation and the isolation between the north and the south, the family's funds are not supplied.
Not only could Liu Zhigang not be able to pay his tuition, he almost ended up living on the street.
Liu Guozhang learned about this incident by chance. He used his meager allowance to pay Liu Zhigang's tuition and took him into his home.
Until the contact with his family was restored, Liu Zhi just moved out from the Liu family.
After liberation, Liu Zhigang received the attention of the organization because of his high cultural level and progressive thinking.
Liu Zhigang was transferred to the General Administration. Later, considering that his parents were old, Liu Zhigang asked Liu Guozhang to come forward to do the work, and then he was transferred back to Yangcheng.
Liu Zhigang was grateful for Liu Guozhang's great kindness and wanted to repay him several times.
It’s just that Liu Guozhang has an old-fashioned temperament. He believes that if he dares to bring expensive gifts to the door, he will definitely be kicked out.
A few days ago, Liu Guozhang suddenly called and mentioned that one of his students had produced a batch of bananas and wanted to transport them back to the capital.
Although Liu Guozhang did not explicitly propose using wagons, Liu Zhigang kept this in mind.
“It’s time to calculate, is there something wrong?”
Liu Zhigang wanted to call Liu Guozhang, but he was afraid of disturbing the teacher’s work, so he could only suppress his anxiety. , picked up the carriage plans handed over by the freightmen and checked them one by one.
As the freight director, Liu Zhigang has the final say on freight train dispatching.
As long as he picks up a pen and signs, and the cargo owner takes the dispatch plan, tens of thousands of tons of goods can be transported by train to all parts of the country.
The main responsibility of railway freight clerk Xiao Xie is to pick up the trains, manage the freight yard and supervise the loading and unloading operations according to the train plan.
At the same time, he is also responsible for formulating transportation plans and organizing and arranging the transportation of goods.
After leaving the director's office, freightman Xiao Xie returned to the office, took the signed and sealed plan, and walked slowly towards the freight station with his hands behind his back.
Today, seven or eight northbound freight trains need to be inspected and signed by him before they can leave.
As soon as he left the house, he was greeted by two middle-aged men who had been waiting outside the freight station gate for a long time.
One handed the cigarette and the other lit it. The two of them had smiles on their faces and complimented: "Thank you Freight, when will the truck plan for our Zini Sugar Factory be completed? Over in the Northeast. I've been waiting."
Xiao Xie smoked a cigarette and said calmly: "You two, the carriage is too tight now and it can't be moved at all. It will take at least a month."
< br>"Thank you, freight. This batch of sugar is very important. The supply and marketing cooperative over there has sold out. We have to find a way to ensure the supply."
"I also know that you are anxious, but I advise you not to be anxious. , how many people come to our freight station who are not in a hurry?
But there are so many trains every day, and we freight workers can't be allowed to carry the trains. ”
Hearing this, both of them were a little disappointed, hoping that Xiao Xie could think of a solution.
Just as Xiao Xie was about to explain, there was a loud noise next to him.
A The man in Chinese tunic suit was chatting with Old Hantou at the freight station.
"Comrade, please hang up the phone with Director Liu and tell him that a friend from the capital is looking for him. "
"Director Liu is the senior director and is very busy at work. How can I disturb you at will? Please leave as soon as possible. If you want to wait, you can go and wait across the street. ”
Old Hantou did not mean to embarrass Li Aiguo, because Liu Zhigang has a special position. People who want to see him for work can queue up in a long line every day. If everyone disturbs him, how can he work.
Li Aiguo didn't expect that meeting this senior brother would be more difficult than meeting the big boss, so he was going to the supply and marketing cooperative next door to make a call.
Xiao Xie thought of Director Liu Zhigang's abnormality today and looked at Zini Sugar Factory. The cadre said, "Sorry, I have something to deal with." He walked up quickly
"Comrade, are you from the capital?" ”
"Yes."
Li Aiguo saw Xiao Xie wearing a freighter's uniform and said with a smile: "Comrade, I am the train driver at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot in Beijing. My surname is Li. I am looking for your director Liu Zhigang."< br>
We have a visitor from the capital, surnamed Li, train driver. Isn’t this the right number?
Xiao Xie suddenly became enthusiastic, turned his head and said to Old Hantou: "Old Wang, this comrade is Director Liu's guest, I brought him in."
Meet the freightman When he came forward, Lao Hantou got out of the way.
Xiao Xie seemed very enthusiastic along the way. He led Li Aiguo to the door of the freight room and knocked on the door.
After waiting for the door to open, he said to Liu Zhigang: "Director, I just walked to the door and happened to meet this comrade from the capital."
Liu Zhigang looked over his shoulder and saw Li Aiguo.
Two months ago, he went to the capital for a meeting and saw Li Aiguo in the photo framed at Liu Guozhang's house.
Thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a burly figure.
"Junior brother, I heard from the teacher that you have come to Yangcheng a long time ago. Why don't you go home to play."
Liu Zhigang greeted him enthusiastically and held Li Aiguo's hand tightly.
"Brother Zhigang, my teacher and I came to Yangcheng to attend the Canton Fair a while ago. You also know the teacher's temper. How could I dare to slip away?" Li Aiguo said with a smile.
"What, this Canton Fair delegation is led by a teacher? Why didn't his old man tell me so that I could go visit him."
Hearing this, Liu Zhigang felt a little regretful. .
"It's not like you don't know the teacher. He never likes to disturb others."
The two chatted for a few words. Liu Zhigang saw Xiao Xie still standing outside the door and waved his hand. Said: "Xiao Xie, you go first, thank you for today's matter."
Xiao Xie closed the door and walked in the corridor, still feeling a little excited.
The ruthless Director Liu actually expressed his gratitude to him.
At the same time, he was also wondering in his heart, what was the identity of this Beijing train driver that allowed Liu Zhigang to treat him so warmly?
You must know that Liu Zhigang's rank is not low, and his position as director of the freight room is even more critical. In addition, he is an old-fashioned person, and even the leaders of the Yangcheng Railway Bureau dare to contradict him face to face.
The employees at the freight station gave him a nickname, Liu Gangtie, which means that he is as cold as steel.
Today the steel turned into a red apple, which is really strange.
At this time, Lao Wang, the freightman in the office next door, opened the door and walked out. He looked doubtfully in the direction of the director's office and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Xie, who is here? The director sounds very happy. "
"No one, I'm going to the goods yard now."
Xiao Xie said a few perfunctory words and left in a hurry.
“I think back then, my favorite thing to eat in Beijing was the noodles made by my wife, but my teacher’s family was very poor at that time and could only eat it once a month.
Every time I eat it When making noodles with soybean paste, my wife’s old stomach problem always attacks, so I can eat half a bowl more.”
Smoking a cigarette and talking about the past, Liu Zhigang’s eyes flashed with a look of recalling the past, and the corners of his mouth curled up. A happy smile.
“Yes, last year I took my daughter-in-law to my teacher’s house as a guest, and my wife made cakes. When she saw that my daughter-in-law liked to eat them, she also said she had an upset stomach.”
"My silly wife took the teacher's wife and ran to the hospital. The teacher didn't even try to stop her."
Liu Zhigang: "."
He was silent for a moment and said: " Your wife is quite a tiger." In the process of recalling the past, Li Aiguo and Liu Zhigang quickly became closer.
Chat for a while.
Liu Zhigang hesitated and said, "I heard from the teacher that you want to transport a batch of bananas back to the capital?"
Here it comes! Li Aiguo sat up straight, took out a stack of documents from his canvas bag, and handed it over.
"Brother Zhigang, a total of fifteen tons of bananas were transported to the capital in the name of the Nan Tongluo Lane collective scrap shop branch in Shiqiao market."
"Shiqiao market branch. It sounds like a collective enterprise.”
After hearing Li Aiguo’s affirmative answer, Liu Zhigang’s heart finally fell to the ground.
Before Li Aiguo came, Liu Zhigang also had some doubts, that is, whether the fifteen tons of bananas were purchased by individuals.
If that was the case, there was already suspicion of violating the rules. In order to complete the teacher's task, Liu Zhigang even made the decision to write an inspection to his superiors.
Collective enterprises are similar in nature to factories and are fully qualified to mobilize resources across regions.
Looking through the documents, Liu Zhigang felt a sigh of relief.
This junior brother is really a fastidious person. He has prepared all kinds of documents, even a letter of introduction from Shiqiao Market.
No matter where this batch of bananas really goes, with this batch of documents, it is a batch of regular goods.
"This is easy to handle. I can help you with the formalities right away. If you are in a hurry, you can load the truck at night."
"It will be ready in two days. Brother Zhigang, Thank you very much for this." Li Aiguo said gratefully.
"You're welcome, we are brothers. If I don't help, the teacher will have to beat me up when I get to the capital."
Liu Zhigang was about to start the formalities.
Li Aiguo stopped him.
"Brother Zhigang, let someone else handle this procedure. It's not appropriate for you to come forward in person."
"Why." Liu Zhigang looked at Li Aiguo and looked at this junior brother with firm eyes, and suddenly Understood something.
If Liu Zhigang was sitting in this position, no one would believe him.
He thought for a moment and asked: "So, you are not only responsible for this batch of goods?"
"If everything goes well, there will be a few batches every month, but there are regular ones. The formalities won’t cause any trouble.” Li Aiguo said, “It’s just that you, a senior director, are doing this yourself.”
“That’s right, junior brother, you’re very thoughtful.” br>As a leader, the first thing you must learn is to avoid suspicion.
After Liu Zhigang understood, he thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Xiao Xie into the office.
He pointed at Li Aiguo and said: "Xiao Xie, please check whether this comrade's freight application is qualified. It must be strictly checked."
Liu Zhigang did not introduce Li Aiguo's identity, but Xiao Xie instantly became energetic.
He looked at Li Aiguo and his eyes were filled with enthusiasm.
The two came to the office next door. Xiao Xie reviewed the materials and felt even more relieved. There were no violations in the materials. He could also show his goodwill to Director Liu. He was going to be lucky this time.
"Comrade Patriot, here are your materials. You can deliver the goods directly to the goods yard tomorrow."
"Thank you, Comrade Liu."
Taking the materials, Li Aiguo left the freight station.
From beginning to end, Li Aiguo didn't even give Liu Zhigang a cigarette. The reason is very simple. He knew Liu Zhigang's temperament very well.
If Li Aiguo had just photographed a cigarette like he did to the director of the management committee, he would not be able to get today's freight permit.
Now that we have the freight permit, the last link has been cleared. As long as the bananas are transported to the train the day after tomorrow, we can go home.
Having been in Yangcheng for nearly a month, Li Aiguo has become a bit like the sweet and cute little girl Chen.
The sun sets in the west.
Li Aiguo returned to Nanshi Market on his bicycle.
Before reaching the gate, a fat man and seven or eight members of the club surrounded him.
Isn’t this the fat boy who caused trouble in Nanshi Commune?
“Oops, the brakes failed.”
Li Aiguo saw Fatty blocking the road and had no intention of pressing the brakes. Instead, he pedaled a few times.
The bicycle was heading straight towards Fatty like an arrow.
Fat Boy did not expect that Li Aiguo would not stop the car and it was already too late to dodge.
哐.
The black wheels of the car crashed straight into it, hitting Fatty with such force that Fatty was knocked backwards and fell to the ground on his back.
"Brother, how are you?"
The club members panicked and rushed forward, scrambling to help Fatty up from the ground.
Li Aiguo's strength was already great, and coupled with the huge inertia of the bicycle, Fatty was hit so hard that his whole body seemed to fall apart.
Sucking, Fatty pointed at Li Aiguo and said angrily: "I said, comrade, what are you doing, you didn't see anyone."
"People will not block the way. , not necessarily for dogs," Li Aiguo said calmly while riding his bicycle.
“You”
Fat Boy was about to get angry, but he seemed to remember something, and his expression suddenly softened.
An extremely funny scene occurred outside the gate of Shiqiao Market.
The victim who was hit actually licked his face and made amends with the "perpetrator".
“Comrade leader, it’s all my fault. If a good dog doesn’t block the road, I’m not a good dog.”
"Let me see if the wheel of your bicycle is flat."
"Hey, it seems to be okay."
The fat boy held his chubby little hands on the wheel of the bicycle and looked up. Written by Li Aiguo.
"Comrade leader, we don't know each other unless we fight. My name is Zhou Fei, and my friends all call me Fat Boy."
"My grandfather used to be the security chief, and my father was a member of Liema Commune. Although I am just a production team leader now, I will inherit the family property and become the secretary of the commune in the future.”
Inheriting the family property, I really regard the commune as my ancestral property.
Li Aiguo has never had a good impression of this kind of person.
Lighted a cigarette, struck a match, and asked calmly: "Fat boy, the reason why you blocked the road today is because you wanted to be hit."
"Of course. No."
Fat Boy licked his face and smiled: "Comrade Leader, I heard that you bought a lot of bananas from Dashi Commune, and the price was one cent and five cents per catty. You were deceived by the people in Dashi Commune. .
We in Liema Commune also grow a large number of bananas, which we can sell to you for one cent and two cents. How about it? "
After saying that, Fatty blinked and looked at Li Aiguo expectantly.
The price his father gave him was one penny per catty.
I can make a net profit of 2 li per catty every time, which is great.
“Sorry, we have already reached a cooperation agreement with Dashi Commune. ”
After understanding the purpose of Fatty’s visit, Li Aiguo was not interested in continuing the conversation, and rode his bicycle into the market.
Looking at Li Aiguo’s back, the smile on Fatty’s face He gradually disappeared, his face became gloomy, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
But he seemed to have nothing to do with Li Aiguo.
At this time, a figure sneaked over. , took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Fatty.
"Brother, how are you being bullied by this idiot? ”
"Who are you?"
Fat Boy took the cigarette and looked at the person coming warily.
This man looked to be in his twenties, with messy hair, thick bags under his eyes, chapped lips, and the clothes on his body exuded a strong smell, and he looked very embarrassed.
"I am an employee who used to work in the market. I offended Li Aiguo a while ago and was fired by him."
Yes, this person is clearly the head of the restaurant who was fired.
After leaving the restaurant separately, I originally thought about finding another temporary job.
But he was fired twice in a row and became notorious, so he has not found a job for a long time.
I was fired just because I didn’t pour boiling water for the poor members of the commune. There is no such truth in the world. Isn’t this obvious bullying?
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. The angrier I became, the more I thought about it.
After learning that Li Aiguo had purchased a warehouse in the market, he was ready to cause some trouble.
Let Li Aiguo know what it means to be strong but not to overwhelm local snakes.
Who would have thought that before taking action, he saw the scene just now.
(End of this chapter)