After eating, I came out of the car and continued to walk, went around the Phoenix Mountain, walked the back of the five dragons of the Tang River, and went out of the mountain to Andong.

Andong is a long, narrow city that stretches along the banks of the Yalu River, opposite Uiju in North Korea.

It is a border city open to North Korea, and the railway leads directly across the bridge to Pyongyang on the opposite side.

At that time, Andong Railway Station was one of the few railway stations in the country that would lock the door and get off work every day, and the tall *** statue on the square in front of the station looked to the west, waving his big hand to protect the little North Korean brother behind him.

The Friendship Shop in front of the station is large and has a wide range of goods, and many high-ranking North Korean officials and political and military personnel come here to buy things.

Five or six hundred meters east from the square in front of the station is the riverside park, where you can see the Yalu River Bridge connecting China and North Korea, and you can see the opposite bank directly in the park.

You can also take a yacht to the river to go around, the yacht will occasionally cross the river center to the opposite shore to shake a few times, the opposite river bank is a factory, the river is not trimmed, there are often piles of children crowded on the shore to watch this side, waiting for the tourists to throw something down from the boat, or biscuits, or apples, and then rush over to snatch it.

There is a special shop in the park that sells these things, very poor biscuits, shriveled little apples in a bag, five dollars a bag, just for you to buy and throw on the other side. It's very similar to the one that sells bears and monkey food at the entrance of domestic zoos.

In the middle of the train bridge is the dividing line, and the soldiers of the two countries are next to each other on the bridge, and the residents on that side are not allowed to go on the bridge, and the punishment is very severe. At that time, our side was not so strict, but it was fine. The soldiers guarding the bridge on the other side will also ask the defenders or tourists on our side for things, that is, cigarettes, apples or biscuits.

In the early 90s, the opposite side was very poor, very, very poor, I heard the legend of Yizhou Yizi and eaten, and I don't know whether it is true or false, I must not have seen it in the past, but the border on the Kuandian side is because there is no river to block it is a lot of people who run over, and it is not a legend that a bag of rice is exchanged for two daughters-in-law.

The Koreans have a tradition of running to our side whenever something happens, and it has never been broken from history to the present, and most of the Xian people in Jibei came in this way, mainly concentrated in the time when Russia and Japan were in trouble on the peninsula, around 1900.

It was already half past two in the afternoon when the car arrived in Anton.

Han San's equipment was delivered to a biscuit factory on the outskirts of the city, and when the truck was unloaded, Han San led Xiaowei and Chen Hui to the factory director's office. Xiaohong and Chen Xiao didn't come over, and got out of the car to move freely.

In recent years, there are really not many private companies that have set up a factory director's office, which feels very strange. And the director of the factory has not shown his face when the goods have arrived and unloaded, and he has always been in charge of the workshop director.

Directly pushed the door into the house, and Han San greeted him warmly: "Director Yu, are you busy?"

A thin old man wearing reading glasses raised his head from behind the wide old desk, glanced at Han San, nodded lightly and said, "San'er, sit, the machine has been delivered?"

Han San sat down, took out a cigarette, lit one for Director Yu and said, "Well, it's all sent to you, I'll transfer it at home to ensure that there is nothing wrong." ”

Director Yu nodded and said with a smile: "I still don't worry about your work." Who are these two boys?"

Han San turned around and pulled Xiao Wei to his side and said: "Director Yu, this is the Xiao Wei I told you last time, from the countryside, Fengtian who accompanied his daughter-in-law to school, this is his friend Chen Hui, their little brother has a few stalls, just what I told you last time." ”

Director Yu sighed, nodded and said, "I remember, I opened a food factory, right? Okay, what is the monthly output?"

Han San turned his head to look at Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei smiled at the factory director, and said, "I don't produce much now, I just find someone to sell it in a few farmers' markets in Longcheng, and now there are not many people who eat biscuits." How much do you want from the factory director? I'll see if I can produce it. ”

Director Yu nodded slowly and thought for a while, and asked Xiaowei: "Can 50,000 work?"

A piece of old-fashioned biscuits is about five grams, and the biscuit machine that Xiaowei bought last time can produce about 60 catties in an hour, less than 15,000 catties a month. At that time, the biscuit machine was much worse than later generations in terms of production capacity and technology.

Xiaowei said: "Okay, I'll just add another piece of equipment, there is a place." ”

Director Yu was happy and said to Han San: "This kid is sincere. The supply contract between me and that side is a 400,000 catties of moon biscuits, 100,000 catties of trough cakes, and the production capacity can't keep up. There is no way, the factory is so big, contracted, the expansion application has been handed in for half a year, and no one cares about us, there is no money to buy it, don't look at the factory is not big, there are more than 200 workers, and there are many retirees, and they have to pay rent to the food company every year, and there is no money left. ”

Xiaowei asked, "Then what are you doing with him?"

Director Yu sighed, shook his head and said: "I used to be the director of this factory, and I couldn't pay my wages after the shutdown in the first two years, so I led everyone to toss and toss, so that the wages can be sent out, and everyone has something to eat." You can't watch me starve to death, can you? Many of the retired people are my old buddies, and it's not easy for everyone. ”

Xiaowei looked around the room and asked, "Uncle Yu, how much does this factory cost to buy?"

Director Yu looked down at Xiaowei from behind the glasses, and said with a smile: "What's the matter? I want to buy it? The factory doesn't have much money, about 200,000 yuan, and there are about 320,000 retired workers. ”

He shook his head: "Now that I am contracted, everyone can get a little salary every month and live at home, don't think about anything else." ”

Xiaowei said: "What about your orders of hundreds of thousands of catties a month, not half a year and a year." ”

Director Yu said: "How can it be so simple, the order is to rely on this old face from the hands of others, the price can't go up, people still have to make money, there is nothing left to play, I will take back eight cents of a pound of biscuits, if you want the goods, I can give you seven cents." I can produce more than 200,000 catties a month, and the rest will be drawn everywhere. ”

Xiaowei said: "Aren't you done with a few more pieces of equipment?"

Han San and Director Yu both laughed, and Han San patted Xiaowei's shoulder and said, "Dude, I like your sincerity." This factory is contracted, and the food company has to say that the equipment is bought by you, and if you buy it personally, people will not admit it, and then the money will have to be paid by the individual. ”

Xiao Wei realized and nodded.

Director Yu said: "You are a personal there, if you have spare money, you can expand the production capacity, now we have no one to eat old-fashioned biscuits in our country, many factory chiefs have changed production, if you have production capacity up, I will save everywhere, last month or ask someone to help produce a little." ”