Chapter 42: The First Voyage

Ran to the riverside and dialed Wang Qingguo's phone: "Brother Qingguo, can you spare all the time?" I'm here in the county shipyard, there is a boat I don't know if I can buy it, can you come and help me take a look?"

Wang Qingguo agreed over there, Li Junge deducted the phone, came back and said to the boss: "Wait a minute, I'll call someone to come and have a look." How much do you sell this boat?"

The old man said: "For the sake of Chao'an's father's face, I'll charge you a cost price, this ship is estimated to be Chao'an also told you, there are some special circumstances, I have been on my hands for a long time, but it's not the problem of the ship itself, it turns out that the boss who ordered the goods is not very reliable, and he deliberately widened and thickened it, which is really real." ”

Then he said: "Alas, it is a pity that the ship has not been changed before it has been changed. Boss, if you sincerely want it, I will charge you 350,000 yuan, and you will drive away after 350,000 yuan!"

After a while, Wang Qingguo arrived, greeted a few people, and asked, "Piwa, this is the boat you are talking about, right?"

Li Junge said: "Well, that's it, the boss Lion opened his mouth to ask for 350,000, you can show me how it is first." ”

The old man hurriedly called out to the sky and said, "The young man has to speak with conscience, I really don't have a lion to open his mouth!"

Wang Qingguo turned around a few times, then ran to the engine room behind him and stayed for a long time, then came out and pulled Li Junge aside and said, "There is nothing wrong with this ship, right? It stands to reason that 400,000 yuan cannot be taken." ”

Li Junge also said in a low voice: "How can it be so expensive?"

Wang Qingguo said: "The target of this ship is 25 tons of tonnage, in fact, it is far more than that, I think it will be 40 tons, and the corresponding power has to keep up, you know that many terminals are charged according to tonnage, and the management fee at the maritime end is not the same, so you know, if this ship is running transportation, it will save a lot of money for the ship owner." ”

Li Junge understood, this was actually a ship with an over-design, and said, "That means it can be done?"

Wang Qingguo said: "If you can run through the dock and not pursue the exceedance, then you can definitely do it." ”

Saying this, Li Junge figured it out, this old man is really realistic, and I don't know if it's too long, so I'm in a hurry to make a move. In fact, the problem of exceeding the standard is not a problem, the county is still in a hurry to open navigation, but the large tonnage has also improved the safety.

So he walked back to the old man and said, "Boss, are you really a fixed price?"

The old man said: "This is really no way, so let's do it, at most I will get you the bits and pieces that this boat needs, what kind of life jackets, tires tied to the outer ring, tarpaulins, these are all for you, so that you can drive out and solicit customers directly, these should be given to you, how about it?"

Li Junge was still hesitating and said, "These are not worth a few dollars." ”

The old man stomped his feet and said, "Then I'll give you a few more years of warranty, and the maintenance within five years will also be mine, so it's okay, right?"

Li Junge said: "OK! Then we will make a deal!"

Then a question suddenly came to mind: "No, why doesn't this ship have an anchor?"

The old man took out a five- or six-meter bamboo pole from the side, and inserted it into a hole in the bow, and the pole penetrated through the hole and suddenly penetrated from the bottom of the boat, and the big iron cone on the head of the pole was deeply rooted in the sand of the river beach.

The old man said proudly to Li Junge: "Look! This is not appropriate!"

Li Junge's head was black, Zhu Chaoan and Wang Congjun rolled on the ground with laughter, although they were all improvised, but people were stunned and there was no shortage of them.

Coming out of the shipyard, several people were still joking there, Zhu Chaoan said: "You said that you want to make up a set of advertising words for this ship, what should you say?"

The black line on Li Junge's head has not faded, and he said: "This 360-degree panoramic window is indispensable. ”

Wang Congjun said with a smile: "Being close to nature, fresh air supply is also indispensable." ”

Zhu Chaoan also thought of one and said, "Retro feelings can also be settled, right?"

At this time, I only heard the voice of the shipyard owner drifting far away along the river wind: "Ouch, oh my god, this ship has pressed my funds for more than half a year! Thank God this time it has finally been struck! Lao Tzu will not build this kind of back-to-back ship in the future!"

Li Junge said: "Yes, this has to add a limited edition out of print!"

Several people laughed.

Wang Qingguo said: "Don't be funny, Piwa, your boat was pulled to open Aoxi, right?

Li Junge said: "I also said that I should hurry up and learn to take the pilot test or something, and then take shifts with my fifth cousin, isn't it just right for you to come back this time? I don't have to learn to drive a boat." By the way, didn't my sister-in-law also work on the boat? Then be a waiter, hehehe, hey, all right!"

Wang Qingguo was also very happy and said: "That's great, I'm still worried that the craftsmanship is short, and there will still be a boat to sail when I come back this time." ”

Li Junge said: "Then in two days, call Uncle Wu, we have made two trips on the Wuxi River, and at that time Xiao Song should also be discharged from the hospital, just to take him home." ”

In the next two days, Li Junge went to get all kinds of certificates, there was a cheating device of space islands, and it was not a matter to endorse it, and now he went into the toilet with a bunch of reference materials to squat for an hour, and he came out smoothly and took the exam, and he was stunned for a while.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and several people picked up Komatsu from the hospital early in the morning and came to the shipyard.

The old man of the shipyard is still quite authentic, the ship has been parked by the water, refueled, and the ship is dressed in red and colored. When I saw them coming, I lit a string of firecrackers.

The fifth cousin had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Li Junge and his party coming, he said to Li Junge: "Piwa, you have made a big move! This just blinked his eyes, and he made such a big boat out, he is really capable!"

Li Junge helped Wang Xiaosong to get on the boat and said: "What can I do, I just got up to the end of the inch, catch the ducks on the shelves, and I will have to help Uncle Fifth and Brother Qingguo more in the future." ”

Wang Qingguo said: "I have learned in the past two days, Erpi, you have done such a big thing for the villagers, and everyone will remember your goodness." ”

When everyone entered the cabin, Zhu Fanmei said: "Erpi! Come, say a few words, and cheer us up!"

Wang Xiaosong and the others really applauded.

Li Junge held the pole in his hand, faced the river breeze, and said: "Then I will say a few words! Today, our Agricultural Development Company and its first department, the Ministry of Transportation, will be regarded as making up the situation! The first voyage ushered in a good start, and that is our first distinguished passenger: Comrade Wang Xiaosong!"

Everyone laughed, and Wang Xiaosong was even more excited and clapped his hands.

Li Junge then said: "Regardless of whether the boat is good or not, this waterway has finally been opened, and our Li Jiagou will go back to the road of development." All of you here are the great heroes of our Lijiagou return to the road of development!"

Several people applauded loudly again.

Li Junge arrived again: "In the next month, the task of Uncle Fifth and Brother Qingguo is to quickly familiarize himself with the operation of the ship and prepare for the next lychee, and my sister-in-law must be familiar with the series of work of selling tickets, inspecting goods, weighing, and paying and collecting money." We'll do a good job then!"

Everyone shouted again: "Good!"

Then Li Junge picked at the core of his head again, and said to Zhu Fanmei: "This, it seems that there is nothing to say, sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

Zhu Fanmei and the others all applauded violently, laughing and said, "Well said! This is at least the level of the old village chief!"

Li Junge pulled out his pole and said, "Then, set sail!"

Uncle Fifth is a veteran of the previous shipping agency before it disintegrated, and he hasn't touched such a big ship for a long time, so hurry up and get over it in the aft cabin first.

The diesel engine roared first, slowly reversed away from the river beach, then began to turn sideways, and finally gradually accelerated, leaving the river and heading towards the Hongshui estuary.

Looking at the big boats on the wharf of the Yangtze River, Li Junge said enviously: "Look at these hundreds or thousands of tons, we are simply a small shrimp." ”

Wang Qingguo said: "Piwa, those boats look bright, but in fact, the boat owner is having a hard time. ”

Li Junge said: "Why is this?"

Wang Qingguo said: "What is the advantage of shipping? That is, the carrying capacity is large, and if the large-tonnage ship is not running at full load, the ship owner will lose." Therefore, generally in the season when coal sales are strong, it is the season when shipping is popular, and a 500-ton ship at that time can earn nearly one million a year. It's a pity, that thing is a cyclical industry, if it's not the right time to enter the industry, the boat owner will have to cry blind!"

Li Junge looked at those boats carefully, and it was true, nine times out of ten, they were empty.

Wang Qingguo said again: "So, now our ship is the most suitable for Lijiagou, and its operating cost is low." Running two trips a day to Lijiagou - Panao Township - the county line, usually just soliciting customers can return to the cost, and the interval between three or five of the goods is a net profit. ”

As he spoke, the boat entered the Hongshui River, and although the current river receded, it was still a little turbid, and it was locally called "Ermuddy Water". The once high water level on both sides of the river receded, and it was all red silt.

This silt is a good thing, and it is a good soil for growing wheat and beans in autumn.

After driving for a while, the boat turned into the Wuxi River, and the red water of the poured river infected the blue water of the mouth of the Wuxi River into yellow, until the big banyan tree at the wharf of Panao Township could be seen in the distance, and a horizontal line appeared in front of the river, and the yellow and blue on both sides were distinct.

From a distance, I saw Liang Huili jumping and shouting there beckoning.

The fifth cousin had already seen it through the glass window, and he didn't need to be greeted by Li Junge, and drove directly to the dock.

found a river beach by the wharf, the fifth cousin approached the boat, Li Junge inserted the pole into the anchor hole, and pushed the gangplank off the bow of the boat.

Liang Huili jumped on the boat, beat Li Junge's chest and said, "Okay, you two skins, you have done such a big thing quietly!"

Li Junge clasped his head and said in his heart: "This is really catching up inch by inch." I don't even know where to get the famine back now, but the good guy is four million small. ”