"I want to cooperate with Commander Yue to do a business, the profits will be divided between the two sides, and the profits from the troops will be used to purchase this batch of sapper shovels, what does Commander Yue think?" Qin Hai said slowly.

"You want to do business with me? Did I hear me right? Yue Guoyang was a little stunned, this was the most arrogant request he had ever heard.

"Xiao Qin, don't talk nonsense, how can Commander Yue do business with you? Besides, you are a worker, what kind of business do you do? Chen Heqian saw that Qin Hai's more and more unreliable he said, so he hurriedly interrupted him, so as not to annoy Yue Guoyang.

Qin Hai ignored Chen Heqian's dissuasion, he said, "Commander Yue, maybe if I put it another way, you will be easy to accept." At present, the state has shifted the focus of its work to economic construction, and military spending has been reduced, but the construction of military equipment brooks no delay. In this case, the army can consider cooperating with the localities, the troops have some resources that the localities do not have, and if they can share resources with the localities, they will be able to achieve a win-win situation, so that the localities can develop their economies and the troops can improve their equipment, so why not? ”

Qin Hai's idea was something he pondered for many days. He knew that in the 80s, the army's funds were very tight, and many troops had to find their own ways to generate income to improve their living conditions and equipment. He made this suggestion to Yue Guoyang, and it was based on this background of the times that he believed that Yue Guoyang should be interested in this kind of cooperation.

Yue Guoyang was silent for a moment, and then asked slowly, "How do you plan to cooperate with the troops?" What kind of resources can the troops provide you? ”

When Qin Hai heard Yue Guoyang's words, he knew that the other party was already moved. After all, this is out of the need to improve the equipment of the troops, not involving Yue Guoyang's selfish interests, there are some things that he can do openly, the key is whether the plan proposed by Qin Hai is reasonable or not.

Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, rest assured, I hope the support provided by the troops is not complicated. First, I hope that the army will give me a name so that my friends and I can set up a small factory to produce all kinds of dual-use equipment. ”

"It's not difficult." Yue Guoyang replied. He knew that although there are some private enterprises running in the society now, the policy is very strict on the control of such private enterprises, and Qin Hai hopes that the army will provide a name, which is nothing more than to avoid some policy restrictions. For this point, he believed that the influence of the provincial military district was sufficient, and it could completely hold up a protective umbrella for Qin Hai.

Qin Hai nodded, and then said, "With this name, we will start smelting steel formally. I don't have steelmaking equipment in my hands right now, and I would like to ask Commander Yue to help solve the problem of steelmaking equipment. ”

"I can't help with that." Yue Guoyang shook his head, "Steelmaking needs a steelmaking furnace, right?" Where am I going to get this for you? ”

Qin Hai said with a smile: "I didn't want Commander Yue to provide me with a steelmaking furnace, but I wanted to ask Commander Yue to help me coordinate a relationship. I have learned that the Pingyuan County Iron and Steel Plant has two sets of idle steel-making equipment, which are now locked in the workshop and have no use. If Commander Yue can help say hello to the Pingyuan County Government and allow us to rent these two sets of equipment, then our problem will be solved. ”

"Can we coordinate the relationship between the Pingyuan County Government?" Yue Guoyang turned his head and asked Ge Dongyan, who was standing aside.

Ge Dongyan looked at Qin Hai, then took a step closer, put his mouth to Yue Guoyang's ear, and muttered a few words in a low voice, Yue Guoyang nodded again and again, and said, "If that's the case, then it's easy to do." Xiao Qin, I can promise you about this, you can continue to talk about it. ”

Qin Hai didn't know what Ge Dongyan said to Yue Guoyang, and he was not interested in understanding the details in between, so he continued: "If the problem of steelmaking is solved, then my plan is to first use the sapper shovel as a product, part of it will be provided to the provincial military district, and part of it will be sold to the market, and the profits from market sales will be used to make up for the cost of this part of the product provided to the provincial military district, so that the military region can obtain this batch of sapper shovels for free." ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy to sell in the market, right?" Yue Guoyang shook his head and said, "I heard Xiao Ge say that the price of a sapper shovel like yours is 100 yuan a piece, how can anyone in the market be willing to pay so much money to buy a sapper shovel?" ”

Qin Haidao: "This is the third thing I want to ask Commander Yue for help. ”

"Why do I think I've been fooled?" Yue Guoyang said with a smile, "In a blink of an eye, it's all three things. Well, you tell me, what's going on. ”

Qin Haidao: "I want to ask Commander Yue to help us sell shovels." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Heqian and Ge Dongyan both puffed and almost laughed. Yue Guoyang also looked helpless, and said: "Xiao Qin, you are not mistaken, I am also a commander of a military region, helping you sell shovels?" ”

"Yes, only Commander Yue can sell this spade." Qin Hai said.

"Sell to whom?" Yue Guoyang asked.

"Iraqi and Iranian military." Qin Hai said.

"Iraq and Iran!" Yue Guoyang didn't have a smile on his face at all this time, he stared at Qin Hai, his heart was full of surprise.

Who doesn't know that at a time when the Iran-Iraq war is in full swing, TV and radio are talking about those things in the Middle East all day long, so it is not surprising that Qin Haizhi talks about Iraq and Iran. The key is that no matter how lively the Iran-Iraq war is, what does it have to do with Anhe Province, how can Qin Hai associate it with Iran from an engineer shovel?

Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, think about it, the two Iraqs are fighting so hard, and the troops used by both sides are as many as hundreds of thousands, don't these soldiers need sapper shovels?" Both Iran and Iraq are rich countries, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy planes and tanks, so what is a mere tens of thousands of sapper shovels? Even if a sapper shovel sells for $20, 10,000 is $200,000, which is not worth the price of a missile, do you think they will save such a little money? ”

"That's not how accounts are calculated." Yue Guoyang's mind was a little dazed, and he retorted stubbornly: "This sapper shovel is indeed not expensive for Liangyi, but why do they want to buy it?" And why do they buy from you? ”

Qin Haidao: "The reason is very simple, because my sapper shovel is of good quality and has many functions, even Commander Yue can't put it down when you see it, not to mention those soil ...... Well, what about the officers who haven't seen the world? ”

He really wanted to use the word turtle to describe the officers of the two Iraqs, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the word back. In front of Yue Guoyang, he should not be too presumptuous, otherwise Yue Guoyang will feel that he is too frivolous.

"I think that even if the armies of Iran and Iraq want to purchase sapper shovels, they will import them from European and American countries, and it is impossible to import our products." Yue Guoyang said unconvinced.

"European and American countries probably disdain to produce such products, and in addition, their products are definitely more expensive than ours. I believe that as long as Commander Yue is willing to sell, they will definitely choose our products. Qin Hai said.

Yue Guoyang somewhat understood Qin Hai's thoughts, he took a long breath and said, "Okay, even if you are right, how can I help you become a salesman?" ”

Qin Hai said with a smile: "Commander Yue misunderstood, I don't want you to sell it in person, but I want you to introduce our engineer shovels to the two Iraqi sides through the connections in the army." Now that the whole world is engaged in the arms business between Iran and Iraq, I think our country should also make a difference. ”

"How did you grow this head!" Yue Guoyang scolded, and there was no follow-up. Of course, he knew that many units of the military were already doing business with Iran, and that the two Iraqi countries were very interested in tanks, fighter planes, missiles, and other arms from China, and that the country was also taking advantage of this opportunity to earn valuable foreign exchange. He himself has a former comrade-in-arms who is engaged in trade against Iran, and if you ask him to help sell this magical sapper shovel, it may really have some effect.

This kind of thing, it is inconvenient for Yue Guoyang to say it to Qin Hai, but in his heart, he has already accepted Qin Hai's suggestion. He even thought that if he could really sell 10,000 sapper shovels and earn back 200,000 U.S. dollars as Qin Hai expected, then the provincial military district would not only get some free sapper shovels, but also intercept a part of the funds and use them for other equipment improvements.

Qin Hai watched Yue Guoyang's face turn from gloomy to sunny, knowing that the other party had been persuaded by himself. The arms trade between the state and Iran was kept secret at the time, but in later generations, these events have been made public, and some eyewitnesses have written about the details of the transaction at that time. It was precisely because Qin Hai understood these circumstances that he dared to make such a suggestion to Yue Guoyang that sounded very deviant.

"Commander Yue, otherwise, let's settle this matter?" Qin Hai asked tentatively.

Yue Guoyang said: "This is not that simple, such a big matter, how can I make a decision alone, I must go to the party committee to discuss it collectively." However, the idea of military-civilian cooperation is still worth advocating. In this way, Xiao Qin, you go back to the base first, and when the party committee of the military region discusses a result, I will reply to you. ”

Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, I came to you today, and there is one more thing I want to say goodbye to you. My work at the base has been completed, and Professor Chen has agreed that I will leave, and I would like to return to Pingyuan today. ”

"Is that so?" Yue Guoyang looked at Chen Heqian.

Chen Heqian nodded and said, "Yes, Xiao Qin's work has been successfully completed, and he is anxious to go back to the unit, and I have already agreed." But ......"

"But what?" Yue Guoyang asked.

Chen Heqian said: "Xiao Qin has played a big role in this project, and it is very hard these days, but we don't seem to have any compensation, which is a bit inappropriate." Our research group is all dispatched by various units and receives a business trip subsidy. Xiao Qin doesn't have any subsidies here, and I'm a little reluctant to go. ”

"It's going to be difficult." Yue Guoyang scratched his head and said, "Don't look at me as a commander, but I don't have any name to give Xiao Qin any subsidies." ”