Chapter 371: Bluestone Cobalt Mine

The light weapons produced by Pugachev Besika Heavy Industries have a barrel made of a higher alloy than the original version, so that the muzzle is hot but does not deform after continuous firing, so the cost is also higher. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The stock is made of spruce and beech from the northeast, and the wood is hardwood, so that the AK series produced has a higher quality, and because all the parts, including the final assembly, are produced in a constant temperature workshop, its tolerances are small.

Assault rifles, general-purpose machine guns, these Cruton are very satisfied. And then there's the new gun, the AN94, which is the latest Russian weapon, and its unique muzzle push-to-the-gun way is very interesting. "So how much is an AN94?"

Star fruit thought about it, the cost of this can be four AK47s, and the man-hours of manufacturing are also higher. This gun was originally kept secret by the Russian side, but as a result, Russia in this time and space gave up on this.

Cruton tried the weapon himself on the test ground, and his incredible burst rate made him fall in love with it, even if it cost a thousand dollars a piece, and it was the only factory in the world that could sell it.

So the trade agreement was signed in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. One hundred thousand AK47s for three hundred dollars each, one thousand AN94s for one thousand dollars each, these shipments were shipped to Vladivostok for shipment to the United States. Cluton had contacted his company to get the ship over, and he paid a $2 million deposit.

This huge order was highly valued by the Tuvan authorities, and the parliament immediately notified the federation and received federal approval, but the federation also knocked on the hammer, this time they wanted to impose an export tax.

Russia is really crazy about money, forget it, they collect millions of taxes and still can't shake the reality of arms profiteering.

The company's warehouses stocked up on 20,000 military AK47s, which were originally sold mainly to merchants in the Middle East and Africa, and now all of them are sold to the United States to earn tens of millions of dollars.

"When these weapons arrive in the United States, I can quickly sell them for a thousand dollars, and the price of AN94 can increase several times." Clutton, in the conscience of a capitalist, raised the price very logically. These kings of war, these middlemen can also reap the benefits of violence compared to the producers, or there will be a large amount of arms smuggling.

Star fruit shrugged, the price had been set, and probably a little conservatively. The merchant lived here temporarily, and the train pulled the goods to the border of the Republic of Khakassia, and then the trucks loaded the goods onto the train and went directly to Vladivostok by the Trans-Siberian Railway.

It will take time, and given the poor road conditions in the Russian Far East, Cruton is not in a hurry. He paid close attention to this little girl who was engaged in arms, and heard that her father was a Chinese soldier. There are many mysteries in this child, and he honestly stays in Kyzyl in Tuva when he has nothing to do.

At the same time, in this snowy December, the bluestone cobalt mining company in the northeastern part of the Republic of Tuva is experiencing a major change. Since the council, the workers' deputies have hoped that the council will help the workers get their long-overdue wages. It is a pity that the parliament is not able to help, this enterprise does not belong to the industrial complex under the auspices of Pugachev Besika Heavy Industries. Bluestone was a Soviet-era state-owned enterprise, and now it is not controlled by Tuva, and their workers can't control Tuva.

It has been more than half a year without paying wages, and the efficiency of the enterprise has plummeted after the restructuring of the enterprise, until the sudden emergence of Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry gave an order, which made the mined cobalt ore sold.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Great Depression, industrial enterprises closed down one after another, and because of the poor road conditions, Bluestone's cobalt ore was not sold much, which caused more than 300 workers. Wages are now in arrears, coupled with the financial crisis in August, the ruble depreciated across the board, and everyone's life is already very bad.

"Since that company has already bought the goods, why doesn't it pay the workers back their wages?" In the face of the workers' doubts, the director of the factory, Seshilov, struggled, and finally found some grandiose reasons to pay a little salary, but it quickly became worthless than a small amount of money because of the depreciation of the ruble.

Star fruit knows that there are cobalt mines in Tuva, and cobalt, a heavy metal, is radioactive, and cobalt 60 is used in medicine. She still remembered that in that time and space, a Chinese picked up a piece of metal, which turned out to be high-purity cobalt-60, and the radiation caused him intense damage.

But cobalt is useful because it binds together other metal carbide grains in the alloy composition to make the alloy more tough, and reduces impact sensitivity, and this alloy is welded to the surface of the part, which can increase the life of the part by a factor of 3-7.

The heat resistance of cobalt-based alloys is due to the formation of refractory carbides, which are not easy to convert into solid melts, and the diffusion activity is small, and the superiority of cobalt-based alloys is shown at temperatures above 1038 °C.

The super blast furnaces of steel mills are just right for melting this high-grade alloy. The new cobalt alloy is very resistant to high temperatures, it is magnetic, and it can remain magnetic even at 1150°C. The coercive force of magnetic steel containing 60% cobalt is 2.5 times higher than that of general magnetic steel, and in the case of vibration, cobalt steel loses up to 4% of its magnetic force.

The bluestone cobalt mining company is full of cobalt ore for sale, which is already the price of cabbage in order to make a living. Having mastered the core technology of the super blast furnace and the capital scissors, a million dollars were handed over to its finances, and the big trucks began to pull these goods back to the steel plant. Now the railway is being built in this direction, which means that the cobalt ore in the warehouse will be better transported.

It's just that the money is in place, and the wages of the workers are not paid. So in November, the workers decided to stop working, and the mine came to a standstill. After negotiations, Seshilov agreed to send money, but everyone had to come back to work. Christmas is not far away, and if you don't get money this winter, it's really hard to get through, and besides, this mine is a lifelong struggle for many people, and miners in their fifties and sixties regard this place as their home. I still have illusions about the factory manager, but after everyone started working, the shrewd workers found that the warehouse had a lot less goods.

"Could it be that it was sold cheaply by the factory?" Larin, a worker, was puzzled, remembering that many trucks had come to the factory that had been shut down.

The workers quickly talked and quickly found the factory director, but this guy was already armed with men. He unabashedly explained that part of the cobalt ore was sold to Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry, and since it had been sold, there was no way, and the workers' representatives proposed to pay money now, after all, those cobalt mines were also excavated by everyone.

"It's not the time to give out the money yet, and it will be distributed before Christmas." What were the workers' representatives afraid of when they saw this man with a gun next to him? Could it be that there is something else hidden here, and perhaps his promise will come to naught again.

Larin was not relieved, and that night he quietly went to the factory's quarters, where he learned shocking news. Seshilov, the factory, is negotiating with underground banks to exchange his rubles for dollars, and the exchange rate is even cheaper. He's trying to run away, and paying his salary is a scam at all.

As a result, the workers' grievances boiled, and people had to find a way to get their interests back.

This was first discovered by Larin, a forty-year-old miner who called for the formation of workers' organizations, and only by uniting could they fight against Seshilov. But he has guns, and maybe mercenaries from the underworld or something.

"Are we really going to use violence to get our money?" A worker asked.

"Now there is no way, there is still a batch to be shipped in the warehouse, if we control the goods so that Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry cannot get it, this matter is a big problem, and Seshilov will definitely be forced to pay money. And aren't we just in it for the pay? ”

Everyone thought that this would work, and a new round of strikes began, this time with the workers taking control of the warehouse. Those gunmen did not dare to act aggressively, and Seshilov was suddenly anxious. "These workers made a fatal mistake, and that company wasn't vegan."

He went directly to Kyzyl, claiming that the new ore could not be shipped because his own workers controlled the warehouse, and said that the company had been taken over by the people.

"How unreasonable!" Pugachev was furious, and his angry look was very hideous. This is a fundamental interest, star fruit was originally very sympathetic to the workers, but now I dare not provoke this lion. Besides, the miners have deducted the ore, but the blast furnace can't be turned off, and the cobalt alloy is being smelted.

This old man used absolute means, he mobilized a Tuvan army of 200 people, drove a truck straight to the warehouse of the Blue Stone Company. Seeing that it was the soldiers coming, the miners were forced to avoid it, and a lot of this batch of ore was pulled away.

"It can't be like this!" Magnushev, the foreman of the workers, said angrily, "Those capitalists are all the way. That Pugachev is a devil, that Besica is a witch. They are robbing us of our interests, and we are going to submit to their obscenity, and they are in league with Seshilov. ”

"Don't be like this, that Besika and Vladimir are Chinese." Larin stopped Magnushev's swearing, "It's just a pity that we're not from their company." Those workers have recently been paid, and many have been paid more than $1,000. ”

"But the money belongs to us. They took our ore and sold it for a huge profit, and the money was embezzled by our Seshilov. Larin, you are our man, remember where you stand. ”

Larin was silent, Magnushev was right. Seshilov got the mine at a low price through mergers and acquisitions in the early years, and all the workers were faced with the choice of quitting and continuing to work, and everyone chose to continue working. And now this Seshilov intends to bring this mine to a standstill, and finally to be abandoned.

"We must defend our interests, and we will only get paid if we bring Pugachev Besika to its knees." The miners quickly reached a consensus.

So when the cold and silent night, star fruit stayed in her small home, eating Cheng Manli's hometown food, and listening to her talk about work. At the same time, the workers took advantage of the darkness of the night to move, and they arrived in Kyzyl one after another, and in the daytime......