Tie Ming drove to the dock early in the morning and found Manager Huang through someone leading the way. The two met and talked directly about the docks.

"Manager Song, come, come in and sit."

Manager Huang turned sideways, beckoned Tie Ming to come into the cabin to sit, and then called to Xiao Ge on the side:

"Xiaoge, you go and pour a cup of tea."

"Okay."

Xiao Ge took the order to leave, and Tie Ming just watched him turn around and disappear into the mist, this scene was like a trance in a dream.

Tie Ming followed Manager Huang into the cabin, he was so tall that he had to lean over his waist to lean in. The moment he entered, there was a darkness in the cabin, and when he sat down, the light came in again.

"Manager Song, the place is small, and I can barely sit."

Manager Huang said apologetically.

"Where, it's nice to sit like this in the cabin."

Tie Ming said immediately.

The tide of the river swelled, and the boat swayed gently, and the low tables and low stools also moved slightly. Tie Ming was uncomfortable for a while, and he couldn't sit a little steadily, so he hurriedly separated his legs a little more before he supported it.

"It's going to take some work!"

Tie Ming thought secretly. After a while, my head began to get dizzy, my stomach was also dangling, and my throat was blocked and swollen, so it was not uncomfortable.

"Suffer, you can't vomit later."

Tie Ming pinched the position of the tiger's mouth in the recess of his palm, feeling pain to divert his attention.

"Tea."

After a while, Xiao Geti brought a delicate white porcelain teapot.

"Manager Song, take a sip of tea first."

Manager Huang said to Tie Ming, seeing that his face was a little bad, his lips were slightly white, and he looked a little seasick.

Xiao Ge took out a pair of small tea sets from the upper compartment of the low cabinet and stacked them on the table one by one.

It's a strange thing.

Two small white porcelain tea bowls without handles, a small jar of tea leaves, a small white porcelain teapot, and a tea pet with a unique shape.

"This is a full set of devices that only real tea drinkers have."

Tie Ming sighed secretly, looking at Manager Huang's rough appearance, his life was so exquisite, and he was still in this kind of swaying cabin.

With a "squeak", clear tea flowed out of the long spout, and the sound of tea was different from the sound of clear water. The sound of tea seems to be the call of a yellow bird, crisp into the ear, and it is graceful to listen to.

"It's really good tea."

Tie Ming drank too much tea when socializing with others, and he could tell by listening to the sound that the tea was good, the tea was inferior, the new tea, and the old tea.

"Okay, don't pour it full, how can you drink it when it's full?"

Manager Huang saw that the teacup was about to overflow, so he hurriedly stopped Xiaoge from pouring it.

"I'm sorry."

Xiao Ge Beihuang's eyes were frightened, and he hurriedly apologized. Manager Huang didn't want to say more to him, so he waved his hand and let him go down.

"My subordinates are not clever enough, Manager Song, don't be surprised."

When Xiaoge got off the boat, Manager Huang apologized to Tie Ming and said:

"Xiao Ge is a person, he is more sincere, and he has to pour full tea, and he doesn't understand the rules here."

Tie Ming smiled, indicating that he didn't care at all.

Manager Huang carefully moved the full teacup in front of him, and personally poured a cup of tea for Tie Ming, only to be seven points full.

"Manager Song, please use it."

Tie Ming nodded and smiled when he saw it, and took a sip of tea.

"The so-called tea is seven points and wine is three points, and the tea is full of deception."

Tie Ming secretly muttered this sentence in his heart. It's a strange sentence, I don't know if it makes sense, but everyone is abiding by it,

"It's hard to sip hot tea."

I remember that when I was studying, my teacher once said something like this. That's about it, you always have to take your time when you invite a guest to drink tea, knowing that the tea is hot, and you pour a full cup, do you want to burn the guest's mouth? Isn't this a bully or a hospitable?

"Well, good tea."

Tie Ming put down the teacup, tasted the tea, and exclaimed.

"Heh, usually no one comes to the dock, and when a person is bored, he tastes tea, and the time passes."

Manager Huang explained.

After drinking this tea, Tie Ming felt that his stomach was no longer so uncomfortable, and he seemed to be much more awake. Unexpectedly, tea can cure hangover and seasickness.

"This is Hui Bai tea."

Tie Ming asked, pointing to the small teapot. When Manager Huang heard this, his eyes lit up instantly as if a light bulb flashed, and he said with a smile:

"Manager Song really knows how to taste it, this is the best white tea, which I specially brought from my hometown."

Manager Huang's face was full of smiles, and when he talked about his hometown, he was a little excited, and he looked kind.

"Manager Huang's hometown is in Yanxi."

"Yes!"

Tie Ming has done some research on the origin of tea, and knows that Shaoxing Yanxi produces Hui white tea, Hangzhou Longjing tea, Fujian brick black tea, and Shanghai small alleys produce bitter black tea.

Manager Huang heard that Tie Ming had immediately said his hometown, and his mood became even more excited, and two small red clouds flew up on his face.

"Manager Song is really well-informed, even I, a person who often drinks tea, have to apprentice."

Tie Ming smiled and waved his hand and said:

"Where, drinking tea is a personal experience, and everyone feels different."

Manager Huang leaned his upper body slightly, looked at Tie Ming and asked:

"Tea?"

Tie Ming likes to taste tea, but now is not the time, now is the time to understand the situation of the dock clearly, and it is not too late to taste tea carefully when this matter is done, but as soon as he saw Manager Huang's expectant gaze, he was a little embarrassed to refuse him bluntly, so he said:

"Okay."

Manager Huang picked up the teacup with a smile, pointed to the tea leaves inside and said:

"Manager Song, you also know that the general tea leaves are leaves one by one, and the white tea bar in my hometown is a curly cake, like the seeds of calendula."

Tie Ming nodded, but Hui Bai Tea has many characteristics in shape. Mr. Huang went on to say:

"So it's more flavorful than the average tea tea."

"Why?"

"Because it's thick."

"Hahahaha-"

Tie Ming couldn't help but laugh when he saw Manager Huang's serious introduction of tea like a salesman.

"I'm right!"

Tie Ming nodded, also picked up the teacup, and said:

"Manager Huang, look, the whole white tea sinks at the bottom of the cup, unlike Tieguanyin, Biluochun, etc., which will swell up and down."

Manager Huang looked at the teacup, and sure enough, what can this be tasted?

Tie Ming put down the teacup and said:

"The churning of tea leaves is like a world thing, only those with weight can be pierced under the water."

Manager Huang pondered the flavor of this sentence carefully, and seemed to understand.

Tea tasting is not only to taste life, but also to taste Zen. Life is like tea, a helpless life.

When Tie Ming thought of this, he inevitably brought out a sad emotion, and hurriedly took a sip of tea to cover it up, and said to Manager Huang:

"Manager Huang, thank you for your white tea."

"You're polite, I really tasted the tea with Manager Song today."

Tie Ming smiled, changed his expression, and asked Manager Huang:

"Manager Huang, can you taste anything about the recent foreigners' troubles on the dock?"

As soon as he heard Tie Ming talk about the foreigners' troubles on the dock, Manager Huang's eyes full of energy just now suddenly dimmed, and he secretly thought in his heart:

"This Manager Song really came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and he failed to take care of the affairs of the wharf, so the company sent a construction supervisor to me."

Manager Huang pursed his lips and didn't speak, he really couldn't speak, he was afraid that as soon as the words came out, this Manager Song would find the target and shoot arrows at him.

"What do you want me to say, what do you want to know?"

Tie Ming saw that Manager Huang hesitated for a long time and didn't speak, so he took the initiative to say:

"It doesn't matter, it's okay for the two of us to talk about it, I think you also know that I was the one who signed the guarantee letter with the foreigner before, and within a few days of the peace, they made waves again, it was my negligence."

Tie Ming said it quite sincerely, and he didn't have the superiority of the minister sent from above. Manager Huang felt less constrained, so he said:

"Manager Song, I won't hide it from you, and I can't hide it, the foreigners are too unlikely, and the operation of the dock cannot be carried out normally."

"Huh?"

Tie Ming motioned for Manager Huang to continue.

Manager Huang rubbed his hands and said hesitantly:

"The foreigners have limited our working time, and we can only transport and unload goods in two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, so that the workers have no time to work."

"How was it in the past?"

Tie Ming didn't understand the time law of dock operations, and thought that this time was enough, and heard Manager Huang say that "in such a short time, the workers have no time to work", so he was strange, so he asked him about the previous situation.

Manager Huang stretched out seven fingers, revealing a bitter face. Tie Ming was puzzled. Manager Huang explained himself:

"White plus black, five plus two."

"What does that mean?"

Tie Ming was anxious to know the truth, and he didn't want to play dumb riddles with Manager Huang. Manager Huang explained in depth:

"It's day and night, working for five days and repairing for two days."

"Oh!"

Manager Huang said with a bitter face:

"Manager Song, tell me, where is there enough time for this? We only have to add manpower, so the labor cost goes up again. ”

Tie Ming nodded and asked him:

"How much more?"

"Ten copper plates a day for one person."

Tie Ming listened, lowered his head and thought: This worker is tired and tired of working for ten copper plates a day, why does the Lin family still refuse to give it, it is really exploited to the bones.

"Manager Song, it's a trivial matter to add more labor costs, those foreigners still want to make trouble, saying that our voices are too loud when we do our homework, arguing with their God."

Tie Ming wanted to laugh when he heard this—who is whose God? These foreign goods on the dock are all shipped from their countries and sold to us Chinese, we are consumers, naturally God.

"And what are their requirements?"

"We use machines produced in their country, and we use machines to move goods."

"Good deal!"

Tie Ming immediately understood the true plans of the foreigners, and said to Manager Huang:

"I dislike our artificial quarrels, it's nothing more than trying to sell goods and make a good calculation."

Manager Huang was also indignant and said:

"It's really infuriating that we have to buy their stuff at all costs, and they use such despicable means to force us to buy them."

Tie Ming thought about this, how to report it to Dalin?

……