Lu Zuofu looked at the embarrassed Liu Yun, and hurriedly diverted the topic, "Yicheng Xian, you are here to transport a batch of steelmaking equipment and enter Sichuan."

"How come you even know this", Liu Yun was really a little surprised, he really didn't understand it after thinking about it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask silently, "Uncle Lu, we are really here for this, but we also decided on a temporary basis, could it be that you are unpredictable."

Mr. Lu didn't talk, just smiled slightly, and let everyone finish eating, and at this time, the servant came to report that Mr. Gong Xianzhou, the manager of Minsheng Company, asked to see Mr. Lu.

Lu Zuofu was stunned for a moment, and asked the servant to lead Gong Xianzhou to the living room first, affirming that he would arrive in a moment, and then looked at Liu Yun and Kong Yuling, and laughed hehe, "It seems that we can't eat well this dinner, so let's wait until we meet Mr. Gong together, let's eat slowly."

Liu Yun, who has participated in military training, is indeed different, in just a few minutes, he has almost filled his belly, and then drank a few sips of tea to rinse his mouth, and he was done, and he looked like he was ready to go, and Yuan Qier couldn't help but scold secretly, "What a pig."

Although Kong Yuling didn't eat well, fortunately, her family education was very strict since she was a child, and when it came to business, she immediately ended the dining activity, stood up quietly, tidied up her clothes slightly, and smiled a little, looking calm and elegant.

Entering the large living room, everyone found that in addition to Gong Xianzhou, the Xiangli of Minsheng Company, there was a young man about 30 years old, and only after introducing each other did he know that this person's name was Hu Jiansheng, a native of Hechuan, Chongqing, who was Lu Zuofu's fellow villager, since the beginning of Minsheng Company's business in 1925, he followed Mr. Lu to go north and south, and was already the core figure in shipping.

Liu Yun didn't pay much attention to Gong Xianzhou, but looked at this Hu Jiansheng very much, and muttered in his heart, he only remembered that there was a major of Hu Yisheng, and he also knew that Hu Yisheng was a character in film and television works, and some people on the Internet speculated that it was Hu Lian of the Stone Tablet Fortress, but no matter what, it made someone interested in Hu Jiansheng, and almost wanted to ask him directly, whether he knew Hu Yisheng.

Hu Jiansheng is the actual person in charge of the shipping department, and immediately opened a map, which is the Yangtze River waterway operation map, which is clearly marked, Wuhan to Yichang, Yichang to Chongqing, Chongqing to Fucheng navigation situation, Lu Zuofu signaled Liu Yun and Kong Yuling, let them talk about the general situation of the goods transported.

Liu Yun was not polite, so he talked about the situation of four one-ton steel-making furnaces, two three-ton steel-making furnaces, and four generator sets, in addition to the newly purchased more than 300 tons of steel, etc., a total of 1,200 tons of goods, which need to be transferred to West Sichuan County by Minsheng Company.

As the list provided by Liu Yun became more and more detailed, the faces of Lu Zuofu, Hu Jiansheng and Gong Xianzhou became more and more cautious, especially Liu Yun described his idea of transporting from Wuhan to Chongqing by ship, then from Chongqing to Fucheng, and then from Fucheng to western Sichuan County by car.

Lu Zuofu groaned for a while, and then said to Liu Yun with a wry smile, "Your batch of goods is really difficult to handle, our Minsheng Company is desperate, and at most we can guarantee that this goods will be transported to Hechuan in Chongqing, as for the transportation from Hechuan to Fucheng, it is simply a fantasy."

"Of course, the land transportation from Anchang Town to West Sichuan County is not under our control, and we should not be talking about it, but everyone is an acquaintance, so it is better to talk about it one by one."

Hu Jiansheng began to explain in detail under the signal of Mr. Lu, "This batch of goods, the transportation volume is not large, from Wuhan to Chongqing Hechuan, the largest cargo ship of our Minsheng Company is an old steamboat of thousands of tons, if you ignore the loss, one ship can be transported."

Liu Yun was a little puzzled, what is the loss of transporting a cargo, is there still a popular shipping tradition in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be "floated" more than three or five percent at every turn.

Xiangli Gong Xianzhou said with some embarrassment, "Liu Gongzi, you misunderstood, we are a democracy movement company, where do we dare to 'drift' at every turn like the government."

"You also know that the Yangtze River waterway is turbulent, especially from Yichang to the Three Gorges area, is the famous Thanh Wang Beach, a large number of ships sink here every year, our Minsheng company seems to be a big business, from beginning to end of a year does not make a few dollars, the real reason is this."

This can be understood, that is, in the 21st century, not to mention air accidents and shipwrecks, it is a developer, the development of a large real estate, once an accident, three or five workers die, often pay for not even wearing pants, Liu Yun thought, the shipping in the 30s is not much better, not to mention a ship of equipment, a steamboat of thousands of tons, workers alone have to pay one or two hundred, an accident down, no matter how much money is made, it is not enough for the people's livelihood company to compensate.

Hu Jiansheng is a very professional person, did not disturb his train of thought because of Liu Yun's speech, and continued to explain his shipping methods, "so for the sake of safety, it is best to use four of the latest inland steamers, with a standard load of 400 tons, and according to our Minsheng Company, nearly ten years of practical experience, within ten days, you can safely arrive in Hechuan, Chongqing."

"However, there are two problems, one is the dry season in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is approaching, and our company has received news from various monitoring points that this year's dry season may be earlier than in previous years."

"Secondly, among these equipment of yours, there are some items that are relatively heavy and large, which are easy to cause the goods to fall off during transportation, collide violently with the hull of the ship, and even destroy the ship and sink the goods into the water in serious cases."

Liu Yun was also surprised, and secretly calculated in his heart, not to mention anything else, four large generator sets, the largest single steel part, up to seven or eight tons, six steelmaking furnaces, the largest single steel part, either about ten tons, or twenty tons, is really troublesome to transport.

Moreover, the Three Gorges in the 30s was not the Three Gorges after liberation, let alone the Three Gorges in the 21st century, but the Three Gorges with many reefs and turbulent undercurrents.

It seemed that finding that Liu Yun and Kong Yuling's faces were ugly, Xiangli Gong Xianzhou hurriedly played a round game, and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Liu Gongzi, don't worry, our Minsheng Company has also explored a set of experience over the years, and has also ordered a batch of new inland steamboats for various dangerous situations, and in order to ensure safety, we will use them all this time."

"According to my experience, the probability of arriving safely in Hechuan, Chongqing this time is 75%", Hu Jiansheng ignored Xiangli's frequent eyes, continued his professional explanation, so anxious that Gong Xianzhou had to hold him personally, gritted his teeth and whispered, no need to guess to know, most of it is a threat to him, don't show it, don't show it to the end, everyone can't do business, but they all drink the northwest wind.

The success rate is 75%, which is not low, ignoring the entanglement between Hu Jiansheng and Gong Xianzhou, Liu Yun shrugged his shoulders and asked Lu Zuofu in a low voice, which foreign insurance company in Hankou is more reliable, Mr. Lu also smiled bitterly, everyone is an acquaintance who knows the roots, so he has to be virtuous and not avoid relatives, and bluntly said that Minsheng Company itself has the business, reputation, and barely passable.

Liu Yun also smiled bitterly, the fact is also the same, don't look at foreign companies all day long shouting what rigorous, serious and responsible work, that means that you are responsible, and they are not responsible, once it is their turn to fulfill their responsibilities, they will find all kinds of excuses to shirk, and then prove that others should bear all the responsibility, not the contrary, over the years due to insurance problems, many Chinese businessmen have suffered a big loss, when it comes to investing in foreign companies, there is a little discoloration.

Minsheng Steamship Company, in desperation, had no choice but to start the business on its own, otherwise if these businessmen really took the land route to transport goods, the shipping company, wouldn't they really want to drink the northwest wind, and if they were left alone, it would have a great impact on the company's reputation.

Okay, everyone began to talk about another topic, from Chongqing Hechuan to Fucheng Anchang shipping issues, Gong Xianzhou was afraid that Hu Jiansheng would talk nonsense, and wanted to explain it in person, Liu Yun and Lu Zuofu didn't care, anyway, this is just a plan, so let him talk about it.

Gong Xiangli held a small stick, pointed to the map, looked very professional, and began to explain, "Starting from Hechuan into the Fujiang River, the biggest advantage is that the reef is relatively reduced, and the river flow is slower, which is best for freight, but there is a disadvantage, that is, the depth of the river is greatly reduced, and the shallowest is only three to five meters."

"In the past ten years, there has not been a cargo ship of more than 600 tons, the only few times, or in July and August, the rainstorm season, the river water soared, the capacity of the peer greatly increased, the best plan is to change the ship, for a small steamboat of about 200 tons."

How can it be so simple, the large steel parts of steelmaking equipment, dynamic rolling is more than ten tons, twenty tons, really put on one or two hundred tons of small steam wheels, a little careless, there will be a phenomenon of the steam wheel rollover, machine parts all poured into the river. Not to mention casualties, those machinery and equipment will be in trouble, flooding, or stained with silt, it is still good, if it encounters the stone and sand and directly deformed, it will be over, and the machinery and equipment will be directly scrapped.

Your sister, what kind of reason should this level be, shouldn't it be by nepotism, Liu Yun squinted his eyes and glanced at Lu Zuofu, Mr. Lu touched his nose, and also knew that Gong Xiangli was a pure management talent, and let him explain the shipping plan, which was indeed ill-considered, so he had to laugh for a while, and let Hu Jiansheng continue to explain his plan.

Hu Jiansheng is indeed more professional, but if Liu Yun and Gong Xiangli can think of it, he can also think of it, and he also knows that it is not a good idea to change the boat, and there is no good way for a while, so after pondering for a while, he asked a question, "Liu Gongzi's equipment, do you have any special requirements, especially those two 20-ton steel parts, can they be immersed in water."

Immersion in water, what kind of water to immerse in, steel parts are soaked in water, then there is no corrosion, Liu Yun also has some brain short circuit, so he had to question Zhi Brain, Zhi Brain told him that the equipment can be immersed in water, as long as the ant robot is brushed with a layer of anti-corrosion metal paint on the steel.

Liu Yun suddenly opened his mouth, yes, I remember some underwater stainless steel parts in the 21st century, it seems that this is what I did, so he said to Hu Jiansheng, "In addition to the four generator sets that cannot be immersed in water, the other six large steel parts can be soaked in water after treatment."