After listening to Zhou Maocai's explanation, Wang Weidong didn't turn around and left immediately, he said to Zhou Maocai with a smile: "You are over fifty years old, let me call you Uncle Zhou, can the two of us go out and find a restaurant, I invite you to sit down and talk slowly?" ”

The two of them came to a restaurant in the mine, and it was noon when there were many people eating in the restaurant, almost all of them were the team leader of the coal mine and the people in the department.

Seeing Zhou Maocai coming in with a young man, many people who knew Zhou Maocai greeted Zhou Maocai one after another.

Wang Weidong found an empty table in the corner and sat down with two people.

There was a small blackboard on the wall with chalk on it with the menu and prices, Wang Weidong pointed to the small blackboard and said, "Uncle Zhou, order as you like, don't be polite to me!" ”

Zhou Maocai is a thin-skinned person, he ordered four hot and cold dishes, nothing more than eggs, meat fried bean sprouts and the like, Wang Weidong added a chicken stewed mushroom and pork belly cabbage frozen tofu soup.

When waiting for the food to be served, Wang Weidong first introduced himself and briefly described what he has done from being an educated youth to now.

Then Wang Weidong asked Zhou Maocai: "Uncle Zhou, which school did you graduate from?" ”

"Fushun Coal School," Zhou Maocai replied.

The Fushun Coal School can be traced back to the coal school established in Fushun during the reign of the Riben people in Northeast China, and not many people outside the coal system of this school know much, but many people know about the old coal people, because this school trained the first generation of Chinese coal technicians, who are distributed in coal mines all over China.

"Were you still a technician when you retired?" Wang Weidong asked in a low voice.

Zhou Maocai said with a smile on his face: "Yes, I didn't do a good job. ”

It is rare for a person like Zhou Maocai to graduate and work as a technician in a coal mine, but he is still a technician when he retires, that is, it is small to be a section-level cadre in terms of seniority, and it is normal to be at the level of deputy general manager of a coal mine, and it is also normal to be a chief engineer or a chief engineer or deputy chief engineer in the mining bureau.

"At the beginning, Shi Guozheng invited you to the Tuanjie Coal Mine to give you how much money a month?" Wang Weidong then asked.

"One hundred and fifty yuan," Zhou Maocai replied.

"Uncle Zhou, if you do me this favor, this Qian Shi Guo Zhengshi will not give it to you, I will give it to you! First of all, tell me what you know about the actual situation of the Tuanjie Coal Mine. Wang Weidong said.

"The state is also very strict with township coal mines, and Shi Guozheng and they also asked the Mining Bureau to design the mine, otherwise it would be impossible for them to open the mine. If you go to the coal mine, the two inclined shafts and the exhaust system are very standardized, but then they began to fool around, in order to get money as soon as possible, they only look at the present, where the coal is good, where the coal is good, where the coal is good, how many times have I persuaded them, but they don't listen to me at all and think I'm an eyesore, and not giving me wages has a lot to do with this matter. Zhou Maocai said.

"But yesterday I went to the coal mine and saw that the coal mine is still producing coal." Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"When coal mining, in order to be safe, it is necessary to leave a certain protective coal pillar to play a supporting role, and they are now mining these protective coal pillars, which is something that can only be done at the end of coal mining, but they have just been mining for two years!" Zhou Maocai said angrily.

"Now they are looking for you to cooperate to transfer the coal mine to you, be careful that you throw a lot of money into it, and you can return to the original without saying anything, and in the end they may even put the blame on you!" Zhou Maocai warned.

"So I can't do this coal mine?" Wang Weidong asked.

Zhou Maocai shook his head.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou, since that's the case, I don't have to go back to Tuanjie Village, I didn't bring so much money today, I will come again tomorrow, Shi Guozheng and they owe you wages, I will give it to you!" Wang Weidong raised his wine glass and said.

Zhou Maocai finished drinking the wine in the cup and was silent. The young man in front of him was very angry, so he did such a little thing, and Wang Weidong said that he would give him the wages owed by Tuanjie Coal Mine.

"Actually, in fact, the Tuanjie Coal Mine is not without coal, and there are still nearly 200,000 tons of geological reserves left." Zhou Maocai said.

He placed a pair of tachyons on the table.

"There is a large fault that runs through the entire mining area from southeast to northwest, at least 100 kilometers long, and the fault passes through the Dakegou Coal Mine and the underground coal seam of the Tuanjie Coal Mine. There were 200,000 tons of coal in that triangle. Zhou Maocai said.

"Since there is still coal and stone underground, why don't they mine it?" Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"This fault fracture zone is very long, and it is very difficult to pass through, just work to put money in it, and there is no money if there is no coal, they are not willing to do it, and they don't have the courage to do it." Zhou Maocai replied.

"People like Shi Guozheng bite the benefits that can be seen in front of them, and whoever fights with them will fight with whom! But if you can't see it, you just talk about it, and they don't listen to it at all. I told Shi Guozheng and Shi Dali about this, and drew pictures to tell them, but people like them don't believe in any technology at all! Zhou Maocai said indignantly.

"What do I need to do to cross the fault?" Wang Weidong asked.

"In the process of mining, the excavation team of Dakegou Coal Mine passed through this fault twice, the crushing zone is more than 100 meters long, the thin mud and water in the crushing zone are difficult to handle, the excavation speed is very slow, the pressure on both sides of the roof and roadway is very high, and even the bottom plate is bulging upward, which can be said to be stressed on all sides!" Zhou Maocai said.

"More than 100 meters long roadway, material cost and labor cost are very expensive, and it is not like digging in the coal seam to dig out the coal, this kind of excavation only throws money into it and has to throw tens of thousands of dollars, Shi Guozheng is a kind of rat-eyed person who can't do it at all." Zhou Maocai continued.

Wang Weidong didn't speak for a long time after work, he believed that Zhou Maocai would not lie to himself, but he was still unsure in his heart.

"Can you get a drawing for me?" Wang Weidong asked.

"The Tuanjie Coal Mine is right next to the Dakegou Coal Mine, if you want to see the drawings, I can think of a way, but it will have to wait until tomorrow." Zhou Maocai replied.

"Okay, I'll wait until tomorrow. After drinking, I'll go to Hedong City to stay, and I'll come back tomorrow. Wang Weidong said.

"No, there is a guest house in Da Barrel Gou Coal Mine, you stay in the guest house today, and I will go to the guest house to find you tonight." Zhou Maocai said.

"Okay, Uncle Zhou will do as you say!" Wang Weidong said and picked up his wine glass again.

After drinking, Zhou Maocai took Wang Weidong to live in the Dakegou Coal Mine Guest House, and he turned around and went to the production department of the coal mine.

At five o'clock in the evening, Zhou Maocai came to the room where Wang Weidong lived in the guest house, and after closing the door, he took out a folded drawing, and unfolded the drawing on the bed, the light blue drawing was the size of a desk.

Zhou Maocai pointed to a corner under the drawing and said to Wang Weidong: "This side of the boundary of the mining area is the mining area of the Tuanjie Coal Mine, have you seen it?" This long line is what I call a fault! ”