The shipyard was very close to here, on the outer slope of the river embankment, so the three of them walked straight over.

After leaving the water transport company and turning west, it took less than two minutes to walk along a long slope to the embankment.

Like the county water transport wharf, there are also more than 20 "hills" piled up on both sides of the river embankment, which stretch for several miles.

It's just that the area of the outer embankment of the Yangtze River is very large, and no matter how many goods are piled up, it is inconspicuous, and the embankment here is much smaller than the Yangtze River, which looks a little spectacular.

Generally, such piles on both sides of the river embankment in the open air are basically three kinds of goods.

Yellow river sand and gray fine sand, both of which are actually river sand, but the yellow sand particles are larger, and the fine sand is the very common beach sand on the river beach, which is very delicate. In building materials, two types of sand are suitable for different scenes.

Except for these two types of river sand, the rest is all pebbles.

In the northern region, the construction is generally made of quarried and then crushed rocks, but there are few rock mines in the Jiangnan area, so they take local materials and dig pebbles in rivers and lakes for use, these pebbles are large and small, and they are also suitable for different architectural scenes.

Before Chen Fan built a house, all the stones in the building materials sent to him by some teams were pebbles, and the field in front of his new home and the small slope were paved with cement mixed pebbles, which were strong and durable.

On the other side of the long slope directly opposite the upstream, is the water transport wharf of Nanhu Commune.

It's a pure cargo terminal, and there are no passenger ships docking, all of which are cargo ships.

Except for those passenger boats and fishing boats that come by themselves.

Chen Fan walked up to the embankment and looked down, only to see a long loess ramp extending into the river, and a cement boat 3 or 40 meters long was moored at the water's edge.

Two "gangplanks" are on the side of the ship, the other on the shore, a group of porters are unloading goods on the shore, and on the ramp are horse-drawn carriages, and after each car is loaded, there are coachmen waving horsewhips to drive the horse-drawn carts upward.

It's just that the water level is still a bit high, the height difference between the embankment and the gangplank is only less than 10 meters, and more than a dozen carriages are crowded together, which seems a little crowded.

Chen Fan looked at the cement boat that almost reached the side of the river, and his eyes were full of curiosity.

This kind of cement boat was popular in the 70s, and it can be seen from Chongqing to the coast. At that time, in order to make up for the shortage of steel production, the method of hanging cement on steel mesh was used to produce such boats, which were used to replace the wooden boats that had sailed on the water for thousands of years.

Even in 74 years, a giant cement ship "Furuta" with a length of 105.2 meters, a width of 14.5 meters, a depth of 8.1 meters, and a weight of 3,000 tons was built.

But after only one voyage, the giant ship was put on hold because it was too fuel-intensive to drive!

Originally, the superiors thought that if the ship could be put into use and produce benefits, they would promote the construction of such large cement ships, which would be specially used for offshore transportation and even armed use.

However, after the ministry-level pre-examination jointly organized by the Ministry of Transportation and Construction and the General Administration of Building Materials, experts in all aspects have defined the ship, "the steel wire mesh cement ship has the advantages of being well-maintained, watertight, and stable, but it has weaknesses such as not being resistant to collisions and heavy hulls, so it is not suitable for promotion." ”

At that time, whether it was a large wooden ship, a cement ship or a steel ship, the power had to rely on the ship's propulsion, and the fuel was still burned.

So the heavier the hull, the higher the fuel consumption, the weight of that cement ship is as high as 3000 tons, and then with the cargo, how much diesel does it have to be consumed to run?!

It's obviously not a good deal.

So the vigorous wave of cement ship construction came to an abrupt end.

In addition to the cement ships that are being built and already produced, in the following years, the tasks of the cement ships were visibly reduced to the point of complete abolition.

In their place, there were steel ships.

Even the superiors had a clear plan to completely replace the cement ship with a steel ship in order to save fuel.

And at that time, it was still 74 years.

On the embankment, Secretary Tian couldn't help but smile when he saw Chen Fan staring at the wharf, and said, "Mr. Chen is also interested in the cargo wharf?" ”

Chen Fan looked back at him, then looked at safety, and said with a smile, "When I first arrived in Lujiawan, I didn't have anything, and at that time, I was worried about what to do with my life in the future, and we can't expect to live on relief food, right?" ”

Both Safety and Secretary Tian nodded slowly unconsciously.

Outside of Nanhu Commune, they knew almost nothing about Chen Fan's origins, and they all thought that he was a native of Lujiawan.

But inside Nanhu Commune, who didn't know that Chen Fan was picked up from the water by Yang Chuanfu, the captain of Lujiawan Team 6, at this time, when they heard Chen Fan's words, they naturally understood what they meant.

Chen Fan continued with a smile, "At that time, the custodian Huang sent me 30 catties of white rice and half a bag of sweet potatoes, if I saved a little food, I could last for a month or two, but I couldn't just go in and out, so I was a little anxious." Then one of our young intellectuals gave me an idea,......"

He said and pointed to the busy porters on the dock, and said with a smile, "She said that when the water rises, you can come here to work as a porter, at that time, the cargo ships of the water transport company are endless, and a large number of porters are needed, if you are good, you can earn a dollar or two a day, or even more, as long as you work for a summer, you will have the rations for the whole year, and maybe you can buy some meat for the New Year." ”

When he said that he was going to come here to work as a porter, Secretary Tian and An'an were already grinning.

After listening to his words, he was even more happy, tilting his head and laughing.

After a long while, Secretary Tian took a few breaths before he said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be overkill for you to be a porter." ”

What is the concept of a porter? That's the coolie who recruits and comes, and calls and goes.

As for the boats parked in the water below, any official crew member on board is qualified to find a few people to come and do the handling.

The members of the five production brigades of Nanhu Commune are also proud to have regular workers and relatives of the water transportation company.

Especially when it's particularly busy, casual workers or apprentice relatives can also help!

In order to earn the labor fee of one or two yuan a day, they are digging into it one by one.

This is the makeshift porter on the dock!

And who is Chen Fan?

When he came to the water transportation company, he Lao Tian personally accompanied him, and sometimes the secretary of the commune did not have this treatment.

Compared to the two, it is a heaven and an earth!

Now that Chen Fan said that he had planned to come here to work as a porter, how could Secretary Tian not laugh!

Security was still arching the fire on the side, pretending to look at Chen Fan with disdain, "Hmph, do you think you want to be a porter, and someone will do it for you?" As long as it's not a double robbery, come here to do the handling, it's a beautiful thing that all the members of the production team can't think of, and it's your turn to be a new arrival?! ”

Chen Fan also deliberately bowed, "Yes, yes, it's my wishful thinking, but didn't Cadre An come to squat at that time, let's pat Cadre An's ass, maybe your old man's heart is soft, help to say a good word in front of Secretary Tian, and you can enjoy food." ”

Security and Secretary Tian glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing in unison.

Safety shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing that Chen Fan's face was so thick.

Secretary Tian pointed at Chen Fan and said with a smile, "Don't say anything else, as long as you take out the ability of a three-point pen, not to mention the porter, I can give you a quota for regular workers, and it is a cadre establishment!" ”

Chen Fan was already very familiar with this kind of overt and covert solicitation, and immediately laughed and said, "Then you are still not very good at doing business, in our current situation, you take a little shelf and say, 'Xiao Chen, if you don't write me two articles, I won't give Lujiawan thrusters', then I will definitely serve in a mess, and the water transportation company doesn't have to pay salaries." ”

Hearing this, Secretary Tian laughed again, turned around and waved his hands and walked forward.

I was sighing in my heart, sure enough, Mr. Chen was not easy to recruit.

The three of them talked and laughed, walked a mile forward, and then stopped.

Secretary Tian pointed to the two factory-style buildings on the outer embankment, one large and one small, which were almost soaked in the water, and said, "The big one is the dock, where all the ship maintenance and repair are located, and the small one is the spare parts warehouse and office." ”

He turned to look at Chen Fan and said with a smile, "Do you want to go directly to the warehouse, or do you want to visit and visit first?" ”

Chen Fan grinned, looked at the repair shop, then at Secretary Tian, and asked curiously, "Now the water level has not overflowed, if the water level reaches the top, won't the repair shop be flooded?" ”

Secretary Tian didn't explain when he heard it, but just laughed and said, "Want to know? Why don't you go and see it with your own eyes? ”

Chen Fan immediately smiled and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, it's troublesome to Secretary Tian." ”

Following Secretary Tian down, the road led to the small warehouse and office, but Chen Fan noticed that there was a path that was stepped out by people and extended to a small door in the dock, which was obviously a shortcut for the workers.

Soon entered the office of the repair shop, and without waiting for Secretary Tian to speak, Chen Fan understood why this place was not afraid of flooding.

Inside the factory, it was divided into two floors, and there were only some iron cabinets, tables and chairs underneath, which were painted with a layer of red paint to prevent rust.

Chen Fan tried to pick up a chair, and with his strength, he actually felt a little heavy.

Needless to say, the average flood will never wash away!

On this floor, there is also a steel structure shelf, which is the normal office place.

The upper layer is slightly higher than the embankment.

Seeing this, Chen Fan also understood, but he still didn't understand a problem.

Even if you can work on the second floor, how do you get in and out?

He didn't need an explanation, he thought of the cargo ship on the dock just now, and he knew the answer.

Springboard!

The workshop is less than 10 meters from the embankment, and only a long gangplank is needed to enter and exit freely.

No wonder they built the repair shop on the outer embankment, and they were not afraid of flooding.

At this time, two people upstairs staggered down, and a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, wearing work clothes stained with stains that could not be washed off, smiled and said loudly, "Secretary Tian, Director An, you are here." ”

As he spoke, he took out his cigarette and handed it over.

Safely took the cigarette and said with a smile, "Hey, hey, I'm not the director yet, if I can't be the director when I turn around, you give me a director?" ”

The man laughed and said, "No, the director, or I'll give you this factory director." ”

Needless to say, this is definitely the director of the repair shop.

It's just that this repair shop belongs to a subordinate unit of the water transportation company, and I don't know if he has the identity of a cadre? According to the normal situation, the director of the repair plant should be the deputy general manager of the water transportation company, and he should be a cadre, right?

After thinking about it, Secretary Tian held a cigarette, pointed at Chen Fan, and said, "This is Teacher Chen from Lujiawan." ”

Then he pointed to the person and said with a smile, "This is Cui Baozhang, the director of the repair shop, and the deputy secretary of the water transportation company." ”

Really.

Chen Fan nodded secretly in his heart, stretched out his right hand to Cui Baozhang, and said with a smile, "Hello Deputy Secretary Cui." ”

Cui Baozhang immediately stretched out his hand to hold it, grinning, "I guessed just now whether it was Teacher Chen or not, after all, there are not many people who look like this, and sure enough, I guessed correctly." ”

After a pause, he smiled again, "Don't call any deputy secretary or factory director, you can afford to call me Lao Cui, or Master Cui." ”

Chen Fan smiled, "Then I'll call you Master Cui." ”

After a pause, he asked, "Master Cui, I want to take a look at those two sets of machines first, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Cui Baozhang didn't say a word, gestured and said, "It's in the warehouse inside, I'll take you there." ”

Saying that, he took the lead and walked forward.

Chen Fan hurriedly followed him, first walked to the middle of the factory, and then climbed up a zigzag staircase to the second floor slab halfway inside.

Cui Baozhang walked in front, turned his head to Chen Fan and said, "There are not many machine parts here, and they are basically small parts, and if there is damage to large parts, we generally buy them now, and we will not prepare them in advance, after all, large parts are not cheap, and it is not cost-effective to take the money here." ”

Chen Fan nodded slowly, followed him to the innermost, and without his introduction, he saw two sets of thrusters with a large size, and immediately walked forward quickly.

While he was checking around the propeller, the others were silent, even holding their breath, for fear of disturbing his examination.

Even if Secretary Tian said just now, it doesn't matter if it can't be repaired, but just such a set of machines, if it is intact, it will cost more than 4,000 yuan.

A "Dongfanghong-12" tractor, each priced at only 3,500 yuan, a single propeller is more expensive than a tractor more than 1,000, can he not feel distressed.

Chen Fan checked very carefully, but the speed was not slow.

After a few minutes, he stood up and looked at Secretary Tian, and shook his head gently, "There are not many problems with the diesel engine, the steering system and the gear system, mainly the bearings and propellers, the damage is very serious, and it is almost impossible to repair." ”

Secretary Tian was slightly stunned, and seemed a little surprised, "The diesel engine, the steering system, and the gears are all right?" ”

Cui Baozhang also said in surprise, "But at that time, the engineer in the province said that the entire system could not be used, so let's replace it with a new one." ”

Hearing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but fall silent.

Is there something I haven't checked myself?

He thought for a moment, didn't speak, turned around and checked again.

This time it's a little longer.

But no matter how long it is, it is limited, because all the main parts are dismantled and put there, and it is almost clear which parts are good and which parts are bad.

After ten minutes, he stood up again and said with a strange face, "I checked all the parts, except for the impeller, shaft, and bearing problems, which are more serious and almost impossible to repair, and the other engines, gearboxes, brackets, and rudders, although there are a little problems, but the problems are not big, and they can still be repaired." ”

There are three most critical parts of the thruster, the engine system, the direction transmission system and the final propulsion system, the first two are no problem, only the propulsion system needs to be replaced, which is also consistent with the damage to the ship that Secretary Tian said before.

Therefore, it is only necessary to replace the propulsion system parts, including bearings and impellers, and repair the parts of the other two systems, and the two sets of thrusters can continue to be used.

Why do the prefectural government and provincial ship engineers say that it can't be repaired?

After listening to Chen Fan's words, Secretary Tian and Cui Baozhang looked at each other.

After a few seconds, Cui Baozhang muttered, "No wonder I can't find a big problem with the engine, it turns out that there is no problem?!" ”

Secretary Tian didn't even want to say anything, just picked up the cigarette that Lao Cui gave him just now and lit it, and smoked a third of it in one go.

Safety wiped his face, tried to hold back a smile, and pretended to be indignant, "Needless to say, either the engineers of the prefectural committee and the provincial repair factory did not check carefully, or they didn't learn anything at all, so the graduation certificate may not indicate how it came about, and the technology is not up to standard, so naturally there is no problem." ”

Chen Fan nodded secretly on the side.

To be honest, among the college students who have gone to school by recommendation over the years, there are many talents, and some of them even became academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences later.

But on the whole, the majority of the people who are indiscriminate, otherwise the vice president would not have said the sentence "That's Tsinghua Middle School, Tsinghua Primary School, not Tsinghua University" a few days ago.

At that symposium, the professors and experts of their school bluntly said that when some people graduated, their real academic qualifications could not even reach high school, and some even only reached the junior high school level 10 years ago, which was the result of the hard work of the teachers in the school!

If this is the case over there, the situation in Jiangnan may not be able to stand alone?!

Therefore, the "engineers" in this year are not necessarily as reliable as the teachers who have not graduated from primary school, at least they rely on their real skills to upgrade their work levels, rather than exchanging their diplomas for benefits.

In this situation, Chen Fan just wants to write a poem ......, forget it, it still matters to earn a thruster.

He immediately coughed dryly, attracting the eyes of Secretary Tian and Cui Baozhang, and said with a smile, "Secretary Tian, Master Cui, I don't know what the previous situation was like, but according to my current inspection results, I only need to buy two new sets of bearings and propellers, and the remaining small problems should be solved as long as there are welders, fitters and forgers above level 5." ”

Master Cui immediately said, "Level 5 workers are only intermediate among intermediate workers, and they are not particularly powerful, and we have them in our repair shop." ”

Chen Fan nodded, turned his head to look at Secretary Tian, and said with a smile, "Then it depends on whether Secretary Tian is willing to buy new accessories." ”

In the final analysis, it is not a question of whether to buy accessories or not, but a question of trust.

So far, Chen Fan's achievements in machinery are two, one is to assemble two diesel engines, and the other is to design a small water tower, compared with the engineers of the prefectural committee and the provincial capital, it is not a star and a half.

Who will Secretary Tian believe?

As a result, without waiting for Secretary Tian to speak, Chen Fan said again, "Or, let me make a suggestion, Secretary Tian, anyway, your water transportation company also treats these two sets of machines as scrap, so it is better to sell them to us at the price of scrap iron, so that you can make a lot of extra money, and win without loss, how about it?" ”

Secretary Tian rolled his eyes, "Don't think about it!" ”

(End of chapter)