When Wan Feng and his group returned to Legaha Village from the riverside, the police had already left, and of course Qin Yuan had also disappeared.

Wan Feng also visited the customs and railway freight station in Legaha Village.

The customs building is quite impressive, at least it stands out from the crowd in Legaha Village.

If the building is a crane, then the people in the building can only be chickens, and they are plague chickens at that.

The people working inside are indeed extremely idle and listless, and I guess they are so idle that their crotches are growing grass.

After visiting the building, I took a look at the cargo terminal here.

It can be seen that this freight station was built in a hurry and is very simple, but it is not a big problem for a freight train to drop eight or ten carriages here.

Because Shamilov often dealt with Chinese people, he changed his lazy work attitude and became more decisive in his work. While wandering around here, he rented several connected houses outside the train platform that he liked.

The homeowners could not refuse the price he offered. With the money given by Shamilov, they could build another house somewhere else in Legaha or buy an idle house in the village, and they could continue to collect rent from the old house.

The landlord agreed to move out within half a month.

It would take about a month for the Wanfeng port to be put into use, so half a month was enough time for Shamilov to make arrangements.

After fully understanding Legahha, everyone returned to Bu City. This time, Wan Feng did not stay in Bu City but crossed the river and returned to the base.

When Comrades Wang, Jiang, and Tang heard that Wan Feng had completed the task and that the first batch of steel would arrive within two days, they danced for joy like children.

But this dance posture has nothing to do with beauty, it makes my stomach ache.

Wan Feng spread out a map of China, marked the location of Sijitun, and then introduced it to Comrade Wang Jiang and Tang San.

"This is the new receiving station I've chosen. Shipping goods from here to the inland, whether by water or land, can save 200 miles. This not only saves time but also frees up some resources for your transportation. What do you think?"

Comrades Wang, Jiang and Tang nodded in agreement after understanding Wan Feng's meaning.

"The steel will come from the Legaha Port on the other side of the river. Once it passes through customs, it will be handed over to you. As for how you store or transport it, I won't get involved."

Next is the issue of steel prices.

When these steels arrive at the shore and are unloaded, Wan Feng has to invest an average of 20 boxes of wine per ton of steel, which is equivalent to about 300 yuan per ton in Chinese currency.

Wanfeng only offered a price of one thousand yuan per ton.

He still has to earn some money, as it costs a lot to support so many people.

If there is a need for these steels, he will quote a friendly price of 11,000 yuan per ton.

Wang Jiangtang and the other two had also witnessed the bulk price of the steel after it arrived at the base these days, so they were greatly surprised by the price offered by Wan Feng.

"Is that all?"

"I only added a little bit of labor cost for these steel materials, and consider it as a contribution to national defense. If you think the price is too low, you can add some more when reporting it. I guarantee no one will know unless I tell you." Wan Feng said half-jokingly.

Wang, Jiang, and Tang were startled and waved their hands in surprise, "Nonsense! Isn't this undermining socialism? This is absolutely unacceptable."

People in the 1980s said that if something sounded good, it was simple and honest, and if it sounded bad, it was stupid.

There is no need to add more money to these three people. Even if they add 100 yuan per ton of steel, they cannot earn this much money from their wages and allowances in their entire lives.

"Comrade Wan Feng, your noble character will be remembered by the country and the army."

Tsk, you're fooling me with your words again. If you gave me a gold medal weighing more than a ton... or even a bronze medal, it would be better than these empty words.

"I estimate that the first batch of steel will arrive in no more than three days. After you have completed the inspection here, it will be up to you to decide how to transport it."

"We've prepared it during the days you've been away, and will temporarily store it at the Heihe Military Sub-district."

This has nothing to do with Wan Feng. As long as the goods dock, the military will be responsible for everything else.

On the third day after Wan Feng returned to the base, the first batch of 500 tons of more than ten types of steel from the Second and Third Plants of Amur Steel Plant arrived and was unloaded.

Wan Feng felt distressed when he saw the steel coming ashore. It was 500 tons. Even if he had sold it at 10,000 yuan per ton, he would have made a profit of 5 million yuan. Now he only had 350,000 yuan left.

The first batch of steel was inspected by technicians organized by Wang Jiangtang and was found to fully meet their quality requirements.

"Comrade Wan Feng, thank you so much for this. With this kind of steel, our water tanks will be more than ten years closer to the world's top level."

"Comrade Wang, I remember that the Soviet Union's submarine steel didn't seem very advanced. If it were advanced, they wouldn't have used titanium alloy to build submarines."

Because the Soviet Union's own steel did not meet the design requirements, it once used titanium alloy to build nuclear submarines. The quality was acceptable, but the cost was extremely high, and in the end only a few were built.

"Although Soviet steel isn't world-class, it's still many times better than our own steel. Our strategy is to catch up as much as possible, taking small steps and making quick progress!"

This is an effective strategy when Western countries prohibit the export of the best steel and smelting technology to China.

It has always been the Chinese tradition to first resolve whether there is a problem and then make modifications.

Frugality and diligence are virtues of the Chinese people, and other races in the world are garbage in this regard.

The two large tractors that Wan Feng bought caused exclamations from everyone on the riverside as soon as they came down from the boat. It was the first time they had seen such large and strange tractors.

Although this big tractor looks impressive, it has also become a problem for Wan Feng. An ordinary truck cannot fit it, and he cannot drive it to Jiangwei.

Fuel consumption is not a big problem, but at its speed, it will probably take until autumn to drive to Jiangwei.

After much thought, I realized that these two annoying things can only be driven to Longzhen and then taken on the train, otherwise there is no other way.

After receiving the first batch of steel, Wan Feng took Comrade Wang and Comrade Tang to Sijitun to inspect the terrain, while Comrade Jiang stayed in Heihe to be responsible for receiving the goods.

Taking a passenger ship in the summer is the most economical way to get to Sijitun.

The people traveling with Wan Feng still included Han Guangjia, Zhang Xian, Li Mingdou and Zheng Song.

This time we were going to Sijitun for a field investigation, so we didn't need either Chen Dao or Zhang Zhiyuan, because we only brought a few people who didn't usually travel with us.

We boarded the boat at seven in the morning and arrived at Xiao Wu's house around ten in the morning.

The riverside near Xiao Wu's home has not changed much, it is still the same as before. There are red farmers from the Red River Farm pulling a red barge parked on the shore. Several children, no one knows how they climbed onto the barge, and are jumping into the river from the barge.

These custard balls are not afraid of being sucked to the bottom of the boat.

It takes another hour to go downstream from Xiaowujia to reach Sijitun.