Chapter 261: Provincial Capital Scenery

The transportation company does have a lot of business. In the afternoon, Gao Mingwan went out to drive a sports car with a master. They traveled long distances. During the day, Gao Mingwan drove, and at night, the master drove. The two took turns driving and were able to complete the transportation work in the shortest time.

Gao Mingcheng also has a new transportation task. He needs to go to the provincial capital to transport back a production line that has been eliminated by the provincial capital.

A pharmaceutical factory in the provincial capital imported a production line for amoxicillin capsules from abroad, so the old production line was sold to the county pharmaceutical factory at a low price.

Gao Guobing has a good relationship with the pharmaceutical factory in the county. Since the pharmaceutical factory needs transportation, he naturally asked the transportation company to make a trip here.

The pharmaceutical factory naturally has cars, but no large trucks, so it cannot transport the production line itself.

"Ming Cheng, do you know the route to the provincial capital?" Xiao Jinfeng asked.

Gao Mingcheng said: "I know! Don't worry about me doing it!"

In fact, Gao Mingcheng has never been to the provincial capital in this life, but he was very familiar with the provincial capital in his previous life!

Xiao Jinfeng was quite confident in Gao Mingcheng's ability. Since Gao Mingcheng said he knew the route, Xiao Jinfeng felt relieved.

He smiled and said, "It's only about three hours from here to the provincial capital. If you go early, you can go shopping in the provincial capital. Didn't you say you wanted to go to the provincial capital to buy decoration materials? You can go and take a look first and then buy."

Gao Mingcheng had the same intention. In addition to looking at decoration materials, he also had to find a chance to sell Huang Dazhi's gold.

Huang Dazhi wanted to transfer his household registration and buy a house, but he had no cash.

But once the gold is sold, all this will no longer be a problem.

Gao Mingcheng waved goodbye to Xiao Jinfeng, then got in the car and drove towards the provincial capital.

Speaking of the provincial capital, the most famous one is the Tengwang Pavilion, which is known as one of the three famous towers in Jiangnan. In his previous life, Gao Mingcheng visited the Tengwang Pavilion, but at that time, the Tengwang Pavilion had been rebuilt. Although the whole building is antique, it still has a strong modern flavor.

The Pavilion of Prince Teng was destroyed in 1926 and was not rebuilt until 1985. It is still under construction now. It will have to wait until 1989 to restore its original appearance.

But speaking of it, the Tengwang Pavilion is no longer the original one. It was built in the early Tang Dynasty, but it was rebuilt and destroyed 29 times in successive dynasties! It's just that it still has the same name after each reconstruction.

Gao Mingcheng's mind flashed with this information, but he had no intention of going there to have a look. There was nothing to see in the building under construction, and this year the area was dry, and the water level of Poyang Lake dropped. When he climbed the tower to enjoy the view, he missed the view of "the setting sun and the solitary wild goose flying together, and the autumn water and the sky being the same color".

The drive was relatively smooth. It was broad daylight and we were on the way to the provincial capital, so there were no bandits or other traffickers.

The weather was fine when we arrived at the provincial capital.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the buildings on both sides of the road and felt a little emotional.

Although it is the provincial capital, the construction and development of the provincial capital at that time were average, with mostly old houses and only a few newly built high-rise buildings.

But in some places, you can see buildings under construction, which shows that it is still developing.

He drove to Bayi Square, planning to find a hotel nearby to stay in tonight.

The Bayi Square is the central square of the provincial capital. It is extremely lively here. There is the Bayi Uprising Memorial Tower and the Bayi Jinshui River. You can enjoy the scenery or go shopping. He plans to familiarize himself with the decoration style of the shops in the provincial capital here.

Since it is the central square of the provincial capital, although there are a lot of people here, the overall security is good. When Gao Mingcheng stayed here to rest, he did not encounter any scams.

When it was time for dinner, he found a restaurant to eat and ordered a pot of clay pot soup.

Clay pot soup can be considered a specialty food in the provincial capital. If you see a huge clay pot in front of a store, then this store will definitely sell clay pot soup.

It uses a special large earthenware jar with a fire at the bottom. There is an iron rack inside the jar, and small earthenware jars filled with soup are placed layer by layer on the iron rack. Then the fire is lit and the high temperature of the charcoal fire is used to simmer the soup in the jars.

Many different soups can be stewed in a large earthenware jar, but the most common one is meat pie soup. Later, there will be more types of earthenware jar soups, such as stewed pigeon with Codonopsis pilosula, stewed pig heart, pork ribs with tea tree mushrooms, pork ribs with kelp, etc.

Gao Mingcheng ordered a can of meat pie soup. The waiter in the store immediately opened the lid of the clay pot and used special pliers to pick out a small clay pot from the iron rack inside.

The people in the store are very familiar with where each soup is placed, so after the customers place their orders, the soup can be brought out smoothly.

The soup has just been taken out of the clay pot. The pot is hot and the soup is hot too. It is difficult to drink it in a short time, but when you open the lid, you can smell a rich aroma.

Clay pot soup with mixed noodles, a simple meal.

After dinner, Gao Mingcheng planned to take a good stroll around the Bayi Square. Although the Bayi Square was the central square at that time, it was still a little dilapidated and not as beautiful as it is in later generations. The buildings were mediocre, but the natural scenery was good. Gao Mingcheng walked along the Jinshui River, and the evening breeze blew on his body, feeling a little cold.

The water level of the Jinshui River is okay because it has many tributaries. Unlike Gao Mingcheng's hometown, there is not a single river in the entire county. Instead, it is filled with large and small reservoirs that supply the lives of the people in the county.

In this case, once the weather is dry and there is no external water supply, water shortage will be more serious.

While enjoying the scenery, Gao Mingcheng also admired the shops on the roadside, especially the clothing stores, which he made sure to take a closer look at.

Walking on the streets of the provincial capital, Gao Mingcheng suddenly thought that he should find an opportunity to bring many beautiful girls here to experience the scenery of the big city in advance.

"Well! Arrange it!" Gao Mingcheng said silently in his heart.

After shopping for two hours, Gao Mingcheng returned to the hotel to sleep only when all the shops closed one after another.

The next day he got up early as usual. After breakfast, he did not go to the pharmaceutical factory first, but went to the building materials market to see what building materials were available at that time.

He had no plan to buy building materials today, he just wanted to take a look. After visiting the building materials market, he went to several shops that bought and sold gold and asked how much the gold sold for.

Gold is a hard currency, but since people's living standards are not very high now, there are no shops selling gold in the streets and alleys like in later generations, and the decorations are not as fancy as in later generations.

I asked several stores and the prices were all similar.

Gao Mingcheng knew that there was no higher price, so each store sold some gold.

When he was in Guangzhou, he sold his gold all at once, but in the provincial capital, he chose to sell it in batches, so as not to arouse the suspicion and covetousness of others.

Along the way, he observed his surroundings and did not notice that he was being followed. Only after he sold all the gold in batches did he drive the truck to the pharmaceutical factory.

It was just past ten o'clock when we arrived at the pharmaceutical factory.

The reason why it was so late was because Xiao Jinfeng said that the pharmaceutical factory would only start dismantling the production line in the morning. After dismantling, they would directly load the packaging truck, and there would be an accompanying technician.

Gao Mingcheng needed to bring the production line and technical personnel back to the county pharmaceutical factory, but how the technical personnel returned to the provincial capital was no longer his business.

When he went there, he asked someone and learned that everything had been dismantled and packed, and all that was left was to be loaded onto the truck. So he drove the truck in reverse to allow people to load it.

At 10:40 in the morning, the truck loaded with goods finally drove away from the pharmaceutical factory. Sitting on the passenger seat was a technician in his forties. He was not wearing glasses, his facial features were a little rough, and his fingers were covered with thick calluses.

He is called a technician, but he is a fitter, not the kind of technician who produces drugs.

After Gao Mingcheng started talking to him, he realized what a small world it is. This man turned out to be Su Tong's uncle!

Su Tong is the private entrepreneur who opened his own factory but eventually it went bankrupt. He said that his father was a level 5 fitter, but unexpectedly, his uncle was also a level 5 fitter and worked in the provincial capital!

Ha, this family is full of technical talents!

(End of this chapter)