"I wish you all a safe journey!"

"Okay, wait for our good news!"

Three trucks pulled out of the brewery and began heading out of town.

These trucks can only seat three people, including the driver. The one Li Feng was riding in was driven by Zhong Xiangtai, and Fang Zhengyi was sitting in the middle.

This was a welfare mission, and everyone was particularly excited because those who usually dealt in supplies could buy some privately and transport them back in luggage bags.

Don't underestimate this luggage bag, it can hold 50 to 60 kilograms of fish! Fish at the beach are worthless, but if you bring them back to Beijing and sell them on the black market, the profit will be multiplied many times over!

Because selling fish privately is not just prohibited, it is explicitly not allowed. If you are caught selling fish, you will be charged with speculation and sent to labor reform.

Therefore, the fish caught by fishermen can only be sold to fishing companies, aquatic products companies, and canning companies at a fixed price.

Not only were there people in their car, but there were also two security officers in the cargo box. Besides the three drivers and Ye Zhiqiu, there were also two financial officers on this trip. They supervised each other and brought a certain amount of money.

Don’t think that beer can be exchanged for the worth of three cars. You need to subsidize it with money. Beer is just an excuse.

The three trucks can only hold 2,000 bottles of beer for the purpose of keeping warm and preventing freezing and cracking, and because of the space reserved for security personnel accompanying the trucks.

Six thousand bottles of beer, even if calculated according to the selling price, is only four thousand eight hundred. No matter how you calculate it, three trucks of beer cannot be exchanged for three trucks of sea fish, kelp and seaweed.

Because if you load sea fish back, even if you only load one truck, you can bring back at least 8,000 kilograms of fish.

If it's just hairtail, at 50 cents per pound, it would be 4,000 yuan!

No one knew the exact price, so this time the two financial staff members in the factory brought a lot of money to purchase the car.

Because of such a large sum of money, the Security Department directly sent a deputy section chief named Li Jie to lead nine security personnel to escort the vehicle.

Because there were many security personnel this time, they were all equipped with Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, so Ye Zhiqiu and his men were only equipped with a pistol.

Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Lao Fang, how long does it take to drive to where we're going this time? Logically speaking, isn't Tianjin very close?"

Fang Zhengyi explained, "Captain, our truck carrying goods will take about three hours to get to Tianjin. But to get to the fishing village where we're exchanging goods, it'll take more than five hours."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded. He calculated in his mind that they would set out at nine o'clock, which meant they would not arrive at the destination until at least three o'clock in the afternoon. No wonder it took three days.

One day goes by, one day comes back, and then another day is given to tinker with things, so it will take three days.

It was very uncomfortable to sit in a car at that time. To put it bluntly, after sitting for a few hours, your butt would really hurt for a long time.

But everyone is used to it. When Ye Zhiqiu was in the army and later in the Malan base, he often needed to take a car to work, so he has become accustomed to it.

Zhong Xiangtai smiled and said, "Hehe, actually the five hours the captain mentioned is just an estimate. If we really want to get to the destination, it may take us six or seven hours!"

Ye Zhiqiu asked in surprise, "What do you mean, Old Zhong?"

"Captain, five hours is a smooth sailing scenario, with no downtime. But if something goes wrong along the way, or we're frequently stopped for inspection, that would be a huge waste of time!"

Ye Zhiqiu suddenly realized that this was indeed the truth! After all, from the many certificates issued by Wang Fugui, he could understand what was going on.

The journey was not very smooth because we encountered falling rocks, some of which were particularly large. It took several people working together to push the fallen rocks that were blocking the road off the road.

When we arrived at the area entering Tianjin, we had to queue up for inspection and it took half an hour before we were allowed to pass.

When we needed to cross the main urban area, we were stopped and checked again!

Seeing that it was almost one o'clock, Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and said, "Brothers, this guy is a tough guy. Let's get in the car and find a place to have lunch!"

Fang Zhengyi said anxiously, "Captain, why don't we go somewhere else first and eat? Eating in the fishing village doesn't cost so much. Not only do we need meal tickets to eat in the city, but it's also not as affordable as in the fishing village!"

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said, "It's already one o'clock. At this rate, we won't arrive until after four o'clock. Brothers, driving is a strenuous job. How can you drive safely without a full stomach?

When I, Ye Zhiqiu, go out to work, I will never treat my brothers unfairly. I'll treat you personally. Let's find a restaurant that doesn't require a ticket. Let's eat our fill first and then get back to work!"

After hearing Ye Zhiqiu's words, both the driver and the security staff were very happy and applauded and cheered.

Li Jie, the deputy chief of the security department, was quite familiar with the place. He quickly led people to a place. After parking the car, he jumped out and quickly came to the outside of Ye Zhiqiu's car window.

"Captain Ye, this is a restaurant that was opened secretly. The food is quite good, and you can eat without a receipt."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Okay, since Deputy Section Chief Li recommended this place, let's go and try the food! But if we leave our car like this, will there be anyone with dirty hands?"

Li Jie explained with a smile: "You don't know this, there are many gangs in Tianjin, which is different from our Beijing.

Generally speaking, when you go to a restaurant like this, the owner has paid homage to the gang and is protected by the local gangs, so no one would dare to cause trouble here.

But correspondingly, the food isn't that cheap. But there aren't many restaurants in Tianjin that don't charge a receipt!

He didn't expect it to be like this, but Tianjin has always been like this, with all kinds of people mixed together, so he didn't find it strange.

"The price is high, but I don't need to support a family right now, so I can treat everyone to a meal! Then let's choose this place and get off the bus and have a good meal first!"

Everyone got out of the car and locked the door. Led by Li Jie, a group of seventeen people entered the restaurant.

It is a traditional two-courtyard house, and each room is a private room.

The seventeen of them occupied two tables and were arranged in an ear room. Then the shopkeeper came over in person to inquire.

"I wonder what you guys would like to eat? To be honest, supplies are in short supply right now, and we have many signature dishes that we can't make because we don't have the ingredients."

Ye Zhiqiu frowned when he heard this, but he quickly figured it out.

What kind words from the shopkeeper! A private restaurant at this hour, it's no exaggeration to say he has connections all over the place. How could such a restaurant be short of ingredients?