Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 137 The Truth One
Wang Weidong went out again and took a turn outside, and went to the winch house to see the man who drove the winch.Walk to two inclined shafts and look down at the dark inclined shafts.

On the hillside of the waste rock, a child bends down to pick up the waste rock with a scratch made of iron wire, and puts the coal mixed in the waste rock into the basket beside him.

"Actually, this coal mine doesn't have any gas, and one inclined shaft is enough, but according to safety regulations, two inclined shafts must be dug, which wasted a lot of money!" Shi Guozheng said regretfully.

Shi Guozheng kept urging Wang Weidong to go back to the village to rest, but Wang Weidong refused to leave. He waited until seven or eight o'clock in the evening to see more than a dozen workers ascending the well one after another.

It turns out that this coal mine works in two shifts, and each shift has to work twelve hours underground!
Every worker is wearing cotton-padded jackets and trousers, and the cotton exposed at the cut is also black. Except for the white eyeballs and teeth, everything else is black.

Many people's miner's lamps are dim, which is caused by too long working hours and insufficient power.

Everyone walked very slowly, and they didn't eat in the middle of ten hours of work. They were really tired.

The rice is ready, the cabbage is boiled with potatoes, and the rice is cooked with rice balls. They can eat after these people take a bath.

"Can we go this time? It's not easy to walk when it's dark," Shi Guozheng said.He hadn't been in a coal mine for so long in a long time.

On the way back to the village, Shi Guozheng was worried that Wang Weidong wanted to enlighten him when he saw the current situation of the coal mine, especially those ghost-like workers would be scared away.

"Weidong, coal mines are like this. It's their job to work. We don't have to go down the mine, we just stay up there and get a lot of money. The more workers work, the more they earn. I really can't stand being lazy. Let him go! This is the reason why Black Claw makes money and White Claw spends money." Shi Guozheng said.

"Can't we work in three shifts?" Wang Weidong asked.

"Three shifts and handovers waste effort! Working two shifts makes a lot of money. They can earn almost 30 yuan if they work 200 days a month! Now that the harvest is over in the rural villages, there is nothing to do all day long, and they can earn 200 yuan here. How much money is it! Not to mention those blind wanderers, after working for a year or two, they can go back to their hometown to marry a wife and live comfortably." Shi Guozheng replied.

"Uncle Shi came to Harbin to find me to cooperate in the dry coal mine. What is the cooperation method? Who will have the final say after the cooperation?" Wang Weidong asked.

"People who hang out outside are different. The first sentence is right to the root!" Shi Guozheng said.

He intentionally remained silent for a while as if he was thinking, and then replied: "How to do this, Dali has other things to do now, and the fact that the coal mine is too busy, I will let you take over completely, and you will hand over 7 yuan to the village every year." For the contract fee, how about selling the equipment on the coal mine to you at a discount, is it worthwhile?"

"How much does the coal mine equipment cost?" Wang Weidong asked.

"Three large winches, and a few small winches in the mine, plus two transformers, water pumps and other miscellaneous things in the mine, you will pay 15. In the future, if you quit these things, they will be money, and you can sell them to others." Shi Guozheng replied. road.

"In this case, I have to pay at least 22 at a time, and I can't get it out at all." Wang Weidong said.

"Do you have no friends in Harbin? You can borrow money from them. You have also seen this coal mine. After removing all kinds of costs, it can be operated well, and it will be earned back in a year or two." Shi Guozheng said.

"Uncle, 20 yuan is like saying 20 yuan in your mouth, where can you borrow it?" Wang Weidong said.

In the following time, the two walked silently to the village stepping on the ridge of the field.

When he was about to reach the village, Shi Guozheng said: "The two of us have had a lot of contact these days. I think Weidong is also a real person. I can rest assured that I put the coal mine in your hands! Let's do it, and contract it for 5 yuan a year. Fees, the annual equipment usage fee is [-] yuan, no less! You will have money in your hands after working like this for a year or two, so let’s continue, and we can extend the time limit if you pay more.”

Wang Weidong bowed his head and said nothing, as if hesitating.Shi Guozheng felt that there was something to be said about the subcontracting of the coal mine, so he worked harder to persuade the matter for two days and the matter would be settled.

"I'm going back to discuss this matter with my friends in Harbin." Wang Weidong said.

"Okay, it's not easy for anyone to make money. Of course, you have to think about it. But you must hurry up. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. I will wait for you for a few days. If you don't come back, I will find someone else to cooperate with. "Shi Guozheng said.

The next morning, Wang Weidong left Tuanjie Village after breakfast. Instead of taking the train back to Harbin, he took the bus to the nearby Datonggou Coal Mine.

The Datonggou Coal Mine is one of the eight or nine coal mines under the Hedong Mining Bureau, with an annual output of 100 million tons and 9000 coal miners.

When Wang Weidong arrived at the Datonggou Coal Mine, he went to the store and spent more than 30 yuan to buy cigarettes, alcohol, canned food and other things. When he came out, he asked where Zhou Maocai lived.

After asking four or five people, he finally found out where Zhou Maocai lived, and then asked as he walked until he reached the door of Zhou Maocai's house.

Zhou Maocai, who had already retired, looked at the young man standing at the door with a big bag of gifts in surprise.He has worked in the Datonggou Coal Mine for 30 years and has never seen anyone who gave him a gift.

"Are you Comrade Zhou Maocai? My name is Wang Weidong, and I'm from Harbin. I have something to trouble you when I come to visit today." Wang Weidong said with a smile.

Zhou Maocai thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember what relationship he had with Harbin City.

"I'm here this time because I want to ask you, the technical director, about the Tuanjie Coal Mine," Wang Weidong explained.

Hearing Wang Weidong talk about Tuanjie Coal Mine, Zhou Maocai hurriedly said: "I have nothing to do with Tuanjie Coal Mine now, if you are looking for me, you are looking for the wrong person!"

Wang Weidong put the gift on the table and sat next to Zhou Maocai and said: "Someone came to me to talk about the cooperation of Tuanjie Coal Mine. Frankly speaking, he wanted to subcontract Tuanjie Coal Mine to me, but I didn't know much about Tuanjie Coal Mine, so I secretly I came to ask you about the specific situation."

"Is it Shi Guozheng or Shi Dali looking for you? You must not agree! If you agree, you will not be able to get out! Now the coal mine still owes me half a year's wages, so the two of you will not pay. , They just stared at me and beat me! There is not much coal to mine in that coal mine, if you pay for it, you will throw it into the water without even hearing a sound!" Zhou Maocai said hastily.

"No, Shi Guozheng told me that Tuanjie Coal Mine has an underground reserve of 60 million tons. Why is there no coal underground after just two years of mining?" Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"The underground reserves are indeed 60 million tons. There is nothing wrong with just two years of mining. In two years, they have produced more than [-] tons of coal. The father and son don't listen to me at all. Coal mining is like a gopher. Drilling indiscriminately, choosing the fat and picking the thin, where it is easy to mine, most of the coal resources are wasted like this, and they are pressed behind the goaf, and now there is nothing left." Zhou Maocai explained with grief.

(End of this chapter)