Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 271 Recruiting Soldiers and Buying Horses II

The weather is warming up.Animals are becoming more and more active, and even hibernating bears have come out to look for food.

"We saw wolves within a few days of working here, and saw bears two days ago." Liu Jianguo said.

Compared to this abandoned small town, a hundred workers are too few, and Mistoyan sent only ten people to protect them, so everyone can only be divided into two or three groups to work together.

Fences are made of cut branches to block several exits of the work place to prevent wild animals from running in.

Wang Weidong kept adding firewood, the water in the cauldron began to boil, and the pieces of beef inside were rolling in the soup.

Wielding a kitchen knife, Liu Jianguo's daughter-in-law chops cabbage, that is, kohlrabi, into pieces on the chopping board and sprinkles them into the pot.

There is no way, there are only two people cooking, but there are 110 people eating, so the cooking style can only be so rough and unrestrained.

"It will be fine in a few days, and fresh vegetables will come when the weather is warmer." Wang Weidong said.

It wasn't until dark that the hundred working men came back one after another, followed by ten of Mistoyan's men with rifles on their backs.

After getting along for a month or so, Fang Yanmei and the others became very familiar with these ten people from the northern country and became friends.

Everyone took out two big lunch boxes and started eating with rice and soup.

"Weidong, after a while I want to bring some people to the mine to collect the scrap iron and steel inside, but I just need a water pump and a diesel generator," Fang Yanmei said.

Wang Weidong immediately shook his head and said, "It's still too dangerous to disassemble scrap steel in the mine. For safety's sake, we would rather not make money. After all the dismantling in the town is completed, you can dismantle the rails along this section of the railway."

There are tens of kilometers of abandoned railways, and the number of all the steel rails combined is also very large.

"I set up an electronics factory in the south, and now I'm short of manpower. If anyone is willing to go, you can tell me now. You may not make as much money working there, but after all, you work in a factory and the working conditions are better. .” Wang Weidong said.

Hearing Wang Weidong's words, except for Bao Qihang who was eating, the other people's reactions were not positive.

Although working here is tiring, everyone has gotten used to it during this time.What's more, although I am tired, I also earn a lot of money. If it costs thousands of dollars a month, what kind of bicycle do I need?

It is almost everyone's common opinion that it is better to be tired and earn thousands of dollars a month than to be idle and only earn 400 dollars a month.

Kong Deliang said: "Yanmei and I won't go. We will do dismantling work for a year or two. After that, we will stay comfortably in the chemical plant and retire directly!"

Although Fang Yanmei felt that her husband, Kong Deliang, was worthless as a man saying such things, she didn't want to do a job that only cost 400 yuan a month.

"I'll go! Weidong, when are you going to the south?" Bao Qihang asked.

Bao Qihang also worked in a radio factory with Wang Weidong in the past. He felt that it would never be a salary of three or four hundred yuan, and there should be a better way to work in the south.

"At least half a month later, besides you, Liu Jianguo and his wife will also go here. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you can go back to China and wait for me in the chemical plant. After I finish handling the affairs here, I will take you out together! "Wang Weidong replied.

With Liu Jianguo and his wife gone, there is a shortage of cooks here, but it doesn't matter. In the past, Fang Yanmei and the others arranged people to cook in turn every day.

Again, the fewer people work, the more money they get.

After staying in that small town for two days, Wang Weidong hurried back to Vladivostok.

The harbor is about to thaw, and the fishing boats are being repaired and waiting to go fishing.

Wang Weidong heard from Natasha that his father Larimov had gone to Moscow with his wife, and of course he took all his savings with him.

It is said that Larimov's life is not bad now, but he is just sitting and eating.

Goncharova started to manage the fishing company, and she did a decent job as a manager.

"Verton, only four boats can go to sea this year, and I will hand over two-thirds of the fish caught from the sea to you for sale," Goncharova said.

"No problem. If you can't sell it to Hokkaido and the peninsula, I can contact you to sell it in China." Wang Weidong nodded.

Although Wang Weidong has a lot of things waiting for him to do in China, he can't go anywhere for the time being. He can only stay in Vladivostok and wait patiently.Because Sato Yoshinori from Hokkaido and Kim Dong-joo from Busan should place orders during this time.

Wang Weidong stayed in Vladivostok for a week, and Andre came to him in a hurry.

"Verton, the "Yu" you are looking for is here!" Andre said.

The "Yu" mentioned by Andre refers to Yu Delong.

It is now March, and since the two rivers on the border between the great northern country and China have not yet opened, it stands to reason that Yu Delong, who trades timber between the two countries, should not have come to the northern great country so soon.

"How many people did they come?" Wang Wangdong asked.

"Four Chinese, one of them is a woman. They are received here by very powerful people in Vladivostok!" Andrei said in a low voice.

Since the changes in the great northern country, social forces have emerged in various parts of the great northern country, and Vladivostok is no exception.

Wang Weidong had heard from Andre before, and as far as Andre knew, Yu Delong's timber business headquarters was in Khabarovsk, but this time he came to Vladivostok ahead of schedule, and he was in contact with people in the society. People have a relationship, there should be a purpose.

Andre's next words solved Wang Weidong's doubts.

He leaned in to Wang Weidong and said, "I have quietly sent people to inquire, and those people sold the black bear's claws to Yu Delong at a very high price!"

Bear's paws do not appear on the dining tables of people from the great northern countries, so in their eyes, black bear's paws are not worth much.

In the forests of the Far East, a large northern country, the density of black bears is much higher than that in the forests in China, and the number is also much larger.

However, hunting black bears is of course illegal in the big northern country, and it is still a serious crime.

"Andre, arrest them!" Wang Weidong said.

But upon hearing Wang Weidong's words, Andre's face showed a troubled expression.

"I'll offer three hundred dollars!" Wang Weidong said.

Andre remained unmoved with a constipated expression on his face.

"Five hundred!" Wang Weidong said again.

"Verton, it's not about money, I'm afraid!" Andre said.

(End of this chapter)