The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 466 Going to the Canton Fair, relay electrical signals, Li Aiguo participated in the preparation work

The purpose of the Canton Fair is to export goods and earn foreign exchange.

Most of the domestic industrial products are heavy industrial products, and if they are not enough for your own home, how can you be willing to sell them?

Most of the domestically exported commodities in these years were miscellaneous goods, food, tea, livestock products, and minerals.

The railway department believes that its own products are not competitive and has little interest in the Canton Fair.

But the emergence of instant noodles changed this situation.

At present, the sales of instant noodles are booming in Hong Kong City, and the superiors have also decided to take advantage of the Canton Fair to launch instant noodles diplomacy.

In addition, the railway department also has seven or eight inventions on display, including the hydraulic rollover system.

So I also applied to participate in the Canton Fair.

Since the Canton Fair has high standards and may be able to promote railway equipment, the Ministry of Railways established a high-level delegation, led by Liu Guozhang, director of the research institute.

The standards of this Canton Fair are particularly high.

"Yes, what a great opportunity to go to jail." Li Aiguo said.

"Yes, we are leaving for Yangcheng today. Teacher and the others are waiting inside the section."

But Chen Xueru couldn't stand it anymore. She lay on the bed and couldn't get up. She raised her hands and begged for mercy and applied for an intermission.

"Hey, you kid, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Aiguo said: "Third Master, I'm afraid it won't work this time. Our delegation from the Ministry of Railways will be responsible for the booth."

This old man was also born in the wrong era. If it had been twenty years later, nothing would have happened to Chen Jianghe.

Pity.
Li Aiguo came to the locomotive depot to meet Liu Guozhang, and then took a commuter bus to the Beijing Railway Station.

"Patriot, I am the third uncle." Yan Bugui saw Li Aiguo coming out, stood up and shook his sore legs.

After working for most of the night, Li Aiguo was still energetic and very strong.

Holding her chin with both hands, Chen Xueru stared at the rough man as he finished eating, and then she gave him a satisfied kiss.

Li Aiguo pushed his bicycle towards the front yard.

Li Aiguo carefully opened the quilt and was about to get out of bed when a warm body pressed against him.

He pinched Chen Xueru's cute little nose.

Li Aiguo saw his little eyes moving around and knew that he had not given up the idea.

At dawn, Li Aiguo climbed up from the bed quietly.

Wearing only yoga pants and a cotton-padded jacket, she got out of bed. After helping Li Aiguo get dressed, her pretty figure worked in the kitchen for a while.

"Brother Patriot, Aunt Liu said, get the dumplings on the bus and get the noodles off. This is the old rule."

Although Chen Xueru was yawning profusely and her legs were sore.

But as a woman, how could she not serve her man when he was away from home?

A murmur came from my ears: "Brother Patriot, it's so early."

It was dark outside.

After a while, a bowl of hot dumplings was brought out.

At this time, the train from Changchun stopped slowly.

He felt that Chen Xueru didn't brush her teeth.

He has been squatting here for almost an hour. Is his leg going numb?
Li Aiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Third uncle, you don't sleep at night, and you are working as a robber here!"

The third uncle felt that Li Aiguo was a little timid, but there was no way to force him.

"What a great opportunity to make money." The third uncle lamented.

As soon as I walked to the gate, I saw a dark shadow squatting on the ground.

They are watching closely from above. If something goes wrong, it would be easy to stay there for seven or eight years.

Before a man goes on a business trip, as long as he is squeezed dry, he will not have a messy intestine.

This girl doesn't know who she got this crooked idea from.

The third uncle looked around and saw no one, so he lowered his voice and said, "Aiguo, I heard that you are going to Yangcheng. There seem to be a lot of interesting things there. They are very valuable in our capital. Can you bring some back?"

Chen Xueru was still sleeping soundly, looking at her cute little face, Li Aiguo smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He decided to ask Yan Jiecheng to establish a good relationship with the train drivers, bring things back from other places, and start the Yan family's big business of making a fortune.

But Li Aiguo is not the kind of person who can be squeezed dry easily.

The members include eight outstanding railway employees including Li Aiguo from the Beijing Bureau and Driver Yang from the Modu Locomotive Depot Operation Workshop, as well as several security personnel such as Zhou Ke.

Li Aiguo: "."

Putting his hands on his waist, Li Aiguo lowered his voice: "Who?"

Early morning on April 20th.

"Let me help you get dressed."

Li Aiguo noticed that there was a flatbed train hanging behind the train.

The flatbed truck contained five Jiefang vehicles.

The green paint of the Jiefang truck shines in the sunlight, making it look very majestic.

Passengers stopped to watch and pointed at the liberation truck.

Two or three staff members and five uniformed truck drivers got off the train, and under the command of the station dispatcher, hung the flatbed truck behind the train bound for Yangcheng.

Liu Guozhang introduced: "This is the Jiefang brand car newly developed by the First Automobile Manufacturing Factory. They are also going to Yangcheng for an exhibition. I have already discussed it with Team Leader Zhang from the FAW Factory, and our two families will go together."

The car takes the train to Yangcheng, and then the people and equipment take the car to the exhibition venue. It’s a win-win situation!

Liu Guozhang is indeed an old comrade, and he is considerate in everything he does.

Li Aiguo was very interested in the new truck and approached it with his hands behind his back.

A black-faced driver said proudly: "Comrade, have you ever seen such a big car?"

"Not only have I seen it, I have also driven a car that is more than ten times bigger than it."

"What car?"

Li Aiguo pointed to the train next to him: "Train."

"." The black-faced driver twitched the corner of his mouth twice.

He was silent for a moment and extended his hand to Li Aiguo: "You must be a comrade who went to Yangcheng. My name is Zhang Dongfang, and I am an excellent truck driver at the FAW Factory."

He emphasized the word "excellence" very seriously.

In these days, workers are very proud of their title.

Li Aiguo shook hands gently: "I, Li Aiguo, am an advanced driver at the Qianmen locomotive depot, a trade union medalist, a second-class meritorious winner, and the developer of instant noodles."

The seven or eight titles were like talking in cross talk. Li Aiguo said them all in one breath and almost lost his breath.

Black-faced driver: "."

He remembered what the workshop director had told him before leaving.

The Canton Fair is full of talented people, so you have to keep your tail between your legs.

But I didn't expect that I would meet such a master before the Canton Fair!

The driver with a black face was quite hit.

Zhou Ke looked on and laughed.

He felt that Li Aiguo bullied the children.

Let's talk, laugh, and laugh. Honorary titles cannot be joked about.

The black-faced driver took out his cigarettes, handed one to Li Aiguo, and lit a match for him.

"Driver Li, I want to learn from you."

"We are all fighting to build the motherland. We must learn and make progress together!" Li Aiguo puffed up his chest.

At this time, the young sun jumped up and hung low on the platform, and Li Aiguo's face was reflected in a golden light.

Woohoo, eat like crazy, eat like crazy.

Because the representative team is of a relatively high level, the General Administration specially arranged an entire carriage.

Li Aiguo and the black-faced driver had become friends by now, and they were cracking melon seeds and chatting.

"Driver Li, how many children do you have?"

"We just got married and have no children yet."

Hearing this, a trace of excitement appeared on the black-faced driver's face: "Seven, I have seven children."

"You seem to be in your twenties, right?" Li Aiguo frowned.

"I am exactly twenty-five years old this year. I have been married for seven years and have seven children, all of whom are boys. Now my wife is pregnant again."

The black-faced driver felt that he had finally crushed Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo: "."

This is so fertile.

If he continues at this rate, wouldn't he be able to have more than a dozen children by the time he reaches forty?

"Brother, a woman is like a piece of land. You have to cultivate the land diligently, plant more seeds, and water more in order to have a harvest."

The black-faced driver taught Li Aiguo as an experienced person.

While the two were chatting, a comrade wearing a work uniform from the Shanghai Locomotive Department approached them.

"You are Driver Li, right? The train driver at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot who developed the dump car?"

Li Aiguo turned around and saw a honest man with thick eyebrows and big eyes staring at him.

This person looked familiar, as if he had met him at the training meeting two days ago.

"you are?"

"My name is Yang Xingzhai, from the operation workshop of the Modu Locomotive Depot."

"Yangxing Village"

Li Aiguo's eyes lit up and he held his hand enthusiastically: "You are Driver Yang who invented the automatic exit sign receiving device."

There were no mobile phones in these days, and radio transmission was unreliable. In order to ensure the safe operation of trains, the railway implemented traffic jams.

That is to say, only one train can be allowed to run in a blocked section.

To achieve traffic congestion, road signs are required.

[Handover road sign]

Road signs and blockade systems together ensure that speeding trains can run safely and orderly on busy railway lines every day.

The handover of road signs needs to be completed while the train is moving.

Usually, the co-driver first throws the road sign he got before off the train, and then hooks his arm with the road sign for the next section handed over by the attendant.

The road sign is a pass and access card. Entering the driving area without a road sign is illegal driving.

However, it is obvious that there are huge safety risks in handing over road signs in this way.

If the co-driver fails to hook the hoop, he will not get the road sign.

In the end, the driver can only stop the car and get the hoop before continuing.

Every year, the locomotive depot reports many stupid co-pilots who did not get their road signs in time.

Yang Xingzhai led the workshop technicians to develop an automatic road marking machine.

The hoop containing the driving certificate can be automatically removed without stopping to complete the collection of road signs.

"Master Yang, the automatic road sign machine you designed is so practical and has helped our drivers a lot." Li Aiguo held his hand and said.

Yang Xingzhai scratched his head in embarrassment: "The technical content of my thing is very low, far inferior to your dump train and self-immolation furnace.

I came to you today to ask, what do you think of my automatic road sign machine?
Is there anything else that needs improvement? "

He looked at Li Aiguo expectantly.

After the automatic road sign machine was designed, it was featured in railway newspapers, but it was not promoted on a large scale.

This confused Yang Xingzhai.

Yang Xingzhai’s confusion is also the limitation of worker inventors.

They have strong practical skills and can design particularly ingenious and practical equipment, but they ignore the overall background of technological development.

Li Aiguo took out a pack of cigarettes from the front door, and the black-faced driver and Yang Xingzhai handed them cigarettes.

The black-faced driver originally thought he was proud of having many sons, but now he heard that this man who drove a big train had invented so many devices, and his expression suddenly became awkward.

They didn't mention it just now, so it seemed they didn't care at all.
That's an invention. If he had invented an invention, he would have to carry the paper with the report in his pocket all day long.

Li Aiguo looked at Yang Xingzhai and said, "Old Yang, I have not studied your road sign machine, but have you noticed the recent foreign journals?"

"Foreign journals?" Master Yang looked embarrassed, "I rarely read those things."

"Now foreign countries have begun to use relay electrical signals on a large scale to control driving in competition areas. The safety, accuracy, and convenience of that device are far superior to road sign machines." Li Aiguo said.

When Li Aiguo first joined the locomotive depot, he also wanted to research automatic road marking machines.

However, considering that this thing will be eliminated in a few years, if installed on a large scale, it will only waste resources on the railway, so we gave up.

The development of the times is ruthless.

It's like a young man spent three years practicing abacus, and finally the calculator appeared.

Just like a company in later generations vigorously researched film, the result was the emergence of digital cameras.

Too embarrassing.

This is the embarrassment of Yang Xingzhai.

"Then what should I do?" He also realized the seriousness of the problem.

Li Aiguo said: "Lao Yang, in fact, relay electrical signals are not complicated. You can definitely sign up for a correspondence class to learn electrical knowledge. In addition, there are university education indicators every year."

Being able to build an automatic road sign machine shows that Yang Xingzhai has a very high IQ.

If such people receive professional education, they will definitely be able to make greater contributions to railway construction in the future.

There are still nine years until the college entrance examination ends, and Yang Xingzhai has enough time to seize the opportunity.

Yang Xingzhai is an ideal and ambitious worker.

After hearing this, he thought for a moment and made a decision. He nodded heavily and said: "Driver Li, I understand, thank you!"

Seeing this, the black-faced driver shrank his neck, leaned on his seat and fell silent.

These are a bunch of big guys.

Trains are very slow these days.

The train took two full days from Beijing to Yangcheng.

On April 23, Li Aiguo finally set foot on the land of Yangcheng.

After the Jiefang Truck of the FAW Factory was unloaded from the train, Liu Guozhang directed his team members to load the goods used by the Ministry of Railways for exhibition on the truck.

Li Aiguo found a truck and was about to get on it with Zhou Ke.

The black-faced driver's voice came from the truck next to him: "Driver Li, get in my truck."

In order to welcome Li Aiguo, he also specially opened the cab.

It's just that after two days of running around, Li Aiguo already had a headache from the stuffy air and didn't want to sit in the truck anymore.

He and Zhou Ke stood in the truck bed.

Jiefang Truck is the first domestically produced truck.

The brand new and powerful truck drove on the streets of Yangcheng, immediately attracting the attention of passers-by.

Five trucks formed a neat square formation. On the streets along the way, countless onlookers raised their hands and cheered for the liberation of the trucks.

The red strips of cloth on the front of the truck fluttered in the wind, and the atmosphere was well captured.

Li Aiguo held the truck fence with one hand, smiled, and extended his right hand to wave to both sides.

"Thank you for your hard work, guys!"

"Brother, don't steal my aunt's steamed buns."

"No eggs will be given out today."

The crowd at the scene immediately became excited after receiving the response.

"Awesome!" Zhou Ke gave a thumbs up.

"This person should be the propaganda man of the Jiefang Factory." the masses thought.

"Have the masses discovered that I am an excellent truck driver?" the black-faced driver thought this way.

"Is this man an excellent representative of the Ministry of Railways?" other truck drivers thought.

"This is outrageous! You dare to wave your hand, you have to knock him down quickly." Liu Guozhang's face darkened.

In this way, the truck arrived at the Friendship Building amidst cheers.

The Friendship Building is grand, solemn and magnificent. There is a huge statue on the front - a Chinese worker and an old Maozi worker holding each other's right hands.

The left hand of the Lao Maozi worker held a flag flying high in the sky, and the Chinese worker held a roll of construction blueprints in his left hand.

The two walked forward hand in hand, symbolizing the unbreakable friendship and unity of the people.

However, there is nothing in this world that is unbreakable.

The Friendship Building was originally an exhibition hall built to commemorate the friendship with Lao Maozi.

Both the exterior and interior layout are full of Russian style.

There is even the national emblem of Lao Maozi, a red five-star, and the four huge letters of the Russian abbreviation "CCCP" embedded above the door of the exhibition hall.

There is no way, our family is poor now.

Take the name of this trade fair as an example. The full name is [China Export Commodity Fair Jointly Organized by China Foreign Trade Corporation].

During the preparation, a large number of telegrams had to be sent and received every day due to work.

The higher-ups felt that the name was too long and a waste of money, so after much deliberation, they decided to shorten it to "Canton Fair".

In order to save money and make foreigners remember it, Mr. ⑤, who personally served as a commentator for the Canton Fair, also gave the Canton Fair an English name "canton fair".
Zhou Ke saw Li Aiguo standing blankly in front of the gate and asked curiously: "Aiguo, what's wrong?"

"How about we build our own big house in someone else's house in the future?" Li Aiguo suddenly asked.

"Build a house? Where is this?"

The two were chatting, and Yang Jizong walked out of the exhibition hall with Butler Bai.

"Driver Li, you are really on time."

"Brother, how have you been these two days?"

"Forget it, there are nineteen countries. There are more than a thousand buyers from nineteen countries attending the meeting this time, which makes me very busy."

His mouth was bitter, but his face was full of excitement.

The preparations for this time were of very high standard, and even many top officials were involved. Yang Jizong had appeared in front of them frequently in the past few days.

This time Yang Jizong can help prepare for the Yang family, and Mr. Yang may not have thought of cultivating him as his successor.

Yang Jizong took Li Aiguo's arm affectionately, like a good brother, making the people next to him look sideways.

The uniform worn by Yang Jizong is enough to illustrate his identity.

And this one is just a small train driver, so the two of them are a bit incompatible.

Zhou Ke didn't feel much when he saw this scene. He had known that Li Aiguo had a good relationship with Yang Jizong.

The washing machine that Li Aiguo gave him a while ago was sent from Hong Kong City.

However, the washing machine was only used once, causing a power outage in the entire Tongzi Building. Now it can only be used by Huang Shuxian in person.

Liu Guozhang did not pay attention to the affairs of the Yang family. Seeing this situation, his heart skipped a beat.

The Yang family's status in the country was very transcendent, and Li Aiguo actually had a relationship with them, and it seemed that the two of them were so close, just like good brothers.

This student is really getting more and more amazing.

Yang Jizong chatted with Liu Guozhang and others for a while, then asked Butler Bai for help and went through the relevant procedures for them.

Everyone got a pass.

Everyone entered the exhibition hall.

At this time, the exhibition hall was busy, with factories and units from all over the country placing their products on the booth.

Li Aiguo followed Yang Jizong around and found that the main protagonists were agricultural products and local specialties.

Citrus oranges from Panyu, Luogang, Zengcheng, and Conghua, and silk from major manufacturing plants in Xiguan.

There are also paper umbrellas from Foshan, wooden clogs from Daliang, bamboo weaving from Jieyang, sunflower fans from Xinhui, firecrackers from Nanhai, lacquerware from Yangjiang, and olive carvings from Dongguan.
"Patriot, come and take a look, there is a live poultry exhibition area here." Zhou Ke suddenly shouted.

"Live poultry? Selling ducks?"

Li Aiguo followed Zhou Ke to the northeast corner and suddenly burst into laughter.

Several wooden sticks were erected in the exhibition area, the space was covered with densely woven hemp rope, and various birds were chirping inside.

Only Li Aiguo knew a few species including lovebirds, mandarin ducks, and thrushes.

There are two large pools next to it, and there are various turtles in the pools.

Hey, a money turtle is eating a carrot!
Various local products, handmade products, various birds, and turtles. This seems not to be a national exhibition, but a farmers' market for later generations.

Li Aiguo knew that conditions in these years were difficult and the domestic industry was backward, but he did not expect that it would reach such a point.

This is an exhibition organized by the whole country, and it is open to visitors from all over the world.

Li Aiguo did not feel ashamed, but felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Yes, he was very proud.

That we can stand up from such a backward environment and finally stand on top of the world shows the strength of the Chinese people.

"Patriot, you may not know that foreign customers are particularly interested in these gadgets. I think they should be a big seller." Yang Jizong explained.

Li Aiguo laughed loudly: "As long as they are willing to give foreign exchange, even if it is a stone, we will dig it out from the mud, clean it and transport it over.

However, if they don’t pay in foreign exchange, even if they want a cornbread, I won’t give it to them. "

"Who wants a piece of rotten stone?" Zhou Ke listened in a daze.

Yang Jizong understood what Li Aiguo meant.

He felt that Li Aiguo's thoughts were similar to those of his Yang family.

Only those who share the same goals are true comrades!
Butler Bai had quietly taken out his notebook and wrote down this sentence.

After the Ministry of Railways’ booth is decorated.

Yang Jizong and Liu Guozhang submitted an application and invited Li Aiguo to help him welcome the guests.

"Patriotism, this is related to our face. The guests attending the meeting are all important figures. You must not act like you did before and don't cause trouble."

Liu Guozhang was a little worried, so he took Li Aiguo's arm and explained.

"Teacher, don't worry!" The smile on Li Aiguo's face suddenly subsided.

He knows the importance of this Canton Fair better than anyone else.

This is a bond of friendship and a bridge of trade.

Thanks to the hard work of relevant staff, the preparations for the first Canton Fair are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Li Aiguo's job is very easy.

I followed Yang Jizong around the venue every day, and even had a working meal at noon.

I have to say that the working meal at the Canton Fair was very sumptuous and even included plump chicken legs, which made Zhou Ke envious.

It's just that he is an exhibitor and is not eligible for free lunch, so he can only eat instant noodles.

Time soon came to April 25th, the official opening day of the Canton Fair.

early morning.

Director Zhang of the organizing committee discovered that it was drizzling outside.

Considering that this might affect the guests' entry, Director Zhang quickly called Officer Liu who was responsible for security work.

"Director Liu, take my approval slip immediately and go to major department stores to get rain gear."

"No need, director, Mr. Yang from Hong Kong City has already dispatched more than 2,000 umbrellas in advance."

Hearing this, Director Zhang was stunned. How did he know it was raining?
At the gate of the Canton Fair, Yang Jizong looked at Li Aiguo squatting on the ground smoking, and scratched his head in confusion: "Aiguo, how did you know it was going to rain today?"

"When organizing activities, you must plan ahead and consider all aspects of the work." Li Aiguo stood up and displayed the famous teacher's chart, "Xiao Yang, are you ready with the medicines I asked you to prepare to treat diarrhea and colds? ?”

"Don't worry, I've contacted more than 20 veteran doctors, and the drugs have been transferred from the medical building." Yang Jizong nodded.

"Remember, the delegation is free. If the accompanying merchants seek medical treatment, they should be charged according to international prices." Li Aiguo said, "Those merchants are all big business."

“What is the international price?”

Yang Jizong took out a small notebook, which was similar to that of a primary school student.

Li Aiguo stood up and entered the venue, and a word came in the noisy air.

“Twice the price domestically.”

(End of this chapter)