The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 486: Car plan is in hand, goodbye Fatty

To transport bananas to the north, the most economical and convenient way in these days is railway transportation.

People are often accustomed to calling freight vehicles in railway trains wagons, among which the most commonly used ones are gondolas, boxcars, tank cars and container cars.

Yangcheng Railway Station Freight Station is located at the South Railway Station. It was built in the late Qing Dynasty and is also the largest railway freight station in South China.

Early in the morning.

The freight station of the South Railway Station was buzzing with people. The leaders of the factory and individual cargo owners gathered at the freight station, hoping to get the train plan as soon as possible to transport their goods.

Railway wagons are very nervous these days.

The railway station masters, freight workshop directors and freightmen who were specifically responsible for handling the freight train business were undoubtedly the most popular and powerful figures of the year.
The departments that control planning, such as the stationmaster's office, cargo room, and multi-level offices, are full of people coming and going.

Liu Zhi, the director of the cargo room, had just kicked out the cargo owner who had taken a large bag of cash. He called several cargo workers into the office with a dark face and held a short meeting.

"Those individual cargo owners are rushing to contribute money, people, materials, and efforts. Generous gifts, free vehicles, and items in short supply are all actively dedicated to you.

At the same time, they are also responsible for formulating transportation plans and organizing and arranging the transportation of goods.

A few days ago, Liu Guozhang suddenly called and mentioned that one of his students had produced a batch of bananas and wanted to transport them back to the capital.

Because of the turmoil in the current situation and the isolation between the north and the south, the family's funds were not supplied.

I will send anyone to the disciplinary inspection and supervision department! "

Today, seven or eight northbound freight trains need to be inspected and signed by him before they can leave.

It's just that Liu Guozhang has an old-fashioned temperament. He believes that if he dares to bring expensive gifts to the door, he will definitely be kicked out.

After leaving the director's office, freightman Xiao Xie returned to the office, took the signed and sealed plan, and walked slowly towards the freight station with his hands behind his back.

Liu Zhigang was sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette, his brows furrowed tightly.

Liu Zhigang was transferred to work in the General Administration. Later, considering that his parents were old, Liu Zhigang asked Liu Guozhang to come forward to do the work, and then he was transferred back to Yangcheng.

As soon as he went out, he was greeted by two middle-aged men who had been waiting outside the freight station gate for a long time.

The freight forwarders all nodded in agreement, saying that they must strictly control their work and eliminate personal transportation plans.

"No."

As long as he picks up a pen and signs, and the cargo owner takes the dispatch plan, tens of thousands of tons of goods can be transported by train to all parts of the country.

Until the contact with his family was restored, Liu Zhi just moved out from the Liu family.

Director Liu Zhigang waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting.

After a short meeting.

In just half a year, the freight room and the multi-channel office have arrested seven freight workers for illegally handling freight trains.

One handed over a cigarette, and the other lit it. Both of them were full of smiles and compliments, "Thank you for the freight. When will the wagons for our Zini Sugar Factory's cargo be ready? The Northeast has been waiting for it."

Liu Zhigang was grateful for Liu Guozhang's great kindness and wanted to repay him several times.

"The teacher said that my junior brother is going to Yangcheng to pick up a train, but why hasn't he seen anyone yet?"

"The time has come, has something gone wrong?"

"Thank you Freight, this batch of sugar is very important. The supply and marketing cooperative over there has sold out. We have to find a way to ensure supply."

"I also know that you are anxious, but I advise you not to be anxious. How many people who come to our freight station are not anxious?

Although Liu Guozhang did not explicitly propose using carriages, Liu Zhigang kept this in mind.

Seeing the freightman Xiao Xie about to go out, he called out to Xiao Xie again: "I asked for leave yesterday and was not in the office. Is there anyone from Beijing looking for me? By the way, his surname is Li and he is a train driver."

Xiao Xie looked at Liu Zhigang's confused look and wanted to ask a few questions, but he didn't dare, so he had to leave the office.

The main responsibility of railway freight clerk Xiao Xie is to pick up trains, manage and supervise loading and unloading operations in the freight yard according to the train plan.

Hearing this, both of them were a little disappointed and hoped that Xiao Xie could think of a solution.

Not only could Liu Zhigang not be able to pay his tuition, he almost ended up living on the street.

As freight director, Liu Zhigang has the final say on freight train dispatching.

Railway transportation is related to the country's economic production. The trains are the country's means of transportation, not a tool for personal gain.

Liu Zhigang wanted to call Liu Guozhang, but he was afraid of disturbing the teacher's work. He could only suppress his anxiety and picked up the carriage plans handed over by the freightmen to check them one by one.

You must open your eyes wide when it comes to individual cargo owner plans that do not comply with regulations. Anyone who dares to mess around will not be tolerated.

Liu Guozhang learned about this incident by chance, used a meager allowance to help Liu Zhigang pay his tuition, and even took him home.

Liu Guozhang was Liu Zhigang's old mentor. He studied in the capital before liberation.

After liberation, Liu Zhigang gained the attention of the organization because of his high cultural level and progressive thinking.

It's not that they are talking perfunctory.

Xiao Xie smoked a cigarette and said calmly: "You two, the carriage is too tight now. It can't be moved at all. It will take at least a month."

What they value is not the power in your hands, but the carriage in your hands!

"The meeting is dismissed!"

But there are so many trains every day, and we freight workers can't be allowed to carry the trains. "

Just as Xiao Xie was about to explain, there was a commotion next to him.

A man in a Chinese tunic suit was having sex with an old man at the freight station.

"Comrade, please hang up the phone with Director Liu and tell him that a friend from the capital is looking for him."

"Director Liu is the senior director and is very busy at work. I can't interrupt him at will. You should leave quickly. If you want to wait, you can go and wait across the street."

Old Hantou didn't mean to embarrass Li Aiguo, because Liu Zhigang was in a special position, and people who wanted to see him for work would line up in a long line every day. If everyone bothered him, how could he work.

Li Aiguo also didn't expect that meeting this senior brother would be more difficult than meeting the senior leader, so he was about to go to the supply and marketing cooperative next door to make a call.

Xiao Xie remembered Director Liu Zhigang's abnormality today, looked at the cadres of Zini Sugar Factory, said "Sorry, I have something to deal with", and walked up quickly.

"Comrade, are you from the capital?"

"Yes."

Li Aiguo saw Xiao Xie wearing a cargoman's uniform and said with a smile: "Comrade, I am the train driver at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot in Beijing. My surname is Li. I am looking for your director Liu Zhigang."

There is a visitor from Beijing, his surname is Li, and he is a train driver. Isn’t this the right number?

Xiao Xie suddenly became enthusiastic, turned his head and said to Old Hantou: "Old Wang, this comrade is Director Liu's guest, I brought him in."

Seeing the freightman come forward, Old Hantou got out of the way.

Along the way, Xiao Xie seemed very enthusiastic and led Li Aiguo to the door of the cargo room and knocked on the door.

After opening the door, he said to Liu Zhigang: "Director, I just walked to the door and happened to meet this comrade from the capital."

Liu Zhigang looked over his shoulder and saw Li Aiguo.

Two months ago, he went to the capital for a meeting and saw Li Aiguo in the photo framed at Liu Guozhang's home.

He has thick eyebrows, big eyes and a tall figure.
"Junior brother, I heard from the teacher that you have come to Yangcheng a long time ago. Why don't you play at home?"

Liu Zhigang greeted him enthusiastically and held Li Aiguo's hand tightly.

"Brother Zhigang, my teacher and I came to Yangcheng to attend the Canton Fair a while ago. You also know the teacher's temper. How dare I slip away?" Li Aiguo said with a smile.

"What, this Canton Fair delegation is led by a teacher? Why didn't he tell me so that I could go visit him?"

Hearing this, Liu Zhigang felt a little regretful.

"It's not like you don't know the teacher. He never likes to disturb others."

The two chatted for a while. When Liu Zhigang saw Xiao Xie still standing outside the door, he waved his hand and said, "Xiao Xie, you go ahead. Thank you for today's business."

Xiao Xie closed the door and walked in the corridor, still feeling a little excited.

The ruthless Director Liu actually expressed his gratitude to him.

At the same time, he also wondered in his heart, what identity was this Beijing train driver that allowed Liu Zhigang to treat him so enthusiastically?

You must know that Liu Zhigang's rank is not low, and his position as director of the freight room is even more critical. In addition, he is an old-fashioned person, and even the leaders of the Yangcheng Railway Bureau dare to contradict him face to face.

The employees at the freight station nicknamed him Liu Gang, which means that he is as cold as steel.

Today the steel turned into red apples, which is really strange.

At this time, Lao Wang, the freightman in the office next door, opened the door and walked out. He looked doubtfully in the direction of the director's office and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Xie, who is here? The director sounds very happy."

"No one, I'm going to the goods yard now."

Xiao Xie said a few perfunctory words and left in a hurry.

"I think back then, my favorite thing to eat in Beijing was the fried noodles made by my wife, but my teacher's family was very poor at that time and could only eat it once a month.

Whenever we eat noodles with soybean paste, my wife’s old stomach disease always flares up, and I can eat half a bowl more.”

While smoking a cigarette and talking about the past, Liu Zhigang's eyes flashed with memories of the past, and a happy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, last year I took my wife to my teacher's house for a visit. My wife made delicious cakes. When she saw that my wife liked to eat them, she also said she had an upset stomach."

"My stupid wife took the teacher's wife and ran to the hospital. The teacher didn't even try to stop her."

Liu Zhigang: "."

He was silent for a moment and said: "Your wife is quite a tiger." In the process of recalling the past, Li Aiguo and Liu Zhigang quickly became closer.

Chat for a while.

Liu Zhigang hesitated and said, "I heard from the teacher that you want to transport a batch of bananas back to the capital?"

coming! Li Aiguo sat up straight, took out a stack of documents from his canvas bag, and handed it over.

"Brother Zhigang, there are a total of fifteen tons of bananas, transported to the capital in the name of the South Tongluo Lane Collective Scrap Shop branch in Shiqiao Market."

"Shiqiao market branch. It sounds like it is a collective enterprise."

After hearing Li Aiguo's affirmative answer, Liu Zhigang's heart finally fell to the ground.

Before Li Aiguo came, Liu Zhigang also had some doubts, that is, whether the fifteen tons of bananas were purchased by individuals.

If that were the case, there would be suspicion of violation of regulations. In order to complete the teacher's task, Liu Zhigang even decided to write a self-criticism to his superiors.

Collective enterprises are similar in nature to factories and are fully qualified to mobilize resources across regions.

As he flipped through the documents, Liu Zhigang felt a sigh of relief.

This junior brother is really a fastidious person. He has prepared all kinds of documents, even a letter of introduction from Shiqiao Market.

No matter where this batch of bananas really goes, with this batch of documents, it is a batch of regular goods.

"This is easy to handle. I can help you with the formalities right away. If you are in a hurry, you can load it into the car at night."

"It will be ready in two days. Brother Zhigang, thank you very much for this." Li Aiguo said gratefully.

"You're welcome, we are brothers. If I don't help, the teacher will have to slap me with a ruler when we get to the capital."

Liu Zhigang was about to start the formalities.

Li Aiguo stopped him.

"Brother Zhigang, let someone else handle this procedure. It's not appropriate for you to come forward in person."

"Why." Liu Zhigang looked at Li Aiguo, looking at this junior brother's firm eyes, and suddenly understood something.

If Liu Zhigang was sitting in this position, no one would believe him.

He thought for a moment and asked: "So, you are not just this batch of goods?"

"If everything goes well, there will be several batches every month, but there will be formal procedures and we won't cause trouble." Li Aiguo said: "It's just that you, a big director, handle this matter yourself, it's a bit irritating."

"Yes, yes, junior brother, you are very thoughtful."

As a leader, the first thing you must learn is to avoid suspicion.

After Liu Zhigang understood, he thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Xiao Xie into the office.

He pointed at Li Aiguo and said: "Xiao Xie, please check whether this comrade's freight application is qualified. It must be strictly checked."

Liu Zhigang did not introduce Li Aiguo's identity, but Xiao Xie instantly became energetic.

He looked at Li Aiguo and his eyes were filled with enthusiasm.

The two came to the office next door. Xiao Xie reviewed the materials and felt even more relieved. There were no violations in the materials. He could also show his kindness to Director Liu. He was going to be lucky this time.

"Comrade Patriot, here are your materials. You can deliver the goods directly to the cargo yard tomorrow."

"Thank you, Comrade Liu."

After taking the materials, Li Aiguo left the freight station.

From beginning to end, Li Aiguo didn't even give Liu Zhigang a cigarette. The reason was simple. He knew Liu Zhigang's temperament very well.

If Li Aiguo had just photographed a cigarette like he did to the director of the management committee, he would not be able to get today's freight permit.

Now that I have the freight permit, the last link has been cleared. As long as the bananas are transported to the train the day after tomorrow, I can go home.

After coming to Yangcheng for nearly a month, Li Aiguo has become a bit like the sweet and cute little girl Chen.

The sun sets in the west.

Li Aiguo returned to Nanshi Market on his bicycle.

Before he could reach the gate, a fat man and seven or eight members of the club gathered around him.

Isn't this the fat boy who caused trouble in Nanshi Commune?
"Oops, the brakes failed."

When Li Aiguo saw Fatty blocking the road, he had no intention of pressing the brakes. Instead, he kicked the pedals several times.

The bicycle was heading straight towards Fatty like an arrow.

Fatty didn't expect that Li Aiguo didn't stop the car and it was already too late to dodge.

bang.

The black wheels of the car crashed straight into the car, hitting Fatty with such force that Fatty was knocked backwards and fell to the ground on his back.

"Brother, how are you?"

The members panicked and rushed forward, helping Fatty up from the ground.

Li Aiguo's strength was already great, and coupled with the huge inertia of the bicycle, Fatty was hit so hard that his whole body seemed to fall apart.

Suckling, Fatty pointed at Li Aiguo and said angrily: "I said, comrade, what are you doing? I didn't see anyone."

"People won't block the road, but dogs may not." Li Aiguo said calmly while riding his bicycle.

"you"

Fatty was about to get angry when he seemed to remember something and his expression suddenly softened.

An extremely funny scene occurred outside the gate of Shiqiao Market.

The victim who was hit actually licked his face to make amends with the "perpetrator".

"Comrade leader, it's all my fault. A good dog doesn't block the way. I'm not a good dog."

"Let me see if the wheel of your bicycle is flat."

"Hey, it seems to be okay."

With his chubby little hands on the wheels of the car, Fatty raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo.

"Comrade leader, we don't know each other without fighting. My name is Zhou Fei, and my friends all call me Fat Boy."

"My grandfather used to be the chief security officer, and my father was the branch secretary of Liema Commune. Although I am just a production team leader now, I will inherit the family property and become the secretary of the commune in the future."

What a good guy who inherited the family property, he really regarded the commune as his ancestral property.

Li Aiguo has never had a good impression of such people.

He lit a cigarette, struck a match, and asked calmly: "Fat boy, the reason why you blocked the road today is because you wanted to be hit."

"of course not."

The fat boy licked his face and smiled: "Comrade leader, I heard that you bought a lot of bananas from Dashi Commune, the price is one cent and a half per catty. You were deceived by the people of Dashi Commune.

We in Liema Commune also grow a large number of bananas, which we can sell to you for one cent and two cents. How about it? "

After saying that, Fatty blinked and looked at Li Aiguo expectantly.

The price his father gave him was one penny per pound.

I can make a net profit of 2 miles per catty every time I go back and forth, which is great.

"Sorry, we have already reached a cooperation agreement with Dashi Commune."

After understanding the purpose of Fatty's visit, Li Aiguo was not interested in continuing the conversation and rode his bicycle into the market.

Looking at Li Aiguo's back, the smile on Fatty's face gradually disappeared, his face became gloomy, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

It's just that he doesn't seem to be able to do anything against Li Aiguo.

At this time, a figure came over furtively, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Fatty.

"Brother, how are you, being bullied by this idiot?"

"Who are you?"

Fatty took the cigarette and looked at the visitor warily.

This person looked to be in his twenties, with messy hair, thick bags under his eyes, chapped lips, and the clothes on his body exuded a strong smell, and he looked very embarrassed.

"I was an employee who used to work in the market. I offended Li Aiguo a while ago and was fired by him."

That's right, this person was apparently fired from the restaurant.

After leaving the restaurant separately, I originally thought about finding another temporary job.

However, he was fired twice in a row and was already notorious, so he has not been able to find a job.

He was fired just because he didn't pour boiling water for the poor members of the commune. There is no such truth in the world. Isn't this a clear case of bullying?

The more I think about it, the angrier I get. The angrier I get, the more I think about it.

After learning that Li Aiguo had purchased a warehouse on the market, he was ready to cause some trouble.

Let Li Aiguo know what it means to be strong but not to overwhelm local snakes.

Who would have thought that before he could take action, he would see the scene just now.

(End of this chapter)