The train driver in the courtyard

Hankou Dongfengping Wharf was one of the busiest and most busy wharves in Hankou during that special period.

It is separated from the Hankou oil depot by only a wall. Many ships in the Wu Han area transport coal through here, going down the Jialing River all the way to Nanchong and even Chongqing.

Not only that, this pier also shoulders the important task of passenger transportation. Seven or eight passenger ships dock here every day, and it is bustling with people coming and going.

At dawn, the morning light was just breaking. Passengers on the ship were full of expectations, and trucks transporting coal were also fully loaded with goods. They all flocked to Dongfengping Wharf like a tide, all wanting to start a new day's journey.

However, the situation today seems a little different.

They were stopped by a group of armed soldiers at the intersection several hundred meters away from Dongfengping Wharf.

"The terminal is temporarily closed today! All flights at the terminal will be delayed for most of the day."

The pier is an important place and must be kept open at all times.

When the passengers and drivers heard that the dock was closed and saw many soldiers patrolling along the railway, they knew that some important person was going to pass by.

Most people were reasonable and expressed their understanding, so they planned to rest here for half a day before continuing on their journey.

However, there were always a few young men who felt they were wronged and suddenly jumped out of the crowd and started yelling at the soldiers.

"Did you notify us in advance when you closed the dock?"

"Did you block the road because a police officer passed by?!"

"You are playing tricks on us. If you don't give us an explanation today, don't blame us for being rude."

The soldiers were very restrained when facing the troublemakers, with their guns pointed downwards.

The squad leader took the initiative to explain that this was a special mission and due to confidentiality regulations, he could not reveal the details for the time being.

"The road closure has indeed delayed your trip. I would like to apologize to everyone here."

"What's the point of compensation?!"

The young man who was shouting the loudest, with a flashy girl on his arm, blew a puff of cigarette smoke into the squad leader's face and said, "I advise you to get out of the way!"

The young man raised his chin towards the girl and said proudly, "Don't worry, honey, I will definitely let you get on the big ship today."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards the blockade line.

The squad leader frowned and pointed at the young man: "You violated the blockade regulations, arrest him."

Four or five soldiers immediately rushed forward, tied up the young man with ropes, and pressed him to the ground.

At this time, the young man became afraid and kept saying that he acted on impulse and begged to be forgiven.

But the squad leader couldn't care less about him at this moment. He raised his wrist to check his watch and muttered quietly, "The convoy should be here soon."

Suddenly, there was a roar of an engine in the distance.

A convoy drove over from a distance. There were jeeps and three trucks in the convoy. The most eye-catching one was the strange-looking car in the middle.

This thing looks like a tank, but it has no tracks or gun barrels, and the entire vehicle is covered with thick armor.

The windshield was also replaced with an armored one, leaving two round holes for observation.

There was a heavy chain hanging in front of the car.

When the car started, the chain clanked, mixing with the roar of the car, revealing a sense of clumsy and strong power.

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "This is a Type 55 armored vehicle!"

"Were there not more than a hundred copies of that thing? How did it appear here?"

The Type 55 armored vehicle is a rare armored personnel carrier in our country.

Because the manufacturing cost was too high and it could only run on land and not in water, production was stopped after more than 100 vehicles were produced.

Now there is actually a Type 55 armored vehicle in this convoy. What mission are they carrying out?
This question kept swirling in everyone's mind.

The young man who had been sticking his neck out and acting very arrogant just now was now frightened by the huge body of the Type 55 armored vehicle, and his face turned pale.

In addition to the Type 55 armored vehicles in the convoy, there were hundreds of fully armed soldiers standing on the three trucks, which made the crowd extremely curious about the convoy.

The convoy seemed unaware that its arrival had attracted everyone's attention. Led by three jeeps, it drove straight into Hankou Dongfengping Wharf.

At this time, the Cross was slowly approaching the dock.

The passengers on the ship had been sailing for several days and were eager to disembark, but they received a notice asking them to stay in their respective berths first.

After that tense night, the passengers had no idea what had happened, but they had some vague guesses in their minds and they all went to the windows to look.

Li Aiguo has already started working on the handover.

Seeing the grand scene below, Li Aiguo felt that he might have underestimated the importance of Wu Jingzhong.

Stationmaster Wu Jingzhong is a veteran figure in the enemy's special front.

The secrets in his mind are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

These armored vehicles and soldiers were not there to prevent Wu Jingzhong from escaping, but to protect him.

After carefully verifying the other party's identity, Li Aiguo contacted his comrades at the weather station through the phone at the dock.

Back on the boat, Li Aiguo handed over his ID and said, "Comrade, this man is very cooperative. Please take good care of him when you escort him."

Li Aiguo and Wu Jingzhong just have different positions.

If he put aside his stance, he would think Wu Jingzhong was a good person.

To ordinary people, he can be considered an excellent boss.

When Li Ya was suppressed by Lao Yu, Stationmaster Wu taught Li Ya how to tell a smooth lie and to pay attention to his tone and eyes so as not to show his cowardice.

It was a pity that Li Ya had such a dull mind that he never learned it until his death.

Wu Jingzhong has very strong connections as he is Dai's direct subordinate. It can be seen from the fact that when he heard that Dai's plane was missing, he was so scared that his legs went weak and he needed Lao Yu to support him.

He was still protecting his protégé. Li Ya was beaten up by the 94th Army, and the stationmaster cursed them on the phone.

If the Studebaker wasn't so powerful, the stationmaster would have definitely tied up Commander Xu of the 94th Army and sent him to Nanjing for trial to avenge Li Ya.

The webmaster treats Yu Zecheng just like his own son.

The stationmaster also wanted to run away to Southeast Asia and open a factory there, and he also planned to bring Yu Zecheng with him to help him.

At that critical moment, he also gave Lao Yu a subtle reminder.

Once we got to the island, the area was small and the interpersonal relationships were simple, so Lao Yu's method of taking advantage of the situation didn't work.

It’s a pity that Old Yu is too stubborn, otherwise, when he got off the plane, there wouldn’t have been all those troubles later.

Moreover, Wu Jingzhong was particularly good at employing people, and he gave all the power that was beneficial to his money-making to Lao Yu.

All the hard work of arresting, killing and protecting people was thrown to Li Ya.

If he gets it wrong, Li Ya might be able to register all the stationmaster's property as belonging to the United States, and then the stationmaster would have nowhere to cry.

I think Wu Jingzhong was a passionate man back then, but it was a pity that he stood on the wrong side.

Otherwise, maybe he could be on good terms with Li Aiguo now.

Wu Jingzhong also felt Li Aiguo's kindness and nodded at Li Aiguo.

"Don't worry, our superiors have already reminded us that Stationmaster Wu has also made contributions." The man in the gray Zhongshan suit saluted Li Aiguo.

The man in the gray Zhongshan suit waved his hand and prepared to take Wu Jingzhong away.

When he reached the door, Wu Jingzhong suddenly stopped.

"Driver Li, can I ask one last question?"

Li Aiguo nodded.

“How did you know my code name is Xueshan?

This code name was given to me by Dai himself when I was young, and everyone who knew this code name has long since died." Wu Jingzhong asked.

Li Aiguo smiled: "Jiang Zhiqi, the head of the Privy Council during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem like this: The green eyebrow lightly drags the morning makeup, the clouds return to the hair and the hair is gray. The Taoist wants to see the face of Samantabhadra, and burns the ten wishes incense again in Western Shu.

The name of this poem is "Emei Peak".

Master Wei Cao once wrote a poem titled "Emei Peak": The morning glow reflects the rising sun, and Buddhist shells accompany the breeze. The snow-capped mountains are cold for eternity, and only the Emei Peak is illuminated. Climbing to the top of Emei Peak, all worries are gone. When I see a temple, I miss my loving mother, and when I see my son, I feel sad when I travel alone.

Buddhist shrine, crab, Mount Emei, deep sea... these codes all come from these two poems.

Emei Peak is Lao Yu.

The only place that can take photos of Lao Yu alone is the snow mountain. "

Wu Jingzhong's eyes widened little by little.

When he gave Lao Yu the nickname, he just randomly picked it from poetry.

Unexpectedly, it actually coincides with the meaning of "solo photo".

This is a subconscious choice.

What was even more unexpected was that the young man opposite could perceive it so keenly.

This kid is so scary.

There is no need to feel shame at all if you lose to him.

Wu Jingzhong was covered with a black hood and taken to an armored vehicle.

The convoy blew its horn twice, slowly drove away from the dock, and finally disappeared at the end of the road.

At this time, the broadcast on the ship sounded. The passengers felt like they had eaten a big melon. They were so satisfied and walked off the ship happily.

It was a rare opportunity for them to be on the same ship with such a great man.

What? This big shot is a villain?

That's even better, there's more stuff to talk about.

The passengers left the Cross one by one, and the dock workers prepared to lift the containers according to regulations.

Li Aiguo was directing the lifting work on site when Liu Fang came over with Xiao Qi and Xiao Si.

Xiao Qi saluted Li Aiguo and said, "Uncle driver, I will become a hero like you in the future."

Xiao Qi is just young, not stupid. He saw with his own eyes that the old man who had played spinning top with him was taken away.

Although the old man was wearing a hood, his body shape and walking posture did not change.

Li Aiguo returned the greeting seriously: "Then you should eat more food and vegetables in the future to grow up."

When Xiao Qi heard about eating vegetables, his face turned red because he hated eating vegetables the most.

"Uncle still has work to do, let's go." Liu Fang looked at Li Aiguo gratefully and left with the two children.

"Aiguo, how did you become a hero?" Zhou Qigong, who had been busy counting container data all the way, looked up with a look of surprise.

"Nothing, let's continue working, Lao Zhou, start hoisting."

"Yes!"

Following the command, the crane on the dock extended its long arms and steadily lifted the container onto the train that had been waiting on the tracks nearby.

Secretary Chen noted down the time again: "So far, we have saved nearly one-third of the time."

Secretary Chen was very happy with this result, but Li Aiguo didn't take it too seriously.

If the lifting equipment is complete, the facilities are perfect, and the lifting procedures are standardized, at least half the time can be saved.

But we have to walk one step at a time and eat one bite at a time, so Li Aiguo is not in a hurry.

Woo hoo hoo. Eat like crazy, eat like crazy, eat like crazy
The container was hoisted onto the train, which immediately set off again.

The destination of this train was the freight yard of Wuhan Railway Bureau. When the train arrived at the freight yard, the containers were hoisted down and neatly stacked on the dock.

The consignee, Wu Han Railway Bureau, had already sent a truck to transport the goods.

Section Chief Liu of the Branch Bureau's Materials Department raised his wrist to look at his watch.

"It was five days ahead of schedule, which is quite fast. However, material transportation is not just about speed, but more importantly, it is about ensuring the integrity of the goods.

"Old Ma, start unloading. Remember, you must count the goods clearly before unloading. If there is any loss, record it in time."

"I understand, Chief." Lao Ma understood that Chief Liu was not deliberately looking for trouble.

The branch had suffered this loss before; the goods shipped had a loss of more than 20 percent due to rushing.

In the end, the branch was so angry that its leader went to Beijing to negotiate with the Material Supply Bureau.

However, because the goods had already been signed for, it was difficult to clarify the responsibility, and in the end, they had no choice but to suffer the loss in silence.

Lao Ma walked to the container and handed over the documents.

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Li Aiguo checked as usual and asked the staff to open the door of the container.

"Comrade Li, according to regulations, I need to check it first." Seeing that Li Aiguo was about to ask people to load the goods, Lao Ma stopped him.

"It's my duty." Li Aiguo agreed without hesitation.

Just kidding, although there is no seven days without a reason these days, we can’t deprive people of the right to inspect the goods.

Secretary Chen told Lao Ma: "Please hurry up, our transportation speed this time is going to break the record."

Upon hearing the word "record-breaking", Lao Ma slowed down and checked more carefully.

But as time passed, the more goods Lao Ma checked, the more incredible it seemed to him.

It’s okay if the goods like sleepers are intact, so it’s not surprising.

The key point is that there are two containers filled with hundreds of thermos bottles, enamel basins, porcelain bowls, and beer.

These fragile items were surprisingly intact without any damage at all.

After putting down a beer bottle, Lao Ma came to the last container.

"Open it."

As the container door opened, a strong aroma of apples wafted into the air.

This container is loaded with more than 10 tons of apples. Fruits are most likely to be damaged by bumps during transportation, so Lao Ma is prepared for a 20% loss rate.

After checking all the boxes of apples, Lao Ma frowned and did a rough calculation. He found that the loss rate was less than 5%.

And those rotten apples were rotten naturally, not cracked.

Lao Ma finally thought of a possibility.

"Comrade Li, you didn't transport these apples from not far away, did you?"

Li Aiguo did not explain, but smiled faintly and asked: "Can we load the goods now, comrade? We are in a hurry."

After getting off the ship, he contacted the education department of the maintenance depot through the phone at the dock.

Huang Shuxian went to see Chen Xueru yesterday. According to her observation, Chen Xueru will give birth in the next three to five days.

He had to rush back to the capital as quickly as possible, but he had no time to waste.

Although Lao Ma didn't understand why Li Aiguo was so anxious, after checking all the goods, he immediately arranged for people to start loading.

Section Chief Liu was smoking in a sheltered spot. When he saw the loading had begun, he came over to inquire about the situation.

"Chief, the damage rate of the goods is less than about 2%..." Lao Ma reported the situation in detail.

When Section Chief Liu heard this, he was stunned on the spot. He looked up and down at those strange big boxes for a long time, and suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Comrade, do you want to sell this box?"

Li Aiguo was confused by what Section Chief Liu said.

"This is what's going on. We often have to deliver goods to the construction site. I think it would be convenient if this box was welded to the truck." Section Chief Liu said, rubbing his hands.

"There is no need for welding. All you need is a specially designed truck and a crane to lift the container onto the truck."

"...In this way, even the loading and unloading process can be saved." Section Chief Liu's eyes widened.

But he soon started to wonder again: "A special truck would require cooperation from the Jiefang Factory. How long will it take before it can be used?"

"It won't be long before the domestic large-scale promotion of containers is realized as soon as our road test is successfully completed and the container technology is recognized by the higher authorities."

Li Aiguo is confident about the promotion of containers.

The greatest strength of our country is that it can concentrate its efforts on major tasks and bring the forces of all parties together.

When Section Chief Liu heard that the road test results would affect the promotion of this strange box, he immediately became anxious and kept urging the porters to speed up loading and unloading the trucks.

The loading and unloading work, which would have taken almost a whole day to complete, was completed in less than two hours under the urging of Section Chief Liu.

At this time, the goods delivered back to Beijing by the Railway Materials Bureau were also transported to the freight yard by trucks.

The materials are loaded into containers and then lifted onto trains by cranes.

By the time everything was done, it was almost dark.

Li Aiguo and his companions quickly ate a meal in the canteen of the freight yard. After receiving notification from the dispatcher, they drove the train away from the freight yard.

Because freight trains had to give way to passenger trains, they stopped and started along the way, and it took three days to get back to the capital.

"Fifteen days, three hours and twenty-four minutes, Driver Li, this time we broke the domestic record for transporting supplies!"

The train stopped at the Supply Bureau's Materials Factory. Secretary Chen jumped off the train and held Li Aiguo's hand tightly.

It is no wonder that Secretary Chen is so excited. The successful use of container transportation this time is a great achievement.

"Secretary Chen, if there is nothing else, I would like to leave first." Li Aiguo raised his hand and looked at his watch.

Secretary Chen felt that Li Aiguo was too impatient. The leader of the Materials Bureau would come to the site for inspection soon, and this would be a good opportunity to show off.

"Leave the rest to us." Zhou Qigong knew that Li Aiguo's wife was about to give birth.

"Thanks, Lao Zhou!"

Li Aiguo was extremely anxious at this time. He saw a train slowly starting and preparing to leave the materials factory.

He rushed over quickly and shouted twice towards the driver's building.

A dark head poked out from the side window.

This person is the freight driver of Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

"It's Driver Li. Why are you here?"

"Give me a ride."

Li Aiguo waited for the train to move away for a distance, then ran a few steps and rushed over to grab the railing at the rear of the train.

"Driver Li, you are quite skilled." The driver at the rear of the vehicle reached out and grabbed Li Aiguo's arm and pulled him up.

From the logistics factory to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot, you just have to pass the gate outside the steel rolling mill. Seeing the train coming, the switchman lowered the railing in advance, and the alarm sounded all around.

Passers-by and cyclists stopped one after another.

At this time, the train was slowly coming over, and they suddenly saw a young man jumping off the train.

"Hey, I've seen people hitchhiking on buses, but this is the first time I've seen someone hitchhiking on a train. This guy is pretty brave."

Before everyone could react, the young man slipped away and disappeared into the crowd.

“It seems like it’s a violation this time.”

Li Aiguo didn't care about anything else at this time and ran quickly towards the courtyard.

When he got to the door and just jumped into the yard, an old man shouted at him, "Aiguo, you're back?"

"Just got back, Third Uncle. I have something urgent to do. See you later."

As Li Aiguo spoke, he ran to the backyard.

"Aiguo, your wife just had a stomachache and was taken to the hospital by Wang Dagui from the waste recycling station and her sister-in-law."

Li Aiguo stopped and asked: "Which hospital?"

"It should be the hospital on your railway. Wait a minute. I asked your third aunt to prepare some brown sugar and eggs. You can take them over."

Li Aiguo didn't wait for the third uncle to finish speaking. He turned around and ran back home, pushed his bicycle and rushed out.

"Hey, kid, brown sugar, eggs," the third uncle came out of the house and shouted at Li Aiguo's back, but Li Aiguo ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye.

The third aunt came up and asked, "Old man, what should we do now? Can we still give you the brown sugar and eggs?"

"Send it, of course. If it weren't for patriotism, Xie Cheng would have probably become the son-in-law of Zhangjiazhuang now."

The third uncle also felt a little sorry for the brown sugar and eggs.

There are as much as two taels of brown sugar.

The number of eggs is as high as four.

It took him two full months to save up that much money.

but.

The third uncle is also a man with a long-term vision.

Li Aiguo didn't know that the third uncle was going to bleed heavily this time.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't stop.

Li Aiguo pedaled his bicycle like a hot wheel and rushed to Qianmen Railway Hospital.

Nurse Xiaofang was helping a patient with the hospitalization procedures. When she saw Li Aiguo, she shouted to him, "Brother Aiguo, your sister-in-law is in the delivery room of the obstetrics and gynecology department in the back."

Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the obstetrics and gynecology department and jumped off the bicycle without even bothering to tie up the bicycle.

Li Aiguo pushed the bicycle to the ground and strode into the obstetrics and gynecology department.

At this time, Chen Fangxuan, his elder brother Chen Xingjia, and his elder sister-in-law were waiting at the door of the delivery room.

Seeing Li Aiguo running over, Chen Xingjia hurried over to meet him.

"Patriotic, you are back."

"how is the situation?"

"Xue Ru is still inside. The doctor said that it is a full-term birth, so there shouldn't be any problems."

After hearing this, Li Aiguo felt a little relieved.

The birth rate is high these days, and these obstetricians may have to deliver seven or eight babies a day, so they are very experienced.

In addition, Chen Xueru has always been in good health, so there will be no problem with natural childbirth.

Although we knew it wasn't a big problem, the atmosphere in the corridor was still a little tense.

Even my sister-in-law, who always liked to whimper and make noises, became quiet at this moment and paced nervously in the corridor.

"Yes. It's a boy."

Suddenly, the door of the delivery room opened.

(End of this chapter)