The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 57 Return to Beijing Again
this day.

Liu Tao left Panshan Machinery Factory in a jeep and headed for Kun City.

Like before, Liu Tao was going to fly to Beijing this time to save time.

But he had to meet Wang Tiezhu in Kun City.

After more than two hours, the jeep drove into the compound of the Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office, and Liu Tao went directly to Wang Tiezhu's office.

"Director, this batch of arms depends on you to coordinate!" Liu Tao saw Wang Tiezhu and shook Wang Tiezhu's hand.

The orders to be delivered to Iraq are all ready and will be loaded onto the train and shipped to Guangzhou today.

There is a port in Guangzhou where Iraqi merchant ships can dock and transport arms.

All of these had to be coordinated by Wang Tiezhu and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, as Panshan Machinery Factory did not have that much power.

Wang Tiezhu said solemnly: "We have contacted Guangdong Province. The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building sent a working group to Yangcheng a few days ago!"

This order was the first order that was transformed from free aid to paid sales.

This is of great significance for how to transform into an international arms dealer. After all, no one knows how to sell arms. No one has ever been an arms dealer and there is no experience.

This order also gave the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building a good reputation.

Not long ago, a delegation from the Third Ministry of Machine Building went to Egypt and returned excitedly with an order worth $1.67 million, thinking that it was the first arms order in history. However, they were told that the honor had already belonged to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

You have to know that the delegation of the Third Ministry of Machine Building went abroad with only 5 US dollars. They had a mission, the purpose of which was not only to promote new cooperation with Egypt, but also to transform from free aid to arms dealers.

After enduring all kinds of hardships and overcoming countless difficulties, the final result was that a young man in Beijing easily got an order worth more than 20 million US dollars.

"Go to the capital without any worries. As long as the other party has inspected the arms and paid the balance, we can ship them." Wang Tiezhu said, "You can get in touch with Yangcheng at any time after you go to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building."

Liu Tao nodded slightly.

A week ago, he began to contact the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and got in touch with Rashid and Al, asking them to arrange merchant ships to go to Guangzhou.

Yun Province is good in every way except for a port.

Otherwise there wouldn't be any need to go through so much trouble.

Because this is the first order with Iraq, not only is there a deposit required, but the balance must also be paid upon shipment.

Otherwise, if the other party breaches the contract, he will have no choice.

If they are international arms dealers, they dare to ship the goods after receiving the deposit, and they don't worry about the customers not paying. Because if they don't pay, these international arms dealers have many ways to make customers pay a huge price.

"This time when you go to Beijing, you must listen more, watch more, talk less, and be humble." Wang Tiezhu repeatedly reminded Liu Tao. He was worried that Liu Tao would be young and frivolous and leave a bad impression on his superiors.

Liu Tao said: "Director, don't worry!"

This time he was in Beijing for a total of one week. During this week, Panshan Machinery Factory did not stop production just to complete the orders, but continued to produce at full capacity.

Now the signs have already appeared in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Afghanistan is now in turmoil. Three coups have taken place in six years. The "April Revolution" that took place this spring has made Liu Tao see the signs. It is not long before the Soviet steel torrent sweeps across Afghanistan. Liu Tao seems to see a polar bear rushing into the graveyard of empires.

As for the situation between Iran and Iraq, Liu Tao has been paying close attention to it. Since a large-scale movement against the king broke out in Persia two years ago, the Pahlavi dynasty has entered a countdown. In January of this year, King Pahlavi was forced to go abroad for a "long vacation". In April, the Pahlavi Kingdom officially concluded that Persia had established a system of combining politics and religion.

Now all that’s left is to detain the embassy staff, thus triggering an Iranian hostage crisis.

Iraq, benefiting from its oil exports, has implemented welfare policies that are the envy of some developed countries. In addition to free medical care and free education, it also has enviable housing policies and free pensions.

Iraq's military strength is also very strong. Judging from the data on paper, it is definitely the third largest military power in the world.

After all, Annan has been badly beaten and suffered heavy losses, and its paper data is already worse than that of Iraq.

As for China, its military strength ranks sixth or seventh in the world. In the evening, Liu Tao's plane had landed at the Beijing Airport.

In the capital of this era, there were no tall buildings or busy traffic, but bicycles could be seen everywhere.

Those who work far away take the bus; those who commute nearby ride bicycles.

At this time, China is the kingdom of bicycles!
A bicycle is also one of the three major items for a wedding. If you have a Phoenix brand bicycle, you can ride it like a gust of wind.

As for cars, there are very few of them. There are no more than 5,000 cars in the entire capital.

Liu Tao took the bus and went home first.

"Son~~Why are you back?" Chen Fang was cooking and was surprised to see Liu Tao opening the door.

"I went to Beijing to attend a meeting. Where's my dad? He hasn't come back yet?" Liu Tao looked around and saw that Liu Zhenbang and Liu Ziyu were not at home.

Liu Tao put his briefcase on the sofa and sat down.

Then he opened his backpack and took out the envelope.

Of course, you can't come back empty-handed.

There are various tickets in this envelope, all of which are valid throughout the country.

In addition, there is the passbook.

Liu Tao did not bring back the banknotes from Yunnan Province, as they could not be used in Beijing. As for the money in the passbook, he could withdraw it from the bank at any time.

Liu Tao has no need for money at Panshan Machinery Factory.

He took all the money home.

Chen Fang had had her previous experience, so when she looked at the tickets and passbooks Liu Tao took out, she was no longer afraid.

"Son, our family is not short of money now. You can keep it for marrying a wife in the future," said Chen Fang.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Mom, leave the money at home. We can help my eldest sister and second sister later, or borrow money from relatives."

"I'm not in a hurry to get married." He doesn't even have a partner, so why should he be in a hurry?

"Alas, your elder sister and second sister are also suffering." Chen Fang was sad.

The educated youth who went to the countryside to work can no longer come back and can only stay where they are.

The eldest sister went to the Great Northern Wilderness, and the second sister went to Yunnan Province.

The distance is so long that we have been communicating through letters for all these years.

"Mom, this time when I go back, I will ask someone to help arrange for my second sister and others to work in our factory. From now on, they can come back once or twice a year." Liu Tao had an idea.

Chen Fang shook her head. "We can't go against the principles of the organization."

Upon hearing this, Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This generation has firm beliefs and has made greater contributions to the motherland.

However, he had already made up his mind. As a time traveler who had experienced all kinds of things later, Liu Tao did not have this psychological barrier.

Liu Tao is willing to do anything if it can help his loved ones.

Anyway, Panshan Machinery Factory is growing continuously and needs people everywhere. Coming here will also contribute to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Working in the Yunnan Provincial Construction Corps is to contribute to the construction of the motherland, and coming to Panshan Machinery Factory is also to make contributions to the motherland.

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