Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

However, the Sancai Gang was not having a good time at this time, mainly because there were fewer and fewer cargo ships docking at Quangang, and most of the coolies who made a living by transporting goods had begun to have difficulty in making ends meet.

Today, the three brothers sat in the Juyi Hall to discuss what methods they should come up with to keep everyone alive in the troubled times.

As the saying goes: "A small boat is easier to turn around."

If you are a single porter and you can't make it at the dock, you can still find ways to do something else and it is much easier to change careers.

But their Sancai Gang now has nearly 500 people, plus their families, at least 2,000 people rely on this for their livelihood. It is too difficult to do anything else.

As they were talking, the youngest Zhang San became a little angry and said viciously:

"Brother, brother, I suggest we just take out the stuff we hid before and go to another city, or just fight the Japanese. It's better than staying here and starving to death."

"Third brother, don't even think about this. You have to know that things are different now. Everyone has families to support. Don't risk your life for no reason."

"Besides, we only have a dozen Liao-13 rifles and a Czech light machine gun. Most importantly, we only have more than 600 rounds of ammunition. This is our last resort."

At this time, Big Brother Tang also said, "Third brother, your second brother is right. With such a tough guy like this, I guess we can't even defeat a combat squad of the Japanese. If we force it, we will only die."

"Back then, the young marshal had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, all of whom were well-equipped, but in the end he still failed to hold on to the three northeastern provinces."

At this point, Zhang San became unhappy and stood up and said excitedly: "Zhang Xiaoliu is no longer my young commander. I will never recognize him even if you kill me."

"Thinking back then, the old coach left behind so much wealth, but that guy squandered it all in just a few years. We were so strong back then, but look at us now, it's so shameful."

"If you ask me, we should have disobeyed the orders of our superiors. At that time, we had a main battalion of troops under our command, and our weapons and ammunition were also very sophisticated. It was no problem for us to kill a squadron of Japanese soldiers. At that time, we should have let the Japanese soldiers see the bloodiness of us Northeastern men."

Having said this, the three people present fell silent, and the atmosphere on the scene became sad.

Those past events are the scars that all Northeastern soldiers are most reluctant to open. Many soldiers who are still alive would rather die there than be looked down upon everywhere now.

After a long while, Don raised his head, sighed, and said in a low voice:

"Third brother, I know you still blame me, but I also had my reasons. At that time, your sister-in-law was already pregnant, your sister-in-law had just married you, and your second brother had elderly parents to support."

"The most important thing is that all our superiors misjudged the situation at the time, which led to an irreversible wrong decision."

Seeing that his elder brother was beginning to feel sad again, Li Er could only pretend to be angry and said:

"Third brother, why are you so ignorant? If it weren't for my eldest brother leading everyone to escape, I think everyone would have died in the city. Think about our families. It's not scary if we die, but how can you let the families of your brothers survive in this chaotic world?"

After hearing this, Zhang San could only bow his head and apologize, saying, "Brother, I was wrong. I didn't mean that. I didn't blame you."

"Forget it, let's not talk about those bad things. It's been so long. We were just small people at that time and we had no choice."

Li Er continued, "Brother, the most important thing now is to find work for our brothers. The price of grain in the market has risen again. If it continues like this, our Sancai Gang can only hold out for two months at most. Then our money and food will be exhausted, and everyone will have to starve."

"Second brother, there is no other solution for now. Send more people to the dock to wait. Once we see a cargo ship docking, we will immediately grab the order. No matter what price the other two companies offer, our Sancai Gang will be 10% lower than others."

"The most important thing now is to give the brothers something to do, even if it's hard and tiring, as long as we can keep everyone alive. We have nothing but our strength now."

Li Er could only nod in agreement, then stood up and went to assign tasks to other people. However, five minutes later, he came back with a smile on his face, and brought someone with him.

"Big brother, third brother, good news, there is a job, and it's a big job."

"Manager Qian, let me introduce you. This is the first and third boss of our Sancai Gang."

Next, after the three of them got to know each other, Qian Yu specifically asked:

"Boss Tang, in a few days, we have a cargo ship that will unload 5,000 tons of supplies at Quangang. I wonder how long it will take for you to unload and store them?"

After hearing this, Brother Tang looked at Brother Li. He was in charge of all these things, especially the wages. Brother Li, who graduated from junior high school, was the best at this.

After hearing this, Brother Li quickly asked, "Manager Qian, I need to know the model of this freighter, the materials it carries, and the unloading tools on board."

Hearing this, Qian Yu also smiled and said, "Professional, the Sancai Gang is indeed the most professional unloading team in Quangang City. Today I saw that it is indeed worthy of its reputation. It seems that I came to the right place this time."

After that, he told his superior about the general information about the freighter. In fact, he was not very clear about these aspects and could only describe the relevant situation based on his memory.

Brother Li calculated it carefully in his mind, and then said seriously: "A 5,000-ton cargo ship is a giant ship and cannot dock directly at the port. It needs to be transferred to a small cargo ship of more than 1,000 tons, and then transferred from the small cargo ship to the dock and then transported to the corresponding warehouse."

"Because the cargo has to be transferred twice, it will take at least three days to unload the cargo. This is only possible if there are enough loading and unloading tools on the cargo ship. Otherwise, it will take even longer."

When Qian Yu heard that it would take so long, he shook his head and said, "We don't have that much time. At most, we will give you 24 hours a day to complete all the steps from unloading to warehousing."

"Manager Qian, if that's the case, that's fine. We can recruit more people and divide them into shifts to work, but we have to pay more."

"How much does it cost to unload this cargo? Tell me a number."

"At least 1,500 French francs are needed. If you want to pay with silver dollars, 1,000 silver dollars will be enough."

After hearing this, Qian Yu did not respond immediately, which made the three people present misunderstand that their offer was too high and the owner of the goods was ready to give up on their Sancai Gang.

He gritted his teeth and whispered, "Manager Qian, if you still think it's too expensive, I'll make the decision. It's 1,300 yuan. This is the lowest price in Quangang City. No one can offer a lower price than us, and it only takes us 20 hours to complete it."

In order to get a job opportunity, he was extremely humble. Now he was two hundred yuan short, and basically had no profit. If he used this money to buy rice, it would only be enough for his brothers and their families to have food for a week.

But there is no way. These days, as long as you have a job, it's already pretty good. You dare not think about anything else.