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

The Quangang incident this time is extremely serious, and we need to have our own people here to keep an eye on it at all times, especially since it involves huge interests and various problems can easily arise.

Tang Yichen is a reliable person and a relatively upright person. Putting him in Quangang is a great responsibility.

"Old Tang, the matter has been settled. There are also some old classmates of ours here. I will introduce them to you tomorrow. You can accompany me for a walk later."

"Okay, Director Xu!"

I don’t know when it started, but the way the two people addressed each other changed, from Lao Xu to Section Chief Xu, and then to Director Xu.

However, Director Xu still wanted to try to save the relationship. After all, a true close friend was not uncommon, and he did not want to turn a good friend into an obedient subordinate, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Old Tang, I've told you countless times, just call me Old Xu. Calling me Director Xu is a bit awkward."

"Director Xu, etiquette must be maintained. If others hear this, they'll think I'm disrespectful, and it will be even harder to carry out our work here."

Faced with this set of rhetoric, Director Xu had no choice but to specifically instruct him to change into a set of merchant's clothes and go to the market together later.

Tang Yichen looked at his boss's back as he turned around, and suddenly felt a lot of emotion in his heart: the fate of this person is simply incomparable to that of others.

Previously at the Military Control Commission headquarters, he was a deputy section chief of the General Affairs Department and had a little power in his hands, while the waiter was a person who could be stepped on by everyone and bullied everywhere.

But who could have imagined that with the help of a noble person, a person was promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel in just a few months, and was also promoted to a powerful director.

Even he, a marginal figure who was frustrated at the headquarters, rose to prominence along with his friends and came to a vast world.

Although his position was promoted from deputy section chief to section chief, on the surface it was only a promotion of one level, but many things cannot be judged by appearances alone.

When he was in the mountain city, he was useless as the deputy section chief of general affairs. He only managed five or six people. His biggest job every day was to move and count supplies. He was just a small role at the headquarters and was dispensable.

But now he has become a powerful section chief, managing hundreds of people. And according to Director Xu, he will be placed in Quangang to take charge in the future. This is something many people dare not even dream of.

As the old saying goes: "It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix."

If he can stand on his own, his future prospects will be limitless. Moreover, Quangang is the territory of the national government. As long as he can transport a large amount of supplies back to the mountain city, promotion will be a matter of minutes.

As for calling Director Xu "Old Xu", our Section Chief Tang could only smile in his heart. Now that his status is different, how could he still be as presumptuous as before? Wouldn't that be giving others an advantage?

About ten minutes later, the two men changed into vendors' clothes and came to the streets of Quangang to confirm the situation there.

I mainly want to check out the prices of items here. If the prices in the mountain city are too different, then getting a batch back would be a good option.

Ordinary businessmen may encounter all kinds of difficulties, but they will not do so under the banner of the Military Control Commission. On the contrary, they can obtain all kinds of preferential treatment. After all, no department dares to cause trouble for the Military Control Commission.

As more supplies are brought back, Boss Dai will be much more generous. After many people have made contributions, they can be directly given food or canned food. This is more practical than giving them money directly, and it can appreciate in value after being kept for a period of time. It is a good way to win people's hearts and make their subordinates more loyal to their work.

Director Xu first went to a grocery store in the city and asked about a kettle, "Boss, this kettle is quite unique. How much is it?"

"Sir, you have good taste. This is the most popular style right now. It costs eight dollars each."

After hearing the price, Director Xu felt it was a good deal. In the mountain city, this kind of kettle would cost at least 20 yuan each. However, this thing was too large and would easily break during long-distance transportation, so it would be too risky to transport it back.

"By the way, how much is one pound of these nails?"

What surprised Director Xu was that this small grocery store could actually sell various ironware, which was extremely rare. Compared with basic necessities such as food and cotton cloth, things like iron nails were easier to transport, and if they were transported back, they would greatly enhance the industrial strength of the rear.

After all, nails are iron nails, at least they are made of iron. Even the good ones are made of low-carbon steel. It would be good even if they were shipped back at a high price and melted into steel for producing weapons.

You know, transporting back ten tons of steel and transporting back ten tons of grain are completely different concepts. Before in Taiyuan, he tried every means to collect a large amount of steel materials from the market, whether it was nails or various iron spare parts, he bought them at a high price and transported them back.

However, those nails were produced by the Japanese and were of extremely poor quality. They were mixed with scrap steel slag and various impurities in pig iron. As a result, although they could be used after being transported back, they could only be used as nails, which made Director Xu happy for nothing.

This also means that if he wants to purchase this kind of supplies this time, he must confirm the specific details in advance, so as not to buy inferior products and make a fool of himself.

When he heard that it was only five yuan per pound, he was shocked. In the rear, even the most ordinary iron nails cost twenty yuan. The cost of transporting the iron nails collected from Taiyuan back was only fifteen yuan, but here it was only five yuan. Even though the distance here was far, it would only cost nine yuan to transport it back, which was more than double the profit.

"Boss, how's the quality of these nails? Are they made of that low-quality pig iron?"

"Sir, to be honest, I asked about it when I was buying the goods. It seems to be made of low-carbon steel. Anyway, it is strong and durable, and the quality is excellent."

In fact, these nails were produced and processed in other bases. Since our two major industrial zones have the ability to produce machines, the industrialization process of each base has accelerated a lot.

For example, the most basic industrial product, iron nails, are made using special machines for manufacturing nails, and their production efficiency is much higher than that of hand forging.

The steel used to produce nails is also ordinary low-carbon steel, which can be produced by the small steel plant developed in the industrial zone. Of course, the best iron ore is used.

This is also the courage that Kong Haogang has to use simple equipment to refine ordinary low-carbon steel. After all, if the raw materials are good, the requirements for equipment and technology will be much lower.

There are many small steel mills like this in our major bases. They are mainly used to produce steel products with low performance requirements, such as nails, screws, nuts, and rods.

This will also increase our steel production, which is also a necessity for production. However, the production capacity of our steel production lines is limited and they are used to produce various weapons and key components.