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"transportation?"

When Zhang Yun heard Huang Chunlai's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what was going on.

Indeed, the villagers of Laoshiqiao Village quarry and chisel stones all within the village. As long as the villagers work together, producing 100 standard stone blocks a day is not a problem.

But transporting tea from Laoshiqiao Village to Jiuwan Village is a distance of five or six miles. How many stone slabs can be carried there by manpower in a day?

In any case, the number of villagers in Laoshiqiao Village is limited, and the allocation of stone producers and delivery personnel is a difficult problem.

The main reason is that Zhang Yun needs too many stone blocks, which makes it difficult for Laoshiqiao Village to allocate manpower.

If it's Zhang Yun's house, and only the foundation needs stone blocks, then allocating people from Laoshiqiao Village wouldn't be a problem; they could definitely arrange it.

However, Zhang Yun demanded that the wall also be built with high stone blocks, which increased the number of blocks by more than ten times, leaving Laoshiqiao Village with insufficient manpower.

After figuring out the problem, Zhang Yun suddenly smiled and said, "Captain, I'll take care of the transportation issue. You just need to focus on producing the stone blocks."

"So, all you have to do is produce the stone blocks and place them in that open space. I'll arrange for someone to come and haul them away. How about that?"

transportation?

What might be a problem for others is a simple matter for Zhang Yun.

With the spiritual spring space there, all you need to do is touch it.

Of course, Zhang Yun could only 'transport' these stones under the cover of night.

"Really?"

When Huang Chunlai heard Zhang Yun's words, he was stunned for a moment, then asked with surprise.

"Really, you just take care of production, I'll find someone to transport it."

Zhang Yun emphasized it again.

Huang Chunlai and the villagers around him were immediately overjoyed, as this would save them a lot of trouble.

"Alright, since you've said so, young friend Zhang, our cooperation will be much simpler."

"So, the standard stone strips we produce have always been priced at 2 yuan each, with shipping costs extra. But now that you're handling the shipping yourself, we'll just sell the stone strips."

"Since Mr. Zhang needs a large quantity of stone slabs, our Laoshiqiao Village will certainly offer some discounts. How about we price them at 1.8 yuan per piece?"

As the production team leader, Huang Chunlai's word was law, and he readily quoted a price.

In fact, Huang Chunlai had already estimated in his mind that Zhang Yun would need at least 3000 standard stone blocks.

If this deal goes through, Shiqiao Brigade will earn nearly six thousand yuan, which is a huge sum of money. If it is divided among the members of Shiqiao Brigade, each member will receive an average of more than fifty yuan.

Huang Chunlai was naturally very happy to have made such a large sum of money out of nowhere.

Zhang Yun knew the dimensions of these standard stone blocks: one meter long and 30 centimeters high and wide. Given the size of his house, he would need at least 3000 standard stone blocks.

It was precisely because of such a large demand that Huang Chunlai offered discounts. Of course, Zhang Yun's capture of Ma Zhongguo was also a way of avenging Huang Chunlai's son.

This price is already very favorable.

"Okay, this price it is."

"Captain, I understand your rules; you have to pay a deposit first."

"How about this, we'll settle the bill for 100 pieces of stone as one order."

"Now, I'll give you 180 yuan first, and you can start producing stone slabs."

“My idea is that you need to ensure at least 200 stone slabs every day. Once you have these 200 stone slabs stacked up, I will have someone come and transport them away. At the same time, I will also give you the other half of the surplus money.”

Zhang Yun was also very decisive, immediately agreeing to the price and stating his requirements.

Upon hearing this, Huang Chunlai thought, "Of course, that's great."

Paying half the deposit and then paying the other half upon delivery is a very reasonable request.

Producing 200 stone blocks a day is a heavy task, but it can be accomplished if all the members of the Shiqiao Brigade are mobilized.

Anyway, there are still sixteen or seventeen days until the busy farming season. Taking advantage of this slack time to produce stone slabs will increase the income of the Shiqiao Production Brigade.

Good thing, absolutely good thing.

"Okay, it's settled."

Huang Chunlai took the 180 yuan, said okay, and immediately issued a receipt.

The cooperation between the two parties was thus agreed upon.

After discussing some details, Zhang Yun left the cave and prepared to leave Laoshiqiao Village.

Zhang Li'an also left; he had a bicycle, so he could ride alongside Zhang Yun.

After leaving the crowd of people seeing him off in Laoshiqiao Village, Zhang Li'an finally spoke.

"Zhang Yun, are you interested in joining the militia?"

It turns out that after Zhang Li'an handed Ma Zhongguo over to the police station, he stayed in Laoshiqiao Village for this very purpose.

He wanted to join the police station, but Ma Zhongguo also got into trouble, leaving the militia team with two fewer members. Zhang Li'an then wanted Zhang Yun to join to replenish the personnel.

"Militia?"

"Captain Zhang, I really have no interest. The main problem is that if I join the militia, I will lose my freedom, which is not what I want."

Zhang Yun answered truthfully.

The militia, to put it bluntly, are auxiliary police.

To outsiders, the militia does seem to have some power and is armed, making them appear quite imposing.

However, the militia was not formally established. They usually participated in the work of the production team, and in case of emergencies, the militia would be sent out to assist in the work.

Because Zhang Yun has a spiritual spring space, and he needs to sell the wild beasts in that space, he won't participate in the production team's labor, nor can he always assist others with their work.

Anyway, Zhang Yun can't do jobs with strict rules.

Zhang Li'an was stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected Zhang Yun to refuse so decisively.

“Zhang Yun, as long as you make contributions in the militia, I will arrange for you to work in the police station in the future.”

Zhang Li'an offered another tempting condition; he still didn't want to give up on Zhang Yun.

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Yun waved his hand and said with a smile, "Captain Zhang, I appreciate your kindness. But I really can't do the work of the militia. You should give the opportunity to someone else."

Now that things had come to this point, Zhang Li'an could see that Zhang Yun truly had no intention of joining the militia.

Since that's the case, Zhang Li'an didn't want to force it.

After all, Zhang Yun had saved Zhang Li'an at Songshushan last time, and this time he had captured Ma Zhongguo. Zhang Li'an couldn't force Zhang Yun to do anything, whether for personal or professional reasons.

"Alright, I won't try to persuade you anymore. At the next fork in the road, I'll be heading back to the commune. See you later."

Zhang Li'an said calmly.

At this moment, Zhang Yun suddenly asked, "Captain Zhang, you've been in the militia for so long, you should have rifles, right?"

"To be honest, I want to go hunting in the mountains, and I really need a good rifle."

"I wonder if Captain Zhang could help me with this."

Actually, at that time, the country had not yet banned guns, and supply and marketing cooperatives did sell guns. However, the supply and marketing cooperatives only sold air rifles and handguns, which did not meet Zhang Yun's needs.

Rifles are still the most powerful; they shoot farther and are more effective.

You want a rifle?

Zhang Li'an was slightly startled. After a moment of silence, he said, "You can't buy it through official channels."

"However, if you join the militia's technical department, you can legally own a rifle."

Zhang Yun was taken aback. After all this, was he really going to join the militia?

"Oh, don't overthink it. Joining the militia's technical department only means being in charge of training new militia members. You don't need to report for duty or participate in any specific operations, which is exactly the kind of freedom you mentioned."

Zhang Li'an gave a detailed explanation.

Zhang Yun's face immediately lit up with joy; this job was great!

"Captain Zhang, you've convinced me. Okay, I want to join the militia company's technical department."

Zhang Yun immediately responded.