socalfunplaces Chapter 745
Chapter 745
"Where's the food?"
Meng Haisheng didn't expect that the situation in Snow Country was worse than he remembered.
"Ordinary workers can still eat three meals a day, but the poor are in trouble."
"In the past, there were relatively few small coal mines and small iron mines, but starting from the second half of this year, more and more people have been digging coal and iron mines in Tukum."
"They collect a ton and then secretly send it to me in ox carts in exchange for food."
Speaking of this, Ren Heming was a little nervous.
He was afraid that Meng Haisheng would not agree, so he never mentioned this to Meng Haisheng.
Meng Haisheng nodded slightly, but didn't say anything to Ren Heming.
"The quality of coal ore and iron ore must be well controlled. It's easy for them to mix with stones when they come from small mines like theirs."
"Boss, you can rest assured about this. When I pour out each basket of ore, I will send someone to watch it carefully. Our forest farm doesn't have many other things, but we have a lot of people."
Other forest farms only hire a large number of workers in winter, but Qingchao Forest Farm is different. Workers can find work here all year round.
Not to mention collecting a few tons of ore a day, even if they collect dozens of tons of ore, they are willing to work overtime.
Because every bit of effort they put in is exchanged for money, and this money can fundamentally change the living conditions of the lumberjacks' families.
In the forest farm, there is almost no lazy worker.
No one wants to take the risk of losing their job because of laziness.
"Boss Ren, I will transport a batch of cotton cloth and cotton in the next few days. Ask the people who come to deliver ore if they are willing to exchange."
The reason why Meng Haisheng gave cotton cloth and cotton to ordinary people is to help them.
Their country is in a mess now, and they can't take care of this group of poor people at all. Meng Haisheng can help them, which is also a virtue for his descendants.
"That's great, I'll tell them now."
The exchange rate Meng Haisheng gave was the same as that given to the people above Tukum. Although he sympathized with the poor people, he couldn't disrupt the market.
If the market price was messed up, he would be in trouble.
This time, Meng Haisheng brought a lot of supplies to Guanshan Town, and it was almost impossible to hide them completely.
He simply didn't hide it.
"Boss, I heard that you have grain here. I don't know what the ratio is for steel. I have some steel in my hand."
On the night Meng Haisheng stayed, several waves of people came to ask him about exchanging grain for steel.
It may be necessary to be cautious when mentioning this incident in Beijing, but in Guanshan Town, everyone knows it tacitly.
The courageous ones have come to Guanshan Town to stock up steel as early as the domestic steel sales were opened.
Of course, they all got steel from Tukum on a small scale, and Meng Haisheng couldn't compare.
"How do you want to exchange?"
Meng Haisheng glanced at the thin man in front of him and asked about the price.
"One ton of wheat for half a ton of steel."
Meng Haisheng saw that the man in front of him opened his mouth and laughed. They were treating him as a fool.
"The ratio is not good."
The visitor was not surprised to see Meng Haisheng say this. He wanted to argue with Meng Haisheng again to see if he could make this deal.
Unfortunately, Meng Haisheng did not give him this opportunity at all and drove him away directly.
Lin Jinyan, who had been sitting by the stove boiling water and making tea, saw that the room had finally quieted down and said, "Hou Song, go to the door and tell the boss not to let anyone in. We don't exchange steel with the outside world."
"Okay."
Hou Song was also annoyed, so he simply took a bag of melon seeds and went to the door to chat with the boss, and drove away some annoying flies by the way.
"These black-hearted businessmen are crazy about money. Tukum has already exchanged 1 ton of grain for 1.5 tons of steel. They just want to make the money of a ton of steel by reselling it."
Lin Jinyan handed the teacup in his hand to Meng Haisheng, with a hint of anger in his words.
"As a businessman, if you can make more money, you must make more. Even if it's 1 to 0.5, if you transport the steel back to the capital, there will be a lot of profit."
As a businessman, Meng Haisheng understands them very well.
"We will go to see Gogol tomorrow. Do you think the ratio we want is acceptable?"
"It's not a big problem. The Snow Country is not short of steel and coal, but food and cotton cloth. This winter is much colder than in previous years. If there are not enough warm clothes, I'm afraid many people will die in the winter."
"For the stability of the country, even if the Snow Country does not exchange materials with us openly, it will send people over secretly."
"I guess this Gogol is just a contact person. There are more powerful people behind him."
Lin Jinyan responded. He thought so too.
In the face of national crisis, the Snow Country will definitely actively exchange materials.
At the same time, Yin Limin personally brought people to Guanshan Town. Some time agoThe exchange of grain for steel was not very smooth, and the price of steel he got was also relatively high.
Later, under the guidance of an expert, he learned that many people in Guanshan Town exchanged grain for steel at a very low price.
He learned from other people that Meng Haisheng also exchanged grain for steel in Guanshan Town, and the scale was particularly large, often transporting trains to Beijing.
Yin Limin felt that he was more powerful than Meng Haisheng, a young boy. He wanted to come to Guanshan Town and snatch this grain-for-steel line from Meng Haisheng.
In the future, only he, Yin Limin, can do this business. No matter who wants to interfere in this matter, he will die.
"Boss, I have found out that Meng Haisheng and his brother-in-law brought a few people to Guanshan Town yesterday. They stayed in a small hotel. Many people came to their door and wanted to exchange grain for steel with them. Meng Haisheng has not agreed yet."
Li Feng, Yin Limin's little follower, smiled and walked up to talk to Yin Limin.
From the aspect of accommodation, Li Feng felt that Meng Haisheng and his group were not strong enough.
When Yin Limin came to Guanshan Town, he stayed in the best town guesthouse here, while Meng Haisheng and his group could only stay in a small hotel. This is the difference between being capable and incompetent.
"Let's not act in a hurry. Let's see how Meng Haisheng and his group exchange grain for steel. Have you asked how much grain Meng Haisheng brought this time?"
"I found out that Meng Haisheng brought a train of goods. He did not unload the goods in Guanshan Town, but in a place called Qingchao Station. He has a large warehouse there."
"How far is his warehouse from Guanshan Town?"
Yin Limin was very puzzled. If he wanted to trade with people in Guanshan Town after unloading the grain so far away, wouldn't it be very troublesome?
"The warehouse is not far from Guanshan Town. It's only a few stops away by train."
Yin Limin responded, feeling that Meng Haisheng was not very smart. Wouldn't it be more convenient to put the grain in the Guanshan Town granary?
However, Yin Limin was a man who had experienced many ups and downs. He knew that Meng Haisheng must have his reasons for doing so, so he was not in a hurry. He only sent Li Feng out to find out how Meng Haisheng exchanged grain for steel in Guanshan Town.