Wake up suddenly, back to the time when my wife and daughter had an accident

Chapter 552

Outside the wooden house, there were piles of firewood of different sizes. Some were whole dead trees, and some were branches cut down when felling trees.

I don’t know how long they have been here, but they have dried out.

Ren Heming took out the axe he carried with him, chopped some firewood in a few strokes, and lit a bonfire in the wooden house.

As the bonfire was lit, Meng Haisheng and his companions finally recovered.

He rubbed his stiff face and said, "It's much colder in the mountains than outside."

"The closer we get to the Snow Country, the colder it gets. It's only November and the Snow Country has probably had several heavy snowstorms."

"If we order steel, we probably won't be able to ship it often in such a cold weather. It would be good if we can ship it twice a week."

"As long as there is enough food, Tukum is willing to ship every day, but I'm afraid our warehouse can't hold it."

Meng Haisheng nodded slightly. This is a problem.

However, the winters on the border are particularly long. If he wants to expand the warehouse, he can only wait until the beginning of next spring.

But there is no rush for these things. As long as he can get in touch with Tukum, he will have a whole year next year to slowly replace the steel.

The bonfire was lit, and Ren Heming cooked a pot of hot sweet potato porridge for everyone. With something warm in their stomachs, they could barely stay for the remaining two hours.

Getting back on the road, Meng Haisheng thought that he would definitely add a cover to the carriage next time he went to Tukum. It was too painful to sit in an open top.

"We have crossed the border. The village below is the village of the Snow Country. We will stay there tonight and go to Tukum tomorrow."

Meng Haisheng looked down the mountain and saw a small village with more than a dozen households not far away.

The houses in the village are quite similar to those in Qingchao Village. If Meng Haisheng didn't tell him, he really couldn't tell which one was from the Snow Country and which one was their own.

Ren Heming is very familiar with this place, which shows that he has been here more than once or twice.

When they entered the village, they met the people of Snow Country. Ren Heming came forward to greet them enthusiastically.

He spoke Snow Country language very fluently.

Meng Haisheng thought that it was no wonder that Ren Heming dared to do the business of exchanging grain for steel in the future. He had laid a solid foundation for himself now.

"Today we will stay in the village. I will give them 10 kilograms of wheat."

The reason why Ren Heming and his team drove two carriages here was that in addition to passengers, he also brought a lot of food. It was obvious that Ren Heming wanted to exchange things.

The people of Snow Country looked at Meng Haisheng and greeted them enthusiastically.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jinyan could speak Snow Country language, and he spoke it quite well.

After the group settled down, Meng Haisheng asked curiously, "Brother, when did you learn the Snow Country language?"

"When we were in the army, many of us could speak it."

Zhang Ting and Hou Song, who were standing by, heard what Lin Jinyan said and echoed, "Boss, there are so many of us learning together, but only you can speak it so well. We can't do that."

Meng Haisheng was upset now. Could it be that he was the only one who couldn't speak a word among the group?

As a person who has experienced it, Meng Haisheng has also mastered several languages, but he really didn't learn the Snow Country language.

This is the difference between the times, even learning languages ​​is different.

The next morning, the group went to Tukum. The road here is a little easier to walk, and they arrived at the border town of Snow Country a long time ago.

Their arrival did not attract the attention of the people of Snow Country. Meng Haisheng, sitting in the carriage, looked around and saw Chinese people walking on the street from time to time.

No wonder no one paid attention to them. It seems that there are many Chinese people doing business here.

"I'll take you to find Ivan first. After we finish talking about things, we'll go back to the village to spend the night. Tukum is not safe."

"Okay, let's make a quick decision."

Ren Heming drove the carriage to an inconspicuous alley in Tukum. Although the gold he exchanged for grain was not much, he could make a small profit by taking it back to China.

After the grain in his hand was sold, Ren Heming took people to find Ivan.

Tukum is much larger than Guanshan Town. On the surface, the two countries are not much different, but Meng Haisheng knows that the people of Snow Country are not having a good time at the moment. It is not easy for them to exchange their gold, oil, and steel for grain.

After turning around on the street, we finally arrived at Ivan's house.

This is a stone-structured house with a single door and a two-story house in the yard.

Meng Haisheng only took a look at the house and guessed that Ivan was not a simple person.

Those who can afford to live in such a two-story building are probably those who have some power.

"Ivan is the sales team leader of Tukum Steel Plant. Although he is not a high-ranking official, he can definitely get us the steel we want."

"Well, I don't know the price either.How about the price.

"For grain in exchange for steel, the price changes every day, but the lowest exchange rate is 1:1.2."

Meng Haisheng nodded slightly. Now the price of wheat in China is more than 800 per ton, and the price of steel is about 1,000.

But the price of steel is set by the state. In the next two years, the price of steel entering the market will be 4,000 to 6,000 per ton.

It is a huge profit to exchange grain for steel in this way.

"Okay, you can talk to Ivan first. The higher the ratio, the better. It is not easy for us to transport grain here."

"Understood."

Soon Ivan came out.

He was a man with a beard. When he saw Ren Heming, he gave him a bear hug very happily.

"My friend, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"I'm not busying myself, but I just came here to bring you a big deal, but I don't know if you dare to do it. ”

“What big deal? As long as you don’t ask me for a few truckloads of guns, other deals are easy to deal with. We have been checking strictly recently and have stopped us from reselling guns privately.”

“Not guns, my friends want steel.”

Ivan’s eyes lit up when he heard about steel.

Reselling guns is profitable, but it is also risky. Anyone who has anything to do with guns is watched by bigwigs.

But steel is a different matter. He can sell dozens of tons with just a flick of his finger.

If it is food, it is too easy to sell.

“What kind of food do you want? I have plenty of steel here. We can exchange it at any time if the price is right.”

“It’s mainly wheat and corn, but not much. You know it’s hard to get train cars now. Even if I have more food, I can’t transport it to you.”

“One train car is fine. The train to our side can carry 60 tons of wheat. "

Looking at Ivan's excitement, Meng Haisheng knew how much he wanted this grain.

"Now the exchange rate for grain to steel is not 1:1. The round-trip freight and various miscellaneous expenses will cost a lot of money."

"Dear friend, what ratio do you want? We have known each other for so many years, and a similar price will do."