Guo Yi has been running around everywhere these days. The more he knows, the less he understands. 【Read full text】
He originally thought it was just a short business trip of two or three days, but now he reported to his boss that he wanted to stay longer. From the tone of his voice on the phone, Guo Yi knew that his boss thought he was a bit busy, or that he wanted to take the opportunity to travel. It was fun, but the development of things had made him more and more interested.
First of all, he found that people came almost every day. Not many people came, but they had a southern accent and a northern accent. Most of them were young and basically male. And they are not workers from labor-intensive enterprises that are common in this area. They all carry a lot of luggage.
Secondly, while visiting local businesses that the company had contacted, he discovered something unusual.
In various professional wholesale markets around this city, the sales volume of some commodities has skyrocketed in the past three months. A preliminary summary shows that the items with significant increases include: various foods, medical equipment, drugs, tools, water pumps, electric motors, Small power machines, various specifications of high-quality carbon steel, alloy steel materials, electrolytic copper and other metal raw materials, measuring instruments, ready-made clothing, footwear, etc.
Thinking of the nationwide purchases of Cross Travel Company, Guo Yi concluded without hesitation that these purchases should also be from Cross Travel Company. Obviously, they divide procurement into two parts. Ordinary, simple items are purchased locally; items with relatively high technical content or significant regional price differences are purchased directly from other places.
Guo Yi was no longer too lazy to assume what they were planning to do. He decided to go directly to the company to have a look.
I took a motorcycle to the base. The training base looked quite old. Most of the buildings were from the 1960s and 1970s. The office building in the middle was slightly newer and had a history of more than ten years. He didn't see that the company had done any construction, although he found that Chuanchuan Company had purchased a lot of construction machinery. The door of the base was open, and there were two old men chatting and smoking in the concierge. It looked as normal as possible. Guo Yi was worried that if he showed his ID and went in directly, he would alert others. Then he climbed up a nearby hill and observed it with a telescope for a while.
On the playground, you can see teams wearing grass-green training uniforms divided into several groups. Doing queue training. His lens suddenly stopped, and he could clearly see several queues holding short bamboo poles in their hands, and some people carrying military drums. Although the sound could not be heard from a distance, these people were obviously beating the drum beats. The rhythm is marching. One moment the queue spreads out into a horizontal formation, another moment into a column, and suddenly it becomes a square formation again. Then, the people in the front row half-crouched with their bamboo poles thrust upward, while those in the back stood with their bamboo poles raised horizontally, creating a strange posture.
What are you doing? Guo Yi himself went through military training in high school, college, and when he joined the workforce. In his memory, the content of queue training never included this.
Guo Yi tried his best to adjust the focus and saw these people then perform a whole set of actions: playing with the bamboo pole, taking something out of his chest, putting it to his mouth to make a bite gesture, and then playing with the top of the bamboo pole... The more he looked, the more he became more and more confused. Confused - these people have nothing in their hands except bamboo poles?
"Weird thing." He muttered, unable to understand the purpose of these ghost-drawing movements. He moved the telescope to another place. Next to the sand pit, there was a group of people practicing hand-to-hand combat. The instructor-looking person among them was obviously from the field army - there were many retired soldiers in Guo Yi's unit. The tempered physical strength of a professional soldier can be felt even from a long distance.
The focus was adjusted to the maximum, and I saw many iron barrels and angle steel piled on the dock. Some people were welding something, and sparks were everywhere. There are also two small rowing boats on the dock.
"What kind of evil moth is this company doing..."
Guo Yizai wandered around for a long time, and finally returned to the city disappointedly. He found nothing but growing doubts.
That night, Guo Yi came out of the hotel, walked around the street, found a small restaurant and drank two bottles of beer. I felt so depressed. He has never doubted his IQ, and he has experienced a lot of things over the years of his work. It doesn't take long for him to be able to figure out ordinary things. But this matter in front of him has left him in a fog.
"It's better to go back first." Guo Yi thought, it wouldn't be a problem to stay here. It has been four days since then, and the investigation cannot go on endlessly. Judging from the information we have, this company is a bit suspicious, but it has not done anything that hinders social stability and unity. It has the freedom to purchase so many things. As for whether it is money laundering or other problems, let the relevant departments come and take care of it. .
Guo Yi's investigation more or less reached the ears of the Executive Committee through social activities between Zhong Lizhi and several local people. However, the fact that the news came out shows that no one took it seriously. Xiao Zishan was a little worried. At this point, the matter was already at the end. No one wanted the same result as the men's football team. In the morning, he went to the cafeteria to eat and hurriedly looked for Wen Desi.
"I think it's nothing." Wen Desi thought for a moment and said, "Just let him check it out. We haven't done anything illegal. He can't find any problems."
"It's better to hurry up, the nights are long and the dreams are many."
"Have all the people expected to register been confirmed?"
"All have been confirmed, and there are still 19 people who will all arrive before next Thursday. I have also confirmed those who are not participating."
"Then we will have a general meeting next Friday."
"Are all the relevant proposals ready?"
"In the past few days, various groups have been discussing and making various suggestions, and everyone's emotions are quite high."
While they were talking, the door of the office opened and the travel-stained Wang Luobin walked in. He is currently responsible for the project establishment, approval and procurement of material preparation in the executive committee. Traveling around a lot. In the past three months, he has concentrated on the issue of ships.
Travelers discovered in the time-travel trade that the energy of the wormhole gradually decays with the passage of time it is open. The longer the wormhole is open, the more energy the wormhole consumes.
Small-scale cross-trading trade involves no more than a few trailers at most. When the total time travel operation begins, thousands of tons of material will have to pass through the wormhole - the plan of using a fleet of vehicles to transport materials and personnel is obviously not feasible - the time to travel is too long, and it is likely that it will be exhausted before it is completely transported. Final energy.
The only thing that can pass through a wormhole in a short time and transport a large amount of material is a ship - a ship as large as possible. The purchase list of Chuanzhong is getting bigger and bigger. Without a big ship, it is impossible to send hundreds of living people and thousands of tons of equipment and supplies to the 17th century all at once.
In addition to the transportation itself, a modern cargo ship is the epitome of a modern industrial society, with various main engines and auxiliary machines, high and low pressure pipelines, pumps, cables, electronic communication and observation equipment, desalination equipment, small machine repair workshops, health clinics... A ship, before the base on Earth 6 was built, was a complete modern world. Travelers could get support from power and processing equipment in this modern base. The biggest advantage is that it can maintain basic modern living conditions for a considerable period of time, lest modern people who are accustomed to these enjoyments suddenly feel that the living conditions are too difficult and have a nervous breakdown.
Finally, there is a considerable military role. The huge iron ship is enough to create a shocking sense of oppression. The steel body is not afraid of any cannonballs and arson weapons. Even if a brave man wants to jump into a gang, he still has to climb the freeboard that is as high as a city wall.
Without equipping any weapons, just ramming it at full speed would be enough to make any warship in that time and space lose their souls - smaller ships would sink directly in the waves, and large ships would not be able to withstand the collision of steel ships. They still had no way to escape. Even very old boats can easily reach 11-14 knots. Except for some clippers who may be able to escape under favorable winds, most boats can be ravaged by them.
Gorgeous multi-turret battleship cargo ship! With such a giant ship, wouldn't it mean that it is the master of the ocean?
Behind the gorgeous dreams are often terrible realities, and the person who brought the reality was a graduate of the Maritime University.
Just then, Mond appeared.
Mond knew that the chat group was already after the second group of key personnel reported. I accidentally discovered that the time and space shuttle door actually appeared on the frequently visited BBS, and had begun to secretly gather his comrades to change history in the early years of Chongzhen. After confirming the authenticity of the news, Mond resolutely decided to join it, dreaming of becoming a real historical tamperer.
He is the only graduate of a maritime university among the group, and his work often involves ships.
His academic qualifications and work experience immediately attracted the attention of the Executive Committee. Although the Executive Committee felt that this person's ship-handling skills were suspicious of two swords, no one except him knew anything about large freighters.
Maritime University and wormhole energy are two unrelated factors, destined to be one of the people who will leave a separate chapter in the history of time travel.
He was hired as a consultant at a specially convened meeting on the ship. This made this young man who had graduated only a few years ago feel that he was valued for the first time.
"President Wen, this matter is not easy to handle," Mond said after listening to the executive committee's introduction to the plan, "crew, we don't have crew."
"How many people are needed?"
"Older ships under 5,000 tons usually have 40 people, and ships with 10,000 tons have more than 50 people." Mond said, "New ships using drone cabins also have more than 20 people." He spread his hands. , "These people are all skilled workers, and it is impossible for them to be qualified for this job."
If Chinese merchant ships do not carry passengers, they are basically divided into two parts: deck department and engine department. The deck department alone has the captain, second and third mates, chief radio operator, radio operator, cargo clerk, tally clerk, bosun, deputy bosun, first water, second water, chief cook, second cook, third cook, deck Waiter waits.
The key engineering departments include: Chief Engineer, Second and Third Engineers, Electrician, Chief Engineer, Chief Firemaker, Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Coppersmith, Electrician, Oil Refueler, Firemaker, etc.
"If we want to use this ship for a long time, if not all of these people, there must be half of them. Especially the engine department."
The executive committee looked at each other in confusion. Is a ship so complicated? Then make a p. You are lucky to have such a shipping professional attending, but you still expect a boatload of sailors?
"What if we just traveled through the past?"
"It is also very difficult. Although there can be fewer people." Mond put forward his suggestion: set up a freight forwarding office and rent a warehouse at a port on the Leizhou Peninsula. All required materials are transported to the port for loading; rent or a coastal bulk carrier, and the shipping destination is set to Bopu Port in Hainan. Some travelers can disguise themselves as backpackers and board the ship. This is Freighters along the coast are a common sight, while others arrive at the rendezvous ahead on a few fishing boats. When the ship sails out to sea and approaches the port, it goes through the crowd to take over the ship, drives the crew into the sea, drives the ship through the time and space gate, and then sits on the beach on Hainan Island.
"The Qiongzhou Strait is very narrow, and I personally think that my own ship-handling abilities are still good. I suggest that the executive committee send some people to study the engineering and basic deck personnel, but this ship will basically not be used in the future."
