It was already afternoon when he came out of the state-owned cannery. After declining Su Yitian and others' attempts to stay, Wang Yue took Chen Xi to the Binzhou Fishing Shipyard not far away. In recent years, with the depletion of fishery resources and the Under the dual impact of the shrinking fishing production, there were not many new orders for fishing boat shipyards. Even ship repair orders were divided up by some small factories. Therefore, when the two came here, the huge factory area seemed very bleak. .
When the fishing boat shipyard learned that merchants were coming for inspection and that they were accompanied by bank personnel, they immediately became enthusiastic. A female factory director in her forties personally received Wang Yue and Chen Xi. After a brief exchange, Wang Yue proposed the first requirement of the trip - an inland river transport ship with a draft of 0.3 meters, and even took out a thick stack of drawings he drew from his bag.
Yes, it was drawn by Wang Yue himself. Thanks to his strong learning ability and thinking ability, he has already taken courses related to shipbuilding by himself, and can already design some simple ships by himself. The drawings he drew are very accurate and clear. It was no different from the picture produced by the computer, and the female factory director was amazed when he saw it.
In fact, there is nothing worth designing about this kind of boat. The same flat-bottomed shallow-water motor boats are everywhere. It doesn't even matter if you buy the finished product directly. But the problem is that this thing is prepared for Li Yunlong's Marine Police Team, and it must have a certain level of capability. Protection, in this way, those motorized wooden boats and polyethylene plastic boats on the market cannot meet the demand.
The use of steel will not only affect the draft, but also reduce the load capacity. According to Wang Yue's design, this ship can not only carry 24 fully armed soldiers, but also needs to have certain bulletproof capabilities to withstand the Tomosaka rifle. Shooting at a distance of fifty meters. In order to achieve the design goal, he designed a composite hull for this kind of boat. To put it bluntly, it is made of thin wooden boards, nylon fiber and glass fiber layers, which are glued and extruded in multiple layers.
As a result, many small shipyards cannot meet such technical requirements. This is why he came to Binzhou Fishing Boat Shipyard. Don’t underestimate this fishing boat shipyard, but in fact it is Binzhou Shipyard. It was separated, and what does Binzhou Shipyard do? It builds warships and aircraft carriers. It is definitely the top shipbuilding company in the country. There are no problems with its equipment and technical strength.
Sure enough, after carefully studying the technical details, the shipyard said there was no problem at all. They didn't even bother with the obvious machine gun column on the ship. They were all "fishing boats" for export anyway. What the customers wanted to use them for was none of their business. It would be great if it could really be used for that purpose. Don’t you see the seamless steel pipes from Lu Province? The advertising effect is amazing.
It’s just that the price is a bit expensive. Compared with those fishing boats that cost more than RMB 100,000 or RMB 200, the price of this small boat, which only carries four 750ml motorcycle engines, is as high as RMB 5 million per ten boats. There is no way, it’s mainly the cost of hull processing. The hull processing designed by Wang Yue has very strict requirements in terms of pressure and temperature, and some specially customized molds are required. The price is really not cheap. However, subsequent additional orders will be cheaper, and one ship only costs 60,000 yuan.
Wang Yue glanced at the female factory manager. She was plump and fair-skinned, a typical beautiful big sister. But she was so evil-minded. Who are you looking down on? Two hundred ships, ten ships? With my temperament and appearance, do I look like someone who only bought ten boats? After buying these ships, Li Yunlong can transport troops, and they can also be used for transportation. Shipping in the Qijiang River, which is hundreds of miles away, can definitely make money. If it doesn't work, he can still sell it to others. Transport ships that can withstand rifle bullets. Is it no different from an armored ship?
Therefore, while Chen Xi was trying to suppress his laughter, the female factory director was confused. Is the market for such small river boats so big? Could it be that their factory has really been out of touch with the world for too long? It’s not right to miss any business opportunities. What kind of inland water transportation is there in Libya? 95% of the country is desert. Is it a land boat?
Then Wang Yue took out a drawing of a ship similar to a small sampan. It also required a multi-layer composite hull, but it was a lot smaller than the previous one. It was only powered by a 750 motorcycle engine and could carry six people. It is lighter and more flexible, and easier to conceal. Several people in the shipyard curled their lips. Does a small motorized lifeboat need to be so exquisite and retro? On a certain website, there are many products priced at 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. You can just buy them directly and customize them. Isn’t this a joke?
But when they heard the order quantity, everyone became serious - 1,000. This guy in front of me actually ordered 1,000 of these boats and 1,000 lifeboats? Impossible, how many ships are needed? After much consideration, I didn’t dare to ask for more. One ship costs 25,000 yuan, which is very realistic, and I am afraid that the order I received will not be flown again.
In fact, not all of these boats are for Li Yunlong. Many areas controlled by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are covered with dense river networks. A small motor boat like this is equipped with a light machine gun and a small mortar. The key is not to make the Japanese uncomfortable too much. After this thing is equipped with a 750mm engine, the speed is not slow, and it is not easy to chase the army's patrol boats. It will be uncomfortable for the Japanese when the time comes.
Finally, Wang Yue took out a larger drawing of a steel-hulled high-speed boat. Unexpectedly, the female factory director only took one look and called out the name of this kind of boat-1125 patrol gunboat.
It turned out that after buying the 1124 patrol boat from Tasha, he discovered that although it was only a fifty-ton small gunboat, its firepower was indeed redundant for Li Yunlong. He had to help Li Yunlong develop a real gunboat. Marine police gunboat.
Tasha learned of his concerns and recommended another gunboat to him - the 1125 patrol gunboat, with a displacement of 27t and a speed of up to 19 knots. The front deck of the gunboat is equipped with only one T-34 turret and three .50 machine gun turrets. The boat is small, but the firepower is still fierce, so Wang Yue thought about building a low-profile version of the 1125 patrol gunboat, that is, Build a steel hull, and then mount it with several machine guns and two 2-pound qf240mm cannons. This cannon is actually the original cannon on the Valentine tank. Lao Maozi's tank lacked firepower, so he removed them all. , replaced by its own 76.2mm cannon. Tasha was fooled and sold a thousand units to Wang Yue at a price of three thousand US dollars a unit. At that time, she was thinking of using them as anti-tank weapons for the Eighth Route Army. However, she found out after they were shipped that they would not work at all and they needed to be used. If so, the gun mounts would have to be customized, so these artillery pieces and 100,000 rounds of artillery shells were in Wang Yue's hands.
It was just a hull, nothing complicated. In the end, the two parties reached an order for fifty ships at a price of 30 million, and signed the contract extremely quickly. The two hours before and after were not used. It was amazing to see the shipbuilding industry. Everyone in the factory was stunned. This is an order of more than 70 million yuan. Are you going to be so hasty?
Not only that, after signing the contract, the deposit of 10 million was directly deposited into the account. This "umbrella company" does not look like a serious company.
"Wang Chu, are you in the arms business?" On the way back to the car, Chen Xi couldn't help but ask.
"Chen Xi, you are a little nervous." Wang Yue smiled. The girl's heartbeat was very fast and her brainwaves were a little confused. She was obviously extremely nervous.
"If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask." Chen Xiyan said insincerely.
"It's okay. You have to know that many things are unavoidable in Libya. I seem to be quite rich, but when I was in Libya, I still drove a broken pickup truck with an AK on the seat. , loaded, do you think I broke the law?" Wang Yue said nonchalantly, as more and more of his material purchases needed to go through Chen Xi, and he could no longer hide many things from her. At least he should have some attitude.
"No, it can't be?" Chen Xi hesitated.
"I occasionally help friends sell some arms, but the quantity is not large. It is more about maintaining relationships with some tribal chiefs or warlord leaders, and then selling civilian products to them. Otherwise, why would I order so many things?" Wang Yue continued to lie, lying to the little girl, he was a professional.
"What about the umbrella company?" Chen Xi asked.
"I'm not the only one who likes that movie. Men always like weird things. Aren't there many people who play role-playing games?" Wang Yue said, but in his heart he was thinking about the protective umbrella. Will this thing surprise Li Yunlong and the others? It’s really interesting to think of the Eighth Route Army soldiers holding rations packaged under an umbrella.
"Okay, then where should we go next?" Chen Xi nodded. No matter what, this guy admitted that he had done business related to arms. He was honest, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Pharmaceutical factory, how is the custom-made penicillin sodium going?" Wang Yue asked.
"The 20,000 and 50,000 units of low-density penicillin sodium you requested have been produced. If we didn't pay for it, no one would be willing to help us get it." Chen Xi was a little annoyed. He asked for 100 units of penicillin for small animals. Ten thousand units of penicillin were produced in two versions of 20,000 units and 50,000 units of the same volume of powder, which required the pharmaceutical factory to specially adjust its equipment.
"It's just a legal issue." Wang Yue pouted. He just wanted to conduct an experiment to see if the laboratory could refine high-density penicillin on a small scale and bring it to 1940. To be on the safe side, he also asked for 20,000 units and There are two versions of 50,000 units. For this reason, I specifically consulted a classmate studying pharmacy before setting the requirements.
"Okay, as long as you are happy!" Chen Xi will not believe this excuse. Why don't you just pack one million units of penicillin into separate packages? What's wrong with packing less powder? You also have to adjust your equipment, are you kidding me? Doesn't this guy think 20,000 units of penicillin would be cheap?
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