Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 868 An army marches on its stomach!
At 12:40 p.m., in front of the security building of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, Jia Dongming looked at his subordinates who were already lined up and fully armed, and said in a very serious tone: "Comrades! According to the instructions of our superiors, our security department and security section will accompany the factory's convoy to Jingu Port to transport a batch of equipment back. Our task is to protect the safety of this convoy."

"This transportation mission was assigned by the Ministry of Industry. In addition to the convoy from our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, the convoy from the Machinery Factory also participated in the transportation work. The escort mission of the convoy was specifically handled by the Security Department of our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. The military assigned a platoon to assist us in completing this escort mission."

After a brief pause, Jia Dongming glanced at his men before issuing the order: "Now I command everyone to check their weapons and ammunition, then board the vehicles and prepare to depart."

As the three vehicles from the security department drove out of the steel rolling mill gate one after another, they saw thirteen trucks parked on the roadside. Jia Dongming assigned five escorts to each vehicle before riding in a jeep and leading the entire convoy toward the outskirts of Beijing.

After a five-hour journey, the convoy finally arrived at Jingu Port. When the vehicles reached the entrance of the port, the area was already heavily guarded by soldiers with guns and ammunition.

Upon seeing the convoy of over a dozen trucks, one of the soldiers on guard at the gate immediately stopped the convoy, politely saluted Jia Dongming as he alighted, and said in a very serious tone, "Comrade! Please show your passes!"

Upon hearing the soldier's request, Jia Dongming first returned a military salute, then took out the pass that Li Huaide had given them from his briefcase and introduced himself: "Comrade! We are the convoy of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. We are here to transport a batch of equipment according to orders from our superiors. This is our pass."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's self-introduction, the soldier reached out and took the pass from Jia Dongming. After carefully examining it, he handed the pass back to Jia Dongming, instinctively took a step back, made a gesture to his comrades at the gate, and then leaned against the railing at the dock entrance, where he was quickly lifted up.

After seeing the railing lifted, Jia Dongming turned around and got into the jeep. The convoy behind him followed the jeep and drove into the dock in an orderly fashion.

Guided by soldiers, the convoy quickly arrived at a dock. A huge cargo ship was moored at the dock, and hundreds of soldiers, under the direction of several middle-aged men, were orderly unloading wooden crates from the cargo ship and loading them into the truck beds.

"Director Jia! Hello! I'm Zhang Qinghua from the Purchasing Department of the Ministry of Industry. It will take about an hour for the trucks to load the equipment from your steel rolling mill. Dinner is ready at the dock canteen. You can take everyone there for dinner now." Jia Dongming got out of the car and stretched his limbs. Just as Jia Dongming was about to arrange for someone to go find Li Huaide, a middle-aged man quickly walked up to Jia Dongming and greeted him politely.

Upon hearing Zhang Qinghua's self-introduction and learning about their convoy's loading time, Jia Dongming immediately instructed his subordinate beside him, "Chen Bo! Go and inform everyone to get out of the vehicles and stretch their muscles before going to the dockside canteen for dinner."

"Uncle! What kind of ship is that? How can it be so big?" Ever since the truck entered the dock, Banggeng had seen the cargo ship moored in front of the pier. Seeing the cargo ship, which looked like a small mountain, Banggeng was quite shocked. When he received the notice that he could get out of the truck and stretch his legs, he immediately walked quickly to Jia Dongming's side and asked him with a curious look. Hearing Banggeng's question and seeing his curious expression, Jia Dongming smiled and introduced to Banggeng: "Banggeng! That's a cargo ship specially used for transporting goods, and it's a 50,000-ton cargo ship."

When Bang Geng heard Jia Dongming's explanation and learned that the ship in front of him, which looked like a small mountain, was actually a 50,000-ton cargo ship, a look of shock appeared on his face. He couldn't help but exclaim, "My goodness! This ship is huge! I wonder how many tons of cargo such a large cargo ship can carry at once?"

Upon hearing Banggeng's remark, Jia Dongming glanced at the cargo ship unloading cargo and instructed Banggeng, "Banggeng! Go and call your master. Let's go to the dockside canteen for a meal together."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Banggeng immediately responded obediently and then ran towards the truck his master was driving.

Jia Dongming led a large group of people toward the dock canteen, following Zhang Qinghua's directions. Just as he reached the canteen entrance, Li Huaide came out of the canteen. He quickly greeted Li Huaide with a smile, "Director Li! I was just about to send someone to look for you. I didn't expect to find you here."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words and seeing the large group of people following behind him, Li Huaide smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! So many people from our factory have come to the Jingu Port Wharf. I saw that there wasn't much going on at the wharf, so I came to check out the wharf canteen. They've prepared all the food for you."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's reply, Jia Dongming, recalling the dry rations he had arranged for the canteen to prepare at noon, smiled and introduced to Li Huaide, "Director Li! I originally thought that there wouldn't be any food prepared for this transportation mission, so I arranged for the canteen to prepare some dry rations before departure. But I didn't expect that the ministry would actually arrange for the dock canteen to prepare dinner for us."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Li Huaide smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! As the old saying goes, 'An army marches on its stomach.' Even the emperor doesn't let his soldiers go hungry. Our transportation mission this time is so heavy, so naturally the department must make sure to do a good job in logistical support in advance."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words and smelling the aroma of food wafting from the canteen, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li! The smell of this canteen is making my stomach rumble. Also, our factory's truck fleet is about to start loading in an hour. I'll take everyone to grab a bite first. We can talk about everything later."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Li Huaide smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! I'll go check on the dock. You should quickly take the comrades to eat something first, then take care of your personal hygiene, and then return to the convoy to assemble and wait for orders."

(End of this chapter)