Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 142, One Million Rubles

October 11, 1958, Peking University People’s Hospital.

"Professor Yan, how do you feel now?"

Zhao Mancang was taking Yan Huatang's pulse. He came here today for a follow-up visit, mainly to check on his physical recovery after the operation.

The latter surgery was just completed yesterday, and two operations were performed at once. Although the operation time was not long, it was a considerable burden on Yan Huatang's body.

On the side, Feng Changfu, Li Baishun, Gu Shouzhi, Ma Xuyan and other doctors from the People's Hospital were watching, a bit like interns, holding notebooks and listening to Zhao Mancang's follow-up consultation.

At this time, Yan Huatang was still very weak, and he was listless when answering Zhao Mancang's questions.

The surgical wound on my chest still hurts a little.

According to the slight pain described by Yan Huatang, Zhao Mancang checked and confirmed again and again that this was the pain caused by the body's recovery, which was a good thing.

After completing the follow-up consultation, Zhao Mancang prepared to leave.

Yan Huatang's physical recovery is relatively normal. After a while, when his body recovers a little better, he will use medication to regulate his heart disease.

In short, considering Yan Huatang's current condition, three months of rest is necessary.

Upon hearing this, Feng Changfu smiled and nodded, echoing Zhao Mancang's words.

In response, Zhao Mancang just smiled and said nothing more.

Regardless of whether Yan Huatang can get three months of rest, as a doctor, Zhao Mancang just needs to fulfill his duties.

As for the research and development tasks of the Atomic Research Institute, that was not something he could interfere with.

Steel plant, health center.

After Zhao Mancang came back, he planned to slack off until lunch time, and half a day would be gone.

However, Zhao Mancang seemed to have overthought it.

When it was almost lunchtime, the boss's driver, Sun Weizhong, came to the office and, with a smile, invited him to a private room in the cafeteria. Secretary Xing invited him!

"Okay, Comrade Lao Sun, let's go, I'm very hungry and I'm just waiting for lunch."

When Zhao Mancang heard that his leader wanted to treat him to a meal, he was of course very happy.

Zhao Mancang hasn't been to the cafeteria's private room for some time.

I just wonder if today's lunch will be a Hongmen Banquet? Or will a cook like Wu Zhiqiang cause trouble?

Although he was thinking all these things in his mind, Zhao Mancang still followed him into the private room without any hesitation.

Several leaders were already sitting inside, including Xing Shuqi, Shen Zhongxin and Yang Shourong, three major leaders of the steel plant. What surprised Zhao Mancang was that the director of the breeding room, Wu Huamin, was also there.

"Mancang is here. Come sit next to me. I'm waiting for you. Xiaosun, go tell them the food is ready."

When Xing Shuqi saw Zhao Mancang, he immediately greeted him warmly.

Sun Weizhong happily responded and went out. After Zhao Mancang sat down, Xing Shuqi greeted him very cordially. Such enthusiasm made Zhao Mancang somewhat uncomfortable.

The top leader has been very busy recently and is often not seen because he is busy working outside.

It's October now, and the end of the year is approaching. This year's production tasks have become heavier, so Xing Shuqi must get busy to solve these problems.

Once the production tasks of steel mills increase, there will be a great demand for raw materials, electricity, workers, etc.

The problem with workers is simple. The steel mill has been expanding its recruitment in the past few months, so there are still relatively sufficient workers.

The problems are raw materials, production technology, production resources, etc. These are all issues that need to be solved.

Now, he has been assigned a task, which is to persuade Zhao Mancang, so that all the problems of their steel plant can be solved.

So, this is how we had this meal today.

The food was served quickly, and Moutai, Fenjiu and Wuliangye were all opened. Today's meal must be enough to eat and drink enough.

Drinking in the middle of the day?
Zhao Mancang looked strange, but didn't say anything. Anyway, he could drink quite well. If it was not enough, he would just add some or store all the wine in the system space.

Soon, three rounds of wine had passed and five dishes had been served.

At this time, Xing Shuqi and others asked Zhao Mancang to toast one after another, but Zhao Mancang did not get drunk, but Wu Huamin was knocked down first.

Even Yang Shourong and Shen Zhongxin were drunk.

Zhao Mancang pretended to be drunk and staggered to express that he wanted to toast again. When Xing Shuqi saw this, he knew the time was ripe and started his performance.

"Mancang, what do you think of our steel mill?"

Xing Shuqi directly played the emotional card. Although it was not a trump card, he still had other tricks to follow up.

Without waiting for Zhao Mancang to answer the question, Xing Shuqi asked and answered his own questions, talking about the many problems facing the steel plant today.

Then he talked about the current situation in our country.

Zhao Mancang complained in his heart: Don’t talk about state affairs!
Our country's current industrial development seems to be booming, but in fact there are many hidden worries.

Not to mention the internal troubles, the external threats are definitely too numerous to list on a single page.

"We need to build atomic bombs, artificial satellites, and more large-scale railways, roads, and so on. All of these require money, but our industry hasn't yet taken off, so developing these things is quite difficult."

"What can we do if we're short of foreign exchange? We can earn some, but we're fully invested. Do you know how much foreign exchange we can earn in a year?"

The country's net foreign exchange reserves in 1958 were US$0.7 billion, exports were RMB 6.71 billion, and imports were RMB 6.17 billion.

We earned so much foreign exchange from exports, but the money we spent was no less.

At this point in time, we still need to repay the debt every year, and the difference in import and export trade alone is not enough to repay the debt.

How can we talk about rapid development?
Listening to Xing Shuqi talking about these data, Zhao Mancang felt very upset. Could Xing Shuqi have access to such data?

And can you tell it to Zhao Mancang?
It’s just that!

Soon, Xing Shuqi changed the subject and suddenly asked about Lin Wan's work.

Zhao Mancang looked at him puzzledly, then said in a drunken daze, "Boss, my wife has a good job as a ticket seller at the Forbidden City. It's quite good."

“This job is actually pretty good.”

Xing Shuqi considered his tone and said:
"But Mancang, have you ever thought about transferring your wife to our steel mill? That way, you two can commute to get off work together, and it'll be closer to home."

After all, Zhongguancun South Street is outside the city, and it is definitely closer to the steel plant than the Forbidden City on the first ring road.

Besides, isn’t it one of the Chinese people’s deep-seated visions of a better life for a couple to return home together?

However, Zhao Mancang is very clear that everything has a price.

If Lin Wan were to be transferred to the steel plant, it would definitely come at a huge cost.

At this time, Zhao Mancang had already guessed that the other party was most likely asking him to go to Moscow for training?

I just talked to him about so much data that was not something they should be exposed to, and now I suddenly brought the topic back to individuals. There is no doubt that it has a lot to do with the medical exchange invitation from the Moscow Foreign Affairs Department that Zhao Mancang had previously rejected.

"Boss, may I ask you how much money the Moscow Foreign Affairs Department gives to our country?"

After a long silence, Zhao Mancang suddenly asked this question.

He really didn't want to go to Moscow, but the trend was unstoppable.

Since all the leaders from the unit such as Qi Zhengze and Ma Kejian to the factory leaders such as Xing Shuqi, Shen Zhongxin, and Yang Shourong came to persuade Zhao Mancang, and gave so many reasons.

He even planned to arrange a job for Lin Wan to relieve Zhao Mancang's "worries".

People have already come this far, Zhao Mancang has no way to retreat.

You can't say that he insists on not going, right?

Blocking people's way of making money is like killing your parents!

Zhao Mancang did have unspeakable difficulties. Once he went to Moscow and the cold Siberian wind passed through, he would most likely be in trouble.

Even if his home is near the Friendship Hotel on Zhongguancun South Street, and even if he can apply to work at the PLA General Hospital in the future, who can say for sure?

Whether it is Xing Shuqi or Qi Zhengze, the office director of the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street, if they fail to complete the task, they will definitely lose a lot of foreign exchange, and there will definitely be some negative comments on their promotion.

The reason why Qi Zhengze did not accept Zhao Mancang's suggestion to let Moscow doctors come to Beijing for medical training was most likely because of foreign exchange.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang now wants to ask clearly how much foreign exchange Moscow has given?
"Ah? I didn't hear clearly, can you say it again?"

Xing Shuqi's brain was a little stuck and he didn't expect Zhao Mancang to suddenly change the subject and ask such a question.

"Boss, the reason you invited me here for dinner and drinks is probably to persuade me to go to Moscow to participate in the so-called medical exchange, right?"

Zhao Mancang didn't seem drunk at this time. He picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of meat into his mouth. He looked at the other party with a smile and said:

"I've made suggestions before, but Director Qi didn't seem to take them seriously. I used to think it was my fault, but now it seems like Moscow is giving too much."

"Our country is short of foreign exchange, and Moscow must have given me a lot of foreign currency to participate in the medical exchange this time. I'd like to know how much it is?"

It was not until this time that Xing Shuqi realized that Zhao Mancang was not drunk at all.

His mind was so clear and he didn't stutter anymore. He didn't look drunk at all.

"Two hundred thousand rubles!"

After a pause, Xing Shuqi continued:

"Director Qi told me it was 200,000 rubles. This fee is already very, very high, so Mancang, I don't know why you are so reluctant to go to Moscow, but we should earn this kind of money."

"You probably don't know that all of the products we export now are agricultural and sideline products, such as canned food."

"Canned pork, canned fruit, and so on in the south are only a few tenths of a ruble a can. If we sell them for 200,000 rubles, we'd need to sell tens or even millions of cans."

"So, no matter what your reasons are, no matter how much you love your wife, you should give it more consideration."

"It's extremely difficult for us to earn 200,000 rubles, and this time we're exporting technology, you know? This is technology!!!"

At this time, Xing Shuqi's tone of voice became more and more excited.

If he were Zhao Mancang, with his ideological awareness, he would probably have started "medical exchanges" in Moscow by now.

Zhao Mancang heard this and suddenly said:
"Leader, tell Director Qi to talk to Moscow. Two hundred thousand rubles is too little. Give me one million rubles and I'll go to Moscow!"

what?
Xing Shuqi was stunned for a moment, and completely sobered up. He took a deep breath and said,

"What are you talking about, Mancang? One million rubles?"

Shen Zhongxin and Yang Shourong, who were already "drunk" at this moment, no longer pretended. They sat up straight and stared at Zhao Mancang in amazement.

Good guy!
That's one million rubles. Zhao Mancang is really bold. Even a lion wouldn't ask for too much like this, right?
"Yes, one million rubles!"

Zhao Mancang nodded and said:

"I know Moscow is colder than us, has a larger population, and is more developed. Every year, more people break their legs and hands in accidents there, so the demand for limb reattachment surgeries is definitely greater than ours. One million rubles is a bargain for them."

"If they can come up with one million rubles in Moscow, then I will go to participate in this so-called 'medical exchange', and they will also reimburse my food, clothing, housing and transportation in Moscow."

Regarding this matter, Zhao Mancang actually has many options. Whether it is to resign, continue to stay in the steel plant, or go directly to Hong Kong Island, it is not impossible for him.

However, if you are not really desperate, there is no need to make these choices.

Hasn't Qi Zhengze been 'forcing' Zhao Mancang to go to Moscow?

Now Zhao Mancang has the illusion that "you should not be ungrateful and should learn to be grateful", so he also posed a difficult problem to the other party.

Xing Shuqi, Shen Zhongxin and Yang Shourong in the small private room fell silent.

What a big rack!
However, is limb replantation surgery really that expensive?
Also, isn’t Zhao Mancang worried that he will be left in Moscow?

But no matter what, as long as Zhao Mancang made the request, it meant that this matter had made great progress.

In the afternoon, in the office of the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street.

Zhao Mancang followed Xing Shuqi's steps and walked in. Qi Zhengze was already waiting inside.

After some pleasantries, Xing Shuqi asked Zhao Mancang to briefly talk about the request he had just raised during lunch.

In fact, they both smelled of alcohol now, so it was not appropriate for them to come to Qi Zhengze to report on their work.

But Moscow has already urged them, and Qi Zhengze has also emphasized that this matter should be completed as soon as possible so that the foreign exchange can be obtained sooner.

If it drags on for too long and there is any new development in Moscow, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?
Qi Zhengze soon understood what Zhao Mancang meant. He was completely stunned and looked at him in astonishment. He said:
"Comrade Zhao, what did you say? One million rubles?"

As an office director, Qi Zhengze's skill in cultivating his Qi is quite advanced. The most basic requirement is to remain calm even when facing a collapse of Mount Tai.

Having experienced so much, nothing can surprise him anymore.

As a result, Zhao Mancang, a small doctor, actually dared to ask for one million rubles as medical exchange fees from Moscow?
Simply put, if you want to learn Zhao Mancang's limb replantation technology, you have to pay a tuition fee of one million rubles.

No, where does Zhao Mancang get his confidence from? How dare he speak like that?
"Director Qi, you heard it right. It's one million rubles in tuition."

Zhao Mancang's expression was very calm and indifferent, without much emotional fluctuation:

"I was very reluctant to go to Moscow in the first place. Since they kept inviting me, they should show their sincerity."

"Limb replantation is a very advanced medical technology. If Moscow were to just explore and research it on its own, it wouldn't be possible without several years of research."

"Although I only figured it out not long ago, my success rate is high, so they have no choice but to pay the tuition."

"Actually, they're not willing to pay. That's perfect, let them come to Moscow for training. But the tuition fee shouldn't be too low, 500,000 rubles is fine."

Qi Zhengze didn't know what to say anymore. After a long while, he looked at Zhao Mancang and said:

"Comrade Zhao, are you sure you want to do this? Aren't you afraid it will all be in vain?"

"Impossible!" Zhao Mancang shook his head. "They wouldn't dare mess around with medical technology. Besides, they're more urgent than we think."

"Then what do you want?"

Zhao Mancang heard this and said, "I believe Director Qi, you can definitely make them pay the one million ruble tuition. My request is simple: this is only once, and it won't happen again!"

After these words were spoken, both Qi Zhengze and Xing Shuqi were embarrassed.

Although they knew that Zhao Mancang was unwilling to go to Moscow, Qi Zhengze and his men still tried to persuade Zhao Mancang for the sake of national interests.

Qi Zhengze and his friends were very satisfied with the tuition fee of 200,000 rubles, but Zhao Mancang wanted Moscow to raise the price to one million rubles.

It can also be seen from here that Zhao Mancang is a very patriotic person, has a high level of ideological awareness, and is quite capable.

After coming out of the director's office, Zhao Mancang remained silent and Xing Shuqi didn't say anything either.

It was not until they got in the car and were about to return to the steel plant that Xing Shuqi suddenly spoke up and said that he would arrange for Lin Wan to be transferred to the steel plant as soon as possible.

"Leader, what kind of job do you plan to assign to my wife?"

"Please choose one of these three places: the Propaganda Department, the Health Center, or the Canteen."

Lin Wan is at a high school level and has good handwriting, so the Propaganda Department is definitely her first choice.

It is likely that Xing Shuqi took into consideration that Zhao Mancang was a doctor and should be able to teach Lin Wan some basic medical knowledge, so it was appropriate to let her work in the health center.

The canteen is a place that requires purely physical work. It is probably just serving food to people. Lin Wan is not suitable for jobs like cutting vegetables and cooking.

Therefore, although there seem to be three choices, in fact, you can only choose the Propaganda Department.

As for why Zhao Mancang was not allowed to choose other departments, such as the Finance Department, Production Workshop, Labor and Personnel Department, Personnel Department, etc., it is because these departments are not suitable.

Xing Shuqi must have known Lin Wan's past experience and abilities, so he was able to make such precise arrangements.

The Finance Department is an important department in the steel plant, responsible for managing money, and not everyone can do this job.

The production workshop is where workers should go. Lin Wan, a female comrade with only a high school student level, is not suitable for this job, not to mention that she is pregnant.

The Labor and Personnel Department and the Personnel Department are the same. There are so many trivial things to deal with, and when it gets busy, it can make people dizzy.

There are also the purchasing department, technical department, transportation team, security department, etc. These are not suitable for Lin Wan, so Xing Shuqi naturally did not bring them up.

"Then let's go to the Publicity Department."

Zhao Mancang had no other choice but to assign a department to Lin Wan directly.

There is not much work to do in the Propaganda Department and the work is easy.

Besides, there are only five people in the Propaganda Department at present. In addition to the section chief Zhang Guozhong, there are four other golden flowers: Chen Qiufeng, Feng Wanzhen, Hou Siyu and Duan Wanyu.

Lin Wan's presence at this time could almost be described as her doing odd jobs. Furthermore, given Zhao Mancang's status in the steel mill, no one would dare to bully Lin Wan even if he wasn't there.

In the evening, Zhongguancun South Street, Zhao's house.

After Lin Wan arrived home, Zhao Mancang told her what happened today.

"What? You're going to Moscow? And I'm about to be transferred to the Propaganda Department of the Steel Plant? What kind of job is that?"

Lin Huijun next to her also imitated her mother's words and said: Yes, what do you do?

Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan both laughed. Lin Wan immediately became happy when he briefly introduced the work of the Propaganda Department with a smile.

"This job is so simple and respectable. By the way, how much is the salary?"

"It should be the salary of a sixth-level clerk, forty-three yuan a month."

"Oh, so many?"

Although the monthly salary of 43 yuan was 13 yuan higher than Lin Wan's previous salary as a ticket seller in the Forbidden City, it was still far from Zhao Mancang's monthly salary of 268.7 yuan.

Of course, for Lin Wan, a salary increase is a good thing.

The family was very happy. After dinner, when Zhao Mancang and his wife were going to sleep, Lin Wan suddenly whispered softly:

"Mancang, thank you."

She is not stupid. The reason why she was transferred from the Forbidden City to the Propaganda Department of the steel plant, where the work was easy and the salary was higher, was definitely because of Zhao Mancang.

Although the job of a ticket seller at the Forbidden City is not hard, it is not an easy task to sit there and sell tickets all day long.

It's also boring and uninteresting.

The most important thing is that their family has moved to Zhongguancun South Street, and it is not so convenient for them to commute to get off work every day.

If she was transferred to the publicity department of the steel plant, she could ride a bicycle to and from get off work with Zhao Mancang, and it would be close to home.

She could even take Lin Huijun to the steel plant's nursery without bothering her mother.

The next day, at 4:30 in the morning, Zhao Mancang arrived at the grove near Madian Bridge at the agreed time.

As a result, he did not see Li Erzhu, but instead found that something was wrong in the grove.

It's a bit too quiet!
Could there be an ambush here?
There is a saying that goes, "If you stand by the river often, you will get your feet wet."

Zhao Mancang asked to trade 10,000 kilograms of grain. Based on the average price of grain of 1.2 cents, that would be 1,200 yuan.

For a middleman, it would take him a long time to earn 1,200 yuan.

So it is better to act than to think.

After realizing there was an ambush in the grove, Zhao Mancang stopped, thought for a moment, and then turned and left.

He had previously agreed on the transaction time and place with three middlemen, Chu Qingsong, Li Erzhu and Deng Zhiyong. The time was different, but the location was all in the woods near Madian Bridge.

But now there are people in the grove, like a huge mouth of the abyss, so Zhao Mancang naturally will not move forward.

What puzzled him was that he did not receive any experience points from Chu Qingsong and the other three.

Therefore, either Chu Qingsong and the other three were not ambushing him in the grove, or these three were really "calm".

However, Zhao Mancang was well aware of the power of the system, so the person ambushing in the grove was probably someone else.

Just when Zhao Mancang was leaving the grove and heading to Andingmen Pigeon Market, he unexpectedly met Li Erzhu.

"Comrade Li? Oh, it's you! You scared me! I thought it was the armband team."

Li Erzhu was pulling a horse-drawn carriage full of food, so he was naturally very worried about meeting the people from the armband team.

After a few simple greetings, Li Erzhu took the initiative to ask about the situation, and Zhao Mancang just casually answered.

The grain transaction was completed in a nearby alley, totaling 1,200 kilograms, including coarse grains and fine grains.

Zhao Mancang knew very well that Li Erzhu's food source was probably similar to Chu Qingsong's, right?
Anyway, they didn't trade a specific type of flour or rice. Simply put, the relationship behind them was not very powerful.

After completing the transaction, Zhao Mancang changed his appearance and went to Andingmen Pigeon Market.

Zhao Mancang felt it was incredible that the transaction with Li Erzhu was completed so smoothly.

Those people lying in ambush in the grove of Madian Bridge were definitely someone else, maybe a group of desperate criminals.

There is a high probability that these people overheard the conversation between Zhao Mancang and Li Erzhu that day, so they came here to "wait and see".

"I don't know if the other party heard the conversation between me and Deng Zhiyong at that time?"

With this doubt in mind, Zhao Mancang began to stroll around the Andingmen Pigeon Market.

There wasn't much food in the Andingmen Pigeon Market, so Zhao Mancang strolled around, bought some mountain products, and went back.

Zhao Mancang felt somewhat disappointed that he didn't see Runren exchanging foreign currencies such as US dollars and British pounds.

I don’t know if those Run people didn’t come to the Andingmen Pigeon Market, but went to the small markets near Xizhimen or Zizhuyuan Road.

After breakfast in the morning, Zhao Mancang took Lin Wan and Lin Huijun out of the house and went for a stroll in the nearby Xiangshan Park.

Today is October 12th, Sunday, a day off!

Since it's break time, of course I have to come out and relax.

“It’s so cool today, and the scenery is beautiful.”

The scenery in Xiangshan Park is quite nice. The temperature in Beijing is very pleasant at this time of year, neither too hot nor too cold, which is perfect for an outing.

However, I still sweat when climbing mountains.

The little kid Lin Huijun sweated a lot and his back was soaked.

Fortunately, Zhao Mancang brought a backpack with a lot of things in it, including Lin Huijun's clothes.

A few days ago, Lin Wan cut out two sets of clothes for the little one. She now has four sets of clothes to change into every day.

But winter will be here soon, and I'll have to change clothes again.

Halfway up the mountain, Zhao Mancang glanced at Lin Huijun who was running in front of him, and told Lin Wan what to do at home after he went to Moscow.

According to the current situation, there is a high probability that Moscow will agree to Zhao Mancang's request.

Even if the other party disagrees, Qi Zhengze will definitely let Zhao Mancang go to Moscow.

I guess he would also lie to Zhao Mancang and say that Moscow has already agreed to a tuition fee of one million rubles.

Anyway, this money will never end up in Zhao Mancang's pocket, and it has nothing to do with him.

Even the rewards will have to wait until he returns from Moscow.

No matter what, for Zhao Mancang, going to Moscow is basically a done deal.

But the exact date has not yet been determined.

Although there was nothing much to explain, Lin Wan listened very carefully.

The main reason is that she is pregnant, so even if she is transferred to the propaganda department of the steel plant, she still needs to be paid attention to.

"Don't be reluctant to eat it. There's still a lot of meat stored in the basement at home. Take it out and eat it. After I finish eating, I will go hunting in the mountains. If that doesn't work, I will go hunting in the northeast."

"A few days ago, four musk deer died at the Jundushan breeding farm. Now there are only thirty left."

"I will probably go to Moscow in the middle or late part of this month, and I won't be back for a month or two. So I'm afraid the musk deer in the Jundushan breeding farm will be gone by then."

"Once the weather gets cold and the temperature drops dramatically, musk deer will get sick and die. Then I'll have to go to the Northeast to hunt musk deer again, so don't worry about running out of meat."

"Besides, I'll definitely bring back more meat when I go to Moscow this time."

Lin Wan nodded in response to Zhao Mancang's instructions.

She didn't quite understand any of this, but she felt that what Zhao Mancang said made a lot of sense.

After all, she has been pregnant for more than two months and weighs only 95 kilograms. To be honest, she is too thin.

If Lin Wan doesn’t want her baby to be too thin, she must eat more nutritious food.

Climbing up to the viewing platform of Xiangshan Park, Zhao Mancang and the other two took photos as a souvenir.

There are already quite a few photos at home, but it doesn’t matter. I have a high salary and can spend as much time as I want.

I had a lunch box at Xiangshan Park at noon. The lunch boxes were all made in the morning and brought with me. There were fruits, cakes, steamed buns, vegetables, etc. It was quite rich.

In the afternoon, the family went down the mountain, strolled around the city, and then went home.

The next day, early morning of October 13th, arrived in a flash.

When Zhao Mancang arrived near the grove near Madian Bridge, the gunfight there had just ended and the air was filled with a strong murderous aura.

"Fuck, Deng Zhiyong won't be killed, right?"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mancang was stunned and worried.

He held a StG-44 assault rifle in his hand and crawled forward slowly.

The StG44 assault rifle is an automatic rifle developed by Hugo Schmeisser during World War II. It is also the world's first large-scale automatic rifle.

In response to the current situation, Zhao Mancang of course had to take out this weapon to defend himself.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't be involved in this matter, but if someone wants to cause trouble, he certainly won't stand by and watch them die.

Deng Zhiyong was just a middleman, but he was able to get so much food, so he was definitely not an ordinary person.

In addition to wanting to save the food, Zhao Mancang also didn't want the Pigeon City to become panic-stricken and full of fear.

After all, such a big thing happened at Madian Bridge, and the people behind Deng Zhiyong would definitely not let it go so easily.

Zhao Mancang continued to move forward and soon saw a figure.

It was very dark and he couldn't tell friend from foe, but as time passed, he soon figured out the situation because this group of desperate criminals who were 'waiting for their chance' started talking.

Deng Zhiyong should have been sent to the Northwest by bullets, and these people still want to hunt down the buyer Zhao Mancang.

They already have the food, but they are still not satisfied and want money?

After confirming that they were all enemies, Zhao Mancang did not hesitate and pulled the trigger.

Assault rifles are automatic rifles. You just need to pull the trigger and wait for the bullet to take your life.

This assault rifle uses a 30-round curved magazine, which is much stronger than other firearms. It allows soldiers to reduce the number of times they change magazines during fierce battles and improve combat efficiency.

These guns and bullets were collected by Zhao Mancang from the ammunition depot in the back house of the courtyard where Zhang Jihua and Qi Chunxiao were.

There are two assault rifles and six magazines, which is not a small number.

With half of the bullets missing from the magazine, Zhao Mancang finally killed the six desperate criminals in front of him.

After everyone was killed, Zhao Mancang quickly started cleaning up the battlefield.

Although the gunshots would not be heard far away due to the cover of the woods, who could say if someone happened to pass by nearby?
Therefore, a quick victory is the key.

Deng Zhiyong brought with him 3,000 kilograms of food, half of which was rice and half was flour.

It can also be seen from here that the relationship behind Deng Zhiyong is definitely not simple.

In this day and age, it is chilling to think that 3,000 kilograms of grain can be mobilized in such a short period of time and sold on the black market.

Now that Deng Zhiyong has been killed, I am afraid that Pigeon City will become very deserted in the next period of time.

"Forget it. I'm probably going to Moscow soon anyway, so I won't come to Pigeon City anymore. I'll talk to him after I get back from Moscow."

This is what Zhao Mancang thought when he left the Madian Bridge grove.

About ten minutes later, two teams walked into the woods at Madian Bridge, only to see the ground in a mess, with bullets, bloodstains, etc., but no bodies were found.

Very strange!

Of course, the armband team didn't know that Zhao Mancang had already cleaned up the battlefield, leaving only inconspicuous things like bloodstains.

Anyway, in this day and age, there is no way to investigate a case through bloodstains, so this matter will probably be left unresolved.

At most, the people behind Deng Zhiyong will follow up on this matter. After all, three thousand kilograms of grain is not a small amount.

Flour on the market is 1.8 cents per pound, and rice is 1.336 cents per pound. The price on the black market will definitely be a little higher because no food coupons or food books are required.

So these 3,000 kilograms of grain cost 500 yuan.

Steel plant, at the gate.

After breakfast, Zhao Mancang was riding his bicycle and was about to go in when Xiao Shutie at the door came up to him and asked when he would have the opportunity to go to the Northeast.

Xiao Shutie's purpose was very simple. In addition to getting meat, he also wanted to get a Siberian tiger.

In those days, there was a severe shortage of meat in the capital. On the contrary, in the northeast, due to land reclamation, many rural areas and land reclamation teams that knew how to hunt were not short of meat.

At least they are much better off than ordinary citizens in the capital, and can at least eat meat once or twice a week.

However, in the capital, it is very good to be able to eat meat once a month.

After all, according to the five taels of pork quota per person per month in the capital, people only eat meat once a month.

So they are really not as good as the people in rural Northeast China.

In addition to eating meat, Xiao Shutie wants to hunt a Siberian tiger for the purpose of making tiger bone wine and tiger penis wine.

"How would I know that?" Zhao Mancang said with amusement:
"You'd better not wait for me. If you have time, go hunting in Yanshan. If that doesn't work, you'll just have to starve."

Going to the Northeast to hunt is just a thought.

Unless a lot of musk deer die in the Jundushan farm, it will be difficult.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shutie's face was filled with disappointment.

I talked about tiger penis wine last time, but there is still no sign of it until now. Oh, why is it so difficult to get these good things?

It’s difficult to eat meat, let alone anything else.

"What are you guys talking about? Brother Tie, Captain Li is looking for us. Brother Mancang, I heard you're going to Moscow. Is that true?"

Han Xiaochuan walked over and interrupted the conversation between Zhao Mancang and Xiao Shutie.

Zhao Mancang said a few perfunctory words, half true and half false, and then went to the health center.

However, halfway through, he was called to the office of the top leader.

Xing Shuqi and the other three leaders were present, as well as Zhang Guozhong, head of the Propaganda Department, and Chen Shuping, a staff member of the Personnel Department.

They were talking about Lin Wan. They estimated that around nine o'clock, the Forbidden City would release Lin Wan and let her report to the steel plant.

After talking about Lin Wan, Zhang Guozhong and Chen Shuping left. Xing Shuqi then said that they had already communicated with Moscow and it was estimated that there would be results in a few days.

In response, Zhao Mancang nodded, indicating that he understood.

Whether this will work depends on what Moscow says.

As for the specific facts, Zhao Mancang believed that Qi Zhengze would most likely not tell him the details of the result.

At 9:50 in the morning, Lin Wan slowly arrived at the steel plant and, with the help of Chen Shuping, she soon joined the Propaganda Department.

The incident spread quickly.

The Security Department was the first to know about this, because when Lin Wan entered the steel plant, it was Han Xiaochuan and Fan Tong who helped lead the way.

At noon in the cafeteria, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan sat together to eat. Wei Yutong, Du Wenli, Zhao Fengying, Ye Xiaohe, Su Wanzhen and others from the Finance Department were all stunned.

Especially the latter, she couldn't figure out how she could see Lin Wan in the steel plant cafeteria?
"Mancang, Wan'er, what's going on?"

"Sister, Wan'er just joined our factory's publicity department today. You'll have to help take care of her in the future."

Zhao Mancang said with a smile, and the gossip fire in Su Wanzhen and the others' hearts suddenly burned fiercely.

There is definitely something going on here, and it's something big.

At this moment, Xiao Shutie, Li Baoguo, Zhang Jianyong, Guan Lishan, Han Xiaochuan and others from the Security Department came. When they saw Zhao Mancang sitting together with Lin Wan, Chen Qiufeng, Duan Wanyu and others, they immediately started laughing.

(End of this chapter)