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As for common sea fish, he can go with driver Lao Zhao to buy them from the fishermen later this afternoon.

These rare sea fish are not necessarily available in the market, and fishermen may not have them.

Therefore, spending meat coupons on this kind of fish is definitely a good deal.

After buying everything in Xiaoshan, he found a secluded spot and stored all the items in his backpack.

After eating a bowl of seafood noodles at a restaurant, I returned to the guesthouse empty-handed.

Around noon, the drivers from the transportation department also got up.

Xiao Shan took them to a restaurant specializing in seafood and they had a big meal there.

This trip was considered a business trip, so their food, accommodation, and transportation expenses were all deducted from their travel expenses. Xiaoshan naturally wouldn't help the factory save money.

After all, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is now rolling in money.

After lunch, the group arrived at the port to welcome John Bull's cargo ship.

By this time, a large number of people had gathered at the port, most of them wearing Zhongshan suits.

It appears they are leaders from various metallurgical plants, here to coordinate the machine tools.

Not long after, the sound of a ship's horn could be heard in the distance, indicating that it was about to dock.

Soon, a colossal vessel appeared on the sea surface and docked steadily in the port.

At this moment, Xiao Shan stepped out from the crowd and identified himself: "Hello everyone, I am the person in charge of this liaison with Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. Please check the machine tools here later. If you find any problems, please report to me immediately."

Every time the machine tools need to be docked, Xiaoshan has to come to Qingdao Port.

This is because the machine tool may have encountered some problems during transportation, or the machine tool company in John Bull may not have inspected it properly and sent a defective machine tool.

These all need to be recorded by Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, then reported by Xiaoshan to Allen, and Allen will issue replacements when a batch of machine tools arrives.

After hearing Xiao Shan's words, everyone gathered around him, wanting to exchange pleasantries.

After all, everyone now knows that Xiao Shan is the key figure in connecting with the machine tool factory on John Bull's side.

If we can build a good relationship with him, maybe we can get a few more machine tools allocated when we're doing the purchasing!

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Faced with the enthusiastic crowd, Xiao Shan naturally greeted them with a smile.

Of course, while exchanging pleasantries, Xiao Shan also reminded everyone: "If you have any questions later, feel free to come and find me! I will be here for two hours, so please try to check the machine tools within those two hours."

Everyone naturally took Xiao Shan's instructions to heart.

Nowadays, everyone in the national metallurgical system knows that the person who brought down the price of new machine tools is called Xiaoshan.

This is also the effect of Li Huaide's deliberate promotion.

After all, if you want to unite the entire national metallurgical system as one, you need someone to connect the dots.

Xiao Shan is undoubtedly the best candidate.

As the ship came to a stop, everyone busied themselves helping the crew unload the containers.

Just then, a tall sailor arrived at the port waiting area, carrying a large package, and loudly asked in English, "Excuse me, who is Xiao Shan?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shan immediately went to greet him and introduced himself as Xiao Shan.

The crew member exchanged a few words with Xiao Shan, checked the code that Xiao Shan and Allen had agreed on, and then handed the package to Xiao Shan with peace of mind.

Everyone saw Xiao Shan take a package from the crew member's hand, but everyone tacitly pretended not to see it.

After all, everyone here is from the metallurgical system. They're all trying to curry favor with Xiao Shan, so why would they cause him trouble?

On the contrary, they will definitely not let go of those who cause trouble for Xiaoshan.

Making trouble for Xiaoshan is tantamount to cutting off their metallurgical system's source of income!

After inspection, no problems were found with this batch of machine tools.

So everyone loaded the machine tools onto the carts and returned to their respective metallurgical plants.

Xiao Shan told the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill's transport team to rest a little longer, while he and Lao Zhao went to a nearby fishing village to buy seafood.

Old Zhao led Xiao Shan to his familiar fishing village, and they quickly found several fishermen he knew.

After Lao Zhao spoke to them, several fishermen immediately brought over their fresh catch for the two of them to choose from.

Xiaoshan received a lot of prawns and crabs, especially the crabs.

It's the season for swimming crabs, and swimming crabs with lots of red roe like these would be very expensive in later generations, but here they're practically free.

At this time, the prawns were very plump, and the prawn roe looked very full. Xiao Shan couldn't help but take a little more.

"Director Xiao, you've taken too much. It'll spoil when you get back," Old Zhao couldn't help but remind Xiao Shan, seeing how much fresh seafood he had brought. "You should take more dried goods instead!"

"I did the same thing as you last time. I bought a lot of seafood, but I couldn't finish it all, and a lot of it went to waste!"

Xiao Shan glanced at the several large baskets in front of him and nodded in agreement: "You're right, let's take these! Let's go to their house and pick out some dried goods."

Old Zhao nodded and said to Xiao Shan with a smile, "Take more dried goods, especially the dried scallops we brought back last time. They make a wonderful porridge and keep very well."

Xiao Shan said with great interest, "Let's go! Let's go buy some dried goods!"

The two filled the trunk of their car to the brim in the fishing village before reluctantly driving away from the small village.

The two of them bought so many things, but ended up spending less than six yuan.

Moreover, judging from the happy looks on those fishermen's faces, it's as if Xiaoshan is the one who got the short end of the stick.

After meeting up with the transport convoy at the port, the group headed towards Beijing.

When Xiao Shan and his group returned to Beijing, it was evening. After delivering the machine tool to the factory and storing it, Lao Zhao specially drove Xiao Shan home.

By this time, everyone in the courtyard was asleep, and the main gate of the courtyard was locked.

After Yan Jiecheng opened the door for Xiao Shan, he also helped deliver the seafood to Xiao Shan's home.

After seeing Lao Zhao off, Xiao Shan gave Yan Jiefang some seafood as a thank-you gift.

The following afternoon, at Xiao Shan's request, He Yuzhu helped him prepare a seafood feast.

This time, Xiao Shan only invited his master and mistress, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and He Yuzhu's family.

During the meal, He Yuzhu boasted to Xiao Shan that he had won two cooking competitions against Nan Yi, the head chef of the third canteen.

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xiao Shan laughed and said, "Brother Zhu, could it be that Nan Yi deliberately went easy on you because you're the cafeteria manager?"

“Impossible, Nan Yi isn’t that kind of person!” He Yuzhu said with absolute certainty.

Hearing He Yuzhu say this, Xiao Shan nodded slightly.

In the TV series I watched before Xiaoshan's time travel, Nan Yi was indeed an honest person.

"Brother Zhu, so you and Nan Yi are quite familiar with each other?" Xiao Shan asked He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu nodded: "Of course, after all, we are the best chefs in the steel rolling mill!"

As he spoke, He Yuzhu sighed and said, "It's a pity that Nan Yi, I don't know what he was thinking, actually got together with a widow with two children! With his conditions, he could have found someone better!"

"So what if she's a widow? Guangtian lives with a widow too, and they're doing just fine!" Xiao Shan said with a smile.

Hearing Xiao Shan say this, He Yuzhu nodded and didn't say anything more.

This time, because Mao Dexing and Ding Dade both dragged He Yuzhu to drink with them, He Yuzhu got drunk.

Since she was still hungover the next morning, Li Caijuan had to ask Xiao Shan to ask He Yuzhu for a day off.

Because He Yuzhu took the day off today, Xiao Shan did not go to the first canteen for lunch, but went to the third canteen instead.

Xiao Shan didn't go to the First Canteen because He Yuzhu's apprentices' skills were far inferior to He Yuzhu's, and the food at the First Canteen would be severely compromised without He Yuzhu.

If you go to the third canteen, you can also try Nan Yi's cooking.

To be honest, the food cooked in the cafeteria at Nan Yi is actually much better.

After all, He Yuzhu is good at Sichuan cuisine, which requires a lot of seasonings.

If we put this much food in a communal pot, it's not worth it.

Therefore, Nan Yi's light and refreshing cuisine has the upper hand here.

A few days later, when Xiao Shan was on his way home and passed by the street next to Pigeon Market, he noticed a red cloth hanging on a big tree on that street.

It seems that Zhou Caiwang has gotten his hands on something good.

So that evening, Xiao Shan arrived at Zhou Caiwang's temporary residence.

And Zhou Caiwang was indeed waiting there.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan approaching, Zhou Caiwang hurriedly came forward, beaming as he said, "Comrade, come in quickly! I've come across something really good today!"

As he spoke, Zhou Caiwang led Xiao Shan into the dilapidated house and handed him a large brocade box.

Xiao Shan opened the brocade box with some curiosity and found that it contained a blue and white porcelain vase!

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The moment Xiao Shan saw the vase, he recognized it as something from the Song Dynasty.

Upon examining the bottom of the vase, Xiao Shan discovered that it indeed bore the inscription "Second Year of Taiping Xingguo".

These vases were produced during the reign of Emperor Zhao Er!

If this vase were placed in the era before Xiao Shan's time travel, its value would be immeasurable!

Because porcelain is inherently difficult to preserve, especially after going through so many turbulent times, well-preserved Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain is extremely rare.

Although he could tell the vase was genuine, Xiao Shan still looked troubled: "Brother Zhou, is this Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain real? I haven't heard of any genuine Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain on the market these days!"

Seeing Xiao Shan's puzzled expression, Zhou Caiwang quickly explained, "Comrade Xiao, I haven't heard of any Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain appearing on the market right now, but I assure you, this is absolutely genuine!"

As he spoke, Zhou Caiwang leaned close to Xiao Shan's ear and whispered, "This one comes from a family that has been involved in tomb raiding."

"I can guarantee that if it's a fake, I'll refund all the money you paid for the things you bought from me."

"Besides, this is a long-term business relationship between us. If it's a fake, I'll naturally tell you beforehand. I wouldn't risk ruining my own reputation, would I?"

Xiao Shan nodded slightly: "Brother Zhou, how much does this cost?"

Zhou Caiwang smiled at Xiao Shan: "You're a regular customer here, so I'll give you a fair price! The total cost for the goods and people is 2000 yuan, I'll make 100 yuan profit, so you can take the 2100 yuan!"

"The owner of the goods and the seller planned to run away after taking the money, otherwise they wouldn't have sold it at such a low price! You should know that this price is an absolute steal."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shan feigned hesitation and said to Zhou Caiwang, "This price is indeed a steal, but I don't have that much money on hand right now. I need to discuss it with my friend to see if we can chip in and buy it together!"

"I'll ask my friend tomorrow and then I'll give you an answer. What do you think?"

Hearing Xiao Shan say this, Zhou Caiwang wasn't surprised: "No problem, but if you don't come tomorrow, I'll sell the goods to someone else! The customer really needs the money urgently, otherwise I could have kept it myself!"

"I'll come find you here at the same time tomorrow," Xiao Shan said to Zhou Caiwang with a serious expression.

After saying that, Xiao Shan left the dilapidated house.

The reason Xiao Shan didn't buy the blue and white porcelain on the spot was that he didn't want Zhou Caiwang to see that he could take out a large sum of money at any time.

Although he had a long-term business relationship with Zhou Caiwang, if Zhou Caiwang knew that he could come up with so much money at once, he might try to rip him off.

If Zhou Caiwang tries to sell him anything again, he'll probably ask for an exorbitant price.

The next day, Xiao Shan came to Zhou Caiwang at the same time and bought the blue and white porcelain from him.

Before we knew it, it was the end of 1970, and the steel rolling mill was about to close down.

This year, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is different from previous years. Due to the machine tool issue, the mill is now financially powerful.

At the end of the year, the steel rolling mill bought up all the pigs that had just been slaughtered around Beijing and distributed them as welfare to the factory workers.

In total, almost every worker received five or six pounds of pork.

Of course, whether they are fat or thin depends on how well the workers get along with the canteen and logistics staff.

This time, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill bought up almost all the pigs that had just been slaughtered in the surrounding communes. In addition to the efforts of the purchasing staff, the assistance of various metallurgical plants was also indispensable.

After all, thanks to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, the output of various metallurgical plants in Beijing has almost doubled.

So when they learned that Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was going to buy pigs to give as welfare to the workers, they naturally wanted to help Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, since they would still need Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill for machine tools next year!

Meanwhile, factories other than those in the metallurgical system are currently engaged in fierce competition.