Although Ninghai Iron Mine is also in Yunshan County, it is not close to Babaoliang Brigade. According to the information I heard, it should be no less than 150 miles away.

Since no one in the village had been there, we had to rush to Sanruili Commune near the iron mine and then find someone to ask for the specific location.

Zhou Yang and others set out at eight o'clock in the morning, and by the time they arrived at Sanruili Commune, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon!

It took a full eight hours of walking!

It's not that the horse-drawn carriage can't go fast, but the road is too bad, especially when approaching Sanruili Commune. The road is crushed by large trucks, so ordinary carts must be driven carefully.

Otherwise, you never know when you will fall in!

In addition to the bad road conditions, what I saw and heard along the way also made me feel very depressed.

They came from north to south, and the conditions they saw along the way didn't seem to be good.

Except for those villages near rivers and reservoirs, crops elsewhere are low and low.

Although it rained several times during this period, it was not too dry, but it was obvious that the rain was of little use.

Zhou Yang is also someone who has stayed in the village for several years, and is not the kind of scholar who doesn't distinguish between grains and grains.

Judging from his experience, the area north of the county can probably get 60 to 70% of last year's harvest.

As for the area south of the county seat, it would be good to have five achievements.

As expected, many people will definitely go hungry this year.

Although this level of famine is not enough to make people exchange their children for food, it is obviously not easy to live with.

Especially in winter and the coming spring and summer, when there is no harvest, those days will definitely be very sad.

The faces of the fellow commune members were not good-looking either. They were not stupid, and they could see that the crops in the following communes were not very good.

But there is nothing they can do about this. Apart from feeling sympathy for the people in these places, there is nothing else they can do.

However, through comparison, these people looked at Zhou Yang with a hint of gratitude.

They all know that if Zhou Yang had not worked hard some time ago, he finally won a valuable opportunity for the village to water the fields, allowing the crops in the village to wait for rain.

Otherwise, their situation may not be much better than in these places.

After the convoy arrived at Sanruili Commune, it first found the supply and marketing cooperative here.

After buying some cigarettes and wine, Zhou Yang asked the salesperson about the location of Ninghai Iron Mine.

After being told that Ninghai Iron Mine was only more than ten miles away from here, Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Ten miles away was finally not far away.

After finding out the route clearly, the group continued on their way.

Finally, at around five o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at Ninghai Iron Mine!

Ninghai Iron Mine is the largest iron mine in Ning City and the second largest iron mine in Saibei Province.

The iron ore produced here is sent directly to Lucheng Iron and Steel Plant after simple crushing and processing.

Lucheng Iron and Steel Plant is dedicated to transporting steel to the two weapons production departments of the First Machinery Factory and the Second Machinery Factory, so the importance of Ninghai Iron Mine as the upstream supply unit of Grassland Steel City is self-evident.

Before Zhou Yang and others could get close to the gate of Ninghai Iron Mine, they were stopped by the guards standing guard.

"Comrade, please show your ID!"

Looking at the armed guards, Li Guoqiang and others were stunned.

They originally thought that the Ninghai Iron Mine was just like an ordinary coal mine or quarry, with a few security personnel patrolling it, but they didn't expect that there were real soldiers here.

What's more important is that they didn't open a letter of introduction when they came today.

After all, they thought they hadn't left Yunshan County and were going to Zhong Hai's territory, so it shouldn't matter whether they could get a letter of introduction or not.

Unexpectedly, there were guards stationed here, and they asked for their IDs as soon as they came up, which really stumped them!

Seeing this, Zhou Yang immediately stepped forward and said: "Comrade, we are here to see Comrade Zhong Hai, he asked us to come here!"

With that said, Zhou Yang handed over his work permit.

The work permit is the one issued by the Compilation and Translation Bureau. I took it with me when I went to the provincial capital two days ago, but I forgot to put it at home when I came back. I didn't expect it to come in handy here.

Although the guard on duty did not know what kind of unit this translation bureau was, the vigilance on his face weakened slightly when he saw that the photo on the work permit was that of Zhou Yang, and that the photo was stamped with a steel seal.

You know, at present, photos must be stamped on the work certificates of various units.

It's just that most units use ordinary red seals, and only government department work permits can be stamped with steel stamps.

In other words, the young man in front of me is from the government department and is most likely his comrade.

"Comrade, wait a moment, I have to call the factory department to verify your identity!"

"Okay, we're not in a hurry!" Zhou Yang said.

The guard immediately returned to the guard box next to him, and then picked up the phone...

Soon, the guard who made the call completed the verification.

After returning to Zhou Yang and others, his attitude immediately changed significantly, and he said: "Comrade, Director Zhong asked you to wait a moment, he will be here soon!"

"OK!"

About twenty minutes later, I saw a 212 small jeep speeding towards me with billows of dust.

After the vehicle stopped at the gate, Zhong Hai was seen stepping out of the vehicle.

Zhou Yang and Li Guoqiang immediately greeted him!

"Hahaha, you are here now. If you had come one day later, the mine would have disposed of everything!" Zhong Hai said with a smile.

Zhou Yang immediately apologized and said: "I'm really sorry. I've been too busy these days. No, I came here as soon as I took a break!"

"Just come, come with me!"

Later, Zhong Hai stopped taking the car and led Zhou Yang and others into the iron ore mining area on foot.

You can't tell how big the mining area is from the outside, but after entering inside, everyone knows that the mining area is much larger than imagined.

All you can see is reddish-brown soil, with more than ten square kilometers exposed on the surface.

Since these soil rocks are rich in iron elements, and iron is extremely easy to oxidize and form rust when exposed to the air, everything here looks rusty, forming a distinct contrast with the green mountains in the distance.

Compared.

There are many workers and operating vehicles in the mining area, and hundreds of people can be seen alone. It is indeed the second largest iron mine in Saibei Province.

Zhou Yang and others followed Zhong Hai through the mining area for more than 40 minutes, and finally arrived at a dilapidated warehouse area.

This warehouse area is located near the mine and is made of cement pillars and iron sheets. Various scrapped machinery and equipment and scrapped vehicles are placed inside.

There were more than 20 large trucks of that kind alone, and the entire warehouse was almost full, and many items had to be stacked in the open.

No wonder the mine has to get rid of the junk inside. If it doesn't get rid of it, there will really be no place to put things in it.

Zhong Hai pointed to the huge warehouse, and then said: "The things you want are inside, see if they can be used first, and take them away if they can."

"Second brother, what's the price?" Li Guoqiang asked immediately.

"What's the price? Just give it the price of scrap iron. Anyway, the mine is going to treat it as scrap iron!"

Li Guoqiang immediately turned to look at Zhou Yang, and then said: "Brother-in-law, what do you think?"

Zhou Yang nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a look first, and then talk to Brother Zhong after we've made our choice!"

Although it is indeed treated as scrap iron for the mine, each of these things is very heavy, easily weighing several hundred kilograms.

The price of iron is so expensive now, and the overall price is quite impressive, so you have to choose something useful.

"Okay, you guys take a look first, I'll ask the cafeteria to prepare some food for you!" Zhong Hai said.

"Brother Zhong, don't bother, we brought dry food!" Zhou Yang said.

"Hahaha, here we are in the mine, how can we let you eat dry food!"

After saying that, Zhong Hai said a few words to Zhou Yang and Li Guoqiang, then turned around and left in the car!

ps: The first chapter has been delivered, and the second chapter will be delivered soon. This morning, they organized us to visit the Henan Provincial Museum to collect stories, but I had to stay in the hotel to type, ugh!
Chapter completed!