Guo Yi has been running around everywhere these days. The more he knows, the less he understands.
He originally thought it was just a short business trip of two or three days, but now he reported to his boss that he wanted to stay longer. From the tone of the phone call, Guo Yi knew that his boss thought he was a bit busy, or that he wanted to take the opportunity to travel.
It was fun, but the development of things had made him more and more interested.
First of all, he found that people came almost every day. Not many people came, but they spoke with southern and northern accents. Most of them were young and mostly male. And they were not workers from the labor-intensive enterprises common in this area. They all brought a lot of luggage.
Secondly, during the process of visiting local companies that the company had contacted, he discovered another unusual place.
In various professional wholesale markets around this city, the sales volume of some commodities has skyrocketed in the past three months. A preliminary summary shows that the items with significant increases include: various foods, medical equipment and drugs, tools, water pumps, electric motors,
Small power machines, various specifications of high-quality carbon steel, alloy steel materials and electrolytic copper and other metal raw materials, measuring instruments, ready-made clothing, shoes and socks, etc.
Thinking of the nationwide procurement of Chuan Chuan Company, Guo Yi concluded without hesitation that these purchases should also be from Chuan Chuan Company. Apparently they divided the procurement into two parts. Ordinary and simple items were purchased from local places; those with relatively high technical content were purchased from Chuan Chuan Company.
Or if the regional price difference is obvious, purchase directly from other places.
Guo Yi was no longer too lazy to assume what they were planning to do. He decided to go directly to the company to have a look.
I took a motorcycle to the base. The training base looked quite old. Most of the buildings were from the 1960s and 1970s. The office building in the middle was slightly newer and had a history of more than ten years. I didn’t see what the company was doing.
Although he found out that the crossing company had purchased a lot of construction machinery. The door of the base was open, and there were two old men chatting and smoking in the concierge. It looked as normal as possible. Guo Yi was worried about showing off.
If you enter directly with your certificate, you will be alerted. So I climbed up a nearby hill and observed it with a telescope for a while.
On the playground, you can see teams wearing grass-green training uniforms, divided into several groups, doing queue training. His camera suddenly stopped, and he could clearly see that several queues were holding short bamboo poles in their hands.
, there are also people carrying military drums, although the sound cannot be heard from a distance, these people are obviously marching according to the rhythm of the drums. One moment the queue spreads out into a horizontal formation, then into a column, and suddenly it becomes a square formation. Then, the front line
The people in the row were half squatting with their bamboo poles thrust upward, while those in the back were standing with their bamboo poles raised horizontally, creating a strange posture.
What are you doing? Guo Yi himself went through military training in high school, college, and when he entered the workforce. In his memory, the content of queue training has never been like this.
Guo Yi tried his best to adjust the focus and saw these people then perform a whole set of actions: playing with the bamboo pole, taking out something from his chest, putting it to his mouth to make a bite gesture, and then playing with the top of the bamboo pole... The more he looked, the more he became more and more
Confused - these people have nothing in their hands except bamboo poles?
"Weird thing." He muttered, unable to understand the purpose of these ghostly movements. He moved the telescope to another place. Beside the sand pit, there was a group of people practicing unarmed combat. The teacher-looking person among them,
He was obviously from the field army - there were many retired soldiers in Guo Yi's unit. The tempered physical strength of professional soldiers can be felt even from a long distance.
Adjusting the focus to the maximum, I saw a lot of iron barrels, angle steel and other things piled on the pier. Some people were welding something, and sparks were flying. There were also two small rowing boats resting on the rafts on the pier.
"What kind of evil moth is this company doing..."
Guo Yizai wandered around for a long time, and finally returned to the city in disappointment. He found nothing but growing doubts.
That night, Guo Yi came out of the hotel, walked around the street, found a small restaurant and drank two bottles of beer. He felt very depressed. He had never doubted his IQ, and he had experienced many things over the years at work.
Normally, it doesn't take long for him to be able to figure out everything in his hands. But this matter in front of him has left him in a fog.
"It's better to go back first." Guo Yi thought, it is not a problem to stay here. It has been four days, and the investigation cannot continue endlessly. Judging from the materials at hand, this company is a bit suspicious, but there is nothing
If it does anything that harms social stability and unity, it is free to purchase so many things. As for money laundering or other issues, let the relevant departments deal with it.
Guo Yi's investigation more or less reached the ears of the Executive Committee through social activities between Zhong Lizhi and several local people. However, the fact that the news came out shows that no one took it seriously. Xiao Zishan
He was a little worried, as the matter had reached this point and it was already over. No one wanted the same result as the men's football team. In the morning, he went to the cafeteria to eat and hurriedly looked for Wen Desi.
"I think it's nothing." Wen Desi thought for a moment and said, "Just let him check it out. We haven't done anything illegal. He can't find any problems."
"It's better to hurry up, the nights are long and the dreams are many."
"Have all the people expected to register been confirmed?"
"All have been confirmed, and there are still 19 people who will all arrive before next Thursday. I have also confirmed those who are not participating."
"Then we will have a general meeting next Friday."
"Are all the relevant proposals ready?"
"In the past few days, various groups have been discussing and making various suggestions, and everyone's mood is quite high."
While he was talking, the door of the office opened, and Wang Luobin, who was tired of work, walked in. He is currently responsible for project establishment, approval and procurement of material preparation in the executive committee. He often travels around. In the past three months, he has concentrated on
The strength lies in the issue of building ships.
Travelers discovered during the time-travel trade that the energy of the wormhole gradually decays as the time it is open increases. The longer the wormhole is open, the more energy the wormhole consumes.
Small-scale time-travel trade involves only a few trailers at most. When the time-travel operation begins, thousands of tons of materials will have to pass through the wormhole - the plan of using a fleet of vehicles to transport materials and personnel is obviously not feasible -
―The travel time is too long, and it is very likely that the final energy will be exhausted before the transportation is completely completed.
The only thing that can pass through a wormhole in a short time and transport a large amount of material is a ship - a ship as large as possible. The procurement list of the Travelers is getting bigger and bigger. Without a big ship, it is impossible to transport it anyway.
Hundreds of living people and thousands of tons of equipment and materials were sent to the 17th century at once.
In addition to the transportation itself, a modern cargo ship is the epitome of a modern industrial society, with various main engines and auxiliary machines, high and low pressure pipelines, pumps, cables, electronic communication and observation equipment, desalination equipment, small machine repair workshops, health clinics...etc.
A ship, before a land base is built, is a complete modern world. Travelers can get support from power and processing equipment in this modern base. The biggest advantage is that it can maintain basic conditions for a considerable period of time.
Modern living conditions, lest modern people who are accustomed to these enjoyments suddenly feel that the living conditions are too difficult and have a nervous breakdown.
Finally, it has a considerable military role. The huge iron ship is enough to create a shocking sense of oppression. The steel body is not afraid of any cannonballs and arson weapons. Even if the brave want to join forces, they have to climb the freeboard as high as a city wall.
No need to equip any weapons, just ramming it at full power is enough to make any warship in that time and space lose its soul - the smaller ship will sink directly, and the big ship will not be able to withstand the collision of the steel bow. They still have no way to escape.
Even very old ships can easily reach speeds of 11-14 knots. Except for some clippers who may be able to escape under favorable winds, most ships can be ravaged by it.
Gorgeous multi-turret battleship cargo ship! With such a giant ship, it is the master of the ocean.
Behind the gorgeous dreams are often accompanied by terrible reality, and the person who brought the reality was a graduate of the Maritime University.
At this moment, Mond appeared.
Mond knew that the chat group had already happened after the second group of key personnel had registered. He accidentally found out on the frequently visited BBS that the time-travel portal actually appeared, and he had secretly begun to gather his comrades to go to Chongzhen to change history in the early years. It was confirmed.
After discovering the authenticity of the news, Mond resolutely decided to join it, dreaming of becoming a real historical tamperer.
He is the only graduate of a maritime university among the group, and his work often involves ships.
His academic qualifications and work experience immediately caught the attention of the Executive Committee. Although the Executive Committee felt that this person's ship-handling skills were second-guessing, there was no one else who understood large cargo ships except him.
Maritime University and wormhole energy are two unrelated factors, destined to be one of the people who will leave a separate chapter in the history of time travel.
At a specially convened meeting on ship issues, he was hired as a consultant. This made this young man who had only graduated a few years ago feel that he was valued for the first time.
"President Wen, this matter is not easy to handle," Mond said after listening to the executive committee's introduction to the plan, "crew, we don't have crew."
"How many people are needed?"
"Older ships of less than 5,000 tons usually have 40 people, and ships with 10,000 tons or more have more than 50 people." Mond said, "Newer ships using drone cabins also have more than 20 people." He spread his hands.
, "These people are all skilled workers, and it is impossible for them to be qualified for this job."
If Chinese merchant ships do not carry passengers, they are basically divided into two parts: the deck department and the engine department. The deck department alone has the captain, second and third mates, chief radio operator, radio operator, freighter, tallyman, bosun, and mate
Bosun, first water, second water, chef, second cook, third cook, deck attendant, etc.
The key engineering departments include: chief engineer, second and third engineer, electrician, chief engineer, chief firemaker, machinist, assistant machinist, coppersmith, electrician, refueling, firemaking, etc.
"If we want to use this ship for a long time, if not all of these people, we must have half of them. Especially the engine department."
The executive committee looked at each other in confusion. A ship is so complicated? How about making a p? It’s lucky to have such a shipping professional to participate. How do you expect a boatload of sailors?
"What if we just traveled through the past?"
"It's also very difficult. Although it can be done with fewer people." Mond put forward his suggestion: set up a freight forwarding office at a port on the Leizhou Peninsula and rent a warehouse. All the required materials should be transported to the port for loading.
Cargo; rent or a coastal bulk carrier, and the shipping destination is set to Bobu Port in Hainan. Some passengers can disguise themselves as backpackers and board the ship. This is a common phenomenon on coastal cargo ships. Others arrive first on several fishing boats.
Rendezvous point. When the ship sails out to sea and approaches the port, it passes through the ship to take over, drives the crew into the sea, drives the ship through the time and space gate, and then sits on the beach on Hainan Island.
"The Qiongzhou Strait is very narrow. I personally think that my own ship-handling abilities are still good. I suggest that the executive committee send some people to study the engineering and basic deck personnel, but this ship will basically not be used in the future."