Chapter 375 Peace Feast

Until the end of March, Zhang Zhiqin did not return to Shacheng, but stayed in Leizhou City. The main reason was that there was a fleet going to Shacheng, all of which were offshore transport ships. The captains were mainly from Liangxi, Yuzhou, and Chongzhou, each with one-third.

The captain of the ship in Yuzhou was originally a fisherman, and his hometown was not far from Huaguo Mountain. His son Gu Ding was Zhang Zhiqin's comrade-in-arms. After leaving the army, he was supposed to be arranged to work in the reservoir, but it was delayed. He worked as a security guard in a nearby vocational college for several years. When Zhang Zhiqin knew about it, he took Gu Ding to Shacheng.

When Gu Ding went south at first, his father was against it, thinking that after leaving, the original work at the reservoir might really disappear.

It was not until Gu Ding brought money back to repair the house during the Chinese New Year that Lao Gu's mouth was shut.

After that, Gu Ding was the master of the family, and Lao Gu, an old fisherman, began to listen to his son's decisions.

Zhang Haonan separated the fleet and logistics departments into several companies for independent operation. Gu Ding listened to Zhang Haonan and asked Lao Gu to come and follow him.

Before, we only did some inland river transportation, mainly in the "Jiankang-Liangxi" section. For example, we transported battery cars, accessories, poultry eggs, mushrooms, etc. Most of the transportation was done by water transportation. The main reason was that the distance was not far. During weekends and holidays, water transportation was much faster than highways for two or three hundred kilometers.

Another thing was that the freight was very cheap. Within 800 kilometers, one ton of goods cost a few yuan, and the higher one was only twenty yuan.

However, Zhang Haonan had not handled long-distance water transportation before, so he had to try it out before opening up a new route.

You must find someone you can trust when you run a ship, otherwise if the captain does something stupid, it would be troublesome.

The captains of the three places have one thing in common, that is, they all have family members working in the affiliated companies under Zhang Haonan's name, or they are directly related.

For example, the captain of Liangxi is Xu Zhentao's relative, his uncle, and he is about to reach the age of sixty.

The captain of Chongzhou is from Shacheng Farm, but his ancestral home is Chongzhou. His son and daughter both work at "Shacheng Food". His daughter is an accountant and his son is a salesperson.

Originally, they were all going to change their careers, but now they have earned a big house in Chongzhou City by running the canal route with the introduction of their son.

From the bottom of their hearts, the three captains prefer to run the canal or the Yangtze River, after all, it is much safer.

No matter how close the coast is, it is still the sea. Although they have run it before, to Leizhou, it is the distance from the East China Sea to the South China Sea, which is a bit long.

However, when it comes to transportation, people are not afraid of long roads, but they are afraid of having no money.

In addition, the water fare is finally less.

Therefore, for the sake of money, the three captains are willing to run the route first, so that they don’t have to run it themselves after that.

They will start running a trip at the end of the month, so Zhang Haonan also specially set up a table of wine and invited the captains and the guys to come to "Wujialou" for a peace banquet.

"Wujialou" is just south of the villa where Zhao Dai lives. The building is ready. Zhang Haonan bought a restaurant that was not doing well before. He bought all the floors in a package. The floors above the fifth floor are still under negotiation. There are quite a lot of owners. Knowing that it is Boss Zhang who wants to buy, they all ask for a high price.

The most conservative one raised the price by five times. Maybe he looked down on Boss Zhang's ability. Others raised the price by ten times. You raised the price by five times. It is obvious that you think Boss Zhang does not have the ability to pay ten times the price.

Boss Zhang was very angry, so he did not buy it.

It took a long time, but it didn't matter. Anyway, the sign of "Wujialou" was completed in two days.

The city construction company had some leftover Nixie tubes in stock, so Boss Zhang took them and used them as a sign. The effect was quite good. It was colorful in the middle of the night, and it had the temperament of a third-rate nightclub.

However, the ship bosses thought that "Wujialou" was very cool and looked very powerful.

The decoration was not changed, but it was redecorated with festive colors. The crystal chandelier was dismantled and sold to another hotel. The current chandeliers are all traditional lanterns.

In fact, there was no major change in the waiters. The relatives of the former boss left with the former boss, and those who stayed did not know the new lobby manager and chef.

"Old Ding, you are the same. You are the captain of the team after all. What's the matter with helping to make sausages?"

In addition to the captain and the clerk, there are also the backbone of the logistics company's team today. Ding Kuishan will naturally come.

"I'm just afraid that the skill of making red sausages will be rusty."

"You can be a master and give instructions. If you help with the work, won't it be a robbery of production?"

Zhang Haonan smiled and stretched out his hand. Gu Ding came over with a bag. Zhang Haonan took out a few cigarettes and stuffed them into Ding Kuishan, "Go and share them with the brothers in the team."

"Hey."

Ding Kuishan nodded and hurriedly held the cigarettes and went to disperse.

"You don't have to follow me tonight. Go to your dad's place and pass out the cigarettes."

"Yes."

Gu Ding was also happy to have Zhang Haonan's order. He found Lao Gu and sat down with a smile.

The captains tried their best to speak non-standard Mandarin. In the end, it was too hot to speak, so they all chose to speak in dialect. Anyway, the sailors are knowledgeable and can understand most dialects within a thousand kilometers.

Everyone speaks their own language and they don't mix up.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

"Brother Haonan!"

Zhang Haonan entered the hall, followed by the secretary and bodyguard. The foreman and the waiter also met the new boss for the first time. They felt that the people who came to eat today had a lot of gangster spirit. When they saw Zhang Haonan wearing sunglasses and two rows of black suits, they were scared to death.

What is this?

"You all sit down, eat and drink when you should. Have a safe feast today, and have a safe and smooth journey tomorrow."

Zhang Haonan waved again, and a small trolley behind him brought all kinds of sweet water with soy sauce and strong aroma. There were several bottles for each table. If you like soy sauce, go for soy sauce, and if you like strong aroma, go for strong aroma. Anyway, it’s a good idea to run a boat. They all start at half a catty, and one bottle for two people is the minimum.

It’s not that most drinkers are awesome, but that they have to drink to make a living on the water, and then they form dependence and habits.

Even if Zhang Haonan came over to drink some wine, he would still drink it, and it would make no difference to them.

"As long as this transportation route in Leizhou goes smoothly, there will be a few more big deals in the future. By the end of the year, there will be three to five million left, so I will give it out as a red envelope. Everyone, please pay attention to safety when sailing. Safety comes first. First, as long as you live and hang out with me, Zhang Haonan, you will have enough food and clothing, not to mention wealth."

The secretary next to him filled a glass of "soy-flavored foot washing water" for him. Boss Zhang stood up and raised his glass, "I wish everyone all the best, no illness, no disaster, and good luck."

"Thank you boss!"

"Thank you boss——"

The voice was so loud that the head waiter was afraid of attracting the police.

Then several police officers arrived.

In addition to the police, there is also Xu Zhentao, the mayor of Daqiao Town.

Xu Zhentao came here in Zhang Zhibing's car, and now the two of them are considered local partners.

Seeing the policemen sitting down to eat with smiles on their faces, the waiters were dumbfounded and suddenly felt that the "protective umbrella" behind the new boss must be huge.

"Old Xu, sit here."

"You still need to tell me?"

Xu Zhentao sat down, quickly poured wine and had a drink with the old man next to him, "Uncle, please pay attention to safety."

"What's the point? It's not like I have no money to make."

After taking a sip of wine, Xu Zhentao's uncle Gu Jinlou was very relaxed. He traveled as far as Fujian and Yue on a boat trip, and also ate hand-made beef balls on the bank of Zhangjiang River.

I made a little money, but not much. It was only after my nephew got up that he made a fortune from Zhang Haonan's transportation orders.

It's almost been more than ten years since one year. Every day, there is no worry about running out of goods, and the cargo is fully loaded through the gate.

For example, the bran, rice bran, corn, peas, distiller's grains on the Grand Canal... are not transported out or in. If they are placed there, they will be at a steady loss. Once they are circulated, everyone will make a profit. It's just a little more or a little less.

Even because of the later business volume of "Shacheng Food" and "Daqiao Food", as long as the goods can be distributed by ship, they basically do it by ship. Because of the large volume, large trucks generally need to form a fleet, but it is only a matter of one ship.

So after decades of living on the water, Gu Jinlou hired a waiter for the first time.

It's different now. He has also become a clerk, but he is just a clerk with the title of cadre. The reason why Gu Jinlou is willing to work is that the ship is not his own, so he doesn't have to worry about whether it is owned or not. Second, Zhang Haonan will give him a commission, and it is considerable. rich.

This caused one of Gu Jinlou's two sons to change his surname to him. Neither of the two sons had the surname Gu before, because when they were young, they were the son-in-law of the family, and they were the boss of a boat in Liangxi who was eating from the public family.

Now he didn't mention anything, but his father-in-law, who was still alive, took the initiative to mention it.

All this made him very happy. He never expected that he would have a second spring in life and career when he was almost sixty years old.

"It doesn't matter if you have more money or less, good health is the most important thing."

"Speaking of which, as long as you have money, it's better than anything else."

Holding the wine glass and taking a sip, Gu Jinlou's dark skin shone. He didn't agree with his nephew's words. If it really didn't matter, there would be no such change.

When an old friend landed, the first thing he saw was not the wrinkles on Gu Jinlou’s forehead, nor his pitch-black face, but the newly bought watch, mobile phone, thick gold ring, and high-end cashmere sweater. , leather jacket.

A leather jacket worth three or four thousand dollars is more useful than ten thousand kind words.

Money is such a good thing.

Boss Zhang is really a good person.

Just a little harsh.

Gu Jinlou would lament Zhang Haonan's ruthlessness because there was a guy who carried things and stole oil. When the temperature was three or four degrees Celsius, Zhang Haonan was held down by Zhang Haonan in the cold canal water.

Whoever tries to stop someone, and whoever opens his mouth to help others will also face the same fate.

Boss Zhang is very willing to give money, but as long as he is greedy for a penny, it will not work.

It's his money, and unless he agrees, it can't be touched, not even a cent.

One minute Boss Zhang can make you smile and smoke, and the next minute he turns into a pervert who laughs and presses your head under the water.

But again, Boss Zhang is a good person besides being a bit ruthless.

He really gives money.

"Brother Gu is right, money is the best thing!"

Gu Ding's father picked up the wine glass and drank a glass with Gu Jinlou, "It's so difficult to have no money. I don't even dare to eat casually."

"Dad, control your drinking."

Seeing his father's mood rising, Gu Ding poured the wine aside and gave him a few words of advice.

"good."

In the past, Lao Gu Gao Luo would glare at his son, but it was different now. He still listened to his son's advice.

But those who run boats still have to drink.

After two or three cups, everyone's atmosphere was high, and the brothers in the team were also chatting. Maybe it was because Zhang Haonan was there, or maybe it was because the "foot washing water" and "little sweet water" were too expensive, so they were all very restrained, basically only two or two. Seal the cup and eat the food.

After a few hard dishes were served, we chatted while eating, mainly about buying a house, a car, and my wife and children.

Zhang Haonan also chatted with Zhang Zhibing about work matters.

"Uncle, are you used to this? There are so many trivial matters in the police station, it's no better than hanging around in the city bureau first."

"There are so many bad things, and we have to mediate every day. Now there are many greenhouses, and there are petty thieves every other day. Catch and release, release and catch, like an eagle catching chicks."

Zhang Zhibing originally had no idea of ​​​​living in the office, and there was nothing wrong with getting a fixed salary.

But the scale of his nephew's enterprise is getting bigger and bigger, and the city has some intention of consolidating the relationship, so he was found from the bench and thrown into Daqiao Town to work.

The salary has not increased much, but the work has increased hundreds of times...

It's speechless.

This is how he suffers.

He has no interest in "generating income", and mainly relies on "Daqiao Food" to give some benefits to his colleagues during the holidays.

After all, Daqiao Town has a poor foundation, and if you really want to get some money, you can't get anything.

You can't blackmail "Daqiao Food", right?

What will happen?

Fortunately, when he took over, the entire Daqiao Police Station, except for the old lady who cooked, was replaced by young people. Everyone was very motivated and had no complaints.

In addition, Zhang Haonan donated several cars to the police station, and the young police officers did not feel how hard it was in the countryside. It seemed different from what the seniors described.

It seems that the seniors are not hardworking and can't bear hardships.

"You should make more progress while you are still young, uncle."

"Do you think I am you? I don't have great abilities."

After drinking a mouthful of soup, Zhang Zhibing shook his head. He had limited abilities and just needed to do his job well. It was impossible for him to come up with something groundbreaking. He was not as hardworking as Zhang Zhiwu.

Zhang Zhiwu was about to go to the Municipal Bureau to work in the office. It would be this year or next year.

Forget it.

"As long as there is a chance, besides, the times are developing, and there are opportunities everywhere."

"Hmm?"

After hearing what Zhang Haonan said, Zhang Zhibing finally smelled something, "What do you mean?"

"The Qingming Festival is coming soon, April 1st, come with me to buy some knife fish."

Zhang Haonan didn't tell Zhang Zhibing at the table, but it was obvious that he had prepared something for Zhang Zhibing.

"Go back to Laozhuji tomorrow, and I will also call Uncle Zhiwu over."

"Okay."

Now Zhang Zhibing is completely sure that Zhang Haonan has some way to make them meritorious.

Zhang Haonan saw that Zhang Zhibing understood, and he didn't say anything more. He waved to Gu Ding, and Gu Ding immediately stood up and walked to Zhang Haonan's side and put his ear close.

"Take out the things."

"Yes."

Then Gu Ding picked up a box, opened it, and it was full of red envelopes.

"Red envelopes are given out!"

Gu Ding shouted, and the audience immediately took out tissues to wipe their mouths. This part is their favorite, which is much more exciting than delicacies from mountains and seas.