Zhou Dahe and Anderson walked one after another on the side of the railway line that was paving. This was their last day here, because this section of railway officially started operation today. And the staff of the agency who were transferred to build the railway were also back to their respective units.

This is not the Mianmei Line they built before (Miannong Township - Meilin Port). The road was completed as early as the end of last year. At the beginning of this year, after obtaining the approval of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Transport decided to continue to extend the Mianmei Line Railway to the south, pass through the Corps Fort and then go straight to the Luoqia Port Wharf. The extended 60 or 70 kilometers of railways connected with the original 80 kilometers, and became a land transportation artery that runs across the southern part of the East Coast of China. The Ministry of Transport also officially named the railway the Luomei Line. The railway is nearly 150 kilometers long, with a total of five stations: Luoqia Station, Corps Station, Cotum Station, Zhenyuan Station and Meilin Station (a station may be added in the future), connecting the densely populated capital area in the south, Xiling area, and Yihe area with the Yazi Lake area in the north through the developed inland river and lake water system, and from then on, it will no longer be afraid of the enemy's maritime blockade.

"Brother Zhou, are you going back today?" Anderson asked boredly, kicking the stones scattered by the railway, and muffled.

"Yes, I'll go back today." Zhou Dahe said absent-mindedly, walking towards a small shop next to the railway station.

The shop is a red brick and green tiles steeple, standing alone opposite several houses at the railway station. There are three rooms in total: a shop, a warehouse and a bedroom, a typical East Coast style. The shop owner is a Frenchman with a frosty face, sitting behind the counter. While drinking tea, he looked through the unremarkable account books. The Corps Fort is not a prosperous place. There are only a sparse number of farmers who grow cotton and breed goats around. Such a small shop is open here, and the business can be imagined, so Zhou Dahe really doesn't know what the owner has to make up for all day.

"Mr. Zhou is here, and Mr. Anderson." The owner said with a smile. Zhou Dahe and Anderson dug a drainage ditch near the Corps Fort for a while, and also came to the store to buy things several times, so they still know the owner.

The owner of the shop is named Luka Ruiz. He is a veteran who retired due to injury. He served in South Africa for a long time. Later, he participated in the local fight to suppress the Guarani people. He fought bravely and received many commendations from his superiors. Later, he was injured in a battle with the Guarani people, and his left calf was amputated and forced to retire. Today, this small shop is arranged by the military headquarters for him. The supply of goods is never to worry about. The track carriage that regularly transports various materials to the Corps fort will bring goods from big cities. The price is also amazingly low, which is a benefit for the military headquarters to provide disabled soldiers.

The owner's nine-year-old son Lu An was back and forth between the warehouse and the shop, using his tender hands to carry things constantly. His mother from Mingguo was also helping. When the young woman from Haimen saw Zhou Dahe coming in, she smiled and said, "Xiao Zhou is here. Buy things for her wife again?"

"Sister-in-law is busy?" Zhou Dahe also agreed with a smile, "I'll buy some cotton cloth, sugar, and salt. I'm about to go far. I want to buy all these things for my family before leaving."

After hearing this, Ruiz sighed: "Your daughter is less than three months old, and she will be transferred to a place so far away from New China. I heard that there is a lot of hot there and many diseases. In short, you should take care of yourself. Go there for a few years and try to get a job and get a job back, and it will be a waste of time."

"Hehe, I will work hard." Zhou Dahe smiled foolishly. Actually, he was not going to transfer to the New China region. He was actually transferred to Heishui Port, which was almost 108,000 miles away from New China. The reason why he told Ruiz and others that he was going to New China was mainly because the superior gave his external publicity to the public was to be transferred to the supervisor of the Xinhua Branch of the Northwest Reclamation Bank. In fact, his real position was the supervisor of the Black Water Treatment Bank of Northwest Reclamation Bank, and the superior wanted to gradually penetrate and win over it through economic means there.

Control the local Sakhalin barbarians to better serve the East Coast people. Therefore, as the largest financial institution in China, the Northwest Reclamation Bank naturally wants to play the pioneer. Zhou Dahe, a place in Heishui Port, has never been to the place before, but he recently participated in a training organized by the State Administration of Intelligence and learned a little about this. Therefore, he soon knew that this place was close to the Ming Dynasty where he fled. Sometimes, you have to admit that fate has been moving the trajectory of some people.

"Please choose what kind of cloth you want to buy." Ruiz said, "and said, "

Zhou Dahe nodded, went directly to the shelf to get a bundle of printed cotton cloth, and said, "I want this, how much does it cost?"

"It's better to get two 20 cents for the old price." Ruiz said after a casual glance. This bundle of cotton is exactly one piece, and the new goods I just received are priced at 2 yuan. It is very popular in the market because the color of this printed cloth is very bright and dark, which is a grade higher than the colors of the cotton cloths in the past. Such good cotton cloth is said to be sold for 4 yuan per piece in Europe, and there is a shortage of supply. Every time the ship transporting cloth arrives at Bordeaux, Livorna and Smyrna are snatched away. The market is so hot that the British, Dutch and Venetian cloth merchants are so angry that they are so angry that they are so angry that they are so angry that they are so angry that they are in the UK, the Netherlands and Venetian cloth merchants.

The color of this kind of cloth is so good, it is said that it is because a thing called sodium sulfate produced by the Northern Chemical Factory helped a lot. With this thing, many dyes that could not be dyed with cotton before can now be dyed, and the color is bright and even, and it is very popular among consumers.

"How can this be done?" Zhou Dahe was stunned at first, then quickly took out two one-yuan silver coins and a five-cent silver coins from his pocket and put them on the counter, saying, "How can this be done? Two 2000 yuan is the price of the old printed cloth in the past. This is the new cloth, both the color and the quality are much better than before. The purchase price of state-owned stores is 200 yuan. Uncle, are you not making money or what are you doing?"

"Uncle, my purchase price is only two yuan, and I also earned you two cents. Stop talking nonsense. Just two cents are two cents. What's wrong? Do you look down on the uncle? Uncle is not short of this money now, and he is not as down to the point of going to the Hengjun Farm to make a living." Ruiz said indifferently.

The Farm he mentioned was located on the bank of a small river twenty kilometers northeast of the Corps Fort. It was near the town of April 19, which was not far from Dayu Lake, but it belonged to the Xiling area in administrative divisions. The place was called Farm, which, as the name suggests, naturally raised a group of disabled and retired soldiers. There were about 100 disabled soldiers, and basically they had already become families. The government gave them 30 acres of land for free and gave them a large number of cattle, sheep, piglets, etc. These disabled soldiers received a disability allowance of five yuan a month, and received twenty years of disability. In their spare time, they would do some work within their ability. Some people also hired some southeastern Europeans who crossed the border, and the Guarani people and others to farm, and their income was pretty good.

The military department took good care of these people. A few years ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs wanted to register the smugglers hired by the Farm of the Farm and demanded that they increase their wages be raised. However, the matter was later blocked by the Farm of the Farm. The smugglers later worked for more than a year before they obtained their official identities. The construction of the Luomei Line Railway passed the vicinity of the Farm of the Farm. The Ministry of Transport was unwilling to set up a railway station there due to its sparse residents. However, after hearing the news, a group of Qiu Ba immediately smashed the door of the project department of the Fourth Transportation Bureau of the Transportation Bureau, which was constructed in the local area. The Ministry of Transportation, who was forced to do so, had to settle the matter and decided to build a railway station there.

While the two were tangled, accompanied by the harsh sound of brakes, a passenger track carriage stopped steadily at the side of the Corps Station. A middle-aged man wearing a sky blue naval uniform and a cylindrical naval cap got off the car, and a little boy was removed from the car. The little boy was black-haired and blue-eyed, wearing a big cap, dark green military uniform, and cowhide boots. He could tell at a glance that he was a student in the nearby Corps Fort.

"Luan, I'm here, let's go back to school together." The little boy stood in the station and shouted loudly.

Lu An, who was busy in the store, heard the sound and threw down the cotton cloth in his hand, rushed out of the store like an arrow, and responded loudly: "Li Zemin, I have been waiting for you for a long time. If I go back a little later, I will be punished by the instructor to stand."

Zhou Dahe was just stunned, but he heard Ruiz's face rejoice and said, "It's Chief Li Yi and Li. He has come here to send children a few times and has chatted with me. He is a very easy-going person and generous. He always leaves the big head of the trophy to his brothers. Although he is a navy, he is really a very good person. Alas, it's a pity that you are going to New China. If you go to Dongfang Hei Shui Port, you can get under Chief Li. Unfortunately, you don't have this blessing."

"Uncle, do you know Heishui Port too?" Zhou Dahe was a little stunned.

"Of course, who are you an uncle? The uncle is well-informed. Several old brothers who fought together have now gone to the 102nd Company of the Army to be officers. Recently, they have been conducting outdoor training nearby. It is said that they will board the ship to the Blackwater Port soon." Ruiz said with disdain.
Chapter completed!