It took more than ten minutes to confirm the identities of Gu Kun and his party.
In Weisha in 1994, walkie-talkie lines had not yet been laid to every island and reef. The Ganquan Island they landed on yesterday had too few people stationed there and insufficient facilities. The only way to communicate with the main island was through assault boats with regular traffic.
The popularization of military walkie-talkie lines was only gradually solved after learning from the experience of 1996.
All of these require money.
The headquarters on Yonglin Island is at the battalion level, but in fact it only has two companies. One of them is stationed on the main island, and the other is divided into squads and spread out to the scattered small islands outside.
Long Wu and Chen Li carried a stretcher and sent Gu Kun ashore. A person in charge on the shore said: "Are you overseas Chinese in Lanfang? Are there any wounded who have just undergone surgery? Okay, let's arrange to go to the health room first. The chief will be there soon.
I will meet you."
There was only one female hygienist on duty in the clinic, her surname was Hu, who was about 25 years old and quite strong-looking. I heard that Gu Kun was an overseas Chinese, so she patiently helped change the dressing and clean it up, and even did a simple blood test.
The content of the blood test is of course to measure white blood cells, which is to determine the degree of infection. Other complex indicators cannot be tested on the island.
While cleaning up the blood test, Dr. Hu inevitably chatted with Gu Kun.
After all, if you stay on an island for several months, you won’t see new faces, and it’s easy to get depressed, so the people here are very welcoming to visitors.
When it was confirmed that Gu Kun had actually cut his own appendix, Dr. Hu was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time:
"I thought that at worst, your companions on the ship would have to help you with the surgery, but it was you yourself? This perseverance is truly unparalleled. Comrade Xiao Gu, you are amazing. If you had lasted for another five hours yesterday, you wouldn't have come to our place.
Is that good?
But fortunately, the infection is under control. I have to take large doses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs in the past few days, which may have side effects, but there is nothing I can do."
Gu Kun lay on the clean linen sheets and grinned: "With all due respect... you are not a surgeon, either. The disinfection conditions here may not be much better than those on Ganquan Island."
Dr. Hu was a little embarrassed: "Indeed, Sister Liu and I can only be regarded as hygienists. We can do first aid for trauma, but there is nothing we can do about surgery. As for disinfection, we spray medicine into the room and nothing else."
There are less than 200 people on the island, and they are all young people, so there are usually not so many patients. Two health workers on duty are enough.
When there are no patients, the health workers have to work with the soldiers to grow vegetables and work. In short, the conditions are very difficult. Fresh water is precious, so the vegetables are grown with drip irrigation.
Gu Kun: "Then it's over. If I had stayed up for 5 more hours yesterday, I would have had a piercing. By then, I would definitely not be able to do it myself, which would only increase the risk."
Doctor Hu thought about it carefully and had to admit that what Gu Kun said was the truth. It was the safest choice at the time: "But I still can't believe it."
Gu Kun: "I also find it incredible. I admit that there was an element of gambling on my life at the time - I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to survive, so I asked my sister to record a video of me cutting my own appendix. If I died,
It can be regarded as a souvenir for my relatives. If your island has a machine that plays video tapes, you can take a look and prove that I am not lying."
Gu Kun said this not to show off or show off how "brave" he was.
The more important thing is to make the people on Yonglin Island fully believe in his situation as soon as possible.
Dr. Hu's first reaction was to be shocked, but he had been around the health center for a long time and had some immunity. After thinking about it, he ran out and asked the leader for instructions.
There is no TV signal on the island, but there are still machines that play video tapes. Otherwise, there would be no entertainment activities for the more than 100 people, and morale would easily collapse.
Doctor Hu asked for instructions, and the superiors also thought it would be safer to confirm, so he asked Gu Pan for yesterday's videotape to take a look.
After all, this thing is too unbelievable, so it would be safer to confirm what exactly happened on Ganquan Island.
Then, in less than half an hour, the story of Gu Kun's self-cut appendix spread throughout the island and became a legend.
Soon, a superior officer came to inspect and express condolences.
"Hello, battalion commander, hello, section chief Liu." Doctor Hu saluted quickly and then left.
Gu Kun chatted with the other party for a while, then expressed his gratitude and mentioned his idea of conveying supplies.
It’s hard to say much about the specific process.
In short, as soon as the two parties met, Gu Kun first asked his sister to take out a banner to express his gratitude.
Of course, there is no way to make a serious banner on the ship, so it is actually just a rectangular piece of red cloth.
As for embroidering characters, that's impossible. There aren't even brushes on board. However, there are brushes for repairing ship paint, so the characters on this pennant were actually painted with yellow ship paint.
The four words "Le Shou Tian Ya" are painted in a square and square font, just like the font of the ship's name painted on the side of the ship.
The form is not important, the gratitude of the patriotic overseas Chinese in Nanyang is the most important.
So Section Chief Liu was quite touched when he received the banner that still smelled like paint.
After collecting the banner, Gu Kun ordered Long Wu to donate the remaining 200 kilograms of various supplies on the ship to relevant departments. Of course, Section Chief Liu would not accept it, and still paid according to the fair price purchased in Guangdong Province.
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After laying the groundwork, Gu Kun explained that he accidentally fished out the ocean-type sonar. He said that he accidentally fished it near the Natuna Islands. At that time, only half of it was left floating on the sea.
He also said that he got the policy interpretation from Gao Jianxiong yesterday and knew that the country has a policy of rewarding people for handing in unidentified objects they caught, so he came here to hand it over.
This can be regarded as a way to pull Gao Jianxiong as long as he can, without any expense.
When they heard that they had caught something good, the relevant personnel were really excited. They immediately sent people to check it out, and then their attitude towards Gu Kun became more friendly.
"Comrade Xiao Gu, you are truly a friend of the Chinese people." Section Chief Liu held his hand and shook it twice to characterize him.
Gu Kun chatted modestly for a while, and then he mentioned that he hoped to get a fishing license so that he could sell some supplies at low prices when traveling to and from the Weisha Islands in the future.
After Section Chief Liu had an in-depth understanding of the situation, he issued some documents to Gu Kun:
"You should take this receipt and confirmation letter first. After arriving in Guangdong, go to the relevant fishery administration department to receive the reward. I can give you a rough idea. The cash reward is about 50,000 to 100,000 yuan. Considering that
Our country has always been friendly with Lanzhou, as well as your sincerity and specific situation. We can first give you a three-month temporary fishing license exclusively for foreign friends..."
When Section Chief Liu said this, he paused for a moment.
What he calls "consistently friendly" mainly refers to the fact that Lanzhou and China have no border with each other, so they are friendly. Even though Lanzhou's nearest island is only 30 nautical miles away from China's territorial waters, there is a gap between the two.
A small protruding island separates the Natuna Islands.
Therefore, Lanzhou is not a neighbor of China, it is only a neighbor of Indonesia. And China is only a neighbor of India and Malaysia. Even if Lanzhou is separated by a few sea miles from Indonesia, it is not a neighbor. This is a big deal.
The characterization cannot be wrong.
Providing this level of convenience to the patriotic overseas Chinese from Lanzhou who came to provide help was a matter of discretion. Moreover, the things Gu Kun handed over were enough to prove his sincerity.
Gu Kun nodded, indicating that he accepted the condition, and asked: "What about after the three-month temporary permit expires?"
Section Chief Liu: "Within three months, you have to go to the fishery administration department in Guangdong Province to register, renew your license, and register your vessel type. They will exchange it for you with a long-term license - but then you have to do it one by one."
The certificate is subject to random inspection. You must not use the same certificate for multiple purposes, otherwise it will be revoked. You should just register for the current ship, right?"
"Can't you change the boat? I rented this boat temporarily. This is not my own boat." Gu Kun asked nervously.
Section Chief Liu: "Anyway, it doesn't matter which ship you go to register for when the ship is inspected. But my temporary certificate is for a medium-sized ship. According to our fishery management regulations, you can't change the ship when it was officially certified.
Become a large ship——
That is to say, the length of the ship must be less than 60 meters, the main engine power must be less than 440 kilowatts, and the standard displacement must be less than 500 tons. None of the three indicators can exceed the standard."
Gu Kun couldn't help but feel a little stressed.
This means that he has to earn enough money to buy his own big fishing boat within three months.
Since the upper limit of the license is not low, he must hope to get a better boat than the one currently rented.
The cost of Liu Min's boat was more than 400,000 ringgit, which is equivalent to about 1 million yuan.
If it is larger and equipped with cold storage, wouldn't it mean earning 2 million yuan in three months?
It's a lot of pressure.
However, buying a fishing boat does not necessarily require full payment. Basically, if you have a down payment of 60%, the bank will be willing to mortgage the rest.
That is at least equivalent to earning more than 1 million in three months.
Gu Kun was settling his own accounts there. Section Chief Liu's next words quickly pulled him out of his thoughts:
"This license comes with conditions. You must transport at least 200,000 yuan worth of supplies every year and sell them to us at a fair price. If this is not achieved, the license will be revoked the next year."
Gu Kun thought this was very reasonable. The purpose of his coming to ask for the permit was to do some business that would benefit the country and the people, and transport some cheap supplies to Weisha.
If it's 200,000 a year, it's only 18,000 per month.
Take diesel as an example. Currently, domestic diesel costs 1 RMB 2 per liter and a barrel of 150 liters, which is 180 RMB. This amount is enough to help carry 100 barrels of diesel every month. By then, he will have hundreds of tons of diesel.
Can't the ship squeeze out this little transport capacity?
And with the license, he can fish openly in the sea further north from here, because he is a certified patriotic overseas Chinese and an old friend of the Chinese people.
This income alone is enough to make up for the loss of helping to bring supplies.
In this way, the two sides held cordial and friendly talks in a harmonious atmosphere and reached a mutually beneficial consensus.
Gu Kun rested all afternoon in the clinic on the island to escape the hottest time of the day. Dr. Hu also put the only electric fan in the hospital into his ward for ventilation.
Then in the evening, after finishing the formalities, he insisted on setting sail and said goodbye to his new friends.
Today is already the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, February 18, 1994 in the Gregorian calendar.
After leaving Yonglin Island, the ship continued to sail on the sea for three and a half days, and finally saw the mainland appearing on the horizon in the early morning of February 22.
If the chart is correct, this should be the Pearl River Estuary.