After experiencing the bumpy landing of the plane, Lu Xun picked up his backpack, looked at the briefing in his hand, and stepped out of the cabin of a "Yun 7" passenger transport.
The sun was glaring outside and dust was flying on the simple runway.
Dozens of people who got off the plane together waited and watched until a commuter bus arrived. The driver called Lu Xun and others to get on the bus quickly, "Come on, come on, there are planes behind us that are about to land. The runway needs to be cleared."
Lu Xun wanted to go to Ruili, but there was no airport in Ruili. He could only take a flight to Mangshi Airport, 90 kilometers east of Ruili, and then take a bus to get there.
Fifty or sixty people piled into the commuter bus and quickly left the airport runway. The "Yunqi" that had brought them was also pushed to the tarmac next to the runway. Not long after, the large Ilyushin-76 descended from the sky with a roar.
Mangshi Airport is small and has relatively simple facilities. However, the field take-off and landing capabilities of military transport aircraft are better than those of passenger planes, and they can land on the runway in short distances. The force of its volleys is majestic, and the roar of its engines makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Lu Xun looked at Dai Jin in the commuter car and asked the driver: "Master, are there many people here these two days?"
"More, we didn't stop during the whole day. When the landing assist equipment is installed at night, and there are planes taking off and landing all day long, there will be more." The driver glanced at Lu Xun and scolded: "Why are you still wearing your training uniform?
Where are you coming? I will change into casual clothes soon."
However, Lu Xun leaned closer with a playful smile, "Master, you are also a veteran, right? You were transferred from that army?"
The driver waved his hand and said, "Don't ask, it's all labor dispatch now. I'm the driver."
Loud laughter erupted in the commuter bus. The older men in their fifties grinned and could see their back teeth. They were all in their twenties and thirties, capable, strong, and tanned.
However, Lu Xun lowered his voice and asked: "I heard that there was a war there, is it true? Otherwise, why would I give up the good director position and come to this insignificant place?"
"Director?" The driver turned around and looked around, "Don't be ridiculous. There are only a few directors in the group, with an income of tens of thousands a month. I've never heard of your number."
"I'm really the director." Lu Xun hummed with a smile, "When the group was still in Tianyang, Harmony Logistics was opened. I was the company commander of the communications company who was transferred to another job, and I built the group's logistics system."
The driver turned around again and asked in surprise: "Are you the Director Lu who stayed in the command tent for a week without taking a shower, got so bad and played war games? I have heard of your name."
Lu Xun chuckled, but the veteran driver still shook his head and said: "I only came two days earlier than you, and I don't know more than you. Anyway, the group is investing money in Ruili and sending people to Myanmar to do business."
“What’s it like over there in Myanmar?”
"I've never been there. I've been driving around to pick up people and goods in the past two days. Anyway, it's poor and chaotic, which makes us uneasy. If we could have occupied this land, we wouldn't have been blocked on the first island.
Behind the chain."
The driver was in his forties and had a lot of interesting stories.
The road from Mangshi to Ruili was not easy, and the bus took more than two hours to arrive. Lu Xun was at the director level anyway, and someone from the city came to pick him up. Everyone was arranged under the name of "Shengguang Overseas Development Company"
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As a small border city, Ruili doesn't even have many buildings. To accommodate the company, the city built an office building. Lu Xun went downstairs to the company and found that there were people standing guard at the gate.
Entering the building, Lu Xun officially took office as the general manager of the development company.
That's right, Captain Lu has been practicing in the group for two years, and his command and management capabilities have improved rapidly, no worse than those at the division level. Considering that this overseas development requires a "military-civilian dual-purpose talent," he was specially transferred here.
Looking at several maps of Myanmar hanging on the wall of the office, General Manager Lu was very excited. The dozens of people who came with him were all elite soldiers drawn from Harmony Logistics, all of whom were veterans.
This clearly means moving to another place and continuing to create a new situation.
After staying in the company building for less than an hour, Lu Xun ordered to move.
"We are an overseas development company, what are you doing in the office? Go to Muse's place. If you don't have a place to live, sleep in a tent. If you want to live a stable life, get out as soon as possible."
The general manager acted vigorously and resolutely, and the dozens of subordinates who came with him rushed across the port to Muse on the opposite side. The group had contacted the local representatives and at least arranged accommodation for them.
Ruili is poor, and Muse is even poorer.
As soon as I passed the border, I saw local women with sad faces. They wore headscarves and national costumes and came to buy food at the market in the town.
The Burmese representative was a local Chinese who could speak Mandarin and explained that what he saw on the road were tobacco farmers in the surrounding villages. They could only grow enough food for half a year, so they had to use their savings to sell food or help each other to survive the famine. Life was very difficult.
Many local villages are still practicing slash-and-burn farming. They have no fertilizers, improved seeds, or agricultural machinery. Even the fields are very fragmented, and productivity is extremely low.
When the residents of Muse saw Lu Xun and his party, they all looked at them curiously. They neither approached nor left. They just stared at them in wonder.
There are not many good houses in the town, most of them are wooden houses and thatched houses. Some poor people camp in the wild, with a dirty stove as all they own.
"When can we recruit workers?" Lu Xun asked the Myanmar personnel.
Myanmar personnel said that there are many young people in the local area who are idle all day long and can be recruited immediately as long as they are given money.
Lu Xun was very dissatisfied with this answer. After talking to the locals for a while, he decided that he must go door to door when he had time. Without solid work, overseas development would not be possible.
"Comrades, we are no longer at home. From now on we are entering a wartime state. Muse is very chaotic. Not to mention the local armed forces, there are many drug dealers.
Use night vision goggles, bulletproof vests, etc. By the way, where is the construction machinery that the president prepared for us? There is no heavy equipment in this damn place, which makes people feel scared."
Lu Xun asked the cadres who accompanied Ruili and got more than a hundred heavy-duty modified tricycles - don't laugh, in a place like Muse, large vehicles are not easy to use. Small tricycles are more convenient.
'Shengguang Machinery' has finally achieved a breakthrough in its small two-stroke engine technology. The new heavy-duty three-wheeler uses a 250CC four-cylinder engine with 35 horsepower. The entire vehicle is reinforced and can pull a ton of cargo in the wild.
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The price of the whole vehicle is only 1,200 yuan, which is particularly suitable for bad roads in remote villages. Tianyang Machinery Factory has increased its daily production capacity to 3,000 vehicles, and the supply still exceeds demand.
In order to reduce the cost, the group has planned to open branches in other provinces. For example, in densely populated places like Henan, the market for small three-wheelers and small four-wheelers is still quite large.
Now Lu Xun has obtained this sharp weapon specially used for transportation in backward areas. But he is still not satisfied and asked the Myanmar personnel: "Where is the agricultural equipment that Mr. Zhou left for us?"
The Burmese personnel led Lu Xun and others to a large courtyard surrounded by earth walls. The wooden house in the courtyard was gloomy and dilapidated. The dusty door opened, and inside were piles of large wooden boxes.
I casually pried open a heavy box, and inside were the AKM shipped from Ermao's house, as well as the RPG-7, and the 'multi-tube wheeled forest fire truck' with twelve tubes connected in parallel.
"Ah..., this is good, this is good." Lu Xun patted the 107mm-caliber 'fire truck' with great relief, "With this thing, our development plan will definitely go smoothly."