Chapter 35: Liu Boqi

  This morning's worries were unexpectedly resolved so quickly, after lunch Zhou Yunfei left first due to some business, Hei Zi and others led the six Liberation trucks of the Qinglong team into the coal yard.

  The young man in charge of shipping had seen Hei Zi that morning, and when he saw Zhou Yunfei personally bring Hei Zi to inspect the coal, he knew that Hei Zi's relationship with the Zhou brothers was not ordinary. So he arranged for two dump trucks to load the cargo, and told the drivers to listen to Hei Zi's instructions, allowing them to load at any location.

  The coal heap was like a small mountain, and since it wasn't excavated at the same time, there were slight differences in quality. Generally, to manage it well, loading was only allowed from one place, so Old Xiao took half an hour to select the best spot before starting to load.

  Mr. Xiao watched over the scene all afternoon and didn't finish loading the car until it was almost dark.

  Xiao Dàye was given 100 yuan by Heizi when he left and told him to look for him next time he comes.

  After settling the bill and getting in the car, it was already completely dark. The car drove around the city and onto the highway, and Hei Zi invited the driver to eat again. By the time they got on the expressway, it was already past 9 pm.

  Hei Zi sat on the first car, Zhu Xiao Fei followed behind the last one. The journey was smooth and before dawn, the cars slowly entered the small town.

  Hei Zi wanted to find a place for the drivers to sleep, but in this unfamiliar environment, the drivers were unwilling to drive their own cars, so Hei Zi had no choice but to rest with them in the car.

  At 8 o'clock in the morning, Hei Zi rushed to the last car with a package and called down Zhuo Xiao Fei. After discussing with Zhuo Xiao Fei, they pulled back a total of 300 tons of coal this time, and there were more than 16,000 yuan left in the package. Hei Zi handed over the package to Zhuo Xiao Fei and asked him to deposit the money into the bank first, while he took the car to the raw material warehouse of the iron mine to prepare for delivery.

  Xiao Fei left, Heizi took six cars to the raw material warehouse of the iron mine. According to what was agreed with Zhao Weiguo, the first batch of coal would be sent to the raw material warehouse. If the quality of the coal is qualified, the subsequent coal will be delivered to each subordinate factory and mine according to their needs.

  The iron ore raw materials department is located one kilometer away from the small town, at the foot of a hill. The yard is very large, with a row of warehouses along the hillside. On the west side of the yard is a large cargo terminal, where coal and timber are stored.

  The fleet arrived at the gate and stopped, Hei Zi got off the car and asked the old man at the door. The old man told him that Director Liu had just entered, the row of bungalows on the right was the office, and the largest house in the middle was Director Liu's.

  Hei Zi walked past the gatehouse along the flat house to the front, people in each office were busy, some eating breakfast, some drinking water, and others excitedly discussing the TV series they watched the night before.

  Hei Zi came to the director's office and knocked on the door. Someone inside said politely: "Come in."

  The section chief was a man in his forties, with a small head and a very thin face. His cheeks were sunken, as if they had been carved out by a knife.

  "Anything wrong, young man?" asked Section Chief as he put tea leaves into a stainless steel cup.

  Hei Zi smiled all over his face and said: "Is it Director Liu? I'm here to deliver coal."

  The section chief picked up the thermos and said: "Delivering coal, are you a big head?"

  "No, the coal and big head I sent have nothing to do with it."

  As the sound of gurgling water arose, Section Chief said: "Isn't it always Big Head who delivers coal? Why did you come to deliver it?"

  Hei Zi looked at the arrogant department head with a bit of discontent in his heart, he suppressed his anger and smiled: "Director Liu, this is my first time sending it, you arrange for someone to check it out. If it's qualified this time, I'll take care of the coal for this winter."

  Liu Kezhang put down the thermos and raised his face, saying: "You're really arrogant, who are you? You think you can just take over?"

  Hei Zi looked at Ke Zhang's thin face and had an urge to punch him, Hei Zi restrained himself and said: "I am Cheng Hei Zi, Uncle Zhao asked me to come and deliver this."

  "Hum, Uncle Zhao, even if you're a big shot, it's no use. We need high-quality coal, and the coal you've brought must go through testing. If it doesn't pass the test, take it wherever you want." With that, Director Liu plopped himself down in his chair.

  Hei Zi endured again without an outburst, took out a cigarette and went to say: "Director Liu, you arrange it, have them test it."

  Department head saw Hei Zi holding something in his hand and said: "I don't smoke, you go out and wait."

  He walked out of the department head's office with a belly full of anger, and on such a cold day he had nowhere to go, so he could only return to the gatehouse and sit down with Old Man Wang.

  The old gatekeeper saw Hei Zi coming back and chuckled: "Young man, hit the nail on the head, huh?"

  "How did you know?" Hei Zi handed over a cigarette and asked.

  The old gatekeeper took over the cigarette and sniffed it, saying: "True Red Cloud, not bad."

  The old man lit a cigarette, saw Hei Zi staring at himself waiting for an explanation, and continued: "This Liu Kezhang is known as Liu Bapi, every delivery person has been exploited by him, you just go in empty-handed, of course you got rejected."

  "Oh, I see, so he said that the coal he brought needs to be tested and asked me to wait outside." Hei Zi explained.

  The old gatekeeper chuckled and said: "Don't be naive, young man. Even if the laboratory comes to take samples for testing, do you think it will pass?"

  The old gatekeeper's words made Hei Zi Mao suddenly open up, but he was unwilling to give gifts to this Liu Bo Pi. Just as he was in a dilemma, Zhuo Xiao Fei pushed the door and came in.

  "Lao Wu, what's wrong? Why are all the cars stopped at the entrance?" asked Zhuo Xiaofei.

  Hei Zi told the situation and Zhuo Xiao Fei got angry, opening the door to go out. Hei Zi grabbed him: "Xiao Fei, what are you going to do?"

  "Look for him to theorize, in other people's eyes he is Zhao Bopi, but in my eyes he is just a fart." Zhuo Xiaofei wanted to break free from Hei Zi's hand and leave.

  "Xiao Fei, don't be impulsive, if you hit him, how will we explain it to Uncle Zhao? When beating a dog, one must consider its master." Hei Zi pulled Xiao Fei into the house with all his might and closed the door.

  Xiao Fei plopped down on the stool and said: "Lao Wu, what are we going to do? We can't just go beg him with our tails between our legs, can we?"

  "Hei Zi smiled and shook his head, saying: 'Of course not, let me think.'"

  Hei Zi extinguished half a cigarette in the ashtray and said, "Alright, Xiao Fei, take the sample to the county town and find a qualified testing lab for analysis. Once we have the test report, if he still tries to make things difficult for us, we'll deal with him."

  Xiao Fei nodded and left, Heizi waited for a while, seeing that the people in the laboratory had not come out yet, he walked towards the laboratory.

  The laboratory of the iron mine is in a yard next to the warehouse of the raw materials department. Hei Zi arrived and explained the situation, the head of the laboratory said: "We didn't receive the call, otherwise how about this, I'll send someone to take samples for testing, it will also save time."

  The head of the laboratory understood Liu, knowing that he was intentionally making things difficult for the young man. He sympathized with Hei Zi, but provoking Liu would bring him great trouble, so he could only secretly help him.

  After taking the sample test, Heizi sat in the office waiting for the test results. The team leader received a call from Director Liu, who told him to go and take the sample test now, but no matter how good or bad his coal was, it would be unqualified, otherwise Old Liu would find trouble for him.

  The test report didn't come out until almost noon, and surprisingly, the main indicators were unqualified. The team leader looked at Heizi's coal and could see with the naked eye that it was high-quality coal, but he knew that if Heizi's coal was sent in, Dàtóu would definitely be squeezed out, just because of Dàtóu's relationship with Liu, his own team leader wouldn't be able to keep his job.