Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 161: Making connections, railway children

Regarding strength, whether it was Boss Dong or Grandpa Ai, they both talked about controlling the local tomb-robbing gangs.

Through conversation with Cheng San, I thought of another way.

That's traffic control!

Whether the unearthed heavy objects are traded locally or shipped out to other places for trade, they ultimately have to go through transportation.

Controlling traffic is equivalent to controlling half of the cultural relics trade.

Don't think I'm fanciful.

Since the mid-to-late 1990s, the bigwigs who monopolized the cultural relics transactions in various places have basically been doing this.

Of course, this control is not like that of Highwaymen.

Instead, the goal is to prevent the cultural relics being traded from leaving the local area, thus causing the cultural relics transaction to fail.

I remember in 98, a distant relative found me.

He said his father was driving a car to deliver a bronze tripod out of the province, but on the night of the delivery, the car was detained by local authorities before it even left the city.

He came to me in a hurry for help, wanting me to help him get his father out.

As soon as I heard it, I understood the channels involved.

They were a group of small-time tomb robbers who wanted to ship goods without going through the local boss, but were afraid of problems along the way, so they hired people to deliver goods and throw stones to test the waters.

The boss has been operating in the local area for many years and has spies all over the place. He has been aware of the situation since they started digging the tunnel.

So before the stone they threw out could find the way, the boss sold the information to the relevant departments.

As for the relationship between this boss and the relevant departments, you can think about it carefully.

In short, after this operation, the group of tomb robbers took the heavy weapons they dug out to find the boss to trade at night, and sold the things at a huge loss with tears.

Later, I stepped in to help and made a call, and that relative's father was released.

This is a concrete example of traffic control.

Of course, this is the simplest example.

There are many more complex and intense control methods, which I will talk about later.

Back then, after the idea of ​​controlling traffic came to my mind, I began to think about how to control it.

The first step is to make connections.

Not only do you have to make friends with the Cheng San, you also have to make friends with the formal employees at the railway station's consignment counter.

Because many things can only be done if you are a formal employee.

I couldn't help but think of Xiao Sun.

Xiao Sun pretended to scold us but actually wanted to take us away, which shows that he is a little clever.

And the fact that he accepted the great unity I gave him shows that he is greedy for money.

This kind of greedy and clever person is very suitable to be won over to do some shady things.

While I was thinking about these things, the Tang Sancai horse had already been changed into a box and packed.

Cheng San got a few bricks and threw them into the box that originally contained the Tang Sancai horse.

"Okay, seal the boxes and build the wooden frame."

The loaders quickly resealed the boxes and started building the wooden frames with clanging sounds.

I took out three big unity notes from my pocket and handed them to Chengsan.

Cheng Sanxi took the money with a smile on his face and said to his loaders, "Split the thirty yuan among you all. Come to me later to collect the money."

"Thank you, Brother Cheng!"

The stevedores shouted in unison.

It can be seen that Cheng San is loyal and is willing to share the money equally with his brothers.

He is a person worth cooperating with.

Cheng San sent us out of the freight yard and helped us call a tricycle that was waiting for work.

"Brother Chen, I'll take you here."

"Go ahead and do your work. I'll come and have a drink with you when I'm free."

"Okay, I'll go back first."

After Cheng San left, I said to Wang Hu, "Huzi, take the things to Boss Dong."

"Okay...uh, Master Chen, you're not going?"

I smiled and shook my head, "Why are so many people going? Just go, I'll wait for the rat here."

In fact, letting Wang Hu go to the transaction alone was to test him.

It is said that money can move people's hearts.

The best test of a person's heart is whether he or she will have selfish thoughts when faced with huge amounts of money.

Wang Hu was stunned for a moment, then said excitedly, "Don't worry, Master Chen, I will definitely bring back every penny of the money."

"Be careful and come back quickly."

As I gave him instructions, Wang Hu jumped on the tricycle and left.

When I was about to continue waiting for Cui Hao with the stone mill, Xiao Sun ran up to me, panting.

"Well, you should take this money back."

He handed it to me, holding the card of Great Unity that I had just given him.

I glanced at the money and didn't take it: "Why, you look down on my money?"

"No, it's not."

"Is this money hot?"

"No, no, oops! You are Xiao Hei's buddy, how dare I ask for your money."

Xiao Sun was so anxious that he was about to cry, and stuffed the money into my pocket.

"Hahaha."

"Are you scared by Xiao Hei's name? Don't worry, I just want to make friends with you. Let's find a place to chat."

"Ah?" Xiao Sun was stunned.

Under my gaze, he nodded in agreement.

I pulled him to a shady place and squatted down.

He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth: "I haven't asked you what your name is yet."

"My name is Sun Yaozu."

Sun Yaozu very obediently took out a match and lit my cigarette.

I smoked a cigarette and said, "Bring honor to our family. It seems that our family has high hopes for you."

"Ah! There's no point in having high hopes. I'll just sit at the station and eat and wait for death."

"Well, I just heard them call you Master Chen..." Sun Yaozu glanced at me and quickly lowered his head.

"Brothers are just calling me that for fun. Cheng San and Wu Liuzhi even call me Brother Chen."

"They are all powerful people. I, I will still call you Master Chen."

I can see that Sun Yaozu is a little afraid of me.

Perhaps, he was afraid of my so-called buddy Xiaohei Wei Zhenhai.

"Are you a railway worker?"

"My grandfather made a living on the railway. All my aunts and uncles work on the railway, but few of them have made it big..."

At that time, it was still a succession system, where the father would retire and the son would take over.

When recruiting external employees, the unit also gives priority to recruiting children of children.

Therefore, it is common for a whole family to work in the same unit.

Sun Yaozu's identity as a railway worker is quite legitimate, and he is exactly the partner I'm looking for.

"You come from a railway family, but your family didn't help you get a job?" I asked casually.

"Even if you have connections, you still have to give gifts to get a say."

"Last year, my dad used his connections to get me a passenger transport job, but no one else could offer as much, so in the end, it was all in vain."

"Just because I didn't make it to the passenger terminal, the date I was dating ended."

"People think I have no future in the freight yard and that I'm not as popular as those working at the passenger terminal."

Sun Yaozu couldn't help but complain.

If anyone loses their partner because of work, they will probably be full of complaints.

I consoled her, "That woman has no taste. She didn't want to give up a piece of unpolished jade like you. When you get promoted and rich in the future, she'll regret it."

"Master Chen, don't make fun of me."

"How can I get promoted or make a fortune? I'll probably spend my whole life squatting in a freight yard."

Sun Yaozu has no confidence in his future.

But I wanted to help him improve.

If we can use him to control the freight port of Xi'an Railway Station, he may play a significant role in the future.