A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 371 Fiery Red Ice Cream, Oh Yeah!

The next morning, Jiang Xia, like a down-on-his-luck scholar whose spirit had been drained by the Black Mountain Demon, staggered on his way to the second canteen.

There was no other way; I went back to the factory without taking a break.

One minute they're checking the centrifuge installation in the confidential workshop, the next they're guiding the installation of the upper control mechanism in the excavator workshop—no one could handle that.

They ran into Tie Jun on the road, and the two men, both with red eyes, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"I just went home and got some of this. Have a bottle..."

Tie Jun pulled a glass bottle out of his trouser leg, shook it, and handed it over.

"What's the matter?"

"Someone from my dad's dairy farm sent over a few dairy cows. The milk is fresh. Drink up! They say that's why people on the grasslands grow so strong!"

Jiang Xia has always been open to all kinds of food, and once he takes the bottle, he starts eating it right away.

"Uh... it has a faint, slightly fishy smell. Why isn't it as sweet as milk from later generations?" A ring of milk foam clung to Jiang Xia's newly sprouted stubble, making him look like an old man with a white beard.

He let out a burp: "Is there any of this left?"

"Yes, two big cans! We sent a big barrel to the nursery earlier, but the kids didn't like it. A few of them even seemed to have diarrhea. I went there this morning to help my dad transport this batch of goods..." Tie Jun said with a bitter expression.

"Diarrhea? Lactose intolerance, I guess..." Jiang Xia casually remarked, glancing at the half-empty bottle of milk.

Yes, most people in China are lactose intolerant, but some people don't have obvious symptoms... Especially children at this age, who haven't eaten much sugar and don't have the lactase enzyme to break down lactose, so diarrhea is quite normal.

How is milk powder made again?

It seems the first step was a centrifuge, followed by a homogenizer? Jiang Xia's heart stirred.

Let's add this to the follow-up plan. I heard from the logistics department that Xiao Ha wanted to use dairy cows to settle the debt. Those roughnecks thought it was too much trouble and didn't want them…

"Tsk, let's not waste them. Send them all to the classified workshop to test the centrifuges' operation... Hey, how much does it cost again?"

"Just tow it over there, no need to charge a fee. It'll spoil in a couple of days anyway. But using this thing to test a centrifuge? That's a bit far-fetched, isn't it?"

"Stop talking nonsense! When the food comes out, you'd better not eat it!"

"Oh, right, find some steel plates and weld this together. We'll ask the Ministry of Chemical Industry for some of the gas inside. We'll tell them we'll share the good stuff with them later!"

Jiang Xia found the blueprints for the fire-starting refrigerator and handed them to Tie Jun.

"Okay, I'll get on it right away!"

Tie Jun took the blueprints but didn't leave. He circled around Jiangxia twice and said, "Brother, I see you have dark clouds hanging over your head. Maybe you've done something bad. Why don't you stay in the factory office for a while? I'll get you a black donkey hoof to hang on your head."

"Pah! What good are black donkey hooves! Get some black dog blood, or at least some of its meat. Those air fryers left in the workshop haven't been used in ages..."

Tie Jun tugged at Jiang Xia: "There really is fragrant meat! It seems the Air Force is collecting dog skins. If you go back to the village now, you're guaranteed not to see a single dog..."

"Oh! Is that really true!"

Jiang Xia was astonished. Later generations actually heard that there was a period when "no dogs barked in the village" because they had all been made into dog skin coats and exchanged for airplanes.

Tsk tsk, isn't this supposed to be a trade-off with an air fryer? What kind of tricks are those Russians up to now!

After saying goodbye to Tie Jun, Jiang Xia walked into the canteen and received several large steamed buns from Nan Yi.

"Are you free later? Could the confidential workshop make something for me?"

Nan Yi, wearing a chef's hat and wiping his hands with a rag, said, "Okay! Do you need any other seasonings?"

"No need, just some white sugar will do."

Seeing Nan Yi's troubled expression, Jiang Xia patted his head.

Oh, I almost forgot, sugar is harder to get than gunpowder these days. With a bun in his mouth, he reached into his bag and started rummaging through it.

"Here, that's all. Just mix the sugar into the milk and then put it in the centrifuge. If you have eggs, you can throw in two yolks too."

"You want to make cream ice cream?" After listening to Jiang Xia's brief introduction, Nan Yi immediately understood what Jiang Xia wanted to do.

When he was preparing late-night snacks for the confidential workshop, he noticed that the centrifuge was spinning incredibly fast, even faster than the juicer Jiang Xia had initially built.

Based on Jiang Xia's description of the raw materials, the most likely application is to make ice cream.

"Wow, you're quite knowledgeable. You even know how to make ice cream!"

"It's nothing special. Back when the restaurant was still open, I learned a trick from a bearded guy..." Nan Yi was calm and collected. After joining the confidential workshop, his inexplicably elevated status restored his former demeanor as the "young master".

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. If anyone asks, just say you're testing the centrifuge's seal! Oh, and use the one against the wall; that one has a problem..."

Hehehe, 304 ice cream?

Let's rename it Steel Rolling Ice Cream!

Jiangxia has already come up with the advertising slogan: Steel Rolling Ice Cream, fiery passion!

Sweets are naturally attractive to humans, especially frozen sweets, which elevate the enjoyment to another level...

Don't accuse Jiangxia of abusing his power for personal gain. Although the passionate life is exciting, it still needs some little surprises to embellish it.

After all, there was a problem with the centrifuge against the wall, and the issue was with the bearings. The speed simply wouldn't pick up... There was nothing we could do but wait for the new bearings from the manufacturer to arrive before replacing it.

While waiting to be replaced, letting it make the most of its remaining time is the optimal solution to avoid wasting it.

"Special Notice! Special Notice! Daily News Flash!"

"Warmly celebrate the successful development of my country's first all-transistor computer! This is not only my country's first all-transistor computer, but also the first all-transistor computer in the alliance. This demonstrates that my country's high-precision technology has reached the forefront of the world!"

Good things should be said three times. After the announcement was made three times, the broadcaster began to introduce the features of the transistor computer in enthusiastic language.

"All the components of this transistor computer were manufactured in-house..."

"The computer's role in cutting-edge fields is as follows..."

Wow, it's been reported in the news!

The work speed is really fast these days! After getting some alcohol from the clinic to wipe her face, Jiang Xia quickly walked back to the office.

After doing so much, this is the first time my whole face will be shown in the newspaper! Jiang Xia is really looking forward to seeing how my heroic figure will be displayed in the newspaper.

I went into the office, grabbed a shard of glass I'd pulled from a broken window in the workshop, tore off some tin foil from a cigarette pack, stuck it on, and lo and behold, there it was—a small mirror!

Give yourself a thumbs up for being smart!

Jiangxia was pleased with himself for saving a "mirror ticket" and four cents.

This year, Beijing began to fully implement the issuance of bills, with an unprecedented 69 types of bills issued.

There were so many tickets related to the coal stove: coal tickets, firewood tickets, charcoal tickets, and so on. Even the factory's public bathhouse started issuing bath tickets...

Just as Jiang Xia was rubbing his face vigorously, Secretary Liu walked in, yawning.

"Hey! The 'power pill' worked well, didn't it? Young people should be moderate! The pill is good, but don't overdo it!" Jiang Xia raised an eyebrow and teased, noticing the dark circles under Secretary Liu's eyes that had deepened again.

God TM Dali Pill.

You're a walking calamity, a destroyer of your workplace. If you keep going on these visits, Beijing might as well just enter an era where everyone has to memorize the secrecy regulations!

Thinking of the police officers who suffered an undeserved misfortune last night, Secretary Liu shed a tear of sympathy.

But they have my sympathy, who will sympathize with me? I've been teaching all night! My hand is cramping from writing the regulations...

Secretary Liu tearfully piled the newspapers on Jiangxia's desk, sat down on a stool, tilted her head, and drifted off to sleep.

Jiang Xia proudly unfolded the newspaper with the largest circulation in the country.

"Slap! Damn it, who is this charcoal-faced guy?!"

"That charcoal-faced guy stole my position!" Jiang Xia complained to his awakened secretary, Xiao Liu, while holding a newspaper.

Secretary Liu rolled her eyes at him: "Don't you know how dark your skin is? A black and white photo is lucky if it even prints your tuft of hair..."