novelaction Chapter 114 The Bald Man Who Was Unwittingly Caught in the Crossfire
Chapter 114 The Bald Man Who Was Unwittingly Caught in the Crossfire
Seeing Director Liu leading the way excitedly towards her, Jiang Xia wanted to yell, "Don't come any closer! I want to skip work!"
"I can't make the steel pipe you need!"
Unfortunately, the vast consciousness of the universe cannot tolerate the audacity of a tiny butterfly.
In fact, as early as 56, Ansteel, the leading company in China's steel industry, had already developed the first stainless steel seamless pipe production line.
However, those specifications are mostly F140mm. F650mm pipe fittings, which are urgently needed in the chemical industry, and larger-scale F1300mm pipes can only be welded by hand at present.
Meanwhile, are you only using seamless steel pipes for transporting liquids?
The seniors at the Second Ministry of Machine Building would scold you for being crazy and stuff you into a rifled F100mm steel pipe to teach you how to be an aerial acrobat.
Currently, all the master welders from the steel rolling mill have flocked to the tractor production workshop, which has slowed down the welding of pipe fittings.
Moreover, it seems that the current stainless steel pipes are not suitable for the fertilizer production on Director Liu's side.
During our chat last night, Director Liu mentioned that the Bingzhou Fertilizer Plant is currently busy producing urea.
However, with the current urea production process, intermediate products are generated. Sodium carbamate, one of these products, is highly corrosive to stainless steel.
Director Liu from the chemical industry wouldn't be unaware of such basic things, would he?
It seems his original intention was still the tractor.
That's it, that's it.
They are all successors, so why shouldn't I, Jiangxia, shoulder this heavy responsibility?
He closed his eyes and said, "There's no way around the steel pipes, but engine manufacturing can take a step forward, of course, only after I've repaired that heavy-duty lathe! That lathe should be able to directly machine the cylinder block, so the welder can be freed up to help you weld the steel pipes!"
His loud shout made Director Liu slow down his handshake.
He then changed his grip from holding hands to putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Haha, you're so straightforward, brother!"
Director Liu put his arm around Jiang Xia's shoulder and took out a stack of blue receipts from his bag with his left hand, then handed them to Jiang Xia.
"Brother, here you go!"
Huh? I just expressed my determination, what's the meaning of you suddenly handing me receipts?
Brother, you should at least wait until there's nobody left in the fortress!
"Didn't I say I'd bring you something nice yesterday? Look!"
Jiang Xia looked at the receipt stamped with the Ministry of Chemical Industry's big red seal, which actually said "cotton leather shoes".
"Just go to the store and collect it; the ministry will reimburse you!"
Director Liu winked at Jiang Xia, then looked at Yang Youning and the others who were slowly walking over from behind.
"Did you hear that? My brother said it can increase production! Forget it, we won't take any more."
"Get me eight units! The Japanese side has gone mad; they say a synthesis tower arrived at Dalian Port today and they want us to transport it to the installation site ourselves!"
Jiang Xia clicked his tongue in amazement: "What? The contract was signed yesterday, and it's here today? Who would believe that this wasn't prepared in advance!"
Director Liu nodded in deep agreement, "The comrades over there checked it, and it seems to be a second-hand product. However, it's a second-hand product that hasn't been installed yet!"
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Director Liu suddenly laughed: "Looking at the cargo ship's port entry record, it seems the notebook was originally intended to be sent to Taiwan for installation. It appears that in order to meet the deadline, it was brought back directly from their port!"
"I don't know how Taiwan will react now, but that bald guy over there must be pretty annoyed!"
Jiang Xia was speechless, somewhat shocked by the little notebook's bizarre actions.
However, this is how the author of the "Little Notebook" always is; making fun of Taiwan has become the norm. Even the later "Cai Gen Tan" (菜根谭) was fooled by the author.
Don't be alarmed by the basics.
But why are the little notebooks in such a hurry? Logically speaking, they should be in the dominant position. It wouldn't be in their nature to drag it out for at least six or two years.
Forget it. The situation is in my favor!
The four of them huddled together and all thought that Xiaobenzi was doing this to see China make a fool of itself.
The reason is that the synthetic tower that arrived at the port is a Class II pressure vessel. It is integrally formed and requires transport as a whole.
Upon arrival at the port, the personnel struggled immensely to unload the entire composite tower from the cargo ship. The original plan was to transport it as a whole using a specially widened train, but once the train arrived, they discovered the composite tower couldn't even leave the port!
The reason is that the train station is 10 kilometers away from the port, and there are no suitable vehicles in between to transport this behemoth.
The existing liberation cards are simply unable to support the weight and size of the synthesis tower.
Most importantly, the Taiwanese side completely removed the outer packaging of this synthesis tower. To expedite the transportation, the company only ordered a ring of wooden beams around the outside of the synthesis tower for hoisting.
The port authorities reported that weather information indicated rain would fall in a few days.
Although the Synthetic Tower is meant to be exposed to wind and rain, no one in China dares, or rather, no one is willing to let this golden nugget be tainted by the elements.
A secondary container! It's not so easy to weld together.
After learning about the situation, Director Liu somehow decided to target the tractor.
"Five locomotives, no carriages needed. Just connect them directly to the transfer rack. Each locomotive can pull 2 tons, so five of them would be 10 tons! Add three more locomotives to push from behind, and I refuse to believe we can't move this thing!"
"Otherwise, we can consider these tractors a loan. We'll return them when we're done using them!"
Director Liu was beaming with pride.
Jiang Xia wanted to say that the thrust wasn't calculated that way. But, this method actually seemed feasible.
The single-cylinder engine is not very fast, so it's easy to adjust if there's any deviation.
When Yang Youning heard that Director Liu wanted tractors, his revolutionary spirit kicked in and he immediately decided to let Director Liu take all eight of them.
"We can just make another tractor if we lose it; we can't let Xiaoben laugh at us!"
There is a train transfer station behind the steel rolling mill.
So, with Director Liu's assurance that he would return them after use, the eight newly manufactured tractors were loaded onto the train and rumbled toward Dalian Port.
As Jiang Xia watched the departing tractor, he felt a sense of sending his own child to the battlefield.
Li Huaide sighed softly, "Director Yang, do you really believe that the Ministry of Chemical Industry will return the money after using it?"
He'd done this kind of freeloading countless times, and he'd said the same things all the time; he knew that kind of attitude all too well.
Yang Erlengzi was still inexperienced, and turned his head to scoff: "We are all revolutionary soldiers, how can we go back on our word!"
“He didn’t say he would return it after the synthesis tower was transported. Judging from his tone, there’s a stripping tower and a high-pressure tower coming up.”
"They all look like big things!"
"It seems that comrades from the Ministry of Agriculture will be coming to review the progress tomorrow, and the Ministry of Petroleum will also be coming to inspect the day after tomorrow."
"Is someone about to be hung from a roof beam?"
Li Huaide's casual words were like heavy hammer blows, making Yang Youning see stars.
"Can we make two more today?"
Yang Youning looked at Jiang Xia with hope on his face.
"Pretty much, at least eight engines a day now. But the production of complete vehicles will be slower."
Jiang Xia did some quick calculations and grinned.
Yang Youning was on the verge of tears, but couldn't laugh.
If each department gets one machine, maybe, perhaps, we won't get attacked?
"Comrade Jiang Xia!"
"Ok?"
"Go fix that lathe right now!"
"Uh, manager. I'd like to ask for leave. I've contacted a contractor to help me renovate my house!"
"You unfilial son! Li Huaide, you go and install this mere house!"