Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2530: Trouble Caused by Money

February 1969, 2, the 4th day of the twelfth lunar month, was the beginning of spring.

Four Nine Cities.

"It's the beginning of spring today, why is it still so cold?"

Wang Hao stood in front of the car, pacing and muttering to himself.

Driver Huang, who was also waiting nearby, nodded and said, "What are you thinking about? It's not even the New Year yet, how can it not be cold?"

"The weather in Sijiu City is like this, you know that!"

Wang Hao nodded, then took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and smoked two.

"Brother Xu, what's going on today? I saw quite a few leaders!"

Wang Hao looked inside and saw the words "Ministry of Railways" written on a sign not far away.

He doesn't come to this place very often, but as a driver, he never has to worry about not having news.

Old Xu took the cigarette and was about to reach for a match, but someone handed him a lighter.

"Tsk tsk, no wonder everyone says Jiubu is so powerful, you even used a lighter?"

Wang Hao lit one for Old Xu and then for himself. He then carefully put the lighter into his coat pocket and said with a smile, "These are all awards from Minister Yang!"

Hearing this, Old Xu nodded again, "Yes, everyone knows that the Yang Department of the Nine Departments is the most generous!"

"Hehe, that's right, the Yang tribe is not only generous but also capable."

Wang Hao said this proudly, and Old Xu beside him smiled.

It was not for him to judge whether he had the ability or not, but from what he heard, it seemed that everyone's evaluation of this Minister Yang was pretty good.

"Back then, Yang Bu was still a fitter. At that time, I went to the steel mill with the leader..."

Old Xu was smoking a cigarette while lost in his memories. Wang Hao interrupted him and let the west wind blow away the smoke.

As for what I had inquired about before, I will tell you naturally after Old Xu finishes expressing his feelings.

Just think of it as passing time.

In the conference room.

Yang Xiaotao sat in the front seat, with Mr. Huang next to him, and Mr. Wu, the railway chief whom he had met last time, sitting opposite him.

As for the people below, there were many of them, big and small, all of whom were called to the meeting. There were roughly twenty or thirty people.

As for the first place, it is still vacant.

Looking at the situation, Yang Xiaotao had an idea about today's meeting.

But I still feel that this matter should be handled by Li Hongfeng.

"Old Huang, you are almost sixty, it's not easy to be involved in the revolution at your age!"

Old Wu joked, and Old Huang rolled his eyes. "Come on, Old Wu, you are three years older than me. You are holding on to your old bones, so why can't I do it?"

"It's different, it's different. We run along a line. When we reach one stop, there's another. It's endless, there's no end!"

"Unlike you guys, you clock in at a certain time, you're free!"

It was rare for Mr. Wu to make a joke, but only Yang Xiaotao laughed along.

As for the people on the railway behind them, they all sat upright, not moving.

However, many people's eyes fell on Yang Xiaotao. Who made him the youngest in the room, yet he was sitting in the front?
"By the way, what's the situation with your shield machine?"

"I heard that this shield machine is a very powerful thing. You have to work harder!"

While Mr. Wu was chatting with Mr. Huang, his eyes swept over Yang Xiaotao with satisfaction in them.

On the right, Mr. Huang was holding a tea bowl and had his own guess about this meeting. When he heard what Mr. Wu said, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely figure it out for you."

"We've been working overtime for this thing, even for the whole year."

"Oh, you are indeed the big brother of industry. I admire your spirit and enthusiasm. We should learn from you!"

"Come on, why are you still admiring me? Aren't you railway people also on the front line?"

Mr. Huang put down his cup and asked, "How is your research on the locomotive going?"

"Don't let us finish it while you haven't done it yet!"

At this point, Mr. Wu looked directly at Yang Xiaotao, "If we want to go faster, we need Comrade Xiao Yang's help."

Yang Xiaotao was listening to the two people arguing when he suddenly felt Old Wu's gaze and was a little at a loss.

You two old men were chatting excitedly, why did you suddenly talk about me?

"Haha, Mr. Wu, you flatter me!"

Old Wu smiled and shook his head, "This is not a compliment. If you nine departments hadn't sent people to help, we wouldn't even be able to make the screws for the locomotive now."

"Xiao Yang, your Nine Departments are full of talented people. If you can assign two more to us, our speed will definitely increase!"

Mr. Wu smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

Yang Xiaotao was speechless after hearing this. Why dispatch two people?
There are not many nine parts of Chen Chonghan's level.

"Mr. Wu, you think too highly of our Nine Departments!"

"There are only two or three chefs of Lao Chen's level in our nine departments, and they are all very busy now!"

"By the way, if you are done, I will send someone back. We are still short of people here!"

After hearing this, Mr. Wu leaned back in his chair, shaking his head like a rattle, "No, no, he can't come back. At least he has to finish the work first."

"We're counting on him to help now."

At this point, Mr. Wu added, "Unless you give us two Mercury machine tools, this thing is easy to use."

"Just two, and we'll not only send them back to you, but we'll also give you a big red flower!"

The people on the railway behind him all looked straight ahead, as if they had not heard what their boss said, or perhaps they were familiar with it.

When Yang Xiaotao saw this scene, he felt it was somewhat familiar. If the person sitting opposite him had not been older, he would have almost mistaken him for Mr. Wang!

"this…"

"No way!"

Yang Xiaotao said with some embarrassment, but Mr. Wu leaned forward on the table and said, "Two won't work, but one will do."

"Just one, what do you think?"

Yang Xiaotao continued to shake his head, "It's definitely not possible before the New Year."

"We can arrange it after the New Year!"

"Ah? Why?"

Yang Xiaotao glanced at everyone in the room, then stepped forward and whispered, "We are producing needles recently, and we need to use all the machine tools we produce."

"Because of this, Mr. Huang came to me several times."

Mr. Huang pretended not to hear. He did go to the Ninth Department several times, but not for machine tools.

"Needle? Why are you doing this?"

Mr. Wu glanced at Mr. Huang and finally asked in a low voice.

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "It's the kind of needle used to give injections to patients."

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Mr. Wu slapped his thigh and said with a smile, "It's just a needle. That's easy. Give me a machine tool and I'll have someone make needles for you. I'll pay you whatever you want..."

"Ahem, Old Wu, don't be so hasty to agree. Have you forgotten that Wang has no face?"

When Mr. Huang saw that Mr. Wu was about to step into the pit, he quickly spoke up to stop him.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't bother to care.

It's just that Old Wu is old and can't bear it.

Besides, if he really falls into the trap, Yang Xiaotao will be the one to be blamed in the end.

After saying that, he reached out and patted Yang Xiaotao on the shoulder, "Stop laughing, little brat, and explain yourself quickly!"

When Mr. Huang interrupted, Mr. Wu felt that something was wrong.

Now seeing Yang Xiaotao’s disappointed look, I knew that I almost fell into a trap.

At this time, the topic of Mr. Wang was brought up again. Before Mr. Wu could react, the others around him suddenly realized.

At that time, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building requested a Morning Star machine tool for screw driving, the purpose of which was to drive screws for the then Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory.

But who would have thought that the screws were not made and the machine tool was almost scrapped.

In the end, the Shicheng Machinery Factory, which was responsible for screwing, became a laughing stock in the industry.

But those who really understand the inside story know that whoever tightens the screw will know.

Only the machinery factories at that time could be so perverted.

Of course, with the improvement of lathe precision, screw driving is no longer as difficult as before.

But screwing has become a means for many factories to test workers' abilities.

Old Wu took a deep breath and glanced at Yang Xiaotao. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he didn't expect that he had so many tricks in his mind. Seeing Old Wu looking at him, Yang Xiaotao smiled innocently.

He had no intention of cheating anyone. The pharmaceutical factory is busy stockpiling goods and has no time to waste on this.

“Old Wu, you don’t know this kid. Although he is young, if he does something seriously, it will be difficult to handle!”

At this point, Mr. Huang glared at Yang Xiaotao again, "Don't giggle, hurry up!"

The sound is loud, but it has no lethality at all.

Everyone present could see that Mr. Huang was taking care of her.

Yang Xiaotao also noticed it and hurriedly explained, "Leader, the needles we make are a little special."

Everyone looked over, waiting for what was to come.

"This needle is used in a portable syringe. The needle is required to be six millimeters, eight millimeters, or ten millimeters long, but the outer diameter needs to be 0.4 millimeters!"

Yang Xiaotao simply stated his request, and Mr. Wu opposite him immediately took a breath of cold air.

Others were also shocked.

Even though they are working on trains and rails, they are all large and bulky and do not appear to have very strict requirements on precision.

But after all, I deal with machinery, so I naturally understand that the more sophisticated the things are, the harder they are to make.

This 0.4 millimeters is something that not everyone can process.

Fortunately, Old Huang spoke up to remind me, otherwise I would have been laughed at.

"What are you going to do with such a thin needle? You don't even need it for an injection, do you?"

Yang Xiaotao spread his hands and said, "There's no other way. It has to be this thin. Otherwise it won't work."

Originally, Yang Xiaotao designed it to be one millimeter thick, but who knew that during the experiment, every time he pricked the needle, a hole would be formed and blood would ooze out. If this were to be taken out to others, who would dare to prick themselves with it?
After an urgent discussion, they made another adjustment to 0.6 mm, but it was still a little off, so Yang Xiaotao changed it to 0.4 mm.

As a result, he snatched away the two Mercury machines that had just been produced by the machine tool factory.

Then the machine tool factory will have to work overtime!
"What is it that requires this level of precision?"

"What are you nine departments going to do now?"

Mr. Wu became interested.

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said nothing. Mr. Huang on the side took over the conversation and told the story of the pharmaceutical factory.

When he heard about scalp insulin and this pen thing, Mr. Wu remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, the room was quiet.

There are many smart people in the room. Even if they are not smart, they have brains to get to their current position.

This little tool will definitely help boost the sales of insulin!
"You made a small thing like this, but it solved a big problem."

"I really don't know what's wrong with your brain!"

Elder Wu sighed with emotion, while Elder Huang beside him laughed, "Yes, this kid is very smart. He was the one who came up with the Isatis Root Granule. Now the Chinese medicine department is researching other formulas."

Yang Xiaotao leaned back after hearing this and said, "Leader, I'll be proud if you praise me like this!"

"You little bastard..."

crunch
Before Mr. Huang could finish his words, the door to the conference room opened.

Mr. Chen walked in accompanied by staff, and everyone stood up quickly.

Elder Chen came to the main seat and stretched out his hand to press it down, "Everyone, sit down, everyone, sit down!"

Then they sat in the main seat and everyone was ready.

As the staff replaced the door, the meeting officially began.

"I was dealing with something just now, so I'm late!"

Mr. Chen started out politely, and Mr. Huang and Mr. Wu followed suit, "We just got here too, it's not too late!"

Old Chen looked at Old Wu and said, "Old Wu, can I borrow your land to hold a meeting?"

Mr. Wu laughed and said, "Leader, don't even think about holding a meeting. It would be fine even if you were working here."

"Go to hell, I'm here to work for you, you wish!"

Mr. Wu laughed, and Mr. Huang joked, "Leader, Mr. Wu wants to share the pressure with you."

"Hey, Old Huang, please don't do bad things to me!"

Old Wu was getting anxious, Old Huang was smiling triumphantly, and Yang Xiaotao on the side just kept smiling.

But who would have thought that Mr. Chen would look directly over, and everyone else shifted their gazes, causing Yang Xiaotao's heart to skip a beat.

"Hello, Chief!"

Yang Xiaotao didn't think too much about it and immediately corrected his attitude.

When Mr. Chen heard this, he smiled unexpectedly, "I'm actually fine!"

After saying that, he walked over to the chair and sat down.

When the people in the room heard this, they immediately felt that there was something else behind these words!
There was more scrutiny in the eyes of Mr. Chen and Yang Xiaotao who looked over.

Mr. Huang winked at Yang Xiaotao, saying something was wrong and he should stop trying to attract attention.

Yang Xiaotao understood and shut up immediately.

Everyone sat down and Mr. Chen looked around.

"The purpose of coming here for this meeting today is to discuss the construction of the Changyan Railway."

"This railway will become an important channel connecting Chang'an and Yanzhou..."

Yang Xiaotao felt uneasy after hearing this.

When Old Chen took a look, Yang Xiaotao quickly shifted his gaze, looking like a good boy.

Then I heard Mr. Chen continue to say, "After discussion with our superiors, we decided to start this project."

As soon as these words were spoken, discussions immediately broke out throughout the venue.

The above decided to start the project?

This means intervention is necessary!
That previous project...

Everyone looked at Yang Xiaotao.

This is going to be a knock!

Mr. Huang looked at Mr. Wu, and both of them were surprised.

They all knew about the Changyan Railway. Qinxi Province had always wanted to build this railway, but it had not been implemented over the years.

The reason is that there is not enough money.

But what no one expected was that Qinxi Province actually approached the Ninth Ministry, and what was even more unexpected was that the Ninth Ministry actually agreed.

No, it should be said that Jiubu is really rich!

If you don't have money, can you do this?
Now it seems that this is the trouble caused by having money!

When Yang Xiaotao saw this situation, he immediately understood why he was asked to come today!

This is to hit yourself.

Thinking of this, I clenched my fists involuntarily.

I was thinking about what happened during this period, especially the cooperation with Qinxi Province.

In just a moment, Yang Xiaotao had figured it out.

You ended up doing something that even your superiors couldn't do.

Isn't this a slap in the face?

What does this make others think?
Of course, more people will just think that Jiubu has become rich and doesn’t even know his last name!

Even major matters like building a railway could be decided with just one word.

Yang Xiaotao could even imagine that many people were waiting to see Jiubu make a fool of himself.

even…

The image of the nine departments will also be affected.

At that time, someone from the Nine Departments needed to stand up and take the blame.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaotao felt depressed.

But for now, all I can do is listen carefully and wait for the results.

Mr. Chen paused for a moment and picked up a document he had brought with him. "This is the plan for the construction of the Changyan Railway!"

"This was made by the comrades from Qinxi Province who spent a lot of manpower and material resources..."

When Mr. Chen said this, he looked at Yang Xiaotao again.

This made Yang Xiaotao worried again.

But there is a sense of relief amidst the worry.

No matter what, this railway must be built.