Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

"Then it's settled. We just happened to have discovered some penicillin through experimentation, so let's go buy these things!"

The elegant man said.

"purchase!"

The dignified man nodded and agreed, "By the way, let's buy some textbooks. Comrade Liu Ding said last time that Comrade Zhao Tianyang wanted to train professional talents on his own, so he brought back some university and junior high school textbooks from the Soviet Union for them."

"Speaking of penicillin, have you found the comrade that Comrade Liu Ding mentioned who can make a chemical dryer?"

"Comrade Huang Youwei, right?"

The elegant man continued, "A telegram came a few days ago saying that the person has been found and the communication is going smoothly. He is willing to come to Yan'an."

"We should now go to Wuhan with the help of our comrades at the Shanghai Transportation Station. It will take about a month to reach Yan'an."

“Wuhan!”

The man with glasses was a little worried: "The Kuomintang has put that place under martial law. Will Comrade Huang Youwei get into trouble?"

"Don't worry. One of our logistics chiefs in Wuhan is one of ours. With his help, I believe Comrade Huang Youwei will be able to pass through Wuhan smoothly."

The elegant man comforted.

"That's good."

The man with glasses nodded.

"By the way, this time Comrade Zhao Tianyang voluntarily handed over the formula of penicillin and allicin to the organization, and we haven't rewarded him yet!"

The dignified man spread his hands and said with a smile: "We always say that we can't ask the organization for things. Now if we don't reward others, doesn't that mean we are asking for things from the people below?"

"Yeah, I agree."

The elegant man nodded: "Penicillin and allicin are both very important strategic materials. We should have a good discussion about Comrade Zhao Tianyang's contribution. We can't give him too little."

...........……

Huangya Cave.

After successfully manufacturing the radio station, Zhao Tianyang had some free time, so he began to plan the development of the arsenal. If the arsenal was to develop, the electricity problem had to be solved first.

However, because Shen Hong was helping Cheng Mingsheng and others to rub the engine parts by hand, he came this morning to ask Li Tie to help him make a furnace of medium carbon steel.

Zhao Tianyang could only solve the electricity problem by himself.

"It seems I have to do it myself."

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianyang came to the workshop built with a straw shed and found Shen Hong who was cutting engine parts on a lathe.

Let me tell you here that the person responsible for providing power for the lathe is a donkey.

"Master Shen Hong, have you finished designing the pot-carrying machine?"

That's right, he is here to be a freeloader. Designing your own design is not as fast as copying others.

"Pot camel machine?"

Shen Hong stopped what he was doing and asked in confusion: "The semi-automatic bullet production line has not been designed yet, and I haven't even started drawing the drawings for the pot-carrying machine yet!"

"That's it."

Zhao Tianyang was a little disappointed. After all, he still had to think of a way. However, the pot-carrying machine was simply a steam engine, which should be quite simple.

Looking at Zhao Tianyang who was about to leave, Shen Hong couldn't help but ask, "Director, what do you want the pot-carrying machine for?"

"Generate electricity! If the arsenal is to grow and develop, we can't always rely on water power, eh! Water power?"

Zhao Tianyang suddenly realized that there was a waterfall here, so why was he using a pot-carrying machine? He could just use a hydroelectric generator!

Thinking of this, he turned around and left, ready to go to the shack next door to discuss the matter with Cheng Mingsheng.

Looking at Zhao Tianyang who suddenly left, Shen Hong shook his head and continued to rub the parts with his hands.

Cheng Mingsheng was holding a newly made part and trying to install it on the engine. When he heard what Zhao Tianyang wanted to say, he handed the part to Yu Xiaping beside him and stood up.

“I have to go to the waterfall to see if I can install a hydroelectric generator.”

"Okay, let's go check it out now!"

After two hours of trekking, the two finally climbed up the cliff on the east side.

Looking at the waterfall rushing down in front of him, Zhao Tianyang wiped the sweat from his head and said, "I have to ask someone to build a ramp. This mountain climbing is killing me!"

"hehe."

Cheng Mingsheng smiled and began to walk along the edge of the waterfall to observe.

After a while, Zhao Tianyang looked at Cheng Mingsheng, who was still in deep thought, anxiously: "Can you please speak?"

"Don't worry, Director. According to my calculations, the waterfall here has a drop of about 100 meters, a water flow of 0.33 cubic meters per second, and an output of 150 kilowatts."

Cheng Mingsheng threw away the branch in his hand: "All we need is a 194-kilowatt engine to make perfect use of this place."

"How many people are needed to build a hydroelectric power station here? How long will it take?"

Zhao Tianyang asked.

"About a hundred people, building dams, making generators and water wheels, it's all very laborious, and it also requires a lot of cement and steel bars, it will take about two months!"

Cheng Mingsheng thought for a moment and replied.

"Hiss.....this is a bit troublesome!"

Zhao Tianyang rubbed his head in pain. It was not that the hydroelectric power station was too difficult to build, but that he did not have that many manpower as all the people had been taken by Li Yuncai to repair the factory building. Besides, he did not have that much cement to use.

"never mind!"

Zhao Tianyang sighed: "Let's not repair the hydropower station for now. Go back and find time to draw the design drawings of the hydropower station and the generator. We can start the work after our factory building is repaired."

"Fine!"

Cheng Mingsheng nodded in agreement. They only had more than 30 full-time employees in the arsenal, and it was wartime, so the manpower to build the hydropower station had to be reliable.

After getting down the mountain, Cheng Mingsheng continued to struggle with his engine, while Zhao Tianyang returned to his tent and decided to get the pot-camel machine out as an emergency measure.

Then he went to the boss to ask for people to produce the cement, otherwise when he built the hydroelectric power station later, the money just to buy cement would be enough to give him a headache.

As mentioned before, the steam-powered machine is just a steam engine plus a boiler, with low technological content. It took Zhao Tianyang two hours to successfully draw the blueprint.

After looking at the sky outside, Zhao Tianyang put down the drawings and ran to the cafeteria to have dinner.

Then he ran to Mr. Liu's tent and discussed the semi-automatic bullet production line with him. Then he went to bed to rest up so that he could work hard tomorrow.