A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Out of aversion to its neighboring country, the Ministry of Chemical Industry chose to first talk with the representatives of West German companies.

On the surface, this West German company appears to be very sincere.

They delivered the blueprints for the entire set of large equipment, which filled half a Jiefang truck.

He appeared completely open and frank, almost as if he were telling China: "Oh, it's a political task, my company is fully cooperating!"

However, given the current talent pool in China, it's difficult to even review a complete set of blueprints.

Because the blueprints were all in German, filled with all sorts of technical terms.

Fortunately, Li Changfu, who was sent as an emergency reinforcement, discovered the trickery involved based on his experience.

That is, the West Germans watered down the drawings provided to the experts of the Ministry of Chemical Industry for review!

And the water level is very high!

The drawings show two high-powered boilers standing separately next to a large reactor. Strangely, the boiler piping does not extend into the corresponding container.

Instead, it took several detours and stretched into the distance.

At first, the colleagues in the Ministry of Chemical Industry all thought that this boiler was an additional safety device added to maintain the chemical reaction.

They praised the West Germans for their meticulousness without reservation.

But Li Changfu was different. He didn't understand chemistry, so he didn't bother to guess what kind of reaction the boiler was maintaining.

He simply concluded from the data that boilers are only used to boil water!

By sheer intuition, they managed to find the final destination of these pipelines among tons of blueprints.

A bathroom with 46 shower heads and individual bathtubs.

The West German company representative, whose claim was exposed, still argued that the bath was prepared for West German engineers who had left their homes, and that a hot bath would help alleviate their homesickness.

"Pah! When we had sewers, you were still dumping chamber pots on the street!"

"What are you pretending to be a civilized person for!"

Do you think we can tolerate this?

Modern China has not changed the preferential policies for foreigners that existed in the early days of reform and opening up.

On the contrary, the fact that he was able to take on 16 people gave him great confidence, so when Li Changfu chased after the golden monkey with a water bottle, jumping up and down, no one stopped him.

In the end, seeing the old man panting heavily, and fearing he would tire himself out, they symbolically stopped him.

They were stopping those golden monkeys.

Unfortunately, the old man ran out of strength in the end and barely managed to smash the kettle away.

I don't know which factory made this kettle, but it only got a dent in the metal casing; not a single drop of water came out.

(Hey, shouldn't we change it to macaque? But back then we called it golden monkey.)

"Hehe, no wonder he's my master! Just like me!" Jiang Xia thought happily.

No wonder Master gestured with his little finger yesterday. Judging from this, even the Minister of Chemical Industry would have to fawn over him.

"Old Li, is your left arm tired? How about we switch to our right arm?"

"If it really doesn't work, I'll hold it for you!"

……

"Jiang Xia! Come quick! Your grabber exploded in Workshop 8!"

Ah!

The explosive news shattered Jiang Xia's fantasies of kicking the Germans and tearing apart those who were living comfortably.

Jiang Xia poked his head out of the window and saw Li Tiejun waving from downstairs. Without thinking, he rushed downstairs.

"How could it explode? It's a three-pronged latch with a timer; there's no way it could explode!"

"That timing device isn't a time bomb!"

Thanks to Li Tiejun's loud voice, not only Jiang Xia heard it, but also the factory director and deputy director in the main building next door.

The two factory managers came out at the same time, and when they met, both of them looked worried.

Workshop 8 is the newly established tractor production workshop, which is now the heart and soul of the entire steel rolling mill.

Leaving aside the equipment inside, let's talk about the people inside...

If either of them gets into trouble, it could shake the very foundation of the steel rolling mill.

Yang Youning was worried that the explosion might injure people, after all, every accident at the steel rolling mill was a scene that could make one's hair stand on end.

Especially yesterday, an engine actually exploded.

Although Mr. Li was the only victim...

Li Huaide's worried expression was genuine; his current situation was entirely dependent on the steel rolling mill. If any turmoil occurred, his small boat wouldn't be able to withstand the storm.

"Could it be one of those guys who snuck in from the machine factory..." Li Huaide shuddered. "What were their names again?"

"However, why didn't anyone notify the factory manager when there was an accident in the workshop? Instead, they went to call Jiang Xia?"

Li Huaide, who was following behind Yang Youning, kept his mind racing.

……

When it comes to legs and feet, young people are still the best.

Tie Jun pulled Jiang Xia along at breakneck speed, arriving at Workshop 8 first.

The people in the workshop were all gathered in the corner where the lathes were placed, looking at something.

Strange shouts could be heard from time to time.

"10 minutes!"

"No, that's too slow! I think 8 minutes is about right!"

"Master Qin! I think it'll only take five minutes! I'll get some cutting oil, let's see what the limit is!"

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Jiang Xia glanced at Tie Jun: "Exploded? Where?"

Tie Jun pointed to a disc-shaped object on the periphery of the crowd.

When Jiang Xia went over to take a look, he saw that the three claws of the three-jaw chuck, which were originally bound inside the disc, were dangling limply, while an indomitable spring sprang out from the side. The spiral spring plate on the back was hanging there like a blooming trumpet flower.

Hey, it really exploded.

"What happened! What happened! Where did the explosion occur? Is anyone injured? Is there a fire?"

Yang Youning barged in, head down, carrying a large broom that was soaked in water.

Seeing that there were many people in the corner, he immediately shouted.

Unfortunately, the lathe noise in the corner was so loud that no one seemed to hear it.

Just then, a wisp of smoke rose from the corner, and a metallic, burnt smell instantly filled the air.

Yang Youning panicked and rushed forward, starting to pull people away: "Everyone get out! Don't rush, one at a time, watch out for the debris on the ground!"

"Party members, stay behind and follow me!"

The crowd on the periphery listened to Director Yang's instructions, somewhat confused, but still obediently lined up and quickly walked out of the workshop.

Several people stepped forward and followed Yang Youning, walking silently forward.

As the crowd left the workshop, they wanted to look back.

Then they saw Li Huaide continuing to push them along: "Move forward! Move forward! Don't block the way! I brought some people from the clinic with me. Anyone who is injured should report there!"

While rummaging around, he anxiously peered inside, seeing Jiang Xia and Li Tiejun standing there dumbfounded.

He stamped his foot and said, "Li Tiejun, you idiot, bring Jiang Xia out here! Can't you see it's smoking?"

Because of his urgency, his voice cracked, and the sharp tone that followed pierced the eardrums.

Li Tiejun shivered, picked up Jiang Xia, and rushed out.

Jiang Xia was still holding the shattered chuck in his hand, wondering how the spring had come out.

It felt like she was floating on clouds, and her soft belly was being pushed painfully against Li Tiejun's iron-like shoulders.

Upon regaining my composure, Li Huaide's round face appeared before me.

"Jiang Xia, how are you?"

"vomit!!!"