A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

The rolling mill floor rolls, also known as the mill support rolls or work rolls, are an important component of the rolling mill and are made of high-strength alloys.

When I mention alloys, you know what I mean, right?

At that time, China's steel industry was still in its infancy, let alone manufacturing alloys. This meant that these seemingly insignificant support rollers and rolling mill rolls were all imported from abroad.

Things were better before; with the support of the Russians, the steel mill was able to barely keep operating.

Now that the Russians won't even repair the machines, you still want support?

Go ahead and eat your butt if you want.

Unfortunately, the steel mill had no choice but to use all the remaining alloy steel on the more important rolls, while the ground rolls...

Let's use domestically made high-quality steel as a temporary solution.

If it breaks, just replace it; repairmen aren't worth much anyway.

There's even a dedicated maintenance workshop in the factory, where they often use a few old lathes to machine support rollers when they have nothing to do.

Of course, this repair workshop also manufactures the parts needed for other equipment, such as gears for Jiefang trucks.

After all, getting a machine repair shop is a huge hassle. Just the waiting time can be a week or two. Not to mention getting it fixed.

If they can finish the repair in half a month, you're incredibly lucky.

It's better to rely on yourself than on others, so Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill reluctantly set up a maintenance workshop to support some jobs that the steel rolling mill seemed to have no use for.

For example, fitter, fitter, fitter, and the like.

There's also a master craftsman in the repair shop. I heard he's an 8th-level fitter, and his hand-crafting of parts is exceptional.

However, some people say that this master craftsman is just seeking fame and fortune. At best, he's only a level 7 worker.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Jiangxia.

However, the master chef's apprentice had a very unpleasant falling out with Jiang Xia last time.

The apprentice's surname is Jia.

"Even five fingers aren't all the same length! What makes you think you can demand that the center of the support rollers be on the same point!"

"It's round, so it can roll, right?"

"Centerline? What's a centerline! If it's crooked, just tap it a couple of times!"

As he spoke, he swung the hammer twice.

Jiang Xia really wanted to tell him that it was okay to use a hammer, but it would be best to use a rubber mallet or put a shim underneath.

But feeling that continuing to talk to him would probably cause my IQ to drop to negative numbers, I made a spectacular retreat.

The master chef watched coldly from the sidelines, remarking, "This is my good apprentice."

This left behind the legendary tale of the fitter's apprentice angrily rebuking the arrogant college student.

Helpless, Jiangxia could only painstakingly inspect the batch of work rolls again after they were put into storage, leaving marks on the rolls that passed the quality inspection.

After all, when it comes to repairs, you're the one swinging the sledgehammer. It takes a little effort at the beginning, but it'll be much easier later on. Only a fool wouldn't do it!

Of course, only he knew this little secret. Now, there's another one: Li Tiejun.

"Ding~~"

Another thought popped into my head.

Ding ding ding, ding your grandma's leg, all wind and no rain.

Pah, you scumbag system.

Despite saying that, Jiang Xia still entered the system without any hesitation.

"Brother Tongzi, that's awesome! The interface has completely changed with this update!"

At least there used to be a task box, but now it's just a bare mess.

"Brother Tongzi, are you putting into practice the idea that it's better to rely on yourself than on others?"

"So be it, it was all for naught after all..."

Feeling utterly bored, Jiang Xia prepared to close the interface and say goodbye to Tongzi Ge.

Unexpectedly, the interface shook slightly.

Two icons slowly emerged on a pure black background. A few words inexplicably appeared in the upper right corner.

Points: 3812 points.

There was no other explanation, not even a question mark.

"Brother Tongzi, you don't need to be so concise. You should at least explain how to use it, right?"

Looking at the icons in the middle, one says "Shop" and the other says "Lottery".

The icons are all in bright white font, except for the lottery option, which flashes with multicolored lights.

"Zhi Leng~~" The lottery icon flashed with light.

"That's too much, Tongzi Bro. You even added sound effects, and you still say you don't have enough resources?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than another beam of light flashed, as if calling out to Jiang Xia, "Slap me, slap me, slap me now!"

Ha, the ruthless Jiang Xia refuses to acknowledge the truth even after being accused of treason.

No, that shouldn't be it. The cold-blooded Jiang Xia unceremoniously clicked on the shop option next to him.

The system reluctantly and slowly displayed the secondary menu.

One job, one life.

Clicking on it reveals two more menus in the "Work" section: Mechanical Design and Materials Design.

Keep going!

A whole host of products will soon emerge from the field of mechanical design.

Wow, that's impressive!

The topmost item was prominently displayed as the TB-1 Taishan Star Destroyer and the TD-1 Zhulong Heavy Single-Person Mech.

TEB Tiangong-class space fortress.

Does this mean I should lead China to achieve a world where the entire country is red?

My heart pounded with excitement, my hands trembled.

Jiang Xia clicked on the cool and stylish single-person mecha, and swish, swish, swish~

The entire system interface immediately went black, and a large red cross popped up.

Insufficient balance!

Pshaw, I knew this would happen.

Jiang Xia pretended not to see the price tag on the product page, which showed a series of zeros following a single one.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, millions, ... I'm not counting anymore, I'm dizzy."

Keep scrolling down, and you'll find everything from fortresses and bunkers to multi-barreled laser cannons.

"Heh, that's a pretty good pie in the sky."

Clicking on the material design section reveals a bunch of high-end-looking material names, such as neurofibrillary interlocking steel and low-frequency oscillation armor.

Ha, what's the use?

It's useless!

Why do you say that?

The observant Jiang Xia discovered the trap of the system: all the products had a tiny "blueprint" label next to them!

Star Destroyer blueprints, mech blueprints...

Jiang Xia was speechless about this.

When you switch to the lifestyle options, sure enough, the top choices are either space orchard planting technology or subspace energy absorption technology.

Of course, it's still blueprints!

fall!

Back on the main screen, the lottery option kept beeping, giving Jiang Xia a headache.

"Trying to force you to spend money, huh!" Jiang Xia felt that if he didn't try to win this stupid prize today, the sound of his "splashing" would continue until the end of time.

I casually clicked on the lottery, and the interface lit up like a marquee.

"ABC milk candy, one piece"

"ABC milk candy, one piece"

"ABC milk candy, one piece"

……

"Jiajie toothbrush, one."

After receiving nine milk candies in a row, we finally got something new.

The prize from the raffle fell directly into Jiangxia's space. He casually ate one, and it was so sweet!

But why isn't it White Rabbit?

Jiang Xia looked at the outer packaging. The candy wrapper was red and had a Mickey Mouse on it.

Goodness gracious, Disney's legal team has been slacking off.

Someone stole your copyright!

"Brother Tongzi, if this weren't the 60s, you could be sued to death, you know?"

The system remained unresponsive as usual, but a line of small print appeared again on the lottery option.

"A lucky draw with a chance to win a finished product instantly."

Oh ho, does that mean I'm not sleepy anymore?

Jiang Xia rallied his spirits and unleashed another ten consecutive attacks.

There was no other way; those pitiful points could only be used up on the lottery.

Nine more milk candies, but the last thing they gave us was "a single-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engine—blueprints!"

Wow, my luck has turned around!

Keep going, another ten-pull!

Oh wow, ten bags of Bright Dairy salt.

I endorse the system, no problem.