A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

When Jiang Xia drove the "little powerhouse" back, everyone was stunned. The visual impact was simply too great.

The huge haystack completely obscured the front of the small steel cannon, making it look from a distance as if the haystack itself was moving.

The straw in the warehouse was all bundled up, each stack weighing 500 jin (4 kg). The small truck's trailer was piled with four whole stacks. If it weren't so difficult to stack them further, adding a few more wouldn't be a problem.

But if we can't pile them up, does that mean we can't pull them?

So a long tail was attached to the back of the little cannon, with 7.8 stacks of straw hanging behind it.

They slowly made their way to the train.

Zhao Weiguo was arguing with someone in front of the coal car when he saw Jiang Xia driving the tractor and felt a surge of joy.

"Xiao Jiang, could you help me move some more coal?"

"What's wrong, Uncle Zhao?"

"Hey, all the first-grade coal has been supplied to K3 ahead of schedule. The coal piles are over there, but the Jiefang trucks can't be started, and there's not enough manpower to transport it!"

Tsk, K3 is an international route, so they get the best feed, of course they get to eat it first.

Jiang Xia glanced at the coal miners, shirtless and still sweating profusely in the cold wind, and pursed his lips.

He ordered the Iron Army to start another small steel cannon, and at the same time, he removed several wooden wagons.

A small steel cannon pulled three carriages. With a shout, several coal miners carrying shovels climbed into the carriages and sputtered off towards the coal yard.

The coal yard is not far from the station, but it occupies a huge area.

A coal miner directed Jiangxia to stop in front of a coal mountain; they had already traveled nearly 2 kilometers.

The wind blew faster and faster.

Several people got off the truck and swung their shovels to shovel coal into the truck bed.

Jiang Xia tried to help, but Tie Jun pushed him aside with his butt: "Thin arms and thin legs, get out of the way, you're disturbing this general's performance!"

His actions drew good-natured laughter from several burly coal miners.

"The kid's a bit weak. You guys are going to Erenhot Station later, right?"

Jiang Xia patted Xiao Gangpao's head: "Yes, send this batch of tractors over."

"Then go find a guy named Liu Sanfeng and ask him to get you some nourishing food. He's my brother!"

One of the burly men patted his chest.

"But you can only eat there, you can't take it away!"

As he spoke, the big man's eyes dimmed, and his coworker next to him spat out a mouthful of saliva.

"Damn Russians!"

After saying that, he continued to work diligently.

What's going on?! Jiang Xia was stunned. It would have been better not to say anything at all if he had only said half of what he wanted to say!

What do you mean by "can't take it with me"? Even if it's the cafeteria, can't I take two steamed buns to the entrance to eat?

Before Jiang Xia could even ask, all three carriages were already full.

"So much coal, can you even move it? It's like a Liberation truck!"

The burly men were somewhat worried.

Jiang Xia chuckled, "I'm in a hurry, we'll talk later."

With a pull of the accelerator, the little powerhouse emitted a puff of black smoke and sputtered towards the platform again.

Tie Zhu followed closely behind.

"Awesome!" The burly men gave a thumbs up.

Upon arriving at the platform, Jiang Xia stopped the coal handler from getting off the truck to shovel coal. Instead, he turned the truck around and reversed the coal-carrying carriage directly into the station.

Once the three guardrail latches of the carriage were opened, the coal seam above poured out with a whoosh.

However, it's still quite dangerous and constitutes an illegal operation.

Tie Zhu followed suit, and after the coal seam was poured out, he used a shovel to scoop it up again, and the two coal-filled cars were almost full.

Comrade Zhao was all smiles; the progress had increased dramatically.

We're just waiting for the driver to return with the dispatch order, then we can set off!

Just as Jiang Xia was about to turn off the engine and cover his children with straw, he saw the person who had asked him to help carry the straw already doing the work.

Moreover, they were extremely professional. A handful of straw could be twisted into a rope in a few twists and turns, and even the handrail of the small cannon was neatly wrapped by them.

Amazing! Jiang Xia originally planned to just cover it with straw and tie it with rope, but someone else turned it into a work of art.

"Hey buddy, a few more truckloads, please. Leave this job to us!"

Alright! Let professionals do what they're good at. Isn't the little cannon's specialty hauling things?

Turn the car around and keep churning.

He made three or four trips back and forth like this, and piled up another mountain of coal next to the platform.

Zheng Aiguo watched this scene from afar, a smile on his face.

Standing next to him was a middle-aged man, dressed in the same oil-paper-skinned clothes, except that he had a pen stuck in his breast pocket.

"Hey, these tractors are really useful! Could we ask them to keep a few?"

"What are you thinking! You dare to intercept exported goods? Wang Dadan, you're getting bolder and bolder!"

"Tsk, why not keep the good stuff for ourselves instead of exporting it? No way, I have to go and talk to them!"

"Alright, don't bother others. Go talk to his boss yourself. I'm leaving now, or I'll miss my turn!"

With that, Zheng Aiguo turned to leave, but after a moment's thought, he stopped, took out a blueprint, and said hesitantly, "Da Dan, aren't you an engineer too? Take a look at this blueprint, is it useful?"

Wang Dadan took it, "What is it?"

"That's a drawing by that little guy over there, he left it in his dorm. I can't understand it either..."

"Hmm? That's interesting. This is installed on the chimney..."

Wang Dadan walked under the streetlight and examined it closely.

"Tsk, a small gadget. This mesh structure can indeed capture Mars, but the impact won't be significant. What's the point of this reflector? To trap black smoke? Why trap black smoke? That's ridiculous!"

Zheng Aiguo scratched his head sheepishly: "I told the little guy a story, and he listened to it!"

Wang Dadan shook his head: "These two functions are useless. They are probably specialized structures designed by the little guy based on your experience."

"But I don't quite understand what this weak jet nozzle is!"

Zheng Aiguo snatched the blueprints away, saying, "Don't bother looking at them if you don't understand them. Anyway, someone else drew them for me."

"Hehe, this kid, my words weren't wasted. Useless? Judging from Big Brother's actions, he might come in handy sometime."

Without waiting for Wang Dadan's shouts from behind, he turned and left. The weather had changed, and the people in the sealed carriage needed to be looked after. Hey, what to do? They couldn't light the coal stove inside.

Wang Dadan stood there pondering the weak nozzle, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was not simple. He wanted to take the blueprints to confirm the data, but he could no longer find anyone.

"Old Zheng! Let me take another look at those blueprints!"

Just as I was about to go look for them, a person in a dispatcher's uniform approached me: "Sir, please sign these documents. Also, the head of the train operations section requests your return to provide guidance!"

Wang Dadan took the document, signed it, and hurried to the duty center: "Forget it, I'll get the blueprints from them on their way back and chat with that young man about the tractor while I'm at it."

Unaware that he was being targeted again, Jiang Xia stood atop the coal pile, gazing into the distance.

A coal train was parked on the side despite the wind and snow.

Several dark figures were standing on top of the train car, shoveling coal down. One of them was wearing a red headscarf, which was swaying in the wind.

"Uncle Xiaofeng, when we unload coal from the coal trucks, do we just shovel it down with our hands?"

Liu Xiaofeng, the burly man who initially told Jiang Xia to find his brother, straightened up and glanced at him.

"Yes, what else?"

Why not use the coal unloading trench to unload the coal?

What is a coal unloading ditch?