A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Factory Director Liu left in a hurry, having received a verbal promise from Jiang Xia that he needed to submit an application to the Machinery Department. After all, such cross-factory cooperation required approval from higher authorities.

Li Huaide was quite annoyed by this. He had tried to stop him for a long time, but he didn't know why this young master had suddenly gone crazy and insisted on going to see it.

But Jiangxia had his own plans.

After all, this is China's first heavy-duty truck. In a country that urgently needs transportation capacity, if this truck can be successfully put into production, the benefits it will bring to the country will be immense.

Moreover, Xiao Jiang still disapproves of the practices of some large companies. Although he doesn't say it out loud, he still wants to take this opportunity to teach them a lesson.

Don't want to change? Stick to the old ways?

Then we'll force you to change!

We can't just produce whatever we need; we need to produce only what we need.

Yes, it's definitely not a personal vendetta or retaliation stemming from personal resentment.

Another point is that the blueprints for the grinding machine weren't extracted, so this is a good opportunity to make a copy. For machine tools with such a single function, the structure won't change for decades; the only improvement will be in precision.

Also, Jiang Xia really wants to take a picture with the person who wrote the inscription for the Yellow River truck... but he doesn't know if he'll be able to meet him.

Holding the general structural drawings of the Yellow River truck provided by Factory Director Liu, Jiang Xia modified the original parameters. He reset the relevant data for the hydraulic cylinder and gear rack of the power steering system.

Since we're going to do this, we need to do all the preliminary work. After we'd finished most of the work, it was time to leave.

After picking up Jiang Dong and Jiang Qiu, I rushed home. Since I had decided to go on a business trip, I still needed to tell my grandmother. Although I didn't know when the coordination letter would be issued, it was always good to prepare in advance.

When I got home, I found that there were guests.

Liu Ye was chatting happily with his grandmother, accompanied by a young woman in a red cotton-padded jacket.

He kept calling her "Grandma" over and over, so much so that the old lady could barely keep her eyes open.

Jiang Xia was helpless against Liu Ye's shamelessness.

Because of the time he teased him about why he didn't go back and call his grandma, Liu Ye replied sincerely: No!

"Then why do you call me 'Grandma' without my permission? Aren't your parents angry?"

"nor!"

With an arrogant expression, he pulled out a whistle made from a bullet casing, "Here, take this as compensation for Grandma's mistake!"

Fine, let them call me that if they want. Just consider it as having another younger brother.

I was about to go on a business trip, so I left the task of picking up and dropping off my two younger sisters to this arrogant man.

As the weather gets colder, Jiang Xia feels bad making his sisters sit on that drafty torch again.

That night, Liu Ye and his wife stayed in the west wing. Jiang Xia kept the stove burning brightly, which aroused Liu's wife's curiosity. She fiddled with the stove for a long time before finally going to sleep.

The next day, Jiang Xia got up very early. Yesterday, Liu Ye told him that "Pleasant Goat" could be of great help to the soldiers patrolling the plateau.

I'm going to go to the breakfast shop today to upgrade the old, rudimentary sealing machine.

The torch puffed out hot air, carrying Jiangxia forward.

As soon as I arrived at the guard room at the factory gate, I saw Director Liu, with icicles hanging from his eyebrows, stamping his feet back and forth.

"Engineer Jiang! Engineer Jiang! I've got the letter of assistance!"

Liu Hongjun, who was standing guard nearby, tugged at Jiang Xia: "He's a very honest person. He arrived at around 3 a.m. this morning!"

Jiang Xia rarely lost his temper, "Why don't we invite them inside to sit down? Are we just going to leave them freezing!"

Liu Hongjun pointed to the charcoal brazier next to Factory Director Liu and said aggrievedly, "We received orders last night to raise the defense level by one level, meaning everyone is allowed to enter but not leave. Now that you're inside, you can't get out without orders!"

"Ah! Why?"

"Machining center!"

"Tsk, then I won't go in. I might as well just go on a business trip."

He took the letter of assistance from Director Liu, noticing several signatures already written on it in a flamboyant style. He then casually stuffed a Pleasant Goat toy into his arms.

Then he signed his name at the bottom, tore off a piece and gave it to Liu Hongjun: "Give this to the big boss at the factory later, I'm off!"

Ignoring Liu Hongjun's groans behind him, he grabbed Factory Director Liu and rushed towards the train station. "We can deal with the sealing machine later," he thought.

The lockdown is so tight, besides the value of the processing center itself, it's estimated that leaders are coming to inspect it. Whenever leaders come to inspect, there's only one word: trouble!

Especially leaders who are neither too high-ranking nor too low-ranking.

Huh? Why is Jiang Xia so sure?

Nonsense, didn't you see Liu Ye downed a whole jin of liquor yesterday? If a high-ranking leader were inspecting the area, he definitely wouldn't be so relaxed, after all, he's the kind of person who wears a shield on his collar.

Instead of chatting with these leaders who suddenly appear out of nowhere, it's better to do the important things well. That way, when you get to the top leader, you can get more credit for your projects.

On the way, Director Liu recounted how he chased after ministry leaders for their autographs. For the last autograph, Minister Xia, he practically ran after someone's car, almost reaching the residential area where Minister Xia lived.

"Hehehe, didn't you see how angry Minister Xia was? But as long as it gets done, anything goes!"

Jiang Xia took a moment to turn around and glance at Director Liu's corrugated cap.

The pants, which were originally blue, are now completely black. The left knee is also ripped, revealing a wisp of dark cotton underneath.

Oh dear, he must have fallen pretty hard. Cars aren't so easy to catch in winter.

"Hey, Director Liu, why are you so sure about me? There are plenty of senior engineers in Beijing, aren't there?"

"Hey, you didn't go to the Ministry of Machinery Industry's conference, but your factory's Director Yang praised you to the skies. He insisted on putting your name on the list of outstanding individuals."

There was some director in the machine department who said you weren't old enough and asked the steel rolling mill to show some magnanimity and give up the spot this time.

Factory Director Yang charged in, brandishing his belt!

"Hehe, I took advantage of the chaos when Director Yang was beating people up to escape!"

Jiang Xia was speechless. No wonder he hadn't seen Old Yang these past two days; he'd been causing a ruckus in Heaven!

"I just thought that anyone who could be protected by the factory director must be extraordinary, so I looked through the old documents. Good heavens, your name is on everything: water pumps, drilling rigs, small cannons, and even the pressure cookers that are currently circulating on the market."

"Who else should I turn to if not you!"

Hey, that's true.

That's just how awesome we are!

The train station was still bustling with people in the early hours of the morning.

Jiang Xia parked the car on the north side of the train station square, and Director Liu jumped out of the car and tightened the cloth bag around his chest.

"Jiang Gong, give me your letter of introduction and work ID. I'm going to buy a train ticket!"

Oh no, I have my work ID, but I haven't gotten a letter of introduction.

After thinking about it, I put the railway badge on my chest to see if it would work. If not, I'd figure out another way.

Going back was out of the question, and Jiang Xia was now feeling a kind of excitement about skipping class.

Are badges useful?

This is so useful!

The railway worker at the entrance looked at Jiang Xia's badge, checked his work ID, and then led the two directly onto the crew's sleeping vehicle.

Hey, that's great. Once on the bus, Director Liu couldn't hold on any longer. He gave Jiang Xia a thumbs up, snuggled into the covers, and went to sleep.

Jiang Xia then used the phone in the campervan (fun fact: campervans have landline phones, but the connection wire is disconnected when driving) to call the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office and ask them to tell his grandmother that he was away on a business trip.

Yes, Grandma Jiang is now the captain of the joint defense team of the subdistrict office. When she went to the subdistrict office to register for a gun license, Director Wang directly appointed her.