A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Just as Qin Jingru was about to catch up and let Jiang Xia take a good look at her appearance, she heard a beeping sound behind her.

A car, trailing a cloud of dust, rushed toward them.

Qin Jingru was so frightened that she quickly retreated to the side of the road, but unexpectedly, she slipped and rolled down the ridge of the field.

Wang Tiezhu stepped on the brake, and the car slowed down.

Huh? Wasn't there a figure just now? How did it disappear all of a sudden? Am I seeing things?

Wang Tiezhu broke out in a cold sweat, thinking to himself, "I knew I shouldn't run at night."

After calming himself down, Wang Tiezhu muttered prayers to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky and continued walking forward.

He hadn't gone far when he saw a small donkey cart ahead, and Wang Tiezhu swallowed hard.

I didn't dare to go over them, so I just followed them from a distance.

Jiang Xia still found it strange, so he asked Uncle Jiang to move the donkey cart to the side to clear the main road. Why couldn't the cart pass?

So I looked back.

Wang Tiezhu looked at Jiang Xia's face and then felt relieved.

He floored the gas pedal and gave chase, shouting, "Jiang Xia! Jiang Xia! The factory manager and your master are calling you back to the factory right away!"

Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment, then looked at Uncle Jiang San beside her.

"Go quickly, the reason I came to pick you up in such a hurry must be because something terrible has happened!" Uncle Jiang waved his hand.

"Don't worry about home, I'll go tell your grandma right away!"

Jiang Xia sighed. They'd even sent out a small jeep; the situation must be really urgent.

He stuffed all the money and travel permits in his bag into Uncle Jiang's hand and then got on the bus.

Before Jiang Xia could even settle in, Wang Tiezhu stepped on the gas again.

Qin Jingru climbed out of the ditch and looked at the little jeep that was running very fast.

"Wow, you're already sitting in the little car?"

But the thought that this car had scared him into the ditch made him angry.

She stomped her feet hard on the car, as if it were right under her feet and she could crush it to pieces.

"I must become a city dweller!"

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"Uncle Wang, do you know what happened?"

Wang Tiezhu shook his head: "I don't know, it was Secretary Liu who came to tell me. He just finished delivering the last batch of goods to the machinery factory's warehouse and was thinking of going back to rest, but he didn't expect to come and pick you up again!"

"Haha, if I had known, I wouldn't have gone out at noon. I would have stayed at the steel rolling mill and saved you the trouble of running around!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Tiezhu felt a little embarrassed and let go of his slight resentment.

"Hey, you're holding the steering wheel, not walking, what's so hard about it!"

"However, that last trip to the machine factory was exhausting. You wouldn't believe it, that boxy machine was huge. It took more than ten people to load it onto the truck."

"Also, when we meet truck drivers from other companies on the road, they all keep asking about our water sprinklers."

Jiangxia was exhausted after a long day and wanted to sleep as soon as she got in the car.

But Wang Tiezhu kept babbling on and on, like a busy little bee.

It's not entirely Wang Tiezhu's fault. After all, he had been driving all day and was exhausted. If they hadn't chatted with him, the car might have driven into a ditch.

Jiang Xia also perked up, sticking to the joke: "Oh, so how do they feel?"

"Hey, I let them drive the car for a bit. They helped me run a few errands, and they were really impressed!"

"There were a few old men who wanted to switch cars with us. They refused to get off our car, but could we just let them?"

Wang Tiezhu became more and more excited as he spoke. This truck water sprayer really made him proud in front of his peers.

Jiang Xia, meanwhile, couldn't help but fall asleep amidst his nagging.

When Wang Tiezhu shook him awake, the car had already stopped in front of the steel rolling mill's office building.

Secretary Liu even opened the car door for him and was looking at him with a smile.

He smiled apologetically at Wang Tiezhu and followed Xiao Liu up the stairs.

On the way, Xiao Liu tossed him a cigarette and briefly explained why he had been called over so late.

Hearing the required number of hand pumps, Jiang Xia clicked his tongue in astonishment.

However, Jiang Xia wasn't surprised by this number; after all, China is such a vast country. There's no shortage of such resources.

This only accounts for rural areas. If we include urban areas, it would probably be just enough to get 100 million.

When I arrived at the office, I knocked on the door and looked inside.

Yang Youning and Li Changfu were studying a blueprint when Yang Youning saw Jiang Xia enter. He clapped his hands with great joy and said, "The main character is here! Let's stop speculating and just ask!"

Li Changfu beckoned to Jiang Xia, "Come here! What do you mean by simplification here?"

Jiang Xia didn't stand on ceremony and went straight to the table to scan the blueprints.

Oh, isn't this the simplified version of the hand pump I made myself?

Why are you only starting to research this now?

How was it simplified?

It's very simple; they just replaced the entire outer shell of the hand pump with cast iron, and changed the internal piston and check valve from metal to rubber.

Compared to the prototype made by Jiangxia, this one had far fewer steps. At the very least, the piston didn't need to be machined. Just cut out a piece of thick rubber based on the dimensions, and that was it.

After all, this is for agricultural irrigation, and crops won't mind if the pumped water has a burnt smell. Also, the rust and scale that build up over time won't harm the crops.

In short, the prototype in Jiangxia was dual-purpose, capable of both extracting domestic water and meeting irrigation requirements.

The simplified cast iron version is not unusable in daily life, but it will rust and have a strange smell after prolonged use, and is mainly used for agricultural irrigation.

After the explanation, the two bigwigs suddenly realized what was going on.

"Hey kid. Why didn't you say so sooner! If we used cast iron parts, the production speed would at least double!"

Yang Youning laughed again.

Jiang Xia scoffed. The blueprints are right here. Can't you see them? Is it my fault? Besides, casting iron parts require a blast furnace.

Do you have any in your factory?

“Wait a minute. Our steel rolling mill doesn’t have a steelmaking furnace. Are we going to have to outsource to a foundry?” Yang Youning began to realize this belatedly.

Li Changfu shook his head: "We didn't have one before. Have you forgotten about the machinery factory? They used to have a foundry workshop."

"With just the amount of water from the hand pump well, the molten iron from a small blast furnace would be enough to power several thousand of them."

"As long as we have enough molds, producing over a thousand units is not a dream!"

The two big shots were pleased and then left immediately.

I'm so tired after a long day!

Jiang Xia and Liu Shunlin were left staring at each other in bewilderment.

The two young men lit cigarettes again and staggered down the office building.

Liu Shunlin waved the keys in his hand, "Brother Jiang, we're not staying any longer. We're newlyweds, I'm enjoying this time together!"

As he spoke, he unlocked the bicycle, pedaled hard, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"You with thick eyebrows and big eyes, you got married so early? And you even have a bicycle?" Jiang Xia followed behind and cursed angrily.

Damn, they're all not simple.

So you think I'm the only commoner?

He took the bicycle ticket out of his storage space and felt it, then checked his savings.

Jiang Xia wanted to bang his head against a wall: I'm probably the most miserable transmigrator ever.

They have nothing.

Upon opening the system, the points had surprisingly rebounded to around 2000.

Jiang Xia didn't know what the calculation was based on, but whatever, he'd use it as soon as he had it.

The main theme is being free from desires and wants.

Ten boxes of toothpaste were distributed at once.

Good, good. Good teeth mean a good appetite.

No problem.