A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

The old village chief saw Jiang Xia disconnect the tractor unit from the drilling rig and pull the still-growing tractor unit to the edge of the puddle.

The soldier accompanying Jiangxia was holding something that looked like a hand pump. He dug a small pit, put the "hand pump" in, and secured it.

A soft cloth bag-like object was attached to a hole at the bottom of the machine, with one end of the bag placed directly into the water pit.

The other soft cloth bag was attached to the opening on the higher right side.

While holding the "soft cloth bag" in the village chief's mouth, Jiang Xia turned around and asked, "Village chief! Which way is the rice paddy again?"

The village chief quickly raised his torch and took a few steps forward. "Just put it up ahead, not more than ten meters away. We chose this spot to dig the well so that it would be easier to deliver water."

Jiang Xia squinted and looked around, but all he could see was darkness.

Tsk, I need to get some cod liver oil to take; I'm practically turning into a flying mouse.

"Okay, village chief, please put this in the field for me. Be careful, the water might be a bit high later, so don't spill the rice."

"Ha!" The village chief lifted the "soft cloth bag" with one hand. "Don't worry, I can carry ten of them!"

Jiang Xia, unsuspecting, connected the tractor to the water pump and began to gradually increase the throttle.

"Village chief! Has the water come out yet?"

No!

Where are you now?

"It's tiny! It's not even as big as your village's hand pump well!"

"Oh," Jiang Xia said suspiciously. Could it be that the horsepower was too small to drive it? Or was the water pump not sealed properly?

The water pump was inspected and no leaks were found.

Jiang Xia signaled to Wang Kui, who had taken over the throttle, to increase the speed.

Wang Kui was decisive; unlike Jiang Xia who gradually increased the power, he directly floored the accelerator.

This "soft cloth bag" was actually something that Jiang Xia found in the repair warehouse, resembling a fire hose, but its exact origin is unknown.

Seeing that it was hollow in the middle and could be rolled up, Jiang Xia picked it up and used it.

According to the high-pressure water supply regulations, water pipes must be laid in a straight line without any bends.

But Jiangxia isn't night-blind, so the tube he's using is all crooked and twisted.

The water, pressurized by the pump, caused a large blockage at the bend. The pipe is quite resilient; even though the water had clogged it into a large bulge, it didn't break.

But as Wang Kui floored the accelerator, the sudden increase in pressure caused the water pipe to writhe violently like a giant python.

The entire water pipe resembles a vibrating whip. If the water pump section is the base of the whip, then the old village chief's section is the tip.

"Snap!" The water pipe made a crisp sound.

Then the old village chief exclaimed in surprise:

"Fuck!"

"Ah~~~~~"

*Splat!*

When the old village chief clutched his back and looked up, he saw the water pipe he had been holding was now gushing white water.

"dragon!"

"The dragon is spitting water!"

…………

Minister Xia of the First Ministry of Machine Building, Minister Yang of the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister Ren of the Agricultural Machinery Department (Bureau), and the old man in military uniform, Wang Huzi, all came to the small workshop of the steel rolling mill at this moment.

Ma Zhendong was originally here organizing Jiangxia's blueprints.

While tidying up, he also explained things to his four disciples.

"Look here! The most important part of this harvesting kit is the linkage system. Tomorrow, be sure to remind the workers to pay attention to the gear ratios!"

"And this threshing machine~~"

"Wow! You guys are pretty quick. Was this machine just made?"

Ma Zhendong, whose words had been interrupted, adjusted his glasses and looked up at the people in front of him with some confusion.

An elderly man in military uniform was seen circling around the improved tractor, while several other people were scattered around the workbench behind him, curiously examining the parts.

"How many are there?"

"Eh? Minister Xia?"

Although Ma Zhendong was promoted to engineer by the tail end of the ladder, he had still met his superior at the Ministry of Machinery Industry's general meeting.

Minister Xia smiled gently at Ma Zhendong: "Why are you still here? Wasn't the steel rolling mill having a celebration today? Why didn't you go out for a nice meal?"

Minister Xia pointed to the steamed bun made from two kinds of flour in Ma Zhendong's hand.

Ma Zhendong put down the steamed bun a little embarrassedly. "Hehe, I'll eat it in a bit. I haven't finished what I'm doing yet."

"Jiang Xia said these drawings are quite important, so we've decided to get them done as soon as possible!"

Minister Xia curiously took the blueprints: "Hey, revolutionary work must be done! But we still need to maintain a balance!"

"Let me see what that kid has come up with this time."

"A harvesting mechanism based on a self-developed power linkage system for disc cutters"

"A concept for a water conservancy irrigation device based on self-developed power linkage mode"

This!

Minister Xia was somewhat surprised.

The elderly man in military uniform wandered over at some point and stood behind Minister Xia, scrutinizing him carefully.

"You managed to build all of these?"

Minister Xia put away the blueprints and looked warily at the old man in military uniform.

"Hey! What are you doing! Come and see, this new tractor has so many improvements!" Minister Yang stood on the tractor and shouted excitedly to Minister Xia.

Li Tiejun stood next to Minister Yang, looking at the old man with some nervousness, as if afraid he would fall off the machine.

"Nothing! I'm coming!"

Minister Xia rolled up the blueprints, stuffed them into Ma Zhendong's arms, and whispered, "Keep them safe! Don't take them out!"

As he spoke, he glanced warily at the elderly man in military uniform.

The elderly man in military uniform smiled and held out one hand: "5%! Give me 5% of the production!"

"Wang Huzi, you're dreaming!"

"Oh! Old Yang! There's one over here~~~~"

Minister Xia rushed over and covered Wang Huzi's mouth: "2%! No more than that! Besides, you're all preparing for hibernation over there, what would you do with it!"

"Pah! If your little tank were effective, would I be hibernating?"

"I don't care, 30%! You're going to equip them all with that awesome Plus! If we'd had it earlier, I wouldn't have only sent back two train cars of cornmeal this time!"

"You bandit!"

"Tch, believe it or not, I'll yell once, and when that guy surnamed Yang comes over..."

Minister Xia looked at Wang Huzi with a "you won't satisfy me, I'll just keep laughing" expression and nodded helplessly.

Having successfully extorted money, Wang Huzi wandered around the workshop again. Ma Zhendong, not understanding the old man in military uniform's background, didn't interrupt.

After he had gone some distance, he cautiously asked, "Minister? This..."

"Hey, why don't you steel mills just focus on rolling steel? Why are you getting so much farm machinery out there?"

"If I don't protect you, you'll probably have to call yourselves an agricultural machinery factory from now on!"

At this point, Minister Xia glanced at Minister Yang, who was fiddling with and improving the tractor.

Ma Zhendong didn't understand but felt impressed. He thought there was nothing wrong with starting an agricultural machinery factory, since it was all about contributing to the motherland.

Well, thankfully Yang Youning wasn't there, otherwise he would have definitely taught this clueless guy a lesson.

"By the way! Where's Jiang Xia? I haven't seen him since this afternoon?"

"Oh, Comrade Xiao Jiang has gone to the countryside to dig wells in his improved tractor. He said he promised someone he couldn't go back on his word!"

"Dig a well!"

Wang Huzi suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pointing at a drilling rig in the corner of the workshop: "Is this what you're using?"

"Ok!"

"Where is it? I want to see it!"