Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

The Audi 100 sped along the mountain road, steadily arriving at Laiyang Steel Plant just before lunchtime.

When Qin Jianguo saw Qin Chuan waiting at the door with other factory leaders, he finally felt relieved.

Okay, he's finally back. If Qin Chuan weren't here, I don't know how I would have managed to fool these foreign clients.

"Amal, welcome, welcome."

Seeing the car stop, Qin Chuan kindly helped open the car door.

"Qin, those rockets from last time..."

"Come on, let's go inside and talk while we eat."

The canteen had already prepared a table full of dishes, and according to the customers' lifestyle, the meat was mainly beef and mutton, with the big pot in the center being the main dish, braised mutton.

The canteen had been busy since morning, and the stew was now perfectly cooked. When Amar came in and smelled the familiar aroma, he was immediately filled with emotion.

"Qin, you've put your heart into it."

"Of course, we're not just doing business, we're making friends too!"

“Amar, this is your second time here, and you came directly to Yang Steel Plant. Of course, we have to be good hosts.”

"Come on, let's eat! Dad, what are you all standing there for? Hurry up and get on the table, bring out the Jianlibao!"

In this era, Jianlibao was definitely the most premium beverage, much better than Coca-Cola or Pepsi!

"Jianlibao isn't strong enough, how about we try some more..."

Qin Jianguo's words came to an abrupt halt. Looking at the table full of beef and mutton, he could naturally make some connections.

I mustn't reveal that he loves Laiyang Daqu the most, so I'd better keep quiet and leave everything to Xiaochuan!

"Come on, everyone, have a seat!"

The meal was lively and enjoyable. Amar and the others got into the Audi as soon as they got off the plane. Although they ate something in between, it wasn't to their liking.

This meal is so delicious, it's incredibly satisfying, especially the Jianlibao drink – it's really good!

However, Amar did not forget the important matter. During the meal, he wanted to bring it up several times, but in the end he couldn't help it.

"Qin, gas cylinders aren't easy to move, are they?"

"That's natural. An empty gas cylinder weighs about 15 kilograms, and when it's filled with liquefied gas, it weighs more than 30 kilograms."

"It's not easy to move this kind of thing. We need to install a water pipe about 20 centimeters thick and more than one meter long at the back so that we can move it."

Do you have any here?

"No." Qin Chuan shook his head: "We only have water pipes of the same diameter as last time."

Different rockets have different thicknesses. The simplest water pipe rocket only requires a steel pipe with a diameter of about ten centimeters.

However, to push the gas cylinder out, the diameter would have to be doubled, which would significantly reduce the range.

You can't have your cake and eat it too if you want power.

Qin Jianguo was about to speak up.

What's so difficult about that? Our factory has a pipe rolling machine; we can roll pipes as thick as we need. We can just roll another batch. We'll make money whenever we can!

However, he still held back.

Since Qin Chuan doesn't want to earn this money, he must have his reasons. I'd better not cause any trouble.

"At the same time, in order to ensure that the gas cylinder doesn't go the wrong way when moving it, the gas cylinder needs to be stuffed into a steel pipe that is thicker than itself, so that we can be accurate," Qin Chuan continued.

Water pipe rockets are simple; all you need is a tilted iron frame.

If you don't have one, you can use something else to prop it up. As long as it doesn't block the tail fin, it's fine. But this gas cylinder is a different story.

In front is a thick gas cylinder, and behind it is a thinner propellant cartridge, with a ring welded to the tail.

The inner ring is connected to the central propellant cartridge steel pipe by several steel plates, which serve as a tail fin and ensure that the front and rear are of the same thickness, so that it can be easily inserted into a steel pipe that is thicker than a gas cylinder.

Therefore, two types of steel pipes are needed to launch a gas cylinder!

Qin Jianguo was even more incredulous. "Xiao Chuan, we can do it ourselves! Wouldn't it be better for us to make this money?"

Is it because they're afraid that other units around them will be envious and share the meat with them?

"Yes, I've been thinking about how to move the gas cylinder on the way here. Your plan is the most perfect one, except for the two steel pipes..."

When Amar heard Qin Jianguo mention the gas cylinder, he was thinking about how to launch it. Now that he knows, he's worried again: where can he get the steel pipe?

"Qin, if you can't produce them here, then introduce us to a manufacturer that can produce these steel pipes, we..."

“Amal, my friend, buying things costs money.”

Qin Chuan said, "Wouldn't it be better if we could get things without spending any money?"

That's for sure; things that don't cost money are always the best.

The problem is, you can only dream about something like this falling from the sky; do you really think you can get these steel pipes without spending any money?

"Qin, do you have a solution?"

Although Amar didn't believe it, he still had to listen.

Qin Chuan chuckled: "I heard that some wealthy people over there have laid water pipes in the desert, but the construction of those pipes is not popular."

"Why don't you just find an opportunity to dig out the water pipe?"

Amar's eyes lit up instantly. "That's right! How come I didn't think of that!"

When the people of David founded their nation, sixty percent of their land was desert.

Although various means were used to increase the land area sixfold, the land area is still mainly desert, and there is not much arable land.

So they could only build farms in the desert, invent drip irrigation technology, and create methods for collecting dew, but these were all just drop in the ocean compared to the enormous demand.

So they spent a huge sum of money to build a 145-kilometer-long pipeline to pump water from the Jordan River to desert farms.

The main pipeline is thick enough to serve as the external launch tube, and the branch pipeline leading to the desert farm can serve as the propellant cartridge behind the gas cylinder.

That solves the problem!

"Qin, thank you for your advice! You're truly a good friend!"

"That's only right. Whether they are friends or business partners, we have to think about our customers."

"By the way, how many gas cylinders do you plan to take this time? How about a whole shipment first?"

A ship? How big of a ship? Even if it's a cargo ship of several thousand tons, it can carry hundreds of thousands or even millions of them at once, right?

The manufacturing cost of gas cylinders is not low. Each one sells for around 100 yuan in China. If there are 200,000 of them, that's 20 million yuan!

What's that in US dollars...?

Qin Jianguo didn't say anything. He didn't need to say anything; he could just happily wait for Qin Chuan to talk to the client.

"Then let's start with 400,000."

Amar nodded, encouraged by the previous operation, and the major backer gave them more sponsorship.

We can take more this time; we can hide it among the people and use it when needed…

"Okay, then we'll give you the best price, still fifty dollars each."

"By the way, this gas cylinder shouldn't just be filled with liquefied petroleum gas; if we put something else in it too, the effect will be even better..."