Scholars in the courtyard

At noon, Ran's father led Ran's mother and his family to the courtyard.

Yang Xiaotao went out to greet him. This time he brought a lot of things, all brought back by Ran's father.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, the people in the courtyard looked at Ran's father from a distance. The aura on his body reminded people of Ran Qiuye in the past.

He has the smell of a cultured person.

Ran's father entered the courtyard and looked at the people around him.

Then, he saw Zhang Laodao smiling at him.

"Group leader Zhang."

"Team Leader Ran, congratulations."

The two were extremely excited to meet each other.

"This is you?"

"I, haha, live in this courtyard."

"Okay, this counts as success and fame."

Zhang Laodao smiled and said, "You're right, I finally have time to do something of my own. However, I still envy you."

Ran's father listened and shook his head with a smile. He knew what Zhang Laodao meant, so he just held hands and said, "It's the same everywhere, it's all for the country and the nation."

Zhang Laodao nodded.

"Dad, old man, come into the house and talk."

Yang Xiaotao said on the side, Zhang Laodao and the other two nodded and entered the yard.

Ran's father looked at it, the Yang family was really good.

The house has a yard where vegetables and fruits grow well, a pressurized water well, and a separate bathroom.

No matter how you look at it, this life is better than the cadre building.

No wonder according to the child's mother, he is still willing to stay here even though he is now the deputy factory director.

He also yearns for such an environment.

"Xinrui, do you know how this pressure well works?"

Ran Xinrui followed Ran's father and saw Ran Qiuye pressing water, and said quickly, "I know, my brother-in-law told me that it was the principle of atmospheric pressure."

"Yes, do you know what atmospheric pressure is?"

"I, I don't know."

"This atmospheric pressure, to put it bluntly, is gas."

Before entering the house, Ran's father started a physics class in front of the water well.

Yang Xiaotao finally understood where Ran Qiuye's teacher attributes came from. It was definitely not acquired, but inherited deep in the genes.

Seeing the two men talking in the yard, Ran's mother smiled helplessly and greeted everyone, "Don't worry about them."

Ran Qiuye smiled. The old man looked at Ran's father and then at Ran Xinrui. Thinking of the little girl crying and shouting yesterday, he also laughed.

Ran's father was teaching on-site in the courtyard, and Yang Xiaotao couldn't be left out, so he stayed with him. The food was already prepared anyway.

After a while, Ran's father walked around the house twice, and then carried Duanwu into the study.

Normally, Dragon Boat Festival is not allowed in here, mainly because this little guy is too curious and wants to tear and take a bite of everything.

There is a family heirloom in this study. If it's torn, it's okay.

So when Father Ran came in, his little face was smiling and he didn't resist being hugged by a 'stranger'.

"I used to want a study room with a shelf of books. When it rains, I can sit in front of the window, listen to the sound of rain, and savor the smell of the books."

Ran's father sat on the chair, and Yang Xiaotao and Ran Qiuye stood beside him, listening to Ran's father's emotion and looking at each other with a smile.

"Dad, I will install an extra chair here from now on. Come when you are fine."

Ran Qiuye said, pointing to two chairs.

Ran's father laughed when he saw it, "The three of us will read together, it will feel a bit like a library."

Hahaha

Several people laughed, but Father Ran thought of something, and then the laughter gradually dissipated.

"Little guy, don't dare to touch this thing casually."

When Ran's father saw Duan Wu reaching for the drawing on the table, he also saw that it was a kind of design drawing and hurriedly hugged it.

Ran Qiuye stepped forward and hugged her when she saw it, but Ran's father was lost in thought while looking at the design.

"Is this an engine?"

Yang Xiaotao stepped forward and took a look. It was a scrap from his previous work on the diesel engine, and he hadn't had time to deal with it yet.

"Yes, I designed a single-cylinder diesel engine a few days ago."

Yang Xiaotao gave a brief introduction, and Ran's father immediately became interested.

He is also aware of the domestic situation. Diesel engines are not simple, especially when Yang Xiaotao said that this single-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine has forty or fifty horsepower, which can catch up with ordinary cars.

Hearing Yang Xiaotao say that it should be installed on the tractor first, Ran's father became even more interested.

"This kind of design has already appeared in the West, but we in China don't understand it well, or the flaws in the design are always full of problems."

Father Ran looked at the drawings with burning eyes.

Yang Xiaotao simply re-drawed the drawings he designed in front of the table, explaining while drawing.

"Pay attention to the materials of the valve and spring, as well as the material of the piston."

After just watching for a while, Ran's father put forward his opinion.

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Now we have a lot of special materials in the steel rolling mill, thanks to the support of the comrades in the Logistics Department."

"Huh? Those people in the logistics department are not easy to talk to."

Ran's father had obviously dealt with people from the logistics department, and what he said hit the nail on the head.

Yang Xiaotao smiled and briefly talked about the machine tool. Ran's father was even more surprised when he looked at Yang Xiaotao.

He had heard from his wife that this guy was the deputy director of the steel rolling mill, and that a series of designs were all made by him.

Now it seems that this boy is better than he knew.

"Is there any other design plan for this single-cylinder diesel engine?"

Father Ran looked at it for a while, and Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Yes, it is a single-cylinder one now. When the technology matures, we will develop two-cylinder, four-cylinder, and eight-cylinder models."

Ran's father nodded. He could also think of this. The difference is that one can really design it and then make it.

It's just that during this period, he didn't know how many experiments, or even how many failures and sacrifices he had to go through.

"Dad, the size of the steam tractor we made in the steel rolling mill was designed to facilitate replacement. If it can be enlarged or improved, it can be improved."

Yang Xiaotao continued to talk, and Ran's father also provided opinions. The exchanges between the two always sparked sparks of thought.Outside the study, Ran Qiuye and Ran's mother laughed when they saw Weng and his son-in-law forgetting to eat.

An experienced voice came from behind, "We are not a family, we don't belong to the same family."

Everyone laughed again after hearing this.

Just when laughter could be heard in Yang Xiaotao's house, the atmosphere in Mr. Xia's office in the First Machinery Department was terrifyingly dull.

The electric fan was spinning, blowing the papers on the table, and the rustling sound continued.

Mr. Xia held a pen in his hand and was deep in thought.

We talked about the expansion of the steel rolling mill before, which was also agreed by Mr. Huang.

But, can this expansion be completed just by talking about it?

Moreover, the matter was so important that he could not rely on others, so he had to go into battle himself.

Can…

"Expand, expand!"

"I'll enlarge my head!"

Mr. Xia just felt like his head was buzzing. There were too many things to consider.

The construction site, personnel, organizational structure, and leadership candidates all need to be carefully considered, and all of them need to be considered from multiple aspects.

Mr. Xia has been working alone in the office for most of the past few days, and he has only made a rough outline.

"No, this is not a job for one person!"

Thinking of this, Mr. Xia also knew that there were too many things and one person would always have gaps, so he might as well deal with them first.

One person counts short and two counts long.

If not, find a few more.

Then he thought about it and picked up the phone.

After a while, Liu Huaimin walked into the office doubtfully.

As the direct superior of the steel rolling mill, and also the secretary from the steel rolling mill, in Mr. Xia's opinion, Liu Huaimin was the best candidate.

Even after the expansion of the steel rolling mill, a secretary will be needed to carry out ideological education, otherwise such a large factory will not be able to survive without a secretary.

Liu Huaimin, both in terms of experience and position, is suitable for the expansion and upgrading of the steel rolling mill.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Huaimin's joining will not affect the current organizational structure of the steel rolling mill.

Yes, Mr. Xia has basically determined that the leadership of the expanded steel rolling mill will still use the current leadership.

Some people will make adjustments, but the leading ones will not change.

Of course, as the factory area expands, the rank must also be upgraded. This matter can be compared with the First Machinery Department, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the First Machinery Department.

Another thing is that the leadership can appropriately increase the number of candidates. This is not to say that it is mixed with sand, but that in Mr. Xia's plan, some independent industries must be managed by separate departments, and adding more leaders is to facilitate direct management.

When Liu Huaimin came to the office, he sat aside and looked at Mr. Xia in a daze, not daring to speak.

He's been a little too busy lately to take care of himself.

Since the First Machinery Department issued a request to increase the workload, all the factories below have been working hard one by one as if they had been given blood.

Among them, the most fearful ones are those factories that have been assigned tasks. In order to complete the tasks, the whole factory does not forget to eat and sleep, but they are also very nervous.

It's just that some tasks are beyond the factory's capabilities, so that in order to complete the tasks, they can only request technical guidance every day.

In response to these situations, the higher authorities cannot beat them to death with a single stick.

You can't force others to do something difficult. After all, not every factory is a steel rolling mill, and all have the technical capabilities of a steel rolling mill.

Liu Huaimin could only coordinate manpower to help solve the problem.

If there hadn't been more things going on in the steel rolling mill recently, he would have sent Yang Xiaotao and several engineers out.

"Liu!"

Just as Liu Huaimin was thinking about how to respond to the following request, Mr. Xia at the table finally came to his senses and spoke.

"Chief, please speak."

"Well, Comrade Huaimin, take a look at this first."

Mr. Xia handed a document directly to Liu Huaimin.

After taking the document, Liu Huaimin just glanced at the title, and his heart skipped a beat.

Regarding the expansion plan of the Red Star Rolling Mill.

"Chief, this is..."

"Take a look first and let me know if you have any ideas."

Liu Huaimin nodded. Since the chief came to him, it showed his trust in him.

And if you come to him for such an important matter, then this matter is probably related to him.

Liu Huaimin then opened it and looked at it for a while. There were scratches in many places inside, and there were even spaces left in some places. Obviously this was just a first draft.

Of course, as for the author of this first draft, it must be Mr. Xia.

Even so, Liu Huaimin, who had a rough look, took a deep breath, his heart felt like it was being pinched, and he couldn't believe it.

He couldn't believe that his superiors actually upgraded the rolling mill to a directly affiliated factory. This was tied with the top eight factories in the First Machinery Department.

You know, the First Machinery Department is the national heavy industry department. Although it has been divided into many departments over the years and became the Second, Third, and Fourth Machinery Departments, the bottom line is still there.

Especially the heavy industry sector that was initially established has always been a machine sector.

It occupies an important position in national economic construction.

In these heavy industrial sectors, there are three, six or nine levels of good people.

Liu Huaimin also believed this.

Especially after working here, I also know how much the 'sons' of the First Machinery Department have been exposed to.

And such a biological son not only has a historical status, but more importantly, he must have something to take advantage of.

Just like the Jiefang Automobile Factory in Changchun in the northwest, which is piled up with thousands of cars.

There are only eight such biological sons recognized by everyone.

The factories at the back are also working hard, thinking of becoming the next biological son, or Lao Jiu for short.

To say that the one with the most hope of becoming the ninth one at the moment is Quancheng Automobile Factory.

This is the one with the strongest development momentum in the country, especially when it has received a large number of orders. There is the highest voice in the No. [-] Machinery Department to become the ninth one.

Unexpectedly, the dark horse of the steel rolling mill suddenly came out and cut off Lao Jiu.

Really, things are unpredictable.