Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Tao Yuan came to the Ministry of Industry, registered and went straight to Zhou Xinjian's office.

As a result, I knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered.

But the door next to him opened: "Hey, it's Representative Tao from No. 3 Steel Plant. Vice Minister Zhou is not here today. Do you have anything to do with him?"

The speaker was Lu Tianyi, one of the four deputy ministers of the Ministry of Industry.

His office is right next to Zhou Xinjian's office.

Tao Yuan turned around and said, "Oh, it's Minister Lu. Where has Minister Zhou been today? I want to report something to him."

Lu Tian said: "I went to the Steel City for an inspection. I was in the area yesterday. I guess it will take a few days before I can come back."

"What do you need? See if I can help you?"

Tao Yuan thought about it and realized that although alloy steel was of great significance to the country, neither the No. 3 Steel Factory nor Jiang Chen were engaged in steelmaking, and they did not necessarily have to go to Minister Zhou for this matter.

The most important thing is to report the matter as soon as possible.

So he said: "That's OK, the same goes for reporting to Minister Lu."

After saying that, he turned around and went into Lu Tianyi's office and told him about the special steel.

After hearing this, Lu Tian felt a huge wave of emotion in his heart: "Seriously?"

As the deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry, he naturally knows the importance of special steel and the current difficulties faced by the development of special steel.

Yes, the first furnace of high-temperature alloy steel was produced using an electric arc furnace in 56, but it was produced under the guidance of Big Brother engineers at that time.

Its technology is basically in the hands of Big Brother engineers.

At best, we can only roughly infer the inaccurate formula and refining method through its materials and refining process.

After that, a large number of technical personnel also began to develop feature tools, but they were like a blind man touching an elephant, relying entirely on feeling, and of course they gained nothing.

It was not until 2016 that the flower growers decided to reform the steel industry, and the road to domestically produced special steel truly took off.

But now, it is only 59 years, still far away.

Tao Yuan nodded: "Really, there is testing data from the Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill. The steel produced there is much stronger than ordinary steel in terms of hardness, wear resistance, and heat resistance."

"After careful observation, Comrade Jiang Chen found that it is most likely related to the water used in water cooling before the second refining."

"He specially brought two bottles of water back and asked me to send them to a professional institution for testing. I came to see Minister Zhou to apply for expedited testing."

Lu Tian said: "Comrade Jiang Chen, you have made another great contribution this time."

"Okay, I can open this one too. I'll open it for you right now. You can send it for testing as soon as possible."

Tao Yuan said: "Thank you, Minister Lu."

"By the way, Comrade Jiang Chen also needs a letter of introduction to visit the steelmaking enterprise, and it also needs to be issued by the Ministry of Industry."

Lu Tianyi was stunned: "Isn't he an engineer at the steel rolling mill? Why visit the steel mill? Is it possible that he still wants to make steel?"

Tao Yuan, who had been rushing over all the way, finally realized, yes, he is just a steel rolling mill engineer, he only does research and development of machinery, he is just visiting the steel mill.

However, he was used to Jiang Chen's unconstrained thinking and his ability to make some seemingly impossible things possible, so he nodded and said:

"It's very possible that Comrade Jiang Chen loves to study most and has accumulated more knowledge of all kinds. Maybe he also wants to research and develop special steel."

Lu Tianyi's expression changed, and then he returned to normal: "Just messing around and doing his research and development of machine tools. If you want to get involved in everything, you may not be able to do anything well."

"Okay, I can write this note to you. Just go to Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant! But please help me bring a message to Comrade Jiang Chen. It's better to do ten things than to focus on one."

After speaking, Lu Tianyi picked up the pen, wrote two letters of introduction with a few strokes, signed and sealed them, and then handed them to Tao Yuan.

Tao Yuan took it with both hands: "Thank you, Minister Lu. I will definitely bring your message."

"Then I'll go first and send the water to the testing agency."

Lu Tian nodded.

When Tao Yuangang left, he immediately waved to call his secretary: "Go to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and ask Comrade Chen Tongshan to come over. If you have any urgent matters, you need to communicate with him."

Hearing that it was an urgent matter, the secretary didn't dare to neglect it and went to find someone as quickly as possible.

The Ministry of Metallurgical Industry is also one of the important departments under the Ministry of Industry.

Its main responsibilities are to explore, mine, select and sinter metal ores, and to smelt, extract and process them into metals and metallic materials.

Chen Tongshan is the engineer in charge of the development of special steel in the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry.

And he and Lu Tianyi have a close relationship.

A bit like Zhou Xinjian and Yang Weimin, but their relationship is closer and their contacts are closer.

Well, you can say they are a faction.

After receiving Lu Tianyi's order, Chen Tongshan did not dare to neglect and immediately got up and rushed to the Ministry of Industry.

Before lunch, Chen Tongshan arrived at his destination: "Minister Lu, why are you so anxious to come to me?"

Lu Tianyi asked: "Comrade Chen Tongshan, how is the progress of your alloy steel development?"

Chen Tongshan's face turned red: "I'm sorry, Minister Lu, I have betrayed the trust of the organization and leadership in me."

"There is still no progress in the development of special steel. There are so many metal elements, and the combinations are astronomical."

"But to find out the combination of elements that can work, and to smelt it in a reasonable ratio and under the right conditions, the process is too complicated."

“It’s really difficult when our foundation is already weak and we don’t have much experience to draw from.”

Lu Tianyi said: "I know it's difficult, but I can't study it for so long without gaining anything at all."

Chen Tongshan said: "We have tried our best."

Lu Tianyi waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I know you are working hard. Now, by chance, a rural steelmaking furnace in Shuchuan has produced steel that is far superior to ordinary steel. It is initially estimated to be a special alloy steel. kind."

"And the comrade who discovered this situation judged that the reason for this situation was related to the water used to cool the steel between the two steel makings."

Chen Tongshan opened his eyes wide: "No, no, how is it possible? This is too coincidental."

The people here worked hard on various studies and experiments, but the people over there just did it casually and unintentionally.

The contrast was so hard for him to accept for a moment.

Lu Tianyi waved his hand: "Before you came, I had already called the Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill to confirm that this matter is true."

"When the Shuchuan Steel Rolling Plant received the steel, it found an abnormality as soon as it was processed, and then conducted a test. All the data clearly showed that this was extraordinary."

"If these conditions are met, will it be helpful to your research?"

Chen Tongshan said: "Yes, absolutely! We only need to know what abnormal metal elements are contained in the water, and then get the approximate consumption. Through calculation, we can get the approximate ratio."

"Then, through experiments, adjustments and improvements to the formula will be made, and it is very likely that a special steel will eventually be developed."

"With this kind of inspiration, we can use this as a breakthrough in the future to continue to develop more types of special steel."

"By then, we will be able to manufacture different special steels according to the different needs of different industries, thereby driving the overall take-off of the flower planting manufacturing industry."