Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Jiang Chen said: "Converter steelmaking has been widely used in the West. Although not much information has flowed into our country, based on this information and the support of comrades such as Su Changming, I think there is a great chance of success."

"Even though steelmaking is not the responsibility of No.3 Steel Plant, as an engineer for a flower grower, I am willing to spend time and energy trying anything that can help the industrial development of the flower grower."

"It doesn't matter if you fail, it's just a waste of time. But if you succeed, it's of far-reaching significance."

Yang Weimin remained silent.

Tao Yuan asked: "How much efficiency can this converter steelmaking improve?"

They are the leaders of the steel rolling mill. They have only heard of several methods of open-hearth steelmaking, converter steelmaking, and electric arc furnace steelmaking, but do not know the specific details.

Jiang Chen said: "Let's put it this way, now the preparation time for open-hearth steelmaking plus the refining time, it takes about 10 hours to refining a furnace of steel."

"But my research on converter steelmaking is successful. The time for refining a furnace of steel can be shortened to less than one hour. If the preparations are sufficient and the connection is tight, this time can even be shortened to about half an hour."

"In addition, this method does not require the use of additional energy during the refining process."

Tao Yuan's eyes widened: "So, once this method is successfully developed, it is very likely to increase production capacity by twenty times?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "Of course twenty times is impossible, but five times shouldn't be a big problem."

"Moreover, the investment is 40% to 50% less than that of an open-hearth furnace. It requires less labor, occupies a small space, and shortens the steelmaking time. The cost of steel is low and the quality is high."

"Another point is that it can more conveniently refine special alloy steel."

In fact, among these advantages, the one that Jiang Chen cares about the most is the small amount of labor required.

Three years of difficult times are coming, and with agriculture sending satellites, he cannot solve the crisis through agriculture.

So from an industrial perspective, he developed an efficient steelmaking method to allow more people to put their time and energy into farmland. This is his current best way to deal with the crisis.

"Five to five times!!!"

Tao Yuan took a deep breath: "Not to mention five times, even if it can be doubled, it would be a great good thing and an unparalleled feat."

"Lao Yang, even if there is only a 1% success rate in this matter, we must fully support it, because he is of great significance to flower growers."

Yang Weimin said: "Okay, what help do you need?"

Jiang Chen said: "We need to issue two notes from the Ministry of Industry. One is to obtain the materials needed to build the steelmaking converter from the Shijingshan Steelmaking Plant, and the other is to obtain the materials and equipment needed to produce oxygen from the Qingbei University Laboratory."

Tao Yuan said: "I'll take care of the little things right away."

Jiang Chen said: "In addition, don't talk to Mr. Zhou about this matter in advance, because he involves too many things. Once he speaks out, more people will pay attention, and the number of people involved will also increase, which will inevitably affect the progress of our work."

"Furthermore, if this method is successful, foreign trade reserves may need to be used. I am afraid that some people will obstruct it."

"So without explaining it clearly, I will just talk about the need to build a test furnace for alloy steel development. If it comes true, it will be a surprise. If it doesn't, it will be as if it never happened."

The flower grower's total exports in 18.9 were 19.8 billion, total imports were billion, and the new foreign exchange reserves were negative.

When converter steelmaking may require the use of precious foreign exchange reserves, it is not guaranteed that someone will interfere with the research due to other considerations.

Tao Yuan thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say. These two demands are not troublesome, and I believe Mr. Zhou will support them."

Jiang Chen added: "Equip a highly confidential telephone number to the engineering laboratory. It will be needed soon."

Tao Yuan nodded: "This is very necessary. It is really convenient to have a phone number. I will apply with the Ministry of Industry."

Yang Weimin said: "It feels like there is nothing you can't do. Sometimes I really want to open your head and see what's inside. You can master so much knowledge at such a young age."

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Nothing but hard work."

In the third workshop, Jia Dongxu was cutting just now.

Due to malnutrition and lack of rest at night recently, his mental state was extremely poor.

In order to support his family, he worked hard to support himself.

Yi Zhonghai, who was behind him, looked at Jia Dongxu's state and began to make calculations in his mind:

After spending some money during the New Year, plus Qin Huairu's expenses for giving birth to a daughter, I guess there won't be much food left at home.

It's already the end of the month, and their family may not be able to hold on anymore, so they can find an opportunity to make a move and deepen their impression.

At this moment, Jia Dongxu felt dizzy, his body suddenly became weak, and he fell softly on the workbench.

The high-speed rotating saw blade instantly cut open his neck, severed the main artery in the neck, and almost cut off his head.

Blood splattered, turning the entire workbench blood red in the blink of an eye.

This sudden change shocked everyone around him, as well as Yi Zhonghai, who was making plans.

"Ah!" A female worker behind her was sprayed with blood. She discovered the tragedy in front of her and screamed immediately.

Only then did everyone react in shock: "Director, something happened."

Yi Zhonghai rushed over in two steps and reached out to close the cutting machine:

"Dongxu, Dongxu"

Seeing the shocking scene, Yi Zhonghai knew that Jia Dongxu was probably in danger, and suddenly felt uncomfortable: all the help he had given to the Jia family before seemed to have been completely wasted.

"What's going on?" The workshop director of the third workshop rushed over.

Safety incident?

Seeing Jia Dongxu lying on the workbench with blood splattering everywhere, the director immediately understood what had happened.

Others gathered around.

Looking at the scene in front of them, everyone felt heavy.

The scene was so scary that no one dared to move Jia Dongxu who was lying on the workbench.

Everyone could see that he was probably in danger this time.

"Dongxu, Dongxu?" A coworker who was close to him exchanged eagerly.

The director quickly calmed down:

"Xiao Zhang, go to the infirmary immediately and ask the factory doctors and nurses to come over immediately."

"Xiao Yang, go to the security office and ask the security department personnel to come over."

"Xiao Liu, go to the Human Resources Department and ask the Human Resources Department to send someone over."

"Sister Zhao, help Xiao Zhang out to take a rest and comfort him."

"Go quickly and run."

The director quickly assigned the work and called people from relevant departments over.

As for notifying family members, it must be determined by the Human Resources Department based on actual results.

Xiao Zhang is the female worker whose face was splashed with blood behind Jia Dongxu.

After thinking for a moment, the director added: "The workshop has suspended work. The female comrades will go outside the workshop to wait for news, and the male comrades will stay here to prepare to help."

Nowadays, we don’t pay much attention to production safety. Safety accidents are not uncommon, but they are not uncommon.

The director handled it quite appropriately.

After hearing this, most of the female workers left the workshop and waited outside.

There were also bold ones who stood behind and started talking:

"I'm not surprised at all. Jia Dongxu's mental state has been bad recently. It's only a matter of time before something happens."

"I heard that his wife just gave birth to a daughter. I'm afraid that this baby is here to collect debts and demand life."

"Yeah, Dad."

"Hey, what a sin. Now the backbone of the Jia family has fallen. Let's see what their family does for a living."

"I think maybe it was intentional. Jia Dongxu was not very talented and could not be promoted for a long time. After giving birth to a baby, life was very stressful. He deliberately committed suicide on the job to defraud compensation."

"Yes, yes, anyway, his job can be filled by family members, which means he got a lot of money for free."

The director yelled: "Shut up, you guys. Can you please have some moral integrity? Is it fair to say that people are still here, just making noises?"

All the female workers pursed their lips and stopped talking.

But the most they can do is stop discussing it in front of the director. It is estimated that rumors of debt collection and compensation fraud will spread throughout the factory today.

Never underestimate a woman’s gossipy heart.

Especially lesbians who are bored in the workshop on weekdays. Gossip is their only entertainment activity.