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Looking at the reactions of the crowd, there was no longer any tension.

There were even a few people who looked quite excited.

Lu Changshun naturally knew this too.

The county machinery factory has completely collapsed, and only the last step is left.

I can’t pay my wages.

Niu Yonggui picked up the newspaper again and read it quickly.

"Kaifeng, Sang Country has regular troops anyway. They also have some tanks and cannons. Would they be interested in our flying thunder? No, no, no... liquefied gas tanks?"

The newspaper only wrote that the Wu Kingdom had brazenly launched an invasion and the situation was somewhat unfavorable for the Sang Kingdom.

It did not mention that the Sang State had reached its end of its rope.

Can a modern country be interested in such outdated things?

Lin Kaifeng said with a half-smile: "Deputy Director Niu, whether it is good or not is not up to us to decide, only foreign investors have the final say."

"If they don't want to buy it, we can discuss it for three days and three nights, but we can't come up with any results. If they want it, even if we refuse again and again, they will cry and hand over the money."

In the first two months of the war, the Sang Kingdom was in complete disarray and lost a large amount of territory and equipment.

It was not until late January next year that Sang Kingdom finally recovered.

Plan a secret counterattack and request assistance from the Dragon Kingdom.

With the appearance of a large number of five-wheeled and 122-caliber artillery on the battlefield, the situation completely reversed.

And now.

What Sang State lacks most is weapons.

It will take more than two months to come up with the results of the above research.

The current two months are equivalent to the window period.

In this case.

The Sang Kingdom will definitely want anyone who can fight.

"Director, give it a try."

Niu Yonggui sighed and said, "Some of these things are indeed against the rules, but filling one's stomach is the most important thing in the world. There are two or three hundred people in the factory. You can't let everyone have a bad life for years, right?"

The corner of Lu Changshun's mouth twitched.

Is this off scale?

It's basically skirting the rules.

The workshop director, Lao Ma, chimed in: "Director, Comrade Lin Kaifeng's suggestion is indeed feasible. We sell steel pipes and liquefied gas tanks, not weapons. The superiors won't say anything if they know."

"Do it!"

Zhang Baoguo, the most direct logistics section chief among the factory leaders, said, "Director, I am in charge of logistics. No one knows better than me how much assets our factory has."

"The leader wants the donkey to pull the mill, but he doesn't give it any grass to eat. We can't just dig for food in the fields, can we?"

"It is indeed illegal, but as Comrade Lin said, if we give up this foreign exchange earning project, our county machinery factory will really be left to fend for itself."

"Whether it works or not, we have to try to know."

"Everyone be quiet and listen to me."

Niu Yonggui interrupted the man's shouting.

"Don't be in a hurry. If you want to give it a try, you have to have a method."

"Director, why don't you take Kaifeng with you to the military academy you attended and find the student from Sang Country and ask him if he has any intention in this regard."

"We'll talk to them and if they have a need for it, we'll start production right away."

"You guys, ah."

Seeing that no one objected, Lu Changshun could only sit back in his chair helplessly.

No matter how you think about it, it feels like you're being forced into a desperate situation.

"Everyone, get moving right now. Tomorrow, my uncle and I will go find the military academy students from Sang Country. Everyone who stays in the factory should actively exert their subjective initiative and make a few samples. We will try to invite them to the factory."

"Hearing is not as good as seeing. Do you think I'm right?"

Lin Kaifeng asked loudly.

"Yes!"

Niu Yonggui was the first to agree, and other factory leaders followed suit and nodded continuously.

He glanced at Lu Changshun who was sighing with his head down.

Lin Kaifeng asked everyone to take him to the workshop.

After an unknown amount of time, the office door was pushed open.

Lu Changshun raised his eyes and saw Lin Kaifeng, then looked at his watch.

unconsciously.

Several hours passed.

Seeing how dirty Lin Kaifeng is, he must have gone to the production workshop.

"Tell me the truth, kid. Is what you want to make a weapon?"

"Yes."

Lin Kaifeng said without hesitation.

"Uncle San, your guess is correct. The outside of the liquefied gas tank is indeed filled with prefabricated fragments. Just as you said, if it is filled with napalm, it will indeed become a napalm bomb."

"If you know that, why do you keep encouraging everyone?"

Lu Changshun questioned.

Lin Kaifeng said calmly, "I didn't instigate anyone. I just wanted everyone to understand that the County Machinery Factory has reached the end of its rope, especially you, Third Uncle. Before you came here, you issued a military order."

"You are Xiuxiu's third uncle, which means you are my relative."

"There are some things that you can't do, so I have to do them for you."

Immediately, Lin Kaifeng put forward his thoughts.

Doing this does involve some risks.

But what else can we do if we don't take risks?

Lu Changshun's character is too straightforward.

He came to the factory to establish his authority and drove away the educated youth who had returned to the city but only took money without doing any work.

The idea is right, but the method is wrong.

Some problems do not arise overnight.

If we want to revitalize the machinery factory, we must get rid of those who are living off the land.

But everything should be done step by step.

Lu Changshun drove all the people away in one breath.

Haven't you ever thought that they won't let it go?

"The book says that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. The parents of these people can arrange them to take positions here, which shows that they are all capable people."

Seeing that Lu Changshun was about to say something, Lin Kaifeng spoke first: "Third Uncle, you are an upright person and have never done anything wrong. At most, we can just break up and report the matter to the higher-ups, but is there any point?"

"What is the focus now? It's on the economy. Whoever can develop the economy well and bring in a lot of foreign exchange, whose words are important!"

"What was it like before? We all ate from the same pot, and every year we took on production tasks assigned by our superiors, and completed them with guaranteed quality and quantity. We were all well, and all the funds and materials we were entitled to were distributed without missing a cent."

"But what now?"

Lin Kaifeng tapped his temple and didn't say anything else.

"Are you really only in your twenties?"

Lu Changshun took out a cigarette and matches and struck them several times before lighting the match.

In a trance, Lu Changshun felt that the person standing in front of him and talking to him did not seem like a young man in his twenties.

More like a person who has experienced the vicissitudes of life.

An old man who has experienced countless sports.

"Uncle San, it doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I won't cheat you."

"If I cheat you, it's the same as cheating my father-in-law and Xiuxiu's family."

Lin Kaifeng kindly reminded Lu Changshun.

Times are changing, and ideas must change with them.

We can no longer use old concepts to look at new things.

Lu Changshun wants to make a career, and Lin Kaifeng also wants to give Lu Xiuxiu a better life.

The two of them have the same idea.

They all need the stage of the county machinery factory.

Lu Changshun said with a complicated expression: "If, I mean if, our liquefied gas tanks are sold and we complete the foreign exchange earning task assigned by our superiors, and we have some funds in hand, what should we do next?"

“Mending relations.”

Lin Kaifeng said word by word.