Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

The next day after returning to Sijiucheng, He Yuzhu got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for his family. After breakfast, he rode his bicycle to the Red Star Steel Plant.

When He Yuzhu arrived at the gate of Red Star Steel Plant on his bicycle, he got off the bicycle and pushed it inside. Du Anbang, the head of the security department who was standing guard at the gate, saw He Yuzhu and immediately walked to him and greeted him with a smile: "Deputy Director He, you are back from your business trip to Xiyu Province!"

He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle to the side of the guard room, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and threw it to Du Anbang, "Chief Du, has anything major happened in the factory during the time I was away?"

Du Anbang took the cigarette that He Yuzhu threw to him and said with a smile, "Nothing serious, it's just that our factory's orders at the Export Commodities Fair in Baiyun City this year are not as many as last year. Director Yang complained that he should not have asked you to go to Xiyu Province, and should have arranged for someone else to go."

"Haha, I'm back! Besides, the export of automobiles of the machinery manufacturing plant does not entirely depend on the Export Commodities Trading Conference. If there is no conference, then there is no conference! Chief Du, you go ahead and do your work. I'm leaving. I'll talk to you when I'm free." After saying that, He Yuzhu got on his bicycle and walked towards the office building of the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant.

Five minutes after He Yuzhu left, Director Yang arrived at the Red Star Steel Plant in a car. When the car passed the gate, Du Anbang greeted Director Yang and said, "Director Yang, Deputy Director He is here to work."

After hearing this, Director Yang was delighted, smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked the driver to continue driving.

He Yuzhu came to his office at the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Factory. Just after he sat down for a while, he heard a knock on the door and said "Come in" to the door.

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, Fan Youxiang opened the office door and walked in, "Director He, you're back."

"Deputy Director Fan, why did you come so early today? Did you know that I would be at work today and come to the factory early to wait for me?"

Fan Youxiang chuckled and said, "Director He is indeed very good at predicting things!"

"Deputy Director Fan, since you are here, I don't have to call you. Please notify the leaders of various departments to prepare for a meeting. The specific time will be decided after I report my work to Secretary Gao and Director Yang. You go and get busy first! I will go to report my work to Secretary Gao and Director Yang." After saying that, He Yuzhu stood up and walked out of the house.

When Fan Youxiang left, he took the thermos from He Yuzhu's office with him. He was going to arrange for someone to help He Yuzhu fill the thermos.

He Yuzhu first came to the door of Secretary Gao's office and knocked gently, but he did not hear Secretary Gao speaking. He guessed that Secretary Gao might have something to do and did not come to the factory, so he turned and walked towards Director Yang's office.

When He Yuzhu knocked on Director Yang's office door and walked into Director Yang's office, Director Yang immediately stood up from his chair and greeted him warmly: "Deputy Director He, you are finally back! Come and sit down quickly, I have a lot to say to you!"

After He Yuzhu sat down, Director Yang continued, "Deputy Director He, you must have worked hard to manage the farm in Western Regions this time! Are the conditions in Western Regions very difficult?"

"The conditions are indeed somewhat difficult, but not too difficult. Thanks to the strong support from the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation, everything on the farm is proceeding as planned."

"That's good. Deputy Director He, how is the farm doing now? How much grain do you expect to produce this year?"

"According to the plan, I led my workers to reclaim a total of 50 mu of farmland, and we have already planted the crops. In the future, the farm will reclaim some farmland to plant cotton. As for how much grain we can produce this year, when I came back from the Western Regions, the wheat we had planted had just begun to speak, so it is hard to say now."

When Director Yang heard what He Yuzhu said, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Deputy Director He, you have only been in Xiyu Province for less than two months and you have reclaimed 2 acres of farmland with your workers. With so much arable land, you can definitely produce tens of millions of kilograms of grain! Deputy Director He, you are really a lucky person in our factory!"

"Director Yang, you are too kind. It is all thanks to the workers. My personal contribution is very small." He Yuzhu responded modestly.

"Haha, Deputy Director He is still so humble! With these 500,000 acres of farmland, our factory's plan to establish a farm is stable. As long as the farm can achieve a good harvest this year, we can strive for more coal and iron ore resources from higher authorities next year, and then our factory can go all out to invest in production." Director Yang said excitedly.

"Director Yang, has our factory's current production task been reduced?" He Yuzhu asked with concern.

Director Yang sighed helplessly and explained, "Alas, Deputy Director He, when you went to Xiyu Province in March, the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry issued a relevant document not long after, requiring our factory's production task to be reduced by 10% this year. However, after entering April, they issued a notice to us again, further reducing the production task by 10%."

"Why is it like this? Is it just our factory, or are all steel mills like this?" He Yuzhu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's not just our factory, all the steel mills in the country have had their quotas reduced this year. Our factory is still doing well, with only a 20% reduction. Some factories have directly reduced their quotas by 30%, and the highest, I think, is 50%."

"Did the ministry explain why our factory's production plan was reduced?"

"According to the reply from the ministry, coal production has been declining since this year. When it started to decline, it was supported by the coal inventory produced last year, and there were a few days of New Year holidays in the middle, so the consumption of coal by factories across the country was not that great, and there was no overall impact. But after the New Year, when all the steel mills started to produce at full capacity, coal production did not increase, but instead fell further, and the decline was very exaggerated. In response to the tight coal supply across the country, the State Council held a special meeting to study and decide to give priority to the people's livelihood and terminal projects, and other industries should appropriately reduce coal consumption. Therefore, our steel industry can only reduce this year's steel production tasks to reduce coal consumption. If the problem of coal supply cannot be completely solved, then the production tasks of our factories next year may have to be reduced."

After listening to Director Yang's words, He Yuzhu suddenly realized something. He deeply realized that the crisis he was facing was caused by the unrestrained and wanton barbaric mining in the coal industry in the past few years. It was precisely because of the unrestrained and wanton barbaric mining in the coal industry in the past few years that the production capacity of coal mines was squeezed to the limit in advance, which led to the current cliff-like decline in coal production. This is undoubtedly a heavy lesson that forces people to face up to the current severe situation.

It has to be said that the current industrial level of Rabbit Country does have certain limitations, especially in the construction of large coal mines and the manufacturing of related machinery and equipment. If Rabbit Country had the ability to independently develop and produce various types of machinery and equipment required for coal mines, with the extremely rich coal resource reserves of Rabbit Country, there would definitely not be such a headache for the current tight coal supply situation. After all, from the time and space that He Yuzhu had never traveled through in his memory, the annual coal production of Rabbit Country at that time was as high as 40 billion tons, and the average monthly production far exceeded the current annual total production.

The reason why Rabbit Country can achieve such an astonishing coal production is, on the one hand, due to its unique and extremely rich coal resources, which makes large-scale mining possible; on the other hand, it is because Rabbit Country has strong independent innovation capabilities and engineering and technical strength, and can independently complete the construction of large coal mines.

You know, building a large modern coal mine is by no means an easy task. The mechanical equipment involved is of various types and complex structures. Each link requires a high degree of professional knowledge and superb technology to be successfully implemented. From the mining equipment of the mine to the construction of the transportation system, from the installation of ventilation and safety facilities to the guarantee of power supply, each item is indispensable and requires careful design, precise construction and strict debugging to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the coal mine. Only in this way can we give full play to the advantages of the rich coal resources of the Rabbit Country and provide solid energy support for the country's economic development.