Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Thank you, boss. I will pay attention to it!"

Listening to Zhang Yu's persuasion, Zhou Tian understood instantly that the two leaders must have misunderstood. However, it was difficult for him to explain this kind of thing. Perhaps for him, this was not a bad thing.

Since they knew that they could not start the construction of the oxygen top-blown converter for the time being and they had already obtained the design drawings, they decided to leave. After all, the Second Machinery Department had just been established and there were many matters waiting for them to deal with.

Afterwards, the two encouraged Zhou Tian again and reminded him again to get enough rest. Then, accompanied by Zhou Tian, ​​they left the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory by car.

After returning to the Ministry of Industry, the two did not even go back to the office. They directly asked the secretary to notify the staff of the Ministry of Industry to hold a meeting, and invited experts and scholars who were still designing the oxygen top-blown converter to come together.

After everyone was present, the two took out the design drawings of the oxygen top-blown converter and showed them to the experts and scholars present.

"Impossible, how is this possible?"

An expert who is proficient in steelmaking took the design drawing of the oxygen top-blown converter, flipped through the pages to read the densely packed parameters on it, and was stunned for a moment, muttering to himself.

"What's wrong, Lao Li, what's impossible?"

An expert in metallurgy nearby heard his old friend's exclamation and asked curiously.

"How is this possible? Someone in China has actually designed an oxygen top-blown converter, and the data shows that its efficiency is even higher than that of the oxygen top-blown converters that have just been built abroad? This is simply impossible!"

Old Li stared at the design drawing in his hand with his eyes fixed on it. He ignored his friend's questions and continued to mutter to himself.

"What? The design drawing of a top-blown oxygen converter!"

After hearing his friend's words, the metallurgist could no longer sit still, and quickly snatched the design from his friend's hand and looked down at it. His expression gradually became extremely solemn.

He looked up at Elder Tang in the main seat with an incredulous expression: "Elder Tang, is this true? Has someone in China really designed an oxygen top-blown converter?"

"What? Someone in China has designed an oxygen top-blown converter?"

As soon as the metallurgical expert said this, more than a dozen experts and scholars present widened their eyes and turned their gazes to Mr. Tang.

Even several deputy ministers were shocked.

"Yes, it's true! And it took them only ten days to draw up the design of the oxygen top-blown converter!"

Facing everyone's gaze, Mr. Tang spoke with a serious expression and authority without being angry.

A pair of eyes with majesty swept across the crowd: "Just now, do you know where Deputy Minister Zhang and I went?"

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads in confusion.

"I went to the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory!"

"The Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory? Isn't that a new factory that was established not long ago? And it seems that Master Zhou went to that factory to serve as the factory director! Could it be Master Zhou?"

When the name of the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory was mentioned, everyone immediately had an impression. After all, Zhou Tian's development of horizontal lathes, boring machines, cylindrical grinders, 107 multiple rocket launchers and even howitzers caused a great sensation in the machinery department.

Some people even said that Zhou Tian's personal achievements were better than those of the experts. Although this did not sound pleasant, none of them refuted it.

After all, Zhou Tian's contributions were real, so they naturally couldn't go against their conscience and say that Zhou Tian was not as good as them.

Therefore, when the department proposed to assign the task of developing the oxygen top-blown converter to Zhou Tian for research, they did not raise any objections.

But now that they learned that these designs were actually drawn by Zhou Tian, ​​they were instantly shocked in their hearts.

Especially since more than a dozen of them had been researching the oxygen top-blown converter together for two years, but with little success. As for Zhou Tian, ​​it seemed like only ten days had passed from the time the task was assigned to him.

Thinking of this, the shock in everyone's hearts became even stronger. Zhou Tian's performance was truly beyond everyone's expectations.

For a moment, the experts and scholars present looked at each other, and they could see each other's shock and confusion in their eyes.

"And the design in your hands was created by Director Zhou Tianzhou! Most importantly, it only took him ten days to create it!"

After Elder Tang confirmed their conjecture, everyone present fell silent. You know, among them are the top experts and scholars in the country, and even professors from universities. But now, more than a dozen of them can be said to be completely beaten by Zhou Tian alone.

"Mr. Tang, is there any problem with the design?"

At this moment, a scholar suddenly spoke up somewhat unwillingly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw many experts and scholars looking at him, some with a hint of contempt. In an instant, he regretted it.

But the words had been spoken, and it was too late to take them back.

Sure enough, Mr. Tang’s voice was heard afterwards.

"Is there a problem? Haha! The reason why I brought this design back is to let you point out the problems. Come on, everyone, take a look and see if there is any problem with this design!"

Mr. Tang’s words seemed to be a slap in the face, and the scholar felt his face getting hot.

However, he still gritted his teeth and looked at his colleagues who were looking at the design drawings, hoping that they could point out anything wrong.

"Mr. Tang, I have a question here!"

Just as he was daydreaming, a voice suddenly sounded. It was a voice of an expert in steel.

"Mr. Tang, we all know that the reason why oxygen top-blown converters can efficiently produce steel is that their temperature is much higher than that of ordinary steelmaking furnaces. But if we follow the parameters of Master Zhou's design, then our current refractory materials cannot meet the requirements of oxygen top-blown converters. Are the parameters of oxygen top-blown converters designed by Master Zhou wrong?"

As an expert in steelmaking, he knew that the maximum temperature that domestic refractory materials could withstand was not consistent with the data on the drawings. If the current refractory materials were really used, even if the oxygen top-blown converter was built, the final effect would be difficult to achieve.

"That's right, Mr. Tang. I don't find any problems with the data in other aspects, except for the refractory materials. If we don't have refractory materials that meet the requirements, even if Master Zhou designs the oxygen top-blown converter, we won't be able to build it!"

A metallurgical expert also expressed his doubts.

Although they admired Zhou Tian's extraordinary talent in mechanics, they could not believe that Master Zhou was also so good at steelmaking. After all, no one is perfect, and in their opinion, Master Zhou should not be omnipotent. Now, they found a loophole.

Two people asked questions one after another, but Mr. Tang did not respond at all and continued to look at them seriously.

"Any more?"

After hearing the questions raised by the two people, Mr. Tang looked at the others again, but saw that they all shook their heads. Obviously, they did not find anything wrong with the data.

"Okay, since there is no more, then I will talk about the problem of refractory materials. As you mentioned just now, when Deputy Minister Zhang Yu and I went to the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory, Master Zhou had already pointed out this problem, and he had already handed over several refractory material formulas to the military factory for production."