Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

The two chatted for a while and then started their own work. Since the success of the first lathe three days ago, Deputy Director Yang issued the production task of assembling three more lathes.

After three days of working day and night, the parts were 20 percent completed.

The efficiency is high, but the physical fatigue is also proportional. Today, Master and Master Zhang took a break at Zhou Tian’s strong request.

Therefore, now only Zhou Tian and Liu Yuan are left in the abandoned workshop.

It was less than nine o'clock in the morning and the sun was scorching hot in front of the steel rolling mill.

Lou Jiancheng looked down at his watch from time to time, paced back and forth in front of the gate, and asked with a trace of anxiety on his face from time to time.

"Why haven't they arrived yet? It's almost nine o'clock. Lao Yang, are Minister Tang and the senior leaders really going to arrive before nine o'clock?"

"Director, I received a phone call from the senior leader yesterday, saying that someone will be sent to inspect the horizontal lathe today, and Minister Tang will also come to the factory for inspection. There shouldn't be any mistakes!"

Although Deputy Director Yang was very anxious, he had to appear calm on the surface. After all, this matter was notified by the senior leader, so there should be no mistakes.

"Here it comes, the car is here!"

At this moment, Nie Guodong on the side suddenly shouted excitedly.

When the two heard the sound, they looked and saw two jeeps slowly approaching from a distance, and stopped in front of the gate of Lou's Steel Rolling Mill.

The three of them were suddenly alert, looked at each other, and hurried forward.

The car door opened, and an old man in military uniform and a middle-aged man with a righteous face got out of the car one after another. Following closely behind them, two middle-aged men in Zhongshan suits, glasses and bookish looks got out of another jeep.

"Minister Tang, welcome, welcome to your arrival!"

Lou Jiancheng, the director of the steel rolling mill, took the lead and walked up to the old man in military uniform, stretched out his hand and spoke enthusiastically and flatteringly.

"Director Lou, you are too polite. I came to the steel mill today because I was shocked by the bedroom lathe developed by your factory. I came to take a look before the Second Machinery Department is fully established!"

Minister Tang smiled and shook hands with Lou Jiancheng, then smiled and spoke with a gentle tone, as if he had no airs of a head of a department at all.

"Yes! Speaking of which, Boss Lou is one of the first patriotic businessmen to respond to public-private partnerships. We are all one of our own. Boss Lou doesn't need to be so polite!"

The senior leader next to Minister Tang also said with a smile.

"It should, it should!"

After hearing what the leader said, Lou Jiancheng's mouth twitched. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a smile.

"Minister, leader!"

Deputy Director Yang and Technician Nie also took this opportunity to step forward and speak respectfully.

"Xiao Yang, I've heard of you. I think you were Lao Zhang's subordinate. You retired last year, right?"

Minister Tang looked at Deputy Director Yang and asked with a smile.

"Yes, Minister Tang!" Deputy Director Yang was delighted when he heard this and responded quickly.

"Well, the country sent you to the steel mill to assist Director Lou. This shows that the country trusts you. So you must do a good job and never let the country down."

"Yes! Please rest assured, Chief, I will definitely not let the country down!"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Yang immediately saluted Minister Tang and said seriously.

"Well, Xiao Nie, how do you feel about your time at the steel mill? Are there any difficulties?"

After asking Deputy Director Yang, he looked at Nie Guodong again. After all, compared to Deputy Director Yang, Nie Guodong was an old subordinate whom he personally transferred from the Northeast.

Naturally, we should pay more attention to him.

"Commander, I'm fine!"

When Nie Guodong saw the old leader again, he couldn't help but get a little excited and spoke loudly.

"Okay, that's good. Well, let's not talk any more. Let's get down to business first and go check out the horizontal lathe!"

It was getting late, and he had a meeting to attend later. He was busy with official duties and had no time to waste here.

"Minister Tang, senior leaders, and everyone else, please come in!"

When Lou Jiancheng heard what Minister Tang said, he immediately stepped forward, made a gesture, and led everyone towards the steel mill.

As they walked, he introduced the situation of the steel mill to everyone. When they arrived in front of a workshop with two security guards standing outside, he said, "Minister, senior leader, due to the need for confidentiality, we have moved the new horizontal lathe into this workshop that was just built last year."

"Hello, Chief!"

When the two soldiers from the security department saw Minister Tang and the leaders, they immediately saluted.

"Hello to you too!"

Minister Tang smiled at the two of them. As Lou Jiancheng took out the key and opened the door of the workshop, he saw a lathe that looked obviously different from the current lathes quietly placed in the open space of the workshop.

The entire lathe looks azure blue from the outside, and the front, body, and frame have all been significantly changed from the lathes currently in use.

"Is this the horizontal lathe?"

Minister Tang and his colleagues walked into the workshop. The two middle-aged men in Mao suits at the back were the first to lose their composure. They stepped forward and touched the lathe in front of them, their eyes flashing with excitement and scrutiny.

"Director Lou, Minister, can we check the performance of this lathe?"

The more they observed the structure of the lathe, the more they were amazed at the designer of the lathe. The design of this lathe was really too advanced.

Both the design and the structure were eye-opening for the two.

Especially the tailstock and headstock of the lathe, which opened up their thinking from another level. Although they had seen Zhou Tian’s design drawings, there was still a big difference between the design drawings and the actual objects.

If the performance of the lathe can really meet the design standards, then this lathe can be said to have truly broken the significance of foreign blockade of lathes in my country, and it will also serve as a benchmark for my country to promote independent research and development.

"Of course, aren't you here just to test the performance of this lathe?"

Upon hearing this, Minister Tang agreed immediately. After all, he could only draw conclusions about the performance of the lathe by trying it himself, even though the drawings of the horizontal lathe had already been submitted.

But after all, many things are better experienced in person, so that you can better test whether the performance of the new lathe meets the technical parameters on the drawing.

Deputy Director Yang, Technician Nie and Lou Jiancheng all nodded in agreement.

However, they all had a look of confidence on their faces. It could be said that no one was more confident than them about this lathe. After all, over the past three days, they had asked many master craftsmen to test it several times, and they were already familiar with the performance of the lathe.

Otherwise, they wouldn't dare ask their superiors to come and inspect in person.

"Thank you!"

Upon hearing this, the two middle-aged men immediately began to experiment. As the lathe started, a faint sound was heard, and the two men couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

The truth is that the sound of the motor of this machine tool is too weak. If there were no other motor noise in the workshop, they might not have known that the lathe had started.

Picking up a rough piece from the side, the two began to take turns processing it, feeling the smooth operation of the lathe. The more they processed, the more amazed they became.

Only when the parts in their hands were processed to a precise scale did the two stop the lathe and look down at the parts in their hands.