Siheyuan: I am Yi Zhonghai's biological son

Just after the Spring Festival in 59, many elderly people noticed something was wrong, because there was only a little snowfall this winter, and it has not snowed since then. What's going on? Is there a drought?

Some shrewd village cadres planted drought-resistant crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes on half of the land, but some unexpectedly still planted large areas of wheat.

Yi Ping'an was also a little anxious. He knew that this year was the first year of drought, so on the first day of work after the New Year, he came to the machinery factory with the drawings he had already drawn.

This time he wanted to make a rotary tiller and a seed drill. He also wanted to build a classic walk-behind tractor. Currently, the only tractor in China is the Dongfanghong, which is manufactured by the First Tractor Factory in Henan Province. It has tracks like those of a tank, and its production is even more scarce.

Therefore, Yi Ping'an wanted to build a tractor factory in Sijiu City to make full use of the black soil in the Northeast. Mechanization is the fastest way to achieve this. Now the northern granary is still a wasteland, and it is unknown how long it will take to achieve success by manual labor.

Shao Dongyang was very happy to see Yi Ping'an coming. In his heart, he regarded Yi Ping'an as his master. When Yi Ping'an left, he specifically asked his uncle about Yi Ping'an. His uncle only said one sentence: "This is not something you should ask," and sent him away.

Yi Ping'an was also willing to take him with him, mainly because they had a tacit understanding. The two of them worked overtime in the machinery factory for a week and finally built the first walk-behind tractor with a rotary tiller. They tested the vehicle in the open space next to the machinery factory and the results were quite good.

"Mr. Yi, this walk-behind tractor is really convenient and inexpensive, and it's especially suitable for mountainous areas." Shao Dongyang drove it for a few laps and became more and more addicted to it.

Yi Pingan was speechless: Didn't you see it was all dust? Why didn't you go back after the test and had to drive around for a few laps? What were you thinking?

"You also said that it is suitable for mountains, but most of the arable land is still plains. This is a bit like a small horse pulling a big cart." Yi Ping'an said.

Especially in the Northeast and North China plains, the efficiency of the hand tractor was a bit slow, so the two of them took those senior workers to work for a week.

Finally, the first independently developed high-horsepower tire-type tractor was completed. After trying it a few times with the rotary tiller, we found that this model was the most suitable machine for plains.

Yi Ping'an immediately reported the results to Secretary Chen. Secretary Chen was very happy and immediately took people to the machinery factory and drove it around himself. He found that it was extremely convenient and much faster than manual reclamation.

"Mr. Yi, that's great. It's so fast to open up new land this way. One person is worth a hundred. I will report it to the Ministry of Industry immediately." Secretary Chen said and left.

Yi Ping'an sorted out all these drawings and prepared to send them to the Ministry of Industry to have them distributed uniformly, but at least one of the hand tractors or rotary tillers had to be reserved for the steel rolling mill, and he had to negotiate this with the ministry.

After Secretary Chen and Minister Xu finished their report, Minister Xu was very excited. When he went to the meeting, he also heard from experts that this year's weather was not normal and that they had to make preparations for drought resistance in advance.

He was just worrying about what area to work hard on, and then Secretary Chen came to present him with the results, which made him feel "very happy".

He immediately took people to the machinery factory, and Yi Ping'an reported the results of this time to Minister Xu in detail, and finally said: "Minister Xu, can the hand tractor, rotary tiller and seed drill this time be handed over to the steel rolling mill?

Rotary tillers and seed drills are used in conjunction with tractors. Sijiucheng is located in the north of the North China Plain. My personal opinion is that there should be an agricultural machinery factory in every plain area, which can expand output value and will not delay spring ploughing.

I also added a dump system to the rear bucket of the tractor, which makes it more convenient for agricultural use.”

"I understand your idea. My idea is to organize a meeting tomorrow morning to discuss it, and you can also participate. You will have more say in technical matters." Minister Xu said.

"Okay, I understand." Yi Ping'an replied.

The next day, Secretary Chen and Yi Pingan went to the Ministry of Industry for a meeting. After research, they decided that the hand tractors and rotary tillage seeders would be produced in Sijiucheng by the Third Steel Rolling Mill, and the tractors would be produced by the First Machinery Factory in Sijiucheng.

As for whether other provinces want to set up machinery factories, Yi Ping'an has no control over it. That is the business of the leaders above. Anyway, he has helped the steel rolling mill to gain benefits.

But what Yi Ping'an didn't know was that things were far from over.

A chief engineer from the Ministry of Agriculture also attended the meeting, mainly to evaluate the performance of the machine developed this time, so as to better reclaim more wasteland in the subsequent reclamation work.

But the Ministry of Agriculture also has its own agricultural machinery factory. When Han, the chief engineer of the Ministry of Agriculture, saw Yi Ping'an's tractor and rotary tiller,

The next day, I reported the tractors and rotary tillage seeders mentioned at the meeting to the Ministry of Agriculture, and firmly believed that they should be called agricultural machinery.

So I applied to my superiors and asked them to hand over these two machines to the Ministry of Agriculture, and they were willing to pay for the research and development costs.

This move by the Ministry of Agriculture almost made Minister Xu so angry that he vomited blood. Great, they are interested in my things. This is really unbearable. Even my aunt couldn't tolerate it. He spit out two kilograms of saliva. In the end, Minister Xu narrowly won, mainly because Yi Ping'an was from the Ministry of Industry.

The angry Minister of Agriculture directly applied to his superiors: "Supervisor, Yi Gong is more talented in agricultural machinery. I apply to transfer him to the Ministry of Agriculture."

Minister Xu: Haha, look at my sarcastic look. Even if I agree, the leader will not agree. What are you dreaming about?

The superior said: "That's impossible. Forget it. You can use the results and the patent royalties will be relatively lower, but you can't transfer me."

Of course, these have nothing to do with Yi Ping'an. He just studies things and when there are results, the rest is the leader's business. What does it have to do with him?

Because of the expansion of production, Yi Zhonghai was recently seconded to the machinery factory. This time, the head factory has seconded more than a thousand people in total. They will use the assembly line method to assemble and send the products to various places as quickly as possible.

The workers in the workshop are very busy every day, and sometimes they even have to work overtime. Yi Ping'an is afraid that they can't handle it. Fortunately, Director Liang of the machinery factory is a reliable person and has plenty of pay.

We were busy until May Day before things returned to normal. By then the extent of the disaster had become fully apparent and the ration had been reduced. Many people began to feel fortunate that they had stored food last year, otherwise they would have starved.

So far there hasn't been any rain. Yi Ping'an was wondering whether he should remind them to create some artificial rainfall or something.

"It doesn't seem impossible. The first artificial rainfall experiment in my country seemed to be carried out in Northeast China. We should have the technology now." Yi Ping'an thought secretly.

The first artificial rainfall in my country took place in 58, using a combination of aircraft and cannons.

The technical principle of artificial rainfall is not complicated. Even junior high school students in later generations know that it is dry ice and silver iodide. If airplanes are used, it is too expensive, so cannonballs will do. If one cannon doesn't work, use two. If two cannons don't work, use three. There will always be a time when one cannon will work.

Now the security department has its own guns, and there is no need for strict approval like in later times, just write a report and it will be done.

Yi Ping'an thought about it and went to the Security Department.

"Director Qin, are you busy?" When he arrived at the Security Department, Yi Ping'an went straight to Qin Baoguo.

"Oh, it's Yi Gong. What's the matter with you coming here?" Qin Baoguo was a little puzzled. They didn't have much interaction with Yi Ping'an in normal times. When he had research, he would just hand it over to them and focus on protecting them. There was no need for him to come in person.

"Director Qin, I'd like to ask, do we have any anti-aircraft guns in the Security Department?" Yi Ping'an remembered that the range required for artificial rainfall was generally 2000-6000 meters.

"Anti-aircraft gun? No, it's Yigong, why are you asking about the gun?" Qin Baoguo was even more confused, are they going to build a cannon?

"Tell me first if you have it. If you do, I'll apply to Secretary Chen and won't make things difficult for you." Yi Ping'an didn't know if it could be done, so he didn't plan to say it.

"Yes, we have two 37mm anti-aircraft guns from Russia. But let me make it clear that you definitely can't get through me. You need approval from above." Qin Baoguo is very principled. No matter how good our personal relationship is, he can't give it to you directly.

"Don't worry, I understand. But can you let me see this cannonball? I just want to take a look. Just hold it and show it to me. I won't touch it." Yi Ping'an needed to know the size of the cannonball.

"That's not necessary, but let's make it clear first, if you want to register, we should be gentlemen first and villains later. Don't say that I don't give you this face." Qin Baoguo said seriously.

"Don't worry, I understand." Yi Ping'an also understood that this was the Fortress of Sijiu and the artillery shells were no joke.

So, the two of them went to the ammunition depot together, registered, and got a shell for Yi Ping'an.

Yi Ping'an wrote down the weight and size and returned it to the owner. He also gave Qin Baoguo two packages of Daqianmen to thank him for his convenience.

In the days that followed, Qin Baoguo was extremely grateful that he had helped Yi Ping'an this time.