Scholars in the courtyard

Yang Xiaotao was silent for the next five minutes, listening to Director Wang's praise. Even Lou Xiao'e who was not far away could hear clearly the voice on the phone.

It's just that even though she, an outsider, has listened so much, she can still tell that there is something in the other person's words.

"Brother, it's hard for you to say so much."

Yang Xiaotao didn't dare to let him talk any more. The few congratulations he said back and forth sounded too embarrassing.

Besides, the phone bill is too old.

Poof

Lou Xiao'e was listening carefully when she suddenly heard Yang Xiaotao's teasing words and immediately laughed.

Then she saw Yang Xiaotao looking at her and turned around immediately.

Director Wang on the other end of the phone was also stunned, and then he laughed helplessly.

"Brother Yang, you heard it."

"Brother, it's not the first day we've met. I don't know what my temper is yet. Besides, you don't know what my temper is."

"If you have anything to do, just ask."

Yang Xiaotao sat on the table, Lou Xiao'e stretched out her hand to indicate that she should go to work, and Yang Xiaotao nodded.

"Hey, I'll just say it."

Only then did Factory Director Wang explain the matter.

Isn't this the sister of Lao Wang's wife who is getting married?

Then Lao Wang's wife wanted to buy a dowry for her younger sister, so that she would be a good person when she married, and she would be able to stand in her husband's family.

Originally, according to Lao Wang's idea, just a sewing machine would be enough, but who would have thought that the Friendship brand pressure cooker came out, and after being promoted by newspapers and radios, especially the halo of being a female representative, Lao Wang's wife immediately changed her attention.

It happened that Yang Xiaotao of this steel rolling mill, Lao Wang, had always boasted in front of his wife, but this time, his wife directly used it to talk about things, and Lao Wang could only pour bitter water into his mouth and accept what he said.

In order to maintain her husband's dignity and to save her own face, she came to the factory early and called Yang Xiaotao.

"Isn't it just a pressure cooker? It's a trivial matter."

After Yang Xiaotao understood the situation, he immediately made a decision.

If nothing else, Factory Director Wang is a capable person, and we will cooperate with him in the future. He is just a pot, so this small back door still has to be used.

"Hey, let me just tell you, the friendship between us two brothers is too tiring to talk about what is there and what is not."

"Haha, don't worry, brother, this time I will definitely make your brother-in-law's majesty stand out."

"Hahaha."

The voice on the other side was filled with pride, "Let me tell you, my brother-in-law is an oil worker from the 923 Factory. He came to our place a while ago to recognize his family. When we were drinking, we talked about you and he admired you very much."

"Oil workers are good, pump more oil to build the motherland."

The two were polite on the phone for a while. Yang Xiaotao hung up the phone, then walked out of the office and came to Yang Youning. Now that the Friendship brand pressure cooker is a national coordinated material, it is better to explain some things clearly.

When he arrived at the office, Yang Youning had just put down the phone.

"Director."

"Here you go, sit down."

Secretary Xiaoqiang on the side picked up a thermos bottle and poured water for Yang Xiaotao, then left the room.

"What time did you leave last night?"

"It didn't take long. I left when I was done."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, he got down to business, "Lao Wang from Quancheng just called me."

After finishing the matter, Yang Youning pointed to the phone, "Guess who called?"

Yang Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then tried to guess, "Liu Dehui?"

Yang Youning nodded.

"Pressure cooker?"

"Um!"

Well, the two looked at each other and then both laughed.

"This has become a hot commodity."

"It's not a hot commodity. Have you seen anything that has been on the news? In the newspaper? Or is it a gift?"

The more Yang Youning talked, the more proud he became, and the joy in his heart was beyond words.

Of course, it would be better if his words could be kept in the newspapers.

"Our factory has ten allocation quotas for this pressure cooker. Since everyone has agreed, let's take two first."

With that said, Yang Youning took out three pressure cooker tickets from the drawer, "You keep these three as spares, and Lao Wang's one comes from you."

Yang Xiaotao took it with a smile. Although there were ten places, this meant the 'genuine brand'. If he really wanted to do it, Yang Xiaotao could just go to the workshop and get one himself.

"gone."

Yang Xiaotao left quickly, and Yang Youning's phone rang again behind him, and then he heard Yang Youning's voice being slightly distorted.

After leaving the office, Yang Xiaotao picked up the drawings on the table and went to the 11th workshop.

Wang Fa was inspecting the assembly of the tractor when he saw Yang Xiaotao coming forward to speak.

"Well, next time the car from the No. 1 Machinery Factory comes, you ask the driver to take it back to Factory Director Wang."

Yang Xiaotao handed a sealed envelope to Wang Fa. Now the tractor bearings are from Quancheng No. 1 Machinery Factory. A Huanghe heavy truck delivers the goods every three to five, so it is just in time to take it back.

Wang Fa nodded, and the two walked around the tractor workshop for a while, then went to the auto repair center.

After Che Wenwei went to Shengjing, Niu Jun was left in charge of organizing production.

Now that most Jiefang trucks in Sijiucheng are equipped with auxiliary systems, Niu Jun and the others are organizing manpower and starting to study other models.

Yang Xiaotao also came over from time to time to provide advice.

Overall, the auto repair center is on the right track. From now on, after understanding the structure of these trucks, it will be able to repair other problems.

Coming out of the auto repair center, Yang Xiaotao walked to the tenth workshop with the design drawing.

Workshop 10 is now busy with renovations. Originally, all three shifts were used to produce pressure cookers.

As for other heating stoves and well drilling machines, production has been stopped.

Although it is from a workshop, it will take a while to practice if you want to get started quickly.

Yang Xiaotao found Huang Degong and asked about the production status.

"The domestic ones are easy to talk about, just write a few words, but the export ones have to be written in foreign languages. It gives us a headache just looking at the pieces that look like tadpoles."

"A few people can't do anything else for a day, so they just carve words."

"Maybe it's carved wrong, and the pot will be useless."

Huang Degong complained, and Yang Xiaotao went to look at the person who was carving.

These people were carving one by one according to the template, concentrating on it for fear of making a mistake.

"You guys think of a way to do this and see how it can be convenient."

"It's best to have a template and everyone can compare it so that the carvings can be unified."

Yang Xiaotao put forward his opinion, and it depends on the workers how to do it.

These days, there are also crouching tigers, hidden dragons among workers. Lao Guo a few days ago and Wang Daxuan, the electrician team leader I met yesterday, are all capable people.

When these smart people come together, they can solve problems.

Huang Degong responded, and then talked about the production problem of pressure cookers. With the assembly line model and the increase in workers, there is no problem with 100 units a day. When the workers become proficient, they can add another 100 or 20 units.

Yang Xiaotao is very satisfied with the output. At this stage, domestic production accounts for a quarter, and the rest is given to foreign countries.

After all, you can make money by selling overseas.

After reading it, Yang Xiaotao came to an open area and unfolded the drawing. Huang Degong quickly stepped forward to take a look.

He knew what Yang Xiaotao was going to do, but he didn't expect that he would actually come up with it in just one day.

"This is a pressure cooker that uses electricity to cook?"

Huang Degong looked at it for a while. This big pot inside a small pot was so big, like an adult with a big belly. Why did it look so awkward?

"Well, this is the preliminary design, let's take a look first."

"By the way, let someone call Team Leader Wang from the power supply team."

Huang Degong hummed and quickly sent someone to call for someone.

Yang Xiaotao continued to look at the drawings to see if there was any room for improvement.

Now that the system has prompted that the design was successful, although it is the lowest evaluation, it has also met the production requirements.

Yang Xiaotao wanted to give it a try and see what would happen if he really tried it.

Besides, it would be more shocking to demonstrate it with a physical object than to explain it to others with a drawing.

Not long after, Wang Daxuan ran over, holding something similar to an electric stove in later generations.

"Director, this is the electric heating device you want."

Wang Daxuan put the things on the ground and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and looked at it. Electric stove wires were circling up and down the stove plate made of insulating clay. Below was a square iron sheet, which was exactly what Yang Xiaotao gave in the drawing.

Such an electric stove is quite similar to those used in laboratories of later generations.

Wang Daxuan explained, "There is a small transformer inside this electric stove. You can adjust the power through this switch. This is the power cord, 220 volts are available."

"We made this electric stove wire ourselves. You can see if it works. If not, we will change it."

Wang Daxuan explained, with bloodshot eyes still in his eyes, obviously he didn't sleep much last night.

"what material?"

"The one you mentioned is nickel-chromium alloy, but the one we made is a bit thick. If it were thinner, the heating effect would be better."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "This can be processed into a spring shape. You can try it later."

Wang Daxuan understood immediately and nodded immediately.

I was also full of curiosity about Yang Xiaotao. A fitter actually knew something about electricians, and he knew a lot.

He is truly worthy of being the youngest engineer in the steel rolling mill, and truly worthy of being the director of the factory.

"Have you tried it? How long does it last?"

Yang Xiaotao fiddled with the power switch. It was similar to the electric stove of later generations, but it lacked a sense of beauty.

"I used it for three hours last night and it still works."

Yang Xiaotao nodded and walked aside to find a socket, then turned on the electric stove.

After a minute, the electric stove wire began to turn yellow and gradually turned orange, and the surrounding temperature began to rise.

After several people watched for a while, Yang Xiaotao suddenly asked, "Team Leader Wang, how long did it take you to make this device?"

"Director, for this thing, we needed to find materials, find this frame, and then make it on site. It took about seven or eight hours in total."

"If these frames, insulation, and the electric stove wire are all ready-made, how long will it take for you to assemble them?"

Wang Daxuan pondered for a moment, "With two people's help, it can be done in ten minutes."

"In other words, the limiting factor is other components?"

"Yes, especially insulating clay. It takes time to solidify, which is very time-consuming."

"Okay, Team Leader Wang, I need you to do another one."

"no problem."

"Old Huang, find someone to make these parts."

Turning to Huang Degong, who was warming his hands on the electric stove, he said.

Huang Degong quickly stood up, took the drawing and looked at it, "Don't worry, they are all veteran employees. They will type it out for you before leaving get off work."

After giving instructions, everyone started working, and Yang Xiaotao returned to the office to wait for lunch.

But not long after he sat down, Yang Youning walked in with a changed face.

"Director, what's wrong?"

"Stop talking, have you given away those three tickets?"

Yang Xiaotao frowned, "What's wrong, I still have two more in my hand."

"so far so good."

Yang Youning breathed a sigh of relief, "Just now."

After hearing this, Yang Xiaotao opened his mouth wide.

"You mean, you've been picking up the phone for half a day?"

"No, one by one. First, Lao Liu called and asked for two, then Director Zhai of the textile factory asked for two, and Xu Yuanshan asked for another."

Yang Youning counted his fingers and finally counted, exactly ten.

"This is a business of favors. It doesn't matter if you give me this or not. What do you think I should do?"

"I haven't given it to Lao Chen and Guodong yet. Come on, this is all I have, and it's all gone."

Yang Xiaotao smiled helplessly, took out the remaining two sheets from the table, and then glanced at Lou Xiao'e, who was working with his head down.

I originally wanted to give her a chance, but now it seems I can only wait.

Yang Youning took Yang Xiaotao's pressure cooker ticket and did not dare to return to the office.

He was really afraid that the phone would ring again!