Xiaoliu turned around with a smile, her face turned red, but she didn't care much.
Xiao Han opened the door and came in, smiling sheepishly.
"Brother, I knocked on the door."
"Well, I heard it..." Zhang Yi said with a smile. Xiao Han knocked on the door and pushed it open at the same time, making people unable to react quickly. "They are all brothers. You have only just been married. It's normal."
"It's normal. Hey, after you've been busy for a while, you guys need to take a good rest for a few days." Xiao Han sighed and felt sorry for his sister-in-law for a minute. He also blamed his sworn brother for being a workaholic and didn't know how to take a good honeymoon.
"Okay, after we've been busy for a while, let's take a few days' rest together." Xiaoliu said happily.
The three of them laughed and resolved the embarrassment.
"Xiao Han, what good news do you bring?" Zhang Yi asked hurriedly. It can be seen from Xiao Han's expression that he, who has always been calm, has an unconcealable surprise on his face.
"It's successful, Brother Yi," Xiao Han reported the good news, "I just came back from the arsenal. Our team cooperated with Brother Hu to make alloy steel parts. We just forged the cylinder and piston. After testing, they are fully qualified!"
"This is really good news. Let's go to the arsenal!" Zhang Yi said excitedly.
The three of them rode horses and rushed to the arsenal.
Nuoda's factory building is full of bustling labor scenes. Huge steel-making furnaces sit side by side, with thick smoke and flames spreading out, creating a spectacular scene.
Zhang Yi and Xiaoliu visited with great interest and saw that under the skillful operation of the blacksmiths, the liquid steel flowing out of the steel-making furnace was slowly poured into the mold to form a steel billet.
On the other side of the factory, you can see a lot of equipment and machinery running continuously, including molten steel treatment facilities, rolling mills, steel plate cutting machines, etc., used to process and process steel billets into steel products of various specifications.
The progress of the blacksmiths is extremely rapid, and they are developing by leaps and bounds.
Xiao Han and Hu Tiejiang are indispensable. They have developed large-scale steel processing capabilities based on the steel mills of the previous era.
A remarkable achievement.
It was the first time Xiaoliu came to such a place, and she was deeply shocked. To her, this was a miracle. Blacksmiths could melt scrap steel and re-form it into various desired shapes, just like kneading mud.
Same.
Praiseful and admirable.
"Steelmaking workers are very hardworking, and their treatment needs to be improved," Zhang Yi said. He was covered in sweat as soon as he stepped into the factory. Everyone was the same.
"Yes, Brother Yi, I'm applying for a salary increase for steelworkers." Xiao Han smiled and turned to look at Princess Xiaoliu, the director of China Bank, who was in charge of money.
"I agree, raise the salary!" Xiaoliu said happily, and several people laughed.
The three of them quickly came to a corner of the steelmaking plant, where Ironsmith Hu and others were busy. The first-generation parts of the steam engine were all hand-made, which was a delicate job.
The blacksmiths were holding hammers of different sizes, hammering and carving like carpenters. Everyone was busy attentively.
"Zhang Shoufu is here! The princess is here!"
When the young students saw the two people, they shouted and jumped up in surprise. Unexpectedly, the two people actually ran into the workshop.
The blacksmiths quickly put down their tools and stood up, not knowing whether to bow or kowtow.
Everyone was extremely excited. Their faces were stained with coal dust, their hands were extremely rough, and their smiles were sincere and honest. On weekdays, they had no chance to see Zhang Yi and his wife, so how could they not be excited!
"No courtesy!" Zhang Yi waved his hand to stop everyone from saluting, and asked with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's not hard, it's not hard, my sworn brother is the hardest!"
The blacksmiths talked a lot.
Tiejiang Hu is their leader, and he always calls him "Sister Brother", so it is natural for the blacksmiths to call him "Sister Brother".
They are really a bunch of simple and unpretentious people, they may seem ordinary, but technological achievements must go through their hands before they can be transformed into reality.
Tiejiang Hu quickly led Zhang Yi and Xiao Liu to the cylinder and piston, and said with a smile: "Brother Yi, princess, we have successfully built it. After repeated testing, it is absolutely durable."
"Okay, okay, that's great. Your blacksmith's hands are so dexterous, no less than a tailor who darns clothes!" Xiaoliu praised without hesitation.
"Thank you for the compliment, princess, haha!"
"Oh my god, how could the princess come to such a dirty and messy place?"
The blacksmiths are rough people and outspoken.
"Why can't the princess come?" Xiao Liu laughed and said, "You guys keep working hard. After we build the steam engine, I will invite you to the palace for dinner and give you a grand banquet!"
The cheers rang out, and the sound was louder than the buzz in the factory. The blacksmiths never dreamed that they could go to the palace to drink. Suddenly, many people shed tears of emotion.
Xiaoliu glanced at her adopted brother and thought that she would have to make the decision for once.
Zhang Yi laughed loudly and clapped his hands vigorously in agreement. Liu Er was a bold man by nature, and this move won the hearts of the people. He said loudly: "What a great idea, let's do it like this! Together with the students from the research team, we will all have a celebratory drink together!"
"Long live my sworn brother! Long live the princess!"
Everyone around them cheered, not for a banquet, but for the leader's respect. This is a great honor. In everyone's minds, Zhang Yi and Xiao Liu are immortal couples and national heroes.
It is a god-like existence.
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Everyone is united and united.
In this atmosphere, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome. The research team and the blacksmiths work hard day and night, full of passion, their minds are filled with sparks of creation, and they constantly collide with good ideas.
Everyone was concentrating on their efforts and did not care about time at all. They worked continuously for days and nights without leaving their posts. When they were sleepy, they would rest in place for a while. When they were hungry, they would grab steamed buns and cold meat to fill their stomachs.
One word, do.
Zhang Yi and Xiao Liu didn't bother to rest. They were either in the red building or at the steelmaking base. They turned work into life, and their hearts were equally fulfilling and sweet.
In this way, everyone worked hard for half a month.
On November 29, the first steam engine in the wasteland world was assembled.
In a corner of the steelmaking plant, people involved in research and development looked at the results of their labor with mixed emotions. They didn't know whether it could start normally. Everyone was extremely uneasy.
"Don't worry, if there is a problem, we will just improve it," Xiao Liu broke the silence and said with a smile, "Xiao Han, come and light the fire!"
"Princess, I can't light this fire," but I heard Xiao Han say, "Brother Yi is the founder of the industrial age, I have to let him light this fire!"
"What's the difference?" Zhang Yi said with a smile, feeling anxious and nervous.
Everyone had the same idea as Xiao Han, and Tiejiang Hu handed the torch to Zhang Yi.
The boiler was filled with coal and hot oil was poured into it, and it lit up instantly.
Zhang Yi took the torch and gently threw it into the furnace... At this moment, everyone was extremely nervous!