With Director Guo's reputation, the tailor shop's master would take care of Xu Shiqin to some extent.
An apprentice cannot produce results in a few days, he must learn slowly.
Xu Shiyan gave instructions to his sister, asking her to learn skills from her master, don't be afraid of hardship, don't be afraid of tiredness, be discerning and don't be lazy.
After Xu Shiqin was settled, Xu Shiyan left and went directly to the post office, bought envelopes, affixed stamps, wrote the addresses, and mailed the letters separately.
He has done everything he can, and all he can do is wait patiently for the results.
Xu Shiyan returned to Donggang and went directly to the team headquarters.
Donggang Commune is located in the Changbai Mountains. Its jurisdiction is 51.5 kilometers long from east to west and 31 kilometers wide from north to south. It has ten brigades under its jurisdiction.
There are three brigades directly under the commune station, as well as a forestry farm, an industrial factory, a building materials factory, a health center, a middle school, and a central primary school.
At the same time, the local state-owned Fusong No. 1 Ginseng Market is also within the jurisdiction of Donggang.
The three brigades are basically arranged from east to west. The first brigades are at the easternmost part of the commune, adjacent to the state-owned No. 1 Participation Field.
The second brigade is in the middle, and the third brigade is at the far west.
To the south of the commune are rolling mountains, the most famous of which is Fortress Mountain. There is a cave at the foot of the mountain, which people say is an air-raid shelter.
It is said that there is a coal seam under the Fortress Mountain, and it is rare white coal, but the reserves are too low and the mining cost is too high, so it has not been mined.
There is a river at the foot of Fortress Mountain, which is called Huangni River.
The team headquarters of the three brigades are not too far from the bank of Huangni River from east to west.
The team headquarters of the second brigade is a two-story building that was newly built not long ago. The exterior is made of green and white washed stone walls, and the interior is made of snow-white plaster walls.
Compared with the team headquarters of the first and third teams, which are small bungalows, the team headquarters of the second team is much more impressive.
It can also be proved from the side that the conditions of the second brigade are indeed much better than those of other brigade.
Xu Shiyan entered the team headquarters, found Yu Shouguang on the second floor, and handed Yu Shouguang the couple's household registration documents.
"Secretary Yu, this is my and my wife's household registration. My sixth sister will not move here for the time being."
Yu Shouguang received his household registration and arranged for people to settle down. There were five production teams in the second brigade, and Xu Shiyan was placed in the first brigade.
"When spring starts, let the captain of your team take you to the mountains to create a private plot.
You can grow some grains and beans at home."
In the past, private land was not allowed to grow grains, only vegetables. Now the control is not so strict. You can grow whatever you want, as long as it does not violate the law.
"Besides, starting tomorrow, you will help the brigade with some work.
I will arrange a few people for you, and you take them to the industry to make guns, cannons, etc., quickly.
I’m leaving this matter to you, I’ll make sure it’s done well.”
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the ginseng field begins to work, and the ginseng watchers also go up the mountain.
Yu Shouguang meant that since there are such useful things as ground guns, they must be equipped as soon as possible.
"Okay, secretary, don't worry, I will handle this matter carefully and there will be no problem in keeping it."
As soon as Xu Shiyan arrived at the second brigade, errands were arranged for him, so he was naturally happy.
Only when he has something to do can he have the opportunity to perform. If he is not used for anything, then when will he be able to make his mark?
If he just hangs around behind other people all day long and nothing good happens to him, then why did he move to Donggang?
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the team sent five young men to help Xu Shiyan and help make ground guns and other reference tools.
There is an industrial factory in Donggang Commune, which is separated from the headquarters of the Second Brigade by a north-south road. The team headquarters is in the east of the road and the industry is in the west.
There are various machine tools in the industrial factory, which can process various parts. They are much better than the blacksmith furnace in Xigang Commune.
Yu Shouguang had already greeted the industrial people, and Xu Shiyan went there, drew the design of the ground gun, made a request, and started processing the parts there.
After all the parts were processed, Xu Shiyan led others to assemble and test them.
The precision of parts produced by industrial machine tools is much better than that produced by blacksmith furnaces.
Load the gun powder and gun sand, and lay out the iron wire.
Arrange a piece of plywood in front of the muzzle of the ground gun and use a rope to pull the wire.
With a bang, the gun sand sprayed out, and the five-millimeter-thick plywood was penetrated by the gun sand and beaten into a sieve.
"Damn it, isn't this thing too powerful?"
All the cadres of the brigade went to see the test. When they saw the plywood with a bottom like a sieve, everyone was stunned.
With this power, if thirty or fifty of them were placed around the venue, and some firecrackers were used in conjunction, who would dare to run to the venue?
"Xiao Xu, okay, what you did is so awesome.
That's it. Next, you will be specifically responsible for this. First, get thirty or fifty of them for our brigade.
Our team has more than 10,000-foot mallets, and we have six people on the mountain. If we have these guns, it will be easier to see the ginseng."
The Second Brigade's participation venue is near the No. 2 Bridge in the west, which is the road that goes along the Dongjiang River, and goes to the south fork halfway.
The second brigade has a total of about 12,000 feet of ginseng land. The environment around the ginseng site is very complicated. There are many idle people in Songjiang River, so the pressure of watching the ginseng is relatively high.
Especially after the Dongjiangyan brigade lost its ginseng last year, people here also attached great importance to it, and the number of people inspecting ginseng increased from three to six.
As a result, costs such as work points will increase. Although the Second Brigade has a great cause, this is still a problem.
If guns, cannons, etc. are used around the venue, the pressure of watching the venue can be relieved, and three or four people can be removed from work.
The ground gun is dead, can be used for many years once it is made, and it does not eat grass and does not receive work points, how wonderful this is.
"Hey, secretary, don't worry, I will definitely make this batch of guns as soon as possible, so as not to delay the use of spring ginseng fields."
When the leader arranges tasks, he values himself. It is too late for Xu Shiyan to be happy.
He gets high work points for his work. While others are still idle at home, he can earn work points. Isn't this great?
In this way, Xu Shiyan and his people stayed in the industry for three or four days.
According to Yu Shouguang's request, thirty guns and more than one hundred cannons were made, as well as some traps for trapping animals.
Most of the people who work in the industry are from the three brigades. Many people find the gun that Xu Shiyan has made so novel that they cannot avoid mentioning it when they go home.
As a result, within a few days, the other two brigades and the commune came to the scene, and everyone knew that the second brigades had a treasure trove of spectators.
Yu Shouguang was called to the commune, and the leaders of the first brigade, the second brigade, and the commune participating in the commune besieged him.
"You old boy is not particular about it. You hide something good and don't want others to know about it. It's so unethical."
"That's right, that's right, it's a good thing that we're all from the same commune, so you can be so picky.
The information is hidden so deeply and not a single bit is leaked to us. It’s so uninteresting.”
"Old Yu, come on, tell me, how did you make the ground gun?
I heard people say that a young man drew the drawings? Where did such a young man come from?
You boy, your life is really good, any good thing can happen to you.
No, if you don’t hand him over today, we won’t let you go back.”