Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 48 Pure Oxygen Top Blowing Technology

"dad!"

"Ah! When did the boss come back?"

In the evening, Yang Dagen came back from get off work on his bicycle and was very happy to see Yang Ning coming back.

Yang Dagen now looks much more energetic than he did half a year ago. After all, the working environment at the First Machinery Factory is much better than when he worked at the Third Steel Rolling Mill.

In addition, their family has finally gotten rid of the troubles in the original yard, and they live in the yard they bought with their hard-earned money, so they are very happy.

With the confidence, the whole person not only looks a lot more confident, but also seems a few years younger.

"Just got back at noon." Yang Ning took the bicycle from his father. Compared with the time he rode it before, this old Phoenix-head bicycle now looked a lot cleaner. It was obvious that his father took good care of it.

After dinner, Yang Dagen and Yang Ning, each holding a teacup, sat on the stone table in the yard and talked about what had happened in the city during this period.

First of all, it’s about the factory. The assistance from Big Brother has finally arrived, and it is said that the preparatory office for the new factory of the First Machinery Factory has been established.

Yang Ning was also very happy after hearing this, because with the support of the big brother, Rabbit's industrial strength will be greatly improved, and a complete industrial production chain will be built in a short time.

Some of his own ideas may also be realized, such as top-blowing steelmaking technology.

This technology would be copied by any protagonist of a science fiction story that traveled through time and space to this era.

After all, computer technology is still in its infancy, and all countries still believe in the large-scale industry and mass production model of the World War II period.

In this mode, in one sentence: "Steel is the country!"

Because steel is so important to a country's development. Whether it is machinery and equipment, guns and tanks, airplanes and warships, rockets and missiles, or even people's daily lives, steel is indispensable.

It was during this period that steel was what the Rabbit lacked the most. In 1952, after three years of economic and industrial recovery, my country's steel output was only 153 million tons.

It may seem like a lot, but steel is the backbone of a country. Apart from people's daily needs, this amount of output cannot meet the needs of the development of the rabbit industry.

During this period, our country's industry advocated learning everything from the big brother, so our steel was still produced in open-hearth furnaces.

Even though Mr. Ye proposed the framework of three transmissions and one reverse and the three highs theory, he still succumbed to the advice of the big brother experts. It was not until he fell out with the big brother that Mr. Ye's ideas were taken seriously. In 1964, Rabbit built its first pure oxygen top-blown furnace.

But thinking about the Great Steel Production Campaign in the late 50s, Yang Ning decided that his first goal after graduation would be to achieve self-sufficiency in steel in Rabbit County ahead of schedule.

For the next period of time, Yang Ning stayed in school. In addition to completing his graduation project with Professor Dong, he would go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to ask Professor Ye’s laboratory for some metallurgical knowledge.

Mr. Ye also understood Yang Ning's situation. After all, he had participated in the test last year and knew this kid's abilities, so he didn't hide anything.

However, pure oxygen top blowing technology is still in the experimental stage internationally. Even with Yang Ning's help, this technology had not been fully perfected until Yang Ning graduated in July.

But fortunately, with the help of Professor Dong, his graduation project was finally completed on time.

Looking at the pile of drawings in front of him, Yang Ning felt filled with satisfaction.

Although Professor Dong thought this thing was not of high enough quality and was unwilling to study it, Yang Ning did not mind. After all, a four-roll rolling mill was probably the peak of his current abilities.

After handing over his drawings and papers to Professor Dong, Yang Ning also took a short vacation. After all, in the two months since returning from Hongcheng, Yang Ning had been running between the school and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and rarely even went home.

His mother, Yang Liu, has been complaining for a long time, and Yang Ning also plans to take advantage of this last free time before graduation to spend more time with his family.

Yang Ning got in the car, and Chen Jingguo held the steering wheel and asked, "Chinese Academy of Sciences?" "No, going home today!" Yang Ning rubbed his slightly swollen forehead and said a little tiredly.

"Oh, it's rare for busy people like us to still remember that we have a family!"

Needless to say, the only one who dares to play tricks on Yang Ning is Hu Yinghong, who now has two golden talismans protecting him.

It's no wonder that Hu Yinghong spoke to him like that. After learning about Yang Ning's plan, his superior instructed Hu Yinghong to take good care of Yang Ning's life and not let him get too tired.

But once Yang Ning got busy, he became like a madman and didn't listen to her advice at all. Because of this, she was scolded by her superiors several times.

In the end, her superiors gave her the power that if persuasion failed, unless there were special circumstances, she could take some measures to forcibly end Yang Ning's work.

This is the first golden talisman. The other golden talisman was given by Yang Ning's mother, Yang Liu. After seeing the little girl following Yang Ning, Yang Liu became extremely enthusiastic. She told her all about Yang Ning's embarrassing childhood experiences and asked her to take care of Yang Ning more often.

With these two golden talismans, Hu Yinghong now feels more and more confident facing Yang Ning. She doesn't seem to be taking care of him at all. Instead, she looks more and more like an overseer.

After several months of adaptation, Yang Ning has gradually become accustomed to the special car waiting at any time and Hu Yinghong chattering beside him.

He glanced at the sarcastic Hu Yinghong and said unconvincedly, "She looks okay, but it's a pity she's not mute."

Yang Ning was really annoyed by her in the past two months. Whenever he worked for a longer period of time, he would inevitably be lectured by her.

Fortunately, she still had some sense and didn't go to her workplace, but Yang Ning always felt a little uncomfortable being stared at like this all day long!
"So shameless. I actually miss the 996 work week in my previous life, where I often worked overtime without overtime pay."

The nostalgia that had just emerged in Yang Ning's heart was quickly pushed out of his mind for fear of being beaten.

After the car stopped near Yang Ning's home, Yang Ning got out and walked towards his home. Hu Yinghong also got out and followed him, acting like a family member.

"No, I'm going to stay at home for a few days this time. Are you coming with me?"

"Of course. My boss asked me to follow you all the time to prevent some people from always doing what they want and being disorganized but not disciplined."

Hu Yinghong nodded as a matter of course, and then continued walking forward on her own.

"Besides, I can't check up on my uncle and aunt, so what if I visit the second monster? What's your business?"

After saying this, he raised his head proudly, took a few steps forward and knocked on the gate of the yard.

"Auntie, I'm here to see you!"

Her voice was so gentle, as if it wasn't her who had just scolded Yang Ning.

"Women are indeed fickle!"

When Yang Ning saw this scene, he could only sigh in his heart, and then he mourned for his current situation in silence.

"There are bad guys around!"

Seeing his mother opening the door and pulling Hu Yinghong in affectionately without even looking at her son, Yang Ning felt even more sad.

"Do you want to go back to this family? It turns out that only yours is redundant!"

(End of this chapter)