Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 73 Good News from Three Places (First Order Request!)
Just as Yang Ning was holding her wedding, at Hongcheng Airport, a transport plane carrying a radiation detector took off into the sky, heading southeast with the expectations of the surveyors on the ground and even the entire country.

"Captain, is the information from above accurate?" A young technician looked at the plane disappearing into the sky and suddenly asked the captain beside him.

Their exploration team has been searching in Jiangxi Province and surrounding areas for several years, but has not found any uranium mines worth mining.

Originally, everyone had completely lost confidence and were just waiting for the higher-ups to mobilize the whole country to look for uranium mines. Unexpectedly, the Institute of Geological Survey sent them a coordinate and asked them to explore that area, which led to this operation.

"It should be accurate. After all, the coordinates of the Daqing Oilfield were also given by the institute. A miracle will definitely happen this time," said the captain with a firm look in his eyes.

Like other surveyors, the captain was also a weathered soldier. Although he said so, he was not sure at the moment.

"Yes! There will definitely be one!" the technician said in a firm tone, cheering himself up in his heart.

Uranium City is less than two hundred kilometers away from Hongcheng. Although the pilot was still flying a propeller plane, the plane arrived at the coordinates after about forty minutes.

At this time, inside the cabin, the technicians stared at the dashboard, not daring to blink.

After a while, the instrument began to make a beeping sound.

After hearing this sound, the technician shouted excitedly: "The radiation is abnormal, it has greatly exceeded the normal radiation range. There is a mine here, there is a uranium mine here."

"Quick, record the coordinates and report to the ground. There is nothing abnormal in the designated area!" The person in charge suppressed his excitement and quickly issued a series of orders.

In this age full of confrontation, there are enemies lurking in the dark everywhere. In order to keep it secret, this telegram also used code words.

"Yes!"

Because we had introduced a Soviet-made 4-channel ultra-short wave radio at that time, we could directly contact the airport kilometers away on the plane.

"Calling the ground, calling the ground! There is no abnormality in the designated area. Repeat, there is no abnormality in the designated area!"

At this time at Hongcheng Airport, the captain was staring at the radio nervously. The radio had not been disconnected since the plane took off, for fear of missing any news.

"…No abnormalities in the designated area!"

These few words completely ignited the passion of those waiting on the ground.

"Great, we found it. We finally found it."

The captain waved his fist excitedly, and then said loudly to the excited team members: "Since the higher-ups have helped us find the uranium mine, let's rush over now and find out the specific data. Are you tired?"

"Not tired!" everyone shouted in unison.

Looking at the team members whose faces are weathered but full of passion, the captain is also very excited at this moment and wants to set off immediately.

Almost at the same time, good news came from Hunan Province and Guizhou Province. The three coordinates given by the Institute of Geological Survey all showed abnormal radiation, indicating that there were uranium mines there.

The three places immediately organized experts and exploration teams to conduct detailed ground surveys of the three locations, confirming that there were indeed uranium mines in these three places and that all of them were suitable for mining.

Especially in the Uranium Capital of Gan Province, the uranium mines discovered are world-class and have the largest reserves discovered in Asia.

The news was transmitted back to the city of Beijing at an extremely fast speed.

"That's great, now we don't have to worry about not having raw materials!" The old man with a Hunan accent said happily after receiving the good news.

"With sufficient raw materials, I believe our scientific researchers can also make our own atomic bomb. Then we will no longer be afraid of the threat from the Eagle Sauce."

"Hahaha~" The old man laughed heartily after hearing this, as if expressing all his recent troubles.

"Being able to eat well means being healthy." Then he said seriously, "Scientific researchers are already very tired. We must provide them with good logistical support and not let them worry about their lives."

"Yes." Dean Guo promised solemnly. "By the way, that kid got married some time ago, right?"

"Yes, his wife is the granddaughter of Mr. Hu from the old district." Dean Guo said quickly.

"It's that little girl!" The old man knew who it was as soon as he heard it, and nodded with satisfaction and said, "They are a perfect match. This is great. It solves his worries, so he can devote himself to his work."

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"Comrade Yang Ning, in view of your achievements in research over the past year, after discussion by the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it has been decided to promote you to a level nine engineer!"

Yang Ning looked at Dean Guo who had a solemn expression in front of him and was still confused.

I took three days of wedding leave plus one day of weekend rest, and got myself a promotion as soon as I came back.

"President Guo, isn't this too fast?" Yang Ning asked a little worriedly.

You know, according to the regulations, he still has half a year to become an assistant engineer. How come he has reached level nine directly?
You know, it takes an average person four or five years to advance from an assistant engineer to a ninth-level engineer. This saves me two years!
"With your contribution, it's already enough. Don't worry."

"Although your contribution needs to be kept confidential, you still have to be compensated accordingly."

Dean Guo pointed upwards and said mysteriously, "Do you understand now?"

Yang Ning nodded in understanding, and then felt relieved. In this case, what was there to be afraid of? Who doesn't like a promotion and a raise in salary?
Yang Ning happily left Dean Guo's office with his engineer certificate, thinking to himself, "From now on, when people call me Engineer Yang, I can agree with confidence."

In order to avoid future troubles when he graduated, he emphasized from the beginning that he was a technical person and strongly refused to classify himself as a higher education worker.

Anyway, the level division and salary of the two are the same, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences did not make things difficult for him.

However, technicians can be classified as working class, but as for researchers, it is hard to say in the future.

"Are you an engineer now?" Back in the office, Hu Yinghong looked at Yang Ning's engineer certificate in her hand again and again, and for a moment she couldn't accept it.

"Look at what you said, why can't I become an engineer?" Yang Ning said to Hu Yinghong while sitting behind his desk.

"I just feel it's too fast!" Hu Yinghong put away Yang Ning's certificate and put it in her bag.

She also understood at this time that Yang Ning must have done something big again and this was a reward from his superiors.

Since Yang Ning didn't say anything, Hu Yinghong didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, it was a good thing that Yang Ning got promoted. At least her family would have more income.

At this time, Director Lu came in from outside. After hearing the conversation between the two, he looked at them in surprise and asked, "Were you assigned to the technical staff?"

"Yes! Is there any problem?" Yang Ning looked at Director Lu in confusion and asked.

"No problem, just a little weird."

How could Director Lu not be curious? All the researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences go into higher education. He didn't expect that there would be an outlier like Yang Ning in his own institute.

But then he remembered that Yang Ning had gone to Hongcheng before to build airplanes and taught the workers techniques, and he felt relieved.

According to rumors, Yang Ning's technical level at the time was more than enough to be rated as an eighth-level worker, so it makes sense for Yang Ning to say that he was a technician.

"Okay, the grassland sent some data yesterday. Hu Yinghong and I will pick it up later. Please deal with it as soon as possible."

When I heard about the case on the grassland, Director Lu specifically stated that it should be given priority. Doesn't that mean it could be Old 59?

This is an evergreen tree of the army. By the 1920s, its majestic and domineering figure could be seen during every festival.

(End of this chapter)