The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 158 Ignition
The next day, Li Huaide put wolfberry and astragalus in his teacup. He asked the old Chinese doctor in the factory's clinic yesterday and learned that drinking these two things regularly is indeed beneficial.

Li Huaide was also very self-conscious. He would go to the experimental workshop once every day during the morning meeting to cheer everyone up. Without Li Huaide supervising them, everyone felt much more relaxed at work.

All the staff in the technical department took part in the work, plus the few senior workers in the factory, and they were able to barely complete the daily tasks.

So every day when Liu Hua came home he was too tired to do anything. His wife took care of him every day. Liu Hua felt sorry for her frail body.

Summer was approaching and taking a shower was inconvenient, so Liu Hua simply found a gasoline barrel, painted it black, and installed two one-way valves, one for water supply and the other for draining.

Put the oil barrel on the roof and secure it. The hot summer sun will heat the water to about 40 or 50 degrees, which is enough for bathing.

Unexpectedly, Liu Hua's doing this made it convenient for his neighbors, so everyone wanted to get one and came to Liu Hua for help.

He didn't have the time to care about this. Although he did get three at the beginning, he gave one each to his parents and his father-in-law and mother-in-law. If he were asked to do more, he wouldn't have the time to do so.

Yi Zhonghai stepped forward at this time and said, "Okay, don't bother Huazi. He is in charge of technical reform work in the factory now and is very busy every day. I will help you, but I have to make it clear in advance that there are no oil drums. There are not many of them. I can only help you get some scrap iron sheets and ask the people in the welding workshop to weld them. You still have to pay the processing fee and material fee."

Yan Fugui estimated that the price of scrap iron, plus a little processing fee, would definitely be the cheaper option.

As for the fact that taking cold showers saves more money, Yan Fugui must have considered this. Although it saves money, if you catch a cold and get sick, you will have to spend more money. There is no need to worry in the summer, but in the fall, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and the sun can also be hot at that time. At that time, taking a hot shower will not be more comfortable than taking a cold shower.

All in all, this thing is definitely more economical than using coal to boil water, so Yan Fugui was the first to spend money to order it.

Since even Yan Fugui, the old miser, spent money, it meant it must be a good deal, so others also paid.

Yi Zhonghai handled the matter very well, and his reputation was greatly improved for a while, and some people began to call him "uncle" again.

If it were in the past, Yi Zhonghai would be so happy, but now that he has a child, he doesn't care about it at all. When others call him uncle, he just waves his hand and says, "No, I'm just an ordinary old man, just call me Lao Yi."

Yi Cheng was a good kid, eager to do work at home and studying hard, which gave Yi Zhonghai, an old, poor boy, hope.

Of course he also had worries, fearing that education would go astray. When he was working in the factory, he would ask his colleagues about child education. He would learn from whoever had outstanding children. His current educational philosophy is far ahead of the Yan family, the Jia family, and the Liu Haizhong family.

At the end of August, the new steelmaking furnace was finally completed, and Li Huaide was thinking about whether to hold a completion ceremony.

"Stop it." Liu Hua shook his head. "All the attention from above is on Shougang right now. They want to hold a ceremony for the completion of a furnace, but there is nothing practical. How will they handle this?"

While Li Huaide was still thinking, Liu Hua said with a smile: "The higher-ups will say you are not doing your job properly. If a steel mill does not focus on steel rolling, and you develop steelmaking equipment, it is very likely that your technical force will be withdrawn to Shougang."

Li Huaide nodded: "I think so, what should we do next?"

"Of course it's steelmaking. You don't think that having a furnace will solve all problems, do you?" Liu Hua spread his hands. "The hard work will come next. If you don't make a batch of qualified steel, you can't prove that your converter is useful. If you can't make various steels, you can't prove that your converter is very useful." Li Huaide nodded slowly. "Yes, if we can't prove that this furnace is very useful, then all our efforts will be in vain."

"Hurry up and contact the iron ore and coke."

Li Huaide patted his chest and said, "This is not difficult. We have a coking plant and the amount of coal allocated every year is sufficient, and there is even an excess, so there is no need to worry about coke. But I have to make some contacts about iron ore."

Li Huaide had comrades all over the world. It didn't take much effort for him to contact thousands of tons of iron ore, which were quickly transported to the steel mill.

Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.

The steelmaking furnace was filled with iron ore and coke. Liu Hua and Li Huaide stood in front of the furnace in their new work clothes and smiled at each other.

Liu Huayi stretched out his hand and said: "You have to give the order for the first fire of the new furnace. I dare not take the lead."

Li Huaide took two steps forward without hesitation, raised his hand high, and then waved it down vigorously: "Ignite."

The workers below shouted loudly: "Light the fire."

As the fire blazed, Liu Hua and the technicians from the Technology Department's Process Office kept an eye on the temperature changes and adjusted the process, such as the amount of oxygen blowing, as the temperature changed.

Because a lot of PLC control circuits have been added in advance, connected to temperature measuring devices, etc., once the critical point is reached, the PLC will buzz to remind you.

"With this PLC controller as a reminder, the workers are under much less pressure." Li Huaide said with satisfaction: "No wonder the country gave you such a high award. This thing will be of great use in future industrial applications."

"That is to say, the current computer production is not high." Liu Hua said with a smile: "Otherwise, I would like to get a computer."

"Computer?" Li Huaide asked in confusion, "Aren't computers used for data calculation? They are used in scientific research. What use can they have in our industry?"

"You are too narrow-minded." Liu Hua said with a smile: "Since we can calculate the data, we can monitor the data and use the computer as the master control center of the entire steelmaking equipment. When the time comes, we can reflect the data to the computer through the PLC connection. We can see the operation details and data of each part of the steelmaking furnace on the computer. At that time, steelmaking will be more convenient and intuitive, and the process will be easier to adjust."

"Then why don't you apply?" Li Huaide asked back, "You are the designer of the new computer. If you apply for a computer, the relevant department will definitely give you face, just like PLC."

"There are so many places in the country that need computers." Liu Hua shook his head and said, "Computer production is still in its early stages, and the annual output is not much. After two years when the output is high, I will definitely apply for it."

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　　The only drawback is that the great cause has not yet been completed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)