Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1983 Don’t Blame Us

Yang Xiaotao returned to the office.

When I first entered the room, Lou Xiao'e was not there. I guess she should be in the Propaganda Department at this time.

As soon as I returned to my seat, I heard a knock on the door.

"Mr. Yang!"

Zhang Guanyu walked in quickly, with a hint of hesitation on his face.

"Director Zhang, sit down."

Yang Xiaotao was a little curious when he saw the person coming, but when he saw what he was holding in his hand, he understood something.

Ever since discussing aircraft engines with Yang Xiaotao, Zhang Guanyu has devoted all his energy to it.

I guess he came here to look at the drawings this time.

"Mr. Yang, it's okay. I'll just take up a moment of your time."

Zhang Guanyu knew that Yang Xiaotao was a straightforward person who didn't like to procrastinate, so he walked straight up to him and spread out the blueprint in his hand, "Mr. Yang, this is a simple engine I designed based on the suggestions you made last time."

As the drawings were spread out, Yang Xiaotao picked up the jar and began to look at it.

It can be seen that Zhang Guanyu put a lot of thought into this, and some of the design ideas and treatment of key positions are good.

"I designed this based on our engine design ideas, and Worker Chen from the workshop also gave me a lot of inspiration."

"Chen Chonghan?"

"Correct!"

"This guy, I haven't seen him since I came back."

Zhang Guanyu was interrupted and was a little at a loss.

Yang Xiaotao quickly apologized and smiled, "Continue. Let's talk about the combustion chamber."

"Yes, the combustion chamber. I will reduce the size of the combustion chamber, and the corresponding data requirements will also be reduced."

The more Zhang Guanyu spoke, the more excited and confident he became.

Just as Yang Xiaotao was about to continue watching, Liu Huaimin's voice came from the door.

"Xiao Tao. Mr. Huang asked us to go there immediately."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, then looked at Zhang Guanyu, "Director Zhang, leave the drawings here for me first, I'll take a look at them later."

"Okay, okay."

"Mr. Yang, you just need to get busy first."

After saying that, Yang Xiaotao pushed the door open and walked out.

Zhang Guanyu thought for a moment, rolled up the drawing, put it aside, and closed the door with anticipation.

One machine department.

When Yang Xiaotao and Liu Huaimin came over, Mr. Xia had already asked Director Liu Ruichao to wait at the door.

After seeing the two, he immediately stepped forward and said, "You two are finally here. Mr. Huang got furious in the house after receiving the call. This is the first time I've seen such a thing in all these years."

"Mr. Xia was also cursing, and seemed to be saying that the higher-ups were going to investigate."

"You two should be mentally prepared."

Liu Ruichao said this as he walked towards the office building at a very fast speed.

Yang Xiaotao and Liu Huaimin looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes.

When they arrived outside the office, there was no sound coming from the room, but Liu Ruichao's reminder when he turned back still made the two of them feel heavy-hearted.

Sometimes, silence means explosion.

I knocked on the door, and the room was silent.

After a long time, the door opened. Old Xia nodded after seeing the two people, and then the two walked into the house.

Seeing the mess of paper boxes on the ground, neither of them dared to say anything.

When Mr. Huang saw the two of them, he stared at Yang Xiaotao and then asked, "Did you bring cigarettes?"

Yang Xiaotao quickly took out a box of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and lit it for Mr. Huang first, then gave it to Mr. Xia, and then put the cigarette on the table.

"Tell me, what's going on!"

Mr. Huang smoked half of his cigarette, dropped the ash on the table, and then spoke.

Just as Yang Xiaotao was about to speak, Liu Huaimin pulled him up and said, "Commander, our machinery factory is responsible for the poor supervision of this matter. We are willing to accept the punishment."

"Bullshit."

"If you want to punish me, then I'm the one who's needed. I asked you to come here to explain the situation, not to take responsibility."

Old Xia cursed at the side, and Liu Huaimin quickly shut up.

"Sit down and speak slowly."

Mr. Huang spoke again.

Liu Huaimin then sat down, and Yang Xiaotao coughed lightly and told him what had happened.

"Commander, this matter has to start from when we first developed the TiG01 alloy."

"When we first developed titanium alloy, we found that when we were manufacturing aircraft engine blades, the weight of the titanium alloy exceeded the design requirements after its hardness and strength met the requirements. So we asked the research institute to improve the alloy again, and that's how we got the TiG01 alloy."

"After this alloy was manufactured, we gave a little to each machine department in accordance with the charter agreed upon when the institute was first established."

"At the same time, corresponding adjustments were made based on the needs of each machine department."

"Because we use more, most of it, about nine-tenths, is kept for our own use."

Having said that, Yang Xiaotao looked up at Mr. Huang and Mr. Xia.

“We did.”

Old Xia and Old Huang spoke in a low voice.

"Well, continue."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao continued.

"Later, Mr. Wang learned about the TiG01 alloy and came to me to make a request."

"At that time, there happened to be problems with the metallurgy, and the situation was quite complicated. Then, after bargaining with Mr. Wang, we gave him half of the remaining 90%."

"Finally, he asked the First and Third Ministries of Machine Building and the Logistics Department whether it was useful, but we didn't know."

"But since no one responded for so long, we thought it was useless."

"So, that one-tenth was also taken by Mr. Wang."

"That's just the way it is."

After Yang Xiaotao finished his brief speech, Mr. Huang picked up another cigarette and lit it, and the room was filled with smoke.

After a long while, Mr. Huang looked at Yang Xiaotao and said, "A question."

"When you first developed the TiG01 alloy, did you know what it was used for?"

Yang Xiaotao frowned, "Commander, we developed this for use in airplanes. Of course we know it."

"Ah."

Huang Lao responded, "Then why don't you take the initiative to remind them that you have materials that are more suitable for aircraft engines?"

After asking this question, Mr. Xia's face changed.

This is a fatal question. Liu Huaimin also realized the seriousness of the words and wanted to speak.

Yang Xiaotao smiled bitterly, "Commander, can I ask you a question first?"

"You said."

"Commander, do you think the engine we are researching is powerful, or is theirs more advanced?"

Mr. Huang paused in his smoking action.

"To put it another way, do you think our engines can compare to theirs?"

Mr. Huang put down the cigarette.

"Commander, you see, you think so yourself, right?"

"You and other comrades all think that the engine we make in our machinery factory is just a child's toy, right?"

"This child's toy has a broken blade, so we found a new one and thought it was pretty good. Then we brought this one to you and said it's more suitable than the one you used. What do you think?"

"Do you think our kid is joking? Maybe he will get beaten."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Mr. Huang was speechless.

Because at the beginning, when they heard that the machinery factory was making aircraft engines, they really thought it was a trivial matter.

Just as Yang Xiaotao said, who would care about a child’s toys?

Compared with the engine that the Third Ministry of Machine Building and the Logistics Department put a lot of resources into, what Yang Xiaotao and his machinery factory made was just a small toy.

After hearing what Yang Xiaotao said, Mr. Xia nodded in agreement.

"Old Huang, I think what Xiao Tao said makes sense."

"I know it makes sense, but are those two guys reasonable people?"

Mr. Xia was speechless.

Mr. Zhang from the Third Ministry of Machine Building is better. After all, he has been friends with Mr. Huang for many years and is a reasonable person.

But when Mr. Qin from the logistics department and Mr. Wang from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building started fighting, no one could stop them.

"Commander, you see, this matter is really not our fault."

"We just want to get some materials and do something. We don't think too much about it."

"Who knew they would use it again later when they originally didn't use it? This is so difficult to please."

Liu Huaimin was also complaining at this time. Old Xia raised his eyebrows when he heard it. He felt that these words were from Yang Xiaotao.

"Okay, you're here to solve the problem. Now that we've talked about it, let's discuss what to do."

Mr. Huang took out a cigarette and threw it to Yang Xiaotao, then gave another one to Liu Huaimin.

They lit it up and finally didn't have to breathe in secondhand smoke.

"If you have any ideas, tell me now."

"Don't think about getting away with it at this time."

Yang Xiaotao and Liu Huaimin exchanged a glance, then said, "Commander, we have an immature solution."

"explain."

"okay."

"Initially, the site for this research center was provided by our First Ministry of Machine Building, and most of the personnel were provided by the Machinery Factory. Later, the Third Ministry of Machine Building and the Logistics Department provided the materials, and the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building provided the personnel."

"But to be honest, the people who finally did the work were still from the First Ministry of Machine Building."

"So I thought, if they feel it's unfair, since the formula has been handed over, and they have the materials, they can just find a steel plant to produce it. I think we can just do it."

"Just work alone, each doing his own thing."

Mr. Xia spoke from the side.

"By the way, I've wanted to do this for a long time."

Mr. Huang glanced at Mr. Xia and said, "What do you know?"

“A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Revolution is not about forming cliques, but it is also about making our comrades more numerous and our opponents fewer.”

"This matter cannot be done this way."

After hearing this, Liu Huaimin and Yang Xiaotao remained silent.

Since Mr. Huang said no, there was nothing they could do.

Although they were not from the Ministry of First Machine Building, they did not dare to refute what Mr. Huang said.

Ring ring ring

The phone on the table suddenly rang. Mr. Huang put out his cigarette and answered the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Zhang Ban? You're back."

"Okay, fine, let's go together tomorrow."

"Okay, that's it."

After a few words on the phone, Mr. Huang hung up.

"It's Lao Zhang who called. They just returned to their residence."

Then he looked at Yang Xiaotao and the other man, "There's a meeting at Mr. Chen's place tomorrow, so don't be late."

"Go to Mr. Chen?"

"Nonsense, you guys are under his jurisdiction, why are you here if you don't want to go there?"

Mr. Huang said this unhappily, but he still felt very happy in his heart.

It's just like when your own daughter gets bullied outside and goes back to her parents' home for warmth.

These two guys just treat them as their own family.

"Alright, I won't keep you two for dinner, so get out of here."

Yang Xiaotao quickly got up and left the office with Liu Huaimin.

"Old Liu, I think this matter is settled."

As soon as he walked out of the office, Yang Xiaotao started talking with a smile.

Liu Huaimin still had a cigarette in his hand. He smoked purely to satisfy his craving for cigarettes. The smoke couldn't even pass through his throat, and he could smoke one cigarette for half a day.

"What do you say?"

Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and said, "Did you see that? Mr. Zhang from the Third Ministry of Machine Building called first, and then said he would go to Mr. Chen's place. What does this mean? It means they have already discussed it."

"The First Ministry of Machine Building, the Third Ministry of Machine Building, plus our immediate superior, Mr. Chen, that accounts for half."

"Mr. Qin will definitely fight with Mr. Wang, but they are outnumbered and have nothing to do with us in the end."

Liu Huaimin took a look and finally asked, "So you are relieved?"

"Well, not really."

Yang Xiaotao restrained his expression and said in a serious tone, "Tomorrow, we still have to pass a level."

"Then you are proud of it."

"No, absolutely not!"