Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 58 Drilling
Everyone looked at Yang Zhenyu eagerly, and nodded frantically after listening, their eyes filled with desire for knowledge.

No one knows the students' thirst for knowledge in this era, and no one can understand how hard it is to have no textbooks and only copy the teacher's blackboard.

But students' pursuit of knowledge has not diminished.

"Come on, I'll treat you today, let's go to the cafeteria and have a meal." Yang Zhenyu said with a wave of his hand.

"Chief, it's already this late. Is there still food in the cafeteria?" Qi Fangfang said in confusion.

"That's right, Chief. I'm afraid there's only swill left in the cafeteria."

"That's it!"

"Hey, you don't understand this. Our third department has been given special permission by the factory director for the past two days. We can eat as much as we want. Even if there is no more, they have to find a way to save some for us." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Ha ha……"

This can also be considered a kind of welfare. The factory will have arrangements for overtime and lack of time for meals. Especially for these researchers, they are treasures in the whole country, so they are naturally treated with delicious food and drinks.

The dishes were served quickly. There were three dishes in total, all served in bowls. You could put whatever you wanted into your lunch box. There was also a bowl of large steamed buns.

"Director Yang has said that this is a subsidy from the factory today. You should eat it quickly." He Yuzhu said with a smile and waved his hand.

"Smart, our project has reached a critical moment and we don't have time to care about those things. Now that it's done, everyone is hungry. Brother Zhuzi, hurry up." Yang Zhenyu said with a thumbs up.

"That's right, you female comrades have to hold on tight. Master He's skills are pretty good. If I were a woman, I would definitely hold on tight too."

"It's hard to say. Master He is single. If anyone wants to eat like this for the rest of his life, he can do so now." said a male comrade.

"Just wait and see." He Yuzhu smiled and went into the food entrance. After a while, he and a woman came out, each carrying a not-so-big vegetable bowl.

The factory does a very good job in winning over people. As long as you want something, the factory will find a way for you.

"This dish has been kept warm in the pot. Director Yang has specifically instructed us to ensure the nutrition of our comrades in Section 3. Today, I specially stewed a chicken. It's a little less, but the taste is still the same." He Yuzhu said.

"Brother Zhuzi, how many votes?" Yang Zhenyu asked.

Just like the other two technical departments in the factory, although there are engineers and technicians, what can they do?
Apart from helping to repair machines, he doesn't seem to have any other skills.

People have overlooked the fact that many times when their superiors assign tasks, they have to draw up very detailed drawings, but they simply don't have the ability to innovate independently.

The premise is that you can demonstrate your value.

"Brother Zhuzi, how did you guess that?" Yang Zhenyu was a little curious. When did He Yuzhu's brain become so good?

"Master He, your cooking skills are so great that every time you eat it, people will want to eat it again. I'm afraid it will be hard to eat it in the future." A female comrade said jokingly.

"I guess you have to come over for dinner today." It was He Yuzhu who greeted Yang Zhenyu and the others.

The factory also takes great care of Yang Zhenyu and his colleagues in the third department.

"Okay then. We won't be polite. We are indeed a little tired today." Yang Zhenyu nodded and then asked people to get their meals.

"Hey, at noon, our cafeteria delivered food to you, but you didn't even enter the door. I guessed that you must have arrived at a critical place and had no time to open the door or eat, so I specially left food for you." He Yuzhu said.

"Forget it, you look like Zhang Fei. If you marry him, won't that make things difficult for Master He?"

"Ha ha……"

He Yuzhu didn't take these people's jokes seriously. He was very confident in his cooking skills and he was really not interested in these eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls. Besides, they were just joking. How could these students look down on him as a cook?

The next day, Yang Zhenyu brought the three departments and a group of factory leaders to an open space in the factory. This area was on the edge of the factory area and was unlikely to attract onlookers.

"Comrade Zhenyu, please introduce this machine to everyone. It looks quite new and it will allow everyone to broaden their horizons." Director Yang said, pointing at the drilling rig.

"Okay." Yang Zhenyu nodded.

Although there are drilling rigs in China, there are not many of them. Most of them are used in industry, such as oil drilling rigs, and civilian use is even rarer.

In this era, wells were mainly dug by hand, and in many places water was available just a dozen meters away.

"The drilling rig we developed is a mechanically powered rotary drilling rig. We originally wanted to design an impact type, but later we thought that the technical difficulty of that type was too low and it would be easy for people to copy it. The rotary type is different. From the drill bit to the power device, to the vertical pipe and so on, the whole set is not easy for people who are not familiar with it to copy it..."

After hearing what Yang Zhenyu said, all the leaders present smiled knowingly; they knew what Yang Zhenyu meant.

This thing cannot be expressed in words, it can only be understood.

This did not prevent several leaders from giving Yang Zhenyu a higher score. After all, they had put a lot of thought into the interests of the factory.

Following Yang Zhenyu's introduction, the factory leaders were full of curiosity about the big guy in front of them. They wanted to see it working with their own eyes.

"Comrade Zhenyu, I think it's better if we make it work first, and then we can introduce it in detail. Director, is this okay?" Deputy Director Li said.

"Yes, yes, let's get started and see the results. It takes time to drill a well anyway. Let's talk slowly." Director Yang nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then let's get the machine running first." Yang Zhenyu nodded and said.

"Zhiming, let's start." Yang Zhenyu said to Chen Zhiming who was waiting obediently beside the machine.

"Eh!"

Chen Zhiming responded and then pushed the switch to supply electricity.

The machine is already ready and waiting to start.

The area around the drill bit has already been cordoned off and filled with water, and all that's left is for the machine to start.

"Buzz!"

The drill bit rotates at high speed, and then the vertical pipe slowly descends along with the drill bit. A large amount of mud and sand mixed with water is pumped out and then flows back to the wellhead.

"Comrade Zhenyu, this mud and sand won't affect the operation of the machine, right?"

"No, our drill bit is specially made. It will break up all the soil and gravel encountered below, and then pump them up. The large pieces will not flow with the flow, so there is no need to worry about them returning to the wellhead again." Yang Zhenyu shook his head and said.

As the machine runs, people from Department 3 need to continuously pour water into it.

This work cannot be stopped unless the water layer is reached, otherwise the dry soil will be difficult to deal with.

This is a relatively early drilling rig designed by Yang Zhenyu.

In the 21st century, it has already been improved.

In this period, it was considered a kind of black technology, and most people had never seen this thing.

(End of this chapter)