Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 86 Horse Face
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Starting today, I'm going to the workshop. If anyone wants to see me, please go to the workshop and find me." Yang Zhenyu changed the subject.

"Okay." Yu Caiying nodded.

Although she didn't know why Yang Zhenyu went to the workshop, as a secretary, she knew that there were many things that she shouldn't ask.

The Engineering Department is the most stringent department in the entire factory. The subsidies are much better than before in the factory. Yu Caiying doesn't want to lose her job for saying something she shouldn't have said.

Yang Zhenyu packed his things and went to the workshop.

Starting today, Yang Zhenyu will try to manufacture small transistor devices.

Mainly single crystal furnaces and forming machines and the like, things like molecular beams are not used for the time being, because the requirements for transistors at that time are not that high.

Even so, this is still a large project and a large number of parts need to be manufactured.

Moreover, there are many parts that Yang Zhenyu cannot make with his current level. Although he knows some skills like locksmithing, his level is not high, and many parts require extremely high skills.

Therefore, many parts can only be completed by high-level workers in the factory. Fortunately, the required parts are not too many, otherwise it would be difficult.

"Hmm? Comrade Zhenyu's words are very well said. Just like when I was a child, I hoped that our country could be independent and not be oppressed by foreigners. Now haven't we realized it? As long as our people across the country work together, I think catching up with the United States and the Soviet Union will not be too far away." You Yi said after a moment of hesitation.

Yang Zhenyu also smiled but didn't say anything.

"Comrade Zhenyu, you're so fast. It's only been two months and you've already finished the product. Moreover, the pass rate is also very good." You Yi is very satisfied with the finished product. As long as there are enough raw materials, transistors can be produced unlimitedly without worrying about subsequent consumption problems.

After all, the transistor was only produced in the laboratory in 47. Even the most advanced country in the United States is only producing it on a small scale, and mass production has not yet been achieved.

As a result, the sample qualification rate was too low and the usage time was relatively short, so further improvement is needed.

As August was approaching, Yang Zhenyu finally completed the manufacturing of the corresponding equipment, and the qualified rate of finished products reached more than 80%.

"Haha, your idea is very bold, but it may take hundreds of years." You Yi laughed.

"For the time being, I can only make the size of this transistor this small. Going any further will require too much time and energy, and it's not something I can accomplish alone, so you'll just have to make do with what you have." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

No one will believe it when I say this now. After all, who can believe that in a few decades, a substrate the size of a fingernail can be used to layout hundreds of layers of circuits?
"Well, we should always have this dream, what if it comes true someday?" Yang Zhenyu said jokingly.

This pass rate would be very low in later generations, but in this era, this result is enough to be the pride of this era.

"This size is already very small. I've seen articles about transistors in the United States in magazines. Their most advanced ones are only the size of a palm, while yours is only the size of a finger. It's already leading the world." You Yi said.

Ten days later, Yang Zhenyu gave birth for the first time.

"I think we can continue to research this field, and even the lithography machines we have developed before can continue to be researched. Maybe in the future we can embed hundreds or even thousands of transistors on a substrate the size of a finger."

"That's right. As long as all of us work together, sooner or later, we will be able to catch up with the United States and the Soviet Union." Yang Zhenyu nodded seriously.

In this era, the United States and the Soviet Union were the two superpowers, and countries all over the world set their goals as their targets, but how many countries could actually catch up?
"Okay, I won't stay any longer. I'll go to the workshop and arrange for the things to be shipped away. I'm afraid they're waiting anxiously over there." You Yi said.

Seeing You Yi leaving with the convoy, Yang Zhenyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. In this era, it is really too hard to do scientific research. Without advanced information, one can only look at the pictures and imagine how to make them. Then the great scientists researched those high-tech things little by little.

Living in this era, Yang Zhenyu admires these scientists even more. This spirit is worth learning.

"Now that we are here, we have to make some changes to surprise those countries that are watching us make fun of us." Yang Zhenyu muttered.

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"Oh, the courtyard is bustling today. What's going on?"

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Zhenyu saw a group of women chattering in the front yard.

Yang Zhenyu simply asked Yan Bugui about the situation.

Yan Bugui is also interesting. He works as an elementary school teacher and gets off work earlier than others. Every time he comes home, you can see him tidying up the pots of flowers and plants in the front yard.

"What else could it be? It's the two brothers-in-law of Xu Damao. They flirted with the young widow today and were caught by the old Yi family. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened." Yan Bugui said.

"Wow, you've stopped being a human being so quickly?" Yang Zhenyu said with his eyes wide open.

"Who said it wasn't? It's only been a few days since we got here and already we're starting to make trouble." Yan Bugui nodded.

"Where is the person now? Don't let him run away." Yang Zhenyu said.

"That's not possible. He was caught by Guangfu and a few young men. He has been tied up and thrown into the cellar." Yan Bugui said.

"By the way, we will hold a meeting of the whole courtyard tonight. Qin Huairu has come to me for help, so it would be wrong if I don't make some arrangements. Besides, if we don't deal with this kind of trouble, we won't be able to stay in our courtyard anymore." Yan Bugui said.

"Okay, I got it." Yang Zhenyu waved and went home.

"I thought these two guys didn't look like good people, and now they finally got into trouble." Zhou Qianqian said with a pout.

"Now you know why Xu Damao is so anxious to get married? With his wife's looks, how could she be attracted to him? I think these two people were arranging it from the beginning, with the purpose of moving to the city. I'm curious why Xu Damao's parents didn't stop them. I don't know what shameful things happened in between." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Well, now that you mention it, it is really possible. Xu Damao is really something he can handle." Zhou Qianqian nodded.

"Today, there's something exciting to watch," said Yang Zhenyu.

There was indeed something exciting to watch today.

Qin Huairu, one of the parties involved, sat there wiping away tears.

On the other side, Xu Damao had a dark face. His face was originally long, and now it looked even more like a horse's face.

(End of this chapter)