The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 38 Return to Beijing
Three days.

A series of tests and it's all done.

The test papers were filled with data.

In addition, there are review opinions from various experts.

As he saw off the expert delegation, Liu Tao had a smile on his face.

Although Liu Changyou took away several "Type 78" heavy machine guns, he also gained the support of this leader. It won't be long before the first batch of "Type 78" heavy machine gun orders will be given to Panshan Machinery Factory.

As long as this heavy machine gun enters the 40th Division, other troops will soon see the effect. Liu Tao doesn't believe that other divisions can resist such temptation.

The further you go, the more orders you will receive.

As for the complete design drawings of the 'Type 78' heavy machine gun, a copy has been given to Wang Tiezhu.

Next, the Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office will take the lead in applying for national approval. Only with national approval can the model be determined and can it be equipped to the troops on a large scale.

Only after passing the review can the 'Type 78' heavy machine gun receive a national award.

After completing this task, Liu Tao also prepared to return to Beijing.

Letter of introduction, various tickets and passbooks.

Now is the era of tickets, and there are various kinds of tickets, such as food tickets, cloth tickets, stamps and so on.

You needed food coupons to eat, cigarette coupons to smoke, and liquor coupons to drink. Even buying a box of matches for one cent required a match coupon.

When going on a business trip to another place, if you do not exchange the local food coupons for the national food coupons, you will not be able to buy food even if you have money.

In addition to various types of life tickets, there are also various industrial tickets, such as bicycle tickets, motorcycle tickets, TV ticket tickets and so on.

Of course, it’s not that the RMB is useless, but sometimes money is not as convenient as tickets.

For example, bicycles, motorcycles, and televisions can usually only be purchased with corresponding industrial tickets, and you may not be able to buy them even if you have money.

Carrying the backpack, he got into the Type 212 jeep. The driver started the jeep and left Panshan Machinery Factory.

As for the corresponding weapons and equipment, Liu Tao has entrusted the military to transport them to the capital.

He had no way of bringing weapons and equipment with him because no one would transport them for him, even by train.

When he arrived in the capital, he couldn't get it privately, he had to go to a designated place.

The fastest way to get from Kunming City, Yunnan Province to Beijing is naturally to take a plane. However, in this era, not everyone can take a plane. Only cadres can take a plane, and they have to be cadres of a certain level. With Liu Tao's current level, he is not qualified to take a plane.

So the best choice at this time is to take the train. The train from Kunming to Beijing is a steam train, which takes two days and three nights to arrive.

After much hassle, Liu Tao finally got on the green train to the capital. At that time, the train was a steam train, which was not beautiful and certainly not comfortable.

For two days and three nights, in the past, Liu Tao could only buy a seat ticket, because at that time, the national railway transportation capacity was insufficient and sleeper berths were a high-end thing. If one wanted to buy a sleeper berth license plate, he needed a letter of introduction from his unit. Without a letter of introduction, he could only buy a seat ticket.

Now, Liu Tao would naturally not let himself be wronged.

"Swing~~swing~~"

The green train started moving and Liu Tao lay on the berth with his backpack under his head.

It was quite fresh at first, but gradually it became boring.

I fell into a deep sleep.

After two days and three nights, the train finally arrived at Beijing Station. After getting off the train station, Liu Tao followed the crowd out of the station with his backpack.

Looking at the Beijing Railway Station of this era, Liu Tao felt as if he was in another world.

The three big characters "Beijing Station" have a great origin, as they were written by a great man himself.

The original planner and designer was the famous designer "Yang Yanbao". In the modern architectural world, there is a saying "Yang in the South and Liang in the North". "Liang" refers to Liang Sicheng, and "Yang" refers to Yang Yanbao.

The train station was crowded at this time. As a train station in the capital, the flow of people was quite large.

According to his memory, Liu Tao arrived at the bus stop in front of the train station.

In this era, buses are the only public transportation for people.

There are only a few motor vehicles on the road, which are official vehicles of some units or embassies of various countries.

As for private cars, there are none in this era, because individuals cannot buy sedans or cars. Only units can buy them.

Liu Tao sat by the window, looking at the roads and buildings outside, as memories emerged in his mind.

Liu Tao was able to attend university during the ten-year period when the college entrance examination was cancelled, so he was definitely a person of good family background.

His parents both worked in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. Even his grandfather did the same.

At that time, there were eight ministries of machinery, namely the "Ministry of Civil Machinery Industry" of the First Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Nuclear Industry and Nuclear Weapons Industry" of the Second Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Aviation Industry" of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Electronics Industry" of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Ordnance Industry" of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry" of the Sixth Ministry of Machine Building, the "Ministry of Aerospace Industry" of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and the "Ministry of Tactical Missile Industry" of the Eighth Ministry of Machine Building!
The name clearly shows the direction each department is responsible for.

The bus drove into the west of Fuxingmen, which used to be a suburban area outside the city and was the main gathering area for various government agencies, military academies and their family dormitories.

Liu Tao is very familiar with the area around Nanlishi Road, Yuetan, Sanlihe and Exhibition Road, because the dormitory area of ​​the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building is located here.

It should be said that the dormitory areas of various ministries and agencies are mainly distributed here.

"We've arrived at our stop, we've arrived at our stop, get off the bus quickly! Don't waste time!"

The conductor yelled ferociously, holding the money in one hand and the ticket box in the other, her eyes fixed on the door, as if she would kick any passenger who was slow to move.

The passengers were not surprised and subconsciously quickened their pace, pouring out of the door that was never fully opened.

Liu Tao got out of the car carrying his backpack.

Sanlihe is also collectively referred to as the State Planning Commission compound.

The overall layout here is inspired by the "enclosed layout" of Soviet neighborhood-style housing. The entire compound is divided into several natural small courtyards, which are scattered around the compound in a unique way. The entire compound consists of 211 three-story residential buildings and 29 four-story residential buildings.

In this era, there is actually no difference between everyone. We are all poor, and the situation is not that good, and the situation is not that bad.

As for accommodation, the difference is not too bad.

Following his memory, Liu Tao came to a dormitory, which was his home in Beijing.

Take out the key and open the door.

This is a three-bedroom apartment, which also comes with a set of one large and two small sofas.

It looks quite big, but actually there are six people in his family, and they used to live in this dormitory.

Liu Tao is the third child in the family. He has two older sisters who are both married, and a younger sister who is still in junior high school.

It was also because his two elder sisters got married and Liu Tao officially started working again, otherwise life would have been very tight before.

(End of this chapter)