The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 39 Family
"Been robbed!"

Just as Liu Tao was touring the house and comparing it with the memories in his mind, a voice shouted.

The scream woke Liu Tao from his thoughts. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl in plain clothes with a terrified look on her face.

When Liu Tao saw this girl, a name popped up in his mind - Liu Ziyu!

That is his sister!
In this era, family planning had not yet been implemented.

Following the great man's call for "strength in numbers", everyone should have more children.

Liu Tao's parents have four children, which is not considered many, just average. It is common for others to have five or six children.

"Sister!" Liu Tao called out naturally.

When Liu Ziyu heard the familiar voice, he stopped running and looked at the familiar face in the room.

"Brother~~" Liu Ziyu shouted in surprise.

Liu Ziyu never expected that Liu Tao would actually come home.

"Brother, weren't you in Yun Province? Why are you back?" Liu Ziyu held Liu Tao's hand, appearing very intimate.

Because there were limited rooms when they were young, the two of them lived in one room with bunk beds, and the brother and sister had a very good relationship.

In the past, Liu Tao would tutor Liu Ziyu in his studies or take Liu Ziyu out to play.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I came back from vacation and took care of some things."

The two siblings chatted and time passed quickly. Liu Tao's parents came back from get off work.

When Liu Tao's father, Liu Zhenbang, saw Liu Tao coming back, he did not show any joy. Instead, he said angrily, "You are in Yun Province, on the front line, and you are a cadre. Don't you know that you have to stick to your post at this special moment? You are a deserter!"

Since last year, various resources have been continuously shipped to the front line from all over the country. However, the two military factories located on the front line in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Province are the busiest. After all, the weapons and equipment of the troops must be replenished and replaced as close to home as possible.

At this time, Liu Tao returned to Beijing, and in Liu Zhenbang's eyes he was considered a deserter.

"What's wrong? The child finally comes back and you're so angry! Are you angry?" Liu Tao's mother Chen Fang glared at Liu Zhenbang and said unhappily.

Chen Fang held Liu Tao's hand and said, "Son, I'll go buy some meat and vegetables and make you something delicious."

"Dad, I have arranged my work, consulted with my superiors, and obtained their approval." Liu Tao said confidently, "Although this is a vacation, I have official business to attend to when I return to Beijing."

Liu Zhenbang was speechless.

Last year, the two had an argument about where Liu Tao would go after graduation.

In the end, Liu Tao did not do as Liu Zhenbang wished, but chose to participate in the Third Front Construction and was assigned to Panshan Machinery Factory in Yunnan Province.

The result was beyond Liu Zhenbang's expectation. In just less than a year, Liu Tao had accomplished something amazing and developed a series of firearms with excellent performance.

Liu Tao's deeds have now spread throughout the entire Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

Even after Wang Baoguo was transferred to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, he became Liu Zhenbang's direct superior and vigorously promoted Panshan Machinery Factory and Liu Tao's deeds in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

In just a few months, the honors Liu Tao had obtained far surpassed his.

Even now in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, many people call Liu Tao a "genius firearms designer."

This really made Liu Zhenbang very proud.

"Mom, wait a minute, I have something for you." Liu Tao said, opening his backpack and taking out various tickets and passbooks from it.

He only kept the tickets he needed during this period, and the rest were prepared for his family. He worked at Panshan Machinery Factory, where food, drink and accommodation were all provided by the government, so he didn't need to spend his own money.

"So many tickets?" Chen Fang looked incredulous. There were all kinds of tickets, all valid nationwide, even precious industrial tickets such as bicycle tickets, TV and plane tickets.

When Chen Fang opened the passbook, she was even more shocked, "Son, you didn't do anything bad, did you?"

It is over ten thousand yuan, which is definitely a huge sum of money in this era.

Chen Fang's monthly salary is only 99 yuan, and Liu Zhenbang's monthly salary is 110.5 yuan. The combined monthly salary of the two is only 209.5 yuan, and the annual salary income is 2514 yuan.

The savings book Liu Tao gave her contained an amount equivalent to five years' salary for both of them.

It’s not that the two of them don’t have savings, but their savings are far less than Liu Tao’s.

Not to mention that Liu Tao still has so many votes.

"Mom, this is the bonus I received in the past few months. It was given to me by the factory and my superiors." Liu Tao said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Comrade Wang Baoguo. He has been transferred to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building."

Liu Tao has a clean track record these years and is full of confidence.

"You have no respect for your elders. Now you have to call me Minister Wang." Chen Fang rolled her eyes at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao smiled. He knew that Wang Baoguo was not the chief but the deputy, but a deputy with real power.

His grandfather was at the peak of his life, that's all.

As for his father, he probably won't reach this point in his lifetime.

Chen Fang took Liu Ziyu out, and when they came back, there were fish, meat and vegetables.

Normally, our family lives frugally and we may not eat meat very often in a month.

Although my two sisters got married in recent years and the living environment at home has improved a lot, I still have to live frugally because I have to support my two sisters' families.

His two elder sisters were both educated youth and got married in the local area a few years ago. But last year, when the educated youth returned to their hometown, according to the policy, they automatically lost their educated youth status and could not return to the city.

Liu Tao hasn't seen his two sisters for many years.

After a sumptuous lunch, Liu Tao went to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building in the afternoon. This time he came to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to visit Wang Baoguo and get some fresh air.

If he wants to accomplish what he wants to do, he cannot do without the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office, and even more so, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

If the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building refuses to agree, it will be useless even if he gets the order, and he still won't be able to complete the order.

After all, this area is under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

As far as Liu Tao knows, Wang Baoguo has the highest rank.

"Son, remember to be low-key and modest at work. Watch more, listen more, and talk less." Chen Fang reminded him, "Be polite when you see Minister Wang."

"I got it, Mom!" Liu Tao agreed.

Liu Zhenbang said, "Don't think you can be complacent just because you have developed a few firearms. A great man once said that humility makes people progress, while pride makes people fall behind. You have only achieved a little success now, and there are many people who have achieved greater success than you."

Having said that, Liu Zhenbang actually admires what Liu Tao has done, because the development of firearms is very complicated, especially for China's current weak scientific research capabilities. If you want to develop a firearm, you will have to spend a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and it may not be successful.

Just like in this "Red Dragon's Roar" military operation, the Type 63 automatic rifles were disliked by the front-line combat troops. The soldiers would rather have the Type 56 semi-automatic rifles than the Type 63 automatic rifles.

Liu Tao not only successfully developed one firearm, but he developed four, all of which were officially approved as models and received high praise and recognition from the military. At the same time, he also made up for many shortcomings in China's firearms field.

(End of this chapter)