Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 915 Ministry of Science and Technology

"...the veterans have a full understanding of the importance of the optical industry. As early as during the First Five-Year Plan, under the care of the Executive Committee, led by the Ministry of Science and Technology, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Ministry of Light Industry, the time traveler from scratch

established its own optics industry..."

——Excerpt from "Contemporary Industrial History Optical Industry Volume"

Of course, readers of this high-sounding cliché will skip it directly.The first generation of time-traveling people all understand the difference between history and official history, and the descendants of time-traveling people either know the real story from their parents or don't know about it at all.Only those historical researchers who have been granted the highest authority to enter the Vientiane Great Library to consult the most original records know the true face of history.

In fact, the beginnings of Imperial Optics were nothing more than a few pairs of reading glasses.

In the Bairen Industrial Zone, black smoke and white gas are rising day and night, and the sound of panting and vibrating machines is endless all year round.There is no night here, and the fires of the boilers, the electric lights, and the gas lights drive out the night.The gas engine-driven rail car pulls the flatbed car and gallops on the track, and the brakes squeak from time to time.

In a relatively quiet corner of the industrial area, there is a machining workshop directly under the Ministry of Science and Technology.The so-called Science and Technology Department is a "cutting-edge department" under the Manufacturing Director Department.

The so-called cutting-edge means on paper that the department is responsible for industrial products that are currently difficult to mass-produce.Travelers are either limited by the supply of raw materials, or by the performance of self-produced materials, or by the processing capacity, so they can only use it as "pre-research".To be precise, it is to explore the production technology and craftsmanship under the limited industrial level of Lingao.

Included in the list of "pre-research" by the Ministry of Science and Technology are various instruments, precision tools and instruments, optical instruments, communication equipment, electric power and lighting equipment, timers, etc.

Zhong Lishi is in charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology—the official title is the People’s Committee of Science and Technology. He is a doctor. Although he is not the only doctor in the Senate, he always likes to remind everyone that he is a doctor. Half jokingly call him Dr. Chung.

Dr. Zhong's main focus in the Ministry of Science and Technology is watches and batteries.Especially storage battery, he has profound research.Now the cable telegraph sending and receiving systems in Lingao, Hong Kong, Sanya and other places use the Daniel battery he developed, or the "Zhong's No. [-]" battery.

After the "Zhong's No. [-]" battery was successfully put into production, Dr. Zhong's main task became timers and radios.

These two items are among the most urgently needed precision instruments in Lingao's industrial, military and civilian systems.Accurate nautical clocks are needed for nautical positioning and navigation.There is also a great demand for precise timing in industrial production.As for radio, its importance is self-evident.At present, the expatriates of the Senate and the foreign stations can only rely on radios brought from another time and space to maintain contact with the "central".He devoted all his time and energy to it, and also occupied several veterans of science and technology in the Ministry of Science and Technology, so that the several clock towers he promised were used up, and the big clocks were gone, and the clock towers were empty. became a watchtower.

The Ministry of Science and Technology originally had a small population. After the personnel and resources were shifted to radios and timers, the optical project became a lack of interest.

The exclusive workshop area of ​​the Ministry of Science and Technology is close to the end of the Bairen Industrial Zone.Outside the high wall is a 50-meter-wide "warning zone" marked by bamboo fences and trenches.Indigenous people are not allowed to enter the warning area at will.In order to make full use of the space, the Council of Agriculture opened up this land as a field to grow castor, soybean, jute and other cash crops.Most of these economic crops are directly supplied to industrial enterprises.Castor oil, soybean oil, and jute are all important materials for industrial production.

"Master, drink water." In the workshop, a young man in blue overalls respectfully brought a wooden tray to another black and thin man in blue overalls who was measuring parts with a caliper.On the tray was a glass bottle of light salt water and a bottle of chilled kvass.The black and thin man called Master responded, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, picked up the salt water and poured it with his head up, pouring down half a cup in one gulp.He took a breath and drank the rest of the salt water.He picked up the kvass again, but didn't drink it, just holding it in his hand to let his palm feel the cold feeling.

This kind of enjoyment only started more than ten days ago.After several efforts by Dr. Zhong, the Planning Institute finally approved the installation of a small gas cold storage at the location of the Ministry of Science and Technology. There are many more sophisticated equipment and instruments in the Ministry of Science and Technology that need to be operated at a suitable temperature. It is necessary to use a large number of ice cubes for physical cooling. few.It takes time and effort to get ice from the food factory's large ice storage every day, and there is a lot of loss on the way.With this freezer, not only the production needs are met, but also such a little enjoyment.

"Junjie, don't be too busy, let's take a break together. Your body is important in this hot day." Looking at the young man's work clothes that were already blackened by sweat, the black and thin man said.

On one side, the young man has already removed the tray, and is fanning the master with his fan:

"I'm not tired, master, please rest."

"Everyone rest for a while." The master picked up the workpiece that had just been made, squinted his eyes and carefully inspected the sunlight projected from the skylight.

"The workmanship is good, and your fitter workmanship will be able to be your own in a few years."

"It's all the chiefs who taught us well." The apprentice said respectfully, "My father's skills are much better than mine. If it wasn't for his poor eyesight, he must be better than me."

"It's a pity." The master was silent for a while.He knew his apprentice's father, who was only in his 40s, and his eyes were already aging due to long-term malnutrition and heavy work in the past.

"Thanks to having the chief, otherwise my whole family would have starved to death." The apprentice spoke more and more respectfully.

The master waved his hand. "Let's not talk about that."

He knew that his apprentice's family was a fugitive Shandong craftsman. The six members of his family fled all the way to Guangdong and became refugees. Only his father and two boys remained.If it hadn't been for the shelter at the Guangzhou station, the three people who were already struggling on the verge of death would never have survived to this day.The older boy joined the factory as his apprentice, the younger one went to school, and the older one had good skills but poor eyesight, so he could only do what he could in the factory of the Ministry of Light Industry.

After work was over that day, the master walked in front with his hands behind his back, and the young follower was behind with a bag, a cleaned lunch box, and a kettle.

"Old Lin! Old Lin!" Someone shouted from behind. "Lin Hanlong!"

Lin Hanlong turned his head, and it was Wu Zijin, a colleague from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Wu Zijin is a "slut party". Like Mei Lin, Ji Xin, Cui Yunhong and others, he is one of the very few adult male veterans who have not bought maids——in Lingao, most adult veterans, including female elders, Both bought maids.So their difference is particularly striking.Although there are various reasons why they don't buy maids - some have no "sexual interest" in women, some have temporarily lost interest, some have different aesthetic tastes, and some "would rather solve it by themselves than make do with it", etc. I will buy it later when better maids come out.

Xiao Bailang once got drunk in the farm cafe, so he formed a separate party for them called "Luo Party".So the name spread.

Wu Zijin was a 985 electrical engineering graduate with a master's degree in the old time and space.It is a professional aspect of power cables.He has practiced in cable factories, transformer factories and substations, and is familiar with the cable production process, but his practical experience is limited, and he has no half a bucket of water.Just messing around in the Ministry of Science and Technology, engaged in "electrical equipment development".He was also the main force of the Senate Office football team, as a left back.

Lin Hanlong saw that he was carrying a string bag of dirty clothes, and there was a strong smell of sweat.I remembered that today he went to coach the football team of the Ministry of Science and Technology—under Chen Sigen's strong advocacy, football, rugby and baseball began to be promoted from schools to various industrial, agricultural and administrative departments.

"Have you seen the BBS? People in the Navy are arguing to install a fire control system on the ship." He said enthusiastically, "And a mechanical fire control computer! It's really exciting."

"Fire control? The binoculars haven't been taken out yet. It's really an army, land, navy and ocean. We can't catch up with the momentum of thousands of miles a day."

"Speaking of which, you study optics, right? It's your job to do these things."

Lin Hanlong smiled wryly. "I haven't done anything in Dongguan? Mobile phones, computers, digital cameras...everything has been made of counterfeit products. If you say that ordinary optical instruments are not rare, the problem is that we don't even have optical glass. What can we do? It depends on that A few bureaucrats who are already very decent, it would be good to remember this after finishing the First Five-Year Plan.”

This is not bragging. Since Lin Hanlong graduated from a second-rate university, he has been working in small electronics factories in the Pearl River Delta region for a long time. He has worked as an "engineer", "senior engineer", and "technical manager". The knockoff electronics factory makes knockoff mobile phones, knockoff computers, knockoff this, and like that.From laptops to digital cameras, there's almost no consumer electronics he hasn't worked on.He has more or less contact with products such as optical instruments and electronic equipment.

"Couldn't there be no optical glass? I remember that elders can wear glasses..."

When traveling back then, considering that there were a lot of myopia among the veterans, although some people had undergone myopia correction surgery before the D day, many people had doubts about the correction surgery and were unwilling to bother.For this reason, when making a list of materials and equipment to carry, I also deliberately brought a full set of optometry, mirror grinding equipment and a large number of resin and glass optical lenses.Guaranteed to provide a variety of glasses for the patriarchs for decades to come.Elders with vision problems often brought their own spare glasses for a lifetime.

"How much can there be? These optical equipment and materials are prepared for 10 people. Now it is equivalent to serving tens of thousands of people. How is it enough?"

Lin Hanlong shook his head and bid farewell to Wu Zijin.After returning to the dormitory, he did not eat, take a shower, play cards, watch movies uncharacteristically, but ate in a hurry, took out the professional manual that had been dusty for many days, and began to look through it.His maid did not dare to disturb him, but only filled him with tea and water from time to time.

During the lunch break the next day, Lin Hanlong found a piece of glass—it's not uncommon to find flat glass made in Lingao.There is in the workshop warehouse.Lin Hanlong carefully selected, searched almost all the glass plates in the Ministry of Science and Technology's inventory, and selected the most clear and colorless glass plates.

With a swipe of the iron ruler, turn it over and lay it flat on the wooden board, align the cut with the edge of the wooden board, tap lightly on a long strip of glass and it will come down.After a few strokes in the same way, the strip became eight pieces of glass one inch square.

In the afternoon, Lin Hanlong found some time to take his apprentices to the general material preparation warehouse at the industrial entrance.All kinds of modern materials are strictly guarded by the Planning Institute. Without the signature of some leaders, no one can take out a screw or a wrench.But the people who travel through time and space are much more casual about the things that can be produced in this time and space.

As long as the general materials in the warehouse are below a certain limit, the veterans of the industrial port can directly fill in the requisition form and sign for it. Lin Hanlong, as an engineer of the Ministry of Science and Technology, often goes to the material preparation warehouse.He nodded to the warehouse steward, and a middle-aged naturalized warehouse steward ran over immediately.

There is no easy job in Lingao. In addition to managing the warehouse, the warehouse manager also has to be a porter.When you are free, do some manual work that does not require equipment.These are all included in the work quota.The HRs of the former sweatshops in the Planning Institute often spot-check the labor efficiency and labor volume of various types of work to ensure that no one is idle.

Without waiting for orders, Lin Hanlong's apprentice pushed a "Zidian Kai" to the side, and followed Lin Hanlong and Ku Guan into the warehouse.

The material preparation warehouse at Gongyekou used to be just a shed, but it was recently rebuilt into a standard warehouse with a red brick forged iron truss structure.A thermal insulation layer is also laid under the slate tiles on the top floor.The sun was scorching outside, and when I walked into the tall and deep warehouse, I immediately felt a chill, and the sweat disappeared a lot.

The material preparation warehouse is internally divided into several sub-warehouses according to the types of materials stored. Wooden and iron shelves are densely arranged, and all kinds of materials are piled up on them.These are all collected, produced and processed in this time and space.

Lin Hanlong knew where what he wanted was.He went straight to the shelf, pointed at it, and said the quantity.The apprentice immediately stepped forward and moved into the car, and the warehouse manager filled out the form on the writing board accordingly.After a while, Lin Hanlong got everything he wanted.The three went back outside the warehouse.Lin Hanlong and the warehouse manager entered the office, and the warehouse manager returned to his desk and began to copy the three copies of the invoice. Another person came to serve tea to Lin Hanlong, and his apprentice waited outside with a cart.After a short period of time, the bill of materials was transcribed, and the warehouse manager sent the bill of materials to Lin Hanlong for his signature, and then submitted it to the supervisor for stamping.In addition, someone is responsible for checking that the bill of materials matches the quantity and type of things on the car, and then there are three more chapters.

Back in the workshop, Lin Hanlong told his apprentices that he had to work overtime today, and then went to work.As an all-rounder, there are countless things waiting for him in the Ministry of Science and Technology.He had to wait until after work in the evening to get off work on this new idea.

The off-duty whistle blew.Lin Hanlong found a suitable gas heating stove and set up an iron pot on it.The iron pot is filled with beeswax and rosin that have just been received, and they are put into the pot according to the ratio-this is the bonding agent for the glass.

He turned on the gas fire, patiently waited for the mixture to melt and stir well, then scooped some out with an iron spoon and poured it on a piece of glass, and then pressed it with another piece of glass, so that all the pieces of glass were stuck together.

Lin Hanlong removed the iron pot, put an iron cover on the stove, and took out an iron plate to put it on.Heat the iron plate over low heat.Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Lin Hanlong put on heat-resistant gloves, put the pasted glass on the iron plate to let the adhesive melt again, and then put it on the screw press, carefully turning the handle to press the glass pieces together forcefully and then Secure with clamps.

While waiting for the glass sheet to completely solidify, he went outside to smoke a cigarette, blowing the evening breeze in Lingao.After smoking, I drank another cup of tea.

In the end, all the glass sheets are tightly attached to each other, and the edges are all aligned to form a glass cube.After finishing this, he drew cross lines with ink lines at both ends of the long axis of the cube to find the center, and then used ink circles to draw out two circles, one large and one small, and then dripped some melted adhesive to connect the two circles. Small cylindrical iron pieces are glued to both ends of the glass, just covering the small ink line circle.

Lin Hanlong asked his apprentice to pack up the stove, and walked to the side of the grinder with the glass cube.No one was using the grinder because it was already off work.From the grinding wheel to the machine, this grinder is brought from the old time and space.Lin Hanlong suddenly remembered that Zhong Lishi had said about the development of grinding wheels—there are too many things at the moment, so let's talk about it later.

He clamped the glass carefully and started the grinder.The first is to cut off the four edges of the cube, and the cross-section changes from a square to an octagon.Then continue to cut, the octagon becomes the hexagon.Every time it was done carefully, the feed was slow and the coolant was kept on.Seeing that the big circle drawn earlier was almost reached, Lin Hanlong started to rotate the workpiece, and quickly ground out a decent cylindrical shape.He turned off the grinder, took out the workpiece and measured it for a long time, and then put away all the things when he was satisfied, and called the apprentice to get off work.

On the third day, Lin Hanlong gave his apprentice a task, asking him to use a hammer to crush all the garnets he had brought into powder, and then use iron balls and iron mortars to grind them as finely as possible.The garnet was discovered by the long-distance exploration team when they were working in the field. Knowing that this thing is useful in industry, they brought back tens of kilograms of samples.

Garnet has a relatively high hardness, and the ancients used it as an abrasive to process jade. It is also a gemstone itself.Gem-quality garnet is a mid-to-high-end gemstone.Industrial-grade garnet is used in many ways, because it has a hardness of [-], so it is mainly used for grinding materials and cutting materials.The long-distance exploration team mined these can only be regarded as industrial-grade garnet sand.The texture is impure, contains a lot of impurities, and the color is not pure.

(End of this chapter)