Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1910 Inspecting the Ingredients Workshop
The workers in the ingredient area were all village women that Niu Xiaoqiang entrusted Wu Ping to find from deep mountains and old forests. These mountain village women could not read a single word, nor did they know what kind of ore was used for steelmaking.They have only a handful of strength, and they all work under Niu Xiuying's command.This prevents the possibility of leakage as much as possible.

Niu Xiuying didn't entrust them with all the work. The process of adding catalysts in each batching process was done by herself, and she would not leave it to anyone else.

When Niu Xiaoqiang walked into the ingredient area, he saw several women pushing small carts to transport ore raw materials, and Niu Xiuying was among them.

He stepped forward quickly, reached out to help them push the cart, and greeted everyone with a smile while pushing the cart: "Happy New Year everyone, thank you for your hard work."

Everyone turned their heads to look, and then they were all taken aback.

Niu Xiuying was the first to react, and she ran to Niu Xiaoqiang with a happy expression on her face: "Secretary Niu, you are back!"

Several other female workers also greeted Niu Xiaoqiang in Aoshan local dialect. Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and nodded in response, asked about everyone's work situation, and asked with concern whether everyone's health could bear it.

The people in the mountains are very simple, and several female workers said that they are not tired at all, and they are very comfortable working here.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the sweat on the foreheads of several people, thought for a while and said: "It's too hard for you to carry ore by hand, why don't you learn some driving skills, as long as you learn, I will equip you with small trucks. Lighten your workload."

As soon as he finished speaking, two of the female employees raised their right hands: "Secretary Niu, I can drive."

"I can also drive."

Niu Xiaoqiang was very surprised when he heard this. Nowadays, there are very few people in China who know how to drive. Drivers are a respected profession, and their wages are much better than ordinary workers.

Niu Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "Aunts, where did you learn your driving skills?"

The older female worker replied: "When we started large-scale production, the two of us were selected as activists and outstanding members. In order to reward us, the commune sent us to the city to learn advanced agricultural technology. We couldn’t read, so we couldn’t learn the written stuff, so the leaders in the city let us learn how to drive tractors, both tractors and trucks are diesel engines, if we can drive tractors, we can also drive trucks.”

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard the words, he nodded slightly and said, "So that's it, how about it? The supervisor Niu Xiuying will apply to the factory for a total of two small dump trucks. From now on, the two of you will be responsible for driving and transporting. Just help with the delivery, what do you think?"

The driving principle of a tractor is not much different from that of a truck. If there is any difference, the truck is faster.However, the ingredient area obviously cannot be opened too fast, so Niu Xiaoqiang made such an arrangement.

All the women nodded happily, expressing their gratitude to Niu Xiaoqiang.

Niu Xiaoqiang waved his hands with a smile, and after greeting everyone, he walked into the core ingredient room of the ingredient area with Niu Xiuying.

This is Niu Xiuying's usual main workplace. Besides her and Niu Xiaoqiang, only Fang Dongping can come in and out.

Niu Xiaoqiang checked the environment of the ingredient room and found that it was relatively clean and tidy.Then he looked at the rest room in the ingredients room, and found that the rest room was also very clean and tidy.

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't stop nodding: "Not bad, not bad, the environment here is pretty good, much better than before, so I'm relieved."

There is a lot of dust in the ingredient room. In order to ensure the health of Niu Xiuying, Niu Xiaoqiang specially ordered the logistics department to install exhaust fans and filters here.

Niu Xiuying knew that Niu Xiaoqiang was concerned about her body, so she said with a happy smile: "Don't worry, if there is anything uncomfortable on my side, I will go to the logistics department to rectify it as soon as possible. Don’t suffer as much as before.”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded with a smile and reminded: "Although the environment here has improved a lot, you still can't relax. You have to take a film every once in a while to see if there is any problem with your lungs. Not only you, but all of you The workers in the batching area have to take regular films at three-month intervals, and all expenses are reimbursed by the factory.”

Niu Xiuying was quite moved and hummed: "Xiaoqiang, thank you for your concern and love for us. With a good leader like you, we will definitely work harder in the future."

Niu Xiaoqiang grinned: "Look at what you said, you are all outstanding and have made great contributions to the factory, shouldn't I care about you?"

When he said this, he opened the handbag, took out a small delicate box and handed it over: "This is a New Year's gift I bought for you in the United States. It's a pair of earrings. Open it and have a look."

Niu Xiuying froze for a moment before nodding vigorously, and opened the box with a look of surprise.I saw two shiny silver platinum earrings inside. The earrings were not big, but they were very beautiful and delicate.Niu Yingxiu fell in love with it at the first glance, and she was full of praise: "It's so beautiful, so beautiful, I like it very much, Xiaoqiang, thank you for your New Year's gift!"

Niu Xiaoqiang laughed: "It's fine if you like it, I'm worried that you won't like it."

The two continued to chat for a while, then Niu Xiaoqiang looked at his watch and said, "I still have to go to someone else's house for dinner, so I won't talk much, Yingzi, you are busy first, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, remember Call me."

Niu Xiuying nodded slightly: "Well, I know, you go slowly."

Niu Xiaoqiang waved his hand, smiled and turned to leave.

Niu Xiuying stared at the box in her hand in a daze. After a while, she sighed faintly, shook her head and walked out.

As soon as Niu Xiaoqiang walked out of the ingredient area, he put on a hat and a mask, and tried to walk on a path with few people.This is mainly to prevent being recognized.

Once he was recognized, he had to say hello to them. There were so many people who recognized him, and everyone was so enthusiastic about him, so it would probably take him more than an hour to walk to Li Lu's house.

Niu Xiaoqiang walked evasively all the way and walked to the dormitory area within 10 minutes.

This dormitory area was built on the mountainside, and Li Lu's family owned two houses here.One of them was given to his parents by Niu Xiaoqiang for free, and the other was Li Lu's own welfare house.

She is the principal of Fang Dongping University. In terms of rank and salary, Principal Li Lu's position is equivalent to the factory manager of each factory under the Fang Group, or the head of the group company headquarters.

Specifically, it is at the same level as Zhou Kai and Gao Desheng.

(End of this chapter)