Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 774 Production Labor
Tang Zhitong passed by the Post and Telecommunications College but did not go in. Instead, he went directly to the Women's Federation. He felt it necessary to tell Director Ye about the discovery of the new material. After all, the new material was "accidentally" produced during the manufacturing process of the incubator with funds from the Women's Federation.

"So it was just an accident?" Director Ye was very happy for his son-in-law after hearing this.

"Yeah. It's just a coincidence." Tang Zhitong nodded firmly. Attributing this matter to coincidence was acceptable to all parties and was the most appropriate explanation.

Professionals have been researching for several years without any progress. If they directly say that they know the formula, even if they finally succeed, it will hurt the reputation of the researchers.

I will definitely receive some honors at that time, but I will definitely become a freak in the eyes of others, and I am afraid that I will be labeled as a "child prodigy" at that time.

Subsequent research and development, and even other problems will surely come to him. Does Tang Zhitong know his own capabilities and is capable of scientific research?

So this can only be a "coincidence", and it must be a coincidence!

"So now only you and the comrades from the Science and Technology Commission know the ratio of this material?" Ye Zhijuan nodded and continued to ask.

“Yes, no one else knows.”

"I don't know how valuable this material is. If the comrades from the Science and Technology Commission ask you to keep it confidential, you must be careful not to reveal the ratio to others." Ye Zhijuan is not clear about the application prospects of super magnetism, but is familiar with the discipline.

"Yes. I've been told over there. Mom, I've drawn the drawings for the foot buckles, but it's a little difficult to make them by myself. Can I ask Sister Xiaoqin to help find a company to make them?" Tang Zhitong took out the drawings from her pocket. The mother and daughter had talked about this topic in the Women's Federation dormitory a few days ago. They had to make them and let Ding Jianhui try them out.

"You go find Xiao Miao and explain everything to her." Ye Zhijuan waved her hand, sent her son-in-law out, picked up the phone to ask the Science and Technology Commission about the new materials, thought for a moment, and put the phone down again.

The comrades from the Science and Technology Commission have just returned, and they probably haven’t discussed the new materials yet. It would be better for me to communicate with them again in a couple of days.

After listening to Tang Zhitong's request, Miao Xiaoqin left the drawings and promised to make it as soon as possible. At the same time, she also asked Tang Zhitong to write a trial report on the cat climbing frame as soon as possible. The timber factory was very eager to earn foreign exchange and urged him to do so.

"Okay, I'll write it when I get home today. Sister Xiaoqin, make two sets of the foot buckles and foot ties, and I'll find two more people to try them out." Tang Zhitong agreed readily.

Two sets of foot buckles were made for Ding Jianhui and Gu Yong, as they have thorns in their feet. We will give them to Tanggang for "trial use" when the opportunity arises.

As Tang Zhitong's closest person, Xiao Wang knows her husband best. She didn't quite believe that this was a coincidence, but she didn't ask much.

Since the core components of the incubator have made some progress and today is a good day, I gave my husband a word problem:

The rosy cheeks are turned to suck the red lips, and the fragrant thighs are dragged randomly. It's like a jade chain, entangled everywhere. Who can break it?
For Tang Zhitong, this problem is easy to solve, but it takes a bit of effort...

April 4, Wednesday, Grain Rain.

Guyu is the last solar term in spring, and its name comes from “rain brings forth all kinds of grains”.

The main feature of Grain Rain is the continuous spring rain, but today is a sunny day.

Tang Zhitong planned to behave like a student for the next two days and wait for the notice from the Science and Technology Commission.

In addition to completing homework during class, Tang Zhitong also has to take time to organize the trial report to be submitted to Miao Xiaoqin.

In short, very busy.

During lunch, Luo Zhiping announced a major news: the college will arrange for freshmen to engage in "productive labor" in the near future.

Productive labor is an important feature of current education. Every college student spends about 3-4 months per academic year participating in productive labor, and the location of the labor is not fixed.

"Class monitor, where are you going? Have you decided on a time?" Every once in a while, a few classes in the academy would disappear for a month or so, carrying their bedding, and then return a month or so later with their bedding on their backs. Everyone was familiar with this.

Lu Shi has seen many senior brothers and sisters singing as they went there and came back, and occasionally he would hear a few words of praise about how good life was over there. He has never been to a real factory and is looking forward to taking a look.

"I heard that the unit has been contacted and now we are just waiting for the assignment to each class. The time should be the end of April or the beginning of May." Luo Zhiping said and took a mouthful of rice.

"Hey, squad leader, are there any units in Tianjin? I want to go to Tianjin and also go home, hahaha." Shi Huaian interrupted.

"That's right, that's right. Let's go to Tianjin. It's close to the seaside. I can take everyone to eat fish by the sea. The fish by the sea are not only fresh, but also cheap." Fang Qingliang continued.

"The abacus beads you two are counting on are about to fall on my face. What a pity, I don't have the final say on the selection of the unit." Luo Zhiping heard Tang Zhitong's witty remarks so many times that he also learned a line from him.

"You can mention it to the teacher. Since the teacher is willing to tell you this, he must want to use you to listen to everyone's opinions." Shi Huaian continued to try to persuade Luo Zhiping.

"Well, this is not what my teacher told me." When talking about the source of the information, the arrogance on Luo Zhiping's face faded a little.

"Will there be a notice posted?" Shi Huaian lost the motivation to suggest going to Tianjin for "productive labor" and became less interested.

Although Sijiucheng is not far from Tianjin, it takes at least three days to go back and forth. Even if you go back on Sunday, you have to take two more days off.

Since he started school, Shi Huaian has gone back home twice. After coming back, he found it a bit difficult to do his schoolwork and was scolded by his teacher. He had no choice but to go home less often.

"How is that possible! The president of the student union told me this himself." Luo Zhiping was unconvinced and brought up the student union, trying to prove that his source of information was different from that of ordinary students.

"Hey, the squad leader is very impressive." Dou Yongchang took over the role of the supporting actor and teased Luo Zhiping.

"That's right. I'm the class monitor. I have to deal with the student union a lot. If I didn't want to, I could be the president of the student union." Maybe it's his personality, or maybe it's a common trait of "Jingye", Luo Zhiping likes to exaggerate a lot of the time.

"You have money but don't buy a radio, you just listen to your junior brother bragging." Tang Zhitong, chewing pickles on the side, suddenly interrupted.

Although there were people like Lu Shi in the college who were eager to participate in "productive labor", Tang Zhitong really didn't want to go.

"Production labor" has been implemented for more than two years. Old students who have participated in "production labor" have mixed opinions on this teaching. They mostly praise it in front of others, but complain more in private. The freshmen who just entered school last year have not experienced this yet, but are very excited.

After Tang Zhitong's words, Luo Zhiping's face turned bitter, while the other roommates in the dormitory laughed.

"Teacher Tang, why are you trying to sabotage me?" Luo Zhiping said resentfully. Others might not know, but Luo Zhiping knew that the school really wanted Tang Zhitong to join the student union, but Tang Zhitong did not agree.

"Hey, life has been a bit hard lately, so the squad leader could show some dedication and play a joke on you to cheer everyone up." Tang Zhitong certainly had no ill intentions, he just remembered this witty remark and thought it was very appropriate.

Nowadays, student unions mostly organize learning exchange activities or external parades, and also undertake some work such as checking hygiene and discipline on weekdays.

Ordinary students have mixed feelings about the student union. Students from backgrounds like Luo Zhiping actively pursue progress and try to integrate, while students from poor families like Gu Mancang are more disgusted with them.

Frankly speaking, it is not difficult to understand that the students will naturally have a set of standards for deducting points when checking hygiene. This set of standards is somewhat unfriendly to children from poor families. For example, they must dress neatly, have clean nails, neat hair, flat sheets, square quilts, etc.

Although everyone has a scholarship, children from poor families often have to save part of it to send back home. This results in most students from poor families not being able to afford a haircut, because haircuts cost money. Most people get their hair cut once a month, but many needy students only get their hair cut once every two months or even two and a half months.

In addition, due to years of farm work, the nail crevices are inevitably not clean enough.

As for bedding, it was often not folded neatly because the cotton was old, and some students even had no bedding at the beginning of the school year.

When I first entered school, some students had points deducted for these issues, and many dormitories even had conflicts with the student union over this.

As for dormitory 219, most of the time it was Luo Zhiping who was negotiating with the student union cadres who were checking hygiene, and everything was peaceful. However, those contemptuous looks still hurt Gu Mancang's fragile self-esteem to some extent.

This was also one of the reasons why he later gave his classmates free haircuts, so that students from poor families would not have their hygiene points deducted because of their hairstyle or mental appearance.

Right now, most kids from poor families will just keep quiet about it, but when the wind blows, being poor will become an outward manifestation of glory. Some people will write something and post it on the school walls, and then disputes will begin, and some people will be dealt with badly.

After a short afternoon nap, Tang Zhitong took some time to go to a scientific research class.

The research team had not yet reached a consensus on how to improve the model aircraft, so Bi Bin asked Tang Zhitong about the progress of the magnet: "Comrade Tang, we are almost ready here. When will we start working on the incubator?"

"The cabinet can be made first, and the fan issue will have to wait a few days to see what size is appropriate." Tang Zhitong did not directly talk about the progress of Super Magnetics. He has always been worried that if the Science and Technology Association prohibits civilian use on the grounds of confidentiality, it would go against his original intention.

"Everyone has a lot of ideas about the model airplane. Do you have any suggestions?" Tang Zhitong has not expressed any opinions on improvements since the model airplane was launched into the water. This time, Bi Bin finally couldn't help but speak up. After all, he was a member of Group 3. It would be okay if he didn't come all day, but he couldn't let down at the critical moment.

"Let me first give you my guess, which may not be correct. You can take it as a reference." Tang Zhitong scratched his head. He did have some ideas, but many of them were ahead of their time. He had just come up with the super magnet. If he came up with another advanced design, then...

After much thought, Tang Zhitong decided to borrow the collective strength.

"Our team leader used to make model airplanes by himself and also participated in the competition."

"Our instructor said at the opening ceremony that the first time was a simulation to give everyone a familiarity process. The second time was to give full play to everyone's subjective initiative."

"I think that although model airplanes are important and can participate in some national competitions, they have not yet risen to the level of collective creation, and there is no reason to use self-made model airplanes to compete."

"Then why did the counselor ask us to do this?"

"I think he wanted to use our unconstrained thinking to design the model aircraft and see if there is any place that can be used on real warships in the future."

"Most of our colleagues in the research class don't have to attend classes, do internships, or participate in production labor, and we are still provided with scholarships and extra allowances. Apart from using everyone's wonderful ideas as a reference, I can't think of any reason for the school to set up a research class."

Students in the research class had been discussing this before, and the prevailing view was to use the existing model to make improvements. The most important point of view was the same as Tao Yingjie's, suggesting changing the power to make it stronger and run faster.

If we follow this line of thought, the modified model aircraft may not even pass the judges' initial review in the competition, let alone Zhuang Lei's.

Maybe Zhuang Lei won’t say anything, but there is basically no hope of selecting talents into the team.

"Comrade Tang, how do you think it should be changed?" someone asked.

"Everything starts from a practical perspective. For example, we can think about how to reduce the radar reflection surface. Should we reduce the size of the building on it? Or change the shape? While making adjustments, should we also consider wind resistance? There is also the issue of the curvature of the hull. How can we design it to reduce friction?"

"There is also the power that everyone discusses the most. I think power transformation is not simply to increase horsepower, but to improve the power transmission efficiency through all other means on the existing basis. Let me give you an example. The lubrication of our model aircraft is all butter, but butter is viscous, so the friction between the transmission shafts will be a little greater. Can this be replaced with engine oil with better fluidity?"

"On the basis of not changing the power, in addition to reducing friction, can we find a way to improve the propulsion efficiency? We made an incubator. I talked to Huo Xiaoping about it. The fan curve is different, and the working efficiency is different.

The same is true for propellers. I went to Wuhan at the beginning of the year and met a veteran craftsman at a shipyard on the bank of the Yangtze River. He said that the manufacturing of propellers is very particular and there are not many people in China who can determine the propeller curve.

Since the resistance of water is greater than that of air, when manufacturing a propeller, one must not only consider the propulsion power but also the friction loss, which involves a lot of considerations.

He said that if someone could master this technology accurately, it would be a lifelong career, and shipyards would be eager to hire them.

Although the title of "old master" was made up by Tang Zhitong, it was based on the actual situation. There are definitely technical difficulties, but it is beneficial to employment. Once any of these improvements is approved by Zhuang Lei, the jobs of the students in charge of the relevant processes will be guaranteed.

Due to limited transportation conditions and personal economic levels, there are very few people who can "travel thousands of miles" at the moment. Tang Zhitong not only brought out Huo Xiaoping, but also mentioned that he could go on business trips and meet a "master", so everyone believed him and didn't think he was lying.

The following time was left for the team members to discuss freely, and Tang Zhitong planned to withdraw temporarily.

Whether it is the hull curve or the propeller, they all need to be measured. Take some time and materials, simply make a hull, stuff the existing power system into it, and throw it in the swimming pool for a lap to get the results.

It just takes time, and what Tang Zhitong lacks is time.

(End of this chapter)