The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 1048 Stay Away from My Daughter

Anjiazhuang.

At this time and place, it is already a scene of bustling activity.

The rural fields were originally planned out with white lines, from roads to residential buildings and squares after the ruler was used to measure and draw the lines.

With the help of engineers, the progress of leveling, compacting, trenching and pipe laying was much faster.

The area with the fastest progress has already dug out a foundation nearly two meters deep. After the water evaporates, they will dig another meter to ensure that the foundation of the six floors above remains stable.

Red flags fluttering in the wind are planted from the entrance of the planned family quarters to the front of the embankment road, connecting with the red flags on the other side of the Red Star Bridge, complementing each other.

The welding work of the transverse support structure of the Hongxing Bridge deck is nearing completion. The four inclined support columns on both sides have also been connected to the concrete pile foundations. From a distance, it has begun to take on the appearance of a bridge.

The construction progress of the 30-meter bridge is fast, and the time-consuming riveting method chosen is not used. The welding speed is perfectly demonstrated with the support of senior welders.

It doesn’t matter if you have a welder’s certificate or not. As long as your skills are up to standard, just get down to work. No matter how high the temperature is or how much pain your eyes will get from welding, just overcome any difficulties you encounter.

The heat was unbearable. There was a river right below me, so I tied a rope around my waist, went down to the shore to soak in the water to cool down, and then came up to continue welding.

I couldn't stand staring at the dazzling light of electric welding for a long time, so I dripped breast milk on it, closed my eyes and rested for a while before continuing to work.

This is a folk remedy that all welders know. In the eyes of welders, this thing is more effective than eye drops.

What is the purpose of this burning enthusiasm and this disregard for gains and losses? It is to open the road to traffic one day earlier.

The earlier the road is opened to traffic, the trucks from the factory will no longer have to drive on the embankment road in fear, fearing that the dam will collapse one day, and the construction progress at the site will be much faster.

The bridge is the bridge that my family will use in the future, and the building is the building that my family will live in in the future. Everything is done by myself, and the factory will not delay the payment of wages.

There is no need for supervision. This kind of enthusiastic self-consciousness is completely incomparable to what will happen decades later. This feeling is like the enthusiasm of farmers to farm their own land after the land is distributed to households.

There is no such thing as laziness or slacking off. The feeling of getting 1,000 yuan for working for one month and getting 1,000 yuan for working for two months is different.

"How's that weld?"

Today, a special person came to Hongxing Bridge, a person who stayed in the laboratory all day.

The formula of 921A special alloy steel came from Ran Qiuye's father, Ran Qilin. It was originally developed for use in future submarines. Unfortunately, the research progress was not enough and the quality of the steel was not stable enough.

As a pressure hull, the standard is still a bit low and can only be regarded as a castrated MINI version. However, for use on civilian bridges, it is completely sufficient.

He rarely came out of the laboratory today just to check the condition of this batch of special steel from Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant after welding.

"The weld is very beautiful, but I don't know how the internal connection is after welding. There are cracks, lack of fusion, slag inclusions, and some of them are so small that it may be difficult to observe from the outside~!"

Climbing up from the middle of the bridge, Ran Qilin untied the safety belt tied around his body. He had never expected that Li Feng could not wait to transform the alloy steel he had researched into productivity.

Of course, as a scientific researcher, it is a happy thing for him if what he has researched is useful to society and the country.

It is this sense of accomplishment that constantly urges them to continue forging ahead on the path of scientific research.

“Is there any equipment that can detect it?”

Li Feng is a jack of all trades and he doesn't have many skill points in the steel industry, but the words used by Ran Qilin are relatively conventional, so he can still understand them.

"Let's go to the front and take a look first, we'll talk later~!"

Ran Qilin took off his white coat and still maintained the cautious attitude of a scientific researcher. He may also have been concerned about the large number of people at the construction site and walked first towards the bridgehead on the other side.

Some of the steel plates on the bridge deck had already been put in place, but welding work had not yet begun. Ran Qilin walked to where the welders were welding.

The welding arc was sparking and the smell was really unpleasant, but at least it was outdoor work, so the smoke from welding didn't float very high before being carried away by the wind.

When a veteran worker's spot welding gun stopped, Ran Qilin patted him on the shoulder and gestured for him to give him the protective mask.

The welder turned his head and looked at Li Feng who was following him. Although he didn't know who Ran Qilin was, he still handed over the mask at the signal of Deputy Director Li.

"Master Zhu, please take a break and have a drink of water. This is an expert invited by the steel plant. Let us see our welding skills!"

Seeing Ran Qilin taking the mask and squatting down, Li Feng also squatted down, found an excuse, and borrowed a mask.

The two men squatted beside the weld that had just been completed, and through the dark glass on the masks, they observed the gap that emitted a burning breath.

The molten pool looks golden from the outside, but through the dark glass, you can see that the color inside has turned light green, and the fusion process can be observed. As the temperature of the weld decreases, it gradually returns to the color of the steel itself, and the mask is no longer needed.

"Good, the inside is melted evenly, and no welding slag is observed. If every weld is of this standard, there is no need to use a machine to detect it~!"

After all, it is a civilian bridge, and its designed load capacity is only 20 tons. It is just right for two fully loaded trucks to cross the bridge.

With good materials and good craftsmen, the standard of the welds far exceeded expectations. In Ran Qilin's opinion, it is not a submarine, so there is no need for nondestructive testing.

"You're almost an expert in welding!"

Li Feng couldn't see what the slag and voids at the welding points looked like, but that didn't stop him from trusting Ran Qilin, trusting the newly-produced 921A steel, and trusting the seventh or eighth-level welders in the factory even more.

"Hey, Deputy Director Li, your steel is different from the one in our factory. As soon as I started welding, I felt something was wrong. I have never welded this kind of steel before!"

After Deputy Director Li and the stranger finished observing the weld, welder Master Song, holding a large teacup in his hand, wiped the sweat from his cheeks with a towel, and started chatting with Li Feng with a smile.

"Yes, the first feeling when I started was that it was difficult to weld. The melting point is high, and the sparks are different. Ordinary welding rods don't work well. You have to weld carefully, just like a woman embroidering. Once you start, you can't stop. If I had used this steel in the exam last year, I think I could have passed the eighth level~!"

Another seventh-level worker, Master Zhu, who was a few years younger than Master Song, took off the mask on his face, reloaded the welding rod on the welding gun, and also followed suit.

"Haha, that must be different from our factory. The steel used in civilian shipbuilding has better corrosion resistance. Normally, we don't have this opportunity. If we're not building a bridge, the higher-ups won't approve it!"

Li Feng laughed. The report he submitted to his superiors stated that this batch of steel was needed for welding experiments to verify the subsequent feasibility. Otherwise, he couldn't have forcibly cut in line from Shijingshan and make them work overtime on weekends.

As for the lower level, we certainly can't tell the truth. It's an ordinary bridge made of civilian steel. It's just suitable for civilian ships and it won't attract attention. Anyway, the welders in the factory have no experience in welding in a shipyard.

"I think so. It seems that Deputy Director Li is the one who has the ability~!"

Sure enough, the two welding masters did not suspect anything. Materials science was a layman for them, and they could not see the molecular arrangement with the naked eye. They just felt that it was more labor-intensive and time-consuming than the work in their own factory.

After putting them off, Li Feng and Ran Qilin stepped on the longitudinal beams and carefully reached the other side. They couldn't help but look at the construction scene at the Anjiazhuang site in the distance.

Tricycles carrying soil shuttled back and forth on the temporary dirt road.

The truck was clinging to the house, with a steel cable hanging from the rear trailer hook and the other end tied to the beam of the house. It was evacuated along with the workers working inside.

The safety officer waved the red flag in his hand and blew the whistle. The truck engine suddenly roared and drove forward one or two meters, easily pulling down the adobe house.

As the dust rose, builders wearing bamboo hard hats hurried to the next house.

Except for a few large bunk beds used temporarily by construction workers, all other adobe houses had to be demolished, leaving the site empty for the excavated soil, which would have to be filled back later.

"Well, I won't go over there. The problem about the quality inspection of the welds mentioned earlier can be checked with the hospital's X-ray machine~!"

"Does this bridge need an X-ray machine?"

Li Feng turned around and looked at the bridge, feeling a little toothache. There were so many welds on this bridge, and it was difficult to decide whether to use an X-ray machine from a hospital or not, but how to use it was another matter.

If every weld needs to be photographed, how much money and time will it cost?

"This bridge is not going to be used. It can just be used to test the load after it is built. At the next stage, the laboratory may need to configure one~!"

Ran Qilin put his hands behind his back. He still had full confidence in the materials for his research, especially the submarine. That was the thing that he had to go through at any cost, no matter how much money it cost or how long it took.

"Have you got an idea?"

After hearing what Ran Qilin said, Li Feng immediately became excited. As long as there was a result, he would take down the X-ray machine, even the stars and the moon, if not the whole thing.

"After adjusting the formula, it should reach the target standard before and after the New Year. Even if there is still a gap, it shouldn't be too big in theory~!"

Ran Qilin's eyes were also shining at this time, and in the eyes of Li Feng who was standing by, they were even brighter than the electric arc sparks on the bridge.

This kind of self-confidence that radiates from the inside out finally made poor Deputy Director Li see hope. After groping in the darkness for so long, the light is already within reach.

Even if he was called to a meeting again, Li Feng would be able to stand up straight.

"If you need anything, just ask. We are not afraid of any requests you may make~!"

The dawn was just around the corner, and Li Feng was feeling unusually heroic at this moment.

"Stay away from my daughter~!"