Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 396 An unexpected surprise
"What's going on with you, are you joining forces with my brother and sister-in-law to plot against your master?" Jiang Chen asked accusingly when he came to the courtyard.

Shan Guan Wan'er didn't dare to look directly into Jiang Chen's eyes: "Master, this and that."

"Actually, this is not a calculation! At most, it is just a little trick for my own happiness."

"Hey!"

Jiang Chen sighed: "I don't care, but this little trick of yours is just getting yourself into a trap."

Shangguan Wan'er said: "How come? No matter whether it succeeds or not, I will always work hard for my own happiness."

"Wait a minute, did you just mean that you don't object?"

Jiang Chen said honestly: "As you said, it is me who will benefit from this matter in the end. Of course I have no reason to object."

"But this is not my matter after all. Liu Yue's opinions are also very important."

"The most important thing is that in less than a year, there are already three, including four of you. This frequency is really high."

Even though their whole family knew about it, they still did it.

It was enough to prove that this was a consensus they reached after careful consideration, so Jiang Chen did not persuade him.

Shangguan Wan'er felt relieved.

As long as Jiang Chen doesn't object, this is the first and most important step.

As for the others, it was much simpler than Jiang Chen.

As for the child, she didn't dare to say anything at this time.

Even at the beginning, it was just an excuse she used to convince Zhao Wanyu.

Because everyone knows that the Jiang family has a special system and it is very difficult to have a child.

If you want to have a child, you need to pass it on. How can you give him the surname Shangguan?

Unless this child is no longer the first.

But according to the Jiang family's tradition of being passed down from generation to generation, it would be difficult to have a second child.

So in order to inherit this saying in her own family, she didn't believe it from the beginning.

Shangguan Wan'er sighed: "This is probably because your charm is too high, and you are so outstanding. No girl can refuse such a boy."

"For example, Sister Yue, Xiaoxue, well, and me!"

"And as a parent, who doesn't want their daughter to marry someone like you. So as my mother said, people like you are born to be romantic."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "Okay, stop talking."

"Xiaoyue and the others will come back later, and I will communicate with them."

Shangguan Wan'er said, "How about I do it myself?"

Jiang Chen said: "That's okay, Xiaoyue is easier to talk to."

"Then you can talk to them when you go to work tomorrow."

He knew that Liu Yue would definitely not refuse if he spoke.

No matter what she was thinking.

She respects Liu Yue and doesn't want to force her to make a choice she doesn't like.

Simply let Shangguan Wan'er try it.

The two chatted for a while and then went back to their respective homes.

Before Jiang Chen finished smoking, Zhang Cui, who was working in the fields, came back first.

After a while, Liu Yue and Luo Xue also arrived home.

Liu Yue saw Jiang Chen and asked with a smile: "Boss, didn't you go to pick up Shangguan Wan'er? Why are you back so early?"

Jiang Chen said: "What are you talking about? What else can you do if you don't go home after receiving someone?"

Liu Yue said with a smile: "She hasn't been back to Sijiu City for so long, don't you know how to take her to eat something delicious?" Jiang Chen said: "She hasn't been home for so long, of course the first thing is to go back and visit her. Mom and Dad."

Liu Yue said: "How about I cook some food and invite the whole family over for dinner."

"I haven't seen Wan'er for a long time. Let's get together."

Jiang Chen nodded: "It's okay, Xiaoxue, you go and ask the whole family to come over for dinner. It will be late and others will cook by themselves."

Luo Xue nodded: "Okay, leader."

After that, he went out.

This meal highlights an tacit understanding.

Although Shangguan Wan'er would face Liu Yue tomorrow, she didn't show anything unusual today.

Early the next morning, Li Xiang sent Liu Yue and three others to the laboratory, then took the information from the safe and went straight to the Ministry of Industry.

Today is the day when Heart Steel and the Ministry of Industry officially meet.

Jiang Chen arrived outside Zhou Xinjian's office with ease and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!" Zhou Xinjian's voice came from inside.

Jiang Chen pushed the door open and went in: "Mr. Zhou, I'm here again!"

Zhou Xinjian laughed: "You haven't been here for a while. How about it? Is there any progress in your alloy steel development?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "We have achieved a good result. We have developed alloy steel with better performance than high-speed steel, which is perfect for use as machine tool tools."

Zhou Xinjian was startled: "A type of steel with better performance than high-speed steel?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, after testing, the performance of this steel is slightly stronger than high-speed steel in all aspects."

"If this kind of steel is made into cutting tools, it will be of great help to the research and production of precision machine tools."

Afterwards, Jiang Chen briefly talked to Zhou Xinjian about the performance of Heart Steel based on the data.

The origin of the name was also explained.

Zhou Xinjian took a deep breath: "You kid, you always bring me huge surprises inadvertently. The name Heart of Steel has been well received."

"You came to me to apply for a patent for Heart Steel?"

The patent for converter steelmaking that was previously applied for through a third party is now willing to bear extremely high patent usage fees to purchase the right to use this patent.

You know, the most advanced steelmaking method in the world now is top-blown oxygen converter steelmaking.

This top-bottom combined blowing converter steelmaking method is much better than the top-blowing converter in terms of steel tapping rate, steel quality, and controllability.

According to history, this method of steelmaking would not appear until twenty years later.

So now there is naturally a market and demand.

There are currently two types of patent royalties, national use and enterprise use, but the prices are very, very expensive.

Therefore, when I heard that Jiang Chen had developed the Steel of the Heart, his first reaction was to apply for a patent and sell the rights to use it to earn foreign exchange in the future.

Jiang Chen smiled awkwardly: "The production method of this heart steel cannot be patented."

"In fact, it is high-speed steel, but the quality we produce is higher. The formula was obtained by Liang Yue from the beautiful country."

"So for this Heart Steel, we can only sell products, directly sell steel or sell processed knives, but we cannot apply for a patent."

Zhou Xinjian also knew about Liang Yue, so Jiang Chen didn't hide it and directly told the situation.

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "Well, selling products is pretty good. At least, we have another industrial product that can create foreign exchange."

"Xiao Jiang, you have made great achievements again this time!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "The great contribution this time should be attributed to Liang Yue. He is the key to our ability to research the Steel of the Heart."

(End of this chapter)