Pursued by the Heavenly Dao, first level up in the courtyard.

In this era, the Xia Kingdom has many selfless officials and soldiers, as well as countless people who are willing to dedicate themselves to their work.

After the war, many officers and soldiers, unwilling to add to the burden of the Xia state, gave up their work assignments and chose to return home to farm.

Li Weiguo, who once served as a regimental commander, was discharged from the army due to injury and returned to his hometown. After several changes of jobs, he became a gatekeeper at Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill.

Two years ago, when ranks were awarded, many people who held the position of regimental commander were ultimately awarded the rank of captain. It sounds impossible, but it actually happened.

Normally, a platoon leader corresponds to a second lieutenant, a company commander to a first lieutenant, and a battalion commander to a captain. Some battalion commanders are also majors.

A captain-level regimental commander is perhaps unique to the Xia Kingdom; if they weren't in this world, the Qi soldiers wouldn't believe it.

Although Li Weiguo is just a gatekeeper, he is a section-level gatekeeper with a monthly salary of over one hundred yuan.

If Li Weiguo were to contact his former superior, according to current regulations, he would at least be a deputy director-level official.

Li Weiguo, 48 years old this year, was discharged from the army six years ago due to injury. At that time, he was already a regimental commander.

If Li Weiguo hadn't retired from the military, given his merits and seniority, he would have been at least a lieutenant colonel when ranks were awarded two years ago.

Back at his residence, Li Weiguo grew increasingly angry. After much deliberation, he decided to contact his former boss.

Li Weiguo's former superior now holds a high position of power in Wanzhou.

Arriving at the nearby supply and marketing cooperative, Li Weiguo began making phone calls.

A moment later, a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "Who is this?"

Li Weiguo replied respectfully, "Old leader, it's me, Li Weiguo."

"Weiguo? It's you! We haven't been in touch for so long, how are you?"

"Old boss, I'm doing fine."

"You're calling me, there must be something you need. Just say it."

Li Weiguo stopped wasting time and recounted everything that had happened at the steel rolling mill, including how Liu Guangqi, relying on his father-in-law Du Zhiteng, disregarded the factory rules...

"Du Zhiteng, as the deputy factory director, condoned his son-in-law's misbehavior within the factory; this is unforgivable!"

"Old leader, I didn't want to trouble you, but I can't stand what Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi are doing. Some of their actions are no different from those bureaucrats who oppressed the people in the past!"

"Wei Guo, I will handle this matter."

Li Weiguo quickly thanked him, "Old leader, I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble for the factory because of my presumptuous identity."

"Don't worry, I know what you mean. I won't let those people at the factory know your identity. I'll have someone else handle Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi's matter; it won't involve you."

After hanging up the phone, Li Weiguo finally felt relieved.

That morning, Du Zhiteng and several factory leaders were preparing to hold a meeting to discuss the dismissal of Li Weiguo.

"Our factory's gatekeeper, Li Weiguo, even tried to hit Comrade Liu Guangqi over a trivial matter. A person like him doesn't deserve to stay in our factory. I suggest he be dismissed immediately!"

The others in the conference room stared at each other, completely unprepared for Du Zhiteng's attack on Li Weiguo.

Just then, a middle-aged man walked into the conference room, took out a document, and said, "Old Zhang, Old Wang, this is the notice of demotion given to your factory's Deputy Director Du by the higher-ups."

Upon hearing that he had been demoted by his superiors, Du Zhiteng's expression changed, and he quickly asked, "Director Zhao, I haven't been at Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill for long, and I haven't made any mistakes. Why are you punishing me?"

"As the deputy director of Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill, you have seriously neglected your duties and allowed your son-in-law Liu Guangqi to run rampant in the factory, bully employees, and disregard the factory's rules and regulations."

"After discussion and voting by higher-level leaders, it has been decided to demote you and order you to strictly restrain your relatives, and not to abuse your power or act recklessly inside or outside the factory..."

Du Zhiteng was devastated and slumped into a chair. He never expected that he would be demoted by his superiors because of Liu Guangqi's arrogance.

A simple demotion notice reduced him from a deputy director to a section chief, and also cut off his path to promotion.

As soon as Director Zhao left, the Party Secretary, Factory Director, and three Deputy Factory Directors of Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill gave Du Zhiteng strange looks.

The meeting continued, but the content changed, and the discussion shifted to the work arrangements for Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi.

Du Zhiteng was demoted from deputy director to section chief, and his work scope also needed to be adjusted accordingly.

Liu Guangqi's job has been transferred from a powerful department to a less important one, making it difficult for him to get promoted in the future.

Most people who can become officials are shrewd and capable.

After making a few inquiries, it became clear that the secretary, director, and several other deputy directors of Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill were all implicated in the disciplinary actions taken against Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi by their superiors, all related to Li Weiguo outside the gate.

There are too many big shots in Beicheng. Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi, who are just small fry, always keep a low profile, afraid of offending the big shots.

Having come from Beicheng to Wanzhou, Du Zhiteng and Liu Guangqi, who considered themselves to be from the capital, became increasingly arrogant in their words and actions.

In the TV series, Liu Guangqi also graduated from a vocational school and worked for more than 20 years before finally reaching the administrative level 24. There are only two reasons for this: either he got into trouble during his work or he offended someone.

Upon closer examination, given his relatively low rank, the probability of him being fired if he had an accident during his work period is extremely high.

In the drama, Liu Guangqi has worked for many years but has hardly been promoted. The biggest reason must be that he has offended someone.

A vocational school graduate, intern at administrative level 26, and then promoted to administrative level 25.

After working for more than 20 years, I was only promoted to administrative level 24, which is equivalent to only being promoted one level after becoming a permanent employee.

Administrative level 24 is equivalent to level 6 clerk. If you're lucky, you might even become the lowest-ranking deputy section chief.

Section chiefs are ranked from administrative level 23 to administrative level 21; deputy section chiefs are ranked from administrative level 22 to administrative level 24.

In the Xia Kingdom of the Siheyuan Film and Television World, the administration was divided into thirty levels two years ago, with the lowest being level 30 and the highest being level 1. Last year, in some places, although the administration was still nominally divided into thirty levels, it was actually simplified to twenty-four levels.

Du Zhiteng was both angry and furious after being punished by his superiors and having much of his power taken away from him in the factory.

Resentful of his son-in-law Liu Guangqi for ruining his career advancement, Du Zhiteng beat and scolded Liu Guangqi after returning home from get off work.

Three o'clock in the afternoon, the Xuanhuang world.

After making countless battery samples and conducting numerous tests and optimizations, Qi Bing developed an alloy battery.

Each kilogram of alloy battery can store 0.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity, and its various performance characteristics are excellent.

The alloy battery he developed does not heat up or catch fire when punctured, does not explode when burned, does not lose power in cold weather, and can be charged 15,000 times with a battery capacity reduction of less than 5%.

"Xia Country has a sufficient supply of all the raw materials for alloy batteries, so this battery is the one we'll choose."

Realizing the superiority of alloy batteries, Qi Bing abandoned his current plan to build a factory for their production.

He spent several days developing a pickup truck by drawing on automotive technologies from the United States and the East Coast.

With a little modification, a special vehicle equipped with anti-aircraft missiles can be transformed into a heavy-duty truck.

With some modifications, heavy-duty trucks can be used to produce buses and coaches. Adding a pickup truck model will ensure that Xia Kingdom has enough cars for the short term.

The following morning, Qi Bing went to see the elder, and then rode his bicycle to Yucheng.

The pickup truck factory design drawings, pickup truck production line technical data, and pickup truck technical data were all handed over to Yucheng Industrial Group.

Yucheng Industrial Group was established two months ago and includes Yucheng Smelting Plant, Yucheng Machinery Plant, Yucheng Power Plant, Yucheng Coal Chemical Plant, Yucheng Engineering Equipment Plant, and Yucheng Research Center.

With the current strength of Chongqing Industrial Group, it is more than capable of absorbing the technical information he provides.

After spending a few days in Chongqing, Qi Bing returned to his courtyard house in the northern part of the city.

"After the people from Chisha leave, we will produce alloy batteries and manufacture electric equipment."