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

Among the ancient books that Qi Bing had read, many contained logical problems. Occasionally, when chatting with the elders, he would take the opportunity to mention the various distorted accounts in certain books.

That morning, Qi Bing went to Elder Mu's office to collect his salary.

"Qi Bing, are you twenty-three years old this year?"

"Yes, I'm already twenty-three years old."

"When we first met, you were only sixteen years old, weren't you?"

I was sixteen years old at the time.

"Time flies, seven years have passed in the blink of an eye."

"Yes, time really flies."

"Qi Bing, do you still not have a formal job?"

"I usually read books, practice martial arts, and occasionally study science and technology. I don't have a formal job."

"We've decided to set up a comprehensive management bureau, and we'd like you to be in charge. The specific work of the bureau will be handled by other comrades, so it won't interfere with your studies and research. It's just a temporary position for you. What do you think?"

"I obey orders."

A few days later, Qi Bing officially joined the Comprehensive Management Bureau.

The General Administration has one director, seven deputy directors, one office in each state, and a separate office in some cities.

Qi Bing was appointed as the director of the Comprehensive Management Bureau on temporary assignment. The other seven deputy directors came from the seven units of Xia Jun, Xia Jing, Xia An, Xia Ke, Xia Cai, Xia Wei, and Xia Gong.

The General Administration Bureau is a level four unit, so Qi Bing is equivalent to being promoted one level.

At 8:00 AM, at the employee school of Beicheng Steel Group.

"Comrade Liu Haizhong, congratulations on graduating from junior high school. Here is your graduation certificate."

"Thank you, teacher."

Liu Haizhong was extremely excited when he received his graduation certificate.

There was a time when he would always talk about graduating from elementary school.

Today, he has received his junior high school graduation certificate.

In the past, graduating from elementary school was Liu Haizhong's pride, and becoming an official was his dream.

Graduating from junior high school is his achievement, but becoming an official is still his dream.

The eldest son, Liu Guangqi, went to another place with his wife's family. He decided that he would realize his dream of becoming an official himself.

With a beaming smile, Liu Haizhong held his junior high school graduation certificate and rode his bicycle away from the school.

The brand-new 28-inch motorcycle was bought by him some time ago for more than 160 yuan.

As soon as Liu Haizhong returned to the entrance of the courtyard house, he encountered Yan Bugui, who was watering the flowers.

Discovering that guarding the gate of the courtyard house could bring some benefits, Yan Bugui and his wife were quite happy with it.

Yan Bugui often watered the flowers next to the gate, and Yang Ruihua often knitted sweaters next to the gate.

"Old Liu, you look so happy, what good news happened?"

"Old Yan, take a look at this."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he took out his junior high school graduation certificate.

"Old Liu, did you get your junior high school diploma?"

"Isn't it obvious? This is a freshly issued diploma. From now on, I have a junior high school education."

"Old Liu, this is such a joyous occasion as your junior high graduation, shouldn't we have a small celebration?"

"Old Yan, let's skip the banquet. The higher-ups are advocating frugality, and I wouldn't dare go against them."

Upon hearing that Liu Haizhong had received his junior high school graduation certificate, Zhang Cuihua said dismissively, "It's just a junior high school graduation certificate. Look at how smug he is, like he's won the top prize in the imperial examination. My Huairu also graduated from junior high school."

Yi Zhonghai said, though his words didn't reflect his true feelings, "Old Liu, that's great! Now that you've graduated from junior high, the factory might even promote you!"

Liu Haizhong said with a smile, "I studied at night school for several years and suffered a lot for this diploma. It's also because I'm getting old. If I were ten or twenty years younger, I would definitely have gone to university."

He Yuzhu sneered, "Second Uncle, you? You went to university? Even your Guangqi didn't go to university."

Seeing that there were many more neighbors around, Yi Zhonghai said in an attempt to belittle Liu Haizhong, "Old Liu, it's really not easy for you to finish night school. However, education isn't something that can be represented by a certificate."

Liu Haizhong retorted indignantly, "Old Yi, you're wrong about that. A graduation certificate is issued by the government, so why can't it represent education? If I failed the exams, would they have given me a graduation certificate?"

After saying a few words to Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong returned to the Liu family's backyard.

Chen Rong complimented, "Honey, you got your junior high school diploma?"

Liu Haizhong laughed and said, "Yeah, I only have a junior high school education now."

Liu Guangtian flattered, "Dad, you're amazing. I'm only in the first year of junior high, and you've already graduated from junior high."

Liu Haizhong said, "I'm happy today, so I'll fry a few extra eggs. You can each have one, and I'll eat two."

Liu Haizhong, who teaches his apprentices in the factory without holding back and has many apprentices, is often given eggs by his apprentices.

The next morning at eight o'clock, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, Forging Workshop No. 2.

Liu Haizhong shouted, "Watch closely! Today I'll teach you how to heat the material after cutting it into blanks. This is the foundation of forging; you can't afford to make a single mistake!"

The new apprentice, Li Jianguo, asked somewhat nervously, "Master, how do you control the heat when heating it? The last time I cooked it, it was either too hard or too soft."

Liu Haizhong said irritably, "Idiot, look at the color. Dark red is low temperature, orange is just right, and bright yellow is too much."

The new apprentice, Wang Hao, asked, "Master, do different types of steel require different heating temperatures?"

Liu Haizhong praised, "You do have some brains. Different materials require different heating temperatures. You see, this is because the temperature is too high, making it impossible to forge."

In the fitter's workshop, Yi Zhonghai is teaching Jia Dongxu fitter techniques.

Yi Zhonghai, who is already a level seven fitter, has only one apprentice, Jia Dongxu, in the factory.

Yi Zhonghai, driven by selfish motives, harbored many schemes when teaching Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu, who has been working in the factory for many years, can make parts for a first-level fitter, but he cannot make parts for a second-level fitter.

Yi Zhonghai taught Jia Dongxu the skills of a level one fitter, and also taught him some skills for level two, three, four, and five fitters.

Jia Dongxu has solid first-level fitter skills, but he has only learned a little bit of the second-level fitter skills.

In several worker-level exams at the steel rolling mill, Jia Dongxu failed to meet the standards for his Level 2 fitter parts.

Some people in the fitter workshop noticed Jia Dongxu's problem, but because they didn't want to offend Yi Zhonghai, no one told Jia Dongxu.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill did not have any Grade 8 fitters, but Yi Zhonghai's fitter skills were among the best in the mill.

There are only a little over 500 level-eight fitters in Xia Kingdom right now.

Most of the level 8 fitters went to work on large fireworks projects.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, also known as the Third Steel Rolling Mill, is one of the factories under Beicheng Steel Group.

Under Beicheng Steel Group, the rankings of its steelmaking plant, first rolling mill, and second rolling mill all surpass those of its third rolling mill.

Even though Yi Zhonghai can't make the slightly more technically challenging Level 7 fitter parts, he is still one of the top three Level 7 fitters in the Third Steel Rolling Mill. None of the fitters in his workshop are willing to offend him for the sake of Jia Dongxu.

In order to secure orders, some factories promoted certain fitters, forgers, and lathe operators by one level.

For example, a fitter who could only make level six parts was promoted to level seven fitter by the factory.

Qi Bing, reminiscing about his past life, compiled an outline based on the jurisdiction of the Comprehensive Management Bureau.

The next morning, he delivered the outline he had written to the General Administration Office Building.

The General Administration Bureau will operate smoothly from now on, with seven deputy directors, so he won't need to do everything himself.

Qi Bing rode his bicycle back to the east courtyard, locked the gate from the inside, and entered the Xuanhuang world.

After eating a few spirit peaches, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began cultivating the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Technique.

As the cultivation technique was activated, the spiritual energy within the peach was successively refined into protective energy and magical power. The protective energy was stored in the middle dantian, while the magical power was stored in the lower dantian.

After He Yuzhu stopped bringing his own lunchbox from the factory, He Yushui's meals not only didn't decline, but actually improved quite a bit, and he could eat meat every few days.