Su Tang picked up a pencil and a blank report paper from the table, and without any unnecessary words, started drawing on the paper.
Her hand was steady, and the pen tip scratched across the paper. In just a few minutes, two clear sketches were completed.
She sketched out the shapes of several stones on the paper, some layered and some blocky, and labeled their features next to them.
Qian Xuedong picked up the drawings Su Tang had made with some skepticism, his gaze falling on them.
The first picture was a depiction of a type of white clay, drawn very vividly, with small notes next to it describing its characteristics as "fine texture, creamy feel, and snow-white color." He couldn't make heads or tails of it, but the description seemed rather unusual.
The other one is a sketch of the associated mineral with red stripes like those of chicken blood stone. She deliberately drew the edges and textures of the mineral with great detail.
Qian Xuedong was startled.
Although he was not a geological expert, as the director of the research institute, he still had a basic understanding of the appearance of various ores.
The stone in the picture has sharp edges and a grayish-white body, but it is covered with blood-red patterns, making it both eerie and beautiful.
He was certain that he had never seen this ore in any documents.
"Comrade Xiao Su, this is..."
"I saw this in some geological notes."
Su Tang, without changing her expression, delivered the prepared explanation.
"The notes mention that the best material for making high-temperature crucibles is not ordinary yellow clay or red clay, but a kind of soil with a texture as fine as lard and a snow-white color, which locals call kaolin, and it has extremely strong fire resistance. And next to it, you can often find this kind of associated mineral with red stripes. I spent all night looking through it last night and thought this might be useful to you."
Qian Xuedong's hand holding the blueprints began to tremble slightly, almost uncontrollably.
He stared at Su Tang, his bloodshot eyes churning with turbulent emotions.
A coincidence can be explained as luck.
For example, the heat-concentrating circulating furnace she made.
But now, Su Tang has come up with an unprecedented clue in such a short time?
They even drew up highly specialized markers like associated minerals!
This girl... this isn't just good luck, she's clearly a hidden gem in scientific research!
Qian Xuedong felt his heart pounding in his chest, and the joy overwhelmed his fatigue.
He grabbed the military telephone from the table.
"Hey?! Get me the military region's geological exploration team! Have your Engineer Geng, Geng Xiangdong! Immediately! Right now! Put everything else aside!"
After hanging up the phone, Qian Xuedong paced excitedly back and forth in his office, rubbing his hands and muttering to himself:
"If it's true... if it's true... Comrade Xiao Su, you're truly a lucky star for our military region! A tremendous lucky star!"
Less than ten minutes later, an elderly man wearing thick canvas work clothes and covered in dust rushed in.
He was about fifty years old, with a bronze face etched with the marks of time, but his eyes remained sharp and bright. He was Geng Xiangdong, the chief engineer of the geological exploration team.
"Old Qian, what's with the rush? Is the sky falling down?" Geng Xiangdong shouted as soon as he entered the door, his tone full of familiarity.
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