At six o'clock the next morning, Xu Jianguo woke up from his sleep on time. Because he had drunk alcohol last night, he rarely went to Xiao Ben's store to make free purchases.
He glanced at Wen Sitian who was sleeping soundly beside him, got up gently and put on his clothes, then went to the west room to check on the three maids, covered them with quilts, and then returned to the yard.
He shoveled some anthracite from the warehouse, added it to the holes in the fire walls of the two rooms, and then started boxing in the yard.
As the warm winter sun slowly rose, a white mist rose from Xu Jianguo's body.
After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he began to wash up, and then took out the breakfast prepared by Du Yu from the space.
Since he had to report to the 523 Institute today, he did not wait for Wen Sitian and the three girls to have breakfast together.
After breakfast, Xu Jianguo poured boiling water into the steamer, and then placed the remaining breakfast in the steamer.
At half past seven, Xu Jianguo put on his military uniform, took out two bottles of Moutai from the space, left a note on the table, and then left home and walked towards the headquarters.
Walking on the cement road in the camp and listening to slogans coming from afar, Xu Jianguo suddenly felt full of energy and vigor.
When he arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, he happened to meet Ma Guoliang and Tai Wei, and the three of them walked towards the office together.
Arriving at the office, Ma Guoliang pulled a folder from the drawer and handed it to Xu Jianguo, saying, "Here, this contains documents stamped with the headquarters seal. When you get there, give them to Director Shi at the institute. Work hard and don't let anyone down!"
Xu Jianguo opened the document and took a look. Then he saluted Ma Guoliang and said, "Yes, I will complete the task!"
"Let's go, let Tai Wei find a car to take you there!" Ma Guoliang said.
"Chief, is the research institute far from here?" Xu Jianguo asked.
"It's not far, but it will take some time to walk there. It's a good opportunity for me to show you the way and then get you a bicycle. It will be more convenient!" said Ma Guoliang.
"Okay, thank you, Chief!"
After leaving the office, Xu Jianguo followed Tai Wei out of the headquarters, and then the two got into a jeep and drove towards the southwest of the base.
Ten minutes later, the car stopped at the gate of a large courtyard. On the stone pillar beside the gate hung a plaque with black characters on a white background, which read "523 Research Institute".
Xu Jianguo got out of the car, thanked Tai Wei, and walked into the institute compound.
The yard was empty. Some things were piled in the corner, covered with canvas. Opposite the gate was a two-story building. Xu Jianguo did not stay for long and walked towards the building.
As soon as he walked into the door of the small building, he was stopped by the guard in the communication room on the first floor.
"Chief, who are you looking for?" A young guard soldier came out, saluted Xu Jianguo and asked.
Xu Jianguo returned the salute and said, "Hello, I'm looking for Director Shi!"
"Okay, please show me your ID!" said the young soldier.
After checking Xu Jianguo's officer ID, he said, "Commander, Director Shi should be in the workshop at the back. Let me take you there!"
"Okay, thank you for your help!"
After saying hello to another soldier in the communication room, he took Xu Jianguo out of the building and went around to the back of the building from a small path on the west side.
When Xu Jianguo came to the back of the small building, he suddenly felt enlightened. He saw six factory buildings in three rows and two columns appearing before his eyes.
The courtyard, which had looked lifeless in front, now gave people a feeling of bustling activity. In addition to the roar of machines, there was also the sound of workers talking.
The young soldier brought Xu Jianguo to a factory, and then found a middle-aged man with the rank of major. After explaining their purpose to him, they left.
"Hello, are you Xu Jianguo?" The major came to Xu Jianguo and asked directly without saluting him.
"Yes, it's me. Are you Director Shi?" Xu Jianguo asked.
"I'm Shi Zhen!"
Xu Jianguo handed him the folder in his hand and said, "Director Shi, I'll trouble you for the next period of time!"
Shi Zhen took the folder but didn't open it. Instead, he looked at Xu Jianguo and said, "It's not a big deal. I don't know how you got here, but I have to follow orders from above! However, there are some things I need to tell you in advance. Our current research schedule is very tight, and as you can see, the workshop is also very busy, so I don't have any extra staff to assign to you. I heard that you already have your own ideas, so I hope you can conduct independent research first. When things are less busy here, I will assign you someone else."
Xu Jianguo listened to Shi Zhen's words without any expression on his face. He said, "Okay, I understand! Are all the things I want ready?"
Shi Zhen was slightly stunned, looked at Xu Jianguo in surprise, and said, "Come with me!"
The two men came to a bungalow at the back of the factory. Shi Zhen opened the door and walked in first, followed by Xu Jianguo.
The bungalow is not small. It is made up of a main room and an east wing room connected together. There are two machines in the main room, one is a lathe and the other is a milling machine. From the goose patterns on the exterior, we can tell that they are products that have been eliminated by Su Lian.
In addition, there is a one-meter-wide and two-meter-long solid wooden table near the window on the wall, on which a set of benchwork tools are neatly placed.
In the corner of the wall, there were several wooden boxes stacked up, covered with an army green canvas.
"I've just told you about the situation in the institute, so we can only spare these two machines now. Although the precision is not high, it's still okay to use them. In addition, the steel pipes, steel ingots, copper ingots, basswood and optical glass you want are all in the wooden box in the corner." Shi Zhen said.
"Okay, thank you!" Xu Jianguo said, and then planned to go over to check.
At this time, Shi Zhen's voice came from behind: "Comrade Xu Jianguo, I need to remind you again. Other things are easy to deal with, but the use of optical glass must be rigorous and cautious! This batch of optical glass was purchased from the Optical Research Institute in Chunzhou City with great difficulty. I hope you can cherish it!"
"Okay, I got it!" Xu Jianguo turned and looked at Shi Zhen, saying expressionlessly.
"You..." Shi Zhen was suddenly choked with anger and couldn't speak for a long time.
Xu Jianguo ignored him and turned to check the materials. Shi Zhen was furious with Xu Jianguo's attitude.
But the other party's military rank was higher than his and his background and connections were more powerful than his, so even though he had many complaints, he could do nothing about it.
Shi Zhen stared at Xu Jianguo's back, feeling secretly resentful. After suppressing the urge to vomit blood, he turned around and left the bungalow.
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