Lin Ying's eyes lit up, and then she said, "This is the second point I wanted to make. Since we're going to buy a stove, why does it have to be a honeycomb briquette stove? Of course, if the honeycomb briquette stove is made by our factory, then I take back what I said."
But if that's not the case, why can't we make an integrated heater? Didn't Director Jiang say before that many people collect coke? That means not everyone uses honeycomb briquette stoves.
As she spoke, Lin Ying drew a miniature version of the heating stove commonly used in rural areas in later generations. It had an inner liner. "The principle is similar, except this stove can burn anything."
Jiang He thought it made sense; there was no reason for him to make something for the honeycomb stove.
An old man standing nearby asked, "What if someone doesn't want to buy your stove, but also doesn't want to use a honeycomb briquette stove? As far as I know, some rural areas use bricks and mud to build stoves. Some families even use old iron buckets as stoves. Families that aren't well-off could have managed to squeeze in buying a heating system, but it's clearly unrealistic to expect them to buy a stove now."
Lin Ying chuckled: "This is the third option I was talking about!"
Jiang He clicked his tongue in astonishment: "There's... there's a third type?"
Lin Ying said, "No matter what kind of stove you use, it still needs a chimney, right?"
The old man suddenly understood: "You mean at the smoke outlet?"
Lin Ying drew a diagram of a water tank, which is a cylindrical ring with an empty center.
"You can either stuff the chimney in here or use it directly as a chimney. It's up to you how you do it. But basically, the bottom connects to the flue gas outlet of the furnace, and the top connects to the chimney. Although the furnace sizes are different, the chimney sizes are all about the same."
Jiang He clapped his hands as he looked at the blueprints: "Brilliant! This way, no matter what kind of furnace it is, the chimneys of this batch will always be very hot. If we add a water tank, we can even save money on the chimneys."
The old man also said, "The only requirement is that the innermost layer must be sturdy enough, and at least one heating element must be able to last for five or even ten years."
Jiang He said, "No problem. What do we do? Go out and ask around. The pots and pans made in our factory are the best quality!"
The old man couldn't bear to look: "No wonder people talk about you, you have no ambition. I've given you all three blueprints. Make one set of the heating system first, and then work on the boiler. We'll have to do experiments to determine the best height for the heating system."
Having achieved her goal, Lin Ying breathed a sigh of relief. At least she had secured her salary for the year, right?
Knowing that Lin Ying was leaving, Jiang He quickly arranged for a car to take her away.
Watching Lin Ying leave, the old man guessed, "You are quite lucky to have met a benefactor at this time."
Jiang He chuckled and said, "Who says otherwise? Father, isn't this girl talented?"
Grandpa Jiang gave his son a disdainful look: "Don't call me 'Dad' outside, call me Engineer Jiang. But this girl is indeed quite good. This factory is not as good as Factory One to begin with, so it's unrealistic to expect them to produce high-quality machinery. Instead of struggling there, they should take a more approachable route. But, is your factory's steel quota sufficient?"
Jiang He said, "That's enough. If this heating system can be done well, we won't stop making pots and pans; we'll focus on making this."
Grandpa Jiang said, "Then do a good job. The country may seem to be experiencing frequent turmoil, but in essence, it is still developing in an upward direction. Leaving aside the country's great achievements, just look at the electricity and heating sectors. At least now, more and more people are using electricity. In the future, perhaps every household will really have access to central heating."
If you can really seize this opportunity, the factory won't lack orders.
Upon hearing this, Jiang He's eyes lit up, and his heart was filled with excitement. If that were the case, their factory would be considered to have been put back to life by him.
So what if it's not sophisticated mechanical manufacturing? As long as it's useful for national development, as long as it can feed the factory workers, he'll do it!
Lin Ying was dropped off at the entrance of the military compound, and the driver left.
As soon as she entered the family compound, she saw several military wives happily carrying things in basins as they passed by her. Even some of these military wives, who had previously been given major demerits for reporting on others and were later secretly threatened by Zhao Qinghuai, greeted Lin Ying with a smile.
Lin Ying was completely confused until she reached the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, at which point she finally understood the reason.
Good heavens, the stone platform in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, where meat used to be sold, is now piled with meat.
Zhao Qinghuai was cutting meat there, while Deng Li was weighing it next to him.
Lin Ying didn't see Shuanzi anywhere, but she did see Er Ya sitting in the stroller like a little doll, excitedly shouting "Ah ah!"
Is there anything you don't understand? Zhao Qinghuai must have gone up the mountain to get meat and was distributing it to everyone in the compound.
Upon seeing Lin Ying arrive, some military wives who were close to her greeted her with smiles.
Seeing everyone so happy, Lin Ying wouldn't deliberately do anything to embarrass them.
When Zhao Qinghuai saw Lin Ying coming over, he smiled and handed her the knife: "You take it, you know this better than I do."
Tsk, what's this? A slap followed by a treat? Zhao Qinghuai made too much noise before, making everyone uneasy, afraid that they would be the next ones to be arrested.
Unexpectedly, a day later, a group of children went from house to house greeting people and asking for a share of the meat.
That's when everyone realized that Zhao Qinghuai had gone hunting in the mountains.
By dividing the meat out, Zhao Qinghuai was showing his support for the new rules and regulations of the family compound, which made some people who were still jealous of Lin Ying's family eating meat every day feel a little better.
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