Inspired by his father's experience as a grade-8 fitter since he was a child, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. resolutely jumped into the sinkhole major of mechanical engineering after the college entrance examination.
After studying all the way to a master's degree, Wuhan Iron and Steel successfully entered a private machinery factory in his hometown, with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan.
If the only reason for Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. to persist is that his hometown is in this city, he can at least save some money on renting a house.
Compared with those brothers and sisters in first-tier cities who earn a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is considered a lucky one?
However, the business of this private factory has been sluggish recently, and the working hours are stable. Wuhan Iron and Steel, a major in sinkholes, can't find anyone, as long as it can spend its spare time playing games.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is the lucky player who entered the game in the second test.
He is said to be a lucky player because Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. has already accumulated a lot of contribution points.
Even if the contribution points are exchanged for test qualifications, the price is enough to sell for more than ten years of his total salary.
And with his level, he can quickly save money for a second test account.
After playing games for a few months, I earned more than ten years of salary.
Wuhan Iron and Steel feels that this world is strange and bizarre.
In the real world, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is just an ordinary engineer operating machine tools.
But in the Tang Dynasty, he was a master craftsman who owned a laboratory.
When it first entered the game, Wuhan Iron and Steel submitted its steam engine plan.
Almost immediately, Wuhan Iron and Steel's steam engine plan was approved.
After the construction of the Dashuixia Iron Mine was completed, Wuhan Iron and Steel's laboratory moved to the edge of the iron plant.
During this period, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. has been making steam engines by hand, but as of today, it has only built a powered steam engine that can only pump water.
There is still a long way to go before a steam engine can be used as power.
Looking at the billing machine with white smoke in front of him, Wuhan Iron and Steel sighed helplessly, sat on a chair and wrote a summary of the failure.
"The main reason for this experiment is the insufficient accuracy of the steam engine cylinder."
"This steam engine is still based on the classic Watt steam engine. The cause of the cylinder explosion is the accuracy of the No. 3 connecting rod and brass piston, and the cylinder pressure is too high."
"The cylinder body has a poor pressure bearing capacity, but this problem cannot be solved until new casting methods and new materials emerge."
Wuhan Iron and Steel continued to write: "When Watt made the steam engine, materials science and casting science were not much ahead than they are now. My idea was right, but the accuracy of the steam engine was not enough."
Wuhan Iron and Steel was thinking, and he once again took out the design drawing he had drawn.
He had already used machine tools to build a steam engine in reality, but the reason why he failed to do so in the "game" was because of issues with the accuracy of the workpiece.
There are no automatic machine tools in this world, and there is not even a hairspring to measure the accuracy of the workpiece.
Wuhan Iron and Steel sighed, should he invent the machine tool first?
Wuhan Iron and Steel called for assistants to carry away the cooled and scrapped steam engine, pinched his head and chose to quit the game.
After exiting the game, he turned on the computer in his bedroom and started using software to analyze the cause of the failure.
At this moment, his bedroom door opened, and a middle-aged man in his fifties opened the door and entered the room.
"Son, eat some fruit!"
The middle-aged man with a loud voice is Wu Zhonghua, the father of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Wu Gang nodded, Wu Zhonghua put the fruit next to the computer, and he sat next to Wu Gang and ate the fruit.
Wu Zhonghua was born as a worker. Although his voice is louder, he still has a good relationship with his son.
Wu Zhonghua still feels a little guilty that his son has majored in mechanics.
After all, my son's score back then was enough to enter a popular major like astronomy.
However, Wuhan Iron and Steel still inherited Wu Zhonghua's love for machinery and insisted on graduating from graduate school.
Wu Zhonghua looked at the animation demonstrated on the screen and couldn't help but said: "Isn't this the Watt steam engine?"
Wuhan Steel nodded and said: "It's the Watt steam engine. I want to reproduce this machine in the game."
Wu Zhonghua also has a general understanding of the games played by Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Wu Zhonghua is not the kind of authoritarian parent. He cannot say that he supports his son playing games, but he will not mindlessly oppose it.
Moreover, "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" seems to be very popular, and Wu Zhonghua often comes across it when he is watching short videos.
For example, the female player named Yu Xiaoxiao is pretty good at dancing.
"Making a Watt steam engine in the game? It's not easy!" Wu Zhonghua said nonchalantly.
"Dad, this is not easy. There are no machine tools in the game."
"Machine tools? You young people have been fed up with machine tools. Remember when I was in the factory, didn't I knock out all those parts bit by bit!"
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Wu Gang suddenly stood up and looked at his father behind him in surprise.
Only then did he remember the identity of this middle-aged and elderly man who usually had wolfberry in his tea cup.
An eighth-level fitter, a national model worker, and the technical backbone of the factory!
Wu Zhonghua started to say again: "Think about the tasks our factory received back then! That rocket engine was made by your father and me!"
Wuhan Iron and Steel quickly said: "Dad, can you tell me this kind of secret casually?"
"The declassification period has passed, what can't you say? Your father has rubbed his hands on rocket engines and aircraft engines!"
At this time, Wu Zhonghua was secretly annoyed. His father was such a great man, why didn't he think of it?
In that sturdy era when there were no CNC machine tools, the old robots of Wu Zhonghua's generation relied on a file and a vise to carve out the country's basic industry.
Even high-precision parts such as aircraft rocket engines are made by these old robots by hand.
Wuhan Iron and Steel said quickly: "Dad, I will redeem a test qualification for you after the next test!"
"You come with me to file the steam engine in the game!"
Wu Zhonghua also became interested. He is now retired at home, but he still thinks of the years of hard work in the factory.
It's just that he is old and can no longer hold the file firmly.
What's more important is that today's CNC automated machine tools have made their eighth-level fitters increasingly useless.
After all, a CNC machine tool worth one million is more reliable in the eyes of capitalists than an eighth-level fitter with a salary of 10,000.
Wu Zhonghua also heard his son say that he could have a young body in the game.
At that time, Wuhan Iron and Steel wanted to exchange test qualifications for his parents. Both parents felt that historical games were boring, so they decisively rejected their son.
Now that he heard that he could use a steam engine in the game, Wu Zhonghua immediately became interested.
"Okay! Then we, father and son, are of the same mind and will be rubbed out by this steam engine in the game!"
The father and son have great ambitions. Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. can't wait to redeem a test qualification for the old father now and enter the game to build a steam engine!
The father and son set their ambition to make steam engines in the Tang Dynasty, and the door of Wuhan Iron and Steel's room opened again.
"Xiao Gang, Mom has asked Aunt Zhang to find a blind date for you again. You have to behave well this time! Don't be like last time, running back to play games without saying a word!"
The speaker was Zhang Juanhua, the mother-in-law of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and the wife of an eighth-level fitter.
Zhang Juanhua shouted, and both father and son trembled.
Compared to her father who is relatively open-minded, Zhang Juanhua attributes the reason why Wuhan Iron and Steel is single to the game Datang Fengyun.
Although my son has a master's degree from a prestigious school and owns a house locally, why do his blind dates always fail?
It definitely can’t be because of Wuhan Iron and Steel’s monthly salary of 3,000!
It must be the game's fault!
Wu Zhonghua shuddered. His wife was already very disgusted with Datang Fengyun. If she knew that she was playing with her son, I'm afraid the family would never have peace in the future.
Wu Zhonghua quietly said to WISCO:
"Son, why don't you get an account for your mother too, so that our family can play together?"
"Play together?"
WISCO's eyes lit up.
Zhang Juanhua, although she looks like a housewife now, she was originally a nurse in a state-owned factory, and later she studied to become a doctor by herself.
Finally, he retired honorably in a community hospital.
For a mother with only a junior high school education, this is indeed a commendable achievement.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. knows better what its mother is capable of.
When I was a child, whether an elder or a child got sick in the factory, if I asked Zhang Juanhua to take a look, I could roughly find out the cause.
Although not all diseases can be cured, Zhang Juanhua can cure headaches and brain fever with just a few dollars of medicine.
For serious diseases that cannot be cured, Zhang Juanhua can also point them in the direction to a big hospital.
Now Zhang Juanhua is still a re-employed consultant in community hospitals and community nursing homes, and sees the elderly in the community every week.
With my mother's medical skills, placed in the situation of the Tang Dynasty, how could she still be Bian Que and Hua Tuo still alive?
Wuhan Iron and Steel immediately said: "Mom, do you want to play games with me too?"
"If I don't want to play, I still want to go square dancing!"
"This game is more fun than square dancing, and it can also cure people's illnesses?"
"Your mother treats people every day, and she also treats people while playing games? Is there a serious illness?"
Wuhan Iron and Steel Group quickly winked at Wu Zhonghua.
Wu Zhonghua immediately said: "Honey, my son said he met a girl in the game and wants us to check it."
WISCO was stunned for a moment, girl?
I deal with steam engines every day in the game, where are the girls?
When Zhang Juanhua heard about the girl, her eyes immediately lit up.
She said to WISCO: "Are you sure it's a girl? Not in this game. Isn't there a shemale who disguises herself as a woman? Have you confirmed your gender and age?"
Wu Zhonghua gave Wuhan Iron and Steel a wink, meaning "I can only help you so far."
Wuhan Iron and Steel immediately said: "Confirm, confirm, we videoed it in real life!"
"Then Mom wants to give you the palm of your hand, so why don't you give us some game qualifications? We'll go to the game to see how that girl is doing!"
"Although mom doesn't think online dating is reliable, there are a few old sisters around who have children who got married through online dating, so maybe it can actually work!"
Seeing his mother's high interest, Wu Gang suddenly felt that it would be better to come later next month.