"Li Gong, come, let's go first.”
After the small fuel generator was started, Secretary Zhu, Commander Zhao, and the others watched from the side for a while. After Li Yan confirmed that everything was normal and that nothing would happen. They pulled Li Yan to the courtyard. The lights in the courtyard had been connected beforehand. When the generator was turned on, the entire courtyard was brightly lit. Since it was a celebration party, and Chief of Staff He and Division Commander Bai had brought people over, the small room in the canteen was obviously not spacious enough. Moreover, it was already the beginning of spring, and the weather was much better than before. At least it was not particularly cold anymore. Therefore, everyone set up two tables in the courtyard of Green Camel Temple and ate directly in the courtyard. Of course, even though it was a celebratory feast with wine and meat, the conditions here were still relatively difficult. The so-called meat was just a little meat slices in the cabbage and radish. The so-called wine was only two bottles of local Lanlingwang wine. Although there were only two bottles, one should know that only one bottle was opened during the Chinese New Year. Of course, there was a way to live a poor life. The table in front of them was not a big bowl, but a small bowl with a capacity of no more than one tael. As soon as everyone sat down, Secretary Zhu wanted to drink with Li Yan first.
"Don't be anxious. Although I grew up overseas, I still know the basic rules of the table. As for me, everyone knows that I'm from overseas. Let me count. I came to our Green Camel Town on March 4th. Today is March 13th. It's my ninth day here.”Speaking of which, this was the first time Li Yan had a formal drink with his colleagues here. Although he had drunk with Hu Rui and Xu Chang a few times before, it was just a discussion after work. In fact, Li Yan never thought that drinking a little after work was bad, but drinking after work was obviously different from drinking today. This was a celebration party, but Li Yan treated this meal as a welcoming party. Secretary Zhu and the others obviously had something to say when they saw Li Yan. He waited for Li Yan to finish speaking. "In the past few days, I should say that the results of my work have been quite good.”
Seeing Li Yan look at him after he finished speaking, Secretary Zhu knew that Li Yan was asking for his opinion on Li Yan's work these few days, so he continued the conversation.
"Of course, we have all seen your work over the past few days. It has only been a few days, but it can be said that our base is changing every day.”Secretary Zhu was sincere. Since Li Yan came here, not to mention the assistance that he brought, the Meng River Hydro Power Station was almost able to generate electricity. In his previous experience, it only took a few months from planning to construction. Most of them would take more than one year to build. Li Yan undoubtedly played a great role in the construction of the Meng River Hydro Power Station. It was only the first month of the lunar calendar. Li Yan and Xu Chang dared to go down into the cold river to carry out the sounding work. How many people in the whole of China could do this?
If someone asked him to go into the water to work now, would he dare? The answer was probably no. Even he, the secretary of the committee, did not dare to do this. Li Yan, an outsider from abroad who had nothing to do with this place, could do this. This kind of spirit could really be called great.
"It seems that Secretary Zhu is quite satisfied with the results of my work, so I won't stand on ceremony. I'll toast everyone first. I hope that in the future, if I cause any trouble for everyone because of work matters, I hope that everyone can raise it in time.”
After saying that, Li Yan simply drank the wine in the cup. This was Li Yan's first time drinking white wine. To be honest, white wine was much more choking than whiskey. After entering his mouth, it felt like it was on fire. However, because the cup was very small, Li Yan did not feel any physical discomfort. Secretary Zhu and the others at the table also drank the wine together with Li Yan. Among them, Commander Bai and Commander Zhao's reactions were the most exaggerated. However, due to the harsh conditions, the last time the two of them drank was during the new year. As people who liked drinking, they naturally had to cherish this hard-won opportunity. They drank slowly and let the wine stay in their mouths for a while.
"Oh right, Li Gong, how long will it take for the Meng River Dam we are building to officially generate electricity?”
"Very soon. We have finished most of the project in time today. We can pour the concrete tomorrow. If the temperature is good tomorrow, we can get the equipment ready the day after tomorrow.”
As Li Yan was still not familiar with the table, he watched Secretary Zhu pour the wine into the cup in front of him. He didn't feel that anything was wrong at all. After all, in Li Yan's opinion, Secretary Zhu was the owner of this place, and he was more of a guest. It was a natural thing for the owner to pour wine for the guest, so Li Yan didn't feel that anything was wrong. However, Governor Li and the others weren't so unaware. When Secretary Zhu wanted to pour wine for Director Guo, they said, Director Guo snatched the bottle over and began to pour wine for everyone.
Li Yan also answered Secretary Zhu's question in time. After all, to a certain extent, it was very rare for a water power station to start construction on Tuesday, March 11th and start generating electricity on Saturday, March 15th. Of course, although there were many people building it, such a small water power station could only be regarded as a household water power station overseas. Most of them were used as redundant power sources for medium-sized farms or small heavy industrial companies. The construction workers might only be around five to ten people, and it would take one to two months to build. However, if the number of construction workers was taken into account, it was rare for a power station to generate electricity in such a short period of time. It was even something that could be put into his resume. Speaking of the power station, Li Yan thought of another problem, which was the problem of workers. He had already met the workers who would work in the factory this morning and had even undergone a period of training. To be honest, Li Yan even thought that there was a mistake at first. After all, the people he met today were all 15 - 16 years old. Of course, he had seen them before. However, to be honest, it was fine to let them do some simple work, but he was still a little worried if they were in charge of a small hydraulic power station. The Meng River hydraulic power station was the main power source of the industrial zone of Qingtuo Town in his plan. It was really worrying to let them be in the hands of a few teenagers. It would be fine if he waited for the completion of the construction of the thermal power station in Maying Village. However, the thermal power station in Maying Village was still in the construction sketch stage, so Li Yan took this opportunity to ask Secretary Zhu about it.
"By the way, Secretary Zhu, I saw the workers from the water power station sent by the committee today. They are smart, but their age is still a little inappropriate.”
"Regarding this matter, the ones who have gone over are just the first batch. Three more will go over tomorrow. They are the villagers of Tazishan Village and the town next to the Menghe Hydro Power Station. They are all Party members with excellent conditions and good literacy. We plan to appoint one person from Tazishan Village as the station master. The other two people will lead three people and divide them into two teams to watch the machines at the Hydro Power Station 24 hours a day.”
This was the result of Secretary Zhu and Governor Li's discussion. Today's workers could only be regarded as reserve workers. Three adults would go there tomorrow. By then, they could ensure the safety of the power station and provide experienced workers for the construction of other power plants. Previously, Secretary Zhu planned to tell Li Yan about this; however, Li Yan left early in the morning and drew the drawings until midnight at night. He really didn't have the time to explain this matter to Li Yan in detail.
"That's good. By the way, are you planning to let them work on two shifts?”If his colleagues overseas knew that a small water power station needed nine people, they would probably laugh at him to death. However, the natural conditions here were special, so Li Yan couldn't say anything. However, if he worked two shifts, it was still insufficient for the training of personnel.
"Yes, twelve hours a day." Secretary Zhu and the others didn't think there was anything wrong with working on two shifts. After all, the work of the water power station didn't require any effort. It was just a matter of recording reports. If there was really a problem, whether it was a circuit problem or a mechanical problem, Li Li would have to go over and personally repair and fix it. Not only were the workers provided with food and lodging, but they were also given a salary and clothes. Each person even had a salary of 20 catties of flour per month. Such a good job was hard to find in the entire base area. To be honest, he only had 10 catties of flour per month, while the workers in the arsenal in Fei County were generally 15 catties. One had to know that Fei County had to work hard. It was even more so in other places. Some factories even worked 16 hours a day, and the average was 14 hours. They only cared about a meal, not accommodation, not to mention clothes. The monthly salary of more than 10 yuan might not even buy 10 catties of white flour. It was obvious how much the committee valued the power plant.
"I think it's better to split the nine people into three teams.”After hearing Secretary Zhu and Li Yan talk about work, everyone else at the table stopped talking and started to listen to their discussion. However, Commander Zhao and Division Leader Bai didn't mind. Perhaps because they knew that they both liked drinking, they sat next to each other. Division Leader Bai was on Commander Zhao's right hand side while Director Guo was on his left hand side. After they stopped talking, Commander Zhao secretly took the bottle from Director Guo. He secretly drank with Commander Bai. The two of them were not worried that Li Yan and Secretary Zhu would quarrel because of the discussion. After all, they knew Secretary Zhu well. If they really discussed it, Secretary Zhu would definitely show weakness first. Of course, showing weakness was showing weakness. If he did not really convince Secretary Zhu, Secretary Zhu would definitely insist on his own opinion.
Although Chief of Staff He and the others also knew this, they wanted to hear Li Yan's opinion more. After all, Li Yan had the title of senior engineer in the United States, which no one in Shandong could compare with him. Listening to Li Yan's opinion would be beneficial to their future work. Moreover, Secretary Zhu and Li Yan were discussing whether the workers of the water power station should work in three shifts or two shifts. Whether it was the steel plant or the cement plant that was being built now, or the chemical plant or the arsenal in the future, they had to follow this rule. This was something that everyone had to understand. This was especially true for Director Guo. After all, this matter had a direct relationship with him, the person in charge of logistics. That was why Commander Zhao could take the bottle so easily. Otherwise, with Director Guo's ability, Commander Zhao would not have been able to take the bottle so easily.
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