Chapter 136 Full of motivation
"Understood……"

Hearing what Li Cunzhu said, Xu Qiang nodded.

At this moment, he finally knew what kind of person the chief engineer in front of him was.

The tone of Li Cunzhu's speech just now was very similar to that of the leader of his unit when he had just graduated in his previous life. All he talked about in meetings, big and small, was the word "dedication". But in the end, he embezzled the unit's public funds, fled to America, and never returned.

Although people are different, Xu Qiang was a little sensitive to the way he spoke to him, so he couldn't help but be wary of him.

"I know you are facing a lot of difficulties in developing new products, but work is always difficult. To succeed, you need to work much harder than ordinary people." Li Cunzhu glanced at Xu Qiang and said with a smile: "Regarding your application for customized ampoules, I will contact the manufacturer as soon as possible so that you can get samples as soon as possible..."

"About how long will it take?"

"It's hard to say. If it's fast, the manufacturer can deliver it in a few days. If it's slow, then it's hard to say... But I will try my best to urge the manufacturer and try to get them to deliver it within half a month." Li Cunzhu said after a moment of hesitation.

"Leader, you know that my new product development project is a military order. If the glass manufacturer cannot deliver the bottles within the specified time, resulting in my project not being completed within the specified time, who do you think should bear the responsibility?"

Xu Qiang became more cautious. If Li Cunzhu did not contact the manufacturer in time or did not urge them actively, resulting in the ampoule not being delivered in time, he would definitely be the one in trouble.

Therefore, if we cannot shirk our responsibility in this matter, there may be serious consequences.

"Don't worry about this. If the manufacturer cannot deliver the bottles within half a month, I will discuss with the factory manager to exempt you from the responsibility for the failure of the project." Li Cunzhu said with a smile.

"That's good. Thank you, leader." Xu Qiang thanked him.

"So you still have to hurry up with your mission. I have always been optimistic about you." Li Cunzhu encouraged Xu Qiang and said, "Anything else?"

"No more, just this matter. I'll get busy now." After Xu Qiang finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Ok."

Seeing Xu Qiang walk out of the office, Li Cunzhu's eyes flashed with disdain, then he put the drawing into the drawer and picked up the newspaper to read...

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At the end of the afternoon, when it was almost time to get off work, Xu Qiang finally got the newly made electrode plate. Huang Baoshan had been busy for a long time. As there were no similar ready-made molds for the newly designed artillery battery electrodes, he could only go to the machining workshop and find a friend to process a batch of them using a machine tool. As a result, Huang Baoshan lost a bag of Hongmei.

Although Huang Baoshan was greedy for cheapness, he really worked hard after getting the money. After a lot of trouble, he finally did not disappoint Xu Qiang. The new electrode plates were polished to a bright shine without any burrs, which made Xu Qiang very satisfied.

As for the battery workshop, Chen Qingcai followed the new process taught by Xu Qiang and indeed achieved different results. The perchlorate crystals were very fine and the adhesion was stronger than yesterday. At least after a slight scratch, there was no sign of falling off, which basically met Xu Qiang's original requirements.

However, considering that the shells have to be transported over long distances and undergo various extreme weather conditions, Xu Qiang also needs the coating to be more solid. So starting tomorrow, he will use new electrode sheets and new processes to strive to make the product achieve the best performance.

After get off work, Xu Qiang returned to the peat field.

Ever since Xu Qiang successfully resolved the "three-court trial" of him by the village chief Zhao Xigui last time, the previous crisis was temporarily resolved, and now he can let go and do his best.

Considering that the business license of Xiazhuang Village had not been obtained, Xu Qiang did not start fertilizer production immediately, but arranged for people to continue civil engineering. As soon as he arrived at the peat field, Xu Qiang saw Erhu, Dahei Niu and three newcomers digging a pit on the hillside, which was the second stepped sedimentation tank that Xu Qiang wanted to build.

Since there are twice as many people, the output of fertilizer must naturally be twice as much. Moreover, now with machinery such as pumps and tractors, the efficiency will definitely be much higher than when the peat field was first built.

"Uncle, you're here!" Seeing Xu Qiang appear, Erhu immediately came forward to greet him.

"Where's Liu Jun?"

"Liu Jun is driving a tractor to transport fertilizer in the village and hasn't come back yet." Erhu smiled and continued, "It will probably take another day for us to dig out a new sedimentation tank. Last time you asked me to be a salesperson..."

"Don't worry, I will let you go after your village chief gets the business license. Now you just need to focus on your work." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"That's great." Erhu was delighted when he heard that, and then said, "By the way, what do you want me to sell this time? Fertilizer?"

"You don't need to promote fertilizers. They are in short supply in our area. What you are mainly promoting this time is industrial dyes, which are mainly used by garment factories. I will give you some samples later, and you can go to garment factories in our province or other places to promote them."

"Okay, but we don't produce dyes here?" Erhu asked with some confusion.

"As long as there is demand, we can start production right away." Xu Qiang pointed to the mud house where he was doing experiments and said, "Besides, we will also build a simple small factory next to my house to prepare for the production of new products."

"Build a factory? How much money will that cost?" Erhu asked in surprise.

"This is simple. Just build a frame with steel bars and put asbestos tiles on it. It's mainly to protect against rain and snow."

"That's okay."

"It's getting dark soon, let's ask Big Black Bull to cook, I'm hungry too."

"Okay, I'll let them finish their work right away." Upon hearing this, Erhu immediately ran towards the people who were working.

Xu Qiang returned to his laboratory.

Last time, Xu Qiang successfully extracted sulphur yellow brown through a series of processes, but just one dye is far from enough. If he wants to establish long-term supply cooperation with other garment factories, Xu Qiang must have more products.

The peat here is really a treasure. Not only can it be used to extract fertilizers, but also industrial dyes. This undoubtedly gives Xu Qiang more sources of income.

However, the sulfide yellow-brown extracted last time still has impurities visible to the naked eye, and Xu Qiang still needs to improve the process to further purify it.

Xu Qiang develops batteries in the factory during the day and develops dye products at night. His work schedule is now very busy and he feels somewhat exhausted.

But when he thought about the honor and money these things would bring him in the future, Xu Qiang immediately became full of energy...

(End of this chapter)