On weekdays, Boss Luo generally takes apprentices in the old factory, while Huang Hai sits in the new factory to engage in production, but these days the production tasks of the machinery factory are heavy, and Boss Luo brought his thirty apprentices to support, and these days he has eaten and lived in the factory, and he is so busy that he has not returned to the Red Mansion at all.

Boss Luo has brought these apprentices in the third batch, the number is more than the previous two batches combined, half of them are students who have not yet graduated from Zhuyuan Public School, with an average age of 14 years old, and the other half are adults, who are the backbone of the machinery factory's business - skilled workers.

These teenagers are learning turning, milling, grinding and drilling under the leadership of Boss Luo almost every day, not only to make parts, but also to learn mechanical drawing, and to take cultural classes at night - according to the Education Commission, these teenagers are the heaviest learning task, the reason is that Boss Luo They said that these children are trained as college students, and they will have to be technically independent in the future.

Lao Ba just entered the factory, in addition to the smell of oil smoke, but also felt the busy production atmosphere in the factory, of course, there is a strong learning atmosphere - in addition to the workers in and out, the roaring machine tool on the side of the busy people, Lao Ba saw a group of teenagers in the factory shed, they were divided into three groups, each group of about ten people, was being taken by Luo Zhengyi Huang Hai, one group of teenagers are lying on the drawing board to draw, the other group of people are around the disassembly and assembly of a Stirling engine, parts scattered all over the ground, Boss Luo was holding a part in his hand and explaining something.

In another greenhouse, several lathes rumble, and teenagers are working on a part that looks like part of a sugar cane press in a sugar factory.

Boss Luo found out that Lao Ba was coming, hurriedly stood up from the ground, and instructed the students next to him to install the gearbox according to the discussion just now, and then took a towel and wiped his hands and ran over with a smile.

The two walked to the door of the office, and Boss Luo turned around and smiled at Lao Ba:

"Ba Lao, tomorrow is the weekend meeting, what is the big thing that you have to run in person at this time? It's more than 30 kilometers of road, so I came by bicycle? ”

"Hey, I haven't been here for a while, and I always want to see how you're doing, and exercise by the way......"

Before Lao Ba could speak, Boss Luo smiled:

"Hey, by the way, Ba Lao, I heard that Wang Gong's beautiful assistant is about to become your old wife?"

"Talking...... Talking, hahaha......"

"No wonder you're always wearing a spring breeze, congratulations."

"Rejoice and rejoice, hehe, I heard that your boss Luo and Lao Zhao are also quite successful in night school! How many hearts have you captured? ”

"What hearts can we capture there...... It's just that everyone is letting us two old men, so we can find a companion to live, but the progress has not yet broken through, and the eight characters have not been skimmed......"

"You have to hurry up on this, otherwise the young people in the queue behind you will be in a hurry......"

"yes, how far have you gotten with that girl of yours? When to do a happy event, I can prepare gifts calmly. ”

"What's not progressing, they're all adults, we don't actually talk about it much, Wang Gong is a match, and it's just wishful thinking, but the girls are different from our times, and they are very particular about this kind of thing, and they are also right about our eight characters, and I have found several auspicious days of the zodiac for me to set, and if I want me to say of course the sooner the better, I'm strange, you said she is a mixed-race girl, where did all this red tape come from?"

"The girl wants a formal wedding, this time in a lifetime, of course you have to prepare carefully, and you have to do the work of the two children, don't give birth to any moths, and don't have to be with the old father and son...... It's ...... like a rival."

After listening to Boss Luo's words, Lao Ba suddenly wilted a little, shook his head and didn't know what to say, Boss Luo knew that his words had poked people's sore spots, and he was a little embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic and talked about work:

"By the way, Ba Lao, you must have something important here, I will listen to you......"

Lao Ba took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his face, sighed slightly and said:

"There are really several things...... Well, I've been riding all the way, and I feel that you have been right to call for it recently, and the construction of facilities such as several railway branch lines, factory dormitories, and central living quarters, kitchens, etc., is indeed urgent.

Not to mention the transportation of materials, it takes a lot of effort to deliver food, and now the apprentices have to go back to school at night, although there are cars, but they spend a lot of time on the road, and they have to get up early the next day, you and the apprentices have worked hard enough in the past few months, it seems that these facilities are a little late......"

Lao Ba entered the door and found a chair to sit down, took the teacup handed over by Boss Luo, and expressed a burst of emotion before he drank it.

"Well, a while ago we underestimated the speed of the trade situation and the scale of Operation Normal...... Ay...... Now it's a bit caught off guard......"

Boss Luo leaned back on a swivel chair, stretching his waist, and his two hands kept beating his back in response.

"It's not like that, a while ago, I was just in time for Zixia Island and Wanshan Island to ask for materials and equipment, as well as materials for Operation Changfeng, and they were all busy over there, so all the construction on the island has been delayed until now...... By the way, I heard that the steam locomotive jointly developed by Chengdong and you has made significant progress? ”

"It should be soon, the prototype will be out at the end of the year, I'm talking about the steam engine, conservative estimates, we will soon build the first real locomotive, and the traction is ...... greater than our current Stephen tank"

Lao Ba listened silently and nodded, and after a while, he said to Boss Luo with a serious face:

"Then, you see, you still have to bother with the construction of the railway on Zixia Island, especially the human-powered rail car, and it is not easy for Li Junming and their side to ......."

"Don't worry, we all know this, but the human-powered rail cars still have to give priority to the supply of the feeder railways here, of course, we can consider transferring...... Well, less than ten units support Zixia Island, mainly used for coal mine feeder transportation, and this project is related to the coal supply of Nicole, and the stakes are very high.

As for Li Junming's north-south passenger and freight transportation on the Zixia Island Railway, I think it's better to wait until our needs here are basically met. ”

Lao Ba was silent again after hearing this, Boss Luo looked at Lao Ba's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, couldn't help but smile, got up and lifted the hot water kettle from the corner, refilled the cup in front of Lao Ba's table, and then said:

"Ba Lao, I know that you must have come here to make a statement on the issue of labor arrangement tomorrow night, so what, I probably thought about it, Mr. Zhao, they don't want to force the ladies of the Education Committee too much, but you always know, how much pressure we have now......"

"The members of the Education Committee actually know your difficulties, so the ladies have agreed to relax the employment age to 16 years old, but girls can't, so, please don't put forward any other proposals, let's get together until now, it's really not easy, don't hurt everyone's harmony, in short, it's better to unite and focus on it......"

Lao Ba looked up at Boss Luo and responded with his eyes.

"Hey, Ba Lao, don't look at me with such sincere eyes, it's okay, Mr. Zhao, they are just in a hurry, I think tomorrow night's regular meeting should be a harmonious meeting......"

"Well, that's good, we all know your pressure, especially at the end of the year, in addition to product development, there are also processing tasks, major companies are pointing to you to give them equipment and tooling, your processing tasks here are heavy, so Sun Lao suggested, after the husband and wife households in Xin'an City Naturalization Village come over, the first priority is provided to you here."