Mid-January.

It took Xia Ning half a month to finally get the printing factory up and running, and successfully printed the first batch of books in the base.

At present, the operation of the printing plant is 80 percent manual, plus 20 percent of the equipment and tools to assist the completion, so the output is relatively low.

This time, a total of 300 books were printed, which was obviously not satisfactory to Xia Ning, who lived in high-tech modernity, and the production efficiency was too low.

There are more than 30 workers in the factory, and it took them four days to buy these 300 books, so it is obvious that the labor cost is not proportional to the final benefit.

"Don't worry, our technical department is currently researching the steam engine, and after we have thoroughly studied the steam power, we will be able to produce a steam printing press, I have read some history books before, which record that in the early Western countries it was printed by steam engine."

Song Shaoqin saw that his wife was worried about productivity, and couldn't help but mention the recent research of their department.

In fact, the use of the steam engine is far more than can be used to improve the productivity of printing, it can create unimaginable value for human beings, not only to improve productivity, but also in the transportation and machinery industry has a very significant significance.

Therefore, the recent research focus of their department is all on this steam engine, fortunately they have purchased a lot of mechanical parts and equipment in modern times, and now they can support their research and development, and strive to reproduce a steam engine as soon as possible.

"Really? Have you laid out the principle of the steam engine? Xia Ning was surprised, before their technical team was tinkering with some items with relatively simple structures, but they didn't expect that they could now start with large objects.

Song Shaoqin chuckled, "Almost, we are not busy in vain during this time, the energy of the technical department is spent on the steam engine, during this time, in order to figure out the principle of the steam engine, several of them live directly in the laboratory at night, and they all have sloppy beards." ”

is also glad that a few of them are bachelors, and they have no partners and daughters-in-law, otherwise they are buried like this, and it is estimated that a girl will dislike them.

Nowadays, the girls in the base are all very noble, and people from other villages may not agree to marry with a high bride price, who will let the girls in the base be able to count and be literate, and the most important thing is that they can have a craft or a job.

Girls with such conditions, no matter where they go, will definitely be the first daughter-in-law candidate that everyone is vying for, but the women living in the base, whether they are unmarried girls of appropriate age or widowed women, are unwilling to marry out.

Even if they live alone, they are happy with the current state of life.

"Great! If you do get it, then I'll definitely add chicken legs to your tech department! ”

Xia Ning said happily that although she is a liberal arts student, she also knows the importance of the steam engine, and with the steam engine, their development and construction in many aspects will be much faster in the future.

This is definitely a milestone for their base.

"Okay, then we'll wait." Song Shaoqin was full of confidence.

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On January 16, the whole base was decorated with festive red, every household put up lanterns and hung colors, and you could see the red lanterns, auspicious knots hanging everywhere in the base, as well as the blessing words pasted by major factories and workshops.

For a while, there was a burst of joy in the base, and everyone's faces were smiling with joy, and from time to time you could hear everyone's laughter and laughter from the base.

Such a scene can catch up with the lively atmosphere on the day Xia Ning and Song Shaoqin got married.

Of course, the reason why the base is so festive and lively is naturally not who gets married, but that it will be the New Year in two days.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as the 'Spring Festival', where they called the New Year 'Yuan Ri', also called 'Yuan Chun', which is the most important traditional festival for the people, which means that the past year has ended, and they are about to usher in a new day.

During this time, the factories in the base were busy with production and work, so that everyone did not have much time to clean and prepare for the New Year.

Therefore, the whole base is a busy and lively scene in the past two days, and everyone did not have much joy for the New Year in previous years, after all, the conditions at home are poor, and there are no good things to celebrate the New Year.

But this year is different, everyone has hope, and they are full of fighting spirit for life, and the money in their pockets has gradually increased, at least in the second half of the year, every household has not worried about the problem of having a full stomach.

Everyone has a job, they can eat enough every day, and they live a very fulfilling and reassuring life every day, can there be a better life than this?

This year's Yuan Chun, they can not only prepare New Year's goods, prepare a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but also buy new clothes and shoes for their families, how good is this New Year!

Just when everyone in the base was busy celebrating the New Year, the Song family received a letter from the capital!