At the beginning of August, Yan Jiecheng paid attention to all the construction of the project in the ministry during this time.

The progress and technical points have been commented.

The research institutes under the Academy of Railway Sciences also talked to those directors.

They are well aware of their research projects and progress.

After all, he was about to go to study, and he didn't have much time to devote to work.

Before leaving, you must make arrangements for the work of your supervisor.

It's just that after Yan Jiecheng finished doing these jobs, Zhuang Yiyan, the person in charge of the Jinhua Institute, came up.

directly found the office of the chief engineer of the ministry, and first directly found Dai Mao.

"Director Dai, do you have time today? I'm going to report something to the leader. Zhuang Yiyan said to Dai Mao with a smile.

Facing the directors of these research institutes, Dai Maoke knew that Yan Xie had become the most precious of these people. He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Director Zhuang, wait a minute, the leader has a little time in the afternoon, I'll report to you first." ”

Zhuang Yiyan naturally has no problem.

Yan Jiecheng heard Dai Mao say that Zhuang Yiyan was looking for him to report his work, he was a little curious, he didn't know what important things this guy had, and he actually wanted to report in person.

This Zhuang Yiyan is an old expert, who belongs to the double doctor trained by the hairy bear after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the past, he presided over research work at the High-Speed Rail Research Institute, and was later transferred to the Jinhua Institute as the director.

However, compared to this, Yan Xie Cheng is willing to call him the strongest king.

With Yan Jiecheng's consent, Dai Mao hurriedly invited Zhuang Yiyan in.

Yan Xie Cheng smiled and said, "Secretary Dai, quickly soak the dragon well I brought from the leader two days ago to Director Jin." ”

He smiled and said to Zhuang Yiyan: "Lao Zhuang, this is the Longjing before Ming Dynasty that I asked for from the leader two days ago, how about you try the taste." ”

Dai Mao made tea and went out.

Zhuang Yiyan is naturally not polite, and he doesn't know what politeness is all these years.

After smelling it, the fragrance is strong but not dispersed, and the smell makes people feel light.

After taking a sip, he felt that his lips and teeth were fragrant, and he said, "Dean, this tea is really good." ”

As he spoke, he took two more sips.

Then he said: "The leader here is just good tea, like I can only drink high powder when I am old." ”

When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he didn't hear it, and was still busy with the work at hand.

Zhuang Yiyan glanced at the tea canister that Dai Mao put aside, and said: "Alas, I know that the director is most worried about us old people, I thank the director for your tea." ”

After saying this, he casually stuffed the tea caddy on the coffee table directly into his bag.

Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he looked at this scene, this old thing is really not exquisite.

He Yan Jiecheng was at the leader's place, and what he paid attention to was a foreshadowing, so that the leader was embarrassed, and then took the initiative to give himself a little.

How can he Zhuang Yibai be like this, this is simply a bandit.

Seeing this, Yan Xie Cheng had no choice but to put down the work in his hand. said: "Lao Zhuang, when this tea leaves in a while, let Secretary Dai load half a catty for you."

You can't take this tea can for me. ”

Zhuang Yiyan smiled, without the slightest embarrassment, and took out the tea from his bag again.

Yan Jiechengquan thought that he was blind and couldn't see all this.

said: "Lao Zhuang, you came here to find me." It can't be just for this little tea, right? ”

Only then did Zhuang Yiyan take out a document from his bag, hand it to Yan Jiecheng and said, "Leader, I heard that you are planning to build a circumferential test base in the Academy of Railway Sciences.

Therefore, we are also planning to build a full-length rail quenching test center at this base. ”

Then he continued: "This is our report document on the construction of the experimental center. ”

Yan Jiecheng listened and nodded.

Zhuang Yiyan on the side saw Yan Jiecheng's expression of interest, so he hurriedly talked about this experimental center.

"Leader, after the completion of this test center, it can not only be used for training on the technology of quenching the full length of the whole road.

It is also possible to provide 5000~6000 tons of full-length quenched steel rails for the railway every year.

And it provides a test base for the research of new technology of rail full length quenching.

In the future, it may be possible to strengthen international technical exchanges and cooperation. ”

Yan Jiecheng looked at Zhuang Yiyan's excitement, he himself knew the importance of this technology.

For the Beijing-Tianjin passenger dedicated line, this technology was used for some of the rails at that time.

The quenching of the full-length rail head of the rail is made stronger by heating and rapid cooling, which is called the full-length quenching treatment of the rail.

It is an important measure to improve the wear resistance and compressive performance of railway rails.

In the early sixties, the national economy ushered in a new great development.

The bottleneck effect of the main artery of railway transportation is prominent, and the railway rail is generally not wear-resistant, non-compressive, and has a short service life.

In October 65, in view of this situation, the rail coordination group of the two ministries of metallurgy and railways decided to jointly carry out experimental research on the quenching of the full length of the rail.

In 66 years, the Academy of Railway Sciences also went to Jialingjiang to cooperate with Jialingjiang Iron and Steel Plant to carry out the full-length quenching test research project of rails.

And set up a battle group, began to design, while processing.

At that time, the idle factory building by the Jialing River was also used, and all members of the battle team installed equipment, debugged and carried out process tests together with the workers and masters.

The rail is a long part of the special-shaped section, and the deformation of the rail is naturally caused by heating and cooling.

So the first rail was quenched at full length, and the 12.5-meter-long rail was upturned by 500 mm.

It's scary!

What to do?

After repeated pondering and many attempts, the slope of the quenching test line and the self-weight of the rail were increased, and the deformation of the full length of the rail after quenching was overcome.

During the test, the structure of the heating and cooling device and the adjustment of process parameters were continuously improved.

After nearly two months of hard work day and night, a qualified full-length quenching rail can finally be produced, indicating that the full-length quenching test line of the rail is feasible.

As a result, the first full-length quenching test production line of 12.5-meter steel rail in China was born on the bank of the Jialing River.

Originally, the matter was basically the same here. But later, Yan Jiecheng built a Beijing-Tianjin passenger dedicated line.

There were a lot of new technologies at the time, such as a 100-meter-long track.

It is still a seamless line, which gives Jinhua Institute a new idea.

In addition, according to their follow-up investigation and development of the Beijing-Tianjin passenger dedicated line, the welded joints of the rails are prone to the formation of saddle-shaped joint diseases.

Zhuang Yi's research found that the stroke of this saddle-shaped joint disease was caused by the joint softening belt when the rail was welded.

That's why they're going to build an experimental center.

Although Lao Zhuang said a lot, Yan Jiecheng still didn't understand a little and asked: "Lao Zhuang, haven't we solved the 250-meter rail heat treatment technology?"

At present, it is in the Chengnan rail welding workshop, but the technology is very mature.

This time, I'm afraid you have other ideas. ”

Lao Zhuang listened to Yan Jiecheng's words and said with a smile: "Leader, I know that the heat treatment of 250 meters of rail in the south of the city is very good.

In the actual operation assessment of the Jinpu line, it is shown that the service life is increased by more than 1 time.

The welded joints are smooth and intact, and the saddle disease of the joints is successfully eliminated.

But we can't rest on our laurels, we now have the strength to do 500 meters. ”

After Yan Jiecheng heard this, he hesitated a little. This technological progress is naturally a good thing.

But now that the budget is tight, is there any need to do this?

This needs to be weighed up by him.

After all, it is estimated that there are many projects, and Yan Jiecheng can only invest his money in the most suitable place.

Yan Jiecheng thought for a while, then looked at Lao Zhuang and said, "Lao Zhuang, you led the team to participate in the International Heavy Load Conference a few days ago.

Our technology has attracted great attention from Eagle Sauce peers, and cooperation has been discussed many times.

At that time, this task was given to you, how is it now? ”

When Lao Zhuang heard this, he suddenly felt bad. hurriedly said: "Chief Engineer Yan, you still don't know about Eagle Sauce, what you say is very fierce."

But when it comes time for them to really pay for it, they are stingier than anyone else.

This technology, they only want to use 10 million dollars to introduce.

As you know, we spend a lot of manpower and material resources in order to research this technology.

How is $10 million possible? So this matter is over. ”

Yan Jiecheng glanced at Lao Zhuang, and then added some water to his tea jar.

Sitting on the sofa next to Lao Zhuang, he said: "Lao Zhuang, I know what you think, there is nothing wrong with pursuing technological progress.

But in the current economic situation, we only have so much research funding.

Every penny needs to be spent in the most urgent places, and we need to move back this experimental center. ”

Lao Zhuang heard Yan Jiecheng say this, and wanted to fight again.

Yan Xie Cheng saw it and hurriedly said: "Lao Zhuang, if you look at your experimental center, the construction cost and investment in the early stage alone will be more than 400 million.

Tell me, where do I go to find that more than 400 million?

Our foundation is poor, and now the funds are tight, so we can only make up for the shortcomings.

Therefore, the heat treatment of these 250 meters of steel rails is completely sufficient. ”

When Lao Zhuang heard this, he was very depressed.

Yan Jiecheng comforted and said, "Don't be discouraged.

Our research funding is limited, and all research projects can only serve actual production.

In the future, when our economy is on the rise, and we have a large amount of funds, we will study these cutting-edge technologies. ”

Lao Zhuang naturally understands this truth, originally he heard that he signed a large contract with Xiao Ri.

So this time, I came here mainly to try to use the profits from this contract to build an experimental center.

Unexpectedly, Yan Jiecheng still refused without thinking about it.

Lao Zhuang finally left disappointed.

Although when he left, Yan Jiecheng stuffed two packs of good Ming Qian Longjing into the bag he gave him.

But the whole person is still a little listless.

Yan Jiecheng thought in his heart that it might have been a wrong decision to let this little old man be the director in the first place.

If he continues to be an ordinary scientific researcher, he probably doesn't have to worry about this kind of project at this time, and he may be a happy gambler after work.

Just when Yan Jiecheng sighed, Dai Mao came to his office, glanced at him, and said with some hesitation:

"Leader, I just called from the gate post and said that there is a person named Zhou Xiaobo who wants to see you.

You see? ”

Zhou Xiaobo?

When Yan Jiecheng suddenly heard this name, he couldn't help but fall into the memory.

Zhou Xiaobo was his first secretary, and that was ten years ago. At the beginning, because of the incident of Yangcheng Red Star Household Appliance Factory, he was expelled from the road and went to labor reeducation, but he didn't expect it to be so many years.

At first, the other party followed him, in the Locomotive Administration, in the Department of Education Management, all the way to the High-Speed Rail Research Institute.

Yan Jiecheng remembered a lot of things ten years ago, and then sighed.

He said to Dai Mao, "Go down and bring him with you yourself." ”

At the gate guard of the ministry, a man in his forties was wearing a clean set of washed clothes, but the clothes were a little shabby.

Looking into the courtyard with a cramped face.

The guard box on the side was on duty, with a rifle in his hand, staring at him deadly.

After all, this person said that he was here to find Chief Engineer Yan, and he had to make them nervous on duty.

Zhou Xiaobo saw the appearance of the guard box on duty, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

He used to come here a lot, and he worked there for a while.

It's just that at that moment, he wouldn't have imagined that one day this place would be so far away from him.

For a moment, he looked at several people he had known before. Some of those people seem to be quite leaders.

Zhou Xiaobo was still afraid of being embarrassed to be recognized, so he hid to the side, but people didn't look at him at all.

Zhou Xiaobo waited for a while, but he didn't see the phone ringing. A little lost, just want to leave like this.

There was a person who looked like a cadre, and he walked towards the gate.

When Dai Mao arrived at the gate, he saw that in addition to the guard box on duty, there was also a down-and-out middle-aged man.

He stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, are you Comrade Zhou Xiaobo?" ”

Zhou Xiaobo hurriedly said: "Leader, it's me." I am Zhou Xiaobo. ”

Dai Mao glanced at the other party carefully, and then said to the door guard: "Well, this Comrade Zhou Xiaobo is what the leader wants to see." ”

Then he said to Zhou Xiaobo: "Let's go, the leader wants to see you." ”

Then, Zhou Xiaobo hurriedly smiled at Dai Mao flatteringly.

It's just that he's a proud person, although he's making a flattering smile. But people can see that it is very blunt at a glance.

When Dai Mao saw it, he also smiled, and there was no communication between the two. Silently walked towards the building where Yan Jiecheng worked.

Zhou Xiaobo knew that the one who came to pick him up in his heart was probably the leader's secretary.

Thinking of this, he also felt bitter in his heart.

Back then, I was the first secretary of the leader.

"Comrade, let me ask, how is the leader all these years?"

Dai Mao, who was leading the way in front, suddenly heard this sound.

glanced at Zhou Xiaobo with some surprise, and then said: "The leader has always been very good." ”

"That's good, that's good." Zhou Xiaobo seemed to answer Dai Mao, and seemed to mumble to himself.

Seeing the familiar and unfamiliar environment around him, Zhou Xiaobo's psychological thoughts were full of thoughts.

From the gate of the ministry to Yan Jiecheng's office, the two of them walked for ten minutes.

He was the one who greeted Dai Mao all the way, after all, as Yan Jiecheng's secretary, he was also a celebrity in the ministry.

Naturally, the enthusiasm of others is indispensable.

When he arrived at Yan Jiecheng's office, Dai Mao first arranged for Zhou Xiaobo to rest in the reception room.

He went to report to Yan Jiecheng himself.

When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he said directly: "You let him come over." ”

After a while, Dai Mao came in with Zhou Xiaobo.

After coming in, Yan Jiecheng didn't look up and continued to do his work.

Dai Mao made tea for Zhou Xiaobo and went out.

Zhou Xiaobo sat on the sofa and fidgeted. At this moment, he developed as if Yan Jiecheng's aura here was even stronger.

He felt that the air here was frozen.

After a while, Yan Xie finished batching a file. looked up at Zhou Xiaobo and said, "In the past ten years, are you okay?" ”

(End of chapter)