A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 138 The chicken is delicious, and the chicken carcass won't fall over.

After finishing the porridge, Li Huaide took Jiang Xia to the subdistrict office.

In the presence of Director Wang and a group of veteran employees, the courtyard house was mortgaged to Jiangxia.

One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer.

When it's a matter of mutual consent, there's no one blind enough to cause trouble.

During the conversation, Li Huaide also asked why he hadn't been notified when the previous courtyards were occupied.

Director Wang slowly and methodically brought out the housing statistics book, and upon closer inspection, he realized that the name registered there was not Li Huaide. It was clearly a woman's name.

Li Huaide glanced at the name, shrank back, and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Jiang Xia chuckled to himself as he looked at Li Huaide's engine, which had been turned off: "By the way, Director Wang, what exactly is that being built over there? The cement wall is so high; if there's a problem, I wouldn't dare live there!"

Director Wang glanced around and lowered his voice: "It's not a very confidential place. It's just a warehouse!"

"So, the government saw that there were too few existing supply and marketing cooperatives, making it inconvenient to supply goods to the people. So they set up a supply point in Tongluoguxiang."

"It's not just Tongluoguxiang; there are locations in places like Northwest Bridge and Weijia Hutong as well."

"That warehouse was built by the department store to replenish supplies for nearby distribution points."

He then added, "Now that some high-priced candies and pastries are available for purchase, the warehouse is mostly filled with these kinds of expensive items! There are also some imported products!"

Jiang Xia suddenly realized why the comrades over there were so nervous. They had to come out and check at the slightest sign of trouble.

However, living there seems to be much safer than other places! There are even dedicated security guards, which sounds wonderful.

"By the way, Xiao Jiang. The preliminary compensation plan for your house has been finalized."

"Preliminary assessments indicate that Zhang Erhua accounts for 80% and Liu Tiedan accounts for 20%."

"The assessed damage to the house is 680 yuan!"

"However, it seems that both sides are in a difficult position. The police officers at the local police station are still handling the case. They say that it also involves the steel mill's employees. It is said that one of the employees went to the countryside to show movies, so it will probably take some time to figure it out."

Director Wang hesitated for a moment when he mentioned this.

Jiang Xia looked at Li Huaide, "Uncle Li? He's one of your men!"

Li Huaide rubbed his face, thinking, "What a bad luck! I ran into this while renovating a house." But then he thought of Xu Damao's pot of hot tea and made a few excuses.

"Comrade Wang, I have entrusted Xu Damao to renovate Jiangxia's room."

This was approved by the factory office. So, is it okay for Xu Damao to hire someone to do the renovation?

The renovation workers and that Comrade Zhang Erhua knocked the house down, but they can't blame it on us employees!

Director Wang listened to Li Huaide's explanation without fading his smile:

"Yes, that's why Xu Damao's name wasn't on our initial identification plan!"

"However, they only offered 8 yuan for the renovation, tsk tsk tsk~~"

Director Wang grabbed Jiang Xia's little hand and patted it, giving him a pitiful look.

Jiang Xia cooperated by making a pitiful face, looking at Director Wang with a pitiful expression.

"The relevant comrades must have misunderstood. The leaders of the steel rolling mill wouldn't be so petty! Right, Uncle Li?"

Li Huaide forced a smile and repeatedly said, "Yes, yes, yes."

These past few days he's been busy checking the accessories for the exported tractors, and he really hasn't paid attention to how the house collapsed.

Upon hearing the 8 yuan renovation fee, Li Huaide knew there was more to it than met the eye.

However, since it involves myself, it would be best to go back and consider it carefully.

After retrieving the car, the two quickly returned to the factory.

Li Huaide pushed Jiang Xia into the factory director's office, but Jiang Xia made up an excuse to go do his own thing.

Jiang Xia knew that he had specifically asked him to investigate Xu Damao's matter, but no matter how you look at it, she wouldn't lose out. Exchanging three mere east wing rooms for a courtyard house was a huge profit.

So, Jiang Xia actually owns two properties.

Although one part is damaged...

Also, behind the main house is the backyard of No. 95, so the two yards are back to back.

However, Jiang Xia was now thinking about the nonsensical things Li Huaide had said to him in the car.

"I wasn't involved in this matter!"

Is this about the house, or something else? Or both?

Knock on the door and enter the factory manager's office.

Yang Youning slammed his fist on the table: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! This is never going to end! We fought back last time, and this time, we'll fight back again!"

Jiang Xia sized up the servant.

Good heavens, Ren Zhongyuan and Wang Chaogui from the Ministry of Agricultural Machinery were both present, along with Liu Jianpei, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Lin Yongguang from the First Ministry of Machine Building, who hadn't been seen for a long time.

Li Changfu sat on the outermost side and waved to Jiang Xia.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"News has come from the reclamation corps: the 'Awesome Plus' tanks that were delivered earlier are performing exceptionally well. Someone at the top is getting restless again!"

As he spoke, he quietly pointed in a certain direction.

Jiangxia understood.

"What kind of trouble are they planning now?"

"Of course it's the blueprints. If they say they're a professional factory, it should be easier for them to do it."

Tsk, no wonder Li Huaide ran so fast. If he were here, Yang Youning would probably chew him up alive.

"That's not all. Most importantly, we learned that they exported 50 tractors!"

Ren Zhongyuan took over the conversation.

"Hmph! Export earnings, what an impressive record! Whoever takes over will have an illustrious resume!"

Ugh, so annoying!

Don't they know these machines are for a competition?

Do you really think the orders will keep coming?

Lin Yongguang from the First Ministry of Machine Building clapped his hands: "Alright, the main character has arrived. Let's hear Comrade Jiang Xia's opinion! Yang Youning, get down from the table!"

"Hey! Want to hear my opinion?" Jiang Xia was surprised. In his memory, wasn't this era all about the leader taking command and the subordinates resolutely obeying orders?

Just like hand pumps, weren't they also rolled out across the country without any prior notice?

The people in the south were very enthusiastic and even developed various unique hand pump wells, some even using bamboo tubes.

The eldest son in the north is even more remarkable; his daily output is equivalent to the monthly output of the steel rolling mill.

However, the steel rolling mill still received letters of commendation from various places, and the enthusiasm expressed in them comforted Jiangxia's slightly aggrieved heart.

"Yes! After all, you are the inventor, so the organization still needs to consider this aspect!"

Jiang Xia thought about it and realized, "Hey, that makes perfect sense."

His name was clearly listed in the water well construction plan issued by the ministry. Although there wasn't much of a material reward—well, no, that's not quite right—he received a special subsidy of 10 yuan last month.

"What is the minister's opinion?"

Secretary Lin nodded in agreement when Jiang Xia asked this question, while giving Yang Youning a disdainful look: "You're such a half-hearted listener, I'm ashamed to be associated with you."

"The minister said at the symposium that it's best not to act rashly without sufficient experience!"

"After all, with the inventor like you here, there were bound to be problems, big and small, in the early stages!"

"Furthermore, after investigation, the relevant departments made suggestions. Although it's obvious to everyone that they're using our tractors as 'chickens' to kill, but..."

Secretary Lin's tone became more assertive:

"But some old folks say that even if we are 'chickens,' we are still roosters standing tall in the East. Even if we are 'killed,' we will make sure the other side is splattered with blood!"

"The meat may be gone, but the structure must not collapse! Jiang Xia! Can you do that?"