Inside the canteen of Linxi Mine.
Zhang Hongshan strode over.
Rubbing his hands, a hint of apology appeared on his darkened and rough face, and he said with a naive smile: "I'm really sorry, repairing the machine took a little time."
Liu Qingquan stood up at this time and introduced to Li Aiguo and Director Zhang: "This is my uncle, Comrade Zhang Hongshan."
Zhang Hongshan didn't know Li Aiguo, but he recognized Director Zhang at a glance and quickly puffed up his chest.
"Two leaders, I am the coal cutter operator of the third excavation team in Mine No. 6, and I am also the deputy director of the twelfth self-contracted production cooperative."
Li Aiguo, a coal cutter operator, has heard of it, a worker who operates a small coal cutter.
but.
What does self-contracted production cooperative mean?
Li Aiguo was about to ask.
Director Zhang seemed to recognize Zhang Hongshan, stood up, held his hand tightly and said, "Are you the first foreign worker to stand up against the contractor?!"
"Actually, I wasn't the first one, Liu Qingsong was the first one, but he was harmed by the gangsters from the contractor group." Zhang Hongshan scratched his head and said honestly.
"Qingsong is a good comrade. We even participated in underground study classes together before liberation."
Director Zhang was also from Lao Linxi, and when he mentioned Liu Qingsong, he felt a pang of regret.
Ask the fat cook to bring another enamel jar of wine and drink it all in one gulp.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn.
Dong Gong and Liu Mingshan were afraid of drinking, so they hid aside after eating.
Liu Qingquan, Lao Zheng, and Zhang Hongshan didn't seem to know what to say.
Li Aiguo took a sip of wine and interrupted the dull atmosphere: "Brother Zhang, what does the large cabinet for contract work mean?"
"I forgot to explain it to you." Director Zhang took a few sips of wine and felt much better: "Before liberation, coal mine capitalists did not directly hire underground workers, but subcontracted underground production to "contractors".
Contractors work under contract and recruit workers from outside. This is called outside workers.
After becoming a foreign worker, in addition to enduring exploitation and extortion from the big contractors, I also endured bullying from big bosses and Erchatou.
You have to "burn incense" for them from time to time.
There are many names for "burning incense".
Including gifts for entering the factory, three festivals a year, gifts for returning to work after illness, gifts for births, funerals, birthdays, salary increase gifts, etc.! "
The miners at that time were really bullied.
Dong Gong, Liu Qingquan, and Lao Zheng's expressions also darkened, and their fists were slightly clenched.
Liu Mingshan and others had ugly faces and sat with their heads hanging down. Before liberation, they were on the side of the capitalists.
Li Aiguo put down the enamel jar and suddenly asked: "Did an accident happen to a foreign worker in the mine? It has nothing to do with the coal mine capitalists."
"Hey, brother Li, how do you know?" Director Zhang said in surprise: "Coal mines are both cash cows and palaces of hell. Those dark mines always swallow up hundreds of lives every year.
In the earliest days, according to the regulations of the Bureau of Mines, if something happened to a worker, the coal mine capitalists had to pay pensions.
Since the implementation of the contract system, all responsibilities have been transferred to the contractor.
The contractor himself came from a gangster background.
Asking them for pensions is simply asking for death. "
Li Aiguo chuckled.
Isn’t this the labor dispatch system of later generations?
The predecessors indeed had great wisdom.
Mentioning what happened before liberation, Zhang Hongshan became a little emotional: "At that time, miners were humiliated in factories and mines. We called entering the factory a 'bird cage.'
The few absentees from the fifth team even made up a song. "
He picked up the chopsticks and tapped the porcelain bowl lightly, opened the corners of his dry mouth slightly, and started singing.
"When I step into the mine gate, my freedom is stripped away; the big cabinet is cruel and treats me like a prisoner; if I am not careful in my workmanship, I will be whipped; if I am not treated for illness, I will be kicked out."
He was tone deaf, his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't match the tune.
but.
This homespun song touched everyone's heart.
Li Aiguo clenched his fists tightly.
This group of big contractors, in order to make money, are so crazy that they even treat their own compatriots as slaves.
He took a deep breath and said: "Brother Hongshan, in order to resist the large labor contracting cabinet, you established a self-contracted production cooperative?"
"In 1949, the wind from outside blew into the coal mines. The miners spontaneously organized production cooperatives and directly connected with the coal mines, leaving aside the main contracting cabinet."
Although Zhang Hongshan's tone was calm, Li Aiguo felt the bloodshed from it.
The big contractors survive by sucking the blood of their workers.
We will not just watch the establishment of self-contracted production cooperatives.
There must have been a fierce struggle at that time.
"What about those large cabinets for contract workers after liberation?"
"After the workers became the masters of the country, they were all sent to the fence, especially the largest contractors, and they were even fed peanuts."
"here you go!"
Li Aiguo was also a man of temperament. At that time, he picked up the enamel jar and offered Zhang Hongshan a glass of wine.
After drinking, Zhang Hongshan took a few bites of food, chatted with Lao Zheng for a few words, and prepared to leave.
"Leaders, I have to go back to repair Bascombein."
Southampton Bascombein?
This is the second time Li Aiguo has heard this exotic word.
He asked with some curiosity: "Donbascombein is the combined shearer from Lao Maozi's side. That thing is always solid, how could it be broken?"
"I feel strange when I mention this."
Zhang Hongshan sat down again, his brows stained with engine oil and dirt were knitted into knots, and he looked puzzled: "When Lao Maozi's experts sent Donbas Combine to the mine, they patted their chests and promised that this thing would only last as long as If used properly, it will not be a problem to work continuously for a year.
But in less than two months, he gave up his choice. "
Director Zhang said: "Comrade Hongshan, don't worry, you guys, our mine has reported this matter to the department and asked them to hold Lao Maozi responsible. I estimate that Lao Maozi will send experts to repair it soon."
Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this.
Lao Maozi of this age is quite straight-tempered and generally won't brag.
Especially this heavy equipment.
It also involves Lao Maozi’s own face.
Nothing goes wrong easily.
unless
After drinking and eating, everyone stood up and prepared to leave the canteen.
Li Aiguo diffused a circle of smoke and asked casually: "Director Zhang, we train drivers are always interested in big machines. Can we see your Donbas Combine?"
"That's no problem. It's just that Donbas Combine is parked at the bottom of No. 3 Coal Cave of No. 6 Mine. Going down the coal cave is not a simple matter." Director Zhang looked worried.
"Oh, isn't it just about drilling holes? We train drivers often drill into caves too."
Li Aiguo stood up and gently patted Director Zhang on the shoulder: "Brother, please help with the arrangements."
Although Director Zhang was unwilling to let the guests enter the dangerous coal cave, he could only nod and agree when Li Aiguo insisted.
In order to ensure safety, Director Zhang specially invited Deputy Section Chief Wu from the Security Section and Comrade Wang from the Security Department to accompany him.
Deputy Section Chief Wu was wearing a white uniform, with an armed belt slung across his waist, with a pistol stuck on it, and he had the aura of a veteran.
Wang Ping'an was wearing a navy blue tunic suit and black-rimmed glasses. He looked very rigid.
Li Aiguo first went to the material distribution room to get a miner's lamp, dust mask and safety helmet.
After getting dressed, several people came to Coal Cave No. 3 in Well No. 6.
The head of the No. 3 coal tunnel inclined shaft is located on the east side of Linxi Mine.
The wellhead is high and large, made of rocks, with narrow rails laid inside, and several large tank cars parked above.
There is a winch room built on a high slope of about 20 meters in front of the cave entrance. A steel cable extends from the winch room and is connected to the large tanker.
There were no "monkey carts" in those days. Workers went in and out of the coal mines in large tank cars.
The large tanker is also a tool for transporting coal, and the bottom is covered with black cinders.
Sitting cross-legged inside, the large tanker began to move slowly with the sound of the noose.
The mine was filled with various smells, a mixture of dust and dampness.
Although there were light bulbs hanging on both sides of the alley, the dim lights still couldn't dispel the darkness. Being in it felt like you were about to go to hell.
Director Zhang has been secretly observing Li Aiguo's expression, worried that this young driver from the capital would not be able to persist.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Aiguo was sitting cross-legged in the tanker, looking quite calm.
Amidst the noise of the roaring, Director Zhang said at the top of his lungs: "Okay, Driver Li, I think the first time I followed the master into the coal tunnel, I almost pissed myself."
"We train drivers have no other merits except that we are brave." Li Aiguo chuckled and brought the topic to Donbas Combine.
Mentioning Donbas Combine, Zhang Hongshan, who was sitting next to him, became excited.
"Driver Li, there are only seven Donbas Combines in the country, and our Linxi mine only has two. Because our coal mining team gets the little red flag every year, the coal mine will allocate them to us."
“We thought that relying on Donbas Combain, our coal mining team could break the coal mining record in the entire mine, but it turned out that Donbas Combain broke down!”
"The output of the fifth coal mining team is estimated to have exceeded ours."
A few people chatted.
The tanker has reached the bottom of the coal cave.
Because the Donbas Combine could not be put into operation, the coal tunnel went into shutdown mode.
Meidong, which originally worked three shifts and was always noisy, fell into a rare tranquility.
Li Aiguo stood up from the tanker and saw a huge machine with the help of dim light.
Donbas Combin looks like a later combine harvester.
There is a driving building on the upper part, the internal structure is complex, and the coal mining belt is connected with a moving slide.
As long as you press the button, it will move dexterously, and the chainring will rotate to "gnaw" the coal.
There are iron pillars and iron supports next to it, which basically realizes the automation of circulation.
At this time, several workers wearing miner's lamps were busy around Donbas Combain.
When they heard the big tank truck coming down, several people raised their heads.
"Hong Shan, who are these people?"
"We are guests from the capital." Zhang Hongshan ran over and asked impatiently: "Team Leader Liu, how is the situation?"
Team leader Liu didn't care about Li Aiguo and the others. He threw away the hammer in his hand and said depressedly: "I've been working on it for a long time and I don't have a clue."
"Team leader, this thing is made in foreign countries, and it's complicated inside! We can't understand it either, so we might as well ask Xu Xu to come over," a worker said.
"Forget about technical skills, I always felt that something was wrong about what happened yesterday." Team leader Liu waved his hands fiercely: "The machine was fine at first, but he ordered the operator to stop it for inspection. After a while, the machine broke down."
"Team leader, don't talk nonsense."
When the workers saw Li Aiguo and others approaching, they quickly reminded Team Leader Liu.
Team Leader Liu also had no evidence. Considering the impact on the reputation of gay people, he could only suppress his doubts in his heart.
He knew the officer from the Security Department and said with a smile: "Wang Ping An, don't worry, I'm here to keep an eye on you. No one dares to smoke."
"You, stop being glib and be sure to take safety measures. You have forgotten what happened before liberation. At that time, those people deliberately set fire in the mine and burned more than a hundred of our worker brothers to death." Zhang Ping'an said with a serious face. .
"Yes Yes Yes"
They were chatting there, and Li Aiguo went straight to Donbas Combine.
The front shell of the Donbas Combain has been dismantled, and under the illumination of a miner's lamp, disks of crushed gears are exposed.
The structure inside was complex, with various parts intertwined together. He looked at it for a while, but couldn't see the way through it.
As a person who succeeded entirely through his own efforts, how could Li Aiguo give up?
Opened the system panel without hesitation.
Steam engine driving: 100;
Cooking: 15;
Cycling: 95;
Geological exploration technology: 20;
Criminal Investigation Technology: 61;
EMU assembly body technology: 30;
Hand rub nuke: 0;
Lithography machine manufacturing: 0;
Sow postpartum care: 0;
High-speed rail manufacturing technology: 0;
Current remaining skill points: 60;
Li Aiguo was in the system, manipulating the system panel, and looking for technology in the system to identify faults in Donbas Combine.
Soon, a line of big words appeared in front of me: Master of mechanical design technology!
Li Aiguo felt ecstatic in his heart.
Skill points are too difficult to gain.
At this time, he was busy discussing driving skills with Miss Chen, and wasted time. It took nearly two months to save 60 skill points.
Just now, he was worried about wasting some skill points on Donbas Combine manufacturing technology that would be useless for future development.
Now there is mechanical mastery.
Even if the Donbas Combain in front of him was not man-made damage, he had no loss.
After all, if you want to invent for the country and the railway in the future, proficiency in mechanical design technology is essential.
Li Aiguo controlled the system panel and added 60 skill points to mechanical design technology proficiency.
Proficient in mechanical design technology: 0↑60;
Almost instantly, my brain was buzzing.
It's like there are tens of thousands of gigabytes of data passing through from an unknown place.
Li Aiguo felt dizzy, and many strange memories appeared in his mind.
Close your eyes and those memories quickly become easier to understand.
Li Aiguo briefly read through it, his eyes widened suddenly, and he felt ecstatic in his heart.
Just as he expected.
Mechanical design proficiency includes various professional mechanical designs such as agricultural machinery design, mining machinery design, pump design, compressor design, steam turbine design, internal combustion engine design, and machine tool design.
This is a basic passive skill that will also be helpful for future inventions.
Li Aiguo suppressed his excitement, picked up an inspection hammer, climbed to Donbas Combain, and studied it carefully.
The principles of mechanical design are all the same.
Li Aiguo, who is now comparable to a master of mechanical design, can easily see the clues.
His eyes fell on the broken gears, and his heart skipped a beat.
At this time, Director Zhang and the others were chatting. Occasionally, he raised his head and saw Li Aiguo. He was so surprised that he shouted: "Driver Li, this is our Linxi mine's precious baby. You must not mess with it."
Deputy Chief of Security Section Wu and Wang Anping, as well as members of the coal mining team, also gathered around nervously.
It was extremely hot in the coal cave. Li Aiguo wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved the flashlight, and said with a serious face: "Lao Zhang, this machine was damaged due to improper operation."
As soon as these words came out.
It was extremely quiet for a moment in the coal cave, and the sound of cannons could even be heard in the distance.
Director Zhang and the others felt that the air seemed to have become thicker, making them somewhat breathless.
It took a long time for him to react.
Director Zhang said anxiously: "Driver Li, this is no joke!
We here received a notice from the North China Coal Mine Administration to purchase two Donbas Combine units.
The mine specially sent Xu Jiji and Zhang Jiji to Shanxi Datong Coal Mine.
Learn all aspects of the Donbas Combine machine's technical operation, labor organization, cycle diagrams, electromechanical transport and work planning.
In particular, Xu Xu, the master of this machine, got full marks in the technical examination of the study class.
How could it be done improperly! "
Facing the red-faced Director Zhang, Li Aiguo said calmly: "The machine was deliberately damaged."
boom.
There seemed to be a thunder blast in the coal cave, and everyone's face turned livid.
The situation at the mine is more complicated than at the local level.
In fact, for a long time after liberation, the actual controllers of Luanping Mine were coal mine capitalists.
Later, self-contracted production cooperatives and labor unions were established, and military representatives were sent to the coal mines. Only then did the coal mines gradually change their color.
Of course, those who were unwilling to fail launched attacks several times.
At this time, the hearts of the comrades in the coal cave were raised, and the lights in the cave were dimmed.
Wang Ping'an, who was in charge of the mine, wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Li, Driver Li, Xu Jiji is an advanced member of the mine and has a very high ideological consciousness. Otherwise, the mine would not send him to study. How could he deliberately damage the machine?" , stop joking."
"People may lie to others, but machines cannot lie to others."
Li Aiguo waved down: "Which of you is more familiar with Donbas Combin?"
There was silence for a while, and finally Team Leader Liu of the coal mining team raised his hand: "Xu Jiji didn't let us learn from him secretly, but I still peeked at the technical documents while he wasn't paying attention."
He climbed onto the machine in twos and twos. Li Aiguo took out the flashlight, shined the internal gear parts, picked up the inspection hammer and knocked on it.
"Have you seen the auxiliary meshing wheel? This kind of wheel is made of alloy steel and is extremely strong. How could the gear on it break?"
"There is also a second transmission deceleration chain in the coal cutting department, which is also in the wrong position and is obviously decoupled."
"."
When he said these words, Li Aiguo felt a sigh of relief in his heart.
To be able to destroy the extremely strong Donbas Combain to such an extent requires Zhang Xu’s technical skills!
Although Team Leader Liu's mechanical skills are not as good as Li Aiguo's.
After all, after working next to Combine in Donbas for several months, plus peeking at technical documents, and with Li Aiguo's guidance, I now understood it clearly.
"How could Xiao Xu do such a thing? Doesn't he know that Donbas Combine is a valuable asset in the mine? Is it the lifeblood of our miners?!"
A chill ran from the soles of my feet to the back of my head.
Team Leader Liu, a man who showed no expression even when facing the collapse of the mine tunnel, couldn't help but shudder.
His body swayed, and he almost fell off Donbas Combine.
Li Aiguo grabbed him and handed him over to Zhang Hongshan who was rushing over.
at this time.
Everyone at the scene had already trusted Li Aiguo's judgment through Zhang Hongshan's reaction.
Deputy Section Chief Wu, who was in charge of the security work, looked serious and asked: "Team Leader Liu, was Donbas Combain really deliberately destroyed?"
Team Leader Liu nodded with difficulty.
Coal mining is a dangerous job, and the comrades in the coal mining team are like brothers in the coal cave.
How could Xiao Xu!
Deputy Section Chief Wu turned to look at Wang An'an: "Did Xu Qiji not go to work today? Where does he live?"
Wang Ping'an seemed to have remembered something, and his face changed drastically: "Xu Jiji is in the No. 5 coal cave! I saw him and the fifth excavation team enter the tank truck with my own eyes this morning!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.
The fifth tunneling team assembles the second Donbas Combine of Linxi Mine!
Maybe Xu Technology
"Isn't Wang Jiji in charge of Donbas Combain of the fifth excavation team?" Deputy Section Chief Wu wanted to ask further.
Li Aiguo reminded from the side: "Chief Wu, we must act immediately!"
"Yes, take action!"
Deputy Section Chief Wu woke up, strode to the support pillar not far away, and pressed the red button on it.
"This is an electric bell, connected to the winch room. Let's get on the tanker quickly."
Deputy Section Chief Wu explained and rushed to the winch with Li Aiguo, Director Zhang and Team Leader Liu.
After a while.
The wire rope slowly straightened, and the tanker rushed upwards quickly.
When I think about it, Xu Tech may have begun to destroy No. 2 Donbas Combine at this time.
Li Aiguo was so anxious that when the tanker rushed out of the bright hole, he took out the pistol from his waist and jumped out.
He yelled: "Who will follow me to the fifth hole!"
Deputy Section Chief Wu was deprived of power, but he did not feel anything inappropriate.
After all, if it hadn't been for Li Aiguo's reminder below, it would have been a trivial matter that their security department could not escape. No. 2 Donbas Combine would have definitely been destroyed.
He stood up at that time: "I'm going to gather the team members."
"It's too late. Xu Jiji sabotaged the machine in front of the shearers. He might do it again at any time."
Li Aiguo didn't have time to explain, so he rushed towards Coal Cave No. 5 with a pistol.
Director Zhang, Wang Ping'an, and several miners came out of the coal hole, and none of them were cowards, and they strode behind.
When the miners passing by saw Li Aiguo carrying a gun, their eyes were red as if he was about to eat someone, and they all stepped aside.
After all, Deputy Section Chief Wu has received formal training.
He has lived in mining areas all year round and is very familiar with the roads.
After a while, he arrived in front of Li Aiguo and rushed to the winch room window.
"Quick, pull up the winch!" He opened the window and shouted inside.
"It's the Chief of Military Affairs. The coal down there hasn't been loaded yet. According to regulations, you can't pull the winch."
Most of the jobs in the coal mines are heavy manual labor and are generally performed by male workers. Tank truck operator is one of the few jobs that requires no effort, and it is also one of the few female workers.
The operator is a pock-marked girl known as the winch beauty.
She was shocked, but still insisted on her work principles.
"Don't ask me about the rules. If I tell you to pull, you will pull. If something goes wrong, I will take it from you."
In panic, Deputy Section Chief Wu also lost his usual calmness and waved his pistol up and down.
That ferocious look made Xishi's face change in fright.
"I, I will ring the bell immediately to notify the workers in the coal tunnel."
As she spoke, she was about to press the bell on the table.
But his fingers were stopped by a pair of rough hands: "Wait, we can't pull the winch up."
Looking up, he saw a young man wearing a strange uniform and a miner's lamp hat.
The winch operator was confused for a moment and subconsciously looked at Deputy Section Chief Wu.
He seemed to be asking, but he was relieved when he saw that the fierce god didn't get angry but nodded.
Winch Xishi retracted her fingers and waited for the next instruction.
Deputy Section Chief Wu also woke up at this moment, handed Li Aiguo a cigarette, put his hands together and lit it for him.
He lit one himself and his voice was trembling: "Driver Li, thank you for reminding me just now, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."
Zhang Hongshan and the others also rushed over at this time.
Seeing that the winch was not moving, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Section Chief, hurry up and have someone pull up the winch. Let's rush in and pull out Xu Jiji!"
"Lao Zhang, you made the same mistake as me."
Deputy Section Chief Wu pointed to the wire rope that went deep into the mine: "Now the fifth mining team is loading coal into the big tank. If the big tank is suddenly pulled up, it will definitely arouse Xu Ji's vigilance, and he will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry."
(End of chapter)
