In the eyes of outsiders, the arsenal is very mysterious and belongs to a secret unit, and the actual situation is still a little different from what everyone imagined. The vast majority of arsenals produce things that are not very secretive, such as firearms, ammunition, etc., which have no technical content, so naturally they cannot be talked about secrets.

This is the case with Plant 311, which produces three main things: gun barrels, gun barrels, and cylinders for diesel engines. The technical level of these three things is much behind that of Western countries, so there are no excessively high requirements in terms of technical secrecy.

However, this is the current situation, when Factory 311 was first relocated to Aoshan Town, the secrecy work was still very strict, and the locals did not know what this factory was for. At that time, the security of the country was seriously threatened, and the higher authorities had to relocate many factories originally set up in big cities to deep mountains and old forests. This is mainly to preserve the vitality in the event of war.

Later, as the crisis was lifted, Factory 311 became less mysterious, and everyone around knew what this factory produces. Whether it was a gun barrel or a gun barrel, the common people were not interested, and over time, the 311 factory also faded its mysterious shell and was regarded by the locals as an ordinary state-owned factory.

"Master, how many production workshops are there in the factory?"

Although it is not the first time for Niu Xiaoqiang to enter the factory, he has only been to the waste warehouse with Fang Dongping before, and has never stepped into the production workshop, so he is very curious about the situation in this regard.

"There are six production workshops, each with three production groups, three of which are dedicated to the production of barrels, two to the barrels, and one to the production of cylinders for diesel engines. ”

"Which workshop are we going to?"

"Let's go to the third workshop, there is a fax machine in the workshop office over there, I want to borrow it. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded and stopped talking, and after a group of five people walked into the third workshop, the first thing they saw was hundreds of machine tools neatly arranged. The machines have been sealed in plastic film and look a little bleak.

Niu Xiaoqiang swept around and found that the production line next door was empty, so he couldn't help but ask, "Master, why isn't there a machine tool installed here?"

Fang Dongping sighed: "Over there is the territory of the second production team of the third workshop, which was originally full of machine tools like the first production team we see now, but because the economy in the factory is too difficult, we have to sell the equipment." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang then remembered the sale of equipment in the arsenal some time ago, he paused and then asked: "I heard that the factory is building dormitories for workers, if it is really poor enough to sell equipment, where will the money come from to repair the dormitory building?"

Fang Dongping smiled helplessly: "If you don't have money, you have to eat, right? There are so many unmarried young people in the factory, if you don't settle them well, what should you do if you make a fuss? In fact, most of the money from the last sale of machine tools was used to build a dormitory building, but it was still not enough, and then the factory leaders put forward a proposal to raise funds, saying that as long as anyone is willing to pay 500 yuan, then the dormitory allocated in the future will belong to him personally, if it is not because of this, I am afraid that the dormitory building will not be built. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but think of the information he had learned about the restructuring and production of enterprises in extracurricular readings, and he asked: "Master, since the factory has encountered such great difficulties, why don't you want to change production? With so many equipment and skilled workers in the factory, there shouldn't be a big problem in producing other industrial products, right?"

"Some factory leaders have had the idea of changing production, but first, they lack funds for transformation, and secondly, they are not familiar with the market situation, and they have discussed several times without results, and then they are gone. ”

Fang Dongping lowered his voice when he said this: "In fact, the reason why there is no follow-up is mainly related to the conservative thinking of some factory leaders, who think that it is better to wait for the higher authorities to allocate funds and issue documents before acting, otherwise if the factory collapses, no one will be able to bear this responsibility." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang understood as soon as he heard it, in fact, this is a common problem of most state-owned enterprises, and they expect money and policies from above. As leaders of state-owned enterprises, their ideological concepts are very conservative, and they would rather sit and wait for death than carry out reforms lightly. Otherwise, if they fail, they may be jointly and severally liable. If you sit and wait for death, the collapse of the factory has little to do with them, and the boss will not pursue it, which sounds somewhat ridiculous, but it is true.

Niu Xiaoqiang analyzed the situation he learned and came to such a conclusion: now the country is engaged in economic construction, everywhere is anxiously waiting for money, if it is not an important unit with strategic value, it is impossible for the higher authorities to support, 311 factory just belongs to the ranks of less important enterprises, so the factory leaders are very likely to wait for not funds and policies, but death.

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head slightly when he thought of this, and said in his heart: According to this view, it is estimated that the country will soon usher in a wave of bankruptcy and bankruptcy, and at that time, it will be too late to think about reform.

He no longer had any hope for Factory 311 and felt that his idea of opening a factory was very correct. If you continue to have the idea of coming to 311 Factory to be an employee of a state-owned enterprise after graduation, the final result is mostly a busy job, as for the iron rice bowl expected by parents, it may not be as solid as paper paste.

Since this is the first time Niu Xiaoqiang and others have entered the production workshop, Fang Dongping took a group of people to visit the workshop, so that they can understand the general environment, and then Fang Dongping pointed to a machine tool in the corner: "Xiaoqiang, you teach the three of them here to familiarize themselves with the machine tool, I will go to the office to receive the documents, and after I review the drawings transmitted by the other party, I will call you over to help." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang asked, "Master, can I start teaching later?"

Fang Dongping looked at the door of the workshop, hesitated for a moment and nodded: "You can turn it on, but first of all, you must pay attention to safety, and secondly, remember to close the door of the workshop, otherwise it will not be good to be seen by others." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "No problem, you go get busy, I'll pay attention." ”

Fang Dongping was still very relieved about Niu Xiaoqiang, he hummed, turned around and walked into the workshop office.

Niu Xiaoqiang uncovered the plastic film covered by the machine tool, and said to Niu Xiaodong and the three of them: "Next, I will teach you how to operate a machine tool correctly, but before that, I need to explain to you the structure and working principle of this machine tool. ”