The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

"Been robbed!"

Just as Liu Tao was visiting his home and comparing the memories in his mind, a voice called out.

The scream awoke Liu Tao from his thoughts, and when he followed the sound, he saw a girl wearing simple clothes with a terrified look on her face.

Seeing this girl, a name came to Liu Tao's mind - Liu Ziyu!

That is his sister!

In this era, family planning was not yet implemented.

Under the call of the great man, "There is strength in numbers," we should have more children.

Liu Tao's parents gave birth to four children, which is not too many and can only be regarded as ordinary. It is common for people to have five or six children.

"Sister!" Liu Tao shouted naturally.

When Liu Ziyu heard a familiar voice, his running steps stopped suddenly and he looked at the familiar face in the room.

"Brother~~" Liu Ziyu shouted in surprise.

Liu Ziyu didn't expect that Liu Tao would go home.

"Brother, aren't you in Yun Province? Why are you back?" Liu Ziyu held Liu Tao's hand, looking very intimate.

Because the room was limited when they were young, the two of them lived in the same room with bunk beds. The brother and sister had a very good relationship.

In the past, Liu Tao would tutor Liu Ziyu in his studies or take Liu Ziyu out to play.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I'm coming back from vacation to do some things."

The two brothers and sisters chatted, and time passed quickly. Liu Tao's parents came back from get off work.

Liu Tao's father, Liu Zhenbang, was not happy when he saw Liu Tao coming back. Instead, he said with an angry face, "You are in Yun Province, on the front line, and you are already a cadre. I don't know that you have to stick to it at this special moment." Post, you are deserting!"

Since last year, various material resources across the country have been continuously transported to the front line, but the two frontline military factories in Yun Province and Gui Province are the busiest. After all, the troops' weapons and equipment must be replenished and replaced as close as possible.

When Liu Tao returned to Beijing at this time, he was considered a deserter in Liu Zhenbang's eyes.

"What are you doing? The child finally came back and lost such a temper! Did he get angry!?" Liu Tao's mother 'Chen Fang' glared at Liu Zhenbang and said angrily.

Chen Fang held Liu Tao's hand and said, "Son, mom will buy some meat and vegetables later and make something delicious for you."

"Dad, I arranged the work, asked for instructions from my superiors, and got approval from my superiors." Liu Tao said confidently, "Although this is a vacation, I still have business matters when I return to Beijing."

Liu Zhenbang was speechless.

Last year, the two had a quarrel about where Liu Tao would go after graduation.

In the end, Liu Tao did not go as Liu Zhenbang wanted, but chose to participate in the third-line construction and was assigned to the Panshan Machinery Factory in Yunnan Province.

The result was beyond Liu Zhenbang's expectation. In less than a year, Liu Tao accomplished an astonishing feat and developed a series of firearms with excellent performance.

Liu Tao's deeds have now spread throughout the Fifth Machinery Department.

Even Wang Baoguo was transferred to the Fifth Machinery Department and became Liu Zhenbang's direct boss, vigorously promoting Panshan Machinery Factory and Liu Tao's deeds in the Fifth Machinery Department.

In just a few months, Liu Tao's honors had far surpassed his own.

Even now in the Fifth Machinery Department, many people call Liu Tao a ‘genius firearms designer’.

This really makes Liu Zhenbang very embarrassed.

"Mom, wait a minute, I have something for you." Liu Tao said, opened his backpack, and then took out various tickets and bankbooks from the backpack.

He only kept the tickets he needed during this period, and the rest he prepared for his family.

At Panshan Machinery Factory, his food, drink and accommodation are all provided by the public, so he doesn't need to spend his own money at all.

"So many tickets?" Chen Fang looked incredulous. There were all kinds of tickets, all of which were universal across the country. There were even precious industrial tickets such as bicycle tickets and TV tickets.

When Chen Fang opened the bankbook, she was even more shocked, "Son, you didn't do anything bad, right?"

A total of tens of thousands of yuan, which is definitely a huge sum of money in this era.

Chen Fang's salary is only 99 yuan a month, and Liu Zhenbang's salary is 110.5 yuan a month. Their combined monthly salary is only 209.5 yuan, and their annual salary income is 2,514 yuan.

The passbook Liu Tao gave her was almost equivalent to five years of salary income for the two of them.

It's not that they don't have savings, but their savings are far less than Liu Tao's.

Not to mention that Liu Tao still has so many votes.

"Mom, these are the bonuses I have received in the past few months. They are all bonuses given to me by the factory and superiors." Liu Tao said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask Comrade Wang Baoguo. He is now transferred to the Fifth Machinery Department."

With a clean track record over the years, Liu Tao is confident.

"No matter how big or small, you have to call me Minister Wang now." Chen Fang rolled her eyes at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao smiled. He knew that Wang Baoguo was not the chief, but a deputy, but he was a deputy with real power.

His grandfather lived at the peak of his life, that's all.

As for his father, he probably won't reach this point in his lifetime.

Chen Fang took Liu Ziyu out. When he came back, there was already fish, meat and vegetables.

In normal times, my family lives a frugal life and may not be able to eat meat several times a month.

Although the two sisters have gotten married in recent years and the living environment at home has improved a lot, they still have to live frugally because they have to support their families.

His two sisters are both educated youths and got married locally a few years ago. As a result, when the educated youth returned to their hometowns last year, according to the policy, they automatically lost their status as educated youth and could not return to the city.

Liu Tao has not seen his two sisters for many years.

After a sumptuous lunch, Liu Tao followed him to the Fifth Machinery Department in the afternoon. This time he came to the Fifth Machinery Department to visit Wang Baoguo and get some fresh air.

What he wants to do cannot be accomplished without the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office, let alone the Fifth Machinery Department.

If the Fifth Machinery Department disagrees, even if he gets the order, it will be useless and he will still be unable to complete the order.

After all, in the final analysis, this area is under the control of the Fifth Machinery Department.

Among Liu Tao's acquaintances, Wang Baoguo had the highest rank.

"Son, remember to be low-key and humble at work, watch more, listen more and talk less." Chen Fang warned, "When you see Minister Wang, be polite."

"I know, Mom!" Liu Tao agreed.

Liu Zhenbang said, "Don't think that you will be complacent just because you have developed a few firearms. A great man said that humility makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind. You have only made some achievements now, and there are many people who have made greater achievements than you." ”

Having said that, Liu Zhenbang actually admires what Liu Tao has done, because the development of firearms is very complicated, especially for China's current weak scientific research strength. If you want to develop a firearm, you have to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and it is not necessarily success.

Just like this "Red Dragon's Roar" military operation, the Type 63 automatic rifle was disliked by front-line combat troops. The soldiers would rather have the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle than the Type 63 automatic rifle.

Liu Tao not only successfully developed one firearm, but developed four, all of which were official models and received high praise and recognition from the military. At the same time, it also made up for many deficiencies in the field of Chinese firearms.