How Is the Tricycle You Built as Tough as an Aircraft Carrier?

At a naval port in Eagle Sauce, two navy officers are worried.

They embezzled the money Eagle Sauce's navy had set aside to manufacture aircraft carrier arresting cables. Now an investigation is imminent, and the two of them are about to be exposed.

"I've got it. How about we get a Chinese defense factory to make knockoffs and pass them off as the real thing?"

"Good idea!"

So the two disguise themselves as merchants and put out a tender in Longguo, claiming they want to buy high-tensile steel.

Meanwhile, Qi Tian awakens the Industrial System and inherits a factory that makes farm tricycles. He sees the tender.

Unaware of what's really going on, Qi Tian takes the job and produces steel that exceeds the specifications.

Elsewhere,

Longguo's military is struggling to manufacture aircraft carrier arresting cables.

With no other choice, the military publishes the cables' technical specifications across the country and joins forces with private businesses to develop them.

Qi Tian sees the specifications and is dumbfounded.

This thing is an aircraft carrier arresting cable?!

I've got a whole warehouse full of these...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.