Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 365 Luanzhou Half Year

Wang Meilin now knows how to please Zhu Qiyu, and he also knows that now that the prince has been decided, the most important thing for him is to raise and teach the prince well!

You can let go of other things first. You must not be a jealous woman, and you must be generous. Only in this way, His Majesty will not have any bad thoughts about yourself!

As for Concubine Hang, Wang Meilin is not worried. It's fine if she has no ideas. If she has ideas, he wouldn't mind finding an opportunity to get rid of her!

The harem is all under her control, and she can even order the death of Princess Sun if necessary. However, Zhu Qiyu needs to order this, otherwise she would not dare to make such an idea!

Lin Cunde arrived in Luanzhou that night, and the prefect of Luanzhou also arranged Lin Cunde's residence!

The prefect was also an acquaintance, and it turned out to be Zhang Lirong, the former prefect of Ji'an. Zhang Lirong didn't understand being transferred here, but he learned that Lin Cunde had to work here and needed to be stationed permanently!

Zhang Lirong is also very excited. As long as he does things well and is appreciated by Lin Cunde, then promotion will be very simple for him!

"Master Marquis, I am satisfied with this place. This is the best residence in Luanzhou. Your Majesty left it here specially. Originally this was the residence of a corrupt official, but it was confiscated by the court. Your Majesty left this residence specially for the Marquis. Please stay here!" Zhang Lirong took Lin Cunde to the best mansion in Luanzhou City, which covers an area of ​​more than fifty acres and is very large!

"Well, as long as I have a place to live, I've been busy meeting those craftsmen these days, and I'm also keeping an eye on those workers doing construction. Therefore, you don't want those county magistrates to come visit me these days. I don't have See you at that time. I'm here to do something. If I need you to do something, just go and do it. If you have nothing to do, don't come to me, I can't take care of you!" Lin Cunde said to Zhang Lirong with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhang Lirong nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Lord Marquis, don't worry, Lord Marquis, I will explain it to you. I know the character of Lord Marquis. I always get things done first and everything else comes second!"

"Well, we can have tea and chat in the evening. I won't have time tomorrow. By the way, I have to give you a task. You need to have more than 50,000 laborers in Luanzhou within a short period of time. , let them come to work in Luanzhou! You can publicize this yourself. The wages are not high, that is, more than 20 yuan. As for you, you can publicize it to the people in the territory first, but you must not delay the farming work. I, Ming Dynasty, still need Putting agriculture first!" Lin Cunde said with a smile to Zhang Lirong.

"Sir, this is not a mission. You are giving me merit. If the people have work to do, their lives will be better. I am grateful to you!" Zhang Lirong immediately raised his hand to Lin Cunde and said.

"Well, okay, you can arrange this first. In the future, it is estimated that Luanzhou will need a labor force of one million, or even more. I can tell you in advance that I need to build a large steelmaking plant here and a coal preparation plant." The factory also needs to send people to Shanxi to dig coal. The coal here is not hot enough. In addition, many parts factories need to be established. Each parts factory is estimated to require a large number of workers. There are also shipyards, which also need a large number of workers. Man! These are all tests for you. If you do well, it is not impossible for me to recommend you to serve as the chief envoy of a certain province or the minister of the six ministers!

It's tiring to do this, but if you do it well, it will also be a test for your ability. Use your own brains, but there is a prerequisite. It is not allowed to harm the interests of the people. We are officials, and we have the salary of the court. , there is no need to embarrass the people, it is also very good to leave some good thoughts to the people! Lin Cunde said to Zhang Lirong as he walked.

After hearing this, Zhang Lirong was very excited. He raised his hands to Lin Cunde and said, "Thank you for your support. If I do something wrong in the future, please correct me. But please rest assured, I will never harm the interests of the people. Perhaps Things may not be handled well, but I will never dare to do anything that harms the people!"

"Okay!" Lin Cunde smiled and nodded!

That night, Lin Cunde and Zhang Lirong talked about the things that he needed his assistance during this period. Zhang Lirong also listened very carefully. Later, he was afraid that he would forget, so he sharpened the ink himself, picked up the brush and started recording.

The next day, Lin Cunde went to visit the craftsmen. Lin Cunde asked the craftsmen to settle down first. There will be tasks coming in the next few days!

For several days, Lin Cunde was out inspecting and selecting a site!

Lin Cunde needs to build a new port, a new dock, and a new factory building. In addition, he also needs to choose an address to set up a steel plant. There is no shortage of iron ore in Luanzhou, and the iron ore is on the surface, which is very easy to dig. However, coal is not good, and the coal needs to be transported. Shanxi Excavation!

Therefore, Lin Cunde sent people to Shanxi to dig coal and transport it with horse-drawn carriages. For this purpose, Lin Cunde used a large number of horse-drawn carriages and specially built roads to ensure the route for transporting coal. However, not all coal from Shanxi was needed. Shanxi The coal from Hebei can only be used in conjunction with coal from Hebei!

Even so, the cost of transportation is still very high!

Lin Cunde could only use segmented transportation, determine the location where the carriage could travel a day's journey, and set up a transfer station. The coal would not be unloaded from the carriage, but the horses would be changed to ensure that the laborers would not go that far. This segmented transportation method This method ensures that the coal can be delivered to Luanzhou as quickly as possible!

In the next few months, Lin Cunde was doing these things. Luanzhou was changing day by day. A large number of factories were built. The people of Luanzhou were no longer enough. People from the surrounding areas also began to come to Luanzhou to work. live!

The Ministry of Industry also sent a large number of officials to support, most of them young officials!

Lin Cunde needs those officials to keep an eye on those construction sites!

Nowadays, in Luanzhou, more than a dozen construction sites are under construction at the same time. It’s so lively!

Many officials are speculating on what the warship built by Lin Cunde will look like?

There were also some officials who expressed doubts about Lin Cunde's ability, but none of the officials from the Ministry of Industry who went to Luanzhou doubted it!

Now Lin Cunde is leading the craftsmen to make small engines. If they say they are small, they are only small compared to steam turbines, but they are actually not small!

The main reason is that there is no such powerful technology to make those parts miniaturized!

Moreover, Lin Cunde also spent a lot of effort to obtain oil!

These were done almost at the same time! And Zhang Lirong finally understood that Lin Cunde said the concept of needing a large number of people, and now there are more than 100,000 people working in Luanzhou!

A large number of workers are digging coal, iron ore, transporting coal, building factories, building ports, and building docks. These are almost done at the same time. Lin Cunde goes to those places every day!

By September, the construction of the factory buildings was basically completed, the walls outside the dock and port were also built, and the houses in the dock were also built! The port is still under construction!

And Lin Cunde led the blacksmiths to build the first engine!

No one knows what this thing is used for!

Just assemble those parts according to Lin Cunde's requirements!

In order to get belts, Lin Cunde spent a lot of money to go to the southeast to get rubber. After trying countless times, he finally got some rough belts!

However, the engine began to be tested. After it was started, the craftsmen were frightened. The huge roar and the rapid rotation of the runner made many craftsmen kneel down at first, and the ones behind were also curious and wanted to surround them. In the past, Lin Cunde was asked to send people to drive him away. Now that the engine is being tested, he doesn't know whether it will explode. If it explodes, it will be a huge loss if the craftsmen are killed!

After looking at the engine and running it for a whole day, Lin Cunde felt relieved and sent someone to extinguish it!

Those craftsmen are also going there!

Lin Cunde asked the craftsmen to disassemble the engines and assemble other engines again. Lin Cunde wanted to do various experiments on those engines to ensure that they would not explode or cause other problems after they were loaded onto the boat!

After the matters here were settled, Lin Cunde went to the steel plant. It is still under construction there. A large amount of iron ore and coal are ready, just waiting for iron and steel making!

These also require Lin Cunde to go there. Lin Cunde actually doesn't understand, but he can only explore slowly!

Just like the engine, Lin Cunde and the craftsmen discussed the parts and components together, and they didn't know how many times they were changed!

Lin Cunde admired the wisdom of those craftsmen very much at this moment. Although those craftsmen didn't know what an engine was, they were able to make the parts on the drawings, and they were able to point out the problems before making them!

Moreover, the tools that Lin Cunde asked the craftsmen to make, those craftsmen began to use themselves later, such as lifting, hanging, dragging, those craftsmen began to design, and after the design was completed, they came to Lin Cunde, which made Lin Cunde very Admire their ability!

Before you know it, winter has arrived. There are basically no problems with the engine, and there are no problems with the small refinery, and production has begun!

However, the ship has not yet been built.

Steel was also produced, weighing hundreds of thousands of kilograms per furnace, but the blacksmiths were frightened!

But shipbuilding is not good enough, even small ones, because the steel came out late, and the blacksmiths are still processing the keels!

On this day, Lin Cunde was sitting in his Caofeidian office, looking at the drawings. Outside his office, there was a huge office room, which contained craftsmen specially selected by Lin Cunde. Those craftsmen were talented people and they could draw drawings. , is also skilled in technology and can provide Lin Cunde with a lot of opinions and suggestions!

They were all talented people. Lin Cunde also recommended several craftsmen who were promoted to officials because of their major meritorious services. The Ming Dynasty originally had regulations for craftsmen to become officials.

Therefore, those craftsmen were even more excited when they saw that Lin Cunde could recommend them as officials. They all started to use their brains, hoping that their drawings or opinions could be adopted by Lin Cunde!

(End of this chapter)