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Chapter 338: Attack on Fuliang

The next morning, not to mention the hour of Chen, as soon as the hour of Mao arrived, the yamen gate was already full of people.

All the big bosses of the 72 gangs in Fuliang were present. The oldest was sixty years old and the youngest was only twenty-two.

These seventy-two halls are like seventy-two martial arts sects. They have invested a lot of money in them over the years, from steel mills to canneries, from pipe factories to woodworking workshops. Although everyone has made some money over the years, they are all holding back a lot of anger in their hearts. After all, the technology they have is many generations more advanced than the current ones.

Many things crush the products on the market. For example, canned food is a dimensionality reduction attack compared to the convenience foods on the market. The key is that the price is not much more expensive, but it is the best logistical support for marching and trading. It greatly boosts both efficiency and morale. More importantly, canned food largely solves the problem of food being difficult to preserve and food being difficult to swallow, achieving a delicate balance between the two.

Fuliang has turbines and chemical industries, so three acids and one alkali are not particularly difficult to produce. Once the electroplated tinplate came out, the cost was further reduced. The price of a box of canned yellow peaches is almost the same as that of fresh fruits of the same weight, and sugar is even added to them.

As for canned meat, the taro in Lingnan and Guangnan, which is not tasty and can choke people to death but has a huge output, is used here. The luncheon meat made by mixing minced meat with taro starch may not be worth a thousand years later, but now it is meat! It is meat that can fill the stomach. It has salt, sugar and meat. For most people, it is already a top delicacy.

The most crucial thing is the technological accumulation of various civilian products, covering all aspects of food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., from the textile industry to the shipbuilding industry, from daily tools to bridge and road construction, fire making and cooking. Although we dare not say that all 360 industries are covered, most of the key industries have been covered.

Before, they had been clamoring to turn their technology into goods and sell them to make money, but these ideas were suppressed by Xia Lin, saying that those things would disrupt the regional balance and leave others without food. Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, so they definitely couldn't do things like digging graves.

Today, for these workshops, it is like lighting a beacon on the Great Wall, telling everyone: It's time to unsheathe the sword.

It is said that the business world is like a battlefield. Now is the time to draw the sword. As long as the leader raises his arm and calls, they can reap the entire market.

The leaders of these branch halls have been eager to try and sharpening their knives, just waiting for this order.

Just after the 7th hour, the government office opened its doors and they walked in. Miss Tingyun, who happened to be walking over to ask Xia Lin something, stopped in her tracks when she saw this and secretly sighed, "What a big scene."

"Things are about to change. Miss Tingyun may not know yet, but today all the heads of the 72 workshops in Fuliang are here. In my opinion, Lord Xia must have something important to announce."

The boss of the bun shop next door has known Tingyun for a long time. After all, he is a regular customer here, and he always walks out of the yamen with Lord Xia in the morning. Everyone knows it, but if he does this, he would be a dog official. But when Lord Xia does this, everyone thinks Tingyun is marrying up.

"Oh... I see. No wonder there was such a big fuss. He didn't even tell me. Really."

Others just found her complaints funny. The bun shop owner even rolled his eyes and muttered in his heart, "Who are you? Does Lord Xia have to inform you of everything? In my opinion, Lord Xia is too easy to talk to, and you, a foxy girl, are just taking advantage of him."

At this moment the little princess also came. Xia Lin stayed in the yamen all night last night and did not return home. She was afraid that Xia Lin had not eaten anything, so she brought food to find him. When she saw Tingyun, she naturally greeted him.

Tingyun would take advantage of Xia Lin and even argue with him, but she would be submissive when she saw the harmless little princess.

"Sister, he has something to do today, and it seems that he is not allowed to enter the government office. I am here to look for him too."

"Then let him do the work. I'll ask the guards to deliver the things to him. Why don't you go sit with me? I heard that you can make beautiful clothes. I want to see them for yourself."

Tingyun didn't even dare to fart, and followed the little princess obediently and sensibly. At this moment, the boss selling buns began to monologue in his heart: "Oh, this legal wife is really powerful and decent. She speaks and acts beautifully. It would be great if my wife had such a status. But it's also true that only a princess like this in the world is worthy of Lord Xia, unlike those vixen, who lower your status."

Tingyun, who had just walked a few steps, suddenly took a few steps back and stopped in front of the bun shop owner, pointing at him and saying, "You are so distracted, don't do that next time, I can see it."

This sentence frightened the boss so much that he broke out in a sweat. Even if he didn't show up, he was still Lord Xia's canary. How could a commoner like him afford to offend such a person...

At this time, the little princess stepped forward and took Tingyun's arm: "Sister, do you want to eat buns? Then ask the boss to bring some back to eat. There is some porridge in the house, which is just right to eat with these buns."

Although the little princess's food in the capital was not the most exquisite, it was still extremely delicate. But eating buns here became her daily routine, because Xia Lin always ate buns, and except for banquets, he had almost no extravagant enjoyment, even in secluded places.

Anyway, judging by the standards of officials in the capital, Xia Lin is like an ascetic monk.

But the little princess likes it this way. She likes the feeling of being poor and proud. Besides, she has a very rich "cousin". Now she is just waiting to meet her mother and become sisters.

At this moment, Xia Lin was already sitting in the conference room of the government office. On both sides of the long table sat a bunch of bigwigs from the industrial and agricultural sectors whom others could only look up to, including all high-end talents from management to research and development.

"There is nothing particularly important that I have called you all here for today. I just want to hear what level of technology you have accumulated. I won't say any more nonsense. Everyone knows that I want to take over 30% of the market in a short period of time."

The audience was in a state of chaos and many people complained: "Only 30%, isn't that too little? We are aiming to get all of them."

"Including the Western Regions, Persia, India, the grasslands, Goguryeo, and Shiwei. Even further afield, what are you barking about?"

After hearing this, the ambitious bosses finally calmed down a little. Xia Lin tapped the table with his fingers: "I know you are all very arrogant because you have many skills and are awesome. But I advise you not to be too arrogant. If you eat up other people's market, they will chop you down with knives."

After Xia Lin finished speaking, he took a deep breath, raised his head and was silent for a moment: "Let's report one by one, what are the technical advantages you have."

Don't underestimate the creativity of ancient people. They just had low education level, little experience, and their imagination was limited by productivity, so they had no specific theoretical support. But in fact, everyone grew up on the same land, so how could their IQ be different?

Xia Lin gave them opportunities for development and provided them with sufficient theoretical support. The imaginations of these people are definitely no less than those of the mechanical engineers in the former Soviet Union. For example, the dimensionality reduction attack in furniture is pre-assembled furniture, which was not until the 20th century that it gradually became a system. In fact, they have already designed it, with mortise and tenon structure and pre-grooved templates. You can buy it and assemble it directly for use. Moreover, it is clearly marked on it how to install it, and the price is 30% to 40% cheaper than that of ordinary carpenters.

Prefabricated furniture at full price is discarded like a worn-out shoe, while furniture that is 40% cheaper is really delicious. Moreover, it can even be bought and sold in sets in the store. If you like one, you can just take it home and assemble it.

This could even cause the entire woodworking industry to change their profession and dominate the market. But Lord Xia said that they could only occupy 30% of the market, so how could they not feel wronged?
"As for canned goods, as long as the tinplate can keep up, our daily output is 600 to 1,000 cans. We also have fruits, vegetables, and minced meat. If there is an emergency and sufficient raw materials, the daily output can reach 5,000. We can provide enough food for a hundred thousand troops."

The director of the cannery had a proud look on his face. This was one of Fuliang's signature products, and it was the most popular in this era, and no one else could imitate it. As long as Xia Lin let it go, he could even crush 80% of the restaurants in the world.

"Our first fifty-zhang sea-going ship will be launched this summer. It will be fifty zhang long, the largest sea-going ship in the world, and can accommodate more than two thousand people."

"For the carriages of the third generation, we used the wood glue sent by the Nanyang merchants."

Xia Lin turned his head and glanced at him: "Is it rubber?"

"Yes, yes, that rubber. It's expensive, but it's very comfortable."

All walks of life were showing off their talents. Xia Lin was very satisfied after listening to it. After all, the money was not spent in vain. He couldn't even imagine how much silver had been spent to produce this thing. When he thought about it, his heart ached and he wanted to cry.

But now seeing the blossoming situation, he knows that his first phase of the five-year plan has finally received some feedback. Although it is still far from the big step forward he expected, it is almost enough. If he pushes too hard, the yield per mu could be 18,000 tons, and the fat pigs could be 20,000 kilograms.

How should I put it? Actually, don't disbelieve it. When a region puts independent industrial development first and ignores the so-called political control, in just a few years, we can see how exaggerated human research and development capabilities are, especially now when everything is still a blank.

Using dreams as a horse is like adding wings to a tiger.

Moreover, after the students of the Academy of Engineering entered the workplace one after another, they were young, educated, and had certain knowledge. Sometimes the development of something might be as simple as someone observing the celestial phenomena at night.

There may still be a gap from the ideal, but what is needed from 0 to 1 is not technology but soaring imagination. Only by solving the problem from nothing to something can we further solve the problem from something to perfection.

After gaining an in-depth understanding of the progress of various industries, five hours had already passed and it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone sitting here, including Xia Lin, was starving.

He paused for a moment and said, "I'm afraid you guys can't leave today. I'll go get someone to bring some food."

Who would have thought that Du Feng was waiting outside as soon as he left. When he saw Xia Lin coming out, Du Feng immediately went to greet him: "Master Xia, do you want to eat?"

"Yes, go and see which restaurant you can go to and order some food from, and then have it packaged and delivered to you."

"Sir, I have already prepared everything." Du Feng chuckled and said, "I hope you won't blame me for acting on my own."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the officials from the yamen came up dragging plates with three dishes, one soup, and a bowl of rice, one meat dish and two vegetables with a bowl of rice. It was simple and plain but very official. It would not give people any evidence of Xia Lin eating too much, nor did it look too bad.

"It costs about thirty coins per person, and a room costs exactly two taels of silver. I asked my sixth sister-in-law, who works as a cook at the dock in the east of the city, to buy it. Two taels of silver is a good amount. The tea is the tea from the government office, and it's free."

Du Feng's arrangement was quite good. Not only was this guy a Cantonese talent, he was very smart and could handle things efficiently and effectively. He was truly a top-notch eunuch material.

Xia Lin naturally ate the same things. The only thing he had more than anyone else was the breakfast his wife brought him that morning, which he didn't have time to eat.

"Don't be surprised, everyone. This is the food my wife sent me this morning. It would be a pity to waste it, so I have a little more than you guys."

After saying that, he opened the food box and started to eat. Actually, it was just a fried cake with some tofu pudding or something, which were all very common things. Everyone knew what Mr. Xia liked, and his reputation was not exaggerated. He was a real person with nothing. So everyone just laughed at his teasing.

"In the afternoon, I will mainly allocate the coverage of your products and customer groups to everyone. I won't say more. I will use soup instead of wine to wish you all a successful start."

But at this moment, no one expected that someone would anonymously report to the county's inspection and censorial office that Xia Lin had gathered a crowd in the office and was extravagant and ignoring the law.

Those censors were dumbfounded after seeing the secret letter. Xia Lin was the chief censor of Jiangnan Province, but the problem was that their rule was to investigate cases based on rumors, and they would investigate as soon as there was a report.

So the Censorate held an emergency meeting and finally pushed out two of the most unpopular censors...

"Wang Huan, Xu Donglai, the two of you go and investigate this matter."

Wang Huan, who had been shrinking his neck, thrust his head forward and pointed at his nose: "Me?"

"And Xu Donglai is here. You two should go to the county government office and verify the facts."

(End of this chapter)