Pursued by the Heavenly Dao, first level up in the courtyard.

Liu Guangqi was planning to ask his father, Liu Haizhong, to ask Ye Qiu for help in transferring him and Du Lanyue from the Dongsheng Steel Rolling Mill in Wanzhou to Chongqing.

Liu Haizhong also wanted his eldest son, Liu Guangqi, to be transferred to Chongqing, but Ye Qiu and Lin Fan both said it didn't meet the requirements.

Du Lanyue asked reluctantly, "Dad, Mom, is there really no way?"

Liu Haizhong shook his head: "Guangqi, Lanyue, I've approached Ye Qiu several times, but he said it's impossible. It's easier to transfer ordinary positions, but you're both in administrative roles, so there's no room for you here in Chongqing."

Liu Guangtian said, "Big brother, sister-in-law, don't make things difficult for Dad. The population of Chongqing is constantly increasing, and the higher-ups are controlling the number of people registering in Chongqing. We were able to be transferred to Chongqing thanks to Ye Qiu and the others. We don't need any more people now."

The ideas of many people in the four prefectures of mountains and rivers are contrary to those of many people in the four prefectures of Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou.

In most families across the four provinces, the eldest son is responsible for providing for his parents' old age and inheriting the family business.

In Sichuan, Chongqing, and other places, in most families, the youngest son is responsible for taking care of the elderly and inheriting the family business.

Parents in Sichuan and Chongqing support their older sons to open bank accounts while raising their youngest son.

Near Zhu Zhechi, near the ink is black.

Liu Haizhong, who has been in Chongqing for several months, has been subtly influenced by many factors.

He used to favor his eldest son, Liu Guangqi, because it was Liu Guangqi who was responsible for taking care of him and his wife in their old age.

Influenced by the people of Chongqing, Liu Haizhong began to think that it would be good for his youngest son, Liu Guangfu, to take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days.

In the North, the eldest brother is considered as a father and the eldest sister as a mother. People in Chongqing believe that it is only natural for older brothers and sisters to take care of their younger brothers and sisters.

Liu Guangfu chimed in, "Yes, elder brother and sister-in-law, please don't make things difficult for Dad. He's approached Ye Qiu and the others several times, but they haven't been able to transfer you over. We all want you to come to Chongqing!"

Liu Haizhong and Chen Rong changed the subject, asking how Liu Guangqi and his wife were doing in Wanzhou, and how their two granddaughters were doing in school.

If you don't want endless answers, then keep asking questions.

After dinner, Liu Guangtian and his wife, and Liu Guangfu and his wife, left with their children.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu both live in this community. Their houses are less than 500 meters away from Liu Haizhong's residence.

Liu Haizhong's house has five bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen, and three bathrooms. There are too many rooms in the house. Liu Haizhong and Chen Rong live in one room, another room is converted into a study, and there are still three empty rooms.

Two rooms are enough for Liu Guangqi, Du Lanyue, Liu Xiaoli, and Liu Xiaoya.

When Qi Bing initially set the housing standards, he considered that there were several people in the family, plus guests staying overnight, so the housing conditions were very spacious.

Even if the smaller world is like the previous one, housing prices won't be driven up.

In addition to the free housing for the people of Daxia, there were also a large number of guesthouses and rotating rooms.

Due to work requirements, I was transferred to another city and moved directly into a rotating housing unit.

People who are transferred to work in other places can bring their families and register their residency in those places if they wish. In this way, they can obtain ownership of the house and live there as long as they are alive.

After someone in the family gets married and has children, they can apply for housing allocation.

In the Great Xia of today, no one has to worry about housing.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Qi Bing and Liu Xiaoqian personally cooked a large meal.

In order to eat at the same table, Qi Bing made a very large dining table himself.

There were three people in my master's family, two people in my father-in-law and mother-in-law, four people in my brother-in-law's family, and four people in Qi Bing's family, making a total of thirteen people.

The large round table, two meters in diameter, could comfortably seat thirteen people.

After being busy for more than ten days before and after the New Year, Qi Bing had some free time again.

After school started, my wife, children, and parents-in-law would go to school every day from Monday to Friday.

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During dinner, Liu Haizhong said, "Guangtian, if you don't have a degree, you'll only ever be a level eight blacksmith in your life."

Thinking that people with worse forging skills than him had become deputy workshop directors, Liu Guangtian said with mixed feelings, "Dad, I've decided to go to night school."

Liu Guangtian, 33 years old this year, has a great talent for blacksmithing and has been personally trained by Liu Haizhong. He has already become an eighth-level blacksmith.

Today, Liu Guangtian is not only an eighth-level forging worker, but also the foreman of the forging workshop.

Some time ago, the machinery factory under the Ninth Research Center was selecting a deputy director for the forging workshop, and Liu Guangtian, who only graduated from junior high school, was not selected.

Although Liu Haizhong was the director of the machinery factory, he had no authority to pre-select the deputy director.

The position of deputy workshop director corresponds to the deputy section chief level and requires a high school diploma or above.

Liu Haizhong was very pleased and said with a smile, "Guangtian, you should have gone to night school a long time ago. Daxia's industry is developing rapidly, and the equipment and tools in the forging workshop are also being upgraded. If you don't study, you may be eliminated."

Liu Guangtian frowned and asked with some doubt, "Dad, I'm an eighth-level blacksmith."

Liu Haizhong said, "In today's world, more and more parts in the forging workshop are being made by machines, right?"

Liu Guangtian thought about the changes over the years and reluctantly nodded.

As equipment and instruments are constantly upgraded, the status and role of fitters, forgers, and welders are becoming increasingly smaller.

After the automatic welding machine was put into use, most welding was not only faster, but also better.

Do non-standard parts require machining by fitters? Nowadays, many non-standard parts have corresponding molds to assist in processing, and for certain non-standard parts with high demand, special machines and equipment have been developed.

Are highly skilled technicians very good at hands-on work? Machines and equipment process parts faster and more stably.

Liu Haizhong wasn't worried about his youngest son, Liu Guangfu.

Many people often say that even in famine years, cooks don't go hungry. Liu Guangfu, 24 years old this year, is already a level 6 cook.

The next morning, Qi Bing met with several elders and suggested adjusting the grades and corresponding wages for various industries.

In today's Daxia, there are eleven levels for primary school teachers, ten levels for cooks, and eight levels for fitters.

All jobs of different levels are classified into ten levels, with the lowest being level one and the highest being level ten.

For non-administrative and technical positions, the monthly salary is 60 for level one, and increases by 60 for each level up.

There are thirty administrative levels. The lowest level, level 30 (level 12 clerk), pays fifty yuan. For each level up, the salary increases by fifty yuan.

There are eighteen levels of technical positions. The salary for level one is 70 yuan. If you are promoted to a higher level, your salary will increase by 70 yuan.

After the meeting, Da Xia began to adjust the ranks and salaries.

The salary of an administrative level 30 (level 12 clerk) is the same as the minimum wage, but administrative positions can be upgraded.

Liu Haizhong, who is at level 13, now earns a basic salary of 850 yuan.

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, who were in the 17th grade, had their basic salary increased to 650 yuan.

With this change in rank and salary, some people's salaries increased while others' salaries decreased.

Fitters, forgers... welders were upgraded from level eight to level ten, and most of them received a raise.

In order to deplete the savings of the people of Daxia, Qi Bing met with some elders and suggested that they introduce various goods with better performance and higher prices.

With high wages and good benefits, over 99% of the people of Daxia have more and more savings.

Money is only money if it can be spent; money that can't be spent is just a meaningless number.

Gold, silver, jewelry, jade... even civilian electric vehicles can deplete people's savings.

The current televisions at Daxia are not expensive, so it's reasonable to launch an upgraded version and sell it at a higher price.

Ordinary clothes and shoes, sturdy and durable, but they look ordinary?

If you produce clothes and shoes with better quality and more attractive designs, and set the price higher, there will definitely be people who will buy them.

For basic necessities, continue to offer them for free or keep prices unchanged. Instead, focus on creating expensive products to generate revenue, which won't affect ordinary people.

After cycling back to the villa, Qi Bing entered the Xuanhuang World and let himself go for a few hours.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, he went to the market and bought some freshwater yellow croaker, freshwater abalone, and freshwater spiny lobster.