Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Luoshui originates from Yongxingjun Road in Shangzhou, flows eastward, passes through Luoyang, and flows north into the Yellow River.Above Lushi County is the upper reaches of Luo River.After passing Lushi County and entering Changshui County, it is the middle reaches, and after passing Luoyang, it is the downstream.

The downstream is an important waterway in Luoyang, connecting the world through the Yellow River and the Bian River.The upstream current is turbulent, making it difficult for boats and boats to travel.There is less water in the middle reaches, and the river beach is vast, so large ships cannot go there.However, the Luoshui River Valley has high mountains on both sides, numerous tributaries, and relatively closed terrain, so it was selected by Wang Xiaolie as a base for heavy industry and military industry.

Zheng Gangzhong and his party set off from Luoyang and traveled westward along Luoshui River.After Shou'an, I saw many peasants gathering on the beach of Luo River to repair the river.

Seeing the large number of civilians, Zheng Gangzhong asked the head of the Xuanfu Division, He Yi, who was leading the team: "Excuse me, it's the flood season, why are there so many people repairing the river? Once there is a flood, wouldn't it be too late for rescue?" ?”

He Yu said: "There are people checking the water situation in the upper reaches of Lushi County all the way here. The water level has risen, and everyone is evacuated immediately. There is no other way. Xuanfu decided to build a factory in the Luoshui Valley. He can only tidy up the river and use larger boats."

Zheng Gangzhong nodded.In fact, I still don't know why, I don't know why the factory needs a big boat.

After passing Shou'an, passing through Liuquan Town and Fuchang County along the way, we arrived at Sanxiang Town.It was almost evening, and everyone was staying in the inn in the town.

The inn is newly built and very large.There are rooms where multiple guests live together, as well as single rooms, and there are even many small courtyards in the backyard.

Wang Xiaolie treated these officials really well, and arranged them all to live in single rooms.Only He Ti lived in a small courtyard.

When everyone got to the room to tidy up, Zheng Yu came over to ask everyone to eat.

When we arrived in the yard, Zheng Yu said: "There are so many of us, it's inconvenient to go to the front hall to eat together. I discussed with the inn, they cooked the food and brought it to the yard. Let's set up a few rows of tables and count it as a cafeteria. From now on, We entered Sanchuan Township, and there was a factory area in front of us. Along the valleys of Changshui and Duyang River, there are many important factories. Look and ask more, it will be rare to see them in the future.”

Everyone said yes.

Not long after, the store served the dishes.Each person has a plate of steamed braised pork, a plate of stir-fried mung bean sprouts with leeks, and two steamed buns.If you are not used to steamed buns, you can substitute rice.

With so much time, meals for so many people were prepared. The hospitality ability of this inn made everyone impressed.It may not be prosperous here, but the efficiency really has nothing to say.Not only is it fast to serve, but the taste is basically not annoying to anyone.

After dinner, He Ti divided the group into groups.Every ten people choose a team leader to manage the people below.He Yu directly explained the situation on the road to the team leader, and the team leader conveyed it to everyone.After dividing into groups, call the group leader for a meeting.

The leader of Zheng Gangzhong's group was Mu Ying, who arrived at He Yuyuan.The rest sat under a swallow tree in the yard, chatting to pass the time.

The public bus blog said: "Sanxiang Town was originally the intersection from Shanzhou to Luoyang, and it was extremely prosperous. After the Song Dynasty, there were fewer people walking this road, and the town seemed desolate. But when I came in, I saw many houses vacant. , but packed neatly, it's really strange."

Li Huidao: "I asked people, and they said that a factory is being built in the mountains, and it will definitely be very prosperous in the future. All the vacant houses will be taken away by the government, and they will be cleaned up by someone. Just like the inn we live in, it is also specially Built for the workshop."  …

Xu Suidao: "It's more than that. Look at the pier built on the Luoshui River, which was also specially built for the expansion of the factory. What does the factory here produce?"

Xu Chen said: "I really asked people, and they said that the bearing yard, gear yard, spring yard, and other casting yards and forging yards are built here. I heard that the artillery in the army will be manufactured here in the future. The biggest cannon. But I only know these names, I don’t know what it is for.”

Zheng Gang said: "Under Xuan Fu's rule, there are so many strange things, it's not surprising."

All together.Indeed, there are always strange and weird things here in Wang Xiaolie's place that cannot be seen in other places.

Not long after, Mu Ying came back.After taking a sip of water, he gathered the crowd.

Flipping through the notes, Mu Ying said: "Tomorrow we will go into the mountains along the Changshui River and visit several factories. The first one is the bearing factory, which specializes in manufacturing bearings for machines. He Ganban said that there are no bearings. , the machine is more laborious, and it is easy to break. With bearings, it is completely different. What is a bearing? Axle means holding the wheel; The wheel is something that is connected to the shaft.—Forget it, I don’t quite understand what I said, let’s see for yourself tomorrow. In a word, what is manufactured here is an important part of the machine.”

The bus blog post said: "We are officials, what are we doing looking at these?"

Mu Ying said: "Because these things are extremely important. When I become a local official in the future, I will have the responsibility to promote the machines. Let everyone take a look today and see how these machines are made. In the next few days, go down the Luo River , Look at the machines that can be made now. Simply put, from here to Luoshui, the parts used in the machine are made upstream from here, and all kinds of machines are made downward.”

After hearing this, everyone was at a loss, not knowing what they were doing here.

Mu Ying said: "To tell you the truth, although we know about machines, whoever cares about how the machines are made. But here in Xuanfu, it is different. We think that machine manufacturing is more important than farming cattle and the like."

Zheng Gangzhong frowned: "Brother Mu, you've been talking for a long time, but you still don't know why you organized us to watch this."

Mu Ying sighed: "You don't know, how can I know? He Ganban said that this matter was specially ordered by Xuanfu. All future officials must know these things. When they arrive at the locality, they must promote these things to the people. .Hey, let Xuan Fu let me see, we will go and see, there is no need to ask any more questions."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally couldn't help but sigh together.

Being a local official is nothing more than money, food and people. When do you need to know how the machine is made?

After seeing off everyone, He Yu sat alone in the room in a daze.He is a Jinshi in the sixth year of Xuanhe and a native of Jinan Prefecture.Jin Jun went south, did not flee south with his family, but arrived in the Lianghuai area.The year before last, I went to the Xinyang Army from Lianghuai and became the county magistrate of Luoshan.This year Wang Xiaolie went north to occupy Luoyang, and was designated as the head of the Xuanfu Department.

These days, He Yi has been organizing the relocation of the Xiangyang factory and choosing a site for the new factory.And organize manpower to build new factories.

If he hadn't seen the manufactured vehicles and machines, He Ti wouldn't have known what these factories were for.When you understand the entire manufacturing chain, you can only marvel at the ingenuity of its central thinking.Without these components, machines are often not practical.With these parts, the machine is different.