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Chapter 610

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang remained courteous.

Xiang Shi died in the first place, but who knows the true or false of his life?

Jia Liu's respect for technicians must come from the bottom of his heart, and it is definitely not a hypocritical act, because he knows that technology is the primary productive force of social innovation.

Technology is also the only password to master wealth.

It may be biased, but Jia Liu believes that reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles is not as valuable to society as a great worker.

Traditional scholars are regarded as "scholars", and the education they receive is useless to social progress, because the core of Confucianism is the idea of ​​"official standard".

If you are good at learning, you will be an official.

Reading is not for social development, not for rejuvenating the country and strengthening the army, not for the prosperity of the people, but to learn how to manage people and how to be managed.

This idea was severely criticized some time in Jia Liu's previous life, but it was a pity that the government died, and the result was that bureaucracy continued to run rampant, making the whole society develop around the "official standard", which caused many disadvantages.

There is a joke in a certain place, if the new son-in-law has a plan, the mother-in-law will flick her hair happily, and the old man will go fishing out of the fun.

Although it is a joke, it is not difficult to see that the idea of ​​official standard is deeply rooted even after hundreds of years.

However, it is technology that really drives social progress.

It's a pity that technicians have never existed since ancient times, and in today's imperial examination system, it is even more impossible for technicians to be successful.

The reason is lack of education.

In terms of ideology and humanities, Jia Liu will definitely not be able to defend it, because he can't even come up with a system that can defend Confucianism, but he can use scientific and technological personnel as the main object of support in his own territory.

That is pragmatism.

Official position, money, fame and fortune.
As long as scientific and technological personnel can bring wealth to Zhili, Jia Liu is not stingy with rewards.

If anyone can get him out of the electric light and telephone, he can discuss it with the throne.

You can talk about everything.

In fact, all these can be done as long as Jia Liu publishes an article in the name of the governor's office, or asks his second brother-in-law Gao Delu to represent him, so why go out in person and put on this big show like a hard-working performance.

Because, he understands a sentence - what is good at the top, what is good at the bottom must be worse!

As the governor of Zhili, the head of the feudal border, the promotion of any official in Zhili is in the hands of Jia Liu. In this way, if these people want to prosper and climb up, they have to figure out what Lord Jia means. It has to be done according to Mr. Jia's wishes.

If you do well, you will get promoted and get rich.

Not good, at your own risk.

It is certain that after today's incident spreads, Zhili will definitely set off a trend of attaching importance to technical personnel. Those officials who may not understand what industry is will also carefully read the "Daqing Daily" recently published What is industry? interpretation.

For example, Master Jia wants to make steel, so as long as there are conditions, there will definitely be large and small steel factories.

This is what Jia Liu is happy to see.

On the macro level, he only needs to control the speed well so that industrial steelmaking does not evolve into national steelmaking.

That is, there is a limit to everything. Although you are eager for success, you can't violate the objective economic laws and the real situation of people's livelihood, and ignore reality to surpass Britain and catch up with the law.

Because he was so happy at the celebration banquet, Jia Liu drank too much this time, and in the end he held Qin Taiping's hand, saying that he would be sworn brothers with him by beheading a chicken head and burning yellow paper.

Fortunately, Shuan Zhu and the others responded in a timely manner, and they carried the drunken governor back to his room.

As a result, after lying on the bed like that, without counting to three times, Jia Liu lost his will in an instant, and fell asleep straight into the middle of the night like a computer crash.

"Water, water."

After waking up, Jia Liu instinctively wanted to drink water, his throat was dry and flaming.

"My lord, you are awake!"

When the guards outside heard the movement, they quickly pushed open the door and entered, and handed over a bowl of warm water.

After a few sips of "gurgling", a bowl of water entered the stomach.

Taking a long breath, Jia Liu couldn't help shaking his head when he realized that it was already midnight, and asked someone to bring hot water to wash his face, then walked out of the National Treasure Building with his hands behind his back, looked up at the starry sky, and smelled the faint smell of the sea blown by the sea breeze.

About half an hour later, Jia Liu felt that his mental state had recovered, so he asked someone to call his second brother-in-law Gao Delu over.

At the same time, he asked someone to take the "Zhili Industrial Park Planning Map" that he had worked out in a few days, and explained it to the second brother-in-law in terms of park construction, road facilities, living facilities, logistics facilities, etc.

The second brother-in-law's family is in business, and he helped his father manage the store since he was a child. He has the natural acuity and careful observation of a businessman. In addition, he has worked in Tianjin for several months. He personally implements the existing facilities in the park, and the workers are also He recruited everywhere, so after listening to his brother-in-law's explanation, except that he didn't quite understand some terms, he basically understood what kind of existence the industrial park mentioned by his brother-in-law was.

"Others are fine, as long as the money is sufficient, they can be produced. The problem is the raw materials."

Gao Delu told his brother-in-law that in order to increase the iron production rate of the steel mill, the raw ore must be in his hands, but now half of the main iron mines in Zhili are controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and half are monopolized by local tyrants, so if you want ore It can be bought at a high price, so the cost is greatly increased.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs, I'll figure out a way. For other iron mines, you send someone to talk to those mine owners. If it's best to sell them to us, if you don't sell them."

Jia Liu didn't say what to do if he didn't sell it, because it didn't need to be said.

He is the governor of Zhili. If he can't even help the local tyrants, he might as well go to the mountains to fight guerrillas.

But then he said that there is a foreign missionary engaged in surveying and mapping called Jiang Youren. You can arrange this person to lead a team to conduct surveys in Tangshan area. The mineral resources in that place are relatively rich, and you can start building a large iron mine there to ensure the ore in the park. supply.

The second brother-in-law made a note and will arrange this later.

Jia Liu also told his second brother-in-law that he planned to open a Beiyang trade office here in Tianjin Port, and that the second brother-in-law would be the Minister of Commerce. He hoped that the second brother-in-law could use the influence of the Gao family in the business circles in Beijing to attract more businessmen to Tianjin. To do sea trade business, we will try our best to start the sea trade business this year.

This matter is not difficult, the difficulty lies in who to sell the goods to.

Jia Liu thought about it for a moment, then asked someone to wake up Shuan Zhu, and then asked him where the general staff he had hired in Beijing who could speak Western dialect were all.

Shuan Zhu said: "According to the young master's order, they are all placed in Tianjin City. If the young master wants to see them, they will be brought here tomorrow."

Jia Liu nodded, and then told his second brother-in-law and Shuan Zhu that he wanted to set up a Western trade mission, that is, organize a group of people to go to Western countries for investigation, and at the same time establish diplomatic relations with Western countries on behalf of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, he would purchase various industrial equipment in Western countries. , A lot of money was hired to hire technicians and collect books.

"The point is that I'm going to buy a steam engine."

Jia Liu stated his ultimate goal, he needed a prototype of a steam engine.

Because the steam engine is not only widely used in the mining industry, but also plays a huge role in smelting, textile, machine manufacturing and other industries.

The problem is that this thing may be the same as a national treasure. I don't know if the British are willing to sell it.

(End of this chapter)