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Chapter 676
"Brother Jiandou, don't you say that you want to treat me to a delicious meal? This delicious meal is the corn tortilla with sauerkraut?"

After eating and drinking, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng helped the old man tidy up the granary before leaving. On the way, Sun Chuanting asked Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "Isn't it delicious?"

Sun Chuanting stopped talking, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "Although this country food is crude, it is the most delicious food that Lu has ever eaten. It is much more delicious than any delicacies from mountains and seas that he has eaten back then. It is much more delicious, brother Boya What do you think?"

Sun Chuanting nodded and said: "You are right, but it is much more delicious than those seemingly gorgeous foods. You didn't lie to me this time."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "Hahaha, I have never lied to you, what do you think after seeing the scenery of the Lantian countryside this time?"

Sun Chuanting said: "The people live and work in peace and contentment, and Li Chaosheng has made great contributions. Li Chaosheng is worthy of being a talent in governing the country."

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "Li Chaosheng can be proud if he can get a compliment from Brother Boya."

Sun Chuanting looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Where are we going next?"

"Go to the city, Shi Nong Gong Shang, I will take you to get to know this Lantian well today, and see if this Lantian is worth your life for Sun Boya."

As Lu Xiangsheng said, he took Sun Chuanting directly to Lantian Pedestrian Street, and took Sun Chuanting to appreciate the prosperity of Lantian. When he came out of the pedestrian street, Sun Chuanting's expression was a little moved. Lantian is already so rich?
As he spoke, Sun Chuanting took out a banknote from his hand, with one hundred characters printed on it, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Can Lantian trade with this banknote?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "That's right, those who have been able to use paper to trade coins since ancient times are all in a peaceful and prosperous dynasty, such as the Song Dynasty, and the paper money in Lantian seems to have a deep meaning, but Lu is not good at economics. , some joints are not well understood.”

Sun Chuanting also nodded and said: "The old man can understand one thing or two. The cost of this banknote is low, and Lantian can use the banknote as silver money, which means that Li Chaosheng has the right to issue and print the entire Lantian currency, so all the money in Lantian must be paid for." He serves Li Chaosheng. That's why Taizu wanted to use Daming banknotes instead of silver money, but he failed. I never thought that one day Lantian would be able to do what Taizu hadn't done. Now I can only use Li Chaosheng. It’s impressive to describe.”

"He has accomplished a feat that the predecessors have not accomplished. If he is a minister, he will be the No. 1 minister of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Wenzhong, the reformer, is not as good as him."

This sentence can be said to be very highly evaluated. Duke Zhang Wenzhong is Zhang Juzheng, who was given the posthumous title of Wenzhong after his death. In the eyes of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng was quite powerful, especially his ability to govern internal affairs. But Sun Chuanting said that Li Chaosheng was better than Zhang Juzheng. It can be seen that Sun Chuanting was convinced by Li Chaosheng's methods.

But this is not enough to make Sun Chuanting willing to survive in this wonderful new world.

Lu Xiangsheng saw Sun Chuanting's thoughts and said, "Come on, I've seen all the farmers and merchants, and I'll show you the terrible industrial system in Lantian."

"industry?"

Sun Chuanting is still very unfamiliar with the word industry, so he looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Industry, this is a new word for Li Chao's life name, which generally refers to the industry that exploits natural resources and makes profits from processing. The industry generally refers to heavy industry, that is, steel."

"Steel?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "The county lord often says that the beginning of industry lies in steel. Let's go, I have to say that you have a lot of face, otherwise, this Lantian Iron and Steel Plant will definitely not allow other people to visit, but you, the county lord Special approval."

Speaking of which, Lu Xiangsheng took Sun Chuanting out of the county and arrived at the southern industrial zone.

The industrial area is a specially divided area. The entire area is very large, with hundreds of factories of all sizes, and it is also the main part of the blood transfusion of the main artery of Lantian.

Lu Xiangsheng brought Sun Chuanting to the gate of Lantian No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant, which was the first large-scale iron and steel plant established in Lantian. Sun Chuanting looked up and saw black smoke billowing from towering chimneys.

If this scene is placed in the 21st century, it will definitely be a heavily polluted area, and it will definitely be a model of substandard pollution control. But in Lantian in the [-]th century, it is synonymous with advanced, and this billowing black smoke is Lantian's powerful strength. synonym.

Pollution first and then treatment, this is the policy set by Li Chaosheng. If the development is not developed, you just control the pollution and discharge the sewage, then it’s bullshit. If you don’t develop, you will definitely bring pollution. This is inevitable. , but it has developed to a certain level, as long as it is governed, there will be no problem.

It is the correct way of thinking to develop first and then treat it. Therefore, this industrial zone about [-] miles away from Lantian County is the largest polluted area in Lantian, and of course it is also the most advanced representative of Lantian.

Lu Xiangsheng brought Sun Chuanting here. Sun Chuanting couldn't take his eyes off the 20-meter-high chimney in front of him. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng brought Sun Chuanting to the guard.

"stop!"

The two were directly stopped by the guards. Only then did Sun Chuanting realize that these guards were holding the most advanced flintlock guns in Lantian, and watching the march of these guards, it was obvious that the traces of the regular army in Lantian could be seen. Sun Chuanting looked at Lu Xiangsheng , Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "The guards here are all drawn from the Lantian First Army, and soldiers from a company are replaced every month to serve as guards."

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's expression also became serious. He had seen Li Chaolong's first army before, and its fighting power was quite strong. If Li Chaolong's first army could stand guard, it could be seen that the steel factory was in Lantian. status.

"It was the county magistrate who asked me to take him to visit the steel factory."

Lu Xiangsheng explained to the guard, and after hearing this, the guard stretched out his hand and said, "Sorry, please show your pass."

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Sun Chuanting, then at the guard and said, "You don't know me?"

The guard said: "I know, Judge Lantian."

"I'm on the same level as your army commander, how dare you stop me?"

Lu Xiangsheng deliberately showed it to Sun Chuanting. The guard didn't know what Lu Xiangsheng meant and said with a black face: "I'm sorry, if there is no pass issued by the county lord, no one who has nothing to do with the factory is allowed to enter, and our army commander is the same."

Lu Xiangsheng pretended to be angry when he heard the words: "You are so brave, do you know what will happen if you don't give me face, I am in charge of the law in Lantian, believe it or not, I will arrest you and put you in prison right now!"

The guard heard the words and said: "Don't be afraid, although you are a judge, Lantian is a place where laws are taught. Even if you are a judge, I have not committed crimes, embezzled or accepted bribes, and violated rules and regulations. You I can't be caught, and if you abuse the law and get known by the county officials, you will also be punished by the law, please show your pass, if not, please go back!"

After the guard finished speaking, he made a gesture of invitation. Lu Xiangsheng smiled when he saw this, gave the guard a good look at you, and then took out the pass, which also had the seal of the county lord on it.

The guards checked, followed by a salute: "Please!"

Lu Xiangsheng led Sun Chuanting into the factory, at this time Sun Chuanting came over and said, "Did you just show it to me on purpose?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled: "See?"

"If you act more fake, I won't be able to see it."

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "That's too fake, but you can see that everyone in Lantian must abide by the established rules and regulations, and no one can make exceptions. Push back."

"Are you quite happy?"

Sun Chuanting looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, Lu Xiangsheng said: "Of course, I am very happy, because this is what I am after. The concept of law must be integrated into everyone's mind, and let them know that as long as they do not violate the law, then No one can do anything to them, otherwise it is challenging the law, so Lan Tian, ​​it is common for officials to be scolded by others. Lan Tian is not good."

Sun Chuanting said: "You seem to be sure that I will join Lantian."

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "I was more stubborn than you back then."

While the two were talking, someone had already notified the factory manager that the magistrate of the county government had come, so who could not give some face to them, except the gatekeeper.

Soon the factory director came, and the level of the factory director was not low. It was equivalent to the head of Lantian Zhongli, that is, the level of a county magistrate, but it was still worse than Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng was at the level of the minister of Lantian. Several levels.

Moreover, the director of the factory is also in the rank of civil servant. In the future, if he does well in the future, he may be transferred to that state capital to serve as the head of the middle district. At that time, will he be manipulated by Lu Xiangsheng?

And even if he is the factory manager now, he is under the supervision of Lu Xiangsheng. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng brought people to visit, and he didn't accompany him in person. Isn't that a bit ignorant of the rules?

Although the factory manager also knows that it is useless to curry favor with Lu Xiangsheng, the important thing is not to violate the laws of Lantian, but he also knows a truth after being an official for many years.

"Mr. Lu."

The factory manager greeted him with a smile. Although Lu Xiangsheng is not very interested in the officialdom, he is not an unreasonable old stubborn. He knows that as long as everyone is within the scope of the law, there is no need to pursue small things. , It's like welcoming and seeing off, if this is not allowed, wouldn't it be that there is no human touch at all?
Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "Director Wang, I am ordered by the county to show this old friend a tour of our steel plant. You are more familiar with the situation here than I am, so please show us around."

"Okay, okay, Xiao Liu, lead the way ahead and take us to visit the factory."

"Yes, leader."

As Xiao Liu said, he led several people to the factory, and introduced as he walked, "Leaders, this is our No. 10 steelmaking furnace, which can produce about [-] tons of steel every year."

"Ton?"

Sun Chuanting was taken aback, and at this moment Xiao Liu smiled and said, "Oh, according to our conversion standard in Lantian, two thousand catties equals one ton."

"Two thousand catties, one hundred thousand tons equals twenty million catties!"

Sun Chuanting's eyes widened and he was shocked by the horrific data. A blast furnace produces [-] million jin of refined steel a year, which is almost equal to half of Daming's annual steel production value.

"How many blast furnaces like this do you have?"

After hearing this, Xiao Liu said with a smile: "Return to the leader, not many, our factory has five such first-class furnaces."

Five seats!

Sun Chuanting's eyes widened. Five buildings are worth [-] jin. That's more than double the annual steel output of Ming Dynasty. Just such a factory can surpass the steel output of two Damings. That's too scary, right? !
Sun Chuanting was shocked and speechless. In fact, such a large factory can only produce 50 tons of steel a year, which is already very poor. You must know that in the 21st century, the standard of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry is that the annual output is less than 100 million tons. Ton of steel is a small steel plant, but to become a large steel plant, the annual output cannot be less than 500 million tons, and the special steel must be greater than 300 million tons to be called a large steel plant.

And this Lantian No. 50 Iron and Steel Plant uses almost one-tenth of the population of Lantian County, and its annual output is only [-] tons, which can be said to be very low efficiency. However, Lantian Steel has just started, and there is still a lot of room for development in the future.

However, this data has already shocked Sun Chuanting. Looking at the large factory in front of him, Sun Chuanting was extremely shocked. This factory covering an area of ​​tens of acres can produce as much as two Daming Iron and Steel in a year. What a terrifying thing, thinking about Sun Chuanting makes me feel a little scared, no wonder Daming can't beat Lantian, this steel output is very telling.

And just when Sun Chuanting was beyond shocked, the factory on the side made up again: "Leader, although our factory's output is not the highest among the five major steel factories in Lantian, we are the oldest steel factory in Lantian, and our factory is also responsible for some production of special steels."

The factory manager thought that the superiors were here to inspect the work and find some merits for his old factory, but what Sun Chuanting heard was a bolt from the blue. There are five seats?!"

The factory director was taken aback and looked at Lu Xiangsheng, isn't this common sense?Why doesn't this guy know common sense?
Lu Xiangsheng said: "Tell him about it."

The factory manager said: "Well, that's right, there are indeed five, but not all of them are in Lantian. The current one in Lantian is our old factory here, and there are also the second factory and the third factory, one built in Fugu County, One was built in Hanzhong to supply steel for the north and south of Lantian."

"There are two more that were completed last year, one is the No. 80 Iron and Steel Plant in Hubei, and the No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant in Ningxia, Gansu. These factories are all new factories with the latest construction equipment. The output can be larger than ours. It can have an output of [-] to [-] tons, but in terms of quality, I still think our factory is good."

The factory manager never forgot his identity and once again praised his factory, but Sun Chuanting was already frightened. One factory is equivalent to the annual steel output of two Ming Dynasty, and five factories is the annual steel output of ten Ming Dynasty. The output, the steel output of ten Damings, Sun Chuanting was stunned by this conclusion, the gap is too big, how can this Daming compete with Lantian.

At this time, the factory manager added another knife: "By the way, according to the plan of the Ministry of Industry this year, two steel factories will be built in Henan, and in Xianning, Hubei, and Yichang this year to drive the economic development of the surrounding areas."

(End of this chapter)