"There are so many industrial and mining factories in Guanzhou now, and Datang is the only one that produces steel rails. Are you still worried that Guanzhou will have no food to eat in the future?"
"Just the steel produced in the first three months of this year, if converted into food, would be enough to last until next summer!"
Su Chen slapped the table and roared.
"But……"
"But what the hell! The orders placed by the imperial court are enough to supply Guanzhou with food for three years!"
"Are you worried that the court will default on your debt?"
Su Chen got angry: "You go back and explain this matter clearly to the people. If you don't handle it well, your evaluation this year will be ruined!"
All the officials had no choice but to wipe their cold sweat and nod in agreement!
"you!"
Su Chen pointed at Cang Cao joining the army just now.
“I went to the canteen of the steel factory the day before yesterday to see why the workers’ food was so poor.
Is this matter your responsibility?"
Poor food?
How can this be?
I am afraid that Changsun Wuji will find fault, so I have recently made a special effort to improve the food in the cafeteria.
Cang Cao joined the army and almost knelt down in front of Su Chen: "Guo Guo Gong, I have not embezzled a penny. The subordinates in the canteen of the steel factory often go to check, the food is not bad!"
"Brown rice with a chopstick of pickles, how dare you say it's not bad?"
Liu Mo quickly spoke for his subordinates: "Duke Protector, the food in the cafeteria is actually better than what most people eat at home!"
"Nowadays, many people in the Tang Dynasty still have two meals a day, and one meal is gruel..."
Su Chen glared at Liu Mo: "Shut up! Workers in industrial and mining plants do heavy physical work. If you eat like this, all the workers' bodies will be exhausted in a few years!"
"From now on, the food expenses will be doubled, and the other half will be used to buy vegetables and meat. The cheapest pork will do!"
"That's why I asked Guanzhou to set up a breeding farm. After all, meat consumption will increase in the future, and we need a stable supply source."
"Also, since it is late spring, we should look for places where pesticides have not been sprayed and quickly organize people to plant vegetables."
…
Su Chen lost his temper at the officials of the Governor's Office and told them to go back and do what he said.
I made up my mind that detailed regulations must be drawn up for this matter, otherwise these officials would definitely not take it seriously!
Trying to change the habits and cognition of the people and officials is a difficult and urgent matter. You have to keep a close eye on it!
It was the first industrial city in the Tang Dynasty. Although the living standards of the people could not be compared with Sujiazhuang,
But at least it should be better than the current living conditions of ordinary people!
Heavy manual laborers live on brown rice and pickles every day, but the governor of a state thinks it's pretty good. What kind of concept is this?
Liu Mo returned to the Governor's Mansion with a group of subordinates, and an official whispered:
"Lord Governor, the request of the Protector is too difficult. We..."
"Just do as you're told!"
Liu Mo answered simply and straightforwardly.
A group of subordinates were puzzled: "Others can be managed, but growing forage and vegetables..."
"Now people are frantically looking for places to grow crops. The vegetable gardens have long since disappeared, and seeds have been sown in every yard!"
"At this time, when we ask people to plant grass and vegetables, they will have to work hard with us!"
Liu Mo frowned and thought about you: "Leave the pasture matters to Guantian first!"
"Then the people near the mines and factories are required to pay a certain amount of fresh vegetables every month. If they fail to pay, their food will be deducted!"
The officials were stunned: Is this possible?
Liu Mo waved his hand: "Let's do this for now. I have to discuss the specific facts with the Protector in detail!"
After Su Chen sent Liu Mo and others away, he called a few gentlemen from the village and told them that he was going to set up a school in Guanzhou.
This time everyone agreed happily. Anyway, they are not teaching students, and the current situation in Guanzhou is not bad!
After talking to the gentlemen about the school, Su Chen called over the group of princes, grandsons and second-generation nobles.
After more than two months of study, several of these golden people felt that they had accomplished something.
Through Li Mao and Zhang De, two old servants expressed that they could show their skills to Su Chen.
Su Chen felt that it was necessary to give them a chance and hit their restless hearts!
The person who came to be tortured was Li Er's eighth son Li Zhen. He was the youngest in the group and the most noisy!
As for the older Li Ke, it seems that he is really interested in trains and has already requested Su Chen that he would like to follow him into the cab next time the train is tested.
Su Chen took out a stack of drawings and looked at Li Zhen in front of him and several second-generation nobles behind him.
"Follow these drawings and save the crusher, and you can return to Chang'an!"
"In addition to the craftsmen in my workshop, you can choose craftsmen from all over the Tang Dynasty!"
"To tell you the truth, this is for crushing feed. There are drawings of small steam engines and crushers."
"Although you are not required to make something better than the one in the workshop, at least it must be able to be used normally. It is indispensable to open a breeding farm in Guanzhou."
Li Zhen was so confident that she left the drawings. When she returned to her residence, she wrote a letter to Li Er and asked him to send him a team of craftsmen.
Su Chen also continued to be busy dealing with Guanzhou's industrialization process.
Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji hurried back to Chang'an.
Li Er immediately summoned Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, who had just returned, and some other confidants.
Let’s listen to Changsun Wuji’s detailed report together.
For several days, Changsun Wuji's throat was filled with smoke, before he reported in detail what he saw and heard in Guanzhou to Li Er and the ministers.
"In other words, there is currently no chaos in Guanzhou, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment."
Li Er concluded.
"This is the situation. Although people are still worried about food shortages, they have no objection to working in factories and mines, and they have no plans to reclaim wasteland elsewhere."
"How are the people's living conditions like?"
Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said: "It's better than other states and counties!"
Seeing everyone pondering in silence, Changsun Wuji also knew that some things could not be decided in a short while.
"Su Chen asked me to bring back a memorial. He wants to open a Gwu School in Guanzhou."
Changsun Wuji handed Su Chen's memorial to Li Er.
Li Er read it once and passed it to others for circulation.
"Why does he have to submit it to the court for discussion? If he, the governor of Guanzhou, wants to handle this matter, he only needs to report to me."
Li Er, like Changsun Wuji, felt that it would be more difficult to bring it to the court, so it would be better for Su Chen to run the school secretly by himself.
Changsun Wuji frowned and said: "Su Chen takes this matter very seriously, saying it is related to the future of our Datang!"
"And he also said that if there were no documents from the three provinces and His Majesty's imperial edict, those literati would destroy his school!"
After reading the memorial, Du Ruhui sighed: "That's for sure. Even with these things, I guess someone will still smash it!"
"This is a challenge to the supreme status of Confucianism!"
