Datang No. 1 Scholar Chapter 1123 The governor generously asked for money for construction, and Muchuan returned to the house to meet the prince's subordinates
Chapter 1123 The governor generously asked for money for construction, and Muchuan returned to the house to meet the prince's subordinates
Chapter 1123: The Governor generously asked for money for construction, Muchuan returned home and met the prince’s subordinates
Yang Gongren is quite willing to give it up. This is 30,000 taels of silver. How about using it like this?
Is he trying to drain Qingshan County dry?
Luo Chuan shook his head and said: "We currently lack a large amount of labor. You ask them to stop building universities first and use manpower and material resources on the steel plant project."
"In addition, you have people draw the blueprints of the graduate school, then send them to the Luoyang Palace for Prince Li Tai to sign and seal them, and then send someone to report to Jing Zhaoyin."
"Yes, I obey."
Magistrate Liu bowed his hands and left.
He knew that no matter how hard he tried to please Luo Chuan, he would not be able to please him. He was a difficult character to deal with.
In this case, he can only do things honestly.
Luochuan walked into the cement factory and observed carefully. There were already models here and concrete pouring had begun.
But there are no cement bricks yet, so we still have to wait.
At the edge of the construction site, an ox cart was slowly advancing.
"what are these?"
Luochuan looked at the bullock cart strangely.
"Sir, this is the new livestock cart we bought."
The foreman said excitedly: "These livestock trucks were purchased from Henan according to your requirements.
This kind of vehicle, pulled by four horses, is labor-saving and fast, and is most suitable for such large-scale projects."
"very good!"
Luochuan nodded.
Now that concrete is available, if you want to build modern buildings, you still need steel bars.
And our own steel plant is still under construction. This steel plant is the foundation of all our construction projects.
Luochuan is absolutely determined to complete the steel plant.
The construction of steel plants requires a large amount of manpower and material resources.
After leaving the cement factory, Luochuan did not dare to neglect and immediately summoned all the officials and craftsmen in Qingshan County to discuss how to speed up the construction of the steel plant.
At Luo Chuan's request, all the craftsmen gathered in the room next to the construction site.
Luochuan directly handed over this task to Liu Guobin and Zhao Dachui.
Although Liu Guobin was unwilling to take this job, he had no choice.
Therefore, Liu Guobin could only work hard with the craftsmen.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Liu Guobin led the craftsmen in Qingshan County to finally get all the materials Luochuan needed.
Luo Chuan looked at these materials and nodded with satisfaction.
Then he said: "Magistrate Liu, thank you for your hard work. You are all exhausted during this period. Please take a good rest.
We will start work tomorrow morning."
"Thank you for your grace!"
Liu Guobin said excitedly.
Luo Chuan smiled and said: "You're welcome, you are all my subjects of the Tang Dynasty.
It is only right to work hard for the prosperity and development of Datang."
The materials Muchuan let him get were all rare metals and treasures, which he mainly used to exchange with the system for steelmaking equipment, including blast furnaces and the like.
The Tang Dynasty had long had smelting technology, but in ancient times smelting relied on slow fire, or igniting firewood, and then using charcoal or other materials to burn the iron ore.
This is due to technical limitations, which will seriously affect the steel product process.
Moreover, the steel fired in this way is also relatively rough, and the quality is not very good and cannot be used.
The steelmaking blast furnace that Luochuan exchanged from the system was a modern steelmaking blast furnace. Although it was still some distance from the most advanced electric blast furnace, it was considered an upgraded version of the flame blast furnace.
This blast furnace can not only burn coal and steel, but also produce steel bars and I-beams, and can even be used to produce steel plates.
Luochuan now needs to transport this blast furnace to his steel plant that is about to be completed, so as to solve his worries.
Luochuan said to Liu Guobin: "Mr. Liu, tomorrow you and I will go to my steel plant to participate in the construction.
Remember, you must pay attention to safety.”
"Please rest assured, my lord, your humble position will definitely fulfill your mission!"
Liu Guobin said solemnly.
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Luochuan inspected the area and felt satisfied, so he returned to Luoyang City.
As I was walking, I happened to encounter a fast horse galloping away. When I saw Luochuan's carriage team, I quickly reined in the horse and stopped.
Luo Chuan asked: "What's going on?"
"Sir, I am Zhang Yi, the Prime Minister of Luoyang County, and I have a request from Prince Li Tai."
"Oh! You came just in time. I was planning to go find Prince Cheng. Let me go back to the Prince's Mansion with you!"
Prince Cheng is Li Tai, a title bestowed by Li Shimin. Although he holds the post of Luozhou Mu, he is still regarded as a prince.
After Luo Chuan finished speaking, he got on his horse and led him towards the county government office.
Zhang Yi followed closely behind on horseback.
The two came to the Prince's Mansion, and Zhang Yi directly led Luo Chuan into the side hall behind the Prince's Mansion and sat down.
After a while, Li Tai walked in, clasped his fists slightly and said, "Brother Luochuan, I'm really sorry.
I was drunk last night and was a little late."
"Prince Cheng, you are too polite."
Luochuan stood up and said.
"I heard that Brother Luochuan just went to check the construction progress of the cement plant and the construction status of the steel plant."
Luo Chuan nodded and said, "Yes!"
"These two things are indeed very important. I hope that both of us will work together to build the cement plant and steel plant as soon as possible."
Li Tai said.
Luo Chuan said: "Your Highness is absolutely right. By the way, I wonder why Prince Cheng invited me here?"
A trace of hesitation flashed across Li Tai's face, then he waved his hand to Zhang Yi beside him and said, "You go out first, I will talk to Brother Luochuan alone."
"yes!"
Zhang Yi exited the room.
Li Tai pondered for a while and said: "Brother Luochuan, I also know about the cement factory."
"Well! Your Highness is wise!"
Luochuan said with admiration.
"Actually, we are also considering the people. The construction of these cement plants and steel plants will definitely affect the local environment. I went to see them and found that they are too wasteful. We can't do this."
"Then what will Prince Cheng do?"
"I have thought of several measures. One is to provide funds for the Luochuan brothers to continue construction, and the other is to ask the Luochuan brothers to share part of the profits from the cement plant with the people.
This will also prevent people from complaining."
Li Tai said.
Luo Chuan shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I don't think it's appropriate!"
"What's wrong?"
Li Tai asked with a frown.
Luo Chuan said: "Your Highness, the cement factory and steel factory are very profitable, and this money is all my hard-earned money for a year.
Why should the common people receive dividends?"
"Brother Luochuan, what do you think can be done to let the common people share this wealth?"
Li Tai asked.
Luo Chuan smiled and said, "I have a suggestion."
"All ears!"
Luo Chuan smiled and said: "Now the cement plant in Luoyang has begun to take shape, only the steel plant is missing.
We can set aside a piece of land on the outskirts of Luoyang and build a mineral processing plant there."
Li Tai asked: "Will this mineral processing plant help our income?"
