The first stop of the steam battleship going upstream was Daye.
After unloading several explosives, he gave another box of binoculars to Wang Ran.
Yesterday, Kuai Ma notified Wang Ran that Song Yang was going to stop in Daye today, and Wang Ran came specially to wait for him.
"Your Majesty, this is Daye's iron ore production list."
Song Tian carefully held an account book and handed it to Song Yang.
Since he took office, pig iron production has increased day by day.
However, it has never met the needs of Jiangzhou and Gefu counties.
Yu Ming and Fang Zhe wrote to Song Tian many times to increase production at full capacity.
However, the current technical level is limited and it is impossible to increase production in a large amount.
The current speed is already the result of working overtime.
However, the reminder letters one after another still made Song Tian feel that he had not done a good job.
"It's very good." After checking the ledger.
A slight increase in production can be seen every day.
The weekly output is already very impressive.
If we look at monthly output, the increase can reach at least 10%.
It can more than double in one year, what else is there to say?
"Xiao Tian, work hard and don't be in a hurry. Just follow this production rate and increase steadily."
"Remember not to blindly expand production, safety must be ensured."
"Lao Fang is always urging you. It's just a kind of supervision. You just need to ensure normal production."
Song Yang patted Song Tian on the shoulder and said.
"Yes! Your Majesty, I understand. The adults are all thinking about the progress of I."
Song Tian said embarrassedly.
"Haha. The boy is very enlightened!" Song Yang laughed.
"Xiaotian works conscientiously and responsibly. After he took over the mine, the output increased and the order was improved. The workers didn't have many complaints." Wang Ran said at the side.
Wang Ran just went to the dock to pick up Song Yang, and the steam battleship shocked him.
We visited for a long time on and off the boat.
"Thank you, sir." Song Tian waved his hands hurriedly.
Song Tian was born in the Guards Army and was promoted from the lowest rank of soldier.
His family was originally a family of ordinary people, and he could empathize with the work and dedication of the workers.
After taking over the mine, there was no discrimination against the workers because they were prisoners of bandits.
He even ate, lived and worked with them.
The workers are becoming more and more convinced of Song Tian.
Song Yang learned about this situation and became more and more satisfied with Song Tian.
"Okay, great. Reward! Must reward. Give Xiaotian a first-level salary increase. From now on, you will be Ezhou Deputy Qianhu!" Song Yang looked at Song Tian with a smile and said.
"Thank you for your promotion, Your Majesty!" Song Tian thanked him excitedly.
"Work hard, you need to pay more attention to the iron ore matters..."
Song Yang encouraged him a few words, and Song Tian was deeply moved.
Song Yang did not stay in Daye. Daye was a mining area and it was easy to accommodate two people. The people on his boat could only sleep on the boat.
If we were to sleep on the boat, we might as well walk one more stop, since it was just dusk anyway.
"Your Majesty, you'd better be more careful when going to Fangzhou."
"How to say?"
On the bow of the ship, the river breeze was blowing. Song Yang and Wang Ran stood side by side. The fleet was going to Huangshi to spend the night at the next stop.
Wang Ran simply got on the boat together. Firstly, he wanted to see how the steamship traveled, and secondly, he also stopped by Huangshi to check on the preparations for spring plowing.
"Your Highness, Shannan Road has never been peaceful. Several of the princes there are from the Taizu family, and they usually like to cause trouble."
"And the officials in the various prefectures in Shannan East Province... used to be from the prince's lineage."
Wang Ran still knows something about Shannan Road.
Tell Song Yang the key points.
To put it bluntly, those people are not from the same group as Song Yang.
Although the local royal family are relatives, they are several generations apart from Song Yang.
Speaking of which, King Fangzhou should be the grandson of Song Yang’s great-grandfather’s younger brother…
The local officials were also disciples of the prince.
Although the prince died in a natural disaster, these people had no friendship with Song Yang, and even his seventh uncle Song Tong was not familiar with them.
Whether they can obey Song Yang's control is still unclear.
Of course, now that the prince is dead, Song Yang will definitely encounter much less resistance.
"It doesn't matter. As the saying goes, political power comes from the barrel of a gun. How can those guys rebel against nature?"
"If you don't want to do it, get kicked out by them!"
Song Yang said with a confident smile.
He controls absolute force, and the officials of the aristocratic family do not have much remaining power after being devastated by natural disasters.
"It's great that Ayang has such ambition!"
"Although Fangzhou is troublesome, it's not a big problem. It's just some princes who have lost power and officials who have lost their masters." Song Tong, who was fishing leisurely on the side, said with a smile.
"Hey? Uncle Seventh! The fish is on!" Song Chengwang shouted.
"Haha! Big fish! Big fish!" Song Tong raised the fishing rod, which bent more than ninety degrees.
Can you fish by boat? Yes! As long as you have enough resources!
In this era of Daqian, there are so many fish in the river that there is an explosion. Without the destruction of new energy fishing rods, hand-thrown nets are not that efficient.
Especially in the six months after the natural disaster, a large number of humans disappeared, and the number of fish in the river was extremely terrifying.
Let alone fishing, if you stand on the shore with your eyes closed and poke a spear into the water, you might be able to pull out a big fat fish.
This is no joke, Yu Ming did this a while ago...
Song Yang took a telescope and looked at the water in front of him. The black shadow floating on the water was indeed not small.
Song Tong pulled the pole, while Tong Qian and Shen Xiaowan held a net in each hand, preparing to catch the fish.
"Haha! Haha! Not small! Not small!"
Uncle Qi struggled to lift the fish out. At first glance, it weighed more than five kilograms.
"Huh? Why can't I catch fish?" Song Chengwang said with a bitter face.
He followed Song Tong to fish all the way, but in the end there were only a few small white stripes but mostly no slaps...
"Haha! Fish also watch people bite the hook!" Uncle Qi laughed.
"We'll have grilled fish tonight, and I'll cook it myself!" Song Yang said with a smile as he saw everyone happy.
When we arrived at Huangshi Pier, everyone got off the boat.
Wei Guan, the magistrate of Huangshi County, has prepared a camp, and the soldiers can just move in.
Song Yang and others sat around the fire, chatting and grilling fish.
Originally, Song Yang wanted to show off his skills, but in the end, everyone was doing their own thing.
Ever since that big fish took the bait, Uncle Qi has been on a roll.
Good guy!
One after another without stopping.
When we arrived at Huangshi, we had already prepared more than 20 fish, the smallest one weighing more than a pound.
Now Song Yang can no longer be found.
Everyone just bakes one piece each.
Wei Guan, the magistrate of Huangshi County, was very particular. He took a knife and roasted it into slices, just like eating a roast leg of lamb.
"Master Wei, this is a good way to eat! The fish is just mature and very tender." Uncle Qi saw him eating like this and started to imitate it.
"This way of eating is something I came up with when I had nothing to do. I usually like to eat fish." Wei Guan smiled sheepishly.
Eating fish can cause diarrhea easily, so grilling it before eating it is just right.
Everyone was in a good mood after eating the grilled fish, and it was considered a half-day of leisure.
The only one who wasn't very happy was Song Chengwang, who didn't catch a single big fish.
Early the next morning, the fleet set off again and arrived in Jiangxia at noon.
Jiangxia was an important town in ancient times. After a natural disaster, the river embankment collapsed and the entire city was submerged in water.
It was not until last autumn that the river gradually receded and Jiangxia City was completely exposed.
Wang Ran had the river embankment repaired, and he chose a new site east of Jiangxia City and re-established a settlement.
Jiangxia guards the outlet of the Han River, so people must be stationed here.
But now that the population is insufficient, we can only set up a camp like a fort like Jiayu.
"My lord, have a pleasant journey. If you need support from Ezhou, just send a letter here."
After leaving Wang Ran in Jiangxia, the fleet turned to the Han River and reached Xiangyang in four days.