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Chapter 609

After all, the second brother-in-law is a member of his own family and did not fool his brother-in-law.

The on-site blast furnace steelmaking meeting was very successful. When he saw a large amount of molten iron flowing out of the furnace, Jia Liu couldn't hide his excitement and composed a poem on the spot: "Tall buildings rise from the ground, and glory can only depend on oneself!"

When Lai Xiucai, the accompanying editor of the "Qing Daily" heard this, he quickly memorized it and prepared to write a report about the Governor's emphasis on steel production with the title of these two poems.

After the molten iron is cooled, it cannot actually be called steel because it still requires a series of carbon removal processes, which are solved by our own experts.

Because the Qing Dynasty had the technology to turn iron into steel, all it took was to build the hardware for mass production based on this technology.

Jia Liu's requirements for the first phase of the Zhili Steel Plant are not high, with an annual steel output of 10,000 tons. Later, as the technology matures, the project construction will continue to improve, and within five years, it will surpass the British and increase the steel output to 10,000 tons per year.

Ten thousand tons is no problem at all.

After all, industrialization in the West has just begun.

There are no technical obstacles to overtaking the East and catching up quickly, which means that the industrial technology between the East and the West has not actually opened up a big gap.

After ten years like this, ironclad ships will definitely be able to cruise.

Weapons, humanities, science, industry, commerce.

What Jia Liu had to do was to plan his ideas on the white paper of the Qing Dynasty and provide the most solid guarantee for talents from all walks of life. Once Qianlong's conservative thinking was changed, the future would definitely belong to the East.

But the premise is that Jia Liu cannot fail.

The worst thing that can happen to China is the demise of the people and the demise of the government.

If Jia Liu doesn't do something, it will be done. If he wants to do it, it will be done.

To people, he never talks empty words and encourages the Dharma with spirit, but with real money and silver.

Immediately, he ordered people to put out the silver ingots prepared in advance on a pallet, and rewarded Qin Taiping, the chief engineer of the Zhili Steel Plant, with one hundred taels of silver on the spot, and awarded him the rank of seventh-grade Houbu Magistrate.

If Qin Taiping could successfully build the Zhili General Iron and Steel Plant and achieve the steel output required by Jia Liu, it would not be impossible to seal the border in the future.

Those who participated in blast furnace steelmaking were rewarded fifty taels for major jobs and twenty taels for minor jobs.

The so-called big workers are those who have worked as a craftsman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or as a supervisor or foreman.

Small workers are ordinary craftsmen.

In addition, the handymen were rewarded with three taels, and the people who came to work nearby were also rewarded with thirty taels each.

The engineering personnel involved in the blast furnace steelmaking mainly came from the Construction Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Yangxindian Construction Office, and some personnel from the Jingshan Gun Manufacturing Office.

These were all hired by Gao Delu from Beijing at a high price on the initiative of his brother-in-law. In addition to providing food and accommodation, their wages were tripled, and there were various bonuses. Compared with being treated as Sulla's servants in Beijing, whether it was political treatment or material treatment,

Those are all qualitative leaps.

Therefore, the enthusiasm is quite high.

There are even six eunuchs among them, two of whom have served as chief eunuchs in the construction office of Yangxin Palace, and the other four are responsible for leading the craftsmen into the palace to undertake construction tasks. Over time, they have accumulated a certain degree in engineering construction.

They have experience and a broad vision. They are familiar with many of the things that Westerners pay tribute to, and can even bring craftsmen to imitate them.

The eunuchs had a special status, so the six of them used pseudonyms to run errands in the industrial park, and their places in the palace were all sold out, all using the name of dying in palace chaos.

Jia Liu instructed the six eunuchs to be given the treatment of foremen, that is, an annual salary of 180 taels, and an additional month's salary at the end of the year, as well as food, accommodation, clothing, etc.

After calculation, each eunuch can earn about 300,000 yuan a year.

However, their monthly income in the palace was only one or two taels, and they usually cut corners and earned only thirty or forty taels a year.

In order to give full play to the professional talents of these six eunuchs, Jia Liuyun allowed them to recommend one of his nephews (grandsons) to join the steel factory after three years and enjoy the benefits of a big worker (annual salary of 90 taels).

If you do a good job, it is not impossible to be awarded the title.

Why do you attach so much importance to these six eunuchs?

Because in essence, these six people are actually corporate management talents, not the kind of laypeople who are experts in leadership, but the kind of professionals who are quite familiar with the industry.

To put it figuratively, these six eunuchs can be said to be academic leaders.

Therefore, it must be paid attention to.

You cannot discriminate against someone just because they are disabled.

Jia Liu employs people in no particular pattern. As long as they can be used by him and are useful to the country, they can all be reused.

Because this is how he came up.

The reward money was distributed on the spot, without any IOUs, and the effect was excellent. More than a hundred engineering personnel involved in blast furnace steelmaking immediately danced in unison, and the reputation of the young Governor doubled.

In addition to material rewards, spiritual encouragement is also needed.

"Qin Gong is an important weapon of the country. Whether the Zhili Steel Plant can rise from the ground depends entirely on Qin Gong!"

In order to show his respect for Qin Taiping, the leader of the steel plant, Jia Liu lovingly tied a special red flower on Qin Taiping himself.

There is also a purple cloth hanging on the big red flower, with the four words "Meritor of the Qing Dynasty" written on it.

These four words are truly heavier than the sky, higher than the earth, wider than the sea, and deeper than the river.

The moment the red flowers were tied, Shuan Zhu waved his hand, and the invited band immediately started playing with loud gongs and drums, and firecrackers were blasting. The lively scene was even more solemn, and Qin Taiping, who had been the foreman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for generations, was so moved that he didn't know how to move first.

Before you step with your left foot, you should step with your right foot first.

"Bring me my horse!"

Just when Qin Taiping thought everything was about to end, he did not expect that the young governor actually helped him to his mount, helped him mount the horse without saying a word, and then held the horse in front of him under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of surprised eyes.

He slowly walked towards the celebration banquet with him as a master craftsman.

This move not only made Qin Taiping almost burst into tears, but he was determined to serve the governor with what he had learned all his life, and even if he was exhausted, he would help the governor build a steel factory. It also made the craftsmen present stunned.

While sighing with emotion, he suddenly heard the young governor holding the horse with his chest straightened and asking around: "Who is that right away?"

"A good man outside Donghua Gate!"

All the officers and soldiers responded in unison according to the previous instructions.

"How about a good man!"

"Eat a big piece of meat and drink a big bowl of wine!"

"Okay, let's get drunk with this good man today!"

Jia Liu laughed and took Qin Taiping, who was on the horse, and the technical staff attending the celebration banquet to the location of the celebration banquet, a three-story brick building.

In front of the building is a plaque with the words "National Treasure Building" hanging in front of it.

What is a national treasure?

It's clear at a glance.

Sumptuous food and drinks had been prepared in the lobby of the building. Jia Liu appointed Qin Taiping as the chief. Qin Taiping was flattered and refused one after another. However, he could not resist the Governor's insistence that he take the chief seat, so he had to sit down with the excitement and anxiety of smoke rising from his ancestral grave.

Jia Liu asked other technicians to take their seats one by one, and then poured wine for everyone at the table.

During the banquet, glasses were raised and toasts were made from table to table. Even if the last table was filled with just some servants, Jia Liu toasted politely without any airs of a high-ranking person.

I don’t know what the technicians eating at the banquet were thinking. Anyway, Shuan Zhu looked at the back of the young master who kept toasting, and couldn’t help but muttered: "The Jia family is really going to give birth to an emperor."


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