Chapter 175: A New Year

**The guests on the stage and the leaders of the kiln gang left the stage one after another to sit in the reserved VIP seats.

As soon as the fuchsia curtain on the stage was pulled, the stage suddenly looked mysterious.

As the soft music sounded, the people in the seats stopped talking. The lights in the Cultural Palace slowly dimmed, and suddenly two beams of light were projected onto the stage, illuminating the purple-red curtain very vividly.

As the music grew stronger, two announcers, a man and a woman, appeared in the stage lights.

Male newspaper clerk: "Guests, leaders, and workers of the kiln, today we are excited to gather together to review the glorious history of our kiln in the past year, and look forward to the bright future of our kiln. At the request of the leaders of Yaogang Trading Corporation, we rehearsed a wonderful program for everyone, so that we can welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. ”

Female newspaper clerk: "Leaders, guests, colleagues from the kiln, in this festive and peaceful day. The first program we dedicate to you is the 'Lucky Lion Dance'. ”

The two announcers finished the curtain and walked to the side of the stage.

This is a very common thing in Zhang Zhimu's opinion, and these people in the audience can't control it when they see it. For a while, there was a buzz of discussion, because they had never seen this kind of performance, especially the two announcers, both of whom were outstanding in figure and appearance, and their generous announcers and their soft voices made the audience under them amazed.

Originally, during the rehearsal, Liu gave the two announcers to wear heavy makeup like opera actors, but Zhang Zhimu resolutely disagreed. Zhang Zhimu can see that the two announcers selected have outstanding images and rich performance experience, and Zhang Zhimu feels that as long as they wear light makeup, they can show their natural beauty under the light.

Today, these two stunned the audience as soon as they appeared.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the curtain slowly opened, and the four colorful lions shook their heads and tails in the sound of gongs and drums.

These lions, who used to perform on the streets, are on this elegant hall for the first time, and the actors' performances are particularly serious and hardworking. When Liu Gang invited them, these people couldn't believe that such a performance could come to such a stage.

But after Zhang Zhimu and Liu watched their performances, they felt that they had to rearrange them. Their original performance looked okay on the street. When it comes to the stage, the number of lions must be enough to have a certain number, otherwise the stage will seem empty. In the end, the big lion was increased to four, and the small lion to eight. The whole performance was re-choreographed. Some of their unique skills are interspersed with performances in the middle, such as the lion on the hydrangea, the lion grabbing the hydrangea, etc.

The first one was to arrange such a program, and Liu was a little puzzled. Zhang Zhimu said: "In the first show, we must raise the atmosphere. The performance in the back is much easier. ”

This lion dance performance did not disappoint Zhang Zhimu and Liu Banzhu, and the audience below couldn't stop applauding the lion performance. People just are very strange, this thing that no one looks at on the street, can make everyone crazy when they get here.

But also, those golden colorful lions, only in this kind of spotlight, do they look extraordinarily good. This is also something that cannot be compared to other occasions.

The second program is the chorus of Yaogang primary school students.

Zhang Zhimu told Liu that the reason for this arrangement was that the children could not be made to wait too long. Besides, the effect of the chorus is also very shocking.

When the curtain opened again, the schoolboy choir was already standing on the stage.

Male newspaper clerk: The following performance for you is the choir of Yaogang Primary School.

Female Announcer: The first song is "Let's Swing the Sculls"

Zhang Zhimu adapted some lyrics of this song, and the tune has not changed. The lead singer of the choir is Xiaoqing.

Zhang Zhimu has always felt that Xiaoqing is born with a good voice, if it was in his previous life, he would definitely let her develop in this regard. Xiaohu has been watching the show with Zhang Zhimu. Seeing his sister performing, Xiaohu was very anxious, because he didn't go to school and couldn't perform on stage, so angry that he grabbed Zhang Zhimu's hand with his little hand.

Because the cultural palace was designed with the acoustic effect in mind, the cultural palace is very close to the sound.

The voice of Xiaoqing's leader sang along with the sound of music, and everyone was caught. After singing the song, everyone still didn't come to their senses, and when the announcer walked to the stage, the audience's applause rang out. Those guests all knew that the kiln gang had the habit of applauding, but those family members didn't know, but when they saw that everyone was applauding, they had no other way to show themselves, so they applauded.

The second song is "Listen to Mom Tell About the Past", everyone who sang this song didn't even breathe loudly, and the sound of the sound deeply attracted everyone. In this era, conquering them with the classics of his previous life, Zhang Zhimu didn't feel strange at all.

The third piece is a more relaxed song, based on Li Shutong's "Farewell" poem.

That "outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road,。。。 As soon as the song came out, many women listened to it with their hands on their chests. Especially those literati, when they heard "The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered, the wine is all over the time, don't dream cold tonight", some people can't help but cry, this song reminds them of their own life experience. After the performance, these literati kept asking Zhang Zhimu who wrote the lyrics, which made Zhang Zhimu make up the story for a long time before he passed it.

The fourth song is "Mother's Kiss". Through the arrangement, this piece was changed to have a solo and a chorus. This song couldn't stop the tears of all the women in the audience.

Then Chen Yufeng and his officers' study class sang "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention," "Target Shooting Song," "Guerrilla Song," and "We Are Soldiers." Their strong and powerful singing voices were very inspiring with their majestic music.

The workers' choir sang "Unity is Strength", "We Workers Have Strength", and "We Walk on the Road".

The women's choir sang "Who Doesn't Say Our Hometown is Good", "A Path", "Half Moon Climbs Up", and "Cranberry Blossoms".

"Half Moon Climbs Up", which was sung a cappella by the female workers, was particularly successful. The emotions on and off the stage are all integrated into this song.

Next is interspersed with acrobatic magic and other performances are song singing, with male and female voices singing soloists and female voices singing in duet.

Considering that there is no Mike now, many songs in his previous life are not suitable for singing on this occasion, Zhang Zhimu chose some songs that can be sung aloud.

Like "Wedding Vow", "Fifteenth Moon", "Hong Geese" and so on, Zhang Zhimu has been teaching these actors and actresses more than 20 songs, and he sang more than a dozen songs tonight, making the audience intoxicated.

Today's performances were carefully selected, and there were many more programs, all of which were cut due to time. Because it is necessary to set aside enough time for the performance of "Tang Guifei".

These shows have been going on for a long time, but the audience has long forgotten the concept of time. These programs, in this era, are definitely the sound of nature.

Waiting for the curtain reporter to report the curtain and say: "It's break time, and the next performance is "Tang Guifei". The audience got up and ran to the bathroom, and those who entered the Palace of Culture for the first time also took the opportunity to have a good visit to the Palace of Culture. Those who sat on the first floor, and those who had not been to the second floor, also ran upstairs to take a look. The first thing these foreign guests and family members said after returning to the Cultural Palace was that the flush side there was cleaner than our home. The second is that it is cold outside, but it is warm like spring inside the Cultural Palace. ”

The ringing of "Dangdang" called everyone back to their seats.

The performance effect of "Tang Guifei" under the lighting and sound matching in the theater is even better than the effect of the kiln gang leaders when they were reviewed. Especially when the curtain opens, the lights hit the stage, and the large stage background carefully painted behind the stage matches the colorful clothes of the actors, making the stage beautiful and beautiful.

The grandeur of the big band's performance deeply shocked every audience. Xiao Hongyu also became famous through this scene of "Tang Guifei".

As soon as "Tang Guifei" started, these audiences knew about Fang Cai's wonderful performance, but it was just an appetizer before the feast began. As soon as Xiaohong appeared, she got a full house.

Zhang Zhimu observed that during the entire performance, no one went to the toilet halfway. The audience is completely immersed in the play.

This big scene made all the women cry. Men also quietly wipe the corners of their eyes.

Later, Yang Yulin went back and said to Zhang Zhimu: "I'm ready, endure it a little when the time comes, and stop crying." However, at that time, if I could not hold back my crying, I would not be human. ”

After the play, everyone didn't get out of the play right away. When the kiln gang set up a banquet for the guests, their eyes still looked directly at the table where the actors were eating.

Xiurong Zhixian said in one word, many of us will leave our souls in the kiln when we return to Xiurong.

Zhang Zhimu fully appreciated the influence of culture, and after this year, when the spring begins, there may be "fans" of the Ming Dynasty to come to Yaogang. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself that now Xiao Hongyu might be the dream lover of those sons.

Such a performance has greatly improved the cohesion and pride of the kiln workers. Next, Liu Banzhu and the actors took the initiative to ask to perform a play a day, so that everyone who had never seen the performance could watch it again.

Until a year ago, everyone in Yaogang, and other people who could return to Yaogang, watched "Tang Guifei" again. Liu Banzhu took the initiative to find Zhang Zhimu and told Zhang Zhimu that after the Chinese New Year, they would go to the smelter, Lingshui Wharf, and Niutoushan to perform for them, so that all of us in the kiln could see "Tang Guifei". This made Zhang Zhimu very moved.

The people of Yaogang had a happy and peaceful Spring Festival.

Zhang Zhimu sent Lu Chengxiang home directly, because Lu Chengxiang said that there were too many things in the kiln, and he was not going to go home for the Spring Festival. Zhang Zhimu resolutely did not agree, Liu Yun sent a squad of cavalry as Lu Chengxiang's guards, and Zhang Zhimu forced Lu Chengxiang to go home in a glass carriage. Yan Boju also returned to Xiurong's house for the New Year. When leaving, Yan Boju said, just wait for our house to fall out next year, let my family come over, and I don't have to go back. Chen Yufeng joked: "You're all this old, you can't go back, isn't it the same?"

Yan Boju smiled and said: "Don't hide it from you, I really don't want to go back, you don't know, those people don't take a bath, and the smell on their bodies can't stand it." ”

"You old thing." Chen Yufeng also joked with a smile: "It's only been a few days since the lice on your body disappeared, and you started talking about people." ”

Zhang Zhimu can see that after Chen Yufeng got married, his life was very comfortable. When I walk, I almost sing this song. Huang Yukun also felt the same way, in Huang Yukun's words: "I feel that there is less Zou Wen on Uncle Chen's face." ”

In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, the children are at home during the holidays. There are children frolicking everywhere in the kiln, which makes the atmosphere of the New Year in the kiln more peaceful. Seeing this, Zhang Zhimu's heart felt very warm.

Lu Chengxiang didn't wait for the fifth day of the new year to finish and rushed back to Yaogang. Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu, we have been busy for a year. You should also rest, why don't you come back after the New Year? ”

"Mr. Zhang, you don't know. When I got home, I was more tired than I was at the kiln. The people who came to the door, no matter where they came from, were one after another. Lu Chengxiang shook his head and said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a good thing. ”

"What's the good thing, they all want to come to the kiln to work, and ask me to help." Lu Chengxiang said.

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he said, "That's a good thing." You can not only help relatives and friends, but also recruit talents for our kiln gang. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Alas, if it is useful, it would be good." But there are all kinds of things, you say that you are not worried. ”

While the two were talking, Chen Yufeng came in. Seeing that both of them were there, he said, "I walked around the Xiaoling River and found a problem. If our Xiaoling River is impounded, as soon as the water level rises, the loess on both sides of the bank will be soaked and softened, and it is likely to pile down. This should be prepared in advance. ”

Chen Yufeng's words reminded Zhang Zhimu of his previous life. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, there were many bank collapses. He said: "Uncle Chen is right, both sides of our Xiaoling River are loess, and if we don't take measures, there will be a danger of piling banks." ”

Lu Chengxiang looked at Zhang Zhimu and then at Chen Yufeng, and said cowardly: "If both sides of the strait are built, then this silver will not be filled." ”

Zhang Zhimu saw that Lu Chengxiang was frightened by the matter of spending money, and said: "Mr. Lu, don't be afraid, in other places, even if it collapses a little." But the road of our kiln gang is next to the river, and as soon as the river collapses, our road will be gone, and if it collapses again, it will be our post. So the banks of this section of the road were to be built with stone and cement. In this way, both sides of the strait are beautiful and safe, and these projects can be built together with the construction of the wharf. For the rest of the unpaved shores, this spring we will load all the wicker trees to keep the soil from erosion. ”

Mr. Lu said, "I want to spend more silver." ”

Zhang Zhimu persuaded Lu Chengxiang and said: "Mr. Lu, last time we closed the account, you know that we already had more than 8 million taels of silver last time, and this is not counting the silver we earned from the two orders of business with the general soldiers of Datong and the general soldiers of Shanxi. I haven't told you yet, we still have a few million taels of silver in Tongguan. Therefore we have no shortage of silver. ”

Lu Chengxiang also knew that there was no shortage of silver in the kiln, but he felt distressed when he spent the silver, he said: "What we lack the most is people?" ”

Zhang Zhimu took it and said: "I also think that there are not enough useful people, I don't think it is as good as us." We select some clever children between the ages of 15 and 18 and set up a school, with the goal of cultivating them into talents in all aspects in two years. Don't be afraid to find a little more. ”

Chen Yufeng thought this idea was a good idea, and said: "We will make up our minds to recruit 1,000 people, and we will not let them do anything, just eat and live, and we will select some excellent personnel to teach them." After two years of training in this way, a group of useful people will come out. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, I will teach them by myself when I have time." We can insist on recruiting a batch every year. It's best to find one with a bit of cultural foundation. ”

Lu Chengxiang said disappreciatively: "Don't say that you recruit 1,000 a year, there are 2,300 or 2,000." We are looking for it all over Shanxi, but if it doesn't work, we can also look for it in other places, and depending on our conditions, the people who come to the door will not break their heads. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Then this matter will be decided and prepared immediately." The original middle school classrooms were no longer enough, so we expanded the school grounds. Rebuild teaching buildings, dormitories, canteens, and teachers' offices. ”

"You have to think about how to divide the classes. Then you can decide on a teacher. Chen Yufeng was thinking about what kind of people he was cultivating.

Zhang Zhimu thought for a moment and said, "I think it should be divided into commerce, military, politics, machinery, electronics, chemistry, art, and literature. If we prepare a class of 50 people, 1,000 people will be 20 classes. We can arrange it this way, one class each for politics, art, and literature; four classes each for commerce and trade; There are three classes in mechanics, electronics, and chemistry. ”

"I think it's a good distribution." Lu Chengxiang said: "However, two years is too long. Can we do it for another year, so we can have someone to use it sooner? ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I think Lao Lu's idea is also right, these two years. We have to do many things, and we have to use many people. ”

Zhang Zhimu understood what everyone was saying, and said: "I think it is okay to run some crash courses, but we must not pull out the seedlings to help them grow, and we must continue the two-year education." In the future, you will know that school is not only a place to educate people, but also a place where you can engage in scientific research and make achievements. ”

When Lu Chengxiang saw this incident, the three of them were highly consistent, and said: "I think our first major event this year is education." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there seems to be no one who attaches such importance to talents as Yaogang.

Chen Yufeng suddenly thought that he could go to various places to invite talents by running to cultivate talents. He said: "We can publish recruitment lists all over the country, and as long as there are real skills across the country, we can use them." ”

"That's right, the first issue of our kiln gang weekly should be on the recruitment list. In this way, we should prepare the issue of the warehouse well. Zhang Zhimu was very interested in Chen Yufeng's suggestion, because now there is no need to hide things in the kiln. It is completely possible to ask for capable people in the whole country.

Lu Chengxiang also very much agreed with Chen Yufeng's opinion, saying: "As long as we recruit business talents in Shanxi, it will be enough for us to pick for a while." Let's get the talent in our hands and then talk about the problem of character, and slowly improve the quality. But we just have to be strict with the rules. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This year is very critical for us, Zhimu, you must hurry up with your weapons." Anything else that comes a little earlier or later doesn't have much impact. Especially the steamer, he was so important to us. With it, we will be able to go south unimpeded this year, so that we can ensure the supply of food. ”

The three of them were talking, and Li Yunhe, with his daughter-in-law and his son, came over to pay a New Year's greeting to Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu took out the New Year's money, and Li Yunhe's daughter-in-law hugged the child and talked to Yang Yulin. Li Yunhe joined the conversation between the three.

Zhang Zhimu said: "We are talking about the problem of our lack of talent. I want to tell you that you have to find more seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys, and in all your research and development teams, you will have more personnel, so that they can learn and work hard. Cultivate them slowly, not afraid of multiple tricks. If there are more people, there will be something outstanding. ”

Li Yunhe said: "That's what I'm doing now, we already have more than 100 people on the marine steam engine, and more than half of them are learning from the beginning. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "They just followed it for a while, and they all became hands." ”

Li Yunhe said: "Yes, we have produced this kind of steam engine, and the production speed has been very fast. It's all learned by doing, and the more you work, the better you become. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The steam engine of the lumber mill, can you transform it first?" ”

"What are you going to do?" Li Yunhe asked.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "This year, we will use a lot of stones, I want you to get a stone sawmill first." ”

"Sawing stones?" Li Yunhe asked puzzled.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't be surprised, it's actually very simple, the circular saw you saw wood uses sawing teeth to see wood. We use emery for the sawtooth of the stone. ”

"You mean like a grinding wheel?"

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's not exactly the same, the sawtooth of the sawed stone is made of copper wrapped with emery. Using the high-speed rotation of the saw blade, the stone is cut. The key is saw blade making. ”

Li Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "It's really good to pay attention, so that the stone can be cut into any shape." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, we can buy some white marble stones, and then cut them into smooth slabs and buy them for ten times the price." ”

Lu Chengxiang stopped hearing this, and said: "If you can cut it into white marble slabs, you can sell it for ten times the price." That's not counting. Yunhe, you hurry up and get this thing out, and we'll have a good business again. ”

Chen Yufeng looked at Lu Chengxiang's expression and said with a smile: "Old Lu knows how to make money." Let's solve the stone on the Lingshui pier first, right? I looked at the Lingshui Wharf, and I felt that while building the dam and locks, we should build two castles on both sides of the dam to guard the dam and the locks. Otherwise, if the dam we spent so much money on is destroyed, the loss will be too great, and the Lingshui Wharf will have to be built into a fortress. Such a place can be attacked, retreated, and defended. As long as the Lingshui Wharf can hold out for a day, our reinforcements will arrive. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "To build such a castle, it is best to use cement, but our cement output is not enough." So it's still necessary to use stones, but fortunately there is a ready-made quarry on the side of Lingshui Wharf. Yunhe's stone sawing machine can be done, and it will be much more convenient. ”

A few people were talking about the Lingshui Wharf, and Yang Yulin came in and said, "Tang Jingyao, the governor of Xiaolinghe, is here." ”

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