Chapter 61: Red Fire
The hot summer bears out a more fiery Zhou Village. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoA benign and fair development platform has made Zhoucun glow with unprecedented vitality
On the southwest side of Zhoucun, on the bank of the river, with the roar of the steam engine, Chen Shouting's Dahua Printing and Dyeing Factory was grandly opened. On the day of the opening, it was crowded with people, and it was very lively. Yan Jiakang participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and delivered an enthusiastic speech on the spot, and promised that only the strength of the business is willing to develop in Zhoucun, and all will be fully supported. Yan Jiakang announced on the spot that the power plant in Zhoucun would be built in the form of shares. As soon as these words came out, the people boiled again.
Yan Jiakang took this opportunity to announce that he raised shares on the spot, and immediately qualified merchants signed up for shares, and the quota was full in less than an hour.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dahua Printing and Dyeing Factory was officially put into production. Its printed and dyed flower cloth, with high quality and low price, durable, bright and not fading, has attracted merchants from the south to the north to unanimously respect. Soon the buying and selling boomed, and orders flew in like snowflakes. In order to improve production efficiency, Yan Jiakang recruited Chen Shouting to work in three shifts, resting people and machines. Chen Shouting was inferred from the on-demand broadcast. In order to ensure the efficiency and safety of the machine, he raised the salary of the foreign technician and asked the foreign technician to take the apprentice.
Soon after the opening of Dahua Printing and Dyeing Factory, Yang Ruiqing returned from an inspection in Shanghai. In a year, he seems to have cleared a little, but his demeanor is obviously mature. On this day, in a private room in Beer Villa, Yan Jiakang picked up the wind and washed the dust for Yang Ruiqing, and Chen Shouting accompanied him. After a few glasses of wine, Yang Rui said with interest on his dusty face: "Brother Ge, this time I went to Shanghai to know how wonderful the outside world is, we live in Zhou Village like a frog at the bottom of a well, no more than I don't know how scared I am!" ”
Yan Jiakang smiled and said nothing, Chen Shouting said: "Brother Yang, you must have opened your eyes!" "It's not just an eye-opener, this year is simply touching the soul. The cloth spun by foreign machines is not only large, but also smooth and dense. My lord, you have a unique vision, if we don't open a textile factory, foreign cloth will dominate the world in the future. "That's right, the outside world is wonderful and inspiring. It is not terrible to be backward, but it is terrible not to want to forge ahead. Remember, running a textile factory is only the first step in a thousand miles away! ”
"We use the skills of foreigners for my use, and in the future, we will make our own textile machines to weave better cloth than foreigners!" "Your words, my lord, have reached my heart. That's how I think, foreigners can build machines, why can't we build them? "Where there's a will, there's a way, come!" Cheers to your lofty ideals! "My lord, I'm thinking about how to make the printed and dyed cloth not fade and have more flower samples. Foreign technicians are conformists, they are not willing to be flexible! Chen Shouting said.
"Brother Chen, having this idea shows that you are enterprising, and innovation can continue to develop and grow. It doesn't matter if foreigners don't want to be flexible, as long as you're willing to innovate, it's commendable. Remember, the way is made by man, and I trust in your abilities. The enthusiasm of the people to raise funds to set up the power plant shows that people's attitudes have changed. In the future, when the power plant is completed, Zhoucun will be like a tiger with wings. With the help of electricity, Zhoucun will have wings to take off in the future.
"My lord, this news is like rain in time! I recommend that the textile mill and the power plant be built at the same time, so that you can save time and avoid conformism. Yang Ruiqing suggested.
"I made a preliminary calculation that the construction of the power plant and textile mill started in March and will be completed by the end of next year at the earliest. Two years younger. During this period, you recruit some young people who are literate and hyphenated to go to Shanghai for internships. I have already negotiated with a German foreign company, and they are responsible for contacting the factory in Shanghai. In addition, the cotton purchase work should also be carried out, and part of the cotton will be reserved this year to create conditions for large-scale purchases next year and form a stable source of customers. What is most important, talent is the most important. Brother Yang, you have to find a way to hire skilled workers in Shanghai with high salaries, as long as you have excellent skills, you will not refuse. ”
After the New Year, Xie Liancheng came back from Xie Village with a red face. "Xie Lao, didn't you let you come back after the second day of February!" Yan Jiakang came out of the classroom and met Xie Liancheng head-on. Since the beginning of the year, Yan Jiakang has been teaching newly recruited soldiers from the county government detective team. The newly recruited soldiers were all literate and hyphenated, and Yan Jiakang mainly taught them arithmetic and geography lessons. Shan Feng went to Yantai to learn about intelligence work.
"Master Ge, I can't stay at home. Last year, the new seedling method was adopted, and the harvest of several acres of rice planted on a trial basis doubled to 600 catties per mu (city catties, the general yield of rice per mu in the Qing Dynasty was about 278 kilograms). The new seedling method is so good that several good farmers say that the rice grains are full and can be used for rice planting. This year, I plan to expand the planting area, mainly to cultivate rice seeds, and next year I plan to promote it on a large scale! "Old Xie, let go of your hands and feet, I congratulate you on reaching a higher level this year!" "To borrow Lord Ge's auspicious words, the old man is getting younger and younger!"
Looking at the back of Xie Liancheng's departure, Yan Jiakang sighed, an old-fashioned and legalistic person, once he changes his mind, it is like rejuvenation. In the past, his steps were steady and slow, but now he walks vigorously, his spirit will change his state, he knows that he can still reflect the value, life becomes meaningful and happy, and the life of pursuit is more fun.
"Lord Ge!" A tall, big-eyed young man appeared in front of him. "What's the matter with you!" "I'd like to borrow your textbook and take a look!" "What's your name!"
"Call Ding Bufan!" "Can you read it?" "My lord, I want to copy the textbook!" "Commendable spirits, I announce that today you will officially serve as the new cadet class leader. I've given my go, and I'm telling everyone that everyone copies a copy of the textbook! "Subordinates obey orders!" The young man bowed, took the textbook and ran away happily. Nowadays, the imperial court has announced to the world that women are not allowed to bind their feet, and new-style schools can be organized in various places.
Walking into Mo Xin's courtyard, he found that Mo Xin commanded the maid to clean up the room. "Master, it just so happens that you are here, and I have something to discuss with you." "It just so happens that I have something to discuss with you!" "Let me start by saying that the teaching of children and girls has been formalized, and there are currently three teachers. I'm very idle now, not long ago I saw a newspaper from Shanghai, and I wanted to open a newspaper. "That's a good thing, I raise my hands in favor!" "Really!"
"Mo Xin, you are a talented girl, you are allowed to go!" "Yunfei, since I came to run the newspaper, promise me one condition!" "Tell me what's the conditions?" "I must hire the personnel, and I will determine the content of the newspaper, and you are not allowed to interfere!" "No problem, you have the final say." Mo Xin said excitedly: "It's your turn, what do you say?" ”。“ Those orphans have been studying for a year, and I want to send the older children to the southern suburbs to be trained! ”
The three ladies had their own responsibilities, and they were hardly seen during the day, and they only gathered together at dinner time in the evening. They chirped and talked about their "achievements", and Yan Jiakang couldn't interject at all. This warm and harmonious scene is what he dreamed of.
"Mo Xin, what's going on with your newspaper?" Wen Qing asked. "Second sister, you are a teacher and a newspaper shopkeeper, doesn't it make people laugh?" Qiu Ying mocked. "Whoever says that women are inferior to men, I don't believe in this evil. I not only want to be a good teacher, but also make the newspaper famous in Zhoucun! ”
"Yunfei, you just let the second sister come here!" Qiu Ying was a little jealous. "Women don't let you shave your eyebrows, I agree with you to be the trendsetter of the times. However, the traditional concept is still stubborn, you are my wife, don't let outsiders know your identity. "Yunfei, I know that people are terrible, in fact, my pen name is called Huohong, because this is a fiery era!" "Well said, this is a fiery era, but also an era of progress, colorful life is calling, live yourself, I wish you to be a new woman of the times!"
"Yunfei, since that's the case, you can't interfere with me!" Qiu Ying protested. "I told you to live your own life, and there are no obstacles with me." The faces of the three women were invariably the same, revealing joy and expectation, and passion surging.