"Yuan Zhao, Uncle Wu, they are all kind, when you were established in Baoken Company, you made so many concessions, just asked them to learn, why didn't they take it to heart, not to mention that now there are flour mills, brick and tile factories, all rely on your machine, they are even more attentive than at the beginning!"

Yang Yuanzhao was puzzled, and asked with a little puzzlement: "Then why is this such a result, and the literacy rate is still so low now?" ”

Liu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "I have been enlightened since I was six years old, and I have been reading for more than ten years, which is the current state, 500 words, it took me a few years to achieve it, these are just illiterate farmers, if you want to read, this difficulty is not ordinary, especially at this age, it is even more difficult!" From the time you left, Uncle Wu and Uncle Zhao began to teach, and even hired 7 Xiucai to teach together, and for more than a month, only 5 people received 15 catties of white noodles. ”

"5 people, although a little less, but also fruitful, with such a demonstration effect, I think these workers should go to learn hard!"

"Study hard, they all gave up, because this got five people with flour, and they were all once working in the shop, rough and ink, and they also knew three or four hundred words, after having this foundation, 500 words, it is easy to achieve, but for the illiterate who is not self at all, the requirement of 500 words is too high, although, 15 catties of white flour is very large, but in the case of completely unattainable, no one is willing to continue to learn, now, no one learns anymore!"

Yang Yuanzhao didn't expect that it would be such a result, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word, it is really not easy to eradicate illiteracy, otherwise, when the future generations are liberated, it will not be taken as an important task to grasp.

"Otherwise, just stop for a while, this is a waste of waste, the workers are tired enough after a day's work, and they still have to study!"

"Stop, absolutely not!" Yang Yuanzhao's head shook like a rattle, and he categorically vetoed it.

"But ......"

Yang Yuanzhao interrupted Liu Shu's words, frowned, and said, "Then we still have to go on, I'll go over and take a look when I'm free in a few days!" ”

"Hey, I really don't know what you think, it's really thankless to let them eradicate their illiteracy!"

Looking at the chattering Liu Shu, Yang Yuanzhao can't say that industrialization not only requires a lot of machines, financial resources, raw materials, but also countless industrial workers, illiterate can be a worker, but also a good worker, but illiterate has no future at all, Yang Yuanzhao wants a new generation of workers, not only know knowledge, will study, but also can continue to develop, so that in a few years, in Baotou such a barren land, to build a huge industrial zone, Only then will we be able to seize the favorable opportunity in the next few years to recover China's lost time.

Knowing the literacy situation of Baotou workers, Yang Yuanzhao at this time, but did not have time to see, literacy is very important, but the cement factory in front of him is even more important, this is the first large-scale mechanized industrial enterprise in Baotou in the real sense, flour mills and brick and tile factories, in a certain sense, can only be regarded as a small workshop, in later generations, an ordinary village and town, and even some villagers, casually purchase some machines, you can start production.

The cement plant is completely different, the machines used are more, the automation process is very high, there is no reserve of some knowledge, there is no mastery of some technology, it is too difficult.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at the information on hand, this is the bottom of the Baoken company, most of the people are from Baotou, and the remaining few are from other places, he thought for a long time, and then asked: "Can these people be summoned?" ”

Liu Shu nodded and said, "Yes, I have recorded their addresses in detail, and some have settled down temporarily, if you want, tomorrow, you can let them report to the station, but your factory is still in ruins?" ”

"It is precisely because of the ruins that I have to gather them now, a modern factory is not a casual production, just a trial production, at least a few months, this is still fully prepared!"

"How long is it going to take?" Liu Shu was stunned, the factories he knew, only some in Taiyuan, as well as the flour mill in front of him, the brick and tile factory, these two factories that are worth a lot of money, in his opinion, as long as the machine is installed, and then the personnel are in place, it will continue to produce, and he did not expect that the ash field will be so difficult.

In fact, as far as Yang Yuanzhao knows, a cement factory, even in later generations, from investment to completion, it will take a period of time, among them, the process of running-in and trial production, as short as three or five months, more than one or two years, a full of thousands of people, with a variety of machines, more than hundreds of huge factories, run-in, it takes a lot of time, not to mention, in 1908 now, poor and white, even the initial workers are all together, it takes a relatively long time.

"By the way, Liu Shu, the Yang family and the Wei family, when will the recruited workers be in place?"

Liu Shu casually looked for it in the pile of texts, and then said: "According to yesterday's news, they have already gotten off in Taiyuan and are heading here with the help of the Yang family's caravan!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao walked through this road, if it is fast, it will take more than 2 days, if it is slow, it will be three days at most, pondered for a while, and said: "Brother Zelin, next, the personnel matter is handed over to you, I will give you a two-day buffer time, and when the personnel recruited outside arrive, I will start training!" ”

"Okay!" Liu Shu nodded, calculating, there are still 2 days, which is not too nervous for him.

Leaving the Baoken Company, which was still crowded, there were at least a few thousand people outside the Baoken Company at this time, but it was a pity that this group of people, all of whom were recruited, was impossible, and they could only be carefully selected among them.

Yang Yuanzhao left the reclamation company, did not return to the residence, but went to the previous yard, since leaving, the yard has expanded some, part of it as a warehouse, and the other part, as a place for the study of the steel structure, in fact, the steel structure is really simple, with enough steel, electric welding, plus a little mechanical knowledge, the high-rise can not be erected, one or two floors of the building, or can.

Walking into the room, a heat wave came, in the closed room, there was a unique smell of electric welding, several blacksmiths were still concentrating on doing the real yàn, on the shelves, there were more than a dozen structures of different sizes, these are Yang Yuanzhao according to the memories of later generations, as well as the computer calculation, after reducing a certain proportion, with a certain pressure, to determine, let them gradually familiarize themselves.

When Yang Yuanzhao entered the room, the strong man who was operating the electric welding heard the movement and stood up, and Yang Yuanzhao asked him: "Qian Hu, how are you doing, are you familiar with it?" ”

Qian Hu is one of the remaining blacksmiths, the leading one, although the blacksmith's craftsmanship is not very good, but the mind is flexible, the ability to accept is also quite strong, is the best one to master the steel structure, and the electric welding is also used well.

"Boss, it's all familiar, if you give us enough materials, I can build one now!" Qian Hu said nonchalantly.

From the study of the steel structure to the present, almost a month, they have turned over and over, familiar with electric welding, familiar with the nodes and support points between the steel structure, in order to let the steel structure house, in the wilderness, set up, and now finally it is time for them to act.

Checked Qian Hu's works, related to architecture, can not tolerate a little sloppiness, Yang Yuanzhao provided steel, is not an ordinary iron or steel structure in later generations, he is Yang Yuanzhao through guò screening, selected the best welding effect, the strongest structure, the best flexibility, some of them are even BMW engines in the special materials, this material, in later generations, because of the cost of the relationship, it is impossible to use in the ordinary steel structure, with the all-in-one machine storage zài, as long as there are enough materials, these things, It can still be produced.

Level 3 all-in-one machine, used to produce steel structure, can only have a 2-meter-long steel structure, which may be more cumbersome, under Yang Yuanzhao's exquisite design, but can reach about 6 meters, 6 meters long and wide house, not as spacious as the steel structure of later generations, but enough to use, the least, small room, enough support, will make the house more solid.