"Why did you recruit in Foshan in the first place? It is for our Qingtian company to lay a foundation in Foshan, didn't you say it earlier? Craftsmen are selected from the relatives of those Foshan soldiers, who are at least more reliable than others. ”

The cadres of the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau were gathered, and Li Xi began to train people. Except for Mi Dezheng, the others were all disciples of Guan Mi and the others, listening to Li Shi, the son-in-law, educating his father-in-law, he lowered his head and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

"Fourth brother, these things, but you pointed out to everyone and spent years figuring them out. Although I don't expect the people who come in to be as united as our old Fengtian Village and even Li Zhuang people, I have to do all the etiquette of my disciples, and I can't guarantee that he won't rebel against his teacher! ”

Guan Fengsheng was very emotional, patting a thick book against his mouth, and the cover of the book was written with the words "Steel Essentials".

This book is indeed under the guidance of Li Xian, and the craftsmen of the Iron and Steel Institute spent two or three years to sort it out, and Guan Fengsheng has made great efforts, and he is reluctant to pass it on at will.

This book is very basic, that is, to explain the distinction, characteristics, and uses of various raw wrought iron and crude steel, and to explain how to smelt the "Secret of Steel" is being written.

Although the theme is basic, the content is epoch-making, even if foreigners at this time want to talk about it. The greatest value of this book is that it establishes the standard of measurement for distinguishing steel categories, just like the division of HY-80 and HY-100 special steels in later generations.

Dozens of types of steel, from white pig iron, gray pig iron, wrought iron to furnace steel and fallen steel, each of which is accompanied by kiln characteristics, microscopic profile structure, mass density, compressive load, tensile load, corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and so on. At the same time, it also explains the characteristics of each type of steel, processing characteristics, and suitable application range.

Li Shi's understanding of the steel industry is only at the level of novels, and these things are not his own hands, and they are even far from the standards of the steel industry in later generations, but he knows that no matter what the standard is, there must always be a standard first, and the actual demand is used as the standard to roughly measure, at least the underlying skeleton of the modern steel industry can be built.

In this era, ironworkers must learn to recognize steel, such as the simplest ironsmelters, at least several years of experience, in order to know whether the baked pig iron can be used. With this book in hand, the link of inspecting the material is too convenient, although the content is only an introduction, but it is a peerless secret to build a foundation.

Most of the production processes of the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau are hydraulic machinery, and several embankments have been built in Tietang to drive water wheels. But this does not mean complete mechanization, from material preparation to processing, many links still have to rely on the judgment of the craftsman himself. For example, the simplest barrel manufacturing, although there are water hammer forging standards, but whether the product is up to standard, you have to rely on experience to judge, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the yield rate, and Mead, the supervisor of the Manufacturing Bureau, is responsible for this kind of work.

With the book "Iron and Steel Essentials", and even a series of related basic knowledge, it is possible to ensure that the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau have a minimum of professional knowledge.

It is precisely because the content of this book is too precious that Guan Fengsheng is reluctant to spread it on a large scale, he not only personally selects each craftsman, but also checks the three generations of the other party's ancestors, throws some small jobs to compare people's surnames, originally planned to recruit 300 craftsmen in two months, he tossed in the way of accepting apprentices, and has only accepted more than 30 "apprentices" until now. Some people have reminded him that the progress is too slow, but he is Li Shi's father-in-law, and he is also the director of Qingtian Company, a veteran, and after being trained by him, no one dares to talk more.

As a result, Guan Fengsheng was reprimanded by Li Shi.

"Uncle Guan, this is not an apprentice, if it weren't for the fact that the situation is not completely clear now, I would like to print this book and distribute it all over the world."

When Li Xian said this, not only Guan Fengsheng took the book back into his arms, but the others were also staring at each other, their head office, the skull was broken?

"It's just the basics, just like dictionaries and cursive scripts, the more people who understand, the easier it is to find craftsmen, and the more prosperous our steel industry will be."

Li Xi's explanation is very simple, everyone doesn't understand much, but when it comes to materia medica, the legend of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs emerges in everyone's minds, and they feel that this is indeed the truth, but ...... "We are not the same path with the imperial court after all, whether it is now or in the future, we must always do a big job." This book was passed out and used by the imperial court, is it a good thing? ”

A long time ago, Guan Fengsheng was still the master who was shocked when he heard the government, but now it is very different, not only is Li Shi constantly showing his strength to everyone, but his own knowledge and skills also push his spirit, stepping into the stratum of looking down on the "backward society", and his fear of the Qing court has long been shallow.

Because of this, he didn't want the power he held to be used by the Qing court.

"This, it's basically impossible, it's too late for the court to ban it, hehe......"

Li Xian was very confident in this, he was not forced into a corner, and it was impossible for the Manchus to change their thinking, and they could only evolve in an increasingly rigid direction. They avoid this kind of industrial thinking, which is completely different from the traditional industry.

Of course, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, there was still some room for pragmatism. Kangxi Lao'er understands the power of science and technology very well, and he really feels that it is dangerous, and he can't guarantee to engage in a Westernization movement, hoping to turn back the situation with a weapon against a weapon. But after all, this is a matter of damaging the foundation of his rule, Li Xian's Manchu Qing in his previous life, the consequence of the Westernization Movement was the influx of Western learning, the opening of ideas, the enlightenment of the people's wisdom, the Manchu Dynasty finally collapsed, the Westernization Movement can be said to be an important node, Kangxi took the foolishness of the Han people as his own responsibility, which is impossible not to see.

Then again, even if the Qing court wants to do this, it will be forced to be helpless, and at that time, he should stand firm, but there is nothing to be afraid of.

So Li Xian is not worried, this kind of knowledge is spread, outside Guangdong, it definitely belongs to the object of the Qing court's ban, it is very simple, steel belongs to the imperial court control of important things, how can people understand steel casually?

"Uncle Guan, what do you think, if we craftsmen can jump out of the circle of master and apprentice, just like Mr. Teach, and spread all kinds of knowledge to the world, it will be equivalent to opening a sect. Apprentices, it's different, you have to teach it by hand. If you can teach disciples by writing books and lecturing, doesn't that mean that there are disciples all over the world? ”

Li Xi described the scene of Guan Fengsheng, Mead and others imagining.

"I started an engineering school in Lizhuang a long time ago, and you all only regarded it as a link to accept disciples, so I didn't think about it, since then, I have been hoping that you will embark on this road of craftsmanship?"

Li Shi didn't expect to convince them in a few words, but he pointed out to them the idea of figuring out the problem.

"Thinking about business again, why has the company's business relations department done so much in recent years? Just because our company's business school is thriving, there are many people who understand business, and it is easy to do things when there are many people. Business is mainly arithmetic and accounting, unlike craftsmen who have so many indescribable crafts, they are all numbers and formulas, which are clear at a glance, so there is not so much emphasis on the master-apprentice sayings of the sect. ”

When Li Shi talked about business, Guan Fengsheng Mead and others all nodded, which is a clearly visible fact.

"Now we have to open up the situation, what kind of talents are needed, and craftsmen are even more lacking. In addition to recruiting basic craftsmen, we also have to rely on our own training. Reliable original master-apprentice teaching, what is the result, Uncle Guan, you also have experience, the speed is too slow, so we have to break the way of opening the door to send master and apprentice. If you want to break the old way, you have to rely on books to give lectures, and the content must be easy to understand and clear at a glance. That's what the book was written in the first place, otherwise why establish a metric standard that everyone can understand? It's about making steel as many people as possible understand. ”

Hearing Li Shi's words, Guan Fengsheng's old face finally turned red, and he didn't understand why he wrote this book in the first place for a long time, so he coughed and put the book back on the table embarrassedly.

"Uncle Guan is worried about it, it is indeed a problem, of course this book cannot be published now, but it is also a way to open a steel school in the manufacturing bureau and recruit apprentices."

After training people, Li Xian did not forget to appease him again, Guan Fengsheng nodded again and again, admitting that his mind was too old.

"The rest of you are the same, if you have any unique insights and knowledge, and you have thought it through, you will try to write all of them into books and go to the school to teach them to more people. Don't always hide it, for fear of ruining your wealth. We are no longer working in the blacksmith shop and only earning that physical money. ”

Li Xi encouraged everyone that craftsmen were committed to the dissemination of knowledge, but he had to push for an important element in bringing traditional society into industrial society.

"The book will be marked with your name, and the lectures will also be repaired, and in the future, our situation will be opened, and special rewards will be set up. We, the craftsmen who lead the way, will all earn money by learning in the future, first become craftsmen, and then become teachers, just like Lu Ban, future generations will bow and worship. ”

Li flickered and said seriously, this is not a fool, at least the "patent" mentioned in the words, he has already begun to ponder.

Guan Fengsheng and Mead were waiting for the heartstrings to shake and nodded more than once.

Just when Li Xi adjusted the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau and delivered a speech called "Craftsmanship Theory" in later generations, Ye Tianshi, a miracle doctor in Guangzhou Yingci Yuan, was also being baptized with similar thinking.

"These things...... You are free to tell people about it? ”

Ye Tianshi was holding a few books in his hand, looking quite excited, "Parenting Knowledge", "Baiyue Children's Note", "Fetal Minutes", "Treatise on Acute Injury".

It's just that the direction of his excitement is different, "If you tell these important techniques to ordinary people who have no medical knowledge, aren't you afraid of ruining human lives and hurting your reputation?" ”

In addition to this question, what he was even more unaccustomed to was that Ying Tzu Yuan opened classes widely, and there were classes every day to explain these contents to ordinary people, and they were also printed as booklets and distributed around. On the one hand, there may be problems, and on the other hand, it may hurt the doctor's financial career.

Pan Jinling smiled slightly: "These books are extremely simple content, and they are not reasonable, just explain the basic common sense, and simply compare and do." Just like an ordinary person who has a small wound, you can use the hemostatic plaster sold by the doctor, and you don't have to go to the clinic to see it. ”

She sighed, and her eyes began to blur: "Just like the master who taught me the way of medicine said, in addition to treating diseases and saving people, doctors should also devote more of their mental energy to teaching people how to save themselves." Let the medical theory be easy to understand, let the prescription be readily available, and let the doctors who understand medicine thousands of times more than today, and the world will no longer suffer from the difficulty of medicine. ”

Ye Tianshi was still unconvinced: "This ...... Isn't it just turning a healer into a healer? ”

Pan Jinling smiled: "Studying medicine is to save people, not to do knowledge, this is the benevolence of doctors who can be seen in the big place." ”

Ye Tianshi was stunned, and his thoughts floated leisurely, seeing the benevolence of the doctor in the big place...... In comparison, no matter how superb his medical skills are, he seems small.

(To be continued)