For the establishment of Xiangshan Iron Works, Li Shizhong, as the magistrate of Dangtu, is also looking forward to it, after all, the emergence of an iron factory under his rule, especially such a large iron plant, is also a considerable political achievement.

So after Yan Shao walked into the iron factory, Li Shizhong also hurriedly followed.

At present, only a small part of the iron plant has been completed, and a considerable part is under construction, so Yan Shao and they entered the No. 1 plant.

Unlike several other factories that are still under construction, the No. 1 factory that has been completed is obviously much quieter, and the workers in the factory are also standing on both sides, but there are no colored flags or anything in their hands, and they are not standing there shouting any slogans, which also makes Yan Shao very satisfied.

What Yan Shao hates the most is colored flags and slogans—————— especially in later generations, when he always waives colorful flags or shouts slogans.

As Yan Shao's cronies, Huang Hao naturally knew this, so when several other managers thought that it was not necessary to arrange a unique welcome party when Yan Shao came, Huang Hao immediately vetoed the proposal.

However, unlike Yan Shao, as a bureaucrat in this era, Li Shizhong is somewhat unaccustomed to the somewhat quiet scene at the moment. In fact, it was not only Li Shizhong, but also some other local gentry who accompanied him, but Yan Shao's status was not comparable to them after all, so Li Shizhong just laughed dryly later. "I didn't expect that on such a day, all the stewards under my lordship can still be so capable, no wonder your company can develop to such a big situation today..."

Yan Shao chuckled. "Where, it's just that Yan prefers to be thrifty. The welcome didn't do much to improve the efficiency of the factory, so it would be better to save it and give it to the workers as bonuses. This will also make the workers more efficient in their working hours..."

Hearing this, Li Shizhong nodded with a sigh, and had a little more respect for this young man who was at least thirty years younger than him.

However, hearing Yan Shao say this, Huang Hao and several others on the side pouted at the same time. After all, everyone in the company knows that Yan Shao is the one who advocates enjoyment the most, which can be seen from the manor where he lives and his usual life.

However, Yan Shao has always felt that as long as the money comes from the right way, then appropriate enjoyment is not indispensable, and what he pursues in the company is a high salary. So Huang Hao will not object to Yan Shao's assertion of this, after all, they are also the direct beneficiaries of this policy—————— although the supervision department is really a little annoying, and they are required to disclose their personal assets almost every year. Many people who are not satisfied with a salary of hundreds of dollars a year, and who want to fish in troubled waters have to be honest...

It is naturally impossible for everyone present to listen to Yan Shao's words like Li Shizhong, at least in addition to Huang Hao, there are a few gentry who will not believe Xiang Shan and Dangtu. Because they have all visited Yan Shao in Wuhu, and they have also been to Yan Shao's luxurious manor.

Although Yan Shao felt that there was still a gap between his residence and those mansions in later generations. But in the eyes of these visits. Yan Shao's life has reached the point of extreme poverty and luxury, and it is naturally impossible to talk about frugality or anything.

It's just that Yan Shao is the landlord here after all, and his identity is not comparable to those people, so although they are similar to Huang Hao in their hearts, they still didn't say anything.

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Because today is a good day, Yan Shao and they are all talking and laughing along the way. Moreover, after entering the iron factory, Yan Shao did not go directly to the smelting area, but first visited the living quarters of the workers.

For the officials and capitalists of this era, perhaps the efficiency of the factories was more important than anything else. But at least for Yan Shao, the lives of the workers are as important as the efficiency of the factory.

Because his aim was not just to be a capitalist who oppressed the workers, but to be a revolutionary. Make the whole country strong.

And if he wants to do that, he must have the support of the people, not squeeze them like a vampire. This is also an important reason why he wants to implement reforms in textile factories, in fact, from the current point of view, the effect of reforms is still good, at least now the workers in textile factories and other factories have great respect for Yan Shao. And because of the implementation of reform, his reputation in Anhui and even the whole country is also very good, and many industrialists under his influence have also implemented reforms in their own factories—————— but because they are not as rich as Yan Shao, the results of the reform do not seem to be very good, and a few even changed back after only a period of time.

Because the living area of the iron factory is newly built, and there has been detailed planning, the environment and layout are much better than the living area of the textile factory. There are two-storey buildings in the living quarters, and almost every room has running water and electric lights.

Seeing that Yan Shao seemed to be very satisfied, Huang Hao also breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no need for him to urge him next, Yan Shao had already consciously asked him to take him to the factory.

After walking into the factory, Yan Shao soon saw the towering blast furnaces and open hearths, and on the side, Huang Hao introduced which is the iron-making furnace and which is the steel-making furnace, and also introduced the production capacity of these blast furnaces.

Seeing that Huang Hao's explanation was so detailed, Yan Shao also nodded with satisfaction, after all, Huang Hao's gang was also his original team, and he also had high expectations for these people.

"If the annual output of crude steel can reach more than 30,000 tons, together with the Hanyang Iron Works in Hubei, our country's crude steel output can reach nearly 70,000 tons, which is only more than 30,000 tons compared with the Japanese, and when the entire iron plant is completely completed, the crude steel output of the entire iron plant can reach more than 100,000 tons, counting the Hanyang Iron Works can even reach the point of 1440,000 tons, which is 30,000 tons more than Japan, in other words, your position is extremely critical, you must not be careless..."

Although he never understood why Yan Shao was so hostile to Japan, he also knew the importance of the iron factory, so after hearing Yan Shao say this, he quickly nodded. "Don't worry, boss, I'll do my best..."

Hearing Huang Hao say this, he walked to a steel-making furnace, where dozens of workers were standing neatly, not only very energetic, but also dressed exactly like the steel-making workers that Yan Shao saw on TV in later generations.

After a deep groan, Yan Shao turned his head to Huang Hao on the side. "There's nothing wrong with the training of these workers..."

"Please rest assured...", bowed his head. Before the start of work, I had the Germans train all the workers until they were approved by the Germans, so that every worker can be guaranteed to be well trained..."

Hearing Huang Hao say this, Yan Shao finally relieved his heart.

After all, unlike textile mills, if something goes wrong in an iron factory, it won't be a trivial matter.

Seeing that Yan Shao had nothing to ask, Huang Hao on the side waved his hand to the workers standing in front of the open hearth.

After receiving Huang Hao's order, those workers also took action.

As Huang Hao said, each worker's movements can be called well-trained, and after a period of preparation, a large amount of pig iron is soon poured into the hearth.

The moment the molten steel flowed out of the open-hearth, almost everyone became excited, even Li Shizhong, who was standing beside Yan Shao.

Although the old man has read the sage books all his life, and has been floating in the sea for half his life, the people have become much more utilitarian. But this does not mean that he cannot see the current situation clearly, at least he can see the situation in China clearly, and naturally understands the importance of heavy industries such as iron factories to China.

Even if you don't mention these, under your own rule, an iron factory with an annual output of 100,000 tons of crude steel can appear, how much merit Li Shizhong still calculated, and it became natural that he would be excited.

It's just that not everyone is happy when they see the molten steel coming out of the open-hearth, at least one of the workers who is circling the open-hearth.

When he saw that the molten steel was flowing out of the open hearth, the worker's narrow triangular eyes were filled with a cold gaze. "I was expecting these Chinese to fail like Hanyang's, but it seems unlikely, but ...... It's a windfall for such a big fish..."

Thinking of this, this worker and several other onlookers glanced at each other, and nodded lightly at each other's imperceptible conditions.

Seeing that molten steel was constantly flowing out of the open hearth, although Yan Shao had always claimed that he didn't like extravagance and waste (he didn't seem to be qualified to say that), there was still a celebration banquet or something, after all, today was indeed a day worth celebrating.

So when the molten steel was almost gone, Yan Shao announced to the people around him that he would hold a banquet in the factory later, so that everyone in the audience would celebrate.

After hearing Yan Shao's words, Li Shizhong and the others were nothing, but the workers who were working around the open-hearth cheered.

Seeing that everyone was happy, Yan Shao also smiled with satisfaction, but just when he turned around and was about to say something to Huang Hao, he heard a loud 'boom', and then he felt that his body seemed to 'float'...

And then, he didn't know anything... (To be continued......)