Chapter 41: Iron Ore

Road construction is a big deal, so when Lin Yue proposed this project, everyone in the venue immediately discussed and expressed their opinions. Finally, after some discussion, a conclusion was reached.

First, the width of road construction is small. Due to the limited tools and materials, Yuancheng is now unable to build the wide road that it did on Earth, so it can only flatten the ground and build a two-meter-wide road with sand and gravel.

Second, the number of road construction is small. Although it was only a small road, the amount of work used was not small, and the final decision was to build only five roads for the time being, namely Qinglong District, Baihu District, Suzaku District, and Xuanwu District, each of which led to Zhongyuan District, and there was also a road from Zhongyuan District to Yuandong. There is a planting land in Wondong, so it is a relatively important site at present.

Third, the number of road construction workers is small. Nowadays, houses are being built in all aspects of Yuancheng, and there is not much labor that can be allocated to build roads.

Fourth, the road construction schedule is long. Building a road is not a simple matter, and it is impossible to say that it can be completed in a few days. In particular, the nearest area to Zhongyuan District is two kilometers, and the farthest is six kilometers. These distances do not seem to be very far, and they can be reached in a few hours, but if the road is built, it cannot be completed in ten days and half a month. In the end, the deadline for the decision was set at 20 days.

After all, there was no rush in road construction, so when the final discussion was decided, everyone did not dwell on this aspect anymore and continued to discuss.

The third aspect was raised by Zheng Hai, who he believed was the need to establish a calendar. Because it is not clear what the exact number of days of the year is in the new world, although the time of each day here is not much different from that of the earth, there will definitely be some differences.

In fact, Lin Yue was quite clear about this situation, and the ten years of living in his previous life gave him some understanding of the time aspect of the new world. Some experts with profound geographical knowledge in previous lives estimated that there was a difference of about 98 percent between the New World and the Earth in terms of time.

Lin Yue understands these differences, but he will not say them directly, but let his subordinates do their own research. Therefore, for the calendar, it is not possible to calculate the specific years and months for the time being, so a temporary usage can only be adopted, that is, the number of years and months is not counted, only the number of days is counted, and the number of days is also calculated according to the rise and fall of the sun on each day. The specific way to express it is a certain day in the new calendar, and the year and month are omitted for the time being.

After the calendar was determined, Wu Hang proposed a meeting project, and his idea was that it was necessary to establish a perfect form of government.

At this moment, it really exploded, and many district representatives did not expect to discuss this project so soon. After all, it is a very important matter to discuss the establishment of a form of government, and if a form of government does not conform to the current management, that power is very likely to be destroyed.

"President Wu, if the political system is established, does it mean that the country will be built?" One district representative raised his hand to ask.

Lin Yue glanced at him with a smile, and replied instead of Zhao Minghui: "It's still too early to build a country or something." Don't think too complicated about the establishment of a form of government, this is just a formal way of speaking, in fact, it is the establishment of a mode of management, and there is no need to involve the establishment of a state. ”

After hearing Lin Yue's statement, everyone agreed, and Mr. Zhang Huawei, who was the first to join the alliance area, followed up and said: "Since it is just a simple establishment of a management method, it is better to keep the current form, many matters in Yuancheng will be discussed by the representatives of each district, and the final decision will be left in Lin Yue's hands." ”

After Zhang Huawei finished speaking, most of the people agreed, although a small number of people were not willing to leave all the decision-making power in Lin Yue's hands, but he didn't dare to say it here. Now Lin Yue has a very high prestige in Yuancheng, because Lin Yue has made great contributions to the establishment of Yuancheng, which no one dares to deny.

The district representative meeting only implements the power to discuss the general direction of Yuancheng, which is similar to the British parliamentary system, except that the district representative does not have the right to decide on legislation, and simply provides ideas and suggestions for Lin Yue.

The district deputies discussed the guidelines, and the specific implementation of government affairs had to be established separately, that is, the administrative organs, and in a narrow sense, the government. After discussion at the meeting, it was finally decided to establish a government affairs yuan in Zhongyuan District. The members of the Council will exercise the highest executive power in Yuancheng, and Lin Yue will serve as the head of government, and the current title is the lord of Yuancheng. In addition, the four districts outside Zhongyuan District will also set up district councils, and the top executive within them will be appointed as the district head.

After Lin Yue's final consideration, Zheng Hai served as the deputy city lord of Yuancheng, Zhao Minghui served as the head of Qinglong District, Wu Hang served as the head of Baihu District, Yang Qing served as the head of Zhuque District, and Zhang Huawei served as the head of Xuanwu District. The appointment of Lin Yue to the next position is also arranged one by one according to the actual situation. At the same time, under the management of the Government Council, a number of departments have been set up, such as the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health.

For this appointment, the vast majority of people agreed, especially for Zheng Hai as the deputy city lord, basically no one had any objections. Because in these days, Zheng Hai has taken care of all kinds of affairs in the entire alliance area in an orderly manner, and no one is unconvinced. Even Zhao Minghui and Wu Hang, the two most dignified elders among the most students, were no exception.

After that, the agenda is also continuous, such as the monetary policy proposed by Yang Qing. She thinks that there are many people in Yuancheng now, and it is too troublesome to use the point system to distribute materials. At the same time, as the food problem gradually tends to be solved, other goods in the Yuan City will also be produced, and people will begin to trade with each other. Therefore, at this time, the currency should be implemented on the basis of the point system, and the points office in each district should be changed to a bank, and the masses can exchange their points in the bank for tickets or paper money, which is conducive to transactions.

Of course, there are still some problems with Yang Qing's proposal, that is, the manufacture of banknotes on the ticket. Nowadays, although Yuancheng paper has some eyebrows, the paper made is similar to toilet paper, which is not enough to promote the application. Therefore, Yang Qing's proposal was put on hold for the time being, and it was implemented only after the problem of currency creation was solved.

In addition, there is Zhao Minghui's suggestion that it is necessary to immediately send people to find early mineral resources, and now that the food problem has been significantly alleviated, it is time to develop other aspects. The most important of these is the study of weapons, and if you want to make weapons, you can't do without iron ore and coal mines.

This proposal was very much agreed by all the staff, because everyone knew that their current stability and security came from the guarantee of the army, and if they made weapons to enrich the army, it would undoubtedly increase the security of Yuancheng by a large margin.

Finally, there is the law and the judiciary, which are of primary concern to all. In terms of the law, everyone discussed it very carefully, after all, it was related to the execution of order in Yuancheng. However, the crowd did not discuss all the legal provisions in one go, but only covered the general aspects roughly, and the specific details need to be added later. The judiciary is also established in each district, and the judicial power is temporarily in the hands of the district governor and the city lord.

There were many aspects of the meeting, which lasted three days before it was finalized. Most of the content of the discussion was allowed to be made public, and the people of the entire Yuan City were very happy to see the results of the discussion. It is believed that all aspects of the formulation are fair and reasonable, but they will not be inconsistent with the actual situation. If the masses can accept it, the results of the discussion at the meeting will naturally be easier to implement.

On the 43rd day of the new calendar, Lin Yue sent three teams to look for iron ore and coal mines, but they were only limited to the area of Yuanshan. The chance of finding it in such a small area is very small, but Lin Yue knows in his heart that there is indeed iron ore in this area of Yuanshan, and it can be found in the mountains, although it is some limonite with relatively low iron content, but it is loose and easy to smelt. However, there is indeed no coal mine, and according to Lin Yue's knowledge, the nearest coal mine from here will take at least 50 kilometers.

If there is no coal mine, charcoal can only be used for smelting, but if it is smelted with charcoal, it is not only inefficient, but also the iron is hard and brittle, and it is not easy to forge. But at the same time, this kind of iron also has advantages after smelting, that is, the performance is quite hard, wear-resistant, and good castability.

After the exploration team detected limonite in the mountains, the people of Yuancheng were very happy, and many people were willing to go to the mining area to mine iron ore. On the one hand, it is hoped that iron can be smelted as soon as possible to make more tools, and on the other hand, the wages of mining are really good, and each person can earn ten points a day, which is already the price of nearly a pound of meat.

The mining of iron ore is only one aspect, and the smelting of iron ore is the most important. Although there are some chemistry students and teachers in Yuancheng, they only understand the theoretical aspect, and how to operate it still needs to be repeatedly contacted.

However, Zhao Minghui, who was in charge of smelting, patted his chest and assured Lin Yue that the iron tools could be successfully forged within a month. For this reason, Lin Yue was very surprised, you must know that in his previous life, he was able to use the iron tools he forged, which was at least the second year after the Great Crossing occurred, although most of the time during the period was because he had no time to take care of this aspect, but in his previous life, from the discovery of iron ore to the actual forging of iron tools, Lin Yue also spent at least three or four months, but Zhao Minghui said that it only took one month.

However, if you think about it carefully, the forces established by Lin Yue in his previous life did not cover as many intellectuals as in Yuancheng today, most of them were classmates from Lin Yue's school, and Zhao Minghui, a chemistry teacher, was responsible for taking the lead, and it was not impossible to successfully forge iron tools within a month.