There's so much to say about the captives.

Shen Qingqian was being taken by Sheng Ze to the newly built R&D base at this time, and it was said that the steam engine had made new progress.

"Do you remember what you told Qin Lao about crucible steelmaking before?" Walking all the way, Sheng Ze chatted with Shen Qingqian.

"Well, isn't he already using it?" Shen Qingqian nodded.

Sheng Ze hooked his lips, "He didn't use it much before, but this time, at the request of Ryan and Lyle, he simply set aside a place to make small parts with crucible steel, and it was said that he was still receiving orders a few days ago." ”

The situation in northern Hubei is getting better and better, the people's enthusiasm for work is high, and everyone is relieved to see that the crop yield in the field has not decreased, and no one is holding on to their money bags anymore.

If there is no commercial circulation in a sphere of influence, the development will be hindered, and on the contrary, the rapid growth of all walks of life will be accelerated.

Since the Northern Hubei Army had gunpowder weapons, the Ordnance Supervisor soon became independent and set up a special arsenal, which not only produced weapons for the Northern Hubei Army, but also received orders from outside to subsidize the workers of the arsenal.

Of course, there must be requirements for this "external", and not just anyone can place an order.

"Elder Qin deserves to be Elder Qin!" Shen Qingqian sighed.

I still remember that he wanted to accept her as an apprentice, but then she politely refused many times before he finally dispelled his thoughts.

At that time, he mentioned that the treatment of ordinary workers in the ordnance prison was not high, and he could not do anything if he wanted to, after all, the military salary of the Northern Hubei Army was decided by the imperial court.

Looking at it now, Qin Lao is now leading a group of people to engage in research and development, which is really not ambiguous at all, and the gunpowder weapon has fallen behind for a while, and he immediately invested in the research and development of the steam engine with the Ryan brothers.

But this kind of complicated big guy can't be made in three or two days, and a few people have been working on it for half a month, and there has been a little progress.

But this progress was enough for them to be happy to have someone to see.

The Ordnance Supervisor had a separate arsenal, and Liang Cheng finally nodded and agreed that they could "open a small stove" for themselves within a certain range to solve the problem of wages.

When it comes to this, we have to talk about the treatment of the Lane brothers, or technical talents like them in northern Hubei.

Most of these people know more than two languages, which shows that their own learning ability and memory are good, so in the matter of learning **Jin dialect, they can learn faster than ordinary captives, and they can communicate smoothly in less than half a month.

Liang Cheng thought that he couldn't waste manpower, so he directly let these people join the Ezhou construction, and he still had to continue to learn the language, but he couldn't slack off in his work.

At first, there were people who complained about it, but soon they found out that the Northern Hubei Army had done everything they had promised them to do, including their diet, and their food was sometimes even better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Regarding this point, it was Shen Qingqian who inadvertently reminded Sheng Ze to take care of it.

Mental workers have a great demand for high protein, and naturally they can't let them clean porridge and side dishes every day.

With these foundations, the enthusiasm of these people to work is raised.

With a sudden increase in population of more than 100,000, the pressure on Ezhou is also very great, but they have a head, and the number of people who are willing to spend money has increased, and the internal economy has been revitalized.

Back to the present.

Shen Qingqian and Sheng Ze arrived at the large room with a steam engine, and as soon as they arrived at the door, the corners of Shen Qingqian's mouth couldn't help twitching.

Did they misunderstand something?