Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 314, Qinjiazhuang

Author: Flying Wooden Fish

Chapter 314, Qinjiazhuang

After eating and taking a short rest, Ma Youcai took Jiang Yan to the place where they practiced steel.

"Leader, this is the blast furnace of our township."

Arriving at the steelmaking site, Jiang Yan could only use the words shocking and spectacular to describe the scene here.

This scene was more shocking than Jiang Yan's first time seeing the sea.

In this huge threshing floor, tens of thousands of people gathered here, and there were dozens of blast furnaces of various sizes standing here.

As the saying goes, if there are ten thousand people, there will be no limit. Looking at the bustling crowd, for the first time, I feel that it is very true that there are more people and more power.

People were busy shouting slogans at the scene. Some were adding firewood to the blast furnace, and some were adding coal. The main thing was to work in full swing, and everyone looked very excited.

"Leader, I would like to trouble you to give me some guidance." Ma Youcai looked slightly proud as he spoke to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan didn't say a word and led people directly to the small blast furnace below for a closer look.

The so-called iron-making furnace here is a yellow mud furnace about three or four meters high, with a chimney about one meter high made of semicircular tiles.

The people who came were from Qinjiazhuang, headed by Qin Fengshou, the village chief and branch secretary of Qinjiazhuang, and Qin Daniu, the father-in-law of He Yuzhu, was also among them.

Seeing Jiang Yan and his men walking away without saying a word, the people around Ma Youcai began to talk in random directions.

"You are in charge of the discussion, I am here to look around." Jiang Yan interrupted him and took the people aside directly.

"Here, we have started three furnaces, but none of them have been successful. Now we have to let the leaders give guidance."

"Leader, I'll discuss this with the leadership team."

The furnace was built with ordinary earthen bricks, and a cylindrical bellows was used in the lower part of the furnace to blow air manually. The box tube was made of wooden strips and was about two meters long and about 80 centimeters in diameter.

Everyone, men, women, old and young, was busy performing their duties, and from time to time there were loud shouts, as if some stove was about to be turned on.

"Boss, what's going on? Is our construction qualified like this?" Ma Youcai asked Jiang Yan with hope after seeing Jiang Yan finish the tour.

"That's enough. I'm a leader, so I can't talk nonsense. Besides, I'm an expert. You know the experts! There are experts from the university. Call all the leaders for a meeting."

Jiang Yan looked up and saw a bustling scene in the venue, with dots of firelight and black smoke everywhere.

"How many furnaces have you fired in total, and how many have been successful."

Hearing the comfort from these two people, Jiang Yan felt warm in his heart.

"Zhu Zhu, Jiang Qi, why are you here."

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he pointed at the man who was having sex.

Jiang Yan was also stunned when he saw their outfits.

After Ma Youcai finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the office building. Those who spoke in steel looked at me and I looked at you. After taking a look, they separated and went to inform the relevant leaders.

Jiang Yan did not answer immediately, but took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a long puff.

"Director, this leader is too unreasonable."

Seeing Jiang Yan like this, the smart Ma Youcai knew that the problem here was quite serious. It was unreasonable for a chief engineer to make such a joke on himself.

When Jiang Yan heard someone calling him, he looked up and saw dozens of people coming from a distance with tools. They were wearing shabby clothes and were completely patched, and the original materials could hardly be seen.

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ma Youcai had an unnatural look on his face.

The air was filled with sulfur-smelling smoke, and even the sky was somewhat obscured by this smoke.

Hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded, took a deep breath, and then said: "If you want to practice steel, you have to listen to me and do whatever I say. If you can't do this,

Just hire another Gao Ming! We don’t want this thing anymore.”

"That's right, look at his attitude, it's clear that he looks down on us."

After hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ma Youcai pondered for a moment.

Jiang Yan didn't say a word, and took a long puff of cigarette with cold eyes.

To be honest, how can you make steel in this blast furnace without refractory bricks? This furnace will probably be scrapped after just one use. Let alone steel, you can't even make iron.

Hearing Xu Damao's words, He Yuzhu also persuaded: "Boss, Damao is right. Let's not go through this muddy water. Otherwise, let's go!"

What's going on with them? Qinjiazhuang is poor, but it's not this bad! What's going on with these ragged people and this tool?

Why are there only two cows? I clearly remember that when I went to Qinjiazhuang last time, I saw several cows. Besides, these cows are also very old, and the number of cows is wrong!

Seeing these people, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao didn't say a word.

"Boss, let's go! No, we want this thing. There is no need to involve ourselves in it." From Jiang Yan's expression just now, the smart Xu Damao could not guess that this matter was a bit difficult to handle. When he saw Shili Township

The people from the commune then started to persuade Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan walked to a newly built small blast furnace, looked inside, and shook his head secretly.

Even if you can't make qualified steel, it's still a good thing to make some usable iron, otherwise it would be a waste of resources.

The piston in the middle is also made of wood, with chicken or duck feathers tied around it for sealing. The handle of the bellows is very long and can be pushed and pulled by two people at the same time.

Looking at these people, Jiang Yan originally didn't want to care about these things, but after thinking about it, he decided to take action.

The luggage they carried was also shabby, and some people even wore self-knitted straw sandals. Not to mention the tools they brought, some people only held some sticks in their hands.

At this time, he just wanted to give himself a few big mouths. If he hadn't been too talkative, he wouldn't have made his boss so embarrassed.

"Leader, is the situation that serious? You really can't make steel out of this."

"Okay! Don't try to persuade me. I know it in my heart. It depends on what they choose. I'm not doing this for them, but for these people."

Although he said that he could not change the current of history and wanted to protect himself wisely, he still softened his heart when he saw these people. Although he could not help the world at the same time, he still encountered them and would help if he could.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to get over the hurdle in your heart.

"Dad, why are you here? It's not why you are dressed like this."

Qinjiazhuang is a big village, with about three hundred households. How come there are more than three hundred strong laborers? How come there are more than two hundred laborers? After all, they only brought out three cents.

Did something happen to the second strong laborer?

When a group of people from Qinjiazhuang arrived in front of everyone, Jiang Yan asked Qin Fengshou.

"Uncle Qin, what happened? Why are you dressed like this?"

Hearing Jiang Yan's question, Qin Fengshou looked around carefully and pulled Jiang Yan to say in a low voice: "Nothing happened. Don't worry."

Hearing Qin Fengshou's words, Jiang Yan felt relieved and knew that Qin Fengshou seemed to have noticed something and did what he did.

(End of chapter)