I want to ruin the country

Zhang Zhidong Road,

"The cement invented by the Emperor is amazing! It saves a lot of wood and simplifies construction.

At this rate, I estimate that all the factories can be completed in another month, and we can start work before the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

In the past, because there was no cement, rooms were mostly made of wood and needed beams and columns for support. It was very troublesome to have a larger room.

Now with cement, things are much simpler. You can build as big or as high as you want with reinforced concrete.

Yining Road,

"Okay, the sooner the better, we have so much to do!"

It’s just that there is very little steel now, which is still a weak link. Without steel, everything else is out of the question.

Yining thought that if he went back, he should bring the blast furnace steelmaking technology with him.

Zhang Zhidong Road,

"Your Majesty, I intend to start by making guns and cannons!"

Yining asked,

"How many of those skilled craftsmen did you choose?"

“In reply to Your Majesty, I don’t know which talents are useful.

We first selected more than one hundred people who were quick-witted, good at calculations, and had strong hands-on skills.

Think about what kind of talents you will need in the future, and then choose them!"

Yining nodded.

"People with extremely fine craftsmanship should be valued. They are indispensable for making precision parts!"

Zhang Zhidong touched his scalp and said,

"I have a lot of thoughts in my mind, but they are all so messed up that I can't make any sense of them!"

Yining was happy.

“It was like this at the beginning, but once you really start working on it, it will be fine. You can solve any problem you encounter!

If you have any unclear ideas, you can go to Zhang Xiang and he can give you some advice! "

"Your Majesty, I have already visited Advisor Zhang. He is truly a genius. Everything he says is very coherent and logical. He is truly a genius!"

Yining smiled and said,

"You two are quite interesting. He praised you as a great talent, and you said he was a genius. With talents and geniuses like you, the people of Daqing will have a better life!"

Zhang Zhidong quickly said,

"I am not a great talent, I only have a heart to serve the emperor!"

Yining Road,

"You are here to serve me, and I am here to serve the people of the world. There is no contradiction!

However, we must pay attention to cultivating management and technical talents in the future. We will open many more arsenals across the country in the future. We cannot do without talents!"

Zhang Zhidong Road,

"Your Majesty, now that I have said this, I have an idea.

If we want to cultivate talent, can we recruit a group of people from among the unsuccessful candidates to work and study here, and then select talents from among them in the future? "

"Good good!"

Yining said three good things in a row, and Zhang Zhidong was able to draw inferences about other cases.

"You can focus on the unsuccessful candidates and recruit a few hundred people. Let them learn while working and quickly become talents. I will allocate funds for you!"

"Your Majesty, the gate of the Arsenal is almost finished. Please write an inscription on it!"

Yining Road,

"No need. You are the first director of the Huateng Arsenal. You are the one who inscribed the gate and all the words. This will go down in history!"

Zhang Zhidong waved his hands hurriedly.

"This is the Emperor's hard work. How dare I interfere?"

Yining smiled and said,

"If I write an inscription, it will be the main attraction!"

Zhang Zhidong wanted to say something, but Yining waved his hand.

"Don't put these things off any longer. As long as the people of this country can live and work in peace and contentment, it will be enough for me to be remembered forever. I'll leave these things to you!"

The emperor has made it so clear that he wants to give him the honor of being remembered for eternity. Zhang Zhidong has nothing to say except gratitude!

"I will die to repay the Emperor!"

"What are you talking about dying for? You're only fourteen. You'll have time to contribute to this country in the future!"

As they were talking, it was already noon. A whistle sounded, and the workers were about to have lunch.

Yining Road,

"What are you eating?"

"Your Majesty, today the first-class kitchen serves stewed meat and pancakes, the second-class kitchen serves steamed buns and stir-fried vegetables, and the third-class kitchen serves steamed bread and pork stewed with vermicelli."

Yining had long known that the first-class food kitchen here was staffed by senior technical personnel.

The second-class canteen is for ordinary technical workers.

The third-class cooks are ordinary workers.

Yining Road,

"Let's go to your third-class kitchen and try it to see if it tastes good!"

Zhang Zhidong was shocked.

"How can the emperor eat coarse grains? I will have someone prepare food immediately!"

Yining waved his hand.

"I heard that you also eat at the third-class kitchen every day?"

Zhang Zhidong Road,

"Actually, I don't want to eat steamed bread either, but since others can eat it, I can eat it too. The workers are very motivated to work hard when they see that Eunuch Yi and I eat the same food as them!"

In fact, people nowadays have a very serious sense of class. Workers eat coarse food, but most people don’t feel jealous when you eat delicacies next to them!

They only think that they are incompetent, but they don’t think that society is unfair.

However, the workers were deeply moved by Zhang Zhidong's willingness to share the hardships with them. The atmosphere on the entire construction site was very positive, and even other officials in charge of the incoming raw materials did not dare to embezzle them.

The country is currently in the midst of an anti-corruption campaign. Caishikou is a frequent place for killings, and Director Zhang has made it clear that there is zero tolerance for corruption. Therefore, no one dares to overstep the line.

Yining Road,

"If you can eat it, I can eat it too, but I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position!"

Yi Hongxing said,

"Your Majesty, we had a good meal in the morning and at night, and we didn't suffer any injustice!"

Yining Road,

"You have to make sure Director Zhang gets enough nutrition. If he gets thinner due to hunger, I'll use your flesh to make up for it!"

Yi Hongxing knew that the emperor's words were half true and half false. The part about offering his own flesh as a substitute was false, but the part about serving Director Zhang well was true.

When we arrived at the dining shed of the third-class kitchen, the workers were queuing up to get their meals. On one side, there were golden steamed buns on the steamer, and in the other side, there was bubbling pork stewed with vermicelli in a big pot.

When the chef serving the rice saw Director Zhang coming, he stopped to greet him.

Zhang Zhidong knew that the emperor did not want to disturb the workers' meals, so he said,

"You guys continue!"

Yining took a bowl and looked at it. It was very clean.

He served a bowl of pork stewed with vermicelli and took a steamed bun. Yifang and the others had already prepared a table and a few chairs. They couldn't let the emperor eat while standing!

Yining broke open a steamed bread and smelled it, and a unique aroma of cornmeal wafted into his nostrils.

I took a bite and chewed it slowly. It smelled fragrant but tasted rough. Others said it was a bit sore to the throat. This was a steamed bread made of pure cornmeal!

The so-called steamed bread sold in later generations only looks like steamed bread!

Millet flour and soybean flour are mixed in proportion, and some are mixed with chestnut flour, hazelnut flour, and walnut flour, so it is soft, sweet and very delicious!

That kind of steamed bread can only be called steamed bread, but in fact its cost is much higher than that of steamed bread.

Look at the dish in the bowl. There are a lot of vermicelli and not much meat. It is not very thick, but the saltiness is just right when you eat it.

Yining Road,

“Are the workers satisfied with the food?”

"I'm satisfied, very satisfied. Working elsewhere only gives you food but no wages, but here we get a good wage, food and drink, and people are vying for us to come!"

Yining sighed, Zhang Zhidong was telling the truth.