Chapter 787: Revitalizing the Internal Economy

Speaking of those prisoners, there is so much that can be said.

Shen Qingqian was being taken to the newly built R&D base by Shengze. It was said that the steam engine had made new progress.

"Do you still remember what you told Mr. Qin about crucible steelmaking?" Sheng Ze chatted with Shen Qingqian while walking.

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

Shengze curled his lips, "He didn't use it much before, but this time, at the request of Ryan and Lyle, he simply designated a special place to use crucibles to make steel to make small parts. It was said that it was still open to the public a few days ago. receive order."

The situation inside Northern Hubei is getting better and better, and the people's enthusiasm for work is rising. When everyone sees that the crop yields in the fields have not decreased, everyone is relieved, and no one is holding their money bags tightly and refusing to buy anything. .

If there is no commercial circulation in a sphere of influence, its development will be hindered. On the contrary, it will accelerate the rapid growth of all walks of life.

Since the Northern Hubei Army acquired gunpowder weapons, the Ordnance Supervisor quickly became independent and established a special arsenal. In addition to producing weapons for the Northern Hubei Army, it also received orders from outside to subsidize the workers in the arsenal.

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

"Mr. Qin is indeed Mr. Qin!" Shen Qingqian sighed.

I still remember that he wanted to accept her as his apprentice, but she politely refused many times before he finally gave up the idea.

At that time, he mentioned that ordinary workers in the Ordnance Supervision were not well paid, and there was nothing he could do to fight for it. After all, the military pay of the Northern Hubei Army was decided by the imperial court.

Looking back now, Mr. Qin is now leading a group of people to engage in research and development, which is really unambiguous. After the gunpowder weapons came to an end, he immediately invested in the research and development of steam engines with the Lane brothers.

But such a complex thing cannot be done in three or two days. It took a few people half a month to make a little progress.

However, this little progress was enough for them to be happy enough to invite people to see it.

The Ordnance Supervisor has 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 labor issue.

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

Most of these people can speak more than two languages, which shows that they have good learning ability and memory. Therefore, they can learn Jin dialect faster than ordinary captives, and they can sign in less than half a month. Communicated smoothly.

Liang Cheng thought that manpower should not be wasted, so he directly let these people join the great construction of Ezhou. He still had to continue learning the language, but he could not slack off in his work.

At first, some people complained, but they soon discovered that the Northern Hubei Army had done everything they promised them, including food. Sometimes their food was even better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Regarding this point, Shen Qingqian inadvertently reminded Shengze that he had been specially taken care of.

Intellectual workers have a great need for high protein, so naturally they cannot be allowed to eat porridge and side dishes every day.

With these foundations in place, these people's enthusiasm for work has been aroused.

The sudden increase of hundreds of thousands of people in Ezhou put great pressure on Ezhou, but they had a bright future, more people were willing to spend money, and the internal economy was revitalized.

Back to the present.

Shen Qingqian and Shengze arrived at the large room with a steam engine. As soon as they reached the door, the corners of Shen Qingqian's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Did they misunderstand something?