The location of the No. 1 blast furnace is just a huge pit at the moment. A slope road is paved with loess on the south side. There is a stone tablet in the middle of the pit. On it are nothing more than some prayers for safety, as well as the year, month, day, and the name of the building. information!
The masons from the Ministry of Engineering are very skilled at this kind of work, and they were carved and erected in three days!
This kind of stone tablet foundation laying ceremony was also learned by Zai Chun from the Chinese. All national-level buildings led by Xiao Letian have such stone tablets buried in the ground!
Originally, the groundbreaking ceremony was a good thing, the beginning of a new business, but when the three Hammer brothers made such a fuss, everyone felt extremely heavy!
But no one dared to dissuade him. Everyone knew Emperor Tongzhi’s temper during this period!
After Li Hongzao finished reciting the memorial inscription from the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Tongzhi spread the incense and drank wine. He was speechless for a long time looking at the stone tablet containing Chun!
His thoughts have begun to unfold wild fantasies. The appearance of Europa, Tanggu, Ryukyu...the steel plants and industrial areas he once inspected gradually merged together and gradually enriched the image in his mind!
In the end, a super huge, world-class huge industrial base began to spread outward with this foundation laying ceremony as the central starting point.
The tall chimneys are emitting black smoke, as dense as the pine trees in the old forest outside the customs!
Tons of coal are thrown in from each flaming furnace mouth, refining huge energy that can change the world!
The indestructible metal turned into a red liquid here, and dozens of tons of steel components were kneaded into various shapes like dough!
The machinery of the arsenal is roaring, artillery and rifles are being produced like a stream of water, millions of regiments in the distant sky are equipped with the latest weapons, and the country of the Qing Dynasty is guarded like an iron barrel!
"This is the real Tongzhi ZTE! This is the career in my heart. Do you see it?"
The little emperor's whispers made the officials present, Monk Zhanger, confused. No one could see the fantasy space in the emperor's mind with their own eyes, and they had no way of knowing how big the cause was!
Zai Chun shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, "What you don't know, you haven't seen it either...how do you know what a beautiful picture industrial power is in today's world!"
"I know what you are thinking. Of course I know that on this construction site, more than 40,000 people have only one thought in their minds, and that is to call me a fool!"
"There is no need to refute, there is no need to kneel down, how can you not be scolded when so many people have died? A common man would even kill me with a hammer in his anger, so a few curses in his heart are unavoidable!"
"I don't care! I don't care at all... My heart is as strong as iron. None of you understand my thoughts. The ancestors of the Qing Dynasty and the gods in the sky can understand!"
Zai Chun said excitedly, "I don't expect everyone to understand and support me! I just want you to give me time!"
Pointing at the dense crowd of factory slaves kneeling in the distance, "I can understand the pain they are suffering at this moment, and I don't want this! But no, this country cannot complete its transformation without someone's contribution!"
"How can we change things without blood and sweat?"
"Is it really bad to be a factory slave? Is it really good to be a flag slave all your life? They are all slaves, so why don't they just work? Is it really better to dig food in the fields every day than to work in a factory?"
"What's the point of this? Are you just refusing to open your eyes and see the world?"
"I can promise you that if these factory slaves scold me now, in three years they will only praise me and praise me from the bottom of their hearts!"
"Because the career I give them is hundreds and thousands of times better than going home to farm! One day you will know how powerful the new century is, and the small-scale peasant economy we used to farm with peace of mind will not work!"
"That is certain death!"
"Those three guys who threw the hammer, let them live, let them take a good look at what the Capital Iron and Steel Plant will become in the future!"
"With the same land, the wealth created by industry is tens of thousands of times that of agriculture! Why do I have to say such a simple truth so painstakingly!"
"My...my heart..." Zai Chun clenched his fists and gently beat his heart, showing a painful expression, "my heart...is so blocked!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down... I am waiting for death..." The group of kowtow bugs knelt down again.
Zai Chun waved his hands with a disappointed look on his face, "That's all, I don't expect everyone to understand my heart, so I can only be a loner!"
"Go back to the palace!" Zai Chun gave the order. After the ceremony, everyone got on their horses and ran towards the capital in a swarm!
Passing by the wooden bridge that had just been attacked, Zai Chun realized that these officials were inefficient in doing other things. You want them to torture and extract confessions. Each one of them must be efficient!
In just over half an hour, a five-meter-high flagpole was erected ten meters apart at the end of the bridge. There was no flag on the flagpole but a newly nailed wooden cage!
The three Hammer brothers have been locked inside one by one!
Zai Chun subconsciously stopped and said, "So fast?"
The official from the Criminal Department next to him said carefully, "Your Majesty's decree, I don't dare to neglect it... We are all familiar with it, so it is very simple to set up a few wooden cages!"
"What I want is alive, not dead..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, they won't die if they say they can't die... This wooden cage torture is very popular in the Mongolian palace. Many criminal slaves are locked in wooden cages, and they can't commit suicide even if they want to!"
"Your Majesty, please look carefully. This wooden cage is made of solid pine wood strips nailed together. The prisoner's limbs are intertwined. The space is so small that there is no way he can move around. With a wooden bit tied to his mouth, he cannot even bite his tongue to commit suicide!"
"There must be three meals a day, and they can be protected from the wind, frost, snow and rain... They must be alive according to His Majesty's will. They must live to see with their own eyes what the construction of the Capital Steel Plant is like!"
"With these three wooden cages, I can also intimidate other Xiaoxiao. Your Majesty has foresight and foresight, and I admire you all!"
"Am I far-sighted? Haha... I am small-minded, and it is true that I will retaliate for my anger!"
Weng Tonghe on the side couldn't bear it anymore. As the emperor's master, he felt that he had the obligation to persuade the emperor. He rode his horse forward and bowed to Weng Tonghe and said, "Your Majesty... the Capital Iron Works must be built, but your Majesty said before that he would recruit more troops." I’m a little worried about the corvee!”
"With forty thousand factory slaves gathered here, it is already an extremely dangerous group...it has created the desperados who will assassinate the king!"
"Wouldn't it be more dangerous if the number of people increases in the future? If the number of people really exceeds 100,000, those who don't have money should put it aside for now... I'm afraid that the security of the capital will be completely chaotic at once!"
Zai Chun raised his hand to stop the teacher's words, "Master Weng! How can I not know your concerns? But we can't stop eating because of choking!"
Note: God bless China and keep the plague away! I wish Hidden Dragon book friends good health!
