Chapter 221： Inspect the industrial zone

The people who yearn for Nanjing are more than the northerners, people from Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other places, so why not.

Even the locals in Nanjing are very satisfied with the changes in Nanjing and love the city more and more.

Most of the businessmen in Nanjing have made money, and ordinary people have a lot more ways to make money. Those factories provide a lot of jobs.

Most people's lives are getting better, so the satisfaction with Nanjing is naturally higher.

All of this is due to the development of Nanjing industry.

Wu Changqing and many officials are inspecting the industrial zone in the west of the city.

The industrial zone has concentrated the big factories in Nanjing, including Sun’s Rice Mill, Jiangnan Iron and Steel Factory, Jinling Textile Factory, Convenient Match Factory, Jiangnan Printing Factory...

This is probably the first industrial zone in the world, and inside are the first real factories.

Hundreds of workers are working in the rice mill.

A large number of workers kept moving the dried rice to the dozens of rice mills, and a large number of workers were grading, weighing, and bagging the milled rice.

However, the most troublesome and labor-intensive part of rice milling, but now there are not many workers at all.

On average, there are five people for a rice mill, two people add coal and water, and three people operate the machine.

"Tsk tusk tusk, this is really a great weapon of a big country, a weapon of the country. Human power is really not worth mentioning in front of machinery."

Ruan Dacheng said with emotion.

That kind of rice milling machine only needs to pour the rice in from the mouth of the machine, and the rice that comes out of the exit in a blink of an eye becomes rice. This kind of rice milling speed is really fast.

Wu Changqing grabbed a handful of rice and looked at it, and found that the rice that was milled out was much better than the one that was milled with water, and there was not too much shreds and chaff.

The biggest problem with hydraulic power is that it is not stable enough, and the speed is sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow under the influence of water flow. The steam engine is much more stable, and its power can be set.

"It looks good, but you can't stand still. You should spend a portion of your profit every year to develop and improve the quality of this steam engine, or find ways to improve production efficiency. For example, get an automatic grading device, automatic bagging device, etc."

Wu Changqing mentioned that the current rice mills are still relatively primitive, and there are many things that can be improved. Of course, this kind of thing can't come in a hurry. Wu Changqing just mentioned it, hoping that the people below can keep investing in scientific research.

"The Governor's instructions, remembered in my heart, will definitely increase investment."

Sun Daoming said.

Subsequently, Wu Changqing and his party came to the textile factory again.

There are five workshops in the textile factory, and on average, there are more than 300 people working in one workshop at the same time. This one factory alone has created nearly 2,000 jobs in Nanjing.

Those who work here are well paid, and they are almost able to catch up with the monthly salary of an official from Jiupin.

Entering one of the workshops, the scene of hundreds of textile machines operating at the same time is quite shocking to people in this era.

The officials who saw this scene for the first time couldn't close their mouths in surprise.

"The weapon of the country, the weapon of the country, with this divine weapon, there are no clothes in the world, these are the contributions of the grandpa of the country."

Qian Qianyi also sighed with emotion, the spinning speed of those machines is too fast, they are making spindles at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After that, they visited the printing factory, the match factory and other factories, and finally came to the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Factory.

This factory that Wu Changqing values ​​most is of great significance to him.

"The scale of this steel plant is still too small, and the expansion must be accelerated. In my next plan, there will be too many places where steel is needed, and the quantity needed is huge."

Wu Changqing said.

Nowadays, the power of steam engine is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not far from being able to pull the train.

At the current rate, it will take about another year to build a practical locomotive.

It would be funny if there is a locomotive but no rails yet.

Laying railroad tracks requires a lot of steel, and making trains also requires a lot of steel.

"It's not that I don't want to expand, but I can't spend so much money. I suggest that a part of the steel can be appropriately sold to collect funds for expansion."

It was Zhang He, the general manager of Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant.

When facing the prestigious Wu Changqing, he was actually a little afraid. However, he had to raise this question again. Without money, no matter how hard he worked, he would not be able to complete the task.

Nowadays, the steel produced is used to make farm tools for the benefit of the people. Their steel plant does not have much income, which is very unfavorable for the steel plant.

The businessmen who had invested in the steel plant were already complaining. It's just that because of Wu Changqing's power, he didn't dare to raise objections.

"Master Zhang, the country is based on the people, and the governor's move is also for the people of the world. As the governor of the steel plant, you should try your best to share the worries for the governor. How can you blindly complain."

Ma Shiying said that he is now in charge of the household affairs and naturally supports Wu Changqing's policy.

The more farm tools provided to the people, the more land the people will cultivate, and these achievements will be counted on the head of the household.

"Things are of urgency. Raise money for expansion first, increase production and then support the people. This is the best solution. Moreover, compared to other places, the number of farm tools for the people in Nanzhili is already far. Higher than other places."

It was Qian Taoli who was in charge of the Ministry of Engineering.

The expansion of the factory scale is his political achievement. Therefore, he is more inclined to develop industry first and temporarily stop blood transfusion to agriculture.

There is some truth to his view.

"Others, do you have other better ideas?"

Wu Changqing asked, whether it is industry or agriculture, he wants to accelerate development.

"I think we should increase taxes appropriately. At present, the tax revenues under our governance are relatively low, and there will be no complaints from the people if we increase them a bit."

"No, no, low tax is the best proof that we are better than other places under the rule, and it cannot be easily changed."

"Perhaps, we can borrow money from the people and merchants, and first borrow money to expand production. After the expansion, the production capacity will be used to manufacture ironware for sale, and the profits will be used to repay debts."

Hong Chengchou, the minister of commerce, stood up and put forward a bold proposal.

Before that, there were very few instances where the court borrowed money from the people. In the eyes of those scholars and officials, the imperial court borrowed money from the people, which is detrimental to the face, and it is not as simple as a direct tax increase.

However, Wu Changqing is very optimistic about this suggestion.

Mainly because he came from later generations. In later generations, it is normal for the country to borrow money from the people.

The issuance of a limited amount of national debt is very beneficial to the construction of a country.

Issuing treasury bonds can make use of the free money in the hands of the people, so that the country has the ability to engage in all kinds of profitable construction. While it is convenient for the country, it can also bring certain benefits to the people.

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