Chapter 908： Xuzhou Railway Station

The first stop of the tour was Chuzhou.

Because Chuzhou is close to Nanjing, its development is fairly good.

The main economic pillar here is agriculture, followed by planting of medicinal materials and mining of minerals.

Wu Changqing and the others came to those large farms and visited the use of agricultural machinery.

The harvester cannot be demonstrated at this time, but some other machinery can.

Moreover, the harvester was also introduced in detail on its use method and its efficiency.

When they heard that five people cooperated to complete the task of harvesting 500 acres of land in one day, the passing officials nodded uncontrollably.

This kind of thing is definitely a weapon of the country.

Dahua is a big agricultural country, and food is the root.

When other foreign ambassadors saw the efficiency of Dahua Agriculture's farming, they all opened their mouths and couldn't speak.

They know that reforms are underway in the country, and they are all catching up with Dahua.

But when they saw these agricultural machinery from Dahua, they knew that chasing Dahua was a joke.

The five high-quality farmers in front of them can feed at least 1,000 Chinese in a year.

In other words, there are more than 900 non-productive people out of 1,000 Chinese people, and they have a lot of time to learn, research, and create.

Such conditions are simply incomparable to other countries.

Among them, at least 800 people must work in the fields to feed everyone.

Of the remaining two hundred people, excluding officials, businessmen, and the army, there are basically not many left. The population base for scientific research is small, and it is naturally difficult to come up with results.

Several Western European ambassadors glanced at each other, and they all saw despair in each other's eyes.

At this moment, they want to cry and sing a song, and they are all fallen into the world.

In addition to agriculture, Chuzhou has many rock salt and gypsum mines. Rock salt can be processed into fine salt for food, and it is also an important chemical raw material.

These minerals have added many characteristic industries to Chuzhou.

Wu Changqing stayed in Chuzhou for a day, inspected the medicinal material processing plant, and gave important instructions.

Wu Changqing said that a country cannot only have heavy industry, other industries such as agriculture and medicinal materials are equally important. Chuzhou should give full play to its unique advantages, increase investment in the medicinal material industry, and don't blindly pursue heavy industries.

Wu Changqing specifically mentioned this matter mainly because Dahua now has a heavy industry trend. It seems that if you want to be rich, you must engage in heavy industry.

At present, many places in Dahua are blindly pursuing the construction of heavy industry, ignoring their own development conditions.

How can it be so easy to develop heavy industry.

Geographical location, traffic conditions, talent pool, government support, etc. are indispensable.

In places where the conditions are not ripe for the time being, attempts to develop heavy industry for the sake of political achievements often end in failure.

This is not good and will waste manpower and material resources.

Affirmed by Wu Changqing, Liu Wei, the prefect of Chuzhou, breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, some subordinates persuaded him to rely on the advantage of being close to Nanjing and choose to develop heavy industry, saying that he could not make any achievements, and then everyone was promoted and made a fortune.

But Liu Wei knows that developing heavy industry is not so easy. It is no use first to obtain technical support from the imperial court.

The memorials for applying for technical support are full of the scientific research department, but there are so many people in the scientific research department to support it.

Technical support is not enough to send a few books in the past, you have to send corresponding talents.

It takes time to cultivate talents. Even if Dahua has been intensively training, it is far from keeping up with the needs of various places.

Therefore, for those cities and places with poor development conditions, their applications will naturally fall into the blue.

Bengbu and Suzhou also stayed there, followed by Xuzhou, a key city.

Xuzhou's current development is very good, after all, it is one of the first ten supported cities. According to people in other places, Xuzhou is the son of the imperial court, while other places are raised by stepmothers.

This complaint is also excusable. Xuzhou originally had good development conditions, but it can still be taken care of.

To open a factory in Xuzhou, the imperial court will send technicians over to give guidance.

When setting up a business in Xuzhou, the Royal Bank will give loans.

For production in Xuzhou, the imperial court would even help find a market.

With such support, Xuzhou has now formed a complete industrial chain.

In doing so, the imperial court is naturally not partial, and the most important thing is to pursue efficiency.

There are a large number of coal mines in Xuzhou and there is no shortage of energy. Opening a factory here saves a lot of energy bills compared to those places where coal is scarce.

Ten thousand yuan can support a factory here, and fifteen thousand yuan is needed in places where coal is short. The court naturally chose Xuzhou.

What's more, there is more than coal in Xuzhou.

Limestone, iron ore, and potash ore are abundant in reserves, enough to support an industry.

In addition to mineral resources, it is also the transportation center of the Central Plains. In terms of railway, the Beijing-North Line passes through Xuzhou, and it is also the starting point of Xian in Xuzhou.

There are also the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Huai River in water transportation.

Moreover, since ancient times, there have been many scholars in Xuzhou, making it easier to cultivate talents.

Many conditions have contributed to the rapid development of Xuzhou.

At present, Xuzhou has a population of 1.5 million, making it the tenth most populous city in Dahua.

Wu Changqing inspected the steel plant and lime plant in Xuzhou.

However, he did not visit those production workshops, it was unnecessary.

From the data presented below, Wu Changqing almost knows the development of this factory.

What he wants to understand can't be seen by just taking a glance.

Wu Changqing called a few workers at random and asked them personally. "How many hours do you work a day?"

The few workers who were questioned were very nervous. They had all been told beforehand that they could not talk nonsense.

However, they don't really know what nonsense is, the explanation above is very vague.

Facing the emperor's inquiry, they even dare not lie.

"Five and a half hours."

A worker said cautiously.

Wu Changqing sighed, saying that eleven hours is a bit too long. After all, this is not a garment factory, but a steel factory that consumes a lot of energy.

Working for eleven hours a day is basically an overdraft of life.

"Tired?"

Wu Changqing asked.

The worker hesitated, nodded, and then said, "It's worth it to be tired. It's three or four times more money than farming at home."

"Is anyone injured at work?"

Wu Changqing continued to ask.

This question caused Xu Aowen, the factory director who accompanied the inspection, to panic, for fear that the workers would tell the truth.

The worker who was questioned was very entangled at this time. He wanted to tell Wu Changqing the truth, but he didn't dare.

After all, the emperor will only stay here for a few days, and after the emperor leaves, this is still the world of the factory manager.

"I'm not sure, our team doesn't have it, but occasionally there are some small bumps and bumps."

Said the worker.

He said very implicitly, but Wu Changqing had already heard the extraneous meaning in his expression and tone.

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