Siheyuan starts from a good life

After eating and taking a short rest, Ma Youcai took Jiang Yan to the place where they practiced steel.

"Leader, this is the blast furnace of our township."

Arriving at the steelmaking site, Jiang Yan could only use the words shocking and spectacular to describe the scene here.

This scene was more shocking than Jiang Yan's first time seeing the sea.

In this huge threshing floor, tens of thousands of people gathered here, and there were dozens of blast furnaces of various sizes standing here.

As the saying goes, if there are ten thousand people, there will be no limit. Looking at the bustling crowd, for the first time, I feel that it is very true that there are more people and more power.

At the scene, people were shouting slogans and busy. Some were adding firewood to the blast furnace, and some were adding coal. The main thing was to work in full swing, and everyone looked very excited.

"Leader, I would like to trouble you to give me some guidance." Ma Youcai looked slightly proud as he spoke to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan didn't say a word and led people directly to the small blast furnace below for a closer look.

The so-called iron-making furnace here is a yellow mud furnace about three or four meters high, with a chimney about one meter high made of semicircular tiles.

Jiang Yan walked to a newly built small blast furnace, looked inside, and shook his head secretly.

The furnace is built with ordinary earthen bricks, and a cylindrical bellows is used in the lower part of the furnace to blow air artificially. The box tube is made of wooden strips and is about two meters long and 80 centimeters in diameter.

The piston in the middle is also made of wood, with chicken or duck feathers tied around it for sealing. The handle of the bellows is very long and can be pushed and pulled by two people at the same time.

To be honest, how can you make steel in this blast furnace without refractory bricks? This furnace will probably be scrapped after just one use. Let alone steel, you can't even make iron.

Jiang Yan looked up and saw a bustling scene in the venue, with dots of firelight and black smoke everywhere.

The air was filled with sulfur-smelling smoke, and even the sky was somewhat obscured by this smoke.

Everyone, men, women, old and young, all performed their duties and were busy. From time to time, there were loud shouts, as if some stove was about to be turned on.

Looking at these people, Jiang Yan originally didn't want to care about these things, but after thinking about it, he decided to take action.

Even if you can't make qualified steel, it's still a good thing to make some usable iron, otherwise it would be a waste of resources.

"Boss, what's going on? Is our construction qualified like this?" Ma Youcai asked Jiang Yan with hope after seeing Jiang Yan finish the tour.

Jiang Yan did not answer immediately, but took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a long puff.

"How many furnaces have you opened in total, and how many have been successful."

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ma Youcai had an unnatural look on his face.

"Here, after three furnaces were opened, none of them were successful. Now we have to let the leaders guide us."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded, took a deep breath, and then said: "If you want to practice steel, you have to listen to me and do whatever I say. If you can't do this, Just hire someone else! We don’t want this thing anymore.”

After hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ma Youcai pondered for a moment.

"Leader, is the situation that serious? You really can't make steel out of this."

Jiang Yan didn't say a word, and took a long puff of cigarette with cold eyes.

Seeing Jiang Yan like this, the smart Ma Youcai knew that there was a serious problem here. As a chief engineer, there was no reason for him to make this joke for himself.

"Leader, I'll discuss this with the leadership team."

"You handle the discussion, I'm here to look around." Jiang Yan interrupted him and took the people aside.

"Director, this leader is too unreasonable."

"That's right, look at his attitude, it's clear that he looks down on us."

Seeing Jiang Yan and his men walking away without saying a word, the people around Ma Youcai started talking in a flurry of words.

"That's enough. I'm a leader, so I can't talk nonsense. Besides, I'm an expert. You know the experts! There are experts from the university. Call all the leaders for a meeting."

After Ma Youcai finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the office building. Those who spoke of steel looked at me and I looked at you. After taking a look, they separated and went to notify the relevant leaders.

"Boss, let's go! No, we want this thing. There is no need to involve ourselves." From Jiang Yan's expression just now, the smart Xu Damao could not guess that this matter is a bit difficult to handle. When he saw Shili Township The people from the commune then started to persuade Jiang Yan.

At this time, he just wanted to give himself a few big mouths. If he hadn't been too talkative, he wouldn't have made his boss so embarrassed.

Hearing Xu Damao's words, He Yuzhu also persuaded: "Boss, Damao is right. Let's not go through this muddy water. Otherwise, let's go!"

Hearing the comfort from these two people, Jiang Yan felt warm in his heart.

"Okay! Don't try to persuade me. I know it in my heart. It depends on what they choose. I'm not doing this for them, but for these people."

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he pointed at the man who was having sex.

Seeing these people, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao didn't say a word.

Although he said that he could not change the current of history and wanted to protect himself wisely, he still softened his heart when he saw these people. Although he could not help the world at the same time, he still encountered them and would help if he could. Otherwise, you won’t be able to get over the hurdle in your heart.

"Zhuzi, Jiang Qi, why are you here."

When Jiang Yan heard someone calling him, he looked up and saw dozens of people coming from a distance with tools. They were wearing shabby clothes and were completely patched, and the original materials could hardly be seen.

The luggage they carried was also worn out, and some people were even wearing self-knitted straw sandals. Not to mention the tools they brought, some people only had some sticks in their hands.

"Dad, why are you here? It's not why you are dressed like this."

The people who came were from Qinjiazhuang. The leader was Qin Fengshou, the village chief and branch secretary of Qinjiazhuang. He Yuzhu's father-in-law Qin Daniu was also among them.

Jiang Yan was also stunned when he saw their outfits.

What is their situation? The Qinjiazhuang is poor, but it is not this bad! What's going on with these rags and this tool?

Why are there only two cows? I clearly remember that when I went to Qinjiazhuang last time, I saw several cows. Besides, these cows are also very old, and the number of cows is wrong!

Qinjiazhuang is a big village, with about three hundred households. How come there are more than three hundred strong laborers? How come there are more than two hundred laborers? After calculation, they only brought out three points Did something happen to the second strong laborer?

When a group of people from Qinjiazhuang arrived in front of everyone, Jiang Yan asked Qin Fengshou when he saw it.

"Uncle Qin, what happened? Why are you dressed like this?"

Hearing Jiang Yan's question, Qin Fengshou looked around carefully, pulled Jiang Yan and said in a low voice: "Nothing happened. Don't worry."

Hearing Qin Fengshou's words, Jiang Yan felt relieved and knew that Qin Fengshou seemed to have noticed something and did what he did.