The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 373 Daming Science and Technology Association
study.

The middle-aged man sat on the desk, staring at the letter in his hand.

"Dear Mr. Liu Tong."

"At the time when the first Daming Science and Technology Conference was held, after a serious and responsible discussion by the jury, it was believed that Mr. Liu Tong's article "Stable Woman" published in a miscellaneous newspaper had promoted the progress of social civilization, It is determined that it meets the criteria of the Cultural Award."

"Therefore, we sincerely invite Mr. Liu Tong to participate in the awarding ceremony of the first Daming Science and Technology Conference on November 29, Hongwu 21, at the banquet hall No. [-] of Zhonghua Heavy Industry Restaurant in Daxing County."

"And invite Mr. Liu Tong to give a speech about "Stable Woman" and winning the cultural award to all members of the conference, scheduled for a quarter of an hour."

"I admire you so much!"

"The First Great Ming Science and Technology Preparatory Meeting."

Liu Tong sat at the desk for an entire hour, and he had read the letter in his hand countless times.

The letter paper of this letter is made of rice paper, and the cover is a yellow leather envelope.

The texture of the letter is very strong, and it is precious when you touch it.

Liu Tong sniffed, and couldn't help but shed tears again, and wiped them away quickly, feeling excited and inferior in his heart.

I just wrote a story, and my original intention was for the newspaper's manuscript fee, and I didn't have any lofty ambitions.

How can oneself be.

He hesitated.

Whether to reply to the [-]st Daming Science and Technology Preparatory Committee and refuse, because he really feels that he is not qualified.

At this time, the Four Treasures of the Study on the table suddenly became heavy in his eyes, and he did not dare to write easily.

He got up from his chair.

This study is the source of life for his family.

Relying on the pen, the family lives a very prosperous life, and everyone in this area respects and envies him.

But for the first time, Liu Tong felt heavy pressure.

Pacing back and forth in the study, he finally came to the window, through the wooden framed glass window, he saw the lady in the yard washing clothes.

On the ropes in the yard, there are bed sheets and quilt covers, as well as some children's clothes.

Because of the cold weather, the six-month-old baby stayed in the cradle on the first floor, and the eldest son was studying at school.

Originally, I wanted to invite my parents to come to the city, so that I could take care of them and help with housework.

However, my parents were reluctant to part with the few acres of land in the countryside and did not agree to go to the city.

The output value of one mu of land is only one tael of silver throughout the year. After removing the tax burden on grain and chemical fertilizers, what can be obtained is only seven or eight cents of silver.

There is only a surplus of three or four taels of silver in the five mu of land, which can only maintain the food, drink and clothes of the two elders, and can't save much spare money.

The eldest sister and the fourth younger sister are all married, and they are the daughter-in-law of other people's family.

The second brother's family went to Kaiping, where they allocated a full [-] mu of land.

The income from [-] mu of land is four times higher than the income from five mu of land, but the expenditure has not increased four times.

The couple themselves are too busy. Although life is hard, but for the sake of money, everything is not so hard.

They still can't care about their hometown, but just like themselves, they have invited the two elders to follow them.

But the old man refused on the grounds that he was reluctant to go home.

The reasons given for rejecting myself and rejecting my second brother are different.

The third brother went to the factory, but he didn't mention his daughter-in-law. His eyes were high, and the children of ordinary people looked down on him, and the children who liked him looked down on him.

Standing by the window, the middle-aged man seems to have seen the invisible changes in society. His thoughts drifted further and further, and he even began to fantasize about what Beiping will look like in five years' time.

I thought treacherously, if my parents passed away, what would happen to the five acres of land they left behind?
As the eldest son in the family, he should be able to inherit.

But I didn't stay at home, so there was no reason to inherit all of it, but even if I gave myself five acres of land, would I leave the city and return to the countryside to farm?

Middle-aged people find it unlikely.

What about the second brother?

Their family will not want to give up the [-] mu of land in Kaiping, and go back to their hometown to plant [-] mu of land.

As for the third brother.

The middle-aged man shook his head, the third brother didn't look like he could farm.

"Then where will the five acres of land go?"

"Rent, or sell."

It is very difficult to rent out. There is a shortage of manpower in Beiping. Who will become tenants of other families? Industry and agriculture compete for people.

Land profits are thin, and it is difficult for landlords to recruit cheap tenants, but they cannot afford higher wages.

You can only attract people if you grow your own land. Twenty acres, or even thirty or forty acres of land, otherwise even less land will not be able to attract people.

Then only sell.

The middle-aged man was startled.

The idea of ​​selling the fields, I actually think it should be taken for granted, this is the most prodigal infamy in the society in the past.

"Imagination of the future society."

The middle-aged people are blessed to the soul, and the heart is to the wisdom, and a little inspiration was born.

"In the future society, there will no longer be tenant tenants, and there will no longer be poor families with a few acres of land. Those who remain in the countryside will all be rich families with more than [-] acres of land."

"In the future, the rural population will become smaller, but their land will become more, in order to catch up with the average level of the city's economy."

"The larger the city, the more concentrated the population will be. All the people from the small places will be absorbed into the big city, because industrialization will inevitably lead to the concentration of the population."

……

The editor of the Zabao newspaper came to Liu Tong's home in person. This was the third time that the editor came to the house as a guest.

Liu Tong asked the old sister-in-law hired by the family from the countryside to help him go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and cook after returning home, and to receive editors from the newspaper office.

The mother-in-law of the family took the child to the neighbor's house to play, so as not to make a noise and talk to the two of them.

Liu Tong poured two cups of hot tea, and the two of them were sitting on the recliner in front of the fire, looking peaceful and comfortable, and the room was as warm as spring.

"The standard of this article is very high. I recommend postponing it for a month to compete for next year's literary prize."

"Is this necessary?" Liu Tong was incredulous.

"Now our newspaper is very competitive. Of course, the winners of the technology newspaper are far more than the other three newspapers."

"But we need competition among the three newspapers. You are the seed player launched by our newspaper, and the key literati to be cultivated in the future."

"Now you are the only one in our magazine to win the literary award. You are the bottom of the three newspapers. The pressure from the top and bottom of the newspaper is very high. You must not continue to be the bottom next year."

Hearing the editor's complaints, Liu Tong was speechless.

Both happy and stressed.

Liu Tong agreed to the editor's request, and the publication of the article he wrote was postponed until the next year.

soon.

The first Daming Science and Technology Conference was held grandly.

Zhu Gaochi led the imperial concubine Guo Cailian to participate in person, and leaders from all walks of life in Beiping were invited to participate.

Because the achievements of previous years are included, there are as many as 100 winners, and the bonus is 5 yuan, which is [-] yuan per person on average.

Of course, it is not equal split, but according to the ranking of the awards, the highest is 1000 yuan, and the lowest is [-] yuan.

Among them, the Invention and Application Award received the most awardees, and the bonus was 5000 yuan.

Wansan, Xiao Jiu, and Wang Ben all won the invention application award, even though they had already received the bonus from the Technology Department.

From the first-generation steam engine to the third-generation steam engine, and even the expansion ring parts, steam roof parts, cylinder pulling parts, anti-loosening sheath parts, small shaft anti-rotation key parts, pressure plate materials.
Lever type forging hammer, compound lever hammer, pedal type forging hammer, stone crusher, pressure hammer machine.

The first generation coke refining technology, the second generation coke refining technology, kerosene refining technology, coal ash production technology...

After the Invention and Application Award was presented, it was also the award that took the longest time. Zhu Gaochi came to the stage to deliver a speech in person.

"There are 72 technology winners at key nodes, which is actually a bit unfair to many masters."

"However, the number of winners is too many to accommodate, so we can only select the best ones. In the end, 72 people won the awards."

"This is a problem left over from historical development, but next year it will be more just and equitable."

"It can be clearly predicted that at next year's awards conference, the number of winners will be at least half, and there may not even be 40 winners."

"But starting next year, there will be more awards conferences, trying to keep the achievements of all technicians from being buried."

After Zhu Gaochi finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

Because the crown prince attended, many female family members also attended, and they sat beside their husbands.

China Heavy Industry Restaurant is a restaurant of China Heavy Industry, with a semi-official nature.

Ballroom No. 500 can accommodate [-] people.

The whole venue was full of people.

There are onlookers outside the venue, and the award ceremony will go on for a whole day, and Zhu Gaochi will participate in the whole process.

In fact, the meeting is very boring, but Zhu Gaochi's behavior will improve the status of technicians, which is more political than anything else.

Zhu Gaochi thinks it is normal for the proportion of the number of winners of the Invention Application Award to be so large.

In the early days of the industrial revolution, craftsmen themselves were the main inventions.

The comprehensive and rapid development of various disciplines is mostly based on the achievements of the industrial revolution, and the initial stage is a process of reverse research.

Behind it is the physics and chemistry award and the mathematics award.

The winners of the Invention Application Award are mainly from China Heavy Industries, so the winners of these two items are mainly from teachers of various schools.

Among them, half of the physical and chemical awards come from kerosene refineries, fertilizer plants, and ammonia production plants.

Biology and medicine awards come primarily from the Golden State.

Golden State has abundant resources for human experiments, coupled with the closed environment of Golden State, some ethics that are unacceptable to the current society, there are no such restrictions in Golden State.

Cultural awards, social theory awards, mainly from newspapers and theaters.

Schools, China Heavy Industries, newspapers, and theaters provided [-]% of the winners, and less than [-]% came from the society.

This is the power of scale.

When craftsmen gather together and give them a sufficient relaxed environment and atmosphere, countless sparks of ideas will inevitably be born.

Hongwu 29 years.

Not only was the amount of banknotes issued in the northern industrialized society led by Beiping surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

It was also the year when Beiping's technical reserves fully surpassed the current Daming, forming an inflection point.

(End of this chapter)