The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 257
After the meeting, Lin Yifan and Han Santie went to Qiaogong Bureau to inspect.The two came to a workshop. At this moment, the chimney was spewing black smoke violently, and there was a strong peculiar smell in the air.

After putting on the mask, Lin Yifan followed Han Santie to the kiln. From the small hole, he could see that the inside of the kiln was ablaze. The processed charcoal was continuously poured into the burning port, and the flames were about to burst out.The workers, with their upper body exposed and only wearing a pair of underwear underneath, kept stirring beside the kiln despite the scorching heat.

Lin Yifan endured the discomfort caused by the high temperature.After carefully looking at the situation in the furnace, he turned to Han Santie and asked, "How is the progress now?"

"My lord, the progress is not very smooth. After repeated experiments, the final refined crystal is very rough in color, and the purity can't meet your requirements." Han Santie shook his head with a wry smile, "Here It will take some time to refine the finished products, so I should take the adults there to see those failed finished products."

"Okay, let's go." Lin Yifan couldn't stand the temperature here, so he nodded in agreement.

When I came to a storage room, I saw baskets of colorful crystals pushed on the ground, which looked really beautiful from a distance.But once you take it up and take a closer look, you will find that these crystals are covered with trachoma, and there are various mottled variegated colors.Lin Yifan picked up a piece of crystal and stood at the door looking outside, shaking his head in disappointment.The transparency of this crystal is too low, and it can only blur the image on the opposite side, which cannot meet his standard at all.

"Han Gongwu, the refining of crystals still needs to be tested, and this is far from the effect I want." Lin Yifan threw the crystal in his hand and shook his head. "During the experiment, you should constantly summarize and analyze, think more, and see what link is missing in the refining process, which makes the crystal unable to improve the purity. Don't be afraid of failure, but you must not repeat failure. Do more Some bold experiments to see if we can discover anything and why different results occur. These must be well recorded and thought about. I believe that as long as we have enough patience and wisdom, we will be able to succeed."

"My subordinates will bear in mind the teachings of adults." Han Santie nodded solemnly, "My subordinates will pay special attention to this matter, and please rest assured, my lord."

"Well, by the way, what are you going to do with these failed finished products?" Lin Yifan nodded, looked at the pile of crystals inside, and couldn't help asking.

"This, since it is a failed finished product, naturally I can only throw it away. The subordinate will send someone to deal with it in a few days. Please don't worry, my lord."

"I don't feel relieved when you say that." Lin Yifan rolled his eyes at him, and looked at the crystal distressedly, "These are good things, they are very valuable, if you throw them away, it will be a waste of money. "

"Ah? My lord, these things are all defective products that have been refined and discarded. How can there be any value?"

"Do you know how much the crystal products I brought from Shazhou cost?" Lin Yifan sneered, stretched out a finger, and said with a sneer, "A total of 1000 taels of silver, just a few small things. "

"What? So expensive? The subordinates looked at the few things. Compared with ours, the quality seems to be not much higher than ours. How could it be so expensive?" Han Santie was shocked and couldn't believe it.

"This kind of thing can only be produced by people in the Western Continent, and the output is extremely low, which leads to the high price of crystals. Now we in Hengshan have the initial ability to produce crystals, and we have this kind of profitable industry. , it’s time to sell Hengshan crystals to all over the world.” Lin Yifan’s eyes showed a gleam, “These crystal products are still insufficient compared to the crystals in the Western Continent, but our advantage is that the transportation cost is lower than that of the merchants in the Western Regions. Compete with them."

"That's great, my subordinates immediately contact Mr. Jin of the Ministry of Commerce and let them sell this crystal." Han Santie slapped his thigh excitedly and suddenly said.

"Wait, just handing over the crystal to Jin Jiuyuan and the others for sale will not be able to maximize its value." Lin Yifan raised his lips slightly, "As the head of the Ministry of Public Works, you have countless workshops, why don't you further process this crystal and make Make all kinds of crystal handicrafts, and then sell them to Jin Jiuyuan's business department, so as to make more profits."

"Ah, what your lord said is right, but my subordinates didn't think of this, and your lord is amazing." Han Santie nodded unceasingly, flattering and agreeing.

"Okay, don't gossip. You take this matter slowly, and I will wait for your good news." Lin Yifan said with a smile, "Tell me about the progress of the new iron mine?"

"My lord, the first batch of mining workers have been arranged to move in. According to reports from the prospectors, this iron mine has a huge area, and some iron ore has been found within a radius of [-] miles. The difficulty of mining is greatly reduced. Most importantly, according to the results of preliminary smelting, the iron content of the iron ore is extremely high, at least double that of the Bailongshan Iron Mine. "When it comes to iron ore, Han Santie said very excitedly.

"Well, so to speak, this iron mine is our most important steel base in Hengshan." Lin Yifan nodded and said seriously, "Han Gongwu, since this iron mine is our largest steel production base in Hengshan, then Just move the steel base from Bailong Mountain to the eastern part of Xiazhou as soon as possible. I will pass a resolution as soon as possible to build an additional town there to accommodate craftsmen and their families."

"Yes, thank you sir for caring about the well-being of the craftsmen, and my subordinates must make arrangements as soon as possible."

After returning from Qiaogong Bureau, Lin Yifan summoned Han Song and Liu Laogen to discuss the arrangements for Hengshan's first wheat harvest a month later.This matter is very important, and it is related to the rations of millions of people, and all arrangements must be perfect.Nowadays, various construction projects in Hengshan are very heavy. Most of the men have been transferred to various places to build cities and lay roads, and the rest are also recruited into the army to participate in training.

Regarding the task of wheat harvesting, Han Song believes that the progress of projects in various places should be suspended and the wheat should be harvested first.Lin Yifan, on the other hand, believed that the harvesting of wheat could be completely handed over to the women's battalion. Although the women were weak, their stamina was stronger than that of ordinary men.Harvesting wheat is a kind of physical work and endurance work, which can be done by women.In this way, there is no need to stop the construction in various places.You know, winter will come in a few months, and the construction progress in various places has not yet been completed. Before winter comes, some people will not be able to live in warm houses.

However, Han Song believes that women are weak and can only play a supporting role. If they are asked to take on the entire task of harvesting wheat alone, they may not be able to support it.

However, Lin Yifan was very confident about this. After Luo Qing'er's careful management and organization in the past few months, the women's camp today is quite different from the weak and cowardly one in the past.They actively exercise their bodies, train their fists and feet, and no longer regard delicate and weak bodies as the unique characteristics of women.They are passionate, like and hate clearly, no longer have the previous miserable mood.They take the initiative to participate in labor, become independent and self-reliant, and no longer rely on men as before.

As for these, most of the men in Hengshan are not aware of their changes, and they still stubbornly think that women are still the same timid, timid and independent little women as before.

Now, Lin Yifan hopes to assign the task of harvesting wheat to the women's battalion, to give them a chance to show Quan Hengshan their ability, and to truly practice the ideal of men and women holding half the sky.

In the end, under Lin Yifan's insistence and guarantee, Han Song and Liu Laogen finally agreed to his suggestion that this year's autumn harvest task will be handed over to the women's battalion.

As soon as the news got out, the whole Hengshan was shocked, the men were all dumbfounded, and there were question marks in their hearts. Can these little girls really complete the task of autumn harvest?

And the women in the women's camp were also excited, they realized that a chance to declare to the world that women may not be inferior to men has come.

(End of this chapter)