Officials' people-friendly methods were also popular in the Ming Dynasty. They would line up with rice bowls to get rice and chat with the workers around them from time to time. From the weather in Liaodong to the living conditions in recent years, the older workers would talk about the past.

The younger ones talk about their vision for the future.

Anyway, when the official tactics are used, the effect is surprisingly ideal.

"What are you talking about! Without Marshal Li, our Anshan is still in the hands of the Tatars. In the Tanggangzi Hot Spring over there, the bandit chief Nurhaci took a bath there. Humph! Now, he has not become our worker

Bathhouse." Speaking of past events in Liaodong, an old worker in his forties with gray hair seemed very excited.

Li Xiao stuffed his rice plate into the window and listened to the old angry youth behind him popularizing patriotic education.

The rice plate came out, and it was covered with big fat meat. Li Xiao was a little dumbfounded, how could this work? In this era, people actually don’t have much fat in their stomachs, and fat meat slices have become a good thing. Who cares?

When visiting distinguished guests, they would always give slices of fat meat to the most distinguished guests. My children looked at it eagerly, so they could only share some lean meat slices, which were too chewy to eat and tasted not good at all.

Looking at the frightened look on the chef's face, we knew that Lao Zhou and the others must have done something in the kitchen.

He grabbed the plate from the old worker behind him and gave him his own rice plate.

"My stomach has been bad recently and I can't digest these things. I'm sorry to bother you." His actions were a bit rough, but his words were more polite. For the sake of the fat movie, the uncle pardoned this young man's recklessness.

"Young man! You are talking nonsense at such a young age. This is Marshal Li, so we can eat meat. Back then, I was so miserable in my hometown that I lost all the land. There was a disaster in my hometown, so I had no choice but to run away to escape the famine.

When I arrived in the capital to beg for food, I suffered a lot. I had to be exploited by those from the Beggar Clan. I wanted to die several times. When the Jin Yiwei sent them to Liaodong, I felt that the sky was going to fall. I thought that I

These hundred and ten kilograms will be buried in Liaodong.

I didn’t expect it! I didn’t expect it! When I came to Liaodong in this life, on Marshal Li’s territory, this old man would be copied. If I really wanted to see Marshal Li, I would be willing to kowtow a hundred times! Marshal Li is like us.

The great savior is the great savior of the people of tomorrow.”

Li Xiao scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed to be praised like this. Although the old guy didn't shout outright: "Long live!" Li Xiao still felt a little embarrassed! At that time, he was also worried that Liaodong was being harmed by the Tatars, and no one was a big deal.

Question: I have no choice but to force 300,000 refugees to come from the capital.

Now it seems that these refugees have settled down in Liaodong. Although their lives are not rich, they are better than living in their hometowns where they can't even afford food.

Bean stew with pork slices, the chef specially added a spoonful of bean soup. Bean soup mixed with rice, plus a spoonful of stewed vegetarian eggplant, this is the origin of rice bowl. Li Xiao feels that he does not need to eat anything else, these two

It's just enough for the meal. A large plate of food is clean. When it's done, I rinse it with spinach soup and drink it in one gulp. The plate is as clean as if it has been licked by a dog. There is no need to wash it. You can take it back and continue to use it.

"Boy! This is what eating looks like, but the appetite is a little small. When I was your age, I could eat twenty-one steamed buns in one meal. I ate whatever I was working on the construction site at that time, Xiaobai

Dragon crossing the river. Do you know what it is?" A strong man in his forties stood next to him, looking at Li Xiao and joking.

"Little White Dragon Crossing the River? Never heard of it!" Li Xiao shook his head, as if he was all ears. He didn't know what kind of famous dish this was.

"Bean sprouts soup, sprinkle some salt in it to satisfy your kid's cravings. There aren't even many bean sprouts, so we asked Little White Dragon to cross the river. Look at the food now, kid! This is what Marshal Li is in charge of.

Only then did the world become like this.

In the past, when I was a child, let alone beans and stew, if I could eat a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, it would be regarded as meat. Who knew how to butcher pigs and eggplants in the summer? Before I was thirty, I could not even see eggplants.

Never seen it.”

"You don't grow eggplants in your family's farm?" Li Xiao was surprised. According to logic, eggplants should not be considered a rare species. How come he has never eaten eggplants in his thirties!

"Silly boy, you look like he comes from a wealthy family. You think now, there are all kinds of fertilizers. At that time, you couldn't get much food from an acre of land, and there wasn't much left after paying the rent. You want to live with the whole family?

If you have a round belly, who can only have enough to eat by getting up early and working hard until late at night?

Plant vegetables! Just throw whatever you throw into the ground and plant whatever grows well. Who has time to take care of vegetables! Unlike now, when villagers not only farm the land, they also plant cucumbers, beans, eggplants, etc. at home.

I wanted to plant it at that time, but I didn’t have the time.

I have to say! Marshal Li is the one who came down to save our Ming people because God saw that we Ming people were suffering too much."

"Like Guanyin Bodhisattva?" a younger worker interjected and asked.

"What does it mean to be like? That's it!"

"Isn't Guanyin Bodhisattva a female?"

"That's Buddha! Little kid, I can't stop you from eating." The big man was very dissatisfied with the young man who had strong curiosity.

Seeing that the master was angry, the young man hurriedly lowered his head to eat. Respecting teachers is still quite popular in this era.

Li Xiao listened to the big guy's flattery and shook his head helplessly. If someone here suddenly called him "Commander", the whole cafeteria would probably be filled with people kneeling down.

I didn’t want to make such a big fuss and let everyone eat in peace. Li Xiao patted his belly and walked out of the cafeteria!

The meal on the plate was already too much for Jin Xinxiu's handsome man to digest, and he groaned. In order not to suffer from gastrointestinal problems, he forced himself to let the steward take him for a walk in the steel factory.

Lao Zhou had been waiting at the entrance of the cafeteria for a long time. When he saw Li Xiao coming out, he hurriedly followed behind him. He probably didn't even have lunch, and the scorching sun couldn't dampen the officials' flattery.

"Why do you have to eat in the cafeteria? These old boys are nice and very flattering. I see you are leaving. I don't eat much, so I can't bear to eat his whole table." After walking a hundred or so steps, I saw Ao Canghai.

He shaved his teeth, walked squarely, and walked up to Li Xiao with great style. For those who didn't know, they thought he was the handsome man.

"Don't be cheap and be good. If you eat a big meal, it will taste like a big meal. I will eat in the canteen and it will taste like a canteen. Let me tell you, sometimes the big pot dishes are more delicious. Today at noon, there is a bean stew, so

The taste is called fragrant.

Pour a spoonful of fresh and thick bean broth on the rice, and you can eat a big bowl of rice even if you don't eat anything. It's much more interesting than eating Xiaozao. Look at me, I can stretch my legs." Li Xiao

He patted his belly and said that it was a big loss that Ao Canghai didn't go to the canteen with him.

"Really or not?" Ao Canghai looked at Li Xiao's appearance and felt that this brother didn't seem to lie to him. Could it be that the rice in the big pot is really more delicious than the rice in the small stove?

"Really, can I still coax you? You were deceived by those guys!" Li Xiao pouted at the group of people behind him.

Ao Canghai turned around and saw that each of these guys looked disgusting. If you want to be promoted, these four characters are as conspicuous as if they were engraved on your forehead.

The two brothers were joking while walking under the patronage of all the stewards. In front of them was the warehouse, and Li Xiao decided to go in and take a look. See how spectacular the steel production of Ming Dynasty was. Because, the production of Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.

It accounts for more than 30% of the country.

After looking at Anshan Iron and Steel, you can get an idea of ​​the current steel production in Ming Dynasty.

After entering the warehouse, Li Xiao realized how prosperous the Ming Dynasty was today. In the tall factory building, the steel ingots were piled up to the roof. Li Xiao stretched out his hand, and Lao Zhou personally held the small hammer in his hands and handed it to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao took a small hammer and kept banging on the steel ingot he passed by. Ao Canghai next to him didn't know what he was doing, but he saw Li Xiao's solemn expression and raised his ears to listen to the crisp sound of the steel ingot.

The steward was also listening, and Mr. Zhou closed his eyes to listen, and he knew there was something big going on here.

"Commander! What's the quality of these steel ingots?" Hearing Li Xiao knocking on a row, Lao Zhou's heart dropped into his stomach. He didn't hear a muffled sound, the crisp sounds were consistent, and they all had a hint of excitement.

After a while, he asked Li Xiao for advice in a very ostentatious manner!

"Yes, yes, the quality of the steel is good, and the sound is the same, which means they are made of similar materials and should be good steel. How about, can we win 800,000 jins this year?" Li Xiao was obviously interested in this.

I was very satisfied with the quality of the batch of steel ingots and started to inquire about the steel output.

"Haha! To be honest, Commander-in-Chief, the text sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry said that the annual output can reach five million kilograms. However, the construction has not been completed yet, and the production capacity cannot be released to such a large extent. Besides, iron ore has always been

It’s a big problem. After years of mining, there are no rich iron ores in Liaodong, and even Korea now doesn’t have much high-grade iron ore.”

"Don't beat around the bush!" Ao Canghai scolded when he saw Lao Zhou being a bit verbose.

Lao Zhou immediately greeted all the women in Ao Canghai's family twice in his mind. If he hadn't been afraid of offending this military ruffian, he would have turned against him long ago!

"Three million jins a year is no problem. It is estimated that in another three to five years, we should be able to reach the designed standard of 5 million jins. The premise is that there are so many high-grade ores." Lao Zhou didn't agree either.

Silly, you know how to leave a backdoor for yourself by talking.

"There are ores, and they are all high-grade ores. You don't know, there is a very large island in the south, so big that it is bigger than our Ming Dynasty. The reserves of iron ore there are amazing. In the future, there will be

Produce high-quality ore." Li Xiao blocked Lao Zhou's back door with just one sentence. It is estimated that Lao Zhou had no choice but to make great efforts to increase production capacity.

Don't look at Li Xiao's cheerful smile now. If something goes wrong, this man will kill a living person with his eyes open.

Li Xiao nodded. Steel is like the backbone of a country. The higher the steel output, the better the quality, and the country will become stronger and stronger.

Ao Canghai knew that Li Xiao was hoarding steel. Although Northwest had already embedded a nail in the Western Region, Li Xiao had absolutely no intention of letting the Mongols go. Even if they ran to the horizon, Li Xiao would not let them go.

The lesson learned in Lanzhou City is too painful. We cannot give these Mongolian Tatars any chance to breathe. The best thing is to catch one and push it directly into the toilet and choke to death.

Today's wars are inseparable from the support of the steel industry. This time Ao Canghai followed Li Xiao to inspect Liaodong, and also wanted to see how the Ming Empire's ordnance had developed. As a soldier, Ao Canghai first wanted to fight a war.

The second thing is! I hope the guy in my hand will become more and more powerful.

There are no clean and tidy industrial areas, especially the most rudimentary industrial areas like Daming. The waste mines screened out are piled up at the foot of the mountain. The theory of dry land is only relative to the fertile plains. The land here can actually be cultivated.

However, in the face of huge industrial profits, people chose to ignore it, including the wisest kings and prime ministers.

The waste was piled up like a hill. On the open-air cinder pile, a dozen dark children were carrying baskets and picking up cinders. Li Xiao was also familiar with this scene. He had done this job himself. The cinders were very useful for burning.

There is less soot and strong firepower, but there is a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to be poisoned by soot. I wonder if these children know this property of cinders.

Due to the need for construction, the trees near Anshan were damaged. Many hills inevitably became bald, and the evil dragon of the Liaohe River finally began to show its ferocious face.

People today don’t know the importance of green mountains and clear waters. They only know that if they work, they can survive and they will have a mouthful of food to eat. The world is huge, and eating is the biggest thing! In the face of the huge proposition of eating, all problems have to be moved back.

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Li Xiao has no control over this matter and can only tell officials to try their best to protect the environment. But under the premise of economic development, everything must be prepared and contributed to economic take-off.

Looking at the children who were still wearing patched clothes, Li Xiao couldn't help but shook his head. Although the lives of people in Liaodong have improved in recent years, taxes have gradually increased. People's living standards are actually not as good as imagined.

high.

Although a worker may seem to have a lot of wages, many workers have to rely on these wages to support their families. After the war, the society stabilized and people did not use swords and guns, and the majority of women began to actively contribute to the population growth of the Ming Dynasty. There was no restraint in these years.

Measures, the old ladies at home keep giving birth like old sows.

There were seven or eight children in the family, and it was impossible to manage them. Li Xiao even heard that he had to count his shoes at night to know whether the children at home were back or not.

Fortunately, the imperial court built primary schools, regardless of boys or girls. As long as you are willing to send your children to study and learn literacy, the imperial court does not charge a dime for the fees. Of course, these schools are not in vain. A large part of them come from those who

Inside the pocket of a charitable person.
Chapter completed!