"Ding beep beep beep beep beep".

A strange big ship was sailing from south to north on a tributary flowing out of Xingtan. The sharp whistle sound from the ship could be heard clearly even from a distance.

The ship is said to be weird because it has neither a sailing paddle nor a magic circle, but is supported by two chimneys with black smoke. Behind the ship is a huge paddle wheel that drives the ship forward. Compared with other ships on the river, the ship is much larger. The hull is still made of wood, but the superstructure is all made of iron.

This strange ship is one of the latest research results of Li Zisheng and Hu Yunhong, a steam ship. In addition to carrying a batch of grain, there are also Mr. Li and his friends, and Yan Baoer and Tie Qianzun are also indispensable.

Half a year has passed in a flash, and it is August and autumn has begun. Logically, southern countries like Jingzhou should still be lush, but the more they go down the river, the more "desolate" the scenery and the more turbid the river water.

Such a withered scenery is naturally due to pollution.

Xingsha is just a temple of heavenly artifacts, but its careers are spread among the several streams flowing out of Xingtan.

That's because not only is there rich water system and convenient transportation, but there are also coal mines and iron ore with large reserves and high quality. The conditions for establishing a coal-iron industrial zone in this area are truly unique.

No wonder the Heavenly Vessel Sect was established here. Of course, for an orthodox immortal sect like the Four Gods Sect, coal and iron are not worth anything at all, and the Yuanshi ore veins are their foundation.

Li Zisheng and his group went to a major industrial town under the jurisdiction of Tianqimen, Yuan'an City.

The scenery of Yuan'an City is exactly the same as that of Tieshan South City. It has chimneys and iron paved everywhere. The sky is always gray, even in August when the autumn is clear and cool. The air is filled with a choking stench. Not to mention trees on the ground, even the weeds are sparse and listless.

However, this place is more than ten times larger than Tieshan South City. And around it is a large-scale low-rise shack.

Li Zisheng originally had a short position, that is Deputy Deacon Xin Jintang. This position was originally insignificant and just a false title. However, he actually used the chicken feather as a command arrow and used this short position to start his own career happily in the past six months.

As mentioned in the previous document, Xin Jintang is mainly responsible for the development of products, but this hall is insignificant at all now, otherwise it would not be the turn of the Tie family to be deacons.

The reason why the development department of the Heavenly Artifact Gate declined was that it was not that the first weapon refining in Zhongzhou lost its motivation to move forward and ignored "technical innovation". On the contrary, the upper and lower levels of the sect knew that developing new products and technologies was too important and they were unwilling to be controlled by one of them, so the three of them all included all the talents and resources in their inner halls. Now only one shell is left.

A short position plus a short department is just an honorary position for others, but for Li Zisheng, it is the best opportunity.

Because he can build a real development department in the name of the development department.

Of course, things are not that simple. Real product development talents are in the hands of the three major surnames. If there is no talent, there is no Yuanshi, and even the venue is no place. Xinjintang is just a meeting and office place.

However, as a soldier of the Liberator Legion, Li Zisheng certainly knew the proverb, self-reliance and full food and clothing.

Moreover, it is better to have a name than not. You can more or less get some resources from the sect and the Tie family. The most important thing is to have the reason to transfer disciples in the sect.

This is very important. Tianqi Gate is not an Iron Mountain City or a place where Mr. Li San can do whatever he wants. It is still very necessary to make a tiger skin.

Of course, there are also disadvantages to doing this. As long as someone likes his stall, he can take away all his cleanness by the name of the Waitang Industry.

But firstly, he has a good relationship with the Tie family, and there is no possibility of turning against each other during this period. Secondly, Li Zisheng's reputation is at its peak now, and he really has to consider it if he really wants to go against him. Thirdly, the average cultivator he is doing research is absolutely not interested.

Reorganizing Xinjintang and developing new technologies is only part of Li Zisheng's work in the past six months. He also started a student loan business in Xinyishuntang. He presided over the daily work of the Young Pioneers and the Tieqing League, and also had to practice. It can be said that he was busy every day.

But he has been here many times.

Li Zisheng not only built the development department headed by the Hu brothers here, but this steam boat is one of their works. With the maturity of steam engine technology, such things can be said to be a small test. Li Zisheng did not build it but specializes in it. After all, steam engines only have a transition from pre-technology.

Manufacturing iron and coal in Yuan'an is relatively cheap. Although Mr. Li won a lot of Yuanshi by using the gambling game, he could save a little, after all, he played a big game of chess. At the same time, water pumps powered by steam are also very popular here. They can be used to drain water from mines.

Of course, with the steam engine, Mr. Li San originally wanted to build a railway. However, the investment in this railway was too large, and no one here was very interested in this kind of transportation, so he could not find investors at all. Jingbei is as many rivers as Jingnan, and there was no need for railways for a while.

So he could only settle for the second best and built a steamship as a test item because it was a little expensive. However, compared with the talisman array ship driven by Yuanshi, this ship uses coal, and the cargo capacity has been greatly increased. The fuel cost is not too high, which has attracted the attention of some interested people.

He also established a team headquarters of the Young Pioneers here, such as the charity school, the child servant union, the garden party and the football matches, which are also the subject matter. In such an industrial area, there are naturally many school-age children. Moreover, Li Zisheng stipulated that he had to join the Young Pioneers or the Tieqing League to pay for a student loan. In this way, he also had abundant human resources in his hands, not only Tie Baihu and Tie Baifu.

The most important thing is that he started an attempt at the workers' movement in Yuan'an.

Mr. Li was determined to carry out this workers' movement when he was in Tieshan City. However, the right time, place, people and others were not on his side, so he really didn't have this opportunity. His age and status were there, and many things were inconvenient to him.

But when he arrived at the Heavenly Gate, he finally took an opportunity to contact the real proletarian pioneers.

"His Excellency General Secretary, Yuan'an City has arrived."
Chapter completed!