The Luoshui River originates from Shangzhou on the Yongxing Military Road, flows eastward, passes through Luoyang, and flows northward into the Yellow River. Above Lushi County is the upper reaches of the Luoshui River. After passing Lushi County and entering Changshui County, it is the middle reaches, and after passing Luoyang it is the lower reaches.

The downstream is an important waterway in Luoyang, connecting the world through the Yellow River and the Bianhe River. The water in the upper reaches is turbulent, making it difficult for boats to sail. The water volume in the middle reaches is less, and the river beach is vast, making it impossible for large boats. However, the Luoshui River Valley is surrounded by high mountains, many tributaries, and the terrain is relatively closed.

, was selected by Wang Xiaolie as a base for heavy industry and military industry.

Zheng Gangzhong and his party set out from Luoyang and headed west along the Luoshui River. After passing Shou'an, they saw many people gathering on the Luo River beach to repair the river channel.

Seeing the large number of civilians and the endless stream of people, Zheng Gangzhong asked the Xuanfu Secretary General He Yan who was leading the team: "Director, it is the flood season now, why are there so many people repairing the river? If there is a flood, wouldn't it be impossible to rescue them in time?

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He Yan said: "There were people from Lushi County upstream to here to check the water level. The water level rose and everyone was evacuated immediately. There was no other way. Xuanfu decided to build a workshop in the Luoshui Valley. He could only clean up the river channel and use a larger boat."

Zheng Gangzhong nodded. In fact, he still didn't know why the factory needed a big ship.

After passing Shouan, we passed through Liuquan Town and Fuchang County, and then arrived at Sanxiang Town. It was already late in the evening, and everyone was staying in an inn in the town.

The inn is newly built and very large. There are rooms where multiple guests can stay together, as well as single rooms, and there are even many separate courtyards in the backyard.

Wang Xiaolie treated these officials very well and arranged for them all to live in single rooms. Only He Zhen himself lived in a small courtyard.

After everyone got to the room and tidied up a little, Zheng Wei came over to ask everyone to eat.

Arriving in the courtyard, Zheng Wei said: "With so many of us, it is inconvenient to eat in the front hall together. I discussed with the inn. They cooked the food and brought it to the courtyard. We can set up a few rows of tables and count it as a canteen. From now on,

When we enter Sanchuan Township, there is a factory area in front of us. Along the valleys of Changshui River and Duyang River, there are many important factories. Look more and ask more, you will rarely see them again in the future."

Everyone said yes.

Not long after, the store served dishes. Each person had a plate of steamed pork belly, a plate of stir-fried mung bean sprouts with leeks, and two steamed buns. If you are not used to steamed buns, you can eat rice instead.

It took so much time to prepare meals for so many people. Everyone couldn't help but be impressed by the hospitality capabilities of this inn. It may not be bustling here, but the efficiency is really nothing to say. Not only is the food served quickly, but the taste will not let anyone down.

People hate it.

After dinner, He Chen divided everyone into groups. Every ten people selected a group leader to manage the people below. He Chen directly explained the situation on the road to the group leader, who then conveyed it to everyone. After the groups were divided, the group leaders were called for a meeting.

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The leader of Zheng Gangzhong's group was Mu Ying, who arrived at He's courtyard. The rest of the group sat under a swallow tree in the courtyard, chatting and passing the time.

Gongcheng blog said: "Sanxiang Town was originally the intersection from Shaanzhou to Luoyang, and it was extremely prosperous. After the Song Dynasty, fewer people took this road, and the town became desolate. However, when I came in, I saw many empty houses.

, but it is neatly packed, which is really strange."

Li Huidao: "I asked people and they said that a factory is being built in the mountains. This place will definitely be very prosperous in the future. The government has taken over all the vacant houses and hired people to clean them up. Just like the inn where we stayed, it was also specially

Built for workshops.”

Xu Suidao: "It's not just that. Look at the wharf built on the Luoshui River, it is also specially built for the expansion of the factory. What does the factory here produce?"

Xu Chen said: "I actually asked people, and they said that bearing yards, gear yards, spring yards, and other casting yards and forging yards were built here. I heard that the artillery in the army will be manufactured here in the future, or that kind of thing.

The biggest cannon. But I only know these names, but I don’t know what it does.”

Zheng Gangzhong said: "Under Xuanfu's rule, there were many strange things, so it's not surprising."

Everyone nodded together. Indeed, there are always weird and weird things here that Wang Xiaolie cannot see anywhere else.

Not long after, Mu Ying came back. He took a sip of water and gathered everyone together.

After looking through the notes he had taken, Mu Ying said: "Tomorrow we will go into the mountains along the Changshui River and visit several factories. The first one is the bearing factory, which specializes in manufacturing bearings for machines. He Qianban said that there are no bearings

, the machine requires more effort and is easy to break. With bearings, it is completely different. What is a bearing? The shaft holds the wheel; it also bears and receives. So it is also called the shaft support. It is inside the wheel and supports it on one side.

A wheel is something that is connected to a shaft on one side. - Forget it, I don't quite understand what I said. Let's see for ourselves tomorrow. In short, what is made here is an important part of the machine."

Gongcheng's blog said: "We who want to be officials, why do we look at these things?"

Mu Ying said: "Because these things are extremely important. When you become a local official, you will have the responsibility to promote machines. Today, let everyone take a look at how these machines are made. In the next few days, we will go down the Luoshui River

, look at the machines that can be made now. To put it simply, from here to the upper reaches of Luo River, the parts used in machines are made. Downward, all kinds of machines are made."

After everyone heard this, they were all confused and didn't know why they came to see this.

Mu Ying said: "To be honest, although we know about machines, we don't care how they are made. But it is different here in Xuanfu. Machine manufacturing is considered to be more important than cattle for farming."

Zheng Gangzhong frowned after hearing this: "Brother Mu, you have been talking for a long time, but you still don't know why you organized us to come see this."

Mu Ying sighed: "You don't know, how can I know? He Ganban said that this matter was specially ordered by Xuanfu. All future officials must know these things. When they get to the place, they must promote these things to the people.

.Well, Xuanfu asked us to see it, so we can just go and see it without asking any more questions."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and in the end they couldn't help but sigh together.

Being a local official means nothing more than money, food and the people. When did you need to know how the machine was built?

After sending everyone away, He Wei sat alone in the room in a daze. He was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Xuanhe and was from Jinan Prefecture. The Jin army went south, but did not flee south with his family, but went to the Lianghuai area. The year before last, he arrived in Xinyang from Lianghuai

He joined the army and became the magistrate of Luoshan County. This year Wang Xiaolie went north to occupy Luoyang and was appointed as the Xuanfu Secretary General.

These days, He Wei has been organizing the relocation of the Xiangyang factory, selecting a site for the new factory, and organizing manpower to build the new factory.

If he hadn't seen the manufactured vehicles and machines, He Qi wouldn't have known what these factories were doing. When he understood the entire manufacturing chain, he was amazed at the exquisiteness of the core idea. Without these parts, the machines would often be impractical. With these

Parts and machines are different.
Chapter completed!