Chapter 287 It’s better to do it than to say it!
The streets of Yuhang are crowded with people.
The workers who had been informed for several days finally took to the streets to preach.
Although Zhou Ning's injury is not completely healed, it no longer affects his ability to move around, and he looks excited now.
He knew what Xia Zhibai expected of them.
It is for them to come forward to appease the uneasiness and panic of the people, so that the people will accept it, and even support the emergence and promotion of the machine.
It's not easy.
Zhaohu has learned from the past. Once it involves him, many people will immediately turn against him. The 'steam empire' planned by Xia Zhibai involves many industries, including the most common one, water transport, with a large number of people. There are more than kitchen households, and there are also related horse racing, craftsmanship, etc., which affect the livelihood of many people.
But it’s like what Xia Zhibai said.
Society always has to move forward, and it is impossible to stagnate when encountering a little difficulty.
Besides, these changes are not necessarily bad.
No one is born to be a cow or horse.
In the crowded crowd, Deng Muzi also mingled in. He deliberately smeared some mud on his face. With his dark cheeks and dirty clothes, he looked like a beggar in the market. , not many people care.
At the entrance of the market with the most people.
I don’t know when a high platform was added, with some machines placed on it.
It’s just that not many people recognize it.
But many people know what is piled behind these machines.
It’s coal!
Zhang Zhicheng and Lu Cang were at the front.
Lv Cang said excitedly: "Brother Zhang, just take a look this time. It will definitely open your eyes. Brother Xia said that if you want to promote social progress, you must open people's minds, otherwise Everyone is trapped in their own one-third of an acre of land, only guarding their own firewood, rice, oil and salt. When something happens, they go around to make trouble. "
"Such a society cannot move forward."
"It will only go backwards!"
Zhang Zhi grew up very elegant and gentle. He did not comment on Lu Cang's words and said in a deep voice: " What you said is wrong. The most important thing in the world is education!"
"As long as the education is correct, how can the people cause trouble?"
"The reason for the trouble is injustice!"
Lu Cang sneered and said disdainfully: "Are you just standing and talking without your back hurting, educating? Who educates, you? Or those high-ranking officials? They don't even have time to make money, so how can they have the time and mind to care about this."< br>
“You can’t count on those landlords and gentry, right?”
“Education is all illusory.”
“Is there any real machine?”
"It's not like I haven't read the book. You can read the things in the book, and you take it seriously."
"It's better to do one thing than to say a hundred words. You can't teach it to others, but you can teach it once. Take this kitchen household as an example. Before the steam engine appeared, it was all ancestral craftsmanship. Who can listen to each of them? If you go in, Zaohu will be abandoned in the future?"
"No one."
Lv Cang smiled disdainfully and continued: "But what about the result?"
" As soon as the steam engine came out, it was invincible in Yingtianfu alone, and it was popular among the people. In less than three months, the Kyoto Salt Industry monopolized the entire Kyoto salt industry. Who would have dared to believe this before? "
"But when these businessmen in the south saw that they were profitable, they secretly stole the blueprints and copied them to build steam engines. You have also seen the results."
"In less than a year, the Zaohu was abolished."
"You were also present when the notice was posted a few days ago. You should have heard the voices of the local people. Who cares whether the Zaohu lives or lives? They care. The only question is whether the price of salt will change. As long as the price of salt is still so low, they don’t care at all no matter what the government does.”
“But there is a problem.”
“Today. The Zao households may not become the common people of tomorrow.”
“This is the meaning of this propaganda conference”
Lu Cang talked eloquently.
He didn't believe what Zhang Zhicheng said at all. If education was really so useful, the world would have been benevolent, righteous, propriety, wise and trustworthy. But in reality, the world was not like that at all. In his heart, he recognized Xia Zhibai's approach, which was to use Real things can shock people's hearts and make people realize that the world has changed.
Only in this way will the world change.
Things that are real are real, and education and all that are false.
Zhang Zhicheng was speechless for a moment.
He stood on the ground a little confused. What Lu Cang said was different from what he had read and learned, and it was very different. He was a little at a loss for a moment. Lu Cang didn't notice Zhang Zhicheng's abnormality, and looked at him with excitement. On the high platform.
Someone has already gone up.
Lv Cang said excitedly: "It's coming, it's coming."
"Open your eyes and take a look later. The things in the book must be put into practice, then that is good knowledge. If it can't be implemented, it's all nonsense."
Zhang Zhicheng was stunned. He looked at Lu Cang and nodded seriously.
Lv Cang’s words also woke him up.
The content in the book is meaningless if it only stays in the book.
Only by putting it into practice and integrating it with reality.
Zhang Zhicheng raised his head and looked at the high platform curiously.
He was also curious about what the famous imperial envoy would do today.
Not far from the market entrance, there is a restaurant. Now the restaurant has been closed, but there are still people walking around in the building. Zhou Ziliang, Wang Xuanfan, Li Benmo and others are all sitting on the top five seats. Building, looking down at the high platform at the market entrance.
Wang Xuanfan frowned and said: "What kind of tricks is this Xia Zhibai doing?"
"I haven't stopped since I came to Yuhang."
"It's really annoying."< br>
Wang Xuanfan complained a few times.
Xia Zhibai has not made people worry since he came to Yuhang. Although he did not do many extra actions, everything he did was unexpected, leaving them at a loss and making them very difficult to deal with. It's hard work, and now I have set up a "stage" in front of everyone, and I don't know what "performance" I am going to sing.
He felt a little irritable.
Li Benmo closed his eyes slightly and glanced downwards indifferently, with no look in his eyes.
Zhou Ziliang also looked silent.
Lin Shijia said coldly: "What else can be done?"
"Isn't it already there? I'm just trying out the machine."
"Probably making salt in public or something."
"It can't be possible. He really wants to bring out the iron horse and iron ship he mentioned before. Even if he does, he won't be able to use them on that small platform. And I've been to those places. The steam engines in the salt factory are all very big, at least weighing more than a thousand pounds. Can this thing run? "
Lin Shijia sneered, not interested in what Xia Zhibai was going to do.
Zhang Tong also complained: "When will Xia Zhibai leave? He has been restless all day long. How long have he been here in Yuhang? He has made us miserable. There are so many of us and we have to stay in this miserable place in Yuhang. "
Li Benmo frowned and said: "Be careful."
"You can't look at Xia Zhibai based on common sense. This person is different from others."
"That's it. As we know, it was a blockbuster, from being defeated in the rankings to becoming the number one scholar, then abandoning his official position to become a businessman, and then developing a steam engine, and then going north alone to integrate the salt market in the north. Is this something that ordinary people can do? "
“Now that we have come to the south, without making any noise or taking much action, we have to make concessions.”
"This man is very powerful."
"If you really dare to underestimate him, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later."
"Since you can't guess what Xia Zhibai is going to do, just be quiet. Just wait and see. His fox tail will eventually fall to the ground. Once it lands, everything will be clear. But what I am worried about now is, can we really control the tail that falls to the ground? "
Everyone else fell silent.
No one spoke anymore, they all looked out the window in unison.
While the crowd was packed, someone had already stepped onto the stage.
It’s just not Xia Zhibai.
It was a middle-aged man who was rather thin and even a little frail.
Zhou Ning stood in front of the stage, feeling a little nervous. This was the first time he faced such a scene, and his mind felt a little empty.
I don’t know how long it has been.
Zhou Ning gradually recovered.
He coughed lightly and said calmly: "I am Zhou Ning. I am the governor of the Ministry of Industry. I am now a salt craftsman in Kyoto under the orders of the imperial court. In the past year, the steam engine that caused a lot of commotion in the south, It’s my own work, I think I can answer some questions for you.”
“But I’m clumsy and not good at words.”
“I’m worried that I’ll say it wrong, so I’ll just be direct. Demonstrate the operating principle of a steam engine."
"The steam engine you see in front of you can be considered a scaled-down version, and it was brought here specially during this trip south."
"The operating principle of a steam engine is very simple."
"It is 'boil water' that most households do."
"With the help of boiled water vapor, it is used to push these shafts to rotate , thereby speeding up the extraction of brine from the ground, and because it is boiling water, the heat is very high, which is also conducive to the evaporation and crystallization of the brine."
"In addition to this, there are also"
In Keba. After getting started, Zhou Ning seemed to have adjusted his mentality and became energetic. He explained the operation process of the steam engine in great detail. At the same time, some workers came forward and started to cooperate. When coal is put into the furnace, a burst of black smoke comes out of the chimney.
The water in the boiler gradually boiled.
(End of this chapter)