Qin Feng stood in the place where Jin Shengnan had come to step on, looking down at the entire Daye City. It has to be said that the location chosen by Jin Shengnan is indeed the best observation point nearby.

Taiping Iron Mine, when it was first opened, Qin Feng came once, and then he gave it full power to the Qasher to manage. Later, Qiser left, and the Taiping Iron Mine also decided to build a new city, which is Daye City. Since the founding of the city, it was presided over by Jin Shengnan. Two years have passed, and it has become quite large and has entered the formal world.

Jin Shengnan's ability to organize operations and manage is also officially recognized by Qin Feng and the court center because of Daye City. You must know that while Jin Shengnan was building the city, the operation of Taiping Iron Mine and the smelting plants and workshops gathered here were not affected. Whether it is production capacity or the quality of the weapons produced, they are still rising steadily, and more new weapons are also being developed one by one here.

The weapons that Pili Camp once defeated Jiang Haokun's armour in Tzu Chi are actually just experimental products produced here. The weapons tested by the war have now been completely finalized and are starting to produce on a large scale, preparing to mass-equip the troops. When these weapons are equipped with various troops, the battle of the Ming army will once again jump to a new level.

A heroic soldier needs not only fighting spirit and perseverance, but also armor-enhancing weapons, solid and durable and light armor. Qin Feng does not think that only by bravery can you win the war. These two things are indispensable for an army.

In the Luoying Mountains, the Qin border army did have courage and perseverance, but in the face of the more well-equipped Chu army, their only chance to win was to use their blood to add losses caused by the differences in weapons and armor. Once again and again, they were built with corpses.

It is precisely because of these experience that Qin Feng firmly took the elite military route and would rather have few soldiers, but he must be well-equipped.

As they climbed up to look far, the blast furnaces were filled with green smoke. Qin Feng knew that under each thick smoke, there was a furnace of steel that was being produced. When they were produced from here, they would turn into weapons, or exchange them for a ingot of silver.

"What is that?" Qin Feng pointed at the distance strangely. There was a blue wave between the two mountains. There was actually a lake. In Qin Feng's memory, there was no such lake here.

"Your Majesty, that's Taiping Lake!" Jin Shengnan looked in the direction Qin Feng pointed, and explained: "Daye, whether it is iron and steel smelting or weapon workshops, requires a lot of water. Relying on mountain springs alone, the well water is far from enough. So we used the remaining slag from the iron smelting and some waste mines to pile up into the mountain canyon, and then led the mountain springs here, slowly forming such a Yansai Lake. We named it Taiping Lake. Now Taiping Lake not only solves our production water, but also solves the domestic water. Your Majesty, please look ahead."

Qin Feng looked down at the bottom of Taiping Lake.

"Because of the stable water source, the miners' families have reclaimed a large number of terraced fields downstream. Now, we can grow rice in Daye one season a year."

"The method is good, but Lord Jincheng, you have considered that if a mountain torrent breaks out, is it possible for your river dam piled up with slag to collapse?" Qin Feng pointed to the residential areas downstream. "Once the dam collapses, these people downstream will be unlucky. I'm afraid that they will be washed away without any time to react, right?"

"Your Majesty, we have built two water conduits on both sides to drain the excess water." Jinsheng South Road.

"Have you ever considered some extreme situations?" Qin Feng pointed to the sky, "Sometimes God is crazy, it is not something that people can resist. Lord Jin, I suggest you build two more dams downstream just in case."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it immediately. We have a lot of slag here anyway, so it won't take long to build two dams." Jin Shengnan nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go, let's not go into the city first, go to the mine to take a look." Qin Feng smiled and looked at the clever hands beside him and said, "Caix hands, this is the old place you have been to. How is it? What's the change?"

"The change is too great." The clever hand nodded repeatedly: "Lord Jin is better than me. When His Majesty said he wanted to build a city here, I thought he would run away quickly and let real talents do this. My mind is only suitable for doing some practical things. I can't do such a big project as the city building. Lord Jin did a great job. If it weren't for those blast furnaces, I wouldn't dare to recognize that this was where I was."

Qin Feng laughed loudly, "Even those stoves are several times more than when you left, but you don't have to underestimate yourself. Lord Jin has his strengths, you have your strengths, and you both are my strengths."

When Jin Shengnan heard Qin Feng's claim, he was secretly happy. He had heard that in front of people who were not close enough, His Majesty usually called himself me. Only in front of his confidant and those who absolutely trusted, he would call himself me. It seems that he could already be called a confidant in His Majesty's mind.

"Go down the mountain, Lord Jincheng, let's talk while walking. Tell me about the specific situation in Daye City now." Qin Feng said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jin Shengnan walked to Qin Feng's side, and Eunuch Le, who had been following Qin Feng, immediately gave up a position for Jin Shengnan.

Jin Shengnan is a meticulous person. Since Your Majesty came to inspect Daye City, he naturally had to ask about the relevant situation of Daye City. These days, he has been doing his homework and has become familiar with all aspects of Daye City. At this moment, he told the story in a casual manner, with examples, data, and extremely detailed. Qin Feng nodded repeatedly and looked at this young county magistrate even more.

There were many capable officials in the Ming Dynasty, such as Cheng Weigao from Yongping County, Ma Xiangnan from Changyang County, and Fang Dazhi from Shayang County, but they were all officials who only grasped the general direction. It was their strength to point out the direction of progress and formulate good plans for doing things. However, Jin Shengnan was able to do this and do some extremely grassroots things, which was extremely rare.

Only when you truly understand these grassroots things and formulate major policies will you be closer to the needs of the people and take fewer detours. From this point of view, Jin Shengnan has a characteristic that other people lack.

No wonder the prime minister Quan Yun favored Jin Shengnan. He once said in front of Qin Feng that Jin Shengnan could take on greater responsibilities after a few years of training. This is actually to train the next prime minister candidate.

Of course, Qin Feng would value such a person a little.

After getting off the mountain, the road suddenly became spacious, but Qin Feng stopped and stared at the middle of the road, two long railway tracks extending from Dazhi City to the direction of the mine.

"What is this?" Qin Feng looked at the shiny railway tracks on the ground with strangeness. Of course, he would not think that there is too much iron in Daye City and buried it on the ground. It must have its purpose, but he just didn't know it.

"Your Majesty, this is the track we use to drag ore." Jin Shengnan explained.

"Road? How is this used?" Qin Feng asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this thing was first used in a smelting plant. The smelted iron ingots were too heavy. Even when they came out of the furnace, they were cooled and formed, then transported to the warehouse, and finally transported to various weapons workshops and some other workshops, it was extremely inconvenient and required a lot of manpower. So some workers came up with this method. They cast this kind of rails, laid them in the factory, and then built some grooved iron wheel trucks. These iron wheels could be embedded on the tracks. In this way, a truck of heavy iron ingots could be pushed and moved in the factory, which greatly saved manpower."

"So that's how it is?" Qin Feng nodded repeatedly, looked at his left and right, and smiled: "Sure enough, the wisdom of the people is infinite. Such things, like us who stay in the capital, will never be able to think of. Only when we are in the scene and face problems can we come up with solutions. How did you put this thing outside later?"

"Your Majesty, you're still forced!" Jin Shengnan smiled and said, "Transfer the selected ore to the mining area. In the past, most of our country relies on animal power and manpower. However, our Daye City has gradually lacked manpower this year, so we can only find a way. At this time, someone proposed to use this track to connect the mining area to the factory area, and use horses or mules to drag the mine cart. At that time, I couldn't think of any other solution, so I did this, so I got this railway track. After it was completed, it was indeed solved. A few horses could drag dozens of interceptors. The efficiency was far higher than in the past, and it also allowed our Daye City to solve the urgent problem."

While speaking, a clanging sound came from a distance. Everyone looked up and looked in the direction where the sound came. They saw several horses running from afar. Behind the horses, there were dozens of mining carts. Each mine cart was full of ore. In a blink of an eye, they came from afar to everyone.

Looking at the mining car passing by in front of him, Qin Feng asked with interest: "Lord Jin City, the shape of this car is a bit strange. Why is there something connected to the iron wheel?"

"Your Majesty, we call that crankshaft." Jin Shengnan explained: "When this car was running, there were actually many accidents that were very easy to overturn. Later, the craftsmen in Daye City repeatedly experimented and the accident rate was greatly reduced. If they trained some qualified drivers, they could basically prevent accidents. Of course, it was not completely safe, and accidents would still occur occasionally."

Qin Feng looked at the minecart that was gradually moving away, thinking about it.
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