Therefore, outside the Academy of Sciences, even if it is just the vice president of a subordinate academy of the fourth rank, the ministers of the second rank first-level departments would not dare to offend him easily.
Even those who are not doing so well, even those who rank low in the second class, can basically become a fifth-rank prefect as long as they are not caught for corruption or have no ability to govern.
The only difference is that he is ranked fourth in the first class, and his current rank is only fifth grade. He doesn’t know what position he will be given when he goes to Bianliang this time.
Su Xun and his family followed the crowd into the city.
The ancient city of Xiangyang covers an area of 2.4 square kilometers. It has high and thick city walls and has been known as a strong city since ancient times.
In the past, it was just an ordinary city economically, and its economic development was only slightly better than other land cities, but not much better.
Because the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal carried more than 70% of the Song Dynasty's commercial trade, the land trade capacity was too small, so medium and large-scale trade would go through the canal, and only small-scale trade would go through the Han River to Xiangyang, and then go by land to Bianliang.
However, in the context of the industrial age, Xiangyang built railways, steel mills, textile mills, cement mills, and brick mills, attracting a large influx of population from surrounding counties and towns, allowing the city to develop rapidly.
Reinforced concrete bridges were built across the moat, and high-rise buildings sprang up outside the city. Ships came and went at the Tanxi Wharf outside the west city, carrying large quantities of industrial raw materials to the west industrial zone, which were then transformed into steel, clothes, and cement.
Su Shi walked in the city. The buildings in the city had not changed much, but he saw bicycles passing by, newsboys selling newspapers, and telephone poles erected on the busy streets.
Not long after the family entered from the North City, a rickshaw driver came over to inquire.
Su Xun felt sorry for his wife and daughter, so he hired two bicycles, one for his wife and daughter, and one for him and his two sons.
Two rickshaws headed towards West City.
They will find an inn in West City to rest for the night and continue their journey tomorrow.
Su Shi was sitting in the carriage. After entering the city from the north city, most places were no different from ordinary cities. There were stalls lining the streets and alleys, with signs hanging high and swaying in the wind, and various shouts could be heard everywhere.
When we got to the vicinity of West City, the scene looked different.
When the railway was first built, there was no way to build a bridge across a river as large as the Han River, so the railway bridge was built from the upper reaches of the river. There is a Changshou Island there. The narrowest part of the river is less than ten meters, and the bridge piers can be built on the island.
As a result, the railway station could only be located in Xicheng, and the west of the city was also close to the steel production area. Later, Shiyan, Gucheng, Baokang, Fangxian and other areas had rich iron mines. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of my country, Second Automobile Works chose Shiyan as its location.
Therefore, the entire west of Xiangyang City became a gathering point for a large number of factories. The inside and outside of the west of the city were also affected by the factories. Various five- or six-story buildings were built, forming a huge contrast with the old city area in the east of the city.
It was noon, when the workers in the city were finishing their work and having lunch, the gate of a processing plant of the Xiangyang Steel Plant in the city opened and groups of workers came out.
They were wearing blue linen T-shirts and blue trousers. Some of them didn't even take off their gloves. They were dirty, but they all had smiles on their faces as they walked on the road, exuding confidence from head to toe.
On the brick wall outside the factory building, there was a message: "Workers are the cornerstone of the country!"
"Ding-ling-ling!"
The gates of the nearby textile factory were soon opened.
The ringtone is clear and pleasant.
The silvery laughter of the female workers could be heard.
They wore long-sleeved shirts with flowers on them, long pants underneath, and their hair was simply tied up.
After leaving the factory, some went home to eat, while others went to nearby restaurants.
There are also slogans on the brick wall outside the textile factory, with excerpts from articles that Zhiyuan has written many times in newspapers: "Women are as good as men", "Equal pay for equal work for men and women", and "Women hold up half the sky".
"Come on, come on, make way, make way."
"Where are we going to eat today?"
"After work this afternoon, Lao Li, please pick up the kids for me."
“Boom boom boom boom!”
"Ding-ling-ling."
The conversations between various workers, the sound of bicycle bells, the roar of the factory's steam engine, and the dragon flag of the Song Dynasty fluttering over the workers' school in the distance, outline a world completely different from the city.
Su Shi looked at them with a gleam in his eyes. He heard someone singing, "We workers have power, hey, we workers have power!"
This country is full of hope.
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