However, to Shi Jing and the others' surprise, the steel plant's entry quota was met with a cold reception. In the villages where farmland had been occupied, people were scrambling for the wasteland that had been exchanged, as well as those exquisite silver coins, which the people of Daxia now called silver dollars.
In the eyes of the Daxia people, blacksmithing was a very hard job. Although the monthly salary of three silver coins was very attractive, it had no advantage over the land that could be passed down as a family business.
Ultimately, the steel mill slots that were offered as compensation all went to the poorest and most honest families, and countless honest farmers wept bitterly because they lost their land.
But just a few years later, these key workers in the most advanced factories became the envy of everyone, and those who rose through the ranks to become middle-level managers were even more enviable.
In less than a month, Shi Jing led a large metallurgical technology team to identify the mining sites and construction areas for the first phase of the project. Then, the ministers of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Transportation personally came to Dangtu County to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the "Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant".
However, during the foundation laying ceremony, even the highest-ranking officials could only stand aside as supporting figures, while Prince Heng, Qin Mo, stood in the very center with a look of remembrance on his face.
Back then, he was just a technician in a state-owned steel group. Every time he saw the group's bigwigs on the podium, he wondered if he could get a position on the podium when his hair turned gray.
"Back in the day... I... sigh..."
Qin Mo was filled with emotion. With a flick of his wrist, he wielded the golden scissors, and the steel behemoth of the Great Xia Empire was born!
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