Chapter 529: Talking about the World

Chapter 529: Talking about the World

The old man looked at the food and wine that Zhou Tian brought, and his face instantly broke into a smile.

"How is it? Old sir, does this count as good wine and good food?"

Zhou Tian looked at the old man teasingly, with a hint of intimacy in his tone.

"Yes, why not?"

The old man took the Maotai in his hand and quickly shouted to the restaurant staff on the railway behind him: "Old Lu, bring me two cups, I want to drink with my friend!"

"Got it. Old Joe, are you guys just going to let me watch you guys drink? How about I join in the fun?"

As he was speaking, an old man in a grey gown came out from the dining room holding three cups. He looked to be in his fifties, with wrinkles all over his face, but he looked very energetic.

As he spoke, he walked towards the two of them and placed the cups on the table.

"Good old Lu, just say it if you are greedy, but you asked the wrong person. You should know that I am also eating and drinking at your friend's expense this time! If you want to drink, you should ask your friend if he agrees or not."

The old man laughed and joked.

"I agree. Why wouldn't I agree? It will be more lively with one more person. If Master Lu doesn't mind, then I have no problem with that!"

Zhou Tian looked at the two old men joking with each other and said with a smile.

"Look at that young man, and then look at you, an old man. Have you forgotten who bought your ticket in the first place? I was worried that your old body couldn't sit in a hard seat. It seems that I made a mistake!"

Hearing Zhou Tian's words, Old Lu naturally sat down and scolded with a smile.

"Tsk, then you are the one who needs a favor from me? Otherwise, how could you be so kind?"

Old Joe curled his lips in disdain.

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you, old man. Come on, my friend, let's drink first. I haven't tasted what this Moutai liquor tastes like yet, so I'll give it a try!"

As Old Lu spoke, he snatched the Moutai from Old Qiao's hand, opened it and poured a glass for each of them.

"I say, you old Lu, why are you still robbing? Forget it, as a scholar, I won't bother with you, an old man!"

Old Qiao originally wanted to snatch it back, but when he thought of the difference in physical fitness between the two, he gave up and said angrily.

"Cut the bacon and peanuts. Good, not bad. Wait, I'll go cut the bacon and we'll eat it later. It would be a bit of a waste!"

Old Lu first gave him a disdainful look, but when he looked at the table, he couldn't help but call out, greeted Zhou Tian, ​​picked up the bacon and walked into the kitchen.

"My friend, this is just how Old Lu is. He is not a bad person. Please forgive him!"

After Old Lu walked into the kitchen, Old Qiao looked at Zhou Tian and apologized. After all, if an ordinary person had seen what the two people did just now, he would probably have scolded them for being uncivilized. It was not enough to invite one person to drink, but they actually brought another one along.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Qiao, you're too serious. In fact, if we can have one more person to drink with, we can have more fun. I'm a bit introverted by nature, so if I can listen to the advice of two old gentlemen, it would be a big win for me!"

Zhou Tian waved his hand indifferently. To him, a little food didn't matter at all. Instead, from the conversation between the two old men just now, he knew that these two old men should not be ordinary people.

As the two were talking, Lao Lu came out from the back of the restaurant holding a plate with the sliced ​​bacon neatly placed on the plate. After sitting down again, the three of them drank and talked about the changes that had taken place in various places over the years.

Perhaps it was because Lao Lu often traveled by train on business, and had seen a lot, so his knowledge of local customs and practices was not much less than that of Lao Qiao.

As they talked, the three of them talked about the development of various places in the past three years and the silent changes in people's lives.

"My friend, you don't know that in the past three years, I have traveled to most of the northwest. I have been to northern Shaanxi, Henan, and Ningxia. Since these places are located in the Central Plains, most of the people depend on the weather for their livelihood, so they live in poverty. But since three years ago, many places have built a large number of factories, and many people have transformed from farmers to workers!"

"Originally this is a good thing, but when I saw large tracts of land being abandoned, I was a little worried. But who would have thought that the government would allocate a lot of tractors, irrigation equipment and well drilling machines to solve this problem? You know, those are tractors. You have seen the rows of tractors in the communes. I couldn't even imagine it before!"

As he spoke, Old Joe raised his glass. The three of them clinked their glasses. He took a sip, picked up a piece of bacon, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and continued, "You haven't seen the efficiency. Just one tractor can plow the land every day with the efficiency of hundreds of people. No wonder people say the new government is good. How can it be bad?"

"Tsk, you've only just visited a few places. Let me tell you, our steel production increased by nearly 10 million tons last year alone. I heard that several steel mills have adopted oxygen furnaces, and their steel production has increased several times. Moreover, the furnace built this year is even bigger, and steel production may double again.

I have to say that the changes in recent years are indeed huge. For example, in the past few years, we wanted to build railways, but even if we begged everyone, we only built a few kilometers of railways every year. It’s not that the higher-ups didn’t build them, but that there was no material. But now, we have built hundreds of kilometers of railways in the first half of this year alone! "

Old Lu also spoke as he drank some wine and ate some peanuts with emotion.

"Yeah, I never thought that our country would change so fast. Only now that I've been traveling around, I realize that the outside world has changed so much!"

"Nonsense, this is nothing, this is why I stay on the railway all the time, just want to look around!"

Old Lu interrupted.

Then the two of them talked about some visible changes and changes that are taking place in various places. All of this made Zhou Tian, ​​who had been listening silently, couldn't help but feel emotional. After all, whether it was the surge in steel production mentioned by Lao Lu, or the various changes in rural production brigades, they were all promoted and developed by him.

But now, listening to the two old men praising these policies and equipment, he couldn't help but feel a sincere sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Being able to produce the most suitable machinery in the most suitable era, only when the two complement each other can such a revolution that is different from the previous life be brought about.

Although he didn't know whether such a change was good or bad, at least he believed that as long as the change continued, the disasters in those three years would be reduced to a minimum, and that was enough.

The rest can only be done step by step for the time being!