Chapter 556: Steel production line

The molten steel flows in the crucible mixed with heat waves, and the steel workshop is as hot as a furnace in the hot summer.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Ming went straight to the iron and steel workshop, and in just a while, his clothes were soaked in sweat.
"His Royal Highness, it's too hot here, let's go outside to discuss this." Chen Wenlong persuaded that ordinary people would feel unbearable after staying in this steel workshop for a while, and he worried that this would make Xiao Ming not applicable.
Looking at the shirtless slave craftsman who was working hard, Xiao Ming said, "No, this king is not so squeamish yet. By the way, I heard that the steel workshop has been replaced by a supervisor. Where is he?"
Chen Wenlong pointed to the young man who was rushing here not far away and said: "His Royal Highness, the previous one is that he is a student of Bowen College, and he is studying steel production. I mentioned the matter of converter steelmaking, but later just said that there was no material, so I didn't mention it again."
"Oh?" Xiao Ming showed a look of interest. After three years of training, more and more students are now entering various workshops in Qingzhou. It is only because of the constraints that they have mastered many things, but they suffer from not having it. Conditions are fulfilled.
However, there is no other way. In contemporary his country, he used to be poor and nothing. At that time, overseas scientists returned from scratch.
But there was one thing he couldn't compare to. At that time, the whole country was engaged in production, and now his environment is still in chaos, so he can only achieve it in the same way.
"Meng Kuo, see His Royal Highness."
The young man who claimed to be Meng Kuo had a slick look, he looked like a scholar, just like the craftsman in the workshop. At this time, the young man was also naked with his arms and black iron filings all over his body.
Looking at Meng Kuo up and down, Xiao Ming said, "Chen Wenlong said you came from Bowen College. In that case, this king will test you. This converter steelmaking has high acid and alkaline iron production."
"My lord, it's alkaline." Meng Kuo said, "The acidic lining cannot remove the sulfur and phosphorus in the iron, but the alkaline lining can."
"Why go out sulfur and phosphorus?"
"For steelmaking, phosphorus is a harmful substance. The presence of phosphorus increases the hardness and brittleness of iron. Good pig iron should contain less phosphorus, while sulfur promotes the combination of iron and carbon, making iron hard and brittle, and has low synthesis with iron. The melting point of iron sulfide causes the hot brittleness of pig iron and reduces the fluidity of molten iron. Pig iron with high sulfur content is not suitable for casting fine parts."
As Meng Kuo said, Chen Wenlong was beaming. Xiao Ming couldn't help asking when he saw it, "This king asked Meng Kuo, what are you happy about?"
"His Royal Highness, this subordinate Meng Kuo was selected from Bowen Academy, and he is responding steadily now, proving that the subordinate's vision is correct." Chen Wenlong said with a smile.
Xiao Ming was also very satisfied with Meng Kuo's answer. Regardless of the conditions, at least he had the knowledge. He asked: "What is the oxidant in the converter steelmaking? What is the slagging material?"
"The only oxidants are iron ore and oxygen, and lime is used for slagging." Meng Kuo was calm and comfortable.
Xiao Ming nodded, and asked some deeper questions. Meng Kuo answered very simply, which made him more satisfied.
After a pause, he said, "With you, this king can safely hand over the converter steelmaking production line to you."
"Converter steelmaking?" Meng Kuo exclaimed.
"Yes, this king has found the basic lining material for the converter, and now the basic converter steelmaking method has been realized. Next, you have to lead the craftsmen in the steel workshop to produce the converter and build a production line to improve the steel. Yield." Xiao Ming handed the drawings to Meng Kuo as he said.
After receiving the drawing, Meng Kuo couldn't wait to open it. Just as Xiao Ming said, the equipment required for the entire production line was marked on it, and the drawing also had a structure diagram of the specific equipment.
"Don't be afraid of failure, you can try a few more times if you can't make it the first time." Xiao Ming said to Meng Kuo, any technological innovation will encounter various problems in the early stage. In Xiao Ming's view, this converter steelmaking will also have to fail. Only then can we sum up the tricks from practice.
But now that this technology has the conditions, then implementation is not far away.
Once Qingzhou can get a lot of cheap steel, it will be possible to build railroad tracks that consume a lot of steel. Steam locomotives will no longer be a luxury to run in the country.
At the same time, the huge increase in steel production will also improve warfare capabilities and make weapon production easier. Most troops will not stay in the cold weapon era as they are now.
Meng Kuo read the drawings carefully and said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, the next official has been waiting for the realization of this technology. Don't worry, Meng Kuo will build a production line without eating or drinking."
Xiao Ming nodded. The technical difficulties of converter steelmaking are converter and oxygen blowing. Now the problems have been solved. As for other materials, molten steel shaping and other problems are the same, no further research is needed.
In the next few days, Xiao Ming and Meng Kuo had been discussing the establishment of the production line, some of which were also delivered to craftsmen for production, and on the fifth day the mine sent the first batch of magnesite ore.
This batch of ore was mined in advance by Xiao Ming for experiments. After calcination, grinding, and casting, the lining of the converter was formed.
After completing this step, the rest is a matter of course. Xiao Ming didn't want to continue participating. After all, he didn't want to dispel Meng Kuo's enthusiasm.
Because in his opinion, a leader needs to be moderately lazy, otherwise the subordinates will develop laziness.
Withdrawing from the business of converter steelmaking, Xiao Ming continued to shift his focus to the current chaos.
At this time, a news from Wang Xuan made him feel a cold sweat~EbookFREE.me~ Wang Wei sent envoys to form an alliance with King Yan, King Zhao and King Liang? "Xiao Ming asked anxiously.
"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Xuan's expression was solemn, "Moreover, the messenger has arrived at King Yan. It is the news sent back by our spy in Bozhou."
"Wang Wei really seems to have jumped the wall in a hurry this time." Xiao Ming's face was heavy, which was in danger of subjugation to him.
If the four kings attacked him at the same time, he would be unstoppable. After all, in this era, the superiority of firearms could not completely offset the crowded tactics of the cold weapon force.
In fact, the real weapon to end the cold weapon war is the machine gun, and for him, he still can't make this thing.
"His Royal Highness, if King Wei's trickery succeeds, it will be a disaster for us. The lower officials think that we should immediately assassinate King Wei's envoy to delay the alliance." Wang Xuan said.
"This can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. If one messenger dies, there will be a second messenger. What we should think about now is how to destroy this alliance." Xiao Ming said bitterly.