Chapter 685: Mining equipment

The tumbling heat waves roared in the steel workshop. Although the weather turned cold, the craftsmen were still working with their bare arms.
Sweat mixed with rust made them look dirty, but each of them seemed full of energy.
Since the steam locomotive was built, Xiao Ming has ordered the production of railroad tracks to be upgraded for no other reason. One is to speed up the transportation of mineral resources, and the other is to improve the efficiency of the mining industry.
Because in addition to steam locomotives requiring rails, mines also need rails for minecarts to provide rails for minecarts.
Now that King Zhao has been destroyed, it is only a matter of time before the kingdom of Zhao is conquered. In a short period of more than a month, or a few months, the Great Yu State will basically be unified.
Although King Chu in the south actually violated Yin and Yang, he had no reason to use troops at this time. After all, King Chu had suppressed all his sons in Qingzhou, and he also regarded him as a courtier, with an obedient appearance.
The most helpless thing is that he is powerless now. The Northern War has almost beaten his five-year accumulation of capital. Now he is facing the threat of the barbarians. Under consideration, he decided to maintain the status quo and plunder the king of Chu through commercial trade. wealth.
Therefore, the most important thing for him now is to establish an industrial system. Only when the industrial system is complete can powerful industrial capabilities be able to create a more powerful war machine to help him conquer cities and seize resources from the Western powers.
This time he proposed to implement the reform on the basis of the six states, with the purpose of quickly establishing a commercial and industrial system. After all, the people of the six states in the past five years are no longer ideologically comparable to the people in other places under the propaganda of newspapers day after day. .
Moreover, these six states are under his nose. Once the six states develop, it will not be too late for him to promote it to other places.
"The lower officials see the emperor."
Seeing Xiao Ming coming over, a middle-aged man in a blue robe came over. His blue gown was embroidered with the words "Weapons Division". This is the craftsman who came from the Weapons Division to guide rail production.
This craftsman, Xiao Ming, is also very familiar with it. He belongs to the old qualifications in the Department of Machinery. After entering the Bowen Academy, he and Lin Wentao specialized in mechanical production.
"Free gift."
Xiao Ming waved his hand. Now every time he travels, he will be protected by a large number of guards. It is impossible not to be noticed.
Looking at the busy craftsman, Xiao Ming asked, "Lan Li, how is the production line for this railroad track?"
Lan Li said, "The emperor, the rail production line for mines has been established, and the rail production line for the steam locomotive has been placed behind according to the emperor's orders."
Xiao Ming nodded. Although he wanted to spread the railway to the country, ore is still a big problem now.
Therefore, in order to be able to mass produce steam locomotive rails, the problems he must solve now are the mining and metallurgical industries.
Only when the output of these two industries increases, can he not worry about raw materials.
"Let me go over and take a look."
Xiao Ming said that he had to participate in the reform now, or let these guys make a lot of detours.
These five years of independence gave Lin Wentao and others a certain amount of knowledge and practical ability. Under his guidance, he believed that establishing an industrial system step by step was not a problem.
After Lan Li entered the workshop, Lan Li took Xiao Ming directly to the next door to the original production workshop. After the expansion of production, the steel workshop added a converter. The steel produced by this converter is used exclusively for the production of rails.
When he arrived at the rail production workshop, Xiao Ming saw the converter that was producing steel. Below the converter were the grooves for conveying molten steel. The molten steel passed through these grooves directly into the "I"-shaped iron mold.
In fact, the essence of the rail is I-shaped steel, which is supplemented by the iron die forging technology for the production of artillery, which constitutes the current rail production line.
"Emperor, now we have produced 6,000-meter rails, and a minecart has been produced." Lan Li truthfully reported to Xiao Ming.
Qian Dafu used to be in charge of mining and building mines, but now even the around Xiao Ming hasn't completely abandoned the mine.
He said excitedly; "The emperor, these railroad tracks and mine carts are about to be sent to Laiwu County. The prospecting team discovered a large open-pit iron mine 130 miles southwest of Qingzhou. If you build a mine here, Qingzhou will not Lack of iron ore."
Xiao Ming nodded. The prospecting team has not stopped exploring the minerals in Liuzhou, and the long-awaited Laiwu County finally discovered iron ore.
This Laiwu is known as a steel city in contemporary times, and it is definitely a treasure. According to the records of scientific and technological spar, Laiwu area has 55 kinds of minerals, mainly iron, coal, copper, gold, granite, limestone, dolomite, rare earth, diabase Rock, basalt, building stone, natural quartz sand, mineral water and other minerals.
Among them, the proved coal reserves are 431.1136 million tons, which is an important coal base in contemporary Shandong Province, and the proven iron ore reserves are 463.9319 million tons, ranking first in East China.
Laiwu County is a very inconspicuous place in Dayu Country. It is sparsely populated. Qian Dafu has visited this place many times, but found nothing. Now this treasure land has finally been excavated.
For Xiao Ming, there are coal mines and iron mines in this area, and the reserves are very large, which can fully support him to establish a modern mine.
The mine will lay railroad tracks, use mine carts to transport ore, use steam engines as power to extract groundwater, and tow mine carts.
"I think so too. Your nephew named Qiangui is more blue than blue." Xiao Ming smiled.
Qian Dafu laughed, and he said, "The emperor, money is expensive and courageous and can endure hardship. He has never been afraid of this place where the old slave dared not go, and at this point, the old slave is also inferior."
For Qian Dafu, now this money is his only sustenance, UU reading www. uukanshu.com, after all, he only has a relative, Qiangui.
Xiao Ming said, "This money is not bad, and it is a seedling worthy of promotion. If you let him continue to work hard, I will give him your seat in a few years."
Qian Dafu was laughing and laughing. Of course, what Xiao Ming said was not the position of eunuch, but that Qian Gui was in charge of mines and prospecting.
Lan Li smiled, "If Laiwu County really has so much coal and iron, it's better to build a railway."
"Well, it's not just Laiwu. This railway will lead from Qingzhou to Dengzhou and Youzhou, connecting the mines of the six states and commerce together."
In Xiao Ming's eyes, there is already a blueprint. As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. As long as this is done, the overall surpassing of Western countries will be greatly accelerated.
After inspecting the production process of the railroad tracks, Xiao Ming felt calm. The presence of the French on the land of the country made him vaguely uneasy, because it meant that the West began to intervene in the affairs of the country. This is not good news, but also his crisis. The reason for the increasing sense.
There are many external enemies, and his industry and commerce have only faltered.