Chapter 292: Craftsmen gather

In Laizhou, Qian Dafu looked at the busy slaves and drank.
He shouted all morning, his voice was hoarse, and he had been directing slaves to build various buildings in the mining area.
In order to quickly send the tungsten ore powder, some slaves have been digging tungsten ore, and some slaves are screening the tungsten ore powder mixed with soil.
"Second Uncle, your Highness is here." At this moment a young man ran over and said to Qian Dafu.
"His Royal Highness?" Qian Dafu almost jumped up from his chair, and he said to the young man: "Qian is expensive, please don't talk nonsense when your Highness is down, let me tell your Highness about letting you go to Bowen Academy."
"Second Uncle, I listen to you." Qian Gui couldn't help but nodded, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
Some cavalry wearing armor appeared in the mining area at this time. These cavalry looked very brave, not to mention that they were also guards guarding Xiao Ming.
Qian Dafu saw him and immediately stepped forward, he had already seen Xiao Ming surrounded by cavalry.
"His Royal Highness, how did you come here personally, this so far away?" Qian Dafu greeted him with a smile all the way.
When Xiao Ming saw Qian Dafu, he smiled and said, "Come and take a look. By the way, I will send you the slaves Liang Dahai brought from the grassland. Five thousand people, enough."
Qian Dafu looked at the slaves guarded by the cavalry, and smiled: "Yeah, this Liang Dafa has finally grown his mind. All the slaves he bought at this time are all fine and strong. Enough, enough, these five thousand people. It's worth 10,000 people before."
"If you don't have any more brains, this king will let him go home and farm." Xiao Ming said as he got off the horse.
He looked over Qian Dafu at the slaves who were digging at the bottom of the mine.
Since ancient times, this mining has been an extremely difficult task. Without modern machinery, it can only rely on slaves, chiseling, and digging, and a metal mining area often stretches for several miles.
Now these slaves only dug about five meters of the surface layer, the content of tungsten ore powder in this layer area is very thin.
"His Royal Highness, this mine is wolframite."
Qian Dafu took a black stone to Xiao Ming. The ore looked a bit like coal. If it weren't for the ore to show some transparent crystals, he would definitely suspect that it was a coal mine.
Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. The scheelite mines are widely distributed, but they are generally lean, while wolframite is less distributed, but generally rich. Moreover, wolframite is associated with tungsten and manganese. Tungsten ore is equivalent to finding manganese, while scheelite is a calcareous ore.
After padding with tungsten ore, Xiao Ming felt joy in his heart. The reason why he asked Qian Dafu to look for wolframite specifically was because he needed tungsten and manganese as well.
After watching the slaves digging for ore, Xiao Ming went to the place where the tungsten ore powder was screened again, and was very satisfied with Qian Dafu's work efficiency. This has already achieved results within a few days.
However, this was also paid at the price of the slaves’ meals and sleepers, because the entire mining area now has no complete house, only a few tents.
"You have slept in a tent these days?" Xiao Ming was touched. Qian Dafu can really be elected as a model worker in modern times.
"There is no way. The cement and bricks in Qingzhou are still a few days away. I can only pay attention to it. Fortunately, it's not cold anymore. For nothing, the slaves came here with quilts, and a large group of people lived together. not cold."
"Hey, I've worked hard for you. I'm tired for a while. After a while, this king will let the mansion come to reward you." Xiao Ming smiled.
Qian Dafu laughed honestly. At this moment, he suddenly heard his nephew beside him. Seeing Qian Gui pulling out, he said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, his name is Qian Gui, he is the nephew of the old slave."
"Money expensive? That's your nephew who was put into the government as a slave?"
"Yes, the empress is kind. Not long ago, she pleaded with the emperor and pardoned his sin. He returned from Chang'an and went to the old slave. His Royal Highness also knew that the old slave's reincarnated family was the only one left, and the old slave is this It looks like the money’s incense can only count on him, so he wants to treat him like his own son."
At this time, Qian Gui also bowed to Xiao Ming and said, "Qian Gui has seen His Highness."
Speaking of it, Qian Dafu was actually equivalent to the Huang Clan in the palace, unable to have children for a lifetime. Xiao Ming naturally knew the importance of this only remaining nephew to him.
Qian Dafu seldom asked him in the past, but now he is eager to say it.
He took a look at Qian Gui, which was somewhat similar to Qian Dafu. Zhen Fei deliberately pleaded with Xiao Wenxuan, which seemed to be a reward for Qian Dafu over the years.
So he said; "It seems to be loyal to you."
"His Royal Highness, our Qian family’s family style is like this. This is not wrong." Qian Dafu laughed. "His Royal Highness, can you see if Qian Gui can replace the old slave to learn something at Bowen College, so that the old slave can Concentrate on the mining area, and he can take the place of the old slave out to search for mines, otherwise the old slave will really be too much."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Xiao Ming glanced at Qiangui again, and he said, "If this is the case, let him study at Bowen Academy for a while."
"His Royal Highness." Qian Dafu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Speaking of it, even if it is not for the sake of making money, he has to train several mineral exploration talents. After all, the talents of Qingzhou today can be counted with the fingers of their fingers. There is an urgent need for a group of young talents to support future industrial development.
After inspecting the mining area, Xiao Ming returned to Qingzhou with the three tons of tungsten ore that the slaves had mined.
With the tungsten ore powder, he went directly to the Equipment Department.
"His Royal Highness, how should this spring be produced?" Song Changping sniffed. He has had a cold recently.
The research of the flintlock gun is on the agenda, he naturally wants to assemble the strongest research team in Qingzhou, and all the talents of the former equipment department regroup. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
However, Xiao Ming didn't let them study the flintlock guns together, but assigned them their own tasks. Zhang Liu and others were responsible for the production of tungsten steel knives and barrels.
Song Changping is responsible for the production of flintlock bullets and the most complicated part of the bolt. According to Xiao Ming's plan, Chen Qi will be responsible for artillery matters in the future, while Song Changping is responsible for the research and production of firearms.
Although the barrel has not yet arrived, the production of small steel and the research on the gun mechanism can already be carried out. These steps can be completely synchronized. After all, Xiao Ming did not start from scratch, but had the production materials for various types of firearms.
"How to extract tungsten from this tungsten ore powder?" Zhang Liu added.
These two problems are technical difficulties. The spring needs to solve the elasticity problem of steel. As for the purification of tungsten at the current level, Xiao Ming cannot guarantee the purification rate, but even 20% purification is enough.
"One by one, Zhang Liu, you go to deal with the mold first, Song Changping, you stay, this king will tell you about the structure of the bolt."
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