Vol 2 Chapter 51: Steel is the foundation of industry

There are indeed many dwarves in the rainy valley.
After half a year of construction, the new dwarf tribe has basically taken shape.
Nowadays, in addition to the migration of most of the dwarves of the Norman and Angolan tribes, there are also several dwarf tribes that Xu also asked the Slubi patriarch and the Monto patriarch to contact.
Now in this new tribe, the number of dwarves has reached an astonishing more than 2,000, almost all of the new tribe has been completed.
When President Cruise saw the sight of the dwarves moving in a month ago, he was almost surprised to see his mouth, because he had never seen so many dwarves in his life.
You know that even if all the dwarves in the Kingdom of Lampari are gathered together, it is likely that there will be no more than 50,000, and here a small settlement has more than two thousand.
It is no wonder that the Satsuma City Lord also deliberately succumbed to Xu Yi, so that he must be optimistic about these dwarves, can not let them do something because they live together.
This is naturally a promise, and the method of coping is also very simple, that is, all the dwarves have arranged work to do.
For the dwarfs, who have a straightforward character, they can have food and drink, and they can be satisfied with the drink. As long as they accept the work that Xu also arranges for them, there is no problem in eating and drinking. So that they can use these salaries to buy some good things that improve their lives.
Although Xu also strictly restricted them because of their work, they were not allowed to drink at random. But this is only a limitation when working, but not outside of work.
What's more, every once in a while, people will also be sent a few cars to the Saatchi Manor. Choose a good evening to host a cocktail party and let them have a drink.
This kind of life is a perfect life for all the dwarves who have never dreamed of hiding in the mountains!
Since this is the case, how can they have any idea of ​​making trouble?
On the contrary, I am grateful that Xu can help them achieve such a wonderful life, whether it is the dwarfs of the Norman and Angola tribes, or the other dwarves who have migrated later, when they complete the work that Xu also explained. It can be said to do everything in its power.
And as President Cruise evaluates. The dwarves are strong, physically fit, and have dexterous hands beyond ordinary people, so they are the perfect workers.
With the efforts of these dwarves, the development of the Rain Valley is extremely fast, almost one day.
Before the rainy road was completed and opened to traffic, the dwarves had already leveled the ground in the rain valley. Prepare to repair the factory.
When the rainy road was built, a large amount of materials were quickly transported through the rainy road, and the dwarves and the Amrit Chamber of Commerce workers who joined later joined together, but in a short period of time, the rainy valley was large. Changed.
Compared with the first time that Xu also came here to inspect the Rain Valley, the current Rain Valley has become a big construction site.
In addition to the new dwarf tribe that is still under construction in the remote living area, in a section near the falling rain road. A huge factory building is taking place.
According to Xu's plan, the Rain Valley is used as a production base for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
In the rainy valley, Xu also arranged a special production workshop for every home magic machine.
In any of these production workshops, the area of ​​any one of them is several times larger than that of the home magic machinery production workshop of Sanqinton Manor, which is enough to accommodate hundreds of workers at the same time.
When covering these production workshops. President Cruise asked questions about Xu.
He feels that even the new Feishang Chamber of Commerce is now in the factory scale of the Sanxun Manor. It is enough to produce a home magic machine that fully meets the needs of Bangta City and the surrounding cities. Why do you have to cover so many large production workshops in the rainy valley?
Xu also repelled his doubts in one sentence.

Is the goal of our new Feishang Chamber of Commerce just to Bangta City and the surrounding cities?

However, even if there are so many new factories, no matter how big, it is certainly impossible to fill the land of more than ten square kilometers.
In addition to living areas and light industrial bases, in fact, in the planning of Xu Yi, the largest area in the Rain Valley should be the heavy industry base under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
It is only for the entire Sainz mainland or for the new Feishang Chamber of Commerce that the so-called heavy industry is currently in its infancy.
Aside from the mechanical production represented by the Magic Machine Tool Workshop, the heavy industry of the new Feishang Chamber of Commerce now has only the steel mill of the Norma tribe.
The current monthly output of the steel mill has just exceeded 6,000 tons, which is a long way from the smallest steel mill on the planet.
As for the large-scale steelworks that want to be Xu Yi’s mind to prop up the entire New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the entire Lampari Kingdom, it’s still a long way off.
At present, this steelmaking plant is mainly engaged in the refining of silver leaf steel to meet the needs of the new Feishang Chamber of Commerce to produce automatic magic rice cookers, magic bread machines and a new generation of magic air conditioners.
If we continue to maintain this output, we will undoubtedly fail to meet the requirements of Xu Yi, and even gradually fail to keep up with the demand of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to expand production.
So after Xu and Mrs. Cruise took the carriage into the rainy valley, the first thing they saw was that a group of dwarves were lifting a huge iron stove three meters high and nearly two meters in diameter, and then turned the iron stove toward one. Push the high bracket up.
"This thing is really spectacular." President Cruise, for the first time, saw this thing and could not help but admire.
"This is still small, and you will see more spectacular in the future." Xu also despised the ignorance of President Cruise.
Indeed, compared to the large-scale steelmaking plants on the earth that have specifications of dozens of tons or even hundreds of tons of large-scale converters, this Xu also relies on memory design, and then together with the dwarves to study the final forming of the converter, it can only be smelted once. Just over ten tons of raw materials, in the steelmaking capacity is not at all a grade.
But this is, after all, the first truly meaningful converter on the mainland of Sainz. On behalf of this steel mill, it will gradually get rid of the artificial steelmaking that was previously purely by the dwarves, and the steelmaking efficiency will be greatly improved.
According to Xu also estimated. If this converter is equipped with a series of steelmaking equipment designed for subsequent operations, the steel mill's output will be doubled. Even if it breaks through the monthly output of 20,000 tons, it is very likely.
And this is only the first set of experimental equipment. If the whole set of equipment is tested and then improved, the steel mill can put in more sets of the same equipment. At that time, the output of the entire steel mill will definitely An explosive leap.
I can't help but feel excited when I think that the steel mill will continue to produce a lot of steel in the future.
The so-called machinery. No matter how high the level of technology, the subject is ultimately made of a variety of steel.
If you can't guarantee enough steel supply, then modern industry is basically a castle in the air, no foundation at all.
Those countries on the planet, if they want to assess their industrial strength, one of the most important data is steel production.
If a country has even a very low level of steel production, then it is simply not worth discussing the industrial strength.
Think of it here. Xu Yi’s mind passed the shadow of Camilla’s great magician.
When studying steelmaking equipment, Xu and the dwarfs encountered a very important problem, that is, how to increase the speed of smelting iron ore.
If you follow the old method of the dwarves and use the shaft furnace to heat and smelt, the speed is slow, and it takes up a lot of space. It is very unfavorable for the planning of the entire steel mill.
So Xu also habitually took this problem out and discussed it with the Camilla Magi, but he was directly despised by the Camilla Magi.
It turns out that in the eyes of Camilla's great magician, the temperature at which the dwarves use coal to raise the fire is simply not enough.
In fire magic, there are many advanced magics that produce temperatures much higher than the temperatures that coal can provide.
Later, after a discussion with Xu Yi, the final Camilla Grand Sorcerer determined the use of nine-level fire magic - blast.
Now in the smelting furnace used in this steel mill. There is a burst of explosives arranged by Camilla's magician.
Compared to coal smelting, the blasting array is activated. The temperature rises extremely fast, and the speed of smelting ore is much higher, so only one or even a smaller melting furnace is needed, which is enough to match the steelmaking speed of the converter, which greatly improves the overall efficiency.
More importantly, the use of this smelting furnace does not require the consumption of coal, but only the consumption of magic crystals.
Compared to coal, Magic Crystal is not only cost-effective, but also has no pollution.
It is even more convenient to think of this than the arc melting furnace on the earth, and Xu can't help but sigh again.
Even if the Sainz mainland is much worse than the earth's technological level, possessing magic is a natural advantage when the earth begins to develop industry.
Xu also thought about the various meanings represented by the steel mill. The president of Cruise also noticed that several small magic fans and magic rice cookers piled up on the open space next to the steel mill. And magic air conditioning.
"Xu Yi, your old-fashioned trade association's trade-in activities, it is not to recycle these old magic fans, and then return to the furnace to smelt?" President Cruise pointed to the hills and asked.
"Of course, or do you take it back?" Xu Yidao.
President Cruise shook his head. "This is too uneconomical. According to your old-for-new activities, an old magic fan can reach fifty silver coins, but if you smelt it, you can only count as a few pounds. Scrap iron, it’s not worth even ten silver coins. If you do this, you might as well buy iron ore directly from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce."
"First of all, the price of iron ore has risen a lot now, so this old magic fan can sell more than 30 silver coins, and we have not lost much." Xu also laughed. "Secondly, in fact, these magic fans, magic air conditioners, magic rice cookers, etc., which were produced by our new Feishang Association last year, are all made by the old craftsmanship. The materials are also ordinary pig irons. In fact, the quality is not good. Recycling and replacing it with our new generation of products will help them avoid quality problems and affect the reputation of our new club."
"Reputation?" President Cruise surprised to see Xu Yi and sighed: "Although the reputation of a chamber of commerce is indeed very important, but it is not as important as you are?"
"You may not understand the reputation. Well, I tell you, this is called building a brand. Do you understand?"
"I don't understand this." President Cruise shook his head immediately.
"Well, in simple terms, if there are two magic fans in front of you, one of them is the new flying magic fan produced by our new Feishang Chamber, and the other one is the magic fan of other brands produced by other guilds. The price of the two magic fans is the same. Which one would you choose to buy?" Xu asked.
"Crap, of course, buy your new flying card magic fan. The magic fan produced by other chambers of commerce can have a new flying card." President Cruise replied without hesitation.
"So if the price of the magic fan of other brands is lower than the new flying card? Which one would you choose?" Xu also asked.
"That depends on how low. If it is only a little lower, I will definitely choose a new flying magic fan. If it is very low..." President Cruise hesitated and replied: "I will still choose a new one." Fly card magic fan. Anyway, buying this kind of thing is definitely hopefully it is good enough, bad I bought it is also a waste of money."
Xu also smiled: "Do you understand the role of the brand now?"
President Cruise stunned and immediately realized.
Looking at Xu Yishi again, his eyes were a little more admired.