Iron Dynasty

The rolling heat wave howled in the steel workshop, and although the weather turned cold, the craftsmen were still working with bare arms.

The sweat mixed with the rust made them look dirty, but each one of them seemed to be full of energy.

Since the steam locomotive was built, Xiao Ming ordered the production of railroad tracks to be increased, for no other reason, one was to speed up the transportation of mineral resources, and the other was to improve the efficiency of the mining industry.

Because in addition to steam locomotives needing rails, mines also need minecart rails to provide tracks for minecarts to run on.

Now that the King of Zhao has been destroyed, it is only a matter of time before the state of Zhao can be conquered.

Although the king of Chu in the south actually violated yin and yang, he had no reason to use troops at this time. After all, the king of Chu had put all his sons in Qingzhou, and he also regarded him as a minister, with an obedient appearance.

The most helpless thing is that he is powerless now. The Northern War has almost destroyed the capital he has accumulated in the past five years. Now he is facing the threat of barbarians. Under the measure, 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 a strong industrial capability create a more powerful war machine to help him conquer cities and conquer lands and snatch resources from Western powers.

In this reform, he proposed to implement the reform on the basis of the six states. The purpose is to quickly establish a commercial and industrial system. After all, the people of the six states have been ideologically incomparable to the people in other places under the daily propaganda of the newspapers in the past five years. .

And these six states are right under his nose. Once the six states develop, it will not be too late for him to implement them elsewhere.

The lower officials see the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Ming coming over, a middle-aged man in a blue robe came over. His blue robe was embroidered with the three characters of Equipment Division. This was the craftsman who came from the Equipment Division to instruct the production of railroad tracks.

This craftsman, Xiao Ming, is also very familiar. He belongs to the senior equipment department. Later, after entering Bowen College, he and Lin Wentao specialized in mechanical production.

Exemption.

Xiao Ming waved his hand. Now he is protected by a large number of guards every time he travels. It is impossible not to be noticed.

Looking at the busy craftsman, Xiao Ming asked, Renly, how is the construction of the rail production line?

Renly said; Your Majesty, the rail production line for the mine has been established, and the rail production line for this steam locomotive has been placed in the back as ordered by the Emperor.

Xiao Ming nodded. Although he really wanted to cover the Great Yu Country with railways, ore was still a big problem.

So in order to enable the mass production of steam locomotive rails, the problem he must solve now is 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, now that he proposes a reform, he has to participate in it, otherwise it will take a lot of detours to let these guys do it on their own.

These five years of independence have given Lin Wentao and others a certain knowledge and practical ability. Under his guidance, he believes that it is not a problem to build an industrial system step by step.

Following Renly into the workshop, Renly took Xiao Ming directly to the next door to the original production workshop. After expanding production, the steel workshop added a converter, and the steel produced by this converter was specially used for the production of rails.

When he arrived at the rail production workshop, Xiao Ming saw the converter that was producing steel. Under the converter were the grooves for conveying molten steel. Through these grooves, the molten steel directly entered the worker-shaped iron mold.

In fact, the essence of the rail is I-beam, supplemented by the iron die forging technology for the production of artillery, which constitutes the current rail production line.

Your Majesty, now we have produced a six-kilometer railroad track, and a minecart has also produced one. Renly reported to Xiao Ming truthfully.

Qian Dafu used to be in charge of finding mines and building mines, but now even the eunuchs around Xiao Ming have not completely abandoned the mine.

He said excitedly; Your Majesty, this batch of railroad tracks and mine carts can be sent to Laiwu County. This prospecting team has discovered a large open-pit iron mine 130 miles southwest of Qingzhou. If a mine is built here, Qingzhou will not be able to. There is a shortage of iron ore.

Xiao Ming nodded, the prospecting team has not stopped exploring the minerals in Liuzhou, and he has finally discovered iron ore in Laiwu County, which he had been waiting for for a long time.

Laiwu is known as the steel city in contemporary times, and it is definitely a treasure. According to the records of science and technology 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 proven reserves of coal are 431.136 million tons, which is an important coal base in contemporary Shandong Province, while the proven reserves of iron ore are 463.9319 million tons, ranking first in the iron ore in East China.

Laiwu County is a very inconspicuous place in Dayu Country. It is sparsely populated. Qian Dafu has come to this place many times, but he has 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 build a modern mine.

The mine will lay rails, use minecarts to transport ore, pump groundwater powered by steam engines, and pull minecarts.

I think so too, your nephew named Qian Gui is better than blue. Xiao Ming smiled.

Qian Dafu laughed, and he said, Your Majesty, Qian Gui is bold and can endure hardships. He is never afraid of places this old servant dare not go to, and this old servant is not as good as himself.

For Qian Dafu, now this money is his only sustenance, after all, he only has money as a relative.

Xiao Ming said: This money is expensive, and it is a seed worth promoting. You let him continue to work hard, and I will give him your seat in a few years.

Qian Dafu was smiling, Xiao Ming was not talking about the position of eunuch, but that Qian Gui was in charge of mines and mines.

Renly smiled apologetically, If there is really so much coal and iron in Laiwu County, why don't we build a railway over there.

Well, not only Laiwu, but this railway will go from Qingzhou to Dengzhou and Youzhou, connecting the mines and commerce of the six states together.

In Xiao Ming's eyes, there is already a blueprint. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must build roads first. As long as this is done, the overall overtaking of Western countries will be greatly accelerated.

After inspecting the production process of the railway tracks, Xiao Ming felt a little at ease. The presence of the French on the land of the Great Yu country made him vaguely uneasy, because it meant that the West began to intervene in the affairs of the Great Yu country. This was not good news, but also a crisis for him. The reason for the ever-increasing feeling.

There are many external enemies, and his industry and commerce are just getting started.