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Nada recently lived happily in Jiuling City, eating and sleeping well every day, and learning many secret craftsmanship from other families. It is simply like the paradise in Nada's dream!

He joined the Heavenly Craftsman Sect for the purpose of learning the art of smelting iron.But the art of smelting iron is endless, but the Tianjiang faction is stubborn, obsessed with the glory of the celestial craftsman's death in the furnace, and only knows how to make swords, leaving Nada in confusion.

Crushing, burning furnaces, forging iron, day after day.

What the ancestors of Tianjiangren did a hundred years ago, today's Tianjiangren still follow the same steps, and they can't change it in the slightest.

But is this really good?

The appearance of Master Ning gave Nada a ray of light. The ship that can fly into the sky, the thunder that makes a loud noise, the salt field that turns into salt, and the sailboat that walks against the wind, these are all strange things that he has never seen in the Tianjiang School. things!

When they arrived at Jiuling Lake, Nada was dazzled.

He has never seen a huge machine propelled by water. Such soft and invisible water can also drive steel and crush stones into powder. Who can imagine that the river water has such power!

What surprised Nada the most was that Master Ning did not forbid foreigners from learning his skills.Whether it was those textile workers or him, a foreigner, Mo Zong treated them equally, and did not defend them because of their identities.

In particular, Master Ning recently opened the School of Chemical Chemistry. Many of the knowledge taught in it made Nada suddenly enlightened. Questions that he could not understand before no matter what, now there are faint signs of understanding. How can we not make him ecstatic? !

As soon as Master Yi Ning summoned him, Nada came out happily. He has made rapid progress in his business and conversation recently, and he has reached the level of smooth communication.

"Master, but you want to make iron?"

Ning Fei nodded, took the blueprint and explained to him the needed parts, Nada couldn't help but stare.

Hey, the three-foot-long iron pillar is poured in one piece. This is a big project!

There are also twisted fan roulettes, and the angle and curvature of each fan are the same, which is a delicate job.

Liu Tong on one side wanted to shake his head accordingly.

"It's not too big and it's not difficult. I think Liu Tie and the others just pour molten iron into the sand mold. It's very simple."

"The blacksmith's workshop still has a free furnace mouth, which can be fired by filling it with ore and coke. You have completed the turbine mentioned by Jizi, maybe we can use it on a galleon!"

Nada: ...

Fortunately, even though he was surprised, Tianjiangren's iron-smelting technology is still reliable.After the initial bewilderment, Nada quickly figured out Mozong's method of making iron, and burned the first furnace of molten iron in a decent manner.

Looking at the finished product he made, Nada was at a loss.

It's just... so simple... came out?

Then what is the use of him sticking to the craftsman for 20 years? !There is no need for forging or tempering, and his hard work is not as good as the improved structure of the iron smelting furnace. Is this the power of science?

Depressed and depressed, a few days later, a huge cast iron frame appeared on the rapids of the Wuzhi River.

But this is not a small project. When Nada and Liu Tong were casting, the civil engineering team dug the ditches for the turbines and built a solid stone foundation with cement.After the work of the iron workshop was completed, Ning Fei led the team to install the frame, fix the screw pressure plate, and connect the oil tank and material box.

By the time everything was ready, it was already evening seven days later.

"Okay, let's call it a day. Tomorrow morning, let's get ready to extract the oil!"

After Ning Sawzi finished speaking, Shi Shi abruptly left the construction site.

For him, the success of the oil press is nothing more than improving a process, not a big deal.But in the eyes of Lu Huotou and You Shan, this matter became the only chance to change the fate of many people.

The oil press driven by water can be operated even by people with disabilities. The soybean oil produced in the oil workshop is cheap and delicious, and ordinary people can afford it. In the future, my children will no longer have to look at the meat oil and drool.

I heard that the General Guard has ordered to count the situation of the disabled soldiers of the frontier army.Although not everyone can work in the oil workshop, there are always some people who have the hope of surviving.Their comrades, those who fought side by side with them on the battlefield, no longer have to go up the mountain to fend for themselves after all the money has been spent.They are no longer afraid of being rejected by their family members and becoming a drag, they can make money to support themselves!

This is a way of life, and this is the only chance for many people. Mr. Ning's oil press must be a success!

In the middle of the night, You Shan was lying in the temporary dormitory in Jiuling Lake, looking out of the dark window with both eyes, without any sleepiness.

He turned over and asked Mr. Lu for the umpteenth time.

"Brother Lu, do you think... can it be done?"

"It can be done."

Huo Lu couldn't sleep either, but he was more determined than You Shan.

"I saw that such a big iron guy will definitely succeed."

"Being successful..."

Youshan sighed.

"If it really works, everyone will feel at ease in the future."

"It's a pity that my brothers, if they can survive until now, maybe they won't die at a young age."

Speaking of this, neither of them continued, feeling heavy and uncomfortable in their hearts.

Many soldiers in the frontier army are like this. They are not afraid of death in battle, but they become a burden when they are injured or disabled.Most of the guardians gave a lot of money, but there was not much left to build a house and land for the family to fight the famine, so they could only rely on their brothers and sisters to take care of them.If you meet a kind and kind family member, you can barely survive in this life. If you change your mind and have bad intentions, it is common to be kicked out.

In today's age, it is difficult for people who are not lacking or disabled to survive, not to mention that there is no filial son in front of the long-term sick bed, and people's hearts will change after a long time.

It's better to be able to work, to support yourself, and to be stubborn at any time.

Nervous all night, the two got up early in the morning, ignoring their meals, and hurried towards the direction of the oil press.

When they got to the place, the two found that they were not the only ones. Many people had already come by the river where the oil press was installed, and they were all frontier soldiers in Jiuling City.

Everyone came here because they heard that the diesel engine was going to be tried out, and everyone had serious expressions on their faces.Some people, like You Lu, stayed up all night, with thick dark circles on their faces.

Although they all said auspicious words that would definitely come true, everyone obviously had no idea in their hearts, and their uneasiness was written on their faces.

Ning Fei came after breakfast, followed by Nada and Liu Tong, both carrying toolboxes.

Seeing the crowds of people by the river, Ning Zazi raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then figured it out.

He didn't say much, and found You Shan and Lu Huotou in the crowd.

"Have you brought the oil press?"

"Bring it!"

The two responded quickly, and Huo Lu drove over with a wooden cart, which was full of cooked beans,

Because the two of them participated in the whole process of oil extraction for the first time, the subsequent work of preparing raw materials was also handed over to them.

You Shan took a deep breath, took a large cloth bag from the car, walked to the oil press, put the cloth bag on the iron plate and put it in the trough.Lu Huotou on the side was not idle either, he limped around the screw strut with a belt, and firmly connected the screw with the transmission device of the hydro-turbine.

This is a pre-determined program.Because the oil factory will absorb some disabled soldiers in the future, the mechanical design must be convenient for people with disabilities. Lu Huotou and You Shan, one lame and one broken arm, just happened to be used as experimental operators.

After they finished the operation, Ning Fei stepped forward to check it himself, and after making sure that there were no mistakes, he gave the order.

"let's start!"

This sound was like an order to charge, and You and Lu immediately took action.

You Shan shook his only remaining arm and pulled down the lever gate forcefully. The Wuzhi River water blocked by the valve baffle instantly poured into the diversion groove, continuously impacting forward along the curved surface, driving the hydraulic turbine to rotate slowly.

At the same time, the screw rod of the belt drive also moved.

The screw goes down continuously, at a constant speed, slowly and firmly.The heavy iron pressure plate quickly approached the oil bag, and the golden clear oil was squeezed out, passed through the gauze filter port along the spiral guide groove, and finally fell from the oil dragon mouth into the wooden barrel that had been placed.

Once pressed, once shaped.The original bulging oil bag was squeezed into a firm bean cake, and the clear soybean oil was bubbling continuously, which was many times faster than the two Youlu and Lu before making wedges!

And I heard that what the two of them have to do is to operate the pressure plate reset by one person, clean up the residue on the oil pan, oil guide groove and gauze opening, and move the tamped bean cake out of the trough.

Out of... out of oil?

It's that simple... out of oil?

Except for Ning Fei who remained calm, everyone present was speechless by the scene in front of them.

The frontier soldiers stared at the clear oil that was slowly flowing out with blank eyes.

You Shan raised his hand and stared at it like sleepwalking for a long time, feeling like he was going to float up.

It was this hand that gently pulled that gate... and the oil came out! ?

"Don't stand still, the pressure plate is at the bottom, quickly push the water gate up."

Ning Fei on the side reminded.

You Shan felt like waking up from a dream, only to find that the screw had reached the bottom and the material tray could not continue to sink.Just as he was about to move, the guy beside him jumped up, limped forward, pushed the gate up carefully, and the transmission of the axle disc stopped immediately.

Ning Fei stepped forward, checked the condition of the oil juice, then walked around the oil press machine, knocked all the connection points, and ordered the two to reset the pressure plate, clean the machine, and replace it with a new one. material package.

After repeating it three times, the quality of the oil was very stable, and the water wheel was running smoothly, so Ning Fei nodded.

"Well, good, the experiment was a success."

His eyes swept over the accumulated oil cakes, and he turned to ask You Shan and Lu Huotou.

"Does your eldest son have any idea of ​​opening a pig farm? I think it's a pity that there are so many bean cakes in the oil factory and not used as pig feed."

Ning saw the little abacus for a while, and the problems of the empty-handed white wolf began to show up.

"Open an oil mill upstream to feed the pigs. If the pigs eat bean cakes, the cost of producing meat, lard, pig skin, and bristles is the oil press and soybean materials. It can be bartered, and it is a huge profit."

"No, I have to talk to Brother Mu Ye if I have the opportunity, this supporting industry can't be missed."