Chapter 508: The Ironworks (1)

When the fourth layer of the day after tomorrow, the color of this rhino horn is the color of iron, so it is called the iron horn rhinoceros, and when the strength reaches the seventh layer of the day after tomorrow, the color of the rhino horn will change to the color of copper, so it is called the copper horn rhinoceros. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

When the strength reaches the day after tomorrow, the color of the rhino horn directly changes to silver, so it is called the silver horn rhino.

After reaching the strength of the innate stage, the color of the rhino horn directly changes to gold, so it is called the golden horn rhinoceros.

It is said that there is also a crystal color on the back, as well as an amethyst-colored rhino horn...........

An iron horned rhinoceros is equivalent to the power of a locomotive now, not to mention the more powerful copperhorned rhinoceros, silver horned rhinos and golden horned rhinos in the future.

Of course, the brute beast is not as good as the train in terms of sustainability, and the train can run uninterrupted for 24 hours, at most, it is to change the master who drives the train in the middle.

However, this shortcoming is not impossible to solve.

The endurance of the copper-horned rhinoceros is not as good as that of a train, but its endurance is still very strong, and it is not a problem to run at full speed for two or three hours.

Anyway, with trains, there will inevitably be countless train stations in between, so as long as you have other iron horns on the train station, you can just change it when the train arrives.

Although the frequency of such replacements seems to be more frequent, and there is a bit of a delay, however, these delayed times are at most five or six minutes, which is this time, hehe, who cares?!

As for the speed of the iron horned rhinoceros with the train, there is no need to worry at all, the iron horned rhino is huge, but its speed is not slow.

It can be said that on the Shenzhou Continent, as long as it is a brute beast, its speed will not be slow, otherwise, it will be eliminated by other brute beasts a long time ago.

The speed of the iron horned rhinoceros is not the fastest among the brute beasts, but there are still generally, and the speed at which it usually runs is not less than 150 kilometers, and if it runs at full speed, 200 kilometers is not a problem.

Therefore, the problem of the speed of the train has also been solved.

As for whether Lin Ze will make a modern locomotive in the future, hehe, Lin Ze really won't do it in a short time.

The steam engine is definitely an invention that can change the world, once it appears on the earth, it can definitely cause drastic changes in society, so before he has absolute strength, Lin Ze will not come up with such a conspicuous thing.

In addition, Lin Ze's construction of a railway can solve the living problems of many displaced people.

Construction of railways, maintenance of railways, construction of railway stations, and ticketing....... And so on, these things require a lot of manpower, which can provide jobs for a lot of displaced people, so that they can earn money to support their families.

After these homeless people earn money to support their families through these jobs, these homeless people will become Lin Ze's diehards, and when the time comes, if anyone really wants to fight Lin Ze's idea, these people will not agree in the first place, and if Lin Ze wants to do something, these people will also support Lin Ze as soon as possible.

Therefore, Lin Ze has been thinking about the railway for a long time, and now that the time is ripe to build the railway, Lin Ze is ready to do it.

Because he was thinking about the railway in his heart, Lin Ze only took a general look at the next inspection in the craftsman camp.

Then, after encouraging Qiu Tie and them, Lin Ze left the craftsman camp with Shen Lian and some other people who knew how to make iron.

Lin Ze wanted to build the ironworks as soon as possible so that he could start building the railway.

In the next nearly five days, Lin Ze kept telling Shen Lian and them some iron-making things, all of which were iron-making materials on the earth, so as to improve Shen Lian's steel-making ability.

After Shen Lian and the others had a preliminary understanding of the information on steelmaking, Lin Ze directly recruited a large number of people among the displaced people and established the first real ironworks.

There are some iron-making places in Mozhen, but at most, it is an iron-making shop, and it is far from becoming an iron-making factory.

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Because of the railway, Lin Ze put great thought into the establishment of this iron-making plant, not only recruited more than 3,000 displaced people to build an iron-making plant, but also directly mobilized nearly 200 fire-armored cattle to participate in the construction of the iron-making plant.

In this way, in just a week's time, the ironworks that Lin Ze wanted were established.

Of course, this is only a preliminary, small-scale ironworks, which can be expanded in the future as needed.

Because he was worried that the pollution around the ironworks was very large, Lin Ze didn't want the ironworks to pollute the beautiful Huangsha Town, which was now gradually on the sidelines, so Lin Ze was directly built far away from Huangsha Town where the ironworks were located.

In addition, the raw materials for ironmaking are all from the Huoniu Valley in Mozhen, so Lin Ze's ironmaking plant is directly built in the middle of Mozhen and Huangsha Town.

As for the security issue, anyway, the sand thieves on the sandbank have been scared by Lin Ze now, as long as they are smart sand thieves, where would they dare to come to Huangsha Town, which is equivalent to hell, so Lin Ze can rest assured that the ironworks will be built far away from Huangsha Town.

Of course, in order to avoid accidents at that time, Lin Ze still set up a very strict cordon around the ironworks, and placed a team of 1,000 households here, plus there are 1,000 households in Mozhen, with these two thousand households battalions, the safety of the ironworks can be guaranteed.

Considering that the ironworks need a lot of power when making iron, the ironworks here in the Chu State used to rely on manpower to operate, which was not only extremely inefficient, but also prone to accidents, but the ironworks established by Lin Ze were different, he directly used water power.

Lin Ze's ironworks were built near a small river, the Xisha River is indeed a small river, even in the wet season, the width of the river does not exceed 30 meters, as for the dry season, it is only 3 or 4 meters wide.

However, such a river is enough for Lin Ze.

The Xisha River is very small, so in order to use water power to make iron, Lin Ze dug a drainage canal from the upstream near the Xisha River, built a, stored water, and then erected thirty or forty waterwheels of various sizes on the side of the canal.

Because of the dam, the difference between the river and the canal is not small, and the force of the water flow is just enough to drive the waterwheel next to the canal, and then provide a steady stream of power for the ironworks to smelt.

At the beginning, these changes made by Lin Ze, the people in the ironworks, including Shen Lian, were silent, after all, they had never experienced such a thing when they were making iron before.

However, after the dam was built, the waterwheel was erected, and the power of the borrowed water flow was truly experienced, these people in the ironworks directly regarded Lin Ze as a god, and such a miraculous ability really made the people in the ironworks admire.

After this incident, the people in the ironworks, whether they were just recruited or the masters of the ironworks who knew how to make irons before, all obeyed Lin Ze's words.

As long as it is Lin Ze said, no matter how they don't understand it or feel uncomfortable in advance, they will follow the order.

It turned out later that their choice was correct, and these changes made by Lin Ze did make them feel great benefits when making iron.

Not to mention anything else, the installation of pulleys alone has made these ironsmiths feel great benefits.

In the past, when transporting iron ore into the iron-making furnace at a height of four or five meters, it required a lot of strength, and some facilities had to be built to facilitate the transportation of iron ore, but now with the movable pulley, not only can the complicated facilities around the iron-making furnace be reduced a lot, but also it is much easier to transport iron ore into the iron-making furnace.

In the past, transporting iron ore required you to carry hundreds of pounds of iron ore to the front of the iron-making furnace four or five meters high, and then pour it in, which was very dangerous.

Not to mention anything else, just pouring iron ore into the iron-making furnace can cause something to happen to some timid people.

Now it's different, you just need to carry the iron ore to the bottom of the iron-making furnace, and then, directly tie a rope on it, and then pull the rope, these iron ores will rise directly to the top, and then, the person above directly pushes, you can pour the iron ore into the iron-making furnace, which is much easier and safer than before.

In addition to the installation of pulleys, there are some other changes, and these changes have played a certain role, so for Lin Ze, the people in the ironworks, they are extremely admired and convinced!

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Lin Ze's ironworks are built directly on the east side of the Xisha River, and as soon as you enter the ironworks, the first thing you will see is a long row of bricks built inside, half-buried in the ground.

The kiln is half-buried in the ground, which can effectively keep warm and improve the utilization rate of raw materials.

The structure of these kilns resembles a small two-story building, with the first floor used for heating fires and the second floor for wood used to burn charcoal.

However, this kiln is not an iron-making furnace, but is used to make charcoal.

At present, Lin Ze has not found a coal mine, so for the time being, he can only use charcoal to make iron.

At this time, Gao Yan, the person in charge of the ironworks, was standing by the kiln, directing the apprentices below to run up and down to place the timber.

Gao Yan was a master in a private ironmaking shop in Qingzhou before, and his iron-making skills were extremely high.

Originally, with Gao Yan's iron-making technology, it was impossible for him to become an outcast.

After the displaced people became rebels, the rebels in Qingzhou also attached great importance to people like Gao Yan with extremely high iron-making skills.