Ji Xinyu called He Xingwang and told him about the decision to name "Lingchuan Mansion", and issued a notice to inform the villagers of the surrounding villages and towns, and at the same time posted a notice to recruit another 50 villagers to speed up all infrastructure construction, and the salary was also two taels, including three meals.

The nearby villagers who have been concerned about this place since the day of the burning of the wasteland have gathered, and when they saw the notice that only fifty people were recruited, they all came up in a swarm, Ji Xinyu hurriedly asked people to start queuing up and asked the guards to maintain order.

Ji Xinyu looked at these shabby dressed and haggard villagers, most of the eyes were numb, as soon as the guards appeared, these people immediately began to line up obediently, except for a few, everyone else looked wooden, and there was not much communication between them, this is the norm caused by long-term life pressure.

The preliminary planning and personnel arrangements have been completed, and the next few days are in full swing inside and outside the woods, and before you know it, the workshop at the foot of the mine has been built, and the porcelain masters are building a blast furnace inside, and the next thing is to think about the reclamation of the riverside fields and the mining of minerals, in addition to the infrastructure.

After all, Ji Xinyu is a person from a scientific and technological society, and he does not want to survive under primitive science and technology all the time, and the development of science and technology is inseparable from various mineral resources.

Fortunately, the mineral resources of Qiongzhou Island are still very rich, the Hai-Nandao in the same position in the previous life, covering an area of more than 35,000 square kilometers, the collision of various ancient crustal movements and continental plates makes there are nearly 60 kinds of mineral deposits underground, and there are gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, aluminum, nickel, manganese, titanium, zircon, crystal, marble, graphite, tungsten, and so on more than 30 kinds, at that time, the country's largest iron-rich ore Lu iron ore is here, accounting for almost 70% of the country's iron-rich ore reserves, the so-called iron-rich ore, It's all iron ore with an iron content of at least 50% or more.

Only with mineral resources can there be the possibility of development, and now Aiden's mining skills cannot be used to mine the mineral deposits in the mountains at will, and can only be mined by hand, so Ji Xinyu decided to start the mining farm first.

In addition to most of the villagers and craftsmen to start various infrastructure construction, Ji Xinyu arranged some of the villagers and craftsmen to mine iron ore and coal mines, and the craftsmen were responsible for building the blast furnace as soon as possible.

Ji Xinyu is distributing personnel, He Xingwang came to report, the convoy that went to Qiongzhou and Anding and other places to buy grain came back, a total of about 1,000 stone of grain, in order to facilitate the transportation of grain, they also bought six carriages, which cost a lot, the price of grain is more expensive than Bashu and Leizhou, a stone of grain costs 1 tael and 2 yuan of silver, which is equivalent to 100 catties, and Leizhou is only 1 tael, but it doesn't matter, Ji Xinyu is not able to go to Leizhou to purchase a large amount of grain now.

The arrival of food has also relieved many workers, and many people who do not believe that they will always be provided with three meals, and now they also believe it.

After arranging the mining of iron ore in coal mines, Ji Xinyu thought of the use of lime mines, a large number of infrastructure construction must use a large amount of lime and cement, and now there is no cement in Zhongzhou, and the use of "Sanhe soil" and "glutinous rice lime slurry".

Sanhe soil is to add lime, clay and sand and gravel to stir according to a certain proportion of water, it becomes a triad soil, its particles are too rough, and the degree of adhesion is relatively limited. In fact, the manufacture of cement and triad is very similar, the limestone, clay and iron-making residue are ground and mixed in proportion, and then calcined, the calcined product is ground and then added to some gypsum as a retarder to grind together, and the cement is formed by mixing it proportionally. Cement is much more powerful than triad soil.

And the production of another glutinous rice lime slurry is more luxurious, this adhesive needs to boil the glutinous rice, pour the slurry into the triple soil, plus star fruit vine juice stir evenly, it becomes a very strong reinforcement effect of "glutinous rice lime slurry", the effect of this adhesive is not much worse than cement, but the cost is very high, ordinary people can not afford to use it at all.

Since I know how to make cement, and I have the spirit of Aiden, there is no reason not to let people make cement. Ji Xinyu rushed to the cement workshop, looking for Ji Quan, the craftsman of the palace who is now in charge, asked him to select a few villagers to come over, and taught them the process of making cement, several villagers have been burning lime for a few days, several villagers have been very familiar with the firing of lime, and now it is just a few processes, after teaching a few times, several villagers quickly mastered it, Ji Xinyu asked Ji Quan to find a stonemason to make two stone mills, used to strengthen the fineness of grinding.

Ji Xinyu thought for a while and asked Aiden: "Aiden, can't you still make things, can you make balances?" ”

"Of course, such a low-level measuring device is very simple, but I can't assemble it yet, you need to assemble it yourself." Aiden replied.

Ji Xinyu excitedly returned to the iron ore field, let Aiden collect enough iron ore, and wanted to start making the scale, and then returned to his residence, Ji Xinyu said excitedly to Aiden: "Do you want to start now?" ”

"You didn't let me collect coal, now the energy in the space is insufficient, and the refining work cannot be completed, and the mining space needs a certain amount of energy supply to complete the smelting, extraction, production and other processes." Aiden and Ji Xinyu said.

"Well, that's just some coal, right?" Ji Xinyu asked uncertainly.

"Any energy source can be used in the mining space, coal, trees, and the use of these energy sources is not considered." Aiden said.

"Doesn't that mean that any material that can burn and release energy can be used as energy? Then you can use the waste wood outside the house first. "There is a pile of waste wood outside the house, which was left over from the construction of the temporary settlement.

Back in the room again, Ji Xinyu soon saw the finished balance components, the workmanship is very simple, after buttoning the special buckle lock, there is no trace of riveting, a simple balance, can also be made very delicate, the smallest weight is 5 grams, the largest weight is 1000 grams, Ji Xinyu immediately sent the balance to a few people who made alkali, so that it is convenient for several people to master the precise dosage of various ingredients.

As soon as the balance came out, a few stonemasons greeted him, talking about the magic of concrete, Ji Xinyu waved his hand and said, "Now you believe it?" How does cement compare to glutinous rice mortar? ”

Ji Quan, a stonemason from the palace, stood up and replied: "Young master, originally the villain thought that this cement must be the same as Sanhe soil, and it would not be very strong, but the result really surprised us. ”

Ji Xinyu nodded, this strength is enough to build a city wall, and said to Ji Quan with a smile: "Then now you will arrange for people to start building a cement workshop, and the cement and alkali workshop here will be handed over to you, are you willing?" ”

"Okay, the villain must build a workshop as soon as possible, please rest assured, young master." Ji Quan said confidently.

Ji Xinyu told him the details of the construction of the cement workshop, and then assigned the porcelain handle and the stonemason, plus more than a dozen villagers, to cooperate with him to build two large stone mills and vertical kilns, because Ji Xinyu sent additional manpower, the vertical kiln and stone mill took only five days to complete, and the cement workshop officially began production.

"Aiden, can you make a pulverizer, the efficiency of the stone mill is still a little low." Ji Xinyu asked.

"Yes, it can, but there is no power yet, so it is useless after making it, even if there is a crusher, there is no way to crush the stone by manpower alone." Aiden replied.

"Yes...... all mechanization and industrialization are power-based, and it seems that it is necessary to make a power plant first." Although Ji Xinyu said this, he also knew in his heart that it was too early to make power machinery when there was nothing in Lingchuan Mansion, so it was better to do a good job of infrastructure construction first.

The workshops near the iron ore and coal mines are nearing completion, and only the blast furnace is still being tested. The next planned workshop area has also laid several foundations and started to build the main body.

In addition to the blast furnace, several blacksmiths have already begun to smelt iron from crucibles, and at this stage they are only smelting iron ore blast furnaces into pig iron on one side, and mature iron by frying on the other. Pig iron, with a carbon content of more than 2%, and wrought iron, with a carbon content of less than 0.05%, are fused together to make finished steel with a carbon content of 0.05%-2% when needed. At present, the output of the iron ore area does not require so many blacksmiths to participate in ironmaking, so most of the other blacksmiths are testing the blast furnace with the porcelain masters, and some are at the side of the mine or participate in or direct the mining of iron ore in the coal mines.