Only Guo Zhiyuan knows that this is not whimsical, how can people in this era think that all ships in the future will be made of steel? Of course, with the level of science and technology of this era, it is indeed a fool's dream to build a steel ship that can run at sea, but it is possible to replace some key components of the ship with steel components!

Francis's idea inspired Guo Zhiyuan, he brought the craftsmen here, told them Archimedes' law of buoyancy, and did an experiment in front of them, the craftsmen were amazed, although there were still some doubts about replacing the key components of the sea ship with cast iron components, but Guo Zhiyuan was the boss, naturally Guo Zhiyuan had the final say, and began to try according to his requirements.

But soon new problems came, the craftsmen found that if you want to use cast iron components instead of wood components, the iron raw materials used are very high, the existing iron materials in Dongfan are not up to the requirements, the effect is not as good as wood, after hearing the report of the craftsmen, Guo Zhiyuan knew that he did take it for granted, most of the iron materials used in this era are pig iron, there are too many impurities, the toughness is not good and easy to break, and the iron components to be used on the sea ship must not only have good toughness, but also corrosion resistance, otherwise it will be a big trouble to rust for a lifetime.

To solve this problem is not impossible, that is, the use of 100 steel, with Guo Zhiyuan's level of half a barrel of water, can barely make the blast furnace, the use of blast furnace steelmaking can greatly reduce the carbon content in the iron, improve the toughness of the iron, but also greatly increase the output, but the blast furnace steelmaking for the quality of iron ore raw materials and coal fuel requirements are also very high, this is not Guo Zhiyuan can solve, you must know that the imperial court for high-quality iron ore and high-quality coal control is very strict, money can not buy.

After the military factory was fully operational, the demand for iron and coal also increased greatly, and Dongfan quietly smuggled iron ore and coal from the inland through the relationship between the maritime shareholders who joined the East China India Maritime Trade Company, barely able to solve the production needs of Dongfan, but now the imperial court is wary of Guo Zhiyuan, and the inventory of goods and merchant ships to and from Dongfan is very strict, and this road is basically broken!

Now Guo Zhiyuan is a little anxious, and the taste of being stuck in the neck by the court is not comfortable! This defeat of the Japanese pirate coalition made Guo Zhiyuan a little floating, and he spread the stall so big all of a sudden, and now he was stuck by the imperial court, Guo Zhiyuan's grand plan was completely unworkable.

In the final analysis, Dongfan is too small, resources are limited, farming can solve the problem of food and clothing, but it is difficult to develop and fully realize self-sufficiency, the behemoth of the imperial court wants to deal with Guo Zhiyuan, there is no need to move a soldier at all, as long as Guo Zhiyuan's neck is stuck, it is enough for Guo Zhiyuan to drink a pot!

But there was no turning back when he opened the bow, Guo Zhiyuan had already spread out the stall, and no matter how difficult it was, he had to find a way to solve it, so during this time, Guo Zhiyuan was so worried about this problem that he couldn't eat or sleep, and everyone lost a lot of weight.

Walking and walking came to the free trade zone, here is now the most lively place in Dongfan, the flow of people is like weaving, lively and extraordinary, looking at the prosperous scene in front of Guo Zhiyuan's depressed mood is also a lot better, all say that the fireworks in the world, the most soothing mortals, it seems that they should indeed come here often to take a walk.

Chu Wan'er seemed more excited than Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhi** was busy with official business and rarely accompanied her, now that she has the opportunity to go shopping with Guo Zhiyuan, she is naturally elated, almost every time she walks to a store, she has to stop, touch here, look there, Guo Zhiyuan looked at her dotingly, and felt guilty for the lack of time with her, so he simply put aside the troubles in his heart and concentrated on accompanying her shopping.

Those shop owners and the people naturally recognized Guo Zhiyuan, the prefect, Guo Zhi** is approachable, and specially issued a decree requiring the people not to kneel when they see the ** officials, so the people are not stunned when they see Guo Zhiyuan, and they all look at the beloved prefect with admiration, and they are bold and greet Guo Zhiyuan warmly, Guo Zhiyuan does not put on a stand, and nods to them with a smile.

As he was walking, suddenly a group of soldiers came in front of him, twisting a ragged young man over, and when he saw Guo Zhiyuan, he quickly stopped and saluted Guo Zhiyuan. Don't look at the people who come and go in Dongfan now, it seems that the defense is sparse, but in fact it seems to be loose and tight, especially after the last war, Dongfan has strengthened the monitoring and review of outsiders, after outsiders come to Dongfan, there are strict regulations in the activity area, and they are never allowed to move around.

And the vigilance of the people of Dongfan is also very high, and those who find suspicious outsiders will report to the government and the soldiers who maintain market order as soon as possible, and they are more powerful than the aunts of the Chaoyang District Neighborhood Committee that we are familiar with, all of them are sharp-eyed, so those people with bad intentions think that they are acting secretly, but in fact, once they arrive in Dongfan, they have nothing to hide, and spies from the inland are arrested almost every day.

Originally, Guo Zhiyuan would not have asked about such a trivial matter, but since he met him, he still asked casually: "But the spies who caught it?" Before the soldier could reply, the young man struggled and shouted: "I'm not a spy!" The soldier kicked the young man angrily and shouted, "Be honest! As he spoke, he respectfully reported to Guo Zhiyuan: "Back to my lord's words, this person is looking around, his appearance is suspicious, and his subordinates are about to take him back to the guard for interrogation!" ”。

Guo Zhiyuan frowned slightly, it seemed a little rash to arrest someone just because he was looking around and looking suspicious, and although the young man in front of him was ragged and looked very downcast, his eyes were pure, and he really didn't look like a spy with a ghost in his heart, so he waved his hand at the leading soldier and said, "You let him go, I'll ask him ...... in person."

The soldier let go of his hand, and the young man moved his wrist, and said with some anger: "I heard that Guo Zhiyuan, the prefect of Dongfan, loves the people like a son and governs well, and the weather in Dongbo is very different from that of the inland, so I came here to see it, and I never thought that I would be caught indiscriminately as soon as I came, so that I suffered an injustice, and it seems that it is also in vain......"

"Bold! This is Lord Guo, Hugh is talking nonsense! When the leading soldier on the side saw that the young man was insulting, he immediately reprimanded loudly.

Guo Zhiyuan didn't care, waved his hand at the leading soldier, and smiled kindly at the young man: "This little brother, I, Dongfan, will never wronged the people indiscriminately, if they have any radical actions towards you, I will accompany you for them, the little brother talks well, but he is a scholar?" I don't know who it is? Why did you come to Dongfan? ……”