Some people say that they want to break the record of the Republic of China, yes, without steel, how to build a modern industrial system?

"The steel production in the seventh year of the apocalypse must reach 90,000 tons! In other words, it will reach 180 million catties! Among the 90,000 tons, the output of iron steel should reach 6,000 tons, the output of nine transfer steel should reach 20,000 tons, wrought iron should reach 30,000 tons, and the rest of the pig iron should be used for export and auxiliary use. ”

Summoning the treasurers and directors of the Han Yuan firm and the metallurgical workshop, Shouhan was very excited and seriously announced his ideas or requirements to them.

At the same time, it was announced that the metallurgical workshop was officially renamed Nanzhong Iron and Steel Plant, and it was needless to say that the number of people and the increase in funds were increased, but such production requirements suddenly made people wake up from the joy of Fang Cai.

Oh, my God!

Ninety thousand tons?!

180 million catties?!

If it weren't for the fact that these people had already experienced the baptism of a small blast furnace and had seen a furnace of steel every three days, and a small blast furnace with a volume of 100 cubic meters would have produced 600 tons or more of steel, they would have thought that their lord had lost his mind.

Even so, such a plan made the people present a little shocked.

Ling Zheng, the new director of Nanzhong Iron and Steel Plant, didn't care about the joy of promotion, got up and saluted Shouhan, "Lord, such a huge output, this, this," there were many questions, blocked in his heart, but like a road blocked by rocks, he couldn't say anything for a while.

"Ling Gong, sit down, I can probably guess what you think in your heart, so how about I tell you a thing or two?"

Li Peilin, who was sitting under the hanging hand of Shouhan, put down the documents in his hand and the articles of association of Nanzhong Iron and Steel Plant, Coalfield, and Iron Mine, and stood up with a smile and saluted everyone present.

"I've been fond of eating fish lately, so I'll take the 90,000 tons of steel that my lord said about it as a big fish, and discuss how we should enjoy it?"

Pei Lin's words made the people present laugh, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

"We regard these 90,000 tons of steel as a big fish, the source of raw materials, such as iron ore, coal, coke, etc., is the head of the fish, how to produce, is the body of the fish, after smelting out of this lot of steel, where to go, is the tail of the fish, Ling Gong, what you are talking about in your heart?"

A tall hat of the right size was put on Ling Zheng's head, which made Ling Zheng feel a little fluttery, his inner thoughts were very chaotic and vague, but basically he did not escape the three aspects that Pei Lin said.

"Then I'll start with the fishtail and talk about where the 90,000 tons went."

Pei Lin made an analysis to the directors of the steel mill about the upgrading, updating, replacement and replenishment of agricultural tools in various places calculated with Shouhan that day, and the demand for steel brought about by this series of activities.

Unlike that day, not only was the number more detailed and accurate, but the scope was expanded, and in addition to the headquarters of the South Central Army, Siam, Qiongzhou, and Luzon were also added, which were the three territories that the South Central Army painstakingly managed.

"Needless to say, Siam is divided into vassals and friendships, and there are treaties there, if we don't sell steel to Siam, I'm afraid that the lord will return to the house, and the two aunts and wives will not obey!"

"Boom!" People's laughter was even louder in Pei Lin's slightly playful words. That's it! Our treaty with the King of Ayutthaya is posted everywhere, and we have the right and obligation to sell things to Siam! Moreover, it has to be tax-free!

The status of Luzon was relatively ambiguous, and Cotton Island was ceded to the Nanzhong Army by the Spaniards, where Zhang Cheng and his people organized immigrants to reclaim the land, mine mines, and grow sugar cane. Over the past few years, the population has gradually become denser, and the production has been increasing.

At the same time, on the main island of Luzon, the Spanish governors also spared no effort to work for the South Central Army under the guidance of gold coins, which now seems to be an area jointly governed by the South Central Army and the Spanish Viceroyalty.

The same is true in Qiongzhou, where officials are far less interested in local government affairs than in Brother Kong and Huang Bai. They have put their limited energy into the hot trade activities, as for Zhang Xiaohu's expansion in various places, I'm sorry, it's fighting against pirates!

"Let's not count the trade activities carried out in the hinterland, just the four places I mentioned, Mr. Liewei thinks, these 90,000 tons are enough to be met? In addition, we have trade with the Francophiles, the English, and the Burmese, and they all covet our military products, but those swords, guns, armor, muskets, artillery, and cannons are all made of steel! ”

"According to the adult's statement, these 90,000 tons of steel are indeed not too much, and you won't see anything in a few minutes," Ling Zheng, who gradually became clear under Pei Lin's analysis, also recovered. "But, what about the raw materials?! To make so much steel, you need more raw materials. ”

Nowadays, Nanzhong Iron and Steel Plant has been very proficient in the use of coke ironmaking and steelmaking, and it is becoming more and more proficient in the mastery and application of small blast furnaces.

One of the troubles is the guarantee of raw materials.

"Nowadays, we use coke to make iron and steel, and Xiao Lao'er heard from the people in the coking plant that 100 catties of coal, after processing, almost 70 catties of carbon will be produced. According to the ratio of one ton of coke and one ton of iron ore, these 90,000 tons of steel need at least 100,000 tons of coke, that is, about 150,000 tons of coal! ”

"Not counting iron ore yet!" Someone in the crowd next to him added.

"Well said!"

Shouhan couldn't help but admire it in his heart, the group of craftsmen in front of him were not only technicians, they had gradually begun to change from technicians to managers, and began to consider the upstream and downstream relations of the entire industrial chain, product production, raw materials, sales and many other links.

"What the brother said just now, I also heard it below, yes, such a huge demand for raw materials, the lord will naturally not be unexpected, the solution is the Guangning coalfield, Shixi iron mine, coking plant three, and the iron and steel plant into one gas, into a joint enterprise, we will call it a joint number, will be from the ore and coal excavation, to coking, beneficiation, to smelting, the whole is all connected into one gas. It is not only connected, but also relatively independent, according to the production plan proposed by the steel plant every quarter, formulate its own production plan, and deliver it to the next link. ”

The people of the steel mill are silent, but they are thinking about the pros and cons of this, the coke needed in the past is purchased from the Zheng family and processed, and now there is no Zheng family's profit from it, and the price of coal will be lower, so the production cost of steel will be lower.

"Okay, the fish head is made into soup, the fish tail is braised in the braised fish, and now the rest is the middle section, and the method of this middle section is to ask the gentlemen to come up with ideas." Solve the problem of raw materials and sales, and the rest is the production link, Peilin is very self-aware to hand over this technical problem to these insiders in front of him.

Lest you lose your identity if you say something ridiculous and lose your identity!

This question also stumped the people of Nanzhong Iron and Steel Plant!

The small blast furnace that they are proud of, the standard of a furnace of steel is around 600 tons, for three days, that is to say, a month, it is 6,000 tons, even if it is rain or shine in a year, God willing, there is no problem on the furnace, but only about 70,000 tons, not to mention that after refining a furnace, the furnace will have to be overhauled? Even if you add the output of simple blast furnaces and those crucibles, it is still a big part of the 90,000 tons proposed by Li Shouhan.

What should I do about this?

"Actually, we can build another stove!" A somewhat timid voice came from the corner of the crowd, not loud, but in the silence, it exploded in people's ears like a scorched thunder.

"Su Laosi! What are you talking about there?! Ling Zheng scolded with some dissatisfaction.

"Ling Gong, the speaker is not guilty, not to mention that we are just talking." Shouhan's words stopped Ling Zheng's further actions.

"This Brother Su, what do you call it? What did you say? ”

"My lord! His name is Su Laosi, you don't know his name, but his mother-in-law is a celebrity in Hejing Mansion, and it is Su Siniang who opened a big canteen! ”

Ling Zheng's words, people burst into good-natured laughter, Su Laosi's neck suddenly turned red, and he was told in public how his wife was, how he was afraid of guilt, and he blushed when he thought of a normal man.

Shouhan also looked at this man standing behind the successful woman with interest, although Su Laosi looked a little wooden, but he was not the kind of nest that couldn't kick a fart with three feet, but a little loyal and simple, I think it was because his daughter-in-law was too capable on weekdays, and he couldn't hold his head up when he suppressed it. However, the clothes on her body and the complexion on her face are better than others, and it can be seen that Su Siniang, a famous strong woman, also knows that she feels sorry for her husband.

"Laughing at what?! It takes at least three days for a furnace to smelt a furnace of steel, from the furnace, charging, preheating to ignition and smelting, until the slag is finally cleaned, so that 90,000 tons of steel cannot be smelted in a year! Su Laosi probably couldn't hold it back, maybe it was the resentment accumulated by the random jokes of his colleagues on weekdays, and they broke out together today.

"But with another stove, it's much easier! One is loading, the other is making iron or steel, one is overhauling, one is smelting! ”

Su Laosi said his idea very confidently.

"In fact, it is better to have three furnaces, one furnace is working, one is maintaining, one furnace is preparing, the first furnace is out, the second furnace has been started to start smelting, the third furnace is preparing, and the first furnace is overhauling, so that we can do it for 365 days, every day there are furnaces working, and hundreds of tons of iron come out every day! Don't say it's 90,000 tons, even 100,000 tons are easy to take! ”

Su Laosi's words did not cause new laughter, people saw a thoughtful expression on Li Shouhan's face, so they didn't dare to make a mistake, whether it was true or not, they also began to think about Su Laosi's idea, and analyzed the feasibility and disadvantages of his idea.

"Fourth, let me ask you."

The Shouhan, who was standing high in the chief, finally opened his mouth after a long period of silence.

"As you know, what I lack in Nanzhong is people, and what I lack is more technical talents. What happens once you build two stoves, three stoves, have furnaces, and don't have so many people to operate them, as you said? ”

Although Su Lao and the four were honest, they were not stupid, and he also knew that this was the best opportunity in his life, so he put together a spirit of 120,000 to deal with Shouhan's question.

"My lord, it's actually very simple."

Su Laosi's method is to put it bluntly, it is worthless. A third of the current blast furnace operators are dedicated, and a certain percentage of apprentices are involved in the construction of the new furnace. In the process of building the blast furnace, the apprentices are familiar with the internal structure and operation process of the blast furnace.

"What you learn in practice comes much faster than what you see in the classroom and in the workshop! Just like my wife's back kitchen, from time to time I also let Xiao Liba, who washes vegetables, go to the stove and wave a spatula, or cut vegetables. The principle is the same. ”

An honest man is an honest man after all, and his true colors were revealed again in a few words, but this time, Shouhan showed a relieved smile, making it difficult for others to coax.

"We can let the brothers who are responsible for organizing the loading also participate in the smelting activities, to learn to observe the fire, as for the matter of charging, in fact, a few colleagues can lead those officials and slaves to do it, our colleagues are only responsible for instructing those officials and slaves how to preheat the coke and ore in the furnace room and add coke, ore, and limestone layer by layer, so that we are familiar with the business in front of the furnace There are more people!"

"You mean that the person who loads the material is only responsible for the loading?" Shouhan's eyes lit up, this guy had clearly touched the door of the co-ordination law!

According to Mr. Hua Luogeng's theory, a job is compared to the process of boiling water and making tea, and there is no boiling water; The kettle should be washed, the teapot, and the teacup should be washed; The fire has been lit, and so has the tea. What to do? Everyone knows how to wash the kettle, fill it with cold water, and put it on the fire; While waiting for the water to boil, wash the teapot, wash the teacup, and take the tea leaves; Wait for the water to boil and make tea to drink.

However, in the actual production process, many people are not aware of this, resulting in huge nesting and waste. In fact, it can't be regarded as a nest worker, other people's work is done, and there is no work to do. If there are more than two furnaces, it is completely possible to hand over the things that have no technical content such as loading and slag to those officials and slaves, and as for the valuable technicians, Shouhan is reluctant to let them all go to the swarm of loading and slag. In this way, the labor force of the officials and slaves can be fully utilized, and their surplus value can be squeezed to the maximum.

As for what the later people say, Shouhan is too lazy to care. As long as the family is the victor and grasps the tools of public opinion, even the industrial system piled up with the bones of natives and officials and slaves will become a heroic hymn and a beautiful idyll, just like the Americans developed the west.

Another advantage of more than two furnaces is that they can make better use of industrial efficiency, and the waste heat generated by the first furnace can be piped into the preheating chamber, and 600 degrees of hot gas can be blown into the furnace, thus reducing the preheating time that takes up to two days to a few hours.

According to the theory put forward by Su Laosi, two furnaces can easily complete the steel output plan of 90,000 tons, and under the premise that the furnace is in good condition, it will not adopt that predatory smelting method.

"I said, fourth, this pot you took out, but the middle of the big fish that Master Li said was stewed, according to the constitution of the Craftsman Association, what do you think I should reward you?" A major matter was resolved, and Shouhan's mood became relaxed, and he began to ask Su Laosi half ridiculously and half seriously.

"Do things for the Nanzhong Army, do things for adults, and expect any rewards, that is a blessing for subordinates!"

Su Laosi was a little embarrassed to tease the short hair unique to steelworkers, a little embarrassed.

"Your blessing is your business, but the system cannot be destroyed. In this way, fourth, you proposed this method, and you will take the lead in building this second furnace, and from tomorrow, you will hand over the matter at hand and go to the director of the Ling factory to handle this matter. Start by writing a note explaining your idea. As for the reward for you, wait until the second set of furnaces is put into production, and you can only give you a small benefit. ”

"Lord, what are the benefits for the fourth child?" There were Su Laosi's colleagues who were coaxing in the crowd.

"Hah! Lao Tzu gave Su Siniang three meals a day for the deacons up and down the steel plant, including the night shift meals for the night shift workers, is this considered a benefit to the fourth child? ”

"Haha! This time, the fourth child can raise his eyebrows when he goes home! Several of Su Laosi's close co-workers gathered around him in a playful tone and congratulated him.

The food standard of the workers in the steel mill was one of the best in the South China military system, that is, the lowest-status official slaves, and they were also full of white rice and fish for three meals a day, and later there were pork and poultry meat, and they were also paid every month, even if they were slaves, they earned much more than some yeoman farmers in the mainland.

"Li Shouhan always needed slaves, and in order to get ham, he could give slaves sausages. But all these concessions to justice and benevolence are, in fact, only a means to accelerate the process of accumulation of capital in the hands of a few and to suffocate those small competitors who cannot survive without this additional income. ”

- Friedrich. E. "The Situation of Workers in the Embryonic Period of the Chinese Empire"

"One more thing, fourth, tomorrow will be considered a promotion, do you invite all of us to your canteen for a drink, and the people here today will congratulate you?"

After hearing Shouhan's words, several elderly and virtuous elders here, including Feng Mofeng, Ling Zheng, Lei Mingsheng, including Li Peilin, were a little disapproving, this lord of his own, is so young! If you are not careful, the young man's heart will be exposed.

However, Su Laosi, who has always been regarded as a strict wife, vaguely guessed the intention of Shouhan, probably because his mother-in-law has a reputation of being too strong on weekdays, and the lord is afraid that he will be angry at home.

"But there's nothing to eat at home! I'm afraid that those rough diets can't enter the mouths of adults. ”

"It's okay! Didn't Master Li just say that he would eat fish for a long time, let's eat fish tonight! ”

In February of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the construction of the second small blast furnace of the South China Army began.

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