"By the way, Lao Zhou, over there in Qinzhou, the quilt factory of the owner of Nangong Zhuang is being built, I think, can we build another soap factory over there in the future? This thing is not a sellable thing, it is definitely a cash cow. ”

"Yes, I'll go to Lao Cao another day and talk about it, and get another set of equipment, but there will be a shortage of technicians again." Lao Zhou frowned and said.

"Yes, in the final analysis, the training of personnel is the biggest difficulty, and when the school hall is completed, I can't say that I have to work hard for a few of you to become a night school teacher."

"Don't say that, there's nothing hard or hard, compared to your bloodshed and sacrifice on the front line, we're just a little busy, it's nothing."

Zhou Xiaojie waved his hand, stopped to look at the distant mountains, and sighed lightly, "Since you have come to this era, you can be fortunate to pass on what you have learned in your life, and it can be regarded as a contribution to this nation, so ...... There are not so many regrets. ”

Lin Xiao understood in his heart that Lao Zhou was thinking of his wife and children in the original time and space again, and reached out and patted him lightly on the shoulder, not knowing what to say, but just stood silently with him for a while.

……

The last factory to visit was the cement factory, and the ball mill was finally built, and a large number of raw materials such as quartz sand, clay, cinder and gypsum powder were piled up.

"The first batch of cement samples has come out, and after testing, the quality is okay, not much worse than the general cement of later generations."

Zhou Xiaojie said proudly, "Speaking of which, the technical content of the cement plant is the lowest, and the requirements for workers are not high, so it will soon be able to be put into mass production." ”

"yes, that's great, our military has all covered your first batch of production,"

Lin Xiaoxi said with a smile, "There are some defensive strongholds, I have long wanted to build a bunker, but I am suffering from the lack of cement." ”

"By the way, Lao Zhou, after cement production is stable, can we build another glass products factory?"

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered this, "I think that large glass products must be very profitable." ”

"This ...... It should be possible, glass and cement are a family, both are silicate, and the raw materials are mainly quartz sand, plus a small amount of quicklime and plant ash for high-temperature sintering. ”

Zhou Xiaojie groaned, "But ...... Large pieces of flat glass have high requirements for the process, why don't you make some small glass products first? Like, blow a lampshade or something? ”

"Yes, Mobil Lights?" Lin Xiao suddenly opened his mind and shouted happily.

"yes, how about a kerosene lamp? This is another generational product. ”

In this era, the army used a large number of pine torches for lighting, officials have used candles, and ordinary civilians mostly use soybean oil lamps for lighting, in fact, a cotton yarn is placed in a small bowl filled with soybean oil, which can be illuminated after being lit.

Historically, this kerosene lamp was not invented until the middle of the 19th century, and was introduced to China by the Mobil Oil Company of the Rockefeller Group in the early 20th century.

Kerosene, at that time called fire oil, the Chinese called "foreign oil", the overall structure of this fire oil lamp can be divided into three parts, below is the lamp body, mostly a round bottle body, some also have feet, mostly made of glass, glass bottle body is actually an oil storage tank.

On the mouth of the bottle is the wick belt, the wick belt is packed in a copper machine, there is a rotary handle next to it, you can adjust the length of the wick belt, the longer the wick belt stretches out, the brighter the light, otherwise the darker, this wick belt adjustment device is connected with the bottle mouth with threads, and its upper end is the glass lampshade.

The lampshade is generally gourd-shaped, with two round mouths, one end is inserted into the wick belt adjustment device, and the other end becomes the smoke exhaust outlet, according to the law of cold and hot gas flow, the flue gas of fire oil combustion is discharged, and it can be windproof, so that the wick belt burns normally.

This kind of oil lamp is small in size, less oil, both convenient and beautiful, the bright lampshade can block the wind, will not beat and dazzle like other oil lamps, its illumination is several times brighter than the soybean oil lamp, because it is produced by Mobil Company, it is called "Mobil lamp" by the Chinese people.

"But we don't have kerosene, we only think we only have gasoline and diesel, right?" After Lin Xiao reacted, he said depressedly.

"Don't be afraid, even if you still burn soybean oil for the time being, it is much brighter than a soybean oil lamp, and it will definitely be popular." Zhou Xiaojie said confidently,

"However, in our lifetime, the exploitation and refining of oil must still be solved. This is not just a kerosene problem, to be honest, neither rubber nor steel can be a few years ahead of the West, only the oil industry is far ahead of the world. ”

"Oil? Can mining equipment solve the problem? This question is beyond Lin Xiao's cognition.

"Another day I will go to Lao Cao to study, as long as I find a good shallow oil field, I estimate that the mining of metal equipment is not a big problem, after all, his CNC machine tool is known as the mother of lathes, as long as there are drawings, theoretically many components are made, we must solve this problem before the service life of this machine tool expires."

Zhou Xiaojie groaned, "However, there is a problem with the rubber seal, after a rubber tree survives, it will have to wait several years before it can be tapped, unless it ...... Lao Chen: They can buy a batch of finished raw rubber back. ”

"That's right, I'll quickly contact Lao Chen in the evening and remind him not to forget about this matter," Lin Xiao answered without thinking, "If he enters the Pacific Ocean, he won't be able to communicate and can't be contacted." ”

"Well, this matter is very important, we must not forget that with a large amount of raw rubber, the extraction of oil can be advanced by several years."

"I understand, I must not forget."

Lin Xiaolang replied, his eyes couldn't help but look south, the dragon rising wheel at this time may have arrived in Haiphong, right?

……

For lunch, I had a casual meal in Zhou Xiaojie's office, and in the afternoon, Zhou Xiaojie accompanied Lin Xiao to visit the last stop of the trip, the hydropower station.

The hydropower station was built in a place called Danzhujiang Village not far from the upper reaches of the Fangcheng River.

Electricity is the basic guarantee of all science and technology industries, so Chen Yiming attached great importance to it at the beginning, not only sent three interns there to do daily maintenance and management work, but also specially asked Li Hanzhi to send a squad of soldiers to be responsible for security work.

Intern Hou Wen is on duty today, Lu Haisheng is on duty during the day, and Ma Xiaoyang is on duty at night, so Ma Xiaoyang is sleeping.

And Hou Wenzheng is bored lying on the bed reading a book, they are usually inseparable, or the three of them live in the same dormitory, compared with the sea ship cabin, the dormitory here is very spacious, because there is usually no one to come, so the dormitory door is generally not locked.

"Tsk, this posture, it's really no one...... Ecstasy. ”

Hou Wen was half-lying on the bed, looking at a book with relish, and his mouth muttered admiration from time to time.

"What kind of book does the young man read, so seriously?"

"Ahh ……”

Suddenly a human voice sounded in his ears, Hou Wen was startled, jumped up with a scream, and the book in his hand also slipped on the bed, and the cover read: "Lifeboat Simple Navigation".

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Aoxue is here to greet everyone for the New Year! I wish you all a healthy and happy new year, a harmonious and beautiful life, and a prosperous Year of the Dog!

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