The agricultural land possession of the mighty army has begun to expand rapidly, and industry naturally cannot be left behind.

Lu Yuan had been staying in Qingshui Town Fort these days to determine the next development strategy of the entire mighty army's industry.

The first is heavy industry.

At present, the industry of the Weiwu Army is mainly heavy industry, and the light industry is only the cotton yarn industry and the textile industry.

Heavy industries include Qingquan Iron and Steel Plant and Mining Plant, Chunfeng Machinery Company and Chunfeng Chemical Company.

Moreover, these heavy industries exist for military production purposes, and they are not very profitable.

Because, Lu Yuan can't sell these epoch-making ordnance products now, after all, the current power of the mighty army is not strong.

But Lu Yuan did not intend to ignore heavy industry because of this.

"Heavy industry is still the top priority, and if you lose money, you have to pay attention to technological progress and increase the scale, increase the mining area by a few, Qi Supervisor, you have to explore a few mining areas, and then set up a few mining plants, and the Yu family of Tongzhou Iron Works, and then raise the price, and strive to increase the purchase of iron ore from their Tongzhou Iron Works!"

At the industrial meeting, Lu Yuan first gave instructions to Qi Liangbo, who has been reappointed as the superintendent of the Ministry of Mines, on the mining and smelting and purchase of iron ore raw materials.

Qi Liangbo naturally hurriedly said yes, and now he and his apprentices have become technicians and quasi-technicians who are familiar with distinguishing the quality of ores, and the territory controlled by the mighty army has expanded to three counties, and it is naturally not difficult to find suitable mining areas such as iron ore.

As for the iron ore procurement of Tongzhou Iron Works, it is not a problem, Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Engineering of Tongzhou Iron Works is the father of Lu Yuan's wife and sister-in-law, and now that he gives more silver, Tongzhou Iron Works will naturally not be reluctant to give more iron ore to the mighty army.

And Lu Yuan continued to talk about the Qingquan Iron and Steel Plant.

Prior to this, Lu Yuan had reorganized the entire civil agency together with Tang Ying.

The entire civil department is divided into the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Auditing, the Ministry of Mining, the Ministry of Heavy Industry, the Ministry of Light Industry, the Department of Retired Field Soldiers, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Department of Teaching.

Zuo Tiejian became the superintendent of the Ministry of Heavy Industry.

The director of the Qingquan Iron and Steel Plant is Wenshen, who is more familiar with iron ore smelting.

"The smelting technology of the steel plant needs to be improved, not just stop at the crucible steelmaking, how is the converter steelmaking technology of the Spring Wind Academy of Sciences developed?"

Lu Yuan asked Chang Yuliang of the Spring Breeze Academy of Sciences as he said at this time.

Chang Yuliang was originally a down-and-out official eunuch who loved the astronomical calendar and studied some strange tricks, but because his clan was killed by thieves, he fled to Qingshui Town Fort. Then it became the president of the Spring Breeze Academy of Sciences.

Chang Yuliang hurriedly replied: "It is under development, the alkaline converter that the official said has been developed, and the alkaline refractory material is used, but the oxygen that the official said is still looking for a preparation method, and it is still only air, and the alkaline converter steelmaking equipment can be made after the test in a few days, but the alkaline oxygen can not be blown into the converter steelmaking." ”

"Continue to pay close attention to research and development, and strive to improve the output and quality of steel to a higher level, as well as the smelting of copper and other metals must also be developed, if the funds are not enough, report directly to the young grandmother."

As soon as Lu Yuan said this, Chang Yuliang also nodded hurriedly, and said: "There are some ideas provided by the official, and we also have a clear direction, but the most important thing is that there are not enough talents, and many apprentices have to learn some of the knowledge of physics and chemical engineering provided by the official school from scratch." ”

"This official has asked the Ministry of Education to prepare for the establishment of a Chunfeng Industrial School, which specializes in training students from the higher education halls of various production brigades, and in the future, some of them can enter your Academy of Sciences to do research, and at the same time, this official has also asked the intelligence department to recruit scholars from all over the world who are familiar with the science of physics and chemical engineering, and the problem of lack of talents will be solved, but the progress of science and technology cannot be stagnated because of lack of talents!"

Influenced by Lu Yuan's previous night classes, many of the mighty soldiers knew what the concept of science meant, and also knew the meaning of the science of physics and chemical engineering.

Now that Lu Yuan said this, Chang Yuliang could only say that it was urgent to engage in scientific research, and he could only try his best to improve these technologies.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan did not treat them badly, which made the enthusiasm of these scientific researchers still very high.

"Now that the scale of the steel mill has expanded a lot, it can produce a batch of Mini guns, and the rifling drawing technology of your mechanical group can be improved?"

Lu Yuan asked Jiang Kai, who was the proud apprentice of the left iron arm and was now the leader of the mechanical group.

Jiang Kai stood up and replied: "Back to the official, the machine tool for hand-drawing rifling is still in progress, and at present, we have cooperated with the three mechanical groups to create a hydraulic mechanical rifling equipment, which can make the operation of drawing rifling continue day and night, the production volume has increased a lot, and the quality of the drawn rifling is also much higher." ”

Lu Yuan nodded: "Very good, can you produce a batch of Minnie guns now to meet the equipment needs of the independent bureau first." ”

"This is naturally possible, and now it is not difficult for us to mass-produce the guns that were determined by the official master and the supervisor Zuo."

Jiang Kai replied.

"Then let's make a batch of guns first."

And Lu Yuan said that he also asked the steel mill to cooperate with other mechanical groups to make new guns.

"Supervisor Zuo, these days, you have drawn a group of mechanics or quasi-mechanics and technicians or quasi-technicians from various mechanical groups who are more interested in studying, and set up an ordnance research institute to specialize in the improvement of firearms, including the improvement of guns and shells, as well as the improvement of artillery and shells, as well as the development of other new ordnance."

Lu Yuan commanded.

"Obey the orders of the official."

Supervisor Zuo replied.

Lu Yuan nodded, and said: "The top priority is the development of throwing explosive ordnance, this military summary meeting concluded that the soldiers on the front line who fought against the Jiannu Iron Cavalry suffered greater casualties, and if they had a thunderstorm that could explode quickly, they could avoid large casualties!" ”

"This small one has already made Hong Qingyun of the second mechanical group in development, and it is estimated that the results will be available soon."

Left Iron Arm Return.

Lu Yuan nodded: "Tell Hong Qingyun that if this is manufactured, the official will give him the patent right, and every time he uses this technology in the future, he will be able to make a lot of profit on it, and the official will reward him with one hundred taels of silver at one time, and at the same time tell others that if anyone can use these to improve guns and artillery, once a mature technology is invented, the official will also reward him equally generously and recognize his special interests in this technology." ”

Zuo Tiejian hurriedly said yes, even he himself was a little moved, and wanted to take the time to ask Hong Qingyun about the principle of these thunder mercury nitration gunpowder.