That night, Ji Feng and Ji Kang's uncle and nephew, who had visited the machine to build the door, could not sleep and eat as peacefully as a man's back, and saw the machines driven by the steam engine, Ji Feng could no longer sit still:

"I said, why did the Jin Kingdom dare to swallow Yongxing at the risk of the world's disapproval, it turns out that there is such a peerless secret in it, I really didn't expect it, Bailiyan pondered for more than 20 years, and actually figured out such strange things, why was I blind back then, and didn't get him away!"

Ji Feng regretted it, and Ji Kang hurriedly said:

"Yongxing once accounted for half of the finance and taxation of Xianguodu County, and this is a Yongxing City. Now Xianguo has built Ruitian and Lincheng, and if it goes on like this, it will not take many years, and the three cities can reach a country. If it is three counties, then the entire Central Plains together is not an opponent of the Xian State. ”

"Yes, there are only eleven counties in Xianguo, and four counties are still newly occupied land, and at best, only the capital counties are the main source of finance and taxation in Xianguo. If it is allowed to develop, within 20 years, no, or even 10 years, the strength of Xianguo alone can be worth all the princes. It's disgusting to think about! ”

"In this case, continuing to implement the method of leaving enough to give up the shortage is tantamount to raising tigers for trouble."

"But if you don't implement the method of leaving enough to give up what is lacking, the defense of the country may not be the opponent of Bailiyan. And once the defense of the country is defeated, our Liang country will suffer from it, unless the princes rise up to attack it, but there is no such possibility at the moment. I thought about it, but there was only one way to do it. ”

"Does the third uncle want to emulate Yongxing City?"

"Yes, what is owned by Xian is also owned by Liang State. For many years, countries have repeatedly failed to imitate the new policies of Xianguo, and now it seems that these machines are the treasures of Xianguo. ”

"Such a treasure of the town, Baili Yan can be transferred, and my nephew is worried that Baili Yan will not let go easily."

"Hmph, that's not up to him. Don't forget, the agreement reached with him before is just a verbal agreement, and if he doesn't want to become the target of public criticism, it is best to obediently obey us. ”

Ji Feng has calculated it, seize the time to take a look at Yongxing City, take away everything that can be fished, and step up imitation to expand his strength after he goes back, and in the future, Liang Guo can also be small and big, and reign in the world again.

So the next day, Ji Feng's uncle and nephew waited in the main hall of the Ligong faction until three poles in the morning, and Baili Yan was late:

"Marquis Yongxing, it's not too early, it's too late." Ji Feng pretended to complain, foreshadowing the next big mouth of the lion.

Bailiyan knew that Ji Feng hadn't slept well all night last night, and he was still silent on his face:

"Yongxing City is different from Chenling, the work and rest in the city are very particular, don't look at the beginning of the hour, the workshops around the country have not started, go too early, except for the machine, nothing else has to be seen, then Bo Yuanjun can not blame Ben Hou for sneering Bo Yuanjun. Master Duan, do you say yes? ”

"Huh...... Bo Yuanjun didn't know that the workshop in the city didn't start until four o'clock in the morning, and it stopped working after dark, and he went too early, and the workshop didn't work, so there was really nothing to see. ”

Due to the constraints, the machine shop does not open in most cases in the evening, because the lighting problem is not easy to solve.

In the era of electricity, there are industrial high-power incandescent lamps for lighting, and machine tools have machine tool lighting lamps, which can basically solve the lighting during processing, but if there is no electricity, the traditional lighting means will be very tricky.

The dangers of machining dictate that there must be sufficient lighting for production at night, and the brightness provided by traditional lighting tools is not ideal. Of course, you can simply increase the fire source to enhance the brightness, but not to mention the hot summer in the North Sea area, the people who pile up the bonfire in the workshop can't stand it, and safety and cost are problems.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the machining workshop is still bright, it will continue to produce until night, and open two shifts a day. Occasionally, heavy rain will be affected, and the daylight hours will be shortened.

Of course, this does not mean that it cannot be produced at night, and it is possible to use more candles with thicker wick roots, which will be brighter, or use fuel lamps, but no matter what kind of lighting, the brightness is still relatively limited.

As a result, the daytime time of the machining plant is extremely tight, not only to produce, but also to arrange apprentices, on this basis, to free up additional capacity to manufacture advanced industrial technology products, industrial capacity obviously cannot keep up.

The first stop of the visit is the steam hammer forging and metal stamping workshop, as small as the metal tea jar, the soldier's lunch box, the rice bucket, the blade, and the large metal forging of hundreds of catties, all of which are reintegrated and expanded after the forging, more than ten workshops divide the production, and the finished product is sent to other affiliated workshops for the next step of processing.

For example, tea jars, lunch boxes will be stamped, stretched, and curled into shapes and will be sent to the glass factory for enamel plating, and metal forgings will be sent to the cutting workshop to process planes or holes.

The forging hammer accompanied by the crisp sound of the metal made a piercing roar, and when the sparks splashed to the ground in the moment the forging was smashed between the electric light and flint, Ji Feng and the three of them were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths, and when the steam engine whined and raised the hammer head again, the iron block that was still red and thick just now had been smashed flat, and it was forged several times, and a large cam that had been forged and shaped began to take shape.

"Oh my God, uncle, a piece of iron has been smashed like this, and if it were a human being, it wouldn't have been stoned to death." Li Yi said in surprise, Ji Feng and Ji Kang's uncle and nephew were dumbfounded and shocked, and they didn't know how to deal with it.

Bai Liyan said calmly:

"Huh...... Awesome! ”

"Awesome, really awesome. Is this how swords, guns, swords, and halberds come out? ”

"Not exactly, it's hammered with a forging machine from a smaller wind and water power workshop outside the city, and then hammered by craftsmen until the final blade is opened."

"Is it enough for such a big machine to smash discus all day long?"

"You can do anything else, but it depends on what you do and what you use it for. The peach-shaped discus you saw just now is exactly what is used in steam engines, and if it is cast with molten iron, the quality is far less good than that of the machine repeatedly hammered out. In addition, others can be done, depending on how to use it. ”

Ji Fengmeng came back to his senses about this matter, and said busily:

"You Xianguo do these all day long?"

"Then Bo Yuanjun thinks Ben Hou is doing something."

"......"

Bo Yuanjun didn't have a way out for a long time, and Bai Liyan also guessed what he was thinking. Ji Feng was mostly thinking about how much iron it would cost to make such a big guy, and it couldn't directly produce economic benefits, so what was the use.

But Ji Feng thought about it again, and felt that it was impossible for Bailiyan to do a loss-making business, and what to do if he didn't make money, so the words came to his mouth and swallowed back into his stomach.

The group walked and watched, looked and asked, and spent half a day looking at the forging workshop, and when he left, Ji Feng was like a dream.

"Third uncle, third uncle!"

Ji Kang pushed and said, Ji Feng was stunned:

"Uh-huh...... What's the matter with the nephew? ”

"Third uncle, these machines are unprecedented, the Liang State Ordnance Division, the Engineering Department, and the Inner Mansion are also considered to be the world's skilled craftsmen, and none of them can match them, which is simply unheard of."

"My nephew is right, I was really frightened by those terrible machines just now, and hundreds of catties of iron can be smashed flat with a hammer, and a piece of iron plate has become an iron cup, which is indeed amazing. Let's go and see what other tricks Baili Yan has. ”

Ji Feng was a little uncertain at this time, he found a problem, most of the things produced in the forging workshop could not make money directly, at least most of the products had no consumption space on the market.

Let's talk about the enamel lunch box, although the price is not very high, but ordinary people have no need to buy it, and it seems that it is useless for the wealthy class to buy it.

On the contrary, most of the enamel lunch boxes produced by Bailiyan are purchased by financial expenditure, which are used to equip the army to solve the problem of soldiers marching and eating, and then put them on the market for digestion, and first accumulate market consumption habits, so it requires a process and cycle. But in Ji Feng's opinion, when a soldier eats a big pot of rice, chokes on pickles, and has to have an enamel lunch box per person?

Due to the different concepts, after going around the forging workshop, Ji Feng did not get the secret of getting rich as he wanted.

Of course, the deeper reason is that profound and complex changes are taking place in Xianguo, and the army is evolving from traditional warfare to a new combat system. Just as the essence of the military industry is to provide equipment and military supplies for national defense, it is good to make extra money, but the industry is still to provide support for national defense.

Leaving the forging workshop, the next stop goes straight to the machining workshop, the situation of the machining workshop is much more complicated than the forging workshop, according to the functional work, roughly divided into twelve large and small workshops, because the processing machine is still insufficient, fitters, grinders, carpenters, scraping workers account for the vast majority.

If forging is just an appetizer, machining is a meal, which is enough to open the eyes of Ji Feng, Ji Kang, and Li Yi. Iron plate drilling, round steel cutting iron, steel slotting, iron hole slippery, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a miracle.

Ji Feng searched for a long time, and finally found the dream method of making money:

"Yongxing Hou, the iron shaft on the four-wheeled carriage of Xianguo is made of iron sharpened in this way?"

"Almost, Bo Yuanjun won't want to reach out and try it."

"Huh...... Benjun doesn't have the guts. Ji Feng said vigilantly, but he thought in his heart that there was a life planted here.

"Boyuanjun, please, there is something more eye-opening ahead, do you want to take a look?"

"What is Yongxing Hou referring to?"

"Didn't Bo Yuanjun keep asking how the steam engine was made, the answer is in front of you, just go."

Whether it is a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, the processing of aperture is the key, and the boring machine is the core industrial machine tool for large-scale products. Of course, the current conditions are very limited, the function can not be expected too much, can be boring out of the hole is good, as for the variable speed change table rotation, spindle automatic lifting or something don't even think about it.

The latest steam engine is not only more powerful, but also features a power pack and cylinder liner design. The power pack provides intermediate components for connecting various types of machine tools with a single output structure of steam engines, and can complete the conversion of a variety of machine tools using one type of steam engine by replacing different power pack connectors, as well as simple speed change problems.

The cylinder liner extends the service life of the piston of the steam engine. When the piston and piston cylinder are working, the piston becomes smaller and smaller, the hole is about to be grinded, and the power is wasted, even if the lubricating oil is not ideal.

Although the use of the cylinder liner is still sliding wear, it only needs to measure the piston bore diameter regularly and replace the piston liner and piston, and it can continue to be used in good condition, which greatly prolongs the overall life of the steam engine.