Han Qi was suddenly so excited, which surprised both of them at once, Zhao Xin looked in the direction that Han Qi was pointing, but saw a huge building, in this building, a huge jar, particularly obvious.

Of course Zhao Xin knew where it was, it was the most important industrial base in the vicinity, if you want to say it, his face was slightly dry.

The place of this building, not elsewhere, is the location of the steel base.

The steel base is south of the train station, which is exactly the opposite direction of their exercise.

However, this location is particularly good, after the train leaves the station, it just goes up to a relatively high position, and there is no shelter around, today's weather conditions are also very good, this large industrial base located dozens of miles away, is really clear at a glance.

The location that Han Qi saw happened to be a better location, and he immediately swept to such a huge building.

Where Han Qi noticed, Fu Bi didn't pay attention, yesterday during the day, he followed Zhao Xin over, he didn't look at the scenery outside the window at all, in the past few months, in Dingjun, he has seen too many factories and cities, there is no need to look at it anymore.

"Could it be, what, probably a city!" Fu Bi didn't hear Zhao Xin's answer, and said openly.

Of course, Han Qi couldn't believe it, those towering buildings were obviously not buildings, those black, huge jars, these were definitely not places to live, but what kind of place it was, it was really unclear.

The idea of wanting to conceal it flashed in his heart, but after that, Zhao Xin's expression was certain, for Han Qi, he really couldn't deceive, maybe talking about the steel base would make Han Qi more vigilant, but the strength that the navy has shown is so terrible, and there is not much more steel base.

Zhao Xin simply said straight to the point: "Where is the new steel base." ”

"Steel base?" Han Qi frowned, and seemed to think about it seriously, steel is the foundation of the rise of the Ding Navy, if there is no steel, maybe the Ding Navy will not develop so well.

When he was in the Daimyo's Mansion, Han Qi discussed with Zhao Xin the idea of a large steel plant, at that time, he just thought that the super-large blacksmith workshop built on the basis of the Daimyo's Mansion was also the root cause of the terrible iron ore production of the Dinghai Navy, but obviously, if this was a steel base, then it was different from what he thought.

After understanding the strength of the Ding Navy, Han Qi wanted to know why the Ding Navy was so strong, if he learned from the powerful methods of the Ding Navy, perhaps, it could promote the gradual development of the Northern Song Dynasty.

For Han Qi, there is no way to understand this, what he doesn't know is that the steel production of the entire Dinghai Navy is completely different from that of the Daimyo's Mansion, and it is impossible to know if he doesn't see it in person.

Later, with the gradual reduction of the price of steel, especially the various types of steel in the reform of the Dinghai Navy, from the emergence of a variety of many refined irons, the Ding Navy supported the iron production of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, especially the railway, without a large number of steel support, there was no way to build a railway, after all, a mile of land, the cost of steel, is almost more than 70,000 catties.

This total amount is very huge, it is not something that a traditional blacksmith can support, when Han Qi thought about it, it could only be enlarged according to the blacksmith workshop of the Daimyo's Mansion, and only in this way was it possible.

After asking the Ministry of Industry, if it works according to the method of the Daimyo's Mansion, the Ministry of Industry tried it, the efficiency is improved, but the improvement is not much, compared to the previous price of 80 Wen for a pound of iron, it has been reduced a lot, and it has been 60 Wen, but compared with the number of more than ten Wen of the Dinghai Navy, compared with the difference, the difference is huge, in this case, it is cheaper to buy, and to a fraction of the extent, in this case, the more you produce, the more you lose.

However, with the Ding Navy taking the Liao State, to a certain extent, the relationship between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy has become delicate, maybe some things in the civil sector can also be produced through the Ding Navy, and some of the military industry will not work, whether it is armor or weapons, you must produce some of them yourself, and the previous methods have been picked up and some of them have been picked up.

Although Han Qi has not been to the steel plant of Dingjun, he also knows that they are all concentrated on a small island of less than 300 square kilometers, where there is how much production, and now, on the steel mill island, the steel mill has been moved here, how much steel will be produced.

"These, or are some of them, that big jar-like thing over there, also from the steel mill? What exactly do they do! ”

Zhao Xin nodded, this largest tank is one of the cores of the steel base, the thousand-ton open-hearth tank, which can produce thousands of tons of steel in four or five hours, is one of the important cores of the entire steel base.

Zhao Xin told Han Qi 1510, Han Qi was stunned, Zhao Xin told him that this is a large blast furnace of 1,000 tons, which can produce 20,000 quintals of steel at one time, and everyone stopped talking.

A load is probably the weight of a step armor, maybe more than that, plus some supporting things, to arm a heavy infantry, it almost takes less than a load of steel, and it can arm 20,000 people with steel at one time, which is unimaginable.

"How long does that take?"

"It didn't take long, maybe more than two hours!"

"What's so fast?"

Not to mention Han Qi, even if it is Fu Bi, he is surprised, if it takes a month or two to produce 20,000 people of equipment, this is nothing, if the Northern Song Dynasty is ruthless, it can be done, even if it is half a month, with their understanding of the Ding Navy, they can also produce it, but in half a day, this is really unimaginable.

Han Qi and Fu Bi glanced at each other, and they both saw awe-inspiring in each other's eyes, and then Han Qi took action and asked straight to the point, what is the output of the steel plant.

Zhao Xin thought for a while and reported a number, 5 million tons, which is not the highest output of the steel plant, this is only the most basic number, it is to deduct some production increases, and even the most basic number, but this number still shocked Han Qi and Fu Bi.

The number of tons, after the gradual increase in the influence of the Dinghai Navy, began to enter the unit of measurement in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is a much larger unit than the weight, one ton is equal to 20 tons, when the ton is in 10,000 tons, and it is a number of millions, it is conceivable how much the total number is.

The tall steelmaking furnace that I asked before, in the impression of Han Qi and Fu Bi, should already be the entire steel base, if there are three furnaces a day, it is 3,000 tons a day, so calculated, in a year, there are also 1 million tons.

This is a terrible number, but obviously, this is not the whole steel base, that is to say, the same as this steelmaking furnace, there are at least 5, 5 times the production, if all this steel is used to make Bu Ren armor, it is 100,000 sets a day.

In the era of the Industrial Revolution, steel represented the strength of the country, it was all kinds of machines, weapons, and even railways and trains, which were the foundation of the whole country, and it was a symbol of force.

If Han Qi and Fu Bi knew that Zhao Xin had also laid an ambush, this steel base, if it was running at full capacity, the maximum output might exceed 20 million tons, what would it be?

In their opinion, the establishment of the Ding Navy has only been a few years, and the difference between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy is even greater.

After Han Qi lost his mind, he muttered a few words in his mouth, what he wanted to say was that he wanted to go and see what this steel plant was like and why it had such a large output.

was about to formally propose to speak, but was stopped by Fu Bi. After being stunned for a moment, Han Qi understood why Fu Bi stopped him, in the past 2 months, Fu Bi was in Shenyang, in the open observation of the Ding Navy, he didn't know how many factories he had walked through, focusing on some important factories, turning over and over for several days, in addition to feeling the strength of the Ding Navy, it seemed that after changing the way, the output began to increase dozens of times, hundreds of times, and this degree of improvement has not even ended.

In the middle, there must be a lot of know-how, Fu Bi felt that after reading it, he understood more, but he didn't understand more, sometimes, it seemed to be a very, very simple thing, but he couldn't understand it, he couldn't understand it, let alone learn,

Although he also knows that he can get the machine, the Ding Navy does not use the restriction machine, the machine can be bought, but it is very expensive, so expensive that Fu Bi does not dare to introduce it easily, at the same time, he also feels that even if he gets the machine, whether it can play a full effect is also necessary to slowly explore, some secrets or methods of cooperation, Ding Haijun knows, but he will not take the initiative to teach.

Han Qi sighed, this is the most depressing, and even sometimes, knowing the gap, they don't know where the gap is, they obviously didn't cover it up, but they just couldn't figure it out, it can be seen that the gap between the Navy and the Dinghai Navy is all-round, in this case, even if you forcibly know, what problems can be solved by visiting this steel mill.

Where is the core, and what is the gap between the navy and the navy, this is a problem that must be solved, and if this problem is not solved, what can be seen.

For now, their understanding of this is almost zero, as people in this era, they do not know, the importance of education, nor do they know, under the premise of complete science and engineering education, how many scientific and technological means will be born, those things that seem to be very magical, can turn decay, in fact, are in the basic theory in the textbook, and the machine, is just in real life, the process of applying this basic theory.

This is also the vision of later generations, for Zhao Xin, even if there is no card system, even if it is crossed, no matter how low the status is, as long as there is the vision of later generations, and the most basic knowledge, there is no problem at all when you come out, the only difference is that it will take how long and what kind of height it will reach.

This is the great change brought about by knowledge and consulting, and it is also admired by Zhao Xin, who studies history, just like the German saying, the victory of Germany, from a few decades ago, from the podium of primary schools in Germany, has been decided, investing in education, can never go bankrupt, and will bring sustained and high-speed development.

This point was obtained by countless people and countless summaries, and it was also the final result obtained by China in later generations, after spending a lot of effort and studying the history of the entire world, not to mention in the era of the 11th century, even in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Spain and Portugal took turns to sit in the bank, and when the Netherlands rose, they did not understand it.

Han Qi and Fu Bi sat down with a disgraced face, and their own interest in talking was immediately weakened to the extreme, looking back at those buildings that rose one after another, in this era, Han Qi's sense of space, for the time being, it is impossible to see the size of this, but 20,000 sets of step armor, including all the weapons of 20,000 people, these are gathered together, what will it be, such a terrible thing, can they learn it simply if they come to learn?

Before, after Fu Bi arrived, with him, as well as all the diplomatic officials, with the acquiescence of the Dinghai Navy, they saw a lot of factories in Shenyang, and even some people would go to various factories to follow, but unfortunately the harvest was not big.

At that time, Fu Bi came over, just to fight a front station, and most of the people he carried were diplomatic personnel, and only a few people could help Fu Bi, Fu Bi couldn't understand alone, and others couldn't give much help.

Han Qi came with a large team, except for a small number of diplomats, the others are professionals, and these people will become the focus of the next naval research.

This time, Han Qi arrived, the first purpose was to sign a contract with the Dinghai Navy, which was the first important thing, after the signing of this contract, as much as possible, to learn a lot of support from the Dinghai Navy, which is also very important for the future and the development of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Han Qi keenly grasped that perhaps, in which steel base, you will get a lot, maybe you can unravel the reason why the Dinghai Navy can produce so cheap and more steel, but at this moment, the train is moving in another direction, and the train cannot stop, obviously, under the current situation, it is impossible for Zhao Xin to leave Concubine Miao and take them to see the steel factory, and without Zhao Xin's guidance, can they really enter such a base?

Han Qi and Fu Bi glanced at each other, quickly made a decision, and then decided not to mention this issue, which also made Zhao Xin slightly relieved, he was afraid that the two of them would make this request, although for him, it was nothing for them to visit, but at this time, he didn't want to leave Concubine Miao to go alone, he had to settle Concubine Miao's mother and daughter to say that, at least it would be after the enthronement ceremony.