Chapter 30 Harvest at the End of the Year Baotou opened to traffic

At the end of the year, there is a lot of good news, but there is also bad news. The original plan for the Fenhe Bridge was to start piling this year, but it could not be realized. The drill ship, which was converted from two tugboats, was delayed because of delays in installing a straight anchor on the ship. Problems were found during the installation of the straight anchor and the design needed to be modified.

However, the railways to Lingshui Wharf, Hequ and Baotou can be opened to traffic on time. The road leading directly to the Hutuo River dam site has been built.

The news that Qingfengzi brought to Zhang Zhimu surprised Zhang Zhimu even more. One is that the air separation has been carefully tested and confirmed to be successful, which means that large quantities of various gases such as oxygen can be obtained, as well as those inert gases. In addition, after testing, Qingfengzi felt that the production of ammonium nitrate was very easy, and now they are processing and producing production equipment for amine nitrate, which can be put into production before the spring of next year.

Zhang Zhimu knows that with ammonium nitrate, it will be enough. In the previous paragraph, Tang Jingyao also said that **is not enough, and he needs a lot of ** over there.

Zhang Zhimu went to find Li Yunhe, Li Yunhe had no choice, now ***** can only guarantee the military, and the ones who can give Tang Jingyao are limited. Tang Jingyao, they can only use black ** to open the mountain. Ammonium nitrate will be produced next year, and Tangjing kiln will be able to use ammonia ladder**.

For this reason, Zhang Zhimu invited Li Yunhe to come over and introduced Li Yunhe to him: "Master Qingfengzi, they will be able to produce ammonium nitrate in the spring next year." You're going to have to arrange for someone to study the production of ammonia now. ”

"Isn't ammonium nitrate a fertilizer? Why is it ** again? Li Yunhe didn't understand.

"It's a fertilizer, it's true." Zhang Zhimu said, "However, ammonium nitrate ** is not sensitive, and it needs to be used with some other ** to have a good effect." For example, mixing 10 percent of ***** works well. If you need waterproofing, you also need to add a little asphalt or paraffin, shellac or something like that. You can also try to mix 88% ammonium nitrate and 12% wood powder with a pot to make a **** charge, which is much more powerful than smokeless. And it can be produced in large quantities at a low price. Hands can also be made with ammonium nitrate. It's just that this ** is easy to absorb moisture and needs to be paid attention to. ”

"Yes! After ammonia comes out of the ammonia synthesis equipment, nitric acid is made by ammonia oxidation, and then it comes back to produce ammonium nitrate by reacting with ammonia. It's incredible," Li Yunhe said.

"You can also go back and look at it and see how it works by mixing it in other proportions." Zhang Zhimu said, "Because ammonium nitrate will produce a part of oxygen after the explosion, and this oxygen cannot be wasted, so add some wood powder to react with oxygen to increase the explosion power, and diesel fuel can also be added." Ammonium nitrate will be the one we can use in large quantities in the future**. But it's ***** that is the most powerful. However, you must pay attention to safety when mixing**. No excess ** is allowed in the mixing workshop, only those used for mixing. This is done in order to minimize the damage in the event of an explosion. ”

"I asked Li Wei and them to experiment with shells with aluminum powder added to ***." Li Yunhe, "It's much more powerful." It's a pity that we can't produce aluminum in large quantities yet, otherwise we can make all shells into ladder aluminum ** charges. Also our *** got it out, and I added some white phosphorus to it. Li Wei tried it and said that making this thing would cost him a long life. It's just horrible. That thing can't be extinguished until it's burned out. They tried to get a wild dog, and the dog touched a little bit, and we didn't put out the fire until it burned to death. ”

"How's your flares doing?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"We hung it on the tree and tried it, and it was so bright. It's a dazzling sight to the eye from a long distance. Li Yunhe said, "Recently, I am going to try it with a mortar to see what will happen if it is sent to the sky?" ”

"Strive to develop it before the Western Expedition," Zhang Zhimu said, "no matter what kind of weapon, it can only be tested on the battlefield." ”

"It should be fine," Mr. Li said, "and I'll urge them again." And the good news, their tractors are pretty much the same. It is estimated that the trial will be available in a few days. ”

"It would be nice if this thing came out. Tang Jingyao: If the project on their side has it, the progress will be much faster. If the experiment is successful, you will immediately choose a place in the suburbs and set up a tractor factory. And it is as good as possible to produce as much as possible. Speaking of this, Zhang Zhimu changed his mind and said, "No, you have to arrange for someone to choose a factory site with Mr. Lu Bingyi now." The tractor has to be put on the ground sooner, and it will change a lot of the way we produce, and the way we do it. Its significance cannot be overstated. ”

Li Yunhe saw that Zhang Zhimu attached so much importance to this matter, although he still couldn't fully realize the usefulness of the tractor, but since Zhang Zhimu said so, he knew that this was a major matter that must be taken seriously, because experience told Li Yunhe that what Zhang Zhimu said made sense, "Okay!" I'll arrange this as soon as I get back. ”

"And yes! You have to supervise the matter of the Fenhe Bridge. Zhang Zhimu said, "Li Zhi's people have determined that there is fierce fire oil in Yan'an Mansion and Yulin. When we get rid of Li Zicheng, you will also organize a well-drilling team to drill wells and pump fierce fire oil there. The amount of oil transported will be very large, and after we finish building the Fenhe Bridge, we will build a Yellow River bridge on the side of Hequ or Baode. ”

"What?" Li Yunhe asked in surprise, although Li Yunhe always thought that it was right to listen to Zhang Zhimu, "You mean that a bridge will be built over the Yellow River in order to fire oil?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zhimu said with certainty, "You also know how convenient it is for us to build a speedboat with a diesel engine, and how convenient it will be for the tractor we are going to use soon." Diesel engines and gasoline engines, small in size and high in power, they both need diesel. In the future, we will use diesel engines and gasoline engines on a large scale, and relying entirely on coal tar to refine them will not meet our needs at all. And since we can use diesel engines on small speedboats, why can't we use large diesel engines on big ships. Do you think it's worth building a bridge for all this? ”

"Ou, what you said makes me a little confused," Li Yunhe said, "You're right. I'm going to keep an eye on the drillship. However, after Lu Qi passed, the project over there made a lot of modifications, and the original approach bridge used a pier of 10 meters, but he went to change it to a 20-meter pier. Quite a few piers have been reduced. ”

The people in the kiln were busy with their own affairs, Zhang Zhimu finally relaxed, and suddenly Zhang Zhimu remembered that Qingfengzi and their empty space had been successful. That is to say, there is argon, an inert gas. Argon is extremely stable and can be used as a shielding gas for argon arc welding and iodine-tungsten lamps.

Zhang Zhimu immediately called Yangchang to come over.

After Yangchang came to Zhang Zhimu's office, Zhang Zhimu asked, "How is it?" How is your dual-trace oscilloscope developed? ”

"No problem, we're ready to use it now." Yangchang said.

"You have two tasks now," Zhang Zhimu said without superfluous nonsense, "one is to prepare for the construction of a complete set of equipment for another radio station, which will also have two bands; The other is the development of iodine-tungsten lamps. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you still say it one by one." Yangchang asked, "Where do you need to build a radio station?" The equipment we prepare is easy. ”

"Keep it a secret for now!" Zhang Zhimu said, "However, it's either Xi'an or Luoyang." That can tell you. ”

"What are you talking about?" Yang Chang didn't understand.

"So you can make a tube-shaped bulb out of quartz glass, and the tungsten filament needs to be able to hold it. Put a little iodine in it and fill it with argon. We can use such an iodine-tungsten filament temperature of 1,400 degrees. The luminous efficiency will be very high. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Huh! "It's high," Yang Chang said with a smile, "It won't take long for the tungsten wire to break." ”

"Yes, the higher the temperature of the tungsten filament, the more it evaporates and the shorter the time it can be used. However, after we add iodine to the lamp, iodine becomes iodine vapor at high temperature, and iodine reacts with tungsten sticking to the glass at 1,200 degrees to become tungsten iodide, and tungsten iodide vapor diffuses to tungsten filament, and decomposes into iodine and tungsten at high temperature. If the cycle continues, the service life of tungsten wire will be much greater than the original service life. Let me tell you, compared with ordinary incandescent lamps, iodine-tungsten lamps for lighting also have the advantages of small size, good light color and long life. In the future, it can completely replace carbon arc lamps. In fact, you can also experiment with other halogens instead of iodine, such as hydrogen bromide instead of iodine. You can open up a new realm of light sources. ”

"Quartz glass?"

"You go directly to the director of the glass factory, he has already made quartz glass." Zhang Zhimu said, "Remember that the temperature of iodine-tungsten lamp is too high, and the heat dissipation must be done well. The quartz glass must be clean, even the handprints must be cleaned with alcohol. ”

"Good! Is it that in the future our incandescent lamps will be useless. Will you use this iodine-tungsten lamp in the future? Yang Chang asked.

"No, it won't. Iodine-tungsten lamps are only suitable for high-power places, such as stations, squares, construction sites and other places. Ordinary incandescent lamps are generally used for civilian use," Zhang Zhimu said, "However, after you have developed incandescent lamps, you will also have to develop fluorescent lamps." That's another story. ”

"You just told me all about the fluorescent lamp," Yang Chang said, "and I'll get it together when I get back." ”

"Don't be too greedy!" Zhang Zhimu said, "It's not that simple, you can get the iodine-tungsten lamp out as soon as you go back!" ”

Due to the need to make a lot of preparations for the expedition, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He could not pass the opening ceremony of Baotou. Zhang Zhimu took Huang Yukun, Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, Lu Bingyi, Qiu Laodongjia, Yan Xing and other people who had no military operation mission to attend the opening ceremony.

Since Xiaoqing and Xiaohu were already on vacation, Zhang Zhimu took them and Sister-in-law Xu's two children, Gao Guixiang and Gao Yinfeng, together. When the children heard about taking them out, they couldn't sleep well for a few days.

It's already December, and the Fen and Yellow rivers have frozen. It's almost the New Year, and Zhang Zhimu's special train also specially hung a few carriages to bring a lot of New Year's goods to several places along the way.

The snow in Yanbei is very heavy, and the children are in the warm carriage, looking at the snow outside through the window, chattering excitedly and chattering.

Several leaders of the kiln gang who were drinking tea in the dining compartment were also talking happily.

It seems that Lu Chengxiang is the happiest, "Mr. Zhang, I never expected that Dongshengzhou and Baotou would be able to produce so much grain this year." Last year, they just caught up with some vegetables on their side. We still brought in the food for the winter. This year, not only will they have enough to eat, but they will also be able to bring us back a lot of food. I thought it would take two years to talk about it? ”

Yan Boju interjected, "I said, didn't you also go to the customs to get a lot of grain?" ”

"That's different, it's rice that I shipped outside the border. There are a lot of southerners there, and they like to eat rice. There is no way, we have to change all kinds of food. Nowadays, people don't just have enough to eat. Lu Chengxiang explained.

Yan Boju joked with Lu Chengxiang again, "I said Lu Xiaojiao, I heard that the girls who originally gave immigrants outside the border let you be corrupted and stay in Yaogang." There's such a thing, right? ”

"Haha!"

After everyone laughed, Lu Chengxiang also smiled and said, "I really don't blame me for this." When those girls arrived at the kiln, they were originally arranged together outside the customs after they were concentrated. As a result, when they were in the kiln, they heard that our textile factory was recruiting workers, and the treatment was not bad, so no one went to the outside of the customs. You say, I can't force people to go. Later, I figured out a way, and when I came, I sent it away. Otherwise, what about those singles outside the gate? ”

Yan Xing said: "It's good now, as long as people get off the boat at Lingshui Wharf, they will get on the train and send them directly to Baotou, and let them take a look at the kiln gang on the train." Otherwise, no matter what kind of person arrives at the kiln, he won't be able to leave. ”

"At the beginning of next spring, we will mobilize and continue to recruit immigrants from all over the country, especially women." Lu Chengxiang took a sip of tea and said, "Now there are nearly 200,000 male immigrants in Baotou and Dongshengzhou, and there are not even 20,000 women, so it can't go on like this." ”

"I don't think that's going to work, and starting next year, we're encouraging immigrants to go back to their hometowns to find their wives. We now have a railroad open, and as long as we encourage them to go home and have a look, they will be reimbursed for the cost of the railroad and steamer, and they will be rewarded for the return of their wives. They should all be willing to go back and marry wives. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes, yes! Mr. Zhang is right, after two years, they have also accumulated some silver, and they must be willing to go back to their hometown to have a look. It's almost the same if you don't say it's a return to your hometown. In particular, those who have their own livestock, carriages, and houses are more willing to go back to their hometowns. Yan Xing said, "Maybe a lot of people will be brought back." In the past two years, there will be chariots and horses, which is something that farmers could never dream of. It will attract a lot of people. ”

"I think we need to take a few more pictures of all the immigrants. Let them take it back and show it to the folks in their hometown. It also attracts people. Lu Bingyi said.

"In my opinion, it's better to let the immigrants see the benefits as soon as possible." Zhang Zhimu said, "At that time, we didn't need to say that the immigrants themselves thought about their hometowns. ”

"We don't charge any money for the first two years of the land we allotted to the settlers. Not only did they give them silver, cattle and horses, but also rations and seeds," Lu Chengxiang said, "I didn't expect to be able to produce so much grain in the first year." Or our fertilizer! ”

Yan Boju said: "These immigrants never dreamed that they would live so nourishingly here. After they finish planting, they can earn money by participating in canal repair, wasteland, and road construction, and I want to come to this good thing. This year, both Dongshengzhou and Baotou have received electricity, and it won't be long before they can catch up with Yaogang. ”

After listening to Yan Boju's words, everyone laughed for a while.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the north of Baotou, there is Baiyun Mountain, where we will build a large steel mill in the future, where iron ore and other resources are very rich. Next year, the railway in Baotou will be extended to that side. ”

"Chiki, how big is the large steel plant you are talking about?" Yan Boju asked, "Bigger than our smelting field?" ”

"It's much bigger than a smelter," Mr. Zhang said, "and Baotou has not only iron ore and coal, but also rare earth minerals that we need in the future." ”

Lu Bingyi said: "In this way, we can develop industry, agriculture and animal husbandry in Baotou at the same time." ”

"There is also fishery, and there are rich fishery resources on the other side of the Wuliangsu Sea." "There are endless reeds there, and we can build a large paper mill there." ”

When the train arrived at Ningwu Pass, Zhou Yuji and Li Yan, who had already arrived here, both went to the station to greet them.

Because the weather was too cold, after Zhou Yuji introduced some of his civil and military officials to Zhang Zhimu and others on the platform, Zhou Yuji and Li Yan brought a group of civil and military officials from Ningwuguan to the dining car. A few carriages hung in the back of the train were New Year's gifts for them. The officers and men of Ningwuguan seized the time to unload the New Year's goods. It's been a long time since these officers and soldiers have seen so many good things. It's easy to see fruits from the north and south here. There are bananas, oranges, apples, and more.

In the carriage, after everyone sat down, Zhang Zhimu asked Zhou Yuji: "How about it, are all the things for the New Year ready?" This time, we brought you some fruits and other things on the train, but they didn't really solve the problem. ”

"It's all ready. Our veterans said that Ningwuguan had not prepared New Year's goods like this for many years. Not only is there enough grain, but also there are all kinds of rice and white flour. The cattle, sheep and pigs are all in circles, and the chickens, ducks and fish are all frozen. The brethren walked with joy and upside down. Hehe! Zhou Yuji was happy when he said it.

Li Yan also said: "Mr. Lu has considered these things completely. There are also a lot of good wines for the New Year. The brothers looked forward to the New Year. Today, however, the brothers' diets have improved considerably, and they are fed three meals a day. There is meat in every meal. At least lamb soup to drink. ”

"Tell the brethren that this is the beginning." Zhang Zhimu said, "We are giving the brothers time to make new clothes, and make sure that everyone will have new clothes and shoes before they go out." Let's go out with ease. Life will get better and better in the future. ”

When the train arrived at the mouth of the city, after unloading the New Year's goods for the soldiers and workers there on the platform, the train drove into an urn city, and after closing the big iron gate in the direction of the inside of the urn city, the big iron outside the gate was opened. The train rumbled out of the urn city and accelerated on the field outside the Guan. It was already dark outside, and after everyone finished dinner in the dining car, Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun returned to their box. Xiaoqing and Xiaohu, plus Gao Guixiang and Gao Yinfeng, couldn't sleep excitedly, and they would enter this private room and that private room for a while. Huang Yukun said with a smile: "These things, no one cares about them, this is crazy, and I don't know how tired!" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let them go crazy, they finally came out once." In particular, Gao Guixiang and Gao Yinfeng took the train for the first time. After a while, they will fall asleep when they are tired of playing. Looking at a few children, Zhang Zhimu was happy. Due to good nutrition, the children are all tall and have very good complexions. Several children have grown up. Xiaoqing is also a big girl of seventeen or eighteen, and she is no longer the little girl who can be hugged and coaxed when she cries.

The journey was originally smooth, but Zhang Zhimu didn't expect that something happened when he arrived at Dongshengzhou Station.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".