"Well, that's all there is to it." , Lin Zhennan's eyes flashed, and he slapped the table heavily, "If he can succeed in the safflower meeting, I will not spare the small industry of Lin Jiabao!" I'll go to visit Mr. Chen early tomorrow morning! ”

In the northwest of the county, after a busy day yesterday, the craftsmen and their families from Foshan have been settled, but after all, after such a long journey, their physical and mental conditions have not yet recovered, and they still need to recuperate for a few days.

"Chief Helmsman Chen, please take a look!" Gao Zhisi pointed to the blast furnace in front of him and said, "Brother Yang and I have already led people to repair the blast furnace these days, and Zhao Si has also arranged for people to transport coal from Taiwan, and we can start work after the workers recover." ”

"I wonder what kind of iron-making technology Mr. Gao intends to adopt? This blast furnace seems to be much taller than the ones I've seen in Foshan! Chen Jialuo is a liberal arts student, so he has no idea about these professional things, but fortunately he doesn't have the bad problems of Manchu officials who don't know how to pretend to understand, and asked at the moment, "If you use Taixi ironmaking technology, I'm afraid you will need a little training for these craftsmen." ”

"That's what the helmsman said." Gao Zhisi led Chen Jialuo to the other side of the factory, "Now when it comes to ironmaking, it is still the English who have the best technology, fortunately, when Brother Yang and I were in France, we met Mr. Darby II, who came to Paris to discuss business, this Mr. Darby II's company is the main supplier of various large iron castings in the United Kingdom, he mainly adopts the coke ironmaking method, and he has also been to his ironworks in Colebrookdale for a period of time, and he has a certain grasp of the process of coke ironmaking." Helmsman, look, this is the coke making cave. ”

In the second half of the 17th century, although there were already attempts to make iron with coke in England, it was Abraham Darby in the early 18th century, who was the father of Darby II, who came to Colebrookdale in Heropshire to set up his own iron factory after grabbing the first pot of gold from a cast iron pot. His experience in a maltose factory gave Darby experience in working with coke, and he rented an iron-making furnace that had been abandoned for many years to conduct experiments in coke ironmaking. Through experiments, he found that coke does not burn as easily as charcoal, and it is necessary to improve the blast facilities and adjust the structure of the furnace to obtain more sufficient air. Therefore, he improved the inner diameter of the blast furnace to adapt it to coke ironmaking and installed a new blast facility for the blast furnace. The improved blast furnace succeeded in smelting pig iron from coke in 1709. In addition to the adjustment of the furnace, other aspects of the furnace need to be tested when the furnace is working, such as the adjustment of wind pressure, the ratio of coke and iron ore, etc. Therefore, Darby's success must have been achieved through complex and lengthy trial and error. In the Qing Dynasty, however, there was no concept of technological innovation, and merchants were more keen to obtain profits through collusion between officials and businessmen, which was one of the important reasons why the West was able to gradually surpass the East in modern times. Darby II continued to pursue technological innovations after inheriting the factory dog, such as the construction of a horse-drawn carriage to carry water, and the use of the Newcomen steam engine in the factory.

The advent of coke ironmaking technology freed Britain from the need for wood and water power in the iron-smelting industry, and provided the market with a large number of low-priced, high-quality cast iron and wrought iron, which enabled the large-scale application of power machinery, and at the same time led to the development of coal mining, making railway construction possible. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that Watt's improved steam engine is due to the strong demand for coal in the market after the diffusion of coke ironmaking technology.

Of course, Gao Zhisi did not have such a deep understanding of the significance of coke iron-making technology, what he could see was that this technology was more efficient and the iron ingots were better than those he had seen in the ironworks in China, "In this way, we can build a larger iron-making furnace, which can smelt thousands or even tens of thousands of catties of pig iron at a time!" Far beyond the iron factories in the Qing Dynasty today! At the end, the flush of excitement on Gao Zhisi's face gradually receded, and he shook his head and said, "If Taixi is allowed to develop like this, I am afraid that one day they will go to the ocean to invade my Chinese territory, and at that time", he couldn't say what would happen when the time came, but the expression on his face was not optimistic.

Chen Jialuo has a deep understanding of this, the hundred years of humiliation in the history books is the consequence of my Qing Dynasty's ignorant politics, he patted Gao Zhisi's shoulder, "Brother Gao don't need to be uneasy, think that my Chinese civilization has lasted for thousands of years, talented people emerge in endlessly, there are Zhang Heng, Zu Chongzhi and other Gewu Zhizhi in ancient times, and recently Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and other introduction of Western learning, although the invasion of the Tatars has led to the decline of Gezhi in the past hundred years, but there are also high talents like Mr. Dai, and now there are many students who are keen on Gezhi among these students of the Red Flower Society; Mr. Gao and Mr. Yang might as well choose some talented children to come to the factory to help the two of them, work and study at the same time, and after a few years, they will be able to take charge of themselves! After all, science is a project that requires great manpower, material and financial resources, and it is far from enough to rely on the two of them and Dai Zhen alone, these students should be regarded as cultivation seeds!

"I don't dare to ask if I want to!" , Gao Classi dragged a rare sentence, "I know that they are all the love of the helmsman, I want to accept a few students, but I am afraid that the helmsman will not cut his love, today I am relieved with the words of the helmsman!" ”

After saying that, Gao Zhisi took Chen Jialuo around the factory again, the current factory is like the difference between elephants and ants compared to the large steel factories that Chen Jialuo visited in later generations, but it is much larger than those iron factories in Foshan. The planning is also well organized, the gunpowder plant, coking plant, concentrator plant, and smelter are distributed according to their respective needs, and the road in the middle is wide and strong, and there are constantly horse-drawn carriages running around; What's even more rare is that when the two of them came back from Europe, they even brought a few steam engines, which are now installed in the mine, although they are still old-fashioned Newcomen steam engines, but they also make Chen Jialuo particularly excited.

Just as he was talking to the two of them about the improvement of the steam engine, a member of the Red Flower Society came to report, "Chief helmsman, Lu San's family is out with the father and daughter of the Lord of Limburg. ”

Oh? What is the point of him coming to him? Chen Jialuo thought for a moment, "Where are they now?" Take me there."

Tears, there was a power outage today, and it's only coming now, so the update is late, sorry.

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