Chapter 108: Earth Blast Furnace

One of the guards raised his spear and said loudly, "I don't care which one of you is, if anyone dares to break in, they will be killed!" ”

At this time, Zhai Xiaoshan ran over and shouted: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." Lay down your spears and listen to me. ”

When the four guards saw Zhai Xiaoshan, they still aimed their spears at the Cui family's guards, and did not move. The guard who spoke just now said to Zhai Xiaoshan: "Captain Zhai, this is a rule set by Mr. Zhao, and no one can violate it. Don't embarrass us. I know that they are all big people, they are distinguished guests on the island, and if they want to go up, they have to take out Mr. Zhao's warrant, and we don't recognize anything else. ”

Cui Daoshu walked over and persuaded: "Sister, this is the rule, I must take the lead in complying with it, let's go." ”

Zhai Xiaoshan said apologetically: "The head of the family, Cui Xiaoniang, they didn't mean it, Mr. Zhao gave a strict order, if they neglected their duties, they would be kicked out of the escort team." If it is serious, it will be beheaded, and they will not dare to disobey the order. ”

When Cui Ying'er heard that the guard's punishment was so severe, she immediately said, "Brother, let's go, don't embarrass others." Later, I asked my eldest brother to take me up to have a look, I was just a little curious. ”

Cui Daoshu said goodbye to Zhai Xiaoshan, and the brother and sister walked in the direction of the dock. When he arrived at the dock, he saw several craftsmen instructing the displaced people to operate the crane and unload the goods from the ship, most of which were utensils and supplies from the Cui family's spirits workshop.

Wang Quan was watching from the side, Cui Daoshu walked over and asked, "Steward Wang, does this crane work?" ”

Wang Quan saluted him and said excitedly: "This thing is so easy to use!" It can top the speed of unloading more than 20 people. If a few more units are installed, it used to take several days to unload, but I estimate that it can be completed in one day! Mr. Du doesn't know how long his head can make such a powerful thing! ”

Cui Daoshu chatted with him for a while, and then went to the warehouse to find Hu Shuiyang. After seeing him, Cui Daoshu asked, "Lao Hu, how many days can you finish here?" ”

Hu Shuiyang said: "Two days in the warehouse are enough, and it is estimated that it will take seven or eight days in the bunker." Can there be anything? ”

"I'm going to build a spirits workshop on the island, and I need you to take someone to build it. In the afternoon you go to me, let's find a suitable place together, and when the warehouse is finished, you take someone to build a spirits workshop. ”

Hu Shuiyang immediately said: "No problem, where do you want to build the workshop?" ”

Cui Daoshu thought about it, "Brewing requires a lot of water, I'm not familiar with this place, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

"Master, the water sources are all in the valley, and we should find a place in the valley. I was worried that the output of cement and red bricks would not be able to keep up with the pace of construction, delaying the construction of the workshop. ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, this group of homeless people has been allocated to the second brother for another hundred people, he is now strong and strong, it is estimated that the kiln factory will expand rapidly, and I am afraid that you will not be able to do it at that time." ”

Cui Daoshu chatted with Hu Shuiyang for a while, asked the road clearly, and took his sister to the direction of the kiln factory. After walking for more than ten minutes, he saw smoke and dust in the distance, as if it was the scene of the production of the township factory in the later generations.

Cui Xiaoniang said unhappily: "Brother, I never go to the kiln factory, it's too dirty, I can't stand it." ”

Cui Daoshu sighed: "This is the price of industrialization!" ”

Cui Xiaoniang asked puzzledly, "Brother, what are you talking about?" How do I not understand? ”

"You really don't understand, these kilns are where our foundation is, cement, coke, steel, and even weapons all rely on kilns to produce, do you think it's important here?"

The two of them continued to walk up the hillside, where the steamed bun kilns were now densely packed, and black smoke was emitting. Many artisans and homeless people are hard at work, laboring to transport raw materials and finished products.

Cui Xiaoniang covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and followed her brother closely. Cui Daoshu pulled a craftsman and asked him where Wei Hongye was.

The craftsman pointed to the mountain and went on with his work. The brother and sister walked towards the mountain, and Cui Daoshu saw three circular buildings five or six meters high, thick at the bottom, and gradually slender at the top. There is a thin chimney at the top, and black smoke is emitting.

He carefully observed, this is not the earth blast furnace of the * time! He'd seen pictures on the Internet before, and they were very similar to these buildings.

When he got closer, he saw Wei Hongye talking to some craftsmen. He didn't bother them and just waited by the side. After a while, someone told Wei Hongye, and there was someone next to him.

Wei Hongye saw them at this time, hurriedly walked over, greeted the two with a smile, "Why are you here?" It's dirty and messy, and Ah Mei shouldn't have come here at all. ”

Cui Daoshu looked at the dark and thin Wei Hongye, "Second brother, you have worked hard. Look at the tired of you, you have lost a lot of weight. You should pay attention to your body! ”

Wei Hongye shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm in good health, you don't have to worry." I really like tinkering with these things and don't feel like it's hard. You see, I've built three small blast furnaces, two of which are making iron. The remaining one is experimenting with steelmaking, but it has not yet made qualified steel, mainly because the temperature control is not good, and there are a lot of impurities. ”

"Take your time, steelmaking is not an easy task. How much pig iron is produced now? ”

"I estimate that if there are enough raw materials, there will be 50 or 60 tons per month. Converted to the current weights and measures, there are almost 100,000 catties. ”

Cui Xiaoniang said in surprise: "More than 100,000 catties, what a lot of that!" Second brother, you are so powerful. ”

Cui Daoshu said happily: "Then we will not lack raw materials for crafting weapons and tools now, if the production is further increased, we can also sell some, the iron tools of this era are very expensive!" ”

Wei Hongye nodded, "I will continue to build a blast furnace, but the matter of raw materials depends on you, iron ore, lime, and coal must be purchased from the mainland, and the price is not cheap!" ”

"Second brother, can you create a batch of finished products, such as kitchen knives, shovels, hoes and other things, I can transport them to Mingzhou to sell, now there is a shortage of ironware in the southern region, the price is very good, I think I will definitely be able to make money." Then we can purchase raw materials, and if the cycle continues, we can quickly expand the scale of production, and we can also make a lot of profits.

Wei Hongye thought for a while and said, "Your method is good, I will first meet the needs of the weapon workshop, and then let the blacksmith make these iron tools." Then you can go to the mainland and sell it for money. ”

Cui Daoshu watched around the blast furnace with great interest, and Wei Hongye introduced it beside him. Cui Daoshu suddenly remembered something, so he asked Wei Hongye: "Second brother, why didn't I see the blower?" Isn't steelmaking supposed to blow wind in the furnace? ”

Wei Hongye said with a smile: "I have already sent someone to make a blower, I was too busy a few days ago to bother to make a blower." The installation of these three blast furnaces in a few days can increase the output of pig iron, and it is estimated that it will also have a great effect on steelmaking. ”

Cui Xiaoniang was bored on the side, and she didn't have any interest in these stupid and coarse things. She thought to herself, how could it be that such a beautiful mirror was made in such a place? It's very suspicious, my brother won't be lying to me, right? ”

Cui Daoshu and Wei Hongye had been discussing the process of steelmaking, and before they knew it, it was noon. Cui Xiaoniang came over and said, "Brother, I'm hungry, let's go back." ”

Cui Daoshu said slightly apologetically: "Sister, you wait for me for a while, and we'll finish it right away." ”

Cui Xiaoniang walked aside unhappily and pouted and stopped talking. Wei Hongye said with a smile: "It's hard for this little girl, I've been here for so long, Daoshu, you better go back, and we'll discuss it in the evening." ”

Cui Daoshu had no choice but to say goodbye to Wei Hongye and go back with his sister. On the way, he said to Cui Ying'er: "Sister, you have to have more contact with the second brother, and if you have nothing to do, you can get close to him." If you want a mirror, it all depends on the second brother's ability. ”

"Brother, can you make beautiful mirrors with these broken kilns? I don't believe it, are you lying to me? ”

"I didn't lie to you, to make a mirror, you need to fire some things at high temperature in the kiln, which is very difficult to get, I estimate that it will not take a year or two to make a mirror."

Cui Xiaoniang was skeptical, and kept asking how to make a mirror and what raw materials were needed along the way. Cui Daoshu was asked by her so much that he could only keep making it up, and if he couldn't do it, he pushed it on Wei Hongye, wanting his sister to torture him, anyway, his brother was betrayed.

Back at the camp, Cui Xiaoniang went to find her mother. Cui Daoshu let out a sigh of relief and walked towards the cafeteria.

When he entered the cafeteria, he saw An Dalang with his back to him, talking loudly, Du Dalei, Boris, and Na Zhe listening carefully next to him.

He walked over and heard An Dalang telling about the interception and killing of Liu Yan's father and son. Na Zhe saw him coming over, stood up and said, "Old Seven, come over and listen, Da Lang is commenting on the book, and if you don't listen, you will lose a lot." ”

An Dalang looked back and immediately came over to give a salute. Cui Daoshu pulled him to sit down and asked with a smile, "When did you arrive?" Are the guards damaged? ”

"I just came back and there were three guards who were slightly injured, but none of them were a big deal. I also made a small fortune, Liu Yan and his son had a lot of savings, and I brought them back, estimated to be about 70,000 yuan. ”

Du Dalei was very excited and shouted: "Is this a small fortune? Seventy thousand! This Liu Yan is definitely a big corrupt official, and it would be right to kill him. This is called 'robbing the rich and helping the poor, eliminating violence and peace'. ”

Na Zhe retorted to him: "Are you poor? You can be messing around in a day. ”

Du Dalei said confidently: "Why am I not poor? Now Zhai Xiaoshan's kid is richer than me. I'm a poor jingle! Mrs. Xiao, are you rich? It's not like me, they're all poor people. ”

Na Zhe said: "We are all original shares in our hands, and we will all be rich in the future, who cares about this little money!" ”