Zhu Hongsan led Zhu Hongyi to the factory area, which was built five miles away from the farm. After all, steel mills produce every day, and no one wants to live by smelling soot every day.

Now the whole factory area covers an area of more than 500 acres, divided into three major areas, steelmaking area, weapons manufacturing area, gunpowder area, and there are more than 200 workshops in the three major areas. Zhu Hongsan came to the big canteen in the factory area, which was already full of people, and yesterday Zhu Hongsan informed them that he was going to give them red envelopes today.

Now there are more than 3,000 workers in the entire factory area, and the canteen has to serve three meals a day, which is also the welfare set up by Zhu Hongsan for workers. There is nothing good about the meal, it is a meat and a vegetarian, and the staple food is unlimited. In this way, many workers are also grateful to Zhu Hongsan, after all, there are basically no owners who eat meat and vegetables for long-term workers.

Zhu Hongsan entered the hall, and all the workers saw Zhu Hongsan coming. They all stood up and saluted. Zhu Hongsan really thanked himself from the bottom of his heart when he saw them.

Zhu Hongsan stood on a temporary high platform and said loudly: "Everyone is in a hurry, right? ”

There was a burst of laughter from below. Zhu Hongsan continued: "Tomorrow is the New Year, today is a holiday for everyone, the sixteenth day of the first month will start, I hope everyone will make persistent efforts next year, produce more and better things, and we can also make more money." I can also send more red envelopes to everyone by the end of next year. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Now I announce this year's red envelopes, ten taels per ordinary worker, twenty taels per master each, thirty taels per foreman, and fifty taels per chief steward. ”

In the factory, Zhu Hongsan implemented the hierarchy system early on. Ordinary workers who have just entered the factory can be promoted to master after passing the exam, and each person has to take three apprentices, and above is the foreman, and each person is in charge of a workshop. At the top is the chief steward, that is, Liu Dali's iron bull section often has them.

This is also a kind of benefit for the people Zhu Hongsan brought to himself from Huguang, and the more than 1,000 workers he brought are now at least masters, and more than 200 are foremen.

When the people below heard Zhu Hongsan say this, they all shouted: "Thank you for the reward." ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, and then ordered the guard company to carry up a large number of boxes. This time, more than 50,000 taels of silver were scattered at one time. This has made Ma Mingyuan very dissatisfied, but Zhu Hongsan is determined to do it.

Because the factory is now Zhu Hongsan's capital, without a factory, it will not be able to produce muskets and cannons, and without a factory, it will not be able to earn a large amount of silver.

Watching everyone come forward to collect their silver. Zhu Hongsan called the three chief stewards and asked what was wrong with the factory now.

Tie Niu and Lao Duan have no problem, they are just responsible for production, how much they produce. Liu Dali's side is a big problem. He is in charge of steel, and now the production will be enough for the use of iron cattle, and there is no export capacity at all.

When Zhu Hongsan heard Liu Dali say this, he pondered for a while, he thought of a later novel that said that the performance of ductile iron is similar to that of steel, and the main disadvantage is that it cannot be used to make swords and re-smelt. The production process of this thing is not complicated, the output is very large, and it can be made into an iron pot kitchen knife or something for export.

Zhu Hongsan said to Liu Dali: "Dali, I will give you a new process, pig iron can reach the strength of steel, and the production is not complicated." ”

Liu Dali said, "Please teach me, Master." ”

Zhu Hongsan handed over the process of ductile iron to Liu Dali.

The production of ductile iron in the soil method is very simple. First of all, after the lime water is clarified, put in the seawater, the seawater should be clarified and then filtered with cotton cloth to remove impurities. Distilled water should be used to add lime to minimize impurities.

After getting calcium hydroxide, then put it into the reverberatory furnace to heat, the reverberatory furnace is very easy, the ancient furnace for firing porcelain is the reverberatory furnace, heated to 300 degrees, this is not difficult, put a steel rod with a diameter of 5 mm into the furnace, when you see the steel rod change color, it is the temperature of 300 degrees, and the strength of the steel will drop by half at 300 degrees.

After the magnesium oxide is obtained, pig iron is first produced in a small blast furnace. Then put the molten iron into the reverberatory furnace to keep warm, add magnesium oxide spheroidization, remember to stir it to speed up spheroidization. After spheroidization, the molten iron can be put into the model to obtain ductile iron.

The properties of ductile iron can be controlled according to the dose of magnesium oxide added, ductile iron is widely used, and its physical properties are better than ordinary steel.

The production of bearing gears, weapons and cannons are all completed, and the production of plate armor is also metamorphosis level, and it is not a problem to use it to cast keels. The only drawback is that you can't make swords, and you can't remelt, and if you take ductile iron and remelt, you'll be miserable.

Ductile iron has good corrosion resistance, used to make iron pots or something, the quality is great, and it can also pit people, if the Manchu braids use pots made of ductile iron to make weapons in the future, they will die.

Liu Dali nodded and said that after the Chinese New Year, he would organize people to start production.

Zhu Hongsan said to Tie Niu again: "You find a hundred people to organize a foundry workshop, specializing in the production of iron pot kitchen knives and other daily necessities." Iron Bull nodded.

Seeing that it was noon when the factory was over, Zhu Hongsan stayed in the canteen and had a reunion dinner with everyone. In the afternoon, the factory was closed, and everyone took the money and started to go home for the New Year.

One thing is that Zhu Hongsan didn't expect that after the New Year, a large number of young people came to the factory to be workers, and they were all red eyes when they saw the silver that the villagers took home for the New Year, but Zhu Hongsan did not refuse, and it happened that the factory was short of workers now.

After eating, Zhu Hongsan took Zhu Hongyi and the guard company to Nanhaiwei non-stop. This was the place where the army was stationed.

Nanhaiwei is now a big change, the former shacks inside have all been torn down and rows of dormitories have been rebuilt. To the east of the walled city was a large playground where soldiers were training.

All six battalions have now been replaced with new muskets, and everyone is getting acquainted with the new tactics.

Zhu Hongsan came to the playground to watch the drill, and he saw rows of soldiers raising their guns and shooting again and again. There was smoke on the playground, and Zhu Hongsan suddenly felt as if something had not been done. Yes, it's about the costumes.

Zhu Hongsan's army uniform used to be gray and white, which was nothing in cold weapon battles, but it showed disadvantages in queue shooting battles. The battlefield was full of smoke, and the officers couldn't see where the team was there.

There are two solutions to this problem, one is to replace it with smokeless propellant* medicine, but this thing is not something that can be made now, and that is beyond Zhu Hongsan's ability.

The second is very simple, and it is also the method adopted by European and American countries, which is to wear brightly colored clothes. Zhu Hongsan thought about it, the French army's military uniform with red upper body and blue lower body is good, plus a high hat and armed belt, it is very imposing. When I go back, let Tong Yangjia find someone to get it.

Seeing Zhu Hongsan coming, the battalion commanders came to Zhu Hongsan to salute.

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Let the soldiers train, and a few of you will come with me." With that, he entered the conference room in the barracks.

After sitting down, Zhu Hongsan asked, "Are there any problems in training?" ”

Qian Yong said: "The problem is that the smoke is too big after the musket is fired, and the officers can't see the team clearly. The second is that when the shots are fired, the soldiers cannot hear the officers' orders. Nothing else. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "I have already thought of a way for the first one, and I will let people solve it after the New Year." The second one can make some small drums, how about using the drum sound as a military order? ”

The officers nodded and said, "You can give it a try." ”

Zhu Hongsan continued: "I'm staying here tonight, and everyone will have a good gathering at dinner time to have a good New Year, after all, we are thousands of miles away from home." ”

When everyone heard that the chief was coming to celebrate the New Year with him, they hurriedly applauded.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Your battalion-level officers can get married, are you optimistic?" ”

Among these six people, Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong got married. Qian Yong is the daughter of the small landlord of the Yang family, and Zhao Guodong is a maid of the Dong family.

The other four blushed and said, "No." ”

Zhu Hongsan said with a smile: "What's blushing about this, passing on the lineage is a big deal." After the Chinese New Year, I will issue a new order to divide the land among everyone. At that time, everyone also lived the days of hot kang heads for wives and children. ”

Land division is big news, and no one can compare with the Chinese's enthusiasm for land. Everyone was flushed when they heard this, this time it was not shy, but excited.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Now go out and convene a meeting with everyone so that I can tell you the news." ”

The six of them went out to gather the team, and Zhu Hongsan stood on the high platform and said, "Everyone has been following me for several years. Some have been for eight years. From a thirteen-year-old boy to a man. I, Zhu Hongsan, have said before that I will never lose everyone by following me. I used to be exhausted, but now that I'm stable, I'm going to make good on my promises. ”

"I now declare that after the New Year, we will divide the fields among everyone, and no one will have 30 acres of Yongye land, that is, you will never have to pay taxes, and you can pass it on to your son when you die. There is also a meritorious field, this is according to the rank, starting from the second lieutenant, not promoted to a level plus ten acres. ”

As soon as Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, all the soldiers cheered and shouted long live the commander. This land is too powerful. Zhu Hongsan's idea is very simple, I want people to follow you desperately, to give people benefits, who will play with you if there is no benefit, play yourself. Chongzhen in Beijing is like this, you come to work, and the black pot will be returned to you, and you will not have a dime. Who's going to do with you like that?