Su Ziheng was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that the problem was here, he knew that this was the case, it was better to let his side build it alone, this was really a mistake.

He hurriedly finished the steamed bun in a few bites, and beckoned Mao Boyi to say, "Let's go, I'll go and have a look with you." ”

The main house came to the remote workshop on the west side near the foot of the mountain. This is at the request of Zhong Qinghan, a convenient place to guard, the environment is open, due east to Xining City, the road is smooth, very suitable for transporting raw materials.

Seeing Su Ziheng, Zhong Xinde hurriedly greeted him, and bowed his hand and said, "I've seen Su Gongzi." ”

Zhong Xinde is forty years old this year, dressed in simple clothes, with a dark face, wrinkled face, strands of white hair on his temples, green tendons on the backs of his hands, and calluses on his fingers.

Su Ziheng still admired this kind of craftsman whose craftsmanship was higher than ventriloquism, and he hurriedly replied, "Uncle De, what is the situation now, can you talk about the construction of the furnace?" ”

Zhong Xinde pondered for a moment, "Master Su, if you just simply let the furnace and kiln close, it should still be possible to build it." Although the kilns on the north and south sides have their own height differences, they are not very large after all, and as long as the bricks are re-cut according to the size of the drop, they can barely be pieced together. ”

Su Ziheng was puzzled: "Since there is a way to put it together, why not do it?" ”

Zhong Xinde said: "It's just that in this way, the position of the patchwork will be very unstable, which will damage the service life of the furnace." And during the kiln firing process, accidents are likely to occur. ”

Su Ziheng immediately refused: "If it is just a loss of service life, it doesn't matter, this is originally for experiments, as long as the cement formula is verified, it is necessary to rebuild a large furnace at that time." But if it would endanger the safety of the workers, it would have to be demolished and rebuilt. ”

For Su Ziheng, although time is important, what is more important is the safety of craftsmen. He is not as wealthy as the Zhong family, and he can easily recruit hundreds of craftsmen who are proficient in various crafts. His thirty or forty craftsmen were recruited with great difficulty, and if there were casualties as a result, he would die of distress.

Zhong Xinde said: "If this is the case, one side can only be demolished and rebuilt." Su Gongzi, take a look, which side is better to dismantle? ”

Su Ziheng thought for a while, "Demolish our side and rebuild it with you as the mainstay, I will let all the craftsmen of Su Mansion obey your command, Uncle De." ”

Zhong Xinde unconsciously showed a smile on his face, "Okay, Su Gongzi can rest assured." The villain will definitely cooperate with the craftsmen of your house to ensure that such mistakes will not be made again. ”

Mao Boyi got the old man saying that he was going to dismantle the furnace he built here, and his face was disappointed, but he couldn't refute it. To be honest, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen in Zhongfu is indeed better than that of their own side.

Although they were also studying hard during this time, Mao Boyi himself also felt the improvement of his own and others' skills, but compared with the craftsmen in Zhongfu, it was like the difference between stragglers and regular soldiers.

Seeing this, Su Ziheng comforted him and said, "Uncle Mao, don't be too disappointed, just recognize the gap and try to catch up." During this time, I asked Uncle De and them for advice, and I will think about it when I go back later, how to avoid similar problems next time. ”

Mao Boyi's heart warmed, and he asked worriedly: "Master, because of our mistakes, we have delayed a lot of time, will it affect your plan?" ”

Su Ziheng smiled: "It won't take much time, it's only one day at most." At this time, I asked the people below to process the raw materials first, and when the time came, after the kiln was built, it could be directly sent to the kiln for calcination. ”

Mao Boyi breathed a long sigh of relief, "Then the old slave will rest assured." ”

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After arranging the construction of the furnace, Su Ziheng came to the courtyard where the raw materials were placed, which was full of all kinds of raw materials transported by Zhong Qinghan. There are lime ores, clays, gypsum and iron ores, coal ores and much more.

According to Su Ziheng's previous orders, except for the nearly forty family members in his mansion who were killed and seriously injured by the bandits last time they attacked, the remaining more than 70 family members all came to work in the workshop.

Mao Boyi brought more than 30 craftsmen from these more than 70 families to build a furnace, and the remaining 40 were here to process raw materials. At this moment, the leading family is Ma Lao Liu, who made great contributions last time when the bandits attacked.

Ma Lao Liu was leading everyone to go naked, and in full swing put the raw materials in accordance with Su Ziheng's instructions, and smashed them with a sledgehammer, and then sent them to the back mill to grind them.

The mill used large stone mills, which Zhong Qinghan also collected from Xining Prefecture, and many mules and horses were also transported. It happened to be used as a labor call, and in addition, Su Ziheng also arranged a lot of strong maids to be responsible for putting and receiving.

Su Ziheng knew that the powder grinding out of the mill was very polluting, so he specially arranged for Zhang Wanqing to make a lot of dustproof masks, using the best fabrics in the space warehouse of Su Ziheng's base, and the protective effect was better.

Such a dust mask naturally cannot be compared with those advanced masks on the earth in the previous life, but it can also keep more than seventy percent of the dust out. And Su Ziheng also arranged for the maids who were responsible for discharging and collecting materials to rotate, so that they would not be allowed to work in the mill all day and night, so that the dust inhaled in the lungs could be effectively discharged.

In addition, the meals for them were carefully prepared with pig blood soup, black fungus, white fungus and other mushroom foods, and fresh fruits such as pears were also bought. The maids in the house were not afraid of the physical damage caused by the dust, and they applied to work in the mill.

After inspecting the workshop, he found that all the work was in order, and told the leader of the workshop, Ding Ma Lao Liu, to pay more attention to safety, so he left the workshop and returned to his office study in Bailu Academy.

What happened today gave Su Ziheng a great warning, he didn't have no experience in this area before, and he didn't pay much attention to weights and measures. After it happened, he knew the importance of uniform weights and measures.

At present, the requirements for weights and measures are not strict in this extensive operation mode. However, if it develops into the industrial age later, when it is produced by machines, if it is still produced according to its own standards, it will be too inefficient.

If there is a problem with the machine, it cannot be maintained and repaired with a unified module, which will inevitably cause a waste of man-hours and do not meet the maximization of benefits.

If he didn't have the ability to unify weights and measures, Su Ziheng would naturally not be too demanding. But this is not the case, with the base space, all kinds of encyclopedias, and all kinds of tools he bought on Earth in his previous life, it is easy for him to unify weights and measures.

In the previous life, many weights and measures standards in China and the West were different, and there were also differences between ancient and modern standards, and there were different standards for the definition of each unit standard.

What Su Ziheng has to consider now is that it is better to use that set of standards.