Chapter Eighty-Five: The Hardware Factory
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Feng Yunshan appointed Song Tiesheng as the deputy commander of the Holy Army, with the same position as the general system, responsible for the daily production management of the iron and steel plant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Song Tiesheng, a mine head who has been a miner all his life and is almost fifty years old, was pleasantly surprised, like taking medicine, much younger. In less than two days, the entire Zhenghe Iron and Steel Plant was managed in an orderly manner, whether it was iron-making or steel-making, the output was stable and rising, and it could produce 20,000 catties of pig iron and 4,000 catties of steel every five days.
Seeing Song Tiesheng's proud appearance, Feng Yunshan didn't want to expose the thoughts in his heart, so he casually praised him a few words, which made him look excited.
Yes, in Song Tiesheng's view, it can produce 20,000 catties of iron and 4,000 catties of steel every five days, which is already a remarkable number, but in Feng Yunshan's opinion, this output is really a bit pitiful. You must know that the steel output of later generations will be calculated with 10,000 tons as the basic unit at every turn. 4,000 catties of steel, all used to make artillery, only about a dozen.
But Feng Yunshan knew that he, the newly appointed deputy of the Holy Army, had already increased the production capacity of Zhenghe Iron and Steel Plant to the maximum. Only that much iron ore comes in every day, and only a little bit of coke produces gas.
For the steel produced, Feng Yunshan stored most of it first, and waited for the conditions to be used to produce weapons. A small number of them waited for Zeng Yuheng, a holy army codex mechanic, to arrive and asked him to organize experiments in the manufacture of gun barrels and cannon barrels.
Because there is a lot of pig iron, Feng Yunshan wants to use it to produce something practical. Of course, it is better to turn it into molten iron and then continue to produce it, so that you can no longer melt the pig iron into molten iron and save a lot of coke.
What to produce? Feng Yunshan pondered.
At present, all the property of the Taiping Holy Kingdom is seized by the Holy Army, although it seems that there are still more for the time being, the weapons are not counted, and there are nearly more than 300,000 taels of silver, but Feng Yunshan has let Wu Ruxiao, the deputy chief comprador of the Holy Army, Zeng Guanlan and others have been buying and hoarding grain in various polders, and the seized silver taels have also consumed tens of thousands of taels. By the way, Wu Ruxiao and Huang Dingfeng went to Guangxi to take some silver taels with them, but they haven't sent back the news yet, and they don't know what happened.
You have to think of a good way to make some money, otherwise once there is no capture, and now that the Holy Army team is getting bigger and bigger, everyone's food and clothing expenses alone will be a lot, and no matter how thick the family foundation is, it will be emptied, not to mention that there is no family fund?
If you want to make money on iron products, you have to keep an eye on the supplies commonly used by the common people. Feng Yunshan only knew about iron pots, kitchen knives, hoes, and the like, and the rest was really unclear.
There's still no one at hand! I really can't do it, so I can only call her over to do this. Feng Yunshan thought of a heroic figure in his mind.
When Su Sanniang heard that the Holy King was looking for him, she thought that there was a battle to be fought somewhere, so she hurriedly trotted all the way and hurried over.
"Holy King, I heard that you have something to do with Sanniang?" When Su Sanniang saw Feng Yunshan and remembered what happened in Guancang last month, she couldn't help but feel a little hot on her face.
"Sanniang is here! Sit down! "Feng Yunshan is quite normal, he is thinking about how to produce iron products, and he doesn't put his mind on other things." This time, I am looking for you to come to Sanniang, there is a very important thing for you to help with. ”
"What's the matter, the Holy King directly commands it!"
"That's right, the Holy Army's monthly expenses are huge, and the Holy Treasury can't make ends meet. Seeing that the Zhenghe Iron and Steel Works produced a lot of pig iron, the king wanted to turn this pig iron into commonly used iron utensils, which he could sell in exchange for some money. Feng Yunshan first said the origin, and then said the purpose, "Sanniang has always been intelligent, ingenious, and knows the suffering of the people. This king wants Sanniang to help take charge of this matter, and produce iron utensils to supplement the expenses of the holy treasury, I don't know what Sanniang wants? ”。
"What a good thing I said, but it turned out to be such a trivial matter. Treat Sanniang as an ironworker! Su Sanniang shouted in her heart, but she didn't say it. She thought that it would be okay anyway, she was in a panic, and it was good to have something to do, so she said: "Even if it is sent by the Holy King, how dare Sanniang not agree?" ”
Sanniang laughed! It was this king who begged Sanniang for help, not a send. ”
"That's good. Since it was the Holy King who begged for him, Sanniang also agreed. It's just that after helping the Holy King, what can the Holy King do to repay Sanniang? Su Sanniang said as she spoke, her eyes were like silk, and a pair of big Danfeng eyes were aimed at Feng Yunshan, which made Feng Yunshan's heartbeat suddenly speed up a little.
"You goblin, this king will accept you sooner or later!" Feng Yunshan scolded secretly in his heart, but he pretended to be bold and said: "Why should Sanniang make some verbal gains. Anyway, if this king owes you a personal favor, what you want this king to do, this king depends on you. Feng Yunshan said as he swept Su Sanniang's beautiful and smiling face, but he didn't dare to take a closer look, so he quickly pretended to be inadvertent and slid down, but stared at Su Sanniang's plump place.
Su Sanniang happened to look at it, and the two looked at each other casually, and suddenly became a little ambiguous, and the atmosphere became charming.
Su Sanniang's face was slightly red, and she secretly said that this holy king was so dishonest, she should have been angry, but she couldn't get angry in her heart, and she was even a little happy. couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being cheap, so he thought about leaving, "Sanniang knows, Sanniang retires!" After saying that, he wanted to leave.
"Hey, Sanniang, don't worry, the business is not finished!" Feng Yunshan couldn't help but secretly scold himself for his spring heart, thinking about things before he was done.
"Sanniang, this king came to you, just to ask, what iron tools are in ordinary people's homes, we can choose the production in the period, and there is also a target." Feng Yunshan said.
"Iron tools, iron pots, iron tongs, kitchen knives, wood knives, sickles, scissors, iron hoes, iron plows, and other agricultural tools. These are more commonly used, and there will be wear and tear after a few years of use, and there should be a market. Su Sanniang reported a lot of ironware.
Very good! It turns out that there are so many iron tools in this era, and I was originally afraid that there would be nothing to produce, but now I can rest assured.
"Great! Sanniang, in addition to the iron tools you mentioned, this king also knows some new varieties of iron tools. You first organize people to build this factory for processing ironware, this iron is the first of the hardware, and this factory is called the hardware factory. Then, Feng Yunshan told Su Sanniang about the requirements for building an iron processing factory, in fact, it was mainly about the production of models and clay embryos. Fortunately, Su Sanniang is no stranger to iron tools, and has rebelled for many years, and she has to rely on herself to cast weapons and everything.
After Su Sanniang left, Feng Yunshan remembered a kind of enamel basin and enamel cup he had used, which was a good thing, not only as exquisite as porcelain, but also as resistant to falling as ironware. And I know how to make it, so I can produce it, and the market will definitely be good.
The next day, Su Sanniang brought her own brigade of female guards and pai tails, and also found dozens of craftsmen from inside and outside Guiyang City to Zhenghe Town. Next to the Zhenghe Iron and Steel Factory, he found a vacant land and began to direct everyone to build a factory.
On the third day, in addition to dozens of craftsmen, hundreds of young people were recruited from Guiyang City and Chenzhou City to start work and help with work. Specializing in the production of clay molds and clay embryos. The clay used to make the clay molds was specially transported from a mountain seven or eight miles away to be glazed with clay.
Su Sanniang began to let people transport molten iron from the blast furnace ironmaking area of Zhenghe Iron and Steel Plant, and began to pour castings of various iron products to produce semi-finished products. The iron pot is very simple to make, the calculated amount of molten iron is poured directly into the model, and after it is cooled, the mud mold is smashed, and a pig iron pot is made.
Scissors, kitchen knives and other utensils are also cast into semi-finished products, which have not yet been opened, and are handed over to craftsmen for manual polishing after being taken out, and the blades are turned into finished products. Other shovels, hoes, tongs, etc., do not need to be specially polished to open the front, and it is more convenient to cast.