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In the past year, more than 20 factories have been built in Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou, except for the Hanyang Arsenal under construction, most of the other factories are of average scale, such as Hengyuan Silk Factory, Yijun Clothing Factory, Boots Factory, and Rice Factory and other factories for military and people's livelihood, the small ones are only a few dozen people's workshops, and the most are only two or three hundred people, but these factories all use machines without exception. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The self-made steam reeling machine in the silk factory, the latest Singer brand sewing machine in the quilt factory, and the shoe sewing machine in the boot factory...... Regardless of the size of these new factories, the use of machinery is their common feature, and these machines, whether old or new, purchased in Shanghai or in Britain and the United States, not only ensured the combat effectiveness of the rebels, but also created wealth for the governorship.

Perhaps the most conspicuous of these factories is the canneries in Hankow, which began construction near the wharf half a year ago. As for the machines in the factory, they cost less than three thousand pounds and were purchased from England for dozens of machines for rolling tinplate cans, and they were second-hand equipment.

It stands to reason that the plant could have been in production four months ago, but until now, the factory has not produced cans, but in the past few days, the towering chimney has finally breathed smoke again, which means that the factory is open.

As soon as you enter the factory, you can hear the roar of the machine, to be precise, the roar of the steam engine when it drives the propeller shaft, and in the shed, there are stacks of tinplate, all of which were purchased in England.

"A ton of tinplate costs 18 taels of silver, although tinplate, like iron ingots, is transported as ballast, and the freight is lower, and the freight that can be shipped from England is 10 taels ...... a ton."

Standing cautiously about half a foot behind Han Du, Meng Qinghe said cautiously that as the manager of the cannery, he has always been most worried about the cost, especially the cost of tinplate, which is too high.

"Just wait for Daye's iron plant to be built in the future, and then the price of iron will be lowered!"

Zhu Yifeng said this, but in his heart he was secretly beating the drum, now the Governor's demand for steel is more than one day a day, just last month, it imported 5,000 tons of steel from the United Kingdom, of course, half of which is for reserves, after all, according to the plan he made, the factory should reserve enough steel for one year, that is, 25,000 tons.

25,000 tons a year, which is calculated based on next year's demand, although the current monthly demand is only 1,000 tons, but next year, with the full operation of the Hanyang Arsenal gun factory and artillery factory, plus the consumption of self-made simple machines, these items alone will require tens of thousands of tons of iron a year.

Most of these iron materials need to be imported, and the white pig iron smelted in the local blast furnace cannot be cut, and can only be reluctantly used for castings, and as for factory production, it almost completely depends on imports.

In the final analysis, it was too short-sighted when I first started the iron factory. When he sighed like this in his heart, Zhu Yifeng secretly said sorry to Xu Shushan, after all, these factories were run by him, and he just gave him a rough idea, but Xu Shushan rented his understanding of industry and planned all this.

"I have to build a Pei converter, I can't delay it any longer......"

The demand for steel made Zhu Yifeng think of the drawings of Pei's converter he drew again, maybe it is only about 2 tons, but it can smelt dozens of tons of steel every day, and it can use white pig iron smelted in an earthen furnace to make steel.

"That's about 30 or 40 tons a day, and that's ...... a year It's almost enough. ”

Accounting for the output of a 2-ton converter in his heart, Zhu Yifeng's heart suddenly moved, not only can solve the problem of white iron pig iron, but also provide the factory with better performance steel, and can meet the factory's demand for steel, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

No, it's a three-deal!

“…… The packing is rolled into the seam to enhance the sealing effect, and the double crimping barrel is rolled under the rolling pressure of the two rolling sealing wheels......"

In the factory, Meng Qinghe, who was explaining the double curling of the canned food box, only halfway through his words, realized that the inventor of the "double curling" was in front of him, and his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

Noticing the change in Meng Qinghe's demeanor, Zhu Yifeng, who came back to his senses, immediately realized the reason and said with a smile.

"I only have one idea for this double curl, and in the end it is you who realize it, otherwise, it is just an idea, in the final analysis, it is still the credit of the factory."

Looking at the ten-pound canned food box that had just been produced, Zhu Yifeng's heart sighed, who would have thought that a simple canned food box would actually be canned at all. The establishment of the cannement factory was his own idea, which was to provide field food for the army, so as to avoid the "battlefield requisition" that seriously disturbed the people, but who would have thought that the canning of this era was different from that of later generations. Just when he asked Xu Shushan to construct the equipment needed for the cannery, a scandal in the United Kingdom threatened the fledgling industry and dealt it a fatal blow.

In January 1852, a number of meat inspectors gathered at the Royal Clarence Supply Yard in Portsmouth and opened 306 cans of meat for the navy. It wasn't until the 19th listen that I found 1 canned food suitable for human consumption. That day they threw 264 cans into the sea, which they were sure they could not eat, and gave the remaining 42 cans to the poor.

The scandal led directly to the closure of several smaller canneries, and the equipment for the current "Merlin Cannery" was purchased from one of the bankrupt factories. After learning about this from Xu Shushan, Zhu Yifeng has been thinking of a solution to the problem, in the final analysis, the deterioration of canned food is because of sterilization and sealing, sterilization is simple, and high-temperature steam can be used, as for sealing, the canned food in this era uses curling and lead welding, which seems to solve the problem, but in fact, because of the poor strength of the single heavy crimping and low impact resistance, inverting it is easy to damage the crimping during handling, so that the contents leak or cause air to enter, resulting in food deterioration, and the solution to this problem is very simple- Double crimping, i.e. multiple rolls with one layer of edge seams, does not even need to be welded with toxic lead to complete the sealing.

Although the double hemming seems simple, with the assistance of many technicians from the arsenal, it took the factory a full four months to solve the production problem, and the existing equipment was modified before it was put into production. That's why the small plant never came into operation.

“…… This canned food is for military supplies, and in the future, the army will defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore my Chinese rivers and mountains, and your Meilin Factory will also have a credit! ”

“……”

Being praised by Han Du like this, Meng Qinghe didn't know what to say for a while, and it took a while to calm down and say excitedly.

"Please rest assured that the 169 workers of the factory will do their best to ensure the supply of the army......

Then Zhu Yifeng visited the canning workshop, where there was a strong aroma of meat, and a ten-pound can of "Merlin luncheon meat" was produced from here, and after being labeled, it could be packed and shipped out, and the luncheon meat ...... This is Zhu Yifeng's invention, and the reason why it was "invented" is because it is mixed with a large amount of starch, so it is extremely cheap and can be mixed with ...... Looking at the cans that were sent to the steam sterilization workshop, Zhu Yifeng's heart suddenly moved, and his mind suddenly appeared what Xu Shushan said, after the British meat inspector opened the cans in the royal supply field. They pulled out a few hearts, a few rotten tongues of pigs or dogs, internal organs, blood clots, and a whole "smelly" kidney, a lot of ligaments, hoof tendons, and a lot of slime......

But none of this is seen in luncheon meat! All the meat is ground into a mash and mixed with starch, spices and other ingredients, and if you use these to go into the water......

"Mingli, I noticed that these meats are made of whole meat, so where is the minced meat and the drain?"

"Hui Handu, although luncheon meat can be processed with minced meat and sewer, but such an unscrupulous thing is definitely not the work of my businessman......"

Meng Qinghe, who realized that he had answered the wrong question, noticed Han Du's face and hurriedly replied.

"For example, pork ribs, sewerage and all kinds of minced meat are sold separately by the slaughterhouse to butchers, because their price is less than half the price of meat, but it is also very popular with the people."

It's less than one-fifth of the price of meat, if it is...... Staring at the large cans weighing ten pounds that could supply a row, Zhu Yifeng thought of another market - exports, in this era, canned food may have such and such problems, but for navigation, canned food is extremely beneficial, in the long voyage, they supplement the nutrition of seafarers suffering from acute diseases, saving the lives of many seafarers.

And even more about the army!

For example, how many cans of British soldiers and French soldiers on the battlefield in Crimea, hundreds of thousands of Anglo-French troops needed? It may be a long way off, but it would be nice to use things like sewerage, minced meat, or even rat meat, and let those British and French soldiers enjoy the "conscientious enterprise" of the twenty-first century a century and a half in advance.

"That's right, that's right, that's it, and the "warship smoke" will also be exported to Crimea, just one is heavy, the other is light, and the two can save a lot of freight by transporting them......"

When he left the cannery, Zhu Yifeng secretly thought to himself in his heart, and even had a good name for the luncheon meat exported to Crimea to supply the British and French troops -- "Si Weimu", that's right, it was this name that allowed them to enjoy this delicacy a century in advance, and Si Weimu - exclusively for export......

"Maybe we can build a rat farm in the future, I heard that it breeds quite fast......"

muttering so much in his heart, Zhu Yifeng even felt a little disgusting himself.

"You're disgusting......"

Although he felt disgusted, it did not prevent him from making the decision to set up the factory in Guangzhou, where Li Ziyuan had already raised 500,000 taels of merchants to build an iron factory of a similar scale to Daye...... (To be continued.) )