The sun rises high, bringing infinite heat to the earth, and also makes the outdoor temperature rise sharply, more than 20 degrees Celsius, can no longer be called comfortable, but a few kilometers outside Baotou Town, on the wasteland, an artificial building is gradually taking shape.

Hundreds of acres of land enclosed by the brick wall, next to it, there is a small soil mountain, which can provide a steady stream of loess for the brick and tile factory.

Two brick making machines, has been in place, the whole process is installed with the help of Yang Yuanzhao and several engineers, modern China, there are not many large-scale industries, but also trained a group of primary industrial workers, among these people, occasionally there are excellent talents, they will be self-taught, become basic engineers, perhaps for some precision instruments and complex machines, they can not disassemble and repair, simple work is still possible.

This saves Yang Yuanzhao a lot of time, the blacksmiths are familiar with only tractors and flour machines, if they are replaced by brick machines, they still need to be trained step by step, they are more of a gourd than a gourd, rather than a real engineer, who came with Harpy.

For less than 10 engineers, Harpy paid at least 2,000 silver dollars, and their salary range is also the highest in the whole of China, each of them is more than 50 per month.

In terms of money, Yang Yuanzhao has never been a problem, he is more concerned about whether money can have a corresponding effect, which has been clear from yesterday to today.

To them, Yang Yuanzhao does not need to teach them personally, just tell them, how to assemble, after assembly, what effect to achieve, and even the linkage between the steam engine and power, they are also very familiar, reducing a lot of workload, starting at 8 o'clock last night, until 10 o'clock this morning, 2 brick making machines, have been installed, waiting for commissioning.

From Taiyuan, the master of the Weijia brick factory, looking at this strange machine in front of him, before the brick kiln, in addition to being larger, the seal is better, and the temperature that can withstand is a little higher, there are no other advantages, if you want to achieve several times the efficiency and save several times the manpower, you can only do it on this brick machine, the traditional firing, after completing the mixing of materials, you need to use manpower to make the brick mold, and then dry it in a cool place, it will be put into the brick kiln for firing, otherwise, the damp bricks, It is easy to crack during firing and go to waste.

The steam engine is the first to start roaring, from ignition, to steady combustion, it takes a while, even if Yang Yuanzhao optimizes and modifies the steam engine, it can't avoid these original problems, which is also an inherent problem of the steam engine, so the steam engine was replaced by the internal combustion engine soon after.

The roar of the machine sounded again, 10 engineers from Shanghai, their expressions were calm, came out of the factory, the longest of them was in the factory, it has been 15 years, such a roar, it is simply familiar, but those masters, they don't know, as the power of the big factory, why the steam engine appeared in the brick factory.

After less than 40 minutes, the steam engine stabilized, and with the help of a conveyor belt, it was connected to the power, and the brick machine, which was made entirely of steel, began to move violently.

"It's time to feed!" Yang Yuanzhao checked the machine, and the operation of the machine was relatively stable, and he nodded and said.

The material that has been prepared has already entered from the huge inlet, and is directly transmitted to the main body of the brick making machine, a brick mold, under the planting of the machine, on the top of the material pile, making a brick embryo, and then transferring it to the other side, the workers have already been prepared, and they began to put the brick embryos separately, which are all cooked things, and they put these brick embryos neatly according to different placement methods.

In the factory, a busy scene, Wei Ming was silently calculating, but the speed of the brick machine was getting faster and faster, and soon, he couldn't find out, Yang Yuanzhao walked in front of Wei Ming and said: "Don't count, I have calculated, the efficiency of a brick machine is about 40,000 bricks per day!" ”

"Forty thousand!" Next to it, a master surnamed Zhang said in surprise, brick mold, this is the most labor-intensive, and the requirements are higher, only the master level, can make zuò, you know, the Wei family's brick factory, so many years, there are 50 masters, according to a person 300 pieces a day at a speed, it is only 15,000 pieces, and this is a theory, in fact, it is impossible for every master to do this, and it is impossible to maintain this high-intensity work every day.

Now, a simple machine, without their hands, just put the prepared mud into the inlet, and the rest, as long as the small worker moves the bricks there, which not only greatly reduces the strength, but also improves the efficiency a lot.

Just now, after making bricks in the machine, he had seen those brick molds, which can definitely be regarded as the best, not only is the pressure very strong, but also the image is particularly good.

Not only the master surnamed Zhang was surprised, but other masters are also like this, and even some pessimistic, will think of their own jobs, the reason why the master can get such a high salary, and there are many benefits, the reason is that it is indispensable, they are the pillars of the entire brick and tile factory, without them, the brick factory will not be able to operate, but a machine qì, basically most of their technology is offset, the brick factory will no longer be bothered with how many bricks are made every day, as long as the personnel are complete, as long as the power is moving, Almost unlimited can be made every day.

At this time, another brick machine also began to roar, which is also installed in advance, the power of a steam engine, enough to support two brick machines, the power required by the brick machine, just hit the brick mold on the pile, and then form a fixed brick mold, so continuous, extremely fast, the power consumed is not large, far less than the flour mill to pull the power of the stone mill, so just one, and the brick factory, do not need to run 24 hours a day, the night brick making is not only dangerous, the efficiency is not high.

Rows of neat brick walls, just erected, skilled workers lined up, between each brick, there will be gaps, in the parts of the sunny place to dry, later, after the technical transformation, will be used special cave to dry, among them, for the temperature and humidity control, is the key to the quality of bricks, so that it can not be affected by the weather, continuous brick making, large-scale improvement of efficiency.

At the moment, there is no need for this, the summer in the northwest is dry and hot, and after entering June, it is even more like a waterfall, Yang Yuanzhao has a lot of research on hand, and these simple tasks are left to other engineers.

In this case, the brick factory can operate normally, Yang Yuanzhao finally has to determine one thing, that is, the automation of the feed port, now the feed is still controlled in the hands of the master, and the speed of the feeding, directly affects the machine, Yang Yuanzhao found that several masters, some of them are not in supply, and the two brick machines are easier to do, but in the future, the development of this industrial zone will be bigger and bigger, and the demand for bricks will be more and more, and this must be changed.

The mixer of later generations is a kind of raw material mixing, the principle is very simple, just mix all kinds of materials, just mix evenly, Yang Yuanzhao recalled and tried a little, the mixer was drawn, and according to the existing brick machine, it can be perfectly combined with the brick machine, but the formula of the material, it needs the cooperation of the master.

Ordinary red bricks and green bricks, at most plus tiles, in Yang Yuanzhao's view is very simple, there are many varieties of bricks in later generations, different buildings, the bricks used are also different, and there are even special antique bricks, as well as glazed bricks, glass bricks, etc., among the masters, Yang Yuanzhao is only familiar with a few masters, especially the surname Zhang just now, he has always been around, and among the many masters, the status is higher, he waved his hand, called Master Zhang over, and said with a pleasant face: "Master Zhang, Let's study the recipe for making bricks, can you tell me how much yellow clay and other materials are needed? ”

"No way!"

"Why, isn't it just the proportion of materials?"

"No way!" Master Zhang's voice was obviously much higher, and when Yang Yuanzhao raised his head, he found that Master Zhang's eyes widened, looking at him as if he was looking at an enemy.