Although it is called a special research institute, it is actually a large consortium of scientific research institutions, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a comprehensive scientific research institution.

Because many of the researchers are novices, most of them are just down-and-out scholars, and they have never done any scientific research work before, so it is said to be research, more precisely, study, because the quality of these first-generation scientific researchers is very low, and the meaning of their existence is more to use their advantages of knowing more words and strong comprehension ability to re-study and study the various detailed technical materials provided by Li Zhigao, and to master the use of various advanced equipment obtained by Li Zhigao as soon as possible.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhigao's research institute is now taking the old road taken by the Republic of China, that is, the road of introducing learning, digesting and absorbing, and imitating cottages, which may not be of much benefit to technology accumulation, and will lack self-innovation ability because of insufficient foundation, but it can quickly form productive forces and launch similar copycat products. As for the accumulation of technology, Li Zhigao decided to collect relevant comprehensive information from later generations in the future, build a library or something, and then build a school to teach new people slowly, but there is no need to slow down for the sake of accumulation because of choking.

Anyway, Li Zhigao has the scientific and technological support of later generations, and he is not afraid of continuous technological faults, as long as these first-generation scientific research workers can continue to absorb and imitate, and can copy something similar, he will be very satisfied.

It is precisely because the level of this first generation of scientific researchers is relatively low and the basic knowledge is relatively poor, so the names and research directions of each specific research department in the institute are also large and general. For example, the Department of Heavy Industry Research, the Department of Light Industry Research, the Department of Agricultural Research, the Department of Light Weapons Research, the Department of Heavy Weapons Research, the Department of Aircraft Research, the Department of Electronic Industry Research, and so on, can all reflect this trend of pan-surnames.

This is actually easy to understand, just like when we learn, just start going to school, such as primary and middle school, the things we learn are very basic and extensive, for example, there is no physical chemistry in primary school, but only one natural class, and the natural class contains basic knowledge such as astronomy, geography, physical chemistry, etc., and when we reach junior high school, there will be subjects such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, but there are still many basic knowledge, and esoteric things will not be taught, and when you reach high school, you will find that the basic theorems of mathematics, physics and chemistry are still those, but they are more profound. It is more important for students to explore and understand on their own. Many students are good at mathematics, physics and chemistry in junior high school, but they are not good at learning in high school, which is the reason.

Basically, the courses taught by Li Zhigao's schools in later generations, such as junior high school students, are basically the knowledge that existed in the nineteenth century, but the later generations are more esoteric, more comprehensive and accurate, and these poor researchers, at this time, the level is like that of junior high school students who have just entered junior high school, or the kind of junior high school students who have not learned well in natural courses, so they have to make up for the lessons and accelerate the middle school technology obtained by modern times.

In other words, these scientific researchers are equivalent to directly going to a junior high school that teaches professional technology, called scientific researchers, which is actually the level of a group of junior high school students!

In any case, most of these people are adults, but they are not very old, and their understanding is very strong, after receiving modern education, coupled with their own enthusiasm for learning, the progress is indeed rapid, and they have detailed technical information and modern equipment, it is not too difficult to reproduce or copycat modern technology.

Among so many research departments, the one that Li Zhigao attaches the most importance to at present is undoubtedly the Heavy Industry Research Department.

The Heavy Industry Research Department, as the name suggests, is the study of heavy industry, generally speaking, such as energy and power, steel production, machinery manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, etc., can belong to this department. In fact, the Heavy Industry Research Department is indeed divided into many departments, such as the Iron and Steel Department, the Chemical Department, the Machinery Manufacturing Department, the Energy Department, etc., which can be said to be a very large department.

Just by looking at the names of these departments, you can probably understand the research direction of different departments, and these research departments are also biased or focused on Li Zhigao, like now, Li Zhigao's key objects are undoubtedly the steel department and the energy department.

At the beginning, when the barracks and factories were all set up in Ma'anshan, Li Zhigao made it clear that he wanted to build a heavy industry base, especially a large iron and steel plant, after all, to measure a country's industrial capacity at this time, in many cases, is to measure a country's annual steel production capacity.

Before, Li Zhigao had just arrived, his position was still unstable, and he had been forbearing, implementing the first army model, first making money with light industrial products while developing military strength, and finally destroying the most threatening patrol battalion and gaining a firm foothold in Taiping Province.

Since it can travel back and forth through modern times, the technology and equipment of steelmaking are not a problem at all, the biggest problem is the lack of suitable skilled workers and engineers who understand these technologies, and in this core industrial area, the scientific researchers of the iron and steel department are actually engineers who study steel technology, and as for the skilled workers, they are intensively honing their skills in the industrial area.

At present, the people in the iron and steel department mainly study the blast furnace ironmaking and pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking method provided by Li Zhigao.

Not to mention blast furnace ironmaking, pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking method, which is the mainstream steelmaking method in later generations, but at this time there has not yet appeared The reason why this advanced steelmaking method has not appeared at this time is because this method has higher production efficiency and better quality of steel, of course, more importantly, this steelmaking furnace is easier to get, after all, the iron and steel industry of the Republic in later generations has overcapacity, there are too many steel mills to be shut down, and many small and medium-sized steelmaking furnaces have to be dismounted, and these small and medium-sized steelmaking furnaces are almost all pure oxygen top blowing converters.

Because there is a full set of technology as a reference, there are already a lot of reserves such as coal and iron ore, and Li Zhigao urges him to be anxious, so as early as ten days ago, the personnel of the steel department have cooperated with skilled workers to successfully recover, or resume work with a 3-ton small alkali surname pure oxygen top blowing converter.

Because this small converter is fully automated computer control, the technical level is very high, so far it is running well, and the level of tapping has passed, but because the blast furnace has not been established, the raw materials are scrap steel that has been collected for a long time, so the production capacity is not high, at present there is only more than 1 ton of production capacity, more to accumulate experience, training qualified workers.

In fact, the converter Li Zhigao bought was not such a set of small converters, he bought 12 sets, namely three 3-ton converters, three 20-ton converters, three 50-ton small furnaces, and three 150-ton medium-sized converters.

Now, the 1,000-cubic-meter blast furnace built with the technology and materials of later generations has been completed, and all inspections have been basically completed, and the furnace is almost ignited.

If all goes well, once this blast furnace is put into use, it can produce up to 2,000 tons of pig iron, even if it is conservative, there is no problem in producing 1,000 tons, and then part of this part of pig iron can go directly to the foundry, and the other part can go directly to the steelmaking plant, directly into the newly opened converter to make steel.

Li Zhigao has so many converters, and has some experience, and the steelmaking furnace is highly automated computer control, not worried about increasing production at all, so to speak, the biggest problem restricting steel production is the blast furnace, once the blast furnace starts, everything is done in strict accordance with the manual, and there is no problem at all in steelmaking.

In this regard, although Li Zhigao's level is not good, but the conditions are much better than when the republic was first founded, and it is unceremonious to say that because of the precise control of computers, even those illiterate refugees in black Africa can make steel, not to mention these Chinese scholars who have a good literacy rate and have always been rigorous.

Of course, the iron and steel industry is not only the blast furnace and converter, other such as power supply, coking plants, cement plants, high-temperature material preparation plants, liquid air separation plants and other supporting plants, but also to establish, this is a systematic project, fortunately, there is the support of technology and equipment in later generations, step by step, it is not difficult to do a good job.

It can be said that these people with a very low level are tantamount to following the spacious concrete road that their predecessors have already walked, and they are carefully moving forward in the dark with a flashlight, and the reason why they are careful is only because they have not walked it, not because the road is difficult to walk.

"In other words, according to your current situation, you can let the blast furnace fire tomorrow?" Li Zhigao said to a man with a red face, a big shaved head, and a man who had just reached the age of thirty, "Ma Gong, are you sure?" ”

The man who was called the horse worker rubbed his hands excitedly: "Rest assured, chief, we have carried out many joint research projects, and the blast furnace has been inspected thirty-five times, so it can be said that everything is ready, and all kinds of situations have been thought of." And all kinds of emergencies that we think of, there are actually in the manual you gave, and even the situation we didn't expect is also marked in the manual, and there are also relevant solutions. Coupled with the fact that the technicians behind you have given us a lot of answers, we are now confident enough to get that blast furnace up and running! ”

"That's right." Li Zhigao smiled, "Since you already have a plan, let's act according to the plan." ”

"Can you cut the ribbon yourself?" The horseman asked excitedly.

"When is your plan to start?"

"Early tomorrow morning, of course." Ma Weicai subconsciously took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and continued, "According to the Western algorithm, it is five o'clock in the morning. ”

"Five o'clock in the morning, forget it." Li Zhigao smiled and shook his head, "I have other things to do tomorrow, I can't come at five o'clock, and if I come, you will only increase your nervousness, but it will not be beautiful, it is better for you to do it yourself." Anyway, I said it a long time ago, all departments will take care of you first, and there will be no problem. Besides, if there is a problem, wouldn't it be more dangerous for me to be there? Are you going to take care of me first, or are you busy dealing with the problem first? ”

"Hehe, that's what I said." The horse worker touched his bald head, with a smile on his face, he couldn't see it at all, this guy was still a talent in Guangxu's 30 years, so he was only 24 years old when he was admitted to Xiucai, and he was indeed a young talent.

In fact, this person named Ma Weicai was one of the teachers who went to Li Zhigao's barracks to give lectures on the first batch of regimental training, and he was also among the teachers who stayed later.

Although this guy has a little talent, he is very proud and arrogant, and later his family is backward, and he has always been ambitious and full of resentment, so he is the first person to take refuge in Li Zhigao. Later, because of his interest in science, he listened to Li Zhigao's big trick of becoming a powerful country in science and technology, so he came here as a senior researcher.

The apprentice or assistant researcher he brought is also the best learning group, and the team he led is also one of the groups with the fastest research progress here, of course, Ma Weicai is also the first batch of members of the glorious party engaged in by Li Zhigao, and it can be said that Li Zhigao is a real die-hard fan.

In fact, although the director of this institute is Li Zhigao, there are two deputy directors who actually preside over the work, and Ma Weicai is one of the two deputy directors, and he is the director in charge of technical assessment, and the other deputy director is named Su Xin, who is more responsible for safety and security, probability assessment and life assistance.

"By the way, you'll open the furnace at five o'clock tomorrow, right?" Li Zhigao said suddenly.

"yes."

"How long does it take to open the furnace?"

"According to the manual, it will take four or five hours to heat up, filler and so on."

"You're going to be there during the furnace?"

"That's not necessary, as long as there is no problem in the initial heating and packing stage, and after the operation is stable, I don't need to be present the whole time, after all, I still have a lot of things to do here, and I have to get a converter."

"Well, that's too late." Li Zhigao smiled, "In this way, after your blast furnace is fired, if the operation is stable, you can leave the converter alone, give me a call first, and go out of the industrial zone." ”

"Get out?" Ma Weicai opened his mouth wide in surprise, "Why do you want me to go out?" What's going on? ”

"Don't be nervous, it's a good thing." Li Zhigao said with a smile, "Our Glorious Party will add a new member at noon tomorrow, this person is more important, and it will be very useful for the future development of our Glorious Party, so if you are free, you can also come over to attend the party joining ceremony, meet acquaintances, and by the way, you can also watch the military parade in the afternoon, so you should have a holiday, of course, you have a special identity, you hold our top secret, and the discipline of confidentiality must still be observed, don't talk nonsense if you don't say it after you go out." ”

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