As for the coke used in steelmaking, Yu Xiaotian decided to produce it himself, and now the sea wolf has stored a large amount of coal in the freshwater, which has been transported from the land in the past two years.

In order to ensure the quality of the artillery and muskets produced, the seawolf's cannons and guns have also been using charcoal as fuel.

For charcoal, at present, a large number of seawolves have to cut down a lot of shrubs and forests, and these cut down trees are used as building materials and shipbuilding, and the smaller waste materials are burned into charcoal on the spot and transported to Tamsui City for factories to use as fuel.

However, the glass field now uses coal, because it does not need to consider the sulfur content, and the calorific value of coal is higher than that of charcoal, and the fuel is also saved, and the furnace temperature will be higher.

However, in the case of steelmaking, coke is indispensable, and of course charcoal can also be replaced, but if coke is used in the soil blast furnace, because the calorific value of coke is higher, the furnace temperature will be higher.

In addition, coking can obtain many by-products, such as gas, sulfur, tar...... These things are very useful things for the sea wolf, and through coking, Yu Xiaotian can initially build a chemical industry in the future and produce some simple but practical chemicals.

In the future, he will have to find a way to obtain three acids and two alkalis, and coking is a starting point, and acid and alkali chemicals are very important things for him.

Nitric acid can be used in many places, especially nitric acid, once it is produced one day, not to mention the production of high-performance explosives in the future, even if it only produces pyrotechnics such as fire caps, it will also play a huge role in promoting the weapons industry of Seawolf.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Xiaotian was excited, this is really too tempting for him, once the fire cap is researched and produced, then his soldiers will no longer have to continue to use this flintlock pistol, and the artillery can also use the fire cap to fire, and the explosive grenade can also be produced in the future, in that case, he is equivalent to obtaining black technology, and there are few opponents in this world, which can pose a threat to him.

Although flintlock pistols are now less affected by the weather than arquebuses, they will still be greatly affected by bad weather, and the firing rate will be seriously reduced.

However, once he produces a fire cap one day, he can replace it with a fire cap, and even if it is in bad weather, windy and rainy, he will no longer worry that the firing rate of the musket will be greatly affected.

Therefore, after Yu Xiaotian ended the Fujian War, he devoted himself to the development of industrialization.

The earthen blast furnace and the hydroelectric factory are the cornerstones of his industrial development, and they must be at the forefront.

At the same time, on the south bank of the Danshui River, a coking plant was also built in conjunction with the earth blast furnace group, of course, this coking plant was also launched by the soil method, using a very simple earth kiln to coke coal.

However, compared to the simplest method of smoldering to obtain coke, his coking plant is still slightly more modern, after all, some by-products can be refined when coking, rather than simply discarded.

In the coking process, the gas produced in the coke oven is used by them to lead to some places with bamboo pipes, which can be used for cooking, or lit by gas lamps at night, and once the earth blast furnace is put into production, it can also be used to send the gas generated here to the furnace as fuel, reducing the consumption of coke or charcoal, and can also effectively increase the furnace temperature.

At least after doing so, the production quality of the soil blast furnace may be higher than that of the most ordinary soil blast furnace, and the quality of the steel smelted may also be better.

In addition, when coking, a lot of tar will be discharged from under the coke oven, and this tar will also be connected to the jar, although this thing smells bad, but it can be used to coat the bottom of the ship, which can at least reduce the attachment to the bottom of the ship, and can also slow down the corrosion of the ship's plates, before the modern paint, this thing is good for this.

Even some of the tar produced by charcoal factories and coke factories can be easily refined, and some light oils can be obtained, which cannot be eaten, but can be used as fire oil, which burns much more violently than ordinary vegetable oil or animal oil as fire oil.

After all, the little oil they got from the Dutch has now been exhausted, and after having tar, they can replenish some light oil by themselves, after all, in the naval warfare of this era, fire attack tactics are still a very effective tactic, and it is indispensable to use fire oil.

As for other chemicals, Yu Xiaotian has no time to toss for the time being, he wants to build a chemical industry with only some chemical knowledge he learned in high school and college, and now he is still a little weak, but as long as he takes the first step, he believes that with what he has learned, sooner or later he can gradually get out of sulfuric acid and nitric acid.

Just when Xiaotian was busy tossing steelmaking and firing cement during this time, the Fujian official finally came with the news, because Zhu Yifeng launched a serious failure in the operation to suppress the sea wolf, resulting in a great loss of the strength of the Fujian official army, and the local and coastal acropolis were also hit by the sea wolf.

In February, the imperial court issued an order to remove Zhu Yifeng from his post as governor of Fujian, and sent Jinyi Wei to arrest him and send him to the capital for questioning.

Yu Zhigao, the former general of Fujian, was also impeached for this matter, although Yu Zhigao had a friendship with the Wei Party, but this matter was really too big.

Yu Zhigao commanded the Fujian Naval Division, a total of more than 20,000 troops, in the battle of Nanri Island, almost the entire army was annihilated, the whole division only fled back to the land less than 1,000 people, and the rest were all annihilated by the sea wolves.

Although Wei Zhongxian secretly took care of this kind of thing for him, but after all, Wei Zhongxian couldn't cover the sky with one hand, since the Wei Party wanted to clean up Zhu Yifeng, then the courtiers would naturally not let Yu Zhigao go, so in the end, after the court discussion, Yu Zhigao was also ordered to remove the official position of the chief military officer, including the two generals who followed him, they were also arrested and sent to Beijing at the same time.

As for the other Fujian officials, this time they were not held accountable for anything, but some of the general managers of the guard station, because of the poor guarding, also followed a group of unlucky.

This kind of post-autumn reckoning has long been expected by Xiaotian, and it is definitely impossible for Zhu Yifeng to poke out such a big basket and continue to be his governor safely.

Even when Zhu Yifeng attacked Zheng Yiguan in history, although Zhu Yifeng was not wrong, he was still dismissed by the imperial court after the last death, but he was not sent to Beijing for questioning, but rushed back to his hometown to care for the elderly.

But this time, Zhu Yifeng's fate is definitely not as good as the original historical trajectory, because this time the basket he poked was too big, the huge Fujian, because of this battle, there were almost no available officers and sailors, and the losses were so large that they were extremely rare for the Ming Dynasty, and even Chen Wencan, the deputy general, died on Nanri Island, Zhu Yifeng wanted to be safe, naturally it was impossible.

According to the rumors on land, this time Zhu Yifeng will definitely not fall on the good side if he is sent to Jingshi, and at the lightest will be exiled, and he may even be beheaded for questioning.

After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he did not express sympathy for Zhu Yifeng, although Zhu Yifeng should be regarded as a good official and a capable official in the Ming Dynasty, but who made him want to get along with him Yu Xiaotian, he had to hold his breath and wanted to put him Yu Xiaotian to death.

Therefore, the loser is not qualified to gain sympathy, Zhu Yifeng can have today, according to Yu Xiaotian, it can be regarded as self-inflicted, and he can't blame others.

In addition, there was no surprise for Zhu Yifeng's successor, and the imperial court finally selected Xiong Wencan, so what Yu Xiaotian is most concerned about now is what Xiong Wencan's attitude towards him will be after he takes office in Fujian.

According to Xiong Wencan's practice in the original history, shouldn't it be ......?

After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he began to secretly discuss this issue with Lin Yiyang, Lu Shi and other staff.

"My lord! With the current strength of the lord, there is no need to worry about this, after a few months of fighting before and after the year, Fujian is now short of troops, and there are not a few warships at all, even if this Xiong Futai comes to Fujian to take office, I am afraid that there will not be enough troops to attack the lord!

So the students thought that if this Xiong Futai came, as long as he didn't use troops against us, we didn't have to care what he did! After listening to what Yu Xiaotian told them, Lu sometimes said to Xiaotian proudly.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian knows the current situation, not to mention that after Xiong Wencan came, he couldn't take out troops and ships to launch a new round of attack on the sea wolf, even if he could take it, what could he do?

With his current strength, even if he asked Fujian to take out so many soldiers and horses and warships from before, he would still be able to beat them all over the ground, so there was no need to be afraid at all.

So he nodded, didn't speak immediately, his eyes swept to Lin Yiyang, who was sitting next to him, and asked Lin Yiyang, "Mr. Lin, what do you see?" If Xiong Wencan comes to Fujian, I believe he should be wary of the fate of Zhu Qinxiang and Zhu Yifeng.

As long as he is not stupid, he should understand that with the strength of the Fujian official, now they have no ability to eat us anymore!

So I don't think Xiong Wencan will rashly use force against us again, so if he wants to sit firmly in the position of governor, he can only change the way! ”

Lin Yiyang nodded and said: "The lord is right, although Xiong Wencan is not a stupid person, he will probably not use force against us again!" But if he comes to Fujian and can't solve our problems, I'm afraid he won't be able to explain to the imperial court, after all, this time we have done too much.

At present, we have controlled the entire coastal area of Fujian, except for the coastal side of Zhangzhou, which we have not yet touched, and almost all the other larger islands are controlled by the lord.

The most important thing is that the side of Weitouwan is now also in the hands of the lord, although no one admits this matter openly, but anyone with a discerning eye can still see it.

So after this Xiong Futai came, it was probably not easy for him to acquiesce to the current situation, because many people were staring at what he had done since he came here.

If he ignores this, I am afraid that he will be impeached by other colleagues in less than a year, and then he will not be far from being dismissed!

Therefore, the students thought that Xiong Wencan took over the post of governor of Fujian this time, but he actually received a hot taro, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Zhu Yifeng and Zhu Qinxiang!

Neither can he fight, nor can he let it go, so if the student guesses well, then he can only sacrifice this magic weapon of appeasement! ”

(Wow, wow!) It's down to 50th place! Brethren, are there any monthly passes? ）