10,000 catties of steel, how much is the output?

10,000 catties sounds like a lot, that is, 50,000 tons of steel, three hundred years later in China, the annual output of a small steel mill is calculated in 100,000 tons, which is a remarkable number for everyone here, but for Zhu Jie, it is too small!

What can 50,000 tons of steel do? You must know that in the era of armored ships, the tonnage of a main battleship will be tens of thousands of tons! If, in just five to ten years, steel production cannot be increased to more than 100,000 tons, then how can the fleet of the Ming Empire sweep the world in the future?

The steel output of 10,000 catties, in Zhu Jie's view, must be achieved within three years!

Not only steel production, the need to quickly increase coal production, China's iron ore is mostly poor iron ore, mining is still a little difficult, but coal mines are different, China is full of coal, only Shanxi and Zhili around Beijing, the coal mine is enough for the current Ming Dynasty to slowly mine, the annual coal production must exceed one million tons, only enough for steelmaking, copper smelting and other metallurgy and steam locomotives, in addition, the demand for coal for daily heating diet is also a lot, Nowadays, the annual coal production of Daming is only 100,000 tons, once the rapid development of the steel industry and railways, the coal production of more than 100,000 tons, is simply not enough, but I am afraid that there is no million tons of it is impossible to use enough.

If you want to export a large amount, you need two or three million tons to be enough!

"Your Majesty, are you really sure that our Daming steel output will reach 10,000 catties?"

Yuan Jixian asked in shock.

"What's impossible about that!"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Our converter steelmaking method is advanced enough, the crucible process is also advanced enough, the steel output and efficiency are improving rapidly, the iron ore and steel output controlled by the imperial court alone has reached 20,000 catties, and there will be a large number of folk iron ore in the future, since ancient times, salt and iron are the most profitable, and now the rich businessmen are ready to invest in ironmaking, within three years, it is enough to increase our steel output by three to five times, that is, tens of thousands of taels, if it continues like this, ten years later, Daming steel output will reach 100,000 catties, It is not a difficult thing, and the rapid increase of iron ore will definitely wait until the growth of coal mines, and the growth of coal mines will also bring about the improvement of smelting technology. ”

Zhu Jie looked at Xu Yifan and said: "Yifan, the military use of the railway is great, but not now, but in ten years, now our steel production is too low, it is impossible to pave the railway everywhere, in this way, it will limit the use of the railway, you still need to be patient, and when the imperial court's finances are enough to support the large-scale laying of the railway, I will definitely let all the places in the entire Ming Dynasty be paved with railways!" ”

Xu Yifan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, why wait until ten years later, can't we do it in advance now?" If the cost is too great, then we will build less, we can build a hundred to three hundred miles every year, ten years later, we will have more than three thousand miles of railways, from the capital to Nanjing, if we have such a railway, that day the Xiong army and the Tianwei army can come and go freely in the south of the Yangtze River and Saibei, once the war is fought, we can have much faster maneuver than any enemy, and destroy the enemy in the bud! ”

"Haha!"

Zhu Jie laughed, this Xu Yifan, whatever he thinks, it suits his appetite, start in advance, the stupid bird flies first, I'm not afraid of slow repair, I'm afraid of not repairing, just take advantage of this opportunity to hone a group of industrial workers!

"Don't worry, Yifan, I already have a claim in my heart! The most important thing now is Lu Liuliang's test, only his steam locomotive can be fully competent, so in the rest of the time, Lu Liuliang, it's all up to you, or that sentence, if you want someone to give people, you want money to give money, I just need a satisfactory steam locomotive! Also, Song Lao! ”

Song Yingxing, who was on the side, hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, what are your orders!" ”

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "The task of the Military Industry Academy is still very arduous, I will hand over the research of the railway to you, the production of rails is not a simple matter, you need good steel, you must form a unified regulation, and at the same time, you also need some specific equipment, pass on the decree, summon the most skilled steel engineers of the Yongping Mining Bureau to Beijing, I must communicate with them in person, before I can carry out production!" Spread the decree to encourage private businessmen to open mines and set up factories, there is only one threshold, each steel mill must have an annual output of more than 100,000 catties, before it is allowed to open, as long as the quality is qualified, the imperial court is open to purchase, how much they produce, how much the imperial court buys! ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Jie continued: "Bi Dengfu! The construction of the railway is not a simple matter, it is necessary to naturalize the line, the need to set up a site, the need to explore the terrain, and even in the future to open a tunnel in the mountainside for traffic, these things are all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, not careless; At the same time, the imperial court spends 1.5 million taels of silver every year for the construction of railways, first of all, the construction of two railways in the Gyeonggi area and the Jiangnan area, and the construction plan is specially reported, I need to personally review all the details of the plan, the first time to build a project of this scale, but it is not sloppy! ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Jie finally cast his eyes on Lu Liuliang again, and said with a smile: "Lu Liuliang, you just mentioned that it is not a good idea to apply rubber to steam locomotives, steam locomotives are too heavy, and the current rubber process is not enough to support such a heavy weight, however, this rubber is very useful, and it will be everywhere in the future, steam locomotives cannot be used, but there are two kinds of vehicles that can be used, for example, horse-drawn carriages, once the wheels are covered with rubber, the carriage will be much lighter, this is a good idea, in the future." You still need to work on this. ”

"So, what about another kind of car?"

Lu Liuliang asked excitedly, he knew that the emperor's whimsy was inexhaustible, and he had to squeeze out some dry goods for him!

"Haha......"

Zhu Jie laughed and said, "Another kind of car, you don't think about it, this is an asset I left to the royal family, and I will also set up a company to play around, specializing in the production of this kind of car!" ”

"That minister must join the last share!"

How could Xu Yifan on the side let go of this good opportunity, as long as the emperor wants to make a deal, he will definitely not lose his capital, and he must not let it go!

(End of chapter)