After three days of continuous work on the prototype steam engine to prove its reliability, Zhou Qingfeng immediately transferred Zhao Ze and the entire 'revolutionary army' engineering department to Jinzhou. This was the first department to be transferred away from the front line, faster than Xu Bing's administrative department.

The next thing depends on Zhao Ze and Stone.

The 'revolutionary army' bought large quantities of iron ingots from Shandong and Tianjin, and these metal materials were shipped ashore from Lushun to Jinzhou. Stone had already built a large steel-making furnace in Jinzhou, and all kinds of local and foreign methods were used, and the technology came from a booklet on the Cultural Revolution of steelmaking—this kind of pamphlet popularizing technology was very many during the Cultural Revolution, and the level was uneven, and there were many in the library of the technical school.

The carbon content of the iron ingots bought varies widely, and the impurities are also inexplicable, and the quality is good and bad. Stone, the minister of the Ministry of Mines, squatted at the mouth of the furnace every day wearing a pair of sunglasses, leading hundreds of workers in the steel mill to conduct training. After the death of a few daredevils, everyone understands that steelmaking is also subject to basic rules.

Steelmaking with a short stroke of ready-made iron ingots can greatly improve the efficiency of steelmaking and save time. In order to seek rapid development in Liaodong, where the enemy threatens, the 'revolutionary army' lacks time.

The prototype steam engine was immediately converted to drive a forging machine after it was transported to Golden State, and the ingots produced by the steel mill were immediately sent to the forging machine for processing. A forging machine is hundreds of times more efficient than a blacksmith and can work 24 hours a day. Forged metal parts can eliminate various defects in the smelting process, optimize the microstructure, and obtain better quality.

After stockpiling enough metal parts, Zhou Qingfeng would rush from Gaizhou to Jinzhou to drive the CNC machining center, and Zhao Ze would personally process more steam engine cylinders, boiler barrels and other components. Over and over again, one steam engine after another was built as if it were a shear copy.

"I named it 'Model 1616 Thirty-Two Horsepower Steam Engine.'" Zhao Ze pointed to a small machine that was ugly and said to Zhou Qingfeng: "Due to the lack of precision parts such as pressure gauges, I have simplified this thing. It's a bit bulky, but basically usable. At present, the monthly output is five units, which are mainly used to power the forging machines of the steel plant. ”

Speaking of the treasures he made, Zhao Ze is still very proud, "Because of the improvement of forging efficiency, the iron materials from Shandong are not enough." Stone has decided to develop several local iron and coal mines on the Liaodong Peninsula. He wants to build two more coke ovens and a steelmaking furnace, but it won't be up until three months at the earliest. ”

Zhou Qingfeng doesn't know much about technology, but he is a little dissatisfied with the 'monthly output of five units', "Can you produce more?" ”

"There's no hurry. I'm building a machine shop, an instrument factory. But it takes time. Zhao Ze shrugged, "Everything is blank, there are too many things missing in the entire technology tree, I can only make up for it little by little." The output of steam engines can be increased to a maximum of seven units per month next month. There are many factors that limit production capacity, such as I am the only one who controls the CNC machining center, and you need to cooperate.

I am planning to use CNC machining centers to manufacture some simple hand lathe parts, convert from high-level to low-level, and train a group of professional mechanical metalworking apprentices. After all, the digital machining center can easily produce machine tool components such as low-precision screws. We need to get a certain quantity first, and then we need to talk about quality. So don't rush, I've got it all arranged! ”

said that it was not to be urged, but Zhou Qingfeng still frowned and asked again: "When can you engage in muskets and artillery?" ”

Zhao Ze smiled bitterly again: "Wait until I get a 100-horsepower steam engine, build a stronger forging machine, and finish the manufacture of a deep hole drilling rig." Instead of a musket artillery, you should think about how to start a chemical industry. After all, with firearms, our gunpowder consumption will increase significantly, and the amount of smuggling from the Ming army is simply not enough. ”

The steel mills in Golden State are very simple, just a few large wooden sheds built by the engineering department. The furnace occupies a wooden shed, and after pouring the molten steel into the mold to solidify slightly, it will be hoisted to the anvil of the forging machine by several workers with a simple crane. The steam engine drove a heavy hammer back and forth, falling down so hard that the sparks of the steel ingot were scattered.

The various parts of the forging machine itself are constantly updated in repeated forging, and the initial forging hammer is only a few tens of kilograms, and the anvil is not very strong. Now the hammer has increased tenfold and the anvil has become thick and heavy. The effect of forging is also increased several times. Industrial production has this ability to constantly replicate and intensify.

In addition to producing metal parts for processing steam engines, the forging machines of the iron and steel mills also produced weapons and agricultural tools in large quantities. The 'Revolutionary Army' had previously purchased a lot of spears, and now they were producing half-body cuirasses and helmets under the hammer. These cuirasses were two millimeters thick and weighed eight to ten kilograms, and weapons such as bows and arrows and scimitars could not penetrate the defenses, and ordinary soldiers would have no way to take them.

If you want to break these metal cuirasses, you must have a certain level of cultivation. But when the soldiers of the 'revolutionary army' began to wear this kind of cuirass, Zhou Qingfeng didn't believe that Jiannu had so many strong generals. Even if it is a ninth-level cultivation, the spells that can be released are limited - the spiritual power is exhausted, and those barbarians can be exhausted when they are tired, and it is useless for Mang Gurtai to come up.

The cuirasses forged in the steel mills were still semi-finished and would later be sent to the armor workshops where some female workers would be fitted with leather straps and binding ropes. Zhou Qingfeng reached out and grabbed one and knocked it gently, sighing: "It's a pity that I don't have a good horse at the moment, and I don't have strong enough soldiers, otherwise I can play cuirassiers." ”

In the era of cold weapons, cuirassiers were typical heavy cavalry. When they launched a wall charge, they dared to attack the enemy's heavy group, forcibly break through the enemy's position, and disrupt any resistance of the enemy. Now these cuirasses will be used to equip a small number of elite troops, after all, there are not enough of them.

"How long am I going to stay in the Cold Weapon Age?" Zhou Qingfeng complained.

"Be content, others don't want you to have these cold weapons yet." Zhao Ze followed and said: "The only thing we have to do now is to increase production, desperately increase production." If all of our guards were armoured, it would be a formidable military force. ”

Zhou Qingfeng put down the half-finished cuirass and walked to another forging machine. This forging machine has a smaller hammer but uses a cam to control a full five hammer heads. The hammers that keep falling are not cuirass forged by breastplates, but by secondary agricultural tools.

The Liaodong Peninsula is about to carry out large-scale farming, and Zhou Qingfeng is buying cattle everywhere. The steel mill currently needs to produce tens of thousands of plowshares to ensure that the upcoming spring ploughing can be successfully completed. In addition to ploughs, shovels, shovels, hoes, kitchen knives, and iron pots, these things are urgently needed by the 'revolutionary army' at present.

The steam engine drove the hammer to work day and night, and in front of each anvil was a sweaty blacksmith. When Zhou Qingfeng approached, it was a group of blacksmiths who were changing shifts. Due to the harsh working conditions, the blacksmiths at the steel mill take a break every two hours of work and leave work after six hours.

Seeing the blacksmith changing shifts, Zhou Qingfeng stepped forward and asked, "How many masters, is this forging hammer easy to use?" ”

The blacksmiths on the shift were shirtless, and their faces were red and shiny from the heat. Seeing Zhou Qingfeng come forward, they hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to kneel.

"Don't be too afraid, I'll just ask, let's just chat!" Zhou Qingfeng deliberately laughed loudly to make the blacksmith who changed shifts easier. The blacksmiths followed and giggled, and only after a long time did someone speak: "Young marshal, this forging machine is really good, powerful, and well-proportioned." It's a lot more comfortable to work here than we used to. ”

One person spoke, and the other blacksmiths immediately chimed in.

In the past, blacksmiths were really tired of making irons. The master and apprentice went up together, and the sledgehammer kept smashing, and it took half a day to make a hoe. To be a blacksmith you must be in good health, and you must eat enough meat, oil, and water. Therefore, anyone who can be a blacksmith can be called a rich man, and because of this, iron tools are particularly expensive. This situation still existed until after the founding of the Rabbit State, and it was completely a manifestation of industrial capacity.

Now as soon as the hammer is forged, the labor intensity of the blacksmith is greatly reduced, and the quality is more guaranteed. They only need to clamp the iron ingot with steel tongs and turn it under the hammer head, and a few efforts can be formed with a farm tool. The production efficiency has been increased dozens of times, and the labor intensity is less than one-tenth of the past.

In the past, it was good for a master to take an apprentice to make two or three farm tools in the morning, and no matter how much physical strength he had, he couldn't stand it. Now a blacksmith can make hundreds of farm tools in half a day, and he is not tired easily - because of the piece-rate wage in the steel factory, all blacksmiths want to work another shift after one shift, and feel that it is simply a sin to work only three hours a day. How could there be such good things in the past?

"Young marshal, why don't we work six hours a day. We're really not tired! One of the blacksmiths said, "I will go home in three hours, and I will always feel unsure." ”

Yes, yes, yes, the other blacksmiths are constantly echoing.

Regarding the blacksmiths' initiative to ask for overtime, Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and smiled: "It's not just you who have to work, there are other blacksmiths." Our 'revolutionary army' is still training more blacksmiths, and even recruiting blacksmiths in Shandong and western Liaoning. You have done all the work, what are the others doing? ”

"Young marshal, you can hire fewer people." The blacksmith who opened his mouth only thought about making more money for himself.

Zhou Qingfeng laughed and said, "I know you are not tired, but I have to hire more people." Because the number of forging machines here will soon increase, the work to be done will only increase. And if I have one more blacksmith here, there will be one less blacksmith for my enemies, which is very cost-effective. ”

When their request was denied, the blacksmiths could only laugh. They only felt that this forging machine was powerful and efficient, and saved the fatigue of beating. But they didn't know that the number of forging machines would increase, and they didn't know how terrible this industrialization was. In a few hundred years, the rabbit will have to abandon its own steel production capacity - what is it to produce so much steel? It can't be eaten, and it's not easy to sell.

Now Zhou Qingfeng is distressed by the limited raw materials of his steel and processing capacity. The more I developed, the more anxious I became, and I wanted to run into communism. He wanted to make a big leap forward here, but suddenly someone came to report, saying that two groups of people had come to Lushun, and they all named and said that they were old acquaintances of the young marshal and came to meet them.

"Who?"

"Both groups were led by women. One called himself Fan Wan'er, and the other said his surname was Yuan, but he refused to tell the guard's name easily. However, the woman surnamed Yuan also has a very tall ghost woman, the kind that is particularly fierce. ”

Zhou Qingfeng immediately understood who came to the door.

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