Due to the construction of new houses in the three towns, the products of the quarries and brick factories are in short supply, especially the quarries, and the increase in manpower in small batches is only a drop in the bucket, and it is completely ineffective. In desperation, the engineers were dispatched, and they supported the quarry with explosives and special equipment.

With the gradual frequency of rumbling, the supply of stone is finally sufficient, and all quarries are actively stockpiling goods in addition to meeting the needs of the market to cope with a new round of demand and seize the opportunity.

The large-scale use of gunpowder gave Wang Xuan great inspiration, and perhaps the development of Gray Canyon could also be imitated.

Hua'er and Zhao Yuxin have entered the Phoenix Academy (primary school), Mei'er, Qing'er and Lan'er are also busy with business, Zhu'er is in charge of the inner library, and the princess's two daughters, Yuru and Yuqin, have also entered the academy, but they are one year higher than Hua'er. The rest of the people are also busy with the newspaper business, hoping to grab a large enough market share before other newspapers rise.

After Wang Bi experienced several quarrels with Wang Yue, she rarely moved around now, and Wang Yue and Aunt Liu were often companions in the lord's mansion, and the relationship between the two gradually became familiar.

Wang Xuan has been returning home very late recently, and he has been thinking about the construction plan of the Song Clan's station, especially the development plan of Gray Canyon, and every time he comes back, he also eats alone, and he doesn't care about it sooner or later.

On April 4, Wang Xuan, Xu Xian of the Ministry of Communications, and the technicians of the gunpowder factory discussed the development plan of Gray Canyon for the third time, and the most important part of it was the rational use of gunpowder. In the end, the technicians insisted on the on-site inspection, and Wang Xuan agreed, and they would set off in a few days and provide a specific plan to the lord's mansion before the end of the month.

In the afternoon of this day, Premier Zhang Yun found Wang Xuan and verified the names of the chief political officials of Fuzhen, Song's residence and Hudong New District, and published them in the "Auspicious Times".

Wang Xuan carefully read through the situation: The first mayor of Laifu Town was Tian Dazhu, the former head of the third village of Jianye Town, who will take office in May; the Song family station was renamed New Song Town, and the mayor Zhou Xiao, who was trained by the Government Affairs Yuan, has already set up a government structure in the station; and the probationary head (town head) of Hudong New District is Mao Fangsi, the former head of the five villages of Jianye Town, and is expected to go to Hudong in May to take up his post.

Wang Xuan's appointment in the Government Council was not changed, and it was directly approved, which can be regarded as standing for Zhang Yun.

As a result, the five village chiefs of Jianshe Town are now all the heads of one town. Mr. Gu will turn to business in June, form an auspicious business alliance, and bid farewell to politics and fight in the shopping mall. The people of Jianye will go hand in hand with both the political and business circles, and they are very influential, and the townspeople are happy.

"Is there a candidate for the security chief of Xinsong Town?" asked Wang Xuan.

"General Cai's letter stated that the decision should be made by the lord, and the deputies and others should be drawn up by the Ministry of Public Security and submitted to the lord for approval. Zhang Yundao.

"Well, if that's the case, then Song Yi, Jiang Feng is the first mayor of the town, and the security bureau is sat by locals, so they can rest assured. ”

"Okay, the cabinet will have an interview first, and then let him report to you. ”

"You can arrange it. Wang Xuan said, "The director of the security bureau of Laifu is still selected from my internal guards, just Tao Hu, Yang Tao, you are familiar with him, what do you think?"

"When you go back to the Lord, you don't know what you are doing, and everything is decided by the Lord. Yang Tao hurriedly said.

"Then he, he has been the captain of the squad for many years, and he should go out to see it, auspicious or lack of people, everyone is eager to use it as livestock. In addition, the director of the security bureau of Hudong New District chose Liu Dong, who was also born in the internal guard. Wang Xuan decided on the candidates for the two directors of the Public Security Bureau in an instant, and the wind was light.

So far, except for Song Yi, all the security chiefs are from the internal guard, Wang Xuan's hardcore descendants.

The old rule, Tao Hu and Liu Dong also went to their posts with their respective teams, and the internal guards spontaneously celebrated, which gradually became a tradition.

The development of Xinsong Town is not difficult in nature, but the difficulty is how to quickly and effectively open up the Gray Canyon and build high-quality roads.

On the 5th of April, it was drizzling in the sky, and the streets were littered with moving cloth umbrellas, like moving mushrooms, and many outsiders loved to stand at the windows several stories high to enjoy the view.

Wang Xuan came to the research institute with a group of 'King Kong' in the rain, wanting to know the research progress of the alloy, the artillery did not feel uneasy, Qian Duoduo greeted him at the entrance of the research institute, and the guards were on duty in the sentry box, and gave Wang Xuan a military salute and a salute.

"Go in and say. Wang Xuan took the lead in entering the research institute.

In the conference room, Yue Yuanqiu, Zhang Pu, Qian Yi, Li Mingli, Fan Zongming, Huang Mingchang and other masters are all listed.

"The non-ferrous metal plant has also been put into operation, I wonder if you will have any gains?" asked Wang Xuan.

"Back to the Lord, several of us have been studying the properties of 'alloys' and have discovered many new materials. Yue Yuanqiu said, "According to the research goal-oriented guideline, our research object is tool steel, which is an alloy with high hardness, good wear resistance, and certain toughness and strength. In order to meet these different requirements, we experimented with many different material and composition ratios and verified them one by one with different heat treatments. ”

"Have you found it?" Wang Xuan asked, these are the direction requirements put forward when the alloy was researched, and it still depends on the results.

"We have extracted different substances from different minerals, and one or several of them are added to iron or steel to form alloys of different materials, and there are thirteen of these new substances, all of which have been recorded but not yet named. ”

Wang Xuan was overjoyed, "Quickly get the booklet!"

"No. 1 substance: the mineral is crystalline, the color is black, the hardness is high, the ratio of extract to steel, the content exceeds 1 in 3, the alloy becomes both hard and tough. It is suitable for use in working conditions that need to withstand impact, extrusion, abrasion, etc. ”

Wang Xuan thinks that this substance is likely to be manganese, but unfortunately he is not good at chemistry, but new materials are available, such as metal mold casting, pressure casting, and squeeze casting, and it is not important how to name it.

"No. 2 substance: extracted from emeralds and rubies, white in color, malleable, resistant to corrosion and oxidation. The myriad variety of alloys fused in different proportions is incredible. ”

Could this be chromium? Wang Xuan was not sure, with his knowledge reserves, he still did not understand how the existing process extracted it?

"How is this substance extracted?" Driven by curiosity, Wang Xuan pointed to the recorded text and asked a very unprofessional question.

"Well, crushing, adding soda ash and a kind of stone powder, roasting and precipitating, adding sulfur ore to continue firing, sometimes the air needs to be moist enough. After filtration, it evaporates until there is crystalline precipitation, and then the sulfur ore is burned and passed into the water, and then ......"

"Okay, very good, can it be mass-produced?" Wang Xuan didn't have the patience to understand this, and he was in a very comfortable mood at this time.

Talents, it's like a multiple-choice question for substitute learning, I don't know how to solve it, but I will substitute the number of each option into it and verify it one by one. Although the method is a little dirty, it is more effective, and if they are eliminated one by one, the truth will get closer and closer.

The group of people in the research institute used the stupid method of crossing the river by feeling the stones, plus Wang Xuan did not put pressure on them, and the funds were sufficient, so they could toss vigorously and produce results, which is also reasonable, and now the situation can be said to be profitable.

Sulfur ore is heated and burned into the water, isn't it sulfuric acid? Three acids and two alkalis currently have one acid and two alkalis, at this time Wang Xuan was about to suffocate with excitement, three acids and two alkalis, tsk!

"Mass production was a bit difficult, but we kept trying, and after a few problems were overcome, we were ready to move on to mass production experiments. Yue Yuanqiu said.

"Okay, you are all auspicious heroes, I will give you the first credit. Wang Xuan was very generous, and after waving his hand, he set his eyes on the booklet.

Thirteen kinds of substances Wang Xuan knows a lot, even guessing with Meng, there should be manganese, chromium, lead, aluminum, mercury, tin, gold, silver, copper, etc., now a big stone in the chest finally landed, I knew that I should have come to the alloy research team to see, I don't have the ability to make rare metals, it is enough to have these commonly used.

Subsequently, Wang Xuan put forward two research directions on the basis of the existing research results of the institute, one is the purification research of various substances, and the new substances produced in the process of research are recorded as the next research object; the other is that one or more substances are mixed with iron and steel in different proportions to form alloys with different material contents, and the physical states of various alloys in different environments are tested.

When these research results are obtained, all kinds of lathes, milling machines, planers, drilling machines, boring machines, grinding machines, gear making machines, etc. can be produced for research and experiments.

"I've been to the institute a few times before, focusing on mathematics, gunpowder, artillery, and steam engines, but I didn't expect you to give me the biggest surprise, thank you. I have decided to reward your alloy research team with 10,000 gold coins in the name of the lord, of which 5,000 gold coins will be research and development funds, and the remaining 5,000 gold coins will be your personal bonus. "It's not shocking, Wang Xuan's reward is too rich.

"In addition, the Lord's Mansion will award you the 'Medal of Science and Technology' in recognition of your achievements in science and technology. ”

At this time, everyone was happy, famous and beneficial, the hard work of the past year was finally not in vain, and Wang Xuan's affirmation was their greatest reward.

The vast majority of them are from foreign leaders, and it is difficult for them to settle down to study in the land of other places, perhaps it is luck that they have the current results, and they are even more embarrassed when they are happy, Wang Xuan has never treated them as outsiders.

"Don't be too happy, I still have a research project to give you, I hope you will study the alloy used in the production of bearings as soon as possible, it has high and uniform hardness and wear resistance, as well as high elasticity, can be used for precision measuring tools, equipment screws, etc., which is of great benefit to our equipment processing. So I'm planning to build a bearing manufacturing plant under the management of your alloy research group, and if you can develop this material and mass produce it, 20% of the factory's profits will be at your disposal for your research group. ”

Wang Xuan dropped another bombshell, and the masters who were still immersed in happiness were collectively petrified.

Twenty percent profit?

According to the ranking of the profits of the government-sponsored factories, the net profit of the worst grain and oil factories is 5,000 gold coins, and 20% is 1,000 gold coins.

In other words, as long as the bearing factory can be mass-produced, their research team will have at least 1,000 gold coins per month, which is equivalent to their annual research funds, and for a while, everyone's hearts are hot again.

"Your research results should be shared with the artillery team in a timely manner, without good materials, how can you produce good artillery, Mr. Qian, what do you say?"

"The young master is right, he is right, we will hold a technical exchange and sharing meeting every month, just for technology sharing and mutual promotion. Qian Duoduo smiled a little obscenely, the results of the research institute mean that he has also made achievements, although he doesn't understand fart, but no one can erase the credit.

"Keep up the good work, your future is in your own hands, I don't lie to anyone, especially my own people. ”

Wang Xuan happily returned to the lord's mansion and made an exception to call the eldest sister's family over for dinner.

He and Liu Liu drank a pound of 40-degree liquor, and Liu Liu floated away after going down in twos and twos, and he pulled Wang Xuan's sleeve and said: "Brother Xuan, don't worry, with me, I will keep you worry-free......"