If Liaodong is an entrenched dragon, then the chimney in front of Li Xiao's eyes is the two scales raised by the dragon. Li Xiao never dreamed that there would be a chimney as high as 100 meters in today's Daming.

This may be the tallest chimney in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Xiao still can't figure out how the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty built such a high chimney.

Driven by the huge steam engine, the axle squeaked and twisted slowly, driving the thick horizontal bar, and the square steel drove a smaller gear, so that it decreased, and by the time the last half-man high gear, it had already turned fast, driving the huge bellows to blow air into the blast furnace, and a light blue flame more than a foot long appeared from the small observation hole.

Li Xiao's trip to Liaodong did not even go to Shenyang, and came directly to Anshan. No one knows better how important steel is to a country that is rushing towards industrialization.

Steel is needed for manufacturing and production equipment, and steel is needed for reinforced concrete buildings. People need steel in their daily lives, and farmers need steel to cultivate their land. Not to mention, the main forces of the Ming army have been completely firearmed. Even such an anti-heaven thing as the Acre 47 rifle exists, and the army's demand for steel has reached the air level.

I'm afraid that in this world, there is no one who has a better understanding of steel than Li Xiao.

In the huge steel mill of Anshan Iron and Steel, Li Xiao listened to the steward to explain to himself, while carefully observing the operation process of the blast furnace, the bellows blowing is not ideal, it can not continue to blow, no matter what, there is always a break period, just look at the flames that come out, stretching and contracting, as if breathing.

"Handsome! As you can see, this is what it looks like, the inferior people have adjusted all the joints that can be adjusted, and they are currently in the best state, and they think that there is still a huge room for improvement in the melting level of steel, but the temperature of coke burning is so high, and there are still many impurities in the steel that cannot be refined, we scoop out these impurities and store them, which should be good things, and when we find better fuel in the future, we can refine them, and then see what kind of treasure it is. ”

Mr. Zhou, who accompanied him, was originally born as a supervisor and was recommended to the post of factory director by the fisherman. His ancestors were from the Western Regions, and they were coerced by the Mongols to come to Zhangjiakou to build blades. It is said that to his family, his generation, has been making steel for three hundred years, the method of frying steel is not unfamiliar to him, but he can't figure out why he needs to fry to fry good steel, if it is not for Li Xiao to explain to him the role of charcoal in it, I am afraid that another three hundred years of steel can not understand the truth.

Three hundred years of steelmaking career has allowed the Zhou family to accumulate enough experience that the last layer of window paper cannot be pierced. Sometimes, this layer of window paper is not mentioned, and even if it is a thousand years, there may not be progress.

The pitiful steel knowledge in Li Xiao's head is no less precious to the Zhou family than stabbing a ** girl. After squeezing Li Xiao for three months, Li Xiao's poor knowledge of chemistry and steelmaking all became the Zhou family.

For this! He took people to the bitter cold Liaodong and began to lay the most solid foundation for the steel industry of the Ming Dynasty.

Angang is so huge that the factory has been built for seven years, and it is still being built. In order to build Angang, the imperial court had to set up a brick factory and a cement factory in Tengao, and all the masonry cement produced was supplied to Angang.

As for the rebar thing...... Angang has never lacked steel bars.

In later generations, electric furnaces were used, but because the application of electricity was not widespread enough, and the power plant of Anshan Iron and Steel was still under construction. Therefore, the blast furnace can only be coke. In the past, when he was in Phi Dao, Li Xiao used the wind from the mountains to bring more oxygen to the blast furnace. But in any case, the blast furnace of Anshan Iron and Steel cannot be moved to the top of a thousand mountains.

If you want to squeeze the energy of coke dry, you need to blow oxygen, where does Li Xiao get so much oxygen for them to blow into the furnace?

As he spoke, twenty oxen pulled the gantry crane over, and it seemed that they were very skillful in cooperating, and once they were in place, the workers drove the cattle away, and the iron hooks hung with huge ladles were slowly placed in the taphole.

"I thought about using machinery, but I needed to add a lot of gearing. And it's not very reliable, so maybe something went wrong. It's good to use livestock, it's simple and practical. Seeing Li Xiao shaking his head helplessly, Lao Zhou hurriedly added.

"I'm afraid the most important thing is to save money by doing this!" Li Xiao sighed, and Lao Zhou hung his head and didn't speak.

The Ming Dynasty, which entered industrialization, was still using livestock as the driving force. Li Xiao thinks that this is the shame of industrialization, but there is no way. Everything needs to be developed, and Li Xiao can't become an inventor or chief engineer to solve construction problems. If that's the case, Li Xiao won't be able to keep himself busy even if he incarnates the Thousand-Armed Guanyin.

Daming needs thousands of old Zhou, and thousands of Ao Canghai. It just can't have thousands of Li Xiao, if there are thousands of Li Xiao, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be in chaos in the world.

A naked, upper-body fool shouted, "Steel! ”

The sluice gate of the steelmaking furnace was opened, and a stream of orange-red molten steel flowed out of the outlet, falling into the ladle and splashing countless steel flowers, and the enthusiastic scene made people's blood boil.

There is not much steel in a furnace, a ladle is installed, the cattle in the distance continue to lead the heavy dragon gate to the other side of the casting site under the shouting of the craftsman, a stout man is also shirtless, coiled the huge ring on the ladle, the ladle gradually tilted, aimed at the pouring mouth of the sand mold, and poured the molten steel into it slowly, I have to say that the craftsmanship is good, and it has not been watered, so I stopped, Li Xiao looked at Lao Zhou in puzzlement, and did not understand why he did this.

"Handsome! Now the workers are waiting for the air in the model to be photographed, you see! When the air is heated, it expands, and if you pour it all at once, it will form pores in the casting, and you see, the air comes out. Lao Zhou hurriedly explained.

Sure enough, a white air stream came out with a snort along the other hole, and Li Xiao estimated that the temperature of those steam must be terrifyingly high. The most feared thing about castings is that there are pores, which will greatly damage the structural strength of castings.

Before Li Xiao did not reach the Ming Dynasty, the cavity of the artillery casting was the main reason for the explosion. That's why the artillery of that era was cast so thickly.

The workers poured it in again until the steel overflowed the gate, and because of the thermal expansion and contraction, it was always necessary to pour more. It seems that the castings are not large, because the models are placed side by side, and the molten steel can be stored for a period of time in the ladle covered with cement, and it is only an hour before and after, and the workers will finish pouring the molten steel in the ladle.

When the strong man stopped and picked up a huge jug to drink, Li Xiao pointed to his scarred upper body and asked, "The factory didn't give you work clothes?" ”

"It's gone! It's too hot to wear! The strong man didn't finish his sentence, and was kicked by Lao Zhou's steward. The strong man glanced at the steward dissatisfied, and then reluctantly knelt down on one knee and gave Li Xiao a salute. The noble man in front of him is very young, and he is probably the son of a powerful family.

"No need, this is a construction site, don't show off those vulgar rites here, I just ask you, just because it's hot, can you not wear those labor protection supplies? Look, is there still a good piece of skin on the whole body? Since you are doing this business, the molten steel will splash when you see the air, don't you know this common sense? "Li Xiao likes to be stubborn, and Li Xiao used to have this temper too.

"It's all fine coarse cloth, not only strong but also full of three layers. A set of clothes is taken apart into three bodies, and two bodies are issued in the workshop in a year, so that the clothes of the whole family are settled, and my rough hands and feet are not burned, so I will leave a mark. Dahan suddenly had a good impression of this young high-ranking official who had no shelf, and unconsciously told the truth.

Dahan's words made Li Xiao speechless immediately!

Perhaps because he has been familiar with the rich life since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he has long become unfamiliar with the life of these low-level people, and he has long betrayed his original class, becoming a vicious landlord, a blood-sucking capitalist, and a shameful bureaucratic identity, he can almost be buried in the ground and manure without treatment.

As a ninety years ago, childhood memories have blurred. But I still remember that when I was a child, I wore the blue overalls that my mother changed to small. Even the famous photo of Ma Shoufu's childhood was wearing a coarse cloth and small work clothes.

As long as it's a new dress, I don't care what it is, as for my father, I can't remember the shadow of being busy in the factory in a torn clothes that can no longer be torn, and the only thing I can think of is the beautiful little lapel suit that was changed from work clothes.

Everything in front of him made Li Xiao seem to have returned to that distant era, the sky was gray, the factory was gray, the people were gray, or in that era, the heart was probably also gray.

"In the future, you will not be allowed to enter the factory without wearing work clothes, and you will not be allowed to enter the workshop!" Li Xiao gave an order to Lao Zhou, and the eyes of the big man who stood up straight were as big as cow eggs.

Lao Zhou bowed down and promised, Li Xiao's identity was kept secret from the workers, but he knew it clearly.

"Plus! There are also masks, gloves, shoes, etc., and one more pair is issued every year. The imperial court is now in financial difficulty, but it cannot be left behind the workers. Endure and survive these three or two years, and everything will be fine.

Those of you who are in charge of the government remember that the most valuable thing in the factory is these skilled workers. It is not the chimneys and factories built with steel and concrete by the imperial court with huge investment.

You have to wear a mask when it's hot, because the air here is scorching and dusty, which is not good for your lungs. Overalls, gloves, shoes can protect the skin! One day, the house collapsed and could be rebuilt, but once the flesh and blood were gone, they would never be able to live again. ”

Li Xiao said that as soon as he finished speaking, the big man with a straight waist bowed down and hugged Li Xiao. Lao Zhou bowed his head and praised! Everyone looked at Li Xiao's eyes, and they all changed into a different look.

Except for a few core leaders in the factory, everyone else thought that this was just a child of anointing. Relying on the merits of his father, he was in a high position and shouted five or six to play majestic.

Such a anointed child is despised by everyone in their hearts.

But this one is different in front of him, at least he has humanity!

The development of steel technology to this day has been beyond the control of Li Xiao. After all, Li Xiao is not a steelmaking technician. That little bit of chemistry knowledge is only at the high school level.

Everything needs to change from quantitative to qualitative change! The rest is to gradually improve in the production process. Materials science is a basic science that requires a lot of trial and error in order to continuously improve. Perhaps more than ten years later, the steel refining level of Daming will develop by leaps and bounds.

Who can say for sure!

Now Daming has run many schools, all of which concentrate elites from all walks of life to teach. In the final year, I will combine theory with practice and enter the factory for internship.

Although the concentration of people in the school has delayed production to a certain extent. However, Li Xiao, Sun Chengzong and others all felt that it was more useful to put these people in the school to teach. These people are like yeast, as long as they are given certain conditions, they can bring great surprises.

Five years have passed, and two batches of students have graduated and begun to enrich themselves in all walks of life. There are 100 graduates in the steel mill, and after a few years of internship in the workshop, they will become the backbone of the industry.

Li Xiao's grassroots inspection is not much different from that of the big leaders of the year, and visiting these student technicians is also in the planned schedule.

As a group of knowledgeable and literate people, many of them know Li Xiao. Because in the corridor of the school, there are portraits of Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong.

Li Xiao is almost the idol of the young people of the whole university, and his deeds of fighting the world empty-handed have become a kind of legend. There are countless versions circulating in the market, and in each version, Li Xiao is a fairy-like character.

Today, I actually saw the real body of the handsome, it was really exciting, trembling hands, and there was no complete sentence.

Li Xiao saw faces that were distorted with excitement, and several of them showed signs of fainting.

shook hands one by one in a very elegant manner, and saw that he was too excited and specially pulled two homely sentences, which made this guy even more excited. grinning and only knowing silly music, show your little tongue to Li Xiao.

"Students have worked hard!"

"Mighty and mighty!"

Li Xiao waved his hand and greeted these technicians. The technicians shouted slogans in unison, and it seemed that military training in the school was necessary.

Under the leadership of the grass-roots parallax, entering the canteen to eat with the workers, this kind of pro-people action must be there.

Lao Zhou is the elm head, and he doesn't know how to make the leader show the virtue of being approachable. Specially in the factory department, a table of extremely rich wine banquet was made. Li Xiao just glanced at it, shook his hand and walked out, grabbed someone to lead the way, and went straight to the factory canteen. A group of dumbfounded high-ranking officials could only follow behind Li Xiao.

The workers queuing up at the entrance of the canteen to eat are all holding rice bowls to watch the Western scenery, a young man strides in front, and a group of forty or fifty-year-old men in the back are hard to catch up.