Just like the 3,000-square-meter blast furnace, once the rolling mill is successfully tested and meets the design requirements, then it is estimated that most of the country's steel mills will make a report and apply for the construction of a new blast furnace, which is inevitable. After all, the use of this new blast furnace designed by Li Zhao can theoretically reduce the current production cost of molten iron by 20 or 30 percent, that is, the cost of pig iron, which is estimated to be reduced to 100 yuan a ton, which will be a huge progress.

With such good facilities and construction experience, how can it not be promoted nationwide? Especially if the top and bottom double blowing converter can also meet the design requirements, then the production cost of ordinary carbon steel can also be further reduced, now the retail price of ordinary carbon steel is 600 yuan, the cost is about 500, if all the new equipment is used, it is estimated that the cost of carbon steel can be controlled within 400, then the meaning is completely different.

Of course, this cost is still very high, about equivalent to 161 tons in 60 years, which is also a matter of no way, the mining capacity in this era is too poor, and the cost of ore is much higher than that after 60 years. Taking coal as an example, the price of industrial coal is about 55 yuan per ton, which is 2,21 tons according to the currency depreciation of 40 times.

Therefore, in the future, the 3,000-square-meter blast furnace and the corresponding new converter will be a key project for national promotion, after all, this is a real reduction in production costs and steel costs, and the output can also be greatly increased. At that time, it is estimated that the rolling mill will be able to make a lot of money just by selling converters every year.

After the introduction of Deputy Director An, Li Zhao felt a little inappropriate, if it was along the railway line, it would be convenient for the steel to be transported out, but for the rolling mill itself, it might become a restriction.

After thinking about it, Li Zhao said: "We can't just think about the present, although this location is good, but we will definitely build new blast furnaces in the future, and the blast furnaces that are running now are basically going to be eliminated, after all, the furnace capacity of these blast furnaces is too small, and the waste of raw materials is also very large, and the quality of molten iron is not good. Shouldn't we first decide on the location of the blast furnace that we are going to build in the future, and then see how the converter should be arranged?"

After listening to Li Zhao's words, Deputy Director An said at this time: "There should be no problem with the location of the converter we are building at this time, right? In the future, it will mainly provide raw materials for the material factory, and it will be built here to facilitate transportation."

Li Zhao was also quite speechless at this time, how could this deputy director An be a little sober, and there were too few things to consider, but thinking about the actual situation now, how many people would consider the overall arrangement now. As far as Li Zhao knows, there have been cases where gas pipelines have turned at acute angles, and the loss pressure can reach a few percent for a single turn.

Li Zhao continued: "One of the pillars of the rolling mill in the future will still be hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, which is quite suitable for transporting steel out, but once we eliminate the original blast furnace, it will be difficult to transport raw materials to the rolling mill here, and we also need to consider the future production situation, and the current blast furnace will definitely be eliminated." We can't use the railroad to get the ingredients there, unless we rebuild a section of railroad tracks."

Li Zhao is not talking nonsense, after all, the workshops set up now are designed around those small blast furnaces, and the converter that is now located does not consider the production problems of those workshops at all. I don't know if Deputy Director An did it on purpose, but Li Zhao must mention that if the converters are located here in the future, then as soon as those small blast furnaces are shut down in the future, it will be very troublesome to transport them to those workshops.

At this time, Deputy Director An said: "Yes, I just want to provide raw materials to the material factory in the future, after all, your words the day before yesterday were too shocking, I have been thinking about how to provide tens of millions of tons of raw materials to the material factory every year." In that case, we will probably have to build these devices separately, and some of them will be built in the other direction."

After listening to this, Director Yang also understood what was going on, so he said: "Then the first converter is still here, those blast furnaces in the factory will not stop production for the time being, and then we will decide how many converters to build in that direction according to the needs of steel rolling, and as Chief Engineer Li said, we had better confirm the location of the new blast furnace in the future, at least we must know it in our hearts, otherwise the production process may not be so smooth in the future."

After listening to Director Yang's words, everyone also agreed, and the location of the first converter was also

Even if it is confirmed, Li Zhao will not be in charge of the next exploration and construction tasks, and there will be Deputy Director An and the project team.

After choosing the location, the rest is simple, the rolling mill has long had experience in construction, and the difficult things are mainly equipment manufacturing, after all, the rolling mill has never built such a large equipment, and there are some challenges. However, now there are many technicians, and there are material factories to help with the bottom, the problem is there, but it is not big, after all, it is incomparable with the hydraulic press. What's more, Li Zhao already plans to challenge the difficulty and directly manufacture the die forging machine in the material factory.

After reading this, all that remains is to explore, wait for the approval of the superiors, and then build, which is not something that can be carried out now, and the group will go back. Just when Li Zhao was about to go busy with his own affairs, Director Yang stopped Li Zhao and said, "Let's go to the superiors for a meeting in the afternoon, it's about the merger of our two factories, and the superiors want to sit down and talk together, so they should have also notified Director Su, and I just received a call when I came over."

When Li Zhao heard this, he was also shocked, the speed of the superior's reaction was too fast, and he couldn't help asking: "The superior is going to talk to us so soon, such a high efficiency, but it's not common, we only talked on Saturday, and you and Deputy Director Li will talk about it on Saturday night at the earliest." Looking at the current situation, it is estimated that we have already passed the anger with the military industry, so I can't wait for us to discuss, but I don't know what the superiors think."

At this time, Director Yang smiled and said, "Isn't it good to react quickly? This means that the superiors also attach importance to this matter. And being able to react so quickly, it's good for us, you don't know, I know about it, I haven't slept well for a few days, I received a call from my superiors today, I can be considered a little relieved, and most of my problems have been solved. Originally, I was going to go to some department to retire, so you have a flexible brain and have found a way to live."

Li Zhao was a little embarrassed when he heard Director Yang's words, the merger of the two factories was a good thing for Li Zhao, the grassroots employees of the material factory and the rolling mill, and even Deputy Director Yu An and Deputy Director Li, but for Director Yang, it was not necessarily a good thing, after all, this may delay the promotion of Director Yang for a few years, and it would not even be possible to be promoted again in the future, after all, it would be difficult for the material factory to upgrade again.

With Director Yang's management ability and not too strong foresight, he basically has no possibility to sit in the position of director of the material factory, and the position given to Director Yang in the future is only the civilian aspect of factory management.

Although Li Zhao was a little sorry for Director Yang, he obviously wouldn't tell him this, is it rare to be confused, so he jokingly answered: "Factory Director, you are too optimistic, right, didn't your superiors scold you?"

When Director Yang heard Li Zhao say this, he didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "It's too normal to be scolded, who let us not say hello in advance? I was also dizzy, and I didn't even think about reporting to my superiors first, but it's better to be scolded than to be lazy to pay attention to it, right? Being scolded means that he just did something wrong, and he didn't bother to scold, which means that he gave up directly. And if we want to merge, I feel that my superiors will agree, after all, the people who come and the superiors are not necessarily of the same mind."

Li Zhao can understand what the situation is when he hears this, it seems that he is really crossing the river, the superiors can't handle it, and it seems that someone also wants to mix sand in the system here. I just don't know if the two factories are merged, will they continue to stuff people here, if they are plugged, it's a big deal to refine the factory, and the civilian food-related industries can also be separated, after all, the food industry and the steel industry are completely different things.

And there is also a leading factory in the food industry, that is, the milk powder factory, which has reached the edge of opening, and is training workers, all of which are imported from Da Mao, so the trained technical personnel are also provided by Da Mao, and this Da Mao is quite positive, after all, it is not a sensitive technology, and it can make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Li Zhao continued: "Listening to you say this, I think the superiors wish that we merge as soon as possible, at least we are all our own people, although we will become two departments to manage together in the future, but our strength has also become stronger, for the superior leaders, this is a good thing, of course, it is a good thing for us." I just don't know if we will stuff people here under such circumstances, after all, we are much bigger."

After listening to Li Zhao's words, Director Yang was also unsure, and there was not much news for Director Yang from the superiors, Director Yang thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard any news about this, but if they are still ready to send people to us, what should we do?" I guess the level of the people who come here will not be low."

Sure enough, Director Yang is still worried, but this is normal, after all, this matter is aimed at him.