For medicine, Li Zhao very much hopes to be able to enter, this era is regarded as a desert period of medicine, especially traditional Chinese medicine, which is basically derived from the wild medicinal materials picked, and there is basically no planting. And Li Zhao obviously wants to introduce the cultivation of medicinal materials, and with the overall plan and the guidance of the research institute, the efficacy of medicinal materials should be guaranteed, unlike in the future, some medicinal materials are completely dependent on chemical fertilizers.

However, this work is estimated to take a lot of time to implement, first of all, there must be a lot of consumption to promote, otherwise there is no way out after planting, so now these are still plans.

After getting the exact news from Li Zhao, the establishment plan of the medical research institute was soon submitted, but it was not divided into several research institutes as Li Zhao thought, but only one research institute, but submitted a lot of research projects, Li Zhao is still quite satisfied with this situation, after all, there is no high ambition, but it is much better than directly establishing a number of research institutes, which is more conducive to management.

Moreover, the plans they submitted were not ambitious, they all started from common diseases, and the direction of research was mainly pathology, pharmacology, etc., in order to study the optimal treatment plan. In terms of medical devices, they mainly improve the existing devices and want to create more easy-to-use devices, while in terms of traditional Chinese medicine, they need the help of the factory to contact the pharmaceutical factory to conduct drug research.

Generally speaking, it is more reasonable, after all, it is the beginning stage, there is no need to take too big steps, it is not necessarily a good thing to walk steadily, after all, if there is any cancer drug development or something like that, Li Zhao does not think they can have any good results, of course, Chinese medicine may be able to have some results, but Chinese medicine is often a patient, or even a doctor and a prescription, and the final result really does not know what it will be.

Therefore, Li Zhao is quite satisfied with this result, so that the original five research institutes in the factory will eventually develop into eighteen, and it is estimated that the number of people in each research institute will be one hundred and thirty or forty people, which should be a good number, of course, there will be more people in medicine, but after all, they have just started, it is best to have a buffer, and a new research institute will be formed according to the actual situation in the future.

After all the plans were submitted, Li Zhao discussed with Su's father again, and finally agreed to the institute's own plans, without him, these plans should be more suitable for the time being, after all, new research institutes can continue to be added in the future, just see if you need it. Father Su also submitted the application for the establishment of a new research institute, waiting for the approval of the superiors, once the review is passed, the factory will take immediate action, after all, the personnel of each research institute has been negotiated.

Of course, there are a lot of things to prepare, after all, each research institute basically needs at least one office laboratory building, and such as the aircraft research institute, will also be located in the new manufacturing plant, but it is a little far away, and the main work at present is to implement the production of drones, and the next development.

Of course, this matter did not make Li Zhao wait too long, just on the 26th, the approval documents of the superiors came down, and the various research institutes were graded according to the arrangements of the factory.

In the following period, the research institutes were also busy, and it was time to move, but now the premises of each research institute are really spacious, and there are no longer many people crammed into one office as in the past. In addition to being busy moving, each research institute also sent a notice of the arrangement of the newcomers, and then as long as these newcomers have completed their military training, they will report directly to each research institute and start their new work and life.

After the establishment of the new research institute, the construction of the blast furnace came to an end, and the dismantling of the scaffolding began, and by August 5th, all the scaffolding was dismantled, and the surrounding sanitation was all cleaned.

Since many of Li Zhao's construction projects are built in accordance with future environmental standards, in terms of pollution, it is definitely the smallest in this era. Many people don't understand this point, but Li Zhao still insists on doing it, although this increases the cost to a large extent, but Li Zhao thinks it's worth it

Yes.

After all, the rolling mill was ordered to stop production and rectify because of the problem of pollution, but I can't imagine that just before Li Zhaolai, the rolling mill was ordered to rectify because of environmental protection issues. Of course, everyone doesn't understand because Li Zhao's request is too perverted, let's just say that a flue gas desulfurization, this indicator is not valued by any country in this era, even if it is the West, it will basically be really valued after ten years, but Li Zhao still implemented it.

Of course, Li Zhao is not without benefits in doing this, after all, after flue gas desulfurization, sulfur can be produced, although it is not much, but it is also a product, but a little bit of gain outweighs the loss. With the completion of on-site cleaning, various positions also began to test work, of course, the test results were very good, and basically no problems were found.

The time soon came to August 10th, today is the time for the factory to prepare for the start of production, because it is the largest blast furnace in the country put into operation, so there are a lot of people who came today, the main leading cadres in the factory are here, even the division commander Zhang who has been nesting in the training ground has come out, as well as the main leaders of the direct superiors, the most surprising thing to Li Zhao is that the team leader is just a foil, after all, the equipment put into production today is second to none in the world.

Of course, although it is advanced in this era, after all, Li Zhao used coal injection technology to reduce the use of coke, but in general there is still no way to compare with the future, but despite this, the overall coal consumption is bound to be greatly reduced, after all, the blast furnace of this era, the coke consumption per ton of pig iron is basically about one ton.

In the future, the minimum consumption has been reduced to three or four hundred kilograms, and the two seats designed by Li Zhao now should be able to reach about five hundred kilograms, if it is good, it is very likely to drop to less than five hundred kilograms, but the specific amount still needs to be verified to know, but this consumption, of course, is as little as possible. This level is basically equivalent to the level of the 80s or so, and it should be said that it is very advanced.

In addition to the blast furnace, of course, there are converters, so far, the ten converters in the factory have all been built, these converters are also ahead of the times, after all, the top and bottom reblowing converters, in the West is also ten years later, there are these sharp weapons, although Li Zhao adopted the future standards to require environmental protection, but the overall cost will be reduced a lot. The price of pig iron in this era was 143 yuan per ton, and the price of iron ore was about 28 yuan per ton.

A ton of molten iron needs about 1.6 tons of ore, the price is 45 yuan, a ton of coke is needed, the cost is about 45 yuan, and other expenses are about 10 yuan, so the cost of pig iron is about 100 yuan per ton, if the plant can reduce the coal consumption by half, then the cost can basically be reduced by 20 yuan. In other words, the factory can basically reduce the cost price of pig iron to 80 yuan per ton.

Of course, with the reduction of coke use, some other expenses will also be reduced, and the final cost is estimated to be lower, but it is unlikely that it will be significantly reduced. The next step is to use molten iron to produce carbon steel, this process uses a top-bottom double blowing converter, this process needs to consume oxygen and a certain amount of inert gas, the cost is okay, about 30 yuan, and the final cost of carbon steel is about 110 yuan.

What is the price of carbon steel in the market now? More than 400 yuan, at about 430 yuan, so under the new process, the profit of each ton of carbon steel in the factory will reach more than 300 yuan. Carbon steel alone, the annual profit of the factory will exceed one billion, which is another huge progress in the factory. In such a situation, how can the superior not pay attention to it? It can be said that it is not surprising that such a big project will come to any leader.

After arranging the positions of the leaders, Su's father walked to the front desk and began to announce the start of trial production. Then, under the guidance of the relevant teams of the institute, the various positions began to operate in an orderly manner, but today the leaders estimated that they could not see the results, although there were preparations in advance, but after all, it was only now ignited.

I want to wait until the blast furnace is put into molten iron, it is estimated that some have waited, but today this ceremony has to be held, after all, this project has touched the hearts of too many people, and now watching the project run, the scene also broke out thunderous applause and cheers, after all, the smooth commissioning of this project is really of great significance.

Next is the leader's speech, of course, it is a compliment to all the personnel in the factory, and then Li Zhao is surprised

, the leader not only complimented, but also brought rewards, and Li Zhao once again received a red book. And the biggest harvest is Director Yang, his long-cherished wish has been achieved, although he is no longer in charge of the production here, but still gave him a half-level promotion, in addition to him, Su Father, Li Zhao, Deputy Director An and others have been promoted by half a level.

When Li Zhao heard that he had been promoted by half a level, he felt quite normal, it was really too high in the output value of the 998 factory, and now this level is obviously a bit low, and looking at the current situation, it is estimated that it is likely that new orders will also come.