Gooden was not surprised by the anomalous personnel who had been screened out.

This kind of good opportunity to infiltrate the spies can be thought of and arranged by a person with a normal mind.

If the other party hadn't installed it, Goodern would have felt strange.

However, Gooden is not sure whether there are problems with these people who have been screened out of anomalies, so it is better to focus on it at this stage.

Sending Joseph Sr. away, Goodern picked up the report on the table and continued to read it.

The turmoil on the border is becoming more and more frequent, and the national war is inevitable, and the news from Jinyuan City comes that the imperial prince has received an order from His Majesty to lead his army to the border to inspect and station.

The appearance of such a character is not only to increase the morale of one's own soldiers, but also to prepare for the determination to start a war.

Goodern still attaches great importance to this area, and he has not forgotten the threat of the orcs, and the improvement of the military strength of the territory is imminent.

Fortunately, there is now a large number of people replenished, and it is not a big problem to draw a group of 100 recruits.

But then a new problem arose, the choice of weapons.

Goodern's original plan was to use the convenience and efficiency of firearms to quickly bridge the gap in numbers and force.

But now there is a lot of sulfur hoarded, but there is no trace of saltpeter at all, which makes Goodern wonder if there is no such thing as saltpeter in this world?

For this kind of thing, he can't do anything for a while.

The development of a generation of gunpowder rifles has just been sent to the core departments of the research institute, and if you want to get the results, you have to match the bullets and gunpowder, which can only wait for the news of the search.

……

August 20.

The construction and assembly of the smelter was also announced to be completed.

Along the direction of the exit of the huge blast furnace, a 30-meter-wide and 40-meter-long industrial plant was completed.

Internally, three production lines with different production lines have been installed.

Experienced firing workers were transferred from the brick kiln factory, and at this moment they were officially employed to do their own 'full-time' work.

Goodern, who came to inspect, looked at the blast furnace that was roaring, and couldn't help but feel the charm of industry.

With this stuff, it may not be possible to produce a thousand tons a day, but one or two hundred tons is still easy.

Of course, this is the data after the blessing of the entry.

【Name:Industrial Blast Furnace】

[Entry: Steel Heart, Flame Melting, Furnace Production 10,000 catties, Mechanical Protection]

[Quality: Rare]

[Introduction: Equipment capable of smelting a large amount of metal, inner furnace capacity]

[Heart of Steel: When smelting steel, the smelting efficiency is increased by 500%]

[Flame melting: There will be a flame in the blast furnace that melts all impurities, and there will be no residue left except for molten steel]

[Furnace production of 10,000 catties: ignoring the volume of the inner furnace, you can continue to invest materials for smelting, and truly pour out from above]

[Mechanical protection: Under the reliable mechanical protection, it is difficult for the blast furnace to have major accidents unless it is damaged by external forces]

With the blessing of the four entries, the conveyor belt for transporting ore has not stopped for a moment.

At the same time, the molten steel outlet under the blast furnace, the red molten steel flows to the production line of cooling, solidification and forging under the guidance of the inclined guide groove.

For the much-needed demand for reinforcing steel, the first molten steel flows to the rebar production line on the far left.

At this moment, all kinds of machines are constantly 'clanging' in the operation of forging and pressing steel bars, from the molten steel flowing into cooling, cutting and pressing, to finally leaving in the stacking area, less than a minute.

Looking at the speed of the steel bars produced by the smelter, Gooden silently compared it with the people in the research institute, and it was simply weak.

The production speed of the research institute is estimated to be three minutes at the earliest, and the smelter can produce at least 20 clocks, which directly throws off manpower a few streets.

It's just so fast to produce iron

The supply of ore also needs to be taken seriously.

Otherwise, there will be no iron ore firing at that time, it will be embarrassing, and shutting down the blast furnace is a big deal.

The fireproof bricks inside the blast furnace have the possibility of bursting when switching back and forth between low and high temperatures.

Fortunately, the mining work in the iron ore field is now very smooth, and with the addition of personnel and equipment, the daily iron ore mining volume can reach four tons.

In the face of the smelter's 'big stomach', four tons a day can barely maintain the situation that the molten fire is not extinguished.

Of course, the output of the iron mine is not only so much all the time, and it will continue to increase in the future, and when the third batch of miners and equipment is sent over, it is easy to dig ten tons a day.

On the other side of the manganese mine, because there is a perverted entry of a thousand catties here, the daily output of dozens of tons of manganese ore.

Goodern, who got the news, was also taken aback, this production was really a bit excess for him, so he directly reduced the establishment by half and arranged the surplus people into the iron ore field.

After inspecting the smelter, Gooden went directly to the research institute to help explain and deal with some difficult problems.

The institute now has a lot of tasks, ranging from the research of generators and firearms, to the research of water pipes and faucets, and the formatting tools.

And Goodern, who is now mainly responsible for the direction of the work direction of the heating supply in Qingyuan Town.

The cold winter is coming, and the research progress of this area must also catch up with the reconstruction and construction work, so in order not to let the progress be slowed down, he can only come to help in person.

For a week, Goodern's life trajectory was extremely regular.

In the morning, I deal with the government affairs of territorial development, and in the afternoon, I go to the research institute to help provide ideas and improvement plans, and I have time to help make experiments. br>

After a week, the heating system was almost complete, and the digestion of the population of Snow Valley Town was completely completed.

The work of more than 1,700 people has been fully arranged.

In addition to the conscription requirements of the 100 men, Gooden also recruited an additional female soldier of 20 men to prepare for future medical soldiers or some special circumstances.

Of course, the person in charge of this female soldier is naturally Erin.

In addition to the recruitment of soldiers, counting the second batch of people recruited by Jinyuan City, the total number of adult main male men is more than 800 people.

Due to the lack of veteran workers, this large number of people could only be temporarily assigned to the first and second teams to continue to lead the new with the old, and the first batch of veteran workers naturally became the responsible persons.

The rest of the people were divided into two, half of them participated in the mining work around Qingyuan Town, and the other half joined various factories to study.

As for the addition of the research institute, Goodern did not plan to pick out the manpower of Snow Valley so quickly.

And now the total number of people in the engineering research institute has reached one, two-thirds of whom are newcomers, and they have not yet been able to graduate.

Recruiting new people to join the team will end up delaying the progress of the research.

Today, August 27, is also the day when the third trading team from Jinyuan City arrives.

If all goes well, Walsh should be carrying the military-backed contract and supplies today.

There was no accident with Goodern, and at ten o'clock in the morning, a large convoy appeared outside the city gate building, which was only halfway under construction.

Looking at the half-built gatehouse, Feroz's eyes were full of shock and surprise.

The last time I came here, this place was just a pile of wooden stakes standing here, but this time, it was less than half a month, and the city gate tower that received the rice appeared out of thin air?

Although the part of the city wall has not yet been built, judging from this small section of the gate tower alone, what Goodern said before is not a joke.

Walsh, who was also shocked, was also surprised by the speed of construction in Qingyuan Town.

Such a long period of city towers rose from the ground in less than half a month.

At this rate, if more people come, wouldn't it be possible to build a city in half a year?

Walsh, who had been in the position of quartermaster for so many years, immediately saw the great potential between brick and cement.

"Lord Qingyuan, I didn't expect to be a low-key person......

Walsh muttered a secret, then put on a smiling face and stepped down to greet Goodern, who had left the door to greet him.

"Lord Goodern."

"Officer Walsh."

After a brief greeting, the two headed to the castle together.

On the way there, the group couldn't help but be amazed by the changes that had occurred in Qingyuan Town in the past half month.

"Lord Goodern, how did you get these buildings to happen? I just looked at the city gate tower, and it seems to be all solid, and you can complete so much work in less than half a month......

In the face of Walsh's doubts, Goodern did not hide it, and talked about the convenience of bricks, and as for cement, it was simply brought aside.

Walsh listened to the special building materials with great interest, but did not go deep into the topic, just a brief understanding of the end.

In the castle parlor, as is customary, Ferroz first reports on the trade of the Chamber of Commerce.

This time, the income situation is also similar to Goodern's expectation, and the salt and sugar pulled out in the middle of the year are only half of it because the volume of goods is too large.

Of course, the amount of income is still more than 2,000 gold, and at the same time, all kinds of seeds and materials purchased at a high price are also delivered.

There are as many as ten coal trucks, and this time, because the transport vehicles are given priority, a batch will be pulled to inspect first, and there are still a lot of hoards in the warehouse of Jinyuan City.

After the copper ingots, ores, seeds, horses and other materials are confirmed, and the receipt list is signed, the transaction of this month is considered to be completed.

After asking Joseph Sr. to count the coins, Goodern and Walsh began to talk about the manganese steel order.

"This is a contract drawn up by the military department according to the wishes of both of us, you can see, if there is no problem, you can sign and confirm, the first batch of supplies has been delivered, you can also start to arrange the order work."

He took the special parchment contract handed over by Walsh and looked around, and it was indeed according to the content discussed between them, and there was no problem of modification.

Once confirmed, Gooden signed his name.

"Happy working together."

After the signature is confirmed, this order is officially signed.

After a brief greeting, Gooden immediately went to start the manganese steel refining work.

For the transfer of production centers, all the equipment that used to be manganese steel has been replaced with carbon steel.

Manganese steel, on the other hand, is used in more complex and harsh environments, such as bearing balls or places where wear and collision need to be told.

As a result, production has been reduced from two to three hundred pounds per pound, and now there is a new small flow forging line dedicated to manganese steel, specifically for this order processing and future stock.

……

Due to the many things he had been doing lately, Goodern went on his own after a brief greeting to the two guests.

Goodern was busy, and the Ferroz and Walsh who came could understand it.

However, when it came time for dinner, Goodern still attended the reception as usual.

In one afternoon, Walsh had visited almost the entire town of Qingyuan.

Walsh was also a little surprised that a small border town could have such a dynamic development.

And for the construction of the city wall, he also went to observe it for a while, and also felt the convenience and applicability of this material.

You must know that the battle on the front line is coming, and the border fortress is now frantically piling up stones for the siege and defense battles that may be faced in the future.

Now the bricks in front of us, although the single block is slightly fragile, but after the overall transportation and components, its hardness and performance are not worse than ordinary stones.

And most importantly, the gray coating, which holds the bricks firmly together and creates a hard exterior.

In Walsh's eyes, this thing was a potential strategic item, and it would take the least amount of effort to repair the walls or fill the holes normally.

If you continue to attack at this time, it will take at least ten days and a half to fill a hole back and forth.

But with the bricks and the corresponding cement, the enemy's attack for several days can be wiped out in one night, which must not make the commander on the opposite side vomit blood angrily?

As a result, Walsh, who has a certain purchasing authority, also put forward his optimism about bricks and cement at the dinner.

"Lord Goodern, do you have any intention of selling these bricks and cement?"

"Huh? Army orders? What do you want this for?"

Faced with Walsh's question, Goodern looked a little surprised, and then asked rhetorically.

"I'll tell you the truth directly, the frontline border city, the city wall has been overturned and repaired many times over the years, and now it takes ten and a half months to repair it after each war......

Walsh also made a note of this reality, and only expressed interest in it.

Gooden also has plans for the sale of bricks and cement, but not now.

The current Qingyuan Town is lacking in various senses, lacking people, materials, and building materials.

Bricks and cement are only available for self-use at present, and if they are sold out, I am afraid that they will have to wait until next year.

In the face of Walsh's interest, Goodern also explained his situation here to the other party.

"Well, there's no rush in this matter, it's going to be next year if the war really starts, I'm just making a suggestion, if the above can be approved, I'm afraid that the manganese steel order has just ended, and you will have to be busy with another order."