Zhu Yuan and his entourage left the artisan community, and the first destination in the afternoon was the cement workshop.

Whether it is Zhu Yuan or Lao Zhu, they all want to come and have a look.

After all, cement can be described as one of the most basic industrial products in the industrial age, and it plays a huge role.

After Shen Quan, the ambassador of the Cement Bureau, successfully fired the cement, Lao Zhu personally planned, not only raising the rank of the Cement Bureau to the seventh grade, but also requiring workshops to be set up in various places in the next year and reach a production scale of 2,000 people.

Finally came to the scene, the group put on masks, and personally watched the whole process of cement production from material selection to grinding to mixing and furnace firing, as well as the prefabricated slabs being made.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied.

Zhu Yuan felt ...... Very primitive.

In particular, the raw materials are crushed with stone stones and stone mills unique to this era.

Tut......

I just can't see it.

It's just too inefficient.

Therefore, after reading it roughly, Zhu Yuan began to brainstorm and put forward various opinions on the spot.

The first is the stone stone and the stone mill: "Human or animal power is too slow, huh...... It can be considered to build several hydraulic crushing workshops by the river, according to the model of the bearing workshop, and the same will be true for the site selection in the future in the field. ”

Shen Quan followed several big names, and when he heard Zhu Yuan say this, he just nodded.

also glanced at Lao Zhu.

Of course, Lao Zhu has no opinion: "Do what Yuan'er said, if you need anything, just find Shan Anren." ”

Shen Quan hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Yuan turned to firing again: "Although we have already determined the best formula, we can't stop researching...... Well, the general goal is to make the simplest, most fuel-efficient, and most durable kind of simple cement. ”

Shen Quan looked at Lao Zhu again, but this time, without waiting for Lao Zhu to speak, he already had his own thoughts: "Pingzhang, Xia Guan understands your thoughts, can ...... As you said, this cement, at this stage...... Even if water power is used subsequently, it is impossible to produce it too on a large scale, because it is too time-consuming and labor-intensive to just crush one...... Inexistent. ”

Zhu Yuan was stunned.

Thinking about it again, I have to admit: "Heh, I was wrong." ”

At present, if you want to burn cement, you must first grind various materials into a very fine powder that is enough to be screened by a basket of sieving flour, but this process also determines that there is no simple cheap cement for the time being.

Shen Quan saw that Zhu Yuan had admitted his mistake, and hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Zhu Yuan said: "Wrong is wrong, this paragraph is skipped." ”

Lao Zhu next to him had a different opinion: "Yuan'er, I can understand your thoughts...... Maybe...... You can use less lime iron powder and more cement, and the crushing process is ...... Don't be careful? ”

"Ancestor, I thought so at first," Zhu Yuan said: "However, if you think about it again, if you burn it like this, it is actually not cement, maybe it is good to pave the road, just like ...... I remember that the Qin Dynasty cultivated the road, which was to steam the clay to avoid growing grass, but that was really not cement, and cement should have a standard definition, be able to condense, and be strong enough. ”

Lao Zhu heard what his baby twenty-third grandson said, and he didn't insist, but he still instructed Shen Quandao: "This Chidao, in the next few years, some places will also be repaired, the Qin Dynasty's steaming method, and the simple firing that Yuan'er just said, you also ponder and ponder, just take a ...... Hmm, project. You're a good one, don't limit yourself to this cement. ”

Shen Quan solemnly agreed again.

This is followed by the next step, material mixing.

Zhu Yuan asked people to find a pen and paper, and roughly drew a model of the drum mixer in later generations: "According to this, making some mixers will definitely be much faster than your hand mixing." This blender is not only used to mix materials before firing, but also to make prefabricated plates. ”

Everyone looked together, Li Shanchang couldn't help it, and picked out the problem: "Pingzhang, this thing...... I am afraid that it will cost a lot to make it with iron, and besides...... How can such a heavy thing be driven? ”

"After the Daming Iron and Steel Company is put into operation, we will soon have enough steel, and Zuo Xiang doesn't have to worry about this," Zhu Yuan said: "As for how to drive, manpower, animal power or water power, it depends on how the people below build it, I believe that our Daming craftsmen have enough ideas." ”

Lao Zhu assisted on the side: "I'll just say a word, if you make something good and report it, the court will give you a reward." ”

Lao Li: "......"

Lord, you are partial!

Chang Yuchun has been listening, and he couldn't help but interject at this time: "Such a good thing, I just thought, the lord said that the two thousand people are also less, why don't you gather tens of thousands of people to burn this cement, when the time comes, several universities around Hongshan can use this cement to build, or they can be like the Great Wall, a hundred years ago." ”

Zhu Yuan: "......"

General Chang is arrogant.

Lao Zhu patiently explained: "Tens of thousands of people, people eat horses, the cost is too big, and it is not worth it." Wait for the steam engine...... Heh, you've seen models in the palace...... That thing is made, a steam engine can have the effect of hundreds of people, and when the time comes, many things can be unfolded. ”

Chang Yuchun looked forward to it: "That is the case, lord, let's go to the steam engine workshop later, the engraving workshop, it's not too late?" ”

Lao Zhu looked over.

Zhu Yuan said: "There is no arrangement today, and I will go over without risk, even if the ancestors are safe, I am afraid that no one will receive them over there." ”

Lao Zhu smiled and turned to Ai Jiang: "Then tomorrow, go to the engraving workshop today...... Well, and the spring workshop, take a look. ”

Chang Yuchun didn't insist, and agreed with a smile.

This is the way to go.

After reading all kinds of details, Zhu Yuan, who was still wearing a leather mask, stood in the workshop courtyard and gestured around: "The entire production process, in my opinion, can be further standardized, one of the goals is to avoid dust to the greatest extent, and the details are specific, which needs to be pondered by yourself." I can only say that if you do something better, it will benefit you, after all, even if you wear a mask, the protective effect is not 100% after all. Well...... In the future, if conditions permit, the craftsmen in the cement workshop will also be rotated, and they will not be able to stay in the same position for a long time. ”

Shen Quan understood this time, and arched his hand: "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Everyone walked together in front of a batch of prefabricated slabs that had been made and was being dried, Zhu Yuan squatted down, personally touched and felt it with his hands, and asked people to take the steel bars filled in the prefabricated slabs, confirm it, and then put forward some comments on some details, and then left with Lao Zhu and rushed to the next station of the engraving workshop and spring workshop.

Yesterday, Zhengdan presented an engraved watch, coupled with the previous pocket watch and the relevant significance of controlling the accurate time to all aspects of the world, so that Lao Zhu also attached importance to the engraving workshop, and today it was specially included in the agenda.

(End of chapter)