Zhou Xian was very satisfied with the students' reactions, "It's a bit too early to let you go to work now, so the first batch of trainees will go to the steel plant for internship for half a year, and then you can come back to continue studying, and the second batch of students will then go to the steel plant for internship, and I will name 50 as the first batch of students, and the rest as the second batch." ”

Then Zhou Xian began to roll call, and soon named 50 students, including Luo Yangping, the squad leader of the School of Metallurgy.

This Luo Yangping is very talented in metallurgy, so Zhou Xian made him the squad leader.

The students whose names were called stood up one after another, and they all looked at Zhou Xian excitedly.

"Now I will teach you the latest steelmaking technology, after you go to the steel plant, you only need to instruct the workers to work, each of you will pay 5 taels of silver per month." Zhou Xian looked at the 50 students and said with satisfaction.

The 50 students who were named were excited when they heard that they had 5 taels of silver a month, and they didn't have to do heavy work, they came to study just to earn money, but they didn't expect to be able to earn money so quickly.

Then, after Zhou Xianyi sat down again, the teaching of steelmaking knowledge began.

Steelmaking can generally be divided into three methods: converter steelmaking, open-hearth steelmaking and electric furnace steelmaking.

At present, the only option that can be selected is the converter steelmaking method, which is relatively simple and can produce good steel in large quantities.

After teaching to the students, Zhou Xian walked out of Xingjing University with Luo Yangping and 50 students.

Now I have to take them to the arsenal, let Zhao Laoyan arrange jobs for them, and recruit more workers in the steel factory.

After arriving at the arsenal, Zhou Xian came directly to the conference room, and Zhao Laoyan soon received a notice that Zhou Xian was coming, and hurriedly ran over.

"President, it's been a long time since you've been to our arsenal." Zhao Laoyan said with a smile as soon as she entered the conference room.

"Recently, I have to go to Xingjing University to attend classes every day, I'm too busy, I have time to come to the arsenal there!"

"I wonder what the president is doing this time?"

"I came here today to set up a new steel plant, now we have higher and higher requirements for steel, and then use the previous kiln to make steel too slowly, not to mention, the quality can't keep up, all I will bring the students of the School of Metallurgy of Xingjing University, and let you help them build several large steel plants." Zhou Xian said straight to the point.

"Well, I also think that steel is a bit hard to keep up with now, especially since it takes too much steel to lay rails." Zhao Laoyan was also deeply touched.

"So this time you have to take a good check, first build three large steel plants, the pollution of the steel plant is relatively heavy, you build the steel plant a little farther away from the main city of Xingjing, I will inform Li San to send someone to help you build the steel plant first." Zhou Xian suggested.

"Well, I know, I'll arrange for someone to start construction immediately, I don't know how many workers the steel mill needs to recruit?"

"Let's recruit 15,000 people first, each with three taels of silver per month, two shifts, 24-hour non-stop production, and use generators to generate electricity at night to light up carbon arc lamps." Zhou Xian has already thought about it, now the demand for steel is too great, and production must be accelerated, and the only way to squeeze these workers is to squeeze them.

At the beginning of the industrial age, it was the hard work of workers day and day that met the demand for production.

"Do you need so many workers?" Zhao Laoyan was surprised.

"These workers may not be enough in the future, and we need about 5,000 people in one of our large steel mills."

"Will our ore keep up?"

Zhao Laoyan asked another worried question.

"You don't have to worry about this, now the railway and cement road to the Longshan mine have been built, and the ore resources over there are relatively rich, enough for us to use for a few years."

Zhou Xian said with a smile, Longshan is a big mine.

"That's good, I'll take someone to the site now." Zhao Laoyan said that she was about to go outside.

Zhou Xian hurriedly grabbed Zhao Laoyan, "What are you doing in such a hurry, I still have something to explain to you!" ”

"President, I'm so anxious that I just want to build a steel plant soon." Zhao Laoyan smiled embarrassedly about something.

"Haha, I just like your character!" Zhou Xian patted Zhao Laoyan on the shoulder.

After laughing, Zhou Xian said, "You go find two hundred craftsmen who have made revolvers, and I will teach you a few new things today." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away."

Zhao Laoyan said excitedly, and ran out of the conference room after speaking.

Seeing Zhao Laoyan looking so anxious, Zhou Xian felt that this Zhao Laoyan was like the kind of mechanical-minded science and engineering man in his previous life.

Soon Zhao Laoyan came with two hundred craftsmen, and Zhou Xian nodded to everyone and started the topic, "I came to you today, first of all, to make a variety of lathes that can be driven by steam engines, the first is to manufacture a silk-meter-level industrial mother bed, and then to manufacture lathes with various functions such as ordinary lathes, turrets and rotary lathes." ”

"What level is the silk meter?" Zhao Laoyan asked puzzled.

"We are now using millimeter-level industrial mother beds, and the silk meter is a unit ten times smaller than millimeters, and our industrial mother bed is more than ten times more accurate."

"Do we need an industrial mother bed with such precision? I think our current industrial mother bed is quite sufficient. Zhao Laoyan asked.

"In the future, it won't be enough, and what I asked you to make today, your millimeter industrial mother bed won't be able to be made." Zhou Xian said.

Next, Zhou Xian said the five things that need to be manufactured.

Zhou Xian opened his mouth and said, "The first is the silencer, the function of the silencer is to silence the gun, so that we can shoot without making a sound." ”

When the people below heard this, they were immediately full of curiosity about the silencer introduced by Zhou Xian.

"The second is the Type 54 pistol, which has a higher hit rate than the revolver, has 8 bullets, changes the magazine faster, and can also be equipped with a silencer, which can be said to be a sharp weapon for close self-defense, and in the future, we will equip our cadres, civil servants and security personnel of the Public Security Bureau with this kind of pistol, which is easy to carry."

After everyone heard the Type 54 pistol introduced by Zhou Xian, they showed a look of fascination.

"The third is the Mauser 98k sniper rifle referred to as 98k, which is a weapon specially designed to shoot enemy generals, the gun is equipped with a scope that can kill the enemy 1000 meters away, and the scope I will instruct Zhang Shun to make it for you."

After Zhou Xian finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar and began to discuss.

"This 98k gun is too powerful, it can actually hit the enemy 1000 meters away!"

"yes, this 98k is too scary."

The crowd began to talk about it.

"The fourth is the Gatling gun, and we want to make the best Gatling gun, which can fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute."

Hearing this, everyone let out a "hissing" inhalation sound.

"The fifth is the AK47 automatic rifle, which is capable of loading 30 rounds, which is very suitable for our soldiers to charge." Zhou Xian ignored the reactions of the crowd and continued.

When they heard this, they were numb and no longer surprised.

"Okay, all of the above five things require high-precision industrial mother bed processing, so you can make the lathe first and then produce these things." Zhou Xian reminded.

"Yes, President, we'll make the industrial mother bed first."

In the next hour, Zhou Xian taught the industrial mother bed, various lathes, and the production methods of the five weapons to everyone through the mysterious light ball.