A strong wind howled under the cloudy sky.

The air is rich in moisture and smells of grass and earth.

Zhang Qi stood by the window and took a deep breath.

Behind him, the director of the Taiyuan Branch of the Smelting Bureau of the Tiangong Division was reporting on official business.

"The 14 factories under the jurisdiction of the 13th Taiyuan Metallurgical Bureau have been completed, and the 3,000 skilled workers recruited from Liaodi have each led 15 local apprentices to start the preliminary operation, and it is expected that within three months, each of the different factories will be able to reach the average output value of the Liaodi factory."

With his hands behind his back, Zhang Qi's posture was upright, and listening to the report of the director of the smelting bureau, he nodded his head.

"Good job, today's thunderstorm, can the lightning strike array be arranged?"

Zhang Qi has a rough idea of the factory, and now there are two armies stationed around Taiyuan, and the garrison is sufficient, so he has set up many large factories in Taiyuan.

Iron smelting, cement calcination, forging and so on.

There is also a new plant for the production of coking coal.

Nowadays, there are many researchers under Zhang Qi's command, and he has some insight far beyond this era, so the manufacture of some things also needs to be put on the agenda.

Although he is not a professional, he often has the advantage of making the scholars of this era burst out with amazing inspiration and enlightenment.

Coking coal.

Whether it is steelmaking or others, the demand will definitely not be less in the future, and with the addition of coal gas, a by-product of coking, coal tar has a good value.

Although the energy burned by gas is half that of natural gas, this can also be burned, and even in later generations, the proportion of gas used is still very high.

The use of tar is even greater, whether it is the production of plastics, synthetic fibers, dyes, rubber, medicine, high-temperature resistant materials, etc., it is an extremely important raw material, and can also be used to synthesize pesticides, saccharin, dyes, pharmaceuticals and other industrial products.

Although the industry under Zhang Qizhi is still in its infancy, there is always something to be made by using some things.

Not to mention that coke kerosene can also be hydrotreated to produce high-performance fuels such as diesel gasoline, how could Zhang Qi not know the benefits of the latter.

This is also the reason why he set up a coking plant in Taiyuan, Zhang Qi is not good to say anything in other places, but in Shanxi, coal mines are not a problem!

Hearing Zhang Qi's question, the director of the smelting bureau replied respectfully.

"It has been prepared for a long time, and a total of 140,000 copper and iron rods will be wrapped in this lightning strike, and I don't know how many strong magnets will be generated."

"Colleagues from the Research Bureau of the Tiangong Division have experimented many times, but it is still difficult to guarantee the probability of generating strong magnets every time."

The director of the Smelting Bureau glanced at Zhang Qi's back cautiously.

"Well, I know about this, no wonder you wait, as long as there is output, I will be of great use if I can seal the box and bring it back as usual after the rain."

"No!"

The purpose of making strong magnets is to make generators, and although there are natural magnets in nature, scholars in the world have tried many times and decided that they are not ideal.

So Zhang Qi simply thought about making strong magnets, and he naturally understood the principle of making strong magnets with a foundation in physics, so whenever the wind masters detected a thunderstorm, he would arrange for the Smelting Bureau to use copper wire to wrap the iron rod and wait for the lightning strike.

The first few times he used the iron rod, the amount of iron rods was too small, resulting in a very low yield of strong magnets, so this time he simply asked people to prepare hundreds of thousands of copper and iron rods in advance, just waiting for a handful to make up the amount.

Regarding electricity, Zhang Qi also has a plan, and now that the success of the railway means that distance under his rule is no longer a problem, then naturally, the importance of communication should also be put on the agenda.

Although he still doesn't know the specifics of communication, in the end, modern communication plays with electricity.

The first generation of generators has already achieved results in the world, and what is being done now is to further improve the generators.

As for the most critical problem of electricity storage, the answer given by scholars in the world is lead plate storage, and multi-lead plate series storage.

By filling a box with distilled water, this is the simplest device for storing electricity, and the more esoteric ones will have to wait until the edifice of physics is built.

The seeds of culture have been sown by Zhang Qi, and he has compiled all the knowledge he has learned and seen into books and taught them to millions of students, and in the future, these students can understand what truth Zhang Qi can not predict, but what he knows is that some things cannot be completed by one person to complete the changes of the times.

Nowadays, the various knowledge edifices in Liaodi can be regarded as the level of the project that has just been established, and even the foundation cannot be laid.

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"The cart is coming, the cart is coming!"

On the side of the railway, the children were running, and the adults nearby saw them like this and heard the rumbling sound in the distance, and they all stepped forward one by one to grab it, and slapped them a few times to let them experience a complete childhood.

"How many times has Abba told you! The cart is coming, stay away, don't you understand! ”

The children were crying, but as the train passed them, their eyes were staring at the speeding carriages.

"Abba, where is the big car going, can we also go out in the big car in the future."

The young children nestled in the arms of the adults, and when the train passed, they all raised their heads and asked expectantly.

Their parents also watched the train move away, and when they could no longer see the body, they lowered their heads and smiled.

"There will be a chance, and if you can study hard, you may be able to become a driver in a big car in the future."

"Really?!"

The child looked at his parents in surprise.

Parents all smiled and nodded.

"Really, let's go, go home."

"Come home, Abba, I'm going to ride a big horse."

"Hahaha, okay, let's run."

"Hahaha."

The smoke after the train had not yet dissipated, and the family was laughing and laughing beside the railway.

Farther away, herds of cattle and sheep spread across the vast grasslands.

"There are still five stations to arrive at Juyanze Station, and it is expected to arrive in half an hour."

The driver's crew at the front of the car transmits the message to the rear compartment.

All units of the Dragon Banner Army received the news.

"All departments have orders, prepare materials and clothing, and prepare to get off!"

"No!"

The three days of peaceful life were almost making the bones of these soldiers brittle, and now when they heard that they were about to arrive, they were all glorious.

And in Juyanze, Hu Shui, who had returned here a few steps earlier, also received a notice from the station staff.

Knowing that the friendly forces of this operation were about to arrive, as the nominal supreme general of Ju Yanze, Hu Shui was also fully prepared.

After the Dragon Banner Army arrived at the station and repaired it, they would go out to Ili to conquer Wusun!

(End of chapter)