The group drove to the steel mill soon.

Interestingly, on the way to the steel plant, they actually came across a convoy full of iron ore, each full of oxen and pulling in the direction of the steel plant.

When he saw so much iron ore on the swing, he couldn't help but be startled: "Yo, so many cars of iron ore?" How long has it been digging this? Do you store goods for a long, long time and bring them to the steel mill at one time? ”

The steward of the transport convoy hurriedly saluted Lord Zhizhou: "Lord Qiqi Zhizhou, these are the goods of the three days. ”

"Three days?"

Swing flipped and was surprised: "In just three days, you can dig so much?" With such a high yield, why did we have a shortage of iron in Puzhou before? ”

The steward said: "In the past, we were all mining by soil method, shoulder-to-shoulder, and it was naturally slow, but now we have built a small slide rail in the iron ore pit, and there is a trolley on the rail, and the car is dragged by a gear winch, which can quickly transport ore out of the pit." The miners only need to dig in the pit, and after digging, they put it into the mine cart, and the person outside the pit twists the winch, and the cart transports the ore out...... As a result, the digging is much faster than before. ”

The swing turned over "Huh", and I listened to it and half understood. He didn't understand what a gear winch was, but it was not surprising that he could use a car to transport ore out quickly.

I don't know if it was because the two teams suddenly walked together, which frightened the beast, and a cow pulling a minecart suddenly made an awkward noise, and dragged it violently, dragging the minecart behind it crookedly, almost overturning.

The captain of the guard behind Gao Yiye suddenly jumped to the side of the minecart, stretched out his hand, and held the minecart, and several soldiers ran over together to help the rabbit hold the car.

Everyone worked together and roared to push the minecart back to the right.

Then he stood beside the cart, and the coachman brought the oxen back and went on, while the soldiers stood by the cart, and some of them stretched out their hands to help push them, and they looked happy.

Swing turned into his eyes and thought: When this lying rabbit followed Xing Hongwolf into the city, he looked like a fool and a stupid thief, but he didn't have the ferocity of an ordinary thief at all.

He glanced back at his servants, who were completely amused by what had happened to the coachman, and none of them had the intention of reaching out to help.

Swing turned and thought to himself: The military discipline of the thief is better than that of the officers and soldiers, and it is better than my servants, which is really eye-opening.

Soon, the iron and steel mill arrived!

In front is a large area of buildings that form a huge town.

The building is surrounded by a long cement fence with a huge iron gate facing the cement road, on which is written a long line: "Third Iron and Steel Plant." ”

Swing turned and asked curiously, "The third factory?" This is the third steel plant you've built? ”

Gao Yiye smiled: "Yes, the third factory." ”

Swing flip can't help but ask: "Where is the first factory and the second factory?" ”

Gao Yiye: "The first factory is in Chengcheng County, and the second factory is in Heyang County, so this is the third factory, but ...... The human resources of Chengcheng County and Heyang Cheng cannot be compared with Puzhou, so the factory in Puzhou is called the third factory, but it is actually our largest factory, which has just started now, and will be bigger in the future. ”

Swing glanced at the big factory with an area about the same size as the state city, and thought to himself: It's just starting now? It's just starting out and it's about to catch up with my state city? What's going on here?

He couldn't wait to find out, and when he walked in, he saw dozens of huge iron-making furnaces, one foot and two feet high, and he could see at a glance that they could at least hold a thousand catties, and the fireworks were filled, and the red light reflected in the sky.

Swing turn: "Silk!" Such a large scale. These furnaces are a bit like the iron-smelting furnaces built by the imperial court in Zunhua, Hebei. ”

At this time, the Ming Court's iron control ability was actually very strong, and the iron factory in Zunhua, Hebei Province was like this, arranging a row of furnaces and making iron frantically.

And the technology used by the steel mill in Gaojia Village is brought by Song Yingxing, which is exactly the same as the furnace technology of the imperial court in Zunhua, Hebei, so it is no wonder that the swing is familiar.

Gao Yiye said: "The world is raging with rogues, and General Xing is now a garrison in Puzhou, so it is reasonable to protect Puzhou under the threat of rogues, smelt more iron, and build more weapons, right?" ”

Swing flip: "Uh...... Plausible! Indeed, more weapons should be built. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he passed by a workshop, and looked inside, and the blacksmith inside was making strange iron bars, very long, thick and strong, and the workers also put the iron bars on the ground, connected them, looked at them, compared them, and picked them up and beat them again.

Swing turn: "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't feel like a weapon." ”

Gao Yiye: "That's the rails, and they built the rails." ”

"Rails?" Swing flip Daqi: "What are the railroad tracks?" ”

Gao Yiye smiled: "The railroad track is placed on the ground, and it is convenient for the big car to run on it, with this thing, the big iron car can quickly transport weapons to the front line, and the more weapons there are, the faster transportation is needed, this is very reasonable, right?" ”

Swing flip: "Uh...... Plausible! That should indeed strengthen transportation. ”

He continued to walk forward, and this time, he finally saw the weapon maker, a large group of blacksmiths with yellow hats, under the command of a blacksmith wearing a blue hat, to build the firecracker, but they were only responsible for making one part of the firecracker, that is, the gun, and nothing else, the guns they built were also compared with a ruler to ensure that all the pipes were of the same thickness.

There were already hundreds of pipes piled up on the ground, and if each of them were made into a firecracker, it would be hundreds.

The swing flipped over and gasped: "Let you build weapons, didn't let you build so many firearms, it's okay if this thing is less, if you make so much, do you want to rebel?" ”

Gao Yiye: "Is it much?" It's not much, it's only a few hundred, as soon as the rogue comes, it will cost tens of thousands, if Wang Jiayin's right prime minister Zijin Liang kills it, it will be an army of 360,000, where is a few hundred firecrackers? We are different from those big officials in the imperial court, they are far away from the Liukou, and we are close to the Liukou, maybe one day, 360,000 Liukou will appear at our doorstep, and it is reasonable for us to build 10,000 or 20,000 firearms, right? ”

Swing flip: "Uh...... Plausible! There are too many rogues, and there are not enough firearms at all. ”

The two continued to walk forward, through the factory building, and behind it was a staff cafeteria.

It's still half an hour before the meal arrives, but there are already some workers here who are standing at the door of the canteen with food boxes, lined up in a long line......

Gao Yiye said with a smile: "Lord Zhizhou, do you want to go to the staff canteen to experience it?" ”