Designs like this abound, and the technical backbone of the cement workshop is carefully selected, not only experienced, but also far beyond ordinary creativity and imagination.

The reason why they can be called technical backbones is because these people are also the strongest in their learning ability.

The first batch of old craftsmen did not participate in it, but the second batch of new craftsmen from the cement workshop, most of whom were apprentices brought out by these old craftsmen, who joined in almost from the new construction of the cement workshop, and have accumulated considerable work experience, and participated in all the technical innovations of the cement workshop.

After Xu Hai became a manager, he bought a large number of related books, and specially invited people to teach these apprentices to write and read, which greatly improved the quality of the second batch of craftsmen, and the accumulation of technology was very fast.

Originally, the craftsmen of Dachu will make very clever use of natural resources, water power or wind power, there is a relevant technical foundation, the so-called technological innovation is often advanced on the basis of the original technology, and now the craftsmen in the cement workshop and ironmaking workshop have begun to sum up experience, try to analyze the law of this.

The most outrageous thing is that one of the craftsmen surnamed Zhong has begun to try to formulate his own experience, and directly deduces the energy loss geometry based on the knowledge he has just learned, and starts to make a new design for the existing turbine water wheel.

Chen Ze knew that the turbine waterwheel in it was upright, and the craftsman surnamed Zhong made a parallel turbine out of wood, which seemed to be more efficient in water energy conversion, but it was still in the testing stage, anyway, after Chen Ze heard about it, he felt as if he had opened some great Pandora's box for these craftsmen.

In short, this group of new generation craftsmen with the spirit of exploration and innovation went to the Heshan mine and derived a lot of ideas, in how to improve the mining efficiency of the mine, the maximum use of machinery to replace the manual work of the whole thing to give full play to the creativity, when Chen Ze came to the cement workshop to see the design drawings made by everyone, I feel a little too magical.

There are even wooden carts that are almost identical to the three jumpers, and they are human-driven.

It's just that this thing needs three people to operate at the same time, one person is in the front to grasp the direction, and the other two people are pressing the pedal on the left and right respectively, which should be driven by the principle of levers.

Whether it can be used or not is one thing, but this whimsical idea made Chen Ze feel very amazing.

Of course, what Chen Ze is looking at now are some sketches, and then it will definitely need to be discussed by everyone to see if it can be applied before it can be practiced, and everyone will not toss meaningless things.

After Chen Ze looked at it for a while, he returned the design drawings to the technical research department, and asked everyone to discuss and finalize the plan, and now he and Xu Hai are mainly discussing the budget for infrastructure.

The first budget is to build an iron-making plant near the Heshan Iron Ore Plant, and Xu Hai's current budget is about 5,000 taels.

In comparison, the iron-making workshop that Qin Boyang tossed out only cost less than five hundred taels of silver, and with continuous investment in the later period, it probably cost about three thousand taels before and after.

But after all, this is near Qingzhou City, and it is built with grass sheds, if you want to build an ironworks on the side of the Heshan mine, it is definitely impossible to live in the grass shed, the wind there is too strong, and the temperature drops sharply at night, living in the grass shed is estimated to freeze to death, and it is autumn now, and it will be winter in another month or two, and the weather will be colder at that time.

The budget of 5,000 taels given by Xu Hai is already very frugal, after all, there is no water power to be applied there, and the conversion efficiency of wind power is definitely not as efficient as water power, at least the current technology cannot be reached, so most of them need to be done manually, if you need to do it manually, you need a place to live, and if you have people, you must ensure the supply of materials, at least to ensure that food and water will not be broken, so on this basis, you must build pools and granaries.

This whole set of five thousand taels is really too economical, so Chen Ze was very arrogant and directly gave a budget of 10,000 taels.

According to Chen Ze's request, in addition to the repair of the mine, the prisoners who were mining in the mine should also be provided with shelter, and at the same time, the soldiers' quarters should also be improved, and basketball courts and training grounds should be built.

Chen Ze still gave an extra budget of 5,000 taels, if you want to get a little better, after the infrastructure is improved, everyone's living environment will naturally become better, which has a very positive effect on work efficiency, especially the road must be done well, and the efficiency will be improved when doing this, the workers are still using wheelbarrows, and the potholed ground will overturn at every turn, which delays things too much.

After some discussion and research, the project of Heshan mine needs to invest at least 70,000 taels, and then needs to invest about 3,000 taels per month to maintain the normal operation of the mine, as for the output of minerals, the current craftsmen give a more gratifying answer, if according to the existing plan to implement, the annual output of iron ore will be at least double than before, which is still the most conservative estimate.

When Chen Ze heard this, he voted and immediately voted.

The output of 70,000 taels can be at least doubled, no matter how it is calculated, not to mention that iron ore is still a strategic resource, the more in his hand, the better, after having enough iron ore, Chen Ze dared to toss muskets and artillery, and the combat effectiveness of the new army of bandits can be guaranteed.

After finalizing this plan, Chen Ze immediately asked Xu Hai to start preparing, and Chen Ze alone took out a thousand taels and gave it to Xu Hai.

"Your Highness, this ......"

"Stationed in the Heshan mine is Yang Zhaoyang's commander, when the time comes, if you go to arrange work, you will inevitably have to deal with him, human feelings are necessary, you take this thousand taels to specifically deal with the relationship, this does not have to be accounted, I gave it to you privately." Chen Ze said: "The conditions over there in Heshan are indeed very difficult, and the soldiers over there are still different from the soldiers led by Cao Xiong, and the discipline is indeed a little loose. ”

Xu Hai hurriedly bowed: "Your Highness is still as thoughtful as ever." ”

"The rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, they are sophisticated, and you know this in your heart, so I am relieved to leave this matter to you."

"The lowly duty must handle this matter well."